Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 04, 1899, Image 2
Scraps and |acts.
? A heavy storm, which developed
somewhere in the Carribbean sea, swept
the Atlantic coast last Tuesday, There
was a great deal of damage to telegraph
aud telephoue and electric light
poles in Charleston and also to window
shutters. A Negro cabin in the city
was blown down and a small Negro
boy was killed. The damage at various
points along the South Carolina
coast, foots up many thousands of dollars.
Damage is also reported from
Virginia, North Caroliua and Florida
coast towns.
? Admiral Dewey has given it out as
a fact that he is engaged to be married
to Mrs. W. B. Hazen, of Washington.
Mrs. Hazen is the widow of the late
General Hazen, who, when he died
about 10 years ago, was chief of the
signal service, aud is also a sister of
John R. McLean, the Democratic candidate
for governor of Ohio. Mre.
Hazen has uo children ; but has quite
a large property in real estate and
securities. She is about 40 years of
age, quite pretty, and popular in the
best social circles of Washington.
? New York dispatch, October 29 :
Michael Hatal, a professional magiciau,
gave an exhibition up town last uignt,
in which be duplicated Herrman's
feat of catching in his teeth bullets
fired from a rifle on the other side of
the stage. One shot was fired and he
produced a bullet in his mouth. Then
the assistant again loaded the rifle;
but instead of using a dummy bullet,
he, in his nervousness, used one of
lead. Hatal gave the word to fire,
and simultaneously with the report be
fell to the stage. The ball entered his
breast just above the heart. The assistant,
Frank Benys, was arrested.
? The United States supreme court,
on last Monday, heard an argument in
a case involving the right of the board
of education of Richmond county, Ga.,
to establish a high school for whites in
Augusta without also establishing a
high school for colored children. The
case was based upon the petition of a
number of colored people of the county,
who asked that an order be issued
either compelling the board to give
their children the advantages of a public
high school, or to compel the board
to refrain from carrying on white high
schools, for the support of which the
petitioners are taxed. The case involves
the construction of the federal
constitution, aud has attracted considerable
attention. Former United States
Senator Edmuuds appeared for the
colored people, and Messrs. J. Gauahl
aud F. H. Miller for the board of education.
? Governor General Brooke has received
a petition, sigued by a number
of Cubans farmers, urging protection
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say they have no money to buy machinery
; but have to plant by hand
and to carry their produce on their
backs to market, where they obtain
little for it, owing to the fact that
there is scarcely any duty on foreign
grain. The petition goes on to say
that this condition of things greatly
handicaps the Cubans in their attempts
to recover a degree of their former
prosperity. Incidentally the farmers
protest against the protective duties on
oil, alleging that these are in force
solely to protect one American refinery,
whereas a protective duty on corn
"would meau the welfare of thousands
of small farmers whose only source of
revenue is what tbey make by growing
corn."
? Mail advices from the Congo region
of Africa to Loudon, announce
that.Captain Mohun, formerly United
States consul at Zanzibar, who is commanding
the Belgian Tauganyika-Congo
telegraph expedition, has reached
the Congo Free State and was engaged,
at the end of July 9, in a fierce battle
at Sanguli, where the force consisted
of 10 Europeans, with Captain Mohun
commanding. Shortly after the attack
commenced, Baron Dbamis, the Belgian
commander, dispatched three companies
of soldiers to assist Mohun, aud
the enemy, consisting of cannibals,
who horrible torture their wounded,
were finally routed. Captain Mohuu
did great execution with a Winchester
repeater. It is estimated that the
enemy numbered 1,500 men aud lost
300 killed aud 600 wounded. The Belgian
force lost nine men killed and 47
wounded. The enemy fled to Tanganyika.
? Although the story has not yet
beeu told in satisfactory detail, it
seems that the stampede of the mule
teams used iu connection with Battery
No. 10., had something to do with the
capture of the Irish Fusiliers and the
Gloucestershire regimeut, near Ladysmith,
the other day. These three
organizations comprised the force that
was sent out at miduight to make an
attack against the Boer left flank on
Monday morning. Soon after the firing
commenced the mule teams stampeded
and carried away the guns.
One or two statements gave the impression
that the stampede was iu the
direction of the Boer position aud that
the batteries were captured without
effort; but this is not exactly clear.
More receut devevopments have been
of such overshadowiug importance,
that the details of the story will have
ti-oit Q trnnrc f?nn VAnipilt SftaSOn. It
is just possible, hovever, that the stampede
of the mules was doI due so much
to accident as to some shrewd trick on
the part of the Boers.
