Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 21, 1898, Image 2
Scraps autl Jacts.
? A Washington dispatch of Friday
says: "The three battleships which
have just been contracted for have
been consigued to the builders as follows
: The Ohio to the Union Iron
works, of San Francisco; the Missouri
to the Newport News company ; the
Maine to Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia.
The ships are to be built in 33
months. Formal notices of awards
were sent out today to the successful
bidders."
? Baltimore Sun : The Engineering
and Mining Journal keeps an account
of the gold brought from the Klondike
region, the result of last winter's work,
and finds the Canadian authorities
t. ?i,;?c h.it 54 ono.-i
Ull YC CUIICI/ICU i uj aiwvs v.. ?uv , - , ,
000 of gold, and expect to collect on
$3,000,000 more that has already been
mined. About all the gold produced
was in Canadian territory. Some gold
is brought out secretly, no doubt. Iu
the final clean-up for the year The
Journal expects to see $9,000,000 of
gold produced. The average earnings
of the year were about $450 per man,
which is not much, in view of the fact
that it costs $15 a day to live. Most
of the Klondikers have been living ou
money they took with them.
? Orders were issued from the war
department on Monday for the disposition
of the five regiments of regular
cavalry now at Camp WikofF, in command
of Major General Wheeler.
Three of them are to be sent to a camp
hereafter to be designated, within 100
miles of Huntsville, Ala. The Second
regiment is to go to South Dakota, to
relieve the Eighth regiment, with headquarters
at Fort Meade, and the Ninth
is to be distributed throughout Arizona
and New Mexico, to relieve the
Seventh, now stationed in those territories.
The Seventh and Eighth upou
being relieved will joiu the three regiments
from Montauk at the camp
which ma# be selected in the vicinity
of Huntsville. Its location will depend
upon the recommendation of a
board of army officers uow in the south
eneaeed in inspecting camp sites.
Major General Wheeler will have command
of the cavalry, which is to form
part of the army of occupation for
Cuba and Porto Rico.
? A crowd of about 700 people besieged
the house of General Toral at
Vigo, Spain, last Friday, demanding
that the troops which arrived there on
the day before from Santiago de Cuba
on board the Spanish steamer Leon
XIII be immediately landed. They
proceeded to the quays, cheering the
troops, and were with difficulty dispersed
by soldiers of the garrison.
Afterward a crowd of about 1,500 people
returned to the quays, und when
they saw the soldiers landing barefooted
and nearly naked, they became
infuriated aud surrounded General
Toral's house, hooting and hissiug and
. stoning the building. Eventually, the
Spanish general succeeded in escaping
to the Leon XIII. On learning that,
the mob gathered on the dock and
stoned the steamer for half an hour,
smashing the cabin windows. Thfti
. ? -Leon XXII. was f" To J? P.?, fue
place where she Vfas moored.
? Secretary Hester's New Orleans
Cotton Exchange statement, issued
last Friday, shows that the amount
brought into sight for the week ending
on that day was 159,840 bales against
244,622 for the seven days ending
September 16 last year, and 312,206
year before last. This brings the total
amount for the 16 days of the newseason
to 263,502, against 405,910 last
year. Ttie statement snows receipts
at all United States ports since September
1 of 176,950 bales, against
262,479 for the same time last year.
Southern mill takings were 56,162,
against 54,376 last year. Foreign exports
for the 16 days have been 70,736,
against 49,927. Including amounts left
in stocks at ports and interior towns
and the number of bales brought into
sight thus far for the new crop, the
supply to date is 531,068, against 522,464
for the same period last year. ,
? New York Voice: Bishop Chas.
H. Fowler, of the Methodist Episcopal
church, speaking before the Wesleyan
Methodist conference in England, is
reported by the New York Christian
Advocate to have said : "We are sure
that you will rejoice to have me say,
from personal knowledge, that an ex- 1
emplary Christian and a Methodist i
communicant occupies the White
House, a man who is more anxious to ,
please God than to please any other
being in the universe. We know his
integrity and honor ; we believe in his
personal religious experience. God
bless William McKinley, the honored
president of the United States of
America!" Either Bishop Fowler or :
the "Discipline" is sadly wrong; for
William McKinley has been receiving
rent for saloon property, sets wine before
his guests, drinks wine at public
dinuers, is controlled by a party organization
that is "managed in the interest
of the liquor traffic," and today stands
personally responsible, as commanderin-chief
of the United States army, for
the continuance of the canteen system,
an abominable and often unlawful
form of the evil that "can never be ,
legalized without sin."
