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Straps and ^acts. ? A story is going the rounds among the railroad men that a few days ago, near High Poiut, N. C., a Southern railway train was boarded by three train robbers. When they ordered the engineer, whose name could not be ascertained, to stop his train, he got the drop on them with a revolver that he had and fired at them as they jumped from the tender. In the meantime he had opened his throttle with bis left hand. His quickness and pluck saved the company from heavy loss. ? The senatorial deadlock in Kentucky has developed an attempted bribery sensation. Capt. Noel Gaiues, one of the anti-Hunter Republicans, has testified before the grand jury that a few days ago John H. Wilson, a friend of Hunter, had approached him with a proposition to pay $15,000 for three votes?$5,000 a vote. The proposition was that the money should he turned over to Gaines immediately upon the election of Hunter. The Hunter people stoutly deny the charge and say that the whole thing is a trick gotten up by Governor Bradley to throw discredit on Hunter. ? Hon. Win. J. Bryau came very near losing his life at St. Augustiue, Fla., last Thursday night. He had just concluded an address to a big crowd of people from the piazza of a hotel, some 20 feet above the ground. There were hundreds of people on the piazza, and they rushed forward to shake Mr. Bryan's hand. The piazza gave way and the people fell to the grouud in a jumbled mass. Mr. Bryan was badly cut about the face and knocked insensible; but was otherwise unhurt and recovered in a few minutes. Many of the other people were badly bruised, and some 25 or 30 people had their legs and arms broken. ? Young J. P. Atkinson, son of Governor Atkinson, of Georgia, and Miss Ada Byrd, of Atlanta, were married in Cbattauooga last Sunday, this time with the full consent and approval ol their parents. It developed that on account of a Georgia statute forbidj; . i- : c ? I ir uiug iLie marriage ui a uvy uuuci ?i years of age, the first marriage was illegal, and young Atkinson insisted on straightening out the matter by going to a state which had no laws against such marriages. The young couple will reside at the executive mansion for a few weeks, and will then set up in housekeeping on their own responsibility. ? Although technically at peace, there is now no doubt of the fact that Turkey and Greece have been virtually at war with each other for many weeks. The so-called Cretan "insurgents," are really Greek regulars, and the "brigands" referred to occasionally as attacking the Turks on the frontiers of their country, are the same. Just why these distinctions are made in the dispatches we are not able to fully explain ; but the probabilty is that before many days there will be open hostilities between the two countries on a much larger scale It all seems to depend upon the settlement of a little diplomatic quarrel that is now in nrosrress between Great Britian and Germany. ? There sometimes happen cases of emergency in which people are not inclined to staud back on the technicalities even of the law. For some weeks past there had been a disagreement between the city council of Nicholsville, Ky., and the Waterworks company. The trouble was about the price of water, and as the city refused to pay the price demanded, the water company sealed up its fire plugs aud decided to wait until the matter could be settled by law. A big fire broke out last Saturday and the whole city was threatened. Immediately the people bethought themselves of the full watermaius, broke open the hydrants, and put out the fire. It is said that the water company now intends to bring suit against the city ou account of the breaking of the seals. ? Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans Cotton Exchange statement shows a decrease in the movement compared with last year of 24,000 bales, decrease under year before last of 77,000, aud a decrease under 1894 of 17,000. For the nine days of April the total shows a decrease under last year of 28,000; a decrease under year before last of 76,000, and a decrease under 1S94 of 13,000, for the seven months and nine days of the season, the aggregate is ahead of last year 1,419,000 bales; behind year before last 1,367,000, and ahead of 1S94 of 975,000. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop, and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 6,295,646, against (? X4X.4XX for thp snmp nprind Inst vp#r 7 7 ? f ?J ? ? Atlanta Constitution : Although the waters of the Mississippi have commenced to recede, there is still much danger to be apprehended, and perhaps more damage will be wrought within the next few weeks than at any time since the river began to overflow its banks. Experience with recent floods in '.he Mississippi valley proves that the levees are exposed to a much greater pressure from the receding than from the outflowing currents, and that the time for national rejoicing has not yet arrived. Should the levees escape any serious damage, there is still the waste of food products, extending over a wide area of rich bottom land, to be considered; and also the malignant fever which seldom fails to follow in the wake of such devastations. The damage already caused by the