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I Straps and |arts. ? There Is a growing belief in diplomatic circles that Russia has deliberately determined to secure a violation of Chinese neutrality, by direct means if possible, and otherwise by indirect means In order that the various other world powers may be drawn into the controversy. By this means she can save herself from the humiliation of defeat by Japan and at the same time secure a better chance of a substantial division of spoils that will take place at the windup of a general war. ? While it is impossible to give exact. figures because of the strict censorship that has prevailed, the losses of the Russians and Japanese since the beginning of the war are approxj mately as follows: Japan has lost zu,000 men killed In the land fighting and 1,200 in the sea fighting. Russia has lost 25,000 men in the land fighting and 3,000 in the sea fighting. Russia has lost one battleship and four cruisers sunk, had four battleships and two cruisers damaged and lost a number of smaller vessels. Japan has lost one battleship, four transports and one cruiser sunk. ? The troubles at Cripple Creek, Col., have been renewed with increased violence. It will be remembered that after months of turmoil the business element of Cripple Creek, backed by the militia, deported 1,000 union miners across the borders of the state, and after quiet had been restored, martial law, which had been declared previously, gave way to the civil administration. A dispatch of Saturday says that the deported miners have returned and are now running things with a high hand in revenge for the manner In which they were treated. The troops are again being mobilized, and scenes of bloodshed are pending. ? Captain Hobson, of Merrimac fame, condemns President Roosevelt as being largely responsible for the reyaoa trniihles in the south. He says that lawlessness In Georgia and other states has followed upon the president's action in forcing the race question into the Chicago platform. The whole unhappy situation in the south has grown worse and worse by the course of the Roosevelt administration. As it is Roosevelt's position means negro domination where negroes are in the majority. The entire country should recognize that untold injury is being done by our president, who has disturbed the happiness of millions of the citizens of both races by his attitude. Increasing crime by negroes and lawlessness by whites. The president should recognize that this menace of negro domination must be removed. ? Laurence Gazette: A man stole a Panama hat from the mails in Hawaii. He came to the United States and went to Delaware. He has been arrested and must be taken back to Hawaii. The mileage fees alone of the' officer who takes him back will amount to $1,000. His trial and conviction, if he is convicted, will cost not less than $10,000. The hat he stole was worth seven dollars. At first glance this looks like a foolish expenditure of money. But it is not. Next - ' ' 1 TTnit lO lilt Aiiicntmi uume nscu kuv vu? ed States mail is the most sacred. It holds even the secrets of the home? the best there is in us. There is nothing that the government is pledged more solemnly to protect than the things we confide to its care. Half the business and domestic affairs of this great nation are confided to the mails. The government could better afford to spend a million dollars to bring to justice the man who rifled the mail pouch and stole a $7 hat than it could to pass the matter over with a jest. The mail service of the United States is sacred, and it is a national pride that it is so. ? An incident that may or may not be of deep international significance occurred in the harbor of Shangican property, several million dollars recent sea fight between the Russians and Japanese, two Russian vessels, the Askold and Grozovoi, took refuge in Shanghai harbor. Under international law neither had a right to remain longer than forty-eight hours for repairs or other purposes. A war vessel remaining longer than fortyeight hours in a neutral port must submit to dismantlement, and remain until the end of the war. After forty-eight hours had passed, Japan notified China that she must either make these vessels go to sea, or dismantle; otherwise Japan would consider China as an ally of Russia. China ordered the Russians to leave or dismantle and they paid no attention to her. Then China notified the powers or ner action and confessed her inability to enforce respect for herself. On Friday a Japanese torpedo boat steamed into the harbor, stopped near the Russian ship and began to clear for action. Within a few minutes an American torpedo boat, the Chauncy, steamed between the Japanese and Russian vessels and stopped. Then the situation came to a standstill. As to whether the action of the American boat was intended to protect Amerhai, China, on Friday. After the worth of which was in a position to be damaged by shells, or the object of the Chauncy was to protect Chinese neutrality, has not been made exactly clear. At any rate there was no fighting and there has since been lots of excitement throughout the diplomatic world. ? The Japanese government has given out to the press a statement defending its attitude in the recent capture of the Ryeshitelni, in Chefoo harbor and declaring its position on the entire question of Chinese neutrality. This statement is as follows: "The