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Scraps and jgatts. ? The Democratic primary of Georgia will be held tomorrow. There are five candidates in the race for governor as follows: Cl?rk Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution: Hoke Smith, Atlanta: J. H. Estill, editor of the Savannah Morning News; Richard B. Russell of Jackson county, and James S. Smith of Oglethorpe. ? By an almost unanimous vote of the Grand Army of the Republic, In session at Minneapolis, Minn., last week, the resolution censuring the Daughters of the Confederacy for proposing to erect a monument to the memory of Henry Wirtz, commandant of the Andersonville prison. was turned down. Only one vote was cast in favor of the resolution. The next Grand Army reunion will be held at Saratoga, N. Y. ? Ocala, Fla., August 19: R. E. Wlshart of this city, was killed at San Antonio, Pasco county, this morning, by a turpentine man named Burton. Wishart operated a tie camp at Ehren, and with his two daughters went to San Antonio to have some dental work done for one. While the lady was in the dentist's chair, and Wishart was waiting in the office. Burton, who had a grievance against the dentist, whose name is Nichols, came to the door and asked if Nichols was in. Wishart replied that he was, and Burton thinking it was Nichols who spoke, fired a load from a shotgun into Wishart's heart, killing him instantly. As Burton fired he called out: "Nichols, you have ruined my wife." Wishart came to Florida from Lumberton, N. C., eight years ago and owned property on the west coast. ? Advices received at Manila, last Friday indicate that strong repressive measures are being enforced in the northern part of the island of Leyte. The district is inhabited by the Pul&janes, who recently fell upon a detachment of the Eighth infantry under Lieutenant James, killing him and four of his men. It is reported that Lieutenant Sweeny, with a company of the Twenty-fourth inrantry, has .had a sharp fight with a band of natives which he met there. He wounded several, captured sev-l -enty four, and there is an unreported number killed. The island appears to be practically under martial law. The northern part has been divided into three military districts in order to facilitate field operations. Brigadier General Lee is in command and troops in large forces have been sent there. Scouting parties are watching the movements of the tribes, and the presence of any considerable number of natives in one place is reported. ? London Spectator: Observers of the west were somewhat surprised that the dissolution of the douma was not immediately followed by a popular uprising or an immediate panic in Russian securities. They forgot that Russia is an agricultural continent rather than a kingdom; that its capital is fettered in bonds of steel; that its swiftest means Of internal communication are in the hands of the government alone, and that, with its douma suppressed, its people, the peasantry especially, have no organ through which their united will can be expressed. From the moment of the convocation of the statesgeneral the people of France were never without a mouth and until the "bronze artillery officer" shot down the "sections" they were never without an "army of revolution." The Russian nation moves heavily and may take years before its general will is effective, its movement DWng mat 01 a glacier nuner 111j.11 the avalanche. Still, it is moving. ? An ingenious conspiracy on the part of Polish revolutionists to assassinate the governor general of Warsaw, culminated in failure last Saturday. A few days previous a revolutionist wearing the uniform of a Russian officer, called upon the German consul provoked a difficulty and assaulted him viciously. When the matter was reported to the governor general that official supposing that the assailant of the consul was really a Russian officer, called upon him for the purpose of making an apology. This was what the conspirators were calculating on. In the meantime they had hired a house near the consulate and when the governor's carriage arrived they began to throw bombs at it, throwing three in all. Two of the bombs exploded behind the carriage without injuring it but smashed the windows in the neighboring houses. It is said that the governor general was badly shocked. Bystanders said that the bombs were thrown by a light haired girl and all the light haired girls in that neighborhood were arrested; but nothing could be proved. ? Havana, August 18: The rumors of uprisings in Cuba are confirmed in some quarters. A detachment of rural guards last night encountered a Dana 01 imny men near mu nundo, province of Pinar del Rio. The band, which is commanded by Col. Pozo, the well-known veteran, fled after an exchange of shots. It is positively stated that two other bands are roaming about Pinar del Rio, led by locally influential men, but at the palace here it is said that the Pozo band consists of fourteen men, and that no other bands are out. Rural guards recently encountered a band of outlaws in Santiago province. It was led by Enrique Mesa, a notorious bandit. One rural guard was wounded, and two of the outlaws were captured. The secretary of the Interior declares that the fourteen outlaws in the Rio Hondo district have been dispersed and that there is no truth in the rumors to the effect that other bands are out. The reports of uprisings as having been planned for tomorrow in Havana province near Marianao have not yet been verified. There is no serious apprehension in any quarter, but many veterans have pledged their services to President Palma if they are needed. ? Mrs. Bina ' F. Verault-Hamilton and Mrs. James Pemberton Brown hold the center of the sensational stage in New York just at present. It seems that several years ago these women began Inserting "personal" advertisements in the New York pa pers, offering marriage if congenial husbands could be found. Scores of replies came from all over the country and they worked each victim to the limit by promises of marriage. When the victim would finally become impatient they would disappear for a time and then start a hunt for new victims. But the matrimonial bureau was but a side line. They were out for bigger game. Mrs. Brown promoted the Kentucky Coal and Fuel company and held spiritualistic seances, advising her victims through the medium of spirits to buy the stock of this company. By means of these mystic "tips" $50,000 worth of stock was quickly sold. A Brooklyn brewer purchased $25.000 worth of the stock. At last there was a kick from a victim and the United States district attorney began to investigate, and the victims began to register complaints. The two women were arrested and are now held under charges of fraudulent use of the mails. Two Wall street millionaires are among the victims of the worthy pair. ? The Atlanta. Ga., Evening News, which is owned by Governor Terrell's chief of staff, in its Issue of Saturday editorially commended the South Carolina rnob for lynching Hovia in the nrpwnpp nf flftv ernor Heyward, and