? General Redvers Buller, who is to
have command of British operations in
South Africa, arrived at Capetown last
Tuesday. When Buller left Englaud
it was not known whether he would
land at Capetown or Durban; but
military experts figured that his place
of lauding would give a hint of his
plan of campaign. If he had landed
at Durban, then it would have been
natural for him to have proceeded
toward the Transvaal through Natal.
It is expected now that his course will
be through the Orange Free State.
The first transports from England are
j expected to arrive at Capetown tomorrow,
and it is calculated that by the
end of next week the British army at
Capetown will amount to 28,000 men.
Altogether it is intended that the
British army shall number 89,000 men.
It is possible, however, that in view of
the reverses that have already been
experienced in Natal, it may be necessary
to send still another army corps
from Great Britain, and that by next
January there may be as many as
150,000 men in the field.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1899.
? This is a good year lor York county
farmers to experiment in the cattle
feeding business. The South African
war having already raised the price of
western beef, there is no telling to
what extent future developments may
effect the demand for beef. There
seems to be no probability that prices
will go down very much before next
summer.
? To feed her army fn South Africa,
Great Britain is buying from Chicago
and Kansas City packing houses canned
beef by the car load. The beef is
of the same quality that was bought
for the American army during the
Spanish war, and about which such a
rumpus was raised against Secretary
Alger. So large has been the British
orders that the price of beef has been
considerably raised throughout the I
west.
? The Philippine commission, consisting
of Admiral Dewey, Professors
Schurman and Worcester and Colonel
Denby, have been in session in Washington
this week preparing a preliminary
report on the general situation.
It was expected that this report would
be given to the public yesterday or today
; but tbe complete report will not
be made for several weeks yet. The
object of the preliminary report is to
immediately set tbe public mind at
rest with regard to certain points that
are creating more or less contention.
? General Funston is going for the
Catholics with gloves off. He charged
sometime ago that the Catholic friars
were responsible for tbe trouble that
the Americans are having in establishing
their government in the Philippines
and recommending the confiscation
of the property that is owned by
the Catholic church. Archbishop Ireland
replied with the taunt that Funston
gets his information from the
Filipinos, and he also charges that
Funston had been guilty of looting a
Catholic church. Funston has directed
his attorneys to bring proceedings
against Archbishop Ireland lor criminal
libel, and also against the Catholic
paper in San Francisco which published
the story.
? It is rather curious that the daily
papers have not seen fit to publish the
correspondence between the Spartau*
burg mill men aud Senators Tillman
and McLaurin on the question of
maintaining the open door policy in
China. The matter is of very great
importance, aside from the political
flavor involved, and the correspondence
in the main is straight-forward,
business like and statesmenlike. The
people of the state are entitled to
have the facts that are calculated to
enable them to come to common sense
conclusions. So far a number of the
weekly papers have published the
correspondence ; but only a small proportion
of the readers of daily papers
[are aware that it has ever taken place.
? Both the Democrats and the Republicans
are claiming Ohio by a heavy
majority in the election next Tuesday.
The election promises to be, if not
close, at least exciting, for the registration
is greater than has ever been
known before. A large proportion of
that class of people who have not heretofore
been participating in politics,
have registered, and the political leaders
are puzzled to know what is to be
expected of them. The uemocrais ana
Republicans both claim their votes;
but there is reason to believe that
most of them have qualified themselves
with a view of voting for Jones,
the Golden Rule caudidate. It is not
likely that Jones will be elected ; but
his vote will be considerably more than
the plurality of the winning side.
? Notwithstanding the temporary
defeat of the British in South Africa,
it is quite safe to assume that they will
win iu the end, except on account of
one possible contingency. The resources
of the British, in men and
money, are practically inexhaustible,
and their resources in dogged pluck
are just as great. So far they have
been considerably surprised at the
progress of the Boers; but this will i
only serve to stimulate them to exer- l
tious that will meet the situation. If i
there is no other way for it than to i
crush the enemy by pure weight of I
numbers, the British will not hesitate '
to do that, for they recognize that they
must win. The possible contingency
that may save the Boers is the interference
of France and Russia. While
Great Britain is able to hold her own
against any possible antagonist singly,
she cannot take care of them all at |
once. i
ARE WE INTERESTED ?