Japanese government held that Chi na's neutrality is Imperfect and applicable only to those places which are not occupied by the armed forces of either belligerent, and Russia cannot escape the consequences of an unsuccessful war by moving its army or navy into those portions of China which by arrangement had been made conditionally neutral. A Russian war ship from Port Arthur sought in the harbor of Chefoo asylum from attack which her home port had ceased to afford her. In taking that step she was guilty of a breach of the neutrality of I China as established by the agreement of the belligerents and Japan was fully justified in regarding the harbor of Chefoo as belligerent so far as the incident in question is concerned. With the termination of the incident the neutrality of the port was revived. The action taken by Japan at Chefoo was a direct natural consequence of Russia's disregard of her engagement. The Japanese government has no intention of disregarding China's neutrality so long as it is respected by Russia, but they cannot consent that Russian warships as a re suit or a oroKen engagement uuu a violated neutrality, shall unchallenged find in the harbors of China safe refuge from capture or destruction. The statement of the commander of the Ryeshitelni that his ship was disarmed upon arrival at Chefoo is untrue. The vessel was fully armed and manned when visited. She $Jorkvttlt inquirer. TORKTILLE, 8. C.i TUESDAY, AUGUST 23,1904. Had we not better stop this lynching business for any purpose whatever? When we commence punishing people for ordinary, every day murder, the probability is that picnic murder will come to an end. So long as individual murderers have so little fear of probable punishment, it is not surprising that collective murderers should be still less concerned as to consequences. There is no record in this country that mob murderers have ever been seriously punished, and where a dozen or more murderers are assembled together, they feel that they are safe to do anything they will. It is evident that the controversy between the United States and Turkey over the right of American colleges to work in Turkey on the same terms as other foreign colleges, and the damages claimed to be due to American citizens because of lands illegally t '.ken from them by the Turkish government, is not yet settled. About the time of the recent arrival of the American warships in Turkish waters it was announced that Turkey had conceded all the demands that were being pressed by the United States and the warships were ordered away. During the conferences with Minister Leishman. pending the arrival of the warships, representatives of the sultan made various verbal promises, and assured the minister that the sum of $25,000 had been deposited as compensation due an American citizen l'or , illegally seized lands. Now it aeveiops that the Turkish officials were lying all the way through and Turkish officials claim that inasmuch as their statements were not committed to writing, they are not bound by anything that occurred. It looks very much as if the warships will have to go back and burn some powder. The reports from Port Arthur indicate that the fighting at Po.t Arthur is about as terrible as anything that has been recorded in the annals of war, either ancient or modern. The almost impregnable fortresses with which the city is defended have been further protected by a vast series of mines connected with the forts by means of underground wires in the most thorough and scientific manner. In addition to the mines the country is covered with barbed wire entanglements strong enough and close enough together to make the progress of an advancing enemy exceedingly slow and tedious. There are stories to the effect that the Japanese have lost thousands of men as the result of the explosions of mines; but the only effect seems to be to bring fresh bodies of troops to go to destruction over fresh mines. All this while the Russians are fighting n'lth n/tmlrnhle pnuraep and nersist ence, making of the surrounding country a veritable inferno. The Japs a few days ago, after repeated assaults, captured Pigeon Hill fortress one of the strongest guarding the city; but as yet have been unable to occupy it because of the terrific gun fire with which the Russians are able to sweep it. Military experts say that probably no other civilized governments of today would dare sacrifice men as the Russians and Japs are doing. Of course it is understood that most troops will go where their officers order them to go and regardless of consequences; but as to whether any other governments would consider Port Arthur worth so much blood as is being shed in attack and defense, is doubtful. Ordinarily the aggressors would consider a prolonged siege more desirable, and the defenders, as soon as they came to realize the hopelessness of their case, under such terrific assaults would surrender. But the Japs seem to calculate that the quicker Port Arthur is taken the sooner they will be free to look after the other Russian forces and the better will be their chances to prevent the arrival of the immense Russian armies that are being sent against them from home. MERE-MENTION. Ann-nol' An/larcnn o f n rrrmr rtf T n - (liana, died in a Chicago hospital Friday from blood poison resulting from a mosquito bite... .Antonio Mannino, the nine-year-old Brooklyn boy, who was kidnapped ten days ago. was