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jSrraps and ^arts. ? Cable dispatches say that Russia Is preparing to Issue a circular explaining her position In Manchuria. The circular Is expected to come out next week and It is understood that it will represent that the Russians are outnumbered by the Chinamen five to one even in ports of Siberia, and it is absolutely necessary to maintain a large army to guard against the "yellow peril." This seems to be a pretty good excuse for Russia's persistent, refusal to withdraw from Manchuria. ? The Congress of American Physl- * clans and Surgeons is in session in Washington. One of the principal subjects for discussion has been the Lorenz method of bloodless surgery. Some of the doctors are very severe in the criticisms, claiming that' the method is too severe and is frequently followed by meningitis with fatal results. The case was cited of one pa- j tient treated by Dr. Lorenz, who died j shortly after treatment and it is claimed that the case of Lolita Armour is not a complete success. It : has to be admitted, however, that a large per cent, of the cases treated by Dr. Lorenz during his first trip to America have been entirely successful. ? Five employes of the Adams express company were poisoned at Cin- x cinnati, O., a few days ago by drink- c ing whisky that contained arsenic. S They came across a leaking vessel in ?* *?<? mmnanv and the warenouoc ui ?>v . ? concluding that the vessel contained I whisky decided not to let It go to t waste. All five of them joined In thejc effort to save the find, and all were I f shortly afterward taken violently 111. I 1 Two of the men died and at last ac- I n counts the other three were still in a t dangerous condition. Investigation by the police disclosed the fact that the whisky had been shipped to Kate I r Knobbe, of Cincinnati; and she identi- h fled the 'address card as having been r written by Mrs. Lizzie McCormlck, of s Memphis, Tenn. The Knobbe woman Ic claims that the McCormlck woman N had made previous efforts to poison J t her. The McCormlck woman of course 11 denies the charge. Is ? Race troubles between whites and I a Negroes in the Parker logging camp, I on Tallysheek Creek, St. Tammany I Parish, Louisiana, on Saturday, result- 11 ed in the killing of four Negroes, all t members of the Lorant family. Two jo others were wounded. The scene of J1 the shooting affray is near Florenvllle, g in a wild part of the piney woods, | o where a great many Negroes are em- c ployed getting out logs for the saw- J r mills on Pearl river. The trouble jc arose between a white man, a clerk | r in the store of P. P. Handsborough, and J one of the Lorant boys, of whom there | are ten. The white man knocked theji Negro down with an axe handle for an | j Insult. The Lorants took up the quar- j t rel and armed themselves, as did oth- j er Negroes in this neighborhood. a|c party of white men undertook to dis- | jarm the Negroes and shots were fired, | j, which resulted in the killing of three g of the Negroes outright. A fourth Ne- t gro died before the officers reached the scene. h ? President Joseph Smith, head of the Mormon church, has been doing the World's Fair dedicatory ceremo- s nies at St. Louis, accompanied by a i plural wife, says a Salt Lake, Utah a dispatch. President Roosevelt was c among the notables introduced to Mrs. l Smith. The question is askea wny r Mrs. Juliana Smith, the wife who pre- <3 sides over his home q,t -134 West Seer a ond Street, North, is not a member of s the delegation. The explanation offer- e ed' by one friend of the family Is that i both Mrs. Juliana and Mrs. Edna were anxious to accompany their husband to the exposition next year. As Pres- j ident Smith could not take both of r them at the same time without pro- ( voking a scandal he proposed a com- a promise. Mrs. Edna was to go with f him this year to witness the opening g and Mrs. Juliana was to be rewarded a next year by witnessing the glories of a the exposition. After thinking the ^ matter over, the two women decided j that this was the best solution of the v problem, and Mrs. Edna started for St. r Louis. t ? Refugees from Macedonia, says the i< Sofia correspondent of the London t Times, bring an account of recent e fliyhtinc hptween a Bulgarian band of r 170 and two Turkish battalions with two mountain guns. The Bulgarians selected a position in front of the village of Kladerop, on the road between Monastir and Lenin, and laid a number of mines connected with electric wires. When the Turks attacked, these mines were exploded, almost annihilating the front ranks. The inhabitants of several villages, armed with various weapons, came to assist the insurgents, and fell on the Turkish rear. Nevertheless, the Turks stormed the position with great gallantry and a desperate hand-to-hand conflict ensued, in the course of which Turkish reinforcements arrived. The insurgents retired to the village of Brod, another obstinate fight occurring as they were attempting the passage of a stream. They succeeded in escaping to the mountains at nightfall. Their loss, including peasants, was 80 killed. The Turkish loss is