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Straps and |acts. ? This terrible picture is painted by a special correspondent of the Manchester Guardiau of the wholesale de struction of property iu the track of the British advauce through the Orange Free State: "The way from Bloemfouleiu to Kimberly is a line of desolation. The farmhouses have not merely been sacked, they have been savagely destroyed, mirrors smashed, pianos wrecked, works toru from clocks, children's tovs and books wan tonly destroyed. Even the buildings themselves have been burned or seriously damaged. It is hard to say who is responsible. I kuow Lord Roberts and the officers of bis force did all that was possible to prevent their men looting or damaging property." ? Alfred B. Sbeppersou, the cotton expert, gives this bit of advice to cotton growers: The domestic buyer and the cotton grower never do stand together, as the buyer always wants cotton to go lower, and the grower wants it to go higher. How can they stand together except by chance? The sale in advance by the farmer would not prevent heavy receipts in the fall, for the people who buy of the farmer will sell for fall sbipmeut against their purchases. They would buy of the farmer simply to resell to some one else at a profit. The only thing to prevent a great pressure of cotton for sale in October and November would be a warehouse system by which money could be loaned for a good proportion of value and at low rates of iuterest, so that planters, instead of rushiug their cottou to maiketfor immediate sale, could put it in warehouse and borrow on it the money ueeded. ? Says a Loudon dispatch of April 5: It looks today as though the Boers had conceived the audacious plan of attemntinur to invest Lord Roberts at Bloemfontein, or at least to endeavor to delay bis uorthward advance by barrassing tbe British lines of communication. Lord Roberts is concentrating bis forces and preparing to take every advantage of tbe bold, but risky tactics of tbe enemy. He is not likely to strike at any of tbeir forces until be is certain of delivering a crushing blow. Tbe situation, in tbe absence of auy official dispatch from Lord Roberts, is both mystifying and interesting. There is little doubt that Lord Roberts is hampered by tbe necessity for reinouuts and transport, and tbe loss of the convoy, guns and all of Colonel Broad wood's baggage, was a serious matter. Tbe Boers are now trusting to what they believe to be their superior mobility. Tbe special correspondents at the front are now denouncing Lord Roberts' policy of leniency to ward tbe Free Staters, and are calling for an abaudonment of that policy. A special dispatch announces that Mafekiog was still beseiged, but safe on March 27tb. ? Admiral Dewey has authorized the New York World to say that, after mature reflection, be has rescinded bis former decision not to be a candidate for president under any circumstances. To The World's Washington correspondent tbe admiral is reported to have said: "I realize that the time has arrived when I must definitely define my position. When I arrived in this country last September I said th?n that. nnthinc would induce me to be a candidate for the presidency. Since then, however, I have had the leisure and inclination to study the matter aud have reached a different conclusion, iuasmuch as so many as surances have come to me from my countrymen that I would be acceptable as a candidate for ibis high office. If the American people want me for this high office I shall be only too willing to serve them. It is the highest honor in the gift of this nation ; what citizen would refuse it? Since studying this subject I am couvinced that the office of president is not such a very difficult one to fill, his duties being mainly to execute the laws of cougress. Should I be chosen for this exalted position I would execute the laws of congress as faithfully as I have always executed the orders of my superiors/' ? It is settled that General Joseph Wheeler will not ask for his seat in congress. So says the Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Journal. General Wheeler has been looking into the matter ever since his return from the Philippines, and has satisfied himself that he has forfeited bis right to his seat. A conference with Speaker Henderson convinced him. The correspondent says he learned of the conference from a reliable source and reports its result as follows: "Dave," said the general to the speaker, "what about it? If I present myself with my certificate, duly drawn, can I be sworn in ? My resignation as an officer of the volunteer army was in the hands of my superiors before congress convened, and as the representative of my district, I waut to be active in the discharge of my duties." "Yes, I understand, Joe," said the speaker ; "I know how you feel, and what I say to you I want you to