Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 21, 1900, Image 2
Scraps and |acts. ?
? Previous to the breaking out of L
the Spanish war, the United States b<
government did not own a single coal- vi
ing station away from the mainland at
of our owu coasts. During the Span- J<
ish war, our ships had to make several m
trips back to Key West from Porto fe
Rico and Cuba for the purpose of coal- r?
ing. Now the question of coaling in
stations is receiving more attention ct
than ever belore, and it has been de- in
cided to maintain coal piles at Havana, vi
San Juan, Honolulu, Apia, Samoa, pi
Guan and Cavite. Each one of these ll
stations, of course, will have to be iz
properly protected. Otherwise, in ic
time of war, they are likely to serve li
only as conveniences to the enemy. nc
? The South African war is haviug P
a disastrous effect on German manu- s
facturers. It is because of a failure of (
the coal supply that has heretofore
heen drawn from England. It is ex- plained
that this failure is due to the
tact that such a large number of coal
constitutionality ot tne national uants- ~
ruptcy act. It is claimed that the a
act violates the federal constitution in
that it is not uniform and equally ap- plicable
to all citizens. The objection K
on this ground is that the act denies
voluntary bankruptcy to corporations
that are citizens of their respective
stateSj as much as ordinary citizens, "
while permitting all other citizens to "
go into voluntary bankruptcy, und
ulso denies the right to proceed in involuntary
bankruptcy agaiust wage- N
earners or persous engaged chiefly in jt
farming or the tillage of the soil, while u
allowing involuntary proceedings .
against all other citizens whether per- .
sons or incorporations. It is also al- 11
leged that the act is not uniform as E
guaranteed by the constitution, because
it allows exemptions to debtors
in varying amounts, according to the t]
law of the state of the domicile of S)
such debtor. It is expected that the j
u-ill be taken to the United Slates
supreme court. ^
? Says a Havaua dispatch of Fri- .
day: Political workers are becomiug
active iu all the municipalities, and k
the three parties, the National, the
Veteran and the Republican, are laying
out plans of campaign for the com- si
iug city elections which (ieueral Wood j
has now decided shall be held early iu j
May. The National parly, which is ,
strong in the west, especially in Havaua,
is inviting to its rauks the Cuban ^
autonomists, with the object of sup- a
porting restricted sulFrage and barring t!
the uneducated blacks from active (,!
participation in the election. This
stand is strongly opposed by both the
Veteran and the Republican parties, M
and protests are begiuning to pour in
upon Geueral Wood against any discrimination
in the right of suffrage. a
The Veterans have already entered b
their protest, and the movement is n
now being taken up by the Republi- 0
cans who have strong organizations iu j
Matanzas aud Santa Clara. Nightly
meetiugs are being held in the cities, v
and an American uamed Drake, said a
to come from Chicago, is maKing a o
tour of the two provinces, arguing v
that Cuba was freed for all and that f,
no class distinction should be permit- .
ted. His actions have been brought
to the attention of Governor Geueral
Wood.
? The long dearth of South African S:
war news has been succeeded by a j
flood. It is all favorable to the Brit- 0
ish, and that, of course, is the reason it tl
is coming through. It was estimated |f
in these reports last Saturday that {
General French had gotten behind the
Boer forces under General Cronje that
were confronting Geueral Methuen at 1
Modder river. Siuce then it has de- 1
veloped that General French has sue- v
ceeded in relieving the sorely be- ii
leaguered town of Kimberly, and Lord a
Roberts, following with the main army,
has put General Cronje to flight toward
Bloemfontein, the capital of the e
Orange Free State. The relief of ['
Kimberly seems to have been effected d
with but little opposition. The Boers ']
appear to have been taken largely by j,
surprise, and a large quantity of their ;
supplies, including provisions, ammunition,
siege guns, etc., fell into the
hands of the British. In fact the ad- 1
vance was accomplished with so much e
ease as to give rise to suspicions of e
another trap, such as has been worked
several times before. From the reports,
it would seem that Lord Roberts
advanced along the railroad as far as 0
the track remained open, and then 'i
continued forward with an immense a
wagon train especially organized for r
rapid progress. General French's ad- t
vance to Kimherly was made with a .
