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Scraps and |artis. ? Arthur L. Bishop, the traveling salesman who shot and killed Thomas J. Wilson, in Charlotte, N. C., on December 9, surrendered himself to the police at Petersburg, Va., last Saturday, Governor Aycock, of North Carolina, had offered a reward of $400 for Bishop's arrest. It was understood that Bishop would at once be taken to Mecklenburg Jail. ? A singular suit in Chicago is for the possession of a lizard which the complainant values at $200. This lizard had been in the man's stomach for ten years; but was coughed up last week. The lizard crawled off and was captured by another man who refused to surrender it, hence the suit. The value of the lizard is based upon an offer that has been made for it by Chicago scientists. ^ wWnw nf President iUi O. ui uuvt ?*?V*VI* v. ? Grant, died at her residence in Washington at 11.17 o'clock last Sunday night. She had been suffering for several years from valvular disease of the heart, and death was hastened by a severe attack of bronchitia Mrs. Grant's maiden name was Julia Dent She was born in St. Louis, Mo., in 1826, and was married to general, then Captain Grant, in 1849. She was with her husband much of the time in the war, saw him twice inaugurated president, and accompanied him in his famous trip around the world. She grave four children to her husband. All of them are still living. Since the death of her husband, she has spent the greater portion of her time in Washington and visiting her children. Her remains will be deposited in the tomb at Riverside Park, New York, by the side of those of her husband. ? The American Public Health association, after a Ave day's session In New Orleans, La., concluded its work last Friday morning. The following officers were elected. President, Dr. Walter Wyman, surgeon general of the United States marine hospital service; first vice president, D. P. Wilkinson, New Orleans; second vice president, Dr. John L. Leal, New Jersey; treasurer, Dr. F. W. Wright, of Connecticut; secretary, Dr. C. O. Probst, Columbus, Ohio. Washington, D. C., was chosen as the next place of meeting. Resolutions were adopted favoring a sanitary exhibit at the coming St. Louis exposition and urging that illuminating gas be placed under municipal control. A resolution by Dr. E. L. McGhec, prevailed, asking for legislation that would require railroad and steamsmp companies aim uuieia iu iuinish pure drinking water. ? Dr. W. W. Keen, an eminent surgeon of Philadelphia, recently made a strong claim in favor of vivisection which has been heavily attacked by experienced physicians, who claim that it does not materially assist in human surgery. A patient was brought to Dr. Keen who had been injured in a foot ball game three days before. The patient had convulsions in the right arm and complained bitterly of headache in the forehead. The doctor says but for his experience in vivisection he would have supposed that a clot of blood was on the front of the brain, but as the result of his experience in vivisection he knew the blood to be on that part of the brain known as the "arm center." The skull was opened, the clot found as predicted and removed and the patient lives. If the skull had been opened in the front a normal brain would have been found and the patient would have died. ? Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement, issued last Friday, shows for the 12 days of December a decrease under last year of 79,000 and a decrease under the same period year before last of 120,000. For the 103 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days last year 174,000 and ahead of the same days year before last of 161,000. The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 345,156 against 425, 458 for the same seven days last year and 459,632 year before last. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to be 4,170,193 against 3,971,809 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada, 443,363 against 495,987 last year; Interior stocks In excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 469,205 against 509,794 last year; southern mills' takings 696,500 against 627,168 last year. The total movement since September 1, is 5,779,261 against 5,604,758 last year and 5,618.233 year before last. ? The great dam across the Nile at Assouan Egypt, was opened on December 10, in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, the khedive. Earl Cromer, the British agent in Egypt, and Countess Cromer and the various consuls general. The khedive turned a key which set in motion the electrical machinery. Several gates gradually opened and a volume of water rushed out. On the invitation of the khedive the Duchess of Connaught placed a stone commemorating the event. As the day was Ramadan, the great annual Mohammedan fast, the ceremony did not take place until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Consequently the proceedings were somewhat curtailed. What is known as the opening of the Nile works is in reality the formal function of inspecting them when closed. The flood in the Nile ended in November and the 180 stuyos in the wall of masonry a mile and a quarter long, were closed beginning this month, for the storage of water until the end of March. The utility of the dam has already been proved, since it raised the level of the water in the chief irrigating canal materially during the exceptionally low Nile. The Duke of Connaught laid the foundation stone of the Dam on Febru\ary 2, 1899. Thus the work has been completed