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Scraps and .facts.
? A dispatch from Hawaii is to the
effect that Minister Hatch has agreed
with President Dole upon the terms of
a treaty, wherehy Hawaii is to he annexed
to the United States. The dispatch
also says that President McKinley
has issued a call for a special session
of the senate, to assemble in
Washington on September 6. This
statement is not confirmed in Washington
; but the understanding is that
official circles in Washington admit
that annexation is on foot, and that
the treaty will be ratified early upon
the assembling of the next session of
rnncrPftM.
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? Charlotte Smith, p.. Ident of the
Woman's Rescue league of New York,
has on foot a scheme by which she
hopes to compel marriageable bachelors
to marry. She is trying to interest
labor organizations on the ground
that the labor question is involved.
This she gets at with statistics showing
the number of women who are doing
men's work in various vocations
at less than men's wages. If the men
would marry the women and take
care of them, the price <">f labor would
have to go up. There is in Mrs.
Smith's scheme quite a number of other
socialogical points that seems to be
worthy of serious consideration and
the matter has begun to attract a great
deal of attention.
? A Raleigh, N. C., special says :
Some northern capitalists are now in
this section prospecting for a site for
a silk manpfactory. A New Jersey
firm of silk manufacturers, only a
month or two ago, located a mill at
Greensboro, N. C., which will employ
several hundred hands. Thus a new
new field of labor is being opened up
for southern white labor, the lower
rates at which it can be obtained and
more pacific character of that class of
help, being one of the incentives to
silk mill building in this Bection. The
silk mill at Petersburg, Va., has just
put in an electric plant, and recently
was increased, but the rush of orders
of late has been so great that it is
found necessary to run on double
time.
? Hypnotism has come in collision
with the court of California, where a
judge refused to allow a hypnotist to
testify that he had put an alleged mur
derer UDder his influence, ana tnat
while in that condition the prisoner
had denied that he had committed the
crime. The court took this stand because
it. said that the law did not recognize
hypnotism. Because of this
denial an appeal was taken and the
supreme court has just upheld the position
of the trial judge, although one
member said he did not quite agree
with his fellows in their attitude on
hypnotism. Aside from this position
as regards the science, it is bard to see
how the testimony of the hypnotist
could affect the case. As the lay understand
it, a hypnotic subject can be
made to say or do anything the hypnotist
commauds him. That being the
case, a confession or denial could be
drawn out at the will of the hypnotist.
At any rate, the court was quite right
in refusing to allow the latter to testify.
? Secretary Hester's anuual report,
issued on September 1, shows receipts
of cotton at all United States ports for
the year of 6,829,100 bales, against 5,420,246
last year; overland 940,482
against 873,465; southern consumption
taken direct, 988,382 against 863,635,
making the cotton crop of the United
States for 1896-97 amount to 8,757,964
bales, against 7,157,246 last year, and
9,901,251 the year before. Altogether
the southern mills took 1,042,671 bales;
an increase of 138,000. Mr. Hester
makes the actual cotton crop of Texas,
including Indian territory, 2,247,554.
His report on the different states is
as follows : North Carolina 500,000 ;
South Carolina 800,000; Georgia 1,300,000;
Alabama 1,019,000; Florida
60,000 ; Mississippi 1,226,000 ; Louisiana
575,000; Arkansas 700,000; Tennessee
330,000; Texas 2,248,000. Total
crop 8,758,000. North Carolina
above includes Kentucky and Virgin
t> .
Ill j ieUUC?9CC IHUIUUCD VManuuja ,
Missouri includes Kansas aud Utah ;
Texas includes Indian territory.
? Herman W. Yaulreuden, formerly
private secretary to Secretary Carlisle,,
and Dennis County, a former clerk in
the inter-state com me ce commission,
were arrested in Washington last Monday,
on the charge of embezzling $15,700
from a number of citizens. The
two conducted a large bucket shop
here up to a lew mouths ago, and included
amoug their patrous a number
of the most prominent citizens. About
the last of Juue of this year they failed,
aud it is now alleged that they
turned large sums of money deposited
with them to be used in deals to their
own use. Amoug those who it is alleged
were swindled in this manner
are Joseph Wilkins and Frederick
Emerich, leading merchants, and Dr.
