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Scraps and Jacts. ? The Latimer good roads bill will be reported favorably by the senate committee by agreement early in the next session of congress. An agreement to that effect was reached at a meeting of the committee last Wednesday. It was decided to amend the bill by fixing at $100,000 the minimum appropriation which each state shall first "receive and then share in the balance of the appropriation in proportion to Its population. Provision was made, however, that no city shall be credited with more than 10,000 population. The purpose of this is to limit the appropriation for states having large cities. ? Daniel Keegan, a Confederate veteran, found dead in his room in New Orleans last Wednesday, was famed as the man who blew the last bugle call at tne oauie 01 AppumanuA, anu in later years he sounded taps over the graves of many of his comrades and on many important Confederate occasions. Keegan was in the Soldiers' Home for some time, but months ago he found himself able to do work. He refused to be a state pensioner as long as he could make a living for himself. So he left the home. For the last three months he has been cleaning brasses and doing similar work around a hotel. So far as is known he left no relatives. ?: There has been so much trouble at the war department over the enlistment of minors in the army that it has been found necessary to issue supplemental instructions to all recruiting officers to take every precaution possible to verify the statement as to age which may be given by an applicant for enlistment whose appearance would indicate the possibility of minority and to reject any applicant who cannot produce satisfactory proof on that point. It is announced that it will be the policy of the department hereafter to bring to trial all cases of fraudulent enlistment where the fraud consists in concealment of minority at enlistment. Such enlistment reflects ' injuriously upon the service and entails upon tne department a mass ui tunsnpondence and investigation with no corresponding benefits to the army. ? Jiu jltsu, that system of Japanese wrestling with which an adept can disable the strongest opponent, is to be taught at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. It is President Roosevelt's idea. He is a devotee of this'art himself, and believes that it will be a strong addition to the athletic training of the young men who will ' be the future commanders of the navy. "Jiu jitsu has become a favorite diversion of not only the president, but of several prominent society women," says the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald. "The ball room of at least one fashionable Washington home is said to have recently been the scene of half a dozen society maids and matrons gathered for instruction and for contests in the sport. The principle of the art is to oppose sudden force to the weak points of an opponent's body. Japanese policemen who use this science in the discharge of their duty are able to dart in upon an opponent, seize his wrist with one hand, and, using the free arm as a lever, dislocate the elbow of an assailant or even break the forearm." ? The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop . conditions issued last Tuesday, is as follows: As a whole the weather conditions during the week ending April 11 were not favorable for farming operations in the principal agricultural districts east of the Rocky Mountains, being unseasonably cold in the central valleys and southern states with too much moisture over the middle gulf states and a large part of the central valleys. East of the Mississippi river no corn has been planted northward of Tennessee and North Carolina, but a large part of the crop has been planted in the last named state, and this work is well advanced throughout the gulf states. Cotton planting has been interrupted by cold, wet weather in the central portion of the cotton belt but has progressed favorably in the southern portions of the eastern and western sections. The eurly planted is up to satisfactory Stands in the southern portions of Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama and in Texas, about three-fourths of the crop having been planted in the southwestern and central counties of the .last named state. .. '? In. the discussion in the house last Tuesday concerning Mr. Cleveland and the race, question, Mr. Bartlett of . Georgia, while declaring that he was not making any defense of Mr. Cleveland, said that whenever Mr. Cleveland's name was suggested as a possible candidate of the Democrats for president the Republicans seemed to get very much excited and afraid. "I know he will not be nominated," he emphatically declared. "I know, too," he said, "that he does not desire to be nominated." He said he also knew that the Democratic party would nominate some one who was a true Democrat and he added with some deliberation: "It is not very difficult now to state who that will be." "Does the gentleman know who it will be?" inquired Mr. Dalzell. "Yes," said Mr. Bartlett, "the whole country knows," and he added after a pause, "Judge Parker of New York," which elicited Democratic applause. Mr. Lacey (la), at this point facetiously asked Mr. Bartlett if he was not discourteous to his two colleagues, Williams of Mississippi and Hearst of New York. "I withdraw in the interest of party harmony." ejaculated Mr. Williams amid a laugh. ? There was a terrible accident on board the United States battleship Missouri. off Pensacola, Fla., last Wednesday, as the result of which twenty-nine men were instantly killed and five were nijureu. i ?u ui me mjuie'i win uit*. The killed include five commissioned officers. The tragedy was caused by an explosion of 2,000 pounds of powder in the turret of one of the 13-inch guns. The crew was engaged in target practice. The big gun was being reloaded after the firing of a shot, and half of the next charge was exploded before the reloading was completed. The explosion was probably caused from heat or fire left from the first discharge. The explosion was not especially violent; but the heat and gas were sufficient to make it desirable for the men to leave the turret While they were going, two charges of powder in the ammunition room below blew up. and this last explosion completed the havoc. Only one man was left alive in the turret. Men from other parts of the ship rushed to the room for the purpose of trying to rescue the unfortunate victims of smoke and gas. The would be rescuers, however, were unable to withstand the terrible conditions existing. Captain Cowles, the commander of the ship was among the first to go to the rescue and he brought up the body of a sailor and fell exhausted. Immediately after the explosion the portion of the ship in which the explosion occurred was flooded with water, and this timely expedient s- U* V>ni.a nnotrontoH tVlO IS lliuugui lu ua>c t/iE>Kiivvu ... munication of fire to the magazines and saved the ship. She Uotfevillr ?nquiw. YORKVILLE, S. C.i FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1904. Sbnatoj* Tillman resumed his seat in the senate last Tuesday after an absence of six weeks on account of a serious throat affection. Lieutenant Gridley, a son of Capt. Gridley. one of the heroes of the battle of Manila bay, was among the killed <_ .1? rtn the Missouri ill me iuttct c*vv iuvtiv v.. .... at Pensaeola last Wednesday. It develops that the race between Hobson and Bankhead In the Sixth Alabama district was very close. Bankhead's majority being less than 500. It is probable that Hobson may contest the election on the ground of fraud. It seems that when the Russians lose a warship they have an invariable custom of attributing the trouble to their own mines. Their mines are dangerous no doubt; but when the full truth comes out it will no doubt be founc} that Japanese torpedoes are blamable for the majority of the mishaps reported. v Ex-Govkrnor Hogg of Texas, wants to know whether or not Judge Parker supported Bryan four years ago. and takes the ground that until Parker answers the question in the affirmative he, Hogg, will continue to work for Hearst. Judge Parker has not been doing any talking up to this time and there Is no reason to believe that ho will answer the Hogg question. It has been charged that the Hearst boom has been manufactured out of the whole cloth by means of newspapers and otherwise, and the charge cannot be successfully contradicted. But is It not a fact that the Parker boom is also of artificial manufacture? It looks so to us, and more than that we do not see any harm in the situation, for otherwise it would be a difficult thing to get up a boom for anybody. Tub military and naval experts calculate that as a result of the battle a few days ago, the Japanese now have complete control of the sea and they can do as they please. The Russians have only four battleships left and these cannot venture against the strong Japanese Heet that keeps them in the harbor. The Japanese transports may go and come as the*' please, and the balance of the war will have to be fought out on land. New York and the country thereabouts has been greatly distressed during the past few days over a horrible mishap to a diver named Wm. Hoar. Hoar went down a seventy foot in-take pipe in the Boonton reservoir, to adjust a large wooden ball so it would regulate the flow of water. The ball was out of position and the water was rushing through at a terrible rate. In some way he missed his footing and his leg was caught in the suction. He was unable to extricate himself. Another diver went down to his relief; but after four hours was so thoroughly exhausted that he could not be induced to go down again. In the meantime, however, he succeeded in fastening a rope to Hoar's body und an unsuccessful effort was made to raise it with a block and tackle. Efforts to rescue the body have been in progress since Tuesday. While there is no reasonable hope that Hoar is still alive, fresh air is being pumped down to him constantly. # ^ + BATTLESHIP AND ADMIRAL. loth Included In Russian Losses at Port Arthur Wednesday. The Russian battleship Petropavlovsk went down in the harbor of Port Arthur last Wednesday, together with all on board, and Vice Admiral Maka off is either dead or a prisoner of the Japanese, it is not yet definitely known which. From such reports of the incident sis have been published, it appears that the Japanese made another determined assault on Port Arthur, and Admiral Makaroff sailed out with several vessels to meet them. The Japs were prepared for just such a development, and some thirty or more vessels that had been kept in the background now appeared on the horizon, bearing down on th Russian fleet. As to just what occurred at this juncture there is a conflict of accounts. One story is that the Russian fleet immediately put back toward the harbor, and that the Petropavlovsk was blown up by contact with a mine. Another story is that a half a dozen Japanese torpedo boats closed in on the Petropavlovsk from all sides and that they blew her up with torpedoes. However, the facts may be as to the manner of the destruction of the big Russian vessel, there is no doubt of the fact that it has been destroyed. The incident has been