overflow is roughly estimated at $300,000,000, and before the record of the present year's disaster is finished it may rise even higher. ? St. Louis factors say enormous damage has been done to the cotton planting interest of the south as the result of the flood in Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and a portion of southeastern Missouri. It is estimated on a conservative basis that the inundated territory along the line produces an annual average of 1,500,000 bales of the highest grade cotton. From present indications the average output will be materially reduced by the ravages of the waters ; in fact, in many localities it is doubtful if any crop at all will be raised, while in others there will be a sickly yield. A million and a half bales of cotton, even at the or dinary price, aggregates probably $50,000,000, and conservative estimates place the damage to cotton alone at about this figure, not to take into consideration other losses incident to the flood. ? A terrible collision occurred on the Southern railroad at Harrisburg, about 13 miles north of Charlotte, last Saturday night, between the northbound Florida special and the southbound local passenger train. The orders were for the two trains to pass at Harrisburg, the local passenger taking the siding as the Florida special went by. The local passenger was slightly behind aud the Florida special kept on. The two trains collied just at the entrance to the siding. The engines were piled one on top of the other. T. Clingman JtSenton, postal cierK, 01 Charlotte ; John Eudy, of Concord, N. C.; and Will Donaldson, of Lynch burg, Va., were killed, and 9ix other people were more or less seriously injured. The passengers generally escaped with a severe shaking up. i The property loss to the railroad i amounts to many thousands of dollars. She ^(orluiUc (inquirer. YORKVIliliE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1897. ? The agricultural department at Washington estimates the total cotton crop for the year 1890-97 at 8,534,870 bales. Tl,n Pnnlr TJill Tluilv Sinn llSL<J ellRnCed hands again, and been enlarged. The managers show enterprise of the right kind; but we fear that their efforts will prove unavailing. To support such a paper will require more business than seems to be immediately forthcoming. The new proprietors of The Sun are Messrs. C. B. Gibbs and F. B. Fildes. ? If it is true, as the Spartanburg Herald suggests, that the recent cbango in the ownership of the Atlanta Constitution, means an attempt to buy public opinion, the experiment will be watched with the greatest interest. We have seen such attempts made on a small scale and have witnessed failures with each one. That the result will be the same when the attempt is made on a larger scale, there is no reason to doubt. The success of The Constitution, so far, has been, not in forming ; but merely in voicing public opinion. ? The situation looked rather blue for the Columbia state last ween, me mate was a United Press paper, and as The Register held the Associated Press franchise, there was reason to believe that The State was about to turn up minus a general news service. Indeed, The Register so stated ; but on the day at which it was appointed that something would drop, The State appeared with the same full Associated Press reports that were contained in The Register, and has shown up with a good service every day since. So far, neither paper has seen lit to make any explanation. ? Notwithstanding all that has been said of the now famous "retroactive clause" of the new tariff law, we can't get rid of the idea that it is really nothing but a big bluff. The constitution of the United States is perfectly clear on this point, and we have no idea that there will be any attempt to collect the Dingley duties on goods imported previous to the final passage of the bill by the senate and its approval by the president. Further than this, we suspect that the contributors to the late Republican campaign fund have already been given a straight tip in regard to the matter, and other importe. s who fail to continue to avail themselves of the opportunities which must necessarily remain open until the now bill finally becomes a law, will only do serve to bo laugnect at lor meir umiuiiy. ? Money will buy almost anything iu sight nowadays. The statement is illustrated by an incident just reported as having occurred in New York. Mrs. C. V. Barton, a wealthy woman from Houston, Texas, applied to a distinguished New York specialist to treat a finger, the bone of which was diseased. The specialist said that the finger would have to come off, and suggested that ho could restore it by grafting on the bone of some animal. Mrs. Barton insisted that she must have a finger from the hand of another woman, let the cost be what it may ; and as the result of an advertise- 1 ment inserted in the morning papers, there was found a young woman named Miss Dinsmoro who, for the sum of ?1,000 in cash, was willing to part with a middle finger at the middle joint. ? The various newspapers throughout the country?Democratic and Republican u 1 iL--nrr> fiflnpincr nil L-itirlw of ovnlillia tions for the overwhelming Democratic gains in the recent municipal elections. It seems that they have