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Scraps and iacts. ? Says a Manila cable of Marcli 19: News of an important military engagement has Just been received from Cottobato, capital of the province of Mindanao. On March 7, detachments of the Seventeenth and Twenty-third infantry, troop B, of the Fourteenth cavalry, and Gatley's battery, in all 450 strong, under command of Gen. Leonard Wood, attacked and captured the cotta (fort) which was held by the Datto Ali, who resists the anti-slavery law. His defensive works were destroyed and their abandonment forced by the accurate fire of the battery. Two thousand Moros made their retreat, with a loss of 100. The Americans sustained no losses. Twenty-four cannon, forty-six lantacas. native artillery and a large quantity of ammunition were captured and the fortifications reduced. Major Truitt and Capt. MacCoy pursued and captured the Datto Lybangun and his retainers. Troops are now trailing all. ? Suicide has become epidemic among the professors at the Ohio State University, says a Columbus dispatch to the New York Sun. Charles Walter Mesloh, assistant professor of German, killed himself Tuesday morning at his home on the campus by taking poison. He is the third of the university's professors to commit suicide within eighteen months. Profs. Clark and Eggers were the others. Clark shot himself in his room and Eggers killed himself with a revolver on the college grounds. Mesloh's suicide is due to disappointment growing out of the suicide of Prof. Eggers. whose position as head of the German department Mesloh had expected to get. Mesloh had been extremely nervous for several weeks. He attempted suicide a week ago by taking chloroform. A wife and three children survive Mesloh. He graduated from the university in 1S8S and took post-graduate courses at Chicago and Berlin. ? Chauncey Dewey and his two cowboys, Clyde Wilson and Wm. J. McBryde, were acquitted at Norton. Kan., last Saturday night of the charge of murdering Burchard Berry, by a jury which had considered the case twentyeight hours. Chauncey Dewey, a young millionaire ranchman, went to Cheyenne county. Kan., early in 1900 to manage the Dewey ranch. Soon after his arrival there he became involved in trouble with the Berry f. roily, who were also prominent cattlemen. Trivial misunderstanding grew into serious differences which culminated in the killing of Burchard Berry in June, 1903, at the home of Alpheus Berry, during a fight in which Dewey and ten of his cowboys were pitted against all the Berrys. Dewey and his cowboys went to the Berry ranch to get a tank that Dewey had bought in at a sheriffs sale. The feud had grown bitter before this time, and when the Deweys started to take the tank away the Berrys rode up and a battle took place between the two factions in which Burchard Berry was killed. ? A special to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal from Grenada, Miss., says: An anti-lynching crusade has been inaugurated by the W. R. Baiksdale Camp. United Confederate Veterans, of this city. The following significant resolutions were unanimously adopted at a largely attended meeting of the camp: First. That we are unalterably opposed to the lynching of a human being, save perhaps for the one unmentionable crime. Second. That as Confederate veterans and law-abiding citizens of Mississippi and of the United States we are violently, vehemently and eternally opposed to the practice of burning a human being for any crime whatsoever. Third. That we appeal in thundering tones to all Confederate veterans, their wives and daughters and to that great and glorious organization, the Daughters of the Confederacy, one and all, to arise in their might and by precept and example, voice and pen, moral force and influence, help put a stop to this diabolical, barbaric, unlawful, inhuman and ungodly crime of burning human beings. Fourth. That we heartily approve of and applaud the action of Governor Vardaman in his recent successful efforts to save a criminal from a mob bent on burning. ? Representative Hearst of New York, on Friday introduced a resolution providing for an investigation of the trust question by a committee of five members of the house. The resolution contains ten clauses, reciting the evil effects ?f the trusts upon the country. -Artfong other things it declares: "Such extortionate trusts as the beef trust and the coal trust and the ice trust have arbitrarily increased the cost of the necessaries of life to the public. Such speculative trusts as the ship yard trust and the steel trust have inflated their stock to many times its actual value, and sold to the public transferring the people's money from banks and legitimate investments into the pockets of promoters and speculators. Industrial unrest has been fomented by the increased cost of living and by the consequent necessary efforts of labor to make its wages keep pace with the increased cost of living. Such trusts as the steel trust, in spite of the increased cost of living, have ruthlessly cut down the wages of hundreds of thousands of employes in order to pay dividends on watered stock, and other trusts have wholly collapsed, throwing hundreds of thousands of workmen out of