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Scraps and $uts. ? Asheville, N. C., dispatch to the New York Herald: For saving the lives of a score of passengers and preventing a wreck by flagging a train with her red petticoat, Nannie Gibson, 11 years old a barefooted mountain girl, has received a reward from the Southern railway, and it is just what Nannie had said that she wanted most, an education. She has received a letter from the company agreeing to give her a college education and to see that she is well provided for. Nannie lives in a little mountain hut with her father and mother in the Black mountains. A big slide occurred on the mountain while she was at home alone. A heavy train was stopped by her ten feet from where the mountain had caved In. Below was an abyss several thousand feet deep. ? John H. Mitchell, United States senator from Oregon, was convicted by a Jury at Portland last Monday night, for complicity In the enormous land frauds which for months have provided the most startling graft developments In the history of the country. The specific charge of which the verdict of guilty was rendered against Mitchell was the practicing before the department of the United States government for compensation while occupying the office of United States senator. Mitchell was Indicted by the federal grand jury December 31 last, and he has been a resident of Washington and Oregon for forty-four years. He was born in Pennsylvania In 1835 and obtained a common school education. He later studied and practiced law and moved to California, thence to Oregon, where he was chosen a member of the United States senate In 1872 and served until 1879. He was re-elected In 1885 and again in. 1891. His fourth election took place in 1901. ? H. P. Bledsoe, son of "Jim" Bledsoe. whose life suggested the famous poem, "Jim Bludso, of the Prairie Belle,*' to John Hay. Is living in Denver, says a Denver special to the Philadelphia Public Ledger. "Although John Hay's poem Is not exactly taken from my father's life," said Mr. Bledsoe last night, "it was undoubtedly suggested by It. My father lived nearly all of his years in Warsaw, III., and was a famous character among the river men. It was his knowledge of my father's life and character that suggested the poem, 'Jim Bludso* to Mr. Hay, or so I have always been told. My father died three months ago, and up to the time of his death he always kept up his old friendship for John Hay and Vl- nonu ?Mt we always IIIB laillVi . ?... __ were known as the Bludsos, although our name is spelled entirely different. But I am so young that I cannot remember much about the time when the poem was written. My father lived in Warsaw from 183S to 1886 and celebrated his golden wedding there. He led a hard life on the river, and I guess what John Hay said is pretty near true." ? Washington July 6: The report of the postofflce department giving rural delivery statistics for the past year is just out and is very interesting as an indication of the way new routes are being established all over the United States. In South Carolina, the total number of petitions referred to the department were 1,080, and of this number 476 were adversely reported. July 1, 1904, there were in South Carolina 331 routes in operation, and at this time there are 476, a gain of 145. There are now pending before the department 138 petitions from South Carolina asking for new routes. Of this number It Is prooaoie inai some will be granted and the whole number for the year will then be considerably augmented. This rapid Increase In the number of new routes In the country is a splendid index to what the people are doing. In some localities, where a few years ago the people received few papers and seldom exchanged letters, mails are now delivered once, and some times twice a day, giving the rural man as good a chance to keep in touch with the world as his city friend. The gratifying gains made In South Carolina speak well for the people of the state. ? A gigantic lottery swindle, which has been operated in Boston for months and found thousands of victims in surrounding towns, has just been uncovered by secret service men from Washington, operating with the Boston squad. The lottery has been known as the Havana Bond association, operating with the Louisiana and Honduras lottery gang. The ringleader is said to be C. H. Davis, alias Adams, alias Lawson, who left the city shortly after falling to compromise with a prize v.'inner. His selling agent was Max Schleer, who worked the barber shops and small stores in greater Boston. The first Information came from Charles Sayre, a barber who, finding he couldn't get his prize of $3,750 on one-fourth ticket for the capital prize of $15,000 notified the police. Sayre says that Schleer can be located in St. Louis, where he has a brother-inlaw conducting a grocery buslnss. Davis, he thinks, Is hiding in New York. Three big branches have been closed up by the officers and thousands of tickets and drawings have been confiscated. ? New York. July 4: "My discovery of the pole means additional prestige for my country and should an American be the first to plant the stars and stripes at the summit of the frozen north, well. It may be that 70.000,000 of my countrymen and countrywomen would feel one thrill of pride worth all the hardships and all the sufferings my trip Is going to cost." Thus spoke Lieutenant Robert E. Peary. United States navy, Just before he set out from New York harbor today to mske one more dash for the north pole which he has tried on two other occasions to reach. Lieutenant Peary is accompanied by Mrs. Peary and their daughter on the perilous trip. The first and only stop will be at St. Johns, N. F., where his supplies will be replenished and his crew of Esquimaux will be taken on. Lieutenant Peary this time goes to search for the pole better equipped than ever before. The Roosevelt, the new steamer, which he had constructed especially for the expedition, Is an ice-crushing, icedefying vessel, the best equipped and strongest In which an arctic explorer ever set sail. The Roosevelt's displacement Is 1,500 tons. She carries a crew of seventy and her engines can, if necessary, develop 1,000 horse power, enabling her to obtain a speed of 12 knots an hour. She is 182 feet over all. The route from St. Johns will be directly through the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Labrador coast. From there he will proceed to the west coast of Greenland as far as Cape York. There sledge dogs will be taken on and the Roosevelt will sail to the shores of Grantland, on the southern extremity of the northern polar sea. By that time. It Is expected. It will be September, the beginning of the long polar night. During the period of darkness Peary will establish various depots for provisions, of which he has enough to last two years, and