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Scraps and iacts. ? Mexican bandits who beat Mrs. C. A. Auid, a British subject, on the soles of her feet in order to make her divulge the hiding place of her jewels last Thursday night, while she was a passenger on a train near Siiao, have seemingly cooked up a large measure of trouble for the Madero government. When the incident became known the foreign colony held an indignation meeting and petitioned the British minister to investigate and if the facts are found as reported, to make vigorous protest to the Mexican government. The minister has made no statement. According to the story of one of the passengers, Mrs. Auid hid her Jewels and refused to give them up. The bandits threw her on the floor, seized her feet and beat a painful tattooo on Jhe soles. The bandits stopped the train by removing a couple of rails and then fired into the coaches, wounding a number of persons, reports say six, one of whom, an American named Kane, afterwards, died. The bandits, it is stated, demanded a large sum of money from Kane and when he declared his inability to produce it, shot him in the mouth. ? The cabled announcement from Bremen that North German Lloyd has given orders for the building of a new liner, larger than any now In J the service, is explained at the steam- J ship offices in New York to mean that a liner of 54, 000 tons, 8,000 tons bigger than the Olympic and Titanic, is to be launched to put Germany again in the first place in the trans-Atlantic service. Moreover, it is said that the new liner to be named after one of the great leaders in American history, will be the first of a fleet of similar boats designed to take the place of liners of the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse type. These latter boats probably will be utilized for a service from New York to San Francisco via the Panama canal. The new ships which will cost about 110,000,000 each will be the last work in ocean luxury. There will not be an ordinary berth in the entire ship, and there will be a bed for everyone from the millionaire who pays a small fortune for a suite on the promenade deck to the humblest steerager. The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse ten years ago, was one of the fastest and largest liners afloat. The new ships will be almost four times as large. They will be more than three times as large as the battleship Connecticut, the flagship of the United States Atlantic fleet. ?-Hillsboro, N. C., April 12: One of the boldest bank robberies that has occurred In North Carolina in many a day was enacted here sometime last night or early this morning when yeggmen slipped into town, forced an entrance to the Bank of Orange and with nitroglycerine blew up the vault and inner doors and took from the institution between $4,000 and $5,000 In gold and currency. The bank vault was swept practically clean, the robbers leaving behind only a few $20 bills and some small silver. Bank papers were not disturbed. The first Intimation that Hillsboro had been visited during the night by yeggmen came when the janitor of the building went to the bank at 6.30 o'clock this morning to clean up. He found the door blown from Its hinges. There is said to be no clue to the robbers. It is believed that the yeggmen came into town this morning about 1.30 o'clock from the direction of Greensboro. At least three strangers are reported to have been seen here shortly after the arrival of No. 112 from Greensboro to Goldsboro. One of the men. it is said, carried a satchel. A considerable noise was heard in the direction of the bank about two o'clock this morning. No attention was given the sound at the time but it is believed that the noise is due to the explosion that blew the vault door. ? Washington, April 14: A statement from the Wilson headquarters claims for Governor Wilson a majority of the Democratic delegates thus far selected and says in part: "With the sweeping victory scored in the Pennsylvania primaries yesterday Gover nor Woodrow Wilson took the lead in the pre-convention race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The seventy votes of the Pennsylvania Democracy, which were given the New Jersey executive in a popular voting contest, are the largest number yet accorded any of the candidates by a single state. Governor Wilson's strength in the Baltimore convention is now represented by 142 votes. The delegate column of the New Jersey executive will continue to receive large accessions." At Speaker Clark's headquarters a statement was issued of which the following is a part: "No one knows now how the Pennsylvania delegation to the Baltimore convention stands. There is nothing in the Pennsylvania law or in any state committee order that imposes any obligation upon any delegate to vote for any I particular presidential candidate. In Illinois the names of presidential candidates were on the ballot and the vote was directly preferential; but the nomes of the presidential candidates were not on the Pennsylvania primary ballots. It is impossible, therefore, to say definitely what may be the Judgment of the Pennsylvania delegation, when they meet in caucus at Baltimore." ? Wilson and Roosevelt carried the state of Pennsylvania in the preferential primaries of last Saturday, by overwhelming majorities. Incomplete returns received up to yesterday morning give the former president 65 of the state's 76 delegates in the Republican national convention. The Roosevelt ' supporters are claiming 67 and later returns may carry the fight to that total. Col. Roosevelt won 53 of the 64 district national delegates, and his followers elected enough delegates to the state convention to give them control of that body. The state convention will name twelve delegates at large. Gov. Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey, who had an organization, will get 74 of 76 delegates from Pennsylvania in the Democratic national convention. In the Eleventh district the delegates are for Champ Clark. Politicians look upon the triumph of Col. Roosevelt with astonishment. The supporters of the former president were without a state organization or without an organization of any kind in many of the 32 congressional districts. The regular organization, headed by Senator Penrose, which has withstood the fury of many a political storm, received a crushing defeat in the loss of the control of the state convention. It is the first time in the present generation that it has lost control of that body. In addition to naming the twelve delegates at large to Chicago, the convention will select thirty-eight presidential electors, four candidates for congressmen at large. ? and candidates for state treasurer and auditor general, all to be voted for in the November election. The signifi'i cance of the Roosevelt victory can be realized when it is remembered that the delegates in the control of the state have the power to select the state chairman, and under the party rules the delegation to the national convention elects the national committeeman. At present Senator Penrose " holds this position. The vote polled was light, not going over 50 per cent of the normal total vote. Roosevelt is said to have received his heaviest support from the reform element of the state, represented by the Keystone party, which since it was organized, about two years ago, has opposed the regular Republicans at every election '! and succeeded in electing a reform I mayor of Philadelphia last year. ; ?Washington, April 14: Warning was issued today by the United States to the Mexican government, as well as to Gen. Pascual Orozco, chief of the revolutionary forces, that. "It expects and must demand that American life and property, within the republic of Mexico, be justly and adequately protected, and that this government must hold Mexico and Mexican people responsible for all wanton or illegal acts, sacrificing or endangering American life or damaging American interests." The attitude of the Uni> ted States as expressed to both the Federal and rebel authorities is that any maltreatment of American citizens "will be deeply resented by the American government and the people, i and must be fully answered for by the Mexican people." Acting Secre>' tary Huntington Wilson of the state department, who today issued special ^ instructions to Ambassador Henry t Lane Wilson at Mexico City, and Marlon Letcher, American consul at Chihuahua, authorized the statement that intervention was not contemplated by the United States. Ambassador Wilson was ordered to communicate at once the views of the United States to the Mexican minister of foreign affairs and a copy of his instructions was likewise sent to Marlon Letcher, American consul at Chihuahua, with special representations addressed to General Orozco. Orozco recently refused to recognize Mr. Letcher as the American consular representative, because the United States withheld recognition of the rebel cause. The representations to Orozco accuse him of "practical murder" of Thomas Fountain, an American gunner, enlisted with the Federals, but summarily executed last week when taken prisoner by the Insurrectos. Though declining to justify participation by Americans on either side of the revolution, the Uni"* 1 ? ? ?fViaf lea siaies expressiy supumm mai American combatants when taken prisoner must be given humane treatment in accordance with the international rules of war. The correspondence, made public tonight, is admittedly the strongest demand the United States is known to have made upon Mexico for respectful treatment of Americans as well as other foreigners, and declares that a continuation of illegal acts is tending to "difficulties and obligations which is to the interest of all true Mexican patriots as it is the desire of the United States to avoid." <?hr \(orkrilif inquirer. Entered at the Postofflce in Yorkvllle as Mail Matter of the Second Class. YORKVILLE, S. C.t >J TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1912 It looks like Col. Roosevelt is coming right along. Pennsylvania appears to be somewhat progressive also. The preferential primaries seem to be playing havoc with the control of the party bosses. Whether Col. Roose"elt gets the nomination or not, what he will do with his party will be a plenty. That proposition that Governor Blease makes as to Mr. Felder strikes us as being very liberal and it does look that if Mr. Felder could be induced to specify, it would simplify matters wonderfully. Both Governor Blease and Judge Jones are opposed to restricting the right to vote in the primary to those who can exhibit registration certificates; but it is hardly to be claimed that this settles the soundness of the proposition. It only means that there will be no change in the party rules at the present time. John Duncan, in his paper, the Co lumhia Reporter, begs to be allowed to go before the dispensary winding up commission. He promises that he can give information that will lead to much important testimony. Surely it would do no harm to give Mr. Duncan an opportunity to testify. While it is possible that there will be no intervention in Mexico, the probability seems to be growing stronger and stronger every day. The proper time to have Intervened was last spring when the Mexicans were killing Americans across the border; but the political necessity or intervention did not seem so apparent at that time. The York county pension list is published elsewhere in today's issue of The Enquirer. The list is official; but as many people will discover, It is not absolutely correct. Many of the names are incorrectly spelled and in some cases it would be impossible to identify them without personal acquaintance with the individuals for whom they are intended to stand. Because we are unable to correct the list in a manner that would warrant us certifying to its accuracy, we prefer to reproduce the offic ial copy. 'It is not up to The Enquirer to decide the issue raised between Governor Blease and Mr. Cary at Anderson. We do not remember to have seen anything in the Columbia State quoting Mr. Cary as Governor Blease Is alleged to have said he was quoted; but not having the files of the State before us, we are not prepared to say that Mr. Cary was quoted as alleged. Then again Governor Blease may have something to say as to what was said between himself and Mr. Cary face to face. The issue may be one of veracity and it may be one of only understanding. At any rate, the facts so far developed are hardly sufficient to complete the record. We have noted the suggestion that candidates for Senator Tillman's place In the senate are counting on the old man's dropping out because of his health. It is stated that while he is apparently in good shape physically, and claiming to he in good shape, as a matter of fact he cannot stand a great ueui auu uiai a vignruus campaign would soon wear him down. Just what the real facts are, we do not know. If Senator Tillman's condition is as good as he says and thinks, he will no doubt lie able to take care of himself without asking any quarter. Otherwise he might have a pretty rough time of it. Attention has been called to the fact that Hampton was pu'Rd down in his declining years, when he was not physically able to take care of himself, and that is cited as a reason why the same thing may happen to Tillman. The people?the voters?will no doubt do the square thing. Pointing out that the governor had removed