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J ne regret ana gioom m iTasmugwu I
on account of the disaster to the British
troops in the Transvaal is scarcely less in- !
tent than in London itself. The English
are our allies at heart even in the absence
tof any formal compact, and the greatest I
sympathy is felt for them at Washington, 1
especially in official circles. But we \
have an interest in the possible consequences
in this disaster, which is some- i
thing more than sentimental. Should the i
Boers' success now or hereafter lead to <
intervention by any of the powers which I
are sympathetic with the Kruger govern- |
ment, the United States might become i
involved in great complications. It is not |
likely that our part in the matter of inter- (
vention, should it occur, would involve ,
us directly in South Africa; but the first ,
point of attack by any of the former
powers would probably be upon her eastern
interest, and this would involve us at !
once. Our interest, if not our obligation, !
compels us to insist upon the eastern situation,
that of the Orient, remaining undisturbed,
and the power of our navy would 1
be used to prevent a disturbance of the
condition there, the capture of territory i
and the interference of commerce.? I
Washington correspondent of the Atlanta
Journal. |
Although many people, especially j
in the south, might be inclined to look
upon the above as idle speculation, '
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really significant. We are fully prepared
to believe that next to the British
government officials, the United
States government officials have the 1
greatest concern in the South African
situation. (
For the reason that it is natural for <
healthy minded people to sympathize
with the under dog in the fight, and
probably also because many believe
that tbe Boers have right on their '
side, popular sympathy in this coun- !
try is with the Boers. Of course, the j
idea that this country should assist ]
Great Britain against tbe Boers, or i
that any such assistance would be de- 1
sired, is absurd. Still this does not j
prevent the situation from being ex- j
tremely serious. (
This country, if involved at all, will, i
as is suggested by the correspondent, 1
be involved through the possible inter- \
vention of European nations in tbe
quarrel between Great Britain aud J
the Transvaal. The possibility of intervention
referred to depends on con- I
tingencies that are reasonably clear;
but in no wise dependent upon the .
right or wrong of the cause for which
the British and Boers are fighting. (
There is no doubt of the fact that
both Russia and France are very jeal- i
ous of commercial and other advan- 1
tages held over tbem by the British in
various parts of the world. Russia is
especially concerned in China, and J
France in Central Africa. Germa- !
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but she seems to have been appeased, |
at least for the moment. And it is
this jealously that will lead to intervention,
if intervention there be. (
The principal contingency upon 1
which intervention depends will be the
'developments of the near future in j
I South Africa. The recent successes of |
the Boers have been received in Rus- t
sia and France with the most intense
gratification, and these countries are j
hoping that further successes may be
of a nature to call out still larger arm- (
ies, eventually placing Great Britain <
in a situation where she will not be so t
well able as now to withstand attacks I
elsewhere. If this condition of affairs
develops, then Russia and France may
be expected to strike.
Here comes in the concern of the r
United States. No one who kept up (
with the developments of the Spanish t
war could have failed to have noticed (
the close alliance that England main- (
tained with this country. It is a fact 1
that several agreements for intervenlion
fell through because England gave r
it to be plainly understood that if in- c
tervention were attempted, she would t
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It is also a fact that all during the
war, British officials gave this country
the most important information as to
movements of the Spanish fleet, etc. '
The evideuce of the alliance that developed
in the complication with Germany
out at Manila was unmistakable.
If there should be intervention in
the South African trouble, the first
blow, of course, would be struck at
British interests in the east?China
perhaps. The American and British
interests have become identical there,
and a blow at British interests there
would be a blow at American interests.
It would, therefore, at once involve the
United States with all the power of its
army any navy.
So the concern of the Washington
officials at the Boer successes is not to
be taken exactly as meaning hostility
to the Boers. It is occasioned more
by the realization of what might hap- a
pen in the event that Russia and e
France should be encouraged to screw
themselves up to the point of intervening
in a quarrel about which they
really care nothing, in order to further
their own peculiar interests elsewhere.
There is but little reason to doubt that
European intervention will involve the
United States.
MERE-MENTION.
Many great factories about Reading,
Pa., are threatened with shut downs
because the Pennsylvania railroad has
not rolliug stock enough to haul the
fuel and raw material they need.
By December 1st, Otis will have 65,300
men in the Philippines. Oue thousand
more men are to be recruited to
bring all regiments to full strength.
George Bartle, "keeper of the
2jreat seal" of the United Slates and
the oldest clerk of the state department,
died on Suuday, aged 85 years.
