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Straps ami |acts.
? The widow of Lieutenant Schwatka,
the arctic explorer, says the mountain
passes of Alaska leading to the
gold regions are strewn with the skeletons
of miners who perished from either
cold, heat, malaria or starvation.
The adventurers now spurring toward
Klondyke will be indeed difficult to
please if they can't make a satisfactory
choice from this varied and picturesque
assortment of certain deaths.
? The Sampson, (N. C.,) Democrat
tells the following story, which, if true,
is curious : On Tuesday of last week
a 12-year-old son of Mr. Dauiel McCorquodale
was drowned in Black
river, near Falcon, Cumberland county.
This boy, a young mau named
Baker and a smaller boy were in bathing,
and this one got in water too deep
and was drowned. His body was not
recovered until the following day, and
was found in a novel manner. A bun
die of oats was thrown into the river
where the boy sank and floated down
the stream about a 100 yards and stopped
at the same place. The bottom of
the river was raked here and the boy's
body found directly under the oats.
? When the grand jury was polled
in Robeson county, N. C., court last
week, it was fouud that 19 men sat in
the box, though only 18 men answered
to their names. The Lumberton Robesonian
says : "Thinking that an error
had been made, Judge Sutton ordered
that the names be called over
and a correct tally kept. This was
done and 18 names were found; but
still 19 men sat in the box. Another
and another count was taken with the
same result, and it was finally suggested
that two men were in the box
of the same name. The suggestion
was acted upon and solved the puzzle.
Two men of precisely the same name
sat in the box, and while only is men
appeared on the list, 19 were accounted
for. The extra man was excused
and the grand jury retired to their
room to work."
? Edward Flanagan was tried in Decatur,
Ga., last week for the murder,
in December last, of Mrs. Nancy Allen
and Miss Ruth Slack. The trial consumed
several days. Flanagan, it
seems, had a mania for making love to
little girls. He had gotten acquainted
with 11-year old Leila Allen, through
an advertisement for a nurse for an
imaginary niece, and becoming infatuated
with the little girl, managed to
secure board at the home of her pareuts.
He asked the Aliens to give him Lelia
in marriage; but they hardly took him
seriously. Then he began to grow
morbid, and taking up the idea that
Mr. Allen was treating him wrongly,
he tried to kill him. The attack was
made while the family was at supper,
A Han on/1 Mica U'Prp
211111 illld. AIICll UUU v.?.v? " ? killed
by wild shooting. Flanagan's
attorneys put up the plea of insanity.
The jury, however, returued a verdict
of guilty, and he was sentenced to
hang on August 25.
? Expert Samuel G. Dunham, of the
Federal Bureau of Labor, left Washington
last Saturday for the gold belt
of Alaska, where he will make an
investigation and report in time for
the projected spring migrations. Mr.
Dunham is well equipped for the work,
having spenl much time in the mining
camps of the west, and for 11 years he
has been one of the corps of experts
of the Labor Bureau engaged in the
investigation of special problems. He
has been instructed by Commissioner
of Labor Wright to make a critical
inquiry into the opportunities for business
for investment of capital, employment
of labor, wages, cost of living,
climate, best meaus of reaching the
gold fields, and kindred subjects. He
will go direct to San Francisco, and
will sail from there August 9, taking
the Juneau overland route and reaching
the Kloudyke region about the
middle of September. He will watch
the winter and early spring work, and
is expected to send material for a special
report, which, it is hoped, will be
published about March.
? A Spanish diplomatist, who is in
close touch with Senor del Castillo, the
Spanish premier, informs the London
correspondent of the Associated Press,
that it is useless longer to attempt to
disguise the fact that the Spanish
miuistry is in a very tight place. He
says: "We can keep up the war in
Cuba only so long as our funds last,
and the time when they will fail is almost
in sight. When it comes we
must give up the struggle. Now we
are too proud a race to do so at anybody's
demand; but we can do so by
pleading force majeure in a war with
the United States. Such a result naturally
would be very unpleasant to
us; but in order to prevent a revolution
in Spain and the overthrow of the
monarchy, war is the only way out.
The premier kuows from President
McKinley direct that the president
personally does not want war and
wishes to save us from the cost and
bloodshed ; but bis cabinet only partly
share his views, while the senate, the
house of representatives, the American
press and the people of the United
Htates favor a settlement with big guns.
President McKinley, however, while
first for peace, has decided himself as
not shriuking from war if peace measures
fail."
? Alfred P. Swineford, who was governor
of Alaska during the administration
of President Cleveland, gives the
following advice to those contemplating
going to the Klondyke gold fields:
"I can only say that while I have
never been in the Yukon district, and
personally know nothing about the
Klondyke diggings, yet I have no doubt
about the great abundance of gold.
