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Scraps and /arte.. ? Washington. August 4: The negro Young People's Christian congress, which has been in session during the past week, has about concluded its business, although another session will be held tomorrow. The attendance today was very small, many delegates having left for their homes. The general theme for the discussion today was "Race Organization, Their Purpose and Work." Bishop Walters said that in order to secure civil and political rights the negro thA onttpfc onH fltrht thp ill UOl 5 U 1I11U 11IC VWUI U1 UIIU .QOV question out. Rev. J. N. C. Coggine, of Covington, Ga.. said the separation of the races had done the negro1 an incalculable injury, "and our enemies have taken advantage of this unfortunate circumstance to retard our political progress." The association today adopted resolutions condemning the railroad companies for the inequality of service furnished, contending that the negroes were satisfied with the separate cars but that the race was not furnished the accommodations prescribed by law. ? Charleston Post: The first official announcement respecting the battleship Dreadnaught is contained in a White Book on naval construction during the last year, issued at London. Besides the ten 12-Inch guns, the big battleship will have twentyseven 12-pound quick firing antitorpedo boat guns and five submerged torpedo tubes. In the arrangement of armament, six of the big guns are mounted in pairs on the center line of the ship, and the remaining four are mounted in pairs as broadsides. Thus, eight 12-inch guns, or eighty per cent of the plain armament, can be fired either broadside, and four, and possibly six 12Inch guns, or sixty per cent, can be fired simultaneously, ahead or astern. In view of the modern potentialities of torpedo boats, and considering especially the chances of a torpedo attack toward the end of the battle, torpedo boat guns are widely separated, so that all cannot be disabled by one heavy shell. After thorough consideration from every point of view, the White Book says experts were unanimous in the decision to adopt turbines, which are considered more advantageous for sea-going speed. The speed Is designed to be twenty-one knots. The bunker capacity is 2,700 tons, with which the Dreadnaught can steam 5,800 sea miles at economical speed and 3,500 miles at eighteen and one-half knots. The estimated cost, including guns, is $8,987,485. ? A terrible marine disaster occurred otf Cape Palos, Spain, last Saturday afternoon. The Italian steamship Sirlo, from Genpa for various ports in Spain to South America, with about 800 people on board, went down. The vessel struck a rocky reef and went down so rapidlj' that it was 'almost impossible to do a great deal toward rescue. It happened that there was a fleet of fishing boats near by at the, time and they did what they could to help the distressed passengers and crew. The captain of the ship admitting that the accident was due to his own imprudence, committed suicide by blowing out his brains. The captains of the fishing boats acted most heroically. Most of them went close up to the sinking ship and took the strug giing passengers out of the water. In one ease, the crew of a fishing vessel which had already picked up as many people as it was thought the vessel could carry with safety, wanted to pull away. The captain drew his revolver and declared that the boat should not move as long as it was possible to give help to another unfortunate. He got 200 people on his boat and saved them all. The captain of another trawler, after getting 300 people aboard, and his boat loaded almost to the water's edge, forced the people at the muzzle of his revolver to go down into the hold. Otherwise his boat would have been capsized. A roll call on shore showed that 350 persons were missing but it is practically certain that many of these were rescued. There was a brutal panic on board the Sirio soon after she struck the rock. Italian emigrants fought for the boats with their knives and soon got possession. It was not until after they had secured control that the captain blew out his brains. The scenes on shore after the rescued were landed were most heartending, mothers wailing for their missing children and children crying for their missing parents. ? Washington correspondence Charlotte Observer: In attempting to prove the charge that the people no longer have any influence with their public servants, the statement is frequently made that Speaker Cannon and the other standpatters in congress are defying public sentiment in the matter of revision of the tariff. Speaker Cannon and the other standpatters are doing nothing of the sort. They think they are following public sentiment. At least, they think they are pursuing the course calculated to secure the election of the largest possible number of Republicans to the sixtieth congress. Instead of being in an attitude of defiance. the haunting fear that they have chosen the wrong road causes them troubled days and sleepless nights. They would fall over one another in changing front were they fully convinced they were in error. There isn't a Republican member of congress who wouldn't be rampant fin* revision of the tariff if he thought a majority of his voting constituents felt that way about it. All of which goes to show that General Hancock wasn't far wrong when he said the tariff was a local issue. It certainly is local to troubled statesmen who are in an agony of dread lest they guess wrong on the direction in which the cat intends to jump. ? The state law of New York restricting the labor of women and children to ten hours a day and sixty hours a week in a factory, was declared last Friday by Justice Olmstead, in a decision handed down in the court of snecinl sessions to be "an unwarranted invasion of constitutional rights." The ruling was concurred in by Justice McKean and Justice Deul. Judge Olmstead declared that the law was class legislation. Judge Olmstead said in his decison: "To labor and employ labor are inherent and inalienable rights of our citizens and cannot be taken away in whole or in part unless upon the broad ground of public good, which must be apparent and cannot be predicted upon legislative dictum. It may be stated as a well-settled legal proposition that the right to labor and contract for that labor is both a liberty and a property right; when, therefore, the legislature enacts a statute such as that under consideration. it must be admitted that it has infringed, in the enactment, the rights which are very clearly accorded by the constitution to the individual citizen. The people, therefore. are called upon to justify this invasion, and there is but one plea in justification: that the statute was enacted to protect tin* comfort, welfare and safety of the whole people. ? and the individual must suffer this curtailment of his granted rights in the interest of the common good. In the case under consideration the right of the employed and the right of the employer are equally involved. Nothing to the contrary appearing, it must be assumed that the woman who was a willing worker for a willing employer, and that the result was mutually satisfactory and profitable. The present constitution of the state of New York was adopted in 1894 and became effective January 1. 