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Scraps and |acts. |j ~~ a ? Cecil Rhodes has given out an in- h terview in which he severely scor&s General Buller for incompetency. Mr. g Rhodes declares that the entire Boer ii army has at no time numbered more c than 45,000 men, and that of these 3 15,000 were foreigners. He says that c the numbers of the Boers have been h exaggerated merely in order to explain p the severe revises that have been sus- s twined by the British. v ? Secretary Hester's statement of a 1 - * ? . ? 1 M.annl.* rtt ok/VIMO A a n 1 me wisi ui whuu ouu UBcrease for the week just closed of 154,- J1 260 bales, against a decrease of 163,- v 855 last year. The total visible is 3,- '' 719,829, against 3,874,089 last week ^ and 5,292,648 last year. Of this the ^ total of American cotton is 3,059,629, ^ against 3,143,089 last week and 4,046, 0 648 last year; of all other kinds, in- 0 eluding Egypt, Brazil, etc., 710,000, ^ against 731,000 last week and 1,156,- * 000 last year. Of the world's visible supply there is now afloat and held in 1 Great Britain and continental Europe, I 1,926,000 bales, against 3,116,000 last v year; in Egypt 186,000 against260,000 D last year; in India 329,000, against f 575,000 last year, and in the United 11 States 1,279,000, against 1,252,000 last <1 year. ^ ? At a meeting of the stockholders P of the East Tennessee & Western ^ North Carolina railroad, held S. John- 1 son City, Tuesday afternoon, it was e decided to extend the road from Cran 0 berry to Lincolnton, N. C., about 75 a miles. Lincolnton is about 30 miles 1 west of Charlotte, N. C. The exten- e sion will penetrate the rich deposits ? of magnetic iron ore, for which western North Carolina is famous. It will also touch the Mitchell county gold : section. Morganton, N. C., will probably be on the route. The officers elected at the meeting are : President, General R. F. Hoke, Raleigh, N. C.; t vice president, F. Firmstone ; secreta- ^ ry and treasurer, J. S. Wise, Philadel ? phia; general superintendent, C. H. '* Ninson, -Cranberry; auditor, J. E. \ Vance, Cranberry. The reports showed that last year was the best in the _ road's history, the expenses being coufined to 62 per cent, of the earnings. ? The bill establishing a civil government in Puerto Rico has been : practically completed by the sub-committee on insular affairs. Iu addition to the features already published the * committee has incorporated provisions a relating to corporations. The bill pro- v hibits the issue of stock or bonds ex- a cept for cash or the issue of slock or v bond dividends. It prohibits the grant- ^ ing of public franchises by private bills, but provides for a general franchise law reserving to the legislature ^ the power to amend, alter, or repeal p franchises at will, and also the right to D purchase-such franchises. It prohibits ^ the organization of banks of issue and the organization of agricultural corporations. The latter provision is to . prevent the agricultural lands of the island fulling iuto the hands of a big v corporation. Following the law in I this country, it also provides that 1 banks procuring title to lands in pay- ^ ment of debts must dispose of such land within five years. a ? Says a Topeka, Kan., dispatch of c March 16: The owuers of the Topeka Capital have decided to adopt the a methods of the Rev. C. M. Sheldon c and continue the paper as a "strictly c Christian newspaper." This announce- p ment was made tonight by F. O. Popo- (j noe, president of the company, who c said : * "When the idea of having the Rev. Mr. Sheldon ,conduct the experi- 1 ment was first conceived we had no ^ other thought than that The Capital ? would resume its old methods so soon c as the week should be over. "We now believe in the Rev. Mr. Sheldon's idea. We believe the time is ripe for is a Christian daily, and we will make 11 one of The Capital. In matters of f detail The Capital will probably not r strictly follow the example set this 11 week. For instance, the make-up of the paper will be changed somewhat ji and there will be more news priuted, / both local and telegraphic. However, in a general and material way The Cap- ? ital will adopt Mr. Sheldon's idea of a 1< religious paper." ? Following is the answer of the p German government to a request of 1 President Kruger for German inter- ? vention in the Transvaal quarrel: "The government of Germany and the v emperor will be glad and ready to 11 assist in friendly mediations as soon as t, it is demonstrated that both opponeuts desire mediation. Whether the desire already exists on the British side cau be found by the republic on direct in- 0 quiry at London or through the good e offices of a third government which has no important interests of its own to consider in South Africa. The lat- j, ter assumption is qualified with a num- v ber of nations in aud outside Europe . but not with Germany. Any such 1 step on the part of the German gov- u ernment would awake