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Scraps ami facts. ? Representative Burgess of Texas, has Introduced a bill to lessen the damage of the cotton boll weevil, directing the secretary of agriculture to appoint a cotton commission in his department, to include residents of the states of Texas and Louisiana to study the problem. The bill appropriates . J250.000 to be used for this purpose. The suggestions of this commission are to be recommended to the legislatures of cotton raising states for enactment into law. ? Mrs. Emma Mueller, a bride of two weeks, died at her home in Bridgeport, Conn., last Friday, from an attack of glanders, caugnt rrom a sick nurse, week before her wedding she drove the horse about town, purchasing material for her trousseau. On returning home she unharnessed the animal and caressed it. On one hand, with which she remembered patting its nose, she had a small abrasion, and it was through this, the doctors say, that she contracted the disease. She was taken ill Thanksgiving Day, but as that was her wedding day, she refused to take to her bed and went through the ceremony. She grew steadily worse until death came. ? Speaker Cannon had occasion last Friday to deal somewhat summarily with an impudent walking delegate of a labor union. The man's name is J. Schultels. He is president of the legislative committee of the Knights of Labor and called upon the speaker to demand that Representative Levermash of California, who was elected by the .Union-Labor party, be made chairman of the house committee on labor. Speaker Cannon told Schultels that the place belonged to a Republican, and .that he was unwilling to make a member of the minority chairman of a committee. Schultels then began to talk impudently and threatened that he would defeat the speaker for re-election. Speaker Cannon told him to get out of his presence and not darken the door of his office again. ? ThA newsDaDers continue to keep up interest in the unknown patient in a New York hospital who sometime ago submitted to an ear grafting experiment. The operation was performed by Dr. Andrew Nelden of New York; but the name of the patient has not been made public. He is said to be getting along nicely and Dr. Nelden claims that when he gets up, it will be impossible to detect anything wrong with his ear. The ear used in the grafting process was purchased from a healthy subject for $5,000. The name of the man who sold the ear has not been made known. It is reported, however, that he is now trying to bargain for the purchase of another ear to make good the one he lost. He offers $1,000. It is said that he has written to nearly all the people who originally applied to the man to whom he sold his own ear. ? Self-imprisoned in the hold of an ocean freighter, fourteen days without food or water, Robert Leslie, thirty years old, a stowaway, was rescued at Newport News, Va., last Saturday in an almost dying condition. Leslie slipped on board the British steamer Rappahannock. Captain Buckingham, while the vessel was taking on cargo at Liverpool, two weeks ago. He secreted himself among the merchandise and when the vessel was out at sea he endeavored to And his way out, but was unable to do so. For ten days he tried to attract the attention of those on board the ship, but no relief came and he lay down to die, despairing of rfRpue. When found he was in a terri ble condition and presented a pitiable sight. He weighed only sixty pounds, and was too weak to raise himself from a recumbent position. Leslie's weight when he secreted himself at Liverpool was 140 pounds. ? A special to the Philadelphia Ledger from Louisville, says: Mrs. Elizabeth Martin started early in life to feather her nest well, and has always had her eye on the main chance. She began life as Elizabeth Bird of Harrison county, near Paris, Ky. Her first venture outside of the home nest was when she married Bud Martin. When Martin died she married Edward Crow, a farmer. When the time came to change nests she allied herself with William Robbin, and lived happily until the matrimonial season for Mrs. Robbin again rolled around. Then David Buzzard, a widower, more attractive personally and socially than his name would indicate, appeared and today Mrs. Robbin became Mrs. Buzzard. Into the Buzzard roost Mrs. Buzzard carried one little Martin, two little Crows and one little Robbin. One little Buzzard was already there to welcome the other birds. ? The farmers of Texas are being unionized at a rapid rate. There are more than 3,000 unions in Texas, with a total membership of 40,000 and the organization Is spreading like wildfire. It began at Emory, Haine county, under the name of the "Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America," and is now established in nearly every populous county in the state. About the middle of February next, a meeting is. to be held for completing a state organization, and it is believed that the movement will spread to other states, as the Farmers' Alliance did. Former Governor Hogg has favored political action, and it seems as if tbe farmers are taking his advice. The purposes of the union are to buy and sell in bulk, to educate along agricultural lines, to study politics and to discuss political economy. Several north Texas lodges during the last few days have made extensive purchases of supplies in carload lots and are encouraged by their savings. ? Patrick Deery, bos'un, U. S. N., is the talk of the country, because of a heroic deed performed off the Virginia capes Thursday night. While the subtnnna/1 a I\au t u VT / ?! o i n ?i ?"wl