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Scraps and .facts. ? A bride who deserves a blue ribbon for pluck, resides in Hickman, county, Kentucky. The other day, when she was eloping with her beau, the horse ran, the buggy was upset aud she was thrown out. One of her arms was broken aud the wrist of the other was dislocated. Nevertheless, after the injuries had been attended to by a physician, she insisted that the marriage should go on just as though nothing had happened. Aud she went to the altar with one arm in splints aud the other bandaged and in a sling. ? News from Cuba indicates that the revolutionists are about to take to the woods again. They are growing very impaiieui 01 Aiuer^au utuupatiou, and are not disposed to stand it much longer, in the absence of a definite declaration of intentions. A meeting of war veterans was he'd at Havana a few days ago and the situation was discussed thoroughly. It was decided to present a memorial to the United States government with a view to determining what is to be expected, and unless they are to have control without much delay, they say they will inaugurate the revolution again. ? Adolph L. Luetgert,- the wealthy Chicago sausage manufacturer who was sentenced to life imprisonment, for the murder of his wife, died in the Illinois state penitentiary, at Joliet, last Thursday. Luetgert was convicted on circumstantial evidence of the strongest character, and there was no reasonable doubt of his guilt. Since his death, his attorney, Frank Fay Pratt, has made a statement that in | 1898, Luetgert made a full confession to bim, giving as a reason for the murder bis love for another woman. The lawyer, of course, regarded the confession as absolutely confidential until after Luetgert's death. ? The funeral of Colonel Robert G. IngCrsoll took place at Dobbs Ferry, New York, last Tuesday. Among the attendants were the widow and daughters and Charles Broadway Rouss, the blind New York merchant who had been a life-long friend. There were about 40 people in all. In pursuance of a request previously made by Colonel Ingersoll, John Clark Ridpath read in the presence of the body the last poem that had been written by the colonel. It was entitled "The Declaration of the Free." Rouss then rubbed his hand over the dead man's face and said, "Perhaps he is better now. No one cau understand it." ? The State: Our American censor at Manila is bad enough, but he doesn't seem to be as rash as the Turkish censor in Stamboul. A Greek benevolent society recently sent out an appeal in the form of a circular to the Greeks in the Turkisn capital, l ne circular contained a quotation from one of St. Paul's epistles. The result is said to be that "two days after the publication of the circular a commissary of police from the censor's department called upon the printer and demanded the arrest of St. Paul, who was to be charged with the public utterauce of seditious and politically provocative language." The incident was amusing as well as annoying, but not unnatural for Turkey. In a free republic it is supposed to be different. ? There has been another horrible lynching affair down in Georgia. One night last week three Negroes stepped into a store that was kept by Mr. Ogletree the railroad agent at the station of Saffold. There was nobody about the place except Agent Ogletree and his wife. Three Negroes came in ostensibly for the purpose of making a purchase aud after they had been waited on they drew pistols aud robbed Agent Ogletree of all the money he had. Then they outraged Mrs. Ogletree, and shortly afterward, on the approach of the train, ran away. Mr. Ogletree boarded the traiu with his wife aud they gave the alarm. Crowds of men began to scour the country and by Tuesday night the last of the three Negro fiends was lynched. ? The status of the delegates in the Democratic National Convention of 1890, says the New York Sun, has given rise to some erroneous statements as to their voting strength in that body. In the presidential election of 1896 Mr. Bryan received 130 electoral votes in what are usually called the southern states. He did not secure auy of the eight votes of Maryland, six of West Virginia or twelve of Kentucky, and with these three additions the total electoral vote of the south was 156. Mr. Bryan received 176 votes, so that he obtained twenty more than the south cast collectively, and he obtained eight