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Scraps and Jacts. 5 ? A girl buby was born to Mrs. 2 Wood, wife of the governor general, at e the palace in Havana last Thursday, t Mother aud child are doing well. The s records of Havana do not show the o birth here of any other governor gen- v eral's child. Under the Spanish re- ii gime, the wife of a governor geueral a invariably left for Spain, that the child a might be born there. The afternoon (i papers had gone to press before the p palace event was announced, although a The Discusciou learned of it indirectly c and thus was able to say : "We wish all t happiness to the governor general and b his wife and to the Cuban little girl, ? ? i ...211 i WDO, we nope Will ue a latcuv san of the independence of ber native countrj'." ? Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton shows a decrease for the week just closed of 108,555, against an iucrease I of 44,104 last year. The total visible I is 3,499,734, against 3,608,289 last ; week aud 5,231,371 last year. Of this \ the total of American cotton is 2,810,734, against 2,892,289 last week aud .4,074,371 last year; of all other kiuds, : including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 698,000, against 716,000 last week and 157,000 last year. Of the world's vis ible supply there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe 1,881,000 bales, against 3,067,- ^ 000 last year; in India 329,000, against j" 651,000 last year, and in the United States 1,103,000, against 1,261,000 last year. ? The recent notorious million-dollar . poker game in one of the swell hotels 1 of New York has been brought con- I spicuously to public attention by the f demand of a young dude who lost ] heavily in the game for the return of c his money. He went into a police ( court to enforce his claim, and there . the followiug conversation occurred : 1 i -,( ??? e ** VVOUIQ you Dave ^ueoicu > hadn't lost your money?" asked the a magistrate. "Well, perhaps uot," re- t plied the wituess. "I thought so," t said the magistrate. "There is no evidence that these gentlemen are pro . fessional gamblers." "Gentlemen ?" 1 exclaimed the witness. "Well, loafers, if you like," said the magistrate, correcting his slip, "but you are the jj greatest loafer of them all. The de- i fendants are discharged." t ? Says a Manchester, Ky., dispatch t of last Friday : Tallow Dick Combs t was arrested at Bealtyville yesterday ' by order of Chief of Police Calms, of t this city. Combs, who is a Negro, was i covicted in this city two years ago for running a bliud tiger and fined $4,000, t which would have kept him iu jail ( more thau 12 years. Shortly after his convictiou Combs escaped and the au- c iborities bad heard nothing from him 1 until the confession of Wharton Gold- 1 en at Fraukfort. While a great deal 1 has beeu published about Combs's con- t nection with the assassination of Governor Goebel since Golden's confession, his arrest at Beattyville was solely on a writ from this county, and had uo 1 connection with the Frankfort trouble. 2 It is understood, however, that after 1 he is brought here tomorrow Combs t may be re arrested ou a warrant charg- j ing him with beiug an accessory to the murder of Governor Goebel. ? The Boers are still quite active around Bloemfontein, where Lord 1 Roberts is collecting his army prepar- 1 atory to the advance into the Trans- I vaal. It appears that, on last Friday, ( Colonel Brood wood, who had been ? occupying a position about 20 miles ( out of Bloemfouteiu, found himself so pressed by Boers that it was desirable * to retreat. The Boers followed, and 1 surrounding the British force in a ra- I vine, compelled it to surrender. Six guns and several hundred men fell into the hands of the Boers. The incident serves as an eyeopeuer to the British j who thought they were comparatively safe from attack, and it also affords ' ? ? ?t ka "PAaro 1 great* eDcourageujcLii, iu iuc jjuusi. Kruger, by the way, is reported to c have said that the hig aruiy of Roberts \ would uever be allowed to cross the r Transvaal border. This sounds like ( an idle boast and whether or not it is such remaius to be seen. t ? The Rev. Dr. Hillis, who occupies . Heury Ward Beecher's old pulpit in 1 Brooklyn, has offered to resign from r the Chicago Presbytery because of ob- 1 jections to a sermon he recently c preached. In this he rejected the ] doctrine of election, and said : "The confession of faith says that certain t men aud angels are foreordained to t everlasting death, being 'particularly ? and unchaugeuble designed, and their j number is so certain and definite that t it cannot be either iucreased or dimiu- I ished, and every young man who en- ' ters the Presbyterian church has to solemnly swear to believe and teach this frightful view.' Every attempt to revise aud