Still, if you want my advice, I say,
unless you are prepared to take your
life in your owu hands, encounter such
hardships and perils as are hard to
picture even in the imagination in
getting there after you have reached
Alaska; unless you are prepared for
the extreme of winter's cold and of
summer's heat and to endure black flies
and mosquitoes that render life almost
unendurable, don't go. At all events,
don't venture on it this season. The
Klondyke is 1,000 miles' travel beyond
Juneau, and starting now, even if in
the rush you succeed iu getting transportation
as far as Juneau, you cannot
possibly get beyond to your destination
iu time to do any prospecting
before next spring, and it is exceedingly
doubtful if you will be able to
find employment during the winter,
for the reason that there will be so
many ahead of you. If your friends
are determined to go they should go
prepared to buy a claim already started,
or else with a view of prospecting
new ground elsewhere than on the
Klondyke, where all the available
ground has already been staked and
claimed. The Klondyke is only a
starter, and the discoveries there will
be repeated on many other streams, or
I am very much mistaken in my views
of that country and the natural conditions
which prevail. Great fortunes
will be made by mauy, disappointment,
suffering and death will be.the fate of
a yet larger number. What do you
know about placer mining, or where
to look for undiscovered gold, and
what do your friends know? You
should weigh all these considerations
carefully before making up your mind
to go. In my opinion, your friends
would be much wiser to put the money
it will cost them to reach the interior
wilds of Alaska into the development
~r mum? ploh mM.hp^rinc
Ui UUC UI IUC Luau t Itvu ^v^v. WW.. ...c
quartz ledges to be found immediately
on the coast and concerning which
reliable information is more easily to
he obtained."
<Thc ||orki'iUc (inquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4,1897.
? G. Walt Whitman joined the senatorial
circus at Union, with the announcement
that he was a candidate and has
since filled several dates. He professes
to believe tbat tbe state executive committee
.'ill sustain him in his contention
as to tho regularity of his candidacy.
? In another column we publish the
statement in which Senator Mayfield
attempts to prove "duplicity" on the
part of Governor EUerbe. The statement
probably is hardly worth so much
space as it occupies; but since we have
already published Governor Ellerbe's
challenge, it is only fair that we should
also present Senator Mayfield's reply.
? Joaquin Miller, the venerable "Poet
of the Sierras," is among the gold hunters
who have joined the rush to Alaska.
He is over seventy years of age, was in
the rush to California in '49, and for a
number of years afterward traveled to the
scene of many of the gold discoveries
throughout the west as each in turn created
a fresh excitement. His literary career
has been something of a disappointment
from a financial standpoint, and like
the thousands of younger and less experienced
adventurers, he believes that once
in the Klondyke region, he will soon be
able to collect such a store of the yellow
metal as will make him independent for
life.
? A. B. Williams is advising the people
not to vote for McLaurin ; but to vote for
Irby, who is the best man. The people
of this section remember how Mr. Williams.warned
them not to vote for Bryan ;
but recommended Palmer or McKinley.
They also remember how Mr. Williams
afterward admitted that he had made a
mistake in the matter; that the country
would have been better oft' with the election
of Bryan. Under these circumstances,
there is reason for the suspicion
that Mr. Williams is not so smart as he
thinks he is, and a great many people will
be disposed to vote in accordance with
their own judgment.
? That the Alaska gold excitement,
which has already reached an extreme
pitch in many sections of the world, will
continue to grow in extent and wildness,
may be expected. Had it not been so
late in the season?so close to the time
when navigation on the Yukon river
would have to be suspended?when the
news reached this country, the crowds
which are now moving Alaskaward would
be much larger?ten to one, probaoly.
As it is, there is reason to expect that next
spring there will be inaugurated a great
rush from all parts of the world, and
which will probably be more demoralizing
than anything of the kind that has been
wituessed by the present generation. It
promises to compare even with the days
of '49 in California. But like the'49 excitement
and the excitement of a year or
two ago in South Africa, the probability
is that it will soon play out, leaving
thousands and tens of thousands of de
Iuilc4 men, who hail hoped to be rich
within a few weeks, in a financial condition
infinitely worse than when they
were stt uck by the craze.
Wannamaker on Advertising.?
"I never in my life used such a thing
as a poster, or dodger, or handbill.
My plan for 20 years has been to buy
so much space in a newspaper and fill
it up as I wanted. I would not give
an advertisement in a newspaper of
500 circulation for 5,000 dodgers or
posters. If I wanted to sell cheap
jewelry or run a gambling scheme I
might use posters; but I would not
insult a decent reading public with
handbills. The class of people who
read them are too poor to look to for
support in the mercantile affairs. I
deal directly with the publishers. I
say to him : 'How long will you let
me run a columu of matter through
your paper for $100 or $500,' as the
case may be. I let him do the figuring,
and if I think he is not trying to
take more than his share I give him
the copy. I lay aside the profits on a
particular line of goods for advertising
purposes. At first I laid aside $3,000 ;
last year I laid aside aud spent $40,000.