suspicions and C have other than a humanitarian view, h The increased mistrust thereby engen- f( dered would not promote a peaceable j settlement. The request of the republics to transmit their appeal for media- M tiou to the Austro-Hungarian and h Swiss governments whose interests are C watched by the German consulate, has z; been immediately fulfilled." f( ? John Jacob Astor is now building w at Fernslitr-on-the-Hudson, just where Ci that beautiful river, the lthiue of w American, euters the Catskill mountains, the finest private residence on this n continent and one of the finest in the 11 world. Biltraore, George Yanderbilt's w castle, near Asheville, N. C., is now c< the largest, most expensive and mag- jj nificent home in America, and the park which surrounds it is unsurpassed even in Europe. Few royal palaces com pare with Biltmore in grandeur, luxury and extent, and contains anything like the comforts aud conveniences n which human genius and unlimited jy wealth have contrived for Mr. Vanberbilt and his guests. Mr. Astor, a however, intends to surpass Biltmore '' in all of these respects. His archi- It tects have been at work for several V years upon the plans. They have ex- |j amined every private and royal resi- j deuce that is worth looking at and claim that when Fernsliff is finished it will he the noblest and most luxurious home in existence. Mrs. Astor is giv- u iug personal attention to the details, it he gained a good deal of experience uring the construction of the Woldorf nd Astoria hotels. Much of their entity is dne to her taste. ? A literary club of women in Michian asks Mr. W. E. Curtis for certain iiformntion of a delicate character conerning memhers of the United States enate, which is difficult to furnish heause the answer to every inquiry must ea matter of opinion upon which peoile may differ. Mr. Curtis says: "I ubmitted the questions to a jury of yell informed and disinterested men, nd give the result of their judgment. Vhere two names are mentioned the ury was a tie. In all other cases it tas either unanimous or gave a mnjorty vote in favor of the person named : ?he oldest senator, Mr. Pettus, of Alaama; the youngest, Mr. Butler, of forth Carolina; the tallest, Mr. Allen, f Nebraska; the shortest, Mr. Mason, f Illinois; the handsomest, Mr. AlIrich, of Rhode Island ; the homeliest, -Ir. Tillman, of South Carolina; most udustrious, Mr. Cockrell, Mr. Cullom; he laziest, Mr. Wetmore, of Rhode sland ; the wisest, Mr. Allison ; the vittiest, Mr. Vest, Mr. Chandler; the aost learned,Mr. Hoar; the least learud, Mr. Heitfeldt, of Ibado; the most nfluential, Mr. Allison; the most elo[uent, Mr. Wolcott; the most popular, Ir. Jones, of Nevada ; the most un opular, Mr. Pettigrew ; the most fre[uent talker, Mr. Allen ; least frequent alker, Mr. Wetmore ; the best debatr, Mr. Frye; the richest, Mr. Clark, f Montana; the poorest, several sentors have nothing but their salary; be best dresser, Mr. Depew ; the poorst dresser, Mr. Mason." (The \lorkvillc (fhiquirrr. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21,1900. ? And now it is reported that ex'resident Cleveland is endorsing Bryo, minus his free silver principles, fhich the ex-president is represented s believing have been allowed to drop nto the backgound. If the news is rue, then we feel sorry for Mr. Iryan ; but we hope it is not true. lr. Cleveland has already done the arty enough injury, and he should iow be content to let it regain what it ias lost. ? There was a test vote in the senate ast Friday on the question as to whether or not the constitution of the Jnited States became operative over 'uerto Rico upon the signing of the reaty of Paris. The bill providing or the expenditure in Puerto Rico of 11 the tariff revenues that had been ollected there since the islam! became , part of the United States, was under onsideration. Senator Allen introdued an amendment declaring the pro?osition suggested above; but it was lefeated by a vote of 3G to 17. Both lenator McLaurin aud Senator Tillnan hold that Puerto Rico is now tinier the constitution of the United itates and cannot properly be disriruinated against. ? The abuse of the word "prominent" j getting to be a great nuisance in the lewspapers. A modest young lady of espectable parentage goes 100 miles away rom home, and we hear from the local lewspaper that she belongs to one of the nost "prominent" families in South Oarlina. A forty dollar clerk gets married, nd he is chronicled as one of the "promrient" business young men of the town. Ln unfortunate youth who is addicted to ntemperate habits strays away to New fork, and when the Assciated Press anlounces his suicide he is described as beunging to one of the most "prominent" amilies of Virginia, when his name is the illy link with the family that is really rominent, as he had no connection with hem whatever. So it goes the world ver ; but the ease with which the won! 