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Scraps and ^acts.
? Admiral Schley has been frequently
mentioned in connection with the
Democratic nomination for vice-president
on the ticket with Mr. Bryan.
But Admiral Schley is not in politics.
The Richmond Times publishes a letter
from him in which he says that he
is not acquainted with the duties of
any political office, and that he will
not accept a nomination. He goes on
to say that even if elected vice-president
without his knowledge or connivance
during his absence, he would
not serve.
? John Wannamaker has a little
complication with the government
over a contract for 500,000 yards of
Khaki for army uniforms. Up to two
years ago the government bought all
the Khaki it wanted for 19 cents.
Some months ago Wannamaker offered
to furnish 500,000 yards at 22 cents.
This was the lowest bid, as Messrs.
Meyer & Goetze, the firm that had
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previously ueeu supply iug U.UUUi, uuu
jumped to 34 cents in the belief that
tbey had a monopoly. It is claimed
that Wannamaker's goods do Dot come
up to specifications and hence the
hitch.
? Says W. E. Curtis in the Chicago
Record: General Wheeler is again,
after an interval of 39 years, an officer
of the United States army and a brigadier
general at that. He graduated
at West Point in 1859 and in 1861 resigned
his commission in the Second
cavalry to enter the Confederate army.
He is the first man with that record
to be restored to the regular army, and
it is supposed that he will be placed
on the retired list very soon, for he will
be 64 years old next September. Having
received this appointment, General
Wheeler expects to retire from
political life and will not be a candidate
for congress. i
? General Otis gives an account of
the situation in the Philippines that
sounds plausible. He says that the
war has been over for several months
and that the situation is as peaceful
' as it has ever been, even before the
first great uprising against the Spaniards.
For instance he claims that
there is no longer a Filipino army ;
nothing but armed bands of robbers i
who live by looting the peaceful na- {
tives. This has always been common
and Spain never troubled herself much
about trying to protect the law-abiding
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nauves irom sucu piuuueicio. iuc
United States government is trying to
exterminate these robbers and that is
abovrt, the extent of the "war" at this
time. It is quite probable that what
General Otis says is pretty nearly so.
The robbers, of course, have a better
status, under the circumstances, than
previous to the war.
? The navy department has completed
the preparation of a circular
calling for bids for supplying armor
plate in the navy, and it will be ready
for issue as soon as some of the typographical
changes have been made.
For the first time the department has
adorned the uolicv of classifying the
armor. The advertisement calls first
for the highest quality face-hardened
armor, treated by the Krupp process.
The second clas9 is composed of armor
of generally less thickness than class
one, used in places where the requirements
are not so severe, and in this
case the ordinary Harveyized armor
will serve. Class three will be made
up of thin plates, bolts, nuts, etc., material
not requiring any kind of hardening
process. The new circular requires
the armor makers to supply
armor of the very highest grade.
Under that clause, if there are improvements
in production tending to
enhance the quality of the armor, the
contractors must give them to the
government without any extra cost.
? General Maximo Gomez has writ
ten to the Cuban papers with respect
to the use of bis name by the different
political parties. He says in part:
"Several political organizations are
using my name with great insistence,
making the electiou of a local mayor
a matter of high political importance.
I have devoted the larger part of my
life to the service of Cuba and I have
profound sympathies for all parties
that defended free Cuba. But without
mental reservation, I may say that it
would have been best had only one
party, the National party, existed,
until the establishment of the republic.
As another party, however, the Republican
party, has come into existence,
and I greet it with cordiality. So
far as the mayors of the other municipalities
of the island are concerned, I
advise the Cubans, now about to exercise
the right of franchise, the right
they have secured at the cost of so
much blood, to search among the disbanded
ranks of the army for those
who in the past have always sacrificed
their own interests and who are not
without intellectual qualifications necessary
for the fulfillment of mayoral
duties. By so doing the Cuban people
will render justice and perform an
act politically advantageous for the
present and future."