I have done better this year
and shall increase that sum as the profits
warrant it. I owe my success to
newspapers, and to them I freely give
a certain profit of my yearly business."
MAYFIELD'S STORY.
Makes a Lone Statement to Sustain His
Duplicity Charge.
Greenville News, Sunday.
The following is Mr. Mayfield's reply
to Governor Ellerbe in the mutter
of Charleston's metropolitan police :
Governor Ellerbe has given to the
papers a carefully prepared interview
in which he does not deny the charge
wbich I made at Orangeburg, in which
I charged him with "duplicity" in
deuling with the metropolitan police,
and if he denied it I would prove it.
Here is what he says : "I would like
to have the proof of any double dealing
on my part in reference to the
metropolitan police or any other public
meeting.7'
I will give proof.
During the campaign of 189G, a caucus
was held in the city of Charleston.
This caucus was composed of leaders
in thought, activity and journalism in
South Carolina.
The question to be decided was :
Shall the people of Charleston vote for
Senator John R. Harrison or General
Wm. H. Ellerbe for governor?
Mr. Ellerbe had not written any letters;
but a friend?personal and political?was
a member ol that caucus.
He pledged and vouched for Mr. Ellerbe
the removal of the metropolitan
police. He spoke "as one having authority."
That caucus decided to give Mr. Ellerbe
the support of Charleston because
he would remove the metropolitan
police. The campaign meeting
was held in Charleston and then General
Ellerbe said: "I will remove the
metropolitan police from the city of
Charleston whenever I am given assurance
that the dispensary law will
be enforced."
This statement was made after the
caucus?after the "friend" had pledged
General Ellerbe to the removal of the
metropolitan police. It was made in
the presence of the members of that
caucus and face to face with the voters
of Charleston city.
It was made for the purpose of getting
the vote of the city of Charleston.
The people of .Charleston voted
for Ellerbe because of this understanding.
After the primary election aud
before he was inaugurated, Governor
Ellerbe was visited by a correspondent
of The News aud Courier aud written
up in great shape.
I know the correspondent and he no
doubt told the whole truth about that
interview. He gave the reporter to
undeistand that the metropolitan police
would be removed.
During the session of the last legislature,
Thos. W. Bacot, of Charleston,
had frequent interviews with Governor
Ellerbe about the removal of the metropolitan
police, and told Governor
Ellerbe that Dr. Illerton was goiug to
iutroduce a bill to repeal the metropolitan
act. Representative Illerton,
of Florence couuty, and the representative
of Anderson county, both talked
with Governor Ellerbe and he assured
each of them that he would remove
the metropolitan police from Charleston.
These representatives believing
that the governor meant what he said,
took no steps themselves, and prevented
any legislation upon the metropolitan
police.
.Berore me adjournment 01 me legislature,
Governor Ellerbe assured a
select few that he would not remove
'.he metropolitan police until every
member of the city council signed an
agreement in writing to enforce the
dispensary law.
At the time Mr. Bacot was working
so zealously for Charleston, Governor
Ellerbe promised several persons that
he would exact from the mayor of
Charleston an agreement in writing to
be signed by every member of council,
to enforce the dispensary law.
This is admitted by Governor Ellerbe
in this interview. But did the
governor tell Representatives Illerton,
Ashley and Bacot of this ? No. It was
kept a profound secret from them. I
knew nothing of it. I was fighting the
dispensary law. It was known only to
"the favored few" and was carefully
guarded. Governor Ellerbe knew that
of the 24 aldermen, that at least G
were political and personal friends of
Chief Martin, and some others would
not sign any paper to enforce the
| dispensary law.
Before the adjournment of the legislature,
Chief Martin knew the terms
which would be imposed. On March
1st, Mayor Smyth was informed by
Governor Ellerbe, that he would take
up the metropolitan police matter after
the adjournment of the legislature,
March 4th.
Mayor Smyth fixed the 6th for the
conference.
Now mark. Mayor Smyth in this
conference proposed to have the council
pass an ordinance to enforce the
dispensary law. This could be done
by a majority, or at most a two-thirds
vote of the council.
But, Governor Ellerbe said he would
not humiliate the people of Charleston
by having them pass an ordiuance.
Governor Ellerbe had in advance prepared
a typewritten agreement and
presented it to Mayor Smyth.
The paper was an innocent looking
affair, and with some modifications
Mayor Smyth took it to Charleston for
signature. Did Governor Ellerbe toll
Mayor Smyth that the paper must be
signed by everyone of the aldermen ?
