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jfrraps and |artis. ? J. H. Schooler, a visiting Confederate veteran from Fredericksburg, Va., while attempting to cross the street car tracks on his return from the Richmond, Va., auditorium about 8 o'clock Wednesday evening was .caught on the fender of one of the electric care of the Clay ptreet line, knocked down and dragged several yards before the car could be stopped. He was picked up and carried to the Old Dominion hospital where he died of his injuries at 12 o'clock. ? A meeting of representatives of southern cotton mills was held in Atlanta on last Monday and Tuesday. The object of the meeting was to devise some means of relieving the present depression in the market. After discussion it appeared that there was only one expedient open and that was to reduce production. Accordingly, it was decided to ask all southern mills to curtail their production 50 per cent, during the next 90 days. The method of carrying out this request is left to the mills themselves; but it is recommended that it be done with as little hardship as possible to the mill operatives. ? Major McKinley was formally notified last Monday of his nomination by the Republicans for president. The , notification was made the occasion of a big blowout at Canton, Governor McKinley's home town. There were pres- ' ent many thousand visitors from all parts of the north. Major McKinley accepted the nomination in a carefully prepared speech. He spoke hot bricks on the tariff question ; but the money question he bandied as gingerly as if it were a hot brick itself. The burden of his song was that all kinds of American money must be worth a < hundred cents on the dollar, not only in America, but all over the world. ? Senator Henry M. Teller, on arriving in Denver last Wednesday, was met by a great outpouring of people from all parts of the state. The dem- , onstration was non-partisan and it is doubtful if the scenes of enthusiasm have been paralleled in western histo- 1 ry. The explosion of a bomb at the Union depot at 8 p. m. announced the arrival of the senator's special train in Denver. The streets were jammed with people. Immense flags and pennants, and banners of welcome were ! everywhere displayed. An immense < parade was already formed. Military and civic and labor organizations made 1 up the procession and the Teller Silver club, 2,000 strong, was in line. As , the senator stepped from the train ] there went up a mighty shout and the < roar of human^ voices drowned out the 1 noise of the bombs. j ? "A leading ladies' tailor exhibits in J his show window, a suit with the new i style of sleeves, which are to be worn J next fall," says a New York dispatch of Wednesday: "The suit is made of cadet blue whipcord, trimmed with black braid. The sleeves are smaller than those of the regulation male garment and are covered at the shoulder with epaulets. The costume is of the tailor-made variety and is intended for street wear. Large sleeves have now been in fashion for a half dozen years or so, and despite the thrusts of the humorist and the ridicule of the caricaturist have completely won the female heart. Year after year it has been heralded by fashion journals that the style would change and the small sleeves come back into general use, but the prophecy has failed to come true and the sleeves of , the present day are as large as they 1 ever have been. The large style ; sleeve is one that is well adapted to i all kinds ot figures. The fat, the lean, J the short and the tall can all wear large sleeves without detriment to 1 their general appearance, while, on the contrary, the small sleeves empha- j OITO 1 if 11o Hofcnf. /?f frtrm iinH 1 figure. The effect of the new innova- , tion from Paris is awaited with interest. Is the doom of the large sleeve sealed, or will the American woman delare her independence and hold fast to the popular and prevailing style?" ? An interesting letter was issued a few days ago by the American AntiVivisection society, of Philadelphia, appealing to the public not to circulate' sensational stories about alleged mad dogs and the terrible results of being bitten by them. Such accounts, it states, frighten people into nervous disorders, and yet there is upon record . a great mass of testimony from physicians asserting the extreme rarity of hydrophobia, even in the dog. The letter quotes a number of prominent physicians in support of the theory that there is no such affliction to mankind as hydrophobia. Dr. Hiram Corson, late president of the Pennsylvania Medical society, who was 94 years old, wrote: "I have never seen a real case , of hydrophobia." Dr. Vrail Green, the ' eminent physician of Lafayette college, , who is over 80 years old, writes: "I 1 have never had a case of hydrophobia, nor have I ever seen a case." Dr. Matthew Woods, who has been in quest of the disease 20 years, asserts that he never saw hydrophobia in either man or animal, although 6 years ago, he offered $100 reward to any person bringing him such a patient. He says further that he *never seen a case of the disease. Such distinguished physicians as Drs. Theophilus Parvin, Thomas G. Morton and Joseph W. Hearn say that fright is responsible for nearly all cases of rabies. ? There has been a great deal of talk to the effect that if the Chicago convention adopts a free silver platform for the Democrats to carry any of the northeastern states will be simply out of the question. Many individuals are so strongly wedded to this idea as to believe that it does not admit of a question. The New York Herald is one of Iw* /VMAAf Afl4- ?? f Kft ^ICOlCOl UCV>apa^C13 1U lUC WVUVI, and editorially is one of the most rampant gold bugs in