1895. All of the rights which adult women possessed at that time were confirmed by that document. One of those rights was the right to contract for her labor and to work when and where she pleased without reference to the position of the hands upon the dial of the clock. It was not until four years after that the law-making power sought to place the limitation under consideration upon them. What was the legislative intent in doing this the attorney general finds and urges no other rea !?on man mai 01 me general ncna.^ of the state demands that the< progeny of the women of the factories shall have mothers jvlth heaUhy bodies, to the1 end-That the state ittay have sturdy citizens, froes the state look merely fo the children of the factory women for its future good citizens? Why should not the housewife. the woman who toils at home, in mercantile houses, in offices, or she who toils not at all?the society woman?be exempt from legislative interference, injunctive or mandatory. for the same reason? Some of them may be mothers of future citizens. and it should be of as great interest to the state that their progeny should have proper birth and breeding to conserve its welfare." Attorney General Mayer announced that he would appeal from the decision. ?hf \|orkrillr (Biiquircr. YORKVILLE, S. C.t TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, I90?. The only thing in the way of bloodier times in Russia is that both sides an> without leaders. ' That negrt>es believe in compulsory education is evidenced by the fact that they make their children go to school. Wtt-L somebody please look and see If there are any bricks missing from the door facing of the state dispensary? Down in Charleston county a man cannot vote in the primary without a registration certificate. Why does this rule not prevail all over the state? Let everybody come tomorrow and listen good. Some of the men who are to be here are to have charge of the state during the next two years. The Columbia Record pretends to fear that the old factional feeling will be raised again. Our contemporary need not worry, however. People don't make the same wild mistake twice in the same generation. In his speech at Johnston, Edgefield county last Friday, Senator Tillman is quoted as saying that it is being whis pered tnai me man wno represnncu Lanahan after Boykln quit Is a member of the investigating committee. Given the facts, the average South Carolinian can always be depended upon to stand for fair play. Surely this is not the reason why, when Senator Tillman criticises the investigating committee for failure to make Parker tell who succeeded Boykln as Lanahan's agent, he neglected to say that Lyon and Christensen were with the minority in this matter. , As we see it. Jordan and the rest of them will do well to devote their attention to perfecting the organization of the Southern Cotton association. There is nothing to be gained by hob-nobbing i with the European spinners or Wall street speculators. If the cotton association is to accomplish anything for cotton growers It must be on a business, rather than a diplomatic basis. Wh beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of a tract on woman suffrage, from Mrs. Virginia D. Young, editor of the Fairfax Enterprise. The Enqiiirkk has been right on this question all the while; but it has never been able to see how it could bring a majority of the dear women to its way of thinking. That is all that is necessary to insure success. The horrid men really don't count. Convivial Columbians do not experience any inconvenience on account of the dispensary law, as compared with the so-called bar-room system. There are plenty of places where men may walk in and drink beer, without interference. There are no mirrors; but the beer privilege people furnish pretzels and other accompaniments. Both Columbia and Charleston are able to get all the liquor they want, of whatever kind, and all this talk about the oldbar-room days is buncombe. They are here now the same as ever. i., ^wi,4f j** ??r in nut inr ui uuhiua cuii"i u? The News and Courier also the editor <>f The Sunday News?" asks TlUC Voiikvimj-: K.n'gi'iRFK. It is, but even if it were not, we do not see how that would lighten the blow which we aimed at the head of our contemporary, which is evidently adapting Itself to heathenish nomenclature. It is different down here, of course.?News and Courier. Just how "it" would do it, we did not know: but even while we were put : I,* uit/iK > Wol a / *? * o/?_ IIIIK II III SMfi'll tl M? t JI uwir UII avcount of that Sabbath business last Friday, we knew "it" would Ret out somehow. And "it" did. There seems to be nothing left but to advise "it," that it is different up here, too. One of the anecdotes told of General Israel Putnam is to the effect tliat shortly after the Revolutionary war. somebody sued him on an account and it was necessary for him to employ a lawyer. At the trial the lawyer got up and denied the account. Old Put arose, blazing with anger, and thus addressed his lawyer: "I have never given you to understand that this was other than an honest debt, and I did not employ you to lie. I told you that all I wanted was time, and I would pay it." He got the time. Employed to boost the 1 dispensary cause and defend it through thick and thin, the Columbia Record some weeks ago made an appeal to tlie lawyers of the state not to vote for Mr. Lyon on the ground that the Abbeville man has never had any practice of any consequence, especially before the supreme court, and that he is incompetent to fill the position for which he is running. Now comes the Abbeville bar. with probably a single exception, but including men like Win. N. Graydon, M. P. DeBruhl, Wm. P. Greene, J. i M. Nickles and L. W. Perrin, and says that Lyon has been practicing for seven years, and during that time he has had a number of cases before the su- ; preme court on appeal; that his practice is about as good as that of any other lawyer at the Abbeville bar, and that if elected he will discharge the duties of the office of attorney general with credit to himself and to the full satisfaction of the public. vIt seems to us that the employers of the Record might do very well to give it to under stand that they desire it to suck io uie i facts. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. If Fraser Lyon should be elected attorney general, the problem of building the reformatory at Florence with convict labor may yet be solved satisfactorily.?New? and Courier. ..... (, Hub Evans should have run for attorney general (he is a lawyer) on a platform of prosecuting the dispensary grafters. Then , he could have told Mr. Lyon what he thinks of him face to face forty-one times. Wouldn't that be worth the price of admission?- -Spartanburg Journal. "Senator fillman refers to the good order prevailing In the dispensary counties In which he haS spoken and contrasts it with what he found in one or two prohibition counties. But he hasn't been thoughtful enough to tell of the good order which he found in a number of the' prohibition counties. When he spoke at Sandy Flat, Greenville county, an audience of near five thousand people was attracted to hear him, and the order among that vast multitude was perfect. With less than that number of people present at his Spartanburg meeting a similar condition obtained, and from what we have heard from Anderson, the order there Thursday was excellent. It has been the same way in other places. But Senator Tillman found some drunkenness among the crowds which heard him at Newberry and Saluda, and he pounced upon prohibition. But that is Tillman's way."?Greenville News. If Tillman, when the purchasing agent for the dispensary, had the right to present to Hubbell, whisky manufacturer, thousands of dollars belonging to South Carolina, why had not Tillman the right to give such rebates to some political friend oioio rtr nnr them in his own pocket? If he possessed the power to freely give, did not he possess power to take? If Tillman could properly transfer rebates belonging to the state of South Carolina to private pockets, why has not every subsequent purchasing agent possessed similar right? If It was proper for Tillman to intercept rebates on their way to the state treasury and divert them to the pockets of individuals, wherein would it be improper In dispensary directors who may have since purchased liquor and been allowed "rebates" by the distillers, to divert such money from the treasury and pour It into their own pockets or into the pockets of their friends? If the present dispensary board should purchase a million dollars worth of liquor and he allowed a 7"per cent rebate, would the people consider that board free to give that $70,000 to friends of the dispensary or to .put It Into their own pockets?and they would he as justified In taking as in giving? Tillman, according to his own testimony, gave the rebates to Hubbell. Hubbell's statement cannot be obtained; he is dead.?Columbia State. MERE-MENTION. The society of the Sons and Daughters of South Carolina has been incorporated under the laws of the state of New York. The society will have its headquarters In New York city The hotels at Raleigh have turned off their negro waiters and employed white girls in their stead. The negroes had become so trifling and unreliable that they could not be used to advantage The Georgia house of representatives has passed a bill limiting the speed of automobiles on country roads to one mile in three minutes....A movement has been started in Baltimore against Sunday funerals. The ministers are backing up the undertakers and hack drivers in the matter and the understanding is that after August 19 there will be no more funerals on Sunday except in cases of contagious disease or dire necessity... .Governor Vardaman of Mississippi is a candidate for the United States senate and promises that if. elected he will Introduce a bill providing for Jim Crow cars in the District of Columbia .Gov. Terrell of Georgia, has Issued a proclamation inviting Georgians, wherever located, to t Iwimp ermilnc to .be held during the state fair October 10 and 11 France and Turkey are quarreling over the boundary of Tripoli Governor Broward of Florida, on last Friday suspended from office Sheriff George R. Carter of Citrus county, because the sheriff had permitted a mob to take two prisoners from him Major Hugh L. Scott, of the Fourteenth cavalry, is to succeed Gen. Mills, retired, as superintendent of West Point The Italian government has placed Its ban nn importations of American canned meats except the cans be accompanied by certificates from the United States government A mob of two thousand Rowan county men broke open the jail at Salisbury last Monday night and took out and lynched the three , negroes who are charged with the murder of the Lylerly family Examination of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank of Chicago during the past few days showed up a deficit of $1,000,000. The president and cashier are missing. Two depositors of the bunk are said to have died from shock ( on hearing tthe news Rev. A. C. Dickson has resigned the pastorship of the Ruggles Street. Baptist church, Chicago. Cotton Crop Condition.?The crop reporting board of statistics of the department of agriculture, in a bulletin issued at noon last Friday finds from the reports of the correspondents and agents of the bureau that the average condition of cotton on July 25 was 82.9, as compared with 83.3 on June 25, 1906; 1 74.9 on July 25. 1905; 91.6 at the corresponding date in 1904, and a ten-year average of 82.4. i The following table shows the condition on July 25 of this year with the respective ten-year averages: July 10-year 25 average. Vi.trir.!.. VI Sfi Nmlh Carolina 75 85 South Carolina 72 83 Georgia 74 84 Florida 72 85 Alabama 83 83 Mississippi 88 81 Louisiana 88 82 Texas 86 80 Arkansas 80 82 Tennessee 88 85 Missouri 95 86 Oklahoma 92 86 Indian Territory ....85 88 An Instiutitivk Book.?Prof. J. S. Newman of Clemsnn college has written a book recently which is a little gem. Its title is the "Southern Gardeners" Practical Manual." After the name "practical" is no misnomer, either. Prof. Newman is a practical gardener of many years experience and he gives in his book what he has learned from actual experience, it doesn't contain page after page of theories. The object of this work is to furnish a reliable, practical guide to those who desire to avail themselves of the wonderful facilities afforded by our Sunny Southland for supplying the family ta- < ble with fresh vegetables from the ( kitchen-garden every day in the year. Fifty years of successful experience in gardening and fruit-growing on both a ' domestic and commercial scale, inspires confidence