Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 27, 1900, Image 2
?rrajj$ and Jacts.
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? A passenger train on the Macon 0
branch of the Southern railway, ran r<
into a washout near McDonough, Ga., u
last Saturday night, and wa9 complete- lJ
ly wrecked. The wreck caught fire
and the entire train, with the excep 11
tion of the sleeper, was destroyed. ^
Thirty five people, including all the 0
members of the crew and all the pas- ^
sengers except those on the Pullman ^
car, were killed. The washout is said
tn houo hppn hv a n.lnnrihnrat. n
vw MW,V wvv"* ^ ? ? - ?
? The Chicago Times-Herald, pub- ?
lishes a crop report prepared by Snow, =
the crop expert, who has just completed
a two week's trip through the
states of Minnesota, North and South Dakota.
He declares the situation a
national calamity, and claims the
wheat failure the worst ever known.
He estimates the Dakotas as promising ?
only 20,000,000 bushels each, and Min- i
nesota 35,000,000, a total of 75,000,- !
000, agsinst 200,000,000 last year and 3
225,000,000 in 1898.
? And even the trade of the burglar is
sometimes useful. When the Republican
state treasurer of Kentucky
left his office to the Democrats, the
treasury vault was locked, and there was
no information as to the combination.
The matter gave considerable
annoyance, and last week the new
treasurer employed Frankfort machin- ^
ists to open the doors. They worked c<
three days without apparently getting b<
any nearer to their object than when vj
tbey commenced. On Friday it was tj
decided to send for Frank Simmons, .
a convicted burglar serving a term in
the penitentiary. Simmons called for c<
the usual material used in safe blow- a
ing, and in less than an hour from the tl
time he commenced work, the doors |s
of the vault were wide open. ej
? The despatches published yester- m
day morning threw but little new ^
light on the situation in China. Grave
fears are entertained as to the fate *
of the force that Admiral Seymour U1
took to the relief of Pekin. There is, Y
as yet, no word from the fierce battle st
that was expected between the 2,000
internationals, and the 20,000 Chiuese
in the vicinity of Tien Tsin. This cc
battle, however, is probably over by 1><
this time. The Grand Duke Alexis,
high admiral of the Russian navy, has fa
left St. 'Petersburg for China, to take ai
command of the Russian forces iu
Eastern waters. The czar has ordered nJ
that his Siberian armies be placed on as
a war footing, and the British are th
- / i. a
sending re-imorcements irom maia.
The United States government is _
rushing forward every available man
who can be spared from the Philippines.
So for as is known, all the American ,
missionaries are still safe.
? The Milwaukee Daily News, of ?'
last Sunday, quotes Hon. W. J. Bryan di
on the Philadelphia platform as fol- tt
lows: "The Philadelphia platform is U]
the best evidence thus far given of the m
deception attempted by the Republi- ,
can party. Taken in connection with
the speeches made at the convention, sc
it shows that the Republican party's tc
platform of 1896 was a deliberate w
fraud, as far as the promises of inter- 5,
national bi-inetaliism were concerned ; Q|
that the party's attitude on the trust .
question is insincere, and that the par- P
ty is not willing to state its attitude on m
the Philippine question and invite the tt
judgment of the people. Nothing ct
was more manifest in the convention w
than the military spirit, and yet the :l)
convention did not dare endorse the .
demand of the president in 1898 for a 111
standing army of 100,000 men." ai
? Should the troubles in China ?
spread and continue for any length of
time, the trade in tea and cotton goods
might be seriously interfered with.
The tea trade does not seem to be in ti
imminent danger, since the disturbances
are in northern China, while the
tea producing districts are in the south, gi
Pekin and Tien Tsin are about as far U
from the great tea centers as it is from ei
Boston to Jacksonville. In the mat- ei
ter of the cotton trade, however, the ei
situation is morfl RerioilS. The bulk of
of American shipments of cotton goods a;
go to Shanghai, whence they are trans- ol
ferred to New Chang, Tien Tsin and
Chee Foo. These- cities are in the ct
heart of the district that is now dis- ki
turbed by the Boxers. Already the fo
effects of the disturbance are being di
felt. The active Chinese demand for hi
cottons that existed a month ago has ui
been cut, shipments' are being held rt
back, and some houses look for cancel- fo
lations. m
? New York Sun : Echoes of the hi
Boxer troubles in China are being to
heard in New York's Chinatown. Of
the Chinese who come to this country T
only a very small proportion have any in
intention of making it their permanent w
abiding place. To them the American ai
is still a "foreign devil" to be despised hi
and hated, though regarded with a ol
salutary fear. Of course, any indica- m
tion of ill feeling toward the Americans bi
would bring down swift and condign w
punishment, so the residents of Pell 2,
and Doyer streets content themselves T
with making matters unpleasant for di
their fellows who are known as Mo r(
Bin Tong or the No-Queue Club, whose
object is to foster Occidental ideas, in K
token of which the members cut off e(
their pigtails and wear American co
clothing. Since the Boxer outbreak la
the Mo Bin Tongs have been insulted a
and derided on the streets of China- P
town, and two of them have been hurt tr
by missiles thrown from windows, tl
Every morning groups of UDinamen ai
block up the narrow streets of the ei
quarter, while they listen tosomeEng- e:
lish-speaking Oriental reading the news p
of the day from China and expressing is
their satisfaction at every hostile action al
on the part of the Boxers.