McMertv, a physician, each of whom
claims to have lost sums approximating
$5,000. This is all that is known
of the case at present; but the two
men are held by the police awaiting a
further investigation. VanSenden is
from Paducah, Ky.
? T. W. Evans, the famous American
dentist, who for the past 40 years
has been the dental operator iu Paris
of most of the crowned heads of Europe
and many celebrities, returned
to this country last week on the French
liner La Champagne, from Havre.
He came over with the body of his
wife, which is to be interred iu Woodland
cemetery, Philadelphia. Dr.
Evans is now 75 years of age, and is
said to be worth $35,000,000. About
$5,000,000 of this property is in New
York city real estate, the remaiuder in
Paris and elsewhere. This fortune has
been gathered since Dr. Evans first
weut to Paris from Philadelphia in the
forties. During the empire of Napoleon
III his fame as a dentist was
world wide. In that capacity he served
Napoleon, the Empress Eugenie
and all the monarchs of Europe except
Queen Victoria and the present
sultan of Turkey. Victoria's children
and the present czar of Russia, when
a child, were his patients. Dr. Evans
has orders and decorations innumerable,
and it was in his carrage that the
Empress Eugenie escaped from Paris
after the battle of Sedan.
?hc Uorfevilte ?nquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1897.
-The Enquirer is the only paper in
the state?the city dailies not excepted?
which succeeded in getting up full returns
from its county on the night of the
election, and, furthermore, it was the
first paper in the state to publish the fact
that McLaurin was elected on the first
ballot.
? The only counties.in which McLaurin
failed to get a majority, were Aiken, Colleton,
Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg
and Union, and each of these gave hiin s
big vote. Irby only carried the countj
of Laurens. The other counties mentioned
were carried by Evans.
? Colonel L. P. Youmuns has been in
Yorkville this week. In a literary conversation
with some friends, a day or twc
ago, he called their attention to a new
word which, though coming into common
use, is not yet to be found in the dictionary.
It is the word "deflate." H<
explained that it meant the opposite oi
inflate, and was used principally by th<
bicycle people ; but just as good an illustration
of its meaning can be fouud by it*
application to the condition of Messrs
Evans and Irby after the senatorial primary
of last Tuesday.
o _i /.rmfomnnraries sav,
OOVUIill \Jl WUl VVuvv>4.rv. w .
Mr. Mr. Laurin says, and a number of
subscribers who have kindly taken it
upon themselves to write us letters, saj
that the report of the Yorkville meeting
as published in The Enquirer, was the
most complete aud satisfactory report o]
any one of the senatorial campaign meetings
published by any paper in the state,
Although we consider this a high compliment
well calculated to "made us
proud," we shall strive not to be spoiled
by it, and promise to continue in the discharge
of our duty to our readers just as
carefully and as conscientiously as before,
? Though there are many who believt
that McLaurin is the best fitted man ir
the state for the position of United State:
senator, it does not necessarily follow
that this is the reason of his overwhelming
election. There were many votes
cast for him as a protest against Evans
and Irby, who have long since forfeited
the confidence of the people. But, all th(
same, The Enquirer hopes and believes
that future events will full justifly the
work of last Tuesday, and we franklj
confess hero that we shall not be at all
surprised if, within the next few years,
Mr. McLaurin developes into a national
figure of the size and quality of the intellectual
giants which South Carolina used
to send to the senate iu days gone by
Time will show, however.
? For the consolation and comfort of
the Conservatives who have voted for
Mr. McLaurin in the primary election,
we make the following extract from a
communication iu the Columbia Register,
signed by Mr. J. P. Gibson, of Bennettsville,
who has been the editor of the
Pee Dee Advocate until recently :
One of the worst and most damaging
charges against McLaurin is his insincerity
and faithlessness to his friend,
ex-Governor Evans, whom he promised
to support last year, but whom he says
he voted against. McLaurin, on the day
of the primary, came into my office, and
we together prepared our uckbib. j. ??>?
to induce him to vote for Earle ; but be
said that he must vote for Evans, and lie
arranged an Evans ticket and told me
that ho intended to vote it, and I have
always believed that he voted for Evans;
but Evans was defeated, and now he
(MoLaurin) says he voted for Earle.