? Miss Winnie Davis, the "Daughter
of the Confederacy," died at Naragansett
Pier, R. I., last Sunday at noon of
malarial gastritis, after an illness of
several weeks. Miss Davis was born
in the Confederate executive mansion
at Richmond in 1S63. She was educated
principally at home, owing to the
trouble surrounding her father and the
publicity which attended all movements
of the Davis family. Miss Davis
attained her maturity at Beauvoir,
Miss. She assisted her mother in various
ways and took her place in the
many social functions of the place.
She was her father's constant companion.
She assisted him in all his work
and much of the time which was required
by Mr. Davis in his writings
was secured for him by his daughter.
Her strong character was marked from
youth. She was engaged to a Mr.
Wilkerson, of Syracuse, X. Y., but
shortly after her father's death the engagement
was broken off. While no
public explanation of the rupture was
given out, it is well-known that it was
for the purpose of maintaining her
father's name. She received the name
"Daughter of the Confederacy" in
1886, when her father made his famous
trip through the south. Mr. Davis be
ing unable to appear, Miss Winnie
was brought before the thousands at
the different points along the route
and introduced as the "Daughter of
the Confederacy."
? Figures as to deaths by lightning
have been printed at intervals for
years. They all show a very small
numher of deaths due to this cause;
but usually they have been open to
criticism on the score of accuracy.
The latest and probably most authoritative
contribution to the literature of
the subject is that made by the United
States weather bureau. It covers a
period of four years and shows the
average annual number of deaths from
lightning to be 196. This is for the
whole country. More than that are
drowned within a few miles of New
York city every year, and we are informed
and can easily believe that the
number of persons killed by bicycles
every year is much greater than of
those killed hy ligntniog. n is aisu
said, and does not seem improbable,
that more deaths are caused by the
kick of a horse or the falling of a
chimney than by lightning. On the
other haod there is much more apprehension
of a thunder storm than of
any of these other things, and this is
largely because it is big and loud and
absolutely unavoidable. You may
dodge a bicycle or a horse, if you are
Iucjty ; but you cannot dodge a thunder
storm. Besides, its looks are
against it, and that counts for a good
deal.
?hc \|orferiUc (Enquirer.
YOItKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21, 1898.
? I, said The State, with my own
little weight, I slew Featherstone.
And all the other birds are simply
amazed.
? Bryan and Wheeler have been
suggested as suitable names for the
Democratic presidential ticket in
1Q00 This sounds Drettv well.
? The Prohibitionists lacked organization.
If they are wise, they will
set about at once making preparations
for the next time.
? Even the English sparrow has his
good points. An Alabama paper says
of him : "A planter near town told
us last week that the boll worm was
simply ruining his cotton patch^when
the sparrow foiuid->?r^rmu, and in
thrjift^cjo Ciiere was not a miller nor
worm to be seen, while the sparrows
were there by the thousands."
? It is still being maintained as a
fact that in order to secure the support
of certain elements in the second
primary, Governor Ellerbe pledged
himself to recommend a local option
bill to the general assembly. The
Columbia Record claims that this fact
can be sustained by affidavits, and
says that although it has no proof,
it has reason to believe that the governor
committed his pledge to writing.
The thing is interesting and we will
watch for further developments.
? The News and Courier says the law
requiring those who vote in primaries in
Charleston to show registration tickets
and poll tax receipts, cut down the vote
in the city. Of course, this law should
not be made to apply to Charleston and
not to the other counties in the state, and
one of the tirst things which the next
legislature does should bo to repeal it.
LOHneSlOU NllOlim UO put 111 ? pniuwn w;
cast her full voto whenever occasion demands.?Darlington
News.
With the suggestion that there
should be no discrimination against
Charleston in this matter, The Enquirer
agrees fully ; but it does not
think that the registration requirement
should be repealed. The requirement
is eminently proper, and
the only objection to it is that it does
not apply to the whole state. Even
with the most stringent legal restrictions,
there will always be more or
less fraud in primary elections; but
a law requiring that all voters must
be provided with registration certificates
before they will be allowed to
vote, will be calculated to reduce
fraud to a minimum. Unless a man
is registered, don't let him vote at
all, and until he swears that he is
in fuli sympathy with the party, don't
let him participate in the party primary.