Adder were being towed from Brooklyn to Norfolk by the Peoria, a terrific storm came up on the Virginia coasts, and the torpedo boats broke loose. The officers of the Peoria spent several hours in a vain effort to recover the two boats; but found it impossible to catch them with lines cast in the raging surf. At length the Moccasin went on the rocks. Deery told his superior officers that the only chance was for some man to swim from the Peoria to the Adder, which was still rolling in the surf, and fasten a line to it. The officers said that the idea was impracticable because no man could live in such a sea as was rolling. Deery volunteered for a trial, and after he had fastened a small line about his body he plunged into the sea. The distance to the Adder was more than a hundred yards. The man fought with the waves courageously. Sometimes he was high on the crest of a rising billow and again down deep in a trough of the sea. At length he reached the Adder and climbed up its slippery sides. Then, with much difficulty he held nis place until he had hauled a. heavy hawser from the Peoria. He made the hawser fast, and the torpedo boat was slowly, but sui ely towed to safety. Deery will be b ought to the notice of the president for his courage and will no doubt get substantial recognition. The Adder was not seriously injured; but the Moccasin will have to be rebuilt. 5ilu \|odaiUr (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8,1903. We would just as lief have dispensaries as high license; but the state and citizens will be better off without either. The dispensary law is all right with the dispensaries out; but with the dispensaries in, it is all wrong. The state as a barkeeper is in the position of a mother debauching her own children. .Members of tbe general assembly are under oath to uphold the constitution of the state, and yet they do not one thing to prevent the state board of dispensary directors from authorizing the sale of whisky at night by holders of so-called hotel privileges. We don't imagine that Secretary Wilson feels altogether satisfied with himself now on account of the manner in which he berated W. P. Brown and associates for bulling the cotton market. Events have proved that Brown, Faynes and others were shrewd business men who understand their business rather than speculating adventurers. Chairman J. W. Bailey, of the North Carolina Anti-Saloon league, has given out a report which contains information to the effect that there are fiftythree counties in the state under prohibition. The saloon system prevails in twenty-eight counties and thirteen counties have dispensaries. There are less than fifty saloon cities and towns in the state. There is a material difference between North and South Carolina in the enforcement of the prohibition law. When a North Carolina county decides for prohibition, prohibition it has. No hypocrisy is tolerated. Tub president's third annual message was read in the house and senate yesterday, immediately upon the convening of the regular session of congress. It is a lengthy document, dealing with current governmental subjects, and discussing at length the recent secession of Panama, There is little in the message that is calculated to provoke discussion. The extra session of congress came to an end yesterday, and the senate having failed to confirm the nominations of Gen. Leonard Wood and 167 army officers, along with a lot of civilian employes, including Dr. W. D. Crum, the negro collector of the port of Charleston, the president sent in new appointments. It was held by the opponents of these appointments that if the senate should fail to confirm and the extra session should be merged into the regular session without adjournment, the recess status of the appointments would be annulled and the various appointees would be deprived of pay pending confirmation. The president and his advisers, however, are understood to hold that the extra session could not be merged into the regular session without at least a technical recess and that the status of these various appointees is the same as heretofore. "I am his frie id in all that Is right." This is the commendable answer that a wit less gave to a lawyer in the York court house some time back, in reply to a question which sought to show improper bias on the part of the witness. The lawyer was evidently struck with the answer, because he at once shifted to another subject. He felt at once that he could gain nothing in attempt to discredit such a witness. Unfortunately there are many people who act as if they thought it commendable to stick to their friends right or wrong. That was the evident creed of the criminal who made a Masonic sign as he was about to be sentenced by Judge Purdy the other day. Loyalty to friends "in all that is right" is one of the noblest of virtues; but friendship does not require one to become an accomplice with criminals. The man who will lie, steal, or commit any other crime for the benefit of a "friend" is destitute of all virtue, and is not to be trusted by honorable people. Ai nmrcai neither is disnoseil to in dulge in a public airing of his grievances. there is no longer reason to doubt that there is a serious disagreement between President Roosevelt and Senator Manna. This disagreement is not based on conflicting ambitions for the Republican presidential nomination, as would be a natural inference, so much as it is upon antagonism between the respective friends of the two men. Hanna's friend, Rathbone, and Roosevelt's friend, Wood, were unable to get along in Cuba, and Roosevelt has