take as an expression of a sense of duty only. I love you like a brother and would do anything in my power for you ; but you are not now entitled to your seat because you have forfeited it without the slightest doubt. I could not, therefore, admiuister the oath without calling for au objection, and I can tell you positively there would be an objectiou on a strict construction of the constiution." ? The likelihood of a clash of the state administrations before a final decision in the contest case by the courts is believed to be small, says a Louisville, Ky., dispatch of Wednesday. While every move of the respective military establishments gives rise to a flood of warlike rumors, the men in control of these movemeuts, in the in -t miKlin nrilor nnfl (if the CKiiwij LtfI tTSl U1 j/uvnv V.MV. they represent, will not allow matters to take a serious turn if they can prevent it. A decision of the court of appeals is expected within a few days^ but 30 days must elapse after the decision is rendered before a mandate of the court is issued. Because of this fact aud the prospective appeal to the United States supreme court, if the Republicans are beaten, a final settleu.eut is still far otT. Governor Taylor is still at his home in Butler coun-! ly, and there is no indication of his early return to Frankfort. The Franklin county grand jury, in its investigation of the Goebel assassination, has gotten no further than the determination of the nature of Mr. Goebel's wound and the direction from which the shot came. Testimony relating to the alleged conspiracy may be reached today. Silas Jones, the Whitley county suspect, will be the first witness iu this line of evidence. (flic \torluillc (fuquircr. YORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, APRIL 7,1900. ? The senate passed the Puerto Rico tariff bill last Tuesday by a vote of 40 to 31. Senators Tillman and McLaurin both voted against the bill. ? At last the prospects are that Fort Mill will get her due and be connected with the balance of the county by meaus of t. bridge over Catawba river. This is a work that should have been completed long ago; but it is much belter now than uot at all, and we congratulate our Fort Mill brethren, the county commissioners, and the people of the county generally, on the fact that such an important public improvement is soon to be completed. ? If it had been practicable to hold a national election last September upon Admiral Dewey's return to the United Sratpg. and the admiral had known enough then to allow himself to become a candidate, he could no doubt bave been elected ; but it is too late dow. The Dewey boom is played, and it is doubtful as to whether the admiral can get the nomination of either politital party. He certainly could not get the Democratic nomination, and the chances of McKinley's nomination by the Republicans are as good as are the chances of Bryan for nomination by the Democrats. *? Papers in South Carolina are becom- , ing more and more independent and free , thinking in their utterances. The people are also growing more liberal. Newspapers now say things with impunity which would have played the mischief with their businesses had they been said 10 or 15 years ago.?Columbia Record. There is a good deal of truth in this and we are glad to see it. Although it is a fact that the Farmers' Alliance is now in a very sickly condition, if not virtually dead, it is only fair to say that to this organization, more than to any other one influence, is due the state of affairs described. The Alliance appeared somewhat narrow and hidebound at first; but during its life it did much to develop breadth ( and intelligence, uot only ainoug its members ; but in all classes. The socalled Reform movement also helped ; but after all that was only possible as a development of the Farmers' Alliance. ? The Greenville News is getting itself talked about a great deal, and a number of contemporaries are denouncing that paper as Republican. Although against Bryan, for the gold ' J L-U!?t .i standard, ann noiumg to uuicr iuuuau heresies, The News, in our view, lacks a great deal of Republicanism. It is seldom that we are able to agree with anything The News has to say ; but at the same time we believe it has the courage to say what it thinks, and that , we cannot help but admire. In view of events that have happened since the last Democratic platform was adopted, and in view of the doubt involved about the next platform, The News, or any other paper, has a right to advocate whatever measures it sees fit. without forfeiting claims to Democracy ; but if the next Democratic national convention again declares for free silver and Bryan, and The News fails to swallow both, we will be unable to see upon what grounds it will be able to base its future loyalty. In the meantime, if The News can succeed iu making people do more thinking than ' they have hten doing, its efforts will do much good rather than harm. ? The opposition to the HayPaunceforte treaty is being based mainly upon the fact that the people of this country do not like the idea of being dictated to by Great Britain. " - ? ' - 1 -- A.,., I ureal empnasis is iam uu tuu u?v;i| that if we are to build the canal we I should control it, and that it is none of Great Britain's business. This idea is correct; but the feeling it engenders seems to be based upon false premises. Of course, if the United < States digs the canal, there will be no i confusion on the question of owner- 1 ship. If we expect to get aloug with 1 the balance of the world, we must , treat all alike, and if we treat all alike, J we will have no use for fortifications j 011 the canal. So really we do not see 1 where there is any good ground for all 1 the fuss that has been raised. We fear } that much of the anti-British argu- ( meat that has been used in the case , has been principally for purposes of i prejudice. As has already been stated, i there are those who do not want this canal built, and these are up to all kiuds of tricks to prevent further development of the scheme. Instead of ^ attempting to dictate to the United j States on the neutrality question, Great f Britain is only backing us up in a proposition that is to our own best interest, and there is every reason to believe that if the United States should indicate a desire to fortify the canal, Great Britain would agree to that also. MERE-MENTION. Ex-Judge William King has been elected to congress from Utah, to occupy the seat that was refused to Polygamist Roberts. King is a Mormon ; but _ ):? ?1 !?L I.. ...JAm is creuutru wuu uuiy uuc wuc. Aguinaldo is reported to be in Manila. All reports from the Kansas wheat belt indicate that the crop is in 6ne condition. The United States troops were called upon last Tuesday to quell a strike riot in San Juau, Puerto Itico. Queen Victoria is visiting in Ireland for political reasons. The administration professes a desire to modify the war revenue act; but claims to be deterred by the lact that such an effort would prolong the present session of congress for many weeks. Argument was commenced before the committee on privileges and elections in the Montana bribery case last Tuesday. A young anarchist named Sipido, fired two shots at the Prince of Wales at the Brussels railway station last Wednesday. The prince was not hit. Sipido was captured. He said he wanted to kill the prince because the lattei had caused the slaughter of thousands of men in South Afri ca. rne I'lttsnurg uoai company has received a $10,000,000 contract for coal. There is a strong belief on the New York Cotton Exchange that the summer and winter months will come together pretty soon, thus wiping out the wide difference that has existed for quite a while. Adjutant General Moorman is hard at work ou the plans for the re-union of the United Confederate veterans to be held at Louisville, Ky., from May 30 to June 3. The big auditorium at Kansas City, in which the Democratic National convention was to meet on July 4, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. Only the foundation is left. The loss is $150,000. In an interview Thursday, Admiral Dewey said he is a Democrat. The Southern railway has decided to declare excursion rates for the eclipse of the sun, May, 28, 1900. The line of totality strikes the Southern at Norfolk and follows the line all the way to NewOrleans. A dispatch from Cheyenne, Wyoming, reports heavy snowon Wednesday and Thursday. The Southern Home Building and Loan association, of Atlanta, has gone into the hands of a receiver. It is stated in Huntsville, Ala., that an effort will be made to have General Joe Wheeler run on the presidential ticket with Admiral Dewey. The Transvaal situation, as indicated by reports, is at a standstill. Lord Roberts is still waiting to get iu good shape, aud the Boers are gathering all around him. WHO'S BEHIND DEWEY? Hlit Boom Probably a Connpirucy of Eaxtern Democrats. A Washington special of Wednesday to the New York Evening Telegram, says: It has developed that the announcement of Admiral Dewey's candidacy is part of a well laid plan of eastern Democrats to head off Mr. Bryan's uominatiou. "The admiral will not admit that there is any organization behind his caudidacy or state whether he will like the Republican or the Democrat nomination. He told me today that he was in the hands of the American people and was as willing to obey or defend them as he bad been from his superiors in the navy. He said : -'I have everv reason to believe there is a popular demand for my nomiuation. I decline to say whether I am a Democrat or a Republican. " 'I want to be the people's candidate. I fully realize that iu announcing my willingness to become a candidate that my troubles are beginning ; but a man