? The cloven foot is beginning to
show itself in Utah. The state, it
will be remembered, was not admitted
to the Union until after it had adopted
a constitution prohibiting polygamy.
Although largely in the majority as to
wealth and voters, the Mormons subsided
politically at about the time of
the adoption of the constitution and
allowed the "gentiles" to run things.
Now it develops that nearly every
office in the state, judicial or administrative,
is either filled by Mormons or
Mormon sympathizers. The old-time
Mormons are living opeulv with their
former wives, and as many new ones
as they have since seen fit to take unto
themselves, and officials wink at the
violations of the law. This information
comes out in a recent report issued
by the state presbytery in the form of
an hddress to the "Presbyterians of
the United States." The address
states that since Utah was admitted to
statehood, in January, 18%, more than
2,000 cases of polygamy have come to
the public notice, and only one case
has been punished. Exercising a predominating
influence in all the aflairs
of state, the Mormons are making it a
practice to boycott and run away all
who venture to protest against their
proceedings. It is claimed that the
Mormons not only have complete control
in Utah ; but that they also have
the balance of power, politically, in
Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona and parts of
Colorado. The state presbytery is
very much alarmed at the situation
generally, and warns the Presbyterian
church in the United Slates that
Mormonism has only been sleeping
during the past few years; "but that
there is now opening a long struggle,
the outcome of which can, at this time,
be only a matter of conjecture."
THE YORK COTTON MILLS.
On another page is an interesting
story of the establishment, operation
and success of the York Cotton mills,
Vorbvillp S C
A portion of this story has previously
been published in The Enquirer,
and that portion of it relating to the
remarkable feat of declaring a dividend
of 35 per cent, as the result of
the first year's operations, created
quite a sensation throughout the
country.
While that feat, however, is something
for the management, the stockholders
and the community to be
proud of, studied in the light of the
facts, there is really no occasion for
surprise. The principal elements of
success under the circumstances, were
an up-to-date plant, efficient operations
properly superintended, and the right
kind of business management to dispose
of the product to the best advantage.
In the present case, it will be
noted, all of these elements were combined,
and the eminently satisfactory
results followed as. a matter of course.
In addition to these things, there
was another favorable circumstance
that was on the side of the management
of the mill. The yarn market
was unusually good last year, prices
were rising all the while, and the management
comprehended the situation
sufficiently to refrain from taking
large orders, thus continuing in a position
to take advantage of every rise.
However, while there is no question
of the correctness of the splendid
record already reported, it would hardly
be fair to expect a repetition of last
vear's achievement next year. The
achievement may be exceeded ; but of
that there can he no certaiuty. Few
enterprises ever pay such dividends as
this two years in succession. It is not
often that the same favorable conditions
contiuue unbroken for so long a
period ; hut still, the prospects for continued
success seem to be the brightest
possible, and it will take serious reverses
iudeed to reduce the earnings
of this mill below a figure that should
be satisfactory to any reasonable investor.
MERE-MENTION.
The president is finding considerable
difficulty in getting commissioners to
investigate the war department.
The Gran Antila arrived at New York
front Havana last Saturday. This is
the first Spanish vessel to touch at an
American port since the breaking out
of the war. Rev. John Hall, D.
D., pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church, N. Y., and one of the
most noted divines in the United |
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States, died suddenly last, oauiruuyi
morning in Bangor, County Down,
Ireland. The United States commissioners
appointed to conclude the
terms of peace with Spain sailed last
Saturday from New York for Paris.
The commission consists of former
Secretary of State William R. Day,
United States Senators William P.
Frye, Cushraan K. Davis and George
Gray and Whitelaw Reid. Each commissioner
is accompanied on the trip
by his wife or other members of the
family. General Lawton reports
that all but eight of the Spanish prisoners
taken at Santiago have been
shipped to Spuin. These eight have
yellow fever. About one-sixth of
the American troops at Santiago are
iu the hospital. It is understood
that Spain's peace commission
will strenuously contend for the retention
of the Philippine islands.