found alone on the street near his home at midnight Friday. The boy's own uncles are believed to have abducted him.. .Forest fires in the interior and along the coast of British Columbia have caused the destruction of millions of feet of timber A tornado lasting fifteen minutes struck St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday night, causing the loss of fifteen lives, and destroying about $2,500,000 worth of property During a riot at the stockyards at Chicago Saturday night one man was killed and three , wounded. They were all strikers, and were fired upon by non-union men. By an explosion of dynamite consigned to a mining company in Nevada, two persons were killed, three seriously wounded and the depot completely demolished at Mlnden, Mo., Saturday afternoon A negro named Avery was lynched at Cordova, Ala., Saturday, for the murder of J. Mc Nelson, the town marshal-. Four men were arrested In Atlanta Saturday, charged with making counterfelt ten-dollar bills. They confessed surrendered the plates and about 30,000 of the bills The czar of Russia has Issued a ukase summoning to the colors all the reserve officers ithiioughout his empire/. W. C. Windham of Laurel,Miss., was shot from ambush In the Tallahala swamp Friday. The shooting Is believed to be a result of the Ainsworth-Windham feud In Smith county, Sloan Alnsworth having been killed recently by one of the Windhams. Further trouble is expected A physician, Dr. R. G. Lightle, who was supposed to have lost his life In his burning barn on May 22, and on whose death life Insurance companies have paid $19,000 returned to his home at Searcy, Ark., Saturday. He explains his absence by the fact that he had a corpse for dissection In his barn at the time of the fire, and feared he might be arrested for grave robbery One policeman was killed and another fatally wounded by a negro ex-convlct whom they were trying to arrest at Forest City, Ark., Friday. One of the policemen shot and killed the negro after he had been wounded. 1 ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. U? tlu T..I. Mf. Inkn Matthews Loses His Life In an Accident?Mr. Robert Poag Gets His : Arm Broken?Constables Capture Contraband?Marriage Tomorrow. Correspondence ol the Yorkrille Enquirer. Rock Hilx,August 22.?Jack Crock- 1 ett, colored, was killed In Fort Mill last Friday evening by being run over by passenger train No. 28. Crockett lived at. Smith's Turnout: but had been working for the Charlotte Brick company for some weeks. He stepped in front of the train while return- J ing from his work, and was instantly killed, neck and both legs being broken. Coroner Louthian held an inquest on Saturday and the verdict of the coroner's jury exonerated the railroad company from blame. The remains of Mr. John Matthews, who was killed in a collision between a street car and a railway freight train 1 in Memphis, Tenn., last Thursday morning,were brought to Ebenezer, his former home, on the 10 o'clock, east bound passenger train, this morning. The funeral and Interment took place this afternoon at Ebenezer. The deceased was about 45 years old and is survived by three brothers and one sister, Messrs. J. H. and T. A. Matthews of Ebenezer, Mrs. N. A. Simril of Yorkville, and Edgar Matthews, who left this country several years ago and located in Maine, I believe. John Matthews left this place about a year ago and went to Texas and fl- ' 11-. 1 4--J 1? Tiro O of Ilclliy lUL'ctlCU 111 lUCiupillO, OI1U nao, u-v the time of his death, employed on a steam boat and was on the way to his M'ork when the fatal accident occurred. The news of his death was not ' received In this city until Saturday, owing to the fact that his identity was i not known at the time of his death. Miss Mary May, daughter of the late Thomas S. May, and sister of City ! Treasurer C. S. May, is to be married tomorrow afternoon to Mr. Dudley , Duff, a popular young man of Blacks- , burg. The ceremonies will take place 1 at the residence of the bride's sister, 1 Mrs. Blanche Duff. < Emanuel Williams, was committed to | jail by Magistrate Beckham last Saturday on the charge of interfering 1 with and resisting an officer. About a month ago Williams sought to prevent Constable Jenkins from searching a negro's grip for liquor. He was sentenced to 30 days for disorderly con- ] duct, and this last charge was made l against him immediately upon his release from the chaingang. His bond 1 was fixed at $300. i State Constable J. H. B. Jenkins raided the restaurant run by Oscar Potts, white, near the Southern de,pot, Saturday night and found eight ( pints of booze. Mr. Jenkins assisted by Constable J. F. Wingate relieved "Josh" Hinson of thirty-nine pints of whisky at the river bridge last Wed- , nesday night. The trustees and patrons of the Ogden school are making preparations to j have the school building painted. The summer term of this school, which : has been taught by Misses Posy Harnilllo -Mn. ' U111 U1 V/llCOkCI k-uumj , auu V4I1IIV ?T*v ( Cammon, of Rock Hill, will close on , Friday of this week. The Western Union Telegraph com- : pany have had a force of hands at work the past few days putting In a ( cable containing about twenty wires , and taking down the old wires from j Main street crossing to the company's office on Main street. Mr. Robert Poag. superintendent of ! F. C. Whitner's large farm near this city, had the misfortune to get the el- , bow joint of his