Mr. Gibson certainly knows what he is
talking about, and he would never dare
to concoct such a story. Moreover, he
has always been the devoted friend and
admirer of McLaurin since the latter entered
public life, supporting him in every
campaign until the present, and working
zealously in his behalf as an editor and as
a citizen. Ingratitude and selfishness are
not uufrequently found among public
men, and we are not surprised that McLaurin
has developed along this line, for
we regard him in the light of a pluperfect
politician, hardly equaled in the history
of South Carolina.?Greenville
Mountaineer.
Although the campaign is now over
the foregoing seems to The Enquire*
to be still worthy of more or less attention,
not so much because of the attack
on the character of Mr. McLaurin; bul
because of a certain moral that may be
drawn from it.
The communication of Mr. Gibson, to
which The Mountaineer refers, and from
which it makes an extract, was noted by
us immediately upon its appearance in
the Columbia Register, and, we confess,
it received more than usual consideration.
If we had believed the story, wo could
not, in justice to our readers, have refrained
from pointing out at once the probable
truth of the most damaging charge
that has yet been raised against Mr. McLaurin?the
charge of being a deliberate
liar. Rut we did not believe the story
and we will give some reasons why.
Though sorry to confess it, we know
that there is connected with the newspa- ;
per profession, a great many disreputable
' persons. They include men who are j
1 smart, bright and quick ; but utterly de1
void of principle, and who look upon
| public men as their choicest and' most
( profitable prey. A common practice
among them is to join the crowd in the
applause of a popular candidate. For instance,
they publish nice things to please '
the people, and, incidentally, the candi:
date. And then, when its all over and the 1
candidate gets there, it is not an unusual
thing for them to put a very high estimate
on their supposed services and demand
compensation on their own terms.
Very often these terms amount to the levy
of blackmail, and wheu the candidate re- (
fuses to be blackmailed, it is not surprising
that the shyster journalist should stoop to
anything, even to deliberate lying, to '
blast the reputation and standing of bis \
intended victim.
During a long experience in the newsi
paper business, a large number of these
kind of journalists have come under our
. observation. We have seen them in poli
itics, business and other vocations. Upi
on reading the communication of Mr.
Gibson in The Register, from the circum;
stantial account he gave, it dawned upon
us that he was probably a journalist of the
kind described. We could not say posi'
lively yet, for we are not possessed of the
' facts; but when the same communication
reappeared in The Register, with the
1 word "advertisement" over it, indicating
that it was paid for at so much a line, we
were convinced, to a moral certainty, that
the whole thing was a diabolical concoctiou
of rascality, which easily took place
as the leader of all the infamous lies that
were introduced in the campaign.
For instance, take Gibson's story on its
merits. He says he run bis paper in the
interest of McLaurin. If he did that, he
was all the while deliberately deceiving
- his subscribers, for they had reason to
suppose that the paper was being ruu in
their interest. And if be lied to his
subscribers for Mr. McLaurin, is it
surprising that he would lie to the people
' of the whole state against him, especially
after Mr. McLaurin had refused to pay
an assessed price for his previous lying ?
, And then again, as to The Mountaineer's
r suggestion as to ingratitude, etc. We do
; not like that much. Mr. McLaurin is
f under obligations for his election ; but it
j is not to any individual or any news>
paper. It is to the whole state. Though
f many of the newspapers supported him
earnestly, he does not owe one of them a
, thing. They are not supposed to have j
been actuated in the matter so much on j
i account of consideration for him, as for
I their subscribers, and this being the case, '
* no matter how much service any of them
i might have been the means of rendering,
, the bill is settled. So let us not hold Mr.
McLaurin to too strict account just yet.
* He is in a very conspicuous position,
1 \yhere he is easily watched, and let jus '
? watch him. If he develops "ingratitude"
to individuals or newspapers, let us pay ]
no attention to it; but if he should finally i
* develop ingratitude to the whole people,
i or if he should commit any of those ;
' crimes so freely predicted by his oppo- j
5 nents on the stump, let us take him down.