B. J. Rhame as state bank examiner. Attorney General Lyon, representing R. H. Jennings, the state treasurer in the mandamus proceedings brought by Mr. Rhame in the supreme court yesterday, filed answer with the supreme court asking that the rule to show cause be discharged. The case will be heard before the supreme court on April 19 and Mr. Rhame has employed W. F. Stevenson of Cheraw, to defend his case. Mr. Rhame was dismissed by the governor as state bank examiner on i April 1. He brought the mandamus proceedings in the supreme court to collect expenses for his office amount- i ing to over $51 for March. The state < treasurer refused to pay the claim, i The issue as to the right of B. J. i Rhame to the position of state bank ] examiner as against Hugh Wilson Fra- < ser, appointed by the governor, will : very probably be settled by the supreme court.?Columbia State, Sunday. As to just what this means, we confess we are puzzled. As we see It, there is no doubt of the fact that Mr. Rhame was bank examiner up to April 1, and he is entitled to such expenses as may have been incurred in March. We cannot see why the state treasurer should have refused to pay the bill. We do not see how the supreme court could do anything else than to say that Mr. Rhame is entitled to his expenses for March. But how or why such a ruling should have any bearing on expenses after March or how it could affect the status of either Mr. Rhame or Mr. Fraser since the issuance of the governor's proclamation we fail to see. TITANIC SINKS TO BOTTOM. Horrible Marine Disaster Off the Coast of New Foundland. The Information this morning is that the White Star liner Titanic was sunk off the* coast of New Foundland early Sunday morning and there went down with her not less than 1,500 persons. The news is not aDsoiuteiy aennue; but there is enough corroborative detail to lead to the fear that further information will not make the situation any better. Practically all that has been received has come by wireless telegraph. The first information came at a late hour Sunday night. It was to the effect that the Titanic had struck an Iceberg and while it did not conceal the fact that the vessel was badly injured, it left the impression that the danger was slight, not only because It was claimed that the Titanic was unsinkable; but also because it was reported that several other large liners that were hurrying to the rescue, would easily arrive in time to take off the i>assengers. The Information this morning is that the Titanic went to the bottom four hours after she struck the Iceberg, and of the 2,200 persons on board only 675 are known to have been saved. When the Carpathia reached the scene the Titanic had already gone to the bottom, and the people who were picked up, mostly women and children, It Is believed were from the lifeboats. Among the notable passengers on the unfortunate vessel, about whose fate there is nothing definite, were Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor, Major Archibald Butt, aide to President Taft, Charles M.- Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Pacific of Canada, his wife and daughter; W. T. Stead, Benjamin Guggenheim, P. D. Millet, the artist, and J. G. Widener of Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Isldor Straus, J. B. Thayer, vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad; J. Bruce Ismay, Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager, and Mrs. Harris, and Colonel Washington Roebllng, builder of the Brooklyn bridge. The Titanic was the largest vessel afloat. She was built at a cost of $10,000,000. She was 882 feet long, 92 feet wide and 94 feet deep. The gross tonnage was 46,000 tons, and her total capacity 3,200 people. She had on board 1,300 passengers and a crew of Q?A From the figures so far reported It appears that the disaster is greatest in the marine history of the world. Nearest approaching it in magnitude were the disasters to the steamer Atlantic in 1873, when 574 lives were lost and to La Bourgoyne in 1898, with a fatality list of 571. There is no other idea up to this time than that Captain Smith, in command, went down with his vessel, giving his place in accordance with noble marine tradition, to the women and children. Untold wealth was represented among the passengers of the Titanic, there being on'board at least six men, each of whose fortunes might be reckoned in tens of millions of dollars. A rough estimate of the total wealth represented in the first class passenger list would reach over a half billion dollars. The wealthiest of the list, Col. John Jacob Astor, head of the famous house whose name he bears, is reputed to be worth $150,000,000. Mr. Astor was returning from a tour of Egypt, with his bride, who was Miss Madeline Force, to whom he was married in Providence on September 9. Benj. Guggenheim, probably next in financial importance, is the fifth of the seven sons of Meyer Guggenheim, who founded the American Smelting and Refining company, the great mining corporation, and is a director of many corporations, including the International Pump company, of which he is also president. His fortune is estimated at $95,000,000. His wife, whose name does not appear on the passenger list, is a daughter' of James Seligman, the New York banker. Geo. D. Widener is the son of P. A. B. Widener, the Philadelphia "traction king." whose fortune is estimated at $50,000,000. Isador Straus, one of New York's most prominent dry goods merchants and notable for his philanthropies, has a fortune estimated to be worth $50,000,000. He is a director in various banks, trust companies and charitable institutions. J. Bruce Ismay, president and one of the founders of the International Mercantile Marine, who has always made it a custom to be a passenger on the maiden trip of every new ship built by the company, is said to be worth $40,000,000. It is Mr. Ismay. who, with J. F. Morgan, consolidated American and British steamship lines under the International Mercantile Marine control. Col. Washington Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn bridge, president and director of John A. Roebling Sons' company, is credited with a fortune of $25,000,000. Among others of reputed wealth who were on board are:- J. P. Thayer, vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad; Clarence Moore, a wellknown sportsman, whose wife was Mabel Swift, daughter of E. C. Swift, the Chicago meat packer, and Chas. M. Hayes, president of the Grand Trunk Pacific and vice president and general manager of the Grand Trunk railroad of Canada. Other persons of note on the first cabin list are: W. T. Stead, writer; journalist and war correspondent; Jacques Futrell, the short story writer: Frederick M. Hoyt, a