No. Mayor Smyth says he never for a
moment thought it was to he signed
hy all. If he had he would not have
carried it to Charleston. The paper
was presented ou the 9th for the council
to sign it. Of the 24,17 signed, six
refused to signed, one was out of the
city ; but afterward signed. The paper
was sent to Columbia to Governor Ellerbe
as signed. He refused to remove
the metropolitan police because all did
not sign.
Did Governor Ellerbe give the rauyor
of Charleston the assurance he had
given "the favored few ?" No. Did
Governor Ellerbe tell Mayor Smyth
that he, as late as the 28th of February,
had assured a friend that the metropolitan
police would not be removed
until each of the aldermen signed ? No.
A friend of Chief Martin wrote Governor
Ellerbe and said : "I have written
to friends in Charleston that you
would not remove the metropolitau
police until all the aldermen signed it.
I have no wish to misstate your position,
so 1 wish to know if I am correct."
This was written after the adjourui
ment of the legislature on the 4th of
March.
This letter Governor Ellerbe answered
on March 8th, saying : "You have
stated my position correctly and I will
stand by it."
On March 8lh the agreement was
presented to the council of Charleston
for signature, the day this letter was
written.
There is proof of your duplicity,
governor.
During the session of the legislature
Governor Ellerbe asked my advice
about the removal. I told him, in substance,
if you have promised to re
move it you should do it?you snouia
keep your promise.
I kuew nothing of the business of
the removal until the papers published
it. I never advised with anyone about
it nor had auyihing to do with keeping
it.
I helped to pass it, but if I had
promised to remove it I would have
kept my word.
It might be well for the public to
know how proud Governor Ellerbe
was of this performance.
"The favored few" could tell. A
certain ex-governor can tell how Ellerbe
boasted of his rapid acquisition
of political wisdom.
"Didn't I play the metropolitan boys,
Johnny ?"
"Yes, Billy, you played 'em."
THE GOVERNOR IN REPLY.
When asked about Senator Mayfield's
statement, says the Columbia
State of Monday, Governor Ellerbe
had only this to say in reply:
"Without the slightest provocation
on my part, Mr. Mayfield has preferred
charges against me without being
able to prove them. His statements
are false. A gentleman is at a
disadvantage when he engages in a
controversy with such a man. I can?/>?
offiiwl tn him further."
OVER IN OCONEE.
Editor Jnynei) Tellt? of a Colloquy Iletween
Irby and McLaurin.
Editor R. T. Jaynes, of TheKeowee
Courier, sent the Columbia Staie the
following account of the campaign
meeting at Walhalla last Monday :
The campaign meeting at Walhalla
today was attended by some 700 of
Oconee:s representative citizens. Irby,
Evans and McLaurin spoke in the order
named. Both Irby and Evans
were severe in arraigning and ridiculing
McLaurin's record in congress, especially
his voles and speeches on the
Dingley tarilf bill. Their usual
charges of Republican and protection
tendencies against McLaurin were answered
in detail by the latter during
his speech of an hour and a half. His
speech took well with the crowd and
the occasion may be written down as
a complete vindication and victory for
McLaurin.
Towards its close an episode of more
than passing interest occurred. A
question was asked McLaurin by some
citizen relative to the metropolitan police
imposed on Charleston. McLaurin
answered promptly he would have
never imposed it on the city. Colonel
Irby then asked him if he would remove
it if he were governor. McLaurin
answered "I would."
Irby?Then you stab Governor Ellerbe
in the back.
McLaurin answered that Governor
Ellerbe was an honest man, and he
thought that the metropolitan police
would huve been removed before now
but for a combination of circumstances
nii._u. i i
over wmcn governor rjiierue imu no
control. He said that it was unfair to
drag Governor Ellerbe into this discussion
when he could not answer the
charges made against him. The crowd
drew near as McLaurin waxed warm
in the defense of Governor Ellerbe
and approved of what he said.
Irby then asked to be heard by way
of explanation.
Voices?Sit down. Hurrah for McLaurin
!
Irby advanced to the front of the
stand and began speaking in a very
excited and vehement manner. It
seemed for once that he would be
howled down.
McLaurin and Chairman Herndon
requested that he be heard. Irby was
permitted to proceed and charged that
Governor Ellerbe had said he intended
to use the constabulary force to elect
McLaurin. [Cries of "Hurrah for McLaurin
!" "Sit down."]
McLaurin replied that Governor Ellerbe
told him he had said no such
thing; but he had said if his administration
was attacked, he would have
to use bis influence in its defense.
Voices?Hurrah for Ellerbe. Hurrah
for McLaurin.
McLaurin proceeded to close his
speech in a happy manner and many
gathered around the platform to sha":e
his hand and congratulate him on his
magnificent reply to the various
charges of sinister purposes made
against him.
