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Straps and Jarts. ; ? Omaha, Neb., dispatch to Chicago s Record-Herald: Liinden Tree, the fine \ Arabian horse presented by the sultan o of Turkey to General Grant, died a Tuesday at the farm of General L. W. s Colby, of Beatrice Neb., aged 33 years. \ General Grant met the sultan of Tur- s key during his tour around the world, t and on his return home the sultan sent p him the finest specimen of the pure t Arabian horse that was to be obtained, r The horse later was purchased by Gen- v eral Colby, of Beatrice. He was used r as a saddle animal for several years, t but since he became too old to be of t practical value has been tenderly cared 1 for. g ? Senator Vest does not regard it as p ef importance that the Democrats 0 should carry the next house of repre- o sentatives, as the Republicans would I still have the president and the senate. On the other hand, he says, should the Republicans lose control of the house 4 a - n ? ? - ? L~.?l J ? Annnnio 1 nro oV* next tan anu snuuiu a uuai?.iai occur before 1904?which he regards as by no means improbable?the Republicans would attribute the catastrophe to the election of a Democratic house and < make this the main argument of the { presidential campaign. On no occasion, \ he adds, have the Republicans failed to j show their friendship for the trusts. President Roosevelt is trying to make up for this in words and promises that " mean nothing. ? Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton, issued last Friday, shows the total visible to be 2,258,202 bales, against 2,420,661 last week and 2,573,934 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 1,460,202 bales, against 1,579,661 last week, and 1,573,984 last year, and of all other a kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 759,000 bales, against 841,000 last r week and l,y00,000 last year. Of the c world's visible supply of cotton there c * is now afloat and held in Great Britain e and continental Europe, 1,353,000 bales, c against l,244,00v last year; in Egypt, 66,000 bales, against 110,OOo last year; in India 452,000 bales, against 597,000 last year, and in the United States, 387,000 J bales, against 623,000 last year. ? Johnstown, Pa., the city that was almost wiped out by a flood some years ago, suffered another appalling disaster last Thursday. It was caused by the explosion of fire damp in the rolling ^ mill mine of the Cambria Iron works. f mere were suine -w men m uic nuuc at the time. The explosion came with ^ awful suddenness, dealing death and 1 destruction everywhere. Since then the work of taking out the bodies of j1 the killed and injured has been pro- *' gressing steadily. Up to Sunday morn- f ing, 108 dead bodies had been taken out r and also quite a number of wounded 11 had been rescued. Some escaped un- 0 hurt. There has not yet been an exact p statement as to the number of dead, 11 wounded, etc. It is thought that the 1 fire damp explosion resulted from a a blast. 0 v ? Chicago Inter-iOcean: Mr. Ware, the t commissioner of pensions, received, a letter from a man in Illinois a few ^ days ago which reads: "I am now get- ^ ting a pension of $30 a month. Recent- j ly the Lord has prospered me, and I do not think I should get so much t money. I gave my services to the coun- ^ try, and think I should have some pension, of course, but I think $30 a b month is too much. Is there any way I can have my pension reduced or suspended while I enjoy the prosperity f that is mine at present?" This is the g only request for a reduction of pension ^ ever received at the bureau. It was d referred to the pension examiner in the district in which the man lived, who reported as follows: "I have the honor to inform you that the person e who applied for a reduction in his f] pension is now in the insane asylum at I this place, and has been for some ? time." e ? Chicago special to Washington * Tost: Bearing Mayor Harrison's let- q ter of introduction to Ambassador t ' Choate. in London, A. A. Young, for f 62 years a citizen of Chicago, is about 5 to start for Ireland. He is 90 years j old, and has been in the offices of the J Illinois Central railway ever since the e road entered Chicago. Mr. Young ^ wants to round out his record by see- r ing King Edward VII. He has seen * George IV., William IV., and Victoria. [ His grandfather saw George I., and t the grandfather of the grandfather, \ according to family tradition, saw j Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth. "I saw Abraham Lincoln many a time," he said. "I was one of the guards of honor that attended his body when it 1 lay in state here." During the Span- c ish-American war Mr. Young was traveling in Cuba and the Spaniards made him a prisoner. They held him until the end of the war, but treated him c kindly. ? Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch of July 12 to Washington Post: A sensational ? elopement occurred in this city tonight when Miss Miss Emily Taylor, the , beautiful daughter of Hon. R. L. Taylor, ex-congressman, thrice governor of |, Tennessee, lamous as lecturer ana t speaker, and known to Tennesseeans * as "Our Bob," was married to Dr. Geo. F. St. John, a prominent young physi- ^ cian of this city, to whom she has been c engaged for a year until Governor Tay- t lor recently broke oti the match. Miss Taylor left her home on North Fourth avenue this afternoon ostensibly to go to the dentist's. She did not return by t dark, and Mrs. Taylor, her step-mother, and her sister. Miss Retta, became j alarmed, but suspicioned the ruse, j, Their suspicions were verified later, j, when Dr. St. John telephoned and de- t manded that her trunks be sent to the depot. Mrs. Taylor inquired by what authority his request was made, and he answered that he was acting for Miss Taylor, who was now Mrs. St. John. He further informed Mrs. Taylor that they were going to Asheville, N. C.. to spend their honeymoon and would go to his father's home near Bristol, Va. ? uaieign juorning t'osi: i ne xoiiuw- s ing very pretty story first appeared in ]< tba New York Tribune and is copied t by other papers under the pleasing tl- ii tie, "A Brave Governor." It reads: r "When Governor Aycock, of North Car- r olina, made his strong appeal for large v appropriations for schools the legisla- v ture threatened to pass a bill granting h rhat he asked, but dividing it between he races in proportion to the contrimtions of each. The governor frankly aid that if this bill was passed he rould veto it, and if it were repassed iver his veto he would resign and make i campaign for reelection on the issue o raised. His will prevailed." This, re say. is a very pretty story, but is adly lacking in two important features o give it good standing in those colimns devoted strictly to the truth. In he first place, the legislature nor any nan fitted to be a member thereof rould not have threatened to pass a neasure purporting iu ue an ion bill, so flagrantly in violation of he constitution as such described by the 'ribune would be, and, secondly, the overnor of this state has not the veto >ower. The compliment intended for lovernor Aycock for his tfeal hi behalf f universal education, however, is well estowed. (?lu ^orkmllr (Snquucr. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902. An Associated Press dispatch of last Friday night, stated that Senator Mc?aurin spent the day at Oyster Bay .nd dined with the president. The sen.tor is represented as having told the eporters that his visit was purely soial and without any political signiflance whatever. The reporters, howver, inferred that the judgeship of the ourt' of claims was in some way inrolved, and stated that the senator rould likely be appointed.to the posiion. They go on to repeat again the nany times repeated prediction, that ienator McLaurin will resign before he 4th of March next, when his senaorial term expires. It Is stated that Editor Blackman proposes to prosecute Mr. H. H. Evans or assault and battery with intent to :ill. Whether this is true we do not ;now; but it is to be hoped that it is. t .will be unpleasant, of course; but it 3 a matter of plain duty, and there is 10 reason to doubt that Mr. Blackman s equal to that duty. There is a strong eeling in the state that when one man nakes a brutal assault on another, the nan assaulted should take what he reeives as his part, regardless of disparity in physical strength, and say lothing. A popular sentiment has it hat like the attacking party, the party ttacked should take the law in his wn hands. If this were true there rould be no need for law, and the seniment that upholds the idea is ideally narchistlc. Had Mr. Blackman known f the intended attack of Mr. Evans le would have taken means to have deended himself. His proper course iouid nave Deen an appeui iu mc ian, >ut it is likely that he would have reied upon his own resources. There re those who think that he would now ie justified in shooting Mr. Evans down in sight. But that would be coldblooded murder. The only proper thing or him to do is to indict his assailant nd leave the matter to judge and jury, 'his is not necessary for his own vin[ication or for revenge; but for the indication of the law. The Greenville, S. c., News publishd an anonymous communication relecting upon the integrity of one Svans, a member of the state dlspenary board. Evans wrote for the name f the author and the editor declined to ;ive it untUNhe could get his consent, ie wrote for this and pending receipt if an answer, Evans appeared in Jreenville, and, without warning, while he editor was reading a telegram which lad been handed him, struck him a >owerful blow on the back of the head, elling him to the ground, after which ie again struck and kicked him. Meantime the anonymous correspondnt has not chirped, and nobody exepting himself and the editor knows et who wrote the communication. He nust feel, in his silence and security, hat he is a poor, pitiful cuss, and Edtor Blackman has learned little from his experience if it has not taught him hat he is casting pearls before swine vhen he interposes himself between his class of correspondents and possl)le assailants.?Charlotte Observer. The correspondent who would seek o make public a purely private matter vhile concealing his own identity, is ontemptible; but with public matters hie rnlo Hops not neressarilv hold. Al hough it is the right of the public to lave such information as has been disposed by this correspondent, clearly he only way to get it is through indiiduals, and that individuals of intelligence should be reluctant to rush into i position that would invite serious lodily harm or murder seems natural, n this case a correspondent is impressd with a desire that the public should >e informed of certain facts that seem o be matters of common notoriety in