wellknown New York yachtsman: Henry Sleeper Harper, grandson of John Wesley Harper, one of the founders of Harper Bros, publishing house: William E. Carter, of Philadelphia and Newport, and Thomas Pears, a Pittsburs steel manufacturer. ? Columbia, April 12: The first gun was fired in the fight of B. J. Rhaine former bank examiner, recently ordered deposed by the governor, when today the supreme court papers were filed by his attorney, Stevenson & Price, of Cheraw, ordering the state treasurer to show cause why he did not issue a draft to pay Mr. Rhame the expenses of the office of bank examiner for the month of March. Service was accepted and the case is set for April 19. The order on the treasurer to show cause was issued by Associate Justice Watts. Treasurer Jennings refused to pay Mr. Rhame his expenses of office for March, preferring to wait until the courts decide the legality of the governor's action in ordering Mr. Rhame to vacate the office and the examiner secured an order on the treasurer to show cause. The trial of this case will probably be all that is necessary to decide who is really the incumbent or the bank exampointee. Mr. Rhame has issued a draft on the treasurer for March expenses amounting to $51.95. Won Without Training.?So far as the mental contests are concerned, it is only fair to the Rock Hill contestants to say that they had no special training for the event. They were only notified on Friday morning that they were to enter the contests. On the other hand, the other contestants had been in special training for the events many months in advance.? Rock Hill Record. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jos. W. Smith, Yorkville No. 1?Offers Mexican big boll cotton seed at 75c bushel. J. M. Hartness?Has 100 bushels Mexican big boll cotton seed for sale at 50c a bushel. J. Hi Bowden, Anderson?Has a number of fresh Jersey milk cows and Jersey heifer calves for sale. Mrs. A. M. Grist?Can furnish early tomato plants, 15 cents a dozen. J. C. Wllborn?Wants a buyer for 177 acres three miles Sharon; mostly timbered. York Supply Co.?Calls attention to a 1 variety of seasonable goods, including field and garden seeds. Herndon & Gordon?Have Irish and sweet potatoes and want you to come and get them. Shieder Drug Store?Tells you something worth knowing about paint for the inside and outside of your home. McConnell Dry Goods Co.?Will put on sale Saturday morning, 600 pairs ladies' silk hose at 15c pair. J. Q. Wray?Asks men who want straw hats to see his line. Something about umbrellas, parasols, etc. Clover Real Estate Co.?Wants a buyer for heavilv timbered land near the battleground. Other property. National Union Bank, Rock Hill?Reminds savings depositors of the fact that April 15th is Interest day, and wants pass books brought in. Kirkpatrick-Belk Co.?Thursday, Friday and Saturday put on sale large stocks of embroideries, insertions. etc., at special prices. Thomson Co.?Invites attention to its blue serge suits for men and boys, and also to straw hats, shirts, dry goods specials and millinery. Cloud Cash Store?Reminds you of the special April offerings of domestics, white goods and dress linens. THE DICTIONARY CONTEST. Very few votes have been recorded in the dictionary contest during the past week. The contestants are evidently holding back many votes till the wind-up which takes place Saturday. The standing of the contestants at this time is as follows: Suttons Springs 1,550 Bethany High School 3,890 Dixie 2,460 Cotton Belt 12,760 Conrad 1,780 Center 2,620 Hickory Grove 9,160 Forest Hill 9,380 Hopewell 1,720 Smyrna 13,520 Allison Creek 610 McElwee 1,600 Miller 3.730 Guthrlesville 1,680 Tirzah 8,590 Clover 13,850 Free Silver 70 Yorkvllle Graded 18,400 McConnel)8ville 4,530 Newport 660 MRS. E. E. BOYCE DEAD. The Gastonla Gazette telephones Information of the oeath of Mrs. Rachel Boyce, which occurred at the home of her son, Mr. W. Meek Boyce, in Gastonia this morning at 1.30 o'clock. It will be remembered that Mrs. Boyce sustained a fall about three weeks ago, as the result of which her hip bone was broken. This was the cause of her death. Mrs. Boyce was the widow of the late Dr. E. E. Boyce, for so many years pastor of Bethany church, and who died in 1902. She was a daughter of the late John and Rachel McElwee, who lived near Clover, where she was born, and had she lived until the 9th of next month she would have been 80 years of age. Mrs. Boyce is survived by the following children: Mrs. R. A. Wideman of Troy, S. C.; Mrs. J. H. Kennedy and Messrs. S. N. and W. Meek Boyce of Gastonla The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 10.30 o'clock, the services being conducted in the Associate Reformed church by Rev. Dr. J. C. Gal loway, and the Interment will be in Oakwood cemetery. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? At a meeting of the board of trustees held one day last week, Prof. J. H. Witherspoon was re-elected superintendent of the Yorkville Graded schools. ? The Tavora cotton mill was sold at public auction yesterday, pursuant to advertisement and was knocked down to the bondholders for the upset price of $25,000, the amount of the outstanding bonds. ? There is to be another change in the schedule of the C. & N.-W.'s mixed trains on April 21, and under the proposed new schedule the southbound train will leave Yorkville at 1.15 p. m., and the northbound train at 3 o'clock. This arrangement will In part meet the desires of the Yorkville business people who are seeking accommodations whereby people from the northern part of the county may come to Yorkville and return the same day. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. M. H. Metts of Columbus, Ohio, is spending some time in Yorkville. ^liss Cora Kuykendal of Rock Hill, visited friends in Yorkville this week. A Mrs. W. E. Dendy of Monroe, Ga., iy spending a few days in Yorkville with the family of Mr. W. C. Latimer. Mrs. W. C. Latimer is undergoing treatment at the Magdalene hospital in Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lipscomb of Greenwood, Miss., visited the family of Mr. W. fc. DuPre In Yorkville this week. .Mrs. Margaret Johnson and Miss Atamie Johnson, who have been spending the winter with Mrs. Paul T. Gordon in Eagle Lake, Tex., returned to their home in Yorkville Saturday. Mrs. Samuel Snoddy of Spartanburg ahd Mrs. J. J. Dunlap and daughter, Jessie May, of Rock Hill, are the guests of Mrs. A. J. Dunlap on Yorkville R. P. D. No. 3. Mr. C. B. Smith of Charlotte, was In Yorkville last Saturday, having come over for a short visit to the family of his father, Mr. Jos. W. Smith of Yorkville No. 1. Mr. Smith is connected with the business office of the Charlotte Observer as advertising solicitor. The