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Scraps anil |acts. ? The Baptists of Kentucky are thoroughly aroused over an attack made last week by the Shelby Sentinel, one of the organs of William Goebel, the nominee of the Louisville convention for governor, on the Rev. F. H. Kerfoot, of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary. Dr. Kerfoot, in a recent address, referred to the distressing condition of politics in Kentucky, speaking especially of Goebel's tactics. The Sentinel took up the matter and belittled and derided Ur. iverioot, Dom as a man auu as a minister. On Friday, Dr. Kerfoot brought suit against The Sentinel and its editor, Charles M. Lewis, for $25,000. ? The Labuan correspondent of the Renter Telegram company, cables that reliable news received there direct from Manila says that an indescribable state of anarchy prevails. The Americans, according to these advices, occupy a radius of 15 miles there; around the town of Iloilo they occupy a radius of 9 miles, and around Cebu they occupy a small radius. The rest of the country, it is added, is in the hands of the Filipiuos. The correspondent also says it is reported the Filipinos have murdered the crew of the steamer Saturnus. The steamer Saturnus, of the Compania Martima, coasting under the American flag, was beached under the insurgeant trenches at San Fernando and burned August 2. ? There is an old German fable of a man who was carrying a lot of cheeses home in a wagon. When on the crest of a hill, one of the cheeses was jolted out and rolled down the hill. The man picked up another cheese and rolled it down the hill with instructions to find the first and return. After waiting awhile with neither cheese returning, he rolled another down on the same errand. This process he kept up until not a cheese was left. It looks as if Uncle Sam is rolling a lot of cheeses down the Philippine hill. The first was the payment of $20,000,000 to Spain for the islands, which Spain could not deliver. Since then much more has been spent trying to make the purchase good. ? Charlotte Observer: Arrangements are on foot looking toward the building of a million-dollar mill at or near Gastonia. The main spirits in promoting the scheme are Messrs. George A. Gray and John F. Love, who have done so much for the material advancement of the town. It has not been decided yet whether the mill will be an export mill or cotton duck mill. The cotton duck mills of the country have gone into a combine, and there is a good opening for a mill of this character outside of the combine. The demand for cotton duck is great, and liable to continue so, as there is no prospect as yet, of the Filipinos crying : "Hold ! enough," and Uncle Sam must have duck to clothe and cover his soldiers. The Gastonia people have the money in sight, and it is almost an assured fact that the mill will be built. ? A party of Kokomo fishermen, who have returned from a trip among the unfrequented lakes of northern Indiana, ran across the cabin occupied by Geo. W. Scoville, the lawyer who defended Charles J. Guiteau in his trial for the assassination of President Garfield. It is situated near Mud Lake. Scoville lives the life of a recluse. From an affable and influential lawyer Scoville has grown into a morose and unapproachable hermit. He feels that lie would still be shunned and despised by everybody for his part in trying to save Guiteau on the grouud of hereditary insanity, though he contends that he did nothing more than bis duty. The loss of his wife and other misfortunes that seemed to pursue him added to his melancholy and confirmed him in bis determination to abandon the world. ? Secretary Gage and other officials of the treasury department think that the enormously increased expenditures, which will be made necessary on account of the increase of the army in the Philippines, will not make it necessary for the government to increase the war taxes or to issue bonds. The only possibility of this kind that any treasury official is willing to admit, is that it may be necessary to secure a small loan by issuing certificates of deposit, according to the provisions of the war revenue act; but even this contingency is not expected to arise. The paymaster general of the army has as yet made no estimate of the additional expenditures to be made necessary for the army in the Philippines ; but the treasury department's opinion as to the ability of the government to meet the expenses without embarrassment is based on a fairly accurate idea of what will be demanded in the way of funds. Secretary Gage believes that the expenditure will not be more thau $1,000 a man. If, therefore, every soldier allowed by the army act of the last congress should be enlisted, the