Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 13, 1899, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
? Within less than three years, according
to the estimates of engineer
officers, the government will have the
most complete printing establishment
in the world, with an equipment excelling
that of the largest printing
concerns and capable of every kind of
press-work known to the art. The
new printing office is to replace a
structure which for years has been declared
uninhabitable, and would have
disappeared years ago but for the controversies
in congress regarding the
site for the new building.
? An effort, begun in the west, to
have Admiral Dewey return by way
of San Francisco, is being supplemented
in Washington. The representative
of one of the large transcontinen
tal railways called at the navy department
and stated that if Admiral
Dewey returned by way of San Francisco
this railroad proposed to place at
his service an entire train, the finest
that ever crossed the continent, and
make it subject to bis wishes as to
places and time of stops on the way
east. It was urged also that this
would give practically the whole country
an opportunity to join in the reception
to the hero of Manila, instead
of restricting it to the stretch between
New York and Washington.
? A Santiago, Cuba, cable of Tuesday
is as follows: Maurice Baldwin,
an American newspaper correspondent,
and three Cuban companions,
were attacked yesterday near Bayamo
by seven bandits. Mr. Baldwin made
a feint as though soldiers were approaching,
and so distracted the attention
of the bandits. Then he and his
companions quickly covered the bandits
and ordered them to drop their
^ wAQtotmnr
arms, une 01 iue uruuiu, i?au>uuB)
was wounded in the leg. The entire
party of seven was captured and turned
over to the gendarmerie. Mr. Baldwin
and bis party are highly corn7
mended. Two of the captured bandits
have been recognized as recent employes
of the government, who were
discharged on account of the stopping
of work on tbe highways.
? The Dreyfus case has from its very
beginning contained all the elements
of mystery, intrigue, deceit, plot and
counterplot worthy of a work of fiction.
Its latest development introduces
a weird tale of a woman's trip to
a forest near Paris, where she and her
accomplice buried a bundle of alleged
documents beneath a tree. The important
part of this strange tale, if it
be true, is the statement that among
these concealed papers are letters
written by Emperor William to Dreyfus.
This statement is on its face
highly improbable, and would appear
to be the tale of a woman either mad
or seeking notoriety ; but it may prove
a final provocation to that definite
statement about this affair which the
authorities at Berlin have more than
once threatened to make public.
? The government cotton crop report
for May was issued by the department
of agriculture on last Wednesday
as follows: "The cotton crop
report for the month of May indicates
merely the belief of correspondents on
May 1, as to the intentions of planters
regarding the acreage to be planted,
and the estimates being liable to modification
during May, they should be
regarded merely as a general indication
of tbe strength of the tendency
toward an enlargement or reduction of
acreage. In every cotton growing
state the indications on the first instant
pointed to a reduced acreage,
with a corresponding decrease in the
sale of fertilizers and an increased
acreage in the various food crops.
The probable reduction by states is as
follows: In Mississippi and Indian
Territory, 5 per cent.; Alabama, 8;
Texas, 9; Arkansas, 10; South Carolina,
11; Louisiana, 12; Georgia, 13;
"VrtrfK Pmnlina and Tennessee, 14;
Oklahoma, 18 per cent. No estimate
of the total reduction will be published
until next month, when the filial
reports on planting will be compared
with the revised acreage figures of last
year.
? Upou his return to the United
States, Admiral Dewey is to be presented
with a monster testimonial consisting
of autograph letters from nearly
every member of President McKinley's
cabinet, governors of states and
prominent United States senators.
The secretary of the treasury says in
bis written opinion of Dewey, that he
regards him as one of a galaxy of men
who have made the American name
honorable and illustrious; the secretary
of state writes that no artificial
commemoration of such a victory is at
all needful to preserve it forever in the
American heart; the secretary of the
navy expresses similar views ; the secretary
of agriculture reminds Americans
that Dewey, iu a day, added an
archipelago to the possessions of the
United States; the secretary of war
writes that he gladly adds his tribute
of praise to Dewey and tbe postmaster
general enthusiastically seconds the
proposition to emphasize the gratitude
of the people. While Admiral Dewey
will be the recipient of many honors
on his return home, this testimonial
will be the first written evidence extended
to him of the very widespread
sentiment of admiration and gratitude
on the part of the Americans for the
victory of Manila.