in a little less than four years. The purpose is to hold back the waters of the Nile during the flood for irrigating during the rest of the dam is pierced by 180 openings, eact 25 feet high and 7 feet wide. Some ol the sluices go 70 feet below the ordinary rock surface. The work has beer done by the English firm of John Air<3 & Co., and 16,000 laborers, 90 per cent of them native Egyptians, have beer employed. The original estimate wai 810,000,000, but it has probably exceeded that in cost. ?hr llotbviUf (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.t WEDNESDAY, DEC'R. 17,1902. The general assembly of South Carolina convenes on the second Tuesday in January. The city council of Chester has passed an ordinance prohibiting the sale of tire-works. Most of the dealers had already laid in stocks before the ordinance was published, and there is a good deal of dissatisfaction over the matter. ? ? Dr. Adolph Lorenz, the famous Austrian specialist, who came over to the United States a few weeks ago to treat the child of Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Armour for congenital hip Joint dislocation, will carry home with him th blessings of scores of parents and children who had never dreamed of securing the benefit of his almost superhuman knowledge and skill. Dr Lorenz, as already explained, came tc America to perform a single operation, That operation was successful and he received a fee of $30,000. But he did not stop at that. Since leaving Chicago, he has visited St. Louis, Denver, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New York, and in each city he has given free public exhibitions for the benefit of the local physicians, and incidentally treated successfully scores ol children for this previously almost irreparable misfortune. He has nol thought of making charges for his services; but, on the other hand, has taken especial pains to see that local nhvsioinns had the opportunity, to un derstand thoroughly Just how he goes about his wonderful operation. Senator Morgan's proposition tc colonize American Negroes in the Philippines is interesting. It develops thai the senator has already done quite a lot of important work in connection with this matter, and has his plans pretty well under way. This is characteristic, for Mr. Morgan is a man ol action rather than of words. 01 course, it is easy to offer many objections to the senator's plan's; but at the same time they are full of fai reaching wisdom. The best thought ol this country is agreed that the future welfare of both races demands separation. This will necessarily involve inconvenience and hardship to both whites and Negroes; but the thing is inevitable, and it is better to bring it about intelligently and peacefully than to leave the matter open until such time as it will have to be brought about through other means. As to how Mr. Morgan's plan is going to work, cannot be definitely predicted. Wt have an idea that it will be hampered and delayed by Interested opposition; but the delay will only be temporary, One way or another, at some time 01 another, the end to which the wise old Alabama statesman is now looking is surely coming, and if the people of ths south will at once line up behind Senator Morgan they* will save themselves much future trouble. THE VENEZUELAN EMHROGLIO. British and Germans Fire on Fortress Llbertador. The demonstration of the British and Germans against Venezuela, has beer of increasing importance during the past week, and the situation is becoming one of serious concern to the administration at Washington, although it is hardly correct to say that anything like a crises is yet in sight. Following the sinking of the Venezuelan gunboats off the harbor of La Guayra, last week, the British collier, Topaze, was attacked by a mob ol Venezuelans in the harbor of Puerto Cabella, and made to strike her colors, This was on Friday. The mob explained to the captain of the Topaze that it was acting in retaliation for the action of the British and German ships in sinking the Venezuelan gunboats. The captain of the Topaze managed to communicate the facts of the occurrence to the commander of the British naval force, Commodore Montgomerie, and on Saturday afternoon Commodore Mnnteromerie aDDeared before the porl in the Charybdis. At the request ol citizens of Puerto Cabello, the American consul went aboard the Charybdis and explained that the violence thai had been offered to the Topaze was by a mob and that the Venezuelan government was not responsible. Commodore Montgomerie replied that there must be an official apology within two hours, or he would bombard Fort Libertador. The authorities of Puerto Cabello communicated with President Castro as soon as possible, and within a few minutes before the expiration of the time limit received permission to apologize. While the apology demanded was being signalled from Puerto Cabello, the British cruiser Charybdis and the German cruiser Vineta opened Are on the fortress of Libertador. The fortress replied with considerable spirit; but within twenty-five minutes the Venezuelan guns were silenced. So far as is known, no damage was done to the ships of the allies, but it is reported that three Venezuelans were killed in the fortress. After the fort was silenced. the British sent a landing party ashore and took possession. The commander of the fort, who had been wounded during this bombardment, fell into the hands of the allies. Previous to these events, President Castro had been continuing his appeals to his countrymen to rise against