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Straps and Jacts. ? ? Twelve young men, clerks In the service of the agricultural department, says a Washington dispatch, have volunteered to become boarders In a unique boarding house. Chemicalized meats will be offered at each meal, and roasts, steak and chops will be seasoned with embalming mixtures of borax and formaldehyde. The boarding s house will be a government institution. * The boarders will have their appetites catered to by Prof. W. S. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry, of the : agricultural department, who has adopted this programme for testing the physiological action of meat preservatives, with a view of meeting German j objections to American meats. The ex- j periment will continue for a year, the I subjects being carefully watched and ! every sympton noted. ? "Oh, it's bully!" This was the reply of Rear Admiral W. S. Schley when soi .ebody asked him at a breakfast given in his honor at the Hamilton % club this morning how he liked retired life, according to a Chicago dispatch of Friday. "The question reminds me of " a story," continued the retired naval veteran. "There was a man discharged s from a war vessel for some infraction f of the rules. His former commander 1 met him on the street one day after s his discharge and asked him how he * liked to be a landlubber. He replied r that he liked it, because, when the commander ordered him to do something now, he could tell him to 'Go to .' F So it is with me. I used to have to t step lively when the secretary of the I navy called for me. But now, when t he askes me to do anything, I am in e a position to say, 'You go to too." v ? The American Legation at Gua- * tamala City is in a nice mess. One day ^ last week, Godfrey Hunter, Jr., son of the American minister, shot a man f named Fitzgerald and took refuge in 11 th#> lee-ation from which his father 0 ~~w " f has refused to surrender him. Fitzgerald was also an American citizen. * There are conflicting stories about the 0 shooting. Young Hunter claims that it a was in self-defense; that Fitzgerald snapped a revolver at him before he v fired. Consul General McNally, at the 11 same place, however, reports that the 0 affair was cold-blooded murder. Dr. a g Hunter, the minister, claims that McNally is in a conspiracy to ruin him and that he is lying. It is reported from Washington that the state department p will not try to shield young Hunter; t but will leave him to the Guatemalan t authorities. Although both parties v were Americans, the shooting having p occurred in a foreign country, the party s who did the shooting is subject to the r laws of that country. p ? Hagerstown, Md., special to Balti- ii more Sun; Bloodhounds and other C methods having failed to detect the t murderer of John Miller, near Keedys- d ville one year ago, a spiritualist was b employed by the relatives of Miller on r the first anniversary of the murder a to unravel the mystery. At 6 p. m., ii the hour at which Miller was murdered, 1 the spiritualist went to the scene of the r tragedy, with several of the relatives, t The news spread and a big crowd was s present. The spiritualist said he would t make no effort if anyone stayed around, a The crowd, excepting several persons e who hid behind a ience, vanisnea, auu t the spiritualist began by calling on <] Miller's spirit to appear. After a short r wait the spiritualist approached the { relatives and said he had conversed \ with Miller's spirit, who told him who ( his murderer was. He also said the v spirit told him where the revolver used ^ to kill him had been thrown?in a j pool of water. The relatives are said r to be satisfied with the results of the 0 spiritualist's efforts. a & ?New Orleans Times-Democrat: Not c long ago a North Carolina congress- p man was reported to have come very a near losing a re-nomination, says the c St. Louis Post-Dispatch, because of his t activity in securing rural free delivery 1 of the mails in his district?a matter e that was found to be depopularizing ? him among certain of his constituents. These were principally the village and cross-roads store-keepers, who complained that free delivery kept the r families away from the stores, and thus destroyed trade. Now the storekeepers, of Cranbury, in New Jersey, are up in arms against the innovation. That hamlet is about fifteen miles from New Brunswick. The rural mail routes there have the disastrous effect of keeping the farmers at home, it seems, and the Cranbury merchants are confronted with a serious falling off in trade. No more does the farmer go to the village combination grocery store, dry goods emporium and postoffice to buy his goods, sit on the cracker boxes and talk, get his mail and "set up" the cigars in turn. He has the mail sent to him by the rural delivery route, and as he can get his goods cheaper by buying in large quantities elsewhere, he hasn't any excuse for going to "town," and, consequently, his wife won't let him go. ? Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement, issued last Friday, shows for the twenty-one days of November, a decrease under last year, of 14,000 bales; an increase over the same period year before last, of 116,000. For the 82 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days of last year 328,000 and ahead of the same days year before last 301,000. The amount brought into sight during *1? "-ooif Viae hoon 447 843 bales against 434,905 for the same seven days last year, and 393,813 year before last. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to be 3,261,356 against 3,010,489 last year: overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada, 312,025 against 344.30S last year: interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 486,322 against 432.253 last year: southern mill takings 542,500 against 4S7.168 last year. The total movement since September 1 is 4,602.213 against 4.274.21S last year and 4.301,311 year before last. Foreign exports for the week have been 209,565 against 213,893 last year, making the total thus far for the season 2.179,808 against 2,124,362 last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the sea- r son, have been 1,139,381 against 1,087,- t 72 last year. Stocks at the seaboa md the twenty-nine leading southe nterior centres have increased durii he week 124,142 bales against an i rease during the corresponding peri >f last season of 96,704. Including t stocks left over at ports and interl owns from the last crop, and the nui >er of bales brought into sight th 'ar of the new crop, the supply to da s 4,817,287, against 4,633,905 for t same period last year. She ^Jorluillr (Enquirer vYORKVILLE, S. C.y^J , WEDNESDAY, NOV'R. 26,1902 As the result of the successful cc trike, and it has been entirely succes ul, no matter what agreement mi >e reached, the cause of labor h cored the most significant victory th las yet been recorded in all the a lals of its organized struggles. We note that the "anti-expansioi >apers?those which tried to make o hat they were opposed to holding tl >hilippines?are singing pretty low < he subject nowadays. They were ne r able to convince anybody that thi vere in earnest in the first place, ai he fact that not a single Democrat ongressman was elected on the issi n the recent election, has made the ealize that the people took no sto< n their buncombe. The Philippines a urs, and they are likely to remain ou or all time to come. More than th here will be occasion for a good de f surprise if any political party ev gain undertakes to champion tl iea of giving them up. However, t! L'hole incident has not been witho ts valuable lesson in showing to peop f common sense the lengths to whi< , demagogue will go in an effort ecure political advantage. There has been a noticeable ir rovement in the state news service he Charleston News and Courier ai he Columbia State during the past fe reeks, and although neither of the iapers have yet seen fit . to make ai innourtcements along that line, tl neaning of it is probably sharper cor ietion than has heretofore been exis rig between them. The News ai Courier has all along been giving a be er state news service than any oth laily paper, and The State, for a nur >er of years past, has been content eproduce Associate Press dispatch .nd try to drive and bulldoze peop nto its way of political thinkir .'here has been very little of the re lewspaper about it. Of late, howev< here has been a marked change. ] tate news service has been bett han ever before, and that of The Nei nd Courier has already been consi rably improved. The management oth journals seems disposed to g lown to the serious business of makii eal newspapers, and they are succee ng admirably. Although such a poll, rill mean a quickened pace for Sou "arolina journalism, we hope that rill be kent ud. Stagnant newspape nean stagnant business, social and r igious condition's, and stagnation tot at all conducive to the well-beii if the people. As between The Sta nd The News and Courier, we ci mly say that we hope to see the be laper get the most patronage. So f ls The Enquirer is concerned, it w ontinue in the future as in the pas o fill its field so full as to leave b ittle to be desired from those who a specially concerned to know what ;olng on immediately around them. t * ?? MERE-MENTION. Herr Krupp, the world-famed gu naker and the richest man in German lied in his village of Huegel last Sa irday of apoplexy The Americi federation of Labor, in session at N? )rleans, has unanimously re-elect Jamuel Gompers as president F een masked bandits robbed the Unit states express on the Rock Island roa lear Davenport, Iowa, last Saturd: norning, and secured cash to t imount of about $25,000 Because in unusually scant supply, the price rhanksgiving turkey in New York ci s higher than for years past T Norfolk-Hampton Roads Ship Buil ng company, has arranged to establi in $8,000,000 ship building plant Jewell's Point. Va.. ..President Roos ;elt reached Washington from his be lunt trip last Friday afternoon rhere \vas a terrific rainfall in the ,'inity of Beaumont, Texas, last F; lay, eighteen inches of rain falli vithin a few hours. The damage he Beaumont oil fields is estimated .20,000,000. The railroads were bac vashed up and the losses of the ri >lanters were very heavy It is i mrtoH frrrm Sorantnn Pa. that thf s a strong probability that the mint ind operators may be able to reach settlement of their difficulties witho ,'urther assistance from the coalstri jommisslon. The proposition is a >er cent, increase of wages, and a ni lour day, leaving the standard t juestion open for the present. T oalstrike commission stands ready jet out of the way if the settlement c >e effected without its further assi! ince A Greensboro, N. C., dispat says that properties worth $20,000,1 lave accepted the terms of the pi )osed cotton mill merger Indis nents that have been pending in t jriminal court of