lightly equipped cavalry force, capable
of rapid movements. General
C'ronje commenced his retreat with ''
10,000 men and 1,000 wagons. Gener- a
al Kelly-Kenny took up the pursuit fi
with a living column of cavalry, aud c
General French also went in the same
direction. There are statements of
clashes between the British vanguard ^
and the Boer rear guard; but it does J
not appear from last accountt that the t
cavalry was able to bring Cronje to a c
stand. It was understood that Lord (l
Roberts bad already arranged to ad- |
vance on Blocmfonleiu with bis main
army, and it was estimated that with- 11
out opposition he could make the dis- ^
lance in about six days. There is a I
report to the ell'ect that while Lord r<
Roberts was advancing toward Kim- a
berly, a force of some 1,200 Boers came >,
into his rear aud captured a number of *
bis wagons. The report went on to '
say that his lordship did not cousider n
the incident as of being suflicieut im- o
miners have voluuteered for service in
the British army ; hut another explan- jfi
ation is given in the theory that the g
British government, foreseeing the u
possibility of still other complications, |
is layiog up large quantities of coal against
future contingencies. Hundreds
of factories throughout Germany ~
have closed down on account of their
inability to secure coal, and large numbers
of coal dealers have retired from
business on account of their inability to
obtain supplies. It is estimated
that the cost of producing coal in n
Germany is greater than the selling ?
price iu the United States, and there Q
is a probability of a large iucrease in
the exportation from this country. P
^ - i i ei-ri
? ?lilt uus ueeu uicu iu
Federal court at Chattanooga, Tennessee,
by the Hanover National
Bank, of New York, attacking the "
* _ii? i. r
)rtant to warrant the delay that
ould have been necessary to recover
le captured supplies. News from
adysraith indicates that there have
jen considerable changes in the iu?sting
lines within the past few days,
id this is taken to mean that General
Hubert is either sending re-iuforceieuts
to General Cronje or arranging
r another assault. Although all the
ports of the past few days have been
idicative of long-deferred British sueisses,
the British public is not iu the
ost bouyant humor. There is a
ague feeling of dread that Europe
roposes to interfere about the time
le fruits of victory begin to materiale,
and this is thought to be the meanig
of recent orders for the mobilizeon
of the British fleet. The movelents
of Russia toward India is the
rincipal cause of uneasiness.
<?hc IJorittriUt (Enquirer.
YORKVILL.E, S. C.:
WEDNESDAYTFEB'V. 21,1900.
? Last week Cecil Rhodes was estilated
by the Boers as being worth
10,000,000 to them ; since the arrival
f General French in Kimberly, it apears
that the price has been reduced.
? Mr. Bryan excused himself from
?maining in Columbia on the ground
lat there was greater need for him in
harleston. A frank, plain spoken
ian is Mr. Bryan.
? Chiefly through the agency of The
Ironing Post, a great audience was galhred
for Mr. Bryan last evening.?Cbarlesm
Post.
The News and Courier says the
ews spread from a telegraphic bullen
posted at its door.
? It is hardly fair to make fun of the
'ews and Courier for getting back
ito the band wagon, lor it alone can
ill of the miseries it has enjoyed durig
its loDg period of voluntary isolaon
from the great majority of the
>emocratic party.
? The $100,000 appropriation that
ae house made for the free public
. hools of the state has beeu re-condered.
The senate refused to agree
a the appropriation. The house at
rst insisted ; but afterward yielded to
tie senate and the appropriation was
illed.
? The general assembly adjourned
ine die last Sunday morning at about
ay light. The time limit expired at
2 o'clock Saturday night; but all the
usiness not having been finished, the
ands of the official clock were not
Mowed to mark the hour of 12 until
he sun had begun to rise. During
he session about 175 new laws were
assed, and all of these have been or
rill be sigued by the governor.
? Mr. J. C. Hemphill, of The News
nd Courier, is mentioned as having
een a member of the Charleston committee,
which, wearing silver dollars
n ih<? lnnnpk of their coats, met. Mr.
M v"v "*rr? ? ?
Iryan in Columbia, and invited him to
isit their city. Mr. Hemphill has
II along been a goldbug of the goldugs,
and we can hardly think that he
r'ould approach even Mr. Bryan under
ilse colors. Therefore, he must have
ecome a silverite.
? Kemarks the Columbia State with
agelike wisdom :
Holding the supreme military power,
'resident McKinley is practically emperr
of those islands [Philippines] while
tiey remain under military control. It
i at odds with our theory of government;
nt a suggestive illustration of the new
imerican imperialism.
Let us substitute Jefferson and the
iouisiana purchase for McKinley and
he Philippines, and inquire again
rhetber this suggeston of "American
aaperialism" is new. The re-actiouists
ud narrow-contractionists of Jefleron's
day were as bitter against the
xpansion policy then, as are the oposed-to-everytbiug-newspnpers
of toay
agaiust the expausion policy now.