in his ability and right to speak "ex cathedra" on the subject. hetailcd instructions are given for the preparation of the soil, for the fertilizing. planting, cultivation and har- j vesting of the vegetables and fruits suitable for the home and market gar- ' den.?Greenville Mountaineer. I LOCAL AFFAIRS. ' NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sam M. Orist, Special Agent?Says ( that money spent for life insurance t with the Mutual Benefit, Is like , putting money in the bank. M. W. White?Says he Intends to ' make a success of his stock and i bond brokerage business. i First National Bank?Advises you to ( buy a bank money order when sending large or small sums through the ' mail. 1 Mrs. Foushee?Invites you to visit her , sewing rooms. "How'd you like an 'electrical dress?'" Thos. W. Boyd, supervisor?Serves no- ' t'ce on road overseers to put their 1 respective sections in good traveling condition. , . J. Ed Leech?Is announced as a candi- ( dldate for appointment to the office I of county commissioner. i Andrew J. Parrott?Is announced as a ' candidate for election to the office of county supervisor. ' i J. O. Mooore, McConnellsville?Offers i Mason & Hamlin organ, belonging , to Bethesda church, for sale at a low , >, price. J. B. Walker, Supt.?Invites the public to a Sunday school picnic at Fair- . view school house, near Clover, on Saturday, Aug. 11. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives 1 notice to the heirs and distributees j of H. Bell Creps, deceased. Foushee Cash Store?Will have a special sale of embroideries and corsets 1 on next Saturday and Monday. Yorkvllle Hardware Co.?Wants to | know If you have purchased a mower and rake. It invites you to see 1 the Johnston machines. Thomson Co.?Says remnant prices < make a busy store, and quotes more remnant prices for this week. J. Q. Wray, the Leader?Is offering special inducements to buyers of dress goods, clothing, etc. He wants to make room for fall goods. j Penn Medicine Co.?At the York Drug ( Store, beginning Thursday will give away free samples of a guaranteed rheumatism cure. See fourth page. j The Sandbar Ferry story published in The Enquirer of last Friday, was ' written by James T. Bacon of Edgefield, for the News and Courier. The credit was left off as the result of oversight. The Charlotte Observer takes occa- | sion to back up what The Enquirer has seen proper to say about the excellence of the management of the C. & N.-W. railroad. The Observer is so situated as to be able to speak with the highest authority. The village of McConnellsvllle has applied for a charter, and very soon the leading people of that community will make a town of the historic place. There Is certainly no reason why McConnellsvllle should not become a municipality of Importance. "If they get you In a close place, and you can't clear yourself any other way, denounce it as a lie." That is a rule that many politicians have worked with success for a number of years; but now the people have gotten pretty Well on to this game. '. I Mr. Tom Johnston, who represented York county on the state board. of e<juaiizainin, useu ins uuuusi chuiu to make the state board see the fairness of averaging up the real estate returns of the various counties; but he was unsuccessful. Anderson returns are the highest. York came next and other counties ranged down to almost nothing. The big majority of the counties was far below what an average just assessment should be, and the represntatives of those coun- 1 ties insisted on "standing by the county boards." As the result, the assessments were left as they were reported; by the different eopnty boards and many counties will continue to pay taxes on valuations far less than they should be. But to the credit of Mr. Johnston it must be said 1 that he made a hard, manly fight for right and Justice in the matter. PICNIC AT CAIN'S SPRING. There were between two and three hunureci people ai me picnic m cam a Spring school house about six miles northwest of Yorkvllle last Saturday, and notwithstanding the threatening weather, everybody had a good time. Mr. Mllus S. Carroll presided at the ( rostrum and introduced three speakers, Messrs. J. E. Beamguard and F. P. McCain, candidates for'the house and Mr. S. N. Johnson, candidate for magistrate for York township. All three , spoke in pursuance of their claims on the respective offices for which they , are running. On the dispensary question, both Mr. Beamguard and Mr. McCain declared , themselves as local optionists; but neither took occasion to say exactly how he stood with regard to the state dispensary, whether he thought that institution should be abolished or maintained on a "purified" basis. Before, during and after the speaking the picnickers enjoyed a good time socially. CAMPAIGN PLEDGES. The legal restrictions thrown around the primary campaign this year are , rather more exacting than they have 1 ever been before, and unless all the candidates remember to leave off certain practices that were formerly more or less common, there Is a possibility of < more or less embarrassing complica- J tions. To begin with, before a candidate can ] enter the race, he must file with the county Democratic executive commit- j tee this pledge: | "As a candidate for the office of I , in the Democratic primary i election, to he held on the last Tuesday ' in August. 1006, I hereby pledge myself 1 to abide the results of such primary and to support the nominees thereof, and I am not, nor will I become, the candidate of any faction, either privately or publicly suggested, other than the regular Democratic nomlna- I tion." i After the close of the county campaign and before the election, each candidate will be required to file with | the clerk of the court an itemized ' statement of all the money he has ex- j pended during the campaign, and to make affidavit that he has not used : whisky or money for the purpose of j procuring votes. Failure to file this , statement will nullify an election. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There was a large well-behaved i crowd in Yorkville yesterday. There was some politics, hut not a great deal. ? Work on the Southern's new freight house Is progressing rapidly, and the building will soon be ready for occupancy. ? Tomorrow Is the day of the state 1 campaign meeting. Let everybody ( come and hear what the candidates ; have to say for themselves. i ? The only auction sale yesterday was of eight shares of the capital stock ' i?f the Cherokee Falls Manufacturing | company, offered by Mr. W. Brown Wylie, as administrator of the estate ' of Miss F. C. McOill. The stock was | started at $100 and with four or five ! would-be purchasers, all bidding ea- ' gerly went on up to $137.50. when It , was knocked down to Mr. S. M. Mc- j Neel. Mr. McNeel made the purchase 1 lor another party whose name he declined to give. He admitted that he < had not reached the limit to which he ] lad been instructed to go; but what ihat limit was he would not say. ? A number of ladies assembled fn the ;ourt house last Friday afternoon for ihe purpose of organizing In behalf of i cleaner and prettier town. Because >f the rain there was not a very large .ttandanw hut those nresent showed in enthusiastic Interest that Is bound to win and they proceeded to organize by the election of Miss Rosa Lindsay president; Mrs. W. B. Moore, vice president; Mrs. *W. H.