assigned every possible cause except the right one. The ' situation is as clear jus day. The over- ' whelming sentiment of the people of the United States is Democratic, and free ( silver Democratic at that. In all the , largo cities, however, thcro are thous- j ands of impecunious voters who, from necessity generally, and dishonesty some- i times, are unable to resist the temptation of selling their votes for an immediate ' temporary advantage. In the late presidential campaign, the Republican party had the ready cash with which to buy practically all the votes there were for sale, at whatever price, and it did not hesitate to use this money freely. This gave the Republicans many majorities that they would not have othorwise gotten. The money for use in the mu- ; nicipal elections last week was insignifi- i cant in comparison with that used in the 1 late general election, and the people being left free to act in accordance with 1 the dictates of their best judgment, natu- ; rally voted for the Democratic tickets. Everybody knows that Chicago, for iustance, was bought in the recent general election and, after all, Chicago is only a fair sample of many other northern and i western cities. ? As to whether the Greek or the Turk is the stronger there is very grave doubt; but the so-called concert of the Powers to the contrary notwithstaning, with the issue once fairly joined we confidently look for the eventual triumph of the Greek. Here is the situation. The Turk is a bait-savage oaroarian, wim a record of rapine and murder that extends over a period of a thousand years, and who has long since incurred the more or less bitter hatred of every Christian nation. For his innuermerable crimes Christians everywhere feel that he should be swept from the face of the earth. The history of the Greek is heroic almost as far back as history goes. Every enlightened Christian nation on the face of the earth knows him. and loves him. It is generally recognized that reduced to the actual resources of the two countries most directly interested, the Greek is at a serious disadvantage; but only a real battle or two, and that whether Greece is victorious or not will serve to arouse the enthusiasm of the Christian world to a fevor pitch, and before the struggle is over all the great nations will be ou the side of Greece. Before the situation has become heated cold blooded business interests can exercise a tremendous inlluenee: but when once the fierce fire of war is well kindled, business must stand from under. BRYAN AT TIRZAH. The proposition to invite Hon. William J. Bryan to the Tirzah encampment next summer, is one that should be either dismissed from the mind forthwith as an idle blutf, or at once taken in hand with all the energy and determination that can be mustered by the Alliance committee, backed by all the people of the adjacent towns and surrounding country. While the idea of inducing Mr. Bryan to come to Tirzah might, at first blush, strike many intelligent people as absurd, in the opinion of The Enquirer there is nothing absurd about it. It is true that South Carolina generally, and this portion of the state especially, is overwhelmingly in favor of all that is represented by Bryan ; but, at the sanies time, Mr. Bryan is a man who has a strong, unselfish fellow-feeling for his sympathizers, and we believe that if the situation is presented to him in the proper light, he will take the greatest pleasure in accepting the invitation. But it would be well to serve notice now on tliose who nave noi given me matter lull consideration, that this proposition does not involve any child's play. At the previous encampments at Tirzah, there have been crowds which, in this section, are considered large. But if it were definitely known that Mr. Bryan was to bo present next summer, all the crowds that have ever been to Tirzah before combined, would be a mere bandfull as compared with the one that would come out to see and hear him. And it is right here that we are confronted with the serious part of the matter. Anticipation of such a crowd as would naturally be expected, presents the necessity of . extensive arrangements for proper accom niodations, and if these arrangements are. to be completed, there is little, if any, time to be lost. We may be mistaken ; but, in our opinion, it is not improbable that the proposed undertaking is rather too great for the immediate resources of the local Alliances. However, that fact need not present any serious obstacle. Under all the circumstances, the occasion could hardly be regarded as strictly an Alliance all'air, and we are sure that all the people of the surrounding country, including the adjacent towns of Yorkville, Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Clover, and even Chester and Lancaster, would gladly come to the fore with liberal contributions of money and other necessary assistance, to make the undertaking the greatest possible success. We hope that the suggestion to induce Mr. Rryan to be present?and as yet we hardly think that the proposition is more than a suggestion?will be carried out; but in the event that it is carried out, we hopo that our people will not fail to fully realize beforehand its extraordinary importance and significance, and not