'prominent" is handled these days renlers its meaning almost insignificant. It rould be a good idea to exclude "promiient" from the vocabulary of editors and eporters tor a season.?Greenville Mounnineer. There is nothing of the "would if he ould" about the writer who turned ut the foregoing paragraph. He is vidently a genuine journalist. ? Not a great while back?in fact a the past 20 years?March and April . ere great mouths for shad fishing 011 he Broad and Catawba rivers, as far p as the borders of York county, fid river men have told us that they ave seen many a six pound shad sell jr 15 cents on the bank of the river 1 the vicinity of Cherokee Falls, aud ,e remember more than once to have eard of such gluts of shad at Great 'atawba Falls, that big flocks of buzurds remained in the neighborhood >r weeks at a time. It is not tbat ay nowadays. The shad are all aught down the rivers by means of ire nets, seiues and traps, and are ot allowed to go up stream. This is lanifestlv unfair to the people up this ay, who are taxed from GO to 75 ents each for shad, and we think that ' the general assembly would give the latter a little intelligent attention, lie situation count pe remedied. ? ? The opiuion of the assistant attorey general, just delivered, to the efict that C. O. D. shipments of liquor re not in violation of the dispensary aw, is important. That it is good nv there is but little reason to doubt. Vhether it is good law or not, it is ikely to be observed as such, for no ispensary constable is going to make seizure in disregard of the opinion of he attorney general?not under the ew law, which provides for the bondig of constables. The principal el feet of this opinion will be to still fur- % tlier develop the whisky business in the state outside of dispensaries, While it has been comparatively easy heretofore for people with commercial credit to buy whisky from abroad, the free operation of the C. O. D. system extends the convenience to people y, without commercial credit. But the opinion will hardly increase the volume of the illegal liquor business. It "Y will merely change the character of it tn r eertnin extent. " , J: ? "Paul Kruger," says the Birmingham News, "is being slowly but surely convinced of the truth of the statement that the Lord is on the side with the heaviest artillery." Although this observation is evidently in a flippant v vein, a word of comment is not out of place. It is quite likely that the Boers are going to be overwhelmed. We cannot say certainly ; but so it looks. This, however, will not prove the truth of the old quotation. If the ^ Lord is on one side, that side will certainly win. History records many ^ instances in which the f^wer battalions were victorious. We are told of some iustances where this was the work of w the Lord ; but it does not follow that w such was the case in every instance. We have no reason to believe that the Lord is on either side iu the present e' war. He will control the general re- ^ suit, no doubt; but that He is sane' ' ] tioning the meanness and selfishness which underlie the motives impelliug ^ either side, we have not the slightest idep. ^ . . u ? A recent decision of the United r< States supreme court has nullified the n powers of the inter state commerce o commission. Heretofore the commission has not only had the power to say o whether or not railroad rates were un- si reasonable ; but it has been fixing what ti it considered to be reasonable rates jaud giving the railroads to understand c that they must not exceed them. The 0 supreme court says the commission q has the right to pass upon the reason- d ableness of rates; but there its power b ends. It has no authority to compel p the observance of such rates as it might consider reasonable. The effect of the decision is to give the railroads the right to charge what they please, (* to discriminate as they please, to hold ^ up one section at the expense of au- H other, to say whether western farmers w shall sell their corn or burn it as fuel, ^ and to exercise other powers which should be delegated to no mau or cor- l< poration on earth. The situation calls 1 for additional legislation of the most r positive character, and the great c' question is whether or not railroad 0 lobbys are strouger at Washington than M are the representatives of the people. The situation is not a pleasant one. MERE-MRNTION. It is reported that a corps of 2,000 fi Boer women have been organized to n tight the British. At a conference between representatives of the International Association of Machinists, and * the administration council of the Na- G tional Metal Trades' association, held in Chicago last week, Jimes O'Connell, president of the union, issued an g order delaring the calling of strikes among union machinists wherever they are employed throughout the " United States and Canada. It is like- a Iy that 10U,UUU men \yyi ne anecieu a by the order. Admiral and Mrs. tl Dewey are at Savannah, Ga., where rj they are being entertained by the citizens. The rumor of a probable war between Russia and Japan has q not yet been squelched. The Chinese government is reported to have aims looking to the overthrow of the st open door policy. Russia is thought 1C to be behind the scheme. Cap- ai tain Leary, governor of Guam, has tl issued a proclamation in which he ^ abolishes-slavery in the island. General Otis has asked for authority to enlist Filipinos in regimental bands. 