votes more than Cleveland received in 18S8. There are two delegates in a Democratic National Convention for each elector to which a state is entitled, aud, the representation of the Territories apart, the southern states have votes enough, under the two-thirds rule of Democratic conventions, to bar the choice of auy objectionable candidate, without, howtfvpr hnvinir votes ennutrh to secure v ' v" ? *?c O" ? the nomination of any favored candidate. ? Spartanburg Herald : The statement that Hon. W. C. Whitney, whose shrewd manipulation procured the last nomination of Mr. Cleveland, in spite of seemingly invincible obstacles, has gone to Europe for the purpose of trying to persuade Admiral Dewey to allow his name to go before the next Democratic convention, as a candidate for the presidential nomination, while interesting, was not regarded in Washington as of any particular importance. Mr. Whitney has been hunting for sometime for anybody to beat Bryan, aud has sounded a number of men as to their willingness to contest the nomination with Colonel Bryan. Nobody with the slightest political knowledge has shown any disposition to try to do the impossible, and it is among the possibilities that Mr. Whitney, banking upon Admiral Dewey's ignorance of politics and existing political con ditions, may intercept him somewhere i in Europe and try to persuade him to c attempt it. Those who know him s best say that Admiral Dewey never d changes his mind after having once p decided a question, and that he will c give Mr. Whitney the same answer he i has already given to others on the same 1 question. t (The \lorkrillc (Enquirer. 1 YOItKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1899. ? For a while we thought The State was funny. We do not think so any more. It says there has been no inconsistency in its utterances on' the county question. ^ ? Governor McSweeney has ordered the dispensary constables to obey the supreme court in the matter of carrying concealed weapons. Otherwise, t the governor assures the constables r that they will be liable to prosecution, f ? e ? Washington advices indicate that s the treasury will demand increased j taxation next year. The present taxes, ^ as high as they are, are not sufficient r\ * * ? ~ nnA rrQnOrQ 1 d to meet war ci^cuaco auu lu^ gvuy...? extravagance of the Republican ad- S ministration. Less McKinley and ^ more Bryan would make it right. jj SOCIETY NEWS IN LONDON. e All the personal paragraphs and society c news that appears in the London papers a are paid for except that which relates to c the royal family, the nobility aud the dip- j lomatic corps. If an ordinary citizen v gives a ball or marries off his daughter, v or entertains the Prince of Wales at din- ^ ner, he is compelled to pay for his glory, l Mrs. John W. Mackay, Mr. William Waldorf Astor and other persons, native or foreign, in London society, pay for every notice they receive in the newspapers. J Sometimes the report of a ball or a wedding costs $300 or $400 for every newspa- 1 per it appears in. The following standing I announcement concerning what is known c as the "agency column" will be found in c the Loudon papers: "All society, person- t al and fashionable paragraphs, except f those relating to royalty aud official inci- g dents, will be charged for at a minimum ( rate of one guinea for two liues, each sue- \ ceeding line ten shillings and sixpence { additional." Therefore, wheu any of t your friends in London send you a copy j of an English newspaper containing a personal notice you may understand it j has been paid for.?Philadelphia Press. ? Although many people in this section will be shocked at this information, j it is strictly true. The English news- i paper publishers, along with most ^ northern publishers, recognize that j matter of the kind referred to is of i more value to tbe people concerned than it is to any one else, and it is for that reason that they require pay. People who desire prominence 'recognize the same thing, and where they are able, they are willing to pay such prices as they think will be required to give them prominence. Such conditions cannot well exist in this country. It is to be hoped that they never will exist. For instance, it is noted that royalty and recognized big bugs are boomed free. That is because these people do not require any booming, and those that are not so important desire to get all possible