? Governor Morent, of Indiana, has
refused to honor Governor Beckham's
requisition ior exvjovernor rayior.
He issued a statement last Wednesday
night setting forth his reasons as follows
: "I deplore the assassination of
the late Wm. Goebel and would not
for a moment refuse to return Mr.
Taylor, or any other man charged with
complicity in that crime, if I could
persuade myself that the party so
charged, under existing conditions,
would be accorded a fair trial. I do
not believe a fair and impartial trial
can or will at this time be given Mr.
Taylor. When Judge Cantrill, of the
trial court of Frankfort, declares that
that he would not subject a sheep
killing dog to a trial under such cirsumstances
as exist, may I not justly
refuse to send Mr. Taylor back to be
subjected to a trial, with prejudice
intensified and fanned into hate?
When a man who is a controlling spirit
in the prosecution uses the monstrous
language that when they should get
control they would hang Republicans
"like pigs to a pole," the question of
guilt would be of little consequence in
this conspiracy against innocent men,
the furtherance of which is indicated
by indictments found by a partisan
grand jury. Upon such findings is
based the requisition papers which I
now refuse to honor. Another phase
of the question that deserves to be
challenged is the action of the general
assembly in setting aside tbe enormous
sum of $100,000 as a reward for the
conviction of persons suspected of
having been concerned in the killing
of Mr. Goebel. That of itself is accepted
by all right thinking people as
a tempting invitation for the propagation
of wholesale perjury and a premium
on moral and physical assassination.
In the fearless exercise of an
oatohliahod riaht, And in the Derfor
mance of a conscientious duty, I must
refuse to honor your requisition."
?l?e ^JovkviUc uquim.
YORKVILLE, 8. C.:
SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1900.
? The court of claims at Washington
has decided that Admiral Sampson
directed the battle in which Admiral
Schley destroyed Cervera's fleet
at Santiago, and that Schley was hardly
in it. Sampson, therefore, will get
the dollars that are to be given away ;
but .Schley still has the verdict that has
been rendered by the honest hearts of
the American people.
? There is a rather peculiar state of
political affairs in North Carolina just
at this time. When the proposed constitutional
amendments that are to be
voted upon next August were passed,
it was foreseen that the supreme court,
which has a Republican majority,
might declare them unconstitutional.
Therefore, the legislature, which is
ovefwhekau&Rly Democratic, decided
not to adjourn ; but to merely take a
recess until until the sitting of the
supreme court. The North Carolina
supreme court convened a few days
ago and so did the legislature. It is
the idea of the legislators to circumvent
any unfavorable action that the
supreme court might take. The members
of the legislature get per diem on
account of this adjourned session, and
it is thought that if the supreme court
sees fit to do so, it will be able to continue
its sittings until after the legislature
adjourns.
? So far as we are aware, but very
little attention has been paid here to the
distressing call for help that has been
going up from India during the past
few months. There have been some
subscriptions from individuals in this
section; but the contributions ' have
not been at all general. Some three
weeks ago a committee of one hun'
dred, with Wm. L. Dodge as chairman,
was organized in New York for the
purpose of collecting contributions.
Newspapers, banking houses, express
and telegraph companies offered their
service free, and the matter has been
so arranged that every dime contributed
by any individual will go direct
to the work of actual relief of famine
sufferers, without the subtraction of a
penny to pay any kind of expense for
labor, transmission or otherwise. The
need is i?reat. a single Dennv will hell).
and such an appeal as has been made
Bhould not fall upon closed ears io a
country like ours.
? Says a Washington dispatch :
The state department has been notified
by Queen Victoria of the birth of a
prince?son of his royal highness, the
Duke of York. Suitable acknowledgement
will be made by the state department
and the president will send his
congratulations in accordance with the
rules of international etiquette.
This is a piece of foolishness, the
avoidance of which would have been
highly becoming to this country. Although
not speaking with full informamation,
we are of the opinion that in
the days of Washington and Jefferson,
an incident like the above would not
have been made the subject of correspondence
with a country like ours.
