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Scraps and Jarts. : ? 1 ? At Portsville, Fresno county, Cal., one day last week, James McKlnley, an exconvict, shot five men and escaped Into the country In a stolen rig. Mc- J KInley first shot out the lights of a sa- 1 loon, and then In trying to shoot the 1 cards out of the hands of a player wounded the latter slightly. He then went to a livery stable and at the point of a revolver secured a rig. As he was driving on a constable and several citizens tried to arrest him. He opened nre, wounding iour 01 me pany, aim escaped. Two years ago McKinley killed a man at Bakersfleld, but was exon- ' erated. Wm. Lynn, whose abdomen ' and legs were filled with buckshot, succumbed to his wounds. McKinley also ' filled the right arm of George Barrows, 1 a printer, with shot and sent a bullet 1 into the mouth of Deputy Marshal Wil- 1 lis, another in the arm of Deputy Con- 1 stable Tompkins, and a load of shot in- 1 to the arm of W. D. West. McKinley is headed for Fresno county, and it is 1 bellieved he will make for the mountains. He has a shotgun, a rifle and a revolver, and said before leaving that "Tracey would not be in it * with him. ? A San Luis, Cal., dispatch of July 31, says: A strip of country fifteen ' miles long and four miles wide, situ- ' ted in Los Almos valley, in the north- ' era part of Santa Barbara county, has been rent with gaping fissures and dotted with hills and knolls that sprung up during the night, as if by magic. A village is in ruins and hundreds of people are fleeing for their lives. During the last four days that section of the country has been shaken by a series of earthquakes that is not precedent in the history of tradition of the Pacific coast, and the continuance of the dis turbances and the increasing severity of the shocks have so terrorized the inhabitants that they are leaving for other parts as rapidly as possible, and even now the village is almost eatlrely deserted. The disturbances begap on Sunday evening with a shock which caused several thousand dollars dam- j age to property in the village and the sugar country, being more and more ' disastrous in the vicinity,of the West em Union Oil company's wells on Car- . riaga ranch. The shock was followed ( by a number of disturbances less se- , vere and less disastrous, continuing 1 through the remainder of Sunday night : and Monday. No lives were lost. ? A copy of a Manila paper has been received at the war department, giving ( information concerning the trip of the teachers who were murdered in the: is-' J land of Cebu some time ago. According . to a report made by Inspector Ross, of j Cebu, to the chief constabulary, the four lost teachers were warned by him not to go into the interior, but they inj- j sisted that it was safe and took the risk. i The article continues: "They talked ( with the inspector about their expedition and he advised them if they went too far in a certain direction they would be likely to run across an hombro called Adoy, a member of the no- 1 torious Cabel family, much feared by s the natives. A member of this family ! had been killed a week or two prior to 1 this conversation and this was not sup- : posed to make it any more desirable ' for any white person to fall into Adoy's ; power. The teachers answered that { they thought that they would be all 1 fJwVit the division snnerintendent of ' education had told them that he went 1 without a guard everywhere. The in- 5 spector inquired if any of the party had pistols. They answered in the ' negative. He repeated his warning to f them not to attempt their proposed journey under such conditions; but * they went despite his warning." 1 ? Says a Washington dispatch of July J 2ff: The life of Russel Wilson, of Ohio, who was captured with a revolutionist party in Nicaragua, has been saved, 1 through the representations of Minister Corea, of that country. A cablegram was received at the state department ( today from Chester Donaldson, United States consul at Manauga, Nicaragua, dated the 26th instant, as follows: ( "As a courtesy to the United States and smypathy for the mother, the president will commute Russell Wilson's death sentence." Wilson was one of several Americans who joined a fllibustering expedition which landed at Mon- ] key Point, near Blueflelds. The party were captured or killed. Wilson would have been summarily executed, but for the interposition of Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan minister here. Having secured a stay of proceedings and a guar- ' antee of a legal trial, the minister has now induced President Zelaya to com- ; mute the death sentence imposed upon , Wilson by court-martial. Before the receipt of this message it was not known here that the court-martial had been held. It is presumed that the , commutation is to imprisonment for a time and then expulsion from Nicaragua. . ? Says London special of July 29: In , its issue of this morninir the Daily Mail declares there is no longer any , doubt that the three monster oil interests of Rockefeller, Rothschild and Nobel have entered into a working agreement. "This." says the paper . "without any publicity the greatest trust the world has ever seen has sprung into being." This combination, , says the paper, has been hinted at in ] messages from Batoum and Moscow, , and it has been more clearly shown in , the offers made to Russian