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Scraps and |acts. ? A dispatch of Thursday from Lander, Wyoming, says: New interest has been awakened in the hunt for the Union Pacific train robbers. The robbers' trail has been struck in the Green River headwaters country by Jim Baldwin, a famous bandit taker, who has with him a band of 30 Indian trailers, the best in the country. This is the ^ V? /)<??! /-> f t k/v nknoA itn/) V\ t\ l\n nrlltC 1 # tu uav vi luc vuasc auu iuc uauuiw must be nearly worn out. ? James Campbell, of Toledo, 0., who once won fame by fining himself for a misdemeanor, has sentenced James Firsden, a 13-year-old terror of the village, to attend Sunday school and church at the Disciple church for eight weeks every Suuday, or go to jail for 20 days. Upon receipt of a certificate from his Sunday school teacher at the end of that time, the boy is to be paid $1 for his good conduct. If he refuses to attend church he will be locked up. ? Lumberton, (N. C.,) Robesouian : It is reported here Monday that a Croatan named Oxendine and his mule were killed by poison last week. Paris green bad been put on some tobacco to kill worms and the mau was plowing it. The mule, it is said, bit some of the tobacco aud died from the effects of the poison in a few minutes. The man in handling the tobacco in some way got*enough of the poison in his system to cause his death during the night. ? Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth, the authoress, died at her residence iu Washington at 8.30 o'clock last Friday mgnt alter an illness 01 several weeas. About a mouth ago Mrs. Southworth was prostrated by the beat and the infirmity of advanced age, she being in her 79th year, rendering her uqable to recuperate from the attack, she grew rapidly worse until a few days since it was seen death was inevitable. She was attended by her son, Dr. Southworth. She had lived for many years a retired life in a picturesque mansion of the old-fashioned type, located on a bill in west Washington, overlooking the Potomac and hills of Virgiuia. ? Charlotte Observer: The formation of a combine to operate the tobacco sales warehouses of Danville, Va., is one of the latest things in the way of a trust. The combine has been chartered in New Jersey, where everything shady is chartered, with a capital of $1,000,000, and eight of the nine warehouses in Danville are in the deal. The American Tobacco company, otherwise the cigarette trust, is probably at the bottom of this business, though it denies it. This is likely its final step in destroying competition in the sale of leaf tobacco on th^ Danville market, which is a yery large one, and it looks as if it should be entirely effective. This step will likely be followed by the building of a few more churches, new gifts of money to colleges, and enlarged contributions to orphan asylums. ? A statement prepared in the office of the adjutaut general of tne army shows that with the departure of the Pennsylvania from San Francisco about 350 reinforcements were dispatched to tbe Philippines last week. There are about 3,000 recruits at San Francisco which are also intended to recruit the regular regiments in the Philippines up to tbeir maximum strength of 128 men to a company. Including the Nineteenth infantry under orders for Manila and troops at San Francisco there are 4,000 ready to start for Manila as soon transportation can be provided. The war department is awaiting advices from General Otis before proceeding activly with the enlistment of volunteers uuder the recent decisiou of the administration to organize nine regiments into three brigades, including three skeleton regiments in the Philippines, amounting in all to about 10,000 volunteers. ? Since the announcement that about 10,000 volunteers were to be mustered into the army for service in the Philippines, the president has been deluged with applications for commissions. Almost every congressional caller has one or more applications whom he presses upon the president's attentiou. The president requests all his visitors to file their applications with Adjutant General Corbin. At the same time he makes it clear in a general way that the policy of the administration in grautiug commissions will be to give preference to the volunteer officers who showed ability and who performed valuable service duriug the Spanish war. Some regular officers are also to be given volunteer * commissions, in the belief that one or two regular officers in a regiment will be of great advantage. The number of officers to be commissioned is being carefully guarded to prevent a scramble. ? The remarkably heavy rains of * *- - ?rfoijc Jn Tpyas did dam