What do the people of the United
States, as a people, care about the
r\f n nfinoo 9 Thf?V Wlfih t.hp.
uii bu vx a xuvv * a mvj ??wM ?
little fellow well, as they do other
little fellows; but not as a prince.
Thousands as good as he are born in
the United States every day, and the
state department does not take occasion
to ask Queen Victoria's congratulations
for a single one of them.
They don't count for anything except
to their fathers and mothers until after
they grow up, and then, although still
as good as this prince just born, they
do not count for a great deal otherwise
unless they prove that they have
within them the elements of true
royalty of a higher quality than can
be transmitted through the mere accident
of birth. As one of the American
people, we beg to say to Queen
Victoria that we are glad of the safe
arrival of her great-grandson ; but we
will not acknowledge the youngster as
a prince until he proves his claim to
the title.
THE TROUBLES IN CHINA.
Maybe the upheaval in China will
be settled without war; but the prospects
for such a culmination are slimmer
now than they were a few days
ago, and they seem to be growing still
slimmer every day. The disturbance
has evidently passed the limit where
peaceable settlement was possible.
Bits of information from various
sources previously published in The
Enquirer, have given a fair idea of
the nature of these disturbances ; but
they have given no satisfactory notion
of their cause. This is still a doubtful
question, and it is likely to remain
so for quite awhile. Protestant missionaries
lay the responsibility upon
the Roman Catholics, and most of the
foreign diplomats charge it against the
sinister designs of Russia. Others assign
still other causes.
That the Chinese are a very "con- '
servative" people is a long established
fact. With a civilization dating back i
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almost to toe aays 01 nuaiu, u is qiHio
natural that by this time tbey should .
have become very much set in their/
habits, and that they should be opposed
to the introduction of foreign i
innovations and customs is perfectly
natural. Reference, of course, is had
to the great mass of the population.
It is just as natural that a portion of J
their people should realize the advan*(
tages that are possessed by foreigners i
and desire their advantages for themselves.
Here is a reasonable basis for
strife, and it is quite likely that somebody
has taken advantage of these
conditions; but just how or why does
not appear to be absolutely certain.
The charge against the Roman
Catholics sounds quite plausible. It
is to this effect. Included in a treaty
that France made with China a great
many years ago, was a provision that
priests should have the rank and authority
of viceioys and magistrates.
For years the priests made no practi- 1
cal use of this concession further than
to secure such respect as was to be derived
from the distinctibn. After a
while, however, they began to assume
the functions of magistrates, and
when the competition became strong
with Protestant missionaries, they
would mako converts of criminals by
securing for them immunity from punishment.
In the course of time this
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aouse grew to ue so uuuourauic tuat wc
people have begun to rise against it.
However much truth there may be iD
this, it is probably only a part of the
cause of the present trouble.
A more general accepted view as to
the cause of the disturbance is the
peculiarly aggressive diplomatic policy
of Russia. The Russians have had
their eyes on China for several years,
and when they take a notion that they
want anything at all they keep on
wanting until their desire is accomplished.
That Russian diplomacy has
been in the ascendency in Pekin, at
least during the past four or five years,
there has been no room for question.
Russia has beaten England out on several
very important propositions, and
aroused the jealousy of all the powers.
At the head of the Old China
party in China is the dowager empress,
the real ruler; and at the head of the
New China party is the emperor, or
nominal ruler. For several years past
the emperor has been held a close prisoner
in his palace at the instance of
the dowager empress and her advisers,
and it has been believed all along that
RusBia has been at the bottom of this
proceeding. It has also been believed,
and is believed now, that Russia preciptitated
the Old China or Boxer
party with a view to deriving advantage
to herself; and although she is now
apparently co-operating with the other
powers, she is only waiting a full development
of the situation to act as
she may consider her best interests
might require.
Although only threatening, rather
than suhartvicin at first. the situation is
daily becoming more serious. The
basis of the Boxer organization is numerous
local societies linked together
and working for a common object.