oil exporters , by representatives of the Nobel and Rothschild interests for the absorption for the whole of their output. The exporters have been bidden to sell through the agencies of these interests at a price arranged by them, or to fight the . combined forces of the three oil giants This offer was made openly and with the idea of maintaining prices and it ( has been refused, the Russian export- i ers preferring to fight. It was doubt- | less this combination, continues the ] Daily Mail, which induced the Russian ; government to issue invitations to an anti-trust conference. The spokesmen i of the great combination declares it j means a light to the death and that t the independent exporters cannot hope i to win. . ? Says a Tunis cable of Wednesday: < The trial at Susa of the two Arabs, Ml ; Khelr and Mamma Ben Youssef. who i were accused of murdering Marquis de i Mores, near ('abos. in June, 1XXC, ended i today in the conviction of the prisoners. El Kheir was sentenced to death 'i name of James H. Tillman was with- ti drawn. ti Not long afterward Mr. George S. y Legare, now a candidate for congress a in the Charleston district, then recently b a student in the South Carolina col- t< lege, called on Mr. Gonzales one day i; and informed him that James H. Till- n man felt aggrieved at the action taken n by the South Carolina club and wished n satisfaction, and that he was commis- e sioned to inquire whether if Tillman c should send a challenge to fight a duel, c Mr. Gonzales would accept it. Mr. b Gonzales told him to tell Tillman that b if he wished to know whether he would t accept a challenge or not he could send n him one. Mr. Legare departed; but d not another word did Mr. Gonzales ever n hear of the matter. c We have never since that time ex- jj and Hamma Ben Youssef to twenty years penal servitude. The arrest of ( the murderers was due to the determination of the Marquise de Mores, formerly Marie von Hoffman, of New York, who has never desisted from her attempts to secure justice for the assassination of her husband. The Mar- ; quis de Mores was murdered in 1896 in the Soudan while he was on an expedition, as it was alleged, to enlist the na- i lives in an uprising against the British. His widow, who was Marie Medora von : HofTman, the daughter of a New York banker, offered a reward of $1,000 for the bringing to justice of his assassins The marquis was the son of the Duke i of Vallambrosa. He-came to this country in 1880 and tried to establish a combined ranch and beef packing industry at a station on tne Northern Pacific railroad in North Dakota, which he i named Medora, after his wife. Presi- j dent Roosevelt's ranch in his cattlepunching days was nearer to Medora than to any other point on the railroad. : He and the Marquis became friends there. They were associated along with Captain Seth Bullock, a famous , keeper of public order in those regions In suppressing cattle stealing. The Marquis de Mores was once indicted because some of his employees killed a cattle thief in a pitched battie, but was acquitted. &lir ilot'hrillc (gnquivrr. . ? ? YORKVUiLE, S. C.s ' SATURDAY, AUGURT 2, 1902.. If history is to be believed there is less bloodshed going on in the world Just now, on account of war, than at any time since the birth of Christ, when there existed a condition of universal peace. There are still rumors of war, however, and a possibility of 3erious outbreaks in the far east; but these threatened disturbances may not develope. i ' I Candidate Ansel visited his home in Sreenville last Sunday and a corresr pondent reports him as saying that he ( has lots of friends in York, Chester and Fairfield and that the man who beats , him will be governor. There is no Joubt of the fact that Mr. Ansel made . many friends in York and it is quite ikely that his stock has gone up some- . what in the other counties: but as his :o last proposition, it may be just as well to await further developments. ? m That is a particularly interesting , ace between McMahan and Martin for mperintendent of education. Both are , ?ood men and men of ability. Mr. Mc- 1 Vlahan has given us one of the ablest ind cleanest adminlstratibns ever seep ( ? Klo nfflrto TKum lo nnf mnnh rlnilht ibout that proposition although there , ire many who will dispute it and dis- , aute it honestly. In giving such an ad- ] ninistration, also he has excited not a , ittle hostility. Mr. Martin has been a successful teacher, is a thorough gen- . leman and stands high among the peo- ] ale with whom he has lived. He is a ^ shrewd speaker, manages to keep Mr. VTcMahan on the defensive and is going ^ :o get lots of votes. Rut as to how the ( -natter is going to turn out no man can ( ell with any certainty. It would look ( ike a pity to turn down such an efficient man as Mr. McMahan .ins proved to be; but.no matter which of ' these gentlemen shall be elected the , Jtate will still have an able superinten- , lent of education. TIIjLMAX AXi) OOXZAI.ES. ( Editor of The State Tell* of Alleged Invitation to Georgia. The Columbia State, of Thursday, ' ?ontains a long statement with reference to Colonel J. H. Tillman's claim 1 that he challenged N. G. Gonzales to fight a duel. The statement appears an the editorial page of The State, unier the heading "Partly Personal, Part- 1 ly Public." and although unsigned, was evidently written by Mr. Gonzales himaelf. Although the statement