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?mp$ and |acts. ? One of the leaders of the Mexicai Conservative party, Senor Cuevas, i printing a series of articles in El Tiem po, taking the ground that Latin American nations should unite iu leugue to avoid absorpliou by th< United States. He argues that th policy of commercial conquest aud th requirement of the great properties b American capital are more perilou than au American iuvasion. ? There is a strike in the big cotto mill at Lonsdale, R. I. Last wee Aft r n : 11 ~ c p zz weavers irom vjrreeuvuic, o. v/ arrived in the town. The arrival c the Greenville weavers created constei nation among the strikers. It deve! oped that the Greenville weavers ha not been told of the strike by th agents of the mill, and they kne< nothing about it until they arrived o the scene. Some of them refused t work. The matter is still in proces of adjustment. ? There is still a good deal of tal about the probability of war betwee Russia and Japan. A Vancouver, I C., dispatch of the 11th instant says There is abundant evidence iu lb Japanese press of the probability tht * r. ; . ?l> ... Japan is arming mio a war wiiu xvu. sia. The Japanese apparently do nc shrink from the dangers of such a cor llict, their goverumeut having recentl given an order iu England for 100,0C suits of warm winter clothing for Jaj anese soldiers iu preparation for campaign in Kussia. ? Charlotte Observer, Sunday : "It telligence was received here last nigl that George Gould, the New Yor millionaire, has become a slockholrit iu the Loray Cotton mills, at Gastonii to the amouut of $250,000, and that check for this amouut has been n ceived iu Gastonia. It is also state that auother subscription of $150,Of from a northern capitalist has bee sent the promoters of the new mil These subscriptions, it is believed, wi raise the capital stock of the mill t $1,400,000. Contracts for some of th buildings and machinery were give yesterday." ? John Barrett, ex-United Stat? minister to Siam, in a lecture befoi the students of Lake Forest universil at Chicago, last Saturday, charge Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, wit indirect responsibility for the I'tnlij pine war. He said tbat the senator anti-expansion speech of last Februar was cabled to Hong Kong and subsi queutly put iulo the hands of th Filipiuos who at once precipitated tfc attack. When approached with refe euce to the matter on Sunday, Seuatc Hoar declined to take any notice < Barrett's statement. ? Washington correspondeut New und Courier : Seuator McLaurin hi been iuvite<l by a committee of officei aud members of the American-Asiat: association to be the guest of the a sociation at a dinner to be given in Ne York on the 26th instant. Thisassoc atiou is comprised very largely of co ton spinuers, and is formed for the pu pose of advancing the cotton trade < this country in the East. The assoc ation has invited Seuator McLauriu i a Democrat and a Southern man, an Senator Beveridgeasa Republican an Western man, to deliver the chi< speeches at its dinner, which scheduled to be a big affair. ? "In His Steps, or What Woul Jesus Do?" hus been dramatized b Francis Neilson, the well-known Loi don playwright, aud the play is soo to be put upon the London stag Wbeu interviewed on the subject at h I ~ W.t.w.L.o XTo., loot Tknrcta, IJUUiv IU xupcnU) ivuu.y iuot a iiuicumi Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, the autho said be had heard the report; but wt not a party to the dramatization. H said that he had neglected to copi right the story in England, ant therefore, had no control over it then He expressed the opinion that if tb story be played by Christiau actors, will do a great deal of good ; but otl erwise only harm will come of th dramatization. He will not perm the dramatization of the story in Ame ica for the reason that it may be pi on the stage by a present day stag manager, who would likely commit to immoral actors, incapable of brinj iug out or impressing the truths tht are sought to be taught. ? There is no doubt of the fact tht if the Transvaal government coul succeed in putting a few well equij ped privateers into commission, muc demoralization could be inflicted o Great Britaiu's merchaut marine. Tb situation is such as to appeal ver strongly to the imagination of newspi per correspondents, aud one of then in Atlanta, has started a story to lb effect that a fleet of merchant vesse is collecting in the Bahamas to be coi verted into privateers for service ui der the Transvaal government. It alleged that the command of the fle< has been tendered to Captain Charli Hill, the Atlanta man, who, duriu the Brazilliau revolution, sailed tb steamer Nichteroy from New York t Rio Janeiro, and kent