They began to intimidate, and later
on to murder Christian converts, and
next they burned mission stations and
killed missionaries until a few weeks 1
ago the whole world was aroused to
the situation. Dispatches of the past
week describe numerous mission stations
surrounded by mob3 and defended
by small squads of marines. As a
general thing, the mobs are only armed
with spears and swords, and are, therefore,
not disposed to attempt attacks
on soldiers with firearms. The summer
quarters of the British legation, a
few miles from Pekin, were burned a i
few days ago, and there have been attacks
upon members of several foreign
legations on the streets of Pekin
during the past week. In many instances
Chinese soldiers sent to put
down the JBoxers have, instead, joined
their ranks, and as the majority of the ,
Chinese appear to be on this side of
the question, a tremendous mob is be- '
ing rapidly mobilized all over the ,
country. !
The foreign powers, including the !
United States, appear to have agreed
upon joint action for the preservation
of life and property. Russia has a J
tremendous army close on the Chinese
frontier, and Japan is also in a position
to invade the country. Great Britain
has warships along the coast equal to
the combined strength of Russia and
France in those waters, and the United r
States has on hand a pretty respectable
force of ships and marines. Several
other nations are represented, and al- "
together, with the forces available,
it would be possible to march from one ]
end of China to the other ; but there
are good reasons for believing that
these Boxers do not constitute the only
problem to be dealt with. While the
Boxers are jealous of all foreigners,
the foreigners are jealous of each oth- t
er, and that the foreign nations could g
Bettle this matter without falling out t
among themselves seems next to im- f
possible. ]
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MERE-MENTION. \
^Richard Croker recently paid $5,000 I
for a bull dog. Cambridge univer- *
Bity has confermed the degree of LL.D. i
upon Mr. Joseph Choate, the United g
States ambassador to England. i
i^elle Boyd, the female spy of Confed ^
erate fame, died suddenly of heart dis- j
ease, at Kilbourne, Wis., last week. (
She was 57 years of age and was *
known till over the country. Six- ]
teen British marines had a fight with j
200 Boxers on the railroad to Pekin I
and killed 30 or 40 of them without ^
sustaining any damage themselves.
Pr. Edna G. Terry, in charge of the
station of the Methodist Episcopal j
Foreign Missionary society at Tsung ,
Hua, China, has been murdered by ?
Boxers. Captain McCalla, who i
did such good service in Guantanamo t
bay, during the war with Spain, is in t
command of the American marines ?
that have been despatched to Pekin. c
It is thought that the backbone
of the St. Louis strike is broken.
The Republicans have not yet been able \
to agree upon an available man for vice j
president to run with McKinley.
Li Hung Chang, the Chinese statesman,
is said to maintain, at his own expense,
a personal body guard of 9,000
Boldiers.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Will Serve Another Year.
At the earnest solicitation of the
board of trustees of Wofford college,
Dr. James H. Carlisle has consented
to serve that institution as Dresident .
another year. ,
Convict Re-Captared. ,
John Coleman, the Negro desperado j
who escaped from the Laurens jail t
on Saturday morning of last week, was .
recaptured at Coronaca on Wednes- j
day. He had been severely wounded
on the occasion of his arrest ^sometime c
previous and had not fully recovered. t
Reduced to 95,000 a Mile. ;
At a meeting of the state board of t
equalization of railroad property, held 1
last Tuesday, the assessment of the c
South Carolina and Georgia Extension r
railroad, which bad previously been in- f
creased, was reduced to $5,000 a mile. \
The railroad authorities claimed that
tbeir income bad been seriously impair- r
ed by tbe building of the Seaboard Air 1
Line between Columbia and Camden. 1
Prohibition Campaign Committee. ?
Hon. Thos. N. Berry,.of Darlington,
who was chairman of the Prohibition ^
conference held in Columbia on tbe v
23d of May, was authorized to select a t
committee of five who will have charge 8
of the campaiga in the state in behalf I
of the Prohibition candidates. Mr.