left arm dislocated , Saturday afternoon, the result of mak- ; ing a misstep and falling backwards out of a wagon in which he was riding. William Shillinglaw, one of the ' young men who were assaulted last ' Tuesday night near Tirzah, is still at ! the hospital and is not improving very fast. His left eye is badly affected by the wound Just above it; but the phy- ; sicians do not think the sight will be ' permanently impaired. His compan- ( ion, Paul Brown, is getting along very well, but still suffers some pain. , Master Ray, son of Mrs. Maggie Workman, who lives near this city, Is seriously ill with typhoid fever. , A protracted meeting commenced at Mt. Holly church, six miles below this city. Sunday. The pastor, Rev. E. A. Wilkes, will be assisted by Rev. Mr. Ingram of Blacksburg. ? A peculiar development of the law that permits one county to hire its convicts to another came to light down in Berkley and Colleton counties last week. E. E. Harberson, a white man of "good family," was convicted some time ago of manslaughter for killing a woman and sentenced to two years imprisonment. The people thought he had gone to the penitentiary; but afterward learned that he was over In Colleton county having a good time, , going and coming as he pleased. It developed that Colleton had "hired" him from Berkeley and he was proba- , bly paying the hire out of his pocket. When the matter was brought to the attention of the governor, steps were taken that resulted in the sending of the man to the penitentiary. As to j whether anything will be done to bring the supervisors of Berkeley and Colleton to a sense of the fitness of things has not yet developed. i LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. S. M. Falres?Is announced as a candidate for the office of magistrate of King's Mountain township, subject to the action of the Democratic party in the primary election. Miss Rosa J. Lindsay?Invites the county candidates to assemble In the court house yard next Friday at 10 a. m., to give her the opportunity of making a group photograph. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives notice that J. O. Walker and R. L. deLoach have applied for letters of administration on the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth deLoach, deceased. Elmer Stephenson and others?Give .1? ? - ? i- hoia at Slit IIUIIUC ui a piuuii; vvr wc .?.? ton's spring next Saturday. The county candidates have been invited and a number of them have accepted the committee's invitation. J. Edgar Poag?Says that the people of York county will remember that he is in the real estate business to buy and sell your real estate. R. J. Herndon?Solicits your orders for piano and organ tuning. He also handles pianos and organs. Riddle & Carroll?Are prepared to furnish you with buggies at the right price. They sell Royal baking powder at 45 cents a pound for ten days. W. M. Kennedy?Has a variety of new crop field seeds, including rye, barley, winter oats and turnip seeds. Foushee Cash Store?Has a large Job lot of caps and hats for men and boys and is offering them at half price to make quick sales, J. Q. Wray?Is offering some special Inducements to the ladies for Saturday and Monday next. His offerings include dress goods, undervests, collars, etc. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Is prepared to do enlarging in pastel, crayon or water colors and guarantees satisfaction. NOTE AND COMMENT. The county campaigner* are to be at McConnellsville tomorrow. It is reported that a blind tiger dealer was on hand at the recent Tirzah picnic with "forty gallons" of contraband whisky and that he succeeded in selling a considerable quantity of it. The boll weevil specimens referred to in the last Issue of The Enqucrer as having been sent by Prof. Chas. E. Chambliss of Clemson college, were duly received and are now on exhibition at this office for the benefit of all who may care to examine them. ABOUT PEOPLE. Master Joseph White of Chester, Is visiting the family of Dr. W. O. White. Miss Elizabeth Faulkner of Bethany, is visiting the family of Dr. A. Y. Cartwright. Miss Mamie Darwin of Smyrna, is visiting in Yorkvllle, the guest of Miss Daisy Bryan. Miss Pansy Traywick of Gastonia, spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Bessie Williams. Annie, daughter of Mr. Sam Pierce of Tlrzah, died Sunday morning, and was buried at Ebenezer on Monday. Master Ganson Williams returned home yesterday from an extended visit to relatives and friends at Kershaw. Mr. John A. Neely and family of Rock Hill, are visiting the family of Mr. Neely's father, Mr. H. A. D. Neely In Yorkvllle. Dr. D. E. McCpnnel! of Gastonia and Mr. Moore McConnell of Charlottesville, Va., spent Sunday wJth Mr. John S. Jones in Yorkvllle. Miss Helen Heath of Monroe, N. C., and Miss Wren Harris of Fort Mill, were the guests Saturday and Sunday of Mrs. Ernest Heath. Mr. W. B. Falls, formerly of this county, but now of Wildwood, Fla., arrived in Yorkvllle on last Friday morning to visit friends and relatives. ? T DA??n?yi non/Hrlotp fnr* ail. JLVH. J. U, 1 cglUiii, Muiuiuuvv *.