is quite Interesting in all its details, it is not practicable to reproduce it in full, and the following relating to the subject in hand, will have to suffice: I ine cunning 01 me leuuw is snuwn by his attempt to make it appear that in 1890 he challenged the editor of The State to go to Georgia to fight a duel "because Senator Tillman's hands were tied," thus commending himself to the admiration and gratitude of his uncle's old adherents. Nothing could be farther from the truth. We present below a brief statement of facts covering this incident and two subsequent ones. In the fall of 1890 a scurrilous letter directed against Mr. N. G. Gonzales appeared in tne Winnsboro News and Herald. It styled him, as we remember it. "a treacherous Spaniard," and abused him under cover of a nom de plume. Mr. Gonzales wrote the editor of the paper asking the name of his correspondent. The reply was that the correspondent would not allow his name to be given to Mr. Gonzales. Sometime subseouentlv Mr. Gonzales changed a dozen words with Mr. L.e- p gare, but we cheerfully refer any In- i quires to him with full confidence that s he will reply that he bore an inquiry, t not a challenge. t: STATE CAMPAIGN NOTES. What the Candidate* For Office Are a Saying and Doing. Col. George Johnstone was accorded 1 a great ovation at his home town, Newberry, last Saturday. It seemed a as if everybody in the audience were y enthusiastic supporters of his candid- s acy. He made a fine speech and his f hearers cheered him to the echo. Sev- t eral of his competitors congratulated fl him upon his reception. 1 Mr. Latimer is asking his farmer au- c diences whether they are going to turn r out a farmer representative and put in q a lawyer. He claims that notwith- s standing the fine promises and speeches r of the lawyers, they can accomplish \ no more in congress than can a farmer r of equal brains and ability. ' y At Winnsboro, last Tuesday, Col. J. f H. Tillman asserted that the general e impression to the contrary, Editor De- s Camp had not called him a liar, and j; that he would leave the matter to Mr r Norment, the correspondent of the Co- p lumbia State and News and Courier, q At the close of Col. Tilman's speech a ]| number of the audience said it would a be fair to all concerned for Mr. Nor- j ment to say whether or not Mr. De- u Camp had called Col. Tillman a liar. s Mr. Norment advanced to the front j and after stating Mr. DeCamp's posi- c tion, said Mr. DeCamp then said he t, could prove Col. Tillman a liar over his d own signature, and when requested to ^ do so brought two letters. Before j, reading them, he stated his purpose, n and having finished reading, he said h Col. Tillman knew he was lying when t he wrote the letter. You may draw q your own conclusions. x Mr. N. W. Brooker -charged, at Winnsboro, that Mr. Sharpe is riding on a free pass. Mr. Sharpe made a point blank denial of the fact. : _ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ^ Fatal Accident at Camden. Camden special of July 29, to News v and Courier: A very unfortunate acci- 0 dent occurred at the DeKalb cotton v mill. The steam chest of the low press- p ure cylinder exploded, killing Mr. D. J. n Kelly, the assistant engineer. He was t; 3truck in the face and chest, and was v fearfully mangled. He lived a few p hours after the accident. No damage a was done to the balance of the engine ^ building. u Spoimor* For the Sons. h Commander Hagood, of the Sons of tl Veterans, has announced the appoint- fi ment of a sponsor and two maids of J honor for the approaching annual re- C union "of the veterans at Greenville, be- 1 grinning August 6th. Miss Mannle Mc- li Daughrin, of Newberry, will be the fair c and popular sponsor who will so gra- c clously wear this honor, and Miss Bes- c sie Lee, of Sumter and Miss Hattie J Austin, of Greenville, as maids of honor I will complete the trio of southern belles fl who will so charmingly represent the a South Carolina division of the United s Sons of Confederate Veterans on this ti occasion. . I L'nue of Von Kolnits. a Mr. L. Arthur O'Neall, a well known * broker, of Charleston, has given out * for publication a correspondence be- " tween Senator B. R. Tillman and him- 0 self anent the candidacy of George F. v von Kolnitz for the state senate from 11 Charleston county. Von Kolnltz supported McKinley in 1896 and was sub- I sequently an applicant before a Repub- S lican administration for office. Senator t Tillman bitterly denounced him as not a being a Democrat and declares that if c he is sent to the senate from Charles- P ton. he (Tillman) will regard this city t as Republican and will cease to try to ti get Federal appropriations for it. The v matter has occasioned much comment a here. a Couldn't Read. C Columbia Record, Tuesday: Up to c this morning not a single applicant had a been accepted at the naval recruiting c office opened here. There has been no tl lack of applicants, but a large majority 1 of them, though strong and healthy b looking, could not pass the surgical ex- o amination, which is very strict?bad i' teeth, for instance, being noted. It is c nf o to/4 it 1 on t Vto f /tno rtn tn?A it'ViA <1 wl niaicu aiisu, iiiav unc ui ? uu uiu J pass the physical examination were re- t jected because they could neither read ' nor write. These were white boys, a strapping fellows from the country, g The officers in charge were