Thomas F. Bayard, formerly secretary
of state iu Cleveland's cabinet, is critically
ill at Dedbam, Mass. It is
claimed that the assassin of the empress
of Austria belongs to a band of
anarchists which has headquarters in
the United States, and the object of
which is to assassinate all the crowned
heads of Europe. The eruption
of Mount Vesuvius is daily becoming
more serious and the people of the
surrounding country are becoming
greatly alarmed. Captain Allen
Capron, of the First artillery, died at
his home near Fort Myer, Ya., last
Sunday. He was one of the most distinguished
officers in the army.
President Sustains the Negro.?
Paymaster General Sianton has turned
over to the president all the papers
relating to the recent unpleasauluess
growing out of the refusal of a Texus
regiment to receive pay from Major
Lynch because he is colored. The
president has taken no defiuite action
beyond expressing approval of General
Stanton's course in sending a sharp
Hienntr-b to the commanding navmas
ter of that department, staling iu effect
that as Major Lynch had heen
regularly commissioned by the president
as an army paymaster, the troops
must take their pay from him or else
go without pay. Thus the matter
stands with the papers before the president.
There is the possibility that a
new question may arise on the point
of insubordination iu refusing to receive
pay from paymasters regularly
commissioned to make payments.
Only One of llie Many.
Mr. J. T. Parks, of the Orangeburg
Patriot newspaper, will be a candidate
for sergeant-at-arms of the seuate, at
the next sittiug of that body. Mr.
Parks was uext to Colonel Floyd iu
the last election for that office.
LOC AL AFFAZRS,
INDKX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. C. Strauss?Tells you in a four columr
advertisement about his great opening
011 next Tuesday.
G. L. Riddle?Has made recent improve
ments on the Champion Mills at Zeno.
THE COTTON MARKET.
The condition of the cotton marke
just at this time is anything but satis
factory. Spot cotton in New York ii
worth only 5 11-16, just 1-16 abov<
the lowest price ever touched before
September futures were, on Mon
day, quoted at 5.34, only 11 point
above the lowest point ever touchet
by the future market?5.23 for No
vember on November 23, 1894.
Local cotton was quite active during
the latter part of last week, at price
ranging in the neighborhood of 4}
Real good cotton is worth a little mori
than the price stated; but not mucl
real good cotton is being brought in
T* * ? ? ? Urtn.Aifon t Kot tKnri
XL in CAJJCUlCUj UUVVCVCI, tuuw nivr
will be more or less improvement ii
qualities during the present week.
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
According to the reports of soldier
at home on furlough from the Firs
South Carolina regiment, the rea
cause of the trouble which led to thi
recent mustering out orders was lacl
of harmony between officers and men
The men claim that most of th?
officers are not only incompetent; bu
negligent of their duties. Insteud o
providing for the men as they should
many of the officers have devotee
their time to poker, horse-racing am
liquor drinking.
The feeling against the officers ha
been very bitter. Some of the mei
have been outspoken in their opinion:
of their lieutenants and captains, ant
it is said that mutual confidence ant
respect is at a discount.
One of the causes of the trouble ha
been a disposition on the part of offi
cers to treat volunteers as regulars an
treated, and as most of the volunteer
consider that they are made of just a
good material as enters iuto the make
up of the officers, this treatment ha
not worked smoothly.
THE FALL TRADE.
Yorkville dry goods and raillinen
folks are returning from the northeri
markets and gettiug things in shape fo
the fall trade.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson returned las
Saturday, after an absence of thre<
weeks in Baltimore and New York
She was accompanied by Miss Maggii
Glenn aud Miss Bessie Rea. She hai
been giving especial attention to mil
linery, and,.upon the arrival of he
purchases, will be able to show somi
handsome goods in this line.
Mr. H. C. Strauss returned last Fri
day. He had been gone about tw<
weeks?much longer than usual : bu
be did not .waste any time. He in
formed the reporter last Sutunluy tha
notwithstanding the low price of cot
ton, he purchased fully twice as main
goods as ever before since he has beer
in business. This year also he hai
given especial attention to gentlemen'!
clothing. Although he has been hand
ling clothing for years ; heretofore bu
a small proportion of his stocks hai
been composed of higher priced goods
This year, however, he has arrangei
to supply the demands of the trade it
this direction to the fullest extent.
Mr. Strauss believes that Yorkvillt
ought to do a fair share of the Yorlt
I county trade this year, and he intend*
to be in a position to get his part of it
importance of drainage.
"That article on the road questior
published in The Enquirer not long
ago by Mr. W. S. Gordon, was a verj
sensible one," remarked a well-knowr
gentleman, who i? interested in suet
matters, to the reporter yesterday.