increased importance through the papers. Of course, in England, as here, there are people who profess not to care to have their names in the papers. A small per cent, of these are really sin- . cere in their professions. There are some also who, because of indifferent odors they have acquired, prefer not to be talked about too much. But the individual who objects to having his name published in connection with a really meritorious action or achievements, is necessarily rare. He is a curious bird indeed?one of those people who cares nothing for the approval of bis fellows. Such people, of course, /1a n nt amnnnf tn m n aIi But the paragraph from The Press i does illustrate one poiut very eleaily, and that is the fact that the English I people and the Americans in England r appreciate what other people think of . them, and that they are interested in j having other people know that they s are living. A country paper in this [ country could not think of publishing such matter as this as paid advertis- | iug. It would be unable to preserve its own respect, much less the respect f of the public; but at the same time u such papers do put themselves to a ^ great deal of trouble to publish much x of this kind of matter without getting I paid for it, and in view of the facts here brought out, it seems that these a papers ought to receive at least as much commendation for what they do s print as they do censure for what they ^ leave out. ' MERE-MENTION. { The president has named the mor- v tar battery at Fort Caswell, X. C\, c "Battery Bagley," in honor of Worth p Bagley, who was killed at Cardenas, p General Joseph Wheeler left ?an Francisco last Tuesday for Manila ?n the transport Tartar. The teamer Bertha arrived from the Klonlike last Sunday bringing 97 passeu:ersand 81,000,000 iu gold. Presileut McKiuley is spending his sumner vacation on Lake Champlain. There is a little war talk going on beween Russia and Japan. Six of he largest cottou seed oil mill firms in Texas are being organized into a trust vith a capital of $6,000,000. The irst Chinese pensioner ou the rolls of he United States has gotten there as he result of the Manila bay fight. Ah fu is the name of the pensioner and le will get 830 a month. It is 1 - ?? tir t t> u.%? itatea tuai tion. ?. j. mytm mauged to be a delegate to the next lational Democratic con vention. Vbout 5,000 New York newsboys are >n a strike against the afternoon ediions of The World and The Journal, ,he issue being that the boys claim that he price of the papers is too high by L0 cents per hundred copies. Presiieut Heureaux of the Dominican repubic, was assassinated last Wednesday )y a man named Ramon Caceros, who nade his escape. TUE STATE ALLIANCE. iVhat Was Done at the Annual Meeting In Columbia. <Tews and Courier. The aunual Alliance Convention :ouvened Wednesday in the hall of he house of representatives at 8.30 p. n., President Wilborn announced the ollowing appointments for the presmt meeting: Chaplain J. A. Sligh; teward, W. H. Yeldell; assistant teward, Franklin Bailey; doorkeeper, r. O. Jacques; assistant doorkeeper, V. W. F. Bright; sergeant-at-arms, S. r. McKeowu. The meeting was openid with prayer by the chaplain, J. A. Sligh. The officers present were: J. C. Yilborn, president; J.R.Blake, vice (resident; W. N. Elder, J. S. Shuler, ,nd Joseph L. Keitt, executive comnittee. The roll of counties was callid and the delegates presented their ? J ? Tho nrnuiHont1 otmnintArl rl CUCU tini3< X UC |/i vijivivuv vvv* . committee oq credentials, consisting if A. P. Goodwyu, A. C. Lyles, A. P. lutchison. Col. J. A. Hoyt, ofGreenrille, the publisher of The Cotton Plant, vas present and made au interesting alk about the paper. The paper has >een quite a financial success. During the meeting the address of he president was read. It concludes is follows: "Finally, brethren, after a fair and nanly view of the Alliance organizaion, I would suggest that the quantisation for membership be enlarged, in >rder to make it possible for all paries whose greatest interests are in the arm to be received in full memberihip. We have, perhaps, been a little exclusive and in times past parties vho should have been with us were ilienated for no good reason. The Coton Plant is the recognized organ of he Alliance. I, therefore, take great Measure in urging it upon your attenion, and take pleasure in saying it is i worthy paper." The following is