fail to acquit themselves in a manner that will ensure them due and proper credit. i GREECE AND TURKEY. Scraps of News Showing the Situation In SoutheaKtern Kurope. ' A statement from London is to the , effect that owing to snow storms in southern Europe, and the cutting of telegraph wires in various parts of Turkey and Greece, the uews as to the , exact situation in those countries, es- ' pecially during the past few days, is more or less incoherent. A dispatch of Suuday morning from X f hone can id that it. was understood at * J midnight that war had been declared J between Greece and Turkey. The statement, however, has not since been j confirmed. I An American in Patras, Greece, , writing under date of March 23, says : ( "Patras has been comparatively quiet | lor the past few days, for all the soldiers and peasants have gone to the frontier. For several weeks every Greek steamer and every train from ] Pyrgos were loaded with eager, patri- i otic, enthusiastic Greeks, ready for I war. A large steamer is now in port, i loaded with soldiers bound for Arta, < and this morning it seems to me that < war is imminent. Several days ago < when the soldiers were arriving in I great numbers and small boats in the I harbor were busy conveying them to < the steamers, ten men got into one i that holds only live comfortably, up- I set, and, in the confusion that followed < Lhey were drowned in sight of the crowd on the quay. The bodies which were recovered, were wrapped in the Greek flag and buried in the cemetery here. It was very sad and the city is in mourning. Business is at a standstill. The currant vineyards are deserted and the markets of the world will have to depend next year on the 18,000 tons which remain in the kingdom unsold." As the result of an invasion of Macedonia by Greek "insurgents," last Friday the Turkish government nofin/1 Kn rvr\ n knconrlrvfO fr a f uwcu mc ivici^u aujuoooauuio vnuw iv would immediately send a large force against tbe Greek headquarters at Larissa; but as yet the proposed movement has not been commenced. As to whether orders were issued and then countermanded, is not known. A garrison of 800 Turks were besieged by Greeks at Baltine. After four difiereut attempts, the Turks managed to cut their way through the besiegers last Friday. Their loss wus 300 killed. The loss of the Greeks is is not reported. Feeling at St. Petersburg is said to be strong against the Greeks. The Russian authorities claim that Turkey has been correct and irreproachable in her movements and that the Greeks have already committed nu rnerous violations of international law. It is generally understood, however, that the sympathies of Russia are with Turkey. Quite a number of Europeans, including many Englishmen, are joining the iusurgeut forces. Anioug the Englishmen who have joined the Greeks within the past few days is young Harris, a son of the admiral in commaud of the British fleet engaged in the blockade of Crete. Considerable fighting is reported at various poiuts along the Greek frontier, between Greek irregulars ou one side ami Turkish regulars on the other. While the Greek government does not assume responsibility for the so-called irregulars, it is making no effort to hold them in cheek. FARMERS' INSTITUTES. President Craighead Gives a Detailed Explanation of Their Scope. At the instance of a correspondent in York county who wrote for information, The News and Courier asked President Craighead for a full explanation as to the character and scops of "farmers' institutes," proposed to be held throughout the state duriug the summer. President Craighead's reply, under date of April 8, is as follows: To thA Editor of The News and Courier: Your timely editorial on the purpose and value of farmers' institutes leaves little to be said : Our object is to bring the practical results of science within reach of the people. We are aiming to give to the farmer the advautageof expert knowledge, especially in those departments of science which are closely related to agriculture. We wish to bring to his aid the work of the chemist, the geologist, the botanist, the veterinary surgeon?in short, of the vast army of workers in all lands who are toiling to subdue the earth aud to make it minister to humau needs aud comforts. What the farmer needs?as we all need ?is knowledge. Better methods of cultivating and improving the soil, the best aud most improved form of implements, the kind of fertilizer best adapted to each variety of soil, the best breeds of domestic animals, the cultivation of farm crops, the results of experiments with new varieties of fruits aud vegetables?these sire subjects iu which all intelligent farmers are interested. Our institutes are perfectly informal. We hope both to give and to receive information. We invite inquiry. We pass around the "question box," and thus give every man an opportunity to find out just what is of special interest to him. At every institute we gather information that proves to be valuable at succeeding institutes. Thus in time we hope to so systematize our work as to make each man's special knowledge the property of all. The institute has a still higher purpose. It brings the people together. It stimulates thought. It awakens the powers of investigation. It