the invaders, and his appeals had met with hearty responses. It is said that many German citizens in the interior are very indignant over the action of their former government in the whole matter and volunteered their services to Venezuela against the fath Minis way ll is cxpccieu iu auu 00.000 acres of land under culenable large tracts to bear 3 a year instead of one, and ast $120,000,000 a year to the f tl\e country in Increased pronuctsVf cotton and sugar. The dam is a rHje an<j 0ne-fourth long and will hold th. water 347.6 feet above the level of Mediterranean. The ry \ V i erland. It is also reported that the | ; citizens of the adjoining: South American states are becoming: very much excited and seem disposed to Join Ven1 ezula in resisting: European aggrression, H I on what they consider to be trumped up pretexts. The action of the allies in destroying T 1 the Venzuelan fleet, even before the ) declaration of a blockade, has been . widely commented up. Reports from V London are to the effect that the British government denies having taken ' any part in the matter, and is disposed to put the entire responsibility on the Germans. A report from Berlin is to the effect that the vessels : were not really destroyed: but that they were taken to a near-by island to be refitted for use in the pending blockade. What has really been done with regard to these vessels and who j: is responsible, has not been made exactly clear. Shortly after the institution of the s aggression by the allies, President Cas+*? nAflfia/1 Mtniotor Rnu/hn tVlA TPTirP sentative of the United States, that he was willing to submit the whole . matter to arbitration, indicating that he especially desired arbitration of the question as to whether the allies really i had any claims against him. Minister Bowen communicated President Cas- ' tro's proposition to Washington and *1 . was advised that he might proceed in it the matter: but as the representative a of Venezuela rather than of the Unir ted States. " Unofficial London news of Monday ] was to the effect that Great Britain had indicated her willingness to arbi- ] . trate the points at issue, even at the ^ b present stage of the proceedings, and that she had cabled instructions to her J 1 warships to withdraw from Venezuelan ' . waters. Germany, however, which j L has all along been arrogantly aggres sive, had given no intimation as to her ! willingness to enter into the arbltra- J] tion arrangements. ^ Dispatches from Washington Indicate J* that the senators and representatives ^ are becoming very much wrought up over the situation. They feel that It * ; Is the duty of the United States to ex- J' press herself In some manner and that " pretty quick, for while the principles '' of the Monroe doctrine have not yet rbeen violated, there Is no telling to what lengths the allies may be forced to go before they can secure the satlsfactlon from Venezuela that they ~ claim to be after. 5} The tone of the dispatches and pub- f; lished references to Great Britain lndicate that that government Is disposed jjj to be very considerate of the United States in all that It does, while Ger- ^ many seems to be inclined to go on her ? own way regardless of the wishes, de- J, sires or opposition of America. z] A dispatch of a few days ago from *r the West Indies, where the American ^ , fleet Is playing at Its war game, quotes 1 Admiral Dewey, who Is there, as say1 Ing: "I have the honor to command the > most powerful fleet that has ever been . gathered under one flag In the history , of the world." While there has not been a single official intimation to that effect, there is no reason to doubt that(^ : this fleet of Dewey's has been placed where It now Is with purposes beyond . the mere consideration of holiday prac1 tlce. h 1 . . . f? PHILIPPINES FOR NEGROES. JT ' c Senator Morgan Han Scheme to Utll- ei *t" uur iirw ruiRrnnniiin. ^ ' Senator John T. Morgan, of Alabama. ir ' has succeeded, after two years of en- S ' deavor, In interesting the war depart- # 1 men#, and incidentally President v 1 Roosevelt, in a plan to use the Phil- c 1 Ippine islands in colonizing the Negroes p | of the United States, says a Washingk ton dispatch to the Atlanta Journal. C1 The war department has made ar- ^ rangements to test the practical pos- e< * sibilities of the plan and the president cl has sent a special envoy, T. Thomas Fortune, a Negro leader, to the Philip- 31 J pine islands to make investigation t( and report on the conditions there. Jf In his efforts to have the plan put h { into execution, Senator Morgan has d t , -1 -1 - i U- ,..1+1. Oan_ W neiu irequ?rm cuuauuaiiuiio mm mv- ? ' retary of "War Root; has consulted ^ r Governor General Taft, and In other tl 1 ways urged his scheme on the officials. It t It Is the Alabama senator's purpose a r In the future to start legislation in con- Is - gress for the movement to colonize " the Negroes In the Philippines. He has v I not pushed this part of this work be- g cause he believes the time Is not ripe u yet for legislation: the farmers of the b south, he says, think they need the lc 1 Negro now, and until conditions are b 1 more favorable, he will withhold the T f proposed legislation. He believes, how- \\ ' ever, that the move now under way v i will result eventually in millions of the Negroes emigrating to the Philippine ^ islands and working out their own sal- ? vation there. r( This, he says, Is the solution of the v grave Negro question which now con fronts the American people. Senator Morgan's plan is to incorpor- i , ate for the Negroes, steamship trans- S( portation companies; to give them . 