so oarefullv 01 ? ? ? J - I - ? of the way of the Revolutiouary lie* duriog the trip. Captain Hill is quo ed as giviug credence to the story < the collection of merchantmen iu th Bahamas; but he has not yet said thj he would accept command of the flee The story sounds fishy rather tha otherwise. ? It is now pretty generally uudei stood that Delagoa bay, and Loureuc Marquez, the town and hahor thereo are among the principal problems wit which Great Britain has to deal in ht Transvaal war. The bay and tow belong to Portugal, a neutral power but still the town is tlieonly harbor c the Transvaal. There is a railroa from Lourenco Marquez to Pretorii and the distance is 348 miles. Fifty four miles of this are across Portuges territory, and the balance across Trans vaal territory. It is known now tha immediately after the Jameson raid in 1890, the Transvaal goverumen immediately began the shipment c arms and ammunition from Europe t Pretoria, over the railroad by wa of Delagoa bay. The sum of $5,000, 000 was thus expended the first yea after the raid, and there has been n< appreciable let up since. It is know that hundreds of cannon, and linnn'iiquautities of ammunition have gon to the Transvaal through Delagoa ba since the war commenced, and it i also known that many thousands of European military men, officers and I soldiers, have also gone to the assist[] ance of the Boers over the same route, s The British government realizes that i- a stop must be put to this state of i- affairs in some way, and the problem a is now receiving the deepest considere ation. Such efforts as have so far been e made have raised more or less serious e diplomatic quarrels, and it is possible y that such final action will he necessais ry, the forcible seizure of the bay, will make a great deal more trouble. k (the \(orkriUc (Enquirer. k ? YORKVILLE. 8. C.: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17,190#. it ? A bill has been introduced in the 3- senate looking to the sale of the state farms. There is a growing conviction over the state that the original pur!q chase of these farms was a mistake, j. The present chaingang system is gena erally giving satisfactory results, and there seems to be no reason why all l- able bodied male convicts cannot be it nn the rn#Ha Tndeed. the CUI J/IUJ VU VU %MV VMUW. k general assembly might do well to con* ^ sider the advisability of abolishing the a' state penitentiary entirely, except posi sibly for the confinement of certain d classes of offenders not fitted for road '0 work. u , ? , |j ? We have beeu unable to keep up 0 with all the details of the great fight ,e that has for sometime been in pron gress between the Seaboard Air Line and the Southern. We have gathered ?s the impression, however, and it is a "e strong one, that the Southern is doing ^ all it can to wreck the Seaboard so as jj to get rid of the southern competition -r ?u:? o.isiom Tlio Smithprn has J. VI I UIO Cjr OKUi, JL UV 's made many unfair assaults on the Seay board ; but so far without effect more e' serious than to embarrass and annoy e the Seaboard people. It is not desirable that either one of these systems )r should have a monopoly of southern jf business, and the southern people should pay the closest attention to '8 this quarrel. At this time the South,s eru appears to be far the strongest of the two systems, and is generally the aggressor. The Seaboard is fighting w altogether on the defensive. It needs i- all the help it can get, especially in t- the way of practical sympathy, and in r" helping it the people of this section will help themselves. is * d ? The Greeuville News speaks of a d prospective rush of Finnish peasants ef to the United States during this year. ,s The Russian government having virtually abolished the independence of d Finland, a large per cent, of the 2,^ 500.000 inhabitants have begun to look * for liberty aud opportunity elsewhere. e- One steamship company has contracis ted to land 55,000 Finns in the United i', States during the next few months, r> and it is quite probable that as many 13 as 100,000 will come here before the e year is out. The Finns are Lutheran Protestants, and are generally classed e. as a thrifty, sober, industrous people. ie They are mostly farmers and stock raisers, and have been quite prosperous under climatic and soil conditions e jt that are not to be compared to most r- parts of this country, especially the >t Piedmont section. The situation seems !e to offer an opportunity that our own 11 people should investigate. The cottou factories are taking many people from our farms, and, as the result, t farming lands are depreciating in d value. The remedy lies in immigraj. tion of the right kind of people, b These Finns seems to be the