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Scraps and .facts. ! ? It is understood that the German people are urging the kaiser to issue a proclamation of the same nature as the Monroe doctrine, closing the Baltic sea to all warships except those of Russia, Germany. Denmark and Sweden. The statesmen of Great Britain are very much interested in the matter, and it is probable that if Germany does Issue such a proclamation there will be trouble. ? The difficulty encountered by the sanitary committee in New Orleans last Friday may be plainly seen when it Is stated the committee found in the Italian districts a full grown cowon the third floor of a building used as living apartments. The stairs were rickety, scarcely strong enough -* - - TT to hold up ine weigni 01 a man. upon investigation they learned that a Sicilian was living in the rooms where the cow was found, and said he had carried the cow up stairs when it was a calf and had raised it there. ? Johann Hoch, the Chicago Bluebeard. who was so many times a bigamist and who was to have been hanged last Friday for the murder of one of his wives, has been reprieved until August 25. The reprieve was granted a few moments before Hoch was to have gone on the scaffold. His case had been appealed to the supreme court but the appeal was abandoned because Hoch lacked the money necessary to prosecute it. A Miss Cora Wilson finally put up 1500, the amount required, and the governor granted a reprieve. Hoch insists that he is innocent of having committed murder, and he claims that the supreme court will certainly reverse the finding of the court below. ? Washington Post: Oliver C. Miller, of Davidson county. N. C., says that two years ago many eggs were disappearing from his hens' nests, and finally he placed a door knob of white china in a nest. This, too, disappeared, but the egg robbery ceased. One of Mr. Miller's tenants, John Forshee. told him this week he had killed a very large blacksnake. Mr. Miller noticed a large lump on tne snaae a uuuy. ?c tu> the skin and found the door knob. The snake had evidently swallowed it two years ago. and it had cured the reptile's egg stealing propensity. Porshee spoiled a good story and deprived his landlord of the natural fruits of his Investment by killing that snake. The Kansas City Journal has an authenticated story of a snake that made its nest in a box in which a bottle of whisky was concealed and hatched out a bunch of little snakes. If the North Carolina snake had been let alone, Forshee would probably have had door knobs to throw at razor-backs. ? Ac an emergency meeting of the Inter-National Cotton congress held in L ?"? o rti?nat(>h- it was decided to urge spinners In Europe and America to refrain from buying American cotton during the next three months except for immediate wants, and thus try to obviate the danger of the next cotton season commencing with raw material at the high prices at present prevailing. The committee contends there will be plenty of time when actual figures are available regarding the new crop to consider the situation that will then arise and. should th. supply prove less than the demand, to take such steps as may be necessary to meet the conditions. At the same time, the committee feels sure that the surplus from last year's crop guarantees a full supply even In the event of the next crop proving small. The committee decided to organize a service to obtain correct Information as to the actual consumption of cotton throughout the world on the lines pro posed by the congress at Manchester in June last. ? While playing in the water, Sutton Davis, aged 16, was eaten by a shark at Davis Shore on the North Carolina coast, ten miles east 6f Beaufort, last Friday afternoon. The boy, who was an expert swimmer, had waded In about waist deep when he was seized by a shark, who pulled him under and disappeared with him into deep water. Several men were on the shore at the time, but before they could lift a hand it was too late to aid the boy. A search was made but no portion of his body reappeared. It has been the custom of the people of this section for years to dive and swim freely, despite the fact that a number of sharks are seen dally. Not In fifty years have they attacked any one, but have contented themselves with eating refuse matter thrown into the water from the factories. The shark that carried young Davis out to sea and ate him is describeed by witnesses as having been from twenty to thirty feet In length. His movements were so swift that the boy could not avoid him. ? One of the chief supports upon which the Japanese government will lean during the peace negotiations, says a Washington letter, will be an American citizen who for 25 years has been the legal adviser of the mikado's big men and it Is a singular coincidence that these negotiations will be conducted within the confines of that American's native state. That man Is W. H. Denison of New Hampshire. Japanese officials state | that Mr. Denison has been of the greatest possible value to their government. He played a prominent part In the preparation of the treaty that ended the war between Japan and China. He represented Japan at the conferences growing out of the Boxer uprising and is credited with having drawn up the secret agreement that made Japan and Great Britain allies and threw the moral force of that powerful nation against Russia in the present war. And now, when the time has arrived to arrange terms for its conclusion in which the United States will have an interest that Is vital to her commercial future in the Orient, it falls to the lot of an American to play a leading role. ? Washington Post: Some doubt is expressed in official circles whether It will be possible to obtain China's consent to another treaty with the United States providing for even the exclusion of Chinese laborers from this country. The state department Is aware of ill feeling throughout China on the whole subject, and now that the immigration treaty with China has been allowed to lapse without the negotiation of a new agreement, reports have reached here that China is Inclined hereafter to refuse to sign any similar convention. China's position appears to be that the exclusion of Chinese citizens from a friendly country 's Itself a disgrace, and while she cannot Ignore the laws of a foreign power providing for such exclusion, she can refuse to sanction it, or become part of it by concluding a trefty Involving such restrictions. A year ago, It is said, it would have been easy to conduct negotiations with China for the exclusion of laborers only. Now. however. it is understood, the Chinese officials are