' In the meantime, however, let us give
' him a chance and see if he will not do all j
that we are expecting of him.
1 I
TILLMAN IN NEW YORK. '
I
He Talks Politics to Patriots of America
at Albany. <
Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, of I
South Carolina, speaking here today 1
at a gathering of the "Patriots of '
America," dwelt caustically upon state 1
politics, says an Albany, N. Y., dis- !
patch of Monday. Some of his re- '
marks were as follows: (
"Notwithstanding the fact that the ,
two political machines in this state ^
went back on Bryan, the Republicans ,
fighting him with all the money they ]
, could commaud, and the Democracy
stabbing him in the back, there were t
551,000 Democrats who stood up and i
said by their votes we want Mr. Bryau, ]
and where there are a half a million
of Democrats and loyal men who love
their liberty, I cannot consider it an
1 enemy's country, and therefore I come 1
i here to epcourage you who flung your 1
i banners to the breeze to continue your ,
agitation and fight for your liberty, J
which you will gain iu the year 1900.
"Your goberument is not American,
, it is not Democratic or Republican. .
i It is English. For the last twelve or ,
fifteeu years you have had first one ,
boss and then another, and you have *
no more voice iu your political affairs
; than if you were babies. You had
i your Democratic boss, who construct- 1
f ed bis machine, and it was the most t
perfect one ever known iu American i
politics, but he weighed it down so '
much that the plank flew up, and on (
the other end came up boss, Thomas *
' C. Piatt." ' 1
' The seuator discussed the money 1
question at some length, and said :
1 "There is where we split, and a great ^
1 many Democrats went off'. Some ol
them climbed up in a roosting place." f
This allusion to Senator Hill created j
; loud laughter and applause. t
i "You all know that some years ago i
it was said that if you did not come i
down to the Harlem Bridge with 45,- i
000 majority, New York city would i
ir_.. ?1 ? T)0. ?
swamp you. JUU myyaya uau a, 1?. .
publican majority north of the Harlem ?
1 river. Last year you had a majority *
for Bryan in Troy, but New York city (
and Brooklyn got down and wallowed
in the McKinley tariff. Tammany
may be rotten, but she stands by her J
colors and goes down with them, aud ^
the great heart of New York city is
throbbing with a determination to say
to its corrupt leaders, Whitney aud t
others. 'Get you gone ; you are not
Democrats. We will vote the Chicago j
platform or die.' You cannot afford
to go back into the wallow." g
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Dobson's Racket?Announces that Miss
Rae and Mrs. Dobson have returned
from the fashion centres of the north,
and that a fine stock of millinery, dress
Joods and notions will arrive in a few
ays. If you will take your lamp to
Dobson's Racket in good condition, it
will be filled with the best, quallity of
Red C oil, without any cost to you.
A pocketbook has been lost and if you
will return it to The Enquirer office
with contents, a reward will be paid.
Srist Cousins?Have arranged to buy cotton
this season, and say that they will
deal fairly as to weights and grades, and
will pay the highest possible prices.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. John F. Oates has taken a position
is salesman in the clothing department
?IIa ooioK1 iolimnnf nf .T/iuonh
JI IL1C JUCIUOUHID oovauiioumvKv v. v wuv^u
Wylie & Co., of Chester.
Chester Reporter: Mr. T. A. Carroll, of
[jaiuesville, Fla., arrived here Sunday
morning to make a visit to his brother,
Mr. J. L. Carroll. He moved from York
:ounty 25 years ago.
Rev. Dr. W. M. Grier, of Due West, arrived
in Yorkville this (Friday) morning,
;o assist Rev. B. H. Grier, the pastor, in
jervices preparatory to communion at
be Associate Reformed church Sunday
morning.
The Enquirer had a pleasant call on
ast Tuesday from Uncle Sam Campbell,
he blind Confederate soldier, of Clover.
He came down here to visit his friends
jenerally, and while here, although not
mrolled on the Yorkville club list, was,
ay special courtesy, allowed to cast his
nallot for the senatorial candidate of his
jhoice.