officially reported at St Petersburg, and there are numerous conflicting details as to the same general result. Only forty or fifty men escaped from the doomed vessel, and among them was the Grand" Duke Cyril, who was slightly injured. The Petropavlovsk, which had twice ' previously been reported damaged in ] Japanese attacks on Port Arthur, was i a first-class battleship of 10,960 tons 1 displacement and 14,213 indicated horsenower. She was 367J feet long, \ had 69 feet beam and her armored belt I was of about 16 inches of steel, with 10 Inches of steel armor on her turrets. ! Her armament consisted of four 12inch, twelve 6-lnch, thirty-four smaller i guns and six torpedo tubes. The com- J plement of the Petropavlovsk, when , fully manned, was 700 men. She was ! built at St. Petersburg and was com- 1 pleted in 1898. j There are also reports of serious j fighting on the Yalu river, and the I consensus of these reports seems to in- j dicate that the Japanese are getting < the best of the situation. Such news ; as is being received, however, is very 1 unsatisfactory, being compiled prlnci- j pally from rumors. HE'S ON THE FENCE. j 1 Senator Tillman Discusses the Political Situation. | Senator Tillman has placed a tern- ( porary Injunction upon the claim the Hearst managers are making to the , South Carolina delegation to the Na- , tional Convention, says the Washington oorresDondent of the News and , Courier, writing under date of Tues- j day. j "South Carolina will, in my Judg- ( ment, send an uninstructed delegation to the St. Louis Convention" said Senator Tillman. "I have not talked politics for the past eight weeks," con- j tinued Senator Tillman, "but I am , pretty well assured that Democrats of South Carolina are not committed to Hearst or any other candidate. In my ( judgment we will send an uninstruct- ( ed delegation to smell around for the , strongest and best available candidate, who is not dominated by either the Cleveland or the Bryan element in the | party. All we want to know about a ( man is whether he is a straight Drm- | ocrat and has always voted the party ( ticket." j "Understand, I am speaking for my- < self alone," added Senator Tillman. "For I have not been able to follow the political situation during the past eight weeks." ] "How does South Carolina regard . Judge Parker as an available candidate for president?" asked the reporter. "Judge Parker is not objectionable to me, so far as I am personally concerned," replied Senator Tillman. Any Clean, Conservative Man. "My views regarding our party's nominee have not changed during my , forced absence from the senate. Eight weeks ago, before I was taken ill and compelled to undergo a series of operations in my throat. I then stated that I would be in favor of any clean, conservative man upon whom all the fao- ; tions In the party might unite. We have got to put aside Clevelandism and ; Bryanism, for It is impossible to produce a satisfactory mixture of these two conflicting elements. - "I am not worrying my head securing a declaration from Judge Parker as to his position on political issues. It Is perhaps fortunate that he is without a record on the issues which have heretofore divided the Democratic party, and it is perhaps fortunate for the party, and also an element of strength to Judge Parker, that he is not required to do any at this stage of the proceedings." "The managers of Mr. Hearst insist on placing South Carolina in the Hearst column." remarked the reporter. "I cannot prevent Mr. Hearst's managers from making claim to South Carolina, but I am in a measure familiar with the sentiment of our peo pie regarding; a eannioaie. ana we expect to go to the convention and vote for the man we think has a chance of winning. In my judgment our present prospects are bright, and I believe that if we can unite our efforts in behalf of a safe, practical candidate, who is not directly identified with either the Cleveland or the Bryan wings of the party, we can elect him." BUSINESS THAT RUNS ITSELF. Devil No Longer Concerned About Bothersome Details. A story Is told to the effect that a certain prominent church member and dispensary advocate in this state, while , strolling through the woods a few Sundays ago, suddenly came upon the devil as he lay sound asleep in a sun- < ny fence corner. After partially recovering from his fright at the unexpected discovery, he ( assumed a bold front and ventured to i arouse his satanic majesty and inquire how it was that he had ceased, even 1 for a short while, from going up and down in the earth like a roaring lion, seeking whom he might devour, and 1 had become so indifferent as to relax J his energy long enough to lie down in | the fence corner for a nap. "Oh, well," answered Satan as he ' sat up and rubbed his eyes drowsily, , "you see that there is now no necessity for my leading as strenous a life as I formerly. While we had the saloons J the church vigorously opposed the li- | quor traffic, which is my principal < agency for evil, and then I had to keep a sharp lookout for my best in- 1 terests, or I might suffer defeat in i some of my plans. "I tell you." continued Satan, "they kept me hustling then. But you see that I have lately succeeded in effecting a compromise with the church, by . which we now have the dispensary with the church people in charge instead of the saloons with the old time ] barkeeper, and as long as those fel- , lows will agree to run my business ' for me for nothing except the little ' boodle that's in it, why of course, I can i afford to take an occasional nap." . And, as the story goes, the church _ member awoke to find that he himself 1 had