He had been in the service 54 years,
and was a close friend of Daniel Wed3ter.
A company with unlimited
capital and 200,000 water power at Ottawa,
Canada, has been organized to
Bght the American paper trust. Its
plant will cost 1600,000 aud it will
make 600 tons of paper a pay. A
storm has been raised in the north
against college secret fraternities by
the drowning near Geneva, N. Y., last
week, of Edward Fairfax Berkley, Jr.,
of St. Louis, a student of Hobart college.
In the course of initiation in the
Kappa Alpha, he was seat into a cauai
where be lost his life. Sir Thornas
Lipton left New York for Englaud
last Wednesday. A Charleston
mule dealer claims to have an order
from the British government for 1,500
mules. The Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia Times
claims that representatives of Russia,
France, Germany and Great Britain
are to ask the United States governmen
if it is willing to participate in
the partition of China, and if so what
gortiou does it want.. During the
period from May 1, 1898, to June 30,
1899, the United Slates army lost 10,064
men, of whom 473 were killed in
battle. The balance died of disease,
deserted, committed suicide, were murdered,
or discharged by sentence of
court martial.
Strength of Uncle Sam's Army.
The annual report of Brigadier General
Corbin, to the secretary of war was
made public last Wednesday. General
Corbin sums up the military forces now
in the service of the United States as
follows: Regular army, 64,586; volunteers,
34,574; total, 99,160. The
regular establishment consists of 10
regimen^ of cavalry, 7 of artillery and
25 of infantry. The volunteer establishment
consists of one regiment of
:avalry, 24 of infantry and a Porto
Rico battalion. The distribution of
these troops up to October 1st, last
was as follows : In the Unites States,
34,229; Porto Rico, 3,363; Cuba, 11,187
; Philippines, 32,315 ; en route to
the Philippines, 17,099; Alaska, 499 ;
Hawaiian Islands, 466. General Corbin
adds the following to the summary
: "It is expected that by December
1st next, all the infantry regiments,
United States volunteers, shown above
as in the United States, will have sailed
for the Philippine Islands. These,
with troops now there, will give a total
strength of 2,117 officers and 63,608
enlisted men, an aggregate of 65,725."
The South and the Far East.?
[n addressing a large gathering of
southern cotton manufacturers and
planters at Charlotte, N. C., last Friday,
under the auspices of the chamber
of commerce, John Barratt, late
United States minister to Siam, said :
"The south has vital interest in the
development and control of Asiatic
markets by America. The time will
:ouie when the Far East will consume
svery surplus pound of cotton, manufactured
or raw, that the south eau
aroduce, making her independent of
.he markets of England and Europe,
ro accomplish this result, four importint
conditions are necessary, which in
hemselves are interdependent: First,
instruction of the trans-IsthmiaD
;anal; second, laying a trans-Pacific
jable; protection of markets in China
iccording to treaty rights, and, fourth,
permanent control of the Philippines." |
Sentiments empressed were received
.vith warm approval.
How He Managed the Catholics.
The state department bas just receiv;d
a long report from Captain Leary,
he naval officer who was made gov?rnor
of the Ladrones after their acjuisitiou
from Spain. It appears that
ilthougb Leary thought be was gov;rnor
of Guam, it soon began to dawn
ipon bim that he was not so certain.
The real power rested with the Cath>lic
friars who made it their business
o defeat Captain Leary's authority
vherever be attempted to exert it.
\.fter awhile Captain Leary offered
ree transportation to a half dozeu
riars and told them that he expected 1
hem to avail themselves of his offer. ;
rhere was such an air of business ,
ibout the captain's suggestion that the ,
he friars decided to accept, leaving
>ut one on the island. Since then
Captain Leary has been governor 10 a
nuch greater extent than previously. 1
? The official report of the capture 1
if the two British regiments at Ladyirnitb,
attributes the disaster primuri- I
y to the stampede of the mule teams (
Irawing the mountain artillery and (
immunition for the infantry. It ap>ears
that the Boers rolled boulders
lown on the mules from a hillside, and
he animals quickly broke from con- '
rol. Both the British regiments fought
intil their last cartridge was gone and j
bey gave a good account of them- elves,
killing aud wounding large
lumbers of the Boers. Many of them
vere also killed ; but as yet no accur- '
Lte statement of the casualties on eith- I
:r side has been made. ]
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Prints a list of useful
articles, quoting prices, and says her
millinery trade is flourishing.