expel that statement from s the creed has been successfully com- s batted by a majority that wishes to t retaiu the doctrine. It would seem as L if a man. would prefer to be burned at ^ the stake rather than hold or assert or ^ charge such infinite cruelty upon the all merciful aud all loviug God." ? The navy department has just re- ^ ceived from Admiral Watson a copy of e the report made to him by Lieutenant t Gilmore of the circumstances attend- 1 ing the ambuscade and capture of the t Yorktowu's boat and crew, command- r ed by him at Baler, April 12 last. The report is a concise, plain, yet thrilling account of the stategy at the . mouth of the river which resulted iu 2 the loss of the lives of several sailors v and the takiug into an 8 mouths' cap- j. tivity of the remainder of the little crew. It appears for the first time from this report that Lieutenant Gil- ^ more did not violate his orders in en- ^ tering the river ; but did so for the sole r purpose of protecting two of the York- s town's officers whom he had been s directed to laud. The Yorktown at j. the time was trying to relieve a small Spauish garrison which was beset by n the Filipinos in a church at Baler, c and the two otEcers referred to had a undertaken to make a recounoisance. h ? Says a Manila dispatch of Moil- 1 day: The soldiers who have just y completed the health report give the |( city an unpleasantly high rank among the unhealthful cities of the world. (; The report establishes a death rate of something over 40 per cent, at a cou- I" servalive estimate. The deaths in a lanilla, officially reported during the ix months from July 1 to December 1. last year, were 6,203. Of these, ,941 were children. Some of the disuses were beri beri; of bronchitis here were 314, fevers, 2S7; while tomach troubles ranked high. Manila iow has three diseases epidemic which vould throw the average coqamuuity nto panic?bubonic plague, beri beri ,nd smallpox. Beri beri results from , diet of fish and rice, so that whites lo not fear it. Smallpox and leprosy revail and the people look upon them s a matter of course, avoiding a direct * i ji.. ontaci, out uuruiy giviug a dcduuu hought to their presence iu the neighiorhood. ttltc ||orkviUc (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. O.: WEDNESDAY, APRIL4,1900. ? The probable fate of the Nicarau;a canal bill is still iu doubt. There s a strong sentimeut throughout the :ountry in favor of digging the canal. The work is universally recognized a9 >eing in the direction of national and nternational progress. There are few >eople in the country who would oprose the proposition on its merits. 3ut among the pro1- rble effects of the :aual will be injury to the trans-contitental railroads, and increase of the mportance of southern ports at thev 'xpense of northeastern ports. There ire thousands of influential people in his country whose selfish interest is ipposed to the digging of the canal, md they are fighting the undertaking u every imaginable way. ? Despite the many more abstrusive ligns of progress here, nothing is more ligniticant of Columbia's development nto a real city and 'a leading mart of he state, than the improvement in the liialitv of the stocky being handled by ler merchants. Goods which a year or wo ago would have been unsalable by eason of the costliness, are being ban lied freely and disposed of as readily as he cheaper grades.?Columbia State, Satirday. The Enquirer has already called ittention in its local columns to the levelopment of exactly this condition )f affairs in Yorkville, and our leading nerchants are giviug more detailed iuormation in our advertising columns. tVo do not believe we overstate the ruth when we say that there are more ;ood goods in Yorkville today, tbau here has been at any one time previously within the past seven or eight rears. Heretofore qualities have not >een quite so good as was required by he local demand, and the result has )eeu considerable mail order business vith larger markets. This was be;ause of the fact that although there ,vas some demand foi better goods, he demand was not extensive enough o warrant the carrying of stock suffi :ieut to cater to such trade. But this spriug it is different, aud there bus :ome under our observation a number >f cases where people who have beeu o the habit of sending abroad, are inding themselves suited at home. TILLMAN AND THE NEWSPAPERS. Because bis ideas on the subject are nteresting and significant, we reproluce in full Senator Tillman's letter to dr. J. T. Parks on the state canvass juestion, and while the subject is up ve will take occasion to make a few emarks of our own auent the senaor's estimate of the state press. Although the senator's remarks hroughout seem to have been intended n all seriousness, the thoughtful eader cannot fail to see in the n not a ittle