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Scraps and jfact.s.
? Lieutenant Victor Blue, of the
Uuited States battleship Massachusetts,
was married in New York last Tuesday
evening to Miss Elleu Foote Stewart.
Lieutenaut Blue is a native of
South Caroliua, from which state he
went to Annapolis. He is the officer
who made a tour around Santiago and
discovered to a certainty that Cerveru's
fleet was in the harbor. Lieutenaut
- - J ** T>l ?:ll 1
ana lurs. X>IUe Will sprim men uuuejrmooD
in the south with relatives.
? At MuDcie, Ind., MissGoldie Cocbrau,
aged 14, struck a burglar in her
room, a few days ago, with a silverbacked
hair brush, and the unknown
man will die as the result. The man
was detected carrying a valuable clock
from the residence, when the girl commanded
him to drop the time-piece.
This he did, and, closiog the door,
turned upon her, when she threw the
brush, striking him in tbe temple. He
fell to the floor and has remained unconscious
since.
? One of the Chicago banks has in
its possession a remarkable check,
which it recently cashed for a deposi- !
tor. The latter, who is a stock raiser,
owed a contractor $800 for the construction
of some large corn cribs.
When the builder demanded his money |
tbe stockman felt in bis pockets for
paper on which to make out a check,
and finding none, he wrote the order
on a shingle, using a marking pencil.
It was honored, and the president of
the bank bad it framed as a curiosity. '
? Here are the somewhat Hoggish
views of ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas,
on the Philippine question: "It is
now the duty of the United States to
shoot h?1 out of the Filipinos, and
bring the war to an end. We have already
expanded. When the $20,000,000
which the last congress voted for
that purpose was paid to Spain for 1
the Philippines the United States got
all the title there was to those is- <
lands, and we have expanded in defiance
of the Texas Democratic platform.
The Philippines, now belong to ,
the United States. It is for the next
congress to say what we shall do with
them."
? The .New York World has figured
out that in bis western stumping tour
President McKinley used the word (
"patriotism" 193 times, "the flag" 176
times and "Providence" 104 times.
The World cleverly adds : "A careful
reading of the whole series of orations 1
discloses two interesting facts : First,
That in Mr. McKinley's mind the three
words are synonyms, which he uses
as the exigencies of oratory direct to
convey a single idea. Second, That all
three are masks of modestv worn bv ,
the pronoun of the first person singu- '
lar. Disguised as 'Providence,' Mr.
McKinley bought the Philippine war
from Spain. Disguised as 'The Flag,'
he has been and is 'assimilating' Fili- i
pinos, with the soil of their native
land. Disguised as 'Patriotism,' he is
shouting for the confounding of all
traitors who dare to murmur against
his performances as 'Providence'or his
deeds as 'The Flag.' "
? The British side of the difficulty is
now coming out. According to the :
British version, the first clash with the
Boers was occasioned by the British
objection to Negro slavery. When
the Boers left Cape Colony and
finally established themselves in the
Transvaal, they provoked a war with
the Zulus aud were so hard pressed
that it was Decessary for the British to
come to their assistance. After much
bloodshed the British conquered the
Zulus, and although they could have
easily assumed sovereignty of the
Transvaal, they preferred to leave the
government of the couutry to the
Boers on condition that all white men
should be guaranteed equal rights and i
privileges. There was no further
trouble until after the discovery of ,
gold, which brought thousands of emigrants
into the country. From the
first the Boers saw that they would be
eventually outnumbered by strangers, '
and to prevent this they persisted iu a
policy which discriminated agaiust all
but natives. In this they constantly
violated the agreement of 1884, and
the real cause of the present war is
not so much the desire on the part of
England to acquire the rich gold mines
that are located in the Transvaal terriit
t/\ (rnurunthh nil Fnitliuh*
IUI J j ao IV JO IV gUUI Ull VVV M?l
men the rights to which they are entitled
by virtue of their education, intelligence,
progress aud civilization.