somewhat j astonished at the fact, but it is not the state's fault. These fellows have c hud the opportunity to learn free. ? Tlie I'ieUeiiM Mail Matter. J, Colonel W. J Talbert was in Augus- ti ta, Ga., last Monday and a reporter for il The Chronicle asked him what he had n to say about the recent sensation that u was sent out from Pickens about his tl taking mail from the postoftice that bo- ^ longed to Colonel Jim Tillman, and 'j failing to deliver it. Colonel Talbert i! said: "I have denounced it as a fake j* upon the stump several times, and I u desire to say nothing more at present h except that I have numbers of volun- ?" tary certificates from gentlemen who V were at the hotel, and know that I did not leave my room. I got off the train g with the campaign party at the depot, and spent the evening in my room. I * did not go to the postottlce at all that l evening. My attorney will, at the prop- P er time, investigate inis whole matter, .s and place the responsibility where it properly belongs." tl Tin* Committee and Von Kolnlt*. h August Kohn to News and Courier: j. Inquiry has been made here whether e was informed through reliable channels tnat james n. ruiman, men euumg a little paper in that town, was his annoymous assailant. The election passed, and at the annual meeting: of the South Carolina club, which gives the annual state ball, the name of James H. Tillman was proposed for membership. Mr. Gonzales, being: present at the meeting as a member, told some of his friends of the Winnsboro incident. They agreed in the opinion that a man who was cowardly enough to annoymously slander an opponent and then refuse to let that opponent know his name was not a fit person to be admitted into a social organization of gentlemen. They no informed the member who had pre- 1 sen ted Tillman's name, and notified him that if this candidate were pressed upon the club he would be rejected, there biting present more than the number required for rejection. Upon this the he State Democratic committee has aken up the Von Kolnltz matter, or whether it expected to do so. So far s is known no formal complaint has een made to the general state commitee, and consequently there is absoluteV no worry about the matter and it is ot so doing. The state committee has ot heretofore worried with county Tatters, for if it did it would have no nd of trouble, but it has left it to the ounty committee to deal with all local onditlons, and it is known that memers of the state committee who have een approached have Indicated that he Von Kolnitz matter was strictly a latter for the county committee to eal with, and all that the state comlittee had to do with the matter if It ame up before that body was to know f the pledge of the candidate had been roperly filed when that time arrived, f, however, any five members of the tate committee wish the state commitee to take up this or any other matter, hey can do so by requesting the state hairman to call a special meeting of he state committe. It, however, takes n application from Ave members of he general committee. 'lllman Not Taking Sides. Trenton dispatch of July 30: There ppeared in tne Atlanta Constitution esterday a telegram from Charleston aying that in the gubernatorial race actional lines were being drawn and hat Senator Tillman was using his inluence in behalf of Talbert and J. H. 'lllman, as against Heyward, "whose andidacy," the dispatch said, "was iot sanctioned by Senator Tillman." 'oday your correspondent called on ienator Tillman at his home here, in egard to the story in The Constitution. Vhen he read the article, the senator emarked: *"It is a piece of newspaper pork that is made when no news can be ound. It is the most absurd thing I ver heard that Heyward should get a anction to run for governor. Any man s free to enter the . race and I have lothing to do with K. It is the biggest iece of foolishness I ever heard of." 'he senator went on to say that the old Ines of demarkatio'n of Tillman and nti-Tlllman has been obliterated. Ten were supporting him now who ised to be antagonistic. Continuing he aid: "I have gained more friends than have lost and in (this campaign no andidate will be voted for or against y either of the old factions. I am only rawing lines when I see a Republican isguised as a Democrat who has the mpudence to enter the Democratic prllary. Continuing the senator says he ad nothing to say or do with any of, he candidates in their respective races, 'his was positive and final. ? 111 Fight Jenklnn. Lexington Dispatch: It is quite natual tha.. the Republican leaders should ' * ? ut. iU* Ot D6 saiisneu Willi uie auuuiuiuiciiv f Major Micah Jenkins. His selection ,*as based on purely personal reasons, nd it is supposed that the regular Reuhlican organization will have no oice In the service under him. The nly appointments he has made so far /ere those of Republicans, and it is resumed they were made on recomlendation of Captain Capers. But hat gentleman himself is not in favor .rith the regulars, who resent his apointment as national committeeman nd state distributor of political pie. lotwlthstanding Mr. Screven is a reglar, his appointment to a place will ardly placate Deas and his gang, and hey are preparing to wage a vigorous ght against the confirmation of Major enkins and Postmaster Harris, of 'harleston. the latter a Capers protege, 'he Post of that city says: "A meetig of the Charleston county Republlan executive committee was held reently and a resolution was adopted ondemning the appointment of Micah enkins as internal revenue collector. t was stated at the meeting that a ght will be made against the conflrmtlon of the rough rider at the next seslon of congress. The Negroes did not ake kindly to the appointment of W. j, Harris, either, but they did not dopt any resolutions In his case, as, hey did in that of Jenkins. Chairman )eas will address the colored Repubicans next week upon the invitation f the committee. The time and place .