This afternoon the expressions of
citizens from different sections of the
county show McLaurin to be far in the
lead, if every other county goes like
Oconee. Judging from the meetiug
today and preferences of the voters expressed
since adjournment, McLauriu
will win easily against the field in the
first primary.
AN OUTSIDE VIEW.
StafT Correspondent of the Atlanta Count!
tilt Ion DIHCIIHHI'H neiiiiionni VMntiiuaics.
A staff correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution hus been attending a number
of senatorial campaign meetings.
Under date of last Saturday, he writes
to his paper from Pickens as follows :
The presence of the live senatorial
candidates here today and their actions,
both in public debate and private
conversation, have shown unmistakably
that the fight from now on is to be
McLaurin agaiust the field. Of the
other four candidates, Whitman stands
no show at all and need not be considered.
Irby, Evans and Mayfield are
certain to remain iu the fight to the
end, and Duncan still maintains that
he is a candidate, although there are
surface indications that he has not any
right to be. He has taken no part in
the campaign beyond making the announcement
of his candidacy, and the
politicians have dismissed him from
consideration.
The primury election will be held on
August 31, and the law governing that
election is so generally misunderstood
that it is necessary to explain it before ]
undertaking to show the present situation
of the senatorial canvass. The
successful man must have a majority <
of all the votes cast, a plurality only
giving him an opportunity to run agaiu. <
In the event of no candidate having a
majority Ht the first primary, a second
election will be ordered, at which the
two candidates having the most number
of votes will be entitled to compete
for the office. All others will be ruled
out.
It is the hope of Messrs. Irby, Evans
and Mayffeld that they will be able,
by their combined efforts, to prevent
McLaurin's getting a majority of all
the votes cast. They know that he is
certain to head the list this time, and
the most that any of them hope for
now is the privilege of making the
race with him at the second primary.
It is very uncertain whether Irby,
TT.iona ftp TVTnvfield will aet, second
" J o?
place when the votes are counted next
month; but the chances at present
favor Irby. He is making a goodnatured
fight, and is rollicking about
the state in a way which makes it
difficult to determine just where he
stands.
Evans, however, may come in ahead
of Irby. The latter's career as United
States senator is being attacked vigorously
and so successfully by McLaurin, ,
that his chances of being eutered in
the final struggle have lessened con- ,
siderably during the past few days.
McLaurin bus secured from Washington
statistics which shows that Irby i
was not present more than a third of
the time while he was senator and
failed to vote on scores of important
measures. Irby has been uuable to
defend himself from these charges ;
but treats them lightly and answers
them with jokes about McLaurin's alleged
Republicanism.
It will thus be seen that in case a
new primary election becomes necessary,
as now seems probable, the final
struggle will be between McLaurin
and the strongest man in the field
which is at present opposing him.
But while this field may be able collectively
to poll more votes than McLauriu
will on the 31st of August, itdoes
not follow by any means that the
second count will register all these
votes for the anti-McLaurin candidate.
In fact, it is safe to say that no
one of the men now entered in the
contest against the present incumbent
will be able to deliver his strength to
any other man after he retires.
The position of Senator Tillman in
the fight has been so frequently misrepresented
that it is impossible now
to get a word from him about it. He
says that he is taking no part in the
contest, and that he is not trying to
influence the action of his friends.
The Evans supporters, however, do
not hesitate to claim that Tillman
favors the former governor, and they
are doing their best to circulate this
report about the state. Tillman's alleged
opposition to McLaurin, of
which there is not a particle of evidence,
is said to be due to the fact that
when he was a candidate for United
States senator he was opposed by McLaurin
during the first few months of
Butler's candidacy.
It is pretty safe to say, however,
that Tillman will let the candidates
now in the field fight it out at the first
primary, ana mat, 11 ne lanes auy action
at all, it will be when McLaurin
and his single opponent line up for
their second heat. The same elements
in the South Carolina Democracy
which elected General Earle over
Evans two years ago, now favors the
election of McLaurin, and this is certain
to be a big help. Practically all
the newspapers of the state are supporting
him and Governor Ellerbe,
who appointed him to succeed General
Earle, is aiding him in many ways.
All the candidates are putting a
great deal of money into the fight, and
those two of them who will have to
make it all over again, will have a
pretty steep expense bill when the
final verdict of the people is recorded.
A TARIFF COMPARISON.
Difference Retweeu the Dlngley and the
WllHon Laws.
The comparison of the present tariff
?.!?L TTf?In/\n nnt an I
lttW Willi l/UC n iisuu ai/V, aiuuun?vM
by congress, was completed la9t Saturday.
It was made by Charles H.
Evaus, who has been engaged in the
preparation of all tariff bills with
which congress has dealt since 1872.