the northeast; but it does not allow its editorial opinions to interfere with its news service. During the past 10 days it has sent a large number of shrewd and reliable correspondents to different parts of the state for the purpose of finding out the silver sentiment, and, as the result, it reports that the whole country is like a field of dry grass in August, waiting for the match. Several men who were elected by the state convention to Chicago had only been able to get to the state convention by promising their county conventions to do al they could to secure the free and UD' limited coinage of silver. The Ne\n York farmers, especially, are said t< he as much wrought up on the silvei question as are the southern farmers and the Democratic politicians ar< hoping and praying that the Chicag( convention will declare for silver claiming that if it does, the Demo crats will sweep oounty after oountj in New York that have been lookec upon as forever Republican. Th< Herald calls the situation gloomy; bu good Democrats everywhere will saj that it is encouraging. <fhc IJorlmlU (Enquire*. YORKVILLE, 8. C.: SATURDAY, JULY 4,18%. ? Judge Earle iB expected to appear 01 the stumD in the senatorial canvass, fo: the first time, at Sumter, on Monday July 13. ? It now looks as if the contest for thi Chicago nomination is going to be princi pally between Horace Boies and Richarc P. Bland. Either is capable of doing tb< business for McKinley. ? In an interview with a representative of The Columbia Register last Monday Senator Tillman laughed at Whitney' threat to the effect that the gold people would bolt the Chicago convention in th event of the abrogation of the two-third: rule, and said he did not care whethe they bolted, or not. In fact, he seeme( rather inclined to give them sufficient ag gravation to help them off. "THAT DEEP LAID SCHEME." The Yorkville Enquirer of last Friday responding to an editorial in this paper, wbicl response we reproduce above, indulges ii characteristic abuse of The Herald and it editor, but we expected as much. The En huirkr is a mean, sneaking, treacherous viper, with no principle but pelf and no am bltton higher than mammon, and we havi learned to know that nothing good can conn cut of it. With unblushing effrontery and ai utter disregard for truth our courthouse syco pliant, commenting on our remark that It li unfortunate that the new county issue ehoult be raised In this campaign, attempts to shif the responsibility upon "a few selfish schera era" who had "a secret survey" made thui developing a widespread suspicion tha something like foul play is contemplated, ant that therefore The Enquirer and Its "allegec lorrespondent" must issue a coll that then Is "a aeop laid scheme to divide York county md the plan of the conspirators Is to captun the York delegation to the general assembly,' md that therefore It "behooves western ant Va*.!? 4a lroon fhoir ovoo ftnon nr?H lfnnn U^IIliai A VI A IV AVVp V11VH VJ VU v?|rv?? ?? .? ??..w ., who they are voting for," notwithstanding thi eery "reliable" Enquirer declares that no body who understands the proposition Is ir favor of a division of York "except probably i Tew dozen seltlsh schemers, including th< editor of The Herald, who are seeking thel: own personal pecuniary benefit." O, thoi hypocrite I What a monstrous misrepresen tatlon! Western and central York must b< iroused by partisan appeals to defeat th< "conspirators" in eastern York, when It ii declared by The Enquirer that only "a fev dozen selfish schemers" are attempting t< make the capture." How ridiculous is thli proposition. It is apparent that if The En auiRKR believes what it says when it declare! that only "a few dozen selfish schemers" favoi the "proposition" to divide York county ii must know that there is no danger wbatevei of such a division and that the partisan cam nalgn which it is inaugurating against Roci Hill and the whole of eastern York Is un warranted, unfair, and Is Intended only t< accomplish, If possible, the defeat of certair candidates ana the election of others wh< may be cocked and primed for a fight wltt eastern York, when we are peaceful and hav< no expectation of engaging in a scramble U elect or defeat any candidate who may com* before the public. Surely this if nothing els* ought to be enough to damn that papei among the eastern York people. The Enquirer's sins against the manhooc of York county are already manifold anc grievous. They have, however, been fbrglver and the indignant people even tried to forge! the record it made when the marauder Merrll was humiliating and persecuting the men o this county with bestial ferosity, but its dam nable action in trying^to arouse sectional feel Ing against Rock hiii ana eastern rorfi tjocnuso "a few dozen selfish schemers, lnclud Ing the editor of The Herald," favor a pro post Itlon to divide the county, as It alleges, It mean and detestable, and The Enquire! will find It will be effectually resented, so fai is It Is concerned. We have raised no Issue; have no legisla tlve candidates in the field, as we have here tofore declared; the people of Rock Hill an riot In collusion with any legislative candl Sates nor do we believe that anybody lr eastern York Is, and It. Is despicable that ? partisan campaign should be Invoked by thai unworthy sheet, being animated, as it Is, bj such contemptible motives. We have intimated our belief that Thi ?orkvili.e Enquirer "printed its views or fvn annoymous communication" because wc believe it capable and still believe It cupabk [>f just such tricks of deception, and becausi we believe and still believe notwithstanding The Enquirer's disclaimer and so do man; nther people, that the communication of "Cen tral