cost would be $100,000,000. The cost of maintaining the regular army in time of peace was about $25,000,000 for 25,000 men. Secretary Gage thinks that the income from the war revenue act will be sufficient to meet the increased expenditures on account of the army. ? New York Herald : Arrangements are maturing for the organization of a $50,000,000 dry goods corporation in this city, to control and operate dry goods and department stores throughout the country. The Mercantile Reorganization Company has recently been incorporated iu Trenton, N. J., as a preliminary to creating the big corporation. Men well-known in the dry goods trade have been working on the plau for six months, and, it is said, have interested financiers, who will back the enterprise. It is expected that the corporation will be launched in time for the fall trade. It is proposed to buy retail stores in cities having a population of 20,000 or more. The compauy expects to coutrol from oOO to 2,000 stores throughout the country. Many merchants, I was told yesterday, have already signified their intention of joining the combination. Former proprietors of stores "absorbed by the corporation will be retained as managers and will have interests in the store. They will become stockholders in the company. The parent store will be in this city, as the base of supplies for the branch establishments. Expenses of traveling salesmen will be eliminated and the promoters of the enterprise believe their system will avert the evil of bad debts. It is proposed to control the output of certain mills, and all purchases will be made in immense quantities. In this manner the organizers believe the price to the consumer can be reduced. <shc iljoriu'iUc (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30,1899. ? Statistician Neill should go to the Philippines and secure from General Otis a commission to estimate the number of Filipinos being disposed of daily. ? The experience of York county farmers with wheat growing this year was not generally encouraging. As yet, however, we have not heard of any one blaming it on the land or the climate. All seem to recognize that the trouble lies in the season. It is not often that two bad crop years follow each other in succession. Now is the time to arrange for wheat sowing. ? The Chester Lantern advises that com be harvested by cutting it down as soon as it reaches the proper stage, and that the land be prepared for wheat, which should be put in without unnecessary delay. Although it is a fact that early wheat stands in most danger from the ravages of insects, The Lantern thinks that it is most important to get the wheat well rooted before the cold weather. ? For the sake of harmony in the party, the Atlanta Constitution wants to give up the free coinage of silver. If The Constitution is convinced that it has been wrong as to the righteousness of the silver issue, then it may give the matter up with propriety. But if the Democratic party was right in the last campaign, it is right now, and everybody except the politicians believe that it is better to lose in a good cause than to win in a bad one. I ? The dispute between Great Britain and the Transvaal has about reached the business point. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, made a speech at Birmingham last Saturday, in which he explained that President Kruger was trifling with the issues to such an extent that the government was convinced that it could not tolerate his policy any longer. Unless Kruger comes to something definite the British government certainly will. It is not thought very likely that Kruger will yield to any of the British demands, and there seems to be a very general belief now that the Britishers will have to shoot, in which event, of course, the Boers will try to give them the best they have in their shop. ? Government dispatches of last Sunday report another West India hurricane gathering down south of Martinique. It bad done no damage up to that time; but was being watched very closely. The conditions were such as frequently develop into a disastrous storm ; but which sometimes pass away without doing damage. The weather bureau officials were not alarmed except at the probability of sensational reports that might worry shipowners unnecessarily and cause loss of time, etc. The officials felt confident that if the storm should develop to serious proportions there would be plenty of time for ample warning. The storm of some weeks j* j ago passed, as was suriuiseu 01 iuc time, up the Atlantic. It was encountered by many coastwise steamers, most of which rode it out in safety. They reported the velocity of the wind at 90 miles an hour and over. ? They have been having a lively time down in the