-Fowler, secretary and Mrs. M. J. Walker, treasurer, yhe name of the organization Is to be "The Yorkvllle Civic League." It will probaby be some days yet before the Organization Is In good working order; but in the meantime the ladies are doing all they can to make things go as they should. The objects of the league Ire certainly most praiseworthy and there Is every reason to .believe that the organization will receive the Ijearty co-operation of the people. CHEROKEE CANDIDATES. There are two candidates for the senate in Cherokee township, both on in anti-state dispensary platform. The house candidates are also against the state dispensary except that a few of Ihem are said to be considering the practlcabilty of getting votes from both sides, a proposition that will not work very satisfactorily. The full list of candidates is as follows; Senate?J. C. Otts and W. S. Hall, Jr. House of Representatives?E. J. Clary, W. G. Austell, Wm. Anderson, Wm. F. McArthur, J. V. Price, N. W. Har din, K. O. Husky, Gaston Littlejohn, C. A. S. Campb^l. CJerk of Conrt?J. Eb Jefferles, M. A. Sarratt, Z. A. Robertson, J. C. Hollis. Sheriff?W. W. Thomas, R. J. Foster, R. O. Ballenger, A. L. Hallman, A. J. McCraw. Probate Judge?J. El Webster, G. W. Speer, Will D. Thomas. Treasurer?W. Harry Gooding, W. W. Gaffney. Auditor?W. D. Camp, D. Both Hughes, G. B. Daniel, George D. Scroggs. County Supervisor?Wm. Phillips, E. F. Lipscomb, J. V. Whelchel. Superintendent of Education?J. L. Walker, J. V. L. McCraw. Coroner?J. S. Vinesett, John O. Tate, Hamlet A. Goudolock, Jos. Reynolds, J. T. White, J. M. Allison, W. M. Smith. Magistrate. Limestone Township?B. F. Camp, R. F. SpenceT, C. T. Bridges, R. G. Wray, J. R. Ruppe. Magistrate Cherokee Township?T. L. Llgon. Gowdeysvllle Township?J. R. Poole, Sam. J. Strain. Morgan Township?J. A. Scruggs, J. M. Gardner. Draytonville Township?J. W. Alexander, F. H. Morton. OFF FOR CHICK AM AUG A. The First regiment of the South Carolina National Guard leaves for Chickamauga next Friday, one section of the special train passing through Yorkvllle shortly after noon. When the train reaches here K will have on board the Cornwellj Bennettsvllle, Cheraw. Rock Hill. Fort Mill and Liberty Hill companies, and here the Jasper Light Infantry will get aboard. Colonel Lewis and staff also join this section of the regiment at Yorkvllle. Information from the various companies named is to the effect that each will bring a full complement of men, and all have had more applications than could be accommodated. Formerly trips of this kind were largely in the nature of wild Junkets, and were usually characterized by disorder from start to finish, the men on their return leaving behind a record of drunkenness and police court escapades. But since the United States government has taken a more practical interest in the state militia, there have been notieeable Improvements all along the line. Discipline has become more strict and men who are unwilling to ' - ' 41 ? >??! Denave iiiemsexvea axe puinsiicu mm. they are glad to leave the service. On the present trip, from the time the soldiers leave until they return, they will be subject to strict discipline and will be required to conduct themselves as becomes soldiers of a great nation like the United States. It is fair to say, however, that the militia of this part of the country has all along been quite soldierly, and at the present time most of the soldier boys are taking a very healthy interest and pride In the proper discharge of their duties. All of them are looking forward to securing practical benefits from this trip, and it is safe to say that not many of them will be disappointed. FINLEY AND STRAIT. The Chester Reporter of today has the following about the speeches of Dr. Strait and Mr. Finley at Armenia, Chester county, last Saturday: T T Qtrolt nriAnori Hia qnppph by comparing the records of Latimer and Finley in obtaJning mail routes, the former having sixty-seven to his credit, and the latter sixteen only. Finley deserves some measure of credit for what he has done, but he. (Strait,) had done more in fifteen minutes than Finley has accomplished in eight years. He secured the re-appointment of southern cadets when a boy from the south failed at West Point or Annapolis. Stated that he could not: see why he would not vote for Chester as a point in the proposed Federal judicial circuit. Would step out of the way rather than balk a committee's work. Ridiculed Finley for general inefficiency In failing to see the agricultural report leak. Finley has never advanced an idea not contained in the Democratic platform. Charged Finley vith employing various persons with the sole purpose of getting their votes. Instanced this by stating that Mr. Finley employed a nephew of his (Dr. Strait's) to make a small roll of voters, paying him $75 or $80 for this nominal labor. Touched briefly on the tariff and Philippine question. Congressman D. E. Finley stated that he always hits stood and always will stand on the Democratic platform. Spoke hopefully of Democratic success. Ascribed the fatherhood of the rural free delivery scheme to Tnm Watson. He has secured more than $200,000 in appropriations. 