dewberry. There was no more responiibility upon him to make these facts inown than there was upon any other itizen of his town. Desiring, therefore, o escape both notoriety and punishnent, while performing a thankless serice to the public, he selects a newspaper which he hopes and believes has he courage and conscience to take the natter up and gives his information, le was not disappointed, it seems. Edtor Blackman at once saw in the letter nformation that was important if true, put instead of running the risk of perpetrating a grave injustice by being too precipitate, he took occasion to give he whole subject a thorough investiga ion. After securing all the facts, as rell as the name of his original informnt, he lays his information before the lorld. In other words, he puts himself a the position of his original correpondent and adds the courage to take he responsibility. In so doing he hows that he not only has a genuine jve for the public welfare: but a spirit hat would assume much personal risk a behalf of his duty. Had he not aleady been warned by Mr. Evans In 1 egard to this very matter? As to .hether the public appreciates this serice, there is little reason to believe that e cares as much on his own account as on account of the public. His reward lies in the consciousness of a disagreeable duty fearlessly performed, and whatever The Observer may think of the anonymous correspondent, we venture that Mr. Blackman does not attach any blame to that individual, and neither is it probable that Mr. Blackman thinks that he has been "casting pearls before swine." He believes, as he has good reason to believe, that although the people may not now be aroused to the dangerous corruption everywhere so prevalent in connection with the state whisky monopoly, the time will come when they will appreciate the situation as It really is and call somebody to account. i ^ # Congressman Talbert is making an appeal for votes on the ground that he favors giving the taxes paid hy white people to the white schools and letting the Negroes have only the amount paid by them into the school fund. Every sensible man who stops a moment to think will readily see that this is simply a bid, or rather a scheme to get votes. ! For in the office of governor Colonel Talbert cannot control the distribution of the' school fund, nor will he have a vote; and no one believes that he would prostitute the dignity and honor of that office, in case he should be elected, in trying to influence votes in the legislature in favor of any such measure. If he really wants to engage in such work as that he ought to run for legislature or senate where he could work and vote for his measure. Colonel Talbert was a member of the constitutional convention which fixed a three mill school tax in the constitution and we do not remember at this time, that he there advocated any such measure as he now professes to be in favor of.?Kershaw Era. In discussing this matter, we do not want to be understood as fighting Colonel Talbert, for while we intend to vote as we please, we have very little choice between those now offering for 1 *-*? ' T~>? ? n f tVin oq ma me guveriiur?iujj. jdul ai vu^ o?u>v time, we have no hesitation in saying that we agree fully in the point made by The Era, except that instead of recommending the colonel to become a member of the general assembly, he might have been advised to become a superintendent of education, for as a [matter of fact, while the constitution prescribes the manner of distributing [school funds, superintendents of education take it upon themselves to exercise a little discretion on their own account. It may be that the colored people of York county, for Instance, get more out of the school fund than they pay in; but it is very little more, and | we have an idea that the same rule prevails all over the state. If Colonel Talbert is not aware of this fact, he is not as well-informed as a candidate for governor ought to be, and if he is aware .of it, we can see no good reason for the issue that he is raising, because, as he has already been told, there is no other way of bringing about the end at which he claims to be aiming. In the matter of the dispensary it is not necessary to exaggerate the facts. The stench which is rising from the rotten thing is permeating every nook and corner of South Carolina. When the gang becomes so desperate in lighting for its prey as to stop at nothing short of assassination, then it is time for the good people of South Carolina? tjie Christian people?the true-blue temperance people?to rise in their might and demand an investigation of the whisky business of South Carolina. That is all we desire. We could not possibly ask any more. It is not the dispensary system which we are opposed to. We honestly believe that the dispensary system is the best method of solving the whisky problem. But we are equally honest in the conviction that the dispensary law, as abused and outlawed by the gang of cormorants who are fattening on the state whisky traffic, is being debauched and corrupted by a gang of politicians for purely pecuniary and political gain and that the fair name of South Carolina and the pure, honest cause of temperance is being dragged in the mire of a besotted greed.?Greenville News. We endorse ihost of that. We think the dispensary system the best solution of the whisky question; but there should be one important change. Wo must, get