Enquirer had a pleasant visit yesterday from Mr. W. P. Locke of Lesslie, who is in Yorkville on the jury. He said that the farmers down his way are pushing work with all possible energy, and that they are right now where they would like to have a little more rain. He remarked that jury service is just a little inconvenient for the farmers at this time. GENERAL SESSIONS. The spring term of the court of general sessions convened yesterday, with Hon. Ernest Gary presiding and J. K. Henry, Esq., representing the state. Mftson Bratton and Hv E. Moore, drawn as grand jurors, were excused and E. L. Rltch, M. L. Hovis and E. B. Chambers, drawn as petit jurors, were excused. Under an order for a special venire twelve additional jurors were drawn, and the following were sworn: P. C. Riddle and J. R. Barnwell, grand jurors; J. B. Pegram, W. B. Carroll, R. E. Love, W. L. Wallace, W. C. Gaulden, J. W. Gaulden, petit jurors. James M. Starr of Yorkville, was appointed foreman of the grand jury. James Williams was convicted of the larceny of a bicycle and sentenced to eight months In the penitentiary or on the public works of York county. In the case of James Sanders and Roy Burris, charged with breaking into Good's store, Burris plead guilty and Sanders was convicted. In the case of Boss White, Otis Evans, Sallie Massey, Will White and E/.el Page, charged with breaking into the store of G. W. Whiteside & Co., at Sharon, Otis Evans plead guilty. No case was made out against the others. John C. Klrkpatrick, drawn as a petit juror, was excused. Ed Montgomery plead guilty to the charge of selling liquor and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or go to the penitentiary or public works for three months. Berry Leech plead guilty to the charge of housebreaking and larceny a?d was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary or on the public works of York county. The cases against Ned Franklin and Frank Franklin for the same offense, were nol prossed. When the court suspended for the day yesterday evening it was engaged on the case of Foss Moore and Lindsay Jackson, charged with breaking Into M. A. McFarland's store and stealing goods therefrom. The jury this morning returned a verdict of guilty in the case of both defendants and the court imposed a sentence of eighteen months. DEATH OF MRS. M. J. WALKER. Mrs. Nannie Elolse Walker, wife of Dr. Miles J. Walker, died at her home in Yorkville last Saturday morning at about 2 o'clock, after a desperate illness extending over ten days or two weeks. Mrs. Walker was born in what was then Union county, now a part of Cherokee county, on June 5, 1859. Her parents were the late Dr. O. A. Walker and his wife, Miss Mary Agnes Dowry. She was married to Dr. M. J. Walker at her home on Pacolet river in October, 1881, and came to Yorkville with her husband and children about 1894, since which time her home has been in this place. Mrs. Walker was a Christian of gracious manners and attractive personality, and these qualities combined with unusually fine intellectual attainments, gave her a most enviable standing in the religious and social life of the community. The position she filled was one that commanded the confidence, respect and esteem of all who knew her, and since Information developed of her desperate illness recently there has been widespread concern over her condition. Her death has been the occasion of profound sorrow throughout the community. Mrs. Walker is survived by her husband, who is in a Baltimore hospital convalescing from the effects of a recent surgical operation, and the following children: Mrs. R. E. Sharpe, Mrs. Edwin Nesbit, Mrs. J. P. Hollls and Miss Olive Walker. She is also survived by two brothers, Mr. J. L. Walker of Wllklnsville, and Mr. Sidney O. Walker of GafTney. The funeral took place last Sunday morning, the religious services being conducted in Trinity church by Rev. J. F. Anderson, assisted by Revs. E. E. Gillespie and J. L. Oates, and being concluded at the grave in Rose Hill cemetery. Many friends and acquaintances of the family came from adjoining towns and the surrounding country to pay their respects, nearly every family in the town was represented in whole or in part, and there was a tremendous concourse of mourners both at the religious services and at the interment. COUNTY SCHOOL DAY. The county school day exercises were held In Rock Hill last Saturday with eighteen or twenty schools from different parts of the county represented, and In all there were considerably more than a thousand visitors in the town for the occasion, Yorkvllle alone sending nearly 200. Pursuant to programme, the mental exercises were held at Winthrop college, and the physical contests took place on the grounds of the Rock Hill graded school. Taken altogether the contestants made creditable showings along all lines, and the day was spent quite pleasantly. The prize winners in the mental contests were as follows: High School Declamation?Sam Wilkerson, HJckory Grove. Intermediate Declamation?Robert T. Allison, Yorkvllle. Primary Declamation?R. Y. Russell, Blairsville. High School Recitation?Mildred Mickle, McConnellsville. Intermediate Recitation?Frances Allein, Yorkvllle. Primary Recitation?Claudia Smith, Clover. oV; V flh >fE Y Yorkville's Running Team. High School Spelling?Bessie Garrison, Ebenezer. Intermediate Spelling?Mary Beamguard, Clover. Primary Spelling?Ruth Mills, Clover. First Grade Sight Reading?Frances Witherspoon, Yorkvllle. Second Grade Sight Reading?Paul Sistar, Rock Hill. Third Grade Sight Reading?Hattie Belk, Fort Mill. Fourth Grade Sight Reading?Stella Patterson, Oak Ridge. Fifth Grade Sight Reading?Orine Poe, Rock Hill. Sixth Grade Sight Reading?Agnes Link, Fort Mill. Seventh Grade Sight Reading?Sallie Sandifer, Yorkvllle. Primary Arithmetic?Withers Adickes, Yorkvllle. Intermediate Arithmetic?Tie between Daniel Barnett, Clover, and Margaret Marshall, Yorkvllle. High School Arithmetic?Tie between Alex Neely, Rock Hill, and Carroll Grist, Yorkvllle, both making 100, but prize awarded to Alex Neely on the ground that his paper was first handed in. ?