been napping in church and that < the pastor was then preaching a ser- i mon in advocacy of the dispensary.? ] Lancaster Ledger. MERE-MENTION. j It seems to be pretty certain that the New York delegation to the St. Louis convention will be instructed for Par- t ker The tariff association fire insurance companies of Kentucky have declared war on the independent com- ' panies Oen. Total, who surrendered the Spanish troops at Santiago, ' died a few days ago in an insane asy- ? lum It is estimated that the new ' pension order which went into effect i recently will cost the government about < $7.500.000 a year in addition to the t amount that is already being paid for i pensions In the state convention i at Topeka, last Wednesday, the Kan- i sas Populists endorsed W. R. Hearst ( for the presidency Massachusetts I Democrats will endorse Richard Olney i for the presidency The bubonic | plague is said to be spreading along f the west coast of South America In c alarming fashion. i CLOVER CULLINGS. The Work of the Farmers?Mill Closes Down For Repairs?Beans Come Up Backward. Correspondence of the Yorkville bDQUirer. Cix>v.Em, April 14.?The farmers In :hls section are well up with their ivork. Most of them have finished planting corn and the majority are -eady to commence planting cotton, In fact there has already been some cotton planted. While there Is no way >f securing absolutely correct information, still it is reasonably safe to say that there will be an Increase of about LO per cent in the cotton acreage. A jooa riuu wuuiu oe vexy lust now. The cotton mill closed down last night with the expectation of resuming operations on next Monday. The shut iown was rendered necessary by reason of a bad crack in the top of the smoke stack. The crack extends from the top to a distance of about ten feet down, ind its existence has been known of toy the management since a short time after the stack was built in 1900, but It was not considered necessary to repair it until now. The workmen commenced the work of scaffolding on Thursday of last week and finished yesterday afternoon. The stack is over 100 feet high. The damaged portion is being removed and will be replaced with new work. Mr. W. B. Stroup was elected mayor of Clover last week to succeed Mr. S. M. Fairies who recently resigned iu accept the appointment as magistrate for King's Mountain township. Mr. H. P. Jackson conducts a meat market here in connection with his other business interests, and each spring experiences considerable trouble in finding suitable beef cattle to keep his market supplied. He says that in this respect the present season surpasses ail previous experiences. Hugh is possibly correct in his opinion, but on the other hand he may be in the same condition as the individual with the last bad cold, which everybody believes is always "the worst." Will Beamguard says that a certain young man in town who takes great Interest In his garden, went out the other morning just as he, Beamguard, "happened to be passing by," and going to the square he had planted in beans a few days previous found them just coming out of the ground, bean foremost, and he went to work forthwith pushing them back, remarking as he went at them "that they had come up backwards and must try again." The charge was made against the gardener In the presence of the writer and not denied by him, therefore there must be some foundation for Beamguard's statement. Some Cloverites feel considerable Interest in the hotel project at Yorkville about which The Enquirer has had something to say on several occasions recently. They wbuld be pleased fo know that the erection of the building was assured, and are satisfied that It will be if those prominent citizens who recently figured in the reporter's dream will all come across in reality as they were made to come in the visIon. Although all the people who have been sick with pneumonia here during the past six weeks are not entirely well the majority are either well or convalescent. Two of Mr. M. L. Ford's children had the dread disease?a son and a daughter. The former is about well while the latter is not recovering as rapidly as might be desired, in fact she is still quite sick. The town council has recently caused a neat and substantial frame building to be erected on the same lot on which the municipal building is located on East King's Mountain street. The new building is being used to shelter the road machine and other tools belonging to the town, and will also be used for protecting the fire fighting apparatus which will very likely be bought some day. n" t tof r*oty*rkh?11 r*?hirnpd homp on Wednesday from Baltimore where he had been for several weeks taking a special course in medicine. While in Yorkville the other day the writer heard the statement made that our chief of police, Mr. C. B. Mendenhall. had recently been flred at twice by one Benjamin Lay whom he was trying to arrest while in the act of painting the town. While Lay was here recently loaded to the muzzle with fuss x. and for a short time did engage in some artistic coloring, the thing happened after the majority of the citizens, including Mr. Mendenhall, had retired for the night. The officer was sent for but before his arrival Lay departed, and it Is said continued his departure until safely beyond the North Carolina line. Last Tuesday afternoon Andy Quinn, C. B. Mendenhall, Truman Turner and possibly one or two others left here for the purpose of arresting a man whom they hoped to find near the state line, but on this side. When they arrived at their destination they learned that their man had crossed over, and although in a house in