Waco, Texas, duri several years, against John D. Roc ?feller and Henry M. Flagler, of t Standard Oil company, for the viol ;ion of the anti-trust laws of Tex; vere dismissed last Friday because ias proved impossible to serve t varrants, the governors of New Yo md Florida, the states in which the t 'endants live, persistently refusing lonor the requisitions against them. Phe Democratic congressional eonun :ee, organized for the conduct of t rd recent campaign, is to be continued as rn a permanent institution Thomas J. ng Borden, of> the noted Fall River, Mass., n- cotton firm, died last Friday A od Colon dispatch of November 21, says he that the Colombian Revolutionists have or agreed to a treaty of peace with the n- government The Winnsboro Granus ite company has secured a contract to ite furnish the granite that will be requirhe ed in the erection of the new $4,000,000 capitol buildfng Just commenced at Harrisburg, Pa The Philadelphia police are getting up evidence showing , the existance in that city of a strong company with large capital engaged In the business of importing girls from Europe for Immoral purposes. The girls are being bought and sold as-slaves A Negro named Wynne 2 S. Welsh, was hanged by a mob near B Memphis, Tenn., last Thursday, for if making a murderous assault on a rail* road conductor Thirty workmen lost their lives in Servia last Thursday ? by the sinking of a Danube steamer. General DeWet has written a book on the Boer war, and In it he says me ( Boers could have never been defeated ' had It not been for traitors in camp.... ~ The president has about completed his ial message to congress Congress conis venes on the first Monday in December. ay Septimus Winner, composer of the as "Mocking Bird," and a hundred other at popular songs, died at his home in n- Philadelphia last Sunday, aged 76 years George Shelby, aged 26, a great grandson of Col. Shelby, of n" King's Mountain fame, committee suiut cide at Lexington, Ky., last Sunday, be ....Owing to the rapid fluctuations in in the price of silver, Mexico is seriously v- considering the adoption of the gold ey standard Major Walter Reid, of id the surgeon general's department of :ic the United States army, who discovue ered that yellow fever was transmitted m by a certain kind of mosquito, died in 2k Washington Sunday A robber stole re a mail wagon containing $10,000 worth rs of registered mail in Chicago last Satis, urday. It was in broad daylight. The al carrier had gone into an office to coler lect some mail, leaving his wagon out be on the street. The thief drove the wagbe on off and nobody realized that a theft ut was being committed There was a ile bloody riot in Havana last Sunday bech tween striking cigar makers and the to police. Police Captain Maso and two officers were wounded and two strikers were killed A hurricane that swept over San Urbana, Buenos Ayres, last n" Sunday, destroyed a hundred houses 0 and killed five persons, id _ [ fW ; Demonstration Against Venbzueop la.?European dispatches of the past few days have contained intimations hp of a proposed demonstration by Great n" Britain and Germany against Venezuela. A Washington dispatch of Mon1(* day has the following on the subject: !t" "The state department is thoroughly er well informed of the length to which n- Great Britain, Germany and other Euto ropean powers propose to go in their dealings with Venezuela. es "Great Britain and Germany have. ?le in fact, sounded the department to ,gt. learn whether any objections would be | made to active measures on their part to secure the collection of debts due ir? their citizens on account of violated ts concessions and the destruction of their er property incident to the internal dissensions which have raged in Venezuela vs for several years past. The depart d ment has been extremely cautious in of dealing with these inquiries; but the . substance of its replies in all cases has been set out in the declaration of Pres*g ident Roosevelt that the United States d- does not construe the Monroe doctrine cy to mean that it should shelter any of the American republics against the resuits of their own misdeeds or violait tlons of international amenity. rs "The only condition made hy the president was that the punishment ine" dieted upon any of these South Amcris ican republics by a European power ^g. must not include the seizure by that te power of any American soil." in lSt ?Gypsy, a big elephant belonging to ar Harris Nickel Plate shows, went crazy jjl six miles from Valdosta. Ga? last Saturday afternoon and killed her keeper. ut James O'Rourke. The circus train had re been in a wreck at Tifton earlier in the js day when several of the animal cars were wrecked and two or three trained horses killed. The elephant Gypsy was in a high nervous state when the train pulled out for Valdosta, the next show point. Six miles out from that town, 'v - ?X, '' Gypsy became so noisy ana resntss L " that O'Rourke entered her car as the an train stopped at a small station, to try to quiet her. Immediately the mad (f_ brute attacked the man and crushed e(j his life out against the sides of the car. , O'Rourke. for some reason did not close id. the door of the car after him, so after ay he killing the keeper, Gypsy escaped to the woods. Her absence was noted before the train left the station and a hunt was organized. The big beast ty . was shot a number of times before she he succumbed to rifle bullets in the brain. " O'Rourke's body was taken to