1 homesteads of about twenty acres s each in the island and to give them the <r . best possible commercial advantages, oi The plan would not deprive th?m of ' their protection under the flag of the .. i United States; it would not deprive them 11 . of citizenship, of which they are proud, H and it would enable them to become a ti self-sustaining and prosperous race of jr ' people, because the land in the Philip- ' i pine islands is extremely rich and fer- tl tile. The climate is exactly suited to w the Negroes' physical and industrial s< " character, he says. Under this plan . ' Senator Morgan believes great num, bers of the Negroes, but not all of b< , them, of course, would go to the is- w , lands. j. In an interview on the subject today he said for The Journal: i "The principal reason for my atti- P tude in the senate toward the Philip- n pine islands was my belief that they tj 1 would afford a home for the Negroes. "When I first came to congress I in- p 1 troduced a resolution to recognize the vi ; Congo Free State as an independent e] ; nation, merely to afford the Negroes of ; this country a place to which they 1 might emigrate when their numbers N increased to an extent that would j, | make the emigration of large numbers ; of their race necessary. The resolu- ei 1 tion passed the senate and house, and ts 1 a colonization of the Negro in Congo w was well under way when the United r( ' States acquired the Philippines. 1 "The acquisition of that territory c* nnanai^ iin a now onH vaatlv Slinorlor \V country for 'them. The land la rich t\ ; and the climate better suited to them. . and there they would still be under the i flag, a condition which the Negro likes C ' exceedingly well. b< "I took the matter up with Secretary Root and wrote to Governor General Tafft for information and ideas on the plan of colonizing our Negroes there, a ! Both were favorably impressed with la i the idea, and I am glad to know that : it has at last been started. "When the movements make a start P' s it will be like the crawfish hole in the w ! Mississippi levees?small at the begin- q i ning, but large enough for the river to i run through the next morning. "The Negroes were the first people found in the Philippine islands. They T t are the original inhabitants. Then i came the Malay pirates, who drove I them back into the hills, where Phil- F Jppine Negroes now live. The Span- ai iards conquered the Malays. This his- jn tory is merely to show that the islands are suited to the Negro race. ir 1 "I have tried to put the plan in operI ation without endangering the labor of re southern farmers, and I believe under o' the present scheme it will work out Tl this way. It will take time, of course, te but the plan, when accomplished, will to prove satisfactory to everybody. t'C LiOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. [. C. Strauss & Co.?Say more about their closing out sale and quote a lot of prices that will interest you. he Enquirer?Wants to recover a paii of ladies' shoes lost last Mondaj morning. 7. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Givet notices of sale in the following cases; Elizabeth C. McCarter, plaintiff, vs Hattie A. Jackson et al., defendants; Geo. W. Moore, plaintiff, vs. W. Lawson Moore et al., defendants; tht Spratt Building and Loan Association, plaintiff, vs. W. H. Hicklin el al., defendants; W. N. Ashe, Jr. Dlaintiflf. vs. Marv Glenn Hope et al. defendants. as. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you about a fresh lot of Nunnally's candles pocket knives, razors, medicines, etc outhern Railway?Publishes a change of schedule which became effective on December 14. SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS. According to the monthly report ol 'reasurer Neely to Superintendent f Education Carroll, the balances ir le hands of the treasurer to the credof the various school districts stooc s follows on December 15: 0. NAME. AMOUNT L Oak Ridge * 254 71 5. Bethany 161 4' 1. Bethel 595 41 1. South Fort Mill 54 91 j. Catawba 1,639 6! >. Bethesda 54 It r. Belmont 105 5! 1. Tork 438 2! >. Wilkerson 182 3< ). Blalrsvllle 579 01 I. Yorkvllle Graded 271 11 5. Rock Hill 513 21 L McConnellsville 132 11 1. Warren 149 81 ?. Cotton 134 91 i. Olive 65 31 r. Piedmont ....1. 152 41 1 Gmvpna Rfi fif ). Beersheba 97 11 ). Sharon 52 0' I. Chapel 103 91 I. Bowling Green 466 9! 5. Point 206 41 1. King's Mountain .. 123 1^ >. Clark's Pork 76 65 >. Riverside 205 5! Concord J 40 5! 1. Fort Mill 232 31 ). Bethesda Graded 168 8! ). Forest Hill 161 61 I. Allison Creek .*. 151 11 5. Ebenezer 51 51 i. Philadelphia 47 6! 1. Turkey Creek 92 5< >. Tirzah 173 6! >. Newport 370 11 r. Clover Ill 21 1. Hopewell 64 0! >. Gold Hill 214 7! ), Hickory Grove 132 51 Incidentals 52 61 ABOUT PEOPLE!. Mr. B. N. Moore has been hobbling or 'Mr. B. H. Horton is quite sick at hit ome at Gould, and is threatened with ?ver. Miss Anna Pegram, of Shopton, N ., is visiting the family of her brothr, Mr. J. B. Pegram. Mrs. Charles Strong, of Charlotte, is l Yorkville on a Visit to friends, th? uest of Mrs. James F. Hart. Messrs. Geo. W. S. Hart, J. S. Brlce V. W. Lewis and W. B. McCaw are it olumbia arguing cases before the sureme court. Mrs. s. .union ana son, or Lanaster, after spending a few days with [r. J. C. Ellott's. family, have return3 home. rutches during the past few days as le result of a fracture of the ankk ustained while jumping from his cot>n platform last Friday. Mr. William Cureton, of