81 St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in London last Saturday in a man- pi uer the like of which has never been knowu before. It was a tribute to the ai splendid work that Irishmen have hi been doing in South Africa. A fc majority of the New York banks have m made application to increase their cir- di eulation, to the par value of the tt bonds held by them. The Trans- e< vaal intelligence department says that ie the Boer losses prior to the relief of y< Kimberly aud Ladysraith, included 01 077 killed, 2,129 wounded and acci- tl dents and other disabling causes, bring- ej ing the total up to 4,351. Since then, including the capture of Cronje's bi army, the total has footed up some- tl thing like 9,000. The proclama- pi lion of the queen authorizing the wear- o! in" nf idmmrnnlf ivhieh hns hereto- tl fore been considered as a badge of Irish sj disloyalty, has done much to improve the kindly feeliug of the Irish toward t! the English. The New York pa- b< pers report a poker game in New York uj last week between New York and Chi- fr cago players, during which $1,000,000 changed hands. The players were 01 well-known financiers. The long ai quarrel between Generals Miles and el Oorbin, says a Washington dispatch, is al about to be settled by making Miles lieutenant general and Corbin a major ts general Nineteen stores were de- pi stroyed by lire at I'rattville, Ala., last m Monday. The loss was about $00,000. tu ? The Greenville News says: "This country is being scoured for cotton now. st We confess continued glee at the di thought of the farmer having polite men in buggies drive to his house to tc try to induce him to sell at almost his re own price the bales he has saved out. at There is pleasure in the knowledge ai that our man with the hoe has the Eng- ot lish manufacturer at his mercy and can lil squeeze him beautifully. We are mean U enough to enjoy the fact that the fel- at lows who have been keeping down the ai the price of cotton so loug are now toil- fling to cough up thousands and thous- HI amis of dollars while the price contin- tii ues to soar before their bulging and tb startled eyes." w ,OCAL, AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. . C. Strauss?Says that on account of his having bought such a large stock oi spring atui summer goods, he has decided to continue his discount sale on all winter goods for a while longer, and tells you this is positively your last opportunity. owrance, Williams cfc Co.?Offer to sell 8 pounds of good roasted coffee or 25 pounds of rice for $1. Also speak ot other miscellaneous articles, ork Drug Store?Offer to give, absolutely free, a $50 Lady's Remington bicycle. For particulars, read the announcement carefully. as. M. Starr & Co., Leading DruggistsSay that when you get ready to pack away your blankets, flannel goods, etc., to come to them and get some moth ...211 1. A Atlmr unija, wuivjij win Keep uiiitim ?uu wiuv7i insects from injuring the goods. They also speak of Starr's bed bug poison, cane, millet and potato seed, drugs and patent medicines. ir'hisonant, Castles & Co., The Leaders, Hickory Grove, S. C.?Have bought Miss Sallie Wylie's new and complete line of millinery, and invite the ladies to call at once. They have a handsome line of gentlemen's clothing, and wish to employ the services .of a dressmaker who thoroughly understands her business. V. H. Adams, Proprietor?Invites you to call at the City Barber Shop when you want a shave, hair-cut or shampoo. -ANOTHER BUSINESS CHANGE. Another important business change, 'hicb took place last week, and of 'hich no public mention has been tade, was the purchase by Messrs. J. I. Heath & Co., of the long establishd millinery business of Mrs. T. M. >obson. r Mrs. Dobson had just returned from ie north, where she had purchased er usual stock of spriug millinery, lessrs. Heath & Co., proposed to buy er business, the terms were agreed pon, and Mrs. Dobson immediately eturned to New York to lay in a luch more extensive stock than was riginally coutemplated. Than Mrs. Dobson, probably, no ne else in this section better undertands the demands of the millinery rade, and now that she is with Messrs. [ealh & Co., where she will be able to arry in stock all of the requirements f the surrounding country, both as to nality and quantity, she may be epended upon to conduct a millinery usiness that will come up to and surass^he tnos^ ejecting expectations. DEATH OF MR. R. E. GETTYS. Mr. R. E. Gettys died last VVeduesay at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Iattie E. Nichols, of