employment." The resolution wsts referred to the committee on rules. ? Many people will be surprised at the large number of persons employed in the rural free delivery service. A member of congress says that they now number 24.700 and that by the end of the coming fiscal year, for which $21,000,000 is appropriated they will number 30.0H0, embracing a force larger than the United States standing army prior to the war with Spain. Referring again to the pay roll this congressman says: "The rural carriers have been doing pretty well in the matter of salary, anyhow. Up to two years ago they got $300 apiece per year, and thought themselves lucky. In 1902 the cry for more pay went up from all the carriers, and it had such an effect on congress that their pay was doubled in every instance. The salary of $600 satisfied them for about a year, when 'more pay* again became the cry. Now congress is heeding the demand, the new postofHce bill providing for an increase to $720 a year. This puts them on a footing practically equal with the carriers in the small cities. The carriers in towns with less than 75,000 inhabitants, start in at $600 a year anil are promoted to $S50 at the end of the second year, and stick there. The pay of carriers in the larger cities is oetier, *i,uuu ucuik uic limit. Ninety-seven per cent of this appropriation of $21,000,000 for rural delivery goes out in salaries. $hc -yorkvilic (gnquitrt. YORKVLLLE, S. C.t TUESDAY, MARCH 22,1904. A story is being published to the effect that Daniel J. Sully had prom ised his friends to retire from speculation after the winding up of the deal that ended last Saturday so disastrously. The probability is that he will keep his word; but if so it will be through no fault of his. There seems to be but very little reason to hope" that the State Democratic convention will consider the idea of changing the rules of the party so as to make the possession of a registration certificate a prerequisite to voting in the primary. In our opinion, however. there is no other one thing that the convention could do that would count more for the permanency of the present party organization. "What is the use of another election? I thought the matter was decided last Saturday." This question and observation was repeated a surprising number of times yesterday. II was repeated so often as to suggest the fact that the public is not very familiar with our dual and cumbersome election machinery, and we are hardly able to answer the question that ha.? been asked. If not exactly satisfying it is probably sufficient to say that it is the next election for which there is "use," for it is the one prescribed by law. There was really no practical use for the election of last Saturday The whole matter could have just as well been left until April 9. Tragedy In Cotton. There was a wild break in contract cotton last Friday. May declining frotr 15.25 to 12.37. nearly 200 points, in less than one hour, and throwing all tin leading exchanges into uncontrollabU panic. The cause of the initial decline seems to have been the successful issue of a bear campaign against Danie J. Sully & Co., and the panic was th< result of an announcement that Sully & Co.. were unable to meet their obli Rations. Tills is me siory in a mushell, according to one view: but ii must be admitted that there are othei views that put a different light 011 th< situation. The real facts are a mattei of guess work. The fact that cotton started upwart last fall and continued upward unti it reached a price not attained befort since the war, has been deeply impressed oil the public mind. The cause of the rise involves conflicting testimony. Up north, they say Daniel J Sully did it. and down south it is generally claimed that to Brown & Haynt of New Orleans, belongs the credit. "Wherever the credit for the advance may belong, it is a fact that there was a violent shake-up about the first o: February, as the result of which the price of cotton went down more thai a cent. The decline is generally attributable to the action of Mr. Sully ir going in for profits and there has beer talk that would not eiuiet to the effec that this profit taking involved the betrayal of the New Orleans crowd Brown & (laylie. with whom Sully was avowedly operating. Mr. Sully gave it out on the occasion referred to that he intended to g( to Florida; but for some reason h< changed his mind and went back inti the market, loading himself heavilj with May contracts. Really it lookec very much like he had lost his hear to the extent that he began to helievi he could safely treat his New Orleans colleagues with contempt. While there are those who claim oth erwise. there is ground to believe tha' since the February incident, Messrs Brown & Hayne have been laying foi Mr. Sully, and the fact that Rrowr & T-Iayne have managed to weather th< storm that carried Mr. Sully undei seems significant. A New Orleans dispatch of Pridaj afternoon describes the situation 01 the exchange there on the announcement of D. J. Sully & Co.'s failure It seems that Mr. Frank B. Hayne hac been buying personally all day. am when the bottom fell out he continued to buy in 5.000 bale lots. In fact whib he was making a bid for 5.000 bales. C 1\ Ellis, another well known broker rushed over to him, a telegram ir hand and said: "For Hod's sake Hayne. stop bidding: Sully has failed.' The excited announcement of Mr Ellis is taken by some to indicate thai Mr. Hayne was engaged in a mosl strenuous effort to hold the market uj for Mr. Sully, and that he desisted onlj when advised that further effort was manifestly unnecessary. But the wilef of the professional speculator are toe well known to give this view untitlestioned credence. It is easily possihh that where Mr. Hayne was persona 11> buying lots of 5,000 bales, representatives on the same floor were selling foi him lots of 10,000 bales, and the significance of the advice and news given by Mr. Ellis was to the effect that oui "object has been accomplished an<1 there is no need to take any more losses." But of course, this is all speculatio It Is a fact that the failure of Sul & Co. was announced and it is a fai that they made an assignment; bi there are intimations that they wi probably pay 100 cents on the doll: within the next few days, and that the will be able to resume operations soo Mr. Sully, however, has seen his du as a cotton king, and he will nevi again be able to gather as many laml in his train as he has formerly led I slaughter, A Question of Fairness. This is from The Yorkville Ej qi irer: Referring to the refusal of the sta board of dispensary directors to grai the alleged petitions for the establisl ment of distilleries in King's Mounta township the Columbia State says: "Several good reasons actuated tl board, but the principal one, whit would alone have been sufficient, ws that the distilleries would be too ne; the city of Yorkville and the King Mountain Military School." In view of the fact that there is i King's Mountain Military school, ai . in view of the further fact that tl proposed distilleries were not to ha1 been located within ten miles of Yorl ville, we hardly think that the ridict lous reasons assigned are to be charg< to the state board of control. To \ they seem to have been thrown in 1 the Columbia State altogether as giatuity. The Enquirer intimated some tin ago that it entertained more kind feeling for the State than was recipri ! catedi We would appreciate to tl point of enthusiasm a display of ord nary fairness on the part of The Ei quirer. In the first place the senten Quoted was from a "local." reporting meeting oi me uispeunui> unnivi , and, therefore, should not be assumi ' by those familiar with the custom this paper to be an expression of tl Slate. Next, the sentence precedli that quoted by the Yorkville pap read: "Individual members of the boa said several days ago that the pet!ti< would be refused, and no contest wi , made." The sentence, reproduced 1 The Enquirer was but a stateme i from a member of the board?H. ] Evans, we are informed?to a report* . and taken in connection with the r mainder of the report should ha been considered as coming from tl ; board, instead of having "been throv I in by the Columbia State altogeth as a gratuity." The dispensary boa ' and not this paper is responsible, 1 the declaration wise or ridiculous. Columbia State, March 21. Let us not get off the issue. Whetl er or not it will be understood by tl public, there is no question of the fa 1 that it is very well understood by Ti ' Enquirer and the State. Because of the noise that was raisi : by those distillery petitions, and b cause it had been established beyoi question that at least a vast majori of the alleged signatures were fo geries, nobody up this way believi > that the state board of dispensary d rectors would have the hardihood ' permit the establishment of the di tilleries prayed for even if it so d ' sired. The board may be guilty more ilagrant violations of law and d ' cency: but if so. examination into tl facts, will show that the inducemer were much greater than could ha been possible in this case. t We do not pretend to say that tl , distilleries would have been establis , ed even if the alleged signatures hi , been genuine: but after what occurrc , we certainly looked for no further f vorable action on the part of the sta , board of dispensary directors, and \ don't think the Columbia State d I either. , Under the circumstances, it was ve . natural that we should be impress by the State's apology for the boar* declination to grant the petitions. T t facts showed that the reason given w merely a pretext, and if the State d , not know it, it ought to have known That the alleged reasons original with Mr. H. H. Evans, we shall not a j tempi 10 uiKpuie. c ?iu i.iivc i I State's word for it. However, it is ee s tainly a fact that as the statement a pea red. the State must be held respo 4 sihle. Mr. Evans was not quoted, ai the alleged explanation was not mo iiied by even so much as "they say." The State's idea of editorial respo sibility for local statements may be i teresting; but that is not an issue ju a now. This alleged explanation as ' the board's reason was given as j statement of fact, not by the board, b by the reporter, and if the editor ' not aware that his paper is responsit for the statements of his reporters well iis of himself, he might do well study the matter up, else sometir t the information may be impressed < him in a matter that will prove pai ful as well as surprising. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Senator Tillman at Home. j Senator R. R. Tillman, who is r , covering from a painful throat troub j arrived at his home at Trenton la , Saturday night. 1 Talbert for Congress. I Col. IV. J. Talbert has announc ; himself as a candidate for his old se ? in congress, made vacant by the r cent death of Congressman G. 1 . Croft. It will be remembered that \ t Talbert declined to stand for re-ele tion in the hope that he would be at r to secure the governorship, i Clemson Boys Badger Yankee Officei i Clemson dispatch of March 1 r While the college band played "Dixit the fiOO students of Clemson Colle; r Institution, with heads uncovered. lo\ 1 ered the United States (lag from t - flagpole on the campus Tuesday sit . raised a Confederate Hag in its plat 1 Riotous scenes ensued when the cor I mandant, who is a northerner, order I the flag lowered. Before his orde t could he obeyed, the flag was tak< . .down and hidden, and though sever . students were arrested, they would n i tell where it was placed. Next day tl , Hag was again raised, and the coti ' mandant challenged to lower . The students would not low t the Hag at the commandant's o t <ler or allow him to lower > Finally the commandant addressi r the boys, saying: "Boys, 1 dot ! blame you for honoring the II: ! your fathers and grandfathers foug > for. Three cheers for the Hag of tl Southern Confederacy." The c'nee were given with a vim in which tl minister, the faculty, and the lad: Joined heartily. Continuing, he suit "But the south proved that there wt only one Hag in 1X1)8. Boys, there's r use talking, we have the greatest 11: on the face of the earth today. At now I want the band to play 'Dixi while wp lower the stars and bars tit then play the 'Star Spangled Banne n. while we raise the Stars and Stripes." ly After this the students lowered the flag ct and with cheers again raised the Stars jt and Stripes. Clemson college was 111 founded by Senator Ben Tillman while ir he was governor. Gaffney's Tin Deposit. n- Of the recent discovery of tin near l>' Gaffney an expert mineralogist who was sr there recently is reported as saying: 3S "It is the biggest thing that has t0 happened in the south since the civil \\;ar. It is more important than the oil fields of Texas." The ore is being mined on the land of a farmer 1 mile l" from Gaffney. He recently sent a carte load of 20 tons to New York and rent ceived a large sum for it. The ore t- was shipped to Cornwall, England, 'n to be smelted. The ore at Gaffney is ,e said to be the richest in the world. It h is cassiterite, 70 ner cent pure. A IS syndicate is taking options on all land Jg between GafTney and King's Mountain. There has been no discovery of tin in the United States except in the ^ Black Hills, S. D? and very little is i-e found there. The owner of the Gaffi ney mines has refused $100,000 for a fractional interest. The ore that Is js obtained from the mine at GafTney Is >y the only ore of tin that is of any ima portance?viz: dioxide or stannic oxide, which is called tin-stone, or casly siterite, and in its pure state consists 3- of tin 78 and oxygen 22. Its specific j? gravity is a notable feature?6.9; and ,j_ it strikes fire with steel. One man ce who has seen the mine describes the a ore as a dark, grayish substance, not unlike metallic iron ore in appearance, of The two principal reasons why there r?e are no tin smelters in the United ^ States are?first there is very little of 6r * r(] the cassiterite ore found; none at all, >n except in Dakota; second, the process 3s of smelting is a difficult and delicate ^ one. requiring specially constructed H. and expensive machinery. The govif. ernment at Washington has taken cognizance of this find, and some days he ago sent an expert to Gaffney to exi-n amine it. His report has already been filed. A great many other expert minhe ers have visited the place, and the ? owner, it is said. Is daily besieged with offers from prospective purchasers; h- while the neighboring farmers are he kept in a state of keen interest by ft propositions from persons who wish to enter into various contracts with them, offering to take options and ed regular mining leases. It is putting it e- mildly to say that the Gaffney people id are excited over the situation. r- MERE-MENTION. ed George Fred Williams, the welld known Bryanite of Massachusetts, has t? announced his endorsement of the s" candidacy of W. R. Hearst for presie" dent Disastrous prairie fires are being reported from various parts of e_ Nebraska Three hundred Fillhe pinos arrived at Victoria, B. C., last lts Sunday on their way to St. Louis where ve they are to be exhibited. It is said that several of these people were in a dying condition when they reached h- port Representative Chas. W. 'l(l Thompson, of the Fifth Alabama district, died In Washington last Sunday a- of pneumonia... .Hon.