*111 be announced later." tenia nileil tu Mtnte Court. Charleston Post, Tuesday: In the Jnited States circuit court today Judge limonton handed down his decision in he case of the State of South Carolina gainst the Virginia-Carolina Chemical ompany, granting the motion of the laintiff for the remand of the case to he state court. The decision is a vicory for Attorney General Bellinger. It /ill be recalled that several months go Attorney General Bellinger brought ction against the Virginia-Carolina Jhemical company, in the Richland ounty court, under the anti-trust act, lleging that the company was purhasing and acquiring a monopoly of he fertilizer business, contrary to law. 'he attorneys for the company moved efore Judge Buchanan for a transfer f the suit to the Federal court, alleg,ig the act to be In derogation of the onstitution of the United States. The udge refused the motion, but the atorneys secured copies of the proceedngs and filed them in the circuit court nd later Judge Simonton heard the aruments on the motion of Attorney ieneral Bellinger for the remand, udge ?lmonton's decision is lengthy, ontaining many law citations. The ourt notes that accompanying the recrds, there is no order of the state court emoving the suit. "But from admisions," continues the court, "made at lie bar and from the whole tenor of the rguments, it appears that tne absence f the order, removing the cause, was ot based upon the insufficiency of the ond, but upon the legal ground that he case made by the plaintiff does not aise the Federal question, on which lone this court can take jurisdiction, 'he question involved in tins discussion i grave and beset with difficulty. The tate has the right to have the case rought by her, tried in her own courts, -I"'-" 4-Ua TTnita/4 iiicna me vviiouiuuuii UL tuc WIMI-VU tates has secured to the defendant the iglit of protection in the Federal uuat." Judge Simonton ruled that the 'ederal question did not appear on the ace of the record, and he was bound to o by the record and remand the case o the state courts. The decision shows hat the act of the legislature containd no mention of the constitution of the Inited States, and no rights, claims, rivileges and immunity of Federal tatutes which would bring the act into ny relation or conflict with the Fedeal law. The court states, however, hat a Federal question might be raised ereafter in the state courts, and in uch an event a direct appeal can be aken to the United States supreme ourt from the state supreme court. taOCAXa JSLjy&f* wdLXJFfcflB'. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Capt. E. A. Crawford?Is announced as a candidate for nomination for appointment as county commissioner of York county. H. A. D. Neely?Announces his candidacy for re-appointment as county treasurer of York county. M. C. Willis, Mayor?Publishes an ordinance making an addition to section 76 of Article XVII. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Say that their store is headquarters for economical buyers, and also announce a special sale of white goods and millinery. W. O. Rawls?Wants to furnish you with stearrj and water fittings, and also wants to do your guttering. Louis Roth?Offers Lion coffee at 10 cents a package. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Say that Force is the ideal cereal food and want you to try it. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The real estate transfers recorded in the office of the county auditor for the month of July have been fewer than for any previous month during the present year, there being only five from the whole county. The record by townships is as follows: BULLOCK'S CREEK. P M Pnrrnll tn Mia.4 Marie B. Car roll. 284J acres; consideration, $3,000. CATAWBA. Lula M. Cork to Anna W. Steele. One lot; consideration, $242.50. Lula M. Cork to Pauline B. Steele. One lot; consideration $242.50. HBRNEZER. Carolina National Bank to Jennie E? Hutchison. 159 acres; consideration.. $800. YORK. R. J. Herndon to W. E. Ferguson. House and lot; consideration, $775. WORK OF THE STATE HOARD. The state board of equalization met In Columbia on Tuesday to figure on property valuations in the state, and, especially to try to arrive at somi' conclusion with regard to the recently proposed basis o*. assessment at the rate of 75 per cent, of actual values. Soon after the board convened, It developed that there was considerable difference of opinion as to what was the most equitable course to pursue. There was present also a large number of cotton mill men who were unable to agree as to how their respective properties should be - assessed, whether on the basis of stock valuation, or the number of spindles, and it was evident that the problems by which the board was confronted were quite serious. Several York county mill men appeared before the