York" had Its birthplace in the office 01 The Yorkville Enquirer. The Enquir er charges us with "unscrupulous raisreure scntation," when In order to score a point It misrepresents us grossly and that too with 3ur editorial staring it in the face. We fhrnish the proof: what we wrote in our how it was oar. editorial. bi.kd by the The people of Rock Hill enquirer. it least have nothing to The Hemld "haf 1o with any "scheme;" no candidates, hot they have no legislative counseled none tc jandidates in the field; run, is attending tr have counseled none to its own business run, are attending to and does not contheir business and giving sider that the leglsno attention whatever to latlve delegates hat political matters. anything to do with * * * * the matter." Then There arc gentlemen why has it excited named on the Grist ticket Itself so greatly and who the people of Rock sworn such dire Hill would be delighted vengeance against o honor with their votes, "Central York's" ;he citizens here do not candidates ? lold them responsible for ;he unfriendly spirit exhibited toward Rock Hill n "Central York's" artljle, but it In as sure as Site that If any one of -hem chooses to enter the jampaign on such a narrow minded, partisan, in fair platform as BUgcestedby "Central York" he offense will be renembered against them ;herlshed by the voters >f Rock Hill and we beleve of east ern York. We fling back Into The Enquirer's face ts scurvy reference to Mephistophcles, and iharge it with being tne purveyor of trcach rous political schemes that ought to have lamned It long ago, viewing Its record from he days of Merrill to the present These are our sentiments; these arc our feelngs. Let The Enquirer make the most ol hem.?Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday. When, in The Herald of last Saturday, vo saw that it had not "had the opporunity to reply to the contemptible, unicrupulous editorial in Tiie Yorkville - an-tJ L..i MN(iUIRER OI l1 rillHy : UUl/ IVUUIU airoiupi o answer Ibis mendacious sbeot iu its ?ext issue," we began to whet our pencil or the fray, for wo thought there was gong to bo a test of our metal. But so nucli for expectations. Abovo is The Herald's reply in full, and after reading it airofully, in spite of ourselves, wo find hat our fear has been turned to pity. r The original issue in this controversy was I The Herald's charge that the "Central York"communication was written in The ' Enquirer office. We said that this was } false, and that, if necessary, we could and r would furnish the proof. But for this The j Herald does not ask. It knew its charge j was false at the time it made it, and does f not want any proof of the fact. We would - give the proof anyway; but must refrain, f- for the present, at least, for that would be I an indication that we believe that The * Herald believes what it says. Let our k dear, truthful, angelic, mildtempered, ' broadminded, forgiving, disinterested, ? magnanimous embodiment of all that is good, kind and unselfish, just say the word, and we will show conclusively that I we bad nothing whatever to do with the authorship of the "Central York" communication, and therefore, are not responsible for "raising the issue.*' Bnt do not let this bo construed as an effort on our part to deny interest in the question. The Enquirer has been watching this thing with all the vigilance . it knows how to exercise for more than 20 veal*. Never while there has been any unfriendly activity going on, has it lost sight of the issue for an instant, and ; while the present situation continues, i it promises not to do so. This, we consider, r is not only our right, but our duty, and , the "disinterested" efforts of The Herald to the contrary notwitstanding, to show how we teel towards Rock Hill and what 9 we are willing to do for her, we pat in " evidence what we have time and again ' done in the past. When The Herald has 9 done as much for these people as wo have, we shall feel more concerned at its strictures. e . Our dear, innocent friend and neighbor,B pretends not to understand the propoel0 tion that only a few dozen selfish schemQ ers are at the bottom of this county divisg ion conspiracy. We will explain, in more r detail, not for The Heipld, for we are suaj picious of its pretended ignorance; but for the benefit of the people who may be at sea in regard to the matter. The Herald frankly admits that "We expect to form a new county here in the future." The , area of York county is 764 5-6 square j miles, the area of Lancaster county is 535 * square miles, the area of Chester county s is 570 square miles. The aggregate area of these three counties is 1,869 5-6 square miles - and there is no territory to be procured ? from other sources. No old county can j bo cut to less than 500 square miles, and - no* now county Can be formed with j less than 400 square miles. Leaving 500 I square miles for each of the old counties, - there remains only 369 5-6square miles for t the formation of a new county. It is clear, j therefore, that the only way a new county 3 can be formed is by a violation of the 1 constitution, and this can bo accomplished j only by schemers?conspirators. We do j not say that "the" people of Rock Hill \ are engaged in such a conspiracy. We J know that they are not. But wo know 2 some citizens of Rock Hill who would [ not hesitate to do this, and we know ; that if they are up to such a scheme, 2 it is thoroughly in keeping with their ' Inn/JoKlfl nn??nADo frv nnnh'nno a nnllnv lauuovio puipvoo IV WUVIUUV m of indignant denial until their tools have been safely landed beyond the reach of the voters. We note The Herald's magnanimous appeal to the people of eastern York to "damn The Enquirer," and