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Straps and ^acts. ? A New York newspaper says The grand jury now sitting in Queen county bas inaugurated a new plan o opening its daily sessions. Instead o getting down to work without formali ties, the jury bas decided that it wouli be in keeping with its work to havi readings from the Bible as aprelimina ry, and so requested District Attorne; John B. Merrill to open business ever day in that manner. The practice wa begun yesterday when Mr. Merril . read the first six verses of the fifleentl chapter of Proverbs. ? Upon what is said to be the bigbes authority, it is reported that Willian Jennings Bryan will not attend th Democratic convention on July 4th The colonel refused to permit the us of hi3 name during the election o delegates, and on more than one oc ' 1 J 1: 1 L.:n..:?atiAnon Casion ne uas ueuuueu iuc iu*ivawuuo ? admirers to be their guest. Two let ters recently received in Washingtoi from him say positively that he wil remain at his home at Lincoln'durinf the week of July 4tb. Just why Mr Bryan is wanted in Kansas City can not be understood. He will be nomi nated by acclamation and will be ii close and constant communication witl the party leaders, so. that his wishe can easily be made known at an] time it should be necessary to consul him. It is expected, however, tha the reports of his intention of sbowini up at the convention will continue t< be circulated. , % ? Says a Londan dispatch of Wed nesday : Louis Klopscb, proprietor o The Christian Herald, of New York after spending a week in Paris on hi way home from India, sailed for Nev York yesterday on board the Ham burg-American line steamer Pennsyl vania. In an interview previous U bis departure, Mr. Klopcsh said th< mortality during the wet season ii India was just commencing and mus assume stupendous proportions, out numbering the total of the death: during the past six months from al causes. Unless 20,000,000 blanketi are quickly provided, the monsoon India's greatest blessing, will prove ap pallingly disastrous, and Mr. Klopscl also said the mortality will exceed 2, nnn nnn Ha furtuer stated that 9( VVVjVW. ? ? per cent, of the cattle in the riches farming districts bad perished. Mr Klopsch is thoroughly satisfied witl the method adopted in the distributioi of the American relief. One of hi: last acts in India was to buy 100,004 blankets for the sufferers. ? The Shanghai Mercury says that i member of the Boxers' society, wh< saw the murder of Rev. Mr. Ellis, o the London mission, and a Chinesi missionary at Kung Tsu, gave the fol lowing account of the tragedy to i friend : "On the 12th day of the fourtl moon the Boxers, numbering 57, cross ed the river Tse Tsun and met th< two missionaries in a boat. Thej knew the Chinese was a Christian ant at once attacked him, wounding hin with their swords. Then they draggec him out of the boat and tied him to i tree at the river side. Then Ellis w& tied with him and Chao, anothe; Cbiuese missionary, was found. Hii toes were bound together and he wa carried to a tree near where the otheri were bung up. The arms from tb< missionaries were cut off, their bead, hewn off, and after the bodies hac been disemboweled tbey were cast int< the river. The chapel of the missiot was demolished and the crowd wen on their way." This is but one o many such outrages. ? Chicago Times : If any one hac predicted a generation ago, that th< dashing and dreaded cavalry leader "Fighting Joe" Wheeler, would live t< be a brigadier general in the regula: United States army aDd to commanc a deDartment with headquarters a Chicago, the prophet would have hac a short shrift. Geu. Wheeler himsel would probably have been the last mai to credit aDy such prediction. Tb< fact that these ttflugs have actually taken place is the most tangible proo of the unifying effect of the Spanisl war. That war has worked man} wonderful and surprising changes ii the nation's affairs; but none more gratifying than the whipping out o traditional enmities between the nortl and south. With one of the most de termined of all the Confederate lead ers now