disposed to regard the signing of such a treaty beneath the dignity of their government. The reason for the assumption at Peking of this new attitude is not quite clear to the officials here, though in some circles it is attributed to the influence of foreign powers Ihr \|orkvillc (inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.t TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1905. It Is said that the president has im[pllclt confidence in Secretary Wilson. We presume It must be on the score of integrity only. The secretary may be honest all right; but he Is deadfully easy. ?? ? > ? ? IK the early days of the dispensary abomination it was charged that the supreme court war against the whole miserable business. It follows now, we presume, that the supreme court is on the other side. The Idea that Secretary Wilson could have also been mixed op In the cotton leak scandal matter seems to be too awful for general acceptance. Maybe the secretary Is entirely Innocent; but if he Is he should resign anyway. He Is too innocent. The Spartanburg Journal, which a few months ago was raising a lot of sand about disper.rary corruption, has of late grown very confident that no corruption exists. There are those who consider the Journal's change of front as a circumstance that Is not altogether creditable to the Integrity of the whisky ring It Is dally growing more evident that the dlspensar/ crowd having lost all hope of support at the hands of the majority of the voters are now relying upon the courts for an extension of their graft, and it looks as if the last days of the dispensary are going to be worse than the first. But so it has always been with those who insist on selling whisky. If Mr. Cole L. Blease wants to be governor he can do so by turning the light on the dispensary. This, of course is provided he himself is not caught in the giare.?Yorkville Enquirer. This is a good tip. but It is a safe wager that the Hon. Cole will not act on it.?Spartanburg Herald. But if Mr. Cole L. Blease does not give us a satisfactory investigation of the dispensary, won't It be in order to Investigate Mr. Cole L. Blease? The Greenville News has scored a good point. If Comptroller General Jones knew four .ears ago that there was something wrong In Supervisor Speegle's office, why did he urge last summer that Speegle should be reelected??Anderson Mall. Why lay It on Comptroller Jones. Didn't Senator Tillman urge that Speegle should be elected because be was the regular Democratic nominee? Is It not the party doctrine In South Carolina that no matter what kind of a scoundrel gets the nomination, he must be elected. Still another scandal has developed In the agricultural department. Dr. George T. Moore, who was connected with a division having special [charge of nltro-culture, has been dismissed. These nitro-eultures were manufactured for gratultlous distribution among the farmers. Dr. Moore has been shipping a large part of the output to a house engaged in selling the cultures, and then telling the farmers w here they could buy. It has been | proved that the doctor had a large block of stock In the concern in which he was so much Interested. The name of t e old Frank's Leslie's Popular Mon' hly, since 1901, Les- [ lie's Monthly, hr. s been changed to the "American Illustrated Magazine." This well known magazine passed to new ownership in the summer of 1901, and since then It has been one of the best of American monthlies. The present owners, several of them connected with the magazine for a score of years, believe they can make it the foremost periodical of Its class. They have done much during the past four years to warrant the confidence of the public In their ambition along this line, and they have thousands of well wishers throughout America who will rejoice in their complete success. It is unquestionably true, as others said, that if we had the pure election laws In South Carolina, hundreds of people would be indicted by the grand jury. And if they were properly punished In Gree iviile county we would need more shackles than Mr. Speegle provided.?Greenville News. Very well said, contemporary; but how are we to bring about the conditions you suggest ? The old saying that people who live in glass houses should not throw stones is very wise. Many of the politicians live m houses, and they know enough to obey the legendary Injunction. The people have the e^ction of officers and they are not, as a rule, going to elect men above their average standards. When the very best specimens of citizenship are eletted to public office, the laws will not only be of a high class but they will be enforced. Yellow Fever Situation. All the territory bordering on the Gulf of Mexico for several hundred miles 011 either side of New Orleans, [the centre of the immediate danger. Is In a state of increasing panic on account of the yellow fever epidemic, which has now been in progress for three weeks. Up to 6 p. m. last Sunday there had been 283 cases of fever in New Orleans and 57 deaths. There were 27 new cases and 3 deaths during Sun-1 day. It is not thought that the fever] Is Increasing as in former years; but as to this there is no certainty, and I 'the panic stricken people are only ' partially reassured by the claims of the scientific people that the disease will soon be under complete control. It has been held for several years, especially since the close of the Spanish-American war, that yellow fever Is transmitted only by and through a certain species of mosquito. This theory received what seems to have been almost absolute confirmation by the stamping of the disease out of Santiago and Havana during American occupation. There have been but few new cases in either city since the Americans left. Immediately upon the appearance of yellow fever In New Orleans on July 13, the authorities commenced a war on the mosquitoes. They prescribed that all cisterns be immediately covered with wire screens and that all stagnate water In the city and vicinity be treated with kerosene oil. A campaign of fumigation was at once commenced In the infected district. and every conceivable expedient was adopted to prevent the spread of the disease. It was some days after the fever had [made its appearance before the health authorities were aware of its appearance, and during that time it had made considerable headway. On the spread of the news through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas, the adjacent cities Immediately Instituted what Is known in that part of the country as the shotgun quaratin<>, Passengers from New Orleans were not allowed to get off anywhere in the fever threatened territory and