sight, they were unable to get him. In coming back they passed near where Hagans & Parrott are operating a saw mill and Andy Quinn remembered that he had a warrant in his pocket for a negro whom he had been informed was employed by them. The party met a negro and asked whether or not the man wanted was about, and he replied that their man was "down to the saw mill," and he at once started in that direction. He was told to stop, as the party at once realized that it was his purpose to warn the party wanted. He did not stop, but moved faster when Mr. Menrlenhall started in pursuit, and finding that he could not overtake him, although he is said to have done some lively sprinting, fired at him or in his iirec-tion, several times, when the whole outfit joined in the shooting. For a short while shots were thick and fast, hut nobody was hurt and it was not Intended or expected that anybody should be. When the shooting was over and the party arrived at the saw mill, the negro wanted as well as four others had left and the saw mill people were witnout neip. at least ror tneume being. and as to whether or not the negroes have returned to work the writer has not been advised. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS, fhe Crum Confirmation. The nomination of Wm. D. Crum to be collector of customs at Charleston, 5. C., was called up in executive session bf the senate today by Senator Gallin?er, says a Washington dispatch. Senator Tillman, who opposes the confirmation. explained that he was not well enough to make a speech today and the nomination went over out of courtesy to him. Senator Tillman expects soon to return to his home in South Carolina ind possibly may not be able to attend rongress again before adjournment. In that event the nomination probably will fall of confirmation and the president will make another recess appointment to hold until next session. Jnlicensed Insurance Companies. Columbia Record: There have been !o many complaints recently to the omptroller general about wildcat insurance companies that he will shortly ssue a black list, containing the names )f the companies who have not paid heir license of $100 for the year. Citzens taking insurance in these com innies will in case of loss and refusal )f the companies to pay, sue the home >fflee whereas in case of loss in a icensed company suit can be filed igainst the agent named in the pa>ers on file in the comptroller's office. Should an adjuster for an unlicensed oncern come into the state he is 11ible to arrest. Comptroller General Jones Is determined that the present Insurance law shall have the widest possible publicity as there are so many complaints filed from farmers and others who have been swindled. Murder In Greenville. There was a fierce street fight in Greenville last Wednesday night as the result of which Policeman J. P. Tucker was shot to death by a white man named Ellis Sanders, and Sanders was fatally wounded by Policeman Z. J. Brown. The trouble arose over the arrest of a negro mistress of Sanders by the police. After securing the release of the woman on bond, Sanders went to the police to quarrel. Policeman Tucker undertook to reason with Sanders in a mild way, and Sanrtpra without wnrninc drow his nlstol and commenced firing. Tucker was wounded In the abdomen and Brown was wounded less seriously. Brown fired five times at Sanders and four shots took effect. He will die. . State Troops May Go. Columbia Record, Wednesday: It Is possible that about a thousand of the state troops will go to Manassas, in September for several days encampment, all expenses to be paid by the government. Governor Heyward has received a letter from Gen. H. C. Corbln, the commander of the Atlantic division stating that it is desired that some of the troops of the state participate In the Joint field movements to be held at that point In September. The letter states that it Is Impossible to Invite all of the militia of each state in this division, that the quota from this state would be about 1019, although If a larger number be furnished It Is requested that the department be notified and perhaps arrangements can be made. Under the apportionment hovwever not over 18.000 of this division A - It.. 1C can participate, tne pay uvuie m days. As some of the companies cannot be absent for over seven days in this way perhaps more can go. Government Farm at Columbia. Washington special to Columbia Record: Representative Lever called on Prof. Spillman, agrostologist of the department of Agriculture, yesterday, and had a long talk with him on the progress being made on the diversification farm at Columbia. Some time ago Mr. Lever secured the establishment of this farm, which was the first of its kind to be placed In the south. It is the purpose of the department, Mr. Spillman said, to take one hundred acres and on it eqr'p an up-todate scientific farm. Plans and work have already begun. The department proposes to extend the. work so as .to, embrace the entire state and Introduce modern and scientific cultivation of farms. Mr. Spillman. is well pleased with the Interest shown in South Carolina, and predicts one of the greatest eras in agriculture yet witnessed in this country, and that the south will soon become one of the greatest agricultural sections of the world. Are Constables Assisting Williams? Columbia special of April 12, to Charleston Post: When Gov. Hey ward heard of Mr. S. G. Mayfleld's declaration that dispensary constables are aiding Mr. L. J. Williams in the congressional campaign he Issued a proclamation declaring that he would discharge any constable reported as engaging in this work. Mr. Mayfleld