kidney trouble, fter a long and tedious illness. He ras aged 88 years, 2 months and 10 aysMr. Gettys was a native of Lancassr county, having been born about wo miles east of Landsford, on Januay 4, 1812. He removed to York ounty in the spring of 184G, settling n the Pinckney road about four miles est of Yorkville, and remaining here until some months ago when he ook up his residence with his daughsr, Mrs. Nichols. Mr. Gettys was twice married. His rst wife died in 1844, before he reaoved from Lancaster, and his second dfe died on October 2, 1894. He ;aves three children?Messrs. A. E. rettys, J. E. Gettys and Mrs. M. E. Tichols. Mr. Gettys was a member of the haron Associate Reformed church, nd was for mauy years a ruling elder. Te lived a consistent Christian life, nd enjoyed the respect and esteem of 11 who knew him. All bear witness lat he was an honest man and an upght citizen. The funeral took place L Sharon on Thursday. HANGES IN THE SCHOOL LAW. The general assembly, at its recent ssion, made some important changes i the school law, and these changes re just now of especial interest to lose who are anxious to improve leir school facilities. In an inter iew which he gave -out to the JJews nd Courier, a few days ago, Superin udent of Education McMahan exlained the changes a? follows:: "This is the season of the year when uibitious and progressive neighboroods are seeking to levy an extra tax r the support of their schools in a lore efficient manner than cau be oue with the ordinary constitutional ix alone. The last legislature cbang1 the method of procedure in the ivy of this tax. I shall be obliged to ou if you will publish the new law in rder that all may know how to make' le levy legally. The essential chang> are: "First. The petition to the county sard of education shall be by 'ouelird of the resident voters and a like roportion of the resident freeholders : the age of 21 years,' while formerly lis petition had to be signed by only x freeholders of the age of 21 years. "Second. The mass meeting to order ie election is dispensed with, and the mrd of educatiou orders the election pon the petition signed by ouly six eeholders of the age of 21 years. "Second. The mass meeting, to der the election is dispensed with, id the board of education orders the ection upon the petition signed as love indicated. "Third. An elector must have paid tvps bur ntinii no snpcial amount of roperly, whereas heretofore he could at vote at this election unless he paid ixes upon SI00 worth of property. Here is the full text of the amended atute under which special school stricts are hereafter to be established: .Section 34?That the voters or elecirs of any school district who return ;al or personal property for taxution e authorized to levy and collect an inual tax to supplement any special other constitutional or other tax for ke purposes in the following manner: pon the written petition or requestof , least one-third of the resident voters id a like proportion of the resident eeholders of the age of 21 years being ed with the county board of educa3U, asking for the same and stating le rate of the tax levy proposed, hich shall not exceed four mills, the said county board of education shall order the board of trustees of said school district to hold an election at some place within the district, after giving notice of the time and place thereof for at least two weeks in some newspaper published within the county and by posting notice thereof in at least three public places within such school district for such length of time, unless there be no newspaper published within the couuty, in which event the posting of the notices as above shall suffice, at which said election only such electors as return real or personal property for taxation and who exhibit their tax receipts and registration cer tificates as required in general elections, shall be allowed to vote. At said election the board of trustees shall act as mana 'ers and the election shall he conducted as is provided by law for the conduct of general elections. At said election each elector favoring the proposed levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "yes" printed or written thereon, and each elector op posed to said levy shall cast a ballot containing the word "no" printed or written thereon. That within ten days after such election, if a majority of those voting shall vote for such levy, the board of trustees shall furnish the county auditor with a statement ol the amount so levied, and the auditor shall enter the same in the tax duplicates and he shall annually, each'year thereafter, enter said amount in the tax duplicates until the same is increased, decreased or repealed by said taxpayers at an election called for that purpose, and he is notified that the same has been increased, decreased or repealed, and if increased or decreased he shall aunually enter it as before, which election shall be called and notice given in the same way and manner