we might add, "subscribe for The Herald." We note its effort to make it appear that we are fighting that whole section, including oar friends and supporters, whom we suspect are as numerous as those of The Herald. These facts are so patent as to make us doubtful as to whether The Herald is interested more in the desperate scheme to secure a division of the county, in defiance of the constitution, than it is in the policy of making prejudice against The Enquirer, in the hope that The Herald will get the benefit. But we happen to know the people of this section as well as The Herald, if not better. At any rate, we hold an opinion of them that is considerably higher than that which seems to be enunciated as the opinion of The Herald. We know that they know that they have black sheep in their midst, and that it is to these black sheep and not them to whom we have referred. We know that > nnlnirla nf a ronr fow?loaa than ? HoTfln? r there is not a man in that whole section, ' however much be may favor the county r division, who would not scorn to secure it ! by the only method that now remains | open, and there iB not a man in this whole i county, except the few referred to, who will not appreciate the timely light that has been thrown upon this subject by this i controversy. 1 What Lewis Merill has to do with the ' matter under discussion, we are at a loss to see. But since the subject has been [ brought up, wo will say that The Enquirj er has never asked forgiveness for its 1 I course in 1871,-2,-3, etc., and it has never ( . repented. When The Herald shows that ; it has the nerve, the courago, the manhood, to obey the law and stand by the i right nnder such trying circumstances as 1 existed then, without reward, or hope o 1 roward, it will no longer be subject to the suspicion of being connected with a con- < spiracy to violate the constitution of its i stale. T1IE INQUIRER nas rnaue aau does make mistakes; but if there is anything in its long careers that it management then, and now, feels that it has no , cause to regret, it is its courso during the dark period just referred to. But of all The Herald's ridiculous wriggling, that parallel "clincher" caps the ; climax. Was not overy word of The Herald's editorial "staring tho reader in the face" at the head of the samo article in which occurred tho alleged misrepresentation? Was thero anybody so silly as to misconstruo our purpose to show by paraphrase that whilo Tho Herald was j i pretending to pose as tho inoulhpioco of , eastern York, it was speaking only for i itself and follow conspirators Was tho i original outrageous chargo against The i Enquirer tho expression of an oastcrn 1 i York primary, or was it merely the j scrood of tho conspirators through tho individual who wroto tho editorial. If it I was the expression of a primary, we mis represented The Herald. Otherwise, thi paraphrase was a bullseye. Good morning Mephistopheles; otl compliments to the other six, please! MR. ELDER'S CARD. Justabont the time we had complete* our reply to the Rock Hill Herald, th mail brought a card from Mr. W. Normal Elder, who also seems worried Over i question that is "not an issue." As his occasion for coming into print Mr. Elder makes the allegation tbath has been misrepresented by our corres pondent at Hoodtown. Then he goes 01 to introduce a lot of new matter to whld our correspondent did not even refer, an* lays himself open to a suspicion that h has merely set np the claim of misrepre sentation in order that he might demand right to address the audience that is for nished by The Enquirer. The only particular in which miarepre entation is specified is with regard to th nature of Mr. J. T. Wilson's question Our correspondent said it was thip way "Will you put yourself on record here to day as being opposed to the division c YoHc county or the removal of the com house to Rock Hill ?" According to Mi Elder, the question was: "Do you stam now where you did last ffcll ?" Thongi one of the most conscientious and pains taking young men in the county, it i possible that our correspondent may hav inadvertently misrepresented Mr. Elder bat until be or Mr. Wilson has somethin more to say on the subject, wo are ln<?ne to stand by the record as published, I our correspondent's version we Ctut.se some meaning; but in Mr. Elder's vet sion we cannot. Conditions have charged and where Mr. Elder stood last fall is matter of no interest. Now we come to the portion of Mr. El der's card that is directed especially at ui He says he refers to our editorial oom ment. What we said was in the nature c a proposition to this purport: "The al important iBsue being county division, i it right for Mr. Elder, who is in posseesio of the information by which this questlo is likely to be decided, to ask for the sui frages of the people whose welfare ma; be so vitally affected, until he has first tol< thorn what will be the probable result?' For even a reference to the matter, th reader will search Mr. Elder's card ii vain. And Mr. Elder pays no attention t newspaper squibs. That depends largel; upon circumstances. There are squib and squibs. In the very paragraph ii which Mr. Elder makes his remarkabl assertion, he hurls back at us anothe squib. He is known to have uttered th same sentiments expressed in it before i appeared, and it is possible that either b or some of the men who are workinj * * f J ii Tt..i iL-i J -1AL^ wun aim, inspireu it. x>ui ium is utmuo here nor there. The circumstance goe: to prove that it depends upon how nearl] a squib may come to his views, whethe or not be pays any attention to it. Mr. Elder's candidacy "is endorsed b: anti-county division men." And so las summer was the candidacy of