iue pnst ivui uoj ... ....? age which will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars, says a Houston dispatch of Saturday. Railroad traffic is suspended in south Texas because of the numerous washouts, and many bridges are gone. Every stream in this section of the state is above high water mark, and the angry waters have destroyed thousands of acres of cotton, corn and cane, besides houses and cattle. At Calvert the rise was so sudden that when the river went through the town several Negroes were drowned, and five bodies have been recovered. It is reported that many farmers, white and colored, living iu the Brazos bottoms have been drowned ; but neither names nor particulars are yet obtainable. The Big and Little Brazos rivers have joined the Navasota where they are ordinarily three miles apart, and the whole country between, mostly cotton and corn laud, is ruined. It is reliably stated that one family of six persons perished. The loss in cotton and corn alone will reach a million dollars, while another million will not cover the loss to railroads and other property. ? Discussiug the banking aspects of the year just closed, Comptroller of the Currency Dawes said last Saturday : "The condition of the national banks of the country during the year has been one of progressive prosperity. The changes in the items of loans and discounts indicate this clearly. At the date of the call of April 5, 1899, for a report of conditions, the loans and discounts of the national banks of the country had increased $306,316,600, ( and the individual deposits bad increased $437,914,891 over the amounts showu by the call of May 5, 1898. 1 The iucrease in total assets of national 1 hanks of the country over May 5, < 1898, as shown by the statement of ? April 5, 1899, has been $769,171,302 , and their combined assets aggregated on the latter date $4,639,138,160. A call for the reports of the condition of ( national bauks at the close of business ' June 30, 1S99, has just been made, 1 and these reports will soon be received i at the treasury department. The prob- ( aK:1:?{oo iKatr will inrlinnt.A n auillliCO 01 o iiiav vuvj ma lUM.vM.w ? continuance of the favorable conditions evidenced by former statements. 1 As a whole the national banks of the country have, during the past fiscal year, done a conservative, prosperous | and progressive business." ?hc \torlunllc (f itquivcr. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JULY 5,1899. ? It will be Irish potato no longer officially. The agricultural department has decided to drop the word Irish in its potato reports and substitute for it the word "white." The Irish potato will hereafter be known as the white potato. ? Shelby, N. C., which has for a long time been a "wet" town has gone "dry," and old Lincolnton which has been sober for years, has decided to go r\n a rJmrilr Tnwns arft in most res pects possessed of the same characteristics as individuals. ? The limit of speed that is possible to make on a bicycle is still an unknown quality and so also is the limit of man's foolhardiness; but both are very great. Charles M. Murphy proved at Maywood, L. I., last week that he could ride a bicycle a mile in less than a minute, and the proof was furnished at the imminent risk of his life. The test was made on the Long Island railroad. For the purpose the space between the rails was' floored with dressed plank and was as smooth as a billiard table. A train, consisting of engine, tender and car, was used as pacemaker. At the back part of the train a plank wall extended backward for several feet on either side. The rider was to follow along behind the train and the plank walls were to protect him from the wind and dust. The train took a half-mile start in order to get up speed, and passed a line at a full mile a minute. Murphy was right in behind. Several times his wheel struck the car and bounded back ; but each time be regained the distance. Twice he was back beyond the protection of the windbreaking walls ; but he was able to spurt forward sufficiently to regain what he had lost. . The mile was made in 57 4-5 seconds, the fastest time ever made by man or beast through their own efforts. At the end of the ride, while the train was still going faster than a mile a minute. Murphy was lifted up on the end of the car, thoroughly exhausted, but unhurt. THE CHAINGAN6 INVESTIGATION. Although there had been a good deal of talk previously, since the publication of the proceedings of the chaingang investigation, there has probably been more talk than ever before. For instance, people who had not previously paid any attention to the matter, are now wondering why it wa9, if there were