who has the interest of his country at heart eaunot escape his share of them, and I am willing to take all that may come to me. " 'From every state in the Union and from all classes of people I have received gratifying evidence of a desire for my nomination. The demand has become so geueral that I felt constrained to give serious consideration to the matter, and although I had previously stated that I would not accept the nomination, conditions have so changed in the few past months that I cannot longer, as a loyal American citizen, refuse to obey the will of the American people if their decision should be that I am a suitable candidate for the presidency. " 'Beyoud confirming my announcement of this morning there is nothing more that I can properly say at present.' " Tii.lman and Spoonkr.?Senator Tillman had another senatorial bout today with Senator Spooner over the Puerto Rican bill. Senator Spooner was delivering a carefully prepared constitutional argument in favor of the revised edition of the Foraker bill. Senator Tillman thoughtlessly plunged iu with a series of interruptions, which were more or less involved, owing to the characteristic way in which they were stated. Spooner's long suit is constitutional law, aud to the amusement of the crowded galleries and to the discomfiture of the senior senator from South Carolina, the latter became j so tangled iu the meshes of couslitu- < Lional law that he was obliged to cry . Tor help. By a series of sharp, quick 1 replies Spooner placed Senator Tillman | it a disadvantage, aud then declined to | yield further. Senator Tillmau said, ( complaining : "I think it unfair for the i senator from Wisconsin to put me iu a lole and then refuse to give me a chance | .0 get out again." (Laughter iu the , galleries.) I Senator Spooner was allowed to con- ? inue his speech without further inter- < option from Senator Tillmau.?Wash- j ngton correspondence News and Uou- j ier, Tuesday. > ? ] Puerto Rico Rill.?The Puerto t [ticau tariff bill which passed the sen- i ite Tuesday provides for a tariff of 15 t >er ceut. of the Dingley rates on all j products conaing into the United States t rom Puerto Rico ; products from the ( United Stutes consigned to Puerto Rican ports to be admitted duty free. The civil government feature of the bill provides for the establishment of a territorial form of government. The governor of the island is to be appoined by the president and the members of tbe lower house are to be elected by popular vote, while the nine members of the upper body, known as tbe executive council, are to be appointed by the president. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. vouuu nro ui rncuieu The cotton warehouse at Pacolet mill, containing 1,400 bales of cotton, was destroyed by tire during Tuesday aud Wednesday. UoeH Not Consider It Seriously. The New York Journal, on Thurs day, telegraphed Governor McSweeny as follows : "Will you kindly wire The Journal today at its expense your opinion of Dewey's announcement and effect it will have on Democratic convention." The governor's answer was : "Don't think Dewey's candidacy amounts to anything serious. Bryan will undoubtedly receive the unanimous support of all southern states." Now on Its Feet. Says a Charleston dispatch of Wednesday : In a largely attended meeting of business men tonight the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian exposition for 1901 was actually put on its feet by the appointment of an axecutive committee with Captain F. W. Wagener, chairman. The preliminary finance committee made an encouraging representation aud the exposition project is an assured fact. Classed With Horse Thieves. Says a Columbia dispatch of April 3 : "Bicycle thieves received a severe blow in the court of general sessions here today. Wheels have been stolen with great frequency iu this city. When captured heretofore the thieves have been taken before a magistrate and have escaped with thirty days on the cbaingang ; but a newspaper man, who caught a thief, bad him sent to the higher court. The man pleaded guilty and Judge Benet announced that be classed bicycle and horse stealing in the same category because both could be ridden, and sentenced the criminal to five years' imprisonment at hard labor." Tillmtto and the Governorahlp. I UC U QCJUIU^tUU l/UIIWO|/vuuvuv VI The News and Courier has been interviewing Senator Tillman on state politics. The interview includes the following: Referring to the state campaign, Senator Tillman says there is going to be a lively contest over the governorship. Governor McSweeny will, of cotirse, be the leading candidate. There are already three rival candidates in the field, and before the campaign closes there are apt to be several other aspirants for gubernatorial honors. The senator naturally had his preference, but he discreetly avoids committing himself to any