the list of delegates n attendance: Abbeville, R. E. Hill; liken, R. H. Timmerman ; Anderson, r. B. Douthit; Barnwell, J. K. Snellng ; Berkley, T. S. Browning ; Chester, S. T. McKeown; Colleton, J. 0. lacques; Dorchester, L. E. Parler; Sdgefield, W. H. Timmerman ; Florsnce, A. P. Hutchison; Horry, J. A. L<ewis ; Kershaw, J. L. Catoe; Lancaser, J. C. Elliott; Laurens, 0. P. Good vyn ; Lexington, L>. E. J^nra ; iuarion, 3. VV. Smith ; Marlboro, VV. D. Evans ; S'ewberry, J. L. Keitt; Oconee, J. L. Alexander ; Orangeburg, J. W. Stokes ; Pickens, VV. \V. F. Bright; Richland, 3. C. Dupre ; Spartanburg, J. VV. Reid ; [Jnion, A. C. Lyles; York, J. F. Ashe. In addition to the above the followng from the sub-Alliances indicated vere present: 946, Summerville, Lexngton county, James B. Addy; 683, itigbtwell, M. K. Frick ; 301, Sedalia, T. F. Bailey ; 732, Feard, E. L. VViu;ard ; 716, Martin Distall, C. H. Alevine ; 376, Mouut Pilgrim, J. A. Sligh. Total attendance 31. Officers for the ensuing year were ilected as follows: J. C. Alexander, >resideut; J. R. Blake, vice president; f. VV. Reid, secretary and treasurer; r. L. Shuler, member of the executive :ommittee for three years. McKinley's Golden Key.?In an nterview with Gen. Gomez printed in ja Lucba, a Havana newspaper last Veduesduy, the Cuban commander is [uoted as saving: "Never has a >lague more afflicting fallen upon Cu>a than the $3,000,000 asked from President McKinley for the Cuban ioldiers. The money has been the ">?"o nf III will Hmnnc those who. bv ight aud justice, should be eternally inited. "The history of the money is curious, t was thought at first that it ought lot to have been received, as it was a lishouor to the Cubans. The aspect s changed, now, and it should cause >ain to see wandering through Havana oldiers beggiug for what it was 6up>osed they would refuse with serenity. "The formation of the supplemen* ary list of persons incapacitated in he war and the work of payment has ilready cost $6,000. This money was urnished by Governor General Brooke, is the Cubans do not possess the ;round upon which they tread. Those vho do not know the work and ex>ense involved are naturally impatient ind hold responsible some one who in 10 way helped to get the mouey nor isked anyone to receive it. "Those whose names appear on the upplementary lists should not be paid efore those who are on the original ists, so as to preserve order. "As the money was the gift of the American government, I am pained at he interest shown by my soldiers, who rere trained to go hungry on their aarch to liberty. The republic will ay them, but when is uncertain. Im atience will not further matters." LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Wishes you to call on her lor small wares before buying, if you want things cheap. She can furnish you with millinery, notions, hosiery and corsets, and ladies' shoes at 50 cents and 81 that are usually sold at 81 and 83. Rev. G. T. Greshatn?Advertises the Campobello High school and asks you to send to him for a catalogue if you desire lurtber information. N. S. Black?Advertises foranestray bull calf. Grist Cousins?Ilavo two hundred and fifty bushels of cow pease for sale. ABOUT PEOPLE. Colonel W. H. McCorkle has returned home from his vacation. Prof. A. R. Banks, of Rock Hill, was in Yorkville this week on business. Miss Louise Ratchford is visiting relatives and friends in Chester this week. Mr. Edgar A. Poe, associate editor of the Lenoir Topic, was in Yorkville yesterday. Agent W. Berry Cauthen, of the C. & N.-W. R. R., and Mrs. Cauthen are out at Piedmont Springs. Mrs. M. Grist and daughter, Miss I Nina V., of Louisville, Ky., are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Mrs. T. Sumter Bralton and chil- 1 dren are speuding a while with Mrs. Bratton's mother, Mrs. Martha H. I Metts. i Miss Stewart, of Rock Hill, has been ' visiting Yorkville during the past week, and was the guest of Dr. and , Mrs. W. G. White. Mr. Lamar Pegram, of Gastonia, has been spending this week with relatives J and friends in Yorkville, as the guest of his uncle, Mr. J. B. Pegram. Miss Eula Rose left Thursday night ( for Columbia, where she goes to visit i her grandmother, Mrs. W. E. Rose, i and other relatives and friends. j Mrs. D. W. Hicks and children, - Masters Duke and Ollie, returned home last Thursday night from a . month's visit to relatives and frieuds , in Spartanburg county. Miss Ossie Jeffreys, of Cowpens, ' Spartanburg county, arrived in Yorkville Tuesday night on a visit to rela- ' and friends and is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Janie Parish. < GAFFNEY VS. YORKVILLE. The reception that the boys received 1 in Yorkville was anything but cordial. 