very peoD pie who are wanted. This couutry ie would be a paradise for them, and they ^ would help to make it more valuable 3 for us. Why can the matter not be ie investigated with a view to getting Is some of these immigrants down our way ? i- , t , '3 THE OFFICE OF Jl'KOR. >s Although there is every reason why ,g there should be no misconception of ie I the office of a petit juror in this couu* 0 try, it is a fact that there are mauy 11 individual citizens who do not fully understand the responsibilities of the position. ie But this situation is hardly to be it wondered at. When a judge on the t- beuch, as in the recent case of Judge D Buchanan, gives utterance to seutiments so foreign to the spirit aDd r" written law of the jury system, why ? should we be surprised that there are, jj in the ordinary walks of life, so many r people who have no greater informan tion on the subject? j The idea and practical operation of jj the jury trial dates back to the Roman ( republic. The system was estalished iu r' Eugland in the Ninth century, under e the Saxon King Ethelred as a common >- practice, aud it was one of the princi1 pal concessions that was forced from ? King John in the Magna t'harta, since (j. which time it is supposed to have be0 come an inalienable Anglo-Saxon right y forever. It is and deserves to lie con, sidered the principal prop of popular ' government, and as such ought to he c> understood and held sacred by every " man who esteems his privileges of citi(. | z'-nship. v l io- <-"11.-1 itution ami laws of the is t'nit?d States ^uaiantee a jury trial in every case involving liberty and reputation or property to the amount of $20, and the principle that no man can be deprived of life or liberty without trial by jury, is the mudsill of constitutional law. When these facts are thoroughly appreciated, we are in a position to examine the powers aud responsibilities of the juror. Examination of the jury laws shows that there has been exercised the greatest possible care to insure the selection of only the most fit men foi jury duty. Under the South Carolina statutes much is left to the discretion of the jury commissioners; but these officers are expected to select oufy intelligent, honest, fair-minded men The fact that a citizen is a voter and a taxpayer does not necessurily qualify him as a juror. The law also contem plates that he must be a man of intel ligence and of established characlei for uprightness of conduct and uucom promising integrity. The jury com missioners have a right to demanc these qualifications of every man the} euter upon a panel, and when the} fail to give proper attentiou to thest requirements, they fail in the discharg< of duties to which they are bound b} oath. Even after all these precautions have been taken, the law goes furtbei and permits an accused to peremptorily reject a certain number of jurors anc to eliminate all others who may, foi various reasons, be disqualified frou reudering a fair and impartial verdict After all these precautions hav* been taken, the juror is to he consider ed simply as a judge?a judge of tht facts. Indeed, he stands on a highei plane than even the presiding judge The duties of the presiding judge an prescribed by statute. He is allowet but the smallest range of discretion circumscribed in part by the possibh reasonable difference of opinion tha may arise in the construction of i written- law. With the juror, however it is altogether a question of conscience and discretion. He is bound only by such testimony as he may believe, ant he has a perfect legal and moral righ '** ..11 * Un> UA /I AAfi ?1/\f ItuliuttQ lu irjcui tin mat uc uv/co nvt uvnv?\ He is expected to arrive at a conclu siou independently of his fellow jn rors, and whatever that conclnsioi may be, he is bound by his solemt oath to announce it as his verdict. Am over that verdict, in case there is hi agreement of the 12 jurymen, the pre siding judge has no power except t< set it aside when, in his opinion, it i: not warranted by the law. The tie meurious responsibility assumed by s judge iu setting aside a verdict of guil ty in a criminal case is obvious; bu in a civil case, of course, the respousi bility is not so great. The average juror seems to have ai idea that when within the courthous* he is completely subject to the arbitra ry whims of the presiding judge. H< does not seem to realize that his owi duties and privileges are as clearh defined by the statutes as are those o the judge, and that so long as hi keeps within the statutes, the judgi has no arbitrary authority over him Often, when listening to the examina tion of a witness he thinks of somi particular question he would like t< have asked ; but it seldom occurs t< him that he, himself, has just as