vicinity of Darien, Ga., during the past few days. Last week Henry Delegel, a Negro, was arrested on the charge of attempted criminal assault, and the authorities arranged to take him to Savannah. A mob of Negroes collected to take the prisoner away from the officers. It was necessary to call out the militia before' the Negroes dispersed. Then Deputies Townsend and Hopkins tried to arrest John Delegel, a son of Henry. Delegel killed Townsend, wounded Hopkins and escaped to swamps. More than 1,000 Negroes went to the swamps to stand by Delegel. The governor sent to Darien enough mili tia to surround the swamps. Delegel surrendered to the soldiers and bloodshed was thus averted. The whole country was tremendously excited, and for a time it looked as if there was going to be fighting. At last accounts the situation had quieted down ; but good feeling has not yet been restored. ? The Lion and the Bear had a little growl at each other in China the other day. It was with reference to the ownership of some land on the Yangtse-Kiang river, at Han Kow, about 700 miles from the sea. The land was purchased from Chinese citizens in 1863 by the British firm of Jardin, Mathesou & Co.; but was included in a recent concession that the Chinese 1 government made to Russia. Under the advice of Mr. Hurst, the British s consul, the British owners, a few days ago, sent workmen to build a fence around the land. Pretty soon a squad ^ of Cossacks from the Russian consulate appeared on the scene and drove 1 the workmen away. At this the British gunboat Woodlark steamed within range of the Russian consulate and landed a party of blue-jackets to pro1 : l/vrwb-. v tect tne worKtneu, rui a wuc juvh ed as if there was going to be fightiug ; but nothing further occurred, and now the matter is being handled through diplomatic channels. Russia and England are very jealous of each other everywhere, and it is not improbable d that there will eventually be a clash p over their claims in China. g ? c ? It seems to be a settled fact that Colonel L. W. Youmans, of Barnwell, ? intends to be a candidate for the United ^ States senate against Senator B. R. ^ Tillman. Colonel Youmans will be S| remembered as a candidate for the tc office of secretary of state in 1892 in the j old fight between Conservatives and d Reformers. He is an able man and a ? patriotic man, and, so far as we know, a there is not the slightest stain on his " record. If he should go to the United si States senate he would represent the ?] state with credit. We have no idea, ti however, that he will be able to beat Senator Tillman. Neither do we think n C1 anyone else will be able to supplant Senator Tillman. At least that is the \ way it looks now. In getting himself n before the people, Senator Tillman s< committed many grave sins. He made b numerous unfounded charges against j? good citizens, and used other methods that were more or less discreditable; rj but which we are sorry to say, are ft only too common in politics/ But all of that is forgotten now. Tillman the politician and Tillman the statesman, a are two different men. As a polititician, Tillman is not altogether ad- n mirable ; but as a statesman he shows h up much better. He makes a capital senator?a better senator even than he C was a governor. It is not likely that ^ there is a man in the state who could ^ fill the senator's present position with c greater ability or more general satis- w faction. We believe this is the opin- ri ion of the vast majority of the people n of the state. The greatest danger that ^ Senator Tillman has ahead of him is in the event he should seek to return to his former political methods?the policy of stirring up animosity and strife, jThis probably would not insure defeat; v but it would make his success doubtful, j, ? d ? Without intimating the least reflection on any present member of the y general assembly, or on any gentle- S] man who has represented York county 9< in the past, we beg to ask if it is not ^ about time that York county should u send down to Columbia some of her y representative business men. We C think it would be a good idea to have at least one or more representatives of 0 large affairs. We would like to see -u the people vote for a man to whom n the salary would be no consideration y whatever?some man who is in no is sense a politician?and who has not the slightest desire whatever to go. a A man of this class, we think, would ^ be able to accomplish something in the g right direction. He would at least be t) able to suggest some good business li ideas. Two men of this class that we a have in mind are Messrs. J. W. Ardrey, a of Fort Mill; and W. J. Roddey, of j Rock Hill. Mr. Ardrey, for instance, t] is a retired merchant who has made