as is herein provided for the calling of meetings to make the levy and the giving of the notice that it has been made, aud the county treasurer shall collect the same as other county aud state taxes. Such levy shall be a lien on the property in such school district, which shall be subject thereto in case of default of payment. Thai said tax so collected shall be paid by the county treasurer upon warrantf drawn by the board of trustees countersigned by the county superintendent of education : Provided, That any surplus of such levy remaining in the hands of the county treasurer al the expiration of any fiscal year shall Be paid out as other school funds ol the district. Each taxpayer, when hi pays any tax for school purposes vot ed under the provision of this section shall have the right to designate tc which school in said school districl he wishes the money paid by hiui tc go, and the treasurer shall keep a noti of such designation and the money bt applied as thus designated. When nc designation is made by the taxpayei at the time of such payment-, the money shall be expended as other school funds in such district: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to change the manner now provided by law for the collection and paying out of special taxes in any school district now established by any special act of the general assembly and organized thereunder. PROSPECTIVE ENTERPRISES. The reporter has heard of two prospective new enterprises for Yorkville? one an ice factory and the other a cotton seed oil mill. There is nothing definite about -- ?* t- ~4 euner proposition as yet. iu mci/, there ha9 been nothing but a little talk ; but the talk so far is encouraging rather than otherwise. A Yorkville gentleman who has the means with which to undertake the enterprise alone, should he so deeide, has been investigating the oil mill question. He finds that a plant sufficiently large to handle the available cotton seed of this section, and supply a large portion of the demand for feitilizers, meal and hulls, may be established for $10,000. He has secured the interest of a practical oil mill man, and the oil mill man gives it as his opinion that such a plant would pay. The only question now is as to whether the local gentleman referred to and the oil mill man will finally decide to take such steps as will result in the organization of a company to establish the plant. The establishment of an ice factory is also considered to liean inviting proposition. The territory, it is true, is somewhat limited ; but in addition to the local market, such a factory would have a decided advantage along the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad, both ways, and a competing chance along the line of the Carolina and North-Western. It is hoped that developraents along the line here referred to will soon be of such a nature as to warrant a more definite statement of details. WITHIN' THE TOWN. Cottou is worth from 9 to 91 cents. Dr. Hanahan, the enterprising proprietor of the York Drug store, makes a proposition today that is likely to attract considerable attention during the next few months. As will be noted, the doctor proposes to give away, free of charge to the most popular young lady of the county, a $50 bicycle. The question as to who is to be entitled to the bicycle is to be decided by the votes of patrons to the store. The plurality plan is to rule, and each purchase of 10 cents' worth of goods is to entitle the purchaser to an additional vote. It is part of the doctor's ^i s\ 5 nrln nn t l'.wlo Kill 1UCU, U1 tu uiuuuv uc&wv. J i/uv that in nowise detracts from the value of the handsome gift he proposes to make to the young lady who may be designated by a plurality of his customers, nor will it detract from the lively interest that the contest ought to awaken. We are quite sure that fur ther developments of this proposition will be watched with great interest. Anyhow, to the most popular young lady, and to the most enterprising and persistent combination of young men S by whom her cause will be champion- ? ed, here are advance congratulations ! <? The attendance and interest at the I meetings now going on in the Associ- v ate Reformed church are increasing t from day to day. There was a good 1 audience out Monday evening notwithstanding the unfavorable weather. * The subject was "How the Young ' Man Secured His Bride," a theme that c * c appealed strongly to the young people ^ present, and the closing appeal to all 11 to become bride's of Christ was tender ^ and afffecting. It was announced that 1 I . 