uiuct authority to ask that question as bai the lawyer on either side or the judgi on the bench. If he will go back t< the inception of the jury system, hi will find that originally all of the ex aminations were conducted by member of the jury, and the part now taken hi lawyers in this matter is a compura tively recent development. Not infrequently do we hear th< lightly expressed sentiment that tin jury system is a farce and should hi abolished. The profundity of suel ignorance is inconceivable. It is ti be taken only as an indication that be cause of our long enjoyment of civi liberty we are ceasing to appreciate iti blessings. Perhaps, too, this account: in a measure for the too frequent laxi ty ofjurors in doing their duty. Bu do not let us think of abolishing th< system. Let us rather try to raise ou: standard of the administration of jus tice. Let us inflict public contempt ot men who are unwilling to discharg< their jury duties with absolute justici and impartiality. Let us look upon th< administration of justice between met and society as the highest responsibili ty of citizenship, and, perhaps, afte awhile, we may make our jury systeu as perfect in practice as it is now it theory. THE WINKLER HILL Elsewhere in this issue is printed i synopsis of the Winkler bill, generally supposed to include the remedies tha Senator Tillman, and those who thinl with him, have agreed upon for tin improvement of the dispensary law. Recognizing, as we do, the almos insuperable dilliculties which lie in tin way of a satisfucloty practical solo tion of the whisky problem, we tit not feel inclined to raise objection: where we are unable to suggest rem -IL? l*t?f Kne.? it* ttno ?l t 11 ) ?? nf tllli 1MU UIVI'. in ?/ !v n new bill which strikes us as being man ifestly unfair to a strong and respect a ble sentiment throughout the state We refer to the feature which seeun to he intended to encourage and co erce the establishment of dispensarie; in counties where they are not wanted The hill provides, in the lirst place that dispensary funds are only to go t< counties which maintain dispensaries and in the second place counties whirl have no dispensaries are to he requited to enforce the laws within tlieii limits at their own expense. As a , matter of fact, we do not like either . IN i one of these propositions. We think it would be much better to devote all su profits to the maiutaiuance of free {j*1 ! Keely institutes and orphan asylums. m< l The second proposition, while having ?am I the appearance of justice on its face, vi< really provides a means whereby those wj j counties which believe the less liquor Kid< . the less harm, may be coerced into . accepting legalized liquor shops with y(1 unlimited capacity for debauchery. ,Ias;. l There is a deep lying injustice in the tb i whole idea of the discrimination sug- w! > gested in the bill. Every citizen and t'jc r every county contributes to the sup- aj1 port of the state government, and it 8t< , seems that if the state government is h? r going to undertake to control the li- nc . quor business at all, it should do it in . the interest of every citizen and ev- \\ r ery county. If the illegal sale of li- of . quor, for iustance, is not an offense . against the sovereignty of the state, ^te I then it is not a legal offense at all, t and the state has no business with it. a ! If it is an offense against the whole p, ? state, then it is as much the business W. of the state to punish it in counties ^ f where there are no dispensaries as in a j counties where there are dispensa- p{ p ries. Ro< Sf f Iu the theory of this bill, so far as it I applies to the distribution of profits of r and the appointment of constaoies, , we are unable to see the slightest rec- jy ognition of the principles which are a w . supposed to actuate those citizens who ]y . believe in prohibition. Indeed those vill > sections of the bill seem to be drawn A. . \ r on the presumption that the prohi- ^ bitionists are not deserving of any ; consideration whatever. The clear- ? \ uess with which this assumption is Kir } manifested is calculated to give rise to vac ? a feeling of resentment which finds ^ ... . bee t expression in an inqury into the mo, lives of the advocates of the bill. > And this iuquiry will naturally be jy u a very suspicious one. The represen- but p tative who is not willing to accord to eral ] prohibitionists credit for siucerity of 's a t motive will not get credit for sincerity of motive from prohibitionists. Under * 1* . the Wiukler bill, for instance,?it will j . be possible for the governor to appoint Th< , enough constables to make their sup- wo< , port very burdensome to a prohibition w>' 1 county. As such county will have ^ ^ j nothing to do with these