one in a casual discussion of the subject. At the proper time he will declure his choice in unmistakable terms, and bis former record justifies the prediction that the senator will stick to bis man through thick and tbin. The cam paign is to be fought out again with the dispensary law as the paramount issue. Tillman's faith in the existing law hus not wavered ,and he maintains that the law, if fairly and honestly administered, will be beneficial to the state. Still After Tolbert. Says a Greenwood dispatch of Wednesday : "James W. Tolbert, who was expelled from Greenwood county, after narrowly escaping severe handling, and whose brother is contesting the seat of Congressman Latimer in the third district, narrowly escape falling iuto the hands of a mob last night. Mrs. Tolbert is postmaster at McCormick, Greenwood county, a few miles from Phoenix, and her husband arrived there yesterday. Last spring Tolbert made overtures to the people of Greeuwood, and ou certain promises made to a newspaper man as to abstaining from politics, he was permitted to quietly return to that town. Subsequently be pushed bis contest in Washington and denied the conciliatory stateraeut attributed to him. He was thereupon again warned not to return to Greenwood. At midnight a band of masked men went to the bouse Tolbert was in. A Democrat, prominent in the town, hearing of the contemplated action, and being opposed to violence, sent a warning a few minutes before tbe house was surrounded, ana loioeri escaped from the back door. Tolbert fled to tbe depot aud got on a train, but fearing a mob at Troy, stopped at the next station, and is supposed to ' have spent the night in the woods. This morning he appeared at the house of W. W. Sturkey and appealed for protection." Novel Legal Situation. Anderson Mail: That was a novel and interesting legal situation that an Edgefield jury found itself in la9t Tuesday in the trial of the case of the Bank of Johnson against J. B. Owdom and Mrs. Sallie C. Owdom. The case was given to the jury late one evening and the jurors were instructed that they could bring in a sealed verdict. When the court convened the next morning the jury was asked if it had agreed on a verdict, when the foreman reluctantly stated they had ; but asked the court if he could make a statement. When informed that he could he stated that while he had signed the verdict it was not his verdict, aud after considering the matter be could not conscientiously say that it was his verdict. The lawyers were on their feet iu a momeut aud there was much excitement aud a poll of the jury was ordered with the result that the foreman made the statement as given above. It was argued that it was too late for the * foremau to chaugc his mind as the ver- s Jict had been simied and sealed. But ? ?0 u ihe judge ruled that under the circum- . stances there was no verdict aud order?d the jury back to their room to find c i verdict. It is a novel legal situation * ind a very rare one, and one that the h supreme court will have to untangle, e But it shows the safegaurds that are t thrown around the jury system that ^ vhen a poll is taken a juror who feels ,hat he has been subjected to undue pressure or whose conscience is not c ;asy over the matter, may say in open I ;ourt that it is not his honest verdict, f LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. M. Heath ?fc Co.?Announce 'hat their shelves are now packed full of new goods and all details are being perfected for their great millinery opening on April 11 and 12. They describe some of their new goods. York Drug Store, Registed PharmacistSays great benefit is derived by using Tate Mineral Spring water, and says it is good for indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach trouble. W. Brown Wylie?Is announced as a candidate for re-election to the office of clerk of court for York county. V (1 f?nln ftnnervianr?Oives notice that sealed bids will be received al Yorkville until 12, o'clock m., April 24, for the building of a steel bridge across Catawba river. J. J. Hunter?Announces himself as a condidate for election to the office of clerk of court for York county, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. Louis Roth?Tells about the stock of canned goods he bason baud. THE COTTON MARKET. Local cotton receipts have almost ceased, only au occasional bale comiog in. The price is still about the same as during the past teu days? from 9 to 9\. The history of Thursday's developments in the New York Cotton Exchange, as reported by the Associated Press, is as follows: The cotton market opened barely steady at 7 points higher to 6 lower. The opeuing was a poor response to the English cables, which showed an advance of 4@6 points. Locally there was an impression that the English advance was the result of manipulation. The fact that later cables modified the early advauce at