offered $1,000 reward for similar treatment of a negro committing an assault on a white woman in Atlanta. The editorial reads: "Hurrah for South Carolina. Three cheers and a 'tiger' for the brave men of that state. They have _ i vindicated the honor of at least one community in South Carolina, even in the presence of the governor of the state. They have done their duty, and done it well. A black brute, whom the state executive appropriately called a devil and a fiend of hell, who perpetrated the most infamous crime above a burning hell? that of assaulting a defenseless white girl?went to his fate and doom at the hands of a public court of patriots, and today South Carolina stands at the forefront of southern patriotism. Tomorrow Georgia may claim the honor. Those South Carolina men upheld the honor and tradition of their great state." The News then offers a thousand dollars for a lynching in Atlanta for a similar crime, and says: "Pour white women have recently been outraged in Atlanta by negroes, and but two of the assailants were caught. Two out of four of the black devils escaped, and are still at large, roaming wherever they will to attack and outrage other white women whom they may find in their path. Shall these brutes In human form be allowed to continue to devour the womanhood of this neignhornooa : mere snuuiu be a placard posted on almost every tree, post and corner of this country in large, black letters, putting these imps of hell and Are on notice that an awful doom awaits them if they put their fingers on the white skin of any decent white woman in this county." ?hf \|orkvillf (fuquim. YORKVILLE, S. C.i TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, !!)06. If it is true that Cole L. Blease admires a man, we wonder what he thinks about Mr. Fraser Lyon? Thk act we call the "Brice act" is simply a local option law, called by the name of the man who introduced it. The legislature would not repeal me Brice act and then pass another local option act. There would be no sense in that; for any local option act must be, as we have already said, and as every well-informed man knows, substantially the same as the Brice act? precisely the same as to the qualifications for voting In the local option election, for the legislature Is bound to follow the constitution?Newberry Observer. That Is a complete and correct statement of the whole situation. Mr. Richard I. Manning is distributing throughout the state a card on one side of which he is advertising his candidacy for governor and on the other side his platform, one plank of which reads like this: 6. A party rule requiring a primary so that every white Democrat can vote for the removal of a dispensary from n county before the special election under the Brice law. Now if that Is not a pretty catchvote subterfuge for a would-be statesman, we give it up. Why this double election arrangement. Is not every white man who is entitled to vote eligible to registration? Ought a man who wil not register be allowed to vote? Can't every white Democrat who hasn't got a registration certificate get one? This is simply buncombe and bosh and Mr. Manning knows it. Which Is How? The avowed t)blect of the dispensa ry conference which was held In Yorkville some weeks ago was to bring out candidates in advocacy of the state dispensary. So far as we are aware there is no dispute on that point. Nobody has tried to claim anything else. It has been understood all along that the very life of the state dispensary depends upon the repeal of the Brlce law. Until within the last week or two nobody has even thought of suggesting otherwise. The object of the Brlce law is "to kill the damnable dispensary." There is absolutely no question of that. Its author so stated openly on the floor of the senate before it was passed, and has never claimed anything else before or since. Mr. Cole L. Blease, the most uncompromising dispensary advocate in the state, Senator Tillman not excepted, bears testimony as to the purpose of the Brlce law, freely admits that it is well calculated to accomplish its purpose. and declares his intention to continue to fight it as long as it remains on the statute books. Senator ^Tillman has denounced the Briee law and every legislator who voted for it on every stump from which he has spoken since its passage. He has advised that advocates of the Brice law be left at home. That the nominees of the dispensary conference, called for the avowed purpose of yielding implicit obedience to the will of Senator Tillman, should be opposed to the Brice law, was to be taken as a matter of course, even without an expression from them on the mihWt' hut sinre In renlv to aues tions at Clover, all of these nominees have seen proper to declare their more or less unqualified approval of the Brlce law, the situation becomes one which, to say the least, is surprising:. It was Mr. Epps who, at Tlrzah, told how, on hearing the local option speech of Mr. Ansel, he was reminded of the gourd which, though having the advantage of not being fit to eat, was objectionable because it grew on both sides of the fence at the same time. It was difficult to see the application then; but now it seems to illustrate the position of these "conference" candidates clearly. As in the case of the darkey who had such a Jragic piscatorial experience, it is well nigh impossible to say whether it is "a nigger a fishing, or a fish a niggering." Which is how, anyway? A Clear Cut Issue. It has always been the policy of Tub Yorkvii.lk Enqpiubk to avoid partlzanship as between Democratic candidates for county offices, and it is not our purpose now to depart from that policy; but at the same time the present situation seems to involve an issue about which there should be no misunderstanding. and we feel it our duty to try to make that issue as clear as possiDie. This issue as we understand it, and we think we understand it correctly, is local ftelf-governinent on the liquor question?whether the qualified voters of a county will insist on their right to decide whether or not liquor shall be.legally sold in their territory, or whether they shall concede all discretion and power with reference to the liquor question to be exercised by central authorities without reference to local conditions. This issue naturally involves the abolition or the retention of the state liquor machine. As long as the state machine continues, the business of those counties which are willing to permit the sale of liquor will be controlled from the central authority. With the abolition of the state machine, each county will have the right of choosing between absolute prohibition and a liquor business under its complete control with no danger of outside interference. The trend of events in York county has been so as to shape the situation in such manner that the vote of the people for representatives in the general assembly will be taken as an un inistakable declaration of the attitude 1 of the county on this subject. i As matters stand there are nine can- 1 didates In the field and four to be I elected. i