constables ex- ^ . cept to pay them, the thing can be SUp j managed so as to allow the illegal bus- his # iness to flourish without restraint. He . It can thus be demonstrated that "pro- ^ j hibition is a failure," and how dispen- P'u . saries will be evolved is easy to see. Pas J ues t The spirit of the provisions of the bill eglj . under consideration fully warrant this has assumption as to their motive. ues , Although the proposed discrimina- the B tion in the distribution of dispensary 0111 funds is unjust, sincere prohibitionists g may easily bring themselves to toler- 7 , ate it ; but we hope the other objec- tali . tionable feature will be changed. Let gen j- the lawmakers set aside something ami e like 10 per cent, of the earnings in sou ; dispensary counties for the enforce- tior ment of the law in all counties, or let I there be a direct appropriation from vio g the state treasury for the purpose, pec j But however the matter may be ar- mil j ranged, eliminate that feature of the diet j bill which makes possible the coercion is g 3 of prohibition counties into sanction- bee ? ing the legal sale of whisky against seh j their sacred principles. gen 8 MERE-MKNTION. f?"' The fighting strength of the Boers, s ^rwrinulli; 80 000 men is now estimated U...J UV,VVV , ? ir at 100,000 with 200 guns. Lady QU1 . Metbuen denies that her husband, the of t general, has become insane or that he froi is ill. The total hank clearings in ^y e the United States last week amounted b to $1,859,300,836. A Washington " ? correspondent of The News and Cou j rier says the Republicans are showing Pr0 j indications of weakness in the matter just of gold standard, and that they will not Ma: ' dare incorporate a gold standard decla- for ' ration in their platform. Thegold ^ s medal provided by the ladies of South s Carolina was presented to Victor Blue P01' . in New York last Saturday by ex- ervv t Governor Hugh S. Thompson. neij Hon. W. J. Bryan and other prominent tots 2 Democratic leaders are to speak in but; r Boston ou January 30. The British parliament will assemble on January j 30, and one of the first acts of the 1 ? ^ government will be to ask for a further t?o a credit of $100,000,000 for the prosecu- say tiou of the war. The American of I ; goods recently seized by a British qUj 1 warship on a Dutch vessel have been ^ - released. The Italian government r is asking for the punishment of the uri j persons who lynched the five Italians con in Tululah, La., last spring. Carter I at Harrison, tnayor of Chicago, has de- qju dined the Democratic nomiuatiou for ha9 the governship of Illinois and it is j understood that the nomination will i be tendered to ex-Vice President Ste- s . venson. The First Baptist church of mei ( Augusta, has extended a call to Dr. C. of i A. Stakeley, of Washington, I). C. cerl c General George Henry Sharpe, former- con b ly a member of General Grant's staff j and the officer who received the parole I of the army of Northern Virginia, Pen i died at his home in Kingston, N. Y., W01 last Sunday. > Last Ykak's Pknsions.- The comp- G < Holler general, on Friday, submitted % . to the state printer his report of the fcjt s expenditures for the pension depart- pjjc ment. Following is a recapitulation : Pensioners. A mount. ' class A J", $:t,2-l0.00 tow Class It 1 (>,177.4(1 ove (Mass C, No. 1 (HI 7U2.00 r|, * Class (', No. 2 :t,7!'J 50,054.40 J (Mass C, No. 4 2,!?lu 38,412.00 villi 5 Total 7.I5S $98,075.80 er * Back pensions to the amount of of si t $1,248.65 and $6 to pensions boards for to ] , 1898 were paid out of the 1899 appro- 'pj,j, priatiou, and $1,218.19 was paid the ' boards for services in 1S99, making a ' 1 total expenditure of $101,366.97. There was $218.42 left over from ^ i- 1S9S. stor DCilLi AFFAIRS. brie! I?KX TO NKW AOVEHTISEIIKNTS. & h t Cousins?Have just received a fresh pply of Quaker oats, cream cheese, the linage, Irish potatoes and white beans. aa jf ley speak of their medicine departjnt. by M. Grist, Chairman Hoard of Dea- ?iier ns?Otfers $5.00 for the proof to conjt the person or persons who broke the 'at it ndow glass of the Yorkville Baptist e,j u rch. lie <fc Pegratn?Say that their store is clue iw stocked with supplies for the peo- roi,} e and that they are ready to talk to iu about fertilizers. T M. Starr & Co.?Ilave associated raut ith them Dr. R. M. Steele, and invite e public to come and see them. They Que! tnt to compound your prescriptions, ter B. Moore A Co.?Give personal atten- , >n to their undetaking department, Kno id say they have coffins and caskets at pr0i I prices. Robes, gloves, slippers and . ' nckings carried in stock. Also have a ,n(B .'arse for town and country use. jndi A. D. Neely, County Treasurer?Gives itice of the extension of the time for crec x paying, until January 31. vvill j, Wilmotb, Manager Factory Branch . 