"o us the "imperialism" that obtains
a the Philippines, seems to be idenical
with that obtaining in Porto Rico,
ilaska and Arizona, except that in
he two last named territories there
xists a certain measure of civil govrument;
? Senator McKnery, of Louisiana,
ue of the Southern Demociats who,
ike Senator McLatirin, followed the
dvice of Mr. Bryan and voted for the
atification of the Spanish-American
reaty, made a speech the other day
j which he said that "it would have
een well if Dewey had sailed away
rom Manila after his famous victory
nd left the Spaniards and Filipinos to
ght it out." Possibly the senator is
orrect; but as Dewey did not sail
way, we are unable to see the practial
application of such an observation,
'he seuator went on to express a fear
hat the Fdipiuos would some day
ompete with us in coltou production
o such an extent as to interfere with
lie establishment of cotton mills in
he South and New England. This
;ar need not give serious uneasiness,
t is a fact that cotton culture has aleady
been tried iu the Philippiues aud
bandoued as unprofitable. It is harder
probably that the experiment will
e made again ; but if it is, we would
ather it be made under the auspices
f the I'nited Stales government than
under the auspices of Great Britain, ]
Germany, Japan or some other commercial
rival. .
? Without attempting to discuss the
merits of the quarrel between Great
Britain and the South African repub- f
lies, we want to remark upon the
strangeness of repeated assertions from
intelligent men that the Boers are (
lighting for the same principle that
brought on our own struggle in 1776. *
It is generally accepted nowadays that
the main issue in the revolution of
1776 was taxation without represcnta- <
tion. Anyway, that is the cause that
the Americans assigned at the beginning
of the war. Since that time
Great Britain has never sought to tax
any one of her colonies without repre- *
sentation, and she has not sought to
tax the Boer republics. If she licks
these republics in the war, as she
probably will, it is not likely that a
single individual citizen of either republic
will lose one dollar's worth of j
his individual property, or any privi
lege that he previously enjoyed except
such privileges as were not equally <
enjoyed by every other while inhabitant
of the country. This, of course,
has no bearing whatever on the justice
or injustice of the war. That will always
be an open question with the
preponderance of sympathy in favor of
the Boers: but so far as personal or ,
individual liberty is concerned the av- '
erage individual will not suffer. I
? Said Mr. Bryan in Charleston the i
other day: 1
Say to the Filipinos that we are there
to establish a stable government in the i
place of theirs, and when it is established <
it is theirs and not ours. We have protected
the republics of Central and South
America, and so let us do the same for I
the Filipinos. Let us give to them the i
promise of protection and we will prove
the difference between a nation and an .
empire.
We fully endorse all this. A year
ago we were unable to reconcile ourselves
to the idea of assuming responsibility
for a nation on the other side
of the globe ; but realizing the manner 1
in which this responsibility has been i
forced upon us, and the impossibility
of escape, we are now reconciled. We
are perfectly willing for the establishment
of a stable government. This
country is finding it expensive work ; |
but still there is no other satisfactory i
way. We might give or sell the islauds
to Great Britain, Germany, Russia
or Japan, or get out of the way
and let some one of these nations take
them ; hut really that would not suit.
So we will go 011 with the establishment
of our stable government, and
when we get it established we will
give it to the Filipinos. It will he
theirs, not ours ; hut still we will arrange
that they must keep it; and uot
give it away or sell it to some other
nation. Thut will be unfair to us.
For all we propose to do, we will certainly
be entitled to some say so; but
how we are going to reconcile the
whole situation to all of our fine spun
theories is a problem that still remains
unsolved.
? Consul Macrum's recent assertion
to the effect that he "did not know
that an alliance existed between the
United States and Great Britain," has
given rise to a great deal of interesting
talk in diplomatic circles. In parliament,
last Thursday, Lord Roseberry
said, "Last December the govern
meut made urgent overtures to great
powers?Germany and the United
States?for an alliance; but those
overtures were uot received with such
cordiality as to encourage the government
to renew them." This statement,
coming from Lord Roseberry, who is
not a member of the British cabinet, is
only to be taken as being of about the
same weight as would a statement of
a Democratic senator about the doings
of a Republican administration. It
does not give any more positive information
on the suspected alliance than
does the statement that was made by
Macrttm. It will be noted that while
Macrum said he did not know of such
an alliance, he neglects to say whether
he knows of such an alliance now. It
is all a matter of inference like that of
Lord Salisbury, the British prime minister,
when, one day last week, it was
intimated that his government had not
taken the steps necessary to enable
it to deal with certain Asiatic contingencies,
replied : "I would gladly accept
a challenge provided the words
would not go beyond this chamber."