? For years, says St. Nicholas, the
Great Eastern held the record for size,
and it was thought that she was too
large to be of service?except for the
the one thing that has made her famous
for all time, the laying of the first
Atlantic cable. But now comes the
"Oceanic," successfully launched last
January, and dwarfs the former giant.
The Great Eastern was 680 feet long ;
the Oceanic is 704?three city blocks!
The Oceanic needs 22 feet of water to
float her, even wheu unloaded ; 151
feet sufficed for the Great Eastern.
The latter vessel displaced an amount
of water weighiug 11,844 tons. The
new ship adds 6,200 tons to these figures.
She is 69 feet wide and 49 deep.
The Oceanic is not expeoted to be very
speedy, in which she differs from HaiLung,
a torpedo boat destroyer built in
Germany for the Chinese government.
This vessel made 40.8 miles per hour
in a heavy sea, which is by far the
fastest time ever made by a boat,
and is almost equal to railway speed.
It is pleasant to add, in speaking of
ships, tbatship-building seems to have
taken a new lease of life in this country.
Many Americans regret that
most of our enormous foreign trade is
carried by vessels built and owned in
other countries ; but it is probable that
this will not be for long. This country
now ranks first in the production of
modern ships. Therefore, we ought
" oKln ?/-> ?nmnot? with the WOrld
IU DC auio IW Wtu^/vvv WW mm,mm
in this business. Many millions of
dollars' worth of ships are today being
constructed in our shipyards.
She KotkviUc inquirer.
YOItKVILLE, S. C.:
SATURDAY, MAY 13,1899.
? The Columbia State observes that
the recent severe freeze was fatal to
yellow jessamine vines and Cherokee
rose thickets in the vicinity of Columbia.
? The boys will be back from the reunion
today and ready to go to work
again bright and early next Monday.
The loss of a week just at this time
has been quite an item ; but they are
entitled tc it, and 100 years from
now they will never know the difference.
Many an old gray-haired vete
ran has seen things that he has never
seen before, and for weeks will enjoy
the pleasure of recounting the story.
We sincerely hope that all have enjoyed
themselves thoroughly, and if the
trip has been pleasant, we just as sincerely
hope that their remaining days
may be brightened by many pleasures
just as great.
? We have never felt that the president's
proposition to have the national
government look after the care of Confederate
graves was of especial significance.
We have not doubted the sincerity
of the president; but we do entertain
doubts as to whether our northern
friends are liberal enough to carry
out the idea. We are not displeased,
therefore, that the U. C. V. convention
has been so deliberate about the matter.
But still those graves should be
looked after, and if the Federal government
does not look after them, our
own people must do a great deal more
than they have been doing. If we refuse
Federal assistauce, and continue
to neglect our own duty in the matter,
we will not be entitled to especial
credit.
? The Charlotte Observer thinks that
the remarkably small American loss in
the war with Spain, and the comparatively
heavy loss in the war with the
Filipiuos, shows that Providence was
on our side when we were engaged in
a righteous struggle for humanity ; but
that in our war of oppression we are
fighting alone. The mysterous ways
of Providence are rather beyond the
comprehension of man?at least they
are beyond our comprehension. We
believe in the power of Providence to
oontrol, shape and make events; but
we snan not uuuci iaivc iu on* n u>vu
events are so made, controlled or
shaped. However, the point that is
poiuted out by The Observer looks
very significant, and however, just
may have been our war with Spain,
our war with the Filipinos is certainly
one of unjustifiable oppression.
Hampton Quite Caustic.