-^*he winners in the high school athletic contests were as follows: One Hundred Yard Dash?Oscar Plaxleo, Yorkvllle, first, in 10 4-5 secons; S. Kimbrell, Gold Hill, second; Leech, Hickory Grove, third. High Jump?McGill, Bethany, first; Kerr, Rock Hill and Quinn, Yorkviile, second. Running Broad Jump?Whisonant, Hickory Grove, first; Blakely Plaxico, Yorkvllle, second; Kuykendal, Rock Hill, third. Relay Race?Yorkviile, first; Hickory Grove, second; Rock Hill, third. Tug of War?Yorkviile, first; Hickory Grove, second; tie between Bethany and Rock Hill, for third. Long Throw?Slaughter. Hickory Grove, first; Gaultlin, Yorkville, second; McGill, Bethany, third. Quarter of a Mile Run?Oscar Plaxico, Yorkville, first, in one minute and one-fifth second; Kerr, Rock Hill, second; Whisonant, Hickory Grove, third. Walking Race?Elizabeth Pressley Rock Hill, first; Mary Louthian, Yorkville, second. Obstacle Race?Marjory McAlpine, Rock Hill, first; Frances Smith, Fort Mill, second. Potato Race?Olive Harris, Fort Mill, first; Reola Youngblood, Yorkville, second. Relay Race?Lesslie first; Rock Hill, second. Fifty Yard Dash?Ruth Hayes, Lesslie, first; Guthriesville, second. The winners in the intermediate class were: Hundred Yard Dash?Roy Patterson, Fort Mill, first in 11 4-5 seconds; Simril. Rock Hill, second; Walter Jones, Hickory Grove, third. High Jump?Sullivan, Rock Hill, first; Walter Jones, Hickory Grove, second; Russell Montgomery, Yorkville, third. Relay Race?Rock Hill, first; Fsrt Mill, second; Yorkville, third. Broad Jump?Starnes, Rock H.'ll, first; Lesslie Thomasson, Yorkville, second; William Nims, Fort Mi.l, third. Tug of War?Rock Hill, first; Yorkville,^ second. Long Throw?Frank Simrll, Rock Hill, first; Plaxco, Bethany, second; Hartness, Yorkvllle, third. Quarter Mile Run?Roy Patterson, Fort Mill, first; Plaxco, Bethany, second; Crawford, Rock Hill, third. Walking Race?Fort Mill, first; Rock Hill, second. Obstacle Race?Fort Mill, first; Rock Hill, second. Potato Race?Rock Hill, first; Ebenezer, second. Relay Race?Rock Hill, first; Yorkvllle, second. Fifty Yard Dash?Rock Hill, first; Yorkvllle, second. The following schools were represented In the contests: Belmont, Broad River, Blalrsvllle, Bellevue, Bethany, Bullock's Creek, Bethesda, Catawba Junction, Conrad, Clover, Cotton Belt, Eastvlew, Ebenezer, Friendship, Fort Mill, Gold Hill, Guthrlesville, Hickory Grove. Leslie, Massey, McElwee's, McConnellsvllle, Newport, Ogden. Oak Ridge, Rock Hill, Smyrna, Sharon, Shady Grove, Tirzah, Yorkvllle, York Cotton Mill. PENSION CHECKS. The clerk of the court has received from the comptroller general a check for J7,948.35 to cover York county's portion of the appropriation made by the state of South Carolina for the benefit of Confederate soldiers and widows of Confederate soldiers who come within the provision of the pension laws. The total number of beneficiaries in this county Is 297, divided among the different classes as follows: A, 1; B, 4; CI, 24; C2, 116; C3, 25; C4, 127. Those cOmlng under class A, receive $96 each; those under Class B, $72 each; those under Class C No. 1, $48 each; those under Class C No. 2, $21.45 each; those under Class C No. 3, $48 each; those under Class C No. 4, $21.45*each. The York county list as received by The Enquirer from the pfflce of the comptroller general yesterday morning, is as follows: Class B. Burns, Robert Fort Mill Erwin, W. E. Yorkvllle Merrltt, A. H Fort Mill Price, W. H Rock Hill Clara C No. 1. Beamguard, J. C. Yorkvllle Brown, William Clover Cook, J. H Tlrzah Davidson, J. F | Yorkvllle Dye, L. H Newport Green, John Sharon Garvin, John W Guthriesvllle Harvey, S. J Howard, J. T Yorkvllle Minter, J. G Blairsvllle Mullinax, Lee Massey, S. F Fort Mill Manning, P. C. Clover Pursley, Joseph A Peeler, E. S King's Creek Rawls, J. B Rock Hill Sherer, H. H Blairsvllle Sherer, W. A Yorkvllle Shllllnglaw, John Rock Hill Starnes, Rufus P. Newport Starnes, J. Y Taylor, J. W Rock Hill Thompson, J. T Clover Wray, John ...... Valdora Class C No. 2. Armstrong, James M Fort Mill Alderson, W. T. Alexander, W. S Rock Hill Armstrong, W. P Clover Armstrong, W. H Yorkvllle Ashley, William Bailey, R. T Black, M. A Brackett, W. M Clover Burns, James Barnhill, John W Fort Mill Bollin, Thomas Clark, John Carter, J. Alex Clawson, T. W ,.. Yorkvllle Chambers, J. S Yorkvllle Crock, J. T Rock Hill Cromer, J. R Rock Hill Dunlap, Samuel H Fort Mill 1 ees, George W Rock Hill Dowdle, John Yorkvllle Denton, J. E r lantrr, wmium r ort Mill Fudge, H. W Rock Hill Fudge, J. B Rock Hill Finley, W. H Zeno Gregory, W. M Rock Hill Garrison, W. S Given, D. A Goings, J. R Gardner, J. L. Yorkville Gardner, C Rock Hill Hogue, a. C. Yorkville Hilton, M. A. Sharon Hutchison, S. J Harper, John C Fodder Harper, M. W Guthriesville Hullinder, R. J Henry, J. H Yorkville Hogue, James H Smyrna Howe, S. B Clover Howe, R. T Howell, T. A Hudson, A Yorkville Hutchinson, J. P Rock Hill Jackson, John J Yorkville Jones, W. B Clover Johnson, Samuel L. Rock Hill Kimbrell, John R Rock Hill King, G. W Rock Hill Lewis Lanier Rock Hill Lemmons, Harvey Yorkville Lucas, J. H Yorkville Logan, T. II Lucas, J. R Moore, A. W Blairsville Morrell, W. T Rock Hill McCarter, D. B Yorkville Mitchell, W. H Rock Hill McCullough, M. F. S Hoodtown Miskelly, J. J McDaniel, A Hickory Grove McGill, W. J Smyrna Moore, W. S Rock Hill Miller, Robert C. Yorkville McSwayne, Elijah Rock' Hill Meek, S. J Clover Minnitt, J. B Yorkville Moore, A. P Rock Hill McConnell, T. P McConnellsvllle Neely, J. H Clover [Neely, D. F. Rock Hill [Patterson, William Plaxico, J. E. Sharon Parks, Joseph Fort Mill Plyler, Aaron Rock Hill T>i i crh Tnaia h P1AVO?? Pearson, R. G Fort Mill Ramsey, Jackson Rhea, William Hickory Grove Rayfleld, E. L Rock Hill Roach, T. J Rock Hill Starr, W. S Snead, J. S Fort Mill Stewart, J. L Clover Stewart, D. M Hickory Grove Spencer, John W Smith, A. K Point Smythe, J. G Fort Mill Sanders, Paschal Sweat, J. M Fort Mill Smith, W. I McConnellsville Stephens, Dallas Rock Hill Thompson, J. W Fort Mill Wallace, Alex Wiley, W. P Rock Hill Whlttaker, W. B Yorkville White. A. J King's Creek White. J. J Yorkville White, L. B Clark's Fork Whisonant, R. J Wilson, Brown Yorkville Whitesides, R. W White, W. L. Filbert Winkler, John Balloon White, W. W Catawba Wilkinson, L. D Rock Hill Westbrooks, John W. Rock Hill Withers, R. J Yorkville Wright, A. W Rock Hill Wright, D. D. Hickory Grove Wood, R. L Clover Workman, R. P Edgmoor Wallace, A. L. Rock Hill Westmoreland, R. W. ..Hickory Grove Westbrooks, J. A Rock Hill Class C No. 3. Abernathy, Cynthia Fort Mill Camp, S. J Yorkville Carruthers, D. R Newport Carr, H. A Yorkville Caton, M. S Newport Choat, Mary C Tirzah Ferguson, Jane A Yorkville Hambrlck, Mary Clover Hughes, M. J Yorkville Hill, Jane Blairsville I yes lie, C. J Lindsay, Mary R Lilly, N. C Filbert McCullough, Margaret E Lesslies Mintec, M. E. Yorkville Martin, Sarah J McConnellsville Quinn, Nancy Clark's Fork Smith, Margaret Hickory Grove Paeseley, R H Yorkville Patterson, E. C Clover Rives, E. J Tirzah Thomas, M. E Filbert Whitney, H. R Bethel Wallace. Martha L Yorkville Youngblood, Mary O Fort Mill Claw C No. 4. Adams, S. C Clover Adklns, N. J Adkins, J. J Yorkville Allen, Elizabeth Rock Hill Ardrey, S. E Adkins, Saline . Alley, Mary Fort Mill Aycock, S. E. Sharon Aiken, E. F. Rock Hill Adkins, Amanda