ought iu lime to raise up an army of investigators. It does something to relieve the dull monotony, which more than aught else is making farm life distasteful to the rising generation. It can be made an immense factor iu the life of the southern farmer. Depositors Are Angry.?Eight hundred depositors of the recently failed Globe Savings bank met in Chicago last Sunday afternoon, says a dispatch, to protest against the treatment they had received at the hands of C. W. Spalding, its president, and his fellow-oflicers, and to devise means for rescuing, if possible, some portion of their savings which had been tied up by the bank's failure. An executive committee was appointed to direct legal proceedings. Ex-Governor Altgeld was frequently denounced and cries of "Lynch him !" "Send him to the penitentiary with Spalding and the rest of the gang !" came from all parts of the room. Resolutions were adopted calling the attention of the general ussemhlv to the lartre number of bank ~ ' / - O - | failures that have occurred within the state during the last few mouths and urging legislation for the establishment of a state banking department to have supervision over all bankiug institutions of the state, and urging also the enactment of more stringent criminal laws for the punishment of defaulting bankers. Counsel for the depositors will appear in court tomorrow to institute criminal proceedings against the bank ollicials. Gailney'ri National Hank. The National Bauk of Gaffuey will probably begin business about the 20th instant. The papers are now in the bands of the comptroller of the currency. But inasmuch as one of the lirectors elected, Mr. T. 1*. Cothrau, jf Greenville, decliues to serve, the comptroller says another director will have to be elected before be can authorize the beginning of business. The capital stock is $">0,000 and theoflicers ire F. (J. Stacy, president; J. G. Wardlaw, vice president, and D. C. Ross, cashier. LOCAL AFFAIRS. < i INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. | II. C. Strauss?Says that lio is on his met- | tie in the matter of selling dress goods, < and that he is prepared to meet compe- ' tition to the full. In dress goods and ; gentlemen's clothing, he claims to be 1 up-to-date. His ladies' slippers and i gentlemen's shoes, he represents to be , in exact styles, and he is prepared to serve you with ladies' underwear, tine hosiery, corsets and suspenders. 1 James II. Riddle?Suggests that it is best not to delay in supplying yourself with < guano distributors, cotton planters, dou- , ble-foot plowstocks, side harrows, Iron Age cultivators, hoes, plow moulds and 1 garden wheelbarrows, all of which he 1 has in stock. He can supply you with i guano, kainit aud cotton seed meal, i standard and fancy groceries, tobacco, shingles and lime. Louis Roth?Offers you mackerel in kits 1 at gl.10 and 85 cents. Single mackerel 1 at 5 cents each, or seven for 25cents. J. M.Starr it (to.?Announce that their , soda apparatus is in operation, aud hereafter they will be prepared to supply the thirsty with cooling and refreshing rl??inbo Thnw nan qIcja annnlr VAI1 with German and cat-taii millet seed, red clover and orchard grass seed, ana watermelon seeds of several varieties. Grist Cousins?Let you know that the cotton barrows which they advertised last week have arrived, and that they have Evans steel-frame lever harrows on hand. They are selling lemons at 15 cents per dozen. C. F. Gordon, Superintendent of the Chain Gang?Offers a reward of fifteen dollars for the arrest and delivery to him of William Sanders, an escaped convict. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. C. F. Williams, is at home from Baltimore for vacation. Mrs. W. U. Steele, Jr., of Rock Hill, is visiting the family of Mr. W. B. Steele, Sr., in Yorkville. Miss Mattie Bell, of Hickory Grove, is visiting Misses Daisy and Gussie Brian, of Yorkville. Messrs. Wesley Shannon, R. M. Carroll and J. A. Byers, are attending Bethel presbytery, in session at Winnsboro, as delegates from Harmony, Bullock's Creek and Woodlawn churches, respectively. Dr. C. R. May, of Yorkville, who has just been graduated from the South Carolina Medical college, reached home last Saturday. He will practice his profession ; but has not yet decided whether he will locate in Yorkville or elsewhere. TOWNSHIP PENSION BOARD. A number of veterans of York township met in the courthouse last Saturday, ' * aU- I, pursuant to law, to organize me ium township pension board. Mr. J. F. Wallace kindly expedited the business of the meeting, which resulted in the election of A. F. MeConnell, W. P. Hobbs and W. J. Stephenson to constitute the township board. Mr. MeConnell requests Thk Enquirer to announce that the board will hold its first meeting in the courthouse next Friday at 11 o'clock a. in., and at this meeting all the applicants for pensions who reside in this township, are required to be present. New applications, howover, will not bo required of any who are already on the pension rolls, or who have made application to the recently superceded county board. Applicants who have not already filed their papers, will be allowed to do so, and then the board will, at its leisure, proceed to revise all the lists in such manner as may appear