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Scraps ami |acts. ? The newspapers of California art taking their own fun out of their re cent legislators who passed a law pro^ viding that every printed stateuieul which tends to impugn the charactei of anybody or hold him up to ridicult must be signed by the writer's trut name. The way in which the Sar Francisco papers go round about thU law and at the same time chuckle ovei their disobedience, is hilarious in the extreme. One or two of the papers have made the whole thing ridicu lous by putting ficticious names tc every paragraph in their columns and others, refusiug to regard the law at all, call loudly ou the officers of the law to punish them. All this shows vori! nlaarlv that. in this onnntrr nub ?W.J V.V?.V V..~V J r lie opinion snaps its fingers at unjusi or ridiculous laws. Up to the preseui time nobod}- has been prosecuted. ? The United States Philippine com missiou, last Friday night, gave one o the most brilliant balls Manila hasevei seen. It was oue of a series of enter tainments intended to fpster friendship between the Americans and tht natives. The commission has the handsomest residence in Muuila, overlooking the harbor. The grounds sur rounding it were illumiuated while the house itself was decorated with the American colors. The newly appointed judges, General Otis, a number ol other American officers aud mauj wealthy natives, were present. There was a display of gorgeous uative toilets and many jewels were worn, aud the array of handsome womeu surprised the Americans. There was a lon<; programme of American and Filipinos dances, followed by the rendering ol several instrumental selections, closinc with the Star Spangled Banner. ? Cincinnati dispatch to the Philadelphia Times, May 81: Three years ago Miss Gertrude Myers, of Covington, Ky., met Albert Myers in New York. They became infatuated with ^?V. caimeol mnnt Kc iltrn eat'Li utuci auu at wiui uivuwuv> %?^v Albert came to Cincinnati and proposed marriage. On Suuday last Myerscalled on Gertrude and showed her a picture of his mother, which bore a startling resemblance to Gertrude. He then told her that he had a sister whom he had not seen for many years and how his parents died in infaucy, and he and bis sister had beeu put in an orphan asylum in Covington. He was subsequently adopted by a family named Kraemar, who moved to New Orleans, aud later to New York, where they now reside. The relationship of the two Myers was then proven beyond a doubt and the marriage declared off. Miss Myers had also been adopted by a family here. Myers returned to New York Wednesday morning, having lost his bride, but found instead his long lost sister. ? Consul Maliin, of Reichenburg, Austria, uuder date of April 21, quotes an account in a local newspaper of a process for making artificial cotton from the Wood of fir trees. It appears that the wood is reduced to thin shavings, which are placed in a washing apparatus exposed to the iuflueuce of steam for 10 hours. They are then subjected to a strong preparation ol sodium lye and are heated under great pressure for 36 hours. The wood is now changed to pure cellulose, and tc give mis a greater resisting power, sums castor oil, caffeina and gelatine art added. The substance is tben put iutc an apparatus aud made into threads, which are reeled. The article concludes: "Artificial cotton can be produced so cheaply that the genuine article can hardly compete with it aud one cannot say that it is a sham, for ii is composed exactly as the natural cotton, of pure cellulose." Mr. Mahic adds: "In a country such as this where forests of fir trees abound, and are made perennial by constant planting as the large trees are cut down and where all the cotton used in the numerous factories must be broughl from far India and the United States such a device should be profitable." ? Grover Cleveland had a close cal from getting into trouble while fishing on Tuesday of last week iu a smal settlement just over the state Hue it Massachusetts. The former presideui went up from New Jersey the weeli before to rusticate with Richard Wat sou Gilder, who owns a small cottag< at Tyringham. Early on Tuesdaj morning Mr. Cleveland, looking ever) inch like a country fisherman, starter out iu quest of trout. He tresspassed on posted laud and angled regardles: of the signs, "Tresspassing, hunting and fishing on these premises strictly flnrhiririun hv lnw." He WaS IlOt DIO lested until he wandered on into tlx fishing grounds of Frank Johnson, a Tyringham farmer. Johnson had una fisherman arrested this seaison for tak iug trout out of his brook, aud saw Mr. Cleveland just as he landed an unusually large fish. Accosting tlx fisherman, Johnson ordered him t( leave the premises or lie would havt him arrested. The order was com plied with. In climbing over a fenct Mr. Cleveland's weight sunk in several of the fence posts and made kindling wood of some of the rails. When in formed that the lone fisherman