humor that approaches pretty dosely to the line of the ridiculous. Tor instance take this. Political conditions in our state forced he joint discussion before the people of he issues, because the newspapers were o unfair and partisan ; and any abrogaion of the system now in vogue would, n all probability, result in the return to he old conditions, when it was in the lower of two or three leading newspapers o make and unmake men, and to largely ontrol our state politics. Has there really ever been any such hing as a joint discussion in this tate? We ask the question in all eriousuess and leave the answer to hose who have atteuded political neetiugs iu this and other counties luring the past ten years. Does any?ody remember to have ever heard Senator Tillman participate in a joint liscussion ? Is it not a fact that very man who ever attempted to talk ?ack at the senator on a South Caroina stump was either howled down by he audieuce or ignored? We do not ecall any joint discussion that is rorthy of the name. We remember a time when The sews and Courier, under Mr. Dawson, ras such a power as that to which Senator Tillman refers. In our opin011, however, that power lay principally in the brain of Mr. Dawson. He :new how to do the right thing at the ight time, finally secured the leaderhip of a controlling majority in the tate and became a power in the land. Jut did it ever occur to Senator Tillnau that at no time during Dawson's? areer did Dawsou ever become such power as Seuator Tillman afterward ecame? We are sure that Senator oilman must feel that for several ears previous, and up to about 1S'J">, e was a much more pronounced autorat of the destinies of the state of louth Curolina than ever was the late \ W. Dawson. We don't think Sentor Tillman is as able a man as was Mr. Dawson, or that he has done as much for the state as Mr. Dawson ; but when it comes to the question of comparative power, Senator Tillman had more than Dawson ever had. It is possible that Senator Tillman has more power even now than Mr. Dawso ever had in his life. We are not insensible to the powerful influence that could be exerted by all the newspapers in the state of South Carolina working to one end. Such an influence would be all-powerful ; nothing could withstand it. But has the senator ever thought what such a thing would mean ? It would mean that not only the newspapers, but the people of the state were a unit, j c * i- 1 _ - r * i ? una ii me people ui me siaie wcic a unit there would not be any other side to the question. But there never has been such a condition in this or any other state and there never will be. The idea is quite absurd. The very life of the newspapers depends upon the fact that there are two sides to all questions, and if one of the sides were taken away, all of the newspapers would have to die. So this fearful conspiracy which the senator foresees is really impossible. No, it was not through the newspapers that Senator Tillman achieved autocratic power in this state. It was through organization, principally. Before the alliance came along he bad already done lots of hard work in that direction, and the alliance helped him tp complete the job. He hud the bruins that enabled him to take the reins, and he worked the opportunity for all that it was worth. He was favored, too, largely by the element of good luck, a consideration to which Dawsou owed nothing ; and when he reached the zenith of his power, the greatest problem by which he was confronted was a plain answer to the question as to how it hud all come about. And now, today, while Senator Tillman is deploring the degeneracy of the patent outside newspaper, it must oe mat nis regrets arc reaiiy occasioned by the degeneracy of that powerful organization, the objects of which he misused with such tremendous advantage to himself. There are no more patent outside newspapers now than there was ten years ago. Indeed, we doubt if there are as many, and as the list stands, in our recollection, fully 90 per cent, of them are still, as they have always been, partisans of Senator Tillman. But before we conclude, another observation along this line. Like all politicians, Senator Tillman seems tc have the idea that the country newspa.per has no other object of existence than to be forever booming the fortunes of some politician. In our view, u newspaper that cannot earn a fair, honest support in a business way, has no right to exist at all. There a?e such papers. Some live on the debts they make, and others are giveu a sickly support by people who need them for their own purposes. But the really useful paper is the one that exemplifies its right to existence by giving value received and demanding the equivalent of the value it gives. No newspaper under the control of a politician, or conducted in the interest of politicians, can