when dawn comes he will start north with his Esquimaux and endeavor to cover the remaining 500 miles of unknown land and froten sea which He between the northern shore of Grantland and his final goal. It is in that territory that he expects to find an area of 3,000,000 square miles at the pole where the foot of man has never trod. ?ht ^orkritlr (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, 8. C.i. FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1905. There are those who said that the farmers couldn't do It; but It seems that they did. Now that It Is pretty well established that the price of cotton is not too high maybe the price of cotton goods will go up also. Somehow we think the dispensary politicians are not so much worried about the corruption of the dispensary machine as they are about the fact that the people are so suspicious. We don't want to tell Charleston and Columbia what they should do in connection with the sale of liquor, and we don't want them to tell us what we shall do. This is a matter that can best be solved by each locality for Itself. Yes, we agree with Senator Tillman that the dispensary system would be less objectionable if it could be raised above the suspicion of corruption. But this, we think, is impossible, and somehow or other we are unable to believe that even Senator Tillman can think otherwise. Theodore H. Price Is reported to have made $750,000 by the recent big cotton deal. Price first tried to buck the Southern Cotton association movement, evidently believing that If he could discredit the farmers prices would go to pieces. He gave the farmers a thorough test, and finding that they were stronger than he had thought, he Joined in with them, and was in at the big killing. There is no doubt of the fact that Price is a slick one. nniumWo PonnrH HanlnrpR the fact that the cotton producers will reap but little benefit from the advanced price for the reason that most of them had already sold. How it is in other parts of the state, we do not know; but the farmers of York county are not in need of a great deal of sympathy. Two weeks a so there were still over 6,000 bales of cotton in the county, and we venture that there are more than 2,000 bales in the hands of the farmers yet. In order to get rid of some of the inferior liquors it has been accumulating, the state board of control instructed that they be sold by the case at greatly reduced prices. It was expected that there would be a demand from without the state, so it is claimed. Instructions are clear to the dispensers that the stuff should not be retailed at the reduced prices. It has developed that some of the dispensers have been ordering these liquors by the case, at reduced prices and retailing them at the marked prices. It also appears that blind tiger dealers have become good customers for the discredited stuff. The board is now worried for means to put a stop to the graft of the dispensers and to share ofT the profits of the tigers. It is a funny situation. m ? Johx C. Seiter, the postmaster at Fern, Shasta, county, California, is grieving over an error, says a dispatch. He has been the presiding genius of the local postoffice for years and was never before called upon to correct anything in his records. About four weeks ago he forgot to dot the letter "i" in his name when he sent a requisition to Washington for a supply of postage stamps. The requisition was dishonored and returned to him, with a request that he supply the missing dot. Mr. Seiter put on the dot and sent the identical blank back to Washington. He received the stamps yesterday. The patrons of the Fern postoffice were unable to buy stamps for the past ten days, all because Mr. Seiter forgot to dot that one little letter, and because the department is as exacting about little things as big ones. The Black sea trouDie.s nave not yet been settled, about the only change In the situation being that some reasonably satisfactory information is now precolatlng through the censorship. It now appears that when the battleship Georgl Pobledonsetz, was sent against the Knaiz Potemkine, the crew rebelled, and the effort to sink the Knaiz Potemkine had to be abandoned. Later the crew of the Georgl Pobledonsetz surrendered and were sent to prison. It is possible that most of them will be put to death. The Knaiz Potemkine steamed to the port of Feodosia and demanded coal, provisions and other supplies on threat of bombardment. The authorities were at first inclined to comply with the demand; but afterward declined on receiving instructions from St. Petersburg. A large portion of the population of Feodosia left the city to avoid the bombardment; but the Knlaz Potemkine thought better of the whole matter and steamed away. The crew of the mutinous battleship has published a manifesto in which it claims to have joined the revolution against the government, and at the same time the ships of foreign nations are guaranteed safety In the waters of the Black Sea. The status of the battleship In international law is that of a pirate. There are enough ships in the Black Sea to easily overcome the Knaiz Potemkine; but the trouble is that the crews are In sympathy with the mountaineers and cannot be relied upon to fight. MERE-MENTION. Four men were killed and seven injured by the explosion of the boiler of a threshing: machine engrine on a plantation In Henry county Virginia* Tuesday... .Seven persons were killed and thirty-four were Injured by the falling of a bridge over the Cuantitlan river on the Mexican Central railway, as a passenger train was passing over It. Sunday... .Nine miners were killed and eighty were Injured by an explosion in a coal mine at Vivian, W. Va., Wednesday. The explosion Is thought to have been due to accumulation of gas In the mine Forty persons lost their lives, a large number were Injured and grreat damage to crops and property, was done by a tornado which struck the northern part of Montague county, Texas, Wednesday. NICKEL CONTRIBUTIONS. Mr. Smith's Plan For Raising Cotton - Association Funds. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton association held In Memphis June 29th, it was decided to recommend to every association, state, county and township, to erect warehouses at once wherever necessary. They further recommend that this be done by local capital If it be possible. This plan of erecting warehouses will be taken up by every state in the cotton belt so that there may be a sufficient number of warehouses ready for cotton by fall to guarantee organizing a mutual insurance company. The plan of this Insurance is as follows: Each warehouse is to become through the mutual Insurance plan security for every other warehouse belonging to or under the control of the Southern Cotton association. In this way the insurance will be reduced to a nominal sum; and will guarantee absolute fire protection without being forced to subscribe to all of the plans and specifications of the Southeastern Tariff association. On arriving In Columbia from Greenville Wednesday, Mr. E. D. Smith, president of the South Carolina association, and a member of the executive committee of the Southern Cotton association, gave out the following: "Bankers, merchants and business men of all vocations are solicited to take stock In these warehouses," said Mr. Smith. "This will solve the problem of cheap storage and cheap Insurance and will save to the farmers and business men of the south, themselves, all the money that is now paid to foreign corporations for insurance. "It will be Impossible for me to reach each county in person, but I hope every county paper will copy this letter, and every organization building warehouses will notify this office as soon as it is assured. "The Planters' Holding and Commission company is now ready for business, and we hope that all farmers and business men in the south will take stock in this company, so that in conjunction with our warehouses we may have a fund from which money can be gotten at a low rate of interest to take up the surplus and distressed cotton if there be any such on the market. "To sum the whole matter up, oui plan is this: "The cotton farmer? and southern people will build their own warehouses organizing each state and get a charter for doing a commission business, and then every warehouse in the entire cotton belt carries its pro rata share of the risk of every other one so that if no cotton is burned our insurance will cost nothing; and taking a ten year average If we can get Hull* onrl unAllch eilUUg II W ttl Cliuuocn UUM> ui.u ? cotton stored, the estimate Is that It will not exceed 5 cents per bale for Insurance. The farmers themselves, having taken stock in the warehouses, will have their storage charges reduced to a minimum, in that their stock will, if managed correctly, very nearly pay for their storage; and If sufficient funds are pooled by the southern cotton grower and the southern people, and it Is managed correctly, there will be a loan fund sufficient to carry the weak and distressed cotton at a low rate of interest, thereby giving the south and the southern planter absolute control of the marketing of his cotton. "This plan appeared the most feasible and I think will appeal to the business judgment of everyone, and we hope that the warehouse feature will be pushed vigorously. "The Southern Co ton association also decided to ask every man, woman and child In the south, who today feel that they are under obligation to the Southern Cotton association for the present rise In cotton, we ask them to contribute one nickel apiece. All South Carolinians who feel so disposed and think they can afford this much for this great southern cause, can forward their nickel to Mr F. H. Hyatt, treasurer of the Southern Cotton association, South Carolina division, Columbia, S. C. The association is In debt and thinks that this is a just and equitable way of appealing to the people for aid. "At Greenville yesterday when this appeal was made there was a prompt and generous response. We hope that there will be a generous response from the people at large. "I want once more to congratulate the people of my state and the south In general upon the magnificent achievement of the Southern Cotton association. For once in the history of the south we seem to be In the saddle; and my advice to the people at large is to sit steady and ride easy." NOTED IN THE SANCTUMS. News and Courier: Senator Tillman is a very convincing advocate. But so are Marlboro and Cherokee counties. News and Courier: In closing his Greenville speech yesterday Senator Tillman probably unconsciously, voiced the objection of many to the dispensary when he said: "And they've got to give us better liquor!" Charleston Post: Tillman declares himself squarely against self- government by communities He wants the people of the state to determine as a whole what the liquor laws shall be for each section of it, without regard to the varieties of opinion held by the citizens of the several counties. A sort of state imperialist is this raging anti-imperialist. News and Courier: At the Democratic campaign meeting in Yorkvllle, July 28, 1900, the late Col. Jas. A. Hovt. the Prohibition candidate for governor, who had taken the position that If elected he would enforce the dispensary law as long as it remained on the statute books, said that he "believed that if the dispensary was not curtailed It would become a regular Tammany. He would favor abolishing state and county boards and would have one honest man to buy and sell liquor under proper restriction." Although Senator Tillman stumped the state against Colonel Hoyt and in defense of the dispensary in 1900, It was Col. Hoyt who publicly advocated the abolition of the state board of control. So far as we are able to discover, he was more than four years ahead of Senator Tillman In seeking the reformation of the dispensary system in this essential feature. It seems that Senator Tillman has placed himself In the attitude of confessing that the Prohibition leader of 1900 was better prepared to cleanse and protect the dispensary than were the dispensary's friends and champions. ^ # ? Gaffney special, July 6, to the Columbia State: Gaffney was visited by a heavy rainstorm yesterday afternoon accompanied by a brilliant electrical display. During the storm the fire alarm was twice given. A cottage near the Irene mills was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The residence of W. H. Gooding, county treasurer, was also struck and set afire. The family were absent, but the fire was discovered before It had made much headway. A folding bed was partly burned, the roof of the building and the chimneys slightly Injured. The rainfall was very heavy, and as a result the streets were badly washed. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. W. B. McGlll, Clover, No. 1.?Will pay reward for Information as to whereabouts of Joe, a red setter dog. Yorkvllle Monument Works ? Gives notice that It will be ready for business August 1, and asks you to hold your order until you get Its prices. J. E. Lowry, Mayor?Says that water rent for last quarter is now due, and non-payment Is subject to prescribed penalties. W. H. Adams?Has moved his barbershop to the Old Jail Corner and invltes his friends to visit him at his new place. J. J. Keller & Co.?Tell you what they do, what they handle, where they are to be found. They Invite you to visIt their salesrooms before,* buying anything in their line. They want you to know about the quality they sell and the low prices they make on goods in their lines. Star Drug Store?Again calls your attention to the fact that it has the exclusive agency for Piedmont mineral spring water and sells the genuine article. Foushee Cash Store?Will on next Monday give its customers premiums for cash purchases in certain amounts. Brooks Morgan, A. P. A.?Announces an excursion train to be run from Gastonla to Charleston via Blacksburg, Yorkvllle and Camden on the 25th of July. J. M. Heath & Co.?Announce a big clearance sale of clothing, shoes, etc for July. Also call attention to invisible lacing corsets. A. Friedheim & Bro., Rock Hill?Have an opening for an all round salesman?ability to handle clothing especially desirable. J. Edgar Poag, Broker?Wants the real estate men of South Carolina to meet and organize an association for the advancement of their business and other advantages. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Has white duck hats at 50c as long as they last Laundry basket now leaves on Tuesday afternoons. 1. W. Johnson?Wants you to know that his store Is the place to buy cocoa, chocolate, gelatine, Jell-o Ice cream powders, etc. Supervisor Boyd says he hopes to get into Bethel township with the chalngang in about two weeks. Reports indioate that Wednesday night's rain was very general. It was worth lots to the farmers. Mr. W. L. Williams found the dog he advertised for in the last issue of The Enquirer. It was at Mr. W. J. Gordon's. In every other town of which we have any knowledge, bucket shops are at least required to pay a little tax. Tho Yorkville bucket shop might .be taxed some for the benefit of the community at large. ABOUT PEOPLE. Dr. E. A. Law of Bartow, Fla., is visiting Mr. J. A. Latta. Miss Annie Roach of Rock Hill, is visiting relatives in Yorkvllle. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tiddy have returned home after a visit to" relatives in Shelby, N. C. Mrs. Jennie Glenn and Master William Simril are visiting relatives at Old Point. Misses Carrie and Mary Cartwright and Master A. Y. Cartwrlght are visiting at Newton, N. C. Misses Ella Neely and Nell Schorb left thiB morning for Clemson college to attend the state summer school. Mrs. S. L. Friday of Reddlck, Fla,, spent several days In Yorkvllle this week with her brother, Marlon B. Jennings, Esq. Mrs. P. R. Bratton and Master Paul are up from Charleston to spend some time In Yorkvllle. They are stopping at Mr. T. P. Moore's. Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Falres have sent out invitations to the marriage of their niece, Mary Lillian Thompson, to Mr. Frank H. Stinson, Wednesday evening, July 12th, at 8.30 o'clock, at Bethel Presbyterian church. REPORTS OF THE MAGISTRATES. According to the reports of the magistrates of the various townships, as hied In the office of the auditor last Wednesday, the fines collected by each during the month of June were as follows: J. D. Boyd, Bethel $ 6 40 S. M. Farls, King's Mt 6 00 T. B. Glenn, Ebenezer 45 00 J. L. Duncan, Bullock's Cr*k.... 90 00 R. L. A. Smith, Broad River.... 99 85 J. W. McElhaney, Fort Mill 40 00 J. C. Comer, York 39 60 During the quarter ending June 30, Magistrate Smith, of Broad River township, sent three prisoners to the chain gang, four to Jail and released one on bond. He collected fines to the amount of 3124.85. During the year ending June 30, Magistrate Duncan of Bullock's Creek township collected $423 In fines and sent prisoners to the chain gang to work 160 days. During the quarter just closed Magistrate A. L. Nunnery of Bethesda township, handled fourteen cases. He collected fines to the amount of $45. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There are about 150 gypsies on the outskirts of town trading horses and telling fortunes. ? The town council has practically declared against closed ditches on the streets. It seems that the temptation to use them as sewers is too great. ? There have been more than 1,200 bales of cotton marketed In Yorkville during the past two weeks, and of these at least 1,000 bales have been marketed since last Sunday. ? It might be worth while to put up signs of the names of the streets and to number the houses. It will not be a great while before this will be necessary. ? The Presbyterian congregation Is looking forward to a great time on the installation of Rev. E. E. Gillespie as pastor. The presence of Drs. English and Neville, former pastors, and of Dr. Brimm, supply during the time the church was without a pastor, will add interest to the occasion. ? The new building which is being erected for Mr. G. H. O'Lieary by Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co., Is to be one of the handsomest In Yorkvllle. There are to be two large storerooms on the first floor, and the up stairs which Is to be reached by a stairway from the street is to have sixteen rooms. The front is to be of steel, glass and pressed brick, and will present quite a satisfactory appearance. The upstairs rooms will be divided by a corridor running from front to back, and each will be lighted by a large window. YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONFERENCE. The Young People's Conference of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church convened In Gastonia on Wednesday, with large numbers of delegates in attendance. Officers were chosen as follows: President, Rev. A. S. Rogers, of Rock Hill; vice president, Mr. J. A. Russell of Charlotte; secretary, Mrs. Willie K. Douglass, of Due West; press secretary, Julian S. Miller, of Charlotte: railroad secretary, Mr. W. M. Boyce, of Rock Hill; treasurer, Mr. J. T. McDIll, of Gastonia. These are some of the South Carolinians in attendance: Mrs. Bonnie Devlin, Miss Nellie Pressley, Rev. C. E. Mc Donald, Richard Carlisle, Rev. James Boyce and daughters. Misses Bessie and Jessie; Miss Clara Wldeman, James W. Wldeman, Rev. B. G. Pressley and brother, Henry E- Pressley; Misses Mary and Emma "Leslie, Rev. Q. G. Parkinson, Miss Isabel McDonald Rev. A. S. Rogers, Dixon Leslie, Willie B. Simpson, Misses Hardeman, Miss Hattle Taylor, Rev. Paul A. Pressley, Baxter Robinson, Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Hough, Moffat McGlll, Leslie Betts. Rev. A. J. Ranson, Minnie and Ethel McGlll, Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Stevenson and son, Mason; Miss Rosa Bradley, Misses Mary and Emma McGlll. Mrs. Aull. Mrs. Willie K. Douglass, Mrs. Josephine Sloan, Adelia Fleming, Rachael McMaster, Miss Sue Ketchin, Rev. J. S. Grier, J. P. Blair, Rev. I. N. Kennedy, R. L Patrick, Rev. J. Lee Oates, Miss Leila Oates, Barnett Miller, Miss Mary Kennedy, Miss Ellen Edwards, Sep Edwards, S. J. Todd, Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Boyd, Barber Roddey, J. S. Rainey, John Hemphill, Mrs. Gil Allan, Paul Bryson, Calvin Grier, R. S. Galloway, editor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian; Rev. O. Y. Bonner, Miss Bennie Barron, Miss Lillle Stevenson, J. L Plaxco, N. M. Bagley, Joe Wilson, President J. A. B. Scherer, Miss Euphemia Young, G. R. Lauderdale, Alex Wrenn, W. W. Jenkins, W. H. Stevenson, Miss