an honored department com mander in the heart of the north there can no longer be any questior that the dead past has buried its deac issues. Gen. Wheeler's qualities as t soldier and as a man have fairly wot for him the esteem of the reunited na tion, and when he goes into retirement next September, he will take wit! him the enthusiastic good wishes o everybody aud especially of Chicago ans. ? The first expedition of Internation als to Pekin, consisisted of 450 men including 56 Americans. It is believec that they got through. The next ex pedition of 2,500, men under Admira Seymour, was forced to turn back anc got back to within twelve miles o Tien Tsin, where it was surrounded b} Chinese forces, and hampered with sic! and wounded, was unable to move The first expedition of 400 men agains Tien Tsin was driven back. The sec ocd expedition of 2,000 men enteret the city after hard fighting. Then thii expedition, or a portion of it, starte< for the relief of Admiral Seymour. I was supposed that the foreign minis ters to Pekin were with Seymour This was on the strength of a repor to the enect that me ministers na? been driven out of Pekin. Up t< Wednesday, there had been nothinj from Mr. Conger, the American min ister, for nearly two weeks. The presi dent, on Tuesday, appointed Briga dier-General A. R. Chaffee to tak< command of the American forces ii China. He left at once for San Fran cisco. The 9th U. S. Infantry, one o the crack regiments, is now on its wa; from Manila to China. The 6lh Cav airy will go with General Chaffee, go The Americans will probably establish git - a base at Che Foo. ^ ' ?hc HotbutlU ftnquim. >>? f tr< 11 Vi v' b0 YORKVILLE, 8. C. ^ 0 SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1900. an e ? sit '* Only 1,281 sheep and goats in York ar f county, against 2,043 dogs. There is Qn i. no occasion for comment. ,f Thkrr seems to be a strong proba- uc a bility of an early call for volunteers to ' take the place of the soldiers who ca ^ have been sent from the Philippines to ^ * China. iei , , , ev 3 Hill, of New York, is fighting is 3 against the vico-presidential nomina- tie s tion. It is now'claimed that Roosevelt ifi f only pretended to fight. Maybe Hill hii 1 is doing the same thing. x De 1 be * Jealousy is reported between the ofl Anglo-American and Russian soldiers, ha This probably is to be taken only as so f the first exhibition of the real feeling la' , between the Anglo-American and Rus- ab s sian governments. Diplomats are bet- T1 v ter abl6 to conceal their thoughts than is soldiers. re: : th 3 Bethel township leads the list with jj, j mules, sheep and hogs. Betbesda has th* t the most cattle, and York leads with At - horses and dogs. From the table pub- qU 9 lished elsewhere", we would say that mi 1 Bethel makes the best live-at-home COj 9 showing of any township in the coun! ty with King's Mountain a close seci ond. Mc ) Colonel Hoyt said at Sumter the t other day that the dispensary is better * than barrooms, and prohibition is bet- ^ J ter than the dispensary. He went on ^ 3 to declare that if be is elected govern- wc ) or, without a prohibition majority in as the general assembly, he could only po i promise to enforce the dispensary law of ) better than it is now enforced. The ?e? f tongues of those who would call Cole onel Hoyt a crank are free ; but if this pa * is not sensible talk, we would like to Th j hear something that is more sound. , ? , Sa ?n 31 Russia has always courted tne j friendship of the United States; but 1 then, too, Russia has always looked ^ j on England as her greatest antagonist, rai and her courting has not been without an 9 an apparent element of selfishness, sh r Russian civilization, or rather barbari- Su Tt 3 anism, is too far opposed to the Ameri- ^ 3 can idea to warrant much congeniality. 