afloat rumors of sufficient importance to warrant au investigation, nothing further was developed. The Enquirer has been hearing rumors about chaicgang management all along almost from the day the institution was organized. It has from time to time investigated these rumors to the best of its ability ; but has never been able to establish the truth of any report that seemed to reflect seriously enough on the officials in charge to warraut the publication of charges. Our most common experience has been that although responsible people have sometimes assisted in tne circulation of damaging rumors, they generally got their information from irresponsible sources. This is not especially creditable to responsible people; but then it should not be forgotten that the most prudent men are sometimes betrayed into error of propriety. We had nothing whatever to do with the egging on of the investigation last week ; but we are not surprised at it. The rumors had taken such shape as to seriously reflect on the county board of commissioners, and the gentlemen of the board were really forced into the investigation as a matter of selfdefense. They are not the men to stultify themselves in a matter of this kind by any whitewashing business, and people who know them are satistied that they sought only the truth. , {As to where the chips might fall, they had 110 concern; but they developed nothing that seemed to warrant actiou, and at this we are not surprised. They were. But from such information as we had of the source and nature of the complaiuts, we had no idea that the more serious rumored allegations would be established by sworn testimony. We do not mean to say that there was do foundation for the rumors, j We don't know. We have no idea I that the cbaingang is managed in ac- I cordance with Sunday school stand- | ards; but neither have we any idea ' that the origin of the rumors and charges that have been floating around i 30 loosel}' can be traced to Sunday ( school sources. I As to whether the cbaingang has ( cost more than it ought to cost, we i have no information. We have never i been able to get the figures on which ' to base a calculation. If, however, the I officials in charge will give the total | number of prisoners worked during a I given time?say the past year or any I three months of it?the number of | mules, value of plant, cost of supplies, < guards, and other expenses, we will be i able to work out the average cost per j day of each convict, and give other i data that will throw more or less light < on the subject. It is nothing but fair, of course, that the people should have i this information, and although we have j not consulted with the county com- j missioners on the subject, we believe they ought to be willing to get it up. There was another thing that was developed by the investigation the other day that is importunt. At this time the superintendent of the chaingang is charged with the responsibility of selecting and purchasing supplies. It has been so since the establishment of the chaingang. A prudent and thoughtful citizen?a lawyer?suggests that this is wrong. He says that the superintendent of the chaingang should not be charged with this respou siDility. in ma opinion ine superintendent should, each month, make out an estimate of the various kinds and qualities of supplies that would be required for the next month, and hand it in to the board of commissioners. Then, upon proper specifications, the board should accept bids from all the supply men who cared to submit them, and award contracts to the lowest responsible bidders. He thought this would be fair to the different supply dealers. We agree entirely as to the soundness and equity of this proposition, and think that the idea could be extended also to the matter of supplies for the county home and county home farm. We have already said that we have no idea as to the cost of con vict-labor; but we are free to say that the chaingang is doing a tremendous amount of work. No fair-minded man, acquainted with what it accomplished in Bullock's Creek township during the month of June, will deny this. Whatever may be the shortcomings of the management, if any, of the chaingang, it should have all the credit to which it may be entitled. Competent judges say that the present superintendent is getting as good results as any of bis predecessors. The Enquirer does not want to be understood as an apologist for either the county board of commissioners or the superintendent of the chaingang. Neither does it intend to be placed in the position of prosecutor or persecuT* amIh ^afinao f a Ko oKoAlntolv fair lur. JL \j ULl ly UCOUCO IU UO m'oviuivy *?