Irene Patrick, Miss Louise Brownlee, John Ewart, Miss Eunice Plaxco, Miss Maggie Oates, Miss Amelia Simpson, Dr. Frank Y. Pressley, president of Ersklne college; William Reld, James P. Pressley, Miss Jean Pressley, Miss Grace Klrkpatrlck, Miss Alma Kennedy, Miss Kate Addison, Rev. B. H. Grier, Mrs. M. A. Carlisle, Miss Bessie Carlisle. Misses Anna McCaw, and Cleo Leslie, Miss Evangeline Wylle, S. E. Wylie and Miss Katherlne Patrick, T. G. Patrick and son, Bruce; Rev. J. M. White, Miss Florence Whitesi deH, Miss Ola Barron, Rev. John A. White and John B. Pressley, Miss Addle Huey, Miss Rosa Caldwell. THE TELEPHONE StTUATION. The meeting that has been called to be held In the court house tonight concerns one of the most Important propositions that has been before the people of this community for a good many years, and It Is the duty of every citizen who Is Interested In the common welfare to give his assistance In arriving at the best thing to be done. It Is unnecessary to say that we have had but an Indifferent telephone system all the while. Everybody knows that. But we all recognised that It was a kind of a mutual affair under the control of a fellow citizen, and everybody felt that they could afford to make allowances. It Is a fact that the patrons have all along been exceedingly generous to the management of the telephone system and refrained from many kicks that would have been forthcoming had the situation been on a different basis. It is a fact also that the management has suffered no little imposition from dead beats, who have never hesitated to make free use of the conveniences within their reach without ever thinking of rendering nroDer comoensatlon. But this transfer of the rights and privileges of the Bedford company to the Piedmont company, otherwise the Bell company, confronts us with a new condition of affairs, that must be met with Intelligent firmness. There is no doubt about the fact that the Bell company Is smooth, grasping and greedy. Its policy all along has been to lull the people to sleep with fair promises, and to then set in to steadily, but surely bleed them to the limit. More than once the Bell people have entered a town in which a local exchange was supposed to have the held and given the people free phones. That frequently proved a good way to buy the unsuspecting public. Then, as soon as the local exchange was starved out or in case the people did not desert it. and this frequently happened, bought out, rental prices were raised to $3, 14. and |5 a month. This is the history of the coming of the Bell In Spartanburg and numerous other towns. Telephone development is one of the most striking features of the civilization of the present day. Go back only fifteen years and there were not a score of telephones in York county. Now the whole country is covered with a net work of wires. Continued development in same proportion will In a few years more, bring us to the time when there will be a telephone in every house. Nobody more fully comprehends the possibilities of developments along this line than does the Bell Telephone company. The best illustration of this assertion is the freedom with which it spends its money to accomplish its ends. This also accounts for the roughshod manner in which it overruns competitors and tramples the rights of private citizens in the dust. Its methods are similar to those of the old time pirate, and in many Instances its objects are exactly the same. The town of Chester is the only one of which we have any knowledge that can be said to have made its future secure as to the telephone problem. Down there they have a system whereby each subscriber has stock to the amount of his own phone and a little over, and pays a small assessment for operating expenses and betterments. We know it to be a fact that numerous efforts have been made to get control of the Chester exchange hy Duyingoiu the subscribers as a whole or one at a time; but all these efforts have failed. When the exchange was first started there w.ere some doubts about Its success; but now all doubts have disappeared. Chester has as good an exchange as there Is In the state, and the subscribers get their service at cost, and pay much less even than has ever been paid In Yorkvllle. What the people of Yorkvllle are going to do about this matter, we do not know. There is a choice between two things. One is quiet submission to the Bell company, and the other Is the organization of an Independent company. There Is no middle ground, for any kind of a compromise with the Bell people, no matter how fair may be their promises, means that we will eventually belong to the Bell, and that It will thereafter treat us as It pleases. We have Information that people In different parts of the county, especially In Bethel, are anxious for Yorkvllle to establish and maintain an Independent system with the view that they might connect with the same immediately, and if Yorkvllle will only preserve her liberty In this matter, it Is not difficult to see how she can easily so manage matters as to soon become the centre of one of the best telephone systems In the state. What that will mean as compared with being hopelessly fettered to the cupidity and greed of the Bell, ought to be clear to every Intelligent citizen who Is reasonably familiar with the surroundings under existing conditions. THE JR. ORDER PICNIC. The picnic given by the Junior Order United American Mechanics in O'Leary's pasture, on the outskirts of Yorkvllle on the Fourth of July, and which was In progress when The Enquirer went to press, was quite a creditable affair from whatever stand. point and was very much enjoyed by all of the many people who were In attendance. The picnic was a union affair, the York Cotton Mill Sunday school cooperating with the Junior order people. There was a considerable amount of preliminary work to be done to provide for the comfort and entertainment of the people, and all this the energetic and industrious committees who had It in charge, attended to with a precisIon and thoroughness that warranted general commendation. The programme of the day contemplated first, the pleasure of all present. There were addresses for those who preferred addresses and social Intercourse and games for those who preferred them to addresses. A number of swings had been constructed for the young folks, and there were various evidences of the committee's foresight In providing other diversions. The principal reature or me aay was a number of addresses, and on account of these there was provided a platform under the shade of white oaks at the foot of the hill, and so arranged that the audience could be seated to the best advantage In amphitheatre order. The exercises of the day were presided over by John R. Hart, Esq., and opened with prayer by Rev. C. M. Peeler. A miscellaneous string band furnished