been inclined to push Hanna's friend, Perry Heath into an embarrassing corner. So far Hanna has succeeded in preventing the confirmation of Wood's appointment to be major general, and the probability is that Heath will decline to be a candidate for re-election as secretary of the Republican Natjonal committee. It is stated also that Hanna will decline to manage the next National campaign. It is possible that he may be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination; but whether he does or not, it is beginning to look more and more every day as if Roose velt is going to nave 101s 01 irouDie uefore he secures the coveted nomination for himself. The influence of Hanna is still very great, and it is evident that the Ohio senator does not propose to have his plans or his friends set aside by the president without a fight. The communication in another column with reference to the Matheson immigration plan, is deserving of especial attention. In August last Mr. Matheson, who is a Scotchman living at Bennettsville, wrote a letter to the daily papers suggesting the idea of a concerted movement looking to the inducement of Scotch immigration into South Carolina. The letter attracted very considerable attention and resulted In the holding of a state convention in Columbia last month for the purpose of trying to carry out Mr. Matheson's suggestion. Although the Commercial Club of Yorkville, was represented at the convention referred A fnr OAmo rOQC/\n the pnnntv ft S ft whole was not represented. It was no doubt because no steps had been taken to Interest the people In the Important matter under consideration. The convention went on, .however, and perfected Its organization, and this organization is now asking the cooperation of the counties which have heretofore been backward. The writer of " the communication referred to is of opinion that by all means York should join in this most important movement, and The Enquirer most heartily agrees with him. We will take pleasure in giving space to a call for a county convention, or to such expression as any of our readers may see proper to make on the subject. OUR CONGESTED DOCKETS. Attorney General Thinks Relief Is to Be Found In County Courts. Foreseeing several years ago, the time when our existing judicial system would became inadequate to the demands that were being made upon it, The Enquirer strongly urged the establishment of county courts, as provided by the constitution, to relieve the circuit courts of responsibility for a large amount of the petty litigation that now takes up so much of its valuable and expensive time. The subject received pretty general consideration throughout the state; but, probably because the proposition was a little in advance of the time, sentiment failed to crystallize. There was a strong element in favor of the establishment of additional circuits, and another strong element believed that the desired reme ay couia De naa mrougn spec?tu turn m. Attorney General Gunter has been preparing a well-considered and comprehensive report to the general assembly on the subject, and the Columbia State of yesterday, publishes an outline of his views. Mr. Gunter is evidently satisfied of the necessity for a change. He does not think much of the special court system, for the reason that "it is wanting in stability and certainty," and "the hybrid function of practicing attorneys and judge is inherently unsatisfactory and inconsistent." He thinks "the interest, favoritism and caprices of the former cannot, in the nature of things, be temporarily diverted to assume the judicial poise of the latter." Mr. Gunter thinks that as between special judges and two extra, circuits, argument in favor of the latter, both as to expense and effectiveness; but he seems to be of opinion that the county court idea promises to be more satisfactory and effective than either of the other plans. On this subject he says: "Another solution suggested is the county courts. This is not a new scheme to our jurisprudence. In 1785 an act providing for county courts was drafted and passed by the zealous efforts of Mr. Justice Pendleton, one of the associate judges. The reason assigned by Brevard was that the circuit court system 'was found inadequate to the due and equal administration of , justice.' The constitution of 1895 permits the general assembly to establish county courts, but before establishing them the proposition must be submitted to the people. "There is an act now allowing the question to be submitted and providing for the courts, but it is operative in uiuy iuur \Ji nvc tuuimco. uuuvi constitution county courts can never be invested with Jurisdiction to try cases of murder, manslaughter, rape, or attempt to rape, arson, common law burglary, bribery or perjury. To invest a county court with jurisdiction over other offences now in the jurisdiction of the court of general sessions would relieve that court to a marked extent, and as the civil jurisdiction can be extended as the legislature deems ad1 visable, the opportunity to relieve the circuit court is great. Under the present county court act in criminal proceedings magistrates have power only to commit and in civil matters where less than $25 is involved. Of course if the remuneration of the magistrate is reduced according to the work the saving in most instances would aid in paying the expenses of the county court and the shortened term of the circuit court would probably offset the expense of the county court altogether. "The salaries paid and the conduct of a county court generally depends so much on local