anothe man who, though representing otherwise ran with the solo object of securini county division. Some of the men wh< helped promulgate the story that we wen fighting this man on account of peraona enmity, afterward went to Columbia b prevent him from doing that which hi had represented to them had never enter ed the back of his head. We sincerel] hope that history will not repeat itself. But in conclusion. Mr. Elder, yoi were In town last Monday, ma yon no ask a certa.n man, who bad been talkec of for the senate, to run for the legisla ture; and did not that man ask yon if yot thought the Rock Hill people would voh for him ? Was not your reply to this pur port? "Hyou had taken the same posi tion in regard to this county division mat ter that I did, you would have no trouble I now take the position that the questioi has been settled by the constitution; bu when it comes up again you will have t< tell those people where you stand ?' When that man asked you: "If th< county division matter has been settxei by the constitution, how can it come uj again ?" did you not change the subject' Have you answered the gentleman's ques tion yet ? We have no desire to misrepresent Mr Elder and we tender him tho free use o our columns on this subject. A CARD FROM MR. ELDER. Mb Editor : In Wednesday's issue o your paper, your Hoodtown correspon rlent misnuotos some of mv savintrs a Hoodtown on Saturday, 20th of Juno which I know was not done intentionally he being a particular friend of mine, anc is calculated to place mo in a false ligh before the people; hence I deem it necesBary to make the following statement In regard to the question of division o county, I said: "I think I defined mj position fully and explicitly last fell when a candidate for delegate to the constitutional convention, and gave my reasons for being opposed to a division of th< county, as stated by your correspondent. I am still opposed to a division and woulc hate as much as any one, to see a divisioi: of York county; but the situation wa* now changed. The constitutional convention had fixed the limit of area, also Ihe limit of taxablo property, etc., fpr tb< formation of new counties. Hence, thii should not bo an issuo in the coming campaign. Tho constitution is the fundamental law of tho state. Every membei of tho legislature is required to take ar oath to abide by the constitution of thf state and of tho United States, so in raj opiuion the legislature will have nothing to do but consider the applications for the formation of now counties, and if they lonform to the requirements of the constitution, they would bo compelled tr grant them ; and if they did not couform, they would be rejected. Also, if there was any doubt as to the applications, the legislature would investigate or have the same investigated, before any decisive action would be taken. Mow as to the report of my being "Rock Hill's candidate," or, rathor as some term it "Black Wilson's candidate," 1 pronounco it false and being circulated for the purpose of injuring my candidacy. I state, emphatically, that I have nevei been solicited, .or oven talked to, by an - eastern York man as to my being a cane didatei I am before yon on my own responsibility, and if selected as your repr resentative in the senate, I promise to serve you, as in the past, to the best of my skill and ability, looking after the interest of the whole people, irrespective of section on faction." At tbis point Mr. i Wilson asked: "Do you stand now 0 where you did last fall?" My reply was : "I think I have made myself sufficiently plain on that question. I certainly do," 1 As to other points made by me, your correspondent is, for the most part, cor,, roct. So will close with a few remarks on e your editorial comments, to which I h would have paid no attention, if it had : not been that I deemed it advisable to cor11 rect the statements of your Hood town cor^ respondent. I have learned from long i experience to give but little heed to newse papers squibs, and will only say that when K I made the survey of the county for Rock Hill, my candidacy for the senate was never thought of. and stated above, no Rock Hill man nor any one from eastern York, has ever mentioned sncfa a thing to - me; and more, some of the many who e solicited me to enter the race for the senate L are about as strongly opposed to a divis*. ion of the county as yon appear to be. So my conclusion is that you, with a few others, are trying to make a mountain out of a molehill, and that the editor of The Yeot man, in his last Friday's issue bit the nail r. on the head, when he Baid: "In view of ^ this settled fact, it is worse than folly for h this part of the county to start an unholy war, that can benefit nobody bat office hunters, and newspapers, some of whom a have lost their cue, and are badly in need e of something of the kind to revive public . interest In themselves in order that from ' it, they might draw anew the breath of * life." W. N. Elder. d > . , I LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE. *. Death of Mr. Hence Broome?Gleaning Oat | the River and Getting the Boat Ready? a Death of Mt?? McArthur?County Division?Time to Register I Correspondence of the Yorfcville Enquirer. Hickory Grove, July 1.?Mr. Hence ** Broome, an old and honored ex-Confedl" erate soldier, who for months past has >f been suffering with a cancer, died at the II home of his son last Friday evening and k was bnried on Snnday at King's Mountain. Mr. Broome was noted for bis bravery in the hottest of fights, and at D home as a citizen, true and conscientious, and a tender and loving father. Peace be y to his ashes. j Messrs. Ward, Driver and Skinner of i, Wilmington, N. C., are here