It Is probably fair to say, and we | certainly believe it Is true when we ( say it, that of the nine candidates in i the field, but a single one has been 1 announced of his own volition and < because of a personal desire to go to Columbia as a representative of York i county in the general assembly. I In accordance with their previous i pledges to the people, Messrs. Ardrey, ; Beamguard, Massey and Saye, voted | for the Morgan bill that sought to en- i sure to the counties the right of local \ Kotmoon rvrnhihltlnn and i upiiuii ao uv?. T* vvi* K? , county dispensaries, and against the j Raysor-Manning bill, which sought to i perpetuate the state dispensary sys- ( tern under central control. i The votes of these representatives | have been challenged by people who I desire the continuation of the state i machine. The challenge of these representatives was In the nature of a challenge to the people by whom they were elected. If, under the clrcum- | stances, any one of these gentlemen i had refused to stand his ground, he i would have been disloyal to the people i he represented. All of them are true men and that Is why they are candi- i dates. They stand not for themselves; but foi the right of local self-govern- i ment, and If they are defeated they have no cause for personal regret. On the other hand Messrs. Epps, ' CSlasscock. Nell and Slaughter are just as distinctively the representatives of those who stand for the continuance 1 of the centralized state dispensary. As we understand it. not one of them Is a candidate of his own volition. All have come out at the instance of the people who have challenged the cause 1 of Messrs. Ardrey, Beamguard, Massey and Saye. They are up not partlcu- 1 larly because they desire to go to Co lumbla; but In order to give the people who desire the continuance of the state machine an opportunity to give expression to that desire. The ninth candidate, Mr. McCain, Is In the field because he desires to be and because he has a right to be. He says it Is a matter of his own volition. 1 He has announced himself In opposl- ' Hon to the state dispensary and In favor of local option; but under the clr- 1 oumstances such votes as may be cast for him will be for purely personal rea- 1 sons. The race, as explained Is between four men standing for local option on the one hand and four men ' standing for the state dispensary on the other hand. Mr. McCain can look ' for support only on a basis of personal ' popularity. The local optionist who votes for three \ of the other local option candidates and includes Mr. McCain on his ticket, > gives two-fifths of his vote to the dispensary side and likewise the dls- , pensary man who votes for three of the dispensary candidates and includes 1 Mr. McCain on his ticket gives two- ( fifths of his vote to the local option side. i It Is not proper for us to attempt to draw any personal distinctions between [ fhoMndidatpq All are men of Intelll- ; gence. The most practical difference between them, perhaps, Is In the matter of legislative experience, and knowl- , edge of present political problems. The Meaning of It. For a people who have always i been free and independent to realize 1 that they could possibly be reduced to any other condition is next to Impossible; but those who will do some serious thinking just at this juncture will hardly be able co escape the conclusion that the great issue In South Carolina is not who shall fill the various offices; but whether the people shall continue to enjoy the privilege of self government. 1 The South Carolina dispensary was ' originally established for the alleged purpose of reducing the liquor traffic and controlling it in the interest of morality and sobriety. The experi ment was in many respects a plausible one and although there was lots 1 of well-founded objection to It, under the peculiar conditions that existed at the time, the people were willing to submit to a fair and impartial trial. The great question with a majority of the thinking people of the state at the beginning of the dispensary agitation was how to improve the condition of a number of people who had, by the use and abuse of liquor, reduced themselves and their denpndpnts to honpless novertv and want. It was purely a matter of humanity, the working of that higher and better feeling in mankind that seeks to help and uplift those who may be in distress. But now the liquor problem in this state Involves all that it ever invplved and a great deal more. Practical experience has shown that if the dispensary system has decreased the consumption in one locality, it has increased it in another; that any good that may be marked up to its credit in one locality is more than counterbalanced by the harm that has developed in other localities. Under the old conditions the liquor evil preyed principally upon individuals. Under the new conditions it has retained it hold on individuals and entwined its death dealing coils around the vitals of the state. Formerly the independent individual bar-keepers were looked upon as a menace to present good order and the future of a good government; but growing out of the new system there has developed an organization that has proved itself ten times more vicious and a hundred fold more powerful. People who were fondly imagining that they had a voice in the government of the liquor traffic the same 00 nfhor mutfpr? Pun not have failed to have had their eyes opened during the fight for the passage of the Brice law. That fight showed that the control of the dispensary machinery had been removed as far from the people as possible. Things had been so arranged that the three individuals called di- 1 rectors could establish the sale of liquor in any community in utter disregard of the desire of the voters. * [The only exceptions were in cases of counties that were prohibition previous to the passage of the dispen- < sary law, and these counties were be- 1 ing steadily and surely violated. Even though a community might re- i alize that it was being poisoned to moral death by state liquor, there , was no legal way by which the sovereign voters could secure relief. There Mas nothing in the Brice law j except the right of a majority of the , voters to enter an effective protest ! against the continuance of the sale ' of liquor in counties where such sale had proved a nuisance, yet this law i was not passed until after years of agitation, culminating in the bitterest legislative fight that has been waged In South Carolina since the war. And even with all this, the right of the people to express themselves against dispensaries was so hedged about with discouragements as to make them almost despair of attempting to exercise that right. And that is the real issue now, this same Brice law, this right of the people to abolish dispensaries that appear to be working their ruin. Realizing that the people of the most Intelligent, prosperous and progressive portions of the state are thoroughly aroused to the corrupt and corrupting influences of the dispensary, the parasites who have found in the institution