In some cases, there was serious objection to the continued operation of through trains to and from New Orleans. During the past two weeks thousands of people have fled from New Orleans; but within the past few days it has become a very difficult matter to get out of the city. Camps of detention have been established at various points, and it is difficult to get a health certificate until after the applicant has spent ten days in one of these camps. Much confusion and friction has arisen because of the different quarantine measures instituted by different jurisdictions, and feeling, of course, runs high. All of the coast towns from Charleston to Galveston are stirred up as to the possibilities of an epidemic, and all have commenced war on the mosquitoes. Editor J. J. Hull. The death of Mr. J. J. Hull is a distinct loss not only to the town of Rock Hill and eastern York; but to the whole county, and the state at large, for those who have known him best and who have most distinctly felt the Influence of his life are best able to appreciate that he was no ordinary man. Mr. Hull came to York county a poor printer. He was without position. wealth or influence, and it would be .unfair to claim that any of these tnings lay inviungiy rn-ar m? gnwp. The disadvantages with which he had to contend were both great and numerous. and had he not been a man of more than ordinary merit, the splendid record that he has left would have been a blank. The task that lay before Mr. Hull on his location In Rock Hill was to establish a newspaper, and he devoted himself ?to this work. His success was Indifferent at first. From a financial standpoint, it was probably never very marked. But bringing: to bear as he did, persistence. Intelligent Independence, and devotion to high principles, it must be conceded that his efforts were not without success. For years the Herald has been one of the cherished institutions of Rock HIM and eastern York and the high regard In which It Is held by hundreds of families Is probably the best measure of its publisher's success. The gruiding aim of Mr. Hull's career has been the peace, pleasure ^uid happiness of those around him and especially the progress and prosperity of Rock Hill. For these ends he worked In season and out, never hesitating at any personal sacrifice, however great, and deriving his greatest pleasure from the success of whatever effort, whether his own or another's, looking to the common end. Personally Mr. Hull was a man of strong convictions and high principles. He had his faults, of course; but even In life these were outweighed by his virtues which were many. One notable characteristic was loyalty to his friends. He was too broad and charitable to hold malice on account of either real or imaginary Injuries, and it Is well known of him that he would ever stand by his friends even to his own serious hurt. Death Is always sad, but in a case like this It Is especially so. Mr. Hull was only in his prime, and just beginning to reap the reward of his years of honest effort and toil. It seems that he was cut down In the midst of his triumphs, and most that was to have been his on earth was yet to come. However, It can be truly said that this faithful worker In the earthly vineyard has left to his community an example of which It has a right to be proud, and to his family a record that can reflect nothing but high honor. TO SETTLE BOYCOTT. Hon. John L. McLaurin May Make a Trip to China. If the proper support can be secured from the cotton mills and the Southern Cotton association, Mr. John L. McLaurin, former senator, will be sent to China as a delegate or representative to Inquire into the boycott of American cotton goods and into the possibility of extending trade in China. The matter has been under consideration for several days bV officers of the association in this state and Senator McLaurin has been to Washington to talk over the mutter with the president and ascertain if anything can be done toward lifting the boycott and increasing trade in China. Mr. Francis H. Weston, the secretary of the South Carolina branch of the association, said today that the matter had been under discussion for several days and that while there were no funds on hand he thought that they could be raised. "There is nothing political In the move at all," he said, "and we simply believe that Senator McLaurin would be the best man to send to China. This view is shared by a large number of the members of the association and should be taken up also by the cotton mills of the south. "Senator McLaurin was known to be opposed to the present exclusion treaty and a great friend of Minister Wu. I believe that with his friendship and influence he could easily adjust matters and also push Investigations for an extension of the trade. "The Southern Cotton association would also send a delegate and the the benefit to the southern growers I think would be inestimable." Mr. Weston's views are generally shared by those who have studied the situation and it is believed that the cotton mills will take some action in aiding the association in the scheme. ?Columbia Record. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. Grandison Patterson, Administrator? Gives notice that on Aug. 31 he will make final settlement with L. R. Williams. P. J., and make application for final discharge as administrator of Simon Johnson, deceased. Faulkner & McElwee, King's Creek? Give notice that until further notice their mill will grind Wednesdays and Saturdays only. John R. Hart?Has lost a white spotted pointer dog named "Dan." Will appreciate Information leading to recovery. F. Y. Pressly, President?Wants you to send for Erskine College catalogue if you have sons or daughters to educate. Jno. R. Hart, Captain?Issues order . for the Information of members of Co. "L." S. C. N. G. Strauss-Smith Co.?Announce a big "shovel 'em out sale" of shoes for men, women, misses, children and Infants to continue throughout the month of August. Star Drug Store?Again calls your attention to the benefits to be derived by having a bottle of paracamph In your home. 26c, 50c and $1 a bottle. * Ooi.n rirsi 111)11 til oaim mat mc "banking habit" grows. It invites you to do your banking with it. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Tells you that the majority is not always right and goes on to explain a case in which his statement holds good. Glenn & Allison?Want you to know that they sell the buggies that experience has taught them are the best. They say they learned from their livery business. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Has received its last shipment of white duck hats. Fall millinery will soon begin to at rive. I. W. Johnson?Sells Blue Ribbon extracts, Heinz's pickling vinegar, Merechlno cherries, Tobasco sauce, lemon cling peaches, etc. Foushee Cash Store?Quotes special prices on ribbons, and tells \ou to watch ad. In next Enquirer. Because of the death of Editor Hull there will be no Issue of the Herald tomorrow. The paper will appear on Saturday, however, and thereafter as usual. The Yorkville Hardware company has put In a stock of rural free delivery mail boxes and there are many people throughout this Immediate territory who will no doubt appreciate the company's thoughtfulness. Several liquor cases originating In Catawba township have been removed to Ebenezer township, because It Is claimed that Ebenezer Juries are not so dead set against violations of the liquor laws as are the Juries of Catawba There is a tendency on the part of those who would Invest In Yorkville real estate to claim that prices are too high. That may be true; but we are rather doubtful on the subject. Would-be Investors should remember that they ought not to expect too much for their money. In most cases It is the would-be investors who are anxious. As a rule, property owners are pretty well satisfied. The matter Is up to the man who says he wants to buy. DISTRICT CONFERENCE. The Rock Hill District conference met in Hickory Grove last Thursday and continued in session until Saturday. The meeting was called to order by Rev. W. P. Meadows, presiding eldeV for the Rock Hill district; but was presided over by Bishop W. W. Duncan. who arrived Thursday afternoon. Mr. J. W. Hamel acted as secretary. Lay delegates to the annual conference which meets In Spartanburg on December IB. were elected as follows: J. M. Riddle of Lancaster, T. M. Whlsonant of Hckory Grove. S. C. Clark of Chester, J. W. Hamel of Kershaw. Alternates: J. W. Smith, J. M. McGarrlty. The following young men were recommended for admission to the conference on trial: W. C. Owens, D. D. Jones, R. A. Rouse, C. M. Peeler. Revs. Rouse and Peeler are now preachers in charge of circuits. The following were licensed to preach: C. L. McFadden, W. C. Owen, W. A. Youngblood. The conference expressed Itself on the liquor question In the following resolution: "We note with pleasure the growing sentiment against the sale and use of intoxicating liquors within the bounds of the Rock Hill district and throughout the state. No system which permits the sale of Intoxicating liquors as a beverage can receive our endorsement." The next meeting of the conference Is to be held in Yorkville. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Next Monday Is salesday for August. ?The outlook for a large attendance at the dispensary mass meeting next Monday Is good. ? There has been a suspension of work on the new O'Leary building during some days past because of the difficulty to get material. ? Just when the electric power will be available In Yorkville cannot be definitely stated: but the Neely Manufacturing company expects to be ready for it by the middle of September. and It is probable that the power will be on hand by that date. ? Mr. J. R. Kllllan, formerly of Clover, Cherokee Falls and Blacksburg, has assumed the superintendency of the York Cotton mills, vice Mr. Phillips, who resigned recently. Mr. Kllllan learned the mill business at Clover, and has made himself quite a reputation for ability and capacity. ? The stockholders and directors of the Farmers' Mutual Fire and Life Insurance companies are holding their annual meetings In Yorkville today. The directors of the Fire company were anxious to include a live stock insurance uruiien, uui mun no aonon because of an Incomplete expression on the subject from the stockholders. ? It has been definitely settled that the granolithic side walk will be continued down both sides of South Congress street to Jefferson street, the work on the west side having already been completed. The matter of cementing the north pavement of West liberty street as far as the Presbyterian church is still under consideration as is also the matter of going down blast Liberty to the two depots. The especial desirability of a cement walk to the graded school building has been suggested, the suggestion will probably be carried out, if not this summer, then at least not later than next summer. ? Speaking of Mag Wilson, the beggar woman, who was locked up last Thursday for vagrancy, a parly who happens to know a great deal about the woman said: "Yes, I know Mag Wilson. I have known of her for fifteen years. I am not certain but I think she hails originally from the neighborhood of Pineville, N. C. She is said to have been very well connected; but as to that I cannot say. Anyhow, she has been a confirmed tramp for a good many years. She makes a round that includes Charlotte, Concord, Gastonla, King's Mountain, N. C., and Spartanburg, Greenville, Yorkvllle, Chester, Rock Hill and Blacksburg. She used to beat her way over the railroads by telling the conductors her mother was dying, that she ha~. no money, but was going to see her mother. This dodge worked very nicely until the conductors learned that it was a lie. She still beats her way on the trains. Her reputation for offenslveness is widespread. She is a confirmed morphine fiend." MUST USE REGULAR BALLOT8. At the request of Senator Brice, Attorney General Gunter has given his opinion as to the form of ballot to be used in elections held under the Brice act. The attorney general's letter, which was received here this morning is as follows: Dear Sir: Your communication of the 29th Instant received. You request: "Please give me the benefit of your opinion as to the form of ballot used In dispensary elections under the act of 1904." Having come to the conclusion In a communication addressed to Mr. W. F. Clayton, commissioner of elections for Florence county, that the election to be held under the Brlce act upon the question of "dispensary" or "no dispensary" should be conducted as general elections, It follows that the form of ballot to be used is that prescribed In section 210 of the civil code governing the form used In general elections, and Is as follows: "The voting shall be by ballot, which ballot shall be of plain white paper two and a half Inches wide by five Inches long, clear and even cut. without ornament, designation, mutilation. symbol or mark of any kind whatsoever," and "shall be written or printed or partly written or printed thereon In black Ink. Section 211 provides that whenever a vote Is to be taken on any special question or questions a box shall be provided, properly tabled for that purpose, and the ballots therefor on such questions or questions shall be deposited therein. The question to be submitted to be written or printed on the ballot should be "dispensary" on one set of ballots and "no dispensary" on a different set, as provided for In the Brlce act. This, as I Interpret the law. should be the onlv phraseology on the tickets. This Is the view taken by this office In advising as to the printing of tickets unon submitting the question of amendments to the constitution to the neople and other special elections to be governed by the general election law. As stated In my communication to Mr. Clayton, the opinion of the office Is binding upon no one and will, of course, be no protection to any officer 'nllowng the views expressed, and should the proper officers see fit to net otherwise, then, as expressed, they are. of course, at liberty to do so and should follow such advice as to them seems correct. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Amelia Kennedy Is visiting In Greenville. Master Aubrey Willis Is visiting Master Sam Latimer at Carlisle. Mr. Alburtus Moore Is assisting Agent Bray at the Southern depot. Dr. M. W. White left today for a visit to Riverside In Lancaster county. - ^ TT .J Tiruilo Masters W. l_?. anu nuwaiu nm are visiting relatives at Waxhaw, N. C. Miss Kate Jennings of Columbia, Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Jennings. Messrs. S. M. McNeel and B. N. Moore spent Sunday at Cleveland Springs. Mr. Tscharner DeGraffenreid of Columbia, spent Sunday with friends In Yorkvllle. Dr. L. Murray Fisher of the Star Drug store. Is visiting friends In Charleston. Mrs. W. E. Herring has been quite 111 at Mr. T. P. Moore's for about three weeks. Miss Fanny Darby of Lowryvllle, is the guest of Misses Carrie and Mary Cartwrlght. Miss Mattle May Neville of Clinton, Is visiting Miss Mary Starr and other Yorkvllle friends. J. W. Powell. D. D. S.. of Whltevllle. N. C.. spent Saturday and Sunday with friends In Yorkvllle. Mr. and Mrs. Tully Sawyer of Sally. S. C., are visiting Mr. Wm. Dobson's family near Yorkvllle. Mr. Wm. Snider returned to Yorkvllle Sunday night from Arkansas, where he has been for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Bratton of Guthrtesvllle and Mrs. Jane Love of McConnellsvllIe, are at Cleveland Springs. Masters Robert and States Flnley are both quite sick. Master Robert has been confined to his bed for several weeks. Miss Emily Jones of Epworth orphanage, Is spending her vacation in Yorkvllle with the members of Trinity Sunday school. Mr. J. F. McElwee went down to Columbia Sunday to attend the funeral of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. McElwee's Infant daughter, Ada. Mr. J. Harry Spann of Sumter, Is spending several weeks in YorkvLlle the guest of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele. Messrs. John J. Matthews and J. B. Jackson of King's Mountain township, left this morning on a visit to friends at Coal Creek. Tenn. Rev. J. P. Knox, was In Yorkvllle yesterday, having come down from Gastonia, on his way to Rock Hill. He Is traveling In the Interest of Ersklne college. Kershaw special of July 28, to Columbia State: Misses Mary Ashe and Marian Logan of Yorkvllle, and the Misses Elliott of Lancaster, are visiting Mrs. J. M. Dempster. Mr. Fred McFarland returned to Dnannlru Vn SnnHnv after HDendlnt? several days with his mother, Mrs. M. J. McFarland, near Yorkvllle. Rev. W. B. Wharton, superintendent of Epworth orphanage, spent last Saturday afternoon In Yorkvllle, the guest of Mr. H. C. Strauss. He had been attending the meeting of the district conference at Hickory Grove. Rutherfordton correspondence Charlotte Observer: Prof. R. J. Herndon of Yorkvllle, S. C., has returned to Rutherfordton to resume his duties as Instructor for the Rutherfordton cornet band. He will remain with the boys for about a month. Columbia Record- Mr. Law-son Howell of York county, is visiting his son, Mr. Aaron Howell, one of the bookkeepers of the Mills Avenue store. This Is Mr. Howell's first visit to Columbia since he was compelled to leave In 1865 by Sherman's shells. Mr. A. B. Correlle, assistant to Agent Brlttain at the C. & N.-W. depot, left last week for his home at Maiden, N. C.. from which place he will be accompanied by his sister on a visit to their father In Portland, Ore., whom they haven't seen In fifteen years. Columbia State, Sunday: News reached the city yesterday afternoon of the death of the Infant daughter, Ada, of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. McElwee which occurred at Asheville at 5.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs. McElwee has been In Asheville most of the summer on account of the baby's health and for several days Its condition has been desperate and Mr. McElwee was called to Asheville Friday morning. The child was 11 months of age. The remains will be brought here on the train from Asheville which reaches the city at 1.55 o'clock today. The funeral and Interment will be held In the church yard of the First Presbyterian church at 2.45 o'clock this afternoon. YELLOW FEVER EXPERIENCES. 1 Although it la not difficult to gather from the dispatches that are being 1 p-'ited daily that the people of lower Louisiana and Texas are very much distressed on account of the yellow fever epidemic with which they are 1 threatened, the full extent of the hard- ' ship through which many of them may have to pass can only be appreciated ' by one who has actually been there, Mr. R. C. AJleln of Yorkvllle was reared In the city of Vlcksburg, Miss., and continued to live there until only a few years ago. He passed through several epidemics, including those of 1872, 1878, and 1884, and as Is naturally to be expected, has a very clear Idea of conditions down about New Orleans, not only as they are now; but na thev mav be later on. "What does this shotgun quarantine business that the papers are speaking about, amount to." asked a represntatlve of The Enquirer of Mr. Allein yesterday. Mr. Allein smiled at the question at first: but while his memory was evidently drifting back to never to be forgotten experiences of long ago he grew serious, and he replied: "Why It Just means about what It says. Imagine yourself frightened half out of your life on account of the fever to the point where you can think of nothing but try to get away, and before you have gotten good started from the Infected town, you are looking down Into the muzzles of shotguns and Into the faces of men who would blow you Into kingdom come before they would argue with you two minutes. That Ir as near as I can come to telling you what the shotgun quarantine amounts to." he concluded. "You talk as If you