working on the boat. All of the gentlemen are thor6 oughly competent in such work and they 0 inform your correspondent that in about six weeks everything will be ready for the o successful shipment of goods from here y to Lock hart. Mr. W. S. Wilkerson has reorganized his crew for cleaning out the river. Mr. a Wilkerson has done a great deal of labor e before on the river, and understands r the work so well that all can ret-' assured 6 that when he says "'tis done," there will t be no difficulty on account of his share of the work. 0 July Fourth is to be celebrated here in ? "grand style by the Methodist Sunday r school, in the form of a basket picnic, b and speeches by several prominent geny tlemen, among them being the editor of The Southern Christian Advocate, Rev. Jno. O. Wilson, and we are informed that the candidates who shall chance to "fall 7 in," will have the privilege of expressing t their opinions on all subjects. r The many friends of Mrs. Frances Ellen McArthur were grieved to hear of her death which occurred at her home at ? Gaffney last week. Mrs. McArthur was 3 the wife of Prof. W. F. McArthur, the 9 principal of the Gaffney City Male and 1 Female seminary, and many of the } young men of this county, who received their early training there, will ever love an? remember her for the kindness and motherly influence she gave to them. 7 The bouI has taken its flight to its God, and nothing is left that is mortal of the l one we all loved ; but her memory shall t ever be kept green in the hearts of those ] with whom she came In contact. She will be sadly missed by the community, she will bo deeply lamented by her host of 1 friends; but sadder than these, she will s be missed, regretted, lamented, mourned - and yearned for by her sorrowing family . to which we extend our heartfelt sympathy in their dark bereavement. The many friends of Mr. Tom P. Mc* Dill will regret to hesr that he Is quite 1 un ell. We trust that the day may not t be far distant when our friend may again ) be in good health. i Your correspondent notes with pleasure that some one has the backbone to oome 3 out and sound the "note of warning" to 3 the voters of this county regarding the > new oounty movements. Some say this f is the old, old cry, and only originates . with those who have no other issue to uphold them ; but, Mr. Editor, suoh is not the case. Your correspondent has been reliably ^ informed, by a gentleman above reproach and one who has no "axe to grind," that there has been "political caucus" held and candidates nominated who are in favor of a diabolical scheme to divide the county. If this be trae, (and I have no doubt of it) t is it not necessary and important that we know who and what are the opinions of ' the men we are to vote for. Let all be j careful that they know well what they t are doing and who they are voting for, before they vote. I wish especially to call the attention of j. every voter to the tact the registration 7 officers will be here Julyl4tol6. Have you registered? If not, why not? Do [ you not acknowledge this is a duty you not only owe your country but your wife and family ? Brother, delay is dangerous. Be sure and come out and register, I and be prepared, when the time comes, to do your duty as a free, true and pure | Democrat. H. w. T. > MERE-MENTION. ) Charles Broadway Rouss, of New York, 9 has oll'ered $1,000,000 to anybody who can \ restore his sight. The Sioux Indians," of Nebraska, celebrated the anniversary r of the Custer massacre on June 25. i Kansas Populists are arranging to go to i Chicago in large numbers with the hope r of bringing about a fusion with the Dernof crats. Mark Hannasays that the silver question is of no interest to anybody ' but debtors and farmers. Irwin Ford, the Negro who murdered Elsie Kreglo, > a white girl, in Washington on the 4th of May last, was hanged last Friday. The > worst epidemic of yellow fever that has i ever l>een known in Cuba, is now prevai lent. R. G. Dun A Co. give 217 fail> ures for the week ending last Friday, against 256 for the same week of last year. Secretary Carlisle says that ho did not i say that he would vote for McKinley in ! the eveut the Democratic convention deI clares for free silver. Mrs. Harriet Heecher Stowo, famous as thejauthor of "Uncle Tom's Cabin, died at Hartford, i Conn., on the 1st instant, aged 62 years. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Geo. T. Schorb?Prints a testimonial from J. R. Barron, president of the Manchester Cotton Mills at Rock Hill, with regrrd to the Lester piano. G. W. F. Harper, President?Announces that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the C. tfe L. Railroad company will be held at Gastonia, on the 16th of July. T. W. Speck?Returns thanks for the generous patonage he has received in the, ' watch, clock and Jewelry repairing "bus"-" iness, and announces that he Jiasa nice lirinhf iawelrvstid in a few day will have a niloe line of clocks. T " . ; Ganfton Dry Goods Company?Offers bajy rains on bargains, and it seems that there is little room for greater bargains. Candidate for the State Senate?W. B. Love, of McConnellvsflle. COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chairman Brice.bas called a meeting of the county Democratic executive committee, to be held in Yorkville on next Monday, July 8. The object of the meeting is to make arrangements for the State campaign meeting, which is to be held in Yorkville, on Saturday, July 18, to fix the assessments on connty candidates, and to arrange the oonnty campaign, which will probably be opened along about the 10th , of August. The time limit for the announcement of candidates Is fixed by the rnlee of the party on the opening day of the campaign! YORK'S PERSONALTY. Auditor Waters has completed bis abstract of the personal property of the county as returned for taxation for- the year 1896-96. The figures are interesting. By townships they are as follows; - TOWNSHIPS. 