* We know that that investigation the other day was thoroughly honest, and we do not believe that anything especially discreditable was developed against the management of the chaingang. Still the importance of the institution is such that it demands careful watching. It is the duty of all good citizens to watch it carefully, not for the purpose of picking flaws, but in order to see that the moral responsibility and flnaucial interests of the county are properly conserved. As an earnest of The Enquirer's willingness to do its part, we make this announcement: We will take pleasure in publishing, free of charge, any information, any criticism, any charge of neglect of duty on the part of the county commissioners, superintendent of the chaingang, or other official, that any responsible citizen sees fit to seud us over his own signature. Such information, charges or criticisms, however, must be bassed upon the personal information of the writer. We will pay no attention whatever to the contemptible rumors or insinuations of anonymous correspondents. SHOP TALK. The News and Courier has started a discussion that is of especial interest to the newspaper publishers throughout the state, and, if not quite so interesting, at least very important to the public at large. It is on the subject of the deadhead advertising that the public seems disposed to exact of the newspapers, as a kind of a matter of course. in lue present case iuc uisuu.-?3n/u based on an appreciative note of thanks that a college president sent to The News and Courier on account of the publication in that paper of the proceedings of the college commencement. The occasion for comment is i furnished by the fact that it is such a rare thing that a uewspaper receives < even thanks for such work, and the | discussion goes on to show the injustice of the whole business generally. We agree pretty fully in all that ' The News and Courier says on the subject ; but we are not disposed to blarne the public so much for this lack of appreciation. We blame rather the newspapers themselves. The News i and Courier is the best daily paper that has eyer been published in this i state. The State is also a good news- i paper and would be as good as The < News and Courier if it only had the 1 necessary Gnaucial backing?if Colum- 1 bia were large enough, or willing, to I i;ive it the support to which it is entitled on account of its merit. But both of these papers have sinned i ijrieviously in the very matter of which rhe News and Courier complains. They are persistent sinners. Many a time have we noticed in the columns of these papers voluntary write-ups j that we felt sure were worth hundreds i of dollars to individuals, or to corpor- j itions, and for which we have no idea i tnat euner paper receiveu ? ucui. Then again, both papers seem to hold themselves at the convenience of the i governor and the state house officers i to publish any and everything that i these officials might want to promulgate among the people aDd without ane cent of cost. The state government is in much better shape than if it owned its own newspapers. It gets all the advantage and benefit without one cent of expense. Of course, we do not mean to say that none of this matter should be published free of charge. Much of it is legitimate news of interest to a vast majority of the subscribers of both papers, and, of course, it is to the interest of both papers to publish such matter as news. A large per cent, of it is matter that is of interest ouly to a comparatively few individuals, and which is really tiresome to a majority nf the rnn flora nf t.h? naners. The VMV ?v?v.w w? I L principal beneficiary is the official who gives it out, and who, otherwise would have found it impossible to reach the people except at labor and expense that would have been more tbnn sufficient to have given the newspapers fair compensation. In nine cases out of ten he does not even feel that the newspapers have done him or anybody else a favor ; but is more apt to have a feeling that inasmuch as the newspapers did not charge for the matter, he had rendered a favor rather than otherwise in giving it out. The Columbia State makes the point that newspapers?daily and weeklyare forced by their rivals, to publish a good deal of matter that ought to be paid for. It explains how such matter as has been refused by one paper will be published by another paper "for spite." We do not thiuk this point is well taken. The editor should use his own judgment about what to publish and what not to publish, and he should not be influenced in the least by what a rival might do. If he allows himself to be bulldozed or blackmailed in a business way, be is done