? This is the way Mr. Bryan talked
to Kentucky bolters at Stanford last
Tuesday : "I would not deserve your
confidence if I stayed in Nebraska and
allowed bolting Democrats to play on
my name. If bolting Democrats want
to vote for Republicans, or for a Democrat
put up in opposition to the regular
nomiuee of the party, let them do
it; but let them come boldly aud slate
their real object aud not claim they
are doing it to save me. I know something
of bolters. There were some iu
1896. [Laughter.] Only the bolters
of 1896 said they bolted because of
principle, aud a bolt agaiust a principle
is higher than a vote agaiust a person.
I regard a principle as infinitely more
important than a person. What did
the bolter do in 1S96? He helped to
elect the president and everything that
the Republican president hasdoue that
bolter who helped to elect him is re
4V.V/M1 r* orAtruvimt* ci erne
spuusiuie jvi . i uui w.b??
the credentials of the electors who
represeut the people of this state in
the electoral college, and sometimes
the election is close. It was close iu
1896, if I am not mistaken. * [Laughter.]
I have my suspicions that it was
closer on the count than it was on the
vote. [Laughter and applause.] I
have heard it said that General Hardin
was defeated in 1895 because a great
many men who had a right to vote did
not put their votes into the ballot box,
and I have a suspicion that we lost
Kentucky in 1896 because a great
many votes were put into tbe ballot
box that had no individuals entitled to
vote behind them. [Applause.] I
know that the contest in which we
were engaged was a great contest?a
contest where victory was so important
to the great aggregations of wealth
that they contributed to a campaign
fund the most magnificent ever used in
any campaign in the United States."
She 3(orhviUc (fnquirrr.
YORKVIIjLE, 8. C.:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1899.
? The state board of coutrol lias ordered
that all XXX bottles containing
X liquor be returoed to the state dispensary,
re-analyzed and relabeled with
an X. No provisiou is made for rebates
to purchasers of X in XXX bottles,
and Deither is it explaiued just
how the fraudulent bottles are to be
gathered up.
? jdr. J. Dudley Haselden, former
chairman of the present state board of
control, is out in a card in which, among
other things, he accuses Ouztsof eavesdropping.
Eavesdroppiug, of course,
is a low down business; but after all,
the question is did the eavesdropper
tell the truth? Don't lose sight of
the main issue.
? A Manila dispatch says that General
Otis has received a dispatch purporting
to be from General Pio del Pilar,
offering to sell out his army and deliver
AguiDaldo into the hands of the
Americans for the sum of $500,000.
The authenticity of the letter is not
positively established ; but it is very
likely a forgery. The dispatch says
that, of course, General Otis would not
accept the proposition, even if be were
assured that it bad been made in good
faitb.
? The general opinion seems to be
that it would have looked much better
for Ouzts, if be bad said bis say with
regard to the dispensary before he lost
bis job. This is true ; but at the same
time there is no reason why we should
allow this to divert us from the main
issue. Ouzts does not count for anything.
In withholding "what be knew
be was as deep in the mire as the others
were in the mud, and the only question
now to be considered is whether
his stories are true. If his stories are
true, his motive in telling them has no
bearing on the case whatever. There
is as much reason for proceedings as if
the information had been procured in
any other legitimate way, and there
may be as much reason for proceeding
against Ouzts himself as against the
others.
COLUMBIA WINS.
And the Queen'** Cup Will Remain In
America.
Sir Thomas Lipton, the owner of the
Shamrock will have to return to England
without the cup that be hoped to
take back. In the second race last
Tuesday, the Columbia won again.
There was an unfortunate accident
on Tuesday, however. The wind was
stronger than it bad been at any time
previous, and at the time the two
yachts started was blowing at the rate
of about 15 miles an hour. About 25
minnroc after t he start t he Shamrock's
topmast gave ?vay aud her enormous
club topsail, containing about 15,000
feet of canvas, came rattling to the
deck. Fortunately nobody was hurt;
but this settled the fate of the cup.
Under ordinary circumstances, it
would have been the part of generosity
for the Columbia to have declined
to continue ; but it appears that these
contests are intended to determine superiority
of construction as well as
speed. Furthermore, the contestants
had entered into a written agreement
covering just such a contingency and
both sides considered the accident as
in the same nature us a beat.
When the accident happened the
Columbia, which had started under
disadvantages, was already 300 yards
or more ahead, and there was every
reason to believe that she would have
won the race even more easily than on
the day before. She covered the 30
mile course in 3 hours and 37 minutes,
against 4 hours aud 54 miuutes on
Monday.