was former President Cleveland, Johnsoi remarked : "You don't say so. Why I was after the village postofiice wher he was president the last time, hut ] didn't get it. I reckon we're aboul even now." ? Secretary Hester's New Or learn Cotton Kxchange statement, issued 01 June 1, covers the monthly movemeni to May 31st. Compared with lasi year, the total for May was 318,11] bales, against 230,700 last year, am 160,853 year before last. The amount brought into sight for the nine month? from September 1 to May 31st, inclu sive, shows a decrease of 1)1,000 undei last year. The movement since tlx first of September shows receipts $, 230,584, against 8,515,094 last year Southern mill takings, exclusive o; quantity consumed at .southern out ports, ],005,81)7, against 1,022,075 last year; interior stock in excess of those held at the commencement of the season, 240,081), against 150.871 last year The total amount of crop brought iutc sight during the nine months eudiu^ May 31, is 10,7S0,770, against 10.S71,817 last year. Foreigu exports for the first nine months of the season have been 0,785,028 bales, showing a decrease under last year of 277,731, and an increase over the same period year before last of 1,041,527. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading interior . markets at the close of May were . 1,025,613 against 674,351 the same date . last year. Including ports and iuteri or towns, stocks left over from the previous season, and the number of . bales of the current crop brought into ? sight during the nine months, the supi ply to date has been 11,048,336 against : 10,9SS,371 last year. ; (The \lorUvitlc (Enquirer. f YORKVILLE, S. C.: " WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7,1899. ! ? Senator Scarborough, of Horry ! county, becomes lieutenant-governor as the successor of former Lieutenant Gov, ernor McSweeuey. This is by virtue , of his office as president pro tem. of the senate. Mr. Scarborough is a lawyer, of Conway. ; ? A great many interested people 5 are alarmed at what they consider a j strong probability that the church of , England may go over to the church of ; Home. The archbishop of Canterbury F says there is no daDger unless the : church of Home modifies its system, and that he thinks is an unlikely prob' ability. ? Here are our congratulations, Mack. Remember the rule. Be care, ful of your facts; let them be stated accurately, and don't fail to read i your proofs before the forms are put ou the press. You know how people used to try to beat you out of a little pufl' to which they were not entitled. IT? Kn (to oomo nIH thinv nnlv ill uiu ww uuw wuiuv worse, and more of it. But you have been through a school that is calculated 1 to afford fine training, and if you slip up now, Mack, it will be your fault. We hope you will succeed, and we be lieve you will. Again, accept our best wishes. ? In the early cutting off of Governor Ellerbe there is something inexplicably sad. From the standpoint of human ambition he had reached a high position. What his future prospects | were may be a question ; but that need , not be discussed now. The governor has not been bad. In some things 1 many people have differed with him. 1 They have thought hard of him. But [ have they fully understood him ? ' That is a question that will probably f remain unanswered. By all that is , right and holy, he is entitled only to > the kindest remembrance. May this 1 be accorded to him, for while it is pos| sible that there may be some evil to ( live after him, there is no doubt that t much good was interred with his bones. ? The story in another column about ' Mr. H. C. Simpson and his bees is in[ teresting. It shows to a certain exi tent the facinations of an occupation , about which many people in this secI tinn tnnni cnmotViinrr hnfr in nrViinVi ' very few are experts. It does not ap| pear from the facts presented that the [ bee business is capable of developmeut to unlimited proportions. Indeed, at its outside limit, it is necessarily modI est; but, at the same time, the subject is wonderfully interesting, the neces' sary investment is small, and with a | reasonable amount of study, care and . attention, there is no reason why most . farmers cannot keep their larders i stocked with honey for family use at ' practically no cost.' But whether of j practical benefit to anybody or not, I there is reason to believe that this ar. tide will be read generally with interr est. . ? It makes us tired to hear people ? say "progrum." Almost as well say , "programme," as we have heard the , word pronounced. Auotber thiug that . we don't like to see, and that is the , custom of giving the French sound to , some words we have adapted from > that tongue. Fewer such sounds we , have in the English language the bet. ter. We ought not to cultivate such . habits of speech ; it has too much of , a twangy accent?aud, well we just I dont like it.?Newberry Observer, r Yes, this word programme has, for several years, been a source of