a gold mine of graft, are bringing to bear all their resources of sophistry, duplicity and fraud to have the law repealed that they might again recover the tremendous power that has almost been wrested from their hands. The real issue, the repeal of the Brice law, Is bein^ kept in the back ground as far as possible; but if the dispensary crowd wfm, the cause of popular government will sustain a most serious backset. The election of a dispensary governor will be taken by the victors to mean the endorsement of all the saturnalia of debauchery that has prevailed heretofore, the Brice law will be ignored. Hub Evans will have a right to claim vindication and restoration, and the dispensary system will be extended to every little town and village in the state that can be made to help take care of the rebate yielding floods. And the people who are blindly doing most to aid H. H. Evans, and others to bring about this condition will eventually find themselves among the most helpless victims of their own terrible folly. STATE OR COUNTY CONTROL. Two 8ysteme at Irreconeitable Conflict In Principle and Practice. Editor Yorkville Enquirer. From reports of the speeches of the candidates of the legislature in this county, I do not understand the position of the gentlemen who are running on the state dispensary platrorm. We have now in South Garollnt a state system of managing and controlling the sale of liquor. The man who believes in this state system cannot consistently believe in extending any rights or privileges to the counties, because it is a state system and not a county system he Is advocating and the same law then must prevail in each and every county in the state. In other words the man who believes in the state dispensary system will inevitably and necessarily destroy the right of the people of a county to have any voice in this matter. Senator Tillman and Senator Cole L. Blease recognize this fact because they declare openly and boldly that the Brice law must be rtpealed. In other words that the counties must have no voice in this matter, because it is a state question J and not a question for the counties. Therefore, it is pure and unadulterated nonsense for a man who is advocating a state system of liquor control and management to say he would not force liquor on a county that did not want it. He is representing a state system and under a state system the counties have no rights. Again, those who take the state as the unit in this matter instead of the county must necessarily and inevitably believe in the principle of centralisation and consequently oppose thfe principle of loqal self government. In a state government the counties correspond to the states in the national government. And those who believe that the state should control the counties in this matter, to be consistent should also go a step further and admit that the national government at Washington should control the states in regard to the sale of liquor. South Carolina is the only state in this whole Union that has a state liquor system. All other states give their counties the right of local option except those states that have state prohibition. "Nature has framed some strange fellows In her time," but I do not see how any man who pretends to be a Democrat can oppose the right of local option, which is synonimous with the right of local self-government?a principle which has been written into every national Democrat platform that has ever been promulgated. I have heard on reliable authority, that Bishop Candler of Georgia, one of the biggest, brainiest and best men in the great Southern Methodist church, declared that he would not give up the local option laws of Georgia for state prohibition, because under state prohibition, prohibition would be forced on communities that did not want it and the law would be violated and brought into contempt and become a by-word and hissing, whereas under the local option laws, Georgia was rapidly becoming a prohibition state and the law was receiving the moral support of the people. Let no good man be deceived into supporting any advocate of the state dispensary system. Citizen. THE REAL ISSUE. It Is Not Immediate Prohibition, But Local Option. Editor Yorkville Enquirer. It is ever most important, Mr. Editor, that the real issue of a contest shall be clearly perceived. We have a multitude of counsels and of candidates, but the real issue is very simple and quite sharp. As I understand it these are facts, either already demonstrated, or capable of quite easy demonstration: 1. That state prohibition is not an issue in this campaign. 2. That the tight is squarely between dispensary and local option. 2. That the victory of the local optionlsts means a conservation of the fruits of prohibition battles already won, and the ever widening of the prohibition territory in South Carolina. 4. That the victory of the dispensary element, however they may seek to disguise it, means the repeal of the Brice law, the loss of prohibition territory already gained, and state prohibition farther off than ever. No; let no voter be deceived. These facts make up the issue. It is York county under prohibition or the dispensary. Let no man hesitate or dally in this crisis of our affairs! J. L. Stoke*. Yorkville, August 18, 1906. GOLD HILL NUGGETS. Protracted Meeting at Flint Hill? Fodder Pulling?Back From the En campment. ('orrrsuondence of the Yorkville hnqunei. Gold Hill, August 20.?The protracted meeting at Flint Hill church is progressing very successfully. The pastor, Rev. Edward S. Reaves, is conducting the services. Many from this section attended the political campaign meeting at Tirzah last Wednesday. All report a pleasant day. The farm hands can be seen in al- J most all our corn fields now. Some of the fodder seems to be badly "parched." Yet the yield will reach the average. Mr. Guy Edwards of Braldentown, Fla., has Joined his family for an extended visit in this and adjoining seclions. The community extends to him a most hearty welcome. We are glad to have him again among us. Messrs. G. C., James and D. V. Epps, P. M. and Claud Faris, Guy Blankenship. J. K. and Heider Windle have returned from the encampment at Chlckamauga Park, Ga. The boys look somewhat tired, but, nevertheless will be greatly benefited by the trip. Rev. M. W. Gordon and family of Brewton. Ala., are visiting relatives in this section. LOCAL AFFAIR a. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. D. W. Read, President?Gives information in regard to the next session of Claremont college, at Hickory, N. C. R. L. Scoggins and others, trustees? Give notice of special school tax election for District No. 4, Hickory Grove, on Sept 7th. J. S. Brice, County Chairman?Gives information to voters regarding the coming primary election. Enquirer Office?Seeks the owner for a loHv'q nurse found on the streets of Yorkville Saturday afternoon. "Manager," Yorkville?Wants clerks v/ho are willing to work?pay according to ability. R. W. Hunt, D. P. A.?Gives information in regard to excursion rates to New York on account of homecoming of William J. Bryan. Fiist National Bank?Wants your banking business, and assures you a safe place for your money, M. W. White?Says its takes a natural trader to conduct a brokerage business. He wants to do your brokerage business. York Drug Store?Has a nice line of post card albums at various prices. You are invited to see them. Foushee Cash Store?Will on Monday ' sell Coats' spool cotton at 4 cents a spool. A nice line of "American" china at low prices. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Tells the f irmerB that if they want the best lurnplow, to buy the Lynchburg. Thomson Co.?Is showing large line of dress goods. Just received the 'ladles' Home Journal patterns for September?all patterns 10c and I Be. York Supply Co.?Invites you to see It before you buy either first or second grade flour. Close prices and best qualities are promised. Voters must have their names en teiea on ciuo runs ai i?ui H>? ua;p beiore the primary. Let every voter in the county see to it that his name Is enrolled. August 23, tomorrow, Is the last day. As surgeon of the First regiment, Dr. M. J. Walker has been made the personal custodian of a full surgical and medical equipment worth between $2,000 and $3,000. The equipment belongs to the government, of course. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There was a rainfall of an inch and three-eighths in about half an hour last Sunday afternoon. ? The absence of the military boys at Chlckamauga left the situation about Yorkviile a little duller than it would have been otherwise. ? The Jr. O. U. A. M. excursion for Charleston, passed through here this morning with a big crowd aboard. Forty-three tickets were sold at this station. ? The old club roll for Yorkviile No. 1, has been lost. Mr. W. T. Jackson has tried to restore it as far as possible; but that it is complete is very doubtful. Every man who desires to vote in the primary of next Tuesday should see to it at once whether or not his name has been enrolled. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Rachel Wylie Is visiting friends in Newberry and Chester. Miss Iva Withers left last week for a visit to friends at Morganton, N. C. Mrs. Edward S. Reaves of Port Mill, is in Yorkvile, visiting the family of Mr. M. C. Willis. Mrs. Lizzie Covington of Monroe, N. C., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. Ernest Heath. Miss Lucy Knox of Blacksburg, is visiting In Yorkvile, the guest of Mr. J. M. Brian's family. Mrs. R. T. Stephenson and children, left Sunday afternoon for a visit to relatives at Kinston N. C. Miss Blandina Springs of Charlotte, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkvllle, the guest of Mrs. Thos. F. McDow. Mr. J. L. Williams has given up his place with the Y. B. & M. Co., with a view to going into business later on .n the season. Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Neville, and sons. Masters William and John of Clinton, are spending several days in Yorkvllle with friends. Misses Annette and OUye Dobson left Saturday morning for Liberty, S. C. where they nave accepted worn as teachers In the Liberty Graded school. Messrs. T. M. Caldwell, Roy and J. H Carroll, W. B. Keller, Roy and Lewis Williamson got back to Yorkville yesterday after a ten days' trip through western North Carolina. Mrs. J. O. Pinner of Atlanta, Ga., visited in Yorkville last week, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Youngblood. Miss Annie Bateman of Columbia, Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Marion B. Jennings. Congressman Finley is still confined to his bed and Is unable to be out. Mr. James F. Thomson left yesterday for Due West, where he Is to be marrind tomorrow. After the marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Thomson will leave for New York and other Northern cities. ur cm itu Akin U/CQTCDkl inc. ovu i n niti# wkv teitnn The South and Western railway, the hi? double-track trunk line now buildIn? from Cincinnati toward Charleston, miy come through York county. It is Impracticable to give any direct positive information on this important matter, but a representative of The Enquirer who was at Marion, N. C., a few days ago, picked up a few points that seem to concern the people down this way. Considerable stretches of the South and Western have been graded between Johnson City, Tenn., and Marion, N. C.. and at a point about two miles from Marion, our representative saw wiere the digging was going on, on a large scale. They are using foreign laoorers, mostly Italians, and they are miking a most capital road bed, wide enough for two parallel tracks and with a very easy grade. Work Is being pushed all along the line from Vircinin and several tunnels are now be Ing driven at various points between Marion and Spruce Pine. The route of the road down this way is largely a matter of speculation; but people at Marlon understand that the line will very probably go through Y)rk county. They said that a corps oi surveyors was operating In the viclrjity of Hickory Grove only recently; but had been called oft to testify in a peonage case that is beng pushed against some of the contractors by the Italian government. There is talk of a probability that the accepted survey will follow the route first proposed by the old Three C's and come through Yorkvllle by way of King's Mountain and the Whitesides quarry, on to the Catawba river at a point somewhere near Rocky Mount. There is also talk to the effect that the South and Western people are very much interested in the merger suits against the Southern, intending if the Southern loses these suits, to get possession of the old Three C's and use it from Marion to Camden. It was not practicable to get a great deal of information as to the financial backing of the South and Western; but everybody to whom our representative talked said that the company appeared to have all the money it wanted and was not asking anybody for assistance. t YORK COUNTY SOIL SURVEY. The report of the soil survey of York county made by the department of agriculture about a year ago at the Instance of Congressman Finley, has just been issued from the government printing office, and will be distributed as soon as Mr. Finley gets able to give the matter his attention. This survey, it will be remembered was made by Messrs. J. A. Drake and H. L. Belden. Their report is included in a pamphlet of 28 pages, accompanied by a thoroughly accurate map of the county, made on a scale of one inch to the mile, and showing the towns, watercourses, railroads, highways and acres covered by the different kinds of soil. Beginning with a very satisfactory statement of the location and boundaries of the county, the report next briefly takes up the history and agricultural development of this section, then goes into an accurate and comprehensive statement of the climatic, physiographical and geological conditions. and after a very satisfactory introduction to the real subject at hand, sets forth the various kinds of soils, together with their extent and characteristics, and winds up with a brief, but remarkably correct summary of agricultural methods and conditions. York county shows up nine distinct kinds of soli with a small reck outcrop, and the acreage and per centage of each is set forth as follows: Per Soil Acres Cent Cecil clay 185,152 43.3 Cecil sand loam 88,768 20.7 Iredell clay loam 40,640 9.5 Cecil silt loam 37,376 8.7 Cecil fine sandy loam .. 