had been there," observed the reporter. "Do you mind giving your experiences?" "Why no. It was In 1878, the year of the big epidemic that killed between four and five thousand people at Memphis. I had had a mild attack of yellew fever In 1872; but after standing a few weeks of desolation and death. I decided to get out where, I did not know; but anywhere would do. The plan was to go with my sisters In a covered wagon. My father advised us that we had just as well remain In Vlcksburg: but If we desired to attempt to refugee, we ought to go on. We had not gone a great distance before we were held up and taken to a camp of detention. After ten days there, we were allowed to start again. There was fever all around us, and I decided to go over Into another county to stop with relatives. We had health certificates all right; but friends warned us that the quarantine guards would never allow us to pass the Big Black River boundary. Sure enough we were held up before we got to the river and we were given to understand that we could go no further. We remained In the Immediate vicinity from August until the frost came about the middle of November." In connection with his experiences, Mr. Allein gave an Interesting description of the terrible hardships through which the refugees generally passed. Many of them had plenty of money: but there came a time when money was no good because there was nothing left in the shape of food that could be bought. There were plenty of provisions In Vlcksburg; but people outside the city dared not venture In for fear that they could not get out again, and they were fed by friends who caused provisions to be sent out to them at night. The distress of those outside the city was probaby as great as was that of those Inside. In Mr. Alleln's opinion while there may be something In the mosquito theory of the transmission of yellow fe ver, tne nun ineory is inure ^uuauif correct. He thinks that the disease generally has its origin in the filthiest foreign quarters of New Orleans, and from there is transmitted by various means of which it is impossible to form a satisfactory idea. Although the papers have had nothing to say about the matter New Orleans is Just now making extensive excavations for sewerage purposes. It is possible that this may have something to do with the renewal of the plague. Then there is another theory that is entitled to a certain amount of consideration. It is a noticeable fact that so long as the cities In the yellow fever territory are kept as clean as possible, there is very little trouble; but after several years exemption from the plague there is a tendency to carelessness and another epidemic comes along. LOCAL LACONIC3. We Will Send The Enquirer From now until January 1, 1908, for 88 cents. Lightning at Blacksburg. A severe electric storm passed over Blacksburg last Friday afternoon destroying crops, fences, trees, etc. The lightning struck the town hall, knocking off one corner and making a complete wreck of Dr. Wm. E. Anderson's (dentist) office and setting fire to the wood work of the room and his office desk, strewing his instruments all over the floor and some were blown out of the window across the street. A tenant house belonging to Dr. John Q. Black was struck, knocking out the gaWe end and passing through the floor and killing a hen under the house. Porter- Russell. Mr. F. N. Porter and Miss Emma Russell were married at the Methodist parsonage yesterday evening at 8.30 o'clock. The ceremony which took place In the presence of a few special friends of the young people, was performed by Rev. Dr. J. L. Stokes. Mr Pnrter Is a eamenter and has been working at that trade In Yorkvllle for several years past, part of the time as a successful contractor. Mrs. Porter Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Russell, and Is held In high esteem by her many friends and acquaintances. The newly married couple left this morning for Hope, Arkansas, at which place they expect to make their home. They have the best wishes of many friends In Yorkvllle and throughout the county. The Negro Escaped. Rock Hill special of July 28, to the News and Courier: Following the arrival of the "Short Dog" from Chester Friday at 2 o'clock, there was an eoccltlng time at the station and officer Miller had a lively chase after a negro named Henry Glover, or Hiram Hood, or John Hood. When the train rolled In Magistrate Nunnery alighted and pointed out to the officer the negro, who had also gotten off the train, stating that he was wanted by the Shelby, N. C., authorities for assaulting a policeman there and that there was a reward of $10 for his arrest. Officer Miller went up to the negro and started to catch hold of him when the latter stepped back and told the officer not to touch him. He had a light stick In his hand and / threatened to use it. backing away all the time. The policeman had gotten out his pistol by that time and when < they got clear of the crowd he shot between the negro's feet. He quickly whirled and ran through the depot fl and out lnio the street. He was chaa- 1 ed through side streets and corn fields a on the west side and finally lost sight s of. g DISTRUSTFUL OF WILSON. * t Jordan and Cheatham After the 8?alp * of the Bland Secretary of Agricul- 1 ture. ' The Southern Cotton association will ( follow up its good work in bringing * to light the scandalous and dishonest 1 methods pursued by prominent ofli- ? clals connected with the bureau of ' statistics of the United States depart- , ment of agriculture at Washington, D. 1 C., by requesting the resignation of the secretary. Hon. James L. Wilson, on the ground of Incompetency, according to the Atlanta Journal. < Hon. Harvle Jordan, president of the I Smifhern Ootton association, in an in terview gives out the following Important information on the subject which will be read with gTeat interest by the public generally. I In speaking of the present investigation of the bureau of statistics by ! the grand Jury of Washington, now In i session. Mr. Jordan said: "The charges preferred by the South ern Cotton association against certain high officlajs In the bureau of statistics two months ago have been fully sustained and the developments In the | scandal as investigations proceed i have startled and amazed the producers and business Interest of the entire * country. It has developed a condition of graft in the department of | agriculture that might well be com- i pared to official dishonesty charged under the present administration of the Russian empire. "The present head official of the department of agriculture hai proven a stumbling block to the investigation from