consid' erable amusement to people who are 1 willing to accept English as it stands, | rather than show their "knowledge" [ by running after imaginary improvel ments. It is true that "me" at the end of the word is superllu? ous so far as good English spelling | is concerned ; but why "gramme" is to t be tortured into "grum" is so nothing [ we caunot understand. Neither are I we willing to eliminate "me" from the L end of the word, so long as we are to ' leave alone thousands of other words ih.it atun/l in mm-o np<?il nf snpllillf ri>. , form. But already too much has beeu . said. The "program" crank can best . be dismissed with a silent inward f smile. [ Death of Mrs. Diuiovaut. s Mrs. Johu W. Duijovant died at her home in Chester last Sunday, after an . illness of 10 days. She leaves a hus> baud aud two children. Still a Mystery. ! No clue has yet been found as to the : whereabouts of Banker Benedict, who mysteriously disappeared in Greenville a week ago. LOCAL AFFAZRS. ( INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. J. Hunter?For this week announces a ' reduction on S-'i.oO and ?4 shoes to $3 ; | 25 cents a pair reduction on ladies'ox- . fords; 50 and 60 cents negligee shirts for40 cents; percale at 5 cents, colored ' P. K.sat 10 cents and ladies undervests | at 4 cents. I II. C. Strauss?Announces a discount of 25 per cent, on cash purchases of low cut summer shoes and a discount ol 10 i per cent on clothing. ( "WITHIN THK TOWN. [ Messrs. Glenn & Allison have , ? - ? ? Af-_ j i : brought the nrst ruooer ureu uuggiee to Yorkville. Mr. B. N. Moore has 1 one. They seem to move very nicely along the street, the only noise to be heard being that made by the feet of ' the horses. The new town council held its first , meeting last Friday night, and after going through the usual formality of taking the oath of office, re-elected the ' various municipal officers aud employes. Mr. P. W. Love continues as chief of police ; Mr. G. T. Schorb as treasurer, and Mr. W. O. Rawls as pumpman at the waterworks. , People generally seem to be wonder- , fully pleased with the railroad schedules now operative. With the continuance of the present arrangement through next fall and winter, there will be but little occasion for local complaint. SELECTION OP TEACHERS. The board of trustees of the York- ( ville Graded school met last Friday afternoon and selected teachers pursuant to previous announcement. In all there were about 40 applications for the various positions to be filled, and selections were made as fol- ( lows: W. E. Dendy, superintendent; Jennings K. Owens, assistant superintendent; Miss Jennie Hart, teacher of the fifth and sixth grades ; Miss Mary Joe Witherspoon, teacher of the third and fourth grades; Miss Mainie Meacham, teacher of the first and secoud grades. I. B. Smith was re-elected as principal of the Negro school and Jackson was elected assistant. The board of trustees was in session for about three hours. Its meeting was private, and although there is no , disposition among the members to give , out details, it is a fact that there was considerable difference of opinion as | to what was hest to be done. Before , I adjournment, however, all the pro- j [ceedings were given the sanction of [formal unanimity. ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 Little ZulaHorton is sick with fever. 1 Miss Ella Neely is visiting friends i in Rock Hill. i Miss Winnie Davis Crawford is vis- j iting friends and relatives at Hickory I 1 VjllUYV/. , Mr. C. P. Lowrance, accompanied ! by a number of friends, left Monday 1 night for Aiken. He will return today ] with his bride. : Mrs. M. J. Clark returned Monday , night from an extended visit to her , daughter, Mrs. Dr. Fain, of Chattanooga. At the request of the attorney gen- 1 eral, W. B. McCaw, Esq., of Yorkville, I officially notified the supreme court of i the death of the governor. Mr. McCaw was in Columbia at the time with a case before the court. At a cougregational meeting in the ( Yorkville Associated Reformed church last Sunday, Mr. W. W. Boyce was elected a ruling elder. It had been ' previously announced that the congregation would elect two elders, but by a I majority vote it was decided to elect < only one. , Congressman Finley received a telegram on Saturday morniug announcing the death of Governor Ellerbe ; 1 but the morning trains had already 1 left Yorkville and he was unable to attend the funeral of the governor as he would have otherwise done. < < MARRIAGE OF MISS ENGLISH. The Richmoud Dispatch of lust ' Thursday contains the following account of a social eveut that is of con siderable interest to a great many peo- : pie in this section : Miss Lila l'eck English and Mr. Dauiel Patrick McGeachy, B. D., of North Carolina, were united in holy wedlock at the residence of the bride's ( parents, llev. Dr. T. It. English uud 1 wife, at Union Theological Seminary, last evening at 8 o'clock. The wedding had in it all the elements of beauty and impressiveuess, J and was attended by the various mem- ' bers of the faculty and their families, aud a number of ladies and gentlemen 1 from this city and elsewhere. J The ceremony was performed by the father of the bride, who is the profes- ] sor of pastorial theology and the Eug I lish Bible in the seminary. The mar- ! riage took place in the handsome parlor, which was beautifully decorated j with palms and roses by Hammond. 