-? ? ? ditor, has been out of the campaign for a week because of an attack of fever the exact nature of which has not been determined. He is still confined to his bed, and may or may not be in for a spell of typhoid. YORK'S GOLD INTEREST. State Geologist Earle Sloan has prepared for the commissioner of immigration a concise summary of the gold ores found in South Carolina. This excerpt covers the various workings in York county: The second belt beginning in upper York extends southwesterly through Cherokee, Union, Lower Greenville, Upper Laurens and Abbeville counties. These veins consist principally of lenticular masses of auriferous quartzs and pyrites inter-stratified with the talcose of micaceous slates which are pitched at high angles. Some of these ore bodies are of considerable extent In length, depth and width. The Ferguson mine, situated in York county, at the head of King's Creek, about seven miles southeast of Grover (on the Southern Railway,) is of considerable promise. It has recently been equipped with a twenty ton cyanide plant. The vein is of pyritiferous quartz enclosed in heavily bedded talcose 3hales (dipping southeast about 70 degrees with the horizontal and striking northeast.) At a depth of one hundred feet the vein, which is seven feet wide, averages from $12 to $15 in values. It concentrates about fifteen lo one. The out crop has been traced for a considerable distance, extending to adjoining properties. A series of mlaes in the King's Creek district have been worked during recent years and while assays and mill tests indicated excellent values inexperience in attemnterl rhlorlnatlnn resulted disas trously, which with prohibitory transportation expenses to other reduction plants, combined to cause temporary suspension. The prominent mines thus worked were the Allison, Wolfe Creek. Hardin. McGill, Bratton, Brown, Magnolia and Flint Hill. There are numerous other mines and prospects along this belt, terminating with the Old Dorn mine, which have been idle for various periods and reasons, but many of which will doubtless respond to modern treatment. THAT HIGHWAY ASSAULT. Shortly after the appearance of the last issue of The Enquirer, two young men who live In the vicinity of Yorkville, called upon the editor, stated that they were very likely the parties referred to as the alleged assailants of Brown and ShiUlnglaw, and that the story as published was only true In part. "We were driving along in a double team as stated," said one of them, 'and in the darkness came very near colliding with a buggy that was coming from the opposite direction at a pretty stiff pace and in a manner seemingly indifferent to consequences. We drove to one side just in time to avoid a smashup, and one of the parties said something that we construed as an epithet applied to us. We demanded to know what the parties meant. One of them claimed In an apologetic manner that he did not curse us and as they proceeded the other stated that they had cursed us. We turned, followed until we overtook them, and calling a passing yellow negro to hold our horses, got out for a better understanding. While discussing the matter reasonably but positively, Shllllnglaw drew a pistol and we at once proceeded to the attack. Neither of us were drinking, and neither of us were armed with weapons other than could be picked up at the moment almost anywhere. We have not sought to conceal our Identity, and If the parties desire to Institute legal proceedings we are prepared to give bond and ask for our justification on such evidence as we will be able to present to any fairiflinded Jury." Subsequent to making the foregoing statement to the editor of The Enquirer, the young men referred to have also said the same thing to the local legal authorities, and the friends of Messrs. Brown and Shillinglaw have been duly furnished with full information as to the identity of the parties In question, so it would appear that* if a legal Investigation is desired, there seems to be nothing to prevent a full disclosure of all the facts. THE MANASSAS MANOEUVERS. There are scores of old soldiers in York county who fought in one or both battles of Manassas, and who would like to go there again on the occasion of the manceuvers in September; but not a few of them are either physically or financially unable to make the trip. Quite a number, however, will go regardless of obstacles. Because of the surviving participants of the Manassas battles and of their descendants who are now sufficiently numerous to make up at least a full regiment, it has occurred to T.ke Enquirer that if It could send a thoroughly competent correspondent to write up the situation as it was, is, and will be, our enterprise would receive, due appreciation, and we now have reason to hope that we will be able to carry out just this idea. The task of finding the right man for this work was not a matter of difficulty. Indeed his name was at once suggested by the very need of him, and that name is Maj. James F. Hart of Yorkvllle. He got into Second Manassas with his famous battery just at the close of the fighting, and although he was bitterly disappointed in not having been able to arrive soon enough, it will be pretty generally admitted that his experiences before and afterward were of a nature calculated to fit him to write intelligently on such work as is now under consideration. The matter has been broached to Major Hart and he has It under careful consideration. He is not only anxious to go as a matter of personal satisfaction; but he will be delighted to tell the story for the benefit of those who may be unable to go, and unless he shall be prevented by professional engagements that do not now especially threaten he will undertake the trip and serve