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Scraps antl Jails. ? In response to the query of a newspaper man who asked him how he felt to be again wearing the blue uniform, General "Joe" Wheeler, the ex-Confederate officer, who has taken a command in the United States army, replied : "I feel as if I had been on a furlough, and had just got back." ? The United States cruiser Columbia collided with the British steamer Foscolia,'laden with grain, at Fire Island, off New York harbor, last Saturday night. The Foscolia was so badly damaged that she sank within a few hours. A hole was knocked into the side of the Columbia, and she will have to be laid up for repairs. Lieutenant Geo. W. Williams, of Yorkville, S. C., was in command of the boats from the Columbia engaged in the rescue of the crew of the Foscolia. No lives were lost as the result of the accident; but the Fostolia sunk out of sight beyond all hope of recovery. ? Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement, issued last Friday, shows an increase in the movement into sight, compared with the seven days ending this date last year, of 23,000 bales. For the 269 days of the season that have elapsed, the aggregate is ahead of the 269 days of last year 2,358,000. The movement since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports 8,479,984, against 6,653,287 last year. Southern mill takings, exclusive of consumption at southern out ports, were 926,452, against 877,452 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 80,135, against 144,707 last year, making the total thus far for the season 7,005,111, against 5,731,881 last year. Secretary Hester's statement of the world's supply of cotton shows a decrease duriug the week just closed of 140,391 bales, against a decrease last year of 141,624. The total visible is 3,000,833, against 3,141,224 last week and 2,501,032 last year. ? Officers of fbe United States steamship Alert say that vigorous measures had to be taken by the old cruiser to secure coal on her recent trip up from South America. At Acapulco, where half the inhabitants are Spanish, the captain applied to a steamship company for coal. He was told that be Kotin r?no 1 of. fhp r?ta nf ?20 ner ton in gold, provided he took it hiraas the company could not deliver. The captain accordingly took possession of a lighter and sent the ship's marine guard to protect the coal passers. When she arrived at the wharf it was crowded with natives, who attempted to prevent the coal leaving the dock. The marines cleared the wharf with a bayonet charge and then stretched a rope across, loaded their rifles and informed the natives that the first oue to cross the rope would be shot. After that 150 tons were loaded on the ship without further molestation. ? "By the round-about route, via Paris," says a Washington special of Friday, "comes from Havana the report that the usual notice of intended bombardment has been giveu by the United States. At the same time that this news comes from Paris the report is received from Key West that Admiral Sampson will mass his fleet in front of Havana to-morrow and Sunday. The admiral has been ask ing for permission to try his plan of reducing the defenses of Havana. It may be the best to make a demonstration in force with his war vessels, preparatory to the demand for surrender, the notice of bombardmeut, the attack on the batteries. Admiral Sampson believes it is possible to take the monitors in close to shore to the westward of the batteries and come down with an enfiladiug fire, which will raze them, but spare the city from serious damage. It has been understood for some days that the reduction of the batteries would follow soon after the Spanish fleet was disposed of. ? Here is the letter of the Universal Peace union to the queen regent of Spain and Senor Sagasta, which is raising so much indignation in Philadelphia and elsewhere. The letter is dated April 21, and signed by Alfred H. Love, president of the union. It was mailed at the Philadelphia postoffice, but was returned to the writer. Afterward Love boasted that he had succeeded in having the letter forwarded by other means, and then came the movement to oust the union from its free quarters in Independence Hall: "It is in our hearts to say, as the Universal Peace union, representing mauy thousands of friends of peace in all parts of the world and from the United States, that we have appreciated your many concessions in this Cuban trouble in behalf of peace, and we want you to hear from the people, the real representatives of the American heart, that we believe all that is desired could be obtained by peaceful meaus. Oh, how you would elevate your nation ! What a contribution to this age of intelligence if you could send a message to America! Our hearts are full of svmrathv for vou in vour no - ?r?v ? v i doubt embarrassed positiou ; but the right will sustaiu you. Our couutry would receive you if your people rebel in your efforts to avail of auy opening to still avert war and meet the demands of humanity, freedom and peace." ? One of the most brillant military pageants enacted since the grand