? It is now pretty clear that la
Quay's resolution to apportion repre- A
sentation in the national convention w
among the states on a basis of four r<
delegates at large and one delegate for ai
each 10,000 votes cast in the next pre- e<
ceeding general election, was a bluff. T
It seems that Hanna and the adminis- it
tratiou were opposed to the nomina- b<
tiou of Roosevelt for vice president.
Roosevelt did not want to be nomina- u<
ted for various good reasous. Piatt tl
wanted Roosevelt out of his way in si
New York politics, and Quay wanted b
to defeat the administration plans. t<
For these reasons the two famous pol- cs
itieians worked in conjunction. Han- ei
na depended upon the votes of his n
northern supporters, consolidated with b
le southern delegates, to nominate fo
ice president whom he pleased. Whei
e wa3 convinced of the actual statu
f the situation, Quay introduced bi
^solution. The southerners saw tha
pon the passage of this resolutioi
ueir influence in the future conven
ons was done for, and they began t<
lake terms with Quay. They agree<
fiat if Quay would withdraw the res
lution they would vote for vice presi
ent as might be agreeable to him
'he resolution was withdrawn, an<
tiis is the story of how Roosevelt wa
ominated against his will and to th<
reat discomfiture of Senator Hanna.
<?fhe ^(orkeiUc (Inquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. Crt'' <\
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27,1900.
The price of wheat continues t<
>ar. July contracts closed on th<
hicago market last Saturday at 8*
?nts, an advance of 41 on the daj
efore, 12 cents higher than on the pre
ious Saturday, and 22 cents highei
ian three week ago. It is claimec
mt the advance is due to natura
auditions rather than to speculation
principal feature being the fact thai
ie Dakotas and Minnesota, whicl
ist year harvested 200,000,000 bush
s of wheat, will this year harvest noi
lore than 75,000,000. Flour has riser
om $1 to $1.25 a barrel, and there ii
s yet no apparent weakening of th<
pward tendency. It looks as if oui
ork county farmers have this yea:
ruck it just about right.
One of the most serious evils in thi;
>uutry is the weakness of men in pubj
office. Too many of them think mor<
: their chances for re-election than o
scharging their duties fearlessly ant
ithfully. Whenever a serious crisii
ises, immediately the officer begins t<
icillate and speculate as to what eours<
3 should pursue, and bis conduct is
it influenced so much by what is righl
i by what effect his policy will have upot
ie largest number of voters. Too offer
man's entering politics loses his indi
duality and all independent manliness
Wiunsboro News and Herald.
The criticism is a true bill; but doe.?
jr contemporary get at the meat o
ie situation ? Is it the people or tb<
Bceholder who is to blame ? W<
islike to think there is no such i
ting as a man who can be a mat
der any and all circumstances
le know that such men are scarce
it there are some. We've knowr
>me. We know some now. Electior
> office canDot change a real man. A
eak man elected to office will stil
a weak. A strong man elected t(
Bee will remain strong. If the peo
le want strong men iu office thej
>ust elect strong men, instead o
loroughly good fellows, who, like
institutionally mean ones, are gener
eak. When people rely upon theii
idgment instead of their sympathiei
i the selection of candidates, thej
re not likely to be disappointed ir
ssults.
TURMOIL IN CHINA.
lie Confusion Seems to Grow Worse Con
founded.
If China is not now at war with tb<
reat powers of Europe and the
nited States, it would puzzle the av
age layman to distinguish the differ
ice. As yet none of the great pow
s have officially proclaimed a state
' war. All are proceeding, however
i if there is no need for a declarator
purposes.
The story that Admiral Seymour's
>lumn of 2,000 men had entered Pe
in appears to have had no bettei
undation than mere speculation. A
spatch of Monday says that there
is been no definite news from the col
cnn for 12 days. There have been
imors of heavy fighting between
reigners and Chinese about forty
iles east of Tien Tsin, and at Shang
ii it is assumed that this has reference
> the force under Admiral Seymour.