as special correspondent of The Enquirer. We have just received from General Frost a letter in which that official has kindly assured us that Major Hart, if he goes, will receive all the courtesy and consideration that may be accorded to correspondents. The general goes on to say that the militiary au thorltles cannot unaeriaKe to proviuc transportation; but we had never asked for any thing like that, for with the consent ofe Major Hart The Enquirer is glad to reserve this privilege to itself. DEATON SEEMS DESPERATE. As to whether or not he would use it if he had it is altogether a matter of actual test; but from circumstances that occurred during last week It would appear that the only reason why W. E. Deaton is without means to go hence by the poison route Is because of the vigilance of Deputy Sheriff John S. Sandifer. Experience has taught the sheriff and deputies that it is a good Idea to keep up with all communications be* tween prisoners and their friends outside, and that especial vigilance should be exercised in the case of convicts under heavy sentences. The exercise of this vigilance has enabled Deputy Sandifer to intercept a small paper of white powder that is evidently poison, intended for Deaton in his last extremities before being taken to the penitentiary. One day last week there came a letter for Deaton from his wife in Fort Mill and Deputy Sandlfer read It over carefully. In It he found a reference about like this: "I am going to send It to you; but I would not, had you not promised that you would not use It until then, and had I not promised you. I don't want to send It. I am afraid. Now remember your promise not to use It until everything else fails. It will be stitched In the hem of your pants." Mrs. Deaton came over to Yorkville Friday bringing her children and a bundle for her husband. Deputy Sandlfer gave her to understand that the bundle would have to be left outside until he could examine It. She protested that she had several articles that she needed for the children, and made excuses intended to keep the bundle In her possession until she could see her husband. Mr. Sandlfer then told her to take out such articles as were Intended for her husband anfl leave them outside; that he would at- J tend to the delivery later. After Mrs. Deaton had had an Interview with her husband in the presence of Mr. Sandlfer, the deputy proceeded to maae a cureiui exaniiimiiun ui the articles in the bundle, especially the pants, in the hem of which he found a small paper package filled with a white powder. He afterward showed the powder to several physicians; but none of them were able to tell certainly what It Is. Mr. Sandlfer, however, Is very well satisfied that the powder Is a deadly poison, and that It was the purpose of Deaton to use It either before he started for the penitentiary, or after he may have decided that death was preferable to a longer confinement in that institution. Upon learning of the circumstances outlined above, Major James F. Hart, attorney for Deaton, promptly notified the clerk of the court of the withdraw al of the appeal he had entered, and said he would have nothing more to do with the ease. The clerk Immediately telegraphed for a penitentiary guard and Deaton will be taken to the penitentiary today or tomorrow. YORK'S TAXABLE PROPERTY. According to the abstract of taxable property in York county, Just completed, the aggregate assessed valuation Is $6,548,319. Last year this valuation was $6,380,303, and the increase, therefore, is $168,016. The returns of realty and personalty by townships this year are as follows. ( Township. Personalty. Realty. Bethel J100,790 *233,025 Bethesda 111,525 316,925 j Broad River 100,970 210,935 Bullock's Creek .... 81,960 242,775 | Catawba 743,275 921,090 Ebenezer 234,365 284,420 Fort Mill 239,113 266,610 King's Mountain ... 296,705 286,315 York 471,810 511,520 In the aggregate the realty returns above amount to *3,274,215, and the personalty returns to *2,380,513; but railroad, telegraph and express property now being considered as personalty, the values assessed against these corporations, amounting to *904,191, are added to the personalty column making the grand total foot up *6,548,319, as stated above. The *904,191 of personalty charged against corporations Is made up as follows: Fire insurance companies * 23,016 Casualty and guarantee companies ! 11,714 Life Insurance companies 67,022 Pullman Palace Car, W. Union and American telegraph .. 27,428 Railroads 756,395 Express companies 8,616 The aggregate returns of the various townships this year as compared with last year, are as follows: Township. 1903. 1904. Bethel * 332,970 333,815 Bethesda 404,075 428,450 Broad River 303,870 311,905 Bullock's Creek .. 322,970 342,935 Catawba 1.645,935 1.664,365 Ebenezer 525,265 518,785 Fort Mill 494,735 505,725 King's Mountain .. 567,435 583,020 Vnrlc 929.750 983,330 From the foregoing it will be seen that with the exception of Ebenezer, each township of the county shares in the general increase in values, while Ebenezer has lost $7,480. A part of this loss has gone to York as the result of a recent survey, and the balance has probably gone to Catawba. The returns of live stock show up a satisfactory increase in number and value. The following is a summary by totals for the county: Kind. No. Value. Horses 1,814 $ 88,180 Cattle 7,632 84,540 MuleS 4,286 288,455 Sheep and goats ... 