3ince going to congress. Has secured a soil survey and Chester would hsfc'e had one this summer had not the force had to go elsewhere. Has nothing to do with the appointment of carriers and other offices in the appointment of which Dr. Strait charged him with bad faith. Has committed himself to Rock Hill in the Federal court matter and will stick to his promise. BIG FISH STORY. The Charlotte Chronicle of yesterday afternoon is responsible for the following: A terrible fish story comes today from South Carolina. A man, a North Carolinian, came into the Chronicle office this afternoon and, with a sort of you-may-not-belleve-lt air. said: "I've got a pretty good fish tale to tell you. if you care to publish It." "Sure," the reporter said. "Let's have It. Where did you catch him?" "O, I am not the fellow that caught him." he replied. "A man down in South Carolina, the country where they grow the biggest things In the ivorld. had the good luck to have a trap built after the fashion of Noah's ark. and he runs the fish to earth and [ saw it." "Now, you may not believe this," the man who saw the fish continued, 'but it's so. A fisherman of Fort Mill, S. C., put a big trap in the Ca tawba river1 at Jones'- mUl some time ago. He caught small frying-pan fish- until he got tired and then he baited for' an enormous representative of the^flnny tribe. He went to his trap yesterday-morning and found a sturgeon that looked like the first cousin to a whale. "The fisherman couldn't do a thlr.g with his catch. He called In all of neighbors to assist him In keeping the mighty monster of the deep from swimming, off with the tree, to which the trap was fastened with a huge chain. , . They" hfc.uled thre sturgeon ashore, but It snorted and cavorted around ,in such a fashion that It had to be shot. \rne nsn was aouui iu scare mc mwre community to- death. It died game? the tail never stopped switching and the eyes still gleam in rebuke to the captors. "The fish was dragged to .the largest scales in Fort Mill and weighed. Jt tipped the beam for seventy-eight pounds. It was measured. From snout to tail it was just exactly six feet long. In color the sturgeon was a brindle, with horny head like a bull of Bashan and fins like cross-cut saws. Its eyes were hazel. The fisherman took his unusual find to Mr. W. L. Hall, mayor of Fcirt Mill, who paid $2 for it, not to eat, but a piece of financiering. He built an enclosure around the murdered fish 'and charged art'admission of 10 cents for any one to see it. At last accounts he had made $20 from his Investment. There will be a picnic down at Fort Mill tomorrow and the sturgeon will be put on exhlbltlbn. Those in caarge of the picnic are very anxious that every Mlssourian In North Carolina'go down and take a Ipok. .Several guards will be kept In the pe?- wfth large clubs to hammer the fish If it switches its tail too hard. Th$ man who told this claims no kin to Aesop. Lf bA I H Up W. A. MUUH t. Mr. W. Adolphus Moore, one of the oldest and best known citizens of Yorkville, died at his home here last Sunday afternoon at about 4 o'clock, and was buried in the Yorkville cemetery shortly after six o'clock p. m., yesterday, the funeral services being conducted from the Presbyterian church. Mr. Moore was a son of the late John S. Moore, and was born in Bullock's Creek township on the 24th day of March, 1824. He was brought to Yorkville while an fnfant, and grew up here. During his early manhood he was a member of the mercantile firm of John S. Moore & Sons, which did W. Adolphus Moore. business for many years In the room now occupied by the postofflce. During the latter part of the war, Mr. Moore married Miss Ellse Colcock, of the well known Charleston family of that name, and as the result of that marriage, there v/ere five children, of whom all survive as follows: Miss Maggie Moore, postmaster at York vllie; Air. m. u. Moore 01 tiinutmc, Texas, Mrs. C. E. Spencer, Mrs. J. S. Brlce and Mrs. W. P. Harrison, all of Yorkville. Although never very actively engaged in politics, except during the campaign of 1876, because of his work in that campaign and because of his fitness for the position, Mr. Moore was appointed auditor of York county by Governor Wade Hampton, and in 1882, or shortly afterward President Cleveland appointed him to the Yorkville postmastershlp, which office he filled quite acceptably for four years. After being succeeded in the postoffice by h s daughter, Mr. Moore already beginning to feel the weight of his increasing years, retired from active business, and spent the balance of his days in more or less irresponsible leisure. He was pleasant and agree-1 able to everybody, good company and was well liked by all who knew him. During the past few years, Mr. Moore has been noticeably growing feebler and feebler, and his care has been a source of very considerable solicitation by the members of the family, all of whom gave him their most loving attention to the last. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. E. E. Gillespie, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which the deceased had long been a consistent member. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Harry C. Smith of Charlotte, spent Sunday in Yorkville. Miss Alta Fewell of Rock Hil, spent Sunday in Yorkville with friends. Miss Margaret Hart spent Saturday and Sunday at Cleveland Springs. Mrs. J. B. Delveaux of Gastonla, is visiting Mr. Geo. W. Sherrer's family. Mrs. M. J. Clark Is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of the Misses Wallace. Miss Lula May Delveaux of Gastonla, visited friends in Yorkville last week. Miss Mozelle Inman is visiting friends and relatives at McConnellsville. Mrs. John E. Carroll and children are spending sometime at Rutherfordton, N. C. Mrs. M. A. Boyd of Lesslie, is visiting Mrs. Nora L. Bird at Green Plains, Darlington county. Mr. Carl Hart of Columbia, arrived this morning on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart. Mr. George Hart of Columbia, came up Sunday on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart. M ?ssrs. W. D. Glenn and Norman Black left this morning for Clemson college to attend the Farmers' institute. Miss Sallle Sprott of Pitman, Fla., left for her home yesterday after a visit of several days to Miss Florlde Bowen. Miss Anna Spann is the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Heath of Charlotte, spent Saturday and Sunday in Yorkville, guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Heath. Mr. and Airs. John F. Yonugblood are occupying the cottage on Wright avenue, recently vacated by Dr. Steinmeyer. Mrs. Harriet J. Brat ton and Misses Gerald Lowry and Reta Witherspoon, left this morning for Cleveland SpringsMiss Alice Terry of Heath springs, who has been visiting Mrs. Jas. M. Starr, left this morning for Seneca, to visit a sister. Mrs. Alice Nail of Charlotte, N. C., has been spending several days In Yorkvllle on a visit to Mrs. T. M. Dobson and other relatives and friends. Mesdames J. E. and S. J. Elam of Baskervllle, Va., arrived in Yorkville last night on a visit to the families of their brothers, Messrs. W# H. and R. J. Herndon. Mrs. George Ferguson of Lowryville, came to Yorkvllle last week to see her son, Mr. Albert Ferguson, who has been quite ill at the home of Mr. J. M. Ferguson. Mrs. Ferguson accompanied by her son, returned, to Lowryville yesterday Mr. Wm. Caldwell of King's Creek, came down to Yorkville this morning to spend a few days with the family of his son-in-law, Mr. Chas. W. Smith