mustering of the parade of the Federal troops down the streets of Washington at the close of the Civil war occurred at Camp Alger Saturday aftercoon when President McKinley reviewed the troops quartered there, says a Washington dispatch. It was the first time in over 30 years that auy army of volunteers rendezvoused in time of war passed in review before the commander-in-chief of the army, and the demonstration attracted many thousauds from Washington and the surrouoding country to the camp grounds near Falls Church. There were 12,000 troops in line. Beside the presideut and Mrs. McKinley the reviewing party comprised Vice President and 5lrs. Hobart and son, Secretary of War and Mrs. Alger, Miss Long, General Miles and staff, Miss Wilson, daughter of the secretary of agriculture, and Miss Barber, of Ohio,, the guest of Mrs. McKinley; Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts; Kepresenta live Fowler, of New Jersey; Mr. t Swatison, of Virginia; Colonel Bing- I ham, United States army; Secretary v and Mrs. Porter and Miss Morgan. t Immediately on the arrival of the presidential party the line, 12,000 strong, began moving. The review lasted more than two hours. The men 1 passed the presidential stand in com- e pany front with arms port. The ap- ( pearauce of each regiment was t followed by vociferous shouting, t ? ? : .i.? , i nrougnouu tuc review uic picnmcuv sat on a platform in front of the stand, and beneath a canopy of the American colorsf with the stars and stripes fluttering back of him. With a few exceptions the great army of volunteers made an imposing appearance and the review party were highly pleased with the result. ?hc ||orfeviUe (fuquircr. YOItKVXLIiE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1,1898. ? N. G. Gonzales, now of the Cuban army, waiting at Tampa for orders to move on Cuba, is writing some interesting letters to his paper, the Columbia State. ? The war department, last week, set on loot such inquiries as to lead the volunteer soldiers in Columbia to fear that they would not be assigned to active service on account of the existence of smallpox in the city. ? Schley's squadron at Santiago is said to consist of the firstclass armored cruiser Brooklyn, Commodore Schley's flagship ; the battleships Massachusetts, Iowa and Texas ; the cruiser Marblehead, the gunboat Castine and the torpedo boat Dupont. ? For nealy 400 years it has been the proudest boast of the Spaniards that the sun never set on their dominions; but now it seems that the Dons are again about to realize the blessings of the diurnal resolutions of Old Sol, and that they will be able to enjoy the pleasures of restful sleep during seemly hours like other decent people. ? The appearance of Spanish scout ships off Key West and other Florida points is viewed by mauy people as a fact of considerable significance. Notwithstanding the repeated assurances of the Washington authorities that Cervera is blocked in the harbor of Santiago, mauy people 1 have all along believed that the Span- 1 iards have made their escape and are f only waiting for a favorable opportunity 1 to shell some exposed port on the Gulf 1 coast or Atlantic seaboard. ? When the Spaniards are expelled from i Cuba and Porto Rico, it is altogether likely that there will be much confiscation of ' property. The Cuban and Porto Rican patriots will, of course, be entitled to consideration iu the distribution of ownership to lands, etc., but after them, why will the American soldier boys not be , given an opportunity? After the war is i over and peace is established, there will arise a necessity fors ettilug up the country 1 with desirable citizens. It is likely that 1 the volunteer soldiers will come in for a fair share of the best that will be going. , I ? The only classes of vessels, says an authority, that are now counted as effect- j ive in the world's navies are ironclad j ships, among which may be classed mon- < itors, armored and protected cruisers and i the various classes of torpedo boats. The ( navy of Great Britain, of course, stands j first, having 29 battleships, 141 armored and protected cruisers, 103 torpedo boat j destroyers and 190 torpedo boats of all j classes. Next comes the French navy, < with 15 battleships, 60 armored and pro- i tected cruisers, 17 torpedo boat destroyers 1 and 249 torpedo boats; Russia is third, 1 with 14 battleships, 17 armored and pro- ' tected cruisers, 39 torpedo boat destroyers . and 191 torpedo boats; Italy has 8 battle- j ships, 31 armored and protected cruisers, 18 torpedo boat destroyers and 191 torpe- ] do boats; Germany, 6 battleships, 20 crui- ] sers, armored and protected, 18 torpedo I boat destroyers and 174 torpedo boats of various classes; Spain has 1 battleship, | 20 armored and protected cruisers, 17 tor- ( pedo boat destroyers and 48 torpedo boats, 1 and the United States 9 battleships, 18 | armored ami proiecteu cruisers, a mrpeao ( boat destroyers and 21 torpedo boats, this | number having recently been greatly increased by the purchase and completion j of other vessels. The enlisted men of the { British navy at the beginning of this year i numbered 79,947; France, SO,920; Russia, 40,532; Italy, 21,724; Germany, 21,513; 1 Spain, 24,029, and the United States, J 13,582. 