presumed to havp been greater. ? According to advices received by the steamer Empress of India, at Victoria, B. C., Japanese arsenajs are being worked day and night, provisions were being concentrated, coal stored on Tspima island and on all sides it c was evident that Japan, doubting the a extent of Russia's withdrawal from t Manchuria, was preparing for war. i The Hon. Sydney Fisher, Canadian s minister of agriculture, who was one v of the passengers by the steamer, and r who had been in close touch with Jap- 1 anese royalty and officialdom, says the b war feeling in Japan is very strong, I and warlike preparations were in view, c The massing of Russian troops on the v Yalu; on the pretense that protection f is being accorded to timber conces- o sionaires, was causing strong feeling v in Japan, this being regarded partic- v ularly as a menace to Japan. The de- a struction by fire of the powder factory ii at Tokiofu has led to sinister rumors s that Russian spies were connected with a the disaster. Russia continues mak- b ing extensive military preparations. A The North China Daily News reports hat there has been a continuous flow >f Russian troops traveling by train rom Harbin to Port Arthur, while >ther large bodies have been moving o the eastern borders of Manchuria, ramping in the vicinity of the Yalu iver. which divides that country from Uorea. The warlike movements are rauslng great alarm to Chinese offlcals and an unnamed Chinese official s quoted as saying that the Russians ire preparing for the inevitable strug> fie with Japan, a day which all Chinese officials believe to be not far dls ant. $hc ||or6villf inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. O.t SATURDAY, MAY 16; 1903. It is not the southern Negro about vhich Mr. Roosevelt is so much conerned. It is the Negro of the north. Jome of the northern Negroes are slowed to vote. Some of the northern cotton mills hat are well stocked 'up with eight ents cotton, claim that they are in a " ' *-~ Kv Q?*l 1. lOSlllOn IU llltiA.tr iiiuic mviitj wj wv? ng their raw material than they can nake by turning this raw material tno manufactured goods. The reputation of Spartanburg Jules for being made out of the right dnd of stuff was well sustained at the ecent term of the court of general esslons in that county. A white man, harged with the murder of a Negro, vas convicted of manslaughter; and he Verdict was no doubt a Just one. n almost any other county of the tate, there would probably have been n acquittal. Some eight or nine years ago when he bottom had dropped out of cotton he general feeling among the -farmers >f this section was a half hope of a ight crop because of the expense of fathering. Not so now. The doings if the speculators on the cotton exhange during the past week or two nakes people feel like the fruit of the otton stalks next fall is to be princi >ally greenbacks. v Lula Spence, chambermaid in an ndiq.napolis, Indiana, hotel has sprung: nto sudden prominence by htr refusal 0 make up a bed in which Booker Washington had slept. She was disharged on account of the refusal, and las since been the recipient of many etters from different parts of the outh, some of them containing donaions-of money. She has since accepted a position as chambermaid in a lotel at Houston, Texas. If the renomlnatlon of Cleveland should really become a question withn the Democratic party, it would be 1 warm question. There is no doubt (f the fact that Cleveland has milIons of friends among the rank and Ha nf thA votprs: but the politicians !o not need him In their business. As" l party man in the sense that spoils hould be the reward of the party leadrs he has always been a distinct failire. Because It has "queered" the busness of the Pristine Petrified Phelomenon company, the Charlotte, N. Observer may become the defendint in a libel suit. Quite a number of >eople throughout this part of the tate paid 10 cents each a few years igo to see an alleged petrified body of l man which, it was claimed had Deen lug up from the side of a creek bank n Lexington county. The curiosity vas extensively advertised and nunerous people gazed with innocent lnerest upon it. The exhibitors chalenged the scientists to show hum>ug and the scientific people provd that the figure had been molded of lay, etc., the handiwork of man. A ew weeks back it was announced that l petrified man had been discovered lear Asheville, N. C. Of course the ?ews got into the Observer pretty [ulckly, and the find was extensively idvertised. Last week the Observer >rinted a story which seemed to esablish that the Asheville man was he same fellow who had been discovered in Lexington county. The dentity is shown by photographs, ["here is really no doubt of the fact, t seems that after the first exposure ?f the humbug, the owners of the hoax rnried their man again with a view to esurrecting him at the proper time. Cow that the Observer has given the hing away they want damages by vay of compensation for their lost ime and trouble. We have heard a good deal about he "fool farmer" selling his cotton at ow prices to see it go up after It had rotten into the hands of the rich