for, aud he can lay it down as a safe proposition that if his rival benefits by the publication of something he has declined to publish, then it is merely a case in which the rival had the better discrimination as to the news or adverlisiug character of the article in ques lion. If the rival sees fit to publish some things free of charge for some people and make other people pay, or charge some one price and some another for the same thing, for reason of policy, that is his business. But there is no occasion for worry. Such policy does not pay. A newspaper can be conducted successfully only on the most approved business principles. In the first place it has to give the quantity, quality and character of matter that its constituency demands. It must be honorable, painstaking and reliable. That is the way in most portions of South Carolina. The newspaper that approaches nearest to these requirements will build up for itself the most desirable constituency. Then as to advertising business, it must have a fair price and stick to it. Unless it treats all alike, it can have the respect of uoue. If in pursuing these principles, it succumbs to the competition of a rival, it can correctly account for its failure only ou the ground that the rival had more ability and better deserved to succeed. But there is no doubt about the fact that most of the papers do a great deal of free work?more than ought to be expected of them. There are people who would uot think of offering pay for numerous services that ought to be paid for. They would not make the same request of the merchant, the lawyer or the doctor, possisibly ; but they seem to thiuk they have a right to ask it of the newspaper. If the newspaper accedes to these requests, then, of course, it has done no more thau it ought to have done, and is not even entitled to thanks. However, newspapers ought not to complain about matters of this kind. If they are unable to manage their business successfully themselves, they are not likely to get much relief at the hands of the public. The public assumes that every business man knows, or ought to know, how to manage his own business. ? Captain Dreyfus is back in France. He was landed at Rennes last Satur TKot-o n-uo o trr&nt. APAU/fl uay JL livi V ll(*g U VMV V* V .. V. of excited people on hand to watch the landing. They were partisans and j opponents of the prisoner. If they had 1 gotten an opportunity they would have precipitated a riot; but they , were too closely watched for that, j The lauding was effected with as much secrecy as possible. Only a few peo- ] pie saw it, aud the prisoner was closely guarded. He was hurried from the j wharf to the prison, the transfer being ] accomplished within a few minutes. Madame Dreyfus was allowed to have t an interview in the prison, with only 1 a gendarme, who stood at a respectful distance, as a wituess. The iuterview 1 was affecting in the extreme. Both ( husband and wife broke down, aud < :heir short communication was amid { 9obs and tears. Captain Dreyfus, though still a youog man, has aged considerably. His hair has begun to turn gray, and his form is bending. He knew nothing of what had transpired during the past two years; but will be provided this week with a complete record. He has not been talking much, but says that the terrible injustice he has suffered is largely due to the anti-Jewish feeling that prevails in < tbe army and throughout France. He hopes that his expiation will eradicate this feeliDg. He is satisfied that on tbe next trial of bis case be will be ac- < quitted. . The feeling throughout France on the subject of Dreyfus is intense, and every precaution has been taken to keep down violence of any kind. WILL Wlfl AUAlrt. Mark Hunnu Talks About Republican Prospects. Senator Hanna, the Republican national chairman has been in England for about two weeks, aud at London last Saturday, he gave out an interview for home consumption. "I am delighted with outdoor life in England," Mr. Hanna said to a representative of the Associated Press today, "and with the wise methods, born of experience, which teaches the leaders in politics and business to limit their working hours and take every opportunity for rest and recreation. "I have not talked American politics with English newspaper men ; but I am free to say that 1 believe the old ticket will be renominated by the Republicans next year, aud that it will be re-elected. . I anticipate little opposition to the first part of the proposition, and I have no doubt the American people will decide the latter part as they did in 1896. "My reason for this belief is based - ?L? TT?:*^.l ;a OD 106 laCL luat tu? uuncu utaics 10 now