"This matter of druinage," the gen
llemau continued, "is not given the
attention to which it is entitled. Mr
Gordon seems to appreciate the situa
tion fully. He recommends, if yoi
remember, that the rows in the culti
vated fields be laid off in such a wa\
as not to empty their water into the
roads.
"It is only a theory, of course, bui
I have recollection of a very practica
application of it that occurred in this
couutry, long years ago.
"Up in Bethel township two gentle
men had a little disagreement over the
location of a country road, in whicl
both of them were interested. It it
not necessary to mention names; bul
I'll refer to one of them as Mr. Smitl
and the other as Mr. Jones for conven
(ieuce.
"The road ran along by Mr. Smith's
house, rather too close for his comfort
and he wanted to move it to anothei
location, about a hundred yards away
For some reason, just what it was, ]
do not remember now, Mr. Jones ob
jecled to the change, and it could uoi
he made. There was hard feeling
over the matter for years.
"Mr. Smith's house was about hal:
way up a long watershed, and off t(
one side there was quite a depressior
between two hills. The old gentlemat
took advantage of litis situation tc
curry his point with reference tc
changing the location of the road.
"Without saying a word to anybody
about the matter, Mr. Smith went oui
one morning, and with a plow ran ?
furrow down the side of the hill near
ly to the road and in the direction o
the depression to which I have just
referred.
"This act had no significance al
first; but as time went on, the scratch
made by Mr. Smith's plow developed
into a ditch, the ditch developed intc
, a gully, and the gully developed into |
a chasm which, in a few years, obliter- i
ated the entire roadbed for a distance i
! of several hundred yards.
"This circumstuuco occurred more
than 40 years ago. The location of 1
the road wus changed, of course, and
where it originally ran there is now a
1 ravine in which you could almost hide
a two-story house. 1
3 "When I read Mr. Gordon's article," 1
J the gentleman coucluded, "I was again
' forcibly reminded of this incident,
which took place during my boyhood,
3 and it occurs to me now that if the 1
action of the water can he made to 1
create such tremendous havoc by design,
it can also do a great deal of 1
* damage by accident. The matter of
? draining adjoining fields in such a way
' as to keep the water out of the roads
3 is certainly a very important one, and
1 in my opinion is a fit subject for leg'
islation."
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l ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. R. T. Allison continues to gel
along favorably.
Mrs. J. F. McElwee returned to
8 Yorkville last Friday,
t Dr. T. VV. Campbell, of Energy, was
1 in Yorkville on Monday.
B Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Beard are making
a short visit t9 friends in Chewsc
ville, Md.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. McElwee, of
f Charlotte, are visiting the family of
t Mr. S. A. McElwee, in Yorkville.
f Dr. C. M. Kuykendal is now considered
by his physicians to be entireI
ly out of immediate danger.
Mr. James Harvey Witherspoon, Jr.,
* left on Wednesday to attend the law
school at the University, at Charlottes- ,
s ville, Va.
j Private Philip L. Moore, of Compa3
ny G, First South Carolina volunteers,
, returned home last Friday evening
from Jacksonville, Fla., on furlough.
* He was quite ^ll when he arrived and
has since been confined to his bed.
s The condition of Dr. Frank Strait,
. of Rock Hill, is extremely critical.
B The latest information The Enquirer
has received from him was to the effect
3 that on Monday it was believed that
3 he would not survive 48 hours longer.
Charlotte Observer, Suuday : Mrs.
s S. E. White, of Fort Mill, S. C., who
has been in Coucord for some weeks
with her father, Mr. W. R. Allison,
who is in very feeble health, went
. home yesterday for a stay of a day or
5 two.
Augusta Chronicle : Th6 following
r young men of York county left last
wppk for Clemson colleere : Claude B.
t McFadden and Rembert Barrett, of
g Rock Hill; John H. Roddey, Johu
Getty9, Thomas Spencer and Johu
g Spencer, of Roddey's.
Columbia Record, Saturday : Attor3
ney General Barber was in his office
* this morning looking just as happy
r and pleasant as if nothing had hap
e pened to him. Mr. Barber, after his
term of office is out, will return to
Chester; but it is not improbable that
he will form a copartnership in Colum3
bia for the practice of law.
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CONFEDERATE PENSIONS.