So the whole situation seems to be
involved in doubts that cannnot be
cleared up except in the development
of certain contingencies.
? ?
Suicide at Clio.
Thomas Kllerbe Haselden, agent of
iho AI hint ic Toast Line at Clio. 8. I!..
committed suicide last Saturday morning
about S o'clock iu the oflice at the
depot. He went to the otliee eaily and
reported the departure of the Latin
branch train, which leaves Clio about
G o'clock. About S o'clock some one
wishing to go in the ollice found the
door locked, and looking through the
window saw Mr. Haselden sitting in
a chair, leaning on the table. The
door was forced and it was found that
he was dead. In his right hand was
found cliuched a 38-cnlibre revolver
and in his right temple was the hole
where the fatal bullet entered. Death
must have been instantaneous. No <
cause other than temporary aberration
of mind can he assigned for the rash ,
act. His accounts with the railroad i
company are all straight and up-to- '
date. He has been in had health for
sometime.
At Piedmont mid I'el/.er.
Dr. Evans, of the state hoard of
health, hus been sent to Piedmont I
and Pel/.er to look after the smallpox <
situation at those places. <
LOCAL AFFAIRS
INOKX TO NKW ADVKKTISKMKVT*
I. C. Si muss?Says that there is no hi
times here and that 8 cents cotton d
not raise his prices. He offers barga
in winter Roods and quotes a few pri
for your inspection.
She's Coming?The Girl l-'rom Chili?f
will be at the opera house on Thured
February 22, backed by a strong oc
pany. Seats on sale at W. B. Mo
A Co.'s store,
ieo. W. S. Hart?Attorney at law, Yo
villc, S. C. Office, No. 2, Law Ran
?ity Barber Shop, YV. H. Adams, 1'
prietor?Says this is the time of yeai
get shampooed, and tells you that hi
prepared to do it in the most approi
manner.
jlenn A Allison?Tell you that a hea
welcome awaits you at their place
business, and a cordial invitation is
tended to call and examine their ditl
ent lines. They have a full selectioi
mules and horses, buggies, harness 5
wagons.
las. M. Starr A Co., Leading Druggjsi
Tell you about their "Coughiue" j
say it is one of the medicines known
colds, coughs, croup, lung trouble i
bronchitis. They make and sell i
25 cents.
i'orkville Buggy Co.?Will trade bugg
wagons and harness for pine wood, i
will sell anything in their line fore
or on time.
L. T. Nichols, General Manager Carol
A Nortb-Western Railroad Co.?Wa
sumdard gauge tires for standard ga
ing the line.
J. L. Wilmoth, Manager?Publish?
strong testimonial from Mr. and \
Geo. S. Messer, of Charlotte, N. C.,
pressing their satisfaction with
Stietl piano bought from him.
J. S. Brice, Attorney?Has money to 1
on good real estate.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Maggie McFadden is clerk
for Mr. H. C. Strauss.
Mr. Glenn Grist, of Raleigh, spet
lew days in Yorkville this week.
Miss Addie Williums, of Yorkyi
s in Rock Hill visiting Miss Ca
Neisler.
Miss Janie Robertson, of Yorkyi
s visiting relatives and friends
Charlotte.
W. B. deLoach, Esq., left for Bla
iurg and Gatf'ney on Monday to I
ifier professional business.
Dr. Jus. L. Hunaban, of the Y
Drug store, spent Sunday in Colurr
with relatives and friends.
Miss Iva Withers has returned fi
* visit to the family of ber broil
Dr. Robt. S. Withers, at Blacksburj
Mr. Henning H. Clawson, whc
buying cotton for Messrs. Latla Br
it Camden, is at home for a few di
Chester Lantern, Friday : Mrs. E
Beurd and two children, of Yorkv
are visiting the family of Mr. J.
Wood.
Mi\ Paul T. McNeel has retur
from Charleston, where he has b
attending a meeting of the Mas<
fraternity.
THE ItECE IV EIISHIP CASES
'Phi. nan>lin? mnlinnQ in tllA CHS
X lie ptIJU 1 IJ^ tu UVIVIIV au
the Rock Hill Cotton Factory cone
ny and the Commercial and Farm
Bank receivership?, which were
have been argued before Judge G
last Saturday, did not come up as
expected.