A correspondent of the Atlanta
Journal claims to have seen General
Hampton in Columbia last Tuesday
and writes his paper as follows : General
Hampton is violently opposed to
expansion, and tbiuks the war with
Spain was a mistake. He says, however,
that he would be quite willing
to go and fight in the Philippines if
he was allowed to choose his stair. He
would send William McKinley, Geueral
Miles and Secretary Alger to
storm the first treuches and see that
the duty was properly doue. The
general has plenty of bricks now from
the ruins of his house, which he says
he is saving for Senator Tillmun and
Governor Evans aud the members
of the penitentiary board, provided
they pay in advance. General Hampton
says he is not opposed to a scrap
with ftp.rmanv. as he would like to get
a fling at the hirelings who fought in
the northern army. In a scrimmage
on the old Plank road, near Petersburg,
a portion of General Hampton's
command almost completely exterminated
two regiments of the northern
army, which the general says were
all Germans. Scarcely an officer or
man could speak English.
Iinrrett Pardoned.
Charles P. Barrett, who was convicted
in Charleston last July for violating
the postal laws and sentenced
to 18 months in the Ohio penitentiary,
was pardoned on Thursday by President
McKiuley on account of ill heulth
of the prisoner. It is presumed that
he will return to his home in SpartauI
burg.
THE CONFEDERATE RE UNION.
Orer Ten Thousand Veto Get Together In
Charleston.
The re-union of the U. C. V. in
Chuileston, the opening session of
which was held last Wednesday, and
which is still in progress at this writing
?Friday morning?is already characterized
in the leading newspapers as
the grandest gathering of the kind
that has heen witnessed siuce the war.
The veterans began arriving in
Charleston in small numbers on Mon
day morning; but duriug Tuesday
they came from all parts of the country
by the thousands, and on Wednesday
morning, it is estimated that there
were no less than ten thousand in the
city. Every Confederate state was
represented by hundreds of veteraus,
and there were also a half dozen or
more old Confederates from each of
the Union states, including far off Cali
fornia, and the northwest generally.
The total number of visitors in the
city is estimated at 30,000.
The first business session of the reunion
was called to order Wednesday
morning by General C. I. Walker,
commanding the South Carolina division,
in the handsome auditorium erected
for the occasion by the city of
Charleston. Its enormous floor space
was crowded aud thousands were unable
to gain admittance to the building.
When General John B. Gordon,
the commander-in-chief, appeared upon
the stage, he was greeted with thunders
of applause. The band struck up
Dixie, aud the veterans cheered and
cheered again. In calling the assemblage
to order, Geueraf Walker spoke
of Charleston's invitation to the veterans
to meet at the birthplace of secession,
aud said the gavel he was using
was that with which in 1860 bad been
used to call to order the secession convention.
The chairs used by the officers
and the table of the presiding officer
were the same as used on that
memorable occasion.
When General Gordon was escorted
to the front of the stage bis appearance
was the signal for a storm of applause.
Cheers and shrill yells for the
commander-in-chief, mingled with the
crash of the band, and hats, handkerchiefs
and flags were waved frantically.
When order was finally secured,
the old Confederate chieftain was presented
by General Walker, and delivered
an eloquent address. He spoke
with all the vigor, eloquence and grace
by which he is characterized as an orator,
aud after the applause bad subsided,
he led Mrs. Stonewall Jackson to
the front of the stage. She was enthusiastically
applauded. As he presented
Mrs. Jackson and in the first
lull, General Gordon said: "I will
shake her hands for you all," and in
an instant be added, "no, I will do
more than that; I am going to bug her
for you," and with that did what he
said he was going to do, which met
the hearty approval of the vast throng.
It was at this stage General Lee presented
his resolution with reference to
Federal care of Confederate graves.
The text of the resolution aud the
disposition of the same are published
elsewhere in this issue.
General Gordon presented Miss Kate
Cabell Currie, of Dallas, Tex.; Miss
Laura Lawendon, of New Orleans;
Mrs. Kirby Smith and other ladies
whose husbauds or fathers were Confederate
leaders. In response to the
repeated demands of the audience, he
also presented Mrs. Gordon, who was
greeted with an outburst of applause.
The session then adjourned.