1 Promptly at 8 o'clock Master Walter j F. Moore and Master Thomas Price crossed the hall and entered the parlor, . each stretching a white ribbon, which i._. t 1 f . t- 1 II .. ! * exienueu iroin ine iiuii siuircase 10 u ? poiut near the spot where the minister ( stood ready to speak the words that bound his daughter to another till ' death them should part. ' ] Miss Marion Girardeau, at the piano J half hidden in flowers, began the wed- t ding march, as little Miss Annie Muller English, sister of the bride, and ] Mia^Lisette F. Moore entered, carry- < iug the satin cushions upon which the 1 bride aud groom were to kneel. \ Behind them came the maid of hou- 1 or, Miss Zaida English, the bride's sister, beautifully attired in while or- j gandie over pink satin. With her, as | best man, was Mr. Alexander Me- 1 Geachy, the groom's brother. j Behind them came Miss Margaret * McGeachy, the groom's sister, with i Mr. William F. Bull, of Norfolk ; Miss *s Mary Reynolds, of Hauipden-Sidney, (. with Mr. T. I). Johnsou, of Elizabeth -< City, N. C.; Miss Jenuie Adele Hurt, of South Carolina, with Mr. R. Mur- * phy Williams, of North Carolina ; Miss [ Martha Brown, of North Carolina, l with Mr. \V. M. Fairly, of North Carolina. All the attendants were gowned in white organdie, which accentuated their beauty well ; but none were prettier than the bride herself, who wore white satin and point lace and a beautiful bridal veil. She carried bride's roses. After the ceremony the guests were served with refreshments. The bride and groom left last night on an extended tour. The groom yesterday received his diploma, conferring the title of bachelor of divinity. He is a pcJp- ] ular and promising young man. The ' bride is a highly accomplished young ' woman, her artistic talent being most J marked. She is beautiful and popular, ] also, and Mr. McGeachy's friends are j showering him with congratulations, j A more costly, varied, and brilliant ' array of presents is not often seen than that heaped in Dr. English's study J yesterday afternoon. Silver, cutglass, j and china predominated. < IRISH POTATOES. ] If anybody has had reason to believe J that Irish potatoes would do as well ; without as with mulching, they have only to look about them this season to 1 see their error. i Down at Winthrop college, between the main building and the railroad, j there is a big patch of potatoes, some- ! thing like half an acre. One half of the patch has been mulched with leaves and the other half is not mulched. To an appearances tne muicnea portion of the crop is fully 50 per cent, better . than the uumulched portion. 1 Quite a number of Yorkville gar- ' deners who have not been in the habit I of doing so heretofore, mulched their ' potatoes this year. In some cases they I had an insufficient quantity of leaves, < and the mulching was either thinner I than it ought to have been, or omitted 1 altogether in spots. In every case there are better potatoes on the spots j that are properly mulched, and in ' most instances the strength and vigor of the plants in the various beds are in proportion to the mulching. < There is another interesting question I presented in connection with the mat- ' ter. Where beds have been properly j mulched, there is a noticable absence ( of bugs, while on unmulched beds the , bugs have wrought about the usual i amount of damage. Cases are to be i found where a few plants on an un- < mulched portion of a potato bed have ! been literally eaten up, while in other ( portions of the same bed where there , is plenty of mulching, the plauts are ] vigorous and healthy. i There is no doubt of the fact that 1 mulching is the thing; but there I is another important matter in con- j aection with it which demands con- ( sideration. Pine leaves, which are | generally conceded to be the best material for mulching purposes, are so scarce in many sections of the country that it is impracticable to procure them. There is need for some other suitable material that may be had with reasonable convenience and economy. Any reader }f The Enquirer who has information of such material will do a good thing for a great many people by makug that information known. THE PENSION CHECKS. Clerk of Court Wylie has received a jheck to cover the amount due to those who are entitled to receive pensions in this county. The list which follows was taken from that in the hands of the clerk, and corrected as far as possible. It is still, however, very in3orrect in many particulars. People who are entitled to money and who have not yet received it, should call ! nr. J.l.,, JJJWIJ lur. ?T) lie IVIlllUUl UCIUJ. Class A.?J. W. Robertson. Class II.?W. T. Baile9, S. L. Laney, Abraham McKlduff, J. \V. Taylor, Jus. 11. Steele, R. B. Burnes, A. H. Merritt, W. 0. Perry, J. A. Bell, Herod Neal, Jeff Pettus, W. G. Parker, W. B. Williams, John Cbilders, John II. Jones. Class C.?Bethel Township.?A. A. Harnett, T. L. Brandon, J. M. Cook, J. P. Davidson, W. G. Finley, W. O. Glover, 1. C. Harper, J. R. Harper, C. C. Lanier, B. S. Latham, J. J. Stewart, John Timnerlake, (). J. Warren, M. L. Byrd, E. II. Parrel 1, M. E. Howell, L. H. Riggins, Panny White, A. E. Williams, Jane furiier. Betiiesda Township?J. W. Allen, J. I). Bolin, J. I). Boyd,T. K. Bates, W. A. Police, J. A. Clark, Robert Dorster, L. II. Dunlap, J. T. McMackin, Michael Dufiy, 1. W. Garvin, A. L. Nunnery,N. M. Satilifer, W. E. Sutton, Samuel Poag, J. A. Parish, Jane Adkins, Jane E. Clinton, Mary M. Clinon, S. E. Campbell, Nancy Dunlap, .1. L. Lindsay, Emily Lee, AdeineNeely, M. P. Strait, A. P. Varnalore. Bhoad River Township?Charles Alen. T. L. Bolin, J. C. Cbilders, Sherod ,'hilders, E. C. Cbilders, R. P. Caldwell, riios. Harris, George Harris, Adolphus McDanicI, Lee Mullinax, J. W. Martin, Pdward Owens, J. A. Pressley, Williams Ithea, Thomas Spencer, James Summer- t ford, R. K. Seaborn, 1). E. Thomas, D. D. t Wright, Daniel Wallace, Dicey Brown, \deline Bolin, E. C. Bolin, Catharine * Bolin, Martha Bolin, Dulcinea Cbilders, ? N'ancy Dover, Elizabeth Dover, N. L. * Jruwl i 'Inmoill it,., i r1 i,, \r r. \'w. t and, Nancy Quinn, Margaret Smitli. Bul lock's Ckkkk Township.?J. P. Aycoek, J. A. Brandon, James Childers, e r. M. < J rant, A. Hudson, J. L. Jackson, c I. (J. Minter, A. W. Moore, Elijah McSwain, M. F. S. McCullough, J. M. Mc- 0 'ullough, O. C. Robbing, W. It. Heaves, ? I. U. Shetld, J. It. Williams, M. I). Big;ers, Hannah Carter, Sarah Crawford, M. t 1. Grant, L. C. Gourley, M. K. Green, f, lane A. Hill, Caroline Latham, M. E. Itohinson, Dora 1'. Smith, Sarah J. Smith, h Catawba Township ?David Black, v Sidney Bryant, Harvey Carder, H. J. Jollins, S. A. Brown, L. Elkins, John Ferguson, M. O. Giles, J. It. Goins, D. A. ^ iarrison, ltobt. Jones, W. L. Kimbrell, L<\ A. Lee, J. A. Lewis, F. II. Marks, It. r \. McCorkle, J. L. McCorkle, J. B. i; Itawls, W. S. Rogers, Jason Rockholt, lY. A. Street, J. C. Sparks, \V. P. Wylie, b I. W. Westhrooks, Wilson Brown, Mary .. \rledge, A. M. Caldwell, M. Carder, Faience Collins, K. Ferguson, M.J. l)un- ti ap, H. J. Gordon, Nancy Harris, Marga- ^ <-t 10. Harris, Sarah Harris, S. A. Isom, Vlarlha A. Irby, S. E. Moore, Annie E. '< Seal, Martha Ratteree, Pauline Woods. n I'iiiksk/.ku Township?Win. Brown, j. II. Dye, W. II. Nevins, Henry Reeves, u ?. L. Smith, It. P. Starnes, S. It. Caroth- c us, M. E. Caton, M. C. Choat, Sarah 'aires, II. E. Hope, B. A. Milling, M. O. (1 i'ounghlood. Foht Mn.i. Township?W. H. Arinitrong, W. T. Alderson, James Barnes, * lolin Boyne, Ij. H. Dahhs, S. II. Giles, J. jj !. Jennings, S. F. Massey, J. R. Kiniirell, J. T. Nevins, J. N. Osborn, D. E. V Mangum, Joseph Parks, R. G. Pearson, [ra Patterson, W. T. Pettns, J. Y. Stamps, 3. A. Stewart, W. H. Stegall, A. W. Wiliforil, M. M. Wolfe, J. W. Thompson," 3. Abernathy, S. Hill nc, L. Bunce, Sarah r. Cook, M. J. Hall, M. J. Hammond, E. McKinney, M. E. Norket, L. Johnson, Laura A. Wilson. King's Mountain Township.?N. N. Ybernathy, John Barber, J. G. Cobb, W. B. Davidson, A. Dale, William Erwin, E. Faries, John R. Faries, R. A. Hagins, 3. J. Harvey, Noah Riser, W. F. Miling, P. C. Manning, D. B. McCarter, W. ft. McDaniel, P. L. Pursley, Robert Robnson, Alfred Walker, Jerry Walker, \lex. Wallace, Thomas White, A. J. White, Hugh Williams, G. W. Wilson, R. M. Wilson, W. L. White, E. L. Bolin, VI. R. Black, Jane Childers, M. J. Cavely, M. R. Doggett, S. G. Crawford, M. E. Ford, E. J. Givens, A. M. Howe, F. M. A. Love, M. F. Lindsay, H. C. Lilly, Ttemensie Martin, C. C. McKnight, M. R. Nichols, E. C. Patterson, E. M. Pursley, Nancy Sisk, Sarah Partlow, Eliza C. Purdey, N. M. Whetstone, M. E. Whitener, Frances C. Thomas. York Township?Jackson Adkins, E. M. Bales, W. J. Bowen, A. D. Barnes, A. J. Barton, Win. Bradford, J. C. Beam?uard, John Cain, J. M. Clarke, J. M. Caldwell, J. A. Dowdle, T. M. Gwin, D. W. Harrison, W. F. Jackson, H. B. Miskelly, I. T. Parish, L. B. Sherrer, W. A. Sherrer, W. T. Stewart, J. W. TenipleLon, W. B. Whittaker, H. B. Wallace, J. T. White, T. C. Allen, T. D. Harris, H. P. Tevepaugh, M. J. Adkins, M. J. Bell, H. A. Carr, S. L. Caton, C. Cobb, Ann Clinton^ J. E. Craig, E. J. Doster, M. E. Davidson, S. J. Eccles, Jane A. Ferguson, E. N. Gardner. Esther B. Lewis, L. E. Lynn, S. J. Lindsay, M. E. Minter, S. J. Peters, Louisa Rainey, A. E. Stephenson, M. S. Tomllnson, Sarah Wyatt, C. L. Wallace, M. S. Mason, Rebecca Price. MAJOR DUNLOP AT EBENEZER. Memorial day was celebrated last Wednesday with appropriate exercises. A large concourse of people were present. The speeches of the day were made by