30ME POINTS OF COMPARISON.
The present charter of the town of
Yorkville limits the tax levy for ordinary
purposes to two-mills. Under the proposed
new charter, the limit is ten-mills.
Under the present charter, the government
of the town is entrusted to an "intendant"
and lour wardens. Under the
proposed new charter the officers consist
>f a "mayor" and 9ix aldermen.
Under the preseut charter, the term 6f
office is one year. Under the proposed
new charter, the term is two years.
Under the present charter the intendant
has power to impose, for violation of ordinances,
a fine of not more than $50, or
imprisonment, etc., of not more than 30
iays. Under the new charter the fine is
limited to $100 and imprisonment to 30
iays.
The proposed new charter authorizes
ftftimnll fr\ *ho tnUTIl intfl
.UtJ CUUIl^ll tv U1VIUV l/uv WW.. M
wards. In the present charter there is
no such authority. Under the act establishing
boards of health, etc., the town
has already been divided; but this division
would hardly be understood as availible
for purposes of government.
The present charter expressly provides
hat the inteudant and wardens shull
<erve without compensation. The proposed
new charter is "silent" on that subject.
The council has no authority to borrow
money under the present charter, nor
will it have authority to borrow money
under the proposed new charter.
*THE
FIRST BALE.
The first bale of new cotton was sold in
Yorkville on Thursday, 2d instant; but
rs to -who is entitled to the credit for
having sold it, is as difficult to arrive at
is it is to determine whether the ben that
laid or the hen that hatched the egg is,
Lbe mother of the chicken.
There are two claimants to the credit of
having sold the first bale this year. One
is Mr. John F. Williams, of the Fodder
neighborhood, and the other is Mr. S. W.
Ionian, of the vicinity of Yorkville. and
instead of trying to settle the dispute the
reporter will only give the facts.
Mr. Inman brought a load of seed cotton
to Yorkville early Thursday morning
md took it to Morrow's gin. As the gin
bad not yet been put in operation, there
was an hour or so of delay belore things
?ould be gotten in working order. To
?et there first, however, Mr. Inman took
a sample of the cotton before the bale was
packjed, and sold it to Mr. John M. Hope
[qr 8 cents a pound. The bale was afler;erward
taken from the gin and delivered.
It weighed 448 pounds.
While Mr. Ionian's cotton was still in
;he gin, Mr. Williams came into town
with a bale that bad been ginned and
packed the morning before. It weighed
155 pounds, and was brought by Mr. B.
N". Moore for cems a poimu.
The first bale in 1895 was sold on Sep,ember
5 at 8 cents, and the first bale of
890 was sold on August 19 by Mr. S. W.
[ntnan at the same price.
NOT SETTLED YET.
Mr. C. T. Crook, of Fort Mill township,
,vas in Yorkville last Thursday with elecion
returns from Fort Mill box, and
vhile here had something to say to the
eporter about the proposed bridge over
Jatawba river.
"Dead !" he exclaimed good naturedly,
n answer to a question from the reporter.
'No, the bridge is not dead. It's just
vhere the commissioners left it at the last
neetingotthe board. It's just hung up
i little; that's all.
"And how do you make that?"
"Well," explained Mr. Crook, "You
enow the commissioners at first decided
o appropriate $9,000 for the building of. a
iridge across Catawba river at Harris's
Ferry. Then they reconsidered so much
)f their action as applied to location, and
eft that question open. Then, with the
tppropriation still pending, they resolved |
o submit to the people in the primary
ho other day, the question as to whether
)r not the appropriation be made. That
,vas the last action taken, and naturally
jeople have all along had the right to an i
jilicial notice that the election would be j
leld. Maybe it was because of the fact i
hat the board afterward realized that it i
iad no authority in the matter, that the i
jotice of an election was not issued ; but
f so, that does not settle it, for there is
to doubt of the board's authority to make i
he appropriation, and as a legal act can- i
lot be superseded by an illegal one, it I
bllows, as a matter of course, that the i
iriginal appropriation is still pending. (
"Then what do you look for next ?" i
"Well, I can't see anything else for it <
han that the board will either have to go I
jack on what it has done, or build the
jridge at Neely's ferry.' You see it is just i
his way. The board has decided to build I
. bridge across Catawba river. That ac- I
ion still stands. It has reconsidered the i
ction whereby it selected a location at '
larris's ferry. That action still stands. ]
.'hen what else is there to be done but to t
;o back on everything or build the bridge i
at Neely's ferry, where it will not only i
accommodate the most people; but where
it will cost at least $2,000 less than at any
other point along the river?"