Valdossh ta, where it was given a spectacular burial the same afternoon, being taken Ie" to the cemetery in a circus wagon drawn by six white horses. His home '' was in New Orleans, where he has a /Iwife and family. The skin and bones rlof the elephant have been saved. ngr ? Twelve men buried the mountain of flesh this afternoon in the woods where ?lt Gypsy was killed. Ily ? ^ 1c6 ,e Lost Time.?If one grain of sand on the shore of the ocean were lost, and !rg scientists were to spend years in trya ing to find it, they would be attemptut ing a task resembling that to which jte leading astronomers of England and jq France are now devoting themselves. ne One-sixteenth of a second is missing on and no one can tell where it has gone. he Between the sun's time, as recorciea ai Greenwich, and as understood at Paran is, there is that brief and seemingly unimportant discrepancy. No expense ch Is being spared to trace the missing )qq fraction. A special building has been o_ erected at Paris, costly instruments installed, a corps of mathematicians engaged, and a process that may take ng, years to complete is more important ,'jc_ than will appear to the nationality of thousands of people. The pursuit of ia_ the missing fraction of a second is therefore of world-wide importance. as, we shall be much relieved when it has it been found, for then not a grain of the he sands of time will be missing.?Toronto Mail and Express. ie- ~ *" To Axwini General Froxt. Adjutant and Inspector General-elect Frost has selected Captain John M. ,l~ Patrick, his competitor in the recent he primary campatgn, as his assistant. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Enquirer?Tells you about Its new serial story, by Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author of "In His Steps," etc., which is soon to appear in these columns. See fourth page. W. G. Stephenson, Supt.?Gives notice to all whom It may concern not to sell goods on credit to any Cadet of the K. M. M. A., except on a written order from him. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Talk to you of a stock of fine cutlery?pocket knives and razors?which they now have, ranging in price from five cents to $1.25 for knives, and from 50 cents to $3 for razors. J. M. Heath & Co.?Want you to know that they still have a most complete stock of all kinds of goods and call especial attention to clothing, shoes, ladies' dress goods, millinery, etc. Riddle & Carroll?Say that there never was any better flour made than their Zenith. They have wheatena, Heinz pickles, Ralston and Quaker oats, and N. O. molasses. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Announce the continuance of their slaughter sale, and also make the announcement that Mr. Strauss is soon to retire from business. They tell you about numerous bargains and call especial attention to their rules in regard to sending goods out on approval. York Drug Store?Says that confidence is the keynote to success in the drug business, and say that their business indicates their growth in the public confidence. T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Has something to say in regard to pocket knives. He calls your especial attention to Rogers and Westenholm goods which he has in stock. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Tell you that your Thanksgiving dinner will not be complete unless you have mince pie, and want you to know that they have the mince meat, at 15 cents a jar. RECRUITS FOR THE CHAINGANG. The following prisoners, convicted and sentenced at the term of the court of general sessions last week, were turned over to the chaingang authorities last Saturday: Thomas Price, burglary and larceny; five years. John Young, assault and battery; six months. Thos. D. Johnson, manslaughter; two years. . Will Hagins, assault and battery with intent to kill; eighteen months. Sam Mcllwain, burglary and larceny; three years. Bill Neely, burglary and larceny; three years. Nat Craig, attempted rape; five years. Martin Stevenson, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature; thirty days. Matt Byers, disturbing religious meeting; sixty days. Andrew Hardin, burglary and larceny; twelve months. .: .. Walker Brown, assault and battery with Intent to kill; four months. Geo. Erwin, larceny of live stock; one year. Sam Lanier, (white), violation of the dispensary law; three months. / THE PUBLIC Sf;$OOIiS. State Superintendent o/ Education McMahan is sending out the following circular letter to the various county superintendents: ?'v "First. Now is the time to have every teacher employ. I (fn your county submit to you his or her 'certificate so that you can moke a record in' your office of its date of expiration and its grade. At the same tirfie you should learn from each teacher how long he or she has taught, and you should keep a record in your office from which a report at the end of the;year could be made, showing the average length of time that your teachers have taught, and the number, men and women, who have taught more than five years. Whether or not you are to be in office at trie enn or me scnmu year, yuu should render this service now. "Second. Require eaeih teacher to write- you a signed statement that the adopted course of st.udyj: is being followed and the children are being graded. as near as their preparation permits, according: to the course laid down by the state board of education, in its published course 'Of study. Of course, you will see thai each