761 761 Hogs ...5,210 13,919 Dogs 2,247 11,465 WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Captain W. B. Moore of the Jasper Light Infantry, has orders to start for Manassas with his company on September 3. ? Rev. Dr. Neville preached two sermons Sunday, In the Baptist church in the morning and in the Methodist church at night. He was greeted at both churches by large congregations. ? The last meeting of the county campaign will be held in Yorkville next Friday. The Yorkville people have always been seeing to it that the candidates were properly entertained on such occasions and will no doubt keep up their custom. ? The murder question was discussed by the Ministerial Union at some length at its last meeting and it was decided that at the next union service to be held in the Associate Reformed church Sunday night, Rev. Dr. J. L. Stokes will preach on the sixth commandment, "Thou shalt not kill." ? Rev. J. S. Grler, pastor of Sharon and Tirzah Associate Reformed congregations, preached in the Associate Reformed church last Sunday morning, having exchanged pulpits with Rev. W. C. Ewart. His subject was Christian Duty, and the sermon was one of remarkable clearness and pow er. ? At a meeting of the trustees of the Presbyterian church held yesterday evening, it was decided, after due consideration, to take down the galleries that run around the sides and rear of the building. These galleries were put up originally with a view to furnishing accommodations for slaves of the members of the congregation; but in late years have fallen into disuse, except on a few special occasions. The removal of the galleries will not detract materially from the seating capacity of the church. ? There has been some very important work on what is known as the "jail hill," within the last week, and the work is still in progress. The "jail hill" and the "Schorb hill," have long been recognized as almost prohibitory hindrances to heavy traffic between Yorkville and a large portion of western York. From the tanyard branch, on West Liberty street, to the Presbyterian church, is perhaps a third of a mile, and coming from the branch to the church there is a climb of pretty nearly, if not quite 75 feet. A cord of wood is a very heavy load for three good mules up these hills, even In dry weather, and when the road is muddy few people attempt the ascent except with empty wagons. A great deal of ; the winter traffic between Yorkville and the western part of the township comes in and goes out by way of the ( King's Mountain road in order to avoid the difficulties of these hills, j losing much in the matter of distance ] nnii not Minlner a ereat deal as to road i conditions. Last week Messrs. ,C. M. and S. W. Inman and Arthur and Norman Black, all residing outside the corporate limits, proposed to the local street committee,composed of Messrs. W. E. Ferguson and W. H. Herndon, that they would meet the town half way in improving the road within the incorporate limits. The street committee accepted the proposition and work was commenced forthwith, and with a great deal of energy. The grade of the jail hill was materially | Improved by a lowering of two feet or more; but there Is still a lot of work to be done before the road can be considered practicable for heavy hhuling. The town government is willing enough to undertake a thorough and complete job, but as the desired Improvement will necessarily be very expensive, there is not much reason to hope for entirely satisfactory results unless the people of the town generaJ ly will take the matter up and supply oy private subscription what the town lacks In revenues. ? There was quite a lively sensation In the York drug store last evening ? as the result of an effort on the part 3f Mr. M. S. Ashley, a young man from Lancaster, who has been acting as the night centra! at the telephone office for the past ten days to go hence lay the poison route. Young Ashley 3tepped Into the drug store and asked for a dozen strychnine tablets, which are frequently used as a tonic and sold without hesitation to responsible people. There was nothing in the young man's manner to suggest a suspicion of improper intent and without hesitation, Mr. W. L.. Williams asked, "What strength will you have?" "One-thirtieth of a grain," he replied. On delivering the tablets and receiving the pay, Mr. Williams walked to the back part of the store. Within a minute or two Mr. Craig McCorkle, who had come in, in the meantime, informed Mr. Williams that Ashley had taken all the tablets at once. Upon investigation, Mr. Williams found that the young man had swallowed ten of the twelve tablets, and he called the attention of Dr. Miles Walker to the fact. Dr. Walker said that the dose would not necessarily prove fatal, but it would shake the young man up considerably, and it was decided that it would be best to try to do something for him. Ashley was not willing to receive assistance, stating that he wished to die. With the help of several young men present, however, Dr. Walker administered a hypodermic injection of morphine and other antidotes. Ashley was the coolest man in the party, until the strychnine, and antidotes began to get in their work and then he became very much exhausted. The perspiration that came from him wet his clothes as if they had been dipped in water. Precautions were taken to prevent another suicidal attempt during the night and today the young man is