It developed that on account of
great mass of testimony that woulc
offered, Judge Gage did nothaveat
disposal the time that would be nei
sary for a full hearing of the cases,
accordingly it was agreed that the
timouy be taken before W. W. Le
Esq., as referee, and the matter s
milted to Judge Aldrich at the
proaching session of the court of c
raon pleas.
His honor overruled a motion
consolidate the case of D. Hutcbii
receiver, against the Ganson Dry Gc
company, with the case of the CI
lotte Clothing company against
Ganson Dry Goods company;
granted an order making D. Hut
son, receiver, a party defendant
the Charlotte Clothing company's s
Mr. B. N. Moore, receiver for the G
son Dry Goods company, was autl
ized and instructed to dispose of
company's stock of goods in wh
sale lots at prices as near as possibl
cost, and the balance at the best pr
obtainable.
THE TELEPHONE OWNERS.
With the information at hand
Friday, it was only practicable to }
a bare statement of the meeting
telephone exchange owners that
held in Charlotte on Thursday. '
proceedings, however, are of sutBci
local interest to warrant a more
teuded notice, especially us the pu
utility of the telephone continues
develop in importance.
There were present at the rneel
representatives from companies opi
ting about 4,000 independent t
phones and 1,500 miles of toll line
North and South Carolina :
It is stated that the object of
organization is to "build better lii
give belter service, stand close to e
other in the independent field and
cure the support of the general publ
The constitution adopted is as
lows:
The name of this organization slial
tiie Independent Telephone Associai
of the Carolinas.
The ollicers shall consist of apresid
vice president, secretary, treasurer auc
executive committee.
The executive committee shall h
power to generally manage affairs of
association, and when the associatioi
not in session to carry out the objects
purposes of the association.
The association shall have powei
pass such laws as may be deemed ne<
sary to give effect to its objects and t
poses.
Kacli member shall have a vote, i
an additional ballot for each f>0 'phone.'
operations, or2"> miles of toll lines.
The objects and purposes of this ai
ciation shall be to promote and adva
the interests and welfare of the Indcp
dent Telephone company in the Cs
Unas.
A vice piesidcnt and attorney slial
elected from North Carolina and same
fleers from South Carolina. The t
president from North Carolina shall j
side at all meetings held in this state i
the South Carolina vice president at
sessions in that state.
The following ollicers were electt
President, \V. II. Moore, Yorkvi
3. C.; vice president fur South Car
an, C. E. Fleming, Spartanburg; \
president for North Carolina, It.
liubhiugton, Gustonia; secretary,
[J. Mills, ltulherfordton, N. C.; trt
3. urer, J. A. Martin, Hickory, N. C. ;
executive committee, J. \V. Simpson,
j Spartanburg, S. C.; E. L. Moore, Diloes
Ion, S. C.; J. A. Helvin, Charlotte;
^ Dr. M. C. Hunter, Stanley Creek, N.
C. ; A. S. Shuford,- Newton, N. C.; attorneys,
T. C. Guthrie, Charlotte, ami
mi- J. S. Brice, Yorkville, S. C.; electriore
cian9, C. E. Bradshaw, of Charlotte,
rk- and F. C. Manning, of Sumier, 8. C.
,jf?* The executive committee will meet
r to in Gastonia, N. C., on second Tuesday
in March and draft the by laws of the
association.
rty v? .
eJ. /**' SILVER WEDDING,
er- There was au interesting celebration
at the manse of the White Memorial
Chapel in Rock Hill last Friday
irid even'nK- The occasion was the twentvfor
fifth anniversary of the marriage of
[na[ Rev. and Mrs. D. S. McAllster, and
there was a silver wedding reception
X5 from 8 to 11. >C
ash In all there were seventy-five or
ina more guests?friends of this estimable
,nts pair?who went to extend congratuug*
lations and to bestow beautiful and
* a valuable gifts as tokens of their regard,
ex- ^ev" ^r' *' Thorn well, of Fort
the Mill, made a short hut happy address
oan to ^''de an<^ Broom ?f twenty-five
years, ana auer uu ujijjiupimic icsponse
by Rev. Mr. McAlister, Dr.
Thornwell led the company in prayer.
ln? Then followed supper. It had been
a prepared by the lady members of the
chapel congregation, assisted by others
He, of the First Presbyterian church, and
rrie was also served by them in a manner
that delighted the company as well as
1 .' the long wedded pair.