Liverpool had its effect, ahd our market soon became irregular and at the lowest point of the sessions showed a net loss of (j@9 points. It took a good deal of buying to keep prices from breaking still more. But this was furnished by parlies who, for a longtime, have been the leading supports of the market. The buying of this character was at times very heavy. Most of the room traders, however, preferred to stand aside and wait the receipt of more definite crop news. Apart from the special support given, the market had a weak undertone, as predictions pointed to heavier receipts at the ports and the interioi towns. The close was steady at a net decline of 6@9 points. CALENDAR NO 1. T7V.llmiMn/a oma t K a nour nncoo on. JC Wl IU W I li? UIO luo IJU n v/i>uvo vu tered upon Calendar 1, on last Wednesday, the last day upon which suj:h cases could be entered in time for trial at the approaching term of court: Wm. T. Slurgis against Trustees of Wiuthrop college. Wilson & Wilson for plaintiff and W. B. deLoaeh for defendants. J. B. Martin against L. L. Clyburu. J. S. Brice for plaiutiff. Hamilton *Brown Shoe Company against Gauson Dry Goods Company. John R. Hart for plaintiff. Nanatuck Silk Company against Ganson Dry Goods Company. John R. Hart for plaintiff. Louis Roth against R. Andral Bratton, administrator. Jas. F. Hart for plaintiff, W. B. deLoaeh for defendant. M. G. Bryant against August Friedheim and others. W. W. Lewis for plaintiff, and W. J. Cherry for defendant. W. L. Roddey against E. J. Erwin aDd others. Wilson & Wilson for plaintiff and T. F. McDow for defendant. A. T. Latham as administrator against T. W. McSwain. Thos. F. McDow for plaintiff and G. VV. S. Hurt for defendant. J. R. Howe against G. C. Leech. W. B. deLoaeh for plaintiff and W. B. McCaw for defendant. J. Edgar Poag against Charlotte Fertilizer company. FinJey & Brice aud W. B. Wilson for plaintiff and Thomas F. McDow for defendant. WITHIN THE TOWN. Rev. J. B. Bozeman, for the past two years pastor of the Baptist church at Walterborough ; but whose present home is Kershaw, is iu loravuie at the iovitation of the Baptist congregation. It is quite probable that he will be called to the pastorate of the Yorkville Baptist church. Labadie's Faust company, which appeared in the opera house last Tuesday night, gave a capital performance, in fact one of the best that has ever been seen in Yorkville. Mr. Labadie, as Mephistopheles, was exceptionally good, and Mary Yon Tromp as Marguerite gave a creditable account of herself. The support generally was quite satisfactory ; but there was nothing especially striking in the work of any of the other players. The scenic effect was unusually elaborate, and the audience was struck with the fact tliut the company complied fully with its promise not to use a single piece of local scenery. It had, of its own, everything necessary for a proper pre lentation of the play, anc^ the story ivas well brought out in most of its derails. The audience was quite small. This may have been due id some neasure to the Lenten season and in tome measure to the threatening conliliou of the weather. Rain comnenced about night and continued intil after the performance was over, lut whatever may have been the cause )f the smull audience, this is a matter n which Mr. Moore, during his short ixperience as a manager, has been ingularly unfortunate. He has had hree first class shows iu succession. Ml have been above the average, and m each occasion there has been a rain. )n each occasion also, the audience ias been small. Tuesday night's audiuce was one of the most appreciative hat has yet gathered in the opera louse, except probably upon the recent ppearance of the New York Symphoiy club; but even though they heap- : reciative, small audiences do uot aford a great deal of consolation to a manuger who has exercised especial he pains to give the people a good show, foi So it will he well for the people of w' Yorkville to take fair warning. If they ea expect to continue to have the refusal co of plays of this character, they will C. have to he somewhat more liberal with gi' their patrouage. Th The members of the Yorkville baseball team had their first practice meet- ^ * i? J- _ r * i 1 4 lft: ing on ine grounds 01 me ciun jhsi ? Thursday afternoon. There were not enough present to play ball ; but any- 'n bow those who were there put in an hour supling up their joints. It was w decided that from now on the team will practice regularly on Wednesday ^ and Friday afternoons at 4 o'clock. be Up to this time the team's list of mem- 'a hers does not include one full nine ; t0 but there is no reason to doubt that at P1 least 18 good men will have been se- w cured during the next few weeks. In " addition to the local players who have Dl already sigued the roll, there are quite a number who will give their hearli- ? est active co-operation from