The comparison is made in rates expressed
in ad valorem terms between
the present law and the Wilson law.
The statement places the average duty
rate under the new law at 54.66 per
cent, ad valorem, as against an average
of 40.10 under the Wilson law,
the averages being figured upon the
basis of values in 1896. The schedules
show the following increases in
per centages: Chemicals, from 28.53
to 30.67; wools and woolens, 47.62 to
86.54; silks, from 46.96 to 53.41;
earthenware and glassware, 35 to
52.47; metals, 38.11 to 49.24; sugar,
40.94 to 74.16; tobacco, 109.06 to
121.90; agricultural products, 22.44 to
38.42; spirits, etc., 61.54 to 68.83;
cotton manufactures, 42.75 to 52.33.
Some of the revenue increases expected
are: Chemicals, from $5,619,239
to $8,423,084; earthenware and
glassware, from $8,006,839 to $12,303,148
; metals, from $13,196,416 to
$17,487,482; wools, from $605,749 to
$2,439,536; sugar, from $29,910,703 to
$54,207,642; agricultural products,
from $7,727,614 to $14,587,600.
These estimates are based upon the
supposition that the value and volume ,
of imports will remain the same.
Dtapeiixer Cunvict?<l. ,
The first trial of a dispenser for
violation of the dispensary law, was i
concluded in Greeuville last Friday in
the conviction of R. F. G. Holtzclaw,
the West End dispenser of that city, 1
on two counts of the iudictmeut. He
was charged on three accounts. First,
the embezzlement of $1,320; second, 1
ntfa?r1m<vini> hia UflltlfV $ 1 ttft ! third. '
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giviug a check as dispenser for $700 to
the election fund. On the first count (
not guilty ; but guilty as to the second j
and third counts. The jury was out
two hours and half. When the finding (
of the jury was announced Holtzclaw's (
attorneys made a motion for a new |
trial and au arrest of judgment. In <
case the court denies the motion, an ]
appeal will be taken to the supreme <
court.
LOCAL AFFAIRa
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
"irist Cousins?Have something to say
with regard to the misrepresentations
made about the Buckeye mower.
3eorge T. Schorb?Tells you not to be
deceived by the statements made by
traveling piano agents, and lets you
know that he cau furnish you with a
high grade Lester piano, at a fair price,
and will warrant it in every particular
for 10 years.
W. M. Kennedy?Wants you to remember
that his stock of school supplies is '
complete, embracing school books, J
slates, copy books, inks and paper, j
which will be sold at bottom prices. (
He is prepared to supply you with
crockery and glassware, and a suit of '
clothes of any grade, warranted to give
satisfaction.
H. C. Strauss?Reminds you that in thirty
days his sale of summer goods at your
own prices will come to an end, and
suggests that inasmuch as the increase
in the tariff will affect prices in the fu- i
ture, now is the right time to buy. For
every dollar's worth of goods bought of ,
him you are entitled to a clock coupon.
W. H. McC'orkle, Probate Judge?Gives
notice to Mary E. Buggies, Julia C.
Cox and Mai^aret L. Brabson, to appear
before him at his oflce, in Yorfcvill
e, to answer to the amended petition
of Letitia A. Bratton, demandant, in a
claim for dower.
THE TIRZAH PROGRAMME.
Messrs. W. H. Edwards and W. N.
Elder, of the Alliance Campmeoting
committee, were in Yorkville, on Monday,
and outlined to the reporter, as
far as possible at that time, the programme
that will obtain on Thursday
and Friday.
The exercises will be opened on Thursday
morning with prayer.
T. F. McDow, Esq., will deliver the
address of welcome to the Alliance and
other visitors in behalf of the town of
Tirzab, and J. C. Wilborn, Esq., president
of the State Alliance, will reply in
behalf of that organization.
Hon. Joseph C. Sibley, of Pennsylvania,
is expected to be the orator of the
day. He prontised sometime ago to be
present unless Providentially hindered,
and be has not since given any intimation
of his iuability to come. If he does
come, he may be depended upon to make
a great speech.
Senator Tillman will not be present un
%1 TJ'sSilov mArninap ITfl AYnflPfA to AI*
rive by way of the Southbound 0. R. and
C. train, and will be the principal speaker
of the day.
Among the others who have promised
to be present, are Governor Ellerbe, Congressmen
Stokes and Wilson ; J. A. Sligh,
president of the board of directors of the
state exchange; and H. H. Crumb, president
of the Barnwell Alliance. Congressmen
Talbert and Latimer have been
invited, along with most of the other congressmen
; but as to whether or not they
will be present cannot be definitely stated.
It is expected that there will be quite a
number of speeches on both days of the
campmoeting, and the committee has
reason to anticipate a big time of it generally.