views and influences that it is really hard to estimate the financial effect of county courts, but that such courts in counties that can maintain them would greatly relieve the circuit court is too plain for comment." Plight op Southern Mills?A gentleman who Is connected with one of the largest cloth mills in the south talked to the Charlotte Observer last Saturday like this: "The situation is critical, view It any way you may. Taken as a whole, I believe the condition confronting: us today is the worst in twenty-five years. The only remedy I see is a general curtailment, the chief benefit from that being that the mills could run at a smaller loss. What makes it worse for the south is that the mills in every other part of the cotton manufacturing world are better off, so far as supplies of raw material are concerned, than we are. Early in the season when we were holding off for lower prices, the Continental spinners came into the market and purchased their cotton, and today, in? matter where the price of cloth may go. they can manufacture cotton at a cost of from two to three cents a pound less than we can. Inasmuch as not more than a third of the American cotton crop is consumed in this country, we are in 110 position whatever to control the market especially on export goods. As I see it the only hope for us now is to curtail production and run our plants at a reduced loss." LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Probate Judge McCorkle?Gives notice that D. R. Bird has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of John S. Bird, deceased. Graded School Auditorium?Announces the next attraction in the Lyceum course for Friday, Dec. 18, as the Three Bostonians. This company is highly recommended. Brooks Inman?Wants to sell pure bred bronze turkeys in singles, pairs or trios. Strauss-Smith Co.?Tell you to think over the question of buying shoes, and make some remarks about Rey nold's shoes for men that gives you food for thought. J. Q. Wray?Says the ladies who have not visited his special sale are missing a fine opportunity to buy dress goods at great bargains. . He has Wright's underwear, boys' underwear. wool overshlrts, etc. G. H. O'Leary?Wants to know if you are fixed for the winter weather, and suggests that you see him about heaters before you buy. Miss Rosa J. Lindsay?Asks you to get in your orders for photographs before the Christmas rush. First National Bank?Asks you a pertinent question and then answers it for you. Your business solicited. J. M. Heath & Co.?Have received the fourth shipment of overcoats for men, have overcoats for boys, and offer some special values in men's clothing. Have a new stock of blankets, and offer bargains in stoves. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Calls your attention to a lot of fresh and seasonable goods of best qualities. Also reminds you that he is agent for Lamm & Co., "best on earth" tailors. T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Tells you to do your holiday shopping now, as his stock is complete, the prices are right, and you can do It now without any rushing or undue haste In making selections. Foushee Cash Store?Says it has beer found guilty of selling notions cheaper than any store in town. AUCTION SALES. Thove wa_a mitta a. larere crowd around the court house steps yesterday during the progress of the auctlor sales, and much Interest was manifested In the bidding, which in some instances was quite spirited. In the case of H. B. Neil and others plaintiffs, vs. W. S. Neil and others defendants, the clerk sold 638J acres ol land belonging to the estate of the late J. W. Nell, in three separate tracts ae follows: Tract A, containing 252 acres; bought by J. M. Stroup at $15.35 ar acre. Tract B, containing 190 4-5 acres; bought by J. M. Stroup at $19.25 ar acre. Tract C, containing 197.32 acres; bought by J. M. Stroup at $17.75 ar acre. The clerk also sold in the case of J M. Spratt against John T. Spratt anc others, a tract of 76i acres in the towr of Fort Mill; bought by John M. Sprati for $650. Messrs. Wilson & Wilson sold 57f acres of land in King's Mountain township. near the battleground. Boughl by R. T. Fewell at $1 an acre. Mr. J. Edgar Poag, real estate broker. sold 135 acres, known as the Gourley tract; bought by M. B. Jennings attorney, for $400. Also, 155 acres known as the Love tract: bought bj M. B. Jennings, attorney, for $500. NOTE AND COMMENT. Almost as large as an average sizec orange were some Japanese perslm iu-i T? A av. ITIUIliS Ulrtl V^tipittlll rj. x\. V/ian iuiu SA hiblted in Yorkville last week. He lef one at T.he EnquireiI office, and it was of most delightful flavor. The persimmons came from trees belonging t( Mrs. J. F. Reid of Rock Hill. It was reported In Yorkville yesterday that Mr. J. Edgar Poag, closed i deal last Saturday by which he is tc sell the Margaret R. Steele land, including 192J dcres, and located betweer Winthrop college and the state farm or the outskirts of Rock Hill, for $50 ar acre. Mr. Poag received $100 cash t< bind the contract, which involves $9,625 Mr. J. M. Cherry of Rock Hill, is th< other party to the transaction. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow is recommending that th( privilege exercised by R. F. D. carriers in delivering packages be discontinued, and that the salary scale be readjusted so that carriers may receiv* a maximum limit of $750 a year. Although nothing has been definitely decided about the matter, the probabilitj is that the suggestions will go Into effect. Mr. J. 0. Allison, carrier on R. F. D route No. 2, had a bottle of excellen persimmon beer when he came In of his trip last Saturday. "It was a pieasant surprise to me," said Mr. Allison "I approached a certain box on accouni of the flag being up, looking for a let' tor; but instead found the bottle o: beer." It is thus that the patrons 01 Mr. Allison's route from time to tim< show their appreciation of the excellent service he gives them. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Bessie Barron Is visiting relatives in Manning. Mr. George Heath of Lancaster, wa-< in Yorkville Sunday. Mr. P. R. Bratton of Charleston, ha! been in Yorkville this week on business. Mrs. V. S. Glenn is spending some time with the family of her brother Mr. N. A. Simril. Mrs. H. A. D. Neely has returnee home after spending several days witl relatives in Rock Hill. Mr. Sam L. Latimer left last wee! for Camden to take a position as salesman with a dry goods concern in thai city. Messrs. Meek and W. L. William! and Misses Bessie and Mary William! left yesterday for Manning to attenc the Wilson-Williams marriage at thai place tomorrow. Mr. R. B. Riddle of Zeno, was here yesterday. He says the condition ol his father, Mr. G. L. Riddle, is much better and the family is now quite I/. fnnf Rar /lor). uu|j<:iui liliil nitre ta nu iui mci ger. Mr. T. M. Dobson has been confined to his bed since last Thursday with pneumonia. His condition was regarded as quite critical on Friday and Saturday. He seemed better on Sunday; but was worse Sunday night. He is more comfortable this morning. Mr. and Mrs. James Ernest Lowry have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter. Miss Harriet Louise to Mr. Herbert DeOrange Wolff. The ceremony is to take place in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Yorkville, on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 23, at 5 o'clock. Mr. D. E. Boney was up last Saturday from Chester, where he has been for about a month past on account of bad health. He returned to Chester Saturday night. He desires it stated that the local banks are attending to his collections the same as if he was here. He hopes to be well enough to return to his office soon. RURAL DELIVERY SERVICE. The civil service commission and the postmaster general have approved new regulations to govern appointments of carriers in the rural free delivery service. the new regulations to be effective on Feb. 1st. 1904. The present regulations were put in force Feb. 1, 1902, and were largely experimental, the ru ral carrier service being m lis miancy. i The most important change by the 1 new regulations is the elimination of the examiner's report concerning the applicant's fitness as a part of the examination, the service having grown to such proportions as to prevent the i examiner making careful personal ini quiry as to applicants. Under the new plan a simple competitive examination ! will be held to develop only those qualifications that are regarded as abso! lutely essential in a carrier and the names of those passing the examina, tion will be placed on the register in . the order of their ratings and certified accordingly. In order that patrons of a given route . may have some voice in the matter, i new regulations provide that whenever five or more patrons of a rural free [ delivery route submit in writing sworn > statements that an applicant is unsuit^ able for appointment, giving specific reason therefor, each family patroniz, ing or residing on the route may be requested to express an opinion as to the applicant's fitness, and if the commission decides he Is not suitable the applicant's name shall be stricken from 1 the register. No objections that do r not touch essential qualifications will 1 be considered. Under the new regulations, residence ' of the applicant near the route and possession of or ability to furnish the necessary equipment are made condi tions precedent to eligibility and not ^ elements in the examinations, as at ! present. i CIRCUIT COURT. In the case of Lucy Keenan vs. D. P. 1 Lesslle, which had not been concluded when the last issue of The Enquirer i went to press, the jury was unable to agree. , The Issue involved is the title to 62 acres of land, situated at Lesslle sta| tion. The plaintiff claimed the land j through an equitable title from Geo. H. t Sturgis and through right of adverse possession. The defendant holds the ? land through title from the estate of [ Matthew Williams, deceased, and holds papers from F. H. Barber to Matthew Williams and Geo. H. Sturgis to F. H. Barber. One witness for the plaintiff | testified that he knew that Ralph Kee? nan had bought the land from Geo. H. Sturgis; that Geo. H. Sturgis had told him so. The plaintiff made an effort to show that Keenan had also purchased 1 the land from F. H. Barber and introduced a receipt from Mr. Barber to Keenan snowing a paruai payment, ^ but tjal8. receipt wa#, afterward with3 drawn. The defendant put up testimony to show that the plaintiff had 3 paid Matthew Williams rent for the land; but the plaintiff claimed that the rent testified to was for other lands of 1 Mr. Williams that were being worked 3 by Ralph Keenan. The jury remained out on the case 1 for about four or five hours. It is un1 derstood that it stood about four for 1 the plaintiff and four for the defend3 ant, with the others willing to go to * either side, if by so doing they could 3 secure an agreement. < The next case, Catherine M. Whitesides, et al., vs. J. B. Martin, et al., con3 sutned the balance of Friday and Saturday until noon, when the court took a recess until Monday, In order that the Jurors might go home and also