Major W. S. Dunlop in aehalf of the veterans, and Mr. Earle Thorn well, of Fort Mill, in behalf of :he sons of veterans. The corresponient of The News and Courier has the following to say of Major Dunlop and lis address: The older orator was Major VV. SDunlop, of the sharpshooters of Mc. Gtowau's brigade. Major Dunlop is a native of York county, raised a company from this neighborhood, and in 1862 was put in command of the sharpshooters of this brigade. What he said was a description of the sharpshooter's life. The ordinary idea of a sharpshooter is that-he is an irregular kind of a soldier, under no authority and with no well defined end in view ; that he speut most of his time in a tree top or behind a bowlder, popping away at some fellow who was ou the liber side, and who was amusing himself in a similar way. This delusion Major Dunlop corrected. The sharpshooters protected front and flank, in advance; rear aud flank, in retreat, from surprise. They opened the fight and took the part of master of ceremonies, introducing the blue and the jray. Their drills were regular and constant; the men ever impatient to light, but restive under camp duty. Ino hohil U.OQ tn cnhioct. t.hcDA m#?n to uc,.. J roll-call at uuusual hours, such as midnight, daylight, etc., and he was proud Lo say he uever had a man to fail to respond ; the object of this training was to accustom the men to prompt response whenever called on. An actual record shows that the 200 men under his command captured more than 2,000 prisoners ; of the killid they kept no count; but more thau nnce they metaud broke the oncoming line of battle, which they were bouud jnly to locate and to watch. After the war Major Dunlop went to Arkansas, where he has been prominent in state affairs. His visit here is :o meet again those of his old comrades who survive, and right glad they are ;o see him once more. He closed his nrief address with a strong and definte tribute to the courage and endurance of Elliott's brigade, which for 5ve hours held at bay the heavy masses )f blue iufantry which were trying to nress through "the crater" into the Confederate lines. When Mahone arae up he had nothing to do but to neat back a confused body of defeated Federals, who were so massed that it was as easy to kill ten as one. Some )f Elliott's brigade, he insists, grasped -heir guns and fought with seemiugly inimpaired strength even after they iad needed the assistance of their riends to exl ricate themselves from the lebris aud dirt of the mine. The statements of the correspondent ire inaccurate in some particulars. Major Dunlop went into the service as irst lieutenant of Company B, Twelfth egimeut, S. C. V. His company vas composed of voluuteers from the ncinity of Yorkville, McConnellsville, Sharon, what was then known as the 'Bluewater" section of Western York, md also from the Coates's Tavern :ouutry. The sharpshooters, of which le subsequently became commander, vere carefully chosen from the whole >f McGowan's brigade. THE PEA AS A FERTILIZER. Mr. Sep Massey, of Catawba Juneion, was one of the first farmers of his leighborhood to begin experimenting vith the clay pea as a fertilizer aud to gather experience as to the value of he pea crop for this purpose. Different farmers of this section have xperimented extensively with the lay pea, aud many have done a great leal of reading on the subject. As he result, while all are convinced hat the pea is a great institution as a ertilizer, there is, of course, more or ess difference of opinion as to the best tay in which it is to be utilized. Mr. Massey has experimented with he pea in various ways, aud has arived at the conclusion that for fertildng purposes, the best results are to e obtained by allowing the vines to ot on the ground without attempting o harvest or turn under, lie says hat land so treated, will, in the foljwing spring be almost as soft and lellow as an ash bed, and will be in oudilion to produce a much better rop of almost anything that it may be esirable to put on it than otherwise. A few days ago a business man of rorkville mentioned the fact that he ad made with a farmer, who lives /ithin three miles of town, a trade by the terms of which he was to furnish I 20 bushels of pease for seed, on condi- J lion that the farmer was to sow the ii same on his own land, harvest and de- d liver in the business man's barn one- o half of the bay produced. The busi- t ness man mentioued, incidentally, that v he felt that be bad taken an unfair advantage of his farmer friend. Mr. 1. Massey tbiuks differently. He is in e doubt as to whether a farmer, who e might be uoable to buy seed himself, 1 would not be justified in sowing on v his owu land seed furnished free by a 1 second party, and to furnish to the t second party the entire yield of hay. S He thinks it possible that the increased f fertility of the soil, occasioned by the (3 crop, would be of sufficient value to a offset the cost of seed, harvesting, etc. t According to Mr. Massey's