The parade of the veterans occurred
Wednesday afternoon, and they marched
through a dense crowd of cheering
people. Led by Generals Gordon and
Wade Hampton, a long line of the
grizzled men wno naa lowoweu mwc
leaders and the other captains of the
Confederate armies through four years
of hardship and battle, marched sturdily
under the blazing sun to the inspiring
strains of "Dixie," of the "Bonnie
Blue Flag" and the irrelevant hut
irrepressible "There Will Be a Hot
Time Iu the Old Town Tonight." At
intervals along the line the fluttering
of a war-torn and shot-torn battle flag
called forth cheers, while many heads
were bared as the frayed emblems of a
dead cause gleamed over some organization
whose name is a household word
to the south. Here and there a camp
appeared in the grey jeans uniform,
black slouch bats and carrying muskets
of the old pattern, and all the war
paraphernalia of "sixty-one."
Here again Hampton and Gordon
were cheered vociferously at every
step and rode almost the entire route
with bared heads. The absence of
General Wheeler in the Hue was a
source of considerable disappointment.
He reached the city Wednesday morning,
but did not participate in the
parade.
Iucluding the kindred organizations
and distinguished guests and committees,
there were probably 5,000 persons
in line, probably 3,000 of them
veterans. The parade was led by
General C. I. Walker and stafT, followed
by the escort composed of the local
military companies, cadets and the
naval reserves. Then came General
Gordon and his staff, followed by a
long line of carriages containing the
sponsors and maids of honor of the
various camps. The veterans were
led by General Wade Hampton, at the
head of the Army of Northern Virgin
ia, and preceded by 21 battleflags with
their escorts. The Army of Tennessee
followed, led by General Stephen
D. Lee aud followed by the camps
representing the trans-Mississippi
Army in command of General Cabell.
The Sous of Confederate Veterans
brought up the rear.
The state divisions were in command
of the following officers : South Carolina,
General C. I. Walker ; Virginia,
General Brader; Maryland, General
Tripp ; West Virginia, General White ;
Mississippi, General Campbell ; Florida,
General Law ; Alabama, General
Ferguson ; Georgia, General Evans ;
Louisiana, General Tunnard ; Texas,
General Polly; Arkansas, General
Horner; Indian Territory, General
Coleman ; Missouri, 'General McCollough;
Oklahoma, General Caster;
North Carolina, General DeRossette ;
Tennessee, George VV. Guder.
The parade was dissoiissed at the
auditorium, where the memorial day
exercises were-held. Wednesday being
South Curolina Memorial day, the occasion
wus one of double significance.
The ceremonies were very impressive
and the auditorium was again tilled to
its capacity. The memorial address
was delivered by Adjutant General
Moorman, who spoke eloquently of
the dead heroes of the south and paid
high tribute to its women.
Chaplaiti Jones, in his opening prayer,
made an indirect allusion to the
Lee resolutions by expressing the hope
that the women of the south would
keep up the noble work of caring for
the graves of the southern dead and
that no one would take from them
mat Bucreu (mvncgc,
There was only one business session
of the reuniou on Thursday, and it
nave way at noon to the Winnie Davis
Memorial exercises.
The delegates and visitors spent
most of the day going on excursions to
points of interest and in enjoying themselves
generally.
The event of Thursday's session was
the address of General Joseph Wheeler.
The general was iutroduced by
General Gordou as the "Hero of Santiago,"
and was received with the
wildest applause. He made quite a
stirring speech, during the course of
which he undertook to uphold the
imperialistic policy of the administration.
His audience, however, did not
discriminate. It was filled only with
the enthusiasm of 1861, and did not
pay any especial attention to the politics
of 1899.
At the close of General Wheeler's
address, Colonel Holmes presented to
General Hampton, in behalf of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, to the
United Confederate veterans, a beautiful
silk flag, on one side of which is
the battle flag of the Confederacy, and
on the other the flag of South Carolina.
General Hampton presented the
flag to General Gordon, and in doing
so resigned his office as commander of
the army of Northern Virginia. He
gave as a reason the fact of bis age
and his inability to give to the office
the attention and energy it demands.