Berry has made the following selec- '
tions: Joseph A. McCullougb, of *
Greenville, chairman ; C. C. Feather- 1
ston, Laurens; W. P. Houseal, New- \
berry ; J. W. Hamel, of Lancaster, and t
D. J. Bradham, of Manning. This
committee, under tbe terms of the res- J
olution providing for its appointment, ?
will look after the county organiza- ?
tions. In a number of the counties t
there are campaign committees already ?
at work ; but it is intended through i
this means to perfect an organization c
that will effectively urge the cause of F
prohibition in every township of tbe 1
state. 1
White Caps In Lancaster.
Lancaster correspondent Columbia
State, June 11: On Saturday, about
midinght, tbe slumbers of the citizens i
residing in the neighborhood of tbe c
South Carolina and Georgia railway ?
depot were aroused by the most .
heart-rending screams of a woman. *
Those who reached the scene of tbe
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trouDie were met wun a most norriDie t
sight?a negro woman, almost naked, c
and covered with blood, making her r
way back to the house. Her account
of the matter is that, at the time men- f
tioned, a party of men came to her c
house, broke open the door, covered e
her husband with a pistol, gagged and c
carried her to the railroad track, about p
200 yards distant, and after fearfully t
and unmercifully beating her, shot her
in the face and hurried away. The dep- v
uty sheriff reached the place as soon 0
?/\ooiklA onrl M r\nt tViA nnnnhu V
rta puooiuio auu wuvu vv v^w wu?vj
bloodhounds on their trail, but was I
unsuccessful in apprehending them, t
Eliza Mobley, alias Eliza Lowry, is g
now in a critical condition. She is j,
fearfully Jbruised and mangled and
has a pistol shot throught the side of 1
her face. The cause of the trouble, it I
seems, is about some slanderous and 1
villainous talk the woman has been in- a
dulging in. The negro woman is a
drunken, disrespectful character and ^
doubtless deserves all she got; but the .
community is righteously indignant 11
that the law should be so ruthlessly e
violated. f<
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LOCAL AFFAIRS,
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Vf. C. Willis, Mayor of the Town of
Yorkville?Publishes an ordinance fixing
the commutation street tax, the time
of payment thereof, the number of day's
labor required in lieu of said tax, the
time for the performance of said labor,
the penalty for the non-payment of saia
tax or the non-performance of said
labor, in the town of Yorkville, S. C.,
during the year 1900.
rhe Enquirer?Announces that at an
early date it will present to its readers
a uew serial story, and advises everyone
who enjoys a good story to read it.
fork Implement Co.?Say something of
interest to farmers about the Buckeye
frameless binders.
Riddle & Carroll?Have just received a
case of Souer's extracts, and- guarantee
every bottle. They have some flour for
bog feed which they will sell at $1 per
100 pounds.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
Since the publication of the list of
eachers in attendance on the summer
ichool, there has been a number of
lew entries. The list now stands a&
ollows:
Bessie Atkius, Mary E. Hart,
Belle Bailey, M. Hoke,
^.nnie Barber, Buena Horton,
Jelen Barber, W. S. Hutchison,
Bettie Beasley, EmmaLathan,
dattie Bell, Ardelle Mills,
iV. A. Bolin, Mae M. Moore,
Uice Boyd, Ella Neely,
jusie Brian, A. J. McFarland,
Ida C. Bradford, Sue L. McFarland,
Florence Cody, Ardelle Mills,
day Crosby, Minnie Palmer,
drs. Laura Crockett, Janie Rawls,
)phelia Davidson, Anna Steele,
dary E. Erwin, Annie Wallace,
Sdna Faris, Virginia B. Watson,
jillie Faris, Annie D. Watson,
STannie Ferguson, Alice W. Woods,
lo8sie Ferguson, Susie White,
Sue Gallant, Mattie White,
ilayme Gourley, Mrs. E. Whitesides,
Mary Jo Witherspoon.
Prof. Thomson was instructed to alow
no new entries after last Wedneslay.