the state out of it. The whisky business is necessarily disreputable. There is no institution on earth?not even a sovereign state?that can uplift it or make it respectable. It necessarily drags down rather than lifts up. The sealed package, sunup to sundown, no drinking on the premises features, are all good and worthy of preservation. But we must get the state out of the business, and leave the traffic to those who are best suited for it, so that all others may be free to uphold decency and virtue. But still this does not detract from the tremendously important point that has been made by The News. Something must be done to eliminate debauchery and corruption as now so openly practiced in connection with the management of this institution. The moral health and life of our civilization and of the state depends upon It. All truly patriotic lovers of the commonwealth should work to this end first, and after this work is accomplished, other details may be taken up later and corrected with less difficulty. ^MERE-MENTION. .A'St. Louis judge has decided that a uog has a right to bite a boy who ties a tin can to its tail. This decision was rendered in a suit instituted by the boy's parents against the owner of the dog Lord Kitchener arrived in London from South Africa last Saturday, and the people have since been giving him a tremendous ovation, the like of which has not been previously seen in England during the present generation United States jurors are hereafter to receive $3 per day instead of $2 per day for their services It has been officially given out that the recently postponed coronation of King Edward VII At-fTl "take place between August 8 and 12. There will be no procession in connection with the ceremonies... The governor of Illinois has found it necessary to send troops to Saline, in that state, to protect Negroes against the whites....There have been 11,075 cases of death from cholera in the Philippines since the outbreak of the disease less than a year ago...k'..The law prohibiting the sale of pictures with cigarettes has been repealed....... The Democrats of Alabama have recently adopted n primary system identical with that of South Carolina The king of Italy is on a visit to the czar of Russia Two hundred white workmen, employed on the construe^' tion of buildings in Chicago, struck last week because of the employment of Negroes to do the plumbing The union iron workers of Marion, O., drove fifty Poles out of town last Saturday; the Poles having been Imported to take the place of strikers The United States gunboat Marietta has been ordered to Nicaragua to look after Amer- ( lean interests along the coast Typhoid fever is epidemic among the United States troops stationed at Chlcamauga In the case of Phillips > against the Postal Telegraph company, the North Carolina supreme court has rendered a decision in. which it allows Phillips $6 for each post the telegraph company has set on his land Washington dispatches tell of a prospective complication between the United States and Japan over the owner ship of a Pacific island lying 2,800 miles ? west of Honolulu and 1,000 miles southeast of Yokohama. The Island has been occupied by Japanese; but is claimed ! by an American named Captain A. Rosehill by right of prior discovery. The island is lesirable because of the guano to be found on It. It is not Inhabited Charles G. Latta, a cotton broker and alderman of Raleigh, N. C., was desperately injured in New York last Friday in a street car accident , Wu Ting Fang, who has represented the Chinese government at Washing- ( ton during the past five years, has been recalled Tne Marquis of Salisbury , has resigned the premiership of Great Britain, and the Right Hon. A. J. Bal- , four has been appointed to succeed ( him The state department has made ? a formal demand upon the British gov- , ernment for the extradition of Colonel John G. Gaynor and Captain Benj. D. Greene, now under arrest at Quebec, , Canada It is estimated that the . strike of the Chicago freight handlers , Is costing the produce growers who , market their products in the city, something like $1,000,000 a day. The produce men are not shipping their stuff . for the reason that they know it can- ( not be handled The United States . battleship Illinois is aground in Chris- J |tiana, Norway, narbor xne oen tower of the famous old St. Mark's cathedral, Venice, fell last Monday, causing much destruction Henry Tracy, , the Washington escaped convict, is still at large. Dispatches of Monday said he was surrounded and it was believed that he would be captured or killed during the day. He has been leading the whole state a race for more than a month and has killed a half dozen people Major General George W. Davis has superceded Major General ChafTee as commandant of the Phillp| pines. General Chaffee has been ordered to New York It is reported that the president,will put. Major General Leonard Wood on the "isthmian canal commission. STATE CAMPAIGN NOTES. What the Candidate* For Office Are Saying and Doing. "James Cansler of Tirzah," as he is referred to in the papers, made quite a hit at Anderson last Friday. His wit and humor took with the crowd as it used to take in York, and when his time was up the audience paid him a compliment that few o? the candidates have received. There? .was a general demand that Mr. Cansler "go on," and ne weni on unui ine cnairman compelled him to stop. Then