There was no race, of course, on
Wednesday as the Shamrock had to
hnve time in whitth fo make renalrs.
An attempt to sail the third race of
the series was made on Thursday.
The wind died down, however, before
the race was completed and it was declared
oil'. The Columbia was leading
by about three miles. There seems to
be no longer any doubt, but that the
Columbia will win "three straights."
MERE-MENTION.
Fifty-five members of the Savannah
Cotton Exchange, last Tuesday
registered guesses 011 the size of the
cotton crop. The average was 10,264.103
bales. The oyster shuckers
of Norfolk have gone out on a strike.
About 3,000.000 feet of lumber
was destoyed by lire at Milton, Fla.,
last Wednesday. Tbe prize fight
between Jeffreys and Sharkey is to
take place on Friday, November 3.
Admiral Dewey is to arrive in Atlanta
next Tuesday uud will leave on Thursday.
Tbe newpaper, Patria, edited
in Manila by a Spaniard, has been
suppressed for hostility to Americans.
Avery Kale, a white man, was
hauged at. Newton, N. C., on last
Thursday for murdering George Travis
last year Steel mills to cost
$5,000,0*00 are to be erected at Cleve
land, 0. It is reported that the
yellow fever is disappearing both at
New Oi leans and Tampa. The
Forty-sixth regiment, on its way from
Massachusetts to Manila, has been
temporarily hung up at Cincinnati, O.,
on account of the drunkenness of a
large number of its members.
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.
t uuic iUUON ? nncn n *\aiciu?/ovwj;.v Iivn
of the Giddy Wlilrl.
Kditor of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Thinking something from the city of
4 Hocks" would be of interest to your
umny readers I send the following :
lloek Hill -is certaiuly ou the up
grade, as witness the following. Dr.
Crawford is building a $2,700 house;
Mi-s Sue Smith has just linished a
$2 500 bouse; Miss Sullie Gibson is
ttuishinga $2,100 house; Mr. Wroton
is building a $2,500 house ; Mr. Whitner
is building a $3,000 home ; Mr. Paul
Workman is finishing a fiue three story
store room. Besides, there is a number
of smaller residences going up ranging
from $600 to $1,200. I have lived here
for 24 years, and have never 9een as
much substantial improvements going
on. Somebody must have money.
Our farmers are prospering, our merchants
grumbling, our mechanics have
plenty to do.
We have seven ministers who seem
to live on the fat of the land, and give
us about 35 minute sermons, and some
of them are long enough.
I am in my 73rd year. We had a
44golden wedding" at our home on the
16th of August last, and had a fine
time with four children and 14 grand
cbildreu and about 150 guests. Our
friends rememoered us with about 57
gold presents, among them a fine gold
watch and chain from my Masonic
brethren.
Wrbi!e ruminating in my mind about
dear old Yorkville away back in the
forties, I call to mind such men us
fnlnnul fJpnruA Stpplp Dnnnm
Witherspoon, H. F. Adickes, John E.
Grist, Star Moore, James Jeffreys,
Stanhope Sadler and a host of others
who have crossed the river, and I wonder
why I am spared so long, which
almost makes me a Calvinist, and come
to the conclusion that I haven't got
anything to do with it; but to wait and
see, trust and hope.
I see France had a great Dreyfus
trial; but we can beat that, for South
Carolina is having a greater wet fuss
trial over the changing of some letters
called the One X and the Three X being
changed on the South Carolina
beverage commonly called "Ben Tillman's
Tonic." But I reckon the changing
of the letters won't change the
virtue of the whisky, for I am told if
you drink enough of it it will make
both a dry and wet fuss. But such is
life and the dispensary is all right if
rightly managed. It is said no honest
man will sell whisky. I can't tell?
never having sold any; but I know
some honest men who drink, for I have
taken a little for my stomach's sake
myself. We have all kinds of people
for all kinds of work from the president
of the United States down to a
gentleman saddler. Bill Arp says that
God takes care of children, drunkards
and the United States government, so
we need not be alarmed ; it will all
come right. I suppose that those who
live through next year will see a great
many changes, especially in the political
world. Some will step down and
some will step up, and the world
moves on and people will die and get
married until Gabriel blows bis born,
if he has one. And such is life.