In or3 der that the afternoon might be devoted to equity matters. The case was resumed yesterday and continued until 1 this morning when the Jury, after receiving the judge's charge took the papers. Messrs. Thos. F. McDow and * C. E. Spencer represented the plaintiff ^ and Messrs. J. S. Brlce and G. W. S. f Hart the defendant. The dispute Involved the title to 275 acres of land in * the vicinity of King's Mountain battle^ ground. Both sides have papers covering the same land, and the question f before the court was to decide which ' ohain of naners reDresented the legaJ i title. In addition to the land, the plaintiff also claims $2,000 damages on account of timber that has been taken therefrom by the defendant, The verdict was as follows: "We find for the - plaintiff, twenty-seven fortieths of the disputed land and seven hundred dols lars damages." Defendant's counsel gave notice of a motion for a new 3 trial. Upon the call of the venire yesterday, the following jurors, drawn to 4 serve during the second week of the ' special term answered to their names: . J. W. Jackson, J. L. Kimbrell, I. H. Campbell, R. L. Robinson, J. O. Moore, j J. M. Roach, J. A. Garrison, W. H. Moore, B. P. Marley, Geo. T. Schorb, 1 R. M. Barnett, J. L. Stacy, R. M. Whitesides, N. P. Simpson, Henry c Massey, J. M. Brian, W. A. Oates, H. E. Hood, T. J. Nichols, H. C. Warlick, ' W. P. Crook, F. E. Clinton, J. N. Mct Gill, J. J. Henry, T. A. Matthews, T. M. Whisonant, W. P. Smith, John Hafif, ner, J. M. Love, Claud Inman. Messrs. E. M. Blankenship and T. A. * Moore had been reported "not found" I by the sheriff and the following were t excused by the court: O. L. Sanders, W. J. Stewart, W. B. Byers, J. C. Sandifer. * In order to complete the venire ten f extra jurors were drawn from the 7. mile box as follows: R. L. Smitk, G. A. Wilkerson, W. S. Barnwell, A. E. 1 Burns. G. M. Carroll, W. B. Moore, J. R. Stephenson, W. T. Cain. L. H. Castles, A. E. Gettys. i The first case taken up during the second and last week of the extra term 1 was that of Maggie Morrow, colored, . as administratrix vs. Catawoa rower . company. Spencers & Dunlap represent the plaintiff and A. G. Brice, Esq., and W. B. Wilson, Esq., the dei fendant. The suit is for $10,000 damages, on account of the drowning of , the plaintiff's husband, while in the employment of the power company. ! This case was entered into this morn? lug. but has not yet been concluded. The first of the damage cases on account of the Fishing creek disaster, 1 will be that in which Mrs. Eliza F. Buist and her husband, H. R. Buist, are the plaintiffs. It is possible that this case may be reached this week; but not probable, as there are several intervening cases that have the right of , v ay. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There is considerable interest in the proposed production of Romeo and Juliet in the opera house tonight, and the management is looking for a large audience. The people of Rock Hill are said to have been highly pleased with last night's performance. ? Mrs. J. J. Hunter attended the U. D. C. convention at Camden last week and tendered an Invitation from citizens of Yorkvllle for the holding of the next convention here. The convention, however, favored Orangeburg. ? ine noveny ueu&euu, givci i uj Ella C. Davidson Missionary society, at Mrs. S. M. McNeel's on Saturday, was well patronized. The proceeds, amounting to about twenty dollars, will go to the fund for the support of missions in China. ? There was a large crowd of people here from all parts of the county on Monday, and a good portion of it was interested in horseflesh. There .was much trading, especially at the livery stables, and Messrs. Glenn & Allison's carload of mules and horses proved quite an attraction. They had a good day of it, selling and trading, and the developments generally seemed to give promise of a brisk stock business during the season now commencing. ' ? Rev. W. C. Ewart, the new pastor of the Associate Reformed church ol Yorkville, arrived last Saturday and preached.two sermons on Sunday. The attendance at the morning service was composed principally of the regular congregation; but in the evening Mr, Ewart was complimented by the attendance of the full congregations ol other churches, along with their re spucuve pclSLUia. I1IO OClliiuno nt? v very much enjoyed. Mr. Ewart will occupy the Mrs. C. J. Robertson house, on East Liberty street, next door wesl of the residence of Rev. W. G. Neville, and just vacated by Mr. John E. Carroll's family. He expects to move intc his new home tomorrow. It Is understood that for the present and until more definite arrangements are perfected, Mr. Ewart will conduct services at Hebron, four miles south of Yorkvllle, on two Sunday afternoons In each month. ?The regular monthly meeting of th? King's Mountain chapter Daughters ol the American Revolution was held with Mrs. G. H. O'Leary last Thursday afternoon. with the following members present: Mrs. B. N. Moore, Mrs. Thos F. McDow, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Mrs. R J. Herndon, Miss Daisy Gist, Mrs. G H. O'Leary. The programme, which was quite an interesting one, related to the battle of King's Mountain. Mrs R. J. Herndon treated King's Mountair as the "Decisive Battle of the Revolution," Mrs. W. G. Neville told "How Colonel Williams fell," Mrs. Thos. F McDow read a paper on "A Battlefield Remembered," and Miss Daisy Gisl read a sketch of "Colonel Benjamlr Cleveland, the Leader of the South Carolina Militia." The visitors present were Mrs. M. J. Walker, Mrs. A. Y Cartwright, Mrs. W. G. Neville, Miss Cora Kuykendal. A feature of th< entertainment was the serving of tes in cups a hundred years old. : TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The following transfers of real estate were recorded in the office of th< county auditor during the month 01 November. BETHEL. W. B. Wylie, C. C. C. Pis., to Sarah Harrison. 