'areroom, Charlotte, N. C.?Speaks 13 e the Stieff pianos and says that by nres lying from him, you save the midenian's profits. He otters convenient cut{ rms to purchasers. is a is. W. Speck, Jeweler and Optician? ... lys that in a few days he will receive lllce shipment of new goods, and wants cat? KSivi mi/-] rr/. f Ilia ?U IU t'UIIIU ttliu 3CD 1JIIJI ttiiu LUI uio rices. ca,( B. Moore & Co.?Say that they have vvitl st received some bargains in bedding, , id advise you to buy now. Also have "UD lot of furniture at old prices. Farm J| irdware of all kinds. Shingles at ?1.75 ;r M. ago ;k Hill Buggy Co., Rock Hill, S. C.? tity ty that they make special buggies for ictors and liverymen, with any kind wer ' tires that may be wanted. dev ABOUT PEOPLE. tUn Irs. Johu M. Hope left Mouday for ve eek's visit to friends in Charleston. Ir. Egbert R. McElwee is in York- for e visiting his father's family, Mr. S. the McElwee. gar( Ir. VV. M. Propstand family moved | > their new cottage on King's UDtaiu street on Mouday. 8|ro )r. M. W. White has moved into the c'rc ig's Mountain street cottage just vvitl ated by Mr. Propst. It Ir. Felix E. McClain, of Dallas, has are n spending a few days in Yorkville au(j h the family of his brother, Mr. . )t. McClain. 13 n Ir. D. L. Wrav. formerly of Union; dire now of Yorkville, has had consid- T ble experience as an electrician, and last ssisting iu the work of putliug up on , lighting system in Yorkville. ^ ^ Irs. I). Wyatt Aiken, mother of i. W. G. Neville, of Yorkville,-died ca9t ler home in Greenwood yesterday. tal1 i funeral will take place in Green- an jd toduy and Mr. aud Mrs. Neville fin* I be present. bat< i. W. S. Hart, E-q., left last night {jsll Columbia and Charleston. Alter . ' mdiug to some business before the 1 reme court he will pay a visit to bin mother on Wudmalaw Island, esti expects to be absent about a week, smu Ir. F. Happerfield, formerly of this ?rr ce ; but who has, for some years a j t, been conducting n marble busis in Gastonia, has decided to re- ; tblish himself in Yorkville. He mu< uot yet secured a place of busi- The s; but as a residence will occupy larg Katcbford bouse, on the southern e^C( skirts of town. _ U AN OBJECT LESSON. E 'he reporter, a few days ago had a qj(j( c with a well-known and prominent y tlemao of the Tir/.ah neigborhood, jQn^ 1 that talk developed a striking les- ^ on the dispensary prohibition ques- j '* by t is unnecessary to say that pre- ^jg us to the establishment of the dis- , j isary at Tirzah, the population for es around was as sober and as idy as could be desired. This fact enerally conceded by all who have D ill u pusmuu lu iuiuilu lu&uj'es of it. The testimony of the tleman referred to was about as ows: A short time after the estublishJt of the dispensary, it began to be te noticeable that a large per cent, he people you would meet coming n the direction ofTirzah had whiswith them. They were always in ?ss ood humor, and, naturally, when y met acquaintances, they would duce their bottles. The result was W, , what might have been expected, jp ny of us frequently took too much ra our own good, and the progress of I community from a moral standnt was backward rather than othise. Of course there were in the " ;hborbood many people who were il abstainers and who remained so ; _ most of those who had been ac- . tomed to "taking a dram when y felt like it," began to feel like it often, and the physical effect, to ^ ^ nothing of anything else, on most :,hem, was bad. On many it was te noticeable. Since the removal ^ the dispensary the situation has ^ tied back very nearly to the old .g dition of sobriety and tempeiance. ? n not prepared to say that the comnity has entirely recovered ; but it . very nearly recovered." ID OS t is quite likely that if this general . ement were circulated for endorse- , , had it, it would receive the signatures ... , b ,, tun raany good citizens who are able to Lify from facts that have actually ie under their observation, and a . . Ler testimonial in favor of the dissary law without the dispensary, lid be difficult to find. .Wer loaf WITHIN THE TOWN. so rood cotton is worth 7.', today. edu leasels has made its appearance. the everal Negroes suspected of com- of c ity in the robbery of the store of son: ssrs. Ferguson and Snider have left Ate 11, presumably until the affair blows shoi r. \V ir here is too much idleness in Vork* inio ?, especially among a class of young* mm fegroes who have no visible means in ' upport, and who are never known brut put in a day of honest labor, in 1 s kind of thing is a constant men- an c to the welfare of the community. T lething ought to be d<ne. part