board, and the daily papers refer to them as follows: Mr. Springs had no objection to the figures for the Fort Mill mills, in York. Mr. Fewell, of the Arcade mills, protested against paying on the debts of the mills. He asked for $88,830 on the stock and to be exempted from taxation on $30,000 bonds. Mr. Johnson, of the Highland Park mills, of York county, had no objection to the valuation of the stock, but wanted the valuation fixed at $123,487 Instead of $208,333. The board accepted this. The York Cotton mills wanted a reduction of assessment. This is a mill that got Into debt and issued bonds to meet its obligations. They wished the valuation put at $150,000, plus 15 per cent, for the appreciation in values, and the book value of the stock is 115. He objected to the 75 per cent, valuation. The York county member [Mr. Smith] was facetious about getting no returns from the Chicora mills, In Rock Hill. If the mill was heavily assessed possibly someone would be heard from. The mill was running today and no report has ever been received. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. H. H. and E. B. Beard are at Cleveland Springs. Mrs. John P. White is visiting her mother at WilkJnsvllle, S. C. Mrs. T. B. McClain, of Camden, has been in Yorkville this week. ^ Mrs. E. C. Hanahan, of Columbia, Is visiting Mr. E. B. Beard's family. ^ Miss Georgia Witherspoon is at home after a visit to relatives in Brooklyn. ^"Miss Janie Massey, of Rock Hill, is visiting Misses Blanche and Rose Llnd say. <$ Miss Bessie McConnell is visiting relatives and friends In Fort Mill and Pineville. Mr. John Brewer, of Monroe, N. C., was the guest of Mr. J. C. Elliott and family last week. ?~Mr. George McCants, of Winnsboro, has been visiting the family of Mr. W. Adickes, this week. Mr. W. H. Hamilton, of Rock Hill, is to have charge of the Clover High school next session. iJ'Miss Dora Joyner, of Richmond, Va., spent Thursday night with the family of Mr. Brooks Inman. Y Mrs. W. M. Bomar, of Spartanburg, is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Sheriff Logan's family. Mr. and Mrs. J. Humbert Ferguson, of Tampa, Fla., were visiting friends In Yorkville on Thursday. Mr. J. W. Thomson and son, Wardlaw, of Rock Hill, will be the guest of Mr. W. Adlckes today. <2Mrs. Dan T. Woods and son, Master Dan, are visiting relatives and friends at Hunterville and Davidson, N. C. Mrs. J. B. Mackorell, of Lancaster, is visiting the family of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Elliott, on King's Mountain street. d Mrs. Frank Smith and son Miles, of Mt. Pleasant, Charleston county, are visiting Mrs. Smith's mother, Mrs. R. L. Ferguson and other relatives in Yorkvllle. Mr. Thomas H. Dickson, who recently visited his brother, Mr. Wm. Dickson and other friends in this county, returned to his home in Spartanburg last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Foster, of Greenwood county, left for their home on Tuesday afternoon, after spending several days wun the family of Mr. and Mrs. W. B_ Steele. Rev. A. N. Brunson returned to Yorkville, Thursday evening, from Baltimore, and brings encouraging reports from Mrs. Brunson, who will probably return to Yorkvllle next week. Mrs. S. R. Moore, Miss Janie Wilkie, Miss Mamie Moore, Messrs. W. P. Harrison, Robt. Johnson and Tscharner DeGrafTenreid returned Monday after spending several days at Blowing Rock. ^Mesdames S. M. McNeel, B. N. Moore and W. B. Moore and Misses Gist and McNeel returned home on Thursday after spending a month at Saratoga, Niagara Falls and other northern summer resorts. Prof. James B. Kennedy, who has been confined to his bed with malarial fever for the oast six weeks, was able A to come down from his room for the a first time on Wednesday. He is getting along very nicely now. p <^5Ilss Mary Jane Wallace, of the v Pleasant Grove section, of Chester a county, returned to her home on Thurs- n day evening after spending three weeks with the families of Messrs. James and John F. Gordon, near Fodder. Mrs. M. W. White will leave next week for a visit to her mother at River- t side, Lancaster county. d Mr. James C. Sims made a talk to the Confederates at Mt. Gallant last Wed- 8 nesday. The following, from the Col- I umbia State, tells who Mr. Sims is: ]< "Some years ago a tall, slender young . man left his home In Columbia determined to make a name for himself in P the far west. It was James C. Sims, a g son of the late Col. R. M. Sims, and he j, was full of determination. He came back to his old home a few days ago on a visit to his relatives, and goes 1: from Columbia to Washington to visit t his mother and sisters. He is now a stout, fine looking man. He is the pres- Q ent state chairman of the Democratic c party in California, a leading lawyer in c San Francisco, and is the state senator ^ representing the county in which the city of San Francisco is located. Mr. * Sima'd arnrps nf nld frlpnda wpar dp- a lighted to see him once more and to j congratulate him upon his success. WITHIN THE TOWN. 3 ? Next Monday is salesday for Au- F . s gU8t. ? The senatorial candidates reach Yorkville Saturday August 16. ? The congregation of the Episcopal t church will hold services in their own j building next Sunday. (X?The drive to Sutton's spring does c -not seem to be losing any of its popu- ^ larity. Parties continue to go out every a morning and afternoon. c ? The benches under