"But what about the reported with- i
drawal of the petition ?" <
"I can't see that that has anything to do I
with it. The commissioners have inquired
into the whole matter on its merits,
and when they decided to build the bridge,
the petition became a back pumber. I
cannot see it in any other way than that
the bridge matter is still unfinished business."
OUTLOOK FOR WINTHROP.
President D. B. Johnson; of Winthrop
college, was in Rock Hill yesterday, says
the Columbia Register, of Thursday, and
spoke very encouragingly of the state's
"pet." He said a great many more applications
had been received than there (
was room for, and, naturally, the pros- 1
pects of a large attendance were better I
than ever before.
Speaking of the scholarship examina- 1
tions held on August 13, he said the papers
bad been sent in and were being ex- 1
amined and the applicants will be noti- !
fied at once. Out of 124 scholarships in
the various counties, there are only 25
vacancies. 1
Mr. Johnson says that at the next ses- '
sion students will be allowed to board in
private families under certain conditions,
which will be strictly enforced. Students 1
will be allowed to board outside of the
college with relatives or at bouses where '
teachers are located. This will cut down i
the attendance ; but it is thought best by
the authorities not to have students board- i
ing outside of the college.
President Johnson said that the college 1
was putting up a model dairy. All the
milk and butter used will, therefore, be
fresh, wholesome and pure. This will be
a great saving of expense as well as an insurance
of healtbfulness.
Most, if not all, of the graduates of the
last session have received positions. President
Johnson willingly will give all information
that may be asked and will assist
all graduates in securing positions as
far as is in his power.
DEATH OF DR. BRATTON. (
Dr. J. Rufus Bratton died at his home
in Yorkville, last Wednesday afternoon, ,
aged 76 yean? 10 months and 19 days. His ,
death was not due to any special disease^; j
but rather to the general breaking down 1
incident to old age. (
Dr. Bratton wasa native of York county, ,
h?vin?r been born at Brattonsville, ten ,
miles south of Yorkville. He was raised '
on a farm, received a careful and thor- ,
ough education?academic, collegiate and
medical?and settled in Yorkville about j
the year 1846. With the exception
of eight years residence in London, on- j
tario, he continued a citizen of Yorkville (
up to the time of bis death.
Anything like a complete sketch of Dr. ,
Bratton's life is too large an undertaking
for a mere newspaper article. He was a
maq with an interesting history, and the
story would be one remarkable for love j
of fellow-man, love of country, careful, |
painstaking labor, high moral and physical
courage, upright business dealings <
and indomitable energy. But the story
is too long to admit of details. There was 1
one incident connected with the doctor's
life, Jbowever, which is of international
importance. '
When the ignorant Negroes, under the
lead of scoundrelly carpetbaggers, began '
to overrun the state after the war, Dr.
Bratton was one of those who became
convinced, and who acted upon the conviction,
that the only defense-which could
be secured for home and fireside, was '
through the Ku-Klux organization, and 1
with this he became directly or indirect- 1
ly connected. Upon the declaration of 1
martial law, and when it developed that
verdicts and sentences were only a matter
of form with the courts, Dr. Bratton '
went to Canada and secured the protec- 1
tion or me rsruisu governm?ut. n. i?to
reward was offered by the United States 1
authorities for his capture, and in the J
hope of securing this reward, two Ainer- '
ican detectives managed to kidnap the
doctor in his Canadian home and bring
him into the United States. As soon as '
the facts developed, there followed be- 1
tween the United States and Great Britain '
a sharp diplomatic correspondence of a '
very threatening nature, especially on
the part of the government of the latter '
country, and as the result of this corres- 1
poudence, Dr. Brattou was uncondition- I
ally released. The United States government
afterward agreed to let its alleged <
grievance against Dr. Bratton drop, and <
in 1879, after an absence of eight years, I
he returned to his home in Yorkville.