35,136 8.2 Cecil sand 25,216 5.9 Meadow 14,720 3.4 Cecil stony clay 1,280 .3 i9# n I 4VUVII VUiUIUy ?w | Total 428,416 j Cecil clay is described ai a formation brought about by the weathering and disintegration of the underlying rocks, often to a depth of fifteen feet or more. Iredell clay Is what is locally known as black-jack. The report contains mechanical analyses of all the different kinds of soil. Taken altogether, the report promises to be of immense value not only directly to our own people but because It will facilitate comprehensive descriptions of the physical condition of the soil to the outsiders. Mr Finley has arranged to get a large number of copies of the report and will see to it that they are placed in the hands of all the citizens of York county who may desire them. PICK THE WINNER8. The Enquirer offers a year's subscription for the first correct prediction as to what candidates will receive majorities of the votes cast by York county in the primary election of August 28. The guesses must be made on the accompanying blank, and sealed in an envelope, which must be in this office before the opening of the polls. In case there is more than one correct guess, preference will be given to the first one received. In case none of the guesses are exact, the decision will be in favor of the one that is most accurate, with due consideration to the time of its receipt. Use this blank: For Governor: Secretary of State: Comptroller General: Adjutant General: Rallrcad Commissioner: , Congressman: Representatives: i I Superintendent of Education: Supervisor: Caunty Commissioners: Name Addrass No Individual to be entitled to more than one guess. Guesses must be seali ed and must reach this office before the opening of the polls. THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN. i The county campaign continues to progress smoothly In accordance with the programme and without developing especial interest, except as to the attitude of some of the candidates on the dispensary question. The Fort Mill meeting last Friday was held in the Confederate Park, and except for Mr. W. H. Stewart, would have passed off very smoothly. Mr. Stewart, however, made a determined effort to disconcert all of the anti-dispensary candidates, and devoted him1 self particularly to Dr. Saye. During his discussion of the dispensary question, Dr. Saye referred to the state machine as being in the nature of a big trust, maintained In restraint of trade, and Mr. Stewart wanted to know of Dr. Saye whether in his opinion the actloh of the York county medical association with reference to examination fees in the case of applicants for insurance was not also In the same line. Dr. Saye replied that the Old Line Insurance companies had formed a trust for the purpose of compelling the reduction of the fees; that the fees charged were not excessive and It was necessary for the members of the medical association to stand together for the purpose of defending themselves. He was not present when the medical association took action; but its action has his endorsement. He did not think the two cases at all similar. Cur correspondent at that place gives a full and comprehensive account of the meeting at Rock Hill. Although there was quite a large number of visitors in Clover during the time that the county campaign meeting was being held in the High School building on Monday, hardly more than seventy-five persons in addition to the candidates wexe present, at any one time. The meeting was presided over by Capt. W. B. Smith with his characteristic fairness and impartiality, thus guaranteeing every candidate full opportunity to state his position on every question. Aside from a few words from Messrs. Shurley and McMackin relative to their candidacy for county superintendent of education, no other candidates except the legislative, spoke. All the candidates for tne House or represcnwuvco ???;.?= present e nd each made practically the same speech as he has at previous meetings The same set of questions as submitted at Rock Hill on Saturday were submitted at Clover and the replies of all were practically the same as at Rock Hill, except that all four of the conference candidates, Messrs. Epps, Glasscock, Nell and Slaughter, stated unequivocally that they were opposed to repealing the Brice law, opposed to re-opening dispensaries In any of the counties from which they had been excluded under the law unless done according to the provisions of that law, and were unconditionally in favor of local self-government. Each of the candidates named stated that they were opposed to doing away with the state dispensary, and on this point alone they differed materially from the positions of the other five candidates. The homes of the people of Clover were thrown open to the candidates and each one was assigned to some citizen at the dinner hour, the assignments holnir annnnnrpil from the TOStUm by the chairman. Today's meeting was held at Bethany, and tomorrow the candidates will be at Hickory Grove. THE SHAM BATTLE. The First regiment South Carolina National guard reached home last Sunday, Company L debarking at Yorkville about 7 o'clock a. m., and the other companies arriving at their respective destinations only a few hours later. The soldiers were thoroughly tired and hungry; but were in good spirits, and well pleased with the experience of the strenuous week at Chlckamauga. The most not able incident of the manoeuvres was the sham battle on Friday, which the News and Courier's correspondent described as follows: For hours the forests In Chlckamauga Park rang as the blue and the brown armies battled with each other for the possession of a long train of wagons and supplies. It was a sham battle, but even sham battles show to some extent the stuff of which men are made, and the South Carolinians of the First regiment are not different from their fathers who Aoma^nAfls on UIU UaiUC III UTTiU. VW> ..W.V..VW. this same held forty years ago. It cannot be said that the blue army, of which the First regiment formed an important part, won the engagement, nor can It be said that the victory was to the browns. The umpires may have something to say about the result next week, when they discuss the manoeuvres with the other commands that are to follow those now in camp. It takes bullets to settle questions worth warring about, and umpires, whether they decide or not, are a discount. When the lines of the blues and the browns came together, about noon, after two hours of picket skirmishes and smaller engagements, the tactical problem had been completed. The position of the opposing forces brought about a theoretical result. "But," said General Bubb, in discussing the battle, later in