Its Inclplency. "Mr. Wilson ridiculed the orlgintd charge that Holmes, the assistant chief statistician, had falsified . and manipulated the June report on cotton acreage, or that he had given out any advance information. But this charge was clearly proven and Holmes was discharged from the department Mr. Wilson then objected to any further investigation, and the president, Mr. Roosevelt, took the matter into bis hands and forced a continuance of the Investigation through the department of justice. "Mr. Wilson then said that his chief statistician, John Hyde, was thoroughly honest, competent and was not guilty of wrong doing, yet last week it was proven that Holmes sat at the elbow of Hyde while the June report was being falsified and the advance information given out to Holmes' confederates. Mr. Hyde was last week forced to resign and immediately fled to Europe to escape the strong arm of the law, while Holmes is sojourning in Canada for the same purpose. "Mr. Wilson promised me in a personal interview at Washington on July 15th, at which time Secretary Hester, of the New Orleans Cotton exchange, was present, that if sufficient funds were found he would undertake to gather an entirety new crop acreage report from local, state and Held "n in that date and let the people know the truth. : "We asked him particularly not to attempt to revise the fraudulent and manipulated report Issued, by 'he department June 3d. There was no question as to the funds being on hand with which to do this work, yet the secretary, with but two days' tabulation of the old false report documents, gave out a revised acreage report, making a perfect farce of the whole proceedings, and arousing thereby Intense Indignation throughout the whole country. _ "Mr. Wilson also admitted'" that Mr. Hyde was In error In stating that the June report only covered the actual acreage planted up to May 25th, but he has not yet made this statement officially to the public, which would at once right a great wrong done the southern cotton producers by John Hyde. Within the past few days John Hyde's private secretary, Mrs. Burch, has also been forced to resign, and will now be called before the- grand Jury to tell her connection and give Information concerning her association with Hyde and Holmes. It has also been proven that the tobacco report was falsified for speculative purposes, and now the grain producers of the west are charging the department with having manipulated the grain reports. Mr. George T. Moore, physiologist of the department ^ent In his resignation last Friday, when it was made known that he was connected with a corporation whose business cotild be Increased by the use of his official connection with the department of agriculture. "As a result of all these scandalous happenings In the department of agriculture, Secretary Wilson's resignation will be absolutely necessary to Inspire confidence among the producers and the trade generally In the department of agriculture. Secretary Wilson may be thoroughly honest and sincere, but It is quite evident that he is Incompetent, and that his days of usefulness to the department have passed. I am receiving a great many letters and communications insisting upon Secretary Wilson's resignation, and present the following telegraphic dispatch as a sample: "Monroe, La., July 26, 1905. "Harvle Jordan, "Pres. Sou. Cotton Ass'n., "Atlanta, Qa. "Think Mr. Wilson's resignation should be asked for after today's correction of fraudulent bureau report. "J. renwick, "Pres. Monroe Board Trade." "The matter will be presented to President Roosevelt officially on the part of our association, and Mr. Wilson's resignation requested. If the department is throughly reorganized with a good and capable man placed at Its head, confidence can be restored: otherwise, It will not. The president Is determined to purify the department, and I am convinced that he can be fully depended on to safeguard the people's Interests In the departments under his official control." Spkroi.k Criticai.lt III.?Deputy Sheriff Ballenger of Greenville, was In Hendersonvllle last Saturday with a ' ? * * 'rtt. n ssnot a# thu fAM?or >Yai IUIII 1UI mr (U ivdi \jm tuc ivi iuvi supervisor of Greenville county. J. E. Speegle, but the warrant was not served. owing to Mr. Speegle's condition. Following the plan agreed upon before he left Oreen\ille>. Deputy Sheriff Bui longer selected a physician of repute who examined Speegle with a view to having him taken back to Greenville If his condition was such that he could be safely moved. The physician stated that In his opinion it would be very unwise to remove the sick man and Mr. Ballenger then made no attenpt to arrest him. The Greenville deputy sheriff did not even go Into Mr. Speegle's room, as he was thoroughly satisfied that he was too 111 to be moved and that any visit from him might have serious results. Mr. Ballenger left here yesterday morning for Tryon, where he spent yesterday and today with relatives. It Is stated that the news of the developments In the investigation of the affairs In Greenville has been kept from Mr. Speegle by his physicians and family and that he does not know of any of the sensational testimony that has been published In the papers; he does not know that his son has been arrested and released on bond and that he himself Is under charges. His physician and family have feared the ill effects of this news upon Speegle, who Is undoubtedly a very 111 man with none too many chances for recovery. It will be seen, therefore, that the sheriff of Greenville has taken no chances In this matter, especially as the sheriff of Henderson county Is fully posted In the case. THROUGH THE COUNTY. jleanings of Interest to Dwellers Along tho Rural Routaa. This department la intended to be m aceurate reflex of life throughout * fork county, outside of the incorporited towns. It alma to record the ocial interests of the people and to tive information of their natural progess along various lines. Ita value vlll depend in a large measure on he assistance we receive from people renerally. and we will appreciate all he help that may be tendered from vhatevcr reliable source. Ail we ask >f those who would add to the interest of thia column la that they give is the facts promptly and correctly, ind we will put them in shape for jublication. No attention, of course, vlll be paid to unsigned eommunlca;lona . ... m Hiokory No. 1. Cotton in thia neighborhood is looking fairly well, especially where It was worked early. That which was cleared out late is growing nicely, but is not putting on much fruit yet Between the unworked upland corn and the overflowed bottom