There were numerous gifts of useful
lCk. articles and of money, no less useftil to
ook the minister. Some of these gifts were
from Mr. McAlisler's home, others
from his first charge in which he had
'k'a chosen his bride, other especially baudsome
were from Bethel congregation,
ier and still others from his present charge
g. and other friends in Rock Hill. They
> is included a great deal of silver-ware;
08,j but perhaps the most unique offering
i^' was that made by Rev. Alexander
ille SPrunt anfl l',e elders of the first Pieshyteriau
church of Rock Hill. It consisted
of a costly silver waiter Indened
ned with silver dollars and covered with
een fragrant flowers.
)nic .
AGAINST THK TRUST.
i ne iinii-iniai* it-i un/.^i lurcimg,
^ called by Messrs. J. M. Whitesides, I).
M. Hall and others, was held in the
i pat
, court house last Monday at 1.30
C,^o o'clock.
The attendance was hardly as large
as was expected, including not more
than 25 farmers in ull; but after due
tjje consideration it was decided to proj
^ ceed with the work of organization
,. and enter into a discussion of the sitins
nation.
ces^
Mr. H. VV. Thomson, of Broad River
township, was elected as chairman of
the meeting and the reporter for Thk
Enquirer served as secretary.
After reading the call, under authority
of which the meeting was held,
Chairman Thomson requested a free
expression of the views of those present
as to what was best to be done.
lods ^r' exPre9se(* h'mse'f" to
i about this effect: We have been
liar- . . ,
. raising cotton for the past three or
k four years at a loss, and now that the
price has begun to advance a little, it
seems to me that this trust ought to
. be willing to at least allow us a part of
lan benefit. While I do not know, I
think probably the trust muy be entitled
to make some advance; but then
tne . ,
, we want to see that it does not
0J6make
too great an advance. As for
e to ,, x
ices myse''> * am w,",n? t0 agree not to
use a single pound of commercial fertilizers
; but as we could not get a general
agreement along this line, maybe
last it would be well to agree that we will
?ive not pay more than 10 per cent, ad;
of vance on last year's prices. We must
was draw the line somewhere and maybe
The this would be about right,
ient Mr. Thomson thought it was strange
ex- that the alleged advance of raw mateblic
iial was the only reason that was given
! to by the trust for the advance in prices,
when, a9 a matter of fact, most of the
.ing sources of supply of raw materials that
sra- enter into the manufacture of fertiliele
zers are under the control of the trust,
s in He did not well see how the farmers
could uudertake to do without comthe
mercial fertilizers, so long as the price
lies, is within reason; but as a matter of
ach principle, he thought it would be a
se- good idea to inaugurate a fight, the
ic." battle cry of which would be non-patfol
ronage of the trust or its agents. He
was for giving the preference to non1
be trust companies, especially where such
tlon companies would meet the prices of
ent, the trust.
1 an Mr. J. T. Summer ford said he had
ave made cotton without commercial fertilizers
and could do it again. He did
and not calculate on using any commercial
r l() fertilizers this season, and left it to
lies- others to do as they pleased ; hut sug,ur*
gested that 8 per cent, advance on
and last year's prices was as ranch as
sshould be paid.
iso- After the expression of various opinions,
the following was adopted as the
iro- sense of the meeting :
. . Resolved, That 10 per cent, advance
' ~.? on last year's prices of fertilizers is as
"J* much as we ought to pay; that it is our
"ce inclination to dispense with the use of
)reJ commercial fertilizers rather than suhmit
""{J to a greater advance than 10 per cent., and
u" that in making our purchases we will
give preference to non-trust companies,
id : over those known to belong toa trust.
lie, Upon motion, the chair was requestoli
ed to appoint a committee of six from
rice the fanners present, which committee
B should be charged with the duty of
J. ascertaining the names of the fertilizer
>us- companies which belong to the Virgin
in Chemical company, the prices at
which all companies?lrust and nontrust?doing
business in this section
are willing to sell their goods, and
report the information to an adjourned
meeting to he held in the court house
at 12 o'clock, noon, the (irst Monday
in March.
Under this resolution, the chair appointed
the following committee: J.
B. Neil, J. M. Whilesides, W. M
St owe, It. M. Wallace, I). M. Hall,
A. P. Hope.
There being no further business, the
meeting was adjourned until the first
Monday in March.
COTTON SEED HULLS.