1 EFFECTS OF THE WAR. ( Just how the present war is going to inlluence the future destiny of America is v rather too great a question for one not \ girted with prophecy to attempt to un- s ravel; but at the same time it does not < take much consideration of the laws of 1 cause and effect to warrant a conclusion 1 that there will bo a considerable change in American policy. The rule laid down by the founders of j j this government was non-interference ( with foreign affairs and the avoidance of f entangling alliances. The country was It young then, and although the policy wash probably dictated by a realization of ' weakness, it was a correct one. But now 1 America has grown strong and powerful, i In men, money and resources, she has | not an equal on earth, and at the close of t this war she will probably be the equal of t almost any other nation in organized ef- t fective military and naval strength. The ( temptation to abandon the traditional i >olicy of attendiug to our business will t >e great, and as to whether or not we t rill be strong enough to resist this tenipatiou remains to be seen. ? Already the leading statesmen see new ^ Q >olitical questions growing out of changng conditions, and up to this time neith- ? ir of the great political parties have yet a lecided as to what positions they should c ako with regard to the acquisition of new f erritory abroad. The private opinion of g Democratic leaders seems to be that it t vill be best not to look forward to the J >erinanent control of the Philippines; | >ut many of these are divided as to the idvisability of holding Porto Rico, and he sentiment of the vast majority of the j jeople of the nation with regard to the ? lew questions just beiug presented, is t mch an uncertain quantity as to leave t he politicians in doubt. f But all these things are surely to come ' ip for discussion in the no distant future. )n both sides the controversy will be bit- I er. How it will all end, as already sug- t rested, cannot be foretold; but as we see 1 t, if the country manages to settle the 1 natter without the adoption of an aggres- i live colonial policy similar to that of t England, rather than otherwise, we will je surprised. Such a policy, of course, is lecessarily productive of continual tur- , noil and strife; but at the same time it lolds out its temptations of increased ] power and wealth, and these temptations, t is likely, will be too great to be over- 1 :ome. 1 THEY'VE GOT HIM. ' < Dervera In Certainly ltottled Up In San- , tiago Harbor. , The suspeuse of the past week as to ' he whereabouts of the Spanish fleet i s ended. The Associated Press dis- f patches published yesterday (Tuesday) ' morning, announced positively that , 3ervera was in the harbor of Sautiago, ( tnd that Schley was guarding the en- < trance on the outside. i It was stated several days ago that * Cervera wa9 in the harbor of Santiago, 1 ind each day afterward the statement ivas repeated ; but the statements were , nevitably coupled with qualifying < circumstances which seemed to inni- i cate that the department was uncertain. For instance, at first it was said J Lhat'"it was thought that Cervera was ' n the harbor. Next Schley was quoted as having said "he believed" the < ships were there, and Secretary Long < said such was "his belief." Accustomed to the war stories that have ' seen published for sometime past, in- j telligent readers were not inclined to | pin their faith too closely to the asser- j Lion. They recognized, of course, the t possibility of Cervera being where he { was believed to be; but they wanted ' something more definite. Now, it ap- j pears we have confirmation, at least to < i reasonable certainly. The Associa- i Led Press dispatch, which brings the I news, was dated "Off Santiago, May | 29," and reads as follows : ' I Commodore Schley and the Flying j squadron have the Spanish fleet bot- : tied up in the harbor of Santiago de j Cuba. By the most clever manoeuvring, the commodore allowed the Span- , iards to think he had left in disgust, j They took the bait and ran into the ( harbor. Commodore Schley moved , down this morning, and at 6 o'clock, ' going close to the harbor, he saw the Cristobal Colon, the Maria Teresa and t two torpedo boats. He believes the ( entire fleet is there. Commodore ( Schley has acted upon bis own information and judgment for the past six ( days. He sat on the after triungle of | the Brooklyn this morning until after j the discovery of the fleet, and he then went to breakfast, saying: "I have got them, and they will never get home." The United States auxilliary , cruiser St. Paul arrived here this morning and was sent to the Mole St. Nich- | olas with dispatches. She captured a ( coal ship, which was sent to Key West J by Captain Sigsbee, in charge of a ( prize crew. The coal was undoubtedly intended for the Spanish fleet. It is believed there is not much coal at | Santiago de Cuba. The otlicers and | men of the Flying squadron are jubilant over the fact that the location