a b success of business, and who is as full ^ of good practical ideas as an egg is of I' meat. He knows the needs of the S) farming and mercantile classes of ^ York county thoroughly, and he has as much patriotism as is generally a found wrapped up in a single individ- t< ual. Mr. Roddey is one of the brightest young men of the county. He is a business success. He realizes fully that the best means to secure the pros- t< perity of the individual is through the f< prosperity of a community. He is big ? enough and broad enough to be of ad- " vantage not only to York county, but ^ to the entire state. Such men would <? reflect on the community that elects w them the greatest credit. We have it not consulted either of these gentlemen about making such a free use of their names. We have not the slightest idea that either one of them wants to go to the general assembly ; but, on the contrary, consider it very doubtful . as to whether either could be induced 11 to go. Still, we feel confident that it would be a great thing for this upper ? part of the state if it should commence aoloetinnr na ito renresentnfivps in f.lie ^ s< general assembly, such men as these . two. v How They Prevented the Marriage.?A special of August 28 to the ^ Raleigh News and Observer from Durham, N. C., says : Rufus Scoggins and James Parker, two young men of b East Durham, are to be tried tomorrow fi morning at 9.30 o'clock on a warrant g charging them with conspiracy. The g] young men are supposed to be the . ones who kidnapped Dallas Scoggins, while he was on his way from one " room of the house to another to be si married to Mattie Creel. The war- tl rants read as follows: "Rufus Scog- p gins, Jas. Parker, conspiracy : Did a unlawfuliy, wilfully and feloniously j' stop a marriage ceremony by violently snatching the groom, Dallas Scoggins, _ from the side of the would-be bride, it Mattie Creel, and forcibly carrying p him away. This being done as the p couple was mrrching ou to be united in wedlock." ci ^OCAL AFFAIRS. INI)KX TO NKW ADVERTISEMENTS. amuel Youngblood, Executor?Gives notice to the debtors and creditors of Mrs. C. A. Youngblood, deceased. . P. Lowrance? Has just received a supply of Armour's Vienna sausage and fresh hams. [. C. Strauss?Left for the northern markets on yesterday morning, and promises to buy a stock of goods and sell them at prices that will defy competition. He says that he has instructed his clerks to clean out his summer poods of everv deserintiou without re gard to price. V. H. Hicklin, Guthriesvillo?Gives notice that his ginnery is in thorough repair and that he is prepared to accommodate customers with either the round or square bale. CLOVER MILL DIVIDEND. The News and Courier of last Saturay indulges in the following bit of leasantry that will prove more or less ratifying to readers in this part of the ountry: Having fallen into an error of statelent, our careful Yorkville corresponent very frankly corrects in his letter esterday, as follows: "In this correspondence last week the latemont was made that the Clover Cot>n mill had earned and declared a diviend of 41 per cent, for the year ending line 30, 1809. This is a mistake. This ividend was only 31 per cent. Your corsspondont did not get his information om an official of the company; but from gentleman largely interested in the lanufacture of cotton, whom he had very reason to believe considered the iatement absolutely correct. All the ther statements as to the past record of je mill have been verified and are enrely correct." Of course if the little South Carolina lill made a profit of "only 31" per ent. on its capital, as the result of ne year's work, it is proper to say so. ^hen a cotton mill in a new field is rnking money at a rate to pay for itelf in about tbree years, it should not e credited witb making it at a rate to ay for itself in two years and a half, t is well to be particular about such latters, and our correspondent did igbt, therefore, in reducing his figures om 41 per cent, to "only 31 per cent." Only 31 per cent, was very fair for tie famous little mill, however. There re mills in the United States that ould hide it in one of their picker Doms, with space to spare, which have ot made as much money this year, or i half a dozen years. Altogether the stockholders in the Hover Cotton mill may well congratuite themselves, in face of their sore isappointment, that matters are no rorse than they are, and try to be as heerful as they cau. Perhaps things nil be better next year, and witb igid economy and continued good lanagement they will be able to make oth ends meet?and lap half way ound?once more. ENFORCING THE LAW. Mayor John J. Waters, of Rock [ill, writes the governor as follows ;ith reference to his