Only a few years back the comparative
value of raw cotton seed, cotton
seed hulls and cotton seed meal
for foodstuffs or as a fertilizer, was a
debatable question. There were those
who held that cotton seed hulls were
no better than so much saw dust for
food, and there were those who could
not see how it wus that cotton seed
meal, from which one essential element
hud been removed, could be as
vuluable either for food or fertilizer as
the healthy raw seed.
But all these questions are settled
now to the satisfaction of almost everybody.
There are only a few who remain
unconvinced, and these probably
have not yet completed satisfactory
tests. Anyhow, the use of cotton 9eed
meal and hulls which commeuced a
few years ago in hundred pound lots,
has now developed into hundreds of
tons, and this use is daily becoming
more widespread.
The failure of forage crops last year
has had a great deal to do with extending
the use of cotton seed hulls
and meal in this immediate section.
Many have been forced from necessity
to try the experimeut that had previously
given so much satir-faclion to
others, and it appears that the good
results are generally the same.
Speaking of the use of cotton seed
meal and hulls, in the presence of the
reporter a few days ngo, a prominent
citizen of Yorkville said: "Cotton
seed hulls alone are as good for cattle,
especially dry cattle, as any kind of
hay I know of. They will fatten cattle
and keep them in the best of good
order. If mixed with meal, the ration
seems to he almost perfect, not only
as a fat producer; hut also as a milk
and hutter producer. I have heard
also of cases where it has heen fed to
mules and horses with entire satisfaction,
and I know it to be a fact that
cows that have become accustomed to
eating raw cotton seed can he induced,
with difficulty, to go back to them after
they have been fed on hulls."
A large dealer in hulls, who has
handled several hundred tons within
the pust few months, snys the demaud
was never greater in this section than
now. He has hardly heen able to
keep a supply, so rapid has been the
consumption, and there has been a
considerable advance in price. Not a
great while back hulls could be bad at
the mills for from $1.50 to $2.00 per
ton. Now they retail to consumers
for $6 per ton. "I had a customer
last fall," continued the dealer, "to
bring me 1,900 pounds of green cotton
seed, for which I gave him 2,500 pounds
of hulls and meal and $3.70 in cash.
I could not give him the same proportion
now. Meal that sold lor $18 last
year is now worth $25, and although
seed has advanced a little, to 22 cents
for a bushel of 30 pounds, the advance
has not been quite so great in proportion.
Although it is au established fact
that as a fertilizer, cotton seed meal is
almost without a superior, it is a fact
that so far this season a comparatively
small amount bus been sold for that
purpose. Most of the meal that has
been going out up to this time has
been for feeding purposes.
"LEE'S SHARPSHOOTERS."
Major W. S. Dunlop, formerly of
the Twelfth regiment, McGowau's brigade,
now of Little Rock, Ark., has
written a book, and a wonderfully interesting
book it is, especially to the former
comrades of the gallant major and
all the members of McGowau's immortal
brigade. We have a copy of the
book at hand and have read it. There
is not a dull page in it, especially to
those who are thoroughly familiar
with the subject treated, aud most of it
will be of unusual interest even to the
general reader. Its contents are well
summed up in the introduction, which
reads as follows:
"Lee's Sharpshooters ; or, The Forefrout
of Battle," is the title given this
volume, which tells a story of Southern
valor that never has been told;
tells it because it ought to be told ; <
aud tells it because the truth of history
demands that it should be told. |
It treats of the closing period ol
our great struggle, of that matchless
campaign which began in the wilder- 1
ness of Spoltsylvania, May 8, 18G4,
and ended at Appomattox Courthouse, <
April 9, 18Ui>. 11 follows me uvo (
great armies of Grant and Lee, and (
roles with careful pen the salient fealures
of every engagement; gathers ]
up results and engrosses them iu a '
hroadblack background, through which 1
to truce the crimson thread of its untold
story. J
It tells of the great carefulness with (
which the sharpshooters weie selected
and organized; of their special drill
and extru equipment ; and of their '
high character us men and splendid '
record as soldiers. I
It tells how they hung like u fringe (
upon the front and flanks of the (
murching columns to avert u cavalry |
dash or other contingency, or stood
like a hedge between the embattled 1
ruuks of Blue and Gruy as they swung 1
into liue for action ; and when the is- (
sues were made up and the hours of
conflict came, how they combed out
the interval between the lines and led
the hosts to buttle.
It tells of the dauntless courage and
heudlong charges that crushed the
enemy's outer lines and caused their
main lines to writhe and squirm, and
sometimes to break under the fiery
impact of their splendid esprit de
corps. It tells how they massed themselves
against the enemy's high entrenchments,
stormed their forces and
captured their men. And how, time
and again, at the dead hours of midnight,
they dashed into the Federal
outposts and picket lines and swept
them out for miles without losing a
man.