Lancaster as been In Yorkville for the past few ays, assisting Mr. J. C. Eliott at the [eath-Elliott livery stable. Congressman-elect Wyatt Aiken, ol ae Third district, Jand family, are vising in Yorkville,} the guests of Rev nd Mrs. W. G. Neville. Mrs. Neville i Mr. Aiken's slsiter. The Methodist congregation of Yorkllle, as well as tfe people of the towr enerally, are very reluctant to give p Rev. A. N. Brpnson, and It is noi elleved that Mf^ Brunson was anx>us to leave here, because he hat een doing a good work In Yorkville he best wishes of his many friends 111 follow him to his new home. /heard, thought and seen. fir Mr. John B. Plaxco, of Yorkville, ;ports a turnip of the White Globs arlety, raised on his place, thai leasures 193 Inches In circumference. tF Upon the inauguration of the new :hedule on the Southern recently, the npresslon got out that Pullman sleepig and dining cars were to be added n December 15. It develops, however, lat this was a mistake except as tc le section or tne roaa Detween ?ocn [111 and Kingville. The section beveen Blacksburg and Marion Is not t good enough condition to warranl le running of such cars, and they ill not be placed on this section foi imetime yet. The reporter under:ands, however, that every effort is eing made to get the Blacksburg and [arion section in good shape as rapidr as possible, and that very like 11 ill be in a condition to accommodate ullman cars along about February. : is said to be the ultimate purpose ol le railroad people to have a through ullman service from Marion with a iew to taking care of the northwest*n travel to Charleston and Florida. A car load of about twenty-flve egroes passed througrh Yorkvllle one ay last week on their way to southist Georgia, where they were being iken by Capt. W. E. Bell to cut flreood for the Atlantic Coast Line rall>ad. Most of the Negroes were seared around Gaffney City; but a few ere gotten at Blacksburg and one or vo at Yorkvllle and Rock Hill. Durig the past few months, the Atlantic oast Line has changed a large num?r of Its engines to burn wood instead f coal, and the problem of getting a jfllcient quantity of wood cut Is such serious one as to call for much more .bor than can be readily obtained In le territory from which the wood suply is secured. The Gaffney Negroes ere quite ready to go to southeast eorgia, especially since it meant a ee ride and all expenses paid. HE SHERIFF TO THE GOVERNOR. Upon his return from Rock Hill last rlday night, Sheriff Logan prepared id sent to the governor the followig report on his expedition against le bull and chicken fighters: "I went to Rock Hill the night after 'ceiving your telegram, and at 8 clock next morning drove out to Bob homasson's place. I showed him your legram, and he said he had talked i you over the telephone. Said he had insulted four different lawyers and they all said he could no.t be prevented q from having the bull fight unless he t] was enjoined by a circuit Judge, and r< that he Intended to have the fight as u : advertised at 12 o'clock. I sent the tl t only constable I had to Rock Hill for t< a detachment of the Catawba Rifles, u ' and told him that we did not want r more than eight or ten; but Captain t\ Exunlap went himself and took twenty- " i five men. I suppose they all wanted to c< ; go. I had notified the captain to hold ci . his company in readiness as I might h ; call on him. I notified him and showed n him your telegram before going to a ! Thomasson's. As matters turned out tl I did not need the military at all, as I s< t believe I could have prevented the fight a , myself. But from Thomasson's defiant , manner, and not knowing what kind of p a crowd would be there, I thought it f< t best to be on the safe side and show p , him that I was determined that there c . should be no fight as you instructed b me. It is about four miles from Rock a ? Hill to Thomasson's, and it would have b been too late to get the military after p waiting until they were really needed, a There was no show of resisting my au- s; thority at all after I sent for the mil- p r itary. I only kept them until 12 o'clock, p t I stayed there until about 3 o'clock, tl until nearly everybody had left. Both a bulls are still there; but I had all as- q surances that there would be no at- t< I tempt to have any fight. I had not a heard anything of the fight until I saw It in The State. Even the mayor of Oi Rock Hill had not heard anything of [ the proposed fight. Hoping that I have e carried out your Instructions satisfac- s j torlly, etc." k 5 Governor McSweeney, In acknowli edging the receipt of the report, wrote ) Sheriff Logan as follows: t: | "I felt satisfied when I wired you q ' that you would faithfully perform your fi ^ duty, and I want to congratulate you v [ on your promptness and excellent v Judgment; and in ordering out the Ca- v | tawba Rifles I am sure you took the p [ correct course. Convey to Captain e [ Dunlap and his men my sincere a | thanks for their promptness in assist- v ? lng you." il [ . t . WITHIN THE TOWN. f q I ? Beginning yesterday, all of the R. t j F. D. carriers out of Yorkville leave a I at 8.30 a. m., and are expected back 11 f at 5 o'clock. g 5 ? Rev. A. N. Brunson preached his ' farewell sermon tfl-JL- large congrega- h } tlon In Trinity church last Sunday ; morning. The sermon was interest- ? I ing and impressive, and many mem- q bers of the congregation were very t ) much impressed by it. At the conclu- n ) sion of the service a collection was a i taken up to raise the balance of Mr. [ Brunson's