The Enquirer Office?Wants a competent
and sober compositor.
W. H. Cobb-Will, on Monday, 6th instant,
sell a young jackass to the highest
bidder.
W. M. Kennedy?Has some lost money
which the owner can get by complying
with the conditions specified in his
advertisement.
W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pleas?Gives
notice that Sirs. Maggie E. Thompson
has made application for homestead out
of tbe real and personal estate of her
husband, E. D. Thompson, deceased.
FOR 190O. f
In today's \ssue is published the prospectus
of the Yorkville Enquirer j
for the season of 1899-1900, aud a read- <
ing of it will show the offering of our ,
usual liberal compensation for such
work as may be done by clubmakers
during the coming few months.
The contest is open alike to all who i
wish to enter, and every section of ter- i
ritory is free to any and all contestants, 1
regardless of by whom names may have I
been previously returned. Because <
a certain clubmaker may have return- t
ed names last year, is no reason why
the same names should belong to him .
again this year, and the only condi- ]
lions applied to any clubmaker, old or <
new, will be those explicitly set forth i
in the published prospectus. i
We would suggest that clubmakers t
begin work at once?the earlier the I
better?and keep at it. As will be i
noted, the leading premiums we offer <
are more than worth the time and ef- i
fort that will be required of the club- <
maker to get them ; and sbouTd the <
clubmaker fail to carry off a leading |
premium, he will still be amply com- I
pensated for all the work he does.
Special inducements, it will be ob- ]
served, are offered to new subscribers, ]
and to the clubmakers securing them. <
New subscribers who pay cash previ- 1
ous to January 1, 1900, will receive <
The Enquirer from the time they t
pay until January 1,1901, for the price I
of a year's subscription, and the club- 1
maker who returns and pays for the t
largest number of new subscriptions t
will receive one of the leading premi- f
urns, whether the aggregate club re- I
turned by him is one of the three larg- I
est or not.
I
WHEAT IN FORT MILL. ,
A Fort Mill township farmer who (
was in Yorkville on Thursday, reports |
that there will undoubtedly be a <
great reduction iu the cotton acreage <
in that township next year.
The farmers are sowing more small <
grain than in any previous season since I
the war, and they are putting it in as s
it should be done. Many of them have s
broken their lands with two-horse ]
plows, harrowed them well, and put in t
the seed with drills. They are also l
using a considerable amount of com- 1
mercial fertilizer.
Mr. B. M. Faris, of the Gold Hill J
neighborhood, is reported as having t
determined on quite an interesting ex- t
periment. He has put four acres of I
real good land in wheat with a view I
to planting cotton after the harvest.
He calculates that he will be able to .
harvest the wheat about the first of (
June, and then he will fpllow, as soon |
as possible, with cotton of the "King" 1
variety. '
The experiment promises to be a !
very important one. There have been
several cases in this section where cot- ,
ton planted as late as the middle of I
June has yielded good crops; but so <
far as The Enquirer has information s
there is no case on record where a
wheat crop has been followed by a cot- s
ton crop.
Some of Mr. Faris's neighbors are
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reported us prmernug bum uo wuuiu
follow his wheat with peas. They e
tbiok that if the cotton experiment 1
should prove a success, it will result 1
in a still further iucrease in the cotton '
crop in this section. Others, however, '
will look on the matter from a differ- *
ent standpoint, believing, as they do, *
that after a farmer has provided for an 3
abundance of com, wheat and oats,
etc., be is not apt to suffer by an over Q
production of cotton.
A. R. PRESBYTERY.
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The first presbytery of the Associate r
Reformed church met at Lancaster
last Monday, pursuant to appointment,
and in the absence of Rev. A. S. Rogers, j,
moderator-elect, was organized by the a
election of Rev. J. L. Oates, as mode- |,
rator. Rev. Mr. Oates preached the g
opening sermon and presided over the t
subsequent deliberations of the body. t|
The attendance was quite full, espe- T
cially of elders. Ouly three or four
ministers were absent. y
The reports from the congregations, o
aspecially so far as financial matters 3
were concerned, were quite satisfac- o
tory. As many as one-half of the e
churches had paid up all charges p
against them in full. s<
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Ebenezer, N. C.?reported new church d
buildings in course of erection. Si
A commission was appointed to organize
a congregation at Pleasant Hill, n
Lancaster county, if the way be clear, b
The question of the division of pres- tl
jytery, which had been deferred from a
he last meeting, was discussed at tl
ength, and killed by a decided vote, ci
Revs. Caldwell and Carson preached
;rial discourses, and Rev. R. Lee Robnson
was ordained to the full work of
;be ministry. He will take work at
3amden, Ala.