recent circular of iquiry about the enforcement of the ispensary law: x ? . ? ri? nr 1J \ JJEAR OIK: wuuiu imve wiiucn ou earlier ; but was under the impresion that circular letters were to be ?nt to mayors and inteudants, etc. If a, have never received a letter of this ind from you, and may be laboring nder a wrong impression. Have seen our circular letter published in the lolumbia State. Hence, am aware of s contents and will write you withut further delay. Rock Hill is one of the border cities I our state, with daily railroad conections with Charlotte, N. U., and rhile we have no dispensary here, it i quite easy to get liquor from Char>tte and other places. We have, as II cities similarly situated, to contend lore or less with "blind tigers." I ave, ever since my induction into ofce here last Jauuary, sought to have le dispensary law enforced by our poce within our city, and have been enbled by their assistance to convict nd sentence to the county chaingang sveral parties for violating this law. shall continue to do my best to have iiis law enforced, as I regard it as the est solution of the liquor problem. ret I feel sure, in order to have it ronerlv enforced and made to give itisfactory results, that the employ)ent of good men as constables will e necessary, to a greater or less ex;nt; more especially to render assistnce in enforcing the law in the cities, )wns aud country in the bordercounes. Then again it is very apparent bat the most satisfactory results are lways obtained when persons are mployed to specially look after violajrs of the law than when left entirely >r its enforcement to persons and offiers who have a multitude of other uties to perform along with this reponsibility. We have a city ordinance known as The Dispensary Ordinance," and I 'ill, I assure you, do my best to have > enforced. NEW MONEY ORDER BLANKS. Miss Maggie Moore, postmaster at rorkville, has received a sample of the lanks for the new style of money orer that is to supplant the form now 1 vogue, after September 4. The new form is smaller than the Id, being in the shape of a bank check, "here will be a stub receipt.for the relitter, and a manifold copy will be 2nt to the office upon which the order i drawn as a notification and to preent fraud. thfi hnok of the order a SDace as been provided for the stamps of anks through which it may be passed >r collection. In color the order is lue, having a light blue ground, with ne, closely interlaced, tinted lines of eometrical lathe-work, of darker fiade. In the centre is an escutcheon earing the words, "Postal Money Orer," in shaded capital letters of the irne two tints of blue. The tint of le order and lathe-work, will serve to revent imitations; but as an addition1 safeguard against counterfeiting, a orizoutal water-mark, composed of ae initials, U. S. M. O., in broad, cupal letters, has been wrought into the aper on which the new forms are rinted. Through the process mentioned (the arbon, or manifold process) the or der and the advices are produced simultaneously. By the same operation the essential particulars of name of payee, date, amount and place of payment, as written in the order, are duplicated, or reproduced, and made to appear in the advice precisely as in the order. The liability to mistake is thus greatly lessened, and a saving of time effected. Discrepancies between order and advice, which, by entailing additional correspondence and causing delay in payment, have heretofore been a source of annoyance to the department and postmasters, as well as to remitters and payers, are prevented, and absolute uniformity between the order and advice insured. The dispatch of advices, which hitherto have not been made out until after issue of the orders, will also be accelerated. The receipt, which is to be furnished by the issuing postmaster to the remitter, showing the number and date of the order and the amount for which issued, is also, in the main, a reproduction by the carbon process of the writing and stamping on the order, heuce must necessarily agree therewith. The adoption of a receipt has not hitherto been practicable. It will tend to popularize the postal money order, sup plying more tnan an else wnat wag needed lo make it, in the estimation of the public, a perfectly satisfactory vehicle for the transmission of small sums. WITHIN THE TOWN. The reporter inquired of Intendant Carroll yesterday as to whether he had received one of the governor's circular letters with reference to the dispensary law. He said he had not received a word from the governor, and consequently has not seen fit to reply to the circular. If requested to do so, however, Intendant Carroll will not hesitate to give his views on the situation. Messrs. Kimball & Kerr's