SMYRNA PICNIC.
The picnic at Smyrna took place last
Saturday, and was attended by about 300
people from the immediate vicinity and
surrounding country.
Mr. J. A. Hope did the honors, the
Antioch band furnished the music, and
D. E. Finley was the orator of the day.
The music was good and so also was
Mr. Finley's speech.
Mr. Finley talked about South Carolina's
glorious traditions, the part that
the men and women of York county had
taken in the upbuilding of all that was
'?-1 of man
UCttl, UIIU IC1CI1CU V*J bUO aiuu vi ivvti
she furnished to fight the battles of the
Confederacy. Then he said a great deal
on the subject of education, and made
some practical observations on the necessity
and importance of improving the
condition of the public roads. The concluding
portion of bis speech was devoted
to politics, principally to an explanation
of the tariff. He showed how, in all tariff
legislation, this country had been persistently
discriminated against in favor of
the north, and while he expressed himself
as being unalterably opposed to protection
for protection's sake, still all tariff
duties are, to a certain extent, protection,
and he said that they should be so levied
that their b.trdens and benefits would
bear alike on all sections.
After the speaking came dinner, which
was good and abundant, and an hour or
two after dinner the people commenced
leaving the grounds for their homes.
There was some little "blind tiger" liquor
in evidence during the day; but, taken
altogether, good order prevailed and the
occasion was an enjoyable one.
THE ROAD SUBSCRIPTIONS.
The Charlotte road?from the one mile
post to the four mile post?wins the subscription
that has just been raised in
Yorkville for the promotion of road improvement.
The award was made last Saturday.
The committee met at thestoreof Messrs.
Herndon Bros., pursuant to appointment,
and considered all propositions. Only
two were submitted. One was a subscription
from the Rutherford road,
amounting to $375, and the other from the
Charlotte road, amounting to $773. After
due deliberation, it was decided that the
desired end?that of producing a firstclass
object lesson?could be best accomplished
by awarding the entire amount of
the Yorkville subscription, for use on the
Charlotte road.
And work is to be pushed without unnecessary
delay. So soon as the Charlotte
road people were advised of their
success, they named a committee, consisting
of Messrs. L. R. Williams, M. L.
Thomasson and W. S. Gordon, to take
charge of further operations. On Mon
day last, these gentlemen met ine members
of the Yorkville committee, consolidated
with them, and organized by the
election of J. H. Kiddle, chairman, and
G. H. O'Leary as secretary and treasurer.
Quite a number of details were discussed,
and us the outcome of this discussion,
it was decided to put men to work hauling
rock at once. It was arranged that
one rock yard should bo located out on
the plantation of Mr. Joo Humell, about
a mile and a half from the courthouse;
and later, when necessary, another should
be located a mile further on. It was also
arranged that the first rock yard should
be in charge of Mr. L. R. Williams, who
will take general supervision of the work
of laying down rock, etc*.
Most of the subscriptions of the Charlotte
road people are to be paid in work
on a basis of $1.00 a day for each 2 horse i
team and driver. The work is to begin
it once, and will consist principally in
tiauling and laying down rock, which is i
to be found along the roadside in what is i
believed to be the greatest abundance.
Mr. W. W. Miller has been employed <
to do such engineering as may, from time
to time, be uecessary. He has already
oeen over the road with a view to straight- <
jniug the crookedest places where possible,
and staking the hills to a grade uot
sxceediug 4 feet to the 100 feet. As to i
whether the grading will be held down
o these figures cannot yet be said with
:ertainty; but it is the intention of the *
ommittee to come as near it as is practijable.
The committee has in view a first class
continuous graded and macadamized ,
-oad, to extend as far as the means at
land will permit, and they are going at
he work in a way which seems to give
issurance that their work will be thoroughly
creditable.
When the Yorkville subscription was
tirst offered, it amounted to a little over
1600. It now amounts to nearly $800, and
is still open. Those wishing to make additions
to it, can do so by making known
their desire to Dr. R. A. Bratton.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
MissAnn Starr is visiting Mrs. Mary w
Mason's family.
Miss Jennie White is in Yorkville visiting
Dr. W. G. White's family.
Miss Blandina Springs, of Charlotte, is
visiting Mr. T. F. McDow's family.
Mrs. George Falls, of Bowling Green,
is visiting the family of Mr. W. Brown
Wylie.
Dr. J. B. Delvaux, of Rock Hill, is in
Yorkville, the guest of his son-in-law,
Mr. G. W. Sherrer.
Miss Bessie Lowry, of Lowrysville, is
visiting Miss Eula Lowry, on East Jelfer- \
son street.
Misses Clara and Bessie Holland, of
Gastonia, are visiting Miss Cora Taylor,
at Newport.