teacher has a copy of this course'of study. The copies are limited in number and cost something and therefor^ It should be enjoined upon the teachers that they are expected, at the end of the year, to report for the year the number of children in each grade. Without such report. it is impossible for us to judge to what extent our public schools are educating our people. We do not know how many children ever reach the fourth or fifth grade. You see the importance of having such statistics in the future. I enclose a leaflet, such as is printed in the back of each teacher's register, and on which last year you were asked to see that your teachers should make report. The almost entire failure of county superintendents. however, to give any satisfactory report this year on the subject, shows that not much has yet been done toward grading the schools. "Third. Encourage your teachers to celebrate Jefferson Davis Day, on any day that they may select for a public occasion. Programmes will be sent from this office if requested. Contributions. however small, should be taken up and sent to Mrs. Alice A. G. Palmer, Charleston, S. C. X x ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. W. S. Gordon has a class in writing at Forest Hill academv. Mrs. A. S. Clarke visited relatives and friends at Marion. N. C., last week. Mr. P. M. Grimes went over to Charlotte on business last Saturday afternoon. y Mr. Andrew White, of Chester, is in Yorkville on a visit to the family of his son. Dr. W. G. White. J* Mrs. J. E. Lowry returned home last Saturday from Columbia, where she has been spending sometime. W. W. Dixon, Esq.. has arranged to leave Union and go to Spartanburg, where he will continue the practice of law. Dr. James M. Dowry, who has been at Hickory, N. C., for sometime past, came down last Saturday night to spend awhile in Yorkville. Mr. Reuben Horton, who is engaged in saw milling at Middendorf, S. C., in partnership with Mr. G. C. Ormand, spent several days with his family near Yorkville last week. Mr. E. R. Sapoch, of Cherokee county. was in Yorkville last Saturday, on business, and while here met many of his old friends, all of whom were glad to see him. Mr. Sapoch was formerly a county commissioner of York county, and discharged the duties of that posi tinn wirn nueiuy anu aDimy. (j Mr. H. ('. Simpson, the Catawba bee man, is in Yorkville this week on the jury. He says that this has been the poorest honey year he has experienced in five or six years. He has averaged only about eleven pounds of honey to' the coloney. He is unable to explain the cause of the failure, but understands it be general. ^iWrs. J. F. Hart and Miss Marie Carroll, left Monday to represent the Winnie Da /is Chapter U. D. C. in the state contention of the organization, which met in Anderson yesterday. The Winnie Davis delegation are authorized by their chapter and by the people of Yorkville generally, to ask for the holding of the next state convention in Yorkville; but inasmuch as there is considerable competition among the towns of the state for* the pleasure of entertaining the daughters, there is no assurance that Yorkville will be favored. CIRCUIT COURT. The court of sessions adjourned sine die last Saturday, after an unusually busy week, probably breaking the record in the number of cases previously disposed of in the same length of time. In all about twenty cases went to the juries, and of these about fourteen resulted in verdicts of guilty. Several defendants plead guilty, and thirteen were sentenced to the chaingang. Hardly a minute of time that might have been made available was wasted during the entire six days the court was In session. Work of the court of common pleas, which had been commenced last week, was resumed on Monday morning without- unnecessary delay, second week jurors answering to their names as follows: J. W. Patrick, Geo. S. Williams, J. M. Stroup, W. C. Armstrong, R. N. Plaxco, J. T. Spencer, W. R. Neely, E. F. White, L. L. Holler, D. A. Lee, B. B. Whltesides, J. B. Dickson, G. H. Ratteree, W. M. Matthews, R. A. Jackson, Mason Bratton, T. T. Davidson, T. J. Patrick, H. C. Simpson, J. H. Adams, W. T. Hoagland, D. J. Forbes, S. A. Mitchell, T. B. Spratt, Jas. H. Sturgis, J. S. Poag, B. F. Massey, J. T.. Cornwell, S. S. Faris, J. G. Smith, J. A. Williford, J. W. H. Good, J. F. Pursley. * This was the complete venire with the exception of R. M. Burris, J. J. White and J. L. Glenn, who had not been found. Messrs. W. R. Neely and B. B. Whitesides were, at their request, excused from further attendance because of illness. Before a jury could be secured it was necessary to draw a special venire from the seven mile box as follows: J. B. Scott, E. M. Walker, W. J. Love, J. B. Smith, W. D. Chambers, J. Warren Moore. The first case taken up was that of J. B. Martin, plaintiff, against L. L. Clyburn. Mr. Martin had. entered into a trade with Mr. Clyburn for some damaged machinery at a price agreed upon. Mr. Clyburn delivered only a part of the machinery, and the suit was to compel the delivery of the balance. Verdict for plaintiff. The next case taken up was that of S. W. Mitchell against the Woodmen of the World. This is the case in which Mr. Mitchell asks for $20,000 damages from the Woodmen organization on account of alleged injuries sustained during initiation. The case came up first last spring and was ventilated at length and in detail during several days: but the jury being unaljje to reach a verdict, reported