He has decided, however, that
n view of the fact that such informsion
had not been published, this was
tardly fair, and he has taken upon
iimself to extend the final date until
lext Monday.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
^Prof. Wm. Spencer Currell, of Washngton
and Lee university, Lexington,
/a., is visiting in Yorkville.
Robert Albertus Dobson, of
forkville, has been graduated from
'urman university with the degree of
.
Jffr. C. E. Spencer has been in Coumbia
this week attending the com encement
exercises of the South
Carolina college. v
yMr. J. B. Thomasson, Jr., who is
low engaged in business at King's
fountain, N. C., was in Yprkville
Tuesday on a visit.
yMr. George Hart returned from the
South Carolina college on Wednesday
o spend the summer vacation with his
>arents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. S. Hart,
n Yorkville.
W. C. Hough, Esq., of Lancaster,
>ne of the candidates for solicitor of
he sixth judicial circuit, was in Yorkrille
on yesterday and remained until
his morning.
^Barnwell People: Yorkville, having
utgrown town smallness, did the
ight thing last week by electing as its
irst mayor of the city, Mr. M. C.
Villis, formerly of this county.
The Enquirer had a pleasant call
rom Mr. P. D. Barron, of the King's
fountain Oracle, last Wednesday,
ilr. Barron was down to see the ball
;ame between Yorkville and Camden.
^Thomas F. McDow, Esq., returned
Wednesday afternoon from New York,
vhere he has been on professional
lusiness in connection with the Ganon
Dry Goods company bankruptcy
>roceedings.
Prof. Jennings K. Owens passed
brough Yorkville Thursday on his
vay home from Wofford commencenent.
Mr. Owens goes to Orange>urg
in August to assist in the conluct
of the summer school there.
.Married, at Trinity parsonage by
&v. J. M. Steadman, on June 14, at
I p. m., Mr. George Kuntz and Miss
Sadie Smith. The bride is the second
laughter of Mr. H. W. Smith and the
;room is of a good family from Huntngdon,
Pa. He has been a resident
if Yorkville for about two years, emi
j 1?. _r .
)ioyeu as supenuteuuoui ui a ^lauiug
ill. Both bride aod groom have
Daoy friends io the community.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
Four Negroes who bad been engaged
n rioting were before Mayor Willis
in Thursday morning. He imposed
ines amounting in the aggregate of
>20.
The action of the town council in
lividing its work among committees
lugbt to be followed by satisfactory
esults. It would have been better,
>erbaps, if there bad been six comaittees
instead of three, so as to make
ach alderman chairman of one comnittee
and an advisor on another, thus
ilacing the responsibility more direct
ban under the present arrangement.
/At a meeting of the town council
fn Thursday night, Mr. W. B. Moore
vas sworn in as alderman. Mr. P. W.
jOve was elected chief of police and
reasurer with the stipulation that he
hould not engage in any outside buscess
except such as strictly pertains
0 the offices of the town. Mr. A.
lose was also elected as a policeman.
?he water and water meter questions
re now under consideration.
The Yorkville team has been seleced
this year with more care, discrimination
and expense than have ever
ntered into a local baseball team beere.
The personnel of the team,
herefore, is of peculiar interest. Dr.
IcDowell, of Yorkville, is the princial
reliance of the team behind the
at. He is a capital catcher, has a
001 head and rarely makes an error,
le is above the average at the bat,
and a standby in critical situations.
Bankston, the pitcher, is a Georgia
man who has had wide experience and A
who thoroughly understands the game. ^
He plays with method rather than
enthusiasm, and during his short connection
with the team has won its
complete confidence as to his ability in
the box. Most of the baseballists
seem to think that he measures his ef- <
forts only by the necessities of an emergency,
and that he is fully equal to
any situation that can reasonably arise.