1894-96. 1896-96. Bethel, 9 94,120' | 104,215 Bethesda, 81,715 ... 84,066 Broad River, 73,405 ' 80,860 Bullock's Creek, 74,380 86,435 Catawba, 687,700 654,855 Cherokee 148,530 188^216 Ebenezer, 53,000 57,486 Fort Mill. ' 180,826 208,645 King's Mountain, 187,675 191,550 York, 337,ZW> 34?,SW> Total, I >1,898,7861 >2,005,220 It appears that there has been an increase in personalty in every township in the county except in Catawba. The shortage in Catawba is more apparent than real, being largely cine to. the recent re-adjustment of tho assessments on the banks. 1 The total increase for the whole county is 9111,825. Another interesting feature of the abstract is the comparative returns of farm ? stock. Here are the figures as to the numof each kind: Kind of property 1894-95 j 1885-96. Horses, .7! l7W7 2,077 Cattle,- 7,408 7,964 Mnlea and Asses,.... 3,806 4,308 Sheep and Goats,.... 2,0421 . 2,020 Hogs, - 7,8031 8,304 The returns of real estate are abonttbe same as last j ear, the difference being lees than 92,000. HE WAS A GOOD SOLDIER. Hence B. Broome, who died at Hickory Grove, the other day, was one of the heroes of the late war. He was color bearer of the 17th regiment and his comrades say' that a braver man never drew the breath of life. There was a re-union of the 17th regiment at Blaeksburg several years ago, and the speaker was F. W. McMaster, the regiment's old colonel. The soldiers had jnst lined np to a long table preparatory to attacking a magnificent banquet that bad been prepared, and the reporter remembers that jnst before divine blessings were asked on the food, etc., Colonel McMaster said, "Tell Henoe Broome to come op this way; his place is at the bead of the table." As two or three old vetef rans led a tall, scmbamed man, dressed in a worn salt of rough homespun to the front, the reporter wondered , what it all meant and asked the question. "Hence Broome!" replied an enthusiastic veteran. ".He waa the oolor bearer of the 17th regiment and waa one of the bravest men in Lee's army, and the men who kept up with him were always where shot and shell were flying thickest. Ho. did not think any more of sticking the staff of his colors into the enemy's breastworks than he did of going to the spring after water; bnt if he was ever even wounded I do not know it. Onoe, when in great danger of being captured, he hid bis colors in his boeonj and when the boys wonld Joke him about it, he would swear that he wonld eat every stitch of them before he wonld give then* up to the enemy." ' AriAV. T. * mtllflB *. lA/v/vju vw? UntilJanuary 1807. Thb Twics-a-Whk Enquires, or Thb Wkkkly Enquirer will be ftjrnished from this date to January, 1st, 1897, for fl.OO. Fifty-Seven Columns. The Enquirer baa given its readers 76 columus of matter this week and 67 oolomns of this matter is solid reading. Watermelons Coming. There have been several loads of country watermelons in town this week. The first load came in Monday and was purchased by Mr. W. E. Ferguson. Fall of Summer Visitor*. Yorkville Is ftill of summer visitors. They come from almost everywhere, and most of them are of the oplnioq that tberd is no pleasanter place to be found. Alliance Meeting. Mr. W. N. Elder requests The Enquirer to announce that' the quarterly meeting of the York county Alliance will be held in the court bouse on next Friday, July 10. A full attendance is desired. Cadet Captains. We note from The News and Courier of Wednesday, that Asbury Coward, Jr., formerly of Yorkville, has been made captain of one of the companies at the citadel. The captains of rfae other two companies are Cadets B. Tillman and Epps. Railroad Assessment. The comptroller general baa completed his report of the assessment of railroad property In this State. In thq aggregate " a? ooo "Wf rta ine aasesNmerits Hinouuu* u> The assessment in this county last yew was $896,310. This year it amounts to $889,497. ' . 8ale*day Ticket*. The Chester and Lenoir railroad people have issued a circular authorizing the sale of round trip tickets to Yorkvllle and Chester at one fare on salesdays. The circular is now in effect, and people who desire to do so, may take ml vantage of it next Monday. The Richmond Exercise*. Inasmuch as the exercises at Richmond did not close until Thursday evening, and we have no room in this issue for such a report of the proceedings as the veteraus of this section would like to see, we have decided to defer the matter until next Wednesday when we will give our readers somethiug worth tiling away. Will Close Monday. With a lew exceptious, the various business houses of York ville will close their doors ou next Monday, and the clerks, I * employes, etc., will take their Fourth of July holiday then instead of today. A large number of our people will no doubt go over to Rock Hill to see the bicycle * races. Before Associate Jastioe Jones. . { M. R. Reese and Daniel F. Luckey, charged with the murder of Charles T. Williams, are to'go before Associate Justice Jones at Lancaster, next Tuesday, oa a arrlt nf hahMB AOmiKL Weeklj^orSe ml-Weekly. ' l*erhapfl7on "account of the change of publication dayaof the weekly and semi- ^ weekly EkcjcibUr, eoroeof our sobseribera who are-oow taking the weekly would rather have the semi-weekly and vice versa. All they have to do is to express theirdesire en a postal card and the change wil be promptly made. He Got There. - 4 Alexander McElduff, who was men- 4 J tioned in Wednesday's paper as having been granted a pension in Class B., is a Negro. He lost a leg in the service a Fort Sumter during the war, and Mr. W. S. Leslie, who conceived the idea that he was entitled to a pension, backed him up in bis effort to get it. That the board has approved Mr. Leslie's view of the matter is not only just but gratifying. _ f ' Dmi Not Ao??t the Explanation. Mr. G. L. MoNeel, of Yorkville, who has bad wide experienoeas a farmer, does not accept the ingenious theory of our oor respondent "A. L. N." as to the origin of the cotton louce. Mr. McNeel says that while the chinch bug thrives well on .IV-,- _T_, L. K..