About 3,000 foreigners, cooped up in
ien Tsin, were at last accounts havig
a desperate time of it. The city
as surrounded by the regular Chinese
:my, which was bombarding with
Bavy artillery. On last Friday a force
! about 600 American and Russian
larines attempted to relieve the city ;
at was repulsed, and arrangements
ere made to renew the attack with
,000 men, all that were available,
his attack was to have been on Sunay
; but the result has not yet been
jported.
The big battleship Oregon left Hong
long on Sunday forTaku and expect1
to make the trip of about 1,50C
liles in six days. Japan is landing
irge numbers of troops at Taku, with
view to marching on Tien Tsin and
ekin, and Russia is hurrying hei
oops at Port Arthur to the scene oi
le trouble as rapidly as possible. Tht
athorities at Washington are repres
oted as being engaged in making as
stensive war preparations as were in
roeress at anv time duriue the Span
h war, and the same news comes fron:
II the various European governments
In the attempt to relieve Tieu Tsir
ist Thursday, it is reported that foui
merieans were killed and seven wen
ounded. The total foreign casualties
sported up to to Tuesday was 300
ud it is claimed that the Chinese kill
i already aggregate several thousand
he Chinese army is represented as be
ig well drilled and armed with th<
est modern weapons.
Official representatives of the Chi
ese government in Washington anc
le various European capitals still in
st that it is all a mistake, and they an
egging the different governments noi
) land any more troops in China be
ause of the danger of causing a gen
ral uprising. These pleas and rep
esentatious, however, are receiving
ut little attention.
r LOCAL AFFAIRS.
a
S INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
j5 H. C. Strauss?Announces a discount of
1 20 per cent, on all the goods in his store,
a except staple goods. This discount
comes off the prices of shoes, clothing,
and every thing else except as indicated.
, James M. Starr & Co.?Offer you fly kill1
ers, cabbage worm killers, and wheat
weevil killers.
. J. S. Brice, Chairman?Notifies candidates
to pay their assessments and sign
the Democratic party pledge on or be1
fore the IGth day of August, 1900.
s Manager, Greenville, S. C.?Wants live
^ hustling agents to canvass for a premium
life insurance company.
The Yorkville Buggy Company?Lets
you know where to gets buggies, harness,
wagons, whips, robes, harrows,
plows, shingles and the stag brand paint.
R. M. Anderson?Is announced as a candidate
for magistrate in Ebenezer township.
W. ?. Wilkerson?Is recommended by
voters for appointment as one of tbe
cominisioners for York county.
The York Drug Store?Announces that
t the bicycle contest will close on June
t 30. A few dozen fruit jars are offered at
f $1 per dozen.
1 YORK'S TAXABLE PROPERTY.
Auditor Boyce has completed his
abstract of the real and personal property
of York county, as returned to
him for taxation. The figures, by
: townships, are as follows :
) Realty. Personalty.
, Bethel, 8 224,070 $ 94,175
? Bethesda, 319,530 99,435
5 Broad River, 204,150 99,610
, Bullock's Creek 354,330 78,830
' Catawba 837,890 655,080
- Ebenezer 297,970 116,805
P Fort Mill, 308,180' 187,865
, King's Mountain,.... 289,360 234,230
1 York 560,805 381,270
1 Totals $3,296,285 $1,947,300
' As compared with last year, the
k personalty shows a gain of $15,298,
1 and the realty shows a gain of $100,138.
The comptroller general has not
1 yet furnished the figures as to railroads,
1 express, telegraph, Pullman cars, in3
surance, etc.
* t
r PETIT JURORS.
r The following petit jurors were
drawn yesterday to serve at the ap{ttoaching
term of the court of general
3 sessions, which convenes on July 16;
' Judge Benet presiding :
f David Lindsay, Fort Mill.*
1 W. P. Boyd, Bethel
3 J. D. Rowden, Ebenezer.*
) G. T. Setzer, .Ebenezer*
3 John H. Steele, ;..Bethesda^
3 W. J. Miller, ....Ebenezer*
l W. D. Shurley, King's Mountain.*
i Samuel McCall, King's Mountains
i John Stephenson, Fort Mill.'
. 07 E. Bass, .V.Fort Milk.
J. 1). Smith, Bethelr
R. S. Adams, King's Mountain.,
T. E. Castles, Broad River*
J. M. Ferguson, York*
f R. T. Allison, York,
J. M. Templeton, King's Mountaipr
' J. Edgar Poag, Catawba*
} W. B. Williams, York.
T. H. Lesslie, King's Mouutain^
J. A. Ratteree, Bethel*
i H. M. Lineberger, Catawba*
J. W. Ouinn, Broad River*
' J. A. M. L. Stewart, Ebenezer.,
; J. A. Westbrook Catawba*C.