spectator. Well maybe it is not altogethtr fair to expect the farmer, who has o put in most of his time and thought >roducing cotton, to know all about the nost advantageous time of putting it >n the market. It is reasonable to issume that the capitalist-trader who las nothing else to do but study valles should be better informed on the ubject. But be all this as it may, it rould be interesting to know who is esponsible for the bringing about of he situation under wbieh the crent >ulk of the visible crop has gone to Europe to be held at prices far in exess of those that took It across the ^jiter. There is no doubt about the act that the farmers have been fooled iut of their cotton for less than it was korth: but it strikes us that others iho make far greater pretentions to bility to get the best of what is gong have been duped a little also. It eems to be something of a question s to whether the "fool farmer" has een duped any worse than the "fool kinerican manufacturer." It must be admitted that the gentlemen across the water have been shrewd enough this year. They seem to have the game well In hand and the lesson they will teach will be calculated to teach the people over this way to keep their eyes open a little better hereafter. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. At the Reunion?Kindergarten Association?New Mail Route*?Personal and Others Matters. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enaulrer. Rock Hill, May 14.?Quite a number of people attended the reunion in Columbia this week, and from the comments heard here it seems that the occasion was a success in every way. Citizens from this place were delighted with the programme, and with the treatment accorded every one. The Rock Hill Kindergarten association held' its annual meeting this afternoon at St. John's Methodist church. Miss MacFeat made a repdrt of the work done during the past year, showing that the association has done* a great dfeal, and that it is in fine condition. President D. B. Johnson, Rev. W. L. Lingle ahd Mr. W. J. Roddey made appropriate talks. This association is supported by memberhip fees, and by entertainments planned by those interested. Miss MacFeat directs the work, and It is to her credit is due for the showing made. A new mail route will be established about June 1st, and it will lead into the Bethesda section. Mr. E. W. Comer has been Interested in working up the matter and will, no doubt, be made carrier for the route. Miss Vannie Chambers while walking in the yard was tripped up, and in falling broke her collar bone. The accident occurred Tuesday and her friends hope that she will soon be able to take her place at "Central." Miss Vista Wood, Mr. Jno. D. Holler, Rtv. W. T. Duncan and Rev. Marion Auld are attending the Sunday school institute In Spartanburg. Miss Pauline Davis, daughter of Captain L. M. Davis, was sponsor for Catawba camp at Columbia this week. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Arcade Cotton Mills was held at the company's office on the 12th instant. The president, R. T. Fewell, made his report of the condition of the company, which was very satisfactory to the stockholders. " It showed that the mill is in good financial condition and that the year Just closed, Jbas been a prosperous one. The question of enlargement was taken up and discussed, but on account of the unsettled condition of the cotton goods trade, nothing definite was done, but it is contemplated to very materially increase the capacity of the plant at some time in the future. The stockholders did not formally decide upon nutting in an electrical power equipment, but referred that question to the executive committee with power to act. There Is no doubt about the Arcade taking the power, however. After declaring a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent., the following gentlemen were elected directors to serve the ensuing year: Jas. E. Reynolds, New York; J. H. Sloan, Spartanburg; R. M. Miller, Jr., Charlotte; G. W. Morgan, Jr., New York; R. T. FeweU, J. M. Cherry, W. J. Rawlinson, T. A. Crawford and Ed Fewell, of Rock Hill. Ajt a meeting of the directors, the following officers were elected: R. T. Fewell, president; B. M. Fewell, secretary; G. H. Buchanan, superintend ent. THE CONFEDERATE REUNION. South Carolina Veterans Meet Togeth.vj1? Columbia;. The'annual reunion of the South Carolina division of the U. C. V., was held in Columbia on Tuesday, Wedday and Thursday of this week. The attendance wa'j In the neighborhood of seven or eight thousand, and the occasion was a most enjoyable one. The annual address was delivered by General Ellison Capers and was received by the old soldiers and others who heard It with great enthusiasm. The visiting veterans were delightfully entertained by the Columbia people and the whole affair passed off pleasantly. A resolution was presented at the regular business convention by Col. U. R. Brooks, suggesting that the veterans thank the general assembly for the liberal appropriation for pensions and for the $20,000 given last year for the Wade Hampton monument. Col. Brooks made a few remarks in support of his resolution, stating