regarded as being out of danger. LOCAL LACONICS. Death of Mr. R. L. Wallace. Mr. R. L. Wallace, familiarly known ? as "Orb." who lives three miles northeast of Yorkville, died last Sunday morning after a long Illness of a constitutional nature. Had he lived until next month he would have been forty-9lx years of age. Mr. Wallace was well known as a hard-working, industrious citizen until he began to lose his health, after which, of course, he was able to do but little for himself or family. He leaves a widow and five children. The funeral took place at Beersheba yesterday morning. Dispensary Question In Cherokea. The letter in another column from Gaffney telling about the petition for an election on the question of abolishing the dispensary did not reach this office until after Friday's issue of Tub Enquirer had been printed. The following from the Gaflfney Ledger of this morning, gives the situation as it now stands: And still they continue to come in and sign the call for the election on the dispensary question. The list in this office has nearly six hundred names on it, and we have not solicited, personally, a single signature. We want the people to act voluntarily in this matter, and if the dispensaryites want a fair and untrammeled expression at the polls, all they have to do is to refrain from precipitating the war. If they desire war, however, they will get it good and strong. The manhood of South Carolina depends upon some disposition of the whisky evil and, when necessary. men will not be found lacking to fight the battle for temperance arid sobriety. DOWN WITH THE DISPEN8ARY. Cherokee County Making An Effort to Abolish Its Whisky Business. Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Enquirer. Gaffney, August 19.?It is evident that hundreds of the voters of Cherokee county are determined to close trie state rum miiiB at una piu.ce auu Blaeksburg, notwithstanding the tax placed on morality by the Williams amendments to the original Brice bill. About ten days ago the Ledger suggested that a petition be presented to the county supervisor asking that an election on the question of "dispensary" or "no dispensary" be ordered. The petition was prepared and placed In the business office of the Ledger on Wednesday of last week surd notice given of the fact that parties who desired to sign it would And it at the place indicated. Up to last night no less than 400 voters had called and placed their names on the list Aside from the mere announcement of the existence of the petition no effort has been put forth to secure signatures. The writer spent probably thirty minutes in the office of the Ledger yesterday afternoon and while he was there not less than six or eight persons, mostly farmers, called, asked to be shown the petition and all signed without hesitation. It Is freely predicted that not less than 1,500 of the 2,500 voters in the county will sign. Duplicate petitions have been prepared and sent to various points In the county. The people say that while they recognize the fact that the law as it now stands is tyrannical and all that still they are determined to 1 vote the Iniquity out of the county,' tax or no tax. They propose to support candidates for the legislature who favor the original Brlce bill, but are not willing to wait to see what will be the result of the effort to secure a law that provides the same conditions for the removal of a dispensary as is ? *Vizx AoloKliohmpnt Af I1UW piVVlUCU IVI UIC COMM/MV..**... one. It is said that the two rum mills in this county sell not less than $75,000 worth of booze annually. Sam M. Gri9t. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Anderson is to have a street railway in a short time. The work of laying the track is now under way. ? Claiborne S. Ansel, the 20-year-old son of Hon. Martin P. Ansel of Greenville, died last Friday as the result of injuries sustained in a railroad wreck at Keowee Station a day or two before. The young man was running his first trip as a fireman, which position he had secured In the hope of working his way up in the railroad world. ? A Newberry man by the name of Butler Holt has been identified by a white woman named Bertha Medlin, as the murderer of the "Maude Allen" woman in Columbia recently. The identification is not understood to be absolute and unquestionable; but it is taken as furnishing a very good clue. A little negro boy named Willie Wylie, who saw two men come out of the house about the time of the murder, is not able to identify Holt as one of them. ? The preparations are being made ay the attorney general's office for taking up the suit against the Southern, brought by direction of the general assembly to test the consolidation )f the South Carolina and Georgia oad with the Southern. The suit was lied In Kershaw county, and under the aw takes precedence over all other cases, and will come up In October, [t is not known yet whether the suit vill be a jury or an equity proceeding. ? Columbia correspondence of <he Clews and Courier: Richland county jolitics are being much improved. In ' 'ormer days "the buzzards" had a piclic in getting graft, but the county convention passed a resolution requlrng all candidates to pledge themselves lot to use money, whisky or other inlucements, and in addition to file a iworn statement of expenses. The candidates have stuck to the letter of he resolution, and have saved money ind kept politics pretty clean.