S. Westmoreland, Broad River*
S. S. Neely, Ebenezer*
) J. M. Smarr, Bullock's Creeks
. D. J. Biggers, King's Mountain*
L Paul T. McNeel, York*
1 W. G. Steele, Ebenezer*
, J.S.Turner, Bethel.J.
W. Patrick, Bethelr*
S. H. Love, Bethesda.
, J. N. Huey, .Bethesdar
J. M. Seagle, Ebenezeiy
f John L. Osborne Fort Mill
SEEDING OF WHEAT.
Id view of the interest that has beeD
occasioned on the subject of wheat
scediog, the reporter made it a point
last Saturday to ask a number of farmers
as to the custom each had been
following. So far as the inquiries
went, the replies indicate a bushel to
the acre as the general rule, and but
- few have ever devoted much thought
to the subject as to whether this is too
> much or too little.
* Mr. T. L. Carroll, who lives three
miles east of Yorkville, says that a half
bushel to the acre is his rule. He sows
) in October on good land, and the
, wheat generally stools out well and
> gives a good stand. He thinks a half
bushel to the acre is enough on good
5 land, and that, as a general thing, on
. poor land a pint is too much. He
L does not think that wheat should be
> sowed on poor land at all.
Mr. G. R. Wallace, who lives on the
1 Charlotte road, four miles northeast of
I Yorkville, believes in three pecks to
the acre. He has been following that
; as a rule, and thinks it is about right.
Never having tried a half bushel, to
i the acre, he does not know whether it
' is enough or not; but this fall proposes
( to make an experiment on at least one
( half acre. He will use a drill for
> wheat hereafter.
i Mr. J. C. McKnight, of Lominack,
; six miles southwest of Yorkville, is a
! bushel to the acre man. He has been
' following the rule largely as a matter
i of habit; but has about arrived at the
i conclusion that a bushel is too much.
One year he remembers to have sowed
! wheat that had been soaked and swelled,
at the rate of a bushel to the acre.
The number of grains was, of course,
* much less than if there had been no
I swelling. That year bis harvest was
at the rate of twenty bushels to one
f sown. This and other similar pointers
! have about convinced him that he
[ should not seed so heavily.
, Mr. E. D. Land, of the Beersheba
. neighborhood, believes iu a half bushel
i to the acre. He got the rule from his
grandfather, and has followed it all his
' life with satisfactory results. In the
^ case of small grained wheats like the
, Ripley, a half bushel is too much and
he sows less.
Mr. L. C. Neill, of Zadok, had been
in the habit of sowing from a bushel
to a bushel and a peck to the acre.
Last year he sowed only a half bushel
. to the acre and was so disappointed in
j the result, that he will not try it again.
- He thinks that a bushel and a peck is
5 oetier tnan a nusnel.
^ Mr. P. B. Neill, who lives about four
miles west of Yorkville, believes in
from three peeks to a bushel. He has
r little faith in a less quantity.
Mr. James Gordon, of the Fodder
neighborhood, has been in tbe babit c
sowing three pecks to the acre, but be
lieves tbat a half bushel is enough 01
good land.
Mr. J. M. Brice, of the Lominacl
neighborhood, sowed various quantitie
last year, ranging from slightly lea
than hulf a bushel to the acre to i
bushel and a peck. The land is abou
the same quality and the yield on tha
where the seeding was heavier is no
ticeably poorer than on the other.
Mr. James B. Wood said that he di<
not pay a great deal of attention t<
TT I . I
wneat growing, ne nas Deen in i>ui
habit of sowing a bushel to the acre
His brother, Mr. Thomas Wood, how
ever, sowed seven bushels of wheat 01
14 acres last year and got a yield o
about 126 bushels. "It is my observa
tion," said Mr. Wood, "that a bushe
of wheat to the acre is too much."
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. R. S. Withers and family, o
Blacksburg, are visiting in Yorkville.
Mr. Robt. A. Jeffreys, of Spartan
burg, was in Yorkville last week visit
ing relatives.
Mr. John A. Neely and family, o
Rock Hill, are visiting his father's fam
ily in Yorkville.
Mr. H. R. Neal, Jr., who was recent
ly shot by John Westmoreland, is abb
to be up and about.
XMrs. Williford and children, are vis
iting at Henrietta, the guests of Mrs
W. M. Allison.
X^Iessrs. Moffatt and Barron Kenne
dy and Lowry Jenkins, are at hom<
from Erskine college.
W. W. Lewis, Esq., went to Char
leston last Friday to attend a meeting
of the board of visitors of the Citade
academy.