Ayers, S. C. Burus, Sarah J Sharon Boyd, Nancy T Clover Boyd, Nancy J Bryant, Amelia Rock Hill Bruner, Mary O Rock Hill Bennett, E. J Fort Mill Bennett, M. M Fort Mill Black, Rebecca L Rock Hill Barnett, Sarah E. Bethel Barber, Sarah J Yorkville Broome, Emmaline Rock Hill Billue, Sallie J Fort Mill Boyd, Jane A Balloon Bailey, E. J Rock Hill Bunch, Elizabeth Fort Mill Beckham, T, C Rock Hill Bayne, M. M Caton, Sarah Rock Hill Carter, Hannah McConnellsville Childers, Drucy Hickory Grove Childers, Letitia Clinton, Ann E Yorkville. Carveny, M. J Rock Hill Craig, J. E. Carson, M. E Davidson, V. E. Clover Duffle, M. M Smiths Drennan, M. J Yorkville Draffln, Elizabeth Rock Hill Doggert, M. B Ramah Deviney, Mary C. Rock Hill Doster, E. J Yorkville Donnan. M. J Rock Kill DownB, E. J Port Mill Erwln, S. C. Filbert Ferris, E T Clover Fewell, E. S Yorkville Glenn, Mary F Yorkville Gaulden, Dorcas L. Clover Gordon, Mary Garrison, Emily Gordon, Susan Rock Hill Garvin, M. A Sharon Gowley, Lou C. Ramah Hancock, S. E Rock Hill Hagans, Mary E Yorkville Hope, M. M Sharon Huffman, F. L. Tirzah Hendricks, Ellen Hoover, Jennie E. Fort Mill Hood. S. E Sharon Harden, Clementine Smyrna Howie, Jane E. McConnellsville Harris, Sarah Nesly Harrison, S. S Rock Hill Howell, M. E. Bethel Jowers, M. E Rock Hill Jones, Eliza Clover Jones, Eliza ...., Fort Mill Johnston, Delia Kyzer, Barbara Yorkville Klllian, V. W Rock Hill Klmbrell, Harriett I* Fort Mill Lathan, Catherine Hoodtown Laney, Laura Fort Mill Lindsay, S. J McCbnnellsville Lindsay, S. A Yorkville McGraw, Elizabeth Rock Hill Morgan, Nancy Rock Hill McFadden, Jane Y Moore, S. E Rock Hill Maloney, J. G Sharon Neal, Ann E Rock Hill Merritt, N. J Yorkville Neely, Adeline Ogden Neely, Sarah E Turtle Nivhens, Margaret J Fort Mill Nichols, Mary S Hickory Grove Orr, Martha Rock Hill Owens, Laura J Rock Hill Outlaw, Mary L. Rock Hill Pearson, Mary A Pope, Margaret Rock Hill Pope, Jane Rock Hill Poag, Martha Rock Hill Price, Rebecca Yorkville Robertson, Margaret Ramsey, Margaret Rogers, N. Y Ramsey, M. E Hickory Grove Robinson, M. S Yorkville Rainey, Martha Rock Hill Ritch, Elizabeth J Fort Mill Scott, Pauline Spencer, Rachel Sibley. Eliza Rock Hill Steele, Margaret D Yorkville Strickland, N. J Rock Hill Summons, Margaret Rock Hill Stewart, N. J Clover Smith, E. L. Smyrna Turney, H. J Yorkville Sherer, I. A. J Clover Thomasson, Marl .ia Rock Hill Turner, Jane Clover Turner, H. L. Rock Hill Turner, Sallle C Sharon Williams, Mary Jane Wilson, M. A Rock Hill Wherry, Cynthia Rock Hill Williams, Ann E Clover Wood, Pauline Rock Hill WIckllfTe, E A Rock Hill White, Maria ..Hickory Grove White, Margaret Yorkville LOCAL LACONIC8. Betrtasda a. a. Association. The Bethesda Township Sunday School association was organized at Olivet church last Sunday, with E. A. Crawford, president; B. A. Crawford, Jr., vice president, and J. F. Ashe, secretary and treasurer. Once Lived In Yorkville. News has been received of the death of Mr. T. Mllliken Graham, which occurred at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dermick at Southern Pines, N. C., last Wednesday. Mr. Graham was about 85 years of age. He lived in Yorkville for several years after the war, but in the early 70's returned to Chester, from which place he had come, to take the postmastership. The funeral was in Chester last Friday. Mr. Graham is survived by the following children: Edward Graham of Kansas; Mrs. Janie Thomasson, Mrs. Annie Williams and Mrs. Sallie Elliott of Rock Hill; Mrs. Sue Overcash of Charlotte, N. C.; Mrs. Johnson ofPineville, N. C.; W. W. Graham of Columbia, and M. J. Graham and Mrs. Dermick of Southern Pines, N. C. CARY CONFRONTS BLEASE. Representative From Oconee Denies Governor's Statements. Frank M. Cary, a member of the Oconee delegation was in the audience at Anderson when Governor Blease touched on him last Saturday afternoon, and that evening he gave out to the press the following: "Governor Blease in his speech here today, after paying his respects to the investigating committee in general, and specifically to Senators Carlisle and Sullivan, using this language, 'Take this man Cary of Oconee, a bitter enemy of mine, who said on the : floor of the house all he wanted to 1 know in voting for any measure was , as to whether the governor was ( against it.' At the moment I told him and the crowd that I denlea the i truth of any such statement. After i he had finished his speech I met him ] at the steps of the court house and ] demanded his authority for any such i 'statement. His reply was, Cary, I \ don't want to have anything to say < to you for the way you have treated i me on that committee.' Pressed again i for his authority he said, 'I read It i in the Columbia State, your prayer < book.' Now if any such statement i emanated from me on the floor of the j house I have absolutely no recollec- i tlon of it, and write to all that you i furnish me with a copy of the issue ? of your paper in which it appeared, i The whole crowd can substantiate < what the governor said In his speech, i while the correspondent of the Atlanta Journal can verify what was said by us face to face." The Office and the Incumbent.?Gov- ' ernor Blease did not receive an invitation to the unveiling in Columbia ( and did not attend. "The gentlemen composing this committee," thinks s the Rock Hill Record, "showed, bad 1 taste. We have no use for Governor 1 Blease, but he occupies the highest office in the gift of the people of 1 South Carolina, and that office should g have been respected on this occasion." Still, office cannot always be honored 1 best by honoring the occupant. The t event at Columbia was to commemor- t ate the finer traditions of the state. Our Rock Hill contemporary must 1 recognize that this matter of invit- g Ing Governor Blease was not an easy \ matter to decide.?Charlotte Observer. { j ? Orders have been issued from the > office of the adjutant general mus- s tering the First company of coast ar- 1 tillery of Aiken out of service for inefficiency and falling to obey orders t to appear for inspection. t MERE-MENTION. Dr. Beattle Nesblt, former president ^ of the Farmers' National bank of Toronto, Canada, was arrested In Chicago Friday, charged with misapplication of $250,000 of the bank's funds A petition signed by 100,000 persons, has been presented to England's home secretary, asking for the reprieve of Frederick Seddon, charged with the murder of a MIsb Barrow, who is under sentence to die Thursday The American and Adams Express companies were Indicted by the Federal grand Jury at Buffalo, N. Y., Friday, on charges of rebating and over charging. . * ....The house committee on naval affairs has agreed to report a bill carrying appropriations of $100,700,000.... A most remarkable divorce case was ^ settled In a Cincinnati, O.. court Friday. In October, 1910, John P. Ruch, it., iiiarncvi nn?u nunmtui, uiiuer uie belief that the young woman was an adopted daughter of his parents. A short time ago it waa revealed to the ^ young couple that they were half brother and Bister, and the court granted a divorce. Five men of the British schooner Blue Jacket, were landed at Lewes, Del., FYlday, having been rescued from the wreck of the f vessel, which had been jammed by icebergs 600 miles southeast of the Grand Banks. The wrecked vessel was caught and held in the ice for Ave days before the crew was rescued Samuel Henry, a self-styled "Messiah," murdered his wife and attempted suicide in a London suburb Friday Mrs. Julia O. Martin of Evanston, III, is held at McAlester, Okla., on the charge of having caused the death 6f her mother by administering poison. 