1 As the result of the recent call of
* Chairman Jones, the townships which
f were derelict in the matter of pension
1 boards, have completed their respect3
ive organizations, and the various
3 boards are now composed as follows,
* the first name in each case being that
1 of the chairman :
3 Bethel?D. J. Glenn, Jr., J. A. Camp*
bell, J. J. Brandon.
' Bethesda?W. N. Elder, John L.
1 Starr, T. T. Davidson.
Broad River?W. S. Wilkerson, E.
J P. Castles, J. N. McDill.
: Bullock's Creek?John L. Rainey,
3 A. B. Crosby, 0. J. Gwin.
Catawba?Iredell Jones', L. M. Davis,
J. P. Westbrooks. ,
Ebenezer?Perry Martin, T. J. Roach,
r Dandy Massey.
' Fort Mill?Kirk Shannon, W. A.
( Fisher, J. M. Armstrong. I
King's Mountain?John M. Thom- 1
asson, Felix Quinn, James Robinson. ]
York?J. F. Wallace, W. P. Hobbs, ?
5 A. E. Gettys. 1
The chairmen of the respective town- (
' ship boards met in the court house <
( last Saturday and organized the coun- i
ty board by the election of Captain <
f Iredell Jones, chairman, and Joseph <
F. Wallace, Esq., as secretary. I
The desirability of electing a physi- ]
t cian from the town of Yorkville was <
I agreed upon. Mr. John L. Rainey s
nominated W. G. White, and as there <
were no further nomiuations he wasse- i
lected. I
Mr. Wallace explained that it will i
be unnecessary for those whose names <
are now on the pension rolls to make i
^ new applications. Except where the i
i beneficiaries have died or moved out
of the county, the names will be carried
on without change. Due notice
will be given, at the proper time, of the
date upon which applications will be
' received.
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LOCAL LACONICS. j
Until January 1st, 1899, For CO CentH. I
Tiie Twice-a-Week Enquirer, filled ,
t with the best and most reliable up-to-date
r news, will be furnished from the date ol ,
this issue UIIIII January, iw, iui uv cciu^. J
For Sergeant at Arum. (
Messrs. J. R. Witherspoon and W. J.
' Waters, of Yorkville, and O. J. Gwin, ,
' of Olive, are candidates for sergeant- i
' at-arms of the state senate. j
Hecauxe All Are Iluxy.
) Sheriff Logan reports that he has 1
not been receiving any prisoners for
' the past week or more. It is propably ,
^ because the otherwise would-be offen- j
1 ders have employment in the cotton i
' field. <
f Mr. Wallace linn Charge,
t People who desire any information '
whatever about Confederate pensions
t for York county, should apply to Mr .J. j
i F. Wallace. Mr. Wallace is secretary ,
[ of the county board. He knows the t
? people and knows his business. It (
gives him the greatest pleasure to look
after this matter for the old soldiers,
and he will look after it properly.
It'* ? Good ItuAlne**.
People who own mowers and run
them for the public, are making good
money. Messrs. R. C. Jackson and
brother, of Clover, made a machine
pay for itself last year, and this year
expect to get as much out of it as they
did last year.
End of Hydor Wylle.
Rock Hill Herald, Saturday : Hyder
Wylie, a well known colored man,
committed suicide Wednesday by
drinking a quantity or snenac ana
wood alcohol. He had been on a
3pree and ended the debauch, as he
had before threatened to do, in the
manner stated.
He Hit the Grit.
Charlotte Observer: Two factory
operatives at Fort Mill, S. C., had a
fight Friday night. One got cut iu
the face. He bound a cloth around
his head and jumped on the train and
came to Charlotte. His salutation to
the doctor attending him was : "Well,
you see, I hit the grit."
Now Improvement*.
Mr. G. L. Riddle has just added
some important improvements to the
Champion roller mills at Zeno. The
improvements were completed last
week with the result that the capacity
of the mills has been considerably increased,
and the quality of the product,
already superior, is now equal
to the best commercial grades. Except
when he is up with or ahead of
the best, Mr. Riddle is not entirely
satisfied; but for a time now he will
he able to continue very well pleased.
Tlie U. C. D.