On last Saturday we had a football
game?Cleinson against DavidsoD.
There was a large crowd of people.
Clemsom won by a majority of 10 to 0,
so I am told. There was lots of betting
on the game. Hundreds of dollars
changed hands. I heard a good elder
in the church say it was a game of
physical strength and not of any
scieuce at all. Some of our ministers
were there who would kill a circus.
So it goes?
That the preachers in their pulpits
Aud don't you hear them say,
From the circus and the ballroom,
You had better stay away?
They will hang out their face
As long as your arm
And hand around the money bag,
And where is the harm?
And such is life, or words to that
eflect. Uncle Miles.
Rock Hill, S. C., October 17.
A Leaf From the Past.
The followiug is from a Pennsylvania
paper. Colonel Simontou's visit
to Due West is well remembered by
many citizens of that place: "Dr. W.
M. Grier, president of Erskiue college,
at Due West, S. C., died suddenly of
appoplexy Sunday. ur. uner pam u
visit a few years siuce to his benefactor,
the late Major S. C. Simouton, of the
Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania regiment,
Clarksville. At the battle of Williamsburg,
the fortunes of war left the
young Confederate, Grier, a prisoner,
seriously wounded, iu the hands of
Simonton's regiment. The gallant and
kind-hearted Federal took compassion
on the youth, for he was a mere lad in
his teens, supplied special surgical attention,
and when able to be moved
Simouton gave him money, every dollar
he possessed, to aid the boy to
reach his southern home, there to die
in the arms of his family, as Simouton
believed, aud has often related the
affecting story. For more than 20
years Grier tried iu vain to learn the
address of the northern officer, and
was finally rewarded for his search by
reading his name in a Pittsburg newspaper.
Simonton was invited to Due|
West, where the whole town turned
out to do him honor. The Greenville
Advance Argus gave full details of this
afFair when it occurred some 12 or 13
years ago."
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX T<) NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
"Employment," Care The Enquirer?
Wants position in a store or an otBca.
Mrs. Mary E. Shannon, AdministratrixPublishes
a notice to the debtors and
creditors of the estate of Thomas Lominack,
deceased.
Grist Cousins?Claim to be sans pareil.
They print a partial list of goods that
have arrived during the past few days.
Mrs. Dobson?Publishes a list of useful
articles and quotes prices.
The Ganson Dry Goods Co.?Tells of the
phenomenal growth of their establishment
and why and how it supplies the
people throughout such a vast territory.
They also give notice of a ten per cent,
dscount on their entire stock of gentle
men's clothing, commencing next Monday,
October 23, and continuing for one
week only.
Louis Roth?Enumerates a number of
fresh arrivals, including maple syrup,
mackerel in kits, oattiakes, mince meat,
pickled tripe and sour kraut.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
The Yorkville Buggy company haB
purchased a plant for the fitting of
rubber tires to buggies.
The stockholders of the York Cotton
mills will meet Monday, November 13,
at 3 p. m.
"D. T. L.'s" communication on the
subject of wheat sowing has evidently
produced quite an impression among
the farmers. The reporter has heard
the letter spoken of several times, and
about the only question to any of the
propositions laid down is whether or
not half a bushel to the acre would be
heavy enough seeding for a largegrained
wheat.
A lady who arrived in Yorkville a
fotu (folia acrn frnm t.hn "low COUntrV."
,un uu;u ? ? ,
was surprised at the handsome teams
she saw at the depot. She wanted to
know if that was not something unusual
for a country town. The gentleman
with whom she brought up the
question was ungallant enough to as
sure her that Yorkville is not a country
town in the sense that she used the
expression ; but on the contrary there
is more business here in proportion to
population than there is in Charleston.
THE COTTON MARKET.
The local cotton market continues
to fluctuate around the neighborhood
of 7& cents. As much as 7.30 was paid
on Thursday ; but there did not seem
to be quite so much encouragement for
that price yesterday. The best sale of
which the reporter had information up
to the time The Enquireb went to
press, was 7?.