entering on a renewed era of prosperity. Every promise of the Republican party has been kept. Every prediction has been fulfilled. There is not a man in the United States today out of work who wants to work. This is the normal condition. Commercial prosperity is based on confidence, and the only thing which can destroy the confidence now prevailing is a change of administration." "Are there any persons who manifest a spirit of dissatisfaction with the course of events in the Philippines?" the senator was asked. He replied : "To my mind the conditions there are largely of our own in delaying the annexation bill. "So far as the Democratic party is concerned I believe it was never so much at sea as at present. The south is tenacious to its free silver convictions, as are many of the Trans-Missouri states. These are still under the sway of Bryan's personal influence and will do all possible to renominate him and the free silver platform of 1896. The power and wealth of the Democratic party is ceutered in New York. Mr. Whitney, Mr. Croker and the rest felt they were invincible. They entered the Chicago convention over-confident and undiciplined for the battle. To my mind these principles have now changed. The Democratic chairman, Senator Jones, is ill in Europe. Bryan's onlv weapon is free silver and the strength and weakness of that weapon is now fully realized. Senator Gorman has seen the error of his ways, I think, and the eastern Democrats will make a great effort to secure a new issue and if possible, a new man. "The trouble about the anti-trust campaign is that they cannot make trusts a political issue. So far as amassing wealth in a manner to injure the public is concerned, the Republican party is just as opposed to it as the Democrats. "The Democrats would like to use the anti-expansion idea and possibly Admiral Dewey, but the combination would not do and Admiral Dewey is so big that he would not permit his reputation as one of the great admirals of his time to be used for aDy political purpose. Assuredly the Democrats are at sea. Personally, I would like to fight the old fight against free silver; but, however, the lines of battles , are drawn, you will see the American i people determined to follow the course the president has laid down." BETHEL BREEZES. Desperate Condition of the Crops?Wheat Better Than Expected?Call Extended to the Kev. Mr. Arrowood?Personal ' Mention. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Bethel, July 3.?There has been no < rain of any consequence in 10 weeks, and this section is very dry. Unless there is rain by the end of another week, the crops will be done for. I beard a man say a few days ago that we need not look for rain before September. He was judging from the nf 1S81 Mrs. M. J. Clark and Master Frank Riddle ure visiting at Mr. Geo. L. , Riddle's. The Champion Roller mills are running double time. The wheat crop is turning out much 1 better than the farmers expected. Mr. Joe Patrick, of the threshing outlit of Patrick Bros. & Co., says that j the grain is of the best quality that he has ever seen in this country. Mrs. Mildred Glenn, nee Bigger, of Earaoak county, Ark., is visitiug 1 friends in this section. Rev. S. H. Hay, of Clover, preached < at Bethel yesterday, and after preach- ? ing a congregational meeting elected ? Rev. VV. B. Arrowood, of Laurinburg, N". C., as pastor. Messrs. W. E. Adams and John M. Craig were selected to ' prosecute the call. 1 Miss Ferry Kendrick, of Mecklen- f t)urg county, N. C., a neice of Mr. I. T. Faris, is visiting relatives in Bethel. t Mr. and Mrs. Tom Quiun are visitug friends and relatives near Pleasaut 1 Ridge, N. C. r A greafc many Bethel people expect t ,o attend the picnic at Bowliug Green omorrow. F. K. c. c ?^ t Ueetzo Not Guilty. ? The second trial of young Meetze for he murder of Cartlege resulted last 8 Sunday morning in a verdict of not ;uilty. ' LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss?In obedience to the demand of the buying public, announces a continuance of his stocktaking closingout sale to continue while any summer goods are on band. Yorkville Buggy Company?Lets you know that the new buildings are completed and buggies will be supplied iu a short time at the right prices. There is on hand and ready for delivery a line of farm wagons. John E. Carroll, Superintendent of Education?Requests the teachers of York county to meet at the graded school building on July 7, for the purpose of organizing a York County Teachers' association. James M. Starr & Co.?Tell you about their pure cold soda and fine hair hrnnhftsi. Tlmv will irive careful atten tion to prescriptions and will only charge for the medicines used. Dr. W. M. (irier?Tells you when the next term of Erskine college at Due West will commence, and gives other information with regard to the institution. SHERIFF TAX SALES. By virtue of tax executions, Sheriff Logan on last Monday, salesday for July, sold certain pieces of property at public auction before the court house door in Yorkville. A bouse and lot of Malinda Hill, located in the town of Yorkville, on the Chester road, was bid off by Malinda Hill for the total amount of the taxes, penalties and costs?