salary. The amount was o over subscribed. ? } ^f^After prayer-meeting on Wednes- a ^ifay night, the ladies of the Presbyte- p rlan church held a meeting for the 8 purpose of re-organizing the Floral g 1 Society. It is a permanent organiza- c ' tion to be known as "The Floral Socle- u 1 ty of the Ladies of the Presbyterian 8 Church." Mrs. J. J. Hunter was elec- R ted president; Mrs. B. N. Moore, vice p president; Mrs. n. t. siepnensun, sec retary; and Miss Llse Moore, treas- * ' urer. The object of the society Is to j, advance the interest in floral culture in the town and county, and to make * seasonable preparations for the chrys- a 1 anthemum show to be held next fall, u ' Plans for the work are being matured " already, and It Is confidently predlc ted that the next show will be a great1 er success in every way than the last. 1 ' ? Beginning last Sunday a slight change of schedule went into effect tl on the Southern. According to this b change, the various trains are due at ? Yorkville about three to 14 minutes A earlier; but the difference Is really 1m- 'n ? material so far as the public is con- f r cerned, for the reason that the trains ! are not yet able to come In on time ^ regularly. There was another change, f, f however, that is Important. Beginning <j Monday mail cars were added to Nos. 0 . 35 and 36. increasing the number of reg- n J ular mail trains to four a day, Pre- n vlous to Monday there were only two g regular mall trains. The other two t trains, however, carried locked pouch- K i es. As the result of the change, all t post offices along the line will be sup- ^ plied with mail by each train. As the ^ i result of the effort of Miss Moore, post. master, the southbound Carolina and n t North-Western freight train is now a bringing a locked pouch from Gastonia ^ with late malls from the north and west. I ; ^ ^ ti I UlflV'S t/l/ifliTivii ovnwMw* Some weeks ago, State Superintend- ii ent of Education McMahan asked the si county superintendents of education a for reviews of work accomplished un- n der their respective Jurisdictions and n 1 for suggestions calculated to help the n ' cause of education generally. He re- a 1 ceived quite a number of replies; but a ' that of Superintendent of Education Carroll, of York, was probably the most t( ' striking of the lot. At any rate, Mr. t| ' McMahan was so impressed with the ^ letter of Mr. Carroll, that he gave it tj out to the dally papers for publics- ^ tlon, very properly advising the pa- r) 1 pers at the same time that Mr. Carroll tj is one of the most efficient educational b( officers in the state. The letter in H question is of especial interest to the ^ ' people of York county, and it gives us g ; pleasure to reproduce it in part as g) follows: g{ 1 "We are making some progress and Q] our schools will probably compare . favorably with those in a majority of the counties, but the gap between our h; present system and any model school b< ( system is so wide as to make us feel keenly the comparative insignificance * , of what has been accomplished in one 1)1 short term. "Probably the most noticeable improvement is found in the increased efficiency of our teaching force. In accordance with the policy of the state superintendent special attention has been given to this phase of the county p ' superintendent's work. By means of w teachers' meetings, Saturday institute tj work and the summer school, gratifying results along this line have been obtained, and by a rigid and impartial w system of grading examination papers in we are striving to make the term Q( "First Grade" really mean something. p The teachers will, it is hoped, eventual- ^ - T1 ly receive their reward for better pre- ? paration in the shape of larger sala- m ries. There are, in fact, already some ^ evidence of improvement in this res1 pect. Four years ago, outside the st graded schools, there were only thirteen ai teachers in the county receiving more jj, than $25 a month. Now, exclusive of . the graded schools, we have a total of forty-one who go above that figure? is 14 males and 27 females. One county es school is paying its principal a month- pi ly salary of $70 for a nine months' af term, and they justly consider it a pay- m ing investment. Nineteen female ar teachers get salaries of $30 and up- Yi wards. These figures would no doubt pi appear quite small in some sections of tr the state, but comparatively speak- pr ing they are encouraging. pr Another important feature in the cli work of the past two years was the ex- 0< change of text books. This was a very Si delicate question, one which touched jo the "pockets" of the people and it re- to uired some nerve to enforce strictly 1 ie regulations of the state board in i ?gard to the exchange. However, the j ork was most successfully done and i ie result is something new in the his- ] jry of our schools,, viz: an absolutely ] niform series of text books. i We have only recently recovered ' rom the attack of Tutwiler and his i Evan's chart" gang who "struck" this i ounty for something like $2,500, and 1 onsequently not much has been done ] l the way of improved furniture and < lodern school buildings, but consider- i ble attention is now being given to i his subject. Quite a number of i chools have recently purchased desks i nd others will buy in the near future, i The county superintendent has pre- < ared plans and specifications for comartable and convenient one and two oom school houses, which present a reditable appearance and which can e erected at a cost of from $250 to $500 ccording to