livery stable is about complete and they expect to get established in it before the close of the week. Mr. J. R. Ashe, one of the best informed cotton men in this section, takes no stock whatever in Neill's 12,000,000 bale prediction. He said the other day that he would be willing to bet Mr. Neill $1,000 that he will not come within 1,000,000 bales of the correct figures. "I have never known a foreign topio to excite so much interest as the Dreyfus trial is exciting," said a gentleman to the reporter, a few days ago. The gentleman believes that Dreyfus is not guilty ; but that, all the same, he will be convicted again. People who are interested in agricultural implements, may take it as a fact that there will be a decided advance in price after January 1. Manufacturers everywhere are so notifying, their agents. It is a trust arrangement. Only a few bales of cotton have been sold on this market within the past few weeks. Cotton buyers expect business to be lively within a short time. The hot, dry weather has been very severe on shade trees. One, at the corner of Congress and Liberty streets, is practically dead, and people are unable to assign any other cause than the drouth. Chief of Police Love kept the loafers off the streets while the people were going to church last Sunday. One man who selected a comfortable ooot /\r? a Mrnup nnsf. was in the cala OVUW VU M W? ?JV? I'wwv .. boose within five minutes. The chief is not talking about this matter ; he is (loiug. It is a fact that a number of people are begining to ignore the bicycle ordinance with reference to riding on sidewalks. If these people will take a friendly tip they will be exceeding careful. A good rain Monday afternoon brightened up the situation wonderfully. Captain W. B. Moore, of the Jasper Light infantry, has been advised from the adjutant and inspector general's office, that Colonel Frost will be up next Saturday morning for the purpose of inspecting his company. The company only received its arms and accoutrements a few days ago, and has had but little opportunity to do any drilling. The men, however, are working every night and between times, and are determined to get themselves in as good shape as possible. They have orders to assemble at the armory for inspection next Saturday morning at 6 o'clock. Colonel Frost desires to complete the inspection in time to enable him to take one of the morning trains. ABOUT THE ARMY WORM. Captain A. B. Mulligan, of Spartanburg, sent specimens of the suspected army worm to the agricultural department, aud was informed that it was the genuine article (leucania unipucta). He also received a circular descriptive ot tbe Jite ana nanus 01 me insect together with remedies and preventative measures. The circular is herewith reproduced from the Spartanburg Herald of last Sunday : "There is never any demand upon this office for remedies for the army worm until it is almost too lute to do any good. There are certain old-time measures which may be adopted to protect certaiu fields from advancing armies, like the plowing of a furrow with its perpendicular side towurds the field to be protected and the subsequent dragging of a log through the furrow to keep the earth friable and kill the worms which have accumulated in the ditch ; and another is the sprinkling of a strip of pasture or field crop in advance of an army with Paris green or London purple in solution. In fields which the caterpillars have already entered there is little which can he done for their destruction which does not also involve the destruction of the crop. The fields may be sprinkled by means of a broadcast sprayer with an arsenical solution, or they may be rolled with a heavy roller if the ground is level, or a hock of sheep may be sent in, which will result in crushing most of the worms by trampling. "In the great majority of cases, however, these latter measures are unnecessary, for the reason that nature herself almost always takes a hand in the reduction of the excessive numbers of the insects, either by unfavorable weather conditions, or natural enemies and parasites, so that it is extremely rare that we hear of one army worm outbreak immediately following another. "In general, therefore, it may be said that as soon as the worms are discovered to be exceDtionally numer ous in a given field (and, as a matter of fact, they are first almost invariably restricted to the immediate neighborhood of some definitely limited, permanent breeding place), all energies should be devoted to the protection of the surrouuding crops by the means mentioned above, and the destruction of the worms in the fields first attacked may be safely left to the last. "There are many localities in which the army worm is never seen, or