Mrs. Hugh Buist, of Rock Hill, first
vice president of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, was in Yorkville
last Thursday, and at the residence of
Judge Witherspoon commenced the
organization of a local chapter. Another
meeting of the chapter is to be
held at the residence of Major James
F. Hart next Friday afternoon at 5
o'clock for the purpose of completing
the organization by enrolling new
members and electing officers, etc. A
r.%11 la^ioa inforactpH
iu11 aucuuauw vi vuw muivw tM?v?vV?vV
is desired.
Proper Time to Cat Corn.
Id connection with the statement
tvith reference to the proper time to
begin the harvesting of corn in accordance
with the plan that is being
pursued by Mr. T. Baxter McClain,
the reporter made a mistake that
should be corrected. It was said that
Mr. McClain commenced harvesting
just about the time the fodder was
ready to pull. As a matter a fact, he
waited until about two weeks after the
fodder had ripened. The fodder, ol
course, will uot be so good ; but the
extra time allows for the more complete
maturity of the corn.
Gone By Default.
The fall bicycle meet, which was in
view some weeks back, has been abandoned.
Events unforeseen at the time
the idea was originally canvassed have
knocked ii aside. There was the election
for one thing. During the closing
weeks the campaign grew so hot
as to overshadow everything. The
illness of Dr. U. M. ,K.uyiccnaai na>
also iuterferred seriously. Then again
there is a growing feeling that it is
nhont time to get down to busiuess and
leave sport and pleasure alone until
next summer. The meet may be
held yet; but from the present outlook
it is not likely. It will certainly
not be on the scale that was originally
contemplated.
Fair Compensation.
Appreciating the injustice of the law
which fails to provide compensation
for members of township pension
boards, the veterans and widows in
King's Mountain towuship who are
drawing peusions have agreed to leave
with Clerk of the Court Wylie 10
cents each to help pay the members
of the board for their services. The
reporter knows of several members
of different pension boards who have
devoted as much as one week each
to getting the affairs of applicants in
proper shape. These gentlemen are
certainly entitled to pay for their
services. They should not be expected
to give their time and labor gratutiously.
If the state proposes to
pension the old soldiers, then let the
state do it. Don't exact the amount,
or any unfair proportion of it, from
those old soldiers who are able to get
along without the state's assistance.
GOING TO RE INFORCE DEWEY.
rite President In Determined That Germany
Shall Not Interfere With Peace
CommUHioner8.
? j .
me navy ueparimeui, auya a ??nauington
dispatch of Monday, is rushing
preparations for the start of the battleships
Oregon and Iowa to Honolulu,
*ud orders have been sent to the New
York navy yard to have them start on
their long voyage by the end of the
present month, and aecordirg to the
department calculations they should
arrive ut their destination by the end
jf January. There is little effort now
cnude to conceal the fact thut the department
will have the ships met at
Honolulu by a disputch boat with orders
to turn their prows westward to
Manila.
Battleships of this character are not
leeded to keep the Filipino insurgents
n order, and their assembling at Manila
in conjunction with the dispatch
)f heavy reinforcements of troops for
:he American land forces, cannot but
ie regarded as significant.
In well informed circles here it is
mid that the real purpose of the presdent
in making these preparations is
,o insure the peace commissioners
igainst any interference in their work
)f disposiug of the future of the Phil
ippine inlands according to their best
judgment.
Not having disclosed his plans respecting
the islands outside of Luzon,
the seat of the capital of the group,
the president still reserves for the
American peace commissioners the
right to dispose of the remainder of
the islands as they may deem best.
A long line of curious incidents, to
which one of the great European powers
has been a party, has beyond question
done much to cause a feeling of
uneasiness on the part of the administration
as tending to show a purpose
to interfere in our action in the Philippines,
and this has been only slightly
diminished by apparently frank disclaimers
of an ulterior purpose, because
the incidents continue quietly,
and in a manner calculated to avoid
attracting attention.
' Such, for instance, is the gathering
of naval vessels to the south of the
Philippine group, the only explanation
of which, coming from native sources,
it is true, hut still bearing marks of
genuineness, is a purpose of acquiring
either by seizure or by some secret
compact with the Spanish government
the important island of Pulawan. This
particular island forms one side of the
gateway through which must pass all
of the extensive commerce that flows
between Australia, Miscronesia and
southern China. The passage is narrow,
and if the islands cf the Philippine
group are to he retained outside
of Luzon, this island of Palawan
must he kept as forming one side of
the gateway.
It is gathered that it is the purpose
of the president, therefore, to prevent
the alienation by Spain of any of the
Philippine group, and that these preparations,
naval us well as military, are
but steps toward the execution of his
purpose.