$9.64. A tract of land in Bethel township, containing 95 acres, levied on as belonging to the estate of S. C. Johnson deceased, was bought by Mrs. S. C. Johnson for $13.07, the total amount of taxes, penalties and costs. A tract of land in Ebeuezer township containing 69 acres, levied on as the properly of C. F. White, colored, was bought by Captain W. L. Roddey for $14.39?taxes penalties and costs. ABOUT PEOPLE. The name of J. M. Brian on the petit jury last week should have been J. M. Brice. Miss Mamie L. McConnell will leave today for Rome, Ga., on a visit to friends and relatives. Mr. W. H. Draffin, of Riverside, Lancaster county, isiu Yorkville visiting his sister, Mrs. M. W. While. There are three cases of fever in the family of Mr. aud Mrs. John N. O'Farrell, who live on the n'ortheusteru outskirts of Yorkville. Rev. Edward S. Reaves left Monday for Marion county, where he goes on "official" business. He expects to return tomorrow or Friday. Cadet J. L. (Jack) Gardener, of the the South Carolina Military academy, returned to Yorkville last Saturday to spend the summer vacation with bis mother's family, Mrs. Lula Gardener. Mr. G. W. Sberrer has been seriously ill for several days. He bad a fainting spell Monday night that threatened to prove fatal. The most recent information is to the effect that he is better. PRISONERS IN JAIL. The following prisoners?all colored? are in jail awaiting trial at the approaching term of the court of general sessions on the charges named. Will McClure, arson. Wade Tigler, malicious mischief. Charlie Elmore, assault and battery with intent to kill. John Williams, housebreaking and larceny. John Erwin, violation of the dispensary law. Wm. Oates, criminal assault. John Ratebford, burglary. The most important cases amoDg those mentioned are probably those against Will McClure and Wade Tigler. McClure is charged with having burned the residence of Mr. Elijah Nix. Quite a number of witnesses have been summoned in the case; but so far as has been developed, no direct evidence will be submitted. It will all be circumstantial. Tigler is the Negro who was convicted and sentenced at the last term of the court for rocking the Carolina and North-Western train on the northern outskirts of Yorkville. The court afterward gave him a new trial on the ground that, through a misunderstanding, his attorney had failed to represent him. The business of the court promises to be quite light. People about the courthouse do not think it will last more than two days, and the time may be even shorter. But this, of course, is necessarily speculation. WITHIN THE TOWN. T oil'" ton nia ia Hoi nor nln vpd in York ville to a limited extern. Irish potatoes are retailing in Yorkville at the rate of $1.60 a bushel. Mr. P. A. Abernathy's hen .house was raided by thieves last Saturday night. Mr. M. C. Willis's buggy factory is finished. He will make the "Yorkville Buggy." Yorkville ought to have a pleasure park. It would be' worth more than x is likely to cost. Mr. W. B. Moore is erecting a warehouse on his R. J. Herndon lot, to the ear of Mr. C. P. Lowrance's store. The action of the town council recently in painting the inside of the itandpipe on Sunday has occasioned a imall amount of local agitation. Frying size chickens have been comng in very rapidly during the past "ew days. They retail at the stores at rom 12J to 20 cents, according to size. The Instil Npirrn baseball team beat he Charlotte team again last Friday ifteruoon. The playing was very poor, ather than otherwise?not nearly up o the standard of the local team. There is much inconvenience on ac:ouut of the scarcity of fruit. Even dackberries seem to be pretty nearly k complete failure?scarce, shriveled ind small. The new switchboard of the Bedford Phone company, now being placed in positioD, comprises all tbe latest improvements. It is probable tbat as soon as tbe chaDge uow being made is completed, the local telephone service will be better than ever before. Prof. Hand, principal of York county normal school, bas consented to deliver a lecture in tbe court bouse tomorrow (Thursday) night on the subject of "Facts and Fancies of English." There