rather, is never known to be injurious, and these localities owe their exemption undoubtedly to the unconscious use of preventative measures. Clean cultivation, rotation of crops, cleaning up fence corners, close pasturage, the burning over of waste grass land in spring or fall are all preventative measures of great value, since, where these methods are in vogue, the army worm will never be able to get a migratory start, or, in other words, it never becomes so abundant as to necessitate migration. "Bearing in mind the fact that the insect breeds normally in rank grass, such as is usually found along the edges of swamps (not in swamps, for the insect must have comparatively dry earth in which to pupate,) or ,in accidentally over-fertilized spots in pasture lauds, aud it feeds normally only upon true grasses, the farmer who has once suffered from army-worm attack may easily prevent its recurrence by winter burning or by rotation and clean cultivation. "In cases where the worms have already entered a valuable field of wheat before the farmer has become aware of their presence and too late to render ditching of any avail, some little good may be accomplished if the majority of the worms are full grown, or nearly full grown, by the old method of "dragging the rope." Two men, each having hold of the end of a rope, are sent all through the field, and the rope is dragged over the heads of the grain. The backward jerk of the stalks jars the caterpillars to the ground, and they are unable to ascend to the heads again for some little time. This is a laborious process, however, and has to be repeated almost immediately. It is only to be undertaken where the number of worms in a field is comparatively small and where these are, as before stated, full grown or nearly full grown, since in this case they will stop feeding and enter the ground in a day or two." ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Will Reed, of Lancaster, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville. Congressman Finley has been spending several days in the lower part of the district. Colonel R. E. Allison, of Lancaster, has been visiting relatives and friends in York county. Miss Loula McClain gave a pleasant "at home" to a number of friends on last Friday night. Miss Bessie McConnell, of Yorkville, left yesterday for Raualesburg, N. C., to visit friends. Miss Jennie White, of Chester, is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of her brother, Dr. W. G. White. W. W. Dixon, Esq., and family, of Union, are visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Mr. J. F. Wallace. Miss Mamie Hughes, of Union, who has been spending the summer in Yorkville, has returned home. Miss Carrie Farr, of Clinton, is in Yorkville visiting Misses Georgia, Annie and Mary Jo Witherspoon. Mrs. Lula Rowell, of Lancaster, is visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville, and is the guest of Mrs. M. F. Jones. Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Neville and Mrs. Neville's mother, Mrs. Aiken, are visiting relatives and friends in Rock Hill. Miss Belle Schorb, of Columbia, returned home yesterday after a pleasant visit to Miss Nellie Schorb, in Yorkville. jyirs. l. Li. unnton, 01 uasionia, returned home yesterday after speuding a few days in Yorkville with Mr. Jno. M. Hope's family. Miss May Crosby, of Sharon, is visiting friends in Yorkville, aud is the guest of Miss N. Ophelia Davidson, on East Liberty street. Dr. VV. I. Witherspoon, of Sheffield, Ala., is spending a short vacation in Yorkville, on a visit to the family of his father, Judge I. D. Witherspoon. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright left on last Monday night to visit Mr. James H. Riddle in Baltimore. Dr. Cartwright expects to be absent for not less thau a week. Mr. H. C. Strauss left on yesterday morniug for the northern raurkets to buy a fall and winter stock of goods for his store. He will be absent for about two weeks. Miss Nettie Taylor, who has been visiting in Yorkville for the past few weeks as the guest of Miss Lessie Witherspoon, returned to her home at Charleston yesterday. Misses Minnie aud Kate Cody left last Friday for a visit to Hendersonville, N. C. Miss Minnie expects to remain for about six weeks, and Miss Kate about two weeks. Miss Sybel Bethel, who has been spending the past month in Yorkville with her college friend, Miss Mary E. Schorb, on West Liberty street, return ed to her home at Key West, Fla., on Tuesday. LOCAL LACONICS. Convict* Escape. Four convicts escaped from B. D. Springs's plantation in Fort Mill township on Monday of last week and car ried off a rifle and revolver which they took from the guards. One of the convicts was afterward captured. Several Cages of