Mr. Cansler . wanted to know: "What right have you 1 to call me down when the people are , calling for me to go on?" Captain John M. Patrick received a , great ovation at Anderson, his home county. His friends had prepared a , lot of badges and almost everybody ( wore them. There was no doubt of the high esteem in which the captain is ] held in Anderson. " At Anderson the minister who opened the day with prayer prayed that only tru'stful and God-fearing men be elected to office, and when" Cblonel Jim Tillman's time came, he referred to the ' minister's prayer and said he was will- ' ing to be measured by that standard. I Colonel Jim Tillman now says that 1 he may give his Jenkins sword to Pres[ ident Roosevelt to present to Booker Washington. Messrs. Latimer and Evans approached very nearly a fisticuff at St. George's last Saturday. The trouble arose out of the. charges that the two J men continue to hurl'agSatnst each other. Latimer alluded to fEvans as his ' "friend." Evans said: ]"You never were ' my friend: you betrayed me like a dog." Latimer replied: "I aiff^lred of this; let us go out and settle the matter now." Evans replied "all right," ( and the two men started toward each other: but peacemakers interposed and , quiet was restored. During his speech Latimer referred again to the bond ( deal, intimating that Evans had receiv- , ed $15,000 commissions. Evans de- ] nounced the intimation as a lie and said whoever repeated it was a liar. Latimer mentioned John Duncan. ? Evans said Duncan had never made i the charge; that ne had only repeated it; but went on to say: "The whole ; thing is a lie and whoever repeats it is ; a liar." After the speaking Latimer went to Evans's room to have a talk with him. Evans said: "I will not talk with you," and passing Latimer went down and dined with a friend. There is an impression that the two men will ( yet come to blows over the matter. $*OTES FROM OGDEN. Crop t'ondltloiiM?I'ernonnl MentionMurrain In Cattle. I Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enauirer. , Oodkn, July 12.?The long-looked for rain commenced coming this morning 1 and it is generally acceptable. It will give the chinch bugs something to drink besides the juice of corn stalks. ( Cotton is looking well. Wheat and oats are being threshed and are turn- 1 ing out a light yield?the lightest that i has been known in this section for sev- , eral years. Most people in this section are about through with their farm work, and are ready for a breathing spell. yMr. William Sandifer has lost several , cows during the past few weeks from murrain. . ' The Ogden school commenced work ] Jfist Saturday under the charge of Miss- , es Lida and Dargan Smith, of Yorkville. There are about 45 or 50 pupils ' in attendance. 1 Mr. T. K. Hates went to Rock Hill ( yesterday, and because he had not been . Ihocp fnr such n loner time before, he thought there should have been a committee at the train to meet him. The protracted meeting will begin at Antioch on the third Sunday in July. vMiu Belle Hahn and children, of Lenoir. N. C., are visiting Mrs. Hahn s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Evans. Miss Ben McPadden is at home from Kpworth orphange, Columbia. Mr. C. L. McPadden is home from Wofford Fitting school. v Mrs. W. R. Bell, Sr.. of Turkey Creek, is visiting her son, Mr. W. R. Bell, at this place. LOCAL AFFAIRA ' i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I York Drug Store?Tells Its lady friends t that it has a complete assortment of toilet articles, Including extracts, talcum powders, soaps, brushes, etc. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Make a special * offer of San Salvador grated pine- 1 apple at 20 cents a can. They also 2 have very choice French sardines at 15 and zO cents a can. r r. M. Whisonant, Hickory Grove?Has ? two good plantations which he wants i to sell in whole tracts or divided up . ? M..u 1 IU OUIl cut; JJUIVIIQOCI (3. J. J. Gaulden, For Committee?Gives I notice of an entertainment for the d benefit of Hebron church, to be held j, Friday evening, July 18. Enquirer Office?Says to apply at this v office for Information in regard to a wine and cider press that is for sale, t las. M. Starr & Co.?Talk to you about turnip seed and tell you of the varieties they have. They also talk about their stationery supplies. c Southern Cotton Oil Co., Savannah, Ga. j ?Want to know why you use lard when Palmatina, the vegetable fat, is superior to lard in every way. See I fourth page. t r WITHIN THE TOWN. I ? The commutation tax is now due. r ? Watermelons are now coming In in I abundance. t ? The candidates for state offices i lome to Yorkvllle next Friday week, s July 25. The senatorial candidates are f not due until August 16. I ? The work of cleaning off the brick d of the old college building is almost 1< completed. There are something like t 200,000 good brick in the lot; probably d more. F ? There were some Indian women in c Yorkvllle, Monday, from the Catawba J river reservation, selling pipes and I pottery. This was the first visit of the f Clatawbas to Yorkvllle for quite awhile f and they did a good business. BOUT PEOPLE. f 5 Mr. Starr Mason is up from Charles- e Ion on a vacation. t J 1* Ina Mncmo Cfrnuao to lin from I Charleston on a visit. t ^fMr. C. E. Dobson Is down from 1 Washington for a few weeks. 