He is a fine batsman also. H. E. Neil
plays first base as his regular work and
-1 l:_ _i a 1 i_ a a. l 1 a. 4k'
is aibu id ula eiemeot ueumu me dsi. *
His special distinction lies in bis ability
to catcb and bold any ball that
comes within reasonable reach, and
the extraordinary power with which
he can throw. Busby, the second
baseman, is a good all round player
from Salisbury, N. C. He is one of
the best batsmen on the team, and also
something of a "rooter." Brothers,
the third baseman, is from Charleston,
and although not the best batsman on
the team, is about the surest hitter.
He runs the bases well, and is a sue*
cessfui teaser who can make a lot of
fun for the grand stand without impairing
the efficiency of his more seri- ^
ous work. F. Williams, the shortstop,
is from Shelby, N. C. He is quick
with his hands and feet, thoroughly
understands baseball in all its details,
and can hit any ball that goes over the
home plate. He excels also as a baserunner.
Meek Williams, of Yorkville,
plays in right field, and except for a
broken finger, is second to no other
player on the team. He is a sure bats- * '
man, and as a fielder seldom makes an
error. Chappelle, the centre fielder
and pitcher, is now playing his second
season with the Yorkville team. '
He plays ball with interest and enthusiasm
and is as good an all-round man
as is to be found in the nine. Walton
Neil, of Yorkville, the captain, plays
left field. Besides his ability to keep
bis team continuously at the best work
of which it is capable, he is an exceptionally
fine base runner, often taking
apparently desperate risks, and seldom
being touched by a ball between bases.
Besides the regulars mentioned, McClain
and Weldon Neil are with the K
team as substitutes. The former is an
excellent pitcher, and tbelatter is capable
of playing to advantage wherever
he is assigned. Just at this time, however,
Neil is id bad condition on account
of whooping cough.
BASEBALL. 4
This has been a week of baseball in
Yorkville, the baseball boys monopolizing
the local mind and having the
right of way everywhere. The week\
opehed with a bitter disappointment.
This was followed by a day of slight ?
jubilation; and when The Enquibek
went to press yesterday afternoon the
feeling was one of hopeful suspense.
The Charlotte baseball team did not
keep its engagement last Tuesday af
ternoon. me unanoite uoserver 01
Wednesday morning gives the reason
as follows:
The Charlotte team was to have played
in Yorkville yesterday afternoon, bat
was held at Gastonia by a delayed trafn
on the narrow gauge nntil after the time
advertised for the game to start Therefore,
instead of going on to Yorkville they
returned to Charlotte. They will leave
at 6:30 this evening for Cheraw where
they play tomorrow and Friday. j
In the absence of positive proof to
the contrary, this statement will have
to be accepted just as it stands; bat
the management of the local team
thinks that the Charlotte team was not
really anxious to come. In the first
place, the Charlotte manager bad been ?
advised beforehand of the unreliability
of the Carolina and North-Western
freight schedules, and also of the practicability
of the route by way of Rock
Hill. Not only this, after he learned
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Gastonia, Manager White, of the Yorkville
team, got information that the '
train was three hdurs late and requested
the Charlotte manager to hire
conveyances and come through the
country. But Charlotte could not see
it that way. The reason is supposed
to lie to a certain extent in that paragraph
from The Observer that was
reproduced in The Enquirer of ^
Wednesday. Several crack players
recently procured by Charlotte had
not yet arrived, and the Charlotte
boys realized that to come to Yorkville
under the circumstances meant certain
defeat, whatever might have been ?
their chances with their team at its
best. Be the reasons of the failure as
they may, the Yorkville team was sorely
disappointed and the disappointment
extended to several hundred peo
pie, many of them from the surrounding
towns and country, who expected
to witness the extensively advertised
game.
The game between Yorkville and
Camden took place Wednesday afternoon
according to announcement.
The northbound S. C. & G. Ex. train
was somewhat late; but the Camden
team was along with it, and it was
but a few miuutes after the arrival of
the train before the boys were on the
playground. The grand stand crowd
numbered several hundred people. It
was not much of a game, however.
The Camden team was too light, and
Yorkville had a walk over. The