Mr. J. B. Mendenhall, of the penitentiary
guard, is spending his vacation in
York county.
Mr. Frank C. Harris, of Pineville, N.
C., was in Yorkville on yesterday, and
gave The Enquirer a pleasant call.
Mrs. Adams and Miss Wilson, of Bowling
Green, are in Yorkville, the guests of
the family of Mr. W. H. Quinn.
Rev. J. C. Galloway, of Gastonia,
passed through Yorkville yesterday, on
his way to the Young People's convention
at Sharon.
Representative Armstrong was in Yorkville
ou Monday, and informed the reporter
that the Bethel band would furnish
music ou the occasion of the senatorial
campaign meeting in Yorkville, August
12th. ,
Mr. J. W. Simril and family will move,
next week, from their plantation near
Clay Hill, to the Miller place, at Ebenezer,
recently purchased by Mr. Simril.
They make the change because of the
better educational facilities furnished at
Kbenezer. %
LOCAL LACONICS.
U. 8. Court.
The regular August term of the United
States District court convened iu Greenville
last Monday.
The Enquirer Until 1st of January, 1898.
The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will
be sent to any address, from this dnte un
til the 1st of January, ik?, ror t? cenis.
Highest In the State.
The Enquirer is informed by parties
in a position to know, that the stack of
the York Cotton mills is the highest of
any manufacturing establishment in the
state.
Church Steeple and Standplpe.
The Yorkville standpipe and the Presbyterian
church spire, are plainly visible
on a clear day from the top of a bill
within 200 yards of Smyrna station, some . *
15 miles away.
The Teacher*' Institute.
The sessions of the York County Teachers'
institute were commenced on last
Monday. A large number of teachers
are in attendance from various parts of
the county, and the faculty in charge is
imparting some valuable instruction.
Fine Crop Prospect*.
The crop prospect generally, throughout
York county, is better than it has
been for several years. There are sorry
prospects in some sections where there
has not been sufficient rain; but, taken
altogether, the outlook is most encouraging,
save for the easy possibility of unfavorable
weather conditions during the
uext few weeks.
Clark'* Fork 0?h There.
A well-known farmer of the Clark's
Fork neighborhood, wants the Zadok
people to understand that when it comes
to raising wheat, the Clark's Fork people
must be reckoned in the calculation. Mr.
W. M. Faulkner, this season, threshed
out 335 bushels, Mr. R. J. Love threshed
out 250 bushels, and other farmers also
raised big crops.
Rather Late Cotton.
Mr. L. K. Armstrong says he has the
finest crop of "young" cotton in the
country. There are 40 acres of it and it
was planted as late as June 2. It will be
remembered that Mr. Armstrong's crops
were wiped out on May 21 by a terrific
hailstorm, and that is why he is so far behind
his neighbors. He thinks, however,
that be has good prospects for making a
reasonably fair crop.
Salaries of Constables.
A meeting of the various magistrates of
the county was held in the office of Magistrate
Sandifer, on Monday, to consider
the situation in regard to the recent "care- >
lessness" in the act of the general assembly,
whereby the salaries of certain constables
in this county were reduced to $25
a year. The magistrates were all satisfied
that the reduction was unintentional and
that the wrong would be righted by the
general assembly at its next session.
Bicycle Track.
A movement is on foot for the construction
of a bicycle track in Yorkville.
The idea is to have the track in an enclosure
owned and controlled by a joint
stock company, under whose supervision
races and other entertainments will take
place. The financial end of the enterprise
is being worked up by Mr. S. L.
Hobbs. He ha* already secured quite a
number of liberal subscriptions to the
capital stock of tbe proposed company.
A notion Sales.
The only auction sale by the clerk, last
Monday?salesday for August?was in the
case of C. E. Spencer, executor of the estate
of B. T. Wheeler, deceased, against
John J. Wallace. The "Lynn" tract of
152 acres, in Bullock's Creek township,
was knocked down to the highest bidder
and was bought by the plaintiff for |200.
The sale of minerals in the case of Juliau
S. Carr, plaintiff, against the Southern
Manganese company, was indefinitely
postponed.
Had a Pleasant Time of It.
The picnic at Zadok, last Saturday, wan
largely attended and a pleasant time is
reported. A report had been spread
through the county to the effect that the
diificulty at Cain's Spring, 011 the preceding
Saturday, was to be renewed at Zadok ;
but the report seems to have been without
foundation. At any rate, 110 difficulty
occurred and the good people of the neighborhood
enjoyed themselves iu their usual
quiet and orderly manner.
Petition Withdrawn.
Supervisor Culp informed the reporter
on Monday, that he would probably carry
back home with him the petition for the
building of a bridge over Catawba river
at Harris's Ferry. He has written to the
various members of the board, aud a ma