that he hoped the monument to Wade HampwaiiM Ka iinvailarl navf Mqv In tho iVII VTVUAV* WV. U4lf presence of those attending the present convention. The resolution was referred to the committee on resolutions to be reported back to the meeting Thursday morning. This committee consists of E. R. Mclver, T. B. Crews, J. A. Hoyt, A. W. Marshal, R. H. Teague, Iredell Jones, C. A. C. Waller, who will consider all resolutions offered. Among others offered was one that a scidlers' home be built by the state for helpless veterans; that all pension applicants be required to secure the endorsement of the camp to which th?y belong before securing any pension and several others. COTTON BEYOND CONTROL. The New York Exchange a Scene of Pandemonium. The cotton market yesterday continued to be wildly speculative, with quotations running up and down and up again, and the biggest brokers on the floor seemed to have about as much of an idea what the market would do next as the holiday bettor has about the way the ponies will finish. Nevertheless, trading was of an enormous proportion, over 1,000,000 bales changing hands during the day. Most of this was in the July option, in which the movement was particularly sensational. At one time there were rumors that a large house was in trou Die, Dut it couia not De ascertained at the time whether this was true or not. It was reported later that the house had averted failure by effecting a private settlement. The market opened with a dead calm, for on the call of the May option the brokers appeared actually afraid to make a bid or an offer. Finally a quotation was made at 11.20, which was 20 points above last night's closing, and then Superintendent King called out "July." With that word pandemonium broke loose. There was Jammed Into the pit a crowd of at least a hundred brokers, and at the word they became one mass of shouting, struggling brokers. For several minutes it was impossible to make out what the bids and offers were, as everybody was screuming at the top of their voices. Finally the din subsided a little and a sale at 10.72 was recorded. This rep/ resented a rise of thirty-two points over Tuesday's close. The other options were similarly higher, but they reached still higher points when once the market got fairly under way. : It soon developed that there was two big contending factions. One of these was trying to keep the market in hand by offering large blocks of cotton, while the other, under the leadership of the New Orleans. .representatives, was bidding to keep the prices up. At first the liberal sales resulted in breaking the market, July being sold down to 10.55, and other months correspondingly, but shortly after noon the New Orleans clique sent new buying orders into the pit, and at the same time the bear clique was trying to cover, the result was another violent rise in prices carrying the market to top figures for the day. Long before the closing hour was sounded by the big gong, it became evident that the market was at last out of everybody's control and w&s running wild. The May option touched 11.31. July sold up to 10.92; August climbed to 10.55, and even the new crop months like September and October followed in the general movement, being bid up to 9.48 and 8.97 respectively. Spot cotton was quoted at 11.55 for middling uplands, an advance of twenty-five points with few sales. The market closed firm but feverish at nearly the highest price for the day, with advances of from ten to forty points. The greatest advance was in July, which went up 32 a bale. It was reported around the exchange that the Sully clique, which had operated on the bull side in the May option and had made much money, had been rnncrht nhnrt nn tha .Tnlv ontion. No confirmation of this report was forthcoming, and it did not receive much credence. The unexpected strength shown in the Liverpool market is said to have been in a great measure responsible for the violent rise.?New York Times, Thursday.' A $750,000,000 CONGRE8S. Last Session $50,000,000 Less Than the Session of 1902. The volume relating to appropriations made and new offices created during the last session of congress has been completed for the second session of the Fifty-8eventi?AM>ngre8s by TJios. P. Cleaves and James C. Courts, chief clerks, respectively, 'of the senate and house appropriation committees. A summary of the appropriations shows a grand total of $759,658,506. In addition to the specific appropriations made, contracts are authorized to be entered; into foj..certain public works requiring future appropriations by congress, In the aggregate $36,989,859, the principal item of which is $20,426,000 for additions to the navy. Th'p now nfflpos nnd pmnlnvmonts specifically authorised are 11,316 in number, at an annual compensation of $7,927,639. Those abolished or omitted are 1,815 in number, at an annual compensation of $941,481, a net increase of 9,501 in number aJvjL $6,986,158 in dtnount. The largest Increases are 5,616 for the naval establishment, including 3,000 seamen and 1,458 midshipmen, and 3,354 for the postal service, including 143 assistant postmasters, 2,289 clerks in postofflces