n effort was made to enter the dete e of Mr. lirooks Itiman last Friday Wul it from the rear eud, through t k wall. The thief, or thieves, duf ole entirely through the wall, 01 left hand of the door. It lookec ihe object was to get at the ba which the door is fastened; bu e appears to have been a miscalcu >n, as the bar could only he remov from the other side. There is m ; as to the identity of the would-bi )ers. here ought to be a full vote at th icipal election to be held on th Uion of amending the town char next Wednesday. So far as i wn, there is no opposition to th posed change, and on this accoun fference may be expected. Thi fference, however, is not especiall; litable to the community, and i be much better if everybody wh milieu 10 ao so win voie. in sentatioD of a registration cerlifi s and town tax receipt at the poll prerequesite to voting. It is quit ly that many registration certif :s are either lost or hid away s ifully that they can only be foun b difficulty. But they should b ted up. a a local grocery store, a few day , the reporter noted quite a quae of unusually fine turnips tha e being offered for sale. Inquir eloped the information that th aips were raised by a farmer wh s about six miles from town, an tough there is very little deman them at present, principally fc reason that most people who bav dens have turnips in abundant r on the demand will be muc mger. As commonplace as tbi umstance ought to seem, it is nc bout a certain pleasing significant suggests mat surrounaiug iaruiei beginning to realize local demand are trying to supply them. Ther 3om for lots of development in tbi iction. 'he minstrel show failed to arriv Friday nigbf until about 8 o'clock iccouut of the washout on the fc ic G. Extension railroad, near Lar er. The^show came up to expe< ons upmost respects. There ws excellent quartette and seven i soloists. The contortionists, acre i and tumblers were certainly ai 3. There were only four Aral: ead of 12 or 14 as promised. Tbei lbling performance was quite intei ng; but was interfered with by th illuess of the stage. The delaye ival of the company cast a kiud t amper over the whole performance ! entertainment was not enjoyed a sh as it would have been otberwist s attendance, however, was quit ;e, and upon the whole the audi e was very well pleased. DR. W. M. WALKER. >r. William M. Walker, one of th ;st and best known citizens c kville has passed away. After ; and tedious illness, occasione icipallly by the general breakin m incident to old age, rather tha any organic trouble, he breathe last on Monday afternoon at ock. He was aged 75 years, iths and 6 days. 'bough a resident of ^3ount :e the spring of 1832, when hi ents settled about five miles nortl iforkville, Dr. Walker was a nativ Chester county. He was born o dy river, a few miles southwest c :ster courthouse, on March 9, 182-i >r. Walker's father, the late Job Iker, was a blacksmith. Not whs enerally understood by that teri his day ; but an all round work i?something more like a machiti ?capable of fashioning from iron a! >t any article that was in daily us his generation. For instance, h a great reputatiou as a manufat ?r of what was then known as th irrel riHe. Many rifles made b were sun prized lor ineir supei ly as late as 25 years ago. Indeei held their reputation uutil the e superseded by the modern breech ling rifles, which have since becom common. The son had but fev cational advantages; hut unde bringing up of a father like this :ourse, learned many practical les s that are not taught in schools r leaving his father he served i rt apprenticeship under the lab i. Youngblood, and then starlei life for himself as a finished work i. He set up a blacksmith busines k'orkville in partnership with hi: her, the late Frank M. Walker S4'J, and they continued to operati stablishment here until 1857. he dissolution of the blacksinitbiuj, nership referred to was due to the rmination on the part of Dr. ker to take up the study of den i tistry. Comparatively speaking, this \ profession was very much in its infani cy in those days, and the blacksmith's 1 attention was attracted to it by cer- . ^ r tain discoveries and improved methods ^ t that were being applied about tbat * time. He went into the new venture with the same earnest enthusiasm that o was characteristic of his life, and three e years afterward he was graduated from the Baltimore Dental college, e This was in I860. He volunteered in e the Confederate service soon afters - ward, served through the war, and s began the regular practice of his proe fcssion about 1865. That he was a . t good dentist, it is not necessary to s say, for his reputation survives him. y He continued the practice of dentist try until 1885, the last few years in o partnership with Dr. A. Y. Cartwright, e who, on bis retirement from active i- work, succeeded to bis business. 