proper. MARSHALL CAPTURED. Ell Marshall, the Negro who recently shot Mr. Nivens, near Pineville, was captured near Van Wyck, Lancaster county, last Friday, by a posse, after a hot pursuit of exactly a week. It now develops that shortly after Marshall shot Mr. Nivens, and while he was running away, he saw two white children on the side of the road, and fired at them twice. The children were not hit, but were badly fright ened, as was quite natural. When the posse finally came upon Marshall, near Van Wyck, he started to run, and a member of the posse brought him to the ground with a load of buckshot in the back. The fellow was pretty well riddled; but the understanding is that the wound will not prove fatal. At the time of his capture, Marshall had on his person two revolvers?on oof 32 calibro, the other of .'18?and a box of cartridges for each. He was very much frightened after the shooting and made no further resistance. He said that he did not know it was Mr. Nivens after him, or he would not have fired. He thought he was shooting at Mr. W. O. Bailes. He was taken to Monroe, N. C., and committed to jail at that place. LOCAL LACONICS. About the Same ax Usual. The number of liens being recorded this spring is about the same as usual. The Enquirer Until 1st of Jniiuary, 1898. The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will be sent to any address, from this date until the 1st of January, 1898, for 31.42. "Will Employ 80 Operatives. It is the understanding that the York Cotton mills will givo employment to 80 operatives; 40 during the day and 40at night. The Next Ite-Union. The Seaboard Air Line people are making a bid for the transportation of such of the Confederate veterans in this section as expect to attend the re-union in Nashville, Tennessee, this summer. Fnr ?**1I!n<v Uniior. Sain Lanier, alleged to be an old offender in the liquor business near Hickory Grove, lias been committed to jail in default of bond on the charge of violation of the United States internal revenue laws. The First Court. Cherokee county's first court will meet ' on the fourth Monday in May, according i to the Columbia State. Judge Aldrieh, j it is said, will preside. Cherokee has been put in the Sixth judicial circuit, which is now composed ol Fairfield, Chester, Lancaster, York and Cherokee. Much Room For Improvement. Mr. Arch H. Calvert, mayor of Spartan- ; burg, has issued an invitation to the , mayors of tho different cities and towns in this state to meet in that city on May , 5th, for tho purpose of an exchange of < views on the many matters of municipal government. Fatally Humeri. A little 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Huice, who live near Hickory I Grove, was hadlv burned one day last week. Just how tho accident happened it is not definitely known. The child had 1 heen left in the room alone for a few moments by the elder children, and when ( they returned its clothing was in tlamcs. t Information last Monday was to the effect i that the little sull'crer would probably re- | cover. The Cherokee Levy. I Spartanburg Herald : Officials here arc i at a loss to understand the report sent out from Columbia to tho eflect that no j levy was provided for Cherokee county. They say that none was expected. Tho j now county will be forced to take the returns as already rendered and will get i1Gr proportionate share of the taxes collected Prom the territory taken from Union, Spartanburg and York ; but until Cherokee has some means of ascertaining how much taxable property she has, no levy could have been mude. Out at the WlNon. All of the preliminary work having about been completed, Messrs. Clarke Ilros. expect to commence taking ore out of the Wilson mine within the next few lays, and the outlook is that before the close of the present month, the stamp mill will be in full operation. The mine and vicinity now presents a scene 01 activity that is highly encouraging, and the prospects are that the present situation is only a faint promise of the additional developments which may be confidently looked for during the coming summer. Clean Out the Wells. Dr. Miles Walker, president of the Yorkville board of health, has called a meeting of the members to be held this afternoon for the purpose of ordering the cleaning out of all the wells in the town. This precaution is to be taken as a preventive against fever this summer. Owing to the heavy and continuous rains during the spring, the wells have become filled to an alarming extent with impure surface water. The theory is that unless removed to as great an extent as possible, these impurities will continue to grow more virulent as the season advances, and in the summer will be the cause of a regular epidemic. There was but little fever last summer, and it will be remembered that there was but little rain last spring. In the opinion of Dr. Walker and other members of the board of health, the danger of an epidemic this summer is such as to warrant extraordinary precautions. Township Pension Board. Among the township pension boards elected last Saturday were the following: Catawba? Iredell Jones, J. A. Westbrook, James Kirkpatrick. Fort Mill? T\. T TJ A ? VV i,if a t \f i/I? A* JU? ifACaVUOItl) * * !.' ' ? UIW) V* Armstrong. Bethesda?N. B. Bratton, John