of ' :he Spanish fleet has finally been defi- j aitely established. The temperature j here is 110 degrees in the shade, aud j n the steel turrets the heat is actually ( aeyond the power of imagination. t The American ships here are the r Brooklyn, Texas, Massachusetts, Iowa, j Marblehead and Vixen, an auxilliary torpedo gunboat. s Upon the sending out of the news ] :rora Santiago, it seems that the Asso- t iiated Press correspondent at Key < West was allowed to send out addi- ? /ional details. In a dispatch sent unler date of May 30, he gives the fol- * owing interesting information : j Everybody knows now that Spain's a lying squadron, four splendid cruisers g rud two torpedo boat destroyers, is i mprisoned in Santiago harbor. t f hie fnnr has heen known here 48 v lours, aud the speculation now is over a ,he probable disposition of the Span- i ards?whether they will be blockaded a )r the forts reduced aud the vessels t ,'ompelled to fight. * e In the latter case there can he but t me result, for Commodore Schley has a some of the finest ships in the world, c ,o say nothing of cruisers and various i smaller vessels, and could, in a few ? lays, be reinforced by other powerful y -varships. It would be foolhardiness n >n the part of Cervera to oiler battle, y An interesting story remains to be L' old of the reasons which led Cervera c o Santiago and of the way in which v le was hemmed in. It is now known a hat when the Spanish admiral sailed t or the West Indies he expected to a nter San Juan de Porto Rico for coal n ind supplies. On touching at Curacoa n 'or news, his plans were upset by the h eceipt of dispatches telling him that c \dmiral Sampson had bombarded the c *an Juan fortifications and was still in he neighborhood of Porto ltico. There- v ipon Cervera sailed for the south e :oast of Cuba. Why he entered San- li iago harbor instead of the harbor of y ^ienfuegos is not known. The Amer- v can commanders were inclined to v hink the Spaniards would go the later port. It is certain that Cervera could not i lave escaped from Santiago without ieiDg discovered, for the American i couts had been prowling about the ?ort for 10 days, and other scouts had lot been far away. Practically Saotiigo had been blockaded for that length f time. Cervera's coal ship, which ollowed him from Curacoa to Santia;o, was captured last Wednesday, and he very moment when the Queen legeut was cabling her congratula ? ?t-- ?ii ion ine vuiib were u^uicuiujj uuuuu lim. The belief here is that all other novements in the West Indies will be leld in abeyance until the Spanish iquadron is disposed of. In case Saniago is attacked, the news of the batle will be sent from Mole St. Nicholas ind Kingston, and the prizes and vounded will be sent to Key West. As to what Schley will do, whether try to enter the harbor and destroy he fleet, or as to whether there will >e a land attack on the city from behind, while the blockade is maintained n front with a view of capturing the spauiards, are matters of speculation. SEES GOOD IN WAR. flenry Watterson Makes a Talk to Kentucky Soldiers. Lexington, Ky., Dispatch 27th. Ten thousand people visited Lexingon today to witness a civic aDd military pageant, which followed a review by 3overnor Bradley of the companies of :roops now here, and to hear an adiress to the troops by Henry Wattersou. When the parade and review were ended, 300 school children sang 'America." Colonel W. C. P. Brecknridge then introduced Mr. Watterson, who was given an ovaliou. He ipoke in part as follows: "Even in soldiership there is a right way and a wrong way. The famous [Confederate General Forrest said of war that 'it means fighting and fightug means killing.' He also said of success in battle that it is 'getting Lhere first with the most men.' Some jf us are old enough to remember the ielusion that once had a certain vogue among the unthinking that one Southerner could whip six Yankees. We ^ot bravely over that, and now that we are all Yankees, let it not be imagined that one Yankee can whip six Spaniards. It is always better to over rate than to underrate the enemy. "For the first time since the Crusades, war has been. levied for no cause of a purely material kind, and with no selfish purpose. I scarcely like the shibboleth 'Remember the Maine !' It seems to me too revengeful to be quite worthy. I do not forget the circumstance to which it owes its origin. The sceue of that awful tragedy under the shadow of Morro Castle is yet before the eyes. I can see, as I close them, the very faces of cur murdered sailors, with the gbastliuess of death upon them. But I also see the myriads of starving men, women and children, ruthlessly sacrificed Lo feed the lust and to fill the pockets of professional plunderers masquerading in Cuba as Spanish officers and gentlemen. Behind them I see three centuries of wanton pillage, of frightful corruption, of cruelty unsurpassed in human annals. "The time was long ago come for some great power to stretch forth its hand, to interpose its authority, and Lo say to the world, 'This barbarism shall proceed no further.' What power except that of the United