size, location, etc. Several uildings in accordance with these lans are now under way, and as soon s they are completed photographs, peciflcations, and other Information in egard to them will be collected and ubiished for distribution throughout he county. During the next two years, t least, all new buildings will be reuired to conform as nearly as possible o these plans. In this connection I m glad to note that the town of "orkville is Just completing a new $12,00 building for her graded school. Seven districts are now levying an xtra tax for the support of their chools, an increase of three in the ist two years. As to plans for the future we expect o continue as far as possible the poliies of the last four years, and in addllon shall give special attention to the uestion of new buildings and better urniture. By consolidating and otherwise reducing the number of schools, we hope to lengthen the term of the white schools from six months, the resent average, to at least seven or ight months. An eight months averge term is a possibility in this county without any increase in taxation, but t can be done only through the parens themselves. If we can get them ully aroused to the importance of the uestion, the rest will be easy. With his end in view we expect to conduct kind of educational campaign next lying-by time?July and August. By working up a rally and a picnic in each ection of the county and providing ood speakers for these occasions, it is oped some good may be accomplished. The most pressing need of the rural chools, in my opinion, is some -more atisfactory method of supervision, 'he annual or semi-annual visits of he county superintendent are nothing riore than a farce so far as supervision oes, and in the larger counties he canot get around oftener. A division of the schools into groups f seven and eight, with an experienced eacher in charge of each group as a :lnd of traveling principal, would probbly be an improvement on the present lan. With the teachers in each group ubject to the supervision of a "group rlncipal," and these principals in turn ubject to the supervision of a capable ounty superintendent, we could get a niformlty in grading, classification nd course of study, which is impossile under existing arrangements. The alary of the principal could be paid iumpiiy uy me acnuuiH in nis groups, 'Ithout any appreciable reduction In he length of term, and the good results btalned would certainly more than ustify the necessary expenditure. It would require too much space to lve In full the details of this plan, but am persuaded that we can never have school system worthy of the name ntll we adopt this, or something slmar. LOCAL LACONICS, n the Supreme Court. The following York county cases, in he supreme court on appeals are to e held during this week: Brooke vs. lill; Latimer vs. York Cotton Mills; LShe vs. Carolina and North-Westem ailway. 'lred Into the Train. Some miscreant fired into Southern rain No 36, about two miles west of lickory Grove last Sunday night, 'he bullet passed through both sides f the car, narrowly missing the flaglan. The railroad authorities have o information as to the identy of the uilty party; but will spare no effort 3 run him down. Lear End Collision. There was a rear end collision on the outhern at Lesslle station last Saturay night. The material train ran in3 the freight. It appears that the laterial train left Catawba Junction bout eighteen minutes after the rolirhf ratn The frplcht train had ome work to do at Lesslie, and failed > send out a flagman. In addition to tie usual darkness, the night was quite Jggy. The material train came crashig along at a pretty lively speed, and truck the caboose of the freight train hard jolt Several members of the laterial train crew were Injured; but ot very seriously. The engine of the laterial train was considerably damped. v nd Almost Christmas. / Mr. W. T. Smarr, of Cotton, has sent 1 ) this office the most interesting con- ' dbution of out-of-season fruit, that ^ he Enquirer has seen mentioned 1 lis fall. It Is a collection of strawerry blossoms, half-matured and fully ipe berries. They were not plentiful; 1 ley came through the mail in a match ' ox; but the ripe specimens were real ne, up to the. average of a first-class erry patch In the early summer. Mr. marr writes: "I have had a few ripe :rawberries all fall. My vines have a ood many blooms and green berries a them now. I have several varieties, ut only one kind has ripe berries. I 1 ave had some experience in straw- 1 erry culture during the past few ?ars; but have never had any ripe erries before In December." ( MERE-MENTION. The Southern's fast passenger train, o. 39, ran into an open switch at High oint, N. C., last Friday and collided ith a freight train. The engineer of le passenger train, had a leg broken . rid the engineer of the freight train ] as also hurt. Two passengers were ijured; but not seriously. The wreck ;easioned a delay of several hours.... < resident Roosevelt appointed- John ' arrett, World's fair commissioner, ( inister to Japan vice Minister Buck, t jceased. Japan gave it to be under- ' ood that she did not want Barrett ' id Barrett declined. It is now thought lat the president will give the place t i Lloyd Griscomb, Jr., at present min- ( ter to Persia The proposition to c itablish the gold standard in Mexico omises some warm politics. The 1 .Ticultural classes and the silver f ines are supporting the gold stand- * d...i..The scarcity of coal in New * ork city and the consequent high 1 ices, is causing a great deal of disess Kerosene oil is advancing in c ice in sympathy with coal The 0 oposed Pacific cable from San Fran- e sco to Honolulu, was anchored at :ean Beach, near San Francisco, last inday....The Georgia legislature ad- urned last Saturday. In their anxiety get away some of the members left I before final adjournment and they had to be arrested in order to make them attend to their duties Nearly onethird of the cadets at Annapolis, Md.,? 