1 Mr. Joseph Alexander has gone to e Charlotte on a visit to relatives and fi friends. I ^Mr. J. Spratt Wright, of Newport, t was in Yorkville yesterday, calling on his friends. Mr. C. G. Parish came over from GafTney, Saturday night, returning on SunJay afternoon. c Mr. Sam Blair and Miss Kittle Blair, t of Blairsville, spent Monday with rel- c atlves in Yorkville. t T^dlss Mabel C. Webster, of Philadel- j phla, arrived in Yorkville Saturday at- <] ternoon on a visit to Miss Mamie Mc- j Connell. DMr. John^R. Ashe, who recently grad- j uated from the South Carolina Military ^ academy, arrived in Yorkville Sunday. , afternoon. j Dr. W. M. Stelnmeyer, who for some- r Lime past has been conducting a deptal ^ office in Yorkville and Clover, has re- t moved his Yorkville office to Clover, at which point he will make his perma- j nent headquarters. ^Misses Bettie and Edna Henry, Jaughters of Mr. J. J. Henry, of the . Clover section, returned home on yesterday from Hickory Grove, where . they had been on a few days' visit to . the family of Mr. T. H. Lesslie. ^Mlss Cora Clark, formerly of York- j ville; but who for the past two years . has been holding positions at Lincoln- , ton and Gastonia, N. C., has taken a position with H. C. Strauss & Co., where her numerous friends will find her in the future. She will be connected more especially with the millinery . department; but of course will be glad . to serve her friends with whatever they might require from other departments. ? GENERAL SESSIONS. Although the court of general ses- 3 sions convened last Monday at 10.30 o'clock, In accordance with law, it did not get down to work until nearly 5 o'clock In the afternoon. The delay was on account of the absence of Judge Bucnanan who failed to make connection at Chester and who did not arrive until in the afternoon by way of the Southern. At the call of the' clerk, the following grand Jurors answered to their names: T. M. Allen, foreman; J. J. Wallace, W. S. Percival, S. M. Roach, D. H. Whisonant, S. J. Sturgis, John T. Latham, Hope Westbrooks, L. R. Williams, A. H. Jackson, P. W. Grlder, K. Shannon, S. J. Feemster, O. J. Gwinn, J. H. Caldwell, W. McCaw Dowdle. The following petit jurors answered: T. N. Anderson, S. B. Beamguard, J. Q. Wray, W. B. Smith, B. M. Fewell, J. B. Neely, E. M. Walker, C. H. Graham, W. W. Auten, S. S. Glenn, J. B. Adkins, W. O. Harshaw, J. S. Sadler, Jr., M. P. Faris, J. E. Oates, R. T. Castles, John D. Holler, J. D. Boyd, B. E. Shook, J. B. Scott, R. L. Torrence, S. C. Davidson, J. C. Dickson. J. T. Burrls, W. H. Cowan, H. W. Blackwelder, T. N. Woods, Boyce Bennett, J. B. Bratton, J. E. Parker. Tho fnllnwinc netlt -furors were ex cused from further attendance: J. E. * Parker, R. L. Torrence and W. B. f Sin 1th. c The first case taken up during Mon- e day evening was that of the State r against John Young; charged with as- c sault and battery with Intent to kill. v The jury returned a verdict of not F guilty. 9 The grand jury having decided on 1 Monday to make an investigation of ' the county home, jail, court house of- e (Ices and chaingang, will probady not f make its final report until sometime a luring today (Wednesday). m 1< NEGRO CHURCH RIOT. 0 After four years of reasonably good 1 behavior, there was a violent old-time e outbreak at Mt. Harmony and Liberty n Eilll coiored churches, eleven miles f lortheast of Yorkville, last Sunday af- g ternoon, and Magistrate S. N. Johnson | has since been quite busy rounding up A :he participants. During Monday he ssued seven warrants, and his consta- s ale was riding all day yesterday in t jearch of the various defendants. t "I can't give you many of the details o fet," said Magistrate Johnson to the C eporter on Monday afternoon, "but I fi suppose you will have to call the story c he 'Battle of Mt. Harmony,' and make t' ncidental mention of the sympathetic t( sruptlon at Liberty Hill. The two li . hurches are only about half a mile 1< lpart, and although there seems to be t! >0 doubt that the Harmony battle had ts origin in a row among women, I am V mable as yet, to account for the other rouble except on the theory suggested. i)( "So far as the facts have been gath- p red up to this time," Mr. Johnson coninued, "the battle of Mt. Harmony was b; ike this: Mary Ellen Johnson and Liz- d; ;ie Tate got into a mix-up, twist-a- tl ound-flght, or wnatever they call it, T md got some of the men excited. One iVarren undertook to interfere with n he women, and to express his disap- ^ iroval of Warren's way of directing the ' Iiversion, Jim Setzer opened Are upon n li*' with his pistol. So much engaged n iras Setzer with Warren that he paid io particular attention to what was aking place among the other forces, C( tnd John Campbell was enabled to ex>> cute a flank movement, as the result if which he landed a 32 in Setzer'h lowels. C( "I did not hear about the trouble at ^ liberty Hill until later; but it seems hat at about the time the noise and ^ lews arrived at that place, Randolph j Jeard undertook to disagree with some iroposition that had been laid down by S( Jig Foot John, a Negro of the neigh- ^ orhood who has the reputation of be- ^ ng an infallible authority on divers ubjects of dispute. The argument had iroceeded only a little way before Big i'oot John came, out with a gun that is lescribed as being of full 20 inches 01 ength and three pounds weight, and tegan to make great holes in the Sun- ' lay stillness. Randolph Beard did not tursue the issue. He was evidently ? onvlnced that Big Foot was right. ^ tnyhow, as I was going toward Liberty ^ dill, I met him coming this way, and ^ le appeared to be really overjoyed to ^ ind me in the neighborhood. "When I got to the vicinity of the hurches," concluded Mr. Johnson, "J ound the neighborhood generally clear- G d of its population. Setzer was about ir he only remaining representative withn soldier age limits. He would proba- ^ >ly have gone across the North Caro- 11 ino-llne also; but he was not able. Dr. P. N. Dulin was ..here, and after an eximination, said it was impossible Jo P iov ("at vo? whnt the fpllnw would (jOl >ut there was no question of the fact 1 hat he was badly hurt." ' h * s< HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. p iaT People who are in attendance on k :ourt from the eastern side of the coun- ei y, are generally commenting upon the " luantity and quality of the work that " las been done on the Yorkvllle and rl flock Hill road between Yorkvllle and Tlrzah. The road is still in an untin- f shed condition, but the improvement/ specially at the "Roblrtson," 'Poor h louse," and "Simril" hills, is marked. 3 Vhere the ascent of any these hills a vas tedious in good weather, and 3im- U )ly agonizing in bad weather, there is a iow nothing but an easy drive. People c< vho are familiar with the work seem b o be pretty well agreed that it is fully d tqual to anything that the chalngang a las yet done. ei tir Messrs. Glenn & Allison have one e' >f the finest corn patches to be seen In n his locality. It is located on the east- a irn outskirts of Yorkvllle, and In all u here are fifty acres of it. The land 31 ias been heavily fertilized with stable 31 nanure during the past few years, and p ast fall it was sowed down in oats. * The oats were not promising well in ^ darch, and it was decided to turn a hem under and plant corn in their s tead. When tne corn was planted com- c uercial fertilizer was added at the rate c ?f 200 pounds to the acre, and although here has been more or less damage ji rom wind and hail, much of the patch G jow averages two ears to the stalk n irifi nonnio who are entitled to be con- r< ildered competent judges, think the ii iverage yield ought to be not less than n 5 or 40 bushels to the acre. T Having been mentioned as an ideal 11 candidate for the legislature, the name v if Mr. J. M. Allen has been widely a alked in connection with the office; Q >ut Mr. Allen is not going to be a can- 91 lidate?not If he can help It. He Is in ^ forkville as foreman of the grand jury. ? The reporter spoke to him Monday w ibout his mooted candidacy. Mr. Allen N laid that there was absolutely nothing P r it. "I would go to the house of rep- n esentatives if the people wanted me to ^ ro and I thought I could do them any a rood; but I know I could not do a n hing, and I have no idea of being a andldate. I would like to see York 11 lave a good strong representation, for p ve certainly need It; but I am not to >e counted In the number. If It is ' omething about a farm you want lookd after, I know a little something in li hat line; but when it comes to leglsla- F ion, I know I am not the man." p tST There have not been a great many ,a >eople here this week and not a great ^ leal of politics has been talked; but 31 here have been some representative P' leople in town and they have talked ir ome politics. From what was said, here Is really more interest in the po- rl ltical situation than Is generally sup- 9< >osed. The interest, however, manl- 0< aata itself most In the narrow ranee of w holce between candidates for the gen- C( H ral assembly. The reporter heard a lumber of people express themselves eI in the subject, and In each case there u ras outspoken dissatisfaction at the rospect of being able to secure a deirable legislative ticket. Some said s< hey could vote for one or two of the [J legislative candidates so far announc- fc d, and others declared they could vote pi or none. There is a common feeling ^ mong those who expressed themselves jv n the presence of the reporter, that uji- m ?ss more candidates ofTer for the house b< T f representatives they will be unable o make up a ticket. One man suggest- S d that means be taken to bring out PJ nore candidates; but the consensus of tiJ eeling seemed to be to let the matter JjJ o by default. M m inotlier Hallruatl Huiuor. VI This Associate Press dispatch of last a aturday, from Knoxville, Tenn., is in- p| eresting and plausible: It Is reported si hat the Southern railway has secured L: r will secure, the Ohio River and .'harleston railroad and will extend it n< rom Huntsdale, N. C., to Marion, N. re to connect with the main line bete iveen Asheville and Salisbury, in order re a have a coal road nearer its Wash- cc igton and Carolina end, without the e >ng haul from the Jelico district hrough Knoxvllle. ac LOCAL LACONICS. Ve Will Send The Enquirer From now until January 1, 1903, for ) cents In advance, ine t'a hit aire. Mr. C. H. Smith left a fine large cabage at The Enquirer office yesteray. He has been selling cabbages on le local market for the past month, hey Want an Orican. As will be noted from the advertlselent in another column, the ladles of [ebron congregation are preparing for pleasant entertainment at the church ext Friday night. Ice cream and other jfreshments are to be served, and it is tpected that the occasion will be gen rally enjoyable. The public, of aurse, is