Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 07, 1900, Image 2
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
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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.
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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