^Supervisor Culp came to Yorkvilh
yesterday by way of Wright's ferry
being unable to cross the river at eithe:
Thome's or Neely's.
Cashier Harrison, of the Loan an(
Savings bankyi"eft last MondSy*^(or i
short _pleasure and recreation trip\t<
Bultfmore, Philadelphia and othei
eastern cities. He will probably returi
about Saturday.
XCharlotte Observer, Saturday : Mr
T"^V 1 _.u- r?
JO". ?j. l^OUSUU, WUU 19 BbCIJUgl apuci iVi
Abbott & Stephens, will leave in a fev
"days for Washington, where he ha!
Secured, through the good offices o
-Congressman Finley, of South Caroli
Da, a position as clerk in the censui
department. After his departure, Mr
.Join Allison, of baseball fame, will fil
the position of stenographer at Abbot
Stephens's.
^-Columbia State, Saturday: Th<
inany friends in Columbia of Prof. B
'Lv Jones, until recently principal o
Tfie Laurel street branch of the Colum
Jjia city schools, will be pleased t<
.know that he was yesterday notified
?f his election as superintendent of th<
graded schools of Yorkville. Ther<
jwere 13 applicants for the position anc
4he election of Mr. Jones is flattering
to him. The place is a good one, anc
Jfie young teacher's friends predict foi
him a most successful administration.
- Mr. W. S. Gordon, of Fodder, whc
cut himself with an axe several weekf
Ago, is now able to move about slowlj
'on crutches. His knee is entirely stif
afid he is badly crippled. As to wheth
er he will recover the use of his kne<
joint remains for the future to develop
Mr. Gordon has been suffering greai
pain from rheumatism ; but at present
he is more comfortable.
"/The county board of education hai
uot yet completed the work of grad
ing the papers in connection with th<
recent examination of teachers, except
as to those papers which are entitlec
to first grade certificates. First grad<
certificates have been awarded to th<
following applicants: Misses Agnei
and Bessie Sherrer, Blairsville; Mis*
Emma Glasscock, Harmony; Misf
Elizabeth Faris, Belmont; Wm. S
Chaplin, Rock Hill.Rev.
J. C. Johnes returned last Sat
urday morning from the mountains 01
Western North Carolina, where, as the
guest of Mr. Herbert Tripp, of Blacks
hunr. and in nnmnanv with Rev. Mr,
rDi ? 1 ?
Boyd, of Blacksburg, and Mr. Robinson,
of Spartanburg, he spent five
days among the trout streams. He
reports that trout were plentiful and
not over shy, and the party bad a lot
of fine sport. There was some shooting,
too; but game is rather scarce in
the neighborhood at this season as
compared with the early fall. During
its stay the party camped out, did its
own cooking and thoroughly enjoyed
the situation.
TALKED ABOUT JAPAN.
An interesting feature of Children's
Day exercises in the Presbyterian
Sunday school of Yorkville, last Sunday
afternoon, was a talk by Rev,
Samuel R. Hope, of Lowryville, a
missionary to Japan, now at home on
a short visit.
Rev. Mr. Hope, it will be remembered,
left for Japan in September,
1892, and has been doing missionary
work in the Flowery Kingdom evei
since, his last location being Toxushii
i ? ?i .i i J - :
ma, ana ne nas evidently oeen uuiug
a great deal of serious work. So one
would judge from the marked change
that has taken place in his persona]
appearance, during his absence. When
the people of Bethesda hade him farewell
in September, 1892, he was little
more than a pale face boy, with raven
black hair and wearing a heavy dark
moustache. Now the moustache is
gone,the hair is iron gray,and his deeply
tanned face carries, to a striking extent,
that pleasant, earnest, benevolent
expression characteristic of those who
consistently devote their lives to
Christian work.
There were no pretentions to oratory,
or other embellishments in Mr.
Hope's address. It was a plain, practical
talk, covering a great deal oi
ground and giving a considerable
amount of interesting information. He
told of the extent of Japan'from Kamchatka
on the north, to the American
Philippine possessions on the south,
and covering all the variations ol
climate from the frigid to the torrid
zones. He spoke of the characteristics
of the people, and especially of theii
?f tendencies with regard to religion,
i- The Roman Catholics established their
form of Christianity in Japan several
hundred years ago, and when an effort
i was made to stamp out the faith
s through persecution, thousands of
s converts chose death rather than rei
nounce their belief. It is so today ;
t but stiil there is among the people a
t strong prejudice against Christianity,
- and a tendency on the part of the government
to discriminate against it in
1 schools and elsewhere. The Japanese
3 take more quickly than any other
b Eastern nation to the material im.
provements of foreigners. They un
hesitatingly adopt everything foreign
i that appears to be better than their
f own way of doing things ; but still
they have a strong feeling against the
1 foreigner himself. They are jealous
of the spread of foreign influence, and
the anti-foreign feeling is daily grow
ing stronger and stronger throughout
the empire. In conclusion, Mr. Hope
said that Japan offers a great field for
. missionary effort, and he was of opinion
that there was promise of more
f successful work in the immediate fu'
ture than had ever been accomplished
in the past.