3 If England were out of the way, the an * United States would take her place as wi j Russia's enemy. It is better, therefore, clc 5 for the United States and England to 8tc i stick together. It is safer, too, for ?D ' b0'h. 1 ? _ tbi According to a Washington dis wi * patch, the administration has not yet Se " given up its purpose to make Turkey ?P j pay that $100,000 that has been assess- ^ r ed against her on account of the de- jj0 1 struction of American missionary propt erty. The Sublime Porte recently j. promised to pay the amount within no three or four months, and Mr. Griscom, i Ts j the American charge d'affaires, replied pg > with a demand that a date be set. ^ f The date has not yet been fixed ; but gei > notwithstanding the situation in China, Cb ' it is believed that the administration bei will follow the matter up vigorously on 20, f account of the missionary influences ' i throughout the country. On the other for - hand it is believed that if Turkey is fol made to pay, the Republican party will ] get lots of votes out of the transaction, a 1 Mi | t>r That Bryan will be nominated at ( , Kansas City next week on the old ^ i Chicago platform, with an anti-imperi- for - alism plank added, is about as certain wb > as that the convention will meet on sor j. the Fourth of July. The only unset- D0 tied question is as to the nomination for vice president. Hill and Sulzer, of . . New York, are very prominent in iD? , connection with this place. Sulzer is th< 1 for Hill, and Hill is opposed to ac- ' " cepting the nomination ; but in view ?ri | of the way politics is going this year, ^ f these circumstances do not count for aQ ! much. It is stated that Democrats an t will place the name of Charles A. lift Towne, the Populist nominee for vice su< president, before the convention, and j there is talk of a strong probability ^ s of his being accepted ; but around the an 1 whole situation there is a cloud of un- en t certainty that cannot be dissipated I c until the convention takes final action. wc - . ne j That all foreign ministers left Pekin Pr< some ten days ago is now practically T certain, and the question at interest is ^ . the circumstances under which they all - left. If it shall transpire that the Pe- ' kin government sent the ministers ? away with their passports, that will be equivalent to a formal declaration of f war. If it shall be explained that aj y the ministers were asked to retire be- ce< - cause of the inability of the Pekin 20 ivernment to protect them, theo the ' nation is not so bad that it cannot explained. But in either event, it argued, the foreign governments tve made no mistake in landing jops. If it is war, then, of course, )ops should be in China ; and if it is archy, the presence of foreign armies protect foreigners is necessary, actically, however, it mukes little [Terence which way the matter stands, r on account of the events that have ready transpired, China can hardly ipe to retain her independence. Mr. said the reason why ould not be elected is that be is a lawyer, d has an opportunity to get into 22 poions on the bench or at the bar which b closed against the farmer. [Cheers]. The foregoing is from a report of - 2.? ? nnur* e 01 toe caiupai^u uiccuu^s. iuc| | timent is one that has been used L itil it ought to be pretty threadbare. >th the lawyer aud farmer in the se may be lookiDg for the office only a place from which to draw salar- 1 The voters are concerned, bower, only in the question as to which the better able to discharge the du-M ;s of the office. The fact that a man I a lawyer does not necessarily qualify m to hold any office. It does not j cessarily follow that a lawyer is L tter qualified than a farmer as an ' icebolder. We know farmers who t ve more education and ability than t me lawyers we know, and we know 1 wyers who have more education and ' ility than some farmers we know. L le man who claims office because he L a farmer or because he is a lawyer t Bounces all claims to the abilities t at would make his services valuable. 