the day, "I knew these fellows would never be satisfied unless, they had an opportunity to shoot some, so I directed that the engagement continue until the lines came too near together, even for blank cartridges. And when '.hey almost met we had a devil of a time to stop them. Those fellows would have gone to fighting with the butts of the rifles had they reached each other." Gen. Bubb described this last movement as purely spectacular. It was. Their blood was stirred to fever heat by the terrific infantry fire, the South Carolinians, at Col. Lewis's command charged up the steep hill into the very teeth of the brown army. The men were yelling like fiends and firing as they went The outposts of the brown army had to be drawn in and the blues became frantic in their efforts to capture the entire brown force. Rifles roared on both sides, but there was not a sign of smoke, just the roar and yelling of the South Carolinians. The umpires dashed up and down, waving their arms and shouting to the men to cease firing. It was a glorious sight, and something the men of the First regiment had been wishing for since the manoeuvres began. Technically the problem this morning was what is known as a "convoy." The blue army was sent to Alexander's bridge, just at sunrise, for the purpose of convoying a train of wagons into the valley of the Chattanooga, where the main army was supposed to have been located. The brown army was found to be operating in the vicinity. It discovered the wagon train, and its convoy, and Immediately began planning the capture of the train. That was the object of the engagement. . One manoeuvre after another followed, with more or less rifle firing, for two or three hours. Artillery onj both sides was brought into play. Meantime, the wagon train moved on unmolested until within two miles of the objective point. Then the fighting began in earnest, and, last of all, that particular charge, by the First Sputh Carolina, which closed the battle. The blue army failed to get its I train through. To that extent the victory was with the browns. But "he brown army failed to capture | the train, and when the fighting was I naiU/t nif hara wan a chance for Major Sickel, commanding the blues, to have moved his train out by another route, engaging the enemy meanwhile. This was a mere chance, of course, but it would certainly have been attempted in actual warfare. No doubt the umpires, when they come to discuss the battle next week, will have a great deal to say, but to the layman it was a draw, neith'er side having accomplished what it undertook. Col. Lewis "was everywhere during the engagement. He was cool and collected, and manoeuvred his regiment with the skill and discretion ot a regular officer. At the close, when the theoretical part of the thing was over and there was nothing left but the charge up the hill, then Col. Lewis showed his blood and yelled as enthusiastically as the men. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will 8end The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 1907, for 76 cents. Baseball at Clover. It is estimated that in the neighborj -J 1 aaa at tho hall nugu ui iivuv nv?w ?? park In Clover yesterday afternoon to witness the contest between the Clover and Chester teams. The crowd came from the town, the surrounding country, Gastonla, Yorkville and Chester. Soon after the game was called it was easily apparent to everybody thai Chester was not in the same class as 'ClQver, and although the former attempted a stubborn tight at the outset it quickly realized that there was no hope of winning, and the balance of the game showed little spirit. At tht close of the ninth inning the score stood 12 to 0 in favor of Clover. It goes without saying that everybody, not excepting the Clover team, would have been better satisfied had the contest been more equal. Graft In the Diapenaary. Mr. Wylle of the state board of dispensary directors was on the C. & N.-W. train yesterday morning, going toward Gastonia and between Yorkville and Clover he said in the presence of Dr. J. E. Massey and Mr. F. P. McCain wl\o were going to Clover with the county campaign party, that the state dispensary has always been corrupt and it is as corrupt now as it has ever been. He said that the state board is corrupt; but he is only one man against two and cannot help himself. He cited that recently, over his protest th#> other two members of the j board had purchased two thousand cases of so-called case whisky. Upon the arrival of the whisky he. Wylie, Insisted on having it analyzed. The analysis showed 2J per cent of alcohol and the balance was various kinds of chemicals. As the result of the analysis. and Mr. Wylie's threatening to make a fuss, the liquor was sent back. Dr/Massey and Mr. McCain both repeated Mr. Wylie's statement to them in their speeches at Clover. Killed on Sugar Creek Bridge. Charlotte' Observer. Monday: Mr. Alexander Stewart, one of the oldest men in York county, who lived with his daughter, Mrs. Wilson In Fort Mill, S. d'., was run over and killed on the Sugar creek bridge. Just south of Pineville, yesterday morning. The old man was on his way to the home of a nephew, who lives in this county. Train No. 30, northbound, ran Mr. Stewart down. The old gentleman was a little deaf and did not hear the train until it blew and then he started to run, fell, caugnt his foot and was killed within six feet of safety on this side. His body was badly mangled. Coroner W. A. Gfirham went down and held an inquer* over the remains of Mr. stomr. ..id found the foresroinir facts. His jr.r was composed of T. L. Vail, Jr., W J. Burnett, S. H. Evans, W. I. Coi.th&i pe, L. R. Culp and W. B. Gooding. Dr. C. S. McLaughlin examined the remains yesterday afternoon. Mr. Stewart was a good man. During the war he was a member of the Sixth South Carolina regiment. Death of Mra. M. Strauss. Mrs. Lenora Strauss of Charleston, widow of M. Strauss, formerly of Yorkville and step-mother of Mr. H. C. Strauss of this place, died at Saluda yesterday, after a long and tedious illness. Mrs. Strauss was a Miss Simpson and was born in Charleston on December 19, 1820. Shortly after the war she became prominent in the movement that resulted in the establishment in Charleston of the first home for Confederate veterans. She became the second wife of her late husband in 1868, and came with him to Yorkville shortly afterward, remaining here until his death in 1893. During her residence here she became known as a woman who could always be depended upon to, do her full part in whatever good work that seemed to look to the betterment | of the condition of humanity. She was always especially noted for her deep in-1 terest In the welfare of the members of her race, the Israelites, everywhere. Her life was a busy one and well spent. The body has been taken to Charleston and the obsequies will be held In that y city tomorrow. HICKORY GROVE NOTE8. The Political Situation?Change In Management of Chaingang?Personal Mention. Jurmvondence of Uie Yorkillle Enquire. Hickory, August 21.?There haa been but