idea, one i of the greatest benefits of a pea crop j is the shading of land that would oth- t erwise be subjected to the parching 1 rays of the sun. He illustrates this d way : "Throw on your land, whether I rich or poor, a piece of plank 12 inches 1 wide and 10 feet long, and allow it to f remain there say two years. Then put on the land whatever crop you see ? fit, and, on maturity, you will find on f the spot that had been occupied by r the plank, a better growth than any- i where surrounding." c Mr. Massey is not much of a be- e iiever in wheat in his neighborhood, j Further up the railroad?four or five g miles?the farmers make good wheat c crops ; but in the immediate vicinity of t Catawba Junction, wheat is generally a failure under almost any conditions. Mr. Massey has a theory that the trouble is possibly due to fogs from the river. But where there is disadvantage as to wheat, it is more than made up by the advantage as to oats. Around the Junction, the farmers generally make heavy crops, and most of them hold almost as a matter of religious faith to the idea, that unless pease are sown on oat stubble, the soil is greatly weakened by each succeeding crop. In the opiniou of Mr. Massey, a crop of pease following a crop of oats, leaves the soil in as good shape as before the oats were sown. SUCCESSFUL BEE CULTURE. The little honey bee is, of course, a very common institution in York county. There is scarcely a neighborhood in which there are not a half a dozen or more colonies, and there are just lots of people who know nlore or less ubout how to manage them with success ; but most readers of The Enquirer will no doubt be surprised to kuow that York county has one of the largest apiaries to be found in the Piedmont section. Such is the fact, however. This apiary is located at n mkn Tim/if i An vaitt ua u uuv/itvu, Mr. H. C. Simpson, a well informed, well read gentleman, is the proprietor. Mr. Simpson's house fronts the Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad, and his bee hives, which sit on the south side of a hill to the rear, look from the railroad like a big cemetery. In fact, most passengers on the trains take the apiary for a cemetery, aud they do not know any better uuless some of the trainmen, or others who know, inform them to the contrary. s Having heard from different people, at different times, of the extent of Mr. Simpson's establishment, and also . of his thorough knowledge of the bee . aud its habits, I went down to Cataw- . ba Junction last Saturday for the purpose of getting material for a story a that will probably prove interesting to . a great many people. I had the good luck to find Mr. Simpson at home, and when I told him my business, he assured me that it would give him pleasure to show me everything that was to , be seen and to answer such questions . as I might see tit to ask, provided he j knew how. This last proviso, how* j ever, was unnecessary. Before I left, ^ I was convinced that he surely knows j. about all that is not torn out of the book, and that ray principal disadvantage was in not understanding the sub- ; ject sufficiently to admit of its full t development through proper questions. , Taking his smoker?a little bellowslike arrangement, through which smoke is projected with facility?Mr. Simpson told me to follow close behind , him among the hives. He had no . gloves, veil or other protection, and the proposition was cne that I did not . relish particularly ; but I remembered to have heard Mr. W. J. Waters remark once that Mr. Simpson knew the !age of every bee on the hill and could j call it by name, I was inclined to re- D pose the fullest confidence iu Mr. ^ Simpson. I am now almost inclined to believe Mr. Waters's statement: but a I do not like to say so in print. Opening up several hives, Mr. Simp- ^ son showed the honey that was in . process of manufacture. He explain- |. ed that the bees have not done very well this year, so far as surplus is concerned. Only a few combs have been ^ partially filled and only a very small , per cent, of the honey cells have been ; canned over. This. Mr. Simpsou says, h is on account of the unfavorable season. After showing the surplus honey departruent of one of the hives, he went y into the brood department, moved and ^ took out several frames covered with worker bees and drones, and finally located the queen. "I found her a little j loo late," he remarked. "If I hud ^ surprised her soonei, she would have laid several eggs ou my hand after I P picked her up. It is her business, you know, to lay the eggs ; she keeps at it coutiuually, and that was what she was doing when we found her." Then 8? holding up the comb to the light, where ai could see to tbe bottom of the cells, At. Simpson showed me newly deposted eggs, little worms representing a levelopment of a day or two, and ither young bees in different stages up o eating their way out of the cells in vhich they had come to maturity. "Although all the eggs iu a hive are