D. McConncll, John L. Starr. King's Mountain?John M. Thomasson, Win. A. Burns, J. B. Robinson. Broad River?W. S. Wilkerson, chairman ; Jas. Scoggins, E. B. Castles. Ebenezer?W. M. Choate, W. J. Miller, Jeff Lumpkin. Staple Wan Short. "Last year's cotton crop was not up to the average as to length of staple," remarked an experienced cotton man to the reporter a day or two ago. For some reason, the staple did not fully develop. Small bolls opened along with the rest and yielded white cotton that would pass as a good sample ; but when it gets to the mill it cannot be made into a good quality of yarn. The crop of year before last was much better, and where it can be obtained, is readily bought by most of tbe mill men at a somewhat advanced price. Receiver for Globe Mills. Upon application of W. L. Roddey and others, plaintiffs, represented by Wilson A Wilson, Judge Witherspoon on Monday appointed Mr. John R. London, of Rock Hill receiver for the Globe Cotton mills. The bonded indebtedness of the mill is $<>0,000, and the default in the payment of the interest occurred on April 1. The subscribed and paid up capital stock of the company is represented as being $03,300. The report is that the unsecured floating indebtedness is very large; but as to this the reporter is unable to secure any positive information. Don't Keep It Hidden. Business men who are skeptical about the wisdom of telling tbe public about the advantages they have to offer in the way of goods and prices, etc., should take a lesson from the Ganson Dry Goods company, H. C. Strauss and Mrs. T. M. Dobson. All of these concerns have made some unusually full announcements during the past few days, and patrons have been coming to their stores in great crowds. There is only one solution of the matter. The firm which has a good thing must let the intelligent public into the secret. Othr vise, the possession of that good thing is of no especial service to anybody. Will Meet at tlie River. The committee of county commissioners, appointed to look after the matter of constructing the bridge across Catawba river, will meet on the bank of the river, near Harris's ferry, next Monday for the purpose of deciding upon the question of location. It is likely that a number of bridge men will be present. Whatever is done about the location question, will be reported to the county board of commissioners at the called meeting to be held next Tuesday, and an advertisement for bids on the proposed work, will be published as soon thereafter as the necessary specifications and other information can be obtained. BLACKSBl'RG BUDGET. Farmers More Encouraged?The Townnhlp PenMlon Board?Personal Mention. Correspondence ot the Yorkville Enquirer. Blackskurg, April 13.?The bright warm, spring days wo are having bring with them hope and encouragement to the hearts of our farmers, and they feel now that there -was no necessity for their fears and lamentations over the long wet spell, and they will have an abundance of time for breaking up their land, putting in their fertilizer, and making another big crop of cotton. About 30 of the Confederate Veterans met here on Saturday, and elected Dr. J. G. Black, K. Hardin and Win. Caldwell, as a township board of pensions.. The many friends of Mr. Charlie Thomas were glad to see him in our midst for a visit, if it was only for a few [lays. He came on Thursday last and leaves today for Chester where ho is located now. Mrs. J. A. Maxwell, Miss Ethel and Master John Maxwell are going to Augusta today, for a month's visit to friends mid relatives. Mrs. M. K. Anderson leaves this morn ing for Eastovor, where she will visit the family of Rev. J. II. Tillinghast. Miss Mollic Thomas has been visiting the family of her brother, Mr. H. J. Thomas, and returnd home this morning. w. a. GOLD HILL*NOTES. What the Fanner* Are Doing?Fact* About the Nlvens Tragedy?Mix* Alexander'* School. Correspondence ol the Yorkville Enquirer. Hold Hill, April 10.?Although a few ;>f our fanners have cotton ground ready ;o plant, a majority, on account of the miprecedented rains, are fully a month behind with their work. They have done practically nothing but scatter a little manure, and thero is a great deal of ju easiness on account of the forced delay. Mr. Thomas llailey, near Fort Mill, is unong the few who are not badly behind. Ho has only about two more days of plowing before he will bo ready to plant. | Wheat and oats, especially wheat, are looking fine. If nothing serious happens between now and harvest, both crops will be unusually heavy. The lacts in the Nivens tragedy, which occured near here, are about as follows : The Negro, Marshall, had had a serious difficulty with another Negro on the plantation of Mr. W. 0. Bailes. Mr. Bailes took out a warrant for the ar-% rest of the Negro, and Mr. Ed Nivens went to make the arrest. Mr. Nivens inet the Negro near the Sugar Creek bridge, on this side of Pineville, and ordered him to throw up his hands. The Negro did so; but in one hand he had a pistol with which he instantly shot Mr. Nivens. The ball struck Mr. Nivens's wrist, and then passed through his lung pear the heart. At first the doctors thought that the wound would prove fatal; but now they think there are hopes that Mr. Nivens will recover. Our school is still going on under the able management of Miss Maggie Alexander. It will close sometime in May, and be resumed alter the crops are laid by. Bogus. MERE-MENTION. The llooded district ol the Mississippi Valley comprises 3,800,000 acres. Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, ex-United States senator from the state of Indiana and long known in public life as the "Tall Sycamore of the Wabab," died suddenly in Washington last Saturday of rheumatism 6f the heart. Western cattlemen are demanding a heavy duty on raw hides and eastern shoe manufacturers are opposing that duty. Tom Murphy, a bright young newspaper man, of Augusta, Ga., has been adjudged insane. His misfortune was due to excessive dissipation. A senate resolution protesting against the probable execution of General Ruis Rivera, has been shelved in the state department. The Peruvian government has suspended the coinage of silver at the mints and prohibited the importation of silver coins. Speaker Street, of the Kansas legislature, has created a sensation by exposing the recent attempts of a book concern to * bribe him to secure the passage of a bill favorable to it. Of 52 guests who were asleep in the Hotel Knox, at Knoxville, which was destroyed by fire last week, only 35 are known to be alive. There have been 74 bank failures in the United States within the past three months, and the liabilities have amounted to $12,744,650. Several foreign powers have accepted an invitation to send warships to New York on April 27 to participate in the Grant monument dedicatory ceremonies. The government recently advertised for proposals to furnish armor plate for naval vessels at a price not exceeding $300 per ton ; but failed to get any bids. Negro guards for the chaingangs is the latest winkle in North Carolina. A Cape Town paper openly declares that war between Great Britian and the Transvaal is inevitable. The Spanish minister de Lome claims to have received information to the effect that 10,500 insurgents on the Pbillipine Islands have thrown down their arms. Colonel Buck, of Georgia has been nominated as minister to Japan. Elliott Fitch Sbeppard, only son of the late Colonel Sbeppard, has thrown New York's "four hundred" into spasms by marrying Mrs. Esther Potter, a member of an opera chorus. The Siamese government has granted Mr. Bennett, an American, the exclusive franchise for the electric lighting of Bankok. Senator Brice, of Ohio, has decided not to be a candidate for re-election. West Virginia has appointed a legislative commission to draft certain amendments to the present state constitution. REPUBLICAN OFFICE SEEKERS. South Carolina Factions at Odds In Washington. Washington Cor. News and Courier. There has been little or no change in the differences between the warring factions who are here seeking recognition from President McKinley, relative to the distribution of administration gifts in South Carolina. Several confereuces have been held between the Regulars and the Lilly Whites, but as yet 110 definite agreemeut has been reached. The Regulars, headed by Natioual Committeeman Webster, have made overtures by which the Lilly Whites could return to the party fold and receive a generous portion of the patronage ; but they are holdtug out with the hope a compromise may be reached hv ivhiah the hitr offices mav ha allotted equally. Meltoo wants the district attorneyship and refuses to compromise, unless he is given assurances that he will have it. Lathrop has been slated for the place and has the endorsement of the Regulars. It is quite probable that McKinley will regard the wishes of the Webster faction in the selection of applicants, and in that event the Meltou people will be out in the cold. R. M. Wallace, Colonel C. J. Pride, of Rock Hill, and John R. Talbert, of Abbeville, are all after the United States marshalship, with the probabilities of Wallace being the man. Clayton is after the Columbia postoffice, but it will go to E. W. Scriven. E. H. Doas, Duke of Darlington, is here after the collectorship of Char- . leston. He has a batch of recommendations, and as there is a report here tonight that incumbent, Captain Geo. D. Bryan, is to resign, Dt-as wants to be on the grounds. The Laurens postmastership has been set apart for Robinson, and he is here looking after the place. The vacancy occurs some time this month. Major John F. Jones has endorsed M. M. Freeman for the postmastership at Blacksburg. Ex-Representative Smalls has been endorsed IV. - II * C . I. - . ^ C Kir collector ui me port ui ncauiun, Ixit he would rather be deputy commissioner of pensions. National Committeeman Webster is much incensed at a report published some days ago that he requested Senator Tillman to act as spousor for him at the While House. He says it is untrue and that he needs no one to attract the presidential ear. Tliat Tent Cune. The Stale: The constitutionality of the dispensary law will be tested today. Assistant Attorney General Townsend has arranged with Mr. W. (ribbs Whaley to argue the constitutionality of the question before Judge Simonlon. Judge Townsend was desirous of getting Mr. J. 1'. K. Bryan to appear against the state; but Mr. Bryan has found it impossible. Hence the arrangement with Mr. Whaley.