9 gets squarely down to the plane of L e demagogue. He is a demagogue. , )ility, fitness and character are the alifications for office, and the voters i ike a sad mistake when they take I gnizance of other considerations. j THE WAR IN CHINA. ire and More Like the Great World's ^ Combat Has Commenced. Though as yet there has been no r mal declaration of war, developmts in China indicate very clearly at the confusion of the past few seks may very properly be described the genuine article. All the great I wers are now tearing at the throat China, with a probability that the K xt shift of the scenes will show them iring at the throats of each other. c Dispatches of Thursday give some rticulars as to the relief of Tien J; in. A Russian general was in comind, and the fighting commenced on I turday morning at daylight. The I ies opened fire with several of the itish warship Terrible's 4.7 naval c ns, six field guns and numerous ma- r ine guns. The firing was at long r age at first; but the allies drew closer d closer and by superior marksman- J ip dismounted most of the Chinese ns that were replying from the city. L ten came a generous rivalry as to lich of the foreign troops should st get into the city. The Americans d British went in neck and neck, th the other nationalities following p >se behind. The Russians had ? irmed the arsenal, where the resist- r ce was greatest, and met with the r aviest losses. Owing to the heavy 1 irk of Saturday, it was necessary v at the troops rest on Sunday, and v ien on Monday morning Admiral v ymour heliographed that he was ' Iv eight miles away, surrounded,]J tb 63 men killed, and 200 wounded, 1 able to go backward or forward or 1 Id out more than two days longer, 0 2 allies forces started to his relief. 8 It is now estimated that the Chinese c w have in the held : 25,000 men at ? ang Hai Wan, 15,000 near Tien ? in, and 160,000 in and around 1 kin. They are well armed ; but sir discipline is indifferent. Alto- 1 ther 13,000 Japanese have landed in u ina, and other Internationals num- F r 7,000. Japan is arranging to send 8 ,000 more troops at once, and with * i British and Americans on the ? .y, it is calculated that the total " ce of Internationals, at the end of c ir weeks, ought to number 60,000. u Discussing the situation in China at ' jondou banquet on Wednesday, Sir chael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of the b itish exchequer, spoke ae follows: c Tt is difficult to know what are i scope and nature of the work be- 11 e us iu China. We cannot tell yet tat were the precise immediate rea- ^ is for this furious outbreak. We do b t know how far it extends or will ? tend, nor can we tell what are the f ations of the Chinese government *' th those who, at any rate, in the first * itance, appear to be rebels against D i authorities. 'It is easy to see, however, that the ^ 3t duty before the powers, among torn I am glad to recognize the I lited States and Japan, is to rescue / d defend their legations and subjects s d to extract reparation for injury to f ) and property as well as to see that b -?K thinnro rtrk nnt. Ofifilir acaio. D "Since the war between China and v pan it has been fashionable to regard ii ina as a plum cake to be divided t long the powers, provided the pow- r 5 do not quarrel among themselves, g loubt whether any one among us > >uld advance that view, and it ha9 n ver been the view of her majesty's v esent government, which has always e sired that there should be a stable t Phino At. iho nrpqp.nt. VClUUiCUV lu VU1UMI *?V V.J v. ae I believe this view to be held by * the powers." The dispatches published Friday 1 )rning give information of a few b w developments. The relief force I im Tien Tsin, consisting principally J. Russians, got in touch with Admir- \ Seymour Monday night, and sue- I ;ded in escorting bis force, of which I 0 men were wounded, back to Tien I rain. Seymour's force had suffe erribly. A Shanghai dispalcb says that a I ible uprising of the Boxer charac 3as commenced in Japan. The ;ives of the interior are reported to nassacring Christians, and the c :ials are unable to give protection :ept where there are gunboats c irenieut. This indicates that the 1 *opean powers will have to take Ja] n hand as well as China. A Moscow dispatch tells of the /elopment of a serious financial pa n Russia, caused by the prospect withdrawal of large sums from xioney market for military operatic The financial situation is eztrem critical. A dispatch from Berlin