and 896 railway postal clerks. The numbei* of salaries increased is 341, at an annual cost of $205,202, and the number reduced is 60, in. the sum of $600. . A comparison of the total appropriations of the second! sessldn of the Fifty-seventh congresfe for 1901, with those of the first session for 1903, shows a reduction of ^$47,565,990. The principal items of decrease are for river and harbor improvements, $12,307,049; for the Isthmian canal, $50,130,000, and fbr the military establishment, $13,841,383. Among the Increases are: For the naval establishment, $3,020,428; for the postal service, $15,094,951; for legislative, executive and judicial expenses, $2,200,000, Including $500,000 for the enforcement of the anti-trust laws, and for the agricultural department, $770,000. , The total appropriations made by the Fifty-seventh congress amount to $1,553,683,002, an increase over the Fifty-sixth congress of $113,193,567. This is accounted for In part by increases in the appropriations for the postal service of $54,000,000, for the navai service $i.i, (uu,i/vu, iui incm and harbors $29,500,600, for the Isthmian canal $50,000,000, for the agricultural department $2,500,000, for legislative, executive and judicial expenses $4,200,000, for public buildings throughout the country $10,000,000, and for the Philippine islands: $3,000,000. Reductions are made in the appropriations for the military establishment of $60,000,000, and for pensions $10,000,000. Europeans Euchered Americans.? These are a few figures that are startling: On May 9, 1903,- the world's visible supply of cotton was 3,015,164 bales, of which there was in America 462,563 bales. This too, in the face of the fact that American spinners are consuming annually something more than 4,000,000 bales of which the south takes about 2,000,00k Of the 462,563 bales of the visible supply in America, 323,818 bales were at the ports and hence beyond the reasonable reach of southern spinners, leaving 138,748 bales at interior towns, of which a large part was at western and northwestern interior towns, placing that part of it also practically out of the reach of southern spinners. Hence the cotton world today is confronted wjth this situation: The stock u 1 *?i?nora viavo tn I irorn wiuuu ?jui upcan *? ** v . -w draw, Liverpool and the continent, stands at 3,015,164 bales. The southern spinners' stock is less than 100,000 bales. The south ought to be the cotton mart of the world. Instead of that she is practically today stripped of her cotton and her mills and people are dependent on buying back her own products at figures that seem extravagant. Surely the time has come when the south and the cotton interests must get together apd prevent the repetition df such a condition for the future?Augusta Herald. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Q. Wray?Invites your attention to i his line of comfortable underwear at comfortable prices. He also tells of his lines of shirts for gentlemen and invites you to see them. 1 Yorkville Buggy Co.?Says it Is selling a good many buggies, but wants to sell more. It has Weber and , Florence wagons, Deering binders, mnMraro rn lepg ptp. Thev Want tO cut the tires of your buggy and promise you .first-class work. J. J. Keller & Co.?Want to sell a. horse and wagon that they have no especial use for. They offer a good bargain. . f . Opera House?Announces the appearance on Wednesday, May 20, of the Wages family, in a high-toned musical performance. Seats are now on sale. Loan and Savings Bank?Invites your business and tells you what they have to offer their customers. They tell you of their cardinal points. Jas.'M. Starr & Co.?Say that Starr's liver regulator is the one certain remedy for a torpid liver, that so often makes one feel like they hadn't come. 25 cents a box. A. M. Grist?Wants to buy 100 cedar posts. M. C. Willis, Mayor?Gives notice of an election which is.to'be held May 26th for the purpose of electing two graded school trustees. YORK'S OCTOGENARIANS. There are quite a number of people in York county who have reached the rather unusual age of 80 years and it has occurred to The Enquirer that the publication of portraits and sketches of them would not only be a source of pleasure to them, but to their relatives and acquaintances as well, and a subject of interest to the general public. After mature consideration of the matter we have decided to publish such portraits and sketches of this kind as we may be able to procure, and we take occasion here to invite our readers in different parts of the county to help us in the matter of making a census' of these venerable citizens, both men and womin. The most practicable method we can think of for the collection of the data desired is through the co-operation of relatives and friends of these venerable people. If relatives and friends will furnish these photographs, we will undertake to have the necessary engravings made at our own expense, and will reproduce them in The Enquirer together with such data, as may be furnished. We hope that this notice will be taken as a most cordial invitation for the'assistance of every citizen of the county who Is In a position to furnish photographs and Information, and we will be very much gratified to have the proposed census completed without unnecessary delay. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. T. W. Speck has been spending the week in Columbia. Mrs. J. S. Grler and little daughter,. Mary, were in Yorkville on Thursday, shopping. Mr. D. C. Clark, cafrler on Rural Route No. 1 Yorkville, has been down with the mumps for several days. Rev. J. L. Oates, of Hickory Grove, has been down this week on a vtel; to his mother in Ebenezer township. Mr. W. W. Blair, of Columbia, came up Thursday, on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blair, at Blalrs vllle. Major James F. Hart and Thomas F. McDow, Esq., have been in Columbia this week arguing cases before the supreme court. Mrs. R. E. Montgomery and children returned to Yorkville on Thursday after a visit of several days to relativesat Forest City, N. C. Miss Fannie Mitchell, of Little Rock,i Rock, Ark., has been in Yorkville thia week on a visit to friends, the guest of Mrs. W. Brown Wylie. Rev. W. E. Hurt has been confined to his room for the past week with an affliction of chills and boils. He is in hopes that he will be able to fill his! appointments at Clover and Union Baptist churches tomorrow, however. Mr. Paul Neely Moore leaves today to take a position with the Charlotte Supply company, of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. Moore has the reputation of being an unusually bright young man, and being both steady and reliable; his many friends have no fears as to his success. It is with much regret that they bid him good-bye. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The crazy Negro mentioned in the last issue of Thb Enquirer belonged down in Chester county. His father came for him on Wednesday and took him out of Jail. ? Rev. R. G. McLees, of Greenwood, will begin a series of meetings in the Presbyterian church Sunday morning. ! Mr. McLees is a forceful preacher and his meetings are generally productive of a great deal of good. The people , who go out to hear him are certain to be interested. ? Memorial exercises take place this Friday afternoon, under the auspices of the Winnie Davis chapter, U. D. C., beginning in the court house at 4 o'clock. There will be an address by Rev. Dr. J. H. Thornwell, of Fort Mill, and an excellent musical programme 1 by gentlemen and lady singers and the K. M. M. A. orchestra. After the ex- ] erclses at the court house, there will ( be a procession to the cemeteries, where the graves of the soldier dead will be decorated .with flowers. ? The enterprise of Mr. G. W. Sher- , rer in placing western fresh beef on . sale at hir, market is being generally ^ commended. The first shipment, received last Tuesday, was taken in ' short order, and the supply was exhausted early Wednesday morning. | Mr. Sherrer now has his market ' equipped with a modern refrigerator of ample capacity, and being in a po- ' sition to handle western beef properlyy / says he proposes to do so if the peo- ' pie show that they would rather have 1 it. He will continue, however, to han- ( die domestic beef as heretofore. . 1 ? The idea of organizing and main-' 1 taining a club for the furtherance of ' the business and social Interests of I Yorkville and the country surrounding is being informally discussed. There i are such clubs in Rock Hill, Chester, t Union, Charlotte and other surround- S ing towns and they have exerted help- r ful influences on the welfare of the 1 communities in which they are located, r Yorkville Is very much in need of such t an organization and it will be a good c thing for the town If the informal v discussion now going on develops into something definite. ? The first test case of the ordinance against selling goods on Sunday came up before the town council this week. As a matter of fact there were two cases, both reported by Policeman Whitener. In the first case there was no dispute as to the facts. The defendant admitted that the ordinance had been violated. In the other case the alleged sale involved the pur cnase or cigars. une aeienuum denied the sale and the alleged purchaser claimed.. that', he had only borrowed the cigars to be returned on Monday. F. P. McCain, hotoever, was employed for the defense, and he made the point that the ordinance was unconstitutional in that It conflicted with the statute law on the same subject. W. W. Lewis, Esq., attorney for the town maintained that the ordinance was not unconstitutional. Mayor Willis, acting as judge, upheld the contention of Mr. McCain and threw the case out. The situation was reviewed at a meeting of the council Thursday night, and while it does not appear that there has been any definite outcome of the meeting, still it is understood to be the intention of the council to stand by the ordinance, and If necessary, carry the next case that develops to the supreme court. NOTE AND COMMENT. Of course there will be profit In cotton raising this fall If the seasons are favorable and a good yield is harvested; but that Is no reasoni why all other things should be neglected. Side is sues always count up If they are looked after projftrly. We have had complaints from Point, Balloon and Bandana of the failure of last Saturday's issue of The Enquirer to reach those offices. The matter is under investigation, but at [this time, we are not able to give any definite information. 