the shade trees c in the court house yard had a deserted ^ look Wednesday on account of the v absence of most of their usual occu- s pants at Mt. Gallant. > Chief of Polite Love says the com- . -mutation street tax was paid up very ' well before the expiration of the time limit. There are still a few delin 1 quents; but that is always the case. c c ? There is not a little interest in the j approaching sale of tne T. B. McClain f residence lot. The amount of mortgage t is $2,500 and there is no doubt of the fact that it will bring that sum, but t as to how much more remains to be f seen. ( ' ? The York Cotton Mills company t declared a dividend of 5 per cent, at its ? recent annual meeting. The affairs of ] the company are now considered to be j in very satisfactory shape, considering s all of the many difficulties with which t it has had to contend, and the stock- e holders are very much encouraged as r to the future. c ? The town council has been engaged s during the past few days putting the 1 rock crushing plant in readiness to re- c sume operations. It develops that c during the time the engine has stood c unprotected, cocks and valves have been stolen, for sale no doubt as old 1 brass. t ? Work on the wells that are being s bored at the York Cotton mills had been t suspended until a few days ago on ac- 1 count of the press of other matters re- c quiring attention: but has now been ? resumed. Altogether a half a dozen or ( more wells have o^en started; but in at t least four cases the wells had to be 1 given up on account of hard rock, to t attempt to bore through which was not c considered advisable. Up to date two r first-class wells have been "brought t - - - - ' - A H 11.. -iL I in." une or rnem is <& ieei ana me um er only 40. Together they yield 60 gal- * Ions of water per minute, and It Is es- ^ timated that If four more wells can be * secured of equal capacity, there will 1 be an abundance of water to supply all t the demands of the mill. The work of 1 boring for additional wells, of course, t will be resumed. * t CONFEDERATE RE-UNION. 1 The annual re-unlon of the York county regiment of United Confederate 1 Veterans, was held at Mt. Gallant, the 1 former home of Colonel Cadwallader ? Jones, a few miles east of Rock Hill, J last Wednesday. 1 The re-union was under the auspices c of the Catawba camp of United Con- ' federate Veterans, and committees of that organization, assisted by Mr. Sam- s uel Freldhelm, the present hospitable * nwnor nf Mt. Oallant. made elaborate ' arrangements looking to the comfort, < convenience and pleasure of their ven- c erable guests. The grounds were clean- * ed off nicely, comfortable seats were r erected, and numerous barrels of Ice * water were distributed at convenient 1 points about the vicinity 1 There was a large crowd of people in ~ attendance, variously estimated at c from 500 to 700, and including about d 100 old soldiers, many of them with v their wives, and numerous relatives, 1 friends and well-wishers. The greater 8 part of the crowd, of course, was from Rock Hill; but every section of the a county was represented, and there were 3 present also most of the candidates for 1 the various county officers. c The exercises of the day were opened 0 with prayer by Rev. Mr. Adams, after r which Captain Iredell Jones delivered v an address of welcome in behalf of Ca- c tawba camp. This address was re- c sponded to in behalf of the regiment by 1 Major James F. Hart, colonel com. S manding. c During the business meeting, resolu- v tions were adopted calling for a meet- ? ing of the Confederate veterans of York county to be held in Yorkville on Wednesday, August 20, for the purpose e of appointing township committees c looking to the perfection of an organi- 11 zation for the purpose of attending-to 0 the work of enrolling all the Confeder-i i il ... tl ate veterans ul me >aiiuuo uou^a. The great Importance of the matter h was strongly urged, and all present 1 seemed to be anxious for a full meeting a on the occasion mentioned. The present commanding officers were a re-elected as follows: Major James F. 3 Hart, colonel: Major T. C. Beckham, a lieutenant colonel; Mr. L. N. Culp, ma- I jor. g Upon invitation, extended by Capt. tl W. B. Smith, commander, in behalf of ? Camp Micah Jenkins, it was agreed tl that the next re-union of the regiment ? be held under the auspices of that e: camp, at such time and place as may P be hereinafter fixed. s' During the day Major Hart, as d colonel commanding, appointed Miss o Corry Mobley, of Rock Hill, to act as t< sponsor for the York county regiment, it at the Greenville reunion, and it is un- d derstood that Miss Mobley has selected b Ilss Louise Lowry, of Yorkville, to act 8 her maid of honor. There was lots of fine music and lenty of good things to eat, and the eterans present seem to be generally greed that the reunion was one of the lost successful that has yet been held. MISTRIAL IN THE NEELY CASt. While there is no doubt of the fact hat Mr. John G. Neely told some wonerful stories while soliciting memberhip in the alleged United Mutual Life nsurance company, it is beginning to x>k as if those who would prosecute im for obtaining money under false retenses with fraudulent intent, are oing to have not a little trouble provng their case under the law. The case in which Mr. W. L. Hogue 9 prosecutor, and which was being riea wnen tne iasi