^James F. Wills son, secretary of agriculture, is visitve ing in Florida Emperor William Id of Germany, is making a cruise through the Mediterranean sea. He ry was at Gibraltar last Sunday... .There ed is talk of an attempt by Russia to l's send her Baltic fieet to the Pacific by he way of the northern coast of Asia; ns but the idea involves so much risk lid that there is extreme doubt as to it- whether it will be attempted A ed story was published on Saturday to t- the effect that the Russians had caphe tured 1.S00 Japs, but it has not been r* confirmed. The probability is that P" there was no good foundation for it. n_ Vladivostok is short of supplies 11 d and the non combatants are leaving d- in large numbers....Russia is charging Japan with violation of the laws n" of war in firing on a quarantine stan" tion at Port Arthur; but the charge ,st is hardly to be taken seriously; as t? Russian complaints against the Japa anese for alleged unfairness have ut grown very common ...An Associated is press dispatch says that Senator Piatt de and Governor O'Dell have agreed to a as compromise as the result of which to O'Dell Is to be chairman of the Repubne lican party in New York and Piatt is 011 to continue as the recognized leader n" in the state The war department has declined to allow Prof. Langley, of the Smithsonian Institute, any more money for Hying ship experiments.... There are vacancies for 160 American e- teachers in the Philippines and the lc. civil service commission has underlet taken to get up a list of ellgibles tv.x-l\iayor wiuiam n. uract ui hch York, died at his home in that city ed yesterday of pneumonia The New at York Herald prints a cable from Koe. rea which represents that the govern,V. ment is cleaning out its prisons by beIr. heading and hanging the prisoners.... e- The whereabouts of Russia's Vladl,le vostok squadron is now a mystery to the correspondents. There is reason to believe that the squadron may have gotten out of the harbor and ,.. made its way to the vicinity of Port Arthur There is increasing doubt 011 the sincerity of China's professions ^ of neutrality and a growing belief that I China, Japan and Corea have agreed >e upon a triple alliance. If this devel_ ' ops as a fact, the danger of further j complications from the outside will become greater than it has been VV. It. Hearst has started a newspaper ?n in Boston Daniel J. Sully has ofnl fererl to pay his creditors 40 per cent cash and the balance in two years.... The crew of the United States cruiser 110 Brooklyn made trouble at Pensacota, it- Flit., last Sunday, claiming that their rations were short....A negro named ' John Maynard was found hanging to ? u ?ulairi?mh nnlo jit Mnnte-nm^rV. TeX r- as. about 100 miles from Houston, last it. Sunday morning. He had confessed to having been a member of a party L of negroes that had robbed some rail1 * road hands. ht ? The nomination of Dr. Leonard lie Wood to be a major general in the rs regular army was confirmed by the , senate last Friday by a vote of 45 to 10. Two Republicans voted against os confirmation and live Democrats voted 1: with the Republican majority. These iis Democrats were Cockrell, Dubois, Pettus, Patterson, and Clark of Arkansas. 10 The late Senator Hanna was the leadig er of the opposition to "Wood's confiru| mation and since his death the senate . has lost interest in the matter. Fourteen Democratic senators voted 1(1 against confirmation. Gen. Wood will ir' become head of the army in 1909. LOCAL AFFAIRS. 1 < NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives ? notice of sale of stock of drugs and i fixtures involved in the suit of Loan < and Savings Bank vs. J. W. Carr ' et al., on salesday in April. S. D. Barron Chapter, U. D. C.?Pub- I lishes information regarding the j distribution of crosses of honor to Confederate veterans. N. A. Slmrill, Administrator?Gives 1 notice that he will apply on April 1 22, for final discharge as adminis- ] trator of the estate of W. N. Slmrill, deceased. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you of the merits of Mrs. Lee's milk and butter purifier. They also tell you of the excellent results obtained by the ' use of "Lick." _ i VV. A. Youngniood?says it win pay ( to try a few tons of home-made fertilizer on corn. He wants your 1 business and buys country produce, i J. Q. Wray?Has a large line of negligee shirts of all qualities and styles , at low prices. Also calls your attention to his stock of pants for 1 men and boys. R. D. Alexander?Is ready at his new shop to promptly do all kinds of repairing work at reasonable prices. Strauss-Smith Co.?Offers about 100 suits of spring and summer clothing, coats and vests, odd coats and white vests at 25 per cent discount. Heath-Elliott Mule Co.?Has several mules on hand that they want to work a crop this year. They also have new shipment of Summers buggies. Foushee Cash Store?Tells, you war is raging and that its army of sailors Is arriving. It quotes a large number of sailor prices. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Says the type and character of man is frequently displayed by the kind of clothes he wears and advises you to wear the "Koe# An onrfK" f O 1 Iftr. mo rlo Riddle & Carroll?Have more than three carloads of flour and want to quote you prices before you buy. First National Bank?Wants you to remember that ii gives you every possible protection against loss by robbers, burglars or fire. J. Edgar Poag?Says northern capital is southward bound and wants your business propositions. He publishes a number of testimonials from satisfled patrons of his office. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Ella Love of McConnellsvllle, spent Monday in Yorkville. Miss Bessie Sandifer is visiting Miss Mayme Williamson at Guthrlesvllle. Mrs. H. C. Strauss is visiting relatives and friends in Laurens and Spartanburg. Miss Georgie Charlton of Savannah, Ga., is visiting Misses Georgia and Annie Witherspoon. Miss Bessie Beatty and Mrs. Hammet of Gastonia spent Sunday in Yorkville with friends. Mrs. O. P. Heath and Mrs. L. D. Andrews of Monroe, N. C., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Heath. Dr. W. G. White, who has been confined to his bed for the past ten days with grip, is steadily improving. Mrs. T. B. Kell of Fudges, S. C., Is in Yorkville, on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Schorb. Miss Elise Stokes of Gastonia, spent Saturday and Sunday in Yorkville with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Stokes. Misses Pearl and Annie Wallace are entertaining quite a number of their friends at a "Pit" party from 4 to 6 this afternoon. Misses Marcetla Willis and Henrietta Eve of Winthrop college, spent Sunday and yesterday with Mr. M. C. Willis's family. Miss Marchand of Brooklyn, arrived in Yorkville Monday and will hav*? charge of J. M. Heath & Co.'s millinery department. Misses Nannie and Mary Eunice Grist of Winthrop college, spent Sunday and Monday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Grist. Dr. J. H. Saye received a message from Rodman, Chester county, yesterday announcing the critical Illness of his aged mother. He left for Rodman without unnecessary delay. NOTE AND COMMENT. Sunday after next is Easter. Pine leaves formerly so plentiful for mulching are to be had in the vlcln ity of Yorkville nowadays, only with great difficulty. While there is an unusual number of candidates for the various county offices, only a very few names have been mentioned in connection with the legislature. There are still a few bales of cotton In the hands of producers in York county; but not a great many. Most people who had not sold before, were tempted to let go at the fifteen cent mark or very little above. There was quite a large number of people in Yorkville last Saturday; but the day was unusually quiet from the standpoint of order. The dispensary was closed, and the drinking element found it quite difficult to get whisky. There are six murder cases to be tried at the next term of the court of general sessions for York county; but those familiar in a general way with most of the facts in the different cases do not think that there Is much probability of getting a hanging out of the bunch. During several years past, the Anderson Intelligencer has been urging the young men among Its readers to buy homes. The advice was good whon the Tntf>ll lifpnepv gave it first and it is good yet. It is good not only in Anderson; but in York, Union, Cherokee, Chester, Lancaster and elsewhere. Dispensary Constable Rose has been operating among the illicit whisky sellers in western York during the past few days. He secured the conviction of two of them before Magistrate R. L. A. Smith last week. Sylvanus Ray, while, paid a fine of $10 for retailing and Will Lowry, a negro, paid $25 for transporting. i In the selection of Mr. L. R. Williams as their choice for probate judge, the voters of York county have shown i commendable discrimination. Without prejudice to the other candidates, who had a perfect right to offer, we desire to say that Mr. Williams had the highest claim on the office. The claim to > which we refer is his longer service I as an upright faithful citizen. That he ] is fully competent to fill the office < there is no question, and we feel quite i 3ure that the voters will not have oc- i casion to regret their action. < As to whether it is true or not. we 1 cannot say certainly; but that story 1 from Clemson published In another i column, is hardly to be regarded as t other than a joke. That the Clemson t joys have a sincere veneration for the >ld Confederate flag, we have no doubt. / 5V'e would not like to think otherwise; out we are equally certain that they j would not seriously substitute it for the 2 Stars and Stripes, and believe in the g jlleged escapade, if it really occurred, :here was very probably a boyish de- x dre to guy the Yankee commander, f ind if that officer has been trying to f teach them that their fathers were ? wrong, the boys seem to have given < him a pretty good lesson. 1 DEATH OF JAMES SCOGGINS. , Mr. James Scoggins died at his ( home near Hickory Grove last Satur- t iay night, after several months of in- s different health, and was buried at < Smyrna on Sunday afternoon at 2.30 i o'clock. I Mr. Scoggins was one of the oldest, best known and most highly esteemed < citizens of the neighborhood in which ( he spent his life. He was born within , a short distance of the present town of , tee met In Yorkville yesterday ror tne purpose of canvassing the returns and declaring the result. The following committeemen were present: W. Thompson Jackson, E. M. Bankhead, W. B. Smith, T. W. Boyd, T. A. Barron, C. P. Blankenship, W. A. Youngblood, P. M. Burris, Brevard Fewell, R. M. Wallace, J. H. Saye, R. W. Whitesides, R. C. Jackson, J. S. Brlce. The result of a careful canvass was tabulated as follows: i j II s i c ^ ? ; Z o C c . = 1-1 & ? PRECINCTS. _ ? 