The act of the general was followed by
moments of impressive silence, that
was broken at lust by an outburst of
cheers which betokened the deep feelings
of the vast concourse of old veterans.
The report of the Jeff Davis monument
committee showed funds in hand
to the amount of $19,892. The committee
was not at all satisfied with
what bad been done so far, and recommended
more aggressive work. It
thinks that the women of the 6outh
should be called upon to take hold of
the matter.
The report of the committee on credentials
showed 1,726 delegates present,
representing 1,189 camps.
The committee on resolutions, to
which was referred General Lee's resolution
accepting President McKinley's
proposal that the Federal government
should make provision for the care of
the graves of Confederate dead, spent
several hours discussing the matter,
and finally a compromise resolution
was framed and will be offered as a
substitute. The resolution is to the
effect that if the National government
desires to care for the graves, the Confederate
veterans do not object to its
taking charge of those in the north
and in the neighborhood of the old
war prisons. The resolutions will state
that the women of the south have voluntarily
undertaken to decorate and
properly preserve the graves in the
south, and the association does not
feel warranted iq taking from them
what they have grown to regard as a
duty. The modified resolution has
been submitted to General Lee, and be
is understood to have accepted it.
When the convention adjourned
Thursday at noon, to meet again at 10
o'clock Friday morning, it was considered
quite likely that General Gordon
would be uuauimously re-elected cominander-in-cbief,
and of the numerous
cities that were asking for the next reunion,
there appeared to be reason to
believe that Louisville, Ky., would
be the winner.
Pay of Public Officers.
Columbia State : Public officials are
sometimes in doubt us to the date at
which their pay begins to accrue. Attorney
General Bellinger, in reply to
Mr. L. M. Gasque, bookkeeper in the
comptroller general's office, says:
"You ask : 'An officer is elected and
receives his commission unon a certain
date, and on that day presents his
commission to his predecessor and demands
the office ; hut it is several days
later before the office is turned over
to said officer with commission. What
day does the new officer's pay commence?
Upon the day he demands the
office, or the day his predecessor turns
over to him ? Replyiug to the same, I
beg to give as my opiuiou that as soon
as one duly elected to office and properly
commissioned presents his commission
to his predecessor and makes
demand upon him for possession of the
office, that the salary and other emoluments
of said office belong to the
newly commissioned officer."
Colonel Neal to Settle.
Columbia Record : There have been
rumors current for several weeks to
the effect that Colonel Neal was prepared
to settle with the state ou account
of what he acknowledges he is
due. But not until last night were
the reports confirmed. Chairman
rnnnincham savs the board has been
0 y
assured by Colonel Neal's attorney
that the shortage will be made good
before the board meets again and before
the investigating committee assembles
again. This will be June 13.
Mr. Julius E. 13oggs and Mr. George
E. Prince, who are Colouel Neal's attorneys,
are in the city in attendance
upon the supreme court.
| LOCAL AF7AXSIS.
; INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Tells you to look to
your wants and tells you of some of the
i wants sbe is prepared to supply.
Oliver E. Grist?Talks to you about his
ability to supply you with all kinds of
periodical literature.
John H. Simpson, Superintendent of the
Hickory Grove Orphanage?Asks that
piano coupons which are being distributed
by the Ganson Dry Goods Co.,
be given to hiin for the benefit of the
orphans.
ThoB. W. Speck, the Jeweler?Tells you
about a nice line of sash and neck clasps
and beauty pins which he has just re- 1
ceived.
Ganson Dry Goods Company?Commencing
next Monday, will offer Martha
Washington prints at 2J cents?40 yards
for81; yard wide percales at 5 cents;
window shades at 10 cents; Whitmore's 1
shoe polish 15 cents; ladies' oxford ties (
at 39 cents, and soaps and perfumeries at
popular prices.
ABOUT PEOPLE. ,
Mrs. W. C. Black, of Greenville,
is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of
Misses Annie and Pear) Wallace.