issue ui ihk nmiuirer went to press, took up practially all of Tuesday afternoon. This ase, as already stated, was before laglstrate S. N. Johnson, of Bethel ownship. J, S. Brlce, Esq., appeared 8 prosecuting attorney, and Major J. i\ Hart and F. P. McCain, Esq., repesented the defendant. The defendnt's attorneys devoted themselves irincipally to holding the evidence ought to be introduced down to strict elevancy, and they made the situation lulte interesting. Mr. Hogue, the prosecutor, testified hat he had bought an insurance polcy from the defendant, on the defenlant's representation that the payment >f the policy was secured by a New fork company that had capital to the imount of *13,000,000; that as holder >f the policy, the defendant was to be:ome a member of a branch local orranization of which W. Brown Wylie vas president and H. A. D. Neely was lecretary; that defendant claimed the ocal organization had *5,000 to its credt in the Loan ?nd Savings Bank at forkvllle, at that time available for the >ayment of such death losses as might iccur before the local membership be:ame strong enough to pay its own osses by assessment. Defendant also epresented that Mr. W. O. Youngilood, a neighbor in whom the prose:utor had confidence, was a director of he local company. On account of these epresentatlons, the prosecutor stated :hat he had been Induced to part with he sum of *13 for an alleged insurince policy for *1,000, signed by "Geo. I. Oulights," as president, and "Seth r. Bramley" as secretary, and which signature he believed to have been afixed by the defendant himself. He ulmitted, however, that he had as nuch confidence In Mr. W. H. Hernion, whom he afterward learned was secretary, as he had "in Mr. H. A. D. feely,' and would have taken the poli:y as quickly on account of his confllence in Mr. Herndon, as on account >f his confidence in Mr. H. A. D. Neely. Mr. W. Brown Wylie testified that le had never had any connection with he alleged company; that he had been solicited to join it by the defendant on he allegation of strong backing In New fork, and had offered to take a policy >n being furnished with satisfactory evidence of this backing; but as this ividence was not furnished had not aken the policy. Mr. W. O. Young-)lood also testified that he had never jeen connected with the company as lirector; but that he had become a nember on representations similar to hose that had been made to Mr. iogue. The defense admitted that H. V. D. Neely had never been connected vith the company as treasurer, and it vas shown by the prosecution that the argest amount of pioney in the bank :o the credit of the defendant's aleged company, previous to the time of he insurance of Mr. Hogue's policy, vas $12, and also that the printing of he alleged company was not done in *Jew York but in Yorkvllle. Sheriff Logan testified that during the >eriod of the defendant's incarceration, le had mailed for him a letter addressed to Seth J. Bramley, New York city, ind that the letter had been returned n due course of time with stamps inlicating that the party addressed could lot be found in the city. W. W. Lewis, Esq., was put on the itand to testify that he had written to rtayor Low, of New York, inquiring for nforrnatlon about Seth J. Barmley and 3eo. R. Oulights, and that he had reelved.an answer in which Mayor Low lad said that dilligent search had been nade for the parties named; but that hey were not to be found in the city. >efendant's counsel objected to this tes imony on tne grounu 01 liiouiupvicii^jr -nothing that Mayor Low might write ouid be taken as evidence against the [efendant; that Mayor Low could be a vitness only by coming to Yorkvllle to estify in person. Magistrate Johnson lustained the objection. Prosecution also sought to introduce l certificate from the secretary of state howing that the United Mutual Life nsurance company had never been inorporated. This certificate was also bjected to. Defendant's counsel adnitted that the great seal of the state was to be accepted as evidence in civil ases, but held that it could not be acepted in a criminal action. Magisrate Johnson ruled that he would be ;lad to admit the certificate if Mr. Brlce ould show him law for it; but otherwise he would have to rule it out. Mr Jrice was unable to show the law. The defense did not introduce any estimony; but contended that the proscution had failed to make out its use in that it had been unable to show n the first place that the defendant had btained any money wrongfully, or that here had been any Intention to wrong he prosecutor. On the contrary, it was eld that the defendant was engaged in he legitimate business of selling mutu1 assessment insurance policies, and hat these policies, dependent for value s they were upon the payment of asessment by members, were as good as ny other policies of the same class, t was contended that the prosecutor ot what he had paid for, and that if he policy had depreciated in value it was because of his own act in bringing he suit that destroyed among the lembers that confidence that was necssary to the company's existence. The roseeutlon argued that all the circumtances in the case showed deliberate eception and fraud on the part f the defendant; that he had underiken to bolster up confidence by claim lg backing and capital that he Knew id not exist, and that from what had een shown, it was evident that he had