Mr. J. F. Foushee, editor of the Winnsboro Herald and News, and Miss May Sanders, daughter of Hon. and Mrs. C. P. Sanders of Spartanburg, are to be married at the home of the bride's parents on August 16. Post cards and letters were received here last Friday from Mr. B. M. Dobson, assistant paymaster of the navy, who went round the world with the drydock Dewey. The letters and post cards were mailed at Singapore, Maylay peninsula on June 23, and were nearly six weeks In coming across. Prof. W. E. Dendy came up from Charleston Monday to spend some days with his family. Mr. Dendy has been working some weeks as a member of the reportorlal staff of the News and Courier; but will now take up some Institute work for which he had a previous engagement and will later in the fall, resume his chair in the Douglasville female college, of which he is president. For a long time past Mr. Dendy has had a longing for newspaper work, and now that he has had a practical taste of it, it will be next to impossible to keep him in the class room. It will be a case of the spoiling of a good teacher, of course; but all the same newspaperdom will be decidedly the gainer. LOCAL LACONIC8. We Will Send The Enquirer. From this (late until January 1BI, 1907. for 82 cents. Farmers' Mutual Life. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance company and the Mutual Live Stock company wa3 held In Yorkvllle today; but at the hour this is being written it is not practicable to get a definite statement of what has been done. Neely's Creek Church. The Neely's Creek church Is nearing completion. The roof Is on, there have been a couple of coats of paint on the outside and a coat of oil on the Inside. The floors are now being laid. The building when completed will have cost something over JB.OOO and the congregation will have splendid value for Its money. Mr. Whitener Gets Eiond. In charge of the sheriff, accompanied by his attorney, Thomas F. McDow, Esq., Mr. W. J. Whitener went before Associate Justice Jones at Lancaster last Friday on a writ of habeas corpus. Justice Jones granted the writ and allowed bail in the sum of (1,500. The amount was promptly raised and Mr. Whitener returned to his home Friday afternoon. Politics In Cherokee. They are having somewhat unusual politics over in Cherokee county this year. People from that county say that the candidates for senator and sheriff have each surrounded themselves with bodies of sluggers whose business it is to make trouble. Partisans representing different factions are charging the opposite factions with responsibility for the situation; ?)u? taken altogether the outlook is rainer msiy. v. From Natural Cauaat. Coroner Louthlan on Sunday held an inquest over the body of Bertha Alexander, a negro woman of Bullofck's Creek township. The testimony was to the effect that the woman left her home last Friday, after telling her children that she would be back within a short time. She was not seen any more until Sunday morning when her broth- I er found her dead body in a near by pasture. The verdict of the coroner's Jury was to the effect that the woman came to her death from natural causes. Broad River High. There was a report on the streets of Yorkville last Friday to the effect that Broad river was twenty-seven feet high at Mr. J. J. J. Robinson's a short distance above Howell's ferry and that all the crops on both banks were gone. From Broad River township people who were in Yorkville yesterday, however, it was learned that this was a mistake. The highest water reported at Mr. Robinson's last Friday was seventeen feet, which is not nearly so bad. Much corn was destroyed, but the damage was not nearly so great as if the water had been up to the twentyseven foot mark. Tried Himself. Mayor John Q. Little tried and fined himself in the Gaffney police court yesterday morning. The charge was nanHuPt Tt O-rftU' Hilt Cif thP fight described elsewhere in this issue. When the mayor's court convened Mr. Little called attention to the fact that on one occasion he had fined an alderman $5 for fighting and he would inflict the same fine upon himself. He pulled out a five dollar bill and turned it over to the clerk. No charges were brought against Mr. Little's nephew and son, who were also engaged in the melee. The people thought the whole proceedings rather high-handed, and the understanding yesterday was that the case was to come up again this morning before the whole council. ? Col. John C. Haskell and Qen. Wllie Jones are in a serious tangle. It is the result of charges that Col. Haskell made against Gen. Jones. At a recent campaign meeting in Richland county, Col. Haskell, who is a candidate for the senate, said that the dispensary had corrupted and besmirched everybody who had ever been connected with it; that the members of the boards of control had gone in poor men and come out rich, but that none of them had come out clean. Mr. VVesten, Col. Haskell's opponent, asked him how about Gen. Jones, and Col. Haskell replied that he had heard Gen Jones's own brothln-law say that Lanahan had paid for repairs and improvements on Jones's own house. Later Gen. Jones wrote Col. Haskell a letter demanding the name of the brother-in-law referred to and at the same time stating that the assertion was false. Col. Haskell replied that William H. Caldwell was the brother-in-law referred to. Col. Jones then stated that William H. Caldwell had gone to California ten years ago and that he had not been east of the Mississippi river since. He also stated that his house was remodeled two years after Caldwell went west. He repeated that the statement was false. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Victoria Mill Haa a Fire?Personal and Other Notee of Interest. 