1 Baring about six gentlemen and the < Yorkville baseball team, who had arrangements in hand, it can only be i said that the remainder of the town J displayed rather coarse manners. The ( baseball boys acted the part of gentlemen. They were somewhat put out because Gaffney secured such a strong J aggregation of ball players; but they never displayed their temper as did the coarser element and the hoodlums.? < Gaffney Ledger. s We are aware of the usual guying 1 that baseballists are accustomed to i deal out to each other. We are aware < also of the incident in connection with < the banner announcing the game between "Piedmont, alias Gaffney, vs. < Yorkville." There are hundreds of 1 people here who do not approve of < either of these things. We are sure > that the statement that "the re- ' mainder of the town displayed rather 3 coarse manners" is uncalled for, and if the writer persists in it, he may ' congratulate himself on having more 1 than gotten even, in kind, for all that 1 he has complained of. We do not as- ' sume, however, that the town of 1 GaffDey is responsible for his remarks, ] or shares in his sentiments. < DOG DAYS. < There has been some local discus- | sion as to the beginning of dog days, , and the matter has been referred to ] The Enquirer, which in turn has consulted various authorities. i Webster's dictionary says : "A period of from four to six weeks, in the < summer, variously placed by the al- I manac makers between the early part 1 of July and the early part of Septem- j ber ; canicular days ;?so called in ref- ] erence of the rising, in ancient times, .< of the df"r star (Sirius) with the sun. , Popularly, the close, sultry part of the summer." ? The dictionary goes on to say that J the conjunction of the rising of the i dog star with the rising of the sun < does not occur at the same time in all < latitudes, and is not constant in the i same latitude for a long period. There* ] fore there is much variation in the calendars with regard to the limit of dog days. ' 1 Grier's Almanac for 1899 gives yes- 1 terday, July 28, as the date on which 1 dog days began in this locality. 1 T'k.rv*.** In /lAmmon cavintr In t hlQ I 1 LIC1 C 10 a W LU UiUU lug *U WM<w section of the country that if there is 1 rain on the first dog day there will be 1 rain for 40 days continuously. Some ' people have July 25 as the first dog ] day, and it raiued on that day in this vicinity. The rain, of course, was not ' general?not quite so general as will 1 be that which will probably fall somewhere on each one of the succeeding 40 duys. CONFEDERATE RE-UNION. , The re-uuiou of South Carolina Con- ( federate veteraus took place at Chester ] on Wednesday and Thursday, and the occasion was a notable one. The attendance of veteraus from the s state at large did not come up to the 1 expectations of tbe local committees; I but there were fine representations 1 from the county of Chester aud the J counties immediately surrounding. j Quite a number of York county ' people went down, some by rail and c others by private conveyance. They 1 were considerably inconvenienced be- c iause of the rain that fell on both e lays; but they are unanimous in the v estimony that there is no discount on v Chester's splendid hospitality. ^ The barbecue was not a great sue- <3 :ess. It was on account of the un- j avorable weather. The committee v lad men at work all Wednesday night r inder improvised shelter, doing all i hey could to contend against the un- ; avorable conditions, and they did very veil; but were unable to make the c Hi" ontiro cnnnoQa Till t. thprP W?S S jlenty of beef, plenty of mutton, 1 ilenty of bread and plenty of every* ,hing. The ladies supplemented the mrbecue with a big picnic dinner, and :his more than made up for the other shortcomings. It seems to be the general opinion .hat had it not been for the rain the "e-uuiou would have been tbe most jnjoyable yet held in the state. Even is it was, it was highly creditable, and practically all who attended are delighted with their treatment. LOCAL LACONICS. [t Will Pay.; There is a good pea season in the ground, and