4^* A Milton, Del., peach orchard owner is guarding the buds on his 4,000 peach trees by using 2,000 oil stoves to overcome the chilly nights and prevent frost. He tried the scheme last year ? with success Five negroes, Including a husband, wife, two children and a brother-in-law, were murdered in their cabin at Houston, Tex., early last Friday morning. The adults' heads had been crushed with an axe and a butcher knife was sticking in the breast of each. It is the belief of the police ^ that the murders are the outcome of religious fanaticism A monument to the late Queen Victoria of England, was dedicated at Nice, France, Friday. Despite the fact that a score of eminent European specialists have told ^ Chas. W. Morse, the ex-convict banker of New Tork, that he cannot live more than six months, he continues his tours through southern Europe There has been more or less rioting among the striking coal miners of Pennsylvania the past week The First National bank of New Berlin, N. T., was closed last Tuesday, following the discovery of an alleged shortage of $260,000. The cashier, who is under arrest and critically ill from a ^ _ nervous breakdown, claims that he is the victim of a New Tork blackmailer. The alleged blackmailer has been placed under $10,000 bail bond Maurice W. Crafts, a lawyer of Cincinnati, O., has been indicted by the Fed- ? eral court in Chicago, for fraudulent use of the malls The engineers of the fifty railroads east of Chicago and north of the Norfolk and Western railroad, by 93.3 per cent of the 27,600 voting, have declared for a strike in the event of their demand for increased wages being refused George E. Marsh, a wealthy soap manufacturer of I^nn, Mass., was mysteriously mur- 4L dered in or near that city last Thursday night. His body was found on the outskirts of the city and there were Ave bullet wounds in it Because the police had arrested students for playing bay bail on the streets, 3,000 students of the university at Valpa- W raiso, Ind., went on a rampage Thurs- w day night and terrorised the city for several hours The Harriman lines are reported to have recently placed orders for 100,000 tons of steel rails and 9,400 freight cars. Miss Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross society in the United States, died at her home at Glen Echo. Md., Friday, aged . 90 years After lying in state for ~ ten days the body of Major General Fred Dent Grant, who died in New York last Thursday, will be burled at West Point Mayor Gaynor of New York, is being talked of as a possible candidate for the presidency Wu Ting Fang is to come back to the -Ak United States as minister from China. New York financiers are con- ' vinced that the old officials of the Standard Oil company are preparing to reorganize under the name of the Southern Fields Oil company. That seems to be the common belief as to the meaning of a charter that has been taken out under the laws of the state of Delaware. Beginning June 1 French railways have decided to Inaugurate a system of numbering the > hours of the day from 1 to 24 The muzzle bursted off of one of the 12inch guns of the Minnesota while at target practice off the coast of Virginia last week. ? The devastation and ruin that are 4* being wrought by the Mississippi river from Vicksburg south, are greater than they were further up about Memphis and Cairo. There was a serious break' in the levee at Salem, La., last Friday night. While a squad of negro workmen were giving their attention to a "boil" about fifty feet from the revetment near Salem, preparing to strengthen the weak spot, a section of the lovee fifty feet wide, buret out and a wall of water 15 feet deep commenced pouring W out over the land. It is declared that this water spread over an prea. two ?^ miles square within twenty minutes. * At Australia plantation nearby, every ' . negro who could ride, was supplied with a horse or mule and told to hurry at breakneck speed and warn the people at every house. Some of the negroes were soon water-bound and forced to take refuge in trees, on mounds and housetops; but others rode all night warning the people. Thousands of men and women and children were caught in their houses t and driven to take refuge wherever there was standing room that would enable them to keep their heads above the water. On Saturday morning business men from Vickaburg, Lake Providence and other places went through w the break in their gasoline launches, towing skiffs and rafts and put in the day searching the submerged territory for people in distress. They found thousands of people In the upper stories of their houses and In other places uf refuge. In many of the barnyards floated dead mules, cows and other animals, and in some cases they found where horses had been taken to the upper stories of the houses for refuge, rhe flood now covers thousands of square miles, and there Is hardly any estimating the ruin that has been ^ wrought. ^ HOODTOWN NOTES. Smallpox Epidemic Over?Lots of Com Plantsd. ^orrespondance The Torkvi!!* Enquirer Hoodtown, April IB.?The spread of imallpox seems to be checked, as we lave learned of no new cases. It has leen entirely among the negroes. * The oats crop generally appears ro >e promising, though the area sown is imaller perhaps than usual. A considerable acreage has already >een planted in corn. It Is gratifying ;o see more and more attention given o the production of corn. Shady Grove school closed last rhursday, with exercises consisting of longs, recitations, dialogues, etc., in 4 vhlch the pupils acquitted themselves julte creditably. The teacher, Miss lanie McFadden of Rock Hill, has been rery successful in the conduct of the ichool, and has been engaged to teach lere again in the summer. A number from this community at- ^ ended the county school meet at Win- W hrop on the 13th Instant.