5 * . _ : ? ? ? 2 I- fc. o |l a h j j j b Bethel 0 0 451 45 Bethany 1 7 21 20 Elairsvllle 15 1 24, 40 Bullock's Creek 16 3 l| 20 Clover 11 12 8311 10P Coates's Tavern 3 12 611 21 Ebenezer 1 1 14 16 Fort Mill 30 24 39 93 Forest Hill 0 1 17 IS Hickory Grove 5 33 50 88 McConnellsville 16 7 9 32 NewDort II 2 0 29 31 Ogden 7 12 4 23 Piedmont 0 1 11 12 Rook Hill 7 68 192 267 Sharon 20 1 23 44 Smyrna 5 3 34 42 Tirzah 1 2 33 36 Yorkvllle 79 69 239 387 Total 1|219|257|874||1350 ; Upon the foregoing showing. Mr. Williams was duly declared the nominee 1 of the Democratic party for the office of probate judge, and he will be so regarded on the occasion of the special i election that nas been ordered by th; 1 governor to be held on April 9 next. In order to avoid the necessity of having to reassemble within a few 1 weeks for the purpose of calling the ] county convention that is to be held , in May with a view to reorganizing the party, the committee passed a res- ' olution authorizing the chairman to ! call the said convention at the proper ( time, and there being no further business the committee adjourned sine * die. < Incendiary Fire. Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: About J 1 o'clock Wednesday morning the barn , 3f Mr. R. L. Sturgis, at the old J. A. Sturgis place, five miles east of Rock ( Hill, was destroyed by fire, together I with one of his mules, a cow, ton of icid, ton of kainit, ton of cotton seed ^ meal, a lot of fodder, 50 bushels of i-orn, an assortment of gears, wagon DOdy and other things. Mr. Sturgis ]i 'eels sure the torch was applied by an ncendiary and has some suspicion as .0 who the guilty party is. No insurince. Hickory Grove on August 21, 1821, ana , was raised a farmer, which vocation ( he followed until he became too old , for further activity. Mr. Scogglns went to the war in De- j cember, 1SG3, and served until the sur- , render, when he returned and resumed his Interrupted farm work. He took 1 an active part in the political revolution of 1876, and in 1879 was elected a 1 member of the board of county com- ' missloners, in which capacity he gave ' good service. Mr. Scoggins was twice married, the \ first time to Mrs. Martha Adeline White of King's Creek, and the second ' time to Miss Sarah Salina Smith of 1 Kichburg, S. C. His first wife died on ' May 11, 1878, and the second marriage took place on May 10, 1881. The sec- | ond wife survives him. Mr. Scogglns's surviving children^ all by his first wife are as follows; Mrs. E. A. Crawford of Yorkville; Mrs. W. S. Wilkerson of Hickory Grove; Mr. J. J. Scoggins of Smyrna, Mr. W. 1 E. Scoggins of Wyatt, Texas; Mrs. R. 1 T. Castles of Smyrna; Miss Ida Scoggins and Messrs. B. F. and R. L? Scog- 1 gins of Hickory Grove. The funeral which was conducted by Rev. J. L. Oates, assisted by Rev. P. 1 B. Ingraham, was attended by a large 1 number of neighbors and friends from the surrounding country. MR. WILLIAMS WINS. Mr. L. R. Williams of Yorkville, is to be probate judge for York county to succeed the late lamented Col. W. H. McCorkle. The Democratic voters of the county so decided In a primary election held last Saturday, and their decision will be ratified and confirmed in a special election to be held by order of the governor on Saturday, April 9. The primary campaign, which had been on for several weeks, was conducted very quietly. Each of the three who offered, Messrs. Brooks Inman, Frank P. McCain and L. R. Williams, managed to cover a good portion of the county in their respective canvasses; but all did their work with such manly openness as to avoid stirring up unnecessary excitement. So far as The Enquirer has information, no spiteful campaign canards were put in circulation. The election last Saturday was an unusually quiet one throughout the county. There was no disturbance at any of the precincts, and as little liquor drinking, probably as has ever been known on any similar occasion. Everything goes to show that the disorderly element took but little interest and the vote was representative of York county's best judgment. The Democratic Executive commit LOCAL LACONICS. Annual Inspection. The annual Inspection of the Jas>er Light infantry is to take place on darch 31. iverybody at Work. The farmers generally have been veil down to hard work during the >ast few weeks, and but few of them iave been to town except on lmportint business. Superintendent of the County Home. Mr. W. Brown Gauldin is now superintendent of the county home. He ,vas elected by the board of county ;oinmissioners at the first meeting held Lfter the death of his father, the late superintendent; but as the result of pverslght, The Enquirer has not previously made mention of the fact. Killed by Anger. Coroner Louthian was called to Aharon last Prldav to hold an inauest >ver the body of Mrs. John Weaver, a ivhite woman who died near there the light before. The testimony showed :bat a little family quarrel developed Tom some cause, and while it was on the woman became very