1 Pigs are getting scarcer and scarcer in York county,; jevery year and the price of pork is getting higher and higher. It does look like there should be some people who are able to look ahead a bit, and see the profit that is promised in the near future. In the absence of agitation this summer over the question as to the particular individuals who are to fill county offices, a matter which, within certain limits, is of very little real importance, how would it do to make consideration of township road taxes the main features of the picnics to be held this summer. The question of roads is dry and serious, it is true, but then it is very important. The business of the Carolina and WnrfVi-Wootorn rflllrnnrl ha? increas ed wonderfully since the change to the standard gauge, and If that proposed link to the coal fields is ever completed there will be a wonderful difference in the advantages enjoyed by this Immediate section. That the "road will eventually be completed seems reasonably certain, because there is every promise^ of handsome "returns to those who undertake the' work. f John 8kelton. Williams, and staff of the Seaboard Air Line, went over the Carolina and North-Western railroad this week in a special train and the circumstance has been the occasion of a considerable amount of gossip as to probable developments. It is very well understood that Mr. Williams Is too busy a man to be putting in his time for pleasure, however pleasant such a trip might be, and there is good reason to think that his presence on this road at this time means something Of Importance. There has been a pretty general impression that the Carolina and North-Western road is under the control of the Southern; but it" will have to be confessed that this iinpressiOji is based on inference rathei than on actual knowledge. It is a fact that the road is under the ownship and control of people north, and it is believed that they are holding it mainly as a speculation. Among the points of interest that have been picked up by outsiders with regard to the Carolina and North-Western road is the alleged fact that it handles at least $500,000 worth of freight per annum fof the Southern. That is the Southern gets this amount out of business it annually receives from the Carolina and North-Western railroad.' Another thing of no less significance is that the distance from Charlotte to Atlan ta is just sixteen miles less by*way of Lincolnton and Chester than by Monroe and Chester. That is, if the Seaboard could get to Atlanta by way of Lincolnton and Chester Instead of having tp go by Monroe and Chester as now, it could save sixteen miles. Then again, it is not more than thirty miles from the northern terminus of the Carolina and North-Western to inexhaustible coal fields, and the Seaboard is now without coal fields on Its own lines. These suggestions are all interesting and they may develop into something important before a great while. LOCAL LACONICS. . . We Will Send The Enquirer From now until January 1st, 1904, for *1.24. Grateful Rain. A long looked ror snower neipea vegetation throughout a large section 3f the county On Wednesday afternoon, l'he shower was not qujte as heavy In JTorkville as was generally desirable; but still It was very beneficial. There ivas a good rain to the north and south >f Yorkville; but It was very light to :he west. Appealed to the Supreme Court. W. W. Lewis, Esq., attorney for Lilian S. Adams, plaintiff, in her damage suit against the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad, defendant, las perfected his appeal from the orier of Judge Dantzler, granting a ion-suit. The case will be argued .vithin the next few days. Geo. W. S. , rlart, Esq., represents the defendant. , -ort Mill Booze Thieves. Fort Mill Times, Wednesday: The i Southern Express office was entered >y thieves a few nights ago and four ' gallons of whisky stolen. A Negro ' nan named "Shorty," who was found 1 n a drunken condition the following 1 nornlng, was suspected of the theft, i >ut as no incriminating evidence was < iffered at the preliminary, the prisoner i vas released. ' ] The Last Sale. What was probably the last lot of York county cotton still In the hands of a producer, was sold on the Yorkvllle market on Wednesday morning; . It belonged to Mr. G. R. Turner, of Bethel township and Included sixteen bales. Messrs. Latta Bros, were the purchasers and the price paid was the highest recorded on this market since . 