it is hoped that the farmers have taken advantage of it. riils Was a Good Yield. Rev. W. V. 3Ioss, of King's Creek, reports a yield of 151i bushels of wheat from six bushels sown. Altogether he raised 312 bushels. From Now Until New Year's. The Twice-a-Week Enquirer, fill- 1 ~ J ?U ? U/v Uool r> wrl mnoK rol i q K1 p } CU WILLI LUC UCOli auu wv/ov ?viii?w?v news, will be furnished from the date i of this issue uutil Juuuary 1, 1900, for 1 38 cents. i i'orkville and Rock Hill. ] The Yorkville aDd Rock Hill base- , ball teams met ou the local grounds j Tuesday afternoon. Yorkville won j by a score of 11 to 5. The attendance ( was quite small. ( School Enrollment. j The enrollment in the public schools . of York county for the year just closed is 9,650 against 9,580 last year. The per capita distribution of the 3 mill tax will amount to $1.80. I \ Favored Strip. Mr. M. S. Carroli reports that there J is quite an extended little strip out in * bis section?the Carp neighborhood? ' ;hat has not suffered a great deal by 1 :he drought of this summer and that 1 ;he crop prospect is fiue. IVlll Risk It to the Last. t Mr. J. W. McFarland said the other t lay that he would continue to try to f sow peas as late as August 15 unless t be could get a crop in satisfactorily be- i Fore that time. Since the rain, how- t ever, he now feels more comfortable. i Clover's New Combing Machines. Southern and Western Textile Ex- s celsior: The Clover, S. C., Cotton Man- ? jfacturing company have combing ma- 1 chines on the way for their new mill, 1 ind will manufacture No. 40s combed \ hosiery yarn from Egyptian cotton. 1 N'oljody Alarmed. ( Only two or three people have f ibeyed the water "ordinance" within e 1 _I1 t >ne ume prescriueu, uuu ?u iuc uar mce are liable to fine, or service on the chain-gang. The Enquirer has not beard, however, of any arrests. First Cotton For Sutro. Southern and Western Textile Excelsior : A dozen bales of Egyptian cotton are being shipped from Boston ?o the new Sutro Cotton mills, Yorkirille, S. C., which they will spin into hosiery yarns for S. Quihot & Son, Amsterdam, N. Y. \pplled For a Charter. The Rock Hill Roller Mill company, cf Rock Hill, has applied for a charter ;o engage in the manufacture of flour, meal, etc. The capital stock is to be 515,000. The corporators are Sid J. Brown, L. Earle Brown, L. G. Dobson, L. M. Davis. Judgment Below Modified. News and Courier: The following lecision has been filed in the state supreme court: Thomas F. Jackson et al. against Hugh F. Jackson et al. Opinion by Pope, A. J. ; judgment of circuit court modified and action remanded to that court for such further proceedings as may be necessary. Won't Pull Fodder. The Enquirer has information of a number of farmers who propose to dispense with fodder pulling this year, and who, instead, will harvest their corn by cutting the stalks. The scarcity of roughness is calculated to g encourage the experiment, which has already been demonstrated to be a success. | Piedmont and Union. Piedmont and Union had an engagement to pluy three games of baseball c at Union. Union beat Piedmont badly in the first two games and in the third i Piedmont failed to show up. Pre- 1 viously Piedmont had beaten Uniou r badly; but afterward the Union boys re-enforced themselves sufficiently to ? enable them to more than get even. t Uought by J. 11. McAdeu. i Charlotte Observer, Thursday : The 1 Rock Hill (S. C.) Cotton factory was A jnld vesterdnv at nublic auction and P tvas bid in by Dr. J. H. McAden, of t bis city, for the sum of $31,000. Char- a otte was represented at the sale by Dr. McAden and Mr. M. P. Pegram, 1 president of the First National Bank, jj rhe factory was ouilt by a joint stock :ompany several years ago. Mr. A. 2. Hutchison was president of the s :ompany. The factory failed six or s ight months ago. Mr. R. Lee Kerr J vas appointed receiver and the mill vas sold yesterday under bis direction. ^ rhe capacity of the mill is 8,000 spinlies and 400 looms. The sale is sub* ect to a ten days' bid. Dr. McAden vas asked if be intended running the nill himself. He replied that he could ioi say unm me sale was connrmeu. pJ Accidentally Killed. Mrs.