uow on, and there are also several good play- w ers off at college. These will be home 8' soon. Manager White has lots of faith v< in the local baseball material. He st T says that there is as much first class baseball stuff here as in any other at towu he knows of, and he intends that sl! it shall be fully developed. Oue seri- 86 ous trouble last year was too much ^ dependence upon the assistance of players from other towns. Fully cal- at culating on such assistauce, the play- ^ ers who were relieved by it failed to practice as they should have practiced, T< and as-the result they never got themselves into shape to play anything like as good ball as they were capable of playing. This, Manager White very correctly holds, is all wrong, and he does not propose to have any more of e . tt _ ?? p' ll ii oe cau prcvtuu xao pcupuscs w give the boys to understand from the ^ start that upon their own skill and activity will depend Yorkville's baseball ?l supremacy, and he is confident that ^ they will prove equal to the situation. He said yesterday : "We are going ta to have a team this summer that will be superior to the best team of pro- cc fessionals that was gotten together at 'e any time last summer, and before the Tl season is out we are going to have the scalp of every team that will play 18 with us." v' su ABOUT PEOPLE. vi Miss Mary Hart is visiting relatives th and friends at GafiTney. in Miss Kittie Blair, of Blairsville, is ot visiting relatives in Rock Hill. tj( T. B. Butler, Esq., of Gaffney City, was in Yorkville last Tuesday on business. 90 Miss Susie Brian, who has been be teaching school at Warren since last id November, is at home. af] Mrs. M. J. Bell, who has been visit- ?. ing at High Springs, Fla., for quite a . while, expects to return home about ^ the 16th instant. c,< Rev. J. W. Cantey Johuson, of Rock I?' Hill, came over to Yorkville Wednes- Tfc day afternoon and preached in the Church of the Good Shepherd Wednes- pr day night. HiRh Springs, Fla., News : Captain t W. E. Bell has been called by special ve order of the superintendent to super- ni vise the Savannah river. This is quite sc a distinction for our fellow townsman m and an honor of which the friends of gt( Captain Beil are justly proud to learn. ^ Union special of Tuesday lo The State : At 10 o'clock last night, Mr. th John Carroll, a contractor on the Buf- f? falo siding here, had his team run over tic by a southbound freight train. Tbe pa horse was killed outright and the buggy demolished. Mr. Carroll was in ^ tbe buggy, but was ouly slightly ' bruised. Fort Mill Times: On the evening w' of April 12th, Rev. Dr. H. W. Bays, be presiding elder of the Rock Hill Dis- te< trict, M. E. church, will deliver his pr celebrated lecture on "Courtship," at j Gold Hill academy. Dr. Bays' presentation of this subject is said by M those who have heard it to be most Fo scholarly and entertaining, and a large number of persons will doubtless take frc advantage of this opportunity to hear q8 him. Mr. G. C. Ormand gives it as his opinion that farm work is at least 15 A' days more forward now than last sea- r'e son. He says his wheat crop is look- Be ing fine, and his oats are also good. m( Speaking of wheat, especially, he j0 said be has greatly benefitted his ^ crop by the use of a weeder. This . is a machine with teeth like a rake and with which it is practicable to go ha over about 20 acres of wheat a day. he He has used the weeder over a consid- Crt erable portion of his crop and that portion compares with the other por- ^ tion, as if one bad been fertilized and the other not. t0 Mr. Howard Dickson, son of the to late Rev. Henry R. Dickson, and now it < a resident of Boslou, Mass., came to tb< Yorkvill* Wednesday on a flying visit. taj Mr. Dickson is a selling ageut for the . Amoskeag Cotton mills. In a short talk with a reporter, be said that northern mill men are uneasy about th< the tremendous development of the chi cottoumill business in the south. The 1 thing that worries them most is the ler custom that our southeru mills have of ?rj running night and day. This, Mr. Dicksou thinks, is calculated to kill the a s goose that lays the golden egg. He ln? says that the New Eugland mills are the enjoying unprecedented prosperity; for but the mill owners generally regard on the situatiou as too good to last. jat LOCAL LACONICS. 