Miss Kitty Blair, of Blairsville, who 1
has been visiting Mrs. D. W. Hicks, in
Yorkville, returned to her home on i
last Tuesday.
Charlotte Observer, Wednesday:
Mrs. K. P. Sullivan, who lives eight
miles from Rock Hill, S. C., was bitten
by a mad dog yesterday, aud came up
to have the mad stone applied. The
stone adhered.
MEMORIAL DAY.
In accordance with the announcement
already given by Mrs. Hunter,
president of the Ladies' Memorial association,
memorial exercises will be
held in Yorkville on next Tuesday af- i
ternoon at 5 o'clock. i
The people generally are invited to i
participate, aud to meet at the old
Methodist church, at the hour named,
when the address of the occasion will
he delivered by Rev. D. S. McAllister,
of Bethel. There will be singing and
other exercises.
Ladies who desire to contribute
flowers are requested to send them to
the place of meeting during the afternoon,
done up in bouquets.
THE CHINCH-BUGS.
The chinch-bug, which wrought so
much destruction in the wheat and
corn crops of the Blackjacks two years
ago, seem to have abandoned that section.
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Most of our readers will rememoer
that ibe ravages of the bugs two years,
ago, were so destructive that the entire
wheat crops of many farms were destroyed.
Not only did tbe bugs ruin
the wheat, but tbey got into corn that
, promised to yield 15 or 20 bushels to i
tbe acre and reduced tbe yield to such i
an extent that what was left was not
worth gathering.
In answer to an inquiry over tbe
telephone Thursday, Mr. O. L. Sanders,
of McConnellsville, said that
there is a considerable amount of
wheat in the McConnellsville and
"Blackjack sections" and that it is ?
looking fairly well. He has heard no i
complaint of the chinch-bug so far this
season, and has no reason to believe
that the pest is still in the oountry.
He Baye that there was a little wheat
in the McConnellsville section last
year and that it was not seriously
hurt by the bugs.
SCARCITY OF BEEF CATTLE.
Beef cattle?oattle especially suitable
for slaughter?are always scarce at
this season of the year ; but according
to local butchers they are scarcer this
year than for a long time previous. ,
In fact, the butchers say they have
never known the like before.
At this timfi last vear oattle were
cheap?that is, compared with now.
It was not an unusual thing for the ]
butchers to buy choioe beef, on foot, at i
from 1} to 2 cents a pound. Frequent- <
ly the owner was careless, and both i
parties to the trade would be willing
to guess at the weight, when the price j
would sometimes run less than 1$ cents '
a pound. But there is nothing of that I
kind going on now. No cattle that i
are at all suitable for slaughter are ]
selling for less than 2? cents on foot, (
and even higher, according Jo the condition
of the animal under considera- t
lion. . (
This scarcity of cattle, it seems, is t
not confirmed to a very circumscribed j
area. It extends all over this section, 1
and local buyers find themselves in ?
competition with buyers from Chester, 1
Lancaster, Gastonia, Gaffney and even c
Spartanburg. The few cattle owners ?
who have stock that is worth handling, ?
are generally well informed as to val- (
ues, and most of them are inclined to
hold for everything they can get. (
Of course, there are cattle?not an s
abundance?in the country, coming \
on; but generally they are not fat. t
They have fared pretty badly during 1
the winter, and have not yet had time i
to pick up in the pastures. There are i
individuals around in different parts i
of the county who own as many as 50
or 100 head each of these; but such s
cattle cannot be made fit for the mar- t
ket until say about next August, i
That is, not by pasturage. Tbey can s
only be hurried by the stall feeding 1
process. <
As the result of the .scarcity of cat- t
tie, the local butchers are having a s
pretty hard time of it just now. They (
claim that by the time they pay 2} i
a pound, or more, for cattle gross, and (
then retail them out at an average of
not more than 6 cents net, there is
very little profit. The margin is not
more than from one-half to a cent a
pound ; and even at that they are just
as apt to come out two or three dollars
behind as two or three dollars ahead
on a single beef. The biggest portion
of the profit just now, and that is not
much, is in the bides and off-fallings.