declared that at every meeting point there were disDensary constables and dispen sary inspectors and at some places there were dispensers from other counties. Mr. Mayfleld stated to the correspondent of the Evening Post that liquor has been flowing freely in the Horse Creek valley of Aiken and Edgefield counties. The dispensary Inspectors are responsible to Commissioner Tatum. but the constables are und.er authority of the governor, who declares that he will not permit them to interfere. Mr. Mayfleld stated that some who will get dispensary jobs after the campaign is over have been at; work in the campaign. The race is warming up in the second district. General Cotton Seed Shortage. Columbia Record, Tuesday: According to the cotton oil mill men the crop this year in cotton seed is very short and most of the mills In this state have closed down. Not only that but a great many of the mills were shutting down off and on during the entire season. Few of the mills in this state close down until the first of May and many of them run on until the middle of the month. This year, however, the shortage Is very great and the difficulty in obtaining the seed is such that there would be no money in the mills running on under those disadvantages. Railroad Commissioner Garrls in discussing the shortage the other day estimated the shortage in some places to be forty per cent, although this can- j not be taken as a general average, as the contracts made by some of the mills and other conditions must be taken into consideration. Mr. Garris, however, has traveled over the entire state con siderably of late on official business and the same conditions exist nearly everywhere. The mills are not losing money or anything like that, as new ones are being commissioned nearly every day by the secretary of state, but they cannot run under these conditions and will simply shut down and close the season earlier this year. A Family Quarrel. Columbia State, Thursday: All the members of the Trezevant families will be released from jail today except Will Trezevant, the coroner's Jury having rendered a verdict last night that John Trezevant was shot to death by his brother, Will Trezevant. Only three witnesses were heard. One was a sister of the two men. She contradicted herself several times in her version of the family row. Another was a man who knew none of the parties and had hard work explaining Just "who shot who," as he said four shots were fired, one by Will, the second at Will by the mortally wounded man s wife, the third by one of the men's sisters and the fourth by an unidentified woman. The family feud began, it seems, from quite a trivial cause: John's little girl muddied the spring, and Vlcey, a sister of John and Will Trezevant, slapped her. When the crying girl told her father he wanted to punish his sister, who is a grown girl. From this a fierce quarrel began among the two brothers and their two sisters and John's wife. At the crisis Will, at close range, shot John and as he pulled his pistol to return the fire he was too weak to shoot and his wife snatched the pistol from his hand and fired at Will. Two sisters also fired pistols but at whom, and whether before or after John's wife shot at Will, was not made clear at the coroner's Inquest last night. Will Trezevant was not wounded. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Q. Wray?Says there is no question about the superb quality of "Superb" clothes, quotes some prices and makes a free offer to buyers of J1 worth of goods tomorro v. Riddle & Carroll?Want you to know that Campbell's corn planter and fertilizer distributer is the best Implement of its kind. They sell Gantt's distributers, and have a carload of barbed wire. They offer 20 lbs. of rice for one dollar. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Invites you to come to Lindsay's studio for photographs. Open 9 a. m., to 6 p. m. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Advise you that potato bugs will soon be ripe, and tell you to get your Paris green now. Tney aavise you ro give crows a dose of strychnine and chicken hawks nux vomica. Louis Roth?Offers genuine Porto Rico and New Orleans molasses at 60c a gallon. He has queen olives and Heinz's and Van Camp's soups, and all kinds of canned vegetables. Foushee Cash Store?Announces a special sale of black and white rough and smooth straw sailors on next Monday, 18th. Tour choice of goods from 25c to 50c, for 20c each. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. B. M. Dobson spent several days in Charleston this week. Mrs. M. C. Willis spent several days with relatives In Chester this week. Miss Rosa Steele is visiting her sister. Mrs. Geo. Foster at Verdery, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. P. Hope have been seriously sick for the past few days. Miss Mary Jackson of Newport, S. C., Is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Weber. Mr. Ross Clinton returned home Wednesday after a stay of several weeks In Baltimore. Miss Mary Leonard of Winthrop col lege, visited Misses Annie jvic.r-neei.era and Catherine Dickson last week. Mrs. Harriet J. Bratton has been confined to her bed with grip at her home near Guthrlesvllle for the past week. Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Neville left for Abbeville yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. D. Wyatt Aiken, who died in Washington on Thursday. COTTON PLANTING. There Is more or less cotton being planted in various parts of the county; but as a rule farmers are more or less dubious about the advisability of putting their seed in the ground at this time. During the past few years the general tendency has been toward earlier planting; but In many cases the results have been anything but satisfactory, seed often being prevented from cornlhg up on account of the cold, and rotting 4n the ground. The weather so far this spring has not only been unseasonably cold; but It has been very dry. There is doubt as to whether there Is sufficient moisture to guarantee germination, and between the lack of moisture and the low temperature, the situation Is regarded as anything hut ravoraDie. As has already been suggested, some farmers have seen proper to take the risk and commence seeding regardless of weather conditions and others are very much tempted to do so; but along with these are many who are determined to wait at least another week or two until the weather becomes warmer. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Messrs. Glenn & Allison lost a valuable livery horse last night from pneumonia. ? Mr. W. E. Ferguson has purchased a five room cottage on Wright avenue from Mr. R. J. Herndon. ? Mr. S. M. McNeel has moved into his new residence on North Congress street?the old Wilson building tastefully remodeled. ? Mr. W. B. Moore has installed an acetylene gas plant- In his residence. The lights are very satisfactory and economical. ? Spring trade seems to be progressing very nicely. There have been no large crowds in town recently; but nevertheless trade continues to develop in gratifying volume. ? Mr. R. E. Montgomery has just procured a tire shrlnker that does perfect work without requiring the heating or cutting of tires. By the use of this machine, he can shrink a set of tires within a small fraction of an hour. ? Some new streets might be opened in Yorkvllle with very considerable advantage to the town. It has been quite a while since a street has been opened; but it is a fact that every new street has induced new buildings. The longer the matter of opening new streets is postponed, the greater the difficulties. ronnntlv Q nnnlntp^ I 1IIC tUlUIUllkCC I by the Commercial club to get subscriptions to the proposed 6 per cent bond Issue for the erection of a handsome hotel building is getting along nicely. Already $7,500 has been subscribed, and this without any real effort on the part of the committee. One subscriber hunted a committeeman up and put down $1,000, simply as an investment. Although a public spirited man, he said that he did not want to ask credit for liberality; that he was glad of the opportunity to make such an investment. Members of the committee are quite confident that they can raise $15,000 and they'have no hesitation in saying that the proposed enterprise will be a go. NOTE AND COMMENT. While there are numerous candidates for public office, there are not many indications that the people are going to get very much excited over the situation. There is no need to do so. There is a farmer in the Beersheba neighborhood who has been giving considerable attention to fruit within the past few years, and who now has over 300 trees. He has learned that fruit trees will do a great deal more if they receive proper attention than if allow ed to look out for themselves, ana ne has lots of confidence In the ultimate outcome of his venture. So far as this county Is concerned, there are no indications that the rank and file of the voters care anything about who may get the Democratic nomination for the presidency. The ultimate object of the club elections to be held next week is to select delegates from this state to the St. Louis convention, but there is no probability that there will be any instructions even to the delegates to the county convention. The people do not seem to care about the matter one way or the other, and the probability is that the vote will be very light. If there is to be any issue in the county convention the fact Is unknown except to i the politicians. Hay was selling on the Yorkville i market last summer at 40 and 50 cents < per hundred pounds. The reporter was 1 advised a day or two ago of a prosperous farmer in the northwestern part of the county who is now selling this commodity at J1.25 per hundred. "Sometimes the customer kicks at the price." the farmer remarked; "but I don't argue the matter further than to say that if my hay is not worth as much as Timothy at the barn door, I don't want to sell it. That is all. I have more than enough to do, or I would not sell at all; but then I do not have to sell, you know." This farmer takes exactly the correct view of the situation. At the proper time he exercises foresight, and then, at the proper time again, he exercises business capacity. ADAMS VS. RAILROAD. The Columbia State of yesterday contains the following synopsis of the case of Lillian S. Adams, administratrix, appellant vs. the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad company, re spondent and the supreme court's opinion thereon: This is an action for $20,000 damages for the death of plaintiffs intestate, alleged to have occurred whilst the deceased, In the course of his employment as a flagman on defendant's freight train, was engaged in making a "flying switch." The answer embodies a general denial and alleges that the death of the Intestate was due to "his own gross carelessness or recklessness or through misadventure." On the close of the plaintiffs evidence the defendant moved for a nonsuit, and thereafter the plaintiff applied for leave to conform her pleading to the proof by striking out the word "flying" wherever the phrase "flying switch" occurs. The circuit court (Judge Dantzler) refused the plaintiffs motion, and ordered a nonsuit on the grounds: 1. That there was no testimony that the deceased was engaged at the time that he met his death in making a "flying switch," as alleged In the complaint. 