a mistrial. As was the case last spring, there was again much difficulty in securing a jury. It was because counsel for the plaintiff insisted upon excluding members of the Woodmen organization and A- A- 9 11 J purring iiu jurors mi liicu vmi lum The venire was exhauster] before the panel of twelve was completed, and It became necessary Monday afternoon, to order the drawing of eight additional, jurors. The drawing resulted as follows: W. G. Turner, W. E. Sanders. Louis Roth, G. H. O'Leary, W. T. Moore, J. F. Williams, S. L. Latimer and Craig McCorkle. A jury having finally been secured, the case was entered Into on Tuesday morning, Mr. G. W. S. Hart, assisted by Major James F. Hart, representing the plaintiff, and Messrs. FInley & Brlce representing the defendant. Mr. S. W. Mitchell, the plaintiff, was on the stand for a considerable portion of the morning, and when the reporter left the court room to turn In the last sheets of copy for this issue, the trial was progressing In very much the same manner as that of last spring. Practically all of the witnesses who testified at the first trial were present, and the lodge goat, which is represented as having been the original cause of all the trouble, occupied a conspicuous place In the court room, In full view of the jury. It Is quite probable that the case will consume all of today (Wednesday) and it may not be concluded even during Friday. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The Graded school will observe holiday tomorrow (Thanksgiving) and Friday. Exercises were held on last Saturday to make up for the omission of next Friday. ? There will bt a special union service at the Methodist church tomorrow (Thanksgiving Day) at 11 o'clock. A special thank offering will be taken, and each contributor will have the privilege of contributing to the orphanage of his or her choice. ? The ladies who have charge of the work of preparing the Thanksgiving box for the Grier orphanage, at Hickory Grove, have so far met with only comparatively liberal co-operation. They would like more general help, and will be glad to receive all intended contributions by this, Wednesday, at noon. The contributions should be sent to Mrs. W. D. Glenn, who will see that they are promptly and properly forwarded. -* * * A *- - nori ? Jt migru De very wen xui pie of Yorkvllle to take steps looking to the establishment of an office of the Postal Telegraph company here. Gastonia, Rock Hill and Chester are all in a fair way to get the benefit of the Postal Telegraph service, and Yorkvllle ought to move in the same direction. There is no room for complaint against the service of the Western Union; but still competition will no doubt improve our conveniences. ? The Winnie Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, gave a very enjoyable entertainment in the opera house last Friday night. It consisted of Confederate songs, ren tiered In chorus and solo, a short talk by Rev. John Bass Shelton and an address by Colonel James Armstrong, of Charleston. The first number on the programme was the "Bonnie Blue Flag." admirably rendered by about a dozen ladies. The audience was so well pleased that it applauded vociferously for an encore; but the ladies failed to respond. Rev. Mr. Shelton made a few remarks, during which he got in I some happy hits that elicited generous applause. Colonel Armstrong's address was the main feature of the entertainment, and as is always the case when the colonel has the floor, it was a great success. There was a lot of wit and humor in it, and also a great deal of tender pathos and sound phylosophy. He had the complete sympathy of his audience throughout the address. The hall was well-filled and the ladies realized quite a handsome sum from their entertainment. ? The series of meetings at the Baptist church last week were largely attended, and it is the opinion of those who pay close attention to such things, that much good was accomplished. Rev. John Bass Shelton, of Chester, who did the preaching, came fully up to expectations. He is a pulpit orator of unusually fine presence, great force, and splendid ability. He had a very good congregation the first night, and on each succeeding night the church was full. He took occasion to tell the people that the spiritual condition of the town has been at a pretty low ebb for some time past and needs to be stirred up. He said also that it was, by reason of this low spiritual condition that the "agents of the devil" were able to establish the dispensary in the town: that the church people had gone to sleep at the post of duty while the other side is never idle. If the church people had been doing their duty, he claimed the dispensary could not have been established. The Baptist congregation was particularly delighted with Mr. Shelton and they secured a promise that he would return and conduct another meeting, whenever he was wanted again. Mr. Shelton's family came up to Yorkville Saturday morning and all returned to Chester together at the close of the Saturday night service. HKATII), THOUGHT AND SEEN. &T There will be no rural delivery mail service tomorrow, Thursday, all of the carriers observing Thanksgiving. Av' The first free rural delivery mail wagon brought to Yorkville, was unpacked by the Heath-Elliott Mule company last Friday, having been ordered by Mr. J. C. Elliott at a venture. Several of the free delivery carriers examined it immediately upon its arrival, and on Saturday morning it was