The idea of raising the price of beef, ^
especially steak, has been considered
by the butchers ; but, for various reasons,
they are not looking upon the
proposition with especial favor.
One of the causes assigned by one of
the butchers for the present scarcity of
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can it; iii tuc wuuuj, jo wuw vvuuv?Vj
on the part of owners to sell their
four-weeks' old calves too cheaply.
For instance, a man will dispose of a
calf of four weeks at from $1.50 to $2,
when with very little trouble and expense
he could keep it 6 months, or
such a matter, and get $5 or $6 for it. ^
Such calves are shipped away by dealers
in large numbers, to other markets,
where they bring, from $5 to $8 per
hundred pounds.
Iu the opinion of local butchers, the
present scarcity of cattle threatens to
last for at least a year; but it will not
be felt so badly after a few weeks from
now. The frying chicken will soon .
be on the market, and garden vegetables
and summer fruits will also help .
to lake the place of the fat beef. In
the meantime people who have not
yet done so, will do well to take a lesson
from the present situation and
take steps to hereafter keep on band,
at all times, some good marketable
beef cattle, ready to catch favorable
markets wherever they prevail.
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BACK FROM CHARLESTON.
Several York county veterans who
left for the Charleston reunion on last
Tuesday morning, returned on last
Thursday afternoon. Among them
were Messrs. Herod Neal, T. N. Thomasson,
W. E. Adams, W. E. Jackson,
W W Shei-or ?rid nerhans others whom
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the reporter did Dot ?ee. '
All of the veterans speak in the
highest terms of the success of the reunion
and the treatment they received
at the hands of the reunion committees
and the people of .Charleston generally.
They returned so early, principally,
on account of business at
home, and because they thought they *
bad seen about all they could expect
to see.
Mr. Herod Neal gave the reporter
some particulars on yesterday. He
said that the veterans were treated
with unbounded hospitality. They
were just given anything and everything
they wanted, and as to whether
tbey had moDey or Dot made no difference.
If tbey wanted anything, all
that was necessary was to let the fact
be known. It was not only so at the
committee headquarters; but throughout
the city generally. Every door
was open and the veterans could go
where they pleased. At the commit- "
tee headquarters people were as kind
as it is possible for men to be. Meals
were served at regular hours ; but if a
veteran wanted anything between
meals, all be had to do was to say so
and he got it. Mr. Neal says he has
not the words with which to describe
the treatment that was accorded to the
veterans, "but," he concluded, "if you
hear anybody say that those Charleston
people failed to do all and more
than could be expected of anybody,
you can put it down as not so."
ABOUT THE COURT HOUSE.
The "lazy" season, if the county officers
ever have such, is now on about
the court bouse, and the various officials
are occupying themselves about
is follows:
There is a good deal of steady work
?oing on in the office of the auditor.
The work of putting tax levies on the
looks is a pretty big task, aDd it is
jpon this task that Auditor Boyce and
lis assistant, Mr. John Boyoe, are now
engaged.
Treasurer Neely has not a great deal
do just now. It is the only season
if the year during which he has much ,
,ime on his hands, and, of course, he
ilways chafes under it. He is waiting
'or the books of the auditor, and as
ioou as they are turned over to him,
le will be busy again and oonsejuently
happy. In the meantime he ,
iits about his office preparing an occalional
report, and paying such school
>r general orders as may be presented.
There has been lots of work in the
Jerk's office this spring, and the presmre
is still very great. With the
vork in sight, there is no prospect of
iny slacking up for two months yet.
[n the meantime the accumulations
nay be sufficient to keep the clerk and
issistant steadily at it all the year
ound.
In the office of the sheriff and the
inperintendent of education, conditions
ire about as usual. Both officials are
ilways on band; and while both have
lometbing to do every day, neither
ias enough steady work to keep him
jonstantly employed. They find time
,o play checkers occasionally?the
iheriff and the superintendent of edu:ation?and
have not yet agreed which
s the champion. Both are good playirs.
Judge McCorkle, of course, is always