Fever. Constable R. L. Scoggins came down from Hickory Grove yestorday with the information that there were several cases of fever in the vicinity. There is more or less fever in all parts of the county. Price of Cotton Picking. The Enquirer understands that cotton pickers in this vicinity are being paid from 25 to 30 cents per hundred pounds. Thi9 seems to be as much as is warranted by the condition of the crop and the market price of cotton. Until January 1st, 1899. the twice a-week IliNQUIKEK, filled with the best aud most reliable news, will be furnished from the date of this issue until January 1, 1900, for 68 cents. For $2 we will give The Enquirer for one year and a muslinbound copy of Rev. J. H. Ingrabam's "Prince of the House of David." Mr. Kiddle's Bell Team. Charlotte Observer, Friday: Mr. G. L. Riddle, of Zeno, S. C., whose bell team attracts attention in Charlotte every fall, was here yesterday. He is about the only farmer in the entire south who keeps up the ante-railroad custom of attaching bells to the harness of the teams that draw his wagons. The original purpose of the bells was to scare the bears. Agricultural Implements. v Mr. C. H. Smith has quite a number of improved agricultural implements and be knows bow to use them. To the reporter he said recently: "I do not see bow a farmer can get along at all without a disk harrow and a mower. To me, these two machines are simply indispensible." Unfortunately there are hundreds of farmers in this section who try to get along without either one of these machines. The Dry Weather. Mr. G. C. Leech, of Hickory Grove, is of the opinion that the past season is the dryest within his recollection. He says there are several ponds on his place that have entirely dried up; something that he never knew them to do, even in 1881. He admits, however, that this is not conclusive evidence for the reason that ponds fill up more or less every year and there may have been a much greater depth of water in 1881. Roseubaum's Rough Riders. Lincoln Journal: A party from Rock Hill, S. C., returning from a mountain trip, camped Sunday at the McDaniel spring. The party was composed of Messrs. A. F. Ruff, Harry Elliott Ruff, Eugene Hutchison, Hiram H. White, Lindsay Hunter and Hope Sadler, and two servants. They trav- . eled in a wagon and carriage, with a complete camping outfit. They visited Chimney Rock and other interesting points. The party dubbed themselves "Rosenbaum's Rough Riders." The Journal bad the pleasure of meetiDg Mr. A. F. Ruff, a pleasant gentleman and a leading citizen of one of the livest South Carolina towns?Rock Hill. Last Union Meeting. In pursuance to a very pleasant arrangement, perfected some time back by the respective pastors, the various Yorkville churches have been holding Sunday night services during the summer in common. The last meeting of the series was held in the Presbyterian church last Sunday night and was conducted by Rev. W. G. Neville and Rev. J. C. Johnes, the sermon being preached by Rev. Mr. Johnes. Both ministers expressed themselves as highly gratified at the result of the services, for both seemed to be of the opinion that some good had been accomplished. Revs. Brunson, Reaves and Grier were out of town and did not participate. The Union meeting, have generally been well attended. Death of Mrs. Orler. A Morganton, N. C., special, of August 26, to the Charlotte Observer, gives the following: "Mrs. Margaret Grier, of Charlotte, died at 4 o'clock - ; j ~r tins morning at tne resilience ui u? friend, Mrs. D. E. Pearson, where she was visiting. Mrs. Grier seemed in her usual health until the last day or two and was able to receive her friends yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Grier had numerous friends in Morganton, to whom the unexpected announcement of her death this morning was a great shock. The remains will be taken to Charlotte this afternoon." The deceased was the widow of the late Thomas Grier, and a sister-in-law of Colonel W. H. McCorkle, of Yorkville. She was aged about 63 years. Rumors of Consolidation. There is considerable stir in mercantile circles over in Lancaster, and tbe stir extends to the country people. Mr. William Ganson sold out last Wednesday to Heath, Springs & Co., and will retire from business. It is understood that Mr. Ganson's health is very poor, and that it is his purpose to return to Scotland. But this is not the entire cause of the stir. Another story has it that the Farmers' Banking and Mercantile company, and Heath, Springs & Co. are going to consolidate, and there is a fear in the country that this consolidation will operate to a greater or less extent like a trust. Mr. Ganson's sale of his store in Lancaster, The Enquirer understands, will