purchased by Mr. D. C. Clark, carrier on Yorkville Route No. 1. It is a handsome vehicle, well-adapted to the work for which it is Intended. Air One of the good jokes gotten off by Col. Armstrong last Friday night was like this: Major James F. Hart had introduced Rev. John Bass Shelton as a son of a veteran from the blue grass region of" Kentucky, and when the turn of Col. Armstrong came, he referred to Mr. Shelton's explanation that he was from Todd county, which is not in the blue grass regions. "Why," said the colonel, "I have long been laboring under a false impression with regard to this matter, because I thought Todd was in the blue grass regions. I used to have a very dear friend from Kentucky, who frequently boasted having come from the 'Blue Grass,' and who used to take a 'toddy' every morning." The overloaded condition of Calendar 1, has made very clear the necessity of provision for more jurors than have been drawn heretofore. It has been customary to draw one venire for the first week and one for the second week. There are members of the bar who hold that as the law now stands, no venire can be legally drawn for the third week. It became evident last week, however, that because of the condition of the calendar, It would be practically Impossible to dispose of anything like half of the pending business within a single week, and the question of the court's right to sign an order for the drawing of a venire of jurors for the third week was raised. The matter came up on Saturday and was discussed pro and con. Under the law as it stands, the judge has the right to order the drawing of additional Jurors when necessary. There is no question of that. Messrs. W. B. McCaw and C. E. Spencer took the position that under this law the court would have the right to order the drawing of a full venire of thirty-six jurors to serve during a third week. Mr. J. S. Brice argued that the court had no such authority. He claimed that the additional jurors provided for only meant such jurors as might be necessary to make up deficiency in a venire depleted by challenge, incapacity or otherwise. Judge Aldrich announced his willingness to sign an order for the drawing of a third week venire, reserving the right, however, to quash this venire if, on further reflection, he saw proper to do so. As yet no decided action has been taken with regard to the matter. '& &* A Yorkville business man tells as a fact a story that contains some humor, and which seems to be worth printing. It is like this: While up the Carolina and North-Western railroad a few days ago, I made the acquaintance of a Boston man and his wife who were on a trip through the mountains, the man being in search of walnut timber for which he was paying high prices. The conversation drifted on to Roosevelt's bear hunt, and as much as anything else to bring my new acquaintances out, I suggested that I hoped that the president would return through Alabama and dine with Booker Washington. The lady picked up the subject at once, remarking: 'There is quite a difference between Mr. and myself on that subject. I think we should treat the Negro right and try to make something out of him, while my husband thinks that the Negro should have no social recognition whatever.* 'Yes,' spoke up the husband, 'from what I have seen, the southern people, and others who are thrown into close relations with the Negro, are having enough trouble with him now, rtW anything in the way of social recognition only adds to it.' Sitting in the seat behind us was an elderly woman wearing a dilapidated old shawl over a plain calico dress, and her face far back in the shadow of a poke bonnet. She had not been addressed, but just as the Boston man concluded his remark, she spoke up and said. 'And yes, and you Yankees are responsible for every bit of it.' Both the Boston man and his wife seemed somewhat surprised at this accusation, but quickly enterting into the spirit of the thing, entered into a colloquy with the old lady. The discussion grew quite heated, and I enjoyed it immensely, until the train reached Granite, where I had to get off. On arising from my seat, I took my leave of my casual acquaintances from Boston, and turned to the old lady, who was evidently from the mountains of Wautauga, remarked: 'Now, ma'am, I have to go; but be careful and don't let these people get the best of you. 'Needn't consarn yersef 'bout that,' she snapped, 'caus I ain't skeerd er no dam -blue-bellied Yankee I ever seed!' The Boston couple seem to take the declaration with considerable amusement: but as to how they managed to get along with the old lady during the rest of the trip I have not heard." LOCAL LACONICS. Top Crop Cotton. Some top crop cotton is being reported, but it does not seem to amount to a great deal. Onr Clnbninkcr*. Elsewhere is published a list of the clubmakers for The Enquirer so far reported. Any of these clubmakers will.. be ?lad to receive subscriptions for the paper and the money therefor. After the Moonnhinen. Policeman J. C. Dunctmtmd Constable Scoggins made a raid into the coaling ground section of Cherokee township last week and came upon a hot still, but failed to capture any of the operators. They destroyed the still. Ilork Hill's Public Building. The public building which the government 4s to erect in Rock Hill for postofflce and other purposes, is to be located on the corner of Main and Caldwell streets. The price to be paid for the lot is $5,500. Work is to commence soon. Dentb of Pnnllne Campbell. v Gastonia special of Saturday to the AUftAMfAM. DAIIKVIA fka R. ^uanuLic V/U3C1 vei l i auuuc, cue uyear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Campbell, died at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon after a week's illness of diphtheria. The body was taken to Clover this morning for burial, after a funeral service conducted at the home by Rev. M. McG. Shields. The sorrowing parents were accompanied on their sad mission by Miss Lizzie Adams, Mrs. J. W. Campbell and Misses Maggie and Eliza Barnett. Killed on the C.'A N.