1J U. >L. e last niguis suujeui wuuiu uo iue , "Wedding Supper," naturally follow- 1 ing the subject of Monday. Mr. Mc- ' Kelvey is very plain and pointed in 8 his presentation of the truth. He uses * no high pressure methods; but that he 1 . is intensely in earnest it is not difficult ' to see. Many of his illustrations are 1 > drawn from personal experiences and i his pictures plain even to little child- ' ren. The music is led by Miss Mary 13 Schorb at the organ, and Mr. Robert Freeman on the cornet, assisted by f the church choir. The meetings will ? continue all this week and next Sunday. / ( ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 Mr. H. C. Strauss is expected to re- J turn from the northern markets today, t Misses Annie and Bessie Davidson, t of Chester, visited relatives aud friends c in Yorkville this week. Miss Kilty Blair, of Blairsville, is 1 visiting friends in Yorkville, and is 1 the guest of Mrs. D. W. Hicks. * Dr. W. I. Witherspoon, of Sheffield, c Ala., is visiting bis parents, Judge and ( Mrs. Witherspoon, in Yorkville. 1 Mr. J. B. Pegram, of the firm of , Riddle & Pegram, is visiting his broth- ' er, Mr. T. Chalmers Pegram, at Gas- ' ' tonia. 1 Mrs. T. M. Dobson, who left last ' week to buy a big 9tock ot millinery ' for Messrs. J. M. Heath & Co., expects to be at borne today or tomorrow. ' Mr. R. T. Alison left Yorkville last Saturday on a good warm trail of the scoundrel who stole a horse and buggy ' from Messrs. Glenn & Allison some 1 weeks ago. He is expected to return ' home today. ' Mr. H. C. Strauss has the following assistants : Messrs. W. 0. Harshaw, John Wilkerson, Miss Annie Bludworth, Mrs. Hattie Berry. Mr. T. C. ' Dunlap, Jr., is bookkeeper. ' The following corps of clerks is with ' Messrs. J. M. Heath & Co.: Messrs. 1 S. L. Latimer, John Cunningham, Lindsay Hunter, Misses Kate Cody, Maggie McFadden, Mamie McConnell. ' Miss Maggie McCorkle has charge of the book9. ' Captain and Mrs. VV. L. Roddey, of Rock Hill, have returned home after a f visit to points in Florida and to the | Bahama islands. They enjoyed the trip very much and the health of both 1 was benefitted by it. Mr. J. L. Williams, of J. M. Heath & Co., left for Kershaw on Monday to take steps looking to the arrangement of his business at that place. Mr. Williams expects to remove his family to Yorkville as soon as practicable. Mr. Robert S. Poag, manager of the Kerr-Kimball Live Stock . Co.'s Yorkville stables, went down to his home in Ebenezer Monday for a few days' recreation, as he has been unwell for the past week. Mr. Ned < 1 Marshall, of Rock Hill, is looking af! ter the business during Mr. Poag's absence. In celebration of the birthday of Mrs. , M. G. Brown, there is to be a family re-union at her residence near Beersheba todayr. Mrs. Brown is the widow of the late Jackson Brown. She is enjoying robust health at a ripe old age, and if all her descendants are with i her today, it will be a large and happy '' assemblage by whioh she will be sur- I rounded. yC. g Mrs. VV. M. Kennedy, of Yorkville, f met with a serious accident last Sun- ^ day morning. She was in the act of getting a bonoet from the top of a ward- R robe, when the chair which she was using slipped, causing her to fall. One C of her hips was dislocated and she s also sustained several painful contu- c sions. Although she has since been c getting along as well as could be ex- ^ pected, she is still in very great pain. * A LOCAL LACONICS. d School House Completed. S The school house building out at the b York Cotton mills has about been com- i pleted, with the exception of seats and b inside fixtures. t Until January 1st, 1001. g( The Twice-a-Week-Enquirer, filled with the latest and most reliable ^ news, will be furnished from the date t, of this issue until January 1, 1901, for Q ?1.60. ti The Cotton Mill at Kerxhaw. g There is every reason to believe that the Kershaw people are going to build a ?150,000 cotton mill. Mr. J. It. P Ashe, of Yorkville, and Mr. J. M. j, Heath, of Lancaster, are both heavy '[ subscribers. Citizens of Kershaw are v promising liberal support to the enter- 'I prise. It is expected that an applicatiou for a commission will be made within the next few days. Supreme Court Decisions. The supreme court has reversed the ^ court below in the case of Margaret A. ^ xt Tn 1 ?, ... n rr lUCfjIWee, re&liuuucut, vs. I'ju/iaucm v/. i McGill et al., appellants. The court d below is sustaioed in the case of Ex- n q change Bunk et al., appellant, vs. J. N. ^ McDill et al., respondents. Id the one case the contention of Miss Mc- ft Gill prevails, and in the other the con- S teution of Mr. McDill and others pre- tl vails. Both cases have been contested P with uuusual perseverance ou both L) sides. . n Death of Mrs. Qulnn. Mrs. Harriet Quino, widow of the late Wm. H. Quiun, died at her home pi in Yorkville last Monday morning at c< about II o'clock after a protracted illuess. Had she lived uutil May next, P' she would have been 82 years of age. The deceased was a lady of most kind- qi ly disposition, and had mauy friends, sc >he leaves three daughters. The buril took place at Bethany on yesteray, the services being conducted by lev. B. H. Grier, pastor of the Yorkille Associate Reform church, of which he deceased was a member. 