-J. P.White received a telegram >n Thursday morning conveying the ad information that her 16-year-old lalf brother, Mr. Carl Whiaonant, had iccidentally killed himself on Wedlesday afternoon. It seems that the foung man was on the back door step ,vith a shotgun, and was handling the veapon rather carelessly, when it was lischarged, the contents taking effect n his breast. He died almost instanty. Mrs. White left for Wilkinsville rhursday afternoon. Dampobello High School. There are quite a number of readers of The Enquirer who will be interested in the advertisement of the Jampobello high school, published in mother column. Rev. G. T. Gresham, me of the principals, is well and favoribly known in this section, and Rev. J. W. Wingo also has a wide reputation is an educator of ability. Campobello s on the Spartanburg and Asheville ailroad, in Spartanburg county. fellow Watermelon. There is a mysterious stranger in the (vatermelon patch of Mr. Wm. Caldivell, at King's Creek, in the shape of i melon that is as "yellow as a pump tin." The patch was planted with nixed seed, and there is a fine crop of * melons in it. One of the vines came jp yellow and grew off yellow. When VIr. Caldwell first noticed it he thought t was dying ; but he has since learned ;bat the vine is as hardy and as vigor)us as is the most hardy and vigorous n the patch, and he is puzzled. Fact s, the whole neighborhood is puzzled. Badly.Needed. In connection with the Sutro Cotton mill there will be an institution that is >adly needed throughout this section. \mong other things, Mr. McClain has bund it desirable to have at hand athes, drill presses and pinion outers, etc. These have also called for a ^ boroughly skilled machinist, who has ilso been procured. There will not >e nearly enough mill work to keep he repair plant busy, and so these acilities will be at the convenience of he public. Mr. McClain, however, vill probably have something authenic on this subject later on. w# "ever at the Factory. A report has been in circulation for ieveral days to the effect that there is in epidemic of typhoid fever at the fork Cotton mills. The matter has >een considerably exaggerated. There vas one death, that of Mr. Wm. Wal- *ace, in the village last week. Three :ases of fever have developed in the amily of Mr. Pugh, who lives on the sdge of the factory grounds. One of hese has recovered. Two cases have leveloned at Mr. Burris's and one has * X ? ecovered. Of the 150 or more people >n the grounds, the reporter has not * leard of any other cases. lock HlU'a Commercial Warehoase. Herald, Wednesday: TheCommer:ial Warehouse Company of Rock Hill vas organized on Monday, the 24th nstant, with R. Lee Kerr, president; fohn S. Lindsay, secretary and treaslrer, and W. T. Williams, custodian of varehouse. The company's authoriz;d capital is $10,000. The warehouse vill be of the standard warehouse class livided into six compartments of 500 rnles each, aud will be fully protected >y water and sprinklers. The site for be location of the buildings has not >een determined upon ; but we learn hat if the necessary arrangements can >e perfected tbey will probably be ereced on the site on West Main street on ,vhich formerly stood Poag's live stock ixchange. The plans of the company -4 ire in the interest of the farmer orothsr owner of cotton, who on account of his enterprise will have the opportuniy of turning their crops to good ac:ount when the price of cotton is low. iVe are assured that the company's eceipts are guaranteed as to quality, juantity, delivery and care by one of he leading surety companies of New j ifork, whose capital, surplus and relerve, is $1,350,000. WAIFS FROM WARREN. )routh Broken at Last?Conditions of the Crops?Xotes About People?Driving Accident. ^ Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Warren*, July 26.?The long drouth rom which we have been suffering for learly three months, was broken this norning at 7 o'clock, when a slow and teady rain began to fall, and continled at intervals from that hour until ibout 4 o'clock in the evening. While he ground is not thoroughly wet there s a good season in it. It came too J ate to do old corn much good ; but it ..:ll Violn mttnn nnn?sid?rablv and Start "" ""'l' ? ? roung corn to growing. The old corn in this section will nake but very little more than forage md not a great deal of that. It is getting rather late for pea sowng ; but its our only chance for winter orage and if the weather is favorable, iy tomorrow night, there will be lots f them plowed in. Today's rain is the first good plow eason we have had in this immediate ection since the last of April. All