. Immediately upon the outbreak of, the s
war, Dr. Bratton volunteered his services, t
and for four years did duty as a surgeon 1
on many battlefields and in the Confeder- i
ate hospitals. Here he distinguished him- ?
self for his patriotism, ardor, courage and t
skill, and won considerable distinction 1
on the various surgical corps with which ?
he was connected. ?
Since the war. Dr. Bratton has been a (
hard worker. He has devoted himself 1
closely to the practice of his profession,
and at the same time made good progress ?
in retrieving the heavy loss he sustained I
by the emancipation of the slaves. But c
all his practice has not been for money, i
The strong love that he has always borne t
his fellow mau has become kuown to f
hundreds. His ear has always been open i
to the cry of the distressed, and with that" t
spirit which does not let the left hand '
know what the right hand doeth, he has t
given,,in his own way, hundreds of dol- I
lars and weeks of labor in the cause of q
Christian charity. In manner he was t
frank and open, even to apparent gruff- s
ness; but this apparent gruffness was of u
the kind that is always indicative of sincere J
honesty and nobility of soul, and beneath a
u ?ii tt?oa o onnuiutonf, t pnrlArnoss t
itnd sympathy which could but reveal to t
Lhose who knew the doctor well, that he A
was a practical Christian.
Strong and vigorous up to a very short I
time tack, when the doctor began to fail, it
it was with great" rapidity. His life, b
though wonderfully correct, had been an s
unusoally active one, and when the worn ii
tut machinery began to give way. it f
seemed to give way all at once. But the e
2nd was calm and peaceful and death v
brought r o terrors. h
Dr. Bratton was one of the most promi- 1<
nent Masons in the country, and had risen ft
;o the ?=2d degree. He was a member of C
:he i'r jsbyteriau church at this place, e
ind his t'uueral services in this church on c
rhur-,day morning were conducted by h
Rev. W. G. Neville, the pastor. The iu- si
erment took place at Bethesda cemetery b
Uongside of members of the family who b
have been previously interred there during
the past hundred or more years. The
burial service was under the auspices of
tbe'Yorrkville lodge of free Masons, assisted
by delegations of members of the order
from Rock Hill, Chester and other
towns.
LOCAL LACONICS.
The Enquirer Until 1st of January, 1898.
The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will
be sent to any address, from this date until
the 1st of January, 1898, for 68 cents.
Mistake In the Name.
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11 WAS IVJ H^JSUHLC OAliUOlOf iuotvau vi
Magistrate Sandifer, who sentenced this
Negro for stealing a watermelon from
Betbesda cemetery recently.
Not so Good as was Thought,
The reporter has seen quite a number of
farmers from different sections of the .
county during the past few days and most
of them insist that crops are uot nearly so
good as they were generally believed to
be two weeks ago.
Big Watermelon. ,
James McAliley writes to The Enquirer
to say that the Zeno man who reported
a 54-pound watermelon some
weeks ago will have to take a back seat.
Joe Feemster, he says, has two melons,
one of whfch weighs 57 pounds and the
other 58 pounds.
Broke Her Arm.
Little Mozelle, the five-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Inman, of
Yorkville, bad the misfortune last Sunday,
to break both bones of one of her
arms by falling down the stairsteps. The
wound was dressed by Dr. Miles Walker,
and the little sufferer is getting along as
well as can be expected.
The Price of Cotton.
Although the first bale has been sold,
the price of cotton has not yet settled to
a definite basis. The reporter is instructed
to quote the Yorkville market today
at from 7 to7J cents; but this, of course, is
subject to fluctuation. But the outlook is
that this market is going to be quite lively
this season.' The buyers here undercton/i
f hair hnainem. and thev can be de
peuded upon to make things move.
Round Trip at One Fare.