1889?11J cents per. pound. . Clover's New Mill. There are rumors in Yorkvllle to the eucci (.lieu, Luc eu reiiigciiiciiio iuuaiub to the erection of Cl'over's proposed new mill have come to a standstill because of some hitch or misunderstanding. The people most directly Interested, however, are -not "doing any talking and so far as' is known, the definite foundation of the rumors in circulation are v^ry vague. Work at the Dam. Mr. Harry Wylle, of the Catawba Power company, was in "tforkville yesterday on business. He said that there are about 250 men employed at the. works of the company just at this time and that a hundred more can be used to advantage. With good working weather the wheels can be started within six months; but without such weather, it is still a long way to the end. , \ New Trial in Metcalf Case. Raleigh, N. C., special of Tuesday to the Charlotte Observer: The supreme court grants a new trial In Harrill vs. the Southern Railway, in which the plaintiff secured $15,000 damages in the lower court for killing an engineer by the falling of a trestle over Buffalo creek in South Carolina. Judge Montgomery, writing the opinion, holds that the suit can properly be maintained in this state, but says errors in the admissiorf of evidence were so serious as to necessitate a new trial. " ' Knife Duel In Cherokee. Spartanburg Journal, Wednesday: George Phillips, mention of whose stabbing was made tfonday in this paper, died from the .effects 0f his injuries. The affair occurred in Cherokee county Saturday'affernoon, a; num . named Upton being th$. slayer of Phillips. The fight took place in. a field, Mrs. Upton also being present The weapons used were kniVes. PhiHips lived until Sunday afternoon when he died. Upton was placed in custody. . The cononer's jury returned a VOMlct. to the effect that the killing was Justifiable. . N Memorial Day at Gold Hill. Fort Mill Times, Wednesday: Qfiite : a large crowd met at Flint Hill Bap Mst church on Saturday to decorate the graves of the Confederates buried s in the cemetery of that church: Be^' 1 f Un t/\n alA/inanf o I frf iui c liic ucvvi avivii| wtvt|uciu> ?m*v? * pressive addresses were made by tie v. W. A. Wright and Rev. Dr. J. B. lifack. Then, preceded by the Gold Hill band, the veterans marched Into the"6etnetery, followed by the large audience gathered there to pay their tribute of love to the memory o'fc the "Lost Cause." Fifty-two soldiers' graves were found, and a tribute of floWers lovingly placed on each, one of whom, iJaipes Blount, was also a veteran of the Mexican war.' Flowers were'also placed on the graves of two soldiers of the Revolution, Rev. John Roofer, for forty-e!i?ht years pastor'of Flint Hill church, and Mr. Charles Elms, and on that of Mr. E. P. Blankenship, a soldier of the war of 1812, and Harry Lanier, of the Spanish-American war. 4 { ? Memorial Day at Ebanezfr. Rock Hiil special of Thursday to th? Charlotte Observer: Memorial Day at Ebenezer has long beep to the .good people ot una oecnuu an uwuuiuu ui moment frought with deep lessons of piety and patriotism. The old stone fence encasing the dead; the giantlike oaks in their strength and beauty; the old brick school house; the church around which hangs the sacred history of an hundred years, the zeal and loyalty of the people?all in all give to the exercises at Ebenezer something of appropriateness that is impressive and inspiring. Monday evening the ' ceremonies wer<> carried opt in the most delightful manner. The church had been beautifully decorated with potted plants, and cut flowers, the altar and pulpit making a bower of flora] beauty. Captain Iredell Jones, in his own good way, acted as master of ceremonies. After prayer by Rev. W. I* Lingle the choir rendered one of the old songs. Hon. W. H. Stewart called the roll of the Confederate.dead. Then Mr. George' R. Reinhardt, of Colum bla, made the address, tie spose beautifully and tenderly of the Lost Cause and paid due tribute to the southern soldier. He made a splendid Impression upon those yrho wej^e present. Following this address Mr. J. C. Wilborn presented crosses of honor to a number of veterans. MERE-MENTION.. , Governor Pennypaclcer. of Pennsylvania, has signed a bill making it unlawful to employ children under 14 years of age in coal mines ..The Panama canal commission reports the Drevalence on the isthmus of danger oua fevers that are fatal to white men, and gives the opinion that it will require a year's work to improve these conditions There, has been a good deal of dissatisfaction with the recent changes in the army- uniform and the secretary of war has found it necessary to make the announcement that the uniform must stand as settled upon The Woodmen of the World elected officers at Milwaukee, Wis., last Wednesday as follows: Adviser, F. A. Falkenburg, Denver; sovereign banker. Congressman Morris Shepard, Tetarkana: sovereign watchman, W. Jewell, Omaha; sovereign escort, - H. S. Miner, Mississippi; sovereign physi?ciansri.Drs. C. W... Porter and A. D. Clery, Omaha. -Sovereign Command er James C. Root, of Omaha, holds over l'or four years.Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, is talking as though he does not propose to stand for reelection again ..In San-Francisco the other day the president discussed-, the event of American control of the Pacific trade and the German press has set up another Jealous howl........ The students of the Georgia Military academy at MIMegeville, refuaejlr. the ather day to follow a Negro drum/corps and the officer who attempted to compel them to do so was forced to re