2. That, apart from the ground first stated, there was no evidence of any kind of negligence on the part of the defendant, as a cause of the death of he plaintiffs Intestate. The plaintiff appealed. Mr. Chief Justice Pope: As the amendment moved bv the plaintiff did not materially change the cause of action and as such amendment could not have operated to surprise defendant, the same should have been allowed. Code, sees. 190, 191, 192, 194; Booth vs. Langley, 51. S. C. 412, 29 S. E. 204; Mew vs. Railroad, 55 S. C. 90, 32 S. E. 8828. As by the allegations of the comolaint the plaintiff was not limited to negligence as to the "flying switch," hut relied upon other allegations of negligence. the circuit judge erred in holding that the plaintiff could not recover In the absence of evidence tending to show that the intestate came to his death whilst making a "flying switch." The circuit Judge erred in holding that there was no evidence whatsoever of negligence on the part of the defendant. causing the death of the intestate. There should be a new trial. Mr. Justice Gary and Mr. Justice Jones concur; Mr. Justice Woods, dissenting: As the only Inference that can be drawn from the testimony is that tne aeceasea lost his life by misadventure In a position of great danger, which he had voluntarily and negligently taken, the non-suit was properly granted. The plaintiff was entitled to amend as indicated in her motion. The judgment below should be affirmed: Judgment below reversed and the case remanded for a new trial. Opinions filed April 11. Mr. W. W. Lewis, Mr. W. B. Wilson for appellant; Mr. Geo. W. S. Hart, Mr. N. W. Hardin for respondent. t EMPLOYMENT AND DIVIDENDS A number of Yorkville citizens were treated to an interesting talk last Wednesday night by Mr. J. J. Littlejohn of Jonesvllle, S. C., on the subject of the knitting mill as a town builder and dividend payer. Mr. Littlejohn was here at the special invitation of Messrs. W. B. Moore, W. I. Wltherspoon and J. Brown Neil, who have for some time past been investigating the knitting mill question with a view to investing, a'nd at their request he kindly gave the people present the benefit of his experience. At the outset of his remarks, Mr. Littlejohn took occasion to explain that he was not a public speaker, and that he did not claim to be much of a mill man;, but that his experience had been such as to convince him that there is no question of the fact that a well managed knitting mill is bound to prove a paying investment. He commenced the knitting mill business at Jonesvllle, he said, under all kinds of disadvantages, and he had made a success of it from the jump. It is successful now, and he had every reason to believe it would continue to be successful, as all the mills that are engaged on the kind of product on which he is working have never been able to supply the demand. Among the peculiar advantages of the knitting mill as a town builder, he said, is the fact that by-far the greater part of the expense of production is charged to the labor account, and in the second place the labor must necessarily be of such a high and intelligent class as to command good wages. He said that employed in his mill there are a number of ladles who have given up teaching and clerking because of I the better pay, and they are able to make from $1 to (2 a day each. Some one asked Mr. Llttlejohn the reason of the failure of the mill at Blacksburg, and he said that - there was no doubt of the fact that the trouble was due entirely to a mistake in putting in the wrong kind of machinery to begin with. The machines were simply Incapable of turning out a product that could be sold profitably in competition with the product of abetter grade of machines. Another important matter to which the speaker called attention is the fact that knitting mill operatives do not move about like cotton mill operatives, and that the necessary help can be obtained only by training local people to the work. On this account it is not advisable to attempt to start operations with a larger plant than say about fifty machines; but at the same time the plant should be constructed with a view to enlarging to 200 machines "O soon as it should become practicable to use so many. Mr. Littlejohn was asked a number of questions as to details, and gave comprehensive and satisfactory answers in all cases. He stated that about $32,000 would be about all that would be necessary to put a first-class knitting mill in operation in Yorkvllle, and that the plant could afterward be increased to 200 machines with $75,000 capital. Those present were very much interested in Mr. Littlejohn's talk and a test of sentiment developed subscriptions to the amount of about $12,000. T* ia xn^AMaiAA/] Vinf O XL IJ1 UIIUCIOIVUU blink a uvvvi * ? ? effort will be made to raise the full amount of capital stock required?J32,000. and there seems to be good reason to believe that there should be no serious difficulty about the matter. R. F. O. Route Extended. Rock Hill Record: The pcstofllce department has authorized E. W. Comer, carrier on R. F. D. No. 5 to add some additional territory to his route, taking in the residences of R. E. Conrad, R. J. Morrow, Wm. Haston and J. L. Williamson and his tenants. From S. S. Neely's residence Mr. Comer will branch off on the new territory and his route will terminate at the residence of Mr. Williamson. From there he will to go W. S. Percival's on his return trip. No mail has been delivered on this territory yet, but probably will be at an early date.