possibly do this, and Senator Tillman has no more right to ask that newspapers?even the patent outside newspapers?be conducted in the interest or under the control of the politicians, than he has to ask that the banks, factories, grocery stores and other institutions be so conducted 01 controlled. Tt. ie tnmfi nret.tv nlain talk in which - w wv ? w I"?I we have here indulged, and while we have not the slightest idea of offering a shadow of an apology, we do not wish to be understood as making a hostile attack on Senator Tillmau. We have said what we thiuk, and we have told the truth. We have no objection to Senator Tillman. He makes a very good senator, as good a senator at least as General Butler made, and we do not know a man in the state by whom we would like to see him supplanted. That he will be re-elected we have no doubt, and if he is not, we will he disappointed ; but we do not consider him the whole thing by a great big majority. Always overbearing and dictatorial, he is wrong about as often as he is right, and while he has conferred certain indirect benefits on the state, especially iu helping to briug ahout political liberty to the white people, in all his career he has uot developed even the rudimentary elements of a real statesmau. ? In deciding last Thursday night to have a "South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition," the people of Charleston did a big thing for their city. One great trouble with the Charleston people for a long time has been their ultra conservatism in business matters. There is no discouut on Charleston socially, and mere are as many first-class business men there in proportion to population as there are in any other southern city. But somehow, the city has not been keeping up with the procession as it ought. There is something wrong with the touch between Charleston and other parts of the state. We are not prepared to say that the fault lies altogether with Charleston's business men, because we do not believe such to be the case. However, we think the whole matter i? now in a fair way of adjustment. Ou the scale Charleston usually goes when she is thoroughly aroused, next fall's exposition is likely to overshadow anything of the kiud that has been seen in this country for many years. Along with the great crowds from other states, many thousands of South Carolinians will visit the city next fall, and as the result of the contact between the visitors and the residents, a much better understanding than has heretofore existed will be reached. Charleston will be benefitted and so will the balance of the state. It is to be hoped that the good work will not be allowed to flag. MERE-MENTION. A Princeton, N. J., dispatch says that Cleveland denies having stated that he will suDDort Brvan. or that he has committed himself on the subject one way or the other. The postal appropriation bill carries $33,800,000 for railway transportation. It has been given out that Admiral Dewey and wife will attend the Paris exposition. Peter Sells has retired from the show business and is trying to gel a divorce from his wife. There is to be a great re union of the blue and gray on Shiloh battlefield on April 6 and 7. New York is going to police the Chinese quarter of the city with Chinese policemen. Before his death, General Joubert expressed a wish that General Louis Botha should be his successor. Mr. W. J. Bryan made six speeches in the state of Washington last Friday, addressing in the aggregate as many as 35,000 people. Assistant District Attorney Walter E. Billows, colored, who sued William J. McCarthy, a Pittsburg restaurant proprietor for refusal to serve him a meal, got a verdict last Friday for 6} cents. He sued for $5,000. Six hundred British soldiers have been sent to St. Helena to guard General Cronje and the 4,000 Boer prisoners who are there with bim. Secretary Gage says that by the end of June next there will be a surplus of $60,000,000 in the revenue receipts, and he will suggest to the president a recommeudation for a reduction in the rate of taxaliou. A dispatch of yesterday indicated that a big battle was in progress between the British and Boers. There was no details except that the place is said to be within 20 miles of Bloepfontein, and that 10,000 Boers are pitted against 8,000 British. The threatened strike of Chicago machinists has been avert' ed by a compromise. A British sailing vessel arrived at New York last Monday with 82,500 bags of coffee frrvtvi Pin Tonpirn SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. From Cheraw to Columbia. The Seaboard Air Line people have ! notified the railroad commissioners that their line from Cheraw to Colum bia, will be ready for inspection on April 20. It is likely that regular trains will be put in operation after 1 that date. ' School Tax Constitutional. An