9 Though in no sense a politician, in e 1886, Dr. Walker conceived the idea ^ i- that he would like to represent bis o county in the general assembly. He d offered as a candidate for the house e and was elected by a handsome majority. But one term was enough for 9 him. During its continuance, he >- learned that to make a good, effective it legislator requires especial training y that should be commenced in early e life, and although his record was as o creditable as many who had gone bed fore and many who had gone since, be d did not offer for re-election. ,r It was probably as a farmer that Dr. e Walker achieved his most material ;i success in life. He first began to deh vote a considerable portion of his time '8 to farmiog along about in 1872. His farm was located in the northwestern outskirts of Yorkville, and on it he 8 made mauy notable experiments with 8 new varieties of cotton and corn seed, e composts and other fertilizers. Some 18 of the experiments were failuresbut -s. others were highly successful, and the e benefits derived from them were wide :i spread. But the doctor's most nota' ble achievement in this line was one for which he deserves a monument. We refer to his connection with the 8 practical development of the terrace l' system, which has so largely supplanted cruder methods of drainage :* throughout this section of the state. 's It is not claimed that Dr. Walker r originated the terrace idea. It is cerr* tain that he did not. With the infore mation at band it cannot be positively d stated here that he was the first York county farmer to make practical use of - the idea. It is certain, however, that 8 he deserves more credit than any other one individual for bringing the syse tern to the attention of bis fellow farl* raers of York county and the state. It was about 15 years ago. At that time all farm drainage in this section e was done by means of ditches, which ^ if were often the means of destroying a many acres of valuable land. Dr. d Walker undertook an experiment with g terraces. He worked slowly and caud tiously at first; but after about three rt years be was assured of the success 3 of his experiment, and he gave the ^ g result of his labors to the public in a striking interview, in which he maintained that the key to successful drainage is "uot how to get the water off your laud ; but how to keep it on." This interview was widely published, not only throughout South Carolina ; but iu adjoining states, especially where the farmers bad to deal with rolling lands. As the result, the hillside ditch has almost entirely disappeared from the farm lands of York county, and terraces are as common now as were hillside ditches and great ** gullies then. And Dr. Walker was a Christian. ; He became a member of the MelbI odist Episcopal church in 1852 and was a steward for more than 40 years. He did not profess his Christianity very loudly; but he was a believer, j Oue thing he found most difficult to understand was God's mercy to sinful mau. It puzzled him to see why man should be shown such mercy. He dey delighted in the discussion of such i8 matters, and was accustomed to treat ^ them in very much the same vein as e he treated other subjects that were less n important. But be was never flip- ^ )f pant, or skeptical, though sometimes ^ he may have appeared so. His faith n in God was subjected to a practical lt demonstration to which few men are n equal. It was about a year ago, that owing to a mistake in his medicine, at , a time when he was almost at death's I door, it was thought for a time that he e was dead. He was resuscitated e through the application of proper res.. toratives, and when he was informed of e what had happened, he was not in the .. least concerned. He expressed a calm indifference as to whether he should go or slay. It was not a question of .. being tired of life; but complete sub* ! mission to the will of God in whom he e so implicitly believed, v Dr. Walker was married in October, r 1850 to Miss Mary Ellen Hudson, who !, with two sons and two daughters surt vive him. The sons are Dr. Miles " i. J. Walker, of Yorkville, and Dr. Geo. i Walker, of Baltimore. The daughters e are Mrs. G. H. O'Leary and Mrs. H. I C. Strauss, both of Yorkville. 4 The funeral services took place at s the grave in the Yorkville cemetery, s yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. The , body was not taken to the church. .* This was in deference to a request made by the deceased, previous to his ; death. There was present a large con? course of people, relatives, friends and acquuintauces. Rev. J. M. Steadman read the funeral service and made a