States would do this? Cuba is our next-door neighbor. Time out of mind these atrocities have been perpetrated before cur eyes. Whilst Spain has required lis to spend millions of money policing jur coust against the fillibusters, she lias shown herself unable, or unwilling, u our protection, to police one of her 3wn harbors. Was this to go on forjver ? "In these warlike spectacles, everywhere manifest, this conflict has al-eady united us as nothing else could lave united us?emancipating both sections of the Union from the misaken impression that we ever were, >r ever could be, anything else than >ne people. In the brilliant achievenent of that typical Green Mountain >oy on the other side of the globe, it las already exploited us as a naval sower, and, as you yourselves shall show, it will presently demonstrate us 10 less a military power, before whose egions the enemies of liberty and lumanity will do well to look before -hey leap. Surely, these were consummations devoutly to be wished. They are worth all the war has cost is, or will cost us. "I know what war means. I have seen it in all its horrors and terrors. But there is something even worse ,han war. To become a nation, not >nly of sbop-keepers, but of dishonest shop-keepers; to wear away our lives )eating one another, out of a few degrading dollars the more or less; to ind in the boasted acts of peace notbng nobler than the piling up of riches, ind the gratification of propensities [rowing more and more ignoble with ncreasing luxury and wealth; these hings seem to me even worse than var. We have had 33 years of peace, ind we seemed to be approaching perlously near the domestic conditions ppalliug to contemplate. We are in he midst of war, aud war is a great ducator. It is at one and the same ime a university course aud a career, ind he who comes out of the fiery sjdeul with honor, though he comes ipon crutches, brings with him a de ;ree no college can confer. Il is for 1 ou not alone to meet the requireaeuts of the service, hut to learn, as 'our lives pass through the crucible of 1 lonorable war, how to retrieve the 1 istakes of your generation, so that 1 when you return victors to your homes nd becomes citizens again, you may urn back the tide of the evil counsels ,nd wicked passions which was beginliug to run to the centre of the stream, ' nakiugmen to love mouey more than lonor, to put their pockets above their " onscience and their party above their 1 ountry. "I do not doubt the result of this rar. But I should whisper into your ' ar the blandishments of a most missading optimism if I should promise ou that it will be all play and no , kOik, all parade and no danger. He , t'ho thinks so should remain at home, t Don't be afraid of marching and mounting guard. Don't be afraid of cooking your victuals, if you are fortunate enough to have any victuals to cook, or of washing your chothes? even of washing yourselves, in case you happened to be camped near a running stream. Don't be afraid of not getting enough campaigning. Above all, do not be afraid of foreign intervention. If yon will take care of the Spaniards, I will engage, as Prince Bismarck is older than I am, to take care of him, and mayhe of bis young master, and, incidentally, whilst you are away, look after Kentucky, and Europe, and Asia and Africa." MAJOR GENERAL BUTLER. Old One-Legged Confederate to Command a Federal Ulvitdon. Matthew C. Butler, of South Carolina, is a major general of volunteers in the United States army. The appointment was made by President MATTHEW C. BUTLER. MeKinley last Saturday, and was confirmed by the senate without a shadow of opposition. It will be remembered that General Butler made application for the appointment severul Weeks ago. He was endorsed by Senators Tillman and McLatirin, both of whom have considerable influence with the president; but really there was but little reason to believe that ho would be appointed. Wheu the appointment came it was in the nature of a surprise. When General Butler asked for his appointment, the understanding is that he signified a desire to go to Cuba; but it is not likely that tie win be sent there. The probability is that he will be in charge of the array of 25,000 men to be sent to Porto Rico. General Butler was a major general in the Confederate army. He has a splendid reputation as a fighter, and taken all in all, he is a firstclass American. In making the appointment President McKiuley has honored himself as much as he has General Butler. SOUTH CAROLINA VOLUNTEERS. The Soldiers In Columbia Are Anxiously Awaiting Orders. The novelty of camp life has worn off the volunteers in Columbia, aud the boys are now anxious to get orders to go somewhere?either to Chickamauga or Tampa?they do not care much where. Governor Ellerbe, a few days ago received a suggestion from the war department to the effect that the companies be recruited from their present strength of 88 men each, up to the maximum limit of 106 men each, and that the additional enlistments would be credited on this state's quota of the second call for volunteers. But the suggestion does not strike the governor favorably, and neither does it so strike the meu. Many of the companies have already had trouble in filling out their numbers to the full requirement, and they do not care to undertake the suspense again. Not only that, the captains maintain that 88 men are as many as there ought to be in one company anyway. Up to Monday morning, the one company needed to fill out the state's quoto had not yet been raised. Colonel Jim Tillman secured from the governor a kind of option on the privilege of providing the company in the belief that he could get it from Edgefield. The governor gave him until today to have the company in Columbia, and if he fails, then other steps will have to be taken. r.