aid by the same queen," Mr. Simpson xplained, "they may be developed ither into workers, drones or queens. The drone matures in 24 days, the vorker in 21 days and the queen in only 6 days. The bees can make a queen bemselves whenever tbey want one. Suppose the present queen should die, or instance. The bees would imrneliately go to work and build a conehaped cap over one of these cells in vhich you see an egg. Then, by feedng her a different kind of food?'royal elly', the bee men call it?they will ring her to maturity within 16 days. U to whether they really give her a lilferent kiod of food J do not know, am inclined to think that they merey give her the same kiod that they eed to others, only more of it." While on the same subject, .Mr. Simpson said that the worker bees live rom about three to six weeks in sumner time, and from three to six months n the winter time. The average life f a queen is from two to three years, although sometimes they live five or six rears. "In keeping the purity of your tock," he said, "of course, everything lepends upon your queen. I wou't lave anything but the Italian bee if I i ?-. 9a l..a t j si sail ueip it; uui 1 nuu it very uiuieuiv 0 keep them, absolutely pure. I. >ought my first queen in August, 1880, rom Dr. Brown, of Augusta, and paid lim $2.50 for her. After that, about our years ago, I imported a queen >ee direct from Italy. She cost $6, ind was 11 days coming over. She ived until about a year ago, and by neans of ber, I have been enabled to naintaiu my colonies at a high standird." Here Mr. Simpson called my attenion to a dozen or more bees that were )osted on the platform at the entrance >f a hive, buzzing their wings with a lumming noise. "These," he ex)lained, "are engaged in ventilating the live. During weather like this, there s a great deal of heat inside. If you ihould stop.up the entrace for 10 minites, the whole interior would collapse 1 sticky mass and kill the entire cololy. With their wings these bees are sreating an outgoing current that lerves to keep down the temperature, rbey work for about -15 minutes that vay, when they are relieved by as nany fresh bees from the inside. This u l'Anl nn q 11 /luelniv t Ko Krtf aof nork ? " '-F- up "" "" "6 r? >f the day." I expressed surprise at his remaikable piece of sagacity, and VIr. Simpson went on to relate another jeculiarity of the organization that ivas no less interesting. "In seasons ike this," he said, "when not much loney is being made, there is a dispolition on the part of the bees of one eolony to go out and rob the stores of mother. I can show you at each hive guards that are especially placed for )rotection against robbers, and whenever a bee oi another colony attempts .0 enter where he has no right, I can ihow you a fight." About that time an angry bee comnenced buzzing at my ear. It was the irst time that I had been molested in he least, and I began to fear that may- , to Hot* hnainPQQ tvna tn Hrivft awflV 11 n MV* VWW.MVWW ??' ?r velcome newspaper men. Mr. Simpion sent a puff or two of smoke at her ; >ut she paid no attention to that. I vas tempted to ask him to tell her to )Iease go away ; but, instead, he coniluded, of bis own accord, that the >nly thing to be done for ber was to cnock ber down, which he did. After hat I felt more comfortable; but at be same time it occurred to me that could just as well get such further inormation as I wanted up nearer the louse. Mr. Simpson explained that there ire three honey making seasons durng the year. The first is from about be middle of April up to the 20th of day. During this season bees depend tpon fruit and flower blooms, soft made and poplar buds. They don't usually begin to make any surplus until day, and then the quality is not of the test. From the 20th of May until ibout the middle of July, there folows an idle season, during which not nuch surplus honey is made?practially none. The first good honey of he year is made during the month folowing the middle of July. It is nade almost entirely from cotton looms, and is usually so transparent bat objects may be discerned through quart of it. The flavor is also deightful. But there are some peculiarLies about this cotton honey, accordng to Mr. Simpson's experience. The ittle browu bee cannot make honey rom cotton at all. She is not strong oougb to get into the blooms right. )nly the Italian bee is equal to the ask, and except under certain condiions, the cottou bloom honey is out of er reach also. When seasons are ood and the cotton plants are vigoous, there is no honey to be had. Men, however, the cotton is back'ard and droopy, the Italians have a icnic. The next and most reliable oney making season of the year is uring the month of October. The oney of that season is made princially of the aster or iron weed. It of a splendid quality. I asked Mr. 'Simpson as to the averse yield of honey to the colony, and e answered the question in a very itisfactory manner. "One year I got a average of only 4 pounds. Last