It tells of many iucidents of personal
daring and hairbreadth escapes, as
well as numerous independent and
successful encounters in full corps,
where their opponents were five times
their own uumbers.
It tells of the disasters at Five Forks
and Batteries Gregg and Forty-five ; of
the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond,
and the last sad sceues at Appomattox
Court House; how the
sharpshooters with brazen frout, stood
in the breach when our lines gave way,
and with what amazing dexterity tbey
were 1 brown from front to rear and
from Hank to flank to ward off the
surging columns of Grant and Sheridan
as they crowded upon the little
army of retreatiug Confederates. It
tells how they made the last charge,
captured the last buttery and fired the
last gun as the tragedy closed and the ?.
curtain fell.
Major Dunlop's book is bound in
cloth and coutains 488 pages. The
printing is good and the type large and
clear. A limited number of copits
have been received by Mr. J. A. Watson,
of Yorkville, who will dispose of
them as long as they last at $1.50 each.
It is very likely that his supply will
be exhausted within a short lime.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
Cotton was worth from 8 to 8} yesterday.
Treasurer Neely is engaged in the
work of writing up delinquent tax
executions.
The time limit at which tax returns
could be made without penalty expired
yesterday. Auditor Boyce says the
returns are about as complete as usual.
The Winnie Davis Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy, gave
an oyster supper at the Parish hotel
last Thursday night for the benefit of
the Jeff Davis memorial fund.
The county pension board, consisting
of Messrs. J. F. Wallace, John L.
Rainey, Iredell Jones, W. N. Elder aud
Dr. W. G. White, physiciuu, met in
Yorkville on yesterday for the purpose
of muking its annual revision of
the pension list.
The "Girl From Chili" is the next
attraction at the opera bouse. This
company is spoken of in the papers of
surrounding, towns as being a firstclass
merry-maker. It has been drawing
good houses and muking audiences ,
feel like they had gotten the worth of
their money. Tomorrow (Thursday)
night is the date fixed for Yorkville.
Reserved seats are now on sale at the
store of Messrs. W. B. Moore & Co.
The election for officers of the First
regiment of South Carolina militia,
held at the store of W. B. Moore &
Co., last Saturday, resulted, so far as
the Jasper Light Infantry is concerned,
as follows: For colonel?J. C.Boyd,
47; J. A. Smylbe, 3; for lieutenant
colonel?H. Fay GaB'uey, 48 ; B. B.
Foster, 2; for major Third battalion,
J. H. Marion, 50. *
There was quite a large attendance
at the entertainment that was given at
the residence of Mr. M. F. Jones last
Friday evening by the Ladies' Aid
Society of Trinity church. The pro
gramme was much more iuteresting
and elaborate than many of the audience
were expecting from the advance
announcements, and the pleasure
occasioned by the delightful manner in
which it was rendered, was all the
greater. Those taking part included
the literary aud musical talent of Yorkville,
and while all the nembers were
good, some were of exceptional excellence.
The Ladies' Aid Society
realized a material contribution to the
funds of their treasury, and the
patrons of the entertainment were so
well pleased that most of them would
gladly give their patronage to a repetition
of it.
Mrs. Ann C. McPbeeters died at
her home in Yorkville last Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, after an illness
of slightly more than two weeks. She
had been attacked by grip ; but seemed
to have pretty nearly recovered,
?iioio wiis rpHson to hone that she
would he up again. Her death was ?*
quite sudden, and the immediate cause
was heart fuilure. Mrs. McPheeters
was a daughter of the famous Chancellor
Harper, of South Carolina; but
was a native of Missouri, having been
born near St. Louis on January 29,
1821. She was married to her first
and only husband, the late James A. *
McPheeters in 1840, and as the result
of their union five children were boru?
one son and four daughters. Of these
only one, the youngest, Miss Annie,
survives. The family has been residing
in Yorkiille since the war, huving ,
oome to this place as refugees from
Mouticello, Fairfield county. Mrs. McPheeters
was the oldest female member
of the Presby tcrian church of Yorkville,
md during all the time she has resided
tiere has been one of its leading memoers.
For many years, Mrs. McPhee;ers
and her daughters were, by virtue
of their special willinguess and activiy,
at the head of most of the charitaole
work that was done by the church,
md it is a fact well known to the
nore promiuent citizens, that the debased,
at all times, entertained the
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