60 acres; consideration, >198 BETHE3DA. Fannie C. Harshaw to W. O. Harshaw. 52 acres; consideration, >700. J. L. Williamson to J. Louis Wil liamson. 201 acres; consideration, $1,608. Euphemla D. Starr to Jas. L. Starr 160 acres; consideration, $1,400. Eliza J. Moore and others to J. LeonIdas Moore. 703 acres; consideration $884.37*. J. I-eonidas Moore to W. J. Caveny 128 acres; consideration, $1,680. Mary H. Bufrls to J. B. Harshaw 100 acres; consideration, $800 N. J. Johnson to Mary E. Johnson 282 acres; consideration, nominal. broad river. James M. Smith to Jas. W. Smith 86 acres; consideration, $800. James H. McGill to Reosa McGllI. 9< acres; consideration, nominal. Lilly S. Darwin to S. A. Darwin 93* acres; consideration, $460.50. John K. Allison to Chas. L. Westmoreland. 2 lots; consideration, $500. ? bullock's creek. Pinck C. Gascoigne to Mary C. anc Julian C. Gascoigne. 150 and 38 acres; consideration nominal. W. L. Hill to Wm. Sanders. 31 acres; consideration, $100. catawba. C. J. Shannon to H. F. Bookout. ] lot; consideration, $75. J. E. Allen to Mrs. E. G. Neely. I lot; consideration, $400. W. J. Roddey, trustee to W. J. Yarborough. 1 lot; consideration, $100. J. Lyles Glenn and Sam E. McFadden to H. M. Reid. 1083 acres; consideration, $800. Geo. D. White et al. to Wm. C. White 1 lot; consideration, $1,500. James S. White et al. to Geo. D White. 1 lot and 1 building; consideration, $1,800. Callie White Moore and Wm. C White to Geo. D. and James S. White 1 lot and building, consideration, $700 Callie White Moore and Wm. C Moore to Geo. D. and Jas. S. White 1 lot anS building, consideration, $500 Callie White Moore and Wm. C White to Geo. D. and James S. White 1 lot and 1 building; consideration $500. Geo. D. White and others to Mrs James S. White. Lots; consideration $3,500. Iredell Jones, Jr., to R. W. Maree 1 lot; consideration, $50. Peter Robinson to Major and Francis Simms.. 1 lot; consideration $31.25. A. Friedheim & Bro. to Carolin< Steele. 1 lot; consideration, $47.72. -t n to a. p. Linebereer. J house and 1 lot; consideration, $300. Susanna McFadden to Geo. Ardry 1 lot; consideration, $25. Robert M. Colbert to Mrs. S. S Frew. 1 lot; consideration, $5.'0. W. B. Wylle, C. C. C. Pis. to B. D Culp. 120 acres; consideration, nominal. W. P. Locke to F. G. Allen. 1 lot at Lesslie station; consideration, $53. EBENEZER. W. B. Fewell to J. H. Matthews. 40! acres; consideration, $405. Rock Hill Land and Town Site Co to Mrs. Ella Boyd. 1 lot; consideration, $650. FORT MILL. Mrs. T. E. Barber to Mary Ann Barber. 1 lot; consideration, $1 and premises. (Quit claim). Kitty H. White to Mary Ann Barber 1 house and. 1 lot; consideration, $850 T. B. Meacham to S. L. Meacham. 1 lot; consideration, $200. M. M. Wolf to A. O. Jones. 1 lot and 1 house; consideration, $500. J. M. Spratt to J. L. Spratt. 3 acres; consideration $300. KING'S MOUNTAIN. W. B. Black to D. J. Bigger. 17J acres; consideration, $86.25. M. L. Smith and W. E. Morton to W. B. Smith. 40 acres; consideration, SS7?> xn " Mrs's. M. Smith to W. B. Smith. 1 lot; consideration, $60. C. E. Spencer to W. G. White. 17 acres: consideration, $100. Cynthia Balles to J. J. Bryan. 99 acres; consideration, $140. W. G. White to David Alexander. 117 acres; consideration, $1,200. Mrs. Laura C. Campbell to M. L. Smith. 1 lot; consideration, $10. TORK. Mrs. Martha Ann Rawls to Kitty H. White. 66 acres; consideration, $500. Calvin Brlce, executor, to J. Mac Brice. 787 acres; consideration, $4,875. W. B. Wylie, C. C. C. Pis. to Louis Roth. 165 acres; consideration, $305. T. B. McClaln to Lewis G. Grist. 1 house and 1 lot; consideration, $600. J. W. Love to Wm. S. Peters. 51 acres; consideration, $510. J. S. Brice, attorney to Florence Rose. 17J acres; consideration, $275. Mrs. Anna L. Wilson to Sam M. McNeel. 1 house and 1 lot; consideration, $3,550. (Col. W. B. Wilson residence property). Destruction of an Old Landmark. The "Old Samuel Givens" house, on Mr. J. T. Crawford's place, near McConnellsville, was destroyed by fire last Saturday. It was occupied by the family of Jerry Holly, colored, who lost his household effects. The Givens house has been a landmark for more than a hundred years, and at one time was known as the best house in the en lire neignuornoou. us eauiriaieu vtuue last Saturday was about $30n Jerry Holly, the tenant, has the bluest respect and esteem of his neighbors and hey have been making contributions for his relief. STATE IMMIGRATION BUREAU. , York County Is Vitally Interested and Should Help the Movement. i Editor of the Yorkvllle Enquirer: ! I notice from the newspapers that [ the Matheson plan to bring Caucasian immigrants into this state, is beginning to crystallize into a healthy sentiment ; almost everywhere except in York county, where the matter has received but little attention. : The projector of this immigration 1 scheme is now calling on the several ; counties to 1111 the vacancies occasioned by their failure to respond to his origl> nal call for a state convention, and I for one would be glad to see our people ' enter heartily Into a movement that : seems to promise so much for the com1 mon benefit. As I understand Mr. Matheson's Idea, 1 It Is proposed to establish a state immigration