^1 r\y*f bo xtey r*/\f vnf Koon UPA A 11X3 OU1U1C1 O HOW UVt J V l wwu jy w vided with uniforms. Many of them are provided only with one suit of clothes, and that they have been wear-) ing since they first went to Columbia a month ago. The government is supposed to be doing all it can to hurry up uniforms ; but that the men are getting somewhat impatient is not surprising. INVASION COMMENCED. A Powerful American Army Now SuppoHed to Be Landing In Cuba. The military invasion of Cuba has beguu, says an Associated Press dispatch published on Tuesday morning. No details are yet given out beyond the fact that General Miles and staff left Washington on Monday, and that orders had previously been issued for the embarkation of troops on Sunday morning. There were at Key West 25 ships, the biggest and fastest obtainable, and capable of carrying 25,000 men across the narrow arm of the sea which separates Key West from Cuba. Where the landing was to be made was not stated. It was believed, however, that it was to be made simultaneously at four or five different points, and unless previously issued orders have been changed, aud this time it is not likely, there are now in Cuba many thousand American soldiers. Within a short time now it is probable that the press censorship at Key J -i 1 ...:n west anu eisewueic win mc ?au irawn. There uo longer seems to be much necessity for it, and soon the :>eople will have every opportunity to iiear what the American soldiers are loing to the Spaniards. Until January 1st, 1890, For $1.22. The Twiob-a-Week Enquirer, filled ,vith the best and most reliable up-to-date lews, will be furnished from the date of .his issue until January 181)9, for $1.22. LOCAL AFFAIRS. tii tb INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Ill J. A. Shurley; County Superintendent of se Education?Gives notice that at Yorkvillo, on Friday, June 17,1898, there will t0 lie an examination of applicants who . desire to teach in the free public schools. , Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Lets you know that while she has supplied many of the 01 ladies with fashionable hats, there are w yet some who have not been accommodated. She tells you about the different kinds she has on hand and thanks the public for the generous patronage she has received. b< W. A. Moore?Reminds you that be is a prepared to do all kinds of repairing in w wood and iron, and lets you know that he has on hand for sale a second-hand ^ reaper in good condition, wliicn ne \vm " sell at a low price. w w THE TOWN ELECTION. ft The town election, last Saturday, passed oil' quietly. No opposition developed. The vote was as follows: i> For Intendant?W. R. Carroll, 45. For Wardens?C. G. Parish 48, G. 11. J' O'Leary 47, John M. Hope 47, S. A. Mc- 9 El wee 47. oi The total number of votes cast for g members of the council was 48. For school trustees only 42 votes were cast. p. Messrs. M. C. Willis and G. W. S. Hart e< were elected, each receiving 42 voles. 0' tl ABOUT PEOPLE. _ Miss Iva Withers is visiting relatives and friends in Blacksburg. Mis* Maggie Shannon, of Loinlnack, j has returned home from a visit to relatives and friends at Winnsboro. . Mr. Joseph F. Wallace left on Monday to visit his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Mar- N shall, at Piedmont, S. C. When he will return to Yorkville is indefinite. e! Superintendent Detidy, of the graded ^ school, left la?t Saturday for his home in a! Oconee county, wheie he expects to spend " his vacation. J; C WINTHROP COMMENCEMENT. The Enquirer is in receipt of an invi- (j tation to the closing exercises of Win- fc throp college. Following is the pro gramme for the week : k Sunday, June 5, 8.40 p. m.?Baccalaure- c| ate sermon. N Monday, June 6, 8.30 p. m.?Joint celebration of literary societies. Tuesday, June 7, 9 a. tn.?Class day 11 exercises. b Tnesdav. June 7. 