important decision has been filed ! by the supreme court, which settles all talk about the unconstitutionality of special school levies and which sets at rest all questious about such tax being 1 voted at a public massmeeting, duly 1 advertised, and holds that it is valid. ' Got a Verdict for 87,500. i In the court of common pleas for Baruwell county, last Tuesday, a jury gave George W. Watts a verdict against the Seaboard Air Line for $7,500 on account of injuries sustained by the plaintiff in falling into a railroad cut made by the defendants in the city of Columbia. Judge Gage refused a i motion for a new trial. Hlinri Tiger Warehouse. Charleston is greatly stirred up over the tiger question again. It appears that for several years past the custom bouse has been used as a warehouse for the blind tigers with the connivance of certain government officials. The dispensary constables have been probing to the bottom of the thing. Despite the resistance of the government officials, the matter has been brought to the attention of the governor, who has laid it before the authorities at Washington, and now special government agents are making an investigation. The best element of the Charleston people are anxious to see the whole thing probed to the bottom, and from all accounts it appears that the tigers and the custom bouse officials who have been standing in with them are seriously alarmed. Winthrop'8 Spring; Outing. The State, Friday : President Johnson, of Winthrop college, states that instead of taking his "Four-Hundred" girls mountainward for their springoutiug this season, he is going to take them to the seashore just as the strawberries and cream are coming in 011 the springtide. He is now concluding all the arrangements with the Southern railway and the trip will probably be taken the first week in May or the last week in April. The girls will leave their college, home ou Friday morning about 6 o'clock and reach Charleston about 11.30 o'clock. That day and night and all of Saturday will he spent in the city and on the Isle of Palms, and the start home will be made about 6 p, m., Saturday, Rock Hill and the college being reached before midnight. Mr. Johnson says quite a number of the young ladies have never seen the ocean and are anxious to visit the much talked of Isle of Palms. The Fate of Annuiiia*. Greenville special of Friday to The News and Courier : This afternoon a warrant was sworn out for Pink Sizemore, a white man. He was accused by his brother's wife of stealing a watch belougiug to her husband. Constable Whitmire went to serve the warrant and found Sizemore and a man { named Singleton in Sizemore's wagon, near the Columbia and Greenville depot. Sizemore saw the constable and started his horses at iuii speeu ; but was stopped by a citizen, and Whit mire got into the wagon and ( drove to the office of Magistrate Maul- . din. Sizemore was taken into the office, and YVhilmire at once searched him and found the watch in his pocket. Turning to Sizemore, he said : "You i told me you did not huve the watch." I Sizemore replied : "I didn't steal i the watch from my brother." The , words had hardly escaped from him ( when he fell dead at the feet of the constable. It is supposed that he had heart disease, and fear and excitement 1 caused his death. I LO CAL AFFAIRS. INDKX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. 0. Strauss?Says that everything in his store seems to remind one that Easter is not far distant, and also says that everyone should be bright and happy at such a season. He tells how to become so. Riddle it Pegrant?Says that it is an undispntable fact that they are leaders in the grocery business. They speak of flour, molasses and also snuff, tobacco and other things. Lowranee, Williams it Co.?Says that tbey have bought a stock of chinaware and are going to sell it cheap. They also speak of white fish at 10 cent a dozen, horse and cattle powders, and have a word to say to the fanners. Jas. M. Starr it Co., Leading DruggistsSpeaks of watermelon seed and other seeds they have in stock, and says that all are fresh. They speak of coughine for coughs, croup and colds, and call at tention to tbe Perfecto sarsaparilia. W. H. Stewart?Announces himself as a candidate for clerk of court for York county, subject to tbe action of tbe Democratic primary. Grist Cousins?Otfer cotton seed of the Truitt variety for sale. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Calls attention to the fact that he is still agent for Lamm & Co.'s tailor-made clothing and guarantees satisfaction. SECOND WEEK JURORS. The following petit jurors were drawn yesterday to serve during the second week of the approaching term of the circuit court: W. H. Stewart, Ebenezer. T. W. Clawson, York. R. H. Peacock Catawba. J. M. Williford Fort Mill. W. 0. Harshaw, York. J. R. Howe Broad River. W. P. Dratlin, Catawba. J. N. Steele, Bethesda. W. M. White, Broad River. J. N. McCall, King's Mountain. J. W. Lawrence, King's Mountain. J. N. Steele, Catawba. J. C. Blair, Bullock's Creek. S. M. Roach, Bethesda. W. T. M assey, E ben ezer. M. L. Thomasson, York. D. S. Russell, York. R. A. Clinton, King's Mountain. J. K. Scoggins, Bethesda. Dave Sims, York. W. W. Gregg, ....Fort Mill. J. N. McGill,. Broad Kiver. J. D. Boyd, Bethel. J. H. Wylie, Broad River. R. M. Parsley, Broad River. P. B. Love, Broad River. T. M. Wbisonant, Broad River. J. D. Smith, King's Mountain. W. H. Chambers, Bethel. N. B. Campbell, Bethel. C. S. Gordon, Bethesda. W. A. Oates, Kbenezer. J. D. Clark, York. J. C. Wylie, Broad River. W. T. Allen, Bethesda. W. E. Adams, Jr., Bethel. THE COTTON MARKET. The cotton market is not. showing so much strength just now as a week or two back, although local prices remain about the same?from 9 to 9j. The history of Monday's operations on the New York Cotton Exchange, according to the Associated Press report, is as follows: The cotton market opened steady with prices G to 10 points lower on present crop options, and 1 to 5 points lower on the new crop positions ; this in response to surprising weuk cables from Liverpool. Very heavy selling for both accounts during the progress of the call was the feature of speculation. During the first hour the market continued in a demoralized condition with selling conducted on au enormous scale, under which prices melted away point after point until a sheer decline of 11@20 points was recorded. Liverpool cables equally sensational losses in that market and also furnished numerous selling orders in the local market, thereby adding greatly to the nervousness of holders here. Throughout the break many contradictory rumors were in circulation, the purport of which was that Liverpool was being manipulated by continental inter"Ota and orrnin bv Na?/ York COmmis V/oio nuu uguiu ??j *i v > ?. v. _ sion. The selling movement seemed to have worn itself out by midday, and throughout the afternoon speculation was conducted on a normal scale. The swing of prices was comparatively narrow and in the direction of a reaction. Bulls only made feeble attempts to recover the losses of the forenoon. Long cotton came out in a straggling way ; but no further efforts were made to break the market. The news from the belt averaged up in favor of shorts. The market closed steady at a net decliue of 7018 points. COMMERCIAL CLUB MATTERS. Judging from the reports in the Rock Hill Herald, the Commercial Ciub means to do something toward turning things up a little. That the club can accomplish great things there is no doubt, and all that it does in the direction of progress ought to have the full co-operation of all citizens of the county whether they be members or not. That the club will seek to secure for Rock Hill advantages that could have been secured by other towns is perfectly natural; but whatever may be lost by other towns in this way must be attributed to a lack of intelligent enterprise on their part. There is no ground or occasion for small feelings of envy or jealousy. Rock Hill is certainly entitled to whatever the ability and euergy of the club may secure for her. A branch liue of railroad from the Seaboard Air Line at Hurmony to Rock Hill is under consideration. General Manager St. John is interested iu the matter, and is favorable to the enterprise. The construction of this branch line will give Rock Hill a third competiug liue of railroad. Captain W. L. Roddey aud Dr. W. B. Fewell have olTered to give the right of way through their lands for the opening of the new road from Rock Hill to Sutton's Ferry, the point where the proposed bridge across the Catawba is to be located. It is'thought that other landowners along the proposed route will also donate rights of way. The questiou of holding a couuty fair next fall has been taken up, and it is now under favorable consideration. The committee on conventions, to which the matter was referred, will make its report at the next meeting of the club. A resolution was adopted allowing non-resideuts of Rock Hill to become members of the club at half the regular initiation fee required of resident members. This membership will carry all privileges of the club except the right to vote. The present membership of the club is 85 and the initiation fee is $10. When the membership reaches 100, it is proposed to raise the initiation fee to $25. AN INTERESTING FIND. Mr. R. S. Adams, of the Bethany neighborhood, brought to The Enquirer office on Monday quite an interesting old copper medal that was found by his son, Master R. E. Adams, one day last week, while digging into the hearth of an old house. The medal is about the size of a silver dollar. On the obverse side is a bust