some very enjoyable music. Rev. W. C. Winn of Lancaster, a prominent member of the Jr. O. U. A. M. was the principal speaker, and talked Interestingly of the principles of the order. .?? He stated that what we needed today were men in the real sense of the word, not politicians, not men who ! were only clean on the surface, but men who did their full duty at all I times, whether in the lime light of publicity or in their private actions. He used as an illustration the terrible defeat that has met the Russian army, and compared the corruption of the Russian official with the absolute integrity of the Japanese, stating that the honesty of the Japanese ip all matters, and a clean life, were what, in a measure, brought success to their armies. One of the principles of the Junior order is, "America for the Americans." This, the speaker explained, did not mean that the worthy folks of any country were unwelcome on our shores, but that this country should not become a haven for the socialist, nihilist or anarchist. We have liberty of thought and liberty of actions, but liberty does not mean license. The man who pushes out from his home to make a new home for himself, to settle countries, to clear the forest and push civilization is the man we want, not the parasite who ties himself to a community or to a nation and saps its manhood. The speaker laid great stress on that portion of the rules of the Junior Order that demanded compulsory education. This is not paternal government, he explained, but it is only a recognition of the fact that the child or man who has learning ts a more useful cltlsen to the state, and if a parent is so ignorant, or so sordid, that he deprives his children of the benefits of education, then the state should step In and compel the child to attend the public schools. The address was delivered in a forceful manner and was closely listened to. Mr. J. C. Wllburn also made a short address. His time was limited, he stated, and therefore, he occupied only a few minutes in an eloquent little talk on the National holiday and what it meant At half-past twelve the speaking was suspended for dinner. A most delightful dinner had been prepared by the ladies, and If everyone did not get as much as they wanted of the good things, It was their own fault, for the tables were literally covered. Many commented on the fact, that "it was not a dinner of "sandwiches and deceptions" but was a good solid meal with all the delicacies thrown in. After dinner Marlon B. Jennings, Esq., made a short talk and was followed by Congressman Flnley. Mr. Flnley heartily seconded all that Mr. Winn had said with reference to the class of men we wanted to come to this country. He said we should be proud of America, and there was no disgrace in boasting of our country if that boasting came from a pride in her good achievements. The speaker stated that, as a member of congress, he advocated a well equipped and well supported militia, and a good navy, neither of these for aggression but for protection. That this country was a tempting one to any country, and we should be prepared to defend ourselves and at the same time guard against a too great a militarism. The older folks of the picnickers spent their time in listening to the addresses and in pleasant Intercourse, while the children enjoyed their games. There was to have been a game of base ball In the afternoon but rain prevented. , LOCAL LACONICS. Ws Will Send The Enquirer now until January 1. 1906, for 98 cents. To Work the Adair's Fsrry Road. Messrs. Arthur Black and others have raised subscriptions to the amount of over $1,000 to be used In working the Adair's Ferry road for four miles out of Yorkville. They hope to get the help of the chaingang and to increase the subscription to $1,500 or over. Caldwell-Gaddes. Miss Agnes Caldwell, formerly of this county, but for the past nine, years a resident of Baltimore, was married in that city on June 29, to Mr. Edwin Gaddes, also of Baltimore. The ceremony was performed at the First United Presbyterian church by Rev. J. D. Wilson, D. D. Mrs. Gaddes is a daughter of the late John M. Caldwell and a sister of Mrs. J. N. O'Farrell of Yorkville. Struck by Lightning. The Pressly old house on the Charlotte road was struck by lightning Wednesday night at about 9 o'clock, and set on fire. The flames were extinguished without much difficulty with water that had been caught in tubs from gutters during the rain. People of the neighborhood think that the house was struck by two distlnot bolts of lightning. Hail In Bathal. Mr. J. D. Brandon of Bethel, was in Yorkville this morning and reported quite a destructive hailstorm yesterday afternoon. The crops of Messrs. R. M. Barnett, N. B. Campbell and i owners of adjoining farms suffered more or less damage; but Mr. Brandon was unable to give a very satisfactory estimate as to the probable extent of the loss. New Church at Neely's Creek. The congregation at Neely's Creek, near Lesslle, has decided to erect a handsome new church building. The i decision was arrived at only about ten days ago, and within a short time subscriptions to the amount of $4,000 were pledged. The following committee has been charged with raising the necessary funds: W. S. Boyd, T. M. Allen, J. T. Ferguson, J. S. Glascock, J. W. Roddey, J. R. Gettys, D. P. Lesslle, Sep Massey, W. T. Anderson, W. L. Roddey. Rev, Oliver Johnson. Neely's Creek is probably the strongest Associate Reformed congregation in the denomination, both numerically and financially, and the church that will be built will be a credit to the congregation and to the denomination. County Commissioners. The county board of commissioners held its regular monthly meeting on last Wednesday and spent most of the day In auditing and paying accounts. There were several petitions bofore the board with reference to roads. The people interested in the road from )3benamar tn tha Potoa'hn hHfifirfe. wanted more time from the chain gang; J>ut the board waa not disposed to grant the request. The committee having in charge the proposed improvement on the Adair's Ferry road, was told that owing to previous engagements it would be impossible to jmy when the cbalngang would be available. Several other matters of no particular public Interest were considered. The proposition of local physicians to do the practice of the county home and Jail for 1260 per annum has been accepted. Robbed In Columbia. Columbia State, Thursday: From Yorkvllle comes a pathetic story. Jake Young, a most worthy and well thought of old negro of that place, came to Columbia Monday night, bringing his blind and insane wife, whom he has taken care of a*i he would a child, to the hospital for the Insane. "He did not reach Columbia," says a dispatch, "until 1 a. m., and after delivering his wife at the hospital, went to the depot to return home. Reaching there about daylight