There has been considerable activity
in the future market during the
past few days, the price fluctuating up
and down quite rapidly ; but the net
gain has been quite small. The following
from Hubbard Bros. & Co., describes
the New York situation Thursday
night:
"Liverpool did not respond with any
grace to our advance of yesterday, our
cables stating that spinners were only
disposed to buy from band to mouth,
believing the movement sure to increase.
Opening at a small improvement,
the market eased under liquidation
by the outside holders, who have
been so successful in the operations on
the bull side. The sharp advance of
yesterday showed another handsome
profit which they have taken. This
selling brought a decline of 6@7 points
from the close, which was checked by
buying from the southeast on the Houston
movement, which was very light.
Outside of Texas the interior movement
is showing a little larger than
expected, and the trade has been rather
surprised at the receipt of a few dispatches
stating the crop was turning
out better than expected. These dispatches
and a report of a strike being
talked of at Fall River have undoubtedly
assisted iu the reaction, as the
movement as a whole is very light.
The liquidation continued to the close,
the selling being to realize profits,
while at the end yesterday's principal
buyers sold heavily."
THE ORIGINAL JASPERS.
The recent resolution of the Jasper
Light Infantry making honorary members
of the veterans who left Yorkville
with the company to go to the war,
gives especial interest to the original
roll, which we find in the files of The
Enquirer.
The company left Yorkville on April
13,1861, and went to Sullivan's Island.
The following roll was forwarded to
The En uirer on April 20, 1861, by
Corporal \V. \V. East, who continued
to write letters giviug the movements
of his comDanv until he was fatally |
wounded at the battle of Seven Pines
in the spring of 1862. |
Oflicers: C. A. Seabrook, captain ; I.
N. Withers, 1st lieutenant; E. B. Clinton,
2nd lieutenant; S. B. Meacbam,
3rd lieutenant; James Mason, 1st sergeant
; S. C. Sadler, 2nd sergeant; W.
B. Smith, 3rd sergeant; H. J. Allison,
4th sergeant; R. P. Smith, Win. Dickson,
J. R. Witherspoon, J. D. McDonnell,
D. C. McKinney, W. W. East,
corporals.
Privates: J. M. Adams, R. B. Adams,
H. M. Asher, N. B. Bratton, E.
G. Beatty, James Black, J. W. Beard,
G. R. Burris, Robert M. Burris, J. T.
Burris, J. A. Brown, J. W. Carroll, J.
E. Caldwell, R. F. Clark, T. Cranford,
J. J. Coward, W. J. Cornwell, P. P.
Darwin, W. F. Davidson, W. Ji. iuuloe,
I. Enloe, A. R. Erwin, J. M. Farley,
L. D. Goore, L. H. Gwinn, 0. J. Gwinn,
J. S. Gourley, F. Happerfield, \V. G.
Hetherington, F. Hetherington, T. D.
Harris, J. L. D. Harris, C. W. A. J.
Hood, J. M. Howe, A. Hope, R. M.
S. Hopper, S. A. Hoey, L. Jones, John
Jackson, G. W. Jefferys, R. C. Kuykendal,
E. M. Kirkpatrick, M. Leech,
L. M. Elliott, Pink Logan, W. E.
Love, J. W. Love, D. M. Love, S. M.
Love, E. M. Lockhart, W. K. McNeill,
J. H. McKinney, James McLean, R.
N. McElwee, J. E. McKnight, J. T.
McKnight, E. F. Meek, W. S. Moore,
D. L. Morrow, F. H. Mullenax, R. F.
Morris, Atrizi Mi titer, J. A. Neill, W.
A. Neill, G. H. O'Farrell, H. J. Parker,
J. T. Parker, R. R. Pariah, T. C.
Pinckney, B. C. Presaley, Pat Palmer,
R. Y. Russell, R. Rohison, VV. C.
Rives, J. G. Steele, H. Sarratt, L.
Smith, J. B. Smith, S. Simmons, J. J.
Sutton, J. E. Strain, J. Walsh, O. L.
Wallace, C. K. Williams, J. P. Wilson,
M. M. Wbitesides, J. M. Whitesides.
The Jasper Light Infantry was mustered
into the Confederate service at
Orangeburg on June 3, 1861, and on
that, nneasinn there were several
changes in the list as printed above.