8.30 p. m.?Annual w concert and reception. " c) Wednesday, June 8,11 a. m.?Alumnae . reunion. Wednesday, June 8,8.30 p. m.?Address " to the graduating class; awarding of "Y diplomas. ic Here are the names of members of the tl graduating class: C Margaret Dorroh Anderson, Minnie Brocke, Ethel Cooper, Agnes Donnom j, Corbett, Margaret Moore Douglas, Paw- p nee Jones, Mary Eugenia Martin, Jennie hi Mae Miller, Fleetwood Montgomery. An- i, nie Allen Perry, Mary lvatherine Strib- 8f ling, Margaret Reid Young. C( * k KNOWS ABOUT SMALLPOX. C( Mr. Tom Spencer, of Hickory Grove, tr was in Yorkville last week in attendance F on the union meeting of the York Baptist association here. It was while the ^ smallpox panic, already reported, was at ^ its height, and as Mr. Spencer has had ^ experience with the disease, he was in a position to talk interestingly. It was during the war that Mr. Spencer learned something about smallpox. He ^ was taken prisoner and sent to the Federal prison at Fort Delaware. Smallpox was epidemic there, and he contracted the disease. g Speaking of his experience, he said ^ that for about 24 hours, during the breaking out of the eruption, he suffered tortures, especially from thirst; but he was .. not allowed to drink water. Here, in . fact, is one of the secrets of successful treatment of the disease. Water brings 81 out great blisters which develop iuto the . sores that cause the pitting, and is to be 11 avoided as far as possible. The doctor . allowed him to keep a little ice in his mouth; but that was all. Then again he 81 was held down to a light diet. After nine days he became convalescent, and after c 16 days he was discharged as cured. The a real suffering he underwent was during * the 24 hours referred to. He is pitted a . little on one arm, but not much elsewhere. " There is no doubt that Mr. Spencer had j* smallpox and that he knows all about the disease. He is a perfectly reliable man. j* After his recovery he was sent to the hospital to nurse smullpox patients. There ? were about 200 of them at Fort Delaware. 11 The treatment consisted principally of regulating the supply of water, providing a light diet and muffling the bands of the ^ patients so they could not scratch them- 11 selves. Of the 200 patients in the hospi- ? tal only 10 died. All had the best of treatment and every attention. Mr. Spen- ^ cer does not think that smallpox is any- lr thing to be at all desired ; but if properly " treated he does not think it nearly so j: dreadful as most people seem to think. Whether on not it is smallpox that is n now going the rounds, he did not pro- p< tend to say. He does not know. OF LOCAL INTEREST. b The unfortunate accident off New York " harbor last Saturday night, as the result " of which the United States cruiser Colum- ^ bia collided with the British steamer Fos- ^ colia, is possessed of especial local interest. Lieutenant Geo. W. Williams, a York county boy, was on the Columbia, and figures in the story of the collision as ? told in the New York papers. *3 It was night and a thick fog added to F the darkness. The Foscolia was making f .headway with all her lights displayed M and her fog horns blowing. There were hi no lights on the Columbia, and as to ?t whether the fog horns were blowing does 1? not positively appear. At any rate the w two ships collided, and while a great hole was knocked in the side of the Columbia, w tho Foscolia was so badly damaged as to H make it at once evident that she would h< sink. ca Captain Sands, of the Columbia, order- ot o<l tho loivoritiir of two ImhU to CO to the assistance of the Foscolia, and the boats 111 were sent under command of Lieutenant Ul Williams. The papers report what occurred as Lieutenant Williams came up w as follows: m "Who are you and why did you not lit have your lights burning?" shouted Cap- bt tain Evans of the Foscolia, through the r'! darkness. ?f "The United States steamship Colum- he bia," answered Lieutenant Williams at kindly. "We are out alter Spaniards and wi do not burn lights at night." sli Captain Evans complained that he did wi not hear the Columbia's fog horn ; but to a : this Lieutenant Williams gave 110 an- br swer. joi Lieutenant Williams saw that the Fos- w; colia was certainly and surely sinking, as without chance of escape, and ho said : cii "What are you going to do? I do not N? know to what extent we have been injured and I suspect we shall have to put Y< quickly to port." Ti "I shall stand by the ship until she of sinks," answered Captain Evans, a trem- of or in his voice. se; In vain Lieutenant Williams suggested Ti lat Captain Evans and iiis officers leave ie ship and go to the Columbia. The aster of the Foscolia was determined to e the last of his ship. Lieutenant Williams finally concluded go back to the Columbia, saying that i case the ship had decided to putiinmeiately into port, he would have sounded ie long and one short blast of the histle. Captain Evans remained for sometime ith the Foscolia; but at last found tnat was no use. He ordered that the pumps e stopped, and withdrew in small boats distance of a hundred feet or more and atched the ship go down. The Columbia had a narrow escape om sinking; but managed to make her ay salely into New York harbor. It ill be several weeks before she will be t for duty again. r a r. i.imvirw eath of an Infant. An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. ones died last Saturday evening, aged days. The body was sent to Lancaster ii Monday fdr interment. olng to the Front. General Nelson A. Miles and statf, the arty consisting in all of 34 persons, passi through Rock Hill on a special train ver the Southern railroad yesterday 011 le way to Tampa, Fla. otir-Legged Chicken. R. J. Wright