and feeling tired and worn out, he sat down In the waiting room and fell asleep. On awakening, he found that his pants and pocket had been cut with a knife and his pocket book 'taken from him. He had several dollars and his wife's ring and another piece of her Jewelry In the pocket book. His little old grip containing a lunch was also taken.' He had a return ticket to Chester, and there Mr. W. P. Hobbs paid his fare to Yorkvllle. Columbia should look after the highway robbers at their depot." This dispatch was shown to Capt. Owen Daly of the local police force last evening, but he knew nothing of the occurrence. AUfl TUB BIIBil DAIITCl} AI.V/I1U I rib nwnrite i?vw Life Among the People as Reported By the Mail Men. Yorkville No. 3. Mrs. Perry Ferguson of Bandana, visited her daughter, Mrs. A. H. Jackson. this week. She was accompanied by Mrs. O. R. Sturgla and son. Master Desford, of Union City, Tenn. Smyrna No. 1. There have been tine rains along this entire route and crops are much more promising. The Euatis mines have closed clown for the present and quite a number of laborers have been thrown out of employment J. Hodge Smith from Clinton, 111. C., will teach the Smyrna school which will open on July 17. Miss Edna Castles will teach the Broad River school. Miss Bessie Constlne will teach the McOill school and Mr. E. P. Castles will teach the Beatty school. Smyrna No. 2. Miss Anna Whitesldes is visiting her brother, Mr. W. W. Whitesldes. Dr. B. N. Miller went to Yorkville yesterday on business. Mrs. J. J. 8cogglns and Mr. R. W. Whitesldes were among the visitors to Smyrna yesterday. Nearly all the Woodmen along this route attended the ceremonies In connection with the unveiling of a monument to the memory of Sovereign J. S. Bird at Antloch on the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Qulnn went to Yorkville yesterday. Messrs. J. J. Matthews and P.. T. Castles have the prettiest fields of corn that are to be seen along this route. There were good all round "-alns last Wednesday evening, and the f -rmers are feeling much better ove the situation. To n TJrnmn W W Whit* Hides and many others are sowing peas. They all see that It is a poor chance for corn. Mr. S. B. Matthews and sister, Miss Jessie, visited their aunt. Mrs. A. J. Berry, at Sharon this week. Yorkvilla No. 6. Misses Lillian Flowers, Lottie McFadden and Mamie Orr, who have been spending a week with Mrs. John F. Gordon, have returned to their homes in Rock Hill. Crops are still very poor. Old corn does not look like it will make a great deal. There were good rains over this entire route Wednesday night, and the people are now arranging to get in their peas as quickly as possible. Mr. John F. Gordon says some kind of an insect is boring into cotton squares causing them to fall off. The wheat crop was hardly worth cutting this year. Mr. M. H. Jackson was threshing yesterday. A good many farmers are selling their cotton since the advance, being afraid to hold any longer. Mrs. Mary E. Turner Is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. R. Wallace on Yorkvllle No. 2. Mrs. W. R. Brown has returned to her home In Chester, after spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. 8. M. Johnson. Misses Emma Ford and Daisy Glenn are visiting In Gastonla. Yorkvills No. 4. A large crowd of young people from all partB of the county had a delightful time at the picnic at C. H. Smith's fish pond on July 4. Mrs. J. B. Scott, Mrs. R. L. Devinney, Mrs. E. R. Shannon, Mrs. J. J. Plexlco and Mrs. C. H. Smith acted as chaperones. A rousing good dinner was served at 12.30, and J everybody did Justice to It. The picnic was broken up in the afternoon by a thunder shower, and the people scurried home. A buggy turned over with Eddie Gettys and four sisters. Little Mattie was considerably bruised, but is now all right. Mr. Ed Lowry also had the bad luck to have his buggy overturned, but he was not hurt. Miss Ella Laughridge of Gastonla, Is visiting her uncle, Mr. Sherrer, of the Sharon neighborhood. Misses Rhoda Smith and Sallle Atkinson have returned to their homes at Lowryvllle. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Haffner came On.fn frnm Rnwlins' Orpen to snend the Fourth with Mrs. Haffner's mother. Mrs. M. E. Shannon. The long drought was broken on Wednesday by a rain that almost amounted to a cloud burst. The fall was lighter toward Yorkvllle; but very heavy along the headwaters of Little Turkey creek. The main creek was high, and there was considerable damage to corn in the bottoms. The rain was badly needed, however, and was certainly worth lots to the crops. There was not enough moisture in most of the land to germinate peas. There is a lot of cotton along this route that Is not more than finger high, and it already has one bloom at the top. Without the rain this cotton would have been done. Old corn is tasseling: but where It.has been well worked this rain will help It. ? There was a public barbecue at Gaston, Lexington county, last Wednesday, and the principal feature of It was a desperate shooting and stabbing affray. Mack Jerriette, Fernbert irfoore, Eliott Pound. T. E. Reece and Joe Reece were those who took the opportunity to settle some old quarrels that had been in existence a number of years. It started by Pound knocking Jerriette down, and when the latter arose he began shooting. The others pulled pistols and knives and when the crowd finally got things quiet It was found that T. E. Reece was shot in the stomach and will die. Joseph Reece had been shot in the hip and was dangerously wounded. Mack Jerriette was cut In the side and back. His injuries will also prove fatal. + ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. P. A. Workman Hald For Trial at a , Tiger?Matter of Railroad Croeainga ?Naad of Fira Eacapaa?Attendance on the Young People's Convention ?t Qaatonia?The Cotton Markstp?The Fourth. l^rrMiMJMttnce ol Uw Yurkvllle Eaqulrer. Rock Hiu* July 7. The preliminary hearing in the case of P. A. Workman, charged with storing and keeiMng whisky for an unlawful purpose, took place before Magistrate Beckham yea terday morning. W. M. Dunlap, Esq., conducted the prosecution and W. B. Wilson, Jr., represented the defendant. The hearing consumed several hours and quite a number of witnesses were put up by the state to prove that . the defendant had been dealing In ' /J whisky for some time previous to the .? working up of the present case against him. Several witnesses testified that they had given the defendant money . . * with which' to get whisky and he brought them the whisky; but they did not know where he got it nor whom it belor-ged to. Workman was held un- ' , der a <200 bond for his apDaartnce be- . J fore the higher court. It^rflf be re- ^ membered that Workman laid claim # . to some whisky seised at the horn* of ' . S. M. Cash about ten days ago oy urflcers