clai eliable sources for the informat ;hat the Russian war (ministry :elegraphed military and civil autb< ;ies to strain every effort looking ihe earliest possible mobilization of ;he military forces of the empire. SITUATION IN CANTON. Li Hong Chang Haa Confidence In United States. The New York Herald, of Thured publishes the following from a cori pondent at Canton: It is feared that we are on the i )f a scene of bloodshed and anari n the two Quangs only paralleled listory by the Tai-Ping rebelli The signs of a murderous uprising ;he Boxers, pirates and other bio hirsty wretches, with nothing I heir worthless lives to lose f everything to gain by assassinat ind pillage, have become so manil hat wealthy Chinese are hurry iway from Canton and its vicini aking with them their wives, fami! tnd valuables. Viceroy Li Hung Chang has ag >een peremptorily ordered to go Pekin. His enemies declare they \ nurder him before be can reach th< His presence alone restrains evolutionary elements here. His )arture will let loose the "Bli Flags" and "Red Girdles." Know his, Li's trusted offices are send heir families to Hong Kong. The viceroy trusts Americans his crisis. He says that they al< vant no accession of territory, and daces himself largely, almost un ervedly, in their hands. At a most important conference h oday be reiterated that sentime idding an expression of bis determi ion at all hazards to secure the b esults for China and the maintainai >f most friendly relations with E and, America and other fore: lations. Almost all the missionaries have b< iqtified of the imminent peril in wh bey stand through the medium lonfidential runners and spies. T1 ire leaving Canton hurriedly, few n emaining here. Commander McLean, of the Unil States gunboat Don Juan de Aust vas first here to protect foreign int sts. He is a capable and energe ifficer. His ship has now been re orced by the arrival of the Brit varship Redpole, under Commant Corbet. MERE-MENTION. The Tennessee delgation to Kant 2ity is bowling for Hill for vice pr< lent. A dispatch says that t oreigu military attaches who went be Traosvaal to observe military op ions, are leaving. They regard t rar as being about over.",,,^\,,Roo relt will make campaign speed vhile McKinley keeps bis mouth sh A story to the effect that thi Jtah miners who supported Bryan 896, have contributed $50,000 each be Republican 'campaign fund, tui iut to be a lie. The Tennesj upreme court has decided that worn anDot practice law before any of t ourts of the state. The Fall Rh lanufacturing association has reduc be price of priut cloths from 3& to The British government will i ake any troops from South Afr intil the Boer war is over. A d latch says that 12? inches of rain 1 ,t Mobile, Ala., last Tuesday, bet we : a. m. and 1 a. m. The city v iooded. W. J. Bryan is quoted laving no objection to there being t andidates for vice-president?one P< ilist and one Democrat. Th< fas a violent windstorm at Kant ;ity Wednesday nignt. a numoer louses were unroofed ; but the Den ratio convention ball was not injur* All the Presbyterian missionar q China were still safe up to Tbu lay. It has been a week or t lays since the British government t ad any direct information from ! Maude McDonald, its minister Jbina. A United States transpi sft Manila Thursday for China w ,271 men and 39 officers, under co aand of Colonel Liscum, on board. 'letor Blue in China. Greenville Mountaineer: "Vici Hue, South Carolina's gallant son, Ldmiral KempfTs flag lieutenant, a bould the war in China involve c Drees, be will be in the thick of it, ie was at Santiago, Blue is the b aarksman in the United States nai rhich is equivalent to saying that 3 the best in the world, and the hi hen Chinee had better keep out of t ange of the intrepid South Carolinia ;uns. Another Carolina boy, Willi* V. Shumate, son of Capt. W. T. SI aate, of Greenville, is on the Mariet vhich, at last accounts, was at Cav xpecting orders to go to the scene he trouble in China." 