-W. . Mr. Michael Hovls, a white man who lived at Hardin's, was killed by the northbound Carolina and North-Western freight train about a mile north of Gastonia last Saturday morning. He and his son, Mr. Henry Hovls, who is a section master, were on their way to Gastonia on a hand car. They were surprised by a freight engine coming backwards, around a curve, and immediately went to work to get the hand car off the track. The work was completed without a moment to spare, and in the excitement Mr. Hovis failed to get off the track himself. The tender of the engine struck him on the head and knocked him some distance down an embankment, killing him almost Instantly. Hnre and Curious. Mr. John F. Gordon, county supervisor exhibited in Yorkville one day last week some specimens of fruit that are a both rare and curious, especially in this climate. They were fully developed pomegranates, grown on the premises of Mr. Gordon's father, Mr. Jas. Gordon, four miles northeast of Yorkville. Mr. Gordon said that the tree or bush was set out twenty-two years ago, and although there have been blossoms more than once, thlf is the first time there has been any matured fruit. Mr. James Gordon brought the bush from his old home in Chester county, along in 1880. ("It was a com- >. mon thing, some thirty years ago," said Mr. Gordon, "for the pomegranates to mature in Chester, and I ate them frequently when a boy; but this tree has all along had a difficult time to dodge the frost. Generally the fruit has been killed in the spring. I think this year's crop is due to the past cold winter and the present late fall." New Southern Schedule. The reporter has it. not on the authority of the railroad officials; but on authority that is to be considered rellahlo that (ho nrnmlood nhancp In the Southern schedule, whereby Yorkville and other points between Rock Hill and Blacksburg, as well as between Rock Hill and Klngsvllle, are to have four passenger trains a day. Is to go Into effect next Sunday, Nov. 30. The trains that will pass through Yorkville are to be run between Rock Hill and Marlon, and Blacksburg and Klngsville. There are to be two trains, each making a round trip every day. One Is to go west In the morning and east In the evening, and the other Is to go east In the morning and west In the evening, furnishing people all along the line the convenience of making extended trips either east or west and returning the same day. This service between Rock Hill and Marlon Is to be In connection with similar service between Blacksburg and Kingvllle, giving almost uninterrupted connection with Columbia and Charleston. As no schedule Is yet available. It is not practicable to give the exact time of the arrival and departure of these trains; but it Is understood that at least two of them each day, one going east and the other west, will carry sleepers. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. No Rash For the Sea. mere was u naval imuiuug oianvn open in Spartanburg last week; but only four recruits were secured. The young men of this part of the country have no special hankering after sea duty in American warships. The Government's Profits. The Richland distillery is said to be paying revenue tax to the government at the rate of about $1,000,000 a year. A few years ago the total collections of the internal revenue service in South Carolina only amounted to about $60,000 per annum. Wreck on the Southern. There was a serious wreck on the Southern railroad at Spartanburg last Sunday night. The limited express struck some box cars that had not been properly cleared on the side track, and the engine, baggage car and one day coach left the track. Engineer Solomons had a narrow escape with his life and the Negro fireman waa killed under the engine. Three white passengers and a Negro woman were injured, as was also Joseph Mitchell, the baggage master. An Elopement From Pacolet. y Asheville special of Friday to Charlotte Observer: Passengers on the train arriving here from South Carolina this afternoon gave information of the elopement of a married couple. Dr. D. H. Montgomery and Mrs. Gossett, both of PacOlet, S. C. Dr. Montgomery held the position of company physician of Pacolet mills, and was the proprietor of a drug store at that place. Mrs. Gossett is the wife of the over?ppr nf thp weaviner room at Pacolet Mills. She has one child, a daughter, several years of age. Dr. Montgomery left a wife and several children. The eloping^ouple has been heard from In Washington, D. C.. from which place Dr. Montgomery sent a letter to his father. He recently sold his drug store and announced his intention of going north to take a post graduate course in medicine. Mr*. Elliott Kills n Negro. There was a killing in West Wateree, about twelve miles from Camden, on Wednesday night, that will be generally approved in this section, says a Camden special to the News and Cour