3 Mr. Hope's talk occupied but little
over half an hour in its delivery, and
- from the close attention he received, it
was evident that his hearers greatly
enjoyed what he had to say.
3 WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The best time to pay that $2.50
street tax, is before it amounts to $3.
I The price is moving toward the $3
limit daily,
a ? The idea of engaging Rev. Sam
, Jones to deliver a lecture in Yorkville
r next fall is under consideration. The
j Rev. Samuel never fails to draw a
^ crowd, and it is not likely that there
} would be an exception in the case of
S Yorkville.
) Dr. M. W. White has purchased
from Miss Janie Robinson her house
' on King's Mountain street, and Miss
rf Robinson has purchased from Mrs. C.
3 J. Ribinson the latter's house on South
f Congress. The transfer of titles was
- made last week.
3 ?/Colonels Davis and Stephenson
j have given out to Messrs. Keller &
t Logan, a contract for extensive repairs
on the King's Mountain Military
; Academy building. The contractors
. are making their arrangements to comf
mence work at once. They have no
doubt of their ability to put the propj
erty in first-class repair by September.
, -^Tbe board of trustees of the York
i vflle graded school has elected Mr. R.
1 A. Dobson, of Yorkville, assistant
> superintendent, vice Mr. Jennings K.
I i-\ ?t? J i; a . . M.
uwens, wuu ueciiueu 10 buccal. an.
Owens bad not applied for the position
of assistant superintendent, and bis
election by the board was without solicitation
on bis part. Mr. Dobson is a
recent graduate of Furman. He has
bad experience as a school teacher and
is capable of filling the position most
acceptably.
, ? Lightning played considerable havoc
at the central telephone station
during a thunder storm last Saturday.
Miss Susie Hill, the efficient "central,"
was shocked, almost stunned, by the
flash, and quite a large number of
"drops"?more than half?were burned
out. The report was very loud,
being distinctly heard in all parts of
town, and many people in the immediate
vicinity of the central station were
badly frightened?more so than Miss
Hill, who quietly resumed her work
within a few minutes after the incident.
? The idea of trying to make the income
from the waterworks pay operating
expenses is all right; but to attempt
to get from this source money
sufficient to pay the interest on the
bonds, is carrying the matter a little
too far. It is like a man trying to lift
himself by bis bootstraps. The bond
burden was voluntarily accepted by
all the people for common protection
i and benefit, and it rests equitably
I upon all the property of the town.
To ask water consumers to bear this
burden alone in addition to wear and
i tear and operating expenses, is to imi
pose upon them double taxation.
? The town council of Yorkville
, and the consumers of public water,
i are still wrestling with the perplexing
i water problem. The matter is receiving
earnest and intelligent considera
tion from every point of view, and al,
though no satisfactory settlement
' seems to have been reached, there is
no doubt about the fact that the town
is making educational progress in the
; principles of municipal ownership. But
i it is not an easy problem?this thing
i of the equitable distribution among a
I portion of the citizenship of conveni
iences tbat are derived from taxation
of the whole municipality, without
t more or less injustice^ At least so it
i appears in the absence of a careful con:
sideration of the whole Woad question.