The "Revised Book of Worship"
ivas, after considerable discussion,
idopted by a large majority.
Pastoral relations were dissolved
Detween Rev. J. P. Knox and Hickory
3rove and Smyrna congregations, and
?lso between Rev. J. A. Smith and
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Knox is dow engaged in missionary
A'ork in Columbia and Rev. Mr. Smith
?oes to Jefferson county, Ga.
The time of the spring meeting of
sresbytery was changed from the 1st
>f April to the 1st of May. The next
neeting is to be at Pisgab, N. C.
THE LEDGER CONVICTED.
In a lengthy card to the Columbia
state, President Johnson, of Winthrop,
vinds the Gaffney Ledger up completey,
and shows that there was but the
iimsiest foundation In fact for the
sbarges it so gli bly made against Winhrop.
The letter iucludes a statement from
r. B. Watkins, superintendent of the
Laurens Graded school. Mr. Watkins
joroborates President Johnson's origisal
statement to the effect that the
alternate of a young lady who won
i, scholarship at Winthrop, having
learned, after she bad entered Limeitone,
that the principal could not go,
voluntarily decided to take the schol
irsmp ana am so. mat was an mere
was of this case, and not the slightest
effort bad been made by the Wintbrop
people to induce the young lady to go
ihere.
The other cases brought up by The
Ledger have been as readily explained,
[t seems that after all it was only a
:ase where Limestone came pretty
near getting two of Winthrop's stuients
and failed. They were music
students, and having been at Wintbrop
four years, held dormitory certificates
for the next session. When Winthrop's
music teacher went to Limestone,
these two students thought of
joing there also; but did not indicate
their purpose until after it was too late
to assign their places to two out of the
200 students who bad been previously
turned away. One of them has not
yet gone to Limestone or to Wintbrop
in account of the illness and death of
ier father; but the other writes a
statement which explains the whole
situation. The statement is as follows:
"I have been a student of Winthrop
jollege for the past four years and applied
for readmission last June for the
lession of 1899 1900. Upon this appli:ation
a dormitory certificate was issued
to me by President Johnson.
During the summer, while still holding
ihis dormitory certificate, I received a
personal letter from the director of
nusic of Limestone college, formerly
)f Winthrop, informing me of his
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/bat I would go to Limestone, as I am
i special music studeDt. On my way
jo Limestone, I stopped at Wintbrop
lefore it opened and met all of my
jirls friends as they came in and felt
ihat I would not be as happy elsewhere.
I asked President Johnson to
et me return as an old student and occupy
a place in the dormitory as contemplated
by the dormitory certificate
which bad been issued to me and held
ill summer up to witbin ten days of
the opening of the school, if, after gong
to Limestone, I found that I
wouldn't be contented and could get
-eleased from any obligations I might
)e under to Limestone. He kindly
consented to this. I am not a scholarship
student. Signed
For obvious reasons, President Johnion
requests that the name of the young
ady be withheld ; but as the editor of
The Ledger has already said that he
mows the name, he will hardly prelume
to charge that the statement is
lot bona fide. So, after all, it appears
bat not only is President Johnson
'not guilty" as charged ; but the young
adies themselves are innocent of any
dotation of contract. If such a thing
vere possible, The Ledger is "put to
hame."
LOCAL LACONICS,
rhe Local Market.
The best cotton was worth 7$ cents
in this market yesterday. The reeipts
for some days past have been
ather light.
. IIC \J JiCU OCODVUi
Since last Wednesday, November 1,
I has been lawful to shoot partridges
nd other birds protected by the game
iws. A great deal of fine shooting
round, however, has been posted by
he owners, aud it behooves sportsmen,
berefore, to be careful.
liking Second Growth.
The favorable season of the past few
reeks had induced a healthy second
r renewed growth of the cotton stalks.
Iany farmers, recognizing that the
nly result of this would be the furthr
exhaustion of the soil to no purpose,
romptly plowed up the stalks and
awed grain. Others have left the
talks to grow, regardless of the
amage.
teals Their Dogs.
The owuer of hunting dogs in the
ortheastern section of the county have
een considerably annoyed of late by
le operations of a dog tbief who
takes it bis business to gather up all
le best dogs in the neighborhood and
irry them off to some other section