601 Until Jttmiitry lnt, 1001. D0' TheTwice a Week Enquirer, fill- mu ed with the latest and most reliable ,n8 news, will be furnished from the date of tiiis issue until January 1, 1901, for wa $1.50. the Fireman Day In Charlotte. act There is to be a Firemen's tourna- sho ment in Charlotte on May 23. There jau are to he four races. The first will be froi between hand hose reels, the second son will be a grab race, the third will be a to irse hook and ladder race, and the iirth a horse hose wagon race. There .11 he first and secoud cash prizes in ch race and in' the aggregate the mmiltee will distribute $1,000. Mr. H. Campbell, chief director, will ve full particulars. in County CoinmUiilonera. The county board of commissioners dd its regular monthly meeting on st Wednesday, all of the members ing present. Aside from the auditg of quite a number of accounts, e most important business transacted as in connection with the proposed idge over Catawba river. It is now tfinilolit oof t lorl tKot tkn Ki?Stdivo in ta uuivvjj ovvvicu biiav iuc uiiu^c 10 iu s built, and without unnecessary dey. Supervisor Culp was instructed go ahead with the work of securing oposals, and an adjourned meetiug ill be held on Tuesday, April 24, for le purpose of considering the same. Bath of Rev. James K. Fant. Greenville News, Wednesday : The ev. James K. Fant, who died in his )ih year, at Campobello, on Sunday, as well known in Greenville. He aduated an A. B. from Furman uui;rsity in 1875, and was afterward a udent here in the Southern Baptist heological seminary. He was pastor r Greenwood in 1878, at Sardis, Misjsippi, from 1879 to 1880. He nezt rved churches in Edgefield county, ountain Creek, Gilgai, Rehoboth and ethany. He was pastor three years Flint Hill, York county, aud spent e last three years of his ministerial e at Wadesboro, N. C. >ok It Too Cheap. There has been trouble on the star ute to Bullock's Creek during the ist week. The sub-contractor's horse ive out, and Miss Moore, the postasler, was unable to get anybody se to agree to carry the mail at the -ice the government is paying. The >vernment does uot allow more than ie contract price. The carrier went it with the mail again on Wednesiy and Thursday ; but as to whether i will'be able to continue is not ceriu. The whole trouble is due to the sposition of bidders for star route mtracts to perform the service for ss than it is worth. ie Summer School. Superintendent of Education Carroll commencing eaily this year With a ew of making arrangements for the immer school for teachers in YorkHe this summer. It is a fact that e summer school last year, although augurated under difficulties, turned it much better thau many people anjipated und really did some good ork. At the recent meeting of the bool trustees of the county, it will. ' remembered that the summer school ea was considered quite favorably, id with such work as can be done itbin the next few months, it is easipossible to have a much more effieut school this summer than was bad at summer. ie Catawba Power Company. The Catawba Power company, which oposes to transmit by electricity the ilendid water power that can be dedoped at Neely's Ferry, on Catawba /er, has opened its books for subriptions to .its capital stock. As a atter of fact, however, it is under3od that all the stock has virtually en subscribed and paid in, and that e opening of the books is merely a rmality to comply with the corpora>n laws. The corportors of the com,ny are Drs. Gill and R. H. Wylie, of ew York ; and Messrs. W. C. and F. VVhitner and W. J. Roddey, of Rock ill. Operations are to be commenced thout unnecessary delay, and it is lieved that tbe work can be comple3 within a year. It is expected that actically all of the power developed 11 be utilized in Rock Hill and Fort ill. und the Dog. The black hound bitch that escaped >m an express crate at tbe South irolina and Georgia Extension railad station, has been found. Mr. J. Thomas brought it in from Gutbsville last Saturday. He told Mr. ard that be had seen the advertise ;nt in The Enquirer, and when a g came along afterwards to where was bunting, he at once identified was the animal wanted. The dog d only been seen by a few people re before it made its escape from the ite, and these people insisted that i animal was not the one wanted. \ Beard, however, felt assured ; but settle the matter he shipped it back the people in Tennessee, from where came. He bad a postal card from ;m Thursday morning that no misce bad been made; and since then safe delivery has been made to Mr. . S. Neil!, the gentleman to whom 5 animal was originally consigned. >1(1 linn Narrow Escape. V lock Hill Herald, Wednjwday : MasTom Crawford, son of Dr. T. A. iwford, had a narrow escape from erious burning last Saturday even; at the home of Mr. Jim Neal, at ; Highland Park mill. Dr. Crawd had performed a painful operation Mr. Neal's 7 year old son and the le fellow was moaning in a very pitjs way. Tom, tbe subject of this iice, has a tender heart and was very ,ch affected by tbe little boy's suffer;s, so much so that he fainted and forward off tbe chair in which be s sitting. A hot tire was burning on i hearth aud Tom fell with his stomi across a blazing log, while bis >ulders struck against tbe chimney 1 and preveuted bis head aud arms dd falling into the fire. All tbe pers in tbe room bud tbeir back turned the fireplace; but Dr. Crawford