bureau, with connections in 1 the various counties, and to provide for effective united work in bringing i into the state from the hill country of C Scotland, desirable white immigrants t who will help us Improve and develop our resources and to make productive i the thousands of acres of valuable . lands that are now worthless because . idle. It Jias been said and not disputed i that in our apparently worthless red I clay hills we have locked up an aver . age or 4Ui> ions or piani iooa per acre. 1 That this plant food is here T have no doubt; but that it will ever be unr locked and made available by the kind . of labor that is generally employed in I this locality I have but little hope. Of t course borne work of this kind haa 1 been done. There are cases where i intelligent and energetic farmers have gone into red lands that would produce . only about three bushels of corn per 3 acre, and by fourteen inch sufcsolling, i and proper exposure to sunshine, and i air and frost, made it yield forty bushels to the acre. But this is not the rule here. The number of farmers we have of this kind Is too limited, and except by immigration it will be a long time before their number is apprecia? bly increased. ' . The people Mr. Matheson has In view are of the same kind who originally settled this section?the ScotchIrish. They have, plenty of energy i and industry, and it is understood that . they would be glad to come to us if we would only make some effort to show them that they would be welcome. If ' they do come they will not only improve their own condition, but they " will be of immense benefit to us. We " can, therefore, afford to put ourselves to not a little trouble in such an im portant matter. So far as I am aware. York county ' has done nothing in support of this > movement up to this time. . We are asked to organize, give our moral sup port, and contribute a few hundred dollars to a common fund to be used in furthering the work. Are we going to remain quiet ana ao nuinutK: u seems to me that we should at one# take some definite affirmative step, and I am sure that I am not alone in that opinion. Let us move. r. m. c. ; Yorkville, S. C., Dec. 7, 1903. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. ' Mr. Poag for Postmaster?Sale of Bronchos ? Baptist Bazaar ? Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ' Rock Hill,, Dec. 7.?Owing to Col; onel Pride's continued Ill-health and the strong probability of his being incapacitated for some time, he will not be a candidate for 1 the postmastership at the close of his present term, which will shortly 1 expire. Mr. E. E. Poag, our present efficient and courteous assistant, has - signified his intention of applying for the vacancy when it occurs. He has - been actively at work canvassing his - prospects and from the large and numerously signed petition he certainly . .has the full endorsement of the whole community. Our postofflce, as is now . a well known fact, is a model instltu tion of the kind, and no small credit is due to the indefatigable assistant, and nothing would please the whole vi. cinity better. At Mr. S. J. Kimbrell's livery stables, . Mr. J. B. Chambers of Kentucky, sold >, for the proprietor, a carload of "Texas * . ponies," at prices ranging from 335 to . $75. They were a genuine lot of "bron. chos" and they afforded a lively couple , of hours while they were being lassoed and a whole afternoon's fun to many . Rock Hillians. , The Baptist society is to hold a bazaar on the 11th and 12th of this ... month. It will be held in the office of the popular broker, Mr. J. Edgar Poag, . and the proceeds are to be devoted to , the parsonage fund. Dressed dolls and a Ladles' Home Journal booth will be i the principal attractions. A statement in the state or tnis 1 morning will come as a genuine surprise to the lovers of music locally. . Tasca's Italian band had been extensively advertised for Wednesday night . at Winthrop college, and as this was a very high class entertainment it , would, in all probability, draw a fine . house. The paragraph states that owing to their enormous expense they t have canceled the forthcoming engagement and consequently they will not appear in Rock Hill. "Romeo and Juliet" occupies the i boards of the local theatre tonight. Little is known of the merit of the performers, but they will probably have a good house as the play is a good one. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Willis of Lynch . burg, Va., came down with their moth. er, Mrs. E. C. Willis and stayed between trains. They have a daughter at Win. throp college, whom they visited while , here. Mrs. E. C. Willis is on her way to Yorkville, where she will remain, the guest of Mayor M. C. Willis, dur1 ing the winter. Wm. B. McCaw, Esq., and Dr. R. A. Bratton were in Rock Hill yesterday. Dr. W. G. White came up from Chester and left for Yorkvile this afternoon. Looking kor Trouble.?Following instructions received Dec. 4 from the navy department at wasnmgiun, auys a Colon dispatch of Dec. 7, United Slates gunboats on both sides of the isthmus have started or are starting 011 reconnolterlng expeditions along the coast, principally in the direction of Colombia, for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the trails and roads between the Panama and Colombia frontiers, the facilities of the country for sustaining expeditions marching on Panama and to generally determine the United States' best course of action in case of a Colombian invasion of the isthmus, and also to learn the attitude of the various Indiaii tribes inhabiting both coasts. The United