Mr. W. B. Williams, who was at college
when the company left Yorkville,
n joined it here, and Mr. A. F. McConnell,
who was also an original member,
had for a short time been detailed to
the quartermaster department. We
are unable at this time to give a correct
list of the company as it was mustered
into the Confederate service.
The surviving charter members of
the compauy, as far as Mr. A. F. McConnell
is able to indicate, is as follows:
W. B. Smith, H. J. Allisou, R. P. Smith,
J. R. Witherspoon, J. D. McConnell,
N. B. Bratton, J. A. Brown, J. W. Carroll,
O. J. Gwinn, J. M. Whitesides, T.
D. Harris, Johu Jackson, R. N. McElwee,
Pat Palmer, J. G. Steele, A. F.
McConnell, W. B. Williams, Wm.
Dicksou.
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CARE OP THE BATTLEGROUND.
The members of the King's Mountain
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, with membership
in different parts of the county
and headquarters in Yorkville, are
very much concerned about the uncared
for condition of King's Mountain
battleground.
It seems that the title to the property
was acquired along about 1880 by
the King's Mountain Centennial asso
ciation. They bought it from the late
W. L. Goforth and the record of the
transfer on page 762 of "Book D-2" in
the clerk's office shows that the consideration
for the 39} acres contained in
the tract was $197.50.
As to whether or not the King's
Mountain Centennial association ever
procured a charter of incorporation,
we have no definite information at
band ; but are of opinion that this step
was neglected.
Since 1881 the battleground, which
bad been cleared and put in a reason
ably presentable condition for the Centennial
celebration, has again become
covered with undergrowth, and it is
now badly in need of attention. It is
said also that the monument erected
by the Centennial association has suffered
severely at the hands of relic
bunting vandals.
The ladies are considering various
ways and means of whereby they may
secure better attention to this historic
spot; but as yet have not definitely
settled on a plan. As a first step in
connection with the matter it might
be well enough for them to try to get
for their organization a title to the
property. It is quite like .7 that the
surviving members of the Centennial
Association would gladly make the
papers over to them.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Rev. T. M. Lowrv, of Shelby, N. C.,
jis visiting in Yorkville this week.
Dr. H. Quay McElwee, of Baltimore,
is in Yorkville on a visit to his father's
! family, Mr. S. A. McElwee.
Miss Amanda Boatwright has returned
to Aiken after a month's visit
to her sister, Mrs. C. P. Lowrance.
Mr. J. E. Norment, of The News
and Courier, was in Yorkville on Wednesday
in the interest of his paper.
Mrs. S. M. Grier, of Cabarrus county,
N. C., is visiting in Yorkville, the
guest of her uiece, Mrs. B. N. Moore.
Mr. Jno. L. Carroll, of the firm of
Flemming & Carroll, railroad contractors,
was in Yorkville this week on
business.
Congressman Finley returned home
on Thursday, after a short trip down
the South Carolina and Georgia Exteution
railroad.
Mr. Job Carroll has recovered from
his recent attack of fever, and returned
to his railroad work at Camden on
last Tuesday.
Mr. W. Lee Hart, of Enterprise,
Wardmalaw Island, S. C., spent a few
days in Yorkville this week with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. S. Hart.
Dr. A. Y. Cartwright returned from
Baltimore on Wednesday afternoon.
He thought the condition of Mr. J. H.
Riddle seemed to be very much the
same as when he last saw him, about
about two months ago.
Mr. W. O. Rawls, Yorkville's effi'
' J
cient pumpman, wno nas oeen uowu
with a long spell of typhoid fever, is
able to he up and about again. He is
not strong yet, and cannot expect to
recover his normal strength for a good
many days; but both he and his
many friends think be is safely across
the bridge and all are pleased accordingly.
At McAdenville, the other day, a
party of gentlemen began swappiug
testimonies as to how far back their
memories extended. Mr. J. B. F. Riddle
carried off the honors with the assertion
that he could remember the
date on which his grandfather and
grandmother were married?some 125
years ago?and went on to relate circumstances
in connection with the occasion.
The other gentlemen are no
longer boasting of their memories.
local laconics.
Will Sow Wheat and Oate.
Mr. J. 0. Walker is calculating on
putting most of bis farm in wheat and
oats this year. He will not plant a <
great deal of cotton.