'or the Baseball Boys. Monday?Ac Anderson?Anders 4, Abbeville 1. At Newberry?Ne ierry 8, Greenwood 0. At Union 'iedmont 6, Union 5. Tuesday? Lnderson?Abbeville 4, Anderson Vednesday?At Union?Piedmont Jnion 3. Thursday?At Newberrv dewberry 3, Union 1. AtGreenvilfe 'iedmont-Greenville 3, Abbeville 2. red LOCAL AFFAIRS, d ci 'er* INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. " ?ter qi Louis Roth?Has in stock a variety of the Da' celebrated Ko teas which he offers to " be his customers at 65 cents a pound. g iffi- tl ex- FIRST COTTON BLOOM. 0 on- The York county cotton crop is 01 Eu- later than usual this year. Although tl 5an blooms have been reported from sev- 8t eral of the surrounding couniies, it n Djc was not until Wednesday that the first ive bloom of the season was received at tc the The Enquirer office. ai us. Mr. A. B. Crosby, of Bullock's Creek ely township, has sent the first bloom that ^ .m3 we have seen this season. It was ^ .?.nlucked from bis field on the 25th in- , una * j )rj. stant. Oo the same day a bloom was to received from Mr. W. L. Plexico, of j0 all Clhy Hill, plucked from his field on the 27th. Mr. J. P. Siffbrd, of Clover, seDt one that was plucked from the field of Mr. W. J. Fitchett on the 26th. jn .. Mr. Rufus J. Davis, of Zeno, one that the 11 VI was plucked on the 27th. ay^ The first bloom of last year was sent rea.' in by Mr. W. B. Good, of Bullock's Creek township, oo June 15, and the ^ eve bloom of year before last was also sent :by by Mr. Good, it being plucked on June ^ in 13th. on. * by YORKVILLE VS. GREENWOOD. u' The Yorkville baseball team has Dl ind keeD a*ay since Tuesday?three days 8* jon at Greenwood?and as to whether at fegt Piedmont today, information has not 13 ing yet been received. P1 ity? Manager White telegraphed The lies Enquirer Wednesday evening that that there was no game that afternoon ^ fli n q / to on account of rain, and on Thursday vill he telegraphed: "Greenwood 10, 8 ire. Yorkville 4. Chappie struck out 5 w the and Betzel 9. Basehits, Yorkville 11 d?* and Greenwood 12. From the number of basehits, it a< IQg would appear that although the York- q1 ville boys gave a very good account p in of themselves at the bat, their fielding >ne must have been unusually poor. si k? Yesterday's game bad not been hi re" played up to the time The Enquirer 8c gjj went to press. It was understood, ^ nt} however, that Yorkville would have jt na- Bankston in the pitcher's box, and H. hi est Neil behind the bat, and some of the w ace local baseballists were disposed to hope hi that this arrangement would give bet- w lgn ter results. 01 , re j?[[ CERTIFICATES FOR TEACHERS. D< 0j- The county board of education has a ley completed the work of grading the pa- ^ ow pers submitted at the recent examination. In addition to the first grade 8V ;ed certificates, already published, second j< na grade certificates will be awarded as He foIl0W8: * . 8f jn. Bessie Grider, Rock Hill; J. K. sh isb Scoggins, Warren ; Mattie Culp and be ier Abbie Culp, Pineville. n< The following aspirants, too young to hold certificates under the law, passed creditable examinations: Y Marion W. and Annie Foster, Mc- i he Connellsville; Fannie G. and Stellajis to Swan, Cotton. ** er- Colored applicants get second grade A 'h? certificates as follows: se" Ella Crockett, Nannie Hill, Martha !168 ut Hill, Minnie Knox, Carrie Jeter, Anne af ree Cawford, Eunice Jones, Ida Barber, J. Gi in P. Crawford, Edna Steele, Sadie Agurs, % t0 Janie Allison, Lizzie A. Anderson* ^ rDS Minerva Barber, R. H. Comer, Lottie ^ 'en J. Campbell, Maggie Crawford, Mary he Crawford, Ella Poag, Bufort Work. wi *er * ,ed YORK'S LIVESTOCK. U 2^ The books of the county auditor co iot show that according to the returns of ica property holders, the number of the ^ lis- various kinds of livestock in the varioua townships on January 1, last, was )aa as follows : y< as a* 10 wo a j i ? ? 55 >p- TOWNSHIPS. a ? jjfo? OM 3re o % ? a ? M 3 as * ? * g aP of 10- Bethel 280 765 * 558 238 773 260 i 3d Bethesda, 296 948 508 144 467 210 oj| Broad River 171 618 376 196 489 167 Pi 168 Bullock's C'r'k, 179 608 422 109 552 214 fh rf}- Catawba 290 909 506 104 675 212 en Ebenezer, 156 472 329 42 388 158 M la3 Fort Mill 180 599