corn, there is hardly more than half a crop in sight Bandana No. 1. The farmers along the river have been hard hit by the recent freshet. * t'he corn crop has been all but ruined. Mr. Q. L. Suggs, who last year made 700 bushels of corn on the river, does not expect more than 25 bushels off the same land this year. Cotton Is looking pretty well. Hay, however, is going to be a failure. Yorkville No. 3. Mr. D. M. Benfleld Is just completIng a handsome eight-room residence on his farm (the Kuykendal old place). J. J. Keller & Co. had the contract for the woodwork and Mr. A. B. Gaines is doing the painting. * Mr. Benfleld did a lot of the sawing and hauling himself; but by the time the Job is complete it will have cost him over $2,500. Leeslie No. 1. Masters James D. and Lewis M. Grist of Yorkville, who have been spending some time with the family of Mr. W. S. Lesslle, returned home last Saturday. Master W. S. Lesslle, Jr., accompanied them. Mr. J. W. Betts had a lively tilt with his Jersey bull a few days ago. the animal had been tied to a tree a and Mr. Betts was arranging to change Its location, when it attacked him. He had one arm bruised somewhat but that was all. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The members of the South Carolina Press association will start from Newberry tomorrow on a trip to Portland, Ore. ' ? Editor Hemphill of the News and Courier, left today on a European trip, his expenses being paid by the members of the staff of his paper. ? The city of Greenville has extended a formal welcome to refugees from New Orleans. ? South Carolina, says a Columbia dispatch, has been officially invited to attend a meeting which looks for a general law appertaining to divorce. The call has been issued by the state of Pennsylvania and Governor Heyward this morning received a letter from Governor Pennypacker in which 4 he sets forth the objects of the meeting and names the delegates. ' Governor Pennypacker says that the various states some time ago both officially and through their bar associations. suggested' this action.' A time for the meeting was set, but on account of the slowness of the states the meeting was postponed and he now suggests that the meeting be held a day or so before the meeting of the American Bar association. ? Charleston, July SI: At a meeting of the quarantine committee of the m board of health this afternoon, eight additional sanitary Inspectors were appointed and assigned to districts that the city may be thoroughly cleaned and all mosquito breeding place* removed. The increased force of Inspectors begin work tomorrow morn- \ lng. As a result of the appointment of additional inspectors, it is expected that a marked change In the sanitary condition of the city will result. There was nothing in the reports to the board of an alarming character about the A situation in New Orleans and other infected places. The first of the reports of the inspection of the Clyde steamers froth Jacksonville was made, showing the vessel to have been In satisfactory condition, both as to her passengers and her freight . ? Greenwood Journal: A citixen from Ninety-Six told a gentleman in our presence last Wednesday of the plan adopted by the people of Ninety-Six for getting rid of the tigers. He said the plan was most ? effective and worked like a charm. Two parties had been handling the stuff for some time, and there seemed to be no way to put an end to their mean work. They did not care for fines and the law had no terror for them. So a number of men got together one evening and Invited these tlgei? to walk ou? with them into the woods near the town, where a sound thrashing was administered to each of them, with the warning * that if they were seen in the fair little city the next day that it would not be well for them. And the next day found them gone, and the tiger business ut an end. W? are lawabiding cltixens, and cannot commend lawlessness to put down lawlessness, but when so many devices are adopted to clear the guilty, one in ?,/>? niimHottri that the Nlnetv-Six plan is resorted to to ret rid of a nuisance. And we are not so sure it Is any worse, If as bad, as many* A things that are done In the name of law and order. The meanest tiger, if he can raise $6, can get some lawyer to defend him who will get him scot free time and again to ply his nefarious business, and so the dirty work goes on and on in defiance of all justice and In the face of an outraged sense of decency. We do not know for whom we have more contempt, the blind tiger or the lawyer who makes it his business to de- . fend him. ? Florence Times, July 26: "The sensational stories to the effect that Robert Keith Dargan had not been buried found evidence enough among attorneys of the life Insurance companies to prompt one attorney in Charleston to declare that he will not sign a check for the payment of his policy until the body has been exhumed and identified. He may change his mind when he gets to Darlington, but he stated that in Charleston not long ago." x ? At Newberry last Friday Chief Justice Pope issued an order appointing Judge James F. Izlar a special referee to take testimony In the mandamus case Messrs. Lyon and Christensen of the legislative Investigating commission have brought against J. 8. Farnum, the Charleston beer dealer, with whom the state board has had extensive dealings for several years, to compel him to produce his books for investigation regarding the transactions with the board of dls- * pensary directors. It will be remembered that several weeks ago Messrs. Lyon and Christensen applied for a mandamus against Mr. Farnum, and that Mr. Farnum resisted ji tka nKlaf iuatl/>o tne proceedings. mc v?.?. 4?.??v decided today to appoint a reference. The referee Is required to report to the full supreme court by the first of October, and each side Is given a specified time In which to produce evidence. ? Greenville News, Sunday: The * anti-dispensary committee will meet In the court house at noon on Aug. 1, when the signatures to petitions will be counted, and If a sufficient number have been obtained, the papers will be placed In the hands of Supervisor Walker, who will order an election to vote on the dispensary question. At least 2,000 names will be required, but In order to remove any possibility of doubt the committee will make every efTort to secure 3,000 before j placing the signatures In the hands of the supervisor. There are many who have signed the petitions who are not registered and In order to have their names counted these persons should procure registration certificates when the board holds its regular monthly meeting on Monday, Aug. 7. At the - \ u