little Interest manifested in the political situation so far, but as the state's big moral Institution is brought more and more prominently before the public, the question of dispensary or no dispensary so overshadows all other public questions that we are almost forced to ask sometimes, could not some of the logic and enthusiasm expended In this cause be given to the educational cause? While many of us can see only one real solution of the bumlnsr Question, this Is a matter for serious consideration just now. Miss Ella Whiteside, who has been teaching in the McFeat Business college of Columbia, came home yesterday to spend a few months. Miss Nellie Whiteside returned yesterday from a week's vlsft to relatives it Ridge way. Rev. J. Lee Oates returned last week frm Statesvllle, N. C., where he had been assisting Rev. Mr. Love in a Sacramental meeting. The rains af"the past few days have interfered with fodder pulling, a good ileal of fodder already being damaged. Miss Agnes Wylie Is teaching the summer school here, which will continue until Sept. 1. Mr. Jeff Estes, who has been critically ill from the effects of a congestive chill at his home at Hopewell, is Improving rapidly. Miss Barxtell of Blacksburg, is visiting Miss Sallie Allison. Several are leaving this morning on the excursion to Charleston. Miss Agnes Whlsonant is at home on a vacation from her work in Columbia. Miss Lois McTyene of Columbia, ... ?,IO, Ul?? iffnu Whlannant ^aiuc U|/ nuu uii0u AQU?0 ?? !> ? to spend a few weeks with friends. Miss Mary Whiteside of Blacksburg, 8 spending a few days with relatives here. Mr. R. E. Whiteside, who has been superintendent of the chaingang for the past four years, has resigned, and has gone to Marion, N. C., to engage in railroad work. He is succeeded by Mr. Jcnes of Clover. A little child of Mr. Bridges of Camien died at the home of its grand- ^ mother, Mrs. J. L. Hoffman near here 'ast Friday. 0ELPH08 OOT8. Neighborhood Notes of More or Less Local Interest. < lorrMDrtodcoce tit* Yorfcrille Inquirer. Djslphos, August 20.?The farmers must lay aside the picnics for awhile, # ind get back to their crops, as it is jetting time to pull fodder and pick cotton. We can gin cotton for everybody this fall; as we are putting up a large gin in our town. Our school opened on August I. Prof. J. D. Simpson of Rodman is princlped, assisted by Miss Strauss Walker of Yorkvllle. A protracted meeting began at Delphos church taat Sunday. Rev. Mr. rn graham is to assist Rev. E. K. Hardin. Miss Margaret Qlenn is visiting Miss Mary Scott Mr. Cleve Dunlap has been confined to his room for several days. Mr. John W. Miller of Yorkville, has been spending part of his vacation In :>ur section. .The young people of Delphos spent lulte an enjoyable time at a party given at Mr. D. M. Benfleld's last Thurs80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? The coroner's Jury in the Greenwood lynching case found a verdict to the effect that Bob Davis "came to his death at the hands of parties unknown to the Jury.'? Mr. M. P. Tribble of Anderson, candidate for secretary of- state, was stricken with paralysis at Easley yesterday and is in the hospital at Greenville in a precarious condition. ? J. A. Shanklin of Pendleton, has oaM nlna hnoA r\t notlln InnlnHinty r>AWN and calves, to the United States experiment station at Clemson college for $1,800. Some of the cows brought as high as $350 apiece. ? Mr. Robert M. Larner, the wellknown Washington correspondent of the News and Courier, died at his home in Washington last Saturday after a lingering illness. Mr. Larner was a reliable, trustworthy correspondent, and a most accomplished writer. ? The Broad River Baptist association, which was in session at Blacksburg recently, adopted the following by a unanimous rising vote: "Resolved, That this association is highly pleased with the results of this county's having voted out the dispensary from the county, and puts itself on record as regarding the present situation as that of real prohibition." ? There was another lynching yesterday, this time at Saluda. On last < inursaay a iKigro immeu nuu r,meridge assaulted the seven-year-old daughter of T. H. West. He was not caught until about 9 o'clock. He was placed on a dry goods box and after he had confessed he was shot to death. About 200 men participated in the lynching. ? Governor Heyward is In receipt of a communication from the Barnwell bar asking that a special term of court be ordered. Governor Heyward will sign the necessary order as soon as ' Chief Justice Pope shall have recommended some man learned in the law to preside at' the term. He does not Want to order special courts, but the law requires him to do so. There is no money with which to pay the special Judge. ? Charleston, August 20: A special from Greenwood tonight tells of the arrest and placing in jail of Bib r ausi, coiurea, iniriy years 01 age, who this afternoon went cragy thinking over the recent lynchlngs and , announced that he would assault every woman he met. Three times he attacked colored women and was driven away without doing them injury, and at last he entered the premises ' of Benjamin King, a whjte farmer living in the Coronaca section, loudly proclaiming that he msant to assault the women of the place. He had a gun, but King succeeded in diearming him, and later, securely bound he was taken to Greenwood, apparently a raving lunatic. r- 9' ? Valparaiso, Chile, the principal commercial port on the western coast of South America, was the victim of an earthquake disaster last Thursday and Friday aqd the situation is still being aggravated as the result of repeated shocks. The first reports were not published in this > country until Friday afternoon and they were quite unsatisfactory as to detail. Some of the -stories had 1t that the loss of life was in the neighhood of 5,000 and there seemed to be no limit to the value of property destroyed, but the general result was much worse than San Francisco. Later reports have it that the loss <tf life has been very much over estimated; but there seems to be no doubt of the fact that the property loss runs high up in the millions. The same shock that reduced Valparaiso also damaged or destroyed numerous other South American towns along the coast, and the destruction has been simply appalling. Valparaiso is a wide-awake city with n n/\nulnt(nn a# o Knilt 1 K A ft ft A rvnnnln a (/v^uiaiivu ut auuui iuvivw The earthquake shock, of course, produced an Indescribable panic, and the scenes that were familiar In San Francisco were repeated. The looters were Soon after abandoned valuables and it was necessary to turn ? the situation over to the military. Numerous thieves have been shot % Thousands of people have been leav- . Ing the city and seeking safety !n the * interior. There was no tidal wave in connection with the earthquake.* All the cable communications were Interrupted and because of the crippling of the telegraph communication between various South American cities, the getting of news has been and still is a matter of great difficulty. * . f