angry. She presently dropped over dead. Dr. J. R. Saye testified that her death was eery probably due to heart disease. Conrad-Strait. Rock Hill Herald, Saturday: Miss Cora Conrad, daughter of Mrs. M. J. Conrad of Lowryvllle, was married to EJamT G. Strait, son of Thomas J. Strait, of Smith's Turnout at the former's home Wednesday afternoon by Rev. W. H. Ariai. Mr. Strait and his bride left that evening for a few weeks' 3tay with Mrs. Strait's sister, Mrs. James Young at Rockton, S. C. They will make their home at Smith's Turnout, Mr. Strait being a merchant at that place. Supposed to be Incendiary. There was an early morning fire on Mr. R. Kirk Lowry's place, a few miles south of Yorkvllle, Sunday. A corn crib that was being used by Will Grier, colored, was burned. Grier reports that when he waked at about 5 o'clock he found the roof of the crlb^ falling In. He reported his loss at about 150 bushels of corn, seventy or eighty bushels of cotton seed and 700 or 800 bundles of fodder. He believes the fire must have been of incendiary origin, but does not say whether or not he suspects anybody. Sheriff Logan went to the scene of the fire at the negro's request Sunday morning and took his dogs; but could not get information sufficient to warrant a sat tsractory conclusion. Miller-Hobbs. San Antonio, Texas, Daily Express, Tuesday, March 15: Miss Nellie Hobbs, formerly of Yorkvllle, S. C., and George Miller of Markham, Ontario, Canada, were/on the 13th day of March united In the holy bonds of matrimony at the residence of Joseph F. Green In Gregory, Tex. The ceremony was performed by Rev. South, the resident Baptist minister. No Invitations were issued and only Miss Hobbs' brother, sister, and a few friends on the ranch were present. The groom presented the bride with a handsome diamond. ring.?and.m^ny other valuable presents were received. Miss Hobbs was a graduate of the Massachusetts General Hospital of Boston, Mass., and came to Texas three years to take charge of the San Antonio infirmary as head nurse, a position she filled with much credit to herself: and at about the same time Mr. Miller came to Texas to take charge of Joseph F. Green & Co.'s registered herd of cattle, a position he now holds. Mr. and Mrs. Miller will occupy one of the headquarter ranch houses of the Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company near Gregory. Mr. Miller attended the Fort Worth convention last week and in conversation with an Express representative admitted when closely pressed that he was nursing a secret, but said, "After Sunday you may say to inquiring friends that Mrs. Miller and myself will be glad to have them visit us in our new home." ROCK HILL HAPPEN INUS. The Primary for Judge of Probate? Rebuilding the Waste Mill?Lecture at Winthrop. Correspondence of the YorkTille Enquirer. Rock T-Itur? March 21.?The election to fill the vacancy in the office of probate judge, passed oft very quietly. Messrs. McCain and Williams had evidently perfected something approaching an "organl7ation," for their interests were closely looked after by their repectlve friends. Mr. Williams's old army comrades rallied manfully to the support of the old veteran and their effective work placed him at the head of the polls with a handsome majority. The general sentiment prevalent here is that Mr. Williams will make an admirable officer, as many of the qualities that endeared his predecessor to the public generally, will be as conspicuous in his successor. The best of feeling prevailed and the whole election passed off very quietly and harmoniously. Mr. R. T. Fewell will soon begin rebuilding the waste mill that was recently burned down. It had been his intention to remodel his mill and change the class of goods manufactured. He has decided, however, to keep to the class originally turned out. Machinery has been ordered and the work of rebuilding will soon begin. The lecture of Mr. Jenkins Lloyd Jones at Winthrop college last Tuesday night was a splendid effort. His subject "Home" was a timely subject and he handled it in a masterly manner. Mr. Jones is an eloquent speaker. a clear thinker, a brilliant raconteur, and he invested his subject with in interest that was sustained to the eery end. His advice on a variety of themes connected inseparably with the "Home" was timely and full of common sense. Miss Mildred Wilklns gave a missionary talk this afternoon at the Presbyterian church to the ladies of Rock Kill. She is a recent visitor to he Holy Land and is a Bible teacher if some note. The members of the Conference for Education in the South, which meets his year in Birmingham, Ala-, next nonth, will en route pay Wlnthrop ollege a brief visit. As has been previously announced dr. A. Carnegie has intimated his desire to give a library building costing 120.000 to Winthrop college. The 'conditions" governing the gift lave >een practically met and the building s t us nn assured fact, and will be a tandsome addition to the noble piles tow adorning the campus. Ihe jjorlicillc djottoii $Rarhft. Corrected Semi-Weekly by Messrs. Letts Bros. Yorkville, March 22, 12 m.?The ocal market stands as folio .vs: Middling 12J Strict Middling 121 Good Middling 121 Strict Good Middling 121 Latta Bros.