0>rrts{KiiHJrnce u( '.ha \ orkvill* knqulrer. Rock Hhx, August 6.?There was a very quiet fire in one of the warehouses at the Victoria mill Sunday and about 100 bales of cotton were damaged. Not many people in the city knew anything about it as the alarm was not sounded. This was because of the efficient fire protection which the mill has, independent of the city department. The watchman smelled the Are about eleven o'clock and searched diligently without locating it and it was not until he made his one o'clock round that he found it. Pretty near the whole afternoon was put in by those who quietly fought to extinguish the (ire which was sometimes in a blase. This was Anally accomplished after ope hundred bales had been more or less damaged- The exact extent cannot be accurately given at this time. The loss is fully covered by Insurance. Mr. O. ,E. M,c,Crelght, who has had charge of the Southern Express Cp.'s office here for about a year past has ? * * - i4i? i. resigned 10 accept a position in *-uiumbla. Mr. Ralph Brown, hjs assistant, also resigned. Mr. L. E. LJgon succeeds Mr. McCrelght and his assistant is Mr. Ardrey of Port if ill. Mr. LJgon comes here from St. Matthews, but was formerly a resident of Fort Mill and is well known here. He and his family arrived Wednesday. Mr. Edward R. Avery, who lived here all his life until three years since when he removed to Alabama, near Birmingham, is visiting his old home and relatives. Everybody in Rock Hill is glad to see him. Mr. Neely Massey of Bishopville, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Massey. Mr. Hiram Bookout of Bethesda, is at Johns Hopkins hospital for an| operation. Mr. John T. Spencer of Catawba Junction, spent a week at Piedmont Springs. J. Lyles Olenn, Esq. of Chester is visiting his father, Dr. E. L. Qlenn, at Tlrzah. Rev. J. Walter Simpson of Concord. N. C., is visiting his parents. Dr. and Mrs. I. Simpson. Miss Eva McFadden of Gastonia, Is visiting her grand parents, Maj. and Mrs. B. F. Rawlinson. Mr. Will Home, who is employed In one of the departments of the government in Washington is visiting relatives here. Mr. J. N. McElwee is In GreenvHIe on business. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Frledhelm are visiting Philadelphia, Mrs. Frledheim's former home. Dr. J. M. Woodham and family, of bishopville, are visiting Mrs. J. J. Hull. Mrs. J. Roddey Miller has been ill for some time, but was not considered riticaliy so until last Thursday. Dr. W. Gill Wylle, of New York came down and operated Friday night. Mrs. Miller is at this writing considered to be doing well the operation hav'ng been a successful one. At the meeting of the congregation of the Episcopal church, Sunday morning after service, steps were taken for the Improvement of the -hurch building. An extension will be made which will add to the seating -apaclty and the walls will be brifck ased. adding much to the comfort and rpr.earanee of the edifice. Mr. Harvey1 Williamson, who for several years has been employed -at the Roddey Mercantile Co.'s store has resigned his position and Is 'pending a fortnight at his mother's home in Guthrtesvllle. He has had several business offers, but has not decided whether he will continue in 'he mercantile business. Mr. W. L. Hicklin; the popular bookkeeper at A. Frledheim A Bro.'s store, while standing at his gate Thursday night conversing with a neighbor was taken suddenly ill and fell to the ground in a faint. Physicians were called and he soon revived. In falling Mr. Hicklin bit his tongue severely causing a free flow of blood. His trouble was diagnosed as acute Indigestion and prostration from overwork. Mr. Paul Barron, rormeny 01 mv India Hook neighborhood, was in the city last week while on a visit to hia old home. He has for some time been engaged in the life insurance business with his headquarters at St Matthews. The Catawba Rifles are drilling faithfully these nights in anticipation of the trip to Chickamauga Park. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The magistrates of Richland county are trying to put a stop to the sport of bat shooting. ? Richard English has surrendered to the Union authorities on the charge of being an accessory to the recent murder of Mose Hughes. ~ ? Charleston, August 3: Superin tendent Heether of the Charleston di vision of the Southern railroad is to be transferred to the Norfolk division, changing places with A. Gordon Jones, who was formerly in charge of this division. Superintendents Heether and Jones will tour the two lines next week and the following week to familiarize themselves with the routes and the duties. ? Columbia special of Aug. 4th to ? Mr. W. P. Pollock of Chesterfield, has withdrawn from the congressional race against Mr. Finley. Shortly after entering the race and paying his campaign assessment of $50 to the state executive committee, Mr. Pollock suffered an attack of appendicitis, and although he has recovered as the result of an operation, he is not yet strong enough to undertake the race. The state executive committee has returned his $50. ? A white man named William A. Marcus was hanged in the Charleston jail yard last Friday for the murder of his wife. Maggie Marcus, on Sullivan's Island. Marcus and his wife had been married for several years; but did not get along very happily. He was to blame. She had a house and lot He tried to get her to make title to him. She would not do so. After a quarrel about that and other matters he killed her with an ice pick. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to be hanged. Last week it developed that Marcus had a wife and five children living in Cincinnati, Ohio. The real Mrs. Marcus tried to get the governor to comrv>???o Vf q rona'o annfflnoo until dhft Pnilld raise the money to go to Charleston to see him; but the proposition was rather too indefinite to admit of serious entertainment. Marcus met death with cool Indifference, except at the last moment he shed a few tears. The executed man was once a member of the artillery regiment on Sullivan's Island. He was dishonorably discharged from the service before the murder. Greenville News: Had the Congaree risen another foot or two yesterday afternoon the Southern railway's big bridge near the Granby mills would probably have gone with the flood. As it Is the river has fallen five feet, from 19) to 13) feet above the low water mark and the bridge, which was being weighted down last night with several fcoal cars and engines, is now considered out of danger, though no trains will be trusted upon I* anvoral /lovo trot nnr unfll tho river gets back to a normal point where the foundations may be examined and thoroughly overhauled. Twice before this the river has been as high as It was yesterday afternoon and the bridge suffered damage, but the structure was weakened this time by the repairs In progress upon It. The central span Is being raised for navigation purposes and the heavy tracl^, and beams are shored up while this work is in progress by what engineers call "false work." ? Chester, August 4: The opening meeting of the county campaign was held yesterday at Armenia, eight miles from town, and was attended by from 800 to 1,000 people. Rev. J. M. Friday of the Methodist church made the invocation. All of the seventeen candidates were present and in good trim. No man In the big crowd showed any symptoms of having any "llcker" on board. In presenting the candidates for the legislature the chairman. Mr. C. S. Carter, read some questions which the candidates were requested to answer? the questions relating to whisky, good roads and compulsory education. Of the legislative candidates four, Messrs. McKeown, Ragsdale,