'he Secretary May he at Tlrzali. The Columbia correspondent of the Charleston Post says that it is not un? ikely that the big Alliance encampaent at Tirzah this summer will have Secretary of Agriculture Wilsoo, who s, above all things, an agriculturist, to leliver the main address. Mr. Wilson * nade a good impression on his southirn trip last spring and presented so nany forcible ideas about stock raisng and tea and tobacco culture in this ection. that it is believed an address rom him will prove very beneficial to he farmers of upper Carolina. Secretary Wilson has already been approached on the subject, and he will mdeavor to aceept the invitation vhen extended. rhe Circuit Court. The following is from the act reguating the times of holding court in the lixth judicial district: The court >f general sessions, at Yorkville, for he county of York, on the third Monlay after the fourth Monday in March, the third Monday after the fourth Vlonday in June, and the third Monday ifter the fourth Monday in October; ind the court of common pleas at the ladac place on the Wednesdays followDg the third Monday after the fourth Vlonday in March and the third Monlay in October: Provided, that calenlar 1 shall not be called peremptorily intil the Mondays following the third Vlonday after the fourth Monday of Vlarch and the third Monday after the ourth Monday of October. fork's Interest In the C. & N. W. Presideut Barber, of tbe Carolina ind North-Western railroad, met tbe ifork connty board of commissioners n Yorkville yesterday with reference ,o the purchase of York county's stock n the Carolina and North-Western Railroad company. Tbe commission's asked for $3 10 per share, the sale ,0 be couditioued upon the conversion >f the road into a standard gauge withn oue year. President Barber had no )bjeclion to the conditions ; but said hat be had not paid more than $2.50 ind did not like to do so. He offered &2.50, payable at once, or upon the conversion of the road into a standard ;auge as the commissioners might sleet; but was not in position to offer 53.10 until after be had communicated vith others who were interested with lira. The commissioners finally agreed o sell at the figures proposed by Mr. Sarber. ' fork County Republicans. The Republicans of York county held heir county conventiou in the court louse last Friday for the. purpose of decting delegates to their state contention, to be held in Columbia on testerdav, and their district convenion to be held in Rock Hill on ilarch 27. Although all the precincts >f the county were not represented, here was a pretty full attendance, rhe convention was made up for the nost part of the better element of Negroes, the more vicious and ignorant ilement so common in former meetings >f this kind being conspicuous for its ibsence. G..A. Watts, of Rock Hill, :ounty chairman, called the convenion to order and presided. Delegates o the convention were chosen as folows: G. A. Watts, R. E. Foster C. T. White and J. J. Money. Deletes'to the district convention?the oregoing, with the addition of Allen Vhite, Isaac Wright and . line Mystery Cleared. Gastonia dispatch of the 17th to the Charlotte Observer: The mystery urrounding the death of Will Perkins. olored, at the Ormand mine, has been leared up. Perkins, it will be remembered, was knocked out of the bucket, a which he and another Negro were escending the main shaft, by being truck on the head by a piece of timer about three feet long, and two by welve inches in size, and fell to the ottom of the mine, about 100 feet furher down. It was supposed that omeone dropped the piece of timber own the shaft with the purpose of illing him or the other darkey. It urns out, however, that a little 8-yearld son of a Mr. Davis, who lives near he mine, came by the mouth of the baft, while the tender had gon? to a pring for a bucket of water, and, see3g the plank lying convenient, droped it into the big hole in the ground, ist for the fun of hearing it fall, 'he little boy told how it happened dthout any evasion or seeming fear, 'he magistrate discharged him beause of his age; but sent Solicitor tfebb the full particulars, so that he light proceed as he sees fit. The South African War.?There ave been but few changes in the South .frican situation since the last issue of "he Enquirer. The Boers had abanoned Natal aud the British haveoverjn the Orange Free State. The Free tate Boers seem for the most part to e willing to give up the fight, and iany of them have retired to their irms. Quite a large number of i?'ree tatera, however, have marched into 3e Transvaal presumably for the urpose of helping to warmly receive ie British when they come. The ege of Mafeking has not yet been lised. There is a great deal of peace ilk, and the opinion that the war will e over before the end of May is exressed freely ; but this is not at all ?rtain. There is no doubt of the fact iat the Boers still have it in their jwer to make lots of trouble, and unss they are accorded some reasonae concessions by the British, it is uite probably they will choose to do