) All the perplexity in VSforkville has
grown out of the use 6^ water for
- domestic, business, industrial and hor,
ticultural purposes, etc. It impossible
> that the original object of thev water
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piUDl ttUU UJB SUlTUUUUlUg BBUUil.IV/ua
have been lost sight of to a greater or
less extent in view of these secondary
, considerations. The water plant was
erected for fire protection only, at a cost
F of about $20,000. The idea of municii
pal conduct of a general water busi)
ness was never anticipated, and as a
matter of fact the municipality has not
i since procured authority to engage in
p such a business. With the construcF
tion of the plant, it developed that
I there most be arrangements to keep
i the standpipe full of water, otherwise
there could be no guarantee of fire
protection. This condition requi
that the pumping station be constt
ly" in charge of a reliable man, con:
tent to keep everything in order, i
this, of course, entailed expense,
was assumed, as a matter of course, t
all this expense?interest on the ho
and operation of the plant?sho
be borne by all taxpayers who v,
supposed to derive equal benefit,
der this arrangement then, it wc
be merely a question of a standi
full of water, ready to protect pr
erty against fire, a regularly i
ployed pumpman, idle it was to
hoped, 99 per cent, of his time;
being paid full wages, in order to h
assurance of his services when neec
and all at the expense of all the t
payers. In these circumstances
idea of selling water to private c
sumers was a very natural devel
ment. With the water plant i
pumpman at a fixed charge, and pi
tically no additional expense exc
for wear, tear and fuel, whether
plant was kept in constant operal
or allowed to stand still, taxpayers
course, would welcome any arrai
ment that would operate to save
pense. The prospective consumer
ready paying his share of the ta
for the maintenance of the plant i
standstill, could easily demand t
water be furnished at as nearly act
cost as possible. For instance, he f
for the tapping of the main, and a
over and above the cost. He paid
bis piping and plumbing,'-subject
his fellow taxpayers to no burden
that account, and, in addition, he p
a rental for the use of the wa
Every cent of this rental, tberef
that is over aud above the actual <
to the town of furnishing the water
uses, is just that much oil'the bill t
non-users of water would have to j
for maintenance in the event tb
were no private consumers. Th<
fore, provided the revenue equals
wear and tear and cost of pumpi
the consumer is not takiug any
vantage of the non-consumer. On
contrary, "the non-consumer is relie
of burdens he would otherwise h
to bear. The real problem before
town council then, after the standf
is filled with water and kept full
uot hetweeu non-consumer and c
Burners; but among the consuir
alone. The first duty is keeping
standpipe full of water; and the n
is to require consumers to pay a j
proportion of the expense. That I
latter duly can best be accomplisl
through means of meters there is
question ; but as to whether, in viev
all the surrounding conditions, it
the part of wisdom or equity to mi
individual consumers bear the ac
lional expense of buying or rent
these meters, raises a new questi
For instance, the present minim
water rate for domestic purposes, $
year, is high. It represents a prii
pal of $100, which ought to dig j
equip a first-class well. All const
ere of water have already been
greater or less expense, and althot
the convenience is great, many of th
are doubtful about following the m
ter any further. It is quite possi
that some will prefer to rely entir
upon their wells rather than buy i
ters and pay for water by the gallc
not for reasons of dissatisfaction, 1
from considerations of economy. Ei
consumer thus lost will increase
amount of operating expenses t!
will have to be made up from ordi
ry taxation, water consumers aud n
consumers, beneficiaries of the wa
plant and non-beneficiaries alike. .
these things are receiving the cons
eration of the town council. Tl
body is giving the whole subject mi
careful thought than it has ever
ceived before. It is studying the m
ter in all its details from the stai
point of business fairness and equi
and the people of the town may r
assured that it will make no mistafe
except honest ones, which may be c
rected in the light of further expi
ence.
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Sprouting In the Field.
Although, so far as The Enquir
has been able to gather, all the Y<
county wheat grown this year v
harvested without unusual efforts,
account of the rains of the past t
weeks much of it is now sprouting
the shocks. Reports to this eff
have been received from different s
tions of the county ; but there is
sufficient information upojcu.wluch.
base an estimate of the' extent of t
damage.
Eight Thousand From One.
Speaking of the 87 stalks of whi
from a single grain, exhibited by I
J. W. Smith, Mr. John W. Simril,
Clay Hill, told the reporter the otl
day a story that is along the same lii
"Mr. John M. Spratt, of Fort Mill,
my authority," said Mr. Simril. "1
told me that Mr. Fred Nims, I belU
it was, counted about 8,000 grains
oats as coming from a single grail
At fifty grains to the head, Mr. Smit
ornin of wheat should have vield
r> ~ ; *
4,850 grains.
Damage by High Water.
The unusually heavy rains of 1;
Friday night raised the water cour
in all parts of the county and did mi
damage to bottom corn and to terrac
We have reports from Crowder's, B
verdam, Big Allison, Little Allis<
Bullock's, Clark's Fork, Fishing a
Turkey creeks, and the story is eve
where the same, except the damage
the Turkey Creek and Beaverdi
bottoms seemed to have been m<
severe thau elsewhere. Generally l
water was higher than it has previo
ly been at any time this year.
Going to Greenwood.
, 'The Yorkville baseball team was
leave last night for Greenwood to pi
the team there today, tomorrow a
Friday. It was intended also, if i
red rangements could be made, to tackle
mt- the Piedmont team on its home
ipe- grounds next Saturday. Manager
ind ^k'le '8 working to strengthen the
home team by the addition of several
new men, including a first-class catch- "
bat er, the latter to take the place of Dr.
nds McDowell, who is unable to leave his
uld practice during such expeditions as
rere the present. The team has accepted
ttq an engagement to play in Gaslonia on
July the Fourth against such other
team as the committee may provide.
