Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 29, 1899, Image 2
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.
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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
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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
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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