invited. Ac Wlnthrop Examination. *^he following young ladles entered fie competitive contest held In the ourt house last Friaay for the vacant ork county scholarship at Wlnthrop: lisses Mary Cnook, Corrinne Faris, ammle Crook, Mabel Klrkpatrlck, rtsle Camp, Mary Williams, Ethel atlmer, Janie Carson, Frankie Clawan, Sallle Allison, Lessie Klrkpatrlck, ,ynn Blair, Maggie Barnett, Bessie cott, Rita Witherspoon. he Lockhart Band. Our Lockhart correspondent writes lat the Lockhart band, which has been i the verge of disorganization for ametlme past, has been reorganized y the election of the following officers: R. Garner, manager; John Hunslner, secretary; S. J. Hunt, treasurer; oe Meggs, custodian of band property, here are now eighteen or twenty memera, including quite a number who ave been with the organization from le beginning, alnable Plantations. Mr. T. M. Whisonant, of Hickory rove, is offering some valuable farmlg lands for sale. He has several plan?f Iamo fVtnf O ro omnntr tho hPflt In thp [ickory Grove section, and he says rnt what he Is after, more than anyilng else, is to see good, desirable imllles settled on them. "The land Is. aylng me all .rignt, so far as that is oncerned," said Mr. Whlsonant, "but want more homemaKers on our side, am willing to sell in small tracts, go alves in small tracts or large ones, ell as a whole, or do most anything rovlded It will help to bring the right ind of people in our section. I am not specially anxious to get rid of either tie land or the responsibility of its lanagement, as will be seen when the Ight parties come to discuss the mater with me." {cath of Mr. J. Randolph Wallace. MV\ J. Randolph Wallace died at the ome of his son-in-law, Mr. J. M. troup, at Zadok, last Monday night t 10 o'clock, after a long and tedious lness. Mr. Wallace was born five ilies south of Bethel church, on Deember 12, 1820, and lived all his life i York county. At the time of his eath he was aged 81 years 7 months nd 6 days. During many years of his arlter manhood, Mr. Wallace conductJ a high class school at Bethel, and a , umber of the leading old men of that ectlon are former pupils. After giving p school teaching he devoted himelf to business and met with consld rable success, acquiring quite a cometence. He leaves one son and two aughters. The son Is Mr. Sam V. Wallace, of Clay Hill, ana the daughters re Mrs. W. D. Moore and Mrs. J. M. troup. The funeral took place at lover on yesterday. a*e Against Neely. The court of general sessions has no jrisdictlon in the cases against John r. Neely, charged with obtaining loney under false pretenses, for the ?ason that in no case does the amount lvolved aggregate as much as the $20 ecessary to constitute grand larceny, his was the opinion given out by Socltor Henry on his arrival in Yorkille, and consequently the warrants nder which Neely was committed were uashed. But this does not mean a aspenslon of the proceedings. On afdavits sworn out by Messrs. Sidney [ogue, Perry Ferguson and others, new 'arrants were Issued by Magistrate S. r. Johnson on Monday, and Neely was romptly re-committed. Other warints, it is 'understood, will be issued y. Magistrates McMackin and Plexico, nd it is probable that cases will be mde from every township in the couni. As yet no time has been fixed for le trial of the first case; but it is exected that the matter will be attended ) without unnecessary delay. leuaare at Wlnthrop. Rock Hill special of July 14 to Coimbla State: For the benefit of the ree Kindergarten association two leasant entertainments were given ist week in the Wlnthrop auditorium y the ladies and gentlemen of the jmmer school. In the first of these, a otato race, the gentlemen were more i evidence than at any other time in le history of summer schools. An arly of masculine forms lined the Age, presenting as it seemed a parly on the summer school, so entirely as it devoid of the bright bits of )lor, which usually grace such scenes, [owever, the ladies formed the audiice and greeted with applause the ngainly attempts of their favorites in le race, as they coaxed the coy poitoes upon diminuitive spoons, and arted upon the perilous Journey to le basket. Many were the sad hearts rnt realized for the first time the full ?rce and significance of the old exression: "He drapt his 'tater." To [r. Rhodes and Mr. Asbill were a ward 1 the first and second prizes, respectely, a fountain pen and a knife; while fr. J. Whitner Reid carried off the ?oby brize, a spoon as large as a ladle, he second entertainment was a book irty, in which 50 books were repre>nted by ladies and gentlemen who issed in succession across the stage i be guessed by those present. Many etty tableaux varied the entertainent. The first on the programme was iss Mae O'Bryan, who In her graceful lanner sang with great expression, Terusalem." Mrs. Sweet then conilsed the audience with laughter over humorous selection. The books came ;xt. "Reveries of a Bachelor," was esented by Mr. Laurens T. Mills assted by the following visions: Miss aval, of Columbia; Miss Moncaster, of harleston; Miss Powe, Miss Marguere Tindal and Miss Nell Evans, of Ben>ttsville. Then followed the other presentatlves which were ingeniously irried out, making the evening's enrtainment a great success. Dainty freshments served on the campus impleted the occasion. nrolliuent of Veterans. Columbia State, Sunday: Under the :t of the general assembly passed at