}'Pe From Enquirer to Rock Hill.
?P' Messrs. J. W. Simril and W. A.
em- Youngblood, of the Clay Hill section,
be were in Yorkviile Monday to see Coobut,
gressman Finley about the proposed
avft star route from Enquirer to Rock
~~~ Hill, it appears tnat attnougn ire
led? offices of Concord and Indian Hook
ax* have been established, it will be nectbe
essary to have more red tape unwound
on- before the mail route is in operation as
|0p. desired. The proposed new route
and however, '8 very necessary. It will
ruu for 18 or 20 miles through a terrirac"
tory that now has but the poorest of
mail facilities, and by all means it
the should be established.
Lion A Jersey Gold Mice.
i, of The Enquirer has, from time to
ig6. time, published statements of facts ilex.
lustrating the remarkable rate of in.
crease that seems to be peculiar to
a " Jersey cattle; but this from Mr. J.
xes Frank Moore, of Bethesda, seems more
it a remarkable than any statement that
bat has been previously published on the
Ual subject. In May, 1894, Mr. Moore
>aid purchased a Jersey cow that was 23
. months old. Sinoe then the cow has
ee dropped seven heifer calves. Eleven
'or calves have been dropped by these
-ing seven, and five have been dropped by
on the eleven. The herd, including the
ays original cow and two heifers sold for
ter beef, has multiplied in 6 years to 23
head. Mr. J. F. Moore still owbs three
c>re' head; Dr. VV. M. Love has three; Mr. *
:?8l <p e. Moore three; Mr. D. L. Black
" he two; Mr. J. S. Sandifer three; Mr. F.
hat D. Davidson two; Mr. J. Mc. Moore
pay four; Mr. N. J. Johnson one. The
iere original cow has a tested record of
four gallons of milk a day. And this
3r?' record has been equaled by several of
her progeny.
iog, ???
ad" MKRK-MKNT10N.
the ^William S. Jennings, a cousin of
ved Wm. J. Bryan, bas been .nominated for
ave governor of Florida by the Democrats
the of that state. The Russian min
ister of foreign affairs, Count Murrieff,
died suddenly at St. Petersburg last
> 10 Friday. Dr. Nicholas Senn, of
lon* Chicago, has been selected as chief of .
lers the medical staff of the Kansas City
the convention. The staff is to consist of
ext one physician from each state and tert
ritory. Abbas Hilmi, khedive of
Egypt, is visiting in London. *Ex,e
Governor W. S. Taylor, who is now a
bed fugitive from his state, claims that the
no Republicans will carry Kentucky for ,
v of McKinley next fall by a majority so
is large that the Democrats will not dare
ake to count it out. ^'Roosevelt will
Idi- not resign as governor of New York
ing on account of his nomination to the
on. vice presidency. Mrs. Dewey, wife
um of the admiral, is arranging to build ~ ?
8 a a summer residence a short distance
aci- from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The
ind government cf Morocco has called
im- upon Europe to arbitrate its quarrel
at with France. Schedules in the
lgb assignment of Price, McCormick &
em Co., have been filed. They show liatat
bilities of $12,698,591 and actual assets *
ble of $12,469,921.
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SHEPHERD.
REV. J. C. JOHNES, RECTOR.
aat Services this afternoon at 6 o'clock.
na- t
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ter REV. J. B. BOZEMAN, PASTOR.
aii Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at
lid 8-30 o'clock.
bat ASSOCIATE REFORMED,
ore REV. BOYCE H. ORIKR, PASTOR,
re- Prayer meeting this afternoon at 5.00
iat- o'clock.
jJ" PRESBYTERIAN.
REV. W. G. NEVILLE, PASTOR.
Prayer meeting this evening at 8.50
>ww, o'ciock.
or
Brj. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
rev. j. m. steadman, pastor.
There will be prayer-meeting this evening
at 8.30 o'clock.
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Ar. as mercury will surely destroy the sense
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? manufactured by F. J. Cheriy & Co.,
* Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is
I ? taken internally, acting directly upon the
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you get the genuine. It is taken internal- - . ?
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>a \ OBITUARY.
irp \
, Dren?Near Balloon, June 14th, 1900,
De ESSIli CURL, daughter of Mr. A. A.
us* and Mrs. J. K. Bellinger, aged 2 years, 10
months and 10 days.
At his home, in Bullock's Creek township,
on Sundav, June 17, of paralysis,
to Mr. JAMES 'McALILLEY, aged 06
ay years, 5 months and 7 days. He was a
I native of Chester county; but bad been
living in York about thirty years. A
ar- widow and several children survive him.
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