General Passenger Agent G. F. Harper,
of the Carolina and North-Western rail- *
road, has authorized the sale of round
trip tickets to Clover, on the occasion of
the bicycle races next Wednesday, at one
fare. The price of a ticket from Yorkville
and return, for instance, will be 35
cents. The time of the races has been so
arranged as to enable visitors to go up on
the northbound freight train and return
on the evening passenger train.
The Case of Vfhltui.
The case of Whitus, the Chester "original
package" man, recently cited to appear
before Judge Witherspoon to show
cause why be should not be punished for
contempt of court, iu the violation of the
injunction issued against him by Judge
rownsend some time ago, was argued in
Yorkville yesterday. Solicitor Henry
appeared for the state, and P. H. Nelson,
Esq., of Columbia, appeared for the defense.
After bearing the argument on
both sides, Judge Witherspoon took the
papers in the case and will render his decision
after careful consideration.
Rock Hill's New Methodist Church.
The Herald: The new Methodistchurch
will be built on the old site of the Holler
fc Anderson building, at the corner of
Main and Caldwell street. It will have
two entries on Main street and two on .
Csldwell street. A Sunday school room
will be connected with the rear of the
church building with entrance on Caldwell
street. The lot will have a frontage
of 854 feet and run back 140 feet. The
church people exchanged the old church
site with Mrs. Rhea and Henry Toole for
the lot on which they will build.
That Heavy Hailstorm.
In conversation with a reporter for the
Spartanburg Herald, Mr. J. Q. LittlC gave
some additional information about the I
hailstorm mentioned by our Blacksburg.
correspondent on Wednesday. He said
ihat the country above Gaffney and at
Shelby, N. C., had been visited by a great
hailstorm which did considerable damage,
rbd storm started at Latimers, a town 11
miles above Shelby, where it blew down
ind destroyed the Masonic hall and sevsrai
other buildings. The storm then
. auie down to Settleineyer's ferry on tne
Broad river, and in its track caine within
four miles of Gaffney. The storm did
jreat damage to corn and cotton crops,
death of Mrs. K. H. McCully. , /
Gastouia GazetteMrs. R. H. McCully
lied at her home near Bowling Green at
>ne o'clock last Saturday afternoon. She
iad not been well for several months and
had been coufined to her room for fiv$ or
iiz weeks. The deceased was 55 years of
ige, and was the youngest sister of Messrs.
Newton and John Wilsou. The funeral
services were conducted at the home last
Sunday morning by Rev. D. S. McAliser,
and the intermeut took place at old
Bethel, where this good woman bad been
i member forlil years. A husband, a sou
md daughter are left to mourn the irre)arable
loss.
Trouble at Tirzah.
Chester Bulletin : Chief of Police Arch
jteele, of Tirzah, was in the city Saturday
:o consult an attorney. It seems that the
ibief had some trouble in an official ca>acity
with two parties in Tirzah and that
hese parties are prosecuting him on the
ground that his election as an officer was
llegal and that he has no le.val authority
0 enforce order in the town of Tirzah.
The point is a very nice one. The voters
bat elected the officials, which elected
dr. Steele, were not registered, as retired
by the law governing municipals
ies in this state. Mr. Steele held a conultation
with Paul Hemphill, Esq., Satirday,
and employed bim to defend him.
dr. Hemphill advised him to go ahead
,nd discharge his duty as a sworn officer;
hat the mistake of the council could not
>e Steele's mistake.
1 Letter From Reese.
Blacksburg correspondence of Gaffney
jedger: Talk of the famous Reese-Luckj-Anderson
case was revived here week
iefore last by the taking of testimony by 4
pecial referee G. W. S. Hart, of Yorkville
n a suit brought by Daniel Luckie for the
lrfldosure of a mortgage. After the refer
nee, it developed that the party against
- bom the mortgage was to be foreclosed,?
ad, about three weeks before, received a
jtter front Reese. It was of the most ofensive
character, postmarked Atlanta,
la., and dated two days boforo its delivry.
Ever since Reese and Luckie's esape
from the York county jail, several
ere have maintained that it would be
Imply a question of time before one or
oth would be caught. This belief has
een strengthened by the above stated