Jenkins and Wingate, and the case against him grew out of his rep- ^ resenting himself as owner of the goods. . :tI At the regular monthly meeting of ' ~'f.k the city council held Monday night, the ordinance regarding the flagging of trains at Main, Wilson and Laurel streets, was brought up again and discussed at some length. It was Anally < decided to Invite Mr. Williams of the Favanrah division and Mr. Heather of . the Charleston division, to come to , Rock: Hill and meet the city council on or before the 20th of this month to discuss the matter. These crossings are ^ considered very dangerous and It is .1 * very Important that some action be V taken at once to Insure safety to the ?. public at these points. The committee appointed at the last meeting of the council to see the owners of the Frledhelm hall and request them ^ to provide Are escapes and remove the T . iron grates from certain windows and make some alterations In the doors, V wf etc., reported that the owners, A. , Frledhelm A Bro., had promised to com- ' ply with the request, but nothing had ."T" been done as yet. The unanimous de- . . /** clslon of the council was that the haH . was dangerous in case of Are and It was decided to have the hall closed A unless the requirements of the council are conformed with at once. Quite a number left the city Wed- ' . nesday to attend the convention of the Young People's Christian Union of the A R. P. church of the southern states, which Is now In session In Qastonla. c.' There has been some cotton turned loose dn the market since the rise in the market last Mr day, but a majority of the holders, >eclally those who ^ have large lots to sell, are watching the market and holding on. So long as the market has an upward tendency they will not sell, but should the market ? begin to drop beck many of them will iurn loose. The Fourth passed ofT here very quktly Indeed. The day was quite gen irailjf UUBCKru, uui uicm nw> In the way of a celebration, moat of the people attending picnics and other gatherings In the country. Practically all places of business were closed and the city wore a Sunday appearance all day long. HOW PROHIBITION WA8 KILLED. 4 True Statement of the Bunooing of the People. Senator Tillman's memory when he remarks, "Then men are Indifferent, as they were In the Prohibition election In 1892, when only 60,000 out of 92,000 voter* voted In that box," is greatly at fault. The number of votes cast for candidates for office in the primary of 1892 was 88,474, nearly 4,000 j less than the figures which the sena- . \ tor has given. On the other hand, In the Prohibition box 70.5S6 votes were * cast, and -of these 40,288 votes were for Prohibition, and 30,197 against It At that time there were thirty-five * counties in the state, twenty-seven of which gave an aggregate majority of .. . * 15,936 votes for Prohibition, while Jn& eight counties gave an aggregate of 5,797 against It. The net majority for Prohibition In the state was 10,141. Senator Tillman's figures would make 4 It appear that the vote on the temperance question fell 32,000 short of the vote for Democratic candidates, whereas It actually did fall short less than 18,000. In other words the senator blundered to the extent of about 14,000 votes. The opponents of Prohibition have persistently repeated the story that the people generally took little Interest In the temperance vote In 1892, and the gentlemen In the general assembly who violated the contracts with the Prohibition majorities of their counties by voting for the whisky trafl!e<as an amendment to the Chllds bill have labored to silence their own consciences as well as the protestations of their constituents by encouraging the Impression that this vote was small. The truth Is, the vote on the temperance question In the 1892 primary was remarkably large. We doubt If on any question of policy not personified by a candidate so large a vote has been cast In the state within a quarter . of a century, if ever. Compare, for example, the vote on the amendments to the constitution submitted to the people last year, and It will be found that the temperance vote of 1892 was far greater. The truth Is that the Prohibitionists , In 1892 asking a fair field and no favor won their fight by a decisive ' majority in an election at which more than seven-ninths of the white Democrats as measured by the vote fr\r mvamor. Dartlcloated. A few months later they were buncoed out ^ of the fruits of their victory; but? that is another story.?News and Courier. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? James Moore, a prominent farmer of Donalds, was killed by lightning , during a thunder storm Wednesday afternoon. ? Citizens of Horry and Saluda counties have commenced the circulation of petitions asking for the privilege of voting on the dispensary question. ? Henry Mosely is the richest colored man in Greenville. He was recently awarded more than K.000 by the Southern railway for certain lands to be used by the railway company for terminals. ? The supreme court has refused a new trial in the case of Palmer Creswell and Fletcher Byrd, convicted of killing Magistrate J. W. Cox of Simp- ^ sonville and the men will hang unless the governor Intervenes, which is not at all likely. ? Gaffney special of July 6 to Columbia State: Court is still In session. In the cases of the State vs. Moss and Sanlln, indicted for mur- ' der, verdicts of guilty of manslaughter were returned by the Jurors. In each case the minimum sentence of two years Was Imposed by the court. On the civil side of the court, the * case of W. P. Lov? vs. M. J. Turner, for the recovery of a tract of land, resulted in a verdict for the defendant. This case excited some Interest, as in the first trial the plaintiff had a verdict. The defendant appealed to the supreme court, and that court reversed the judgment of the lower court, and granted a new trial, In which the defendant was successful. At present the court Is engaged In the trial of Coker vs. v (Western Union Telegraph company, the cause of action being mental anguish for negligence in the delivery of a message. Messrs. H. B. Carlisle, C. P. Sanders, Stanyarne Wilson and John Gary Evans of the Spartanburg bar, and Mr. Geo. W. S. Hart of the Yorkville bar, have been In attendance upon court here. ? Columbia State, Thursday: News was received here yesterday that Chief Justice Pope had referred the ? Pickens dispensary case to a special ' referee for testimony. After hearing in Newberry at chambers yesterday the arguments in the mandamus proceedings, he took the step already stated, on the ground that the case contained many constitutional points which should be submitted to the supreme court as a whole. The case was referred to A. J. Boggs as special referee and he was instructed to take testimony and report before the second Tuesday in September. Pickeni I V