of William Pitt, the identity be lDg estamisnea py ine inscription "Guilelmus" above and "Pitt" below. On the reverse side the inscription reads: "The man who having saved the parent, pleaded with success for her children." As to how the medal may have come to the spot where it was fouud, Mr. Adams is unable to give defiuite information. The hearth which yielded it up belonged to a house that was built by Mr. I. N. Davis since the late war ; but the recollection of old citizens hands down some information to the effect that the spot occupied by the Davis house was previously occupied by another old house that was probably erected sometime before the American revolution. ?? Although we have made some little attempt at investigation of the matter, we have been unable to fiud any infor mation bearing upon the occasiou for which this medal might have beeu struck. It is quite possible, however, that the medal is of American origin and may have come into existence along about 1756 when New York state erected statutes to the honor of William Pitt and George IJI. SUTRO ADDS MACHINERY. Two car loads of additional machinery for the Sulro mill arrived last week, other cars are on the road, and slill others will be coming during the next few weeks. . Mr. McClain has arranged to double the capacity of his mill. At present the Sutro mill is operating* about 2,000 spiudles. The additional spindles just purchased will run the uumber up to 4,400. There is room in the building for about 6,000 spiudles; but the machinery manufacturers are so overcrowded with orders just at this time that Mr. McClain tinds it impracticable to get as many spindles as he wants until later on. All the additional machinery now arriving is new, of the most modern make and just from the factories. At the preseut time the Sutro mill is employing about 95 people regularly, and when all the additional machinery is placed, something like 200 operatives will be required. This will mean tbe maintainance by the mill of a population of about 500 people. Most of tbe Sutro operatives live in houses erected for them by Mr. McClain on Chester and Pinckney streets, and there are a few on Cleveland avenue. As a whole they are a good class of people and are getting along splendidly. It is expected that the machinery now arriving will be in operation within the next six weeks. It will occupy the second and third floors of the mill building and will be placed without any interference with the operation of the machinery now running. The Sutro mill is now consuming irom zu to zo oaies 01 conuu wccmy. With the addition of the new machinery, the consumption will be increased to about 50 bales. WITHIN THE TOWN. Notwithstanding the alleged scarcity of money, the spring dry goods trade is progressing in a most satisfactory manner. The salesday crowd was comparatively small on Monday, the country people evidently preferring to utilize the time in their backward farming operations. Yorkville is but a few miles off the line of central totality of the eclipse of the sun scheduled for May 28, and it is quite possible that if an effort should be made some of the scientists who will gather from all over the world on that occasion could be induced to make this place their headquarters. Although there is not anything definite to report with regard to the proposed cottonseed oil mill, the matter has not yet been dropped. The gentlemen who have it under investiga tion are more pleased with the prospect than ever, and it is quite probable that a mill may be erected here in time to help manufacture a portion of next season's cotton seed crop. According to the present outlook, the principal summer diversion will depeud upon the baseball boys. Everybody is, or ought to he, interested ?? !?!? unil fo^poutinn Ill una LUailVi VI 0|/vr? w IVV?VMVIVMJ and if the business elemeutof the community will look upon the subject in the right spirit, the boys will not want for such Gnancial assistance as should prububly go to them. It is not right to expect them to settle the entire bill of the Gddler, and yet at the same time it should uot be forgotten that this individual must be paid. The electric light people had trouble with their dynamo last week. An armature burned out on Wednesday night, and that meant something serious. There was plenty of light Friday night until a late hour, when trouble occurred again. Mr. McClain sent to Augusta for a dynamo expert to rewind ,extra armatures. The plant has since been operating nicely, and it is hoped that there will be no more accidents. The burning out of armatures, bowever, are occurrences which cannot be foreseen, and on such contingencies the electricians can only promise to do their best. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. J. R. Witberspoon is seriously m. X Paul Neely Moore has a Shetland pony. Mrs. C. G. Parish spent a few days in Gaffney last week. Mr. S. S. Plaxico and family, of Sharon, have removed to Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Kerr, of Rock Hill, are spending a few days in Yorkville. Messrs. J no. Frazier and Angus Smith, of Chester, were iu Yorkville oil Monday. Miss Eunice McConnell left Monday night for Chester, where she will be engaged as a trained nurse. Mr. J. L. Williams, manager for J. M. Heath & Co., went down to Kershaw on Saturday on business. /I General C. I. Walker has appointed ltev. J. H. Thorn well, D. D., chaplain general of the U. C. V. of the state, to 611 the vacancy caused by the death of Rev. S. P. H. El well, fMrs. W. M. Kenuedy, who is suffering from a dislocated hip, is resting more comfortably than during the first week after the accident. It will likely be several weeks, however, before she will he able to be about again. Mr. S. W. Inmmi has a very sore right bund, caused from handling fertilizers. At one time be had reason to fear a dangerous case of blood poisoning; but there now seems to be no further serious danger. yC. Rock Hill Herald: While Mr. John . M. Russell and Mr. E. B. Biggera were bunting birds Thursday, Mr. Biggers accidently shot Mr. Russell with a full load of No. 8 bird shot at a distance of 35 yards. Over 70 shot struck Mr. Russell, his body being peppered from head to foot. A number of shot penetrated the body and the help of a surgeon was necessary to remove them Mr. B. E. Starnes, formerly of Betnel township, now a citizen of Wylie, Collin county, Texas, is on a visit to his mother, near Clay Hill. Mr. Starnes is a son of the late Joseph Starnes. He left this county for Texas about 14 years ago, and has since beeu getting along nicely in the Lone Star state. He says that the farmers in his section ?the northern part of the state?are nnt iroimr In rui^w unnh ft l.ritmAndnilft crop of coiiod this year as usual. This is settled by the fact tbat much of the best cotton land is in wheat ands oats. He admits, however, that the Texas farmers are as excitable as our own on the cotton question, and with a reasonably good excuse some of them would plow up their wheat and oats for the purpose of planting cotton. Mr. Starnes will remain in this county for two or three weeks. LOCAL LACONICd. The County Board. The county board of commissioners holds its regular monthly meeting today. The Mule Trade. There were a few mule sales on Monday ; but the business was generally dull rather than otherwise. ^ Serving the Jurors. Sberifl Logan will start out two deputies today to subpoena jurors for the approaching term of the circuit court. Nothing Known of Him. The governor's offer of $50 reward for Fred Stewart has not yet been productive of any practical result. Stewart seems to have disappeared most completely. Until January 1st, 1901. The Twice-a Week Enquirer, filled with the latest and most reliable news, will be furnished from the date of this issue until January 1, 1901, for *1 M. Second Quarterly Conference. The second quarterly conference of Yorkville station will be held in Trinity church next Friday evening at 8 o'clock, Rev. Dr. H. W. Bays presiding. Dr. Bays will preach in Trinity church next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Quarterly Alliance Meeting. Next quarterly meeting of the York County Alliance is to be held in Yorkville on Friday, April 13. The principal business to come up will be the matter of making arrangements for the alliance encampment next summer. New Mill In Rock Hill. Mr. J. R. Barron, president of the Manchester Cotton Mill, in Rock Hill, has decided to erect a new mill to be | known as the Manchester, No. 2. It will be located within a short distance I of Manchester No. 1, and will be equipped with 7,000 running spindles and 3,500 twisters. End of the Miller School Terra. The spring term of the Miller school, near Lominack, Miss Lida Smith, teacher, closed last Friday, with an enjoyable entertainment that was highly creditable to teacher and pupils alike. Many patrons of the school were present and all were well pleased with the work of the session. Auction Sale. The ouly auction sale last Mouday was hy the clerk in the case of John J. IVotiira or!miniat rnf nr of ihp patatn nf V. ?V vw.? W. Robert Morrisou, deceased, against Kate Morrison and others. The property sold included the Morrison home place in Ebenezer and 258 acres of land. It was brought by E. P. Steele for $5,500. Duuitige to the Fruit Crop. The fruit crop, especially peaches, sustained serious injury by frost last Saturday night. Where the trees were protected from the north wind the damage was not material; but in unprotected spots the matured blooms met with wholesale destruction. The crop, however, is not yet a total loss. In buds not fully open, the fruit germs