will be no charge for admission.' The lecture will commence at 8.30 o'clock. Mr. H. H. Beard, agent of the Southern Express company, released three? basket of carrier pigeons at the Nar row Gauge depot last Monday morning at sunrise. In all there were about 125. They struck out for their home in New Jersey, and although, the reporter has had no definite information from them since, the presumption is , that a majority of them reached home the same day. This has been the record heretofore. Sometimes there are a number of straglers who fail to arrive for several days, and some fail to turn up at all, being shot by sportsmen or caught by hawks, etc. SOME NEW TEACHERS. The questions submitted to the applicants to teach in public schools of the county, at the recent examination, are generally couceded to be pretty difficult. In some cases they were rather uuusual, and to be able to answer tbem all the applicants had to be pretty well up on their text books. There were about 80 applicants in all, ' white and colored, and tbey were floored right and left. The following ? - ' L. -II -:-L? got mrougu an nguu WHITE?FIRST GRADE. Ida Ormand, Clover. C. W. McCully, Bowling Green. 1 Lillian Milbollen, ......Catawba. J. H. Spencer,... Leslie. Jessie W. Black, Bethel. Bessie Giles. : Leslie. 1 James G. Eawards, Newport. Annie Martin, Harmony. SECOND GRADE, CLA8S A. A. R. Williamson, Guthriesville. Clara R. Crawford, Smith's Turnout. Bessie D. Adkins, Fodder. Clara M. Haflner, Guthriesville. Mrs. Fannie Pearce, Newport. Mae M. Moore, Delphos. Lizzie Leslie, .Clover. Mrs. Alva Smith, Point. Miss Maude Martin, of Harmony, made the percentage required to entitie her to a first grade certificate, and Miss Nannie Grist, of Yorkville made the percentage required for a i second grade certificate. Both, however, are under the age limit fixed by law. COLORED?FIRST GRADE. Annie D. Barber, Rock Hill. SECOND GRADE?CLASS B. * i R. E. Jones, McConnellsville; R. H. Comer, Fodder; J. M. Murray, Yorkville ; B. C. Massey, Rock Hill; Ada L. Curetou, Rock Hill; M. M. Murray, Yorkville; Francenia Robinson, Rock Hill; AnnieG. Burt, Yorkville ; Minnie liuri, xorKviue. I.OCAL LACONICS. Until January 1st, 1900. The Twice-a-Week Enquirer, filled with the best and most reliable up-to-date news, will be furnished from the date of this issue until January 1st, 1900, for $1.00. Death of Mr. John C. Hoke. , Mr. John C. Hoke, a prosperous farmer of the Rock Hill viciuity, died last Saturday. He was a young man and was getting along handsomely. Meeting of the Veterans. A meeting of members of Micah Jenkins camp of Confederate veterans was held in the court house on Monday, and the following were elected delegates to the re union to be held at Chester: E. A. Crawford, John D. McConnell, VV. N. Elder, W. B. Williams. Miss Rose Hunter, of Yorkville, was elected sponsor for the camp. Frightened at the Chaingang. Reports from Bullock's Creek township are to the effect that the presence of the chaingang in that section is having quite an influence on the Negroes. The colored brother, as a rule, is wellbehaved in Bullock's Creek township; but the bringing of the cbaingang so close home to him makes him think that Magistrate Plazico would give him time with much less provocation than formerly. Incendiary Fire. Mr. R. Kirk Lowry's cotton house, near Delphos, was destroyed by an incendiary fire last Monday night at ahrmt. 19 nVlnok. Mr. Lowrv says that the fire was of incendiary origin. He and a Negro witness saw the incendiary apply the match, and be shot at the fellow twice, without eflect. He knows the name of the incendiary ; but does not want it published. He has procured a warrant, and is now trying to have it served. Saw Mill Burned. The saw mill plant of Mr. W. Thompson Jackson, near King's Mountain Battle ground, was destroyed by fire last Sunday afternoon. The fire spread from a slab pile that was being burned as a matter of convenience, to get it out of the way. There was no one about tbe mill at tbe time, and the fiames had made considerable headway when they were discovered. Almost everything of value about the "" micBa urns pither destroyed or badly injured. The mule teams had a very narrow escape. The loss, included in which was a large pile of valuable lumber, is estimated at about $2,500. There was no insurance. Escaped Convict. Fort Mill Times, Juue 28: One of the convicts on Mr. B. D. Springs's place, escaped early Monday morning. He bad been sent out to feed the stock, and as oue of the guards was temporarily absent at the house, he managed to elude the vigilance of the other and was about 10 minutes to the good before his absence was noted. Hounds