115 In number?are sick from ptomaine poisoning, caused by eating sausage or salad dressing at a big supper last Wednesday night....Over three thousand people have been forced to flee from their homes in the Red river bottoms on account of the breaking of levees by the high waters. It is reported that between 3,000 and 4,000 head of cattle have been drowned in that locality Thirteen cadets were dismissed from the Virginia Military Institute a few days ago for disorderly conduct and insubordination. Forty Dther cadets are under arrest pending consideration of their cases Col. Wm. J. Bryan wants Hon. Wm. J. Stone, of Missouri, to succeed James K. Jones as chairman of the Democra- ^ tic party. Thomasson-Tillman Bull Fight.? Mr. Osmond L. Barringer and a short Associated Press item relating to the fake bull fight at Rock Hill, S. C., arrived in the office at the same time liast night. The Associated Press item was short and neat and stated that the militia had stopped the dog, bull and chicken fights. Mr. Barringer had his hat pulled down over his right eye; his trousers were badly snagged and he had a wild, yet understanding, look in his eye. Without hesitation the Associated Press item was consigned to the waste paper basket: Mr. Barringer agreed to be interviewed and sat down wearily. "Been to Rock Hill, Mr. Barringer?" "ygs." "See the bulls fight?" "Nope. The whole thing was measly. There was a man named Thomasson down there and a man named Tillman, and they had a Jersey bull apiece. Tillman's bull weighed 1,100 and Thomasson's bull 1,000 pounds. Tillman's bull was in the ampitheatre; and Tillman got drunk, and?" "And the bulls didn't get together at all?" "Not a bit of it. But the two bulls were peaches. There were chicken fights Thursday night, but 200 people went out to the ampltheatre yesterday, got soaked and saw nothing worth seeing except Tillman and his bulL I didn't do a thing but sit around in the rain and watch that big Jersey and Tillman. And Tillman was the drunkest?" "No other amusements, at all?" ; "Oh. well, there was a bum drag fox chase, and after the departure of this sheriff and the militia, who had come out in the morning, there was a chicken fight or so; but the whole show was on the hog."?Charlotte Observer, Saturday. Murdered By Negroes. Sam Llghtsly, a young man of Fairfax, Barnwell county, disappeared mysteriously from his home about seven weeks ago. He had gone to his room to go to bed and nothing more was heard of him until a few days ago, when his body .was pointed out by a swarm of buzzards. Investigation developed that the young man had left his home Instead of going to bed, and that he was murdered by two Negroes. The Negroes buried his body; but dogs discovered it and they undertook to carry it to another place. They were alarmed during the transportation and dropped the body in a field, where It was found. The Negroes were arrested and one of them confessed the crime, which appears to have been promptly by jealously on account of the young man's attention to a Negro woman of bad character. AT THE CHLRCHE8. PRESBYTERIAN. REV. W. O. NEVILLE, PASTOR. Prayer meeting this evening at 7.00 o'clock. .< r. >' CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. REV. J. C. JOHNES, RECTOR. Services this (Wednesday) afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. REV. A. N. BRUNSON, PASTOR. No prayer meeting this evening. gpetial Jkliqes. Preaching at Ramah. Rev. W. G. Neville will preach at Ramah church next Sunday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. w.s.2t Deafness Cannot be Care* by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets Inflamed you have a rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It Is entirely closed deafness Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be ' taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,O. Sold by Druggist, 76c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. IS' Send The Enquirer your Job Printing orders. ?he gortoillt (foitoit Jflarltti. Corrected Semi-Weekly by Meun. Latta Bros. Yorkvillb, December 16, 12 m.?The k ocal market stands as follows: Middling: 7J Strict Middling 7J Good Middling 7.85 Strict Good Middling 7.85 Latta Bros. SUNNALLY'S CANDIES. WE receive this week a FRESH stock of NUNNALLY'S FINE BANDIES, direct from the manufacturers. There is no better Candy made :han NUNNALLY'S. We have the Tandy in half, one, two and three and ive pound boxes, and also in beautlul Xmas baskets. PERFUMERY. We have a superior line of Colognes, iandkerchief Extracts, Toilet Waters, sachet Powders, Toilet Powders, etc. Tall and see our goods. Polite and ourteous attention guaranteed. Should you want to buy a good 5ocket Knife or Razor you> will find a fn aolont f mm ftt ;uuu CUSOUl illlCilt fcv uv*w% ? ? Starr's. We have cheap Knives, good Cnlves, and the BEST KNIVES. In tazors we have good, better and best. Xs>' When you ;hink of buying Medline you should at the same time think if Starr's Drug Store and by all means ro there for it. JAS. M. STARR & CO., . Leading Druggists. g?* Send The Enquirer yonr Job *rlntln|? orders.