With the addition to his fleet of two
batteries, Admiral Dewey will have a
force only second to that of Great
Britain in eastern waters, while ou
shore General Otis will have a more
numerous army thau any European
power save Russia.
OFFICIAL FIGURES.
What the State Executive Committee Make*
of the Kecent Primary.
The state executive committee met
in Columbia last Friday uigbt and
tabulated the vote of the receut primary.
The vole for governor by
counties was as follows:
First Primary. Sec. Primary.
n""1* J5SS
Abbeville 014 :t? 1,164 | 767
Aiken ra sw i,uk ?*>
Anderson 1,141 1,581 1,357 1,898
Ha in be r>; 628 230 502 321)
Barnwell 802 259 1,025 701
Beaufort 170 19 79 101
Berkeley 533 225 521 480
Charleston 228 45 439 1,283
Cherokee 657 490 885 870
Chester 743 578 907 694 .
Chesterfield 816 286 981 351
Clarendon 809 313 847 532
Colleton 718 211 933 706
Darlington. 652 455 716 797
Dorchester 511 358 589 S25
Edgefield 208 317 601 773
Fairfield 179 351 613 662
Florence 731 236 889 586
Georgetown 133 84 213 287 .
Greenville 131 1,195 1,151 1,828
Greenwood 375 142 515 631
Hampton 558 113 797 610
Horrv 252 ' 92 752 907
Kershaw 753 262 869 514
Lancaster 603 1,019 728 1,183
Laurens 1.015 860 1,319 1,220
Lee <522 333 774 146
Lexington 901 389 1,374 770
Marlon 1,535 565 1,415 1,050
Marlboro 852 375 718 390
Kewberry 647 277 899 801
Oconee, 666 441 825 1,011
Orangeburg.... 1,579 787 1,179 852
Pickens 715 331 888 615
Richland 671 261 1,003 554
Saluda 200 203 839 ? 545
Spartanburg... 1,513 1,084 2,191 2,514
Sumter 641 405 718 735
Union 727 282 1,123 569
Williamsburg.. 851 219 815 556
York 1,178 1,021 1,660 1,338
1st Regiment... 50 21 383 138
2d Regiment.... 375 12 283 116
Heavy Battery 62 0 63 11
Total 30.101 17,882 37,723 332171
EUerbe's majority, 1,152.
The total vote in the case of the
various other offices was as follows:
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Cooper 38,957
Tompkins 30,492
Cooper's majority 8,465
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION.
McMahan 38,259
Brown 31,849
McMahan's majority 6,410
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Floyd 45,451
Blythe 24,241
Flovd's majority 21,210
railroad commissioner.
Garris .. 49,079
Thomas 19,713
Garris's majority 30,2(36
congress?fifth district.
Finley 6,301
Barber 5,095
Finley's majority 1,206
W. J. BRYAN, THE MAN.
Although He Has No Chance to Fight,
He Still Finds Work.
Hod. Roland Ellis, chairman of the
committee on iuvitation for the Macon
carnival, recently went with other
Macon gentlemen to Jacksonville to
urge Colonel W. J. Bryan to attend
the carnival and deliver an address.
Colonel Bryan felt that he could not
accept the invitation, but he made a
strong impression upon the Macon
committee.
Mr. Ellis says : "He spent the Sunday
wheu we were in camp driving
about nursing the sick, providing them
with dainties and relieving the suffering.
Ceaselessly, without dinner and
supper, he went, until he was worn out
by fatigue. This man, surfeited with
the plaudits of his fellows, is leading
the life of a hero among the feverstricken
commands. His tent is pitched
with them, out in the open ; his
daily place is by the sickbed, and his
nightly occupation is relieving some
man's distress. Though clothed in the
raimeut of high military authority, he
was still the plain American democrat,
loving his men and by them beloved."
This is a fine tribute to Colonel
Bryan, aud places him iu a noble light.
1 He is not our ideal political leader,
but the manner in which some news
papers have treated bis services in the
army, and the reflections they have
cast upon his motives in accepting a
military commission have been contemptible.
Colonel Bryan is doing his duty nobly
at the Jacksonville camp, and deserves
the handsome words Mr. Ellis
has spoken of him.
? It is estimuted that it will be the
end of February before the evacuation
of Cuba is completed.