Until January let, 1890.
The Twice a-Week Enquirer,
filled with the latest and most reliable
news, will be furnished from the date
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Wheat Sowing From Horseback.
Supervisor Cuip reports having seen
a gentleman in Fort Mill township
sowing wheat from the back of a horse.
In some sections this is quite common,
and after the sower gets the proper
hang of the trick, it is said to work
splendidly.
Colored Teachers.
The following colored candidates for
the right to teach in the public schools
of York county, who presented themselves
at the recent examination, have ^
been awarded "Second Grade B" certificates
: J. C. White, Aida Hall,
Mamie Hill, Pearl Beatton, John Kay,
T. W. Nance, Kacbel Clinton.
By a York County Author.
Greenvilie Times: Ginn & Co., of
Boston, is getting out an excellent supplement
to the South Carolina edition
of its geography. It divides the state
into two sections, coastal and piedmont.
It is one of the best yet written.
Prof. Thompson, of Kock Hill, is
the author.
After Campaign Funds.
The Republicans of Ohio are evidently
hard up, or badly scared. They
' f .l _ a 2il -
are scraping :ne couuiry wnu a uuc
1 tooth comb for campaign funds and are <
even trying to assess Democrats. A
certain county postmaster showed the
reporter a few days ago a circular letter,
he had just received from "W. F.
Burdell, Treasurer of the Ohio Republican
executive committee," with headquarters
at Columbus. The circular
represented that the party needed *
help and called upon the postmaster
for a contribution. It is possible that
Burdell is only a private swindler, operating
on bis own responsibility instead
of in behalf of the party; but
whether or not, he slips up in supposing
that there is any hope of. getting
contributions for Republican uses from
Democratic postmasters in this section.
Quito id Object Leuoo.
An agricultural implement dealer
from Lincolnton, N. C., was in Yorkville
a few days ago, and in conversation
be told a little story which seems
to be full of significance. He said that
up to some ten years back the farming
interests around his section were as
1 prosperous as anybody could reasonably
wish. There came upon the people
a cotton planting epidemic, and it
affected pretty nearly the whole coun
try. MaDy farmers gave their enure
attention to cotton, leaving the matter ?
' of supplies entirely out of the question.
Alter a few years several had lost their
farms and others were burdened with
heavy mortgages. Then there was a
return to wheat, oats, clover, corn and
' cattle. The effect has been as gratify'
ing as the first change was disastrous*
1 Most of the mortgages have been paid,
1 and a large per cent, of the farmers are '*
1 making money now almost as rapidly
1 as they lost it before. They are all
convinced that they must raise their
supplies before they can hope to make
money.
The Widow's Chain.
The story of the golden chain sent
' anonymously by a Walterboro widow
to Epworth orphanage is already
known to the readers of The Enquirer.
The chain was mailed to Mr.
Waddell with the information that it
had been valued by a jeweler at $20,
and asking that it be sold and the proceeds
devoted to the orphanage. Mr.
H. C. Strauss, of Yorkville, bought the
, chain on the credit of Trinity Sunday
school. The Sunday school raised the
money and instructed Mr. Waddell to
return the chain to the donor when he
should be able to learn her identity.
Others followed Mr. Strauss's example
uutil the proceeds from the chain
amounted to $1,310, more than threescore
times its original value. In the
meantime every effort was being made
to discover the identity of the widow.
One of the teachers at the orphanage
went to Walterboro, and after a great
deal of quiet detective work settled
down on Mrs. Sellers and made her
"own to the deed." So well had she
kept her secret that her own daughter
was ignorant of her connection with
the matter. The chain has been restored
to her.
BRITISH AXD BOERS.
Notes and Incidents In Connection With
the South African War.
As has already been intimated the
news from South Africa comes in vague
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papers of Wednesday morning contained
some dispatches that had been
delayed four days.
These dispatches dealt for the most
part with the adventures of armored
trains; but on their face they show
that the correspondents were so far
from the scene of actual operations
that their reports canuot be considered
as very reliable.
There has been some heavy fighting
at Mafeking in British territory on the
western border of the Transvaal. One
report had it that some 300 Boers had
been killed in the fight; but another
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