has sent The Enquirer four-legged chicken. It had just been atched and was dead. As to whether it as alive when it came out of the shell, le accompanying note did not say. ew PoHtofflce. Two new postofflces have heen recently itablished on the daily mail route from orkville to Gould. One will be known i Tupper, Mr. J. C. Kirkpatrick as postlaster, and the other as Borax, Mr. ames D. Good as postmaster, liangex of Names. By order of the county board of educaon, the school district No. 15, heretofore nown as "Cotton," has been changed to Bullock's Creek," and No. 10, heretofore nown as "Bullock's Creek," has been aanged to "Blairsville." egro TroopH. Quite a number of leading Negroes *om different parts of the state have een writing to the .governor to know hether or not Negro troops will be acjpted in the second call. The governor 1 not yet in a position to give any inforlation on the subject. Allen White, of 'orkville, has under consideration the lea of organizing a Negro company in lis county. olonel R. L. Coleman Dead. Colonel Robert L. Coleman died at ohns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore,' last riday morning. Colonel Coleman will e remembered as the contractor who uilt the waterworks in Yorkville. For >metime past he resided in Bumcombo >unty, N. C. He went to the Johns Hopihs hospital recently in the hope of revering from an attack of nervous prosation. rom Rev. J. P. Knox. Rev. J. P. Knox is out at Cotton Plant, liss. Under date of May 26, he writes i follows: "Please send my Enquirer > rue here for the next two weeks. I iin't do without it. Have had fine rains ut here. Some cotton 6 inches high, 'en thousand locusts with W's on their fines hollering for the war. Lots of luirrels and fish in the country. I exect to kill and catch some before J go ome. Will preach at Ebenezer next abbath. Hope the people in York are rell." ood Wheat Proupect. Mr. W. Meek Faulkner, of Clark's 'ork, was in Yorkville on Monday. He as been somewhat under the weather for imetime past; but was feeling better. Tpon being asked about the wheat crop l his section, of which so much has been ?iu, he said that it was looking first rate ; ut that there is a great deal of rust to be ien about. Still he thinks the conditions re favorable for a good crop. "A dry, ool May for wheat," the old saying goes, nd this is the kind of May we have had. or the LeeislHture. Although as stated, the reporter had no lforniation at the time, since the appearnce of the article on the subject, he has eard of at least two probable candidates >r the house this summer. Both of them ave been there before, and are thinking f going back again. To mention their ames on hearsay evidence, of course, ould be unfair; but that they have been linking of the matter a little there is no uestion. However, developments will o doubt develop later on. nly a Fake. The Enquirer on last Saturday relived the following telegram, emanating om Lordon : "Reuter's agency reports imor that Sampson's fleet has been delated at Santiago and Sampson killed." or many reasons The Enquirer was ot disposed to credit the rumor and in osting it so stated. The same story was ublished in many papers throughout le country on Saturday and Sunday; ut was generally discredited. Where ie fake originated has not developed, nless it bad some connection with the jtailed account of the "defeat of the mericans off Jamaica," as published by le Spanish paper El Progresso." nuethlng of a Truck Farmer. "Rev. J. A. Campbell, of Fort Mill, is ne of the finest gardeners in York counr," said a gentleman who had been to ort Mill recently to a representative of iik K.nquirkr yesterday. "I called at [r. Campbell's house. He was busy with is garden at the time, and he invited me it to take a look at it. Things generally oked well; but I was especially struck ith the cabbage patch. It is the equal ' about 100 feet square, and is filled with hat appears to be fully matured heads, e informed me that already this season 3 has sold from the patch 310 worth of ibbage at 2 cents a pound, and standing f at a short distance, you can hardly 11 that there were a half dozen heads issing." roke Ills Hip. Mr. James E. Smith, of Yorkville, met ith a serious accident on last Sunday orning, as the result of which ho now is in a critical condition. Mr. Smith, sides being quite feeble, is blind. Upon sing Sunday morning he declined an ler of assistance down the steps, not ling ready just at that time. Later he tempted to go down alone, and in some ay, just how is not definitely known, he ipped and fell. Wheu discovered he as lying at the bottom of the steps with severe gash in his head and his right leg oken at the hip joint. The broken - - - I *1 lilt was successtuuy set suorwy uuciird, and although Mr. Smith is doing well as could be expected under the reuinstances, he is in great pain. >w Series of Stamps. Miss Maggie Moore, postmistress at orkville, has called the attention of uk Exuuikkr to the fact that the postlice department has ordered the issuance a new series of postage stamps. The ries is to be commemorative of the aus-Mississippi exposition, to be held