* . UUHJKJCKIJk U?UUBy UO UUI UU1U UUV vuil c? I short time on red or other lands, and the cotton loose is to be foand everywhere, regardless of the character of the toiL Did Not Come Up. ^ Among the cases docketed for the term of court just closed were several brought op by colored citizens to compel the regis-' ' tration board to. issue tn them regiatra- ; i tlon' certificates,' The plaiotiflSi were I. . 3 B: Jackson, D. L. Witherspoon, John Wheeler. Robert B. Colbert and John J/ Jordan. Messrs. McDow and McAllister are the attorneys for Colbert and Jordan. In the other eases, the record does not ? give the names of any attorneys. For some reason the cases were not oalled. B!cycle Bares. ' ' ' The town of Torkvllle has been strewn with circulars -advertising the great blcy* ole races to take plaoe in Rock Hfll next Monday, Jnly 6. The fastest rider* in Virginia, North Carolina, Sooth Carolina, Georgia and Florida have signified their intention to participate, and the occasion ^ promisee to be one of nnusnal interest. Another feature of the day will be a match gaameof baseball between Rock Hill and Camden. The railroads are offering reduced rates and a large crowd will be in attendance. Seised ths Liquor. State Constable Thomasaon seized a five wr pal Ion keg of whisky at the Chester and Lenoir depot last Thursday night. It was addressed to "Frank McElwee." There are two men in town of that name, Mr. J. F. McElwee, and a colored man. Mr. J; F. McElwee does not use whisky and informed Constable Thomasson that the keg _ was qot bis. The other Frank McElwee said that be knew nothing about ft, where "JJ upon, without more ado, Constable Thomasson took it in charge. Under the .. 'M circumstances, of course, there was no violation of Judge Simonton's injunction. * \& Mistrial Again. Whiteman Hardy, the'Negro who was before Magistrate Sandifer last Tuesday on the charge of carrying concealed weapons, was up again on yesterday and the jury made another mistrial. J. S. 6rice, Esq., appeared for the defense, and W. W. Lewis; Esq., ibr the prosecution. . % There was little reason to donbt the defendant's gnflt; but it seems that he Is snoh a desperate chariieter that the withemes, who-are all colored1, were afraid to testify against him. The case was compromised by releasing Hardy on a peace bond. .1..: h V. : ABOUT PEOPLE. : Little Miss JnHaSmith left on Tuesday for a visit to Blacksbaift.' K Mr. M. R. Smith'and son, Master Rob, at Rlacksburg, visited relatives in York- * vKle this week* < > -* " Misses Alice Perry and Looiae Dye of Kershaw county ase the gtfsats of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hi Propet. Master Charlie Mobley of. Book Hill, returned borne last Tuesday after a pleasant visit to frienda in Yprkvbleu Cadet Clpngh Steele of l^owqfaville, stopped over a day or two this week with c friends and relatives in YorkviUe, on bis way home from the Citadel Misses Ethel P. and Mary G.iBadcliffe, daughters of SJr. apd Mrs' G, T. Radcliffe of Yorkville, were among the graduates from the Memnalnger school1,,of Charleston at the session which closed'oh Friday the 26lb. Charlotte Observer: -Mk E. It. McClain originally from Yorkville, 8. C;, now of Galveston, tax., Id to the city fbr a few . days. Mr. McClaid is an expert cotton grader.- Heaays that the cotton ocftlook is fairly good in Texas. He says that it is beyong comprehension to think of the quantity of ootton eold to Texas each year. i r ' BLACKSBUR6 BUDGET. Board of Haalth Orseql sm?-TIm Old MSier* Off For BIHimoad. Oovrapoadowe. of tin Yortrill* Enquirer, t j BtACKsnuao, Jane 30.?About 26 of oar citiaens- hava been subpoenaed to attend court at Yorkville, this week, a dozen or more have gone to .Richmond to attend the Confederate veterans' reunion, and tboee who are left will have a most delightfully quiet enjoyment of the weather all to theraa^vee.. I Our board of health met a rew aays ago and organized by electing Mr. J. D. Kennedy, president, qnd W. Anderson, ^ M. I)., secretary. The president appointed Drs. J. G. "Black and W. Anderson and Mr M. M. Freeman a committee to draft rules and regulations for the sanitary government of the - town, with instructions to report at the next meeting. On Thursday last, Deputy U. S. Marshal Marcus G. Brown, assisted by Messrs. Mat. Griffin, Joe Palmer and ** John Galipor, found and captured a moonshine still near&arratt's ferry, on Broad river. The droller had fled but left the still in active Operation with hogsbeads of beer and a small quantity of ^ corn meal and wheat bran, all of which was destroyed. The still was brought to Blaoksbnrg. "On to Richmond," Southern railway, Jane 29th. I left Blacksbarg this morning at 9.40 o'clock for the capital of the Confederacy. In company with me were C'Ol. JOUD 1j. lilHCtC, J. Li. IJaVIS, V*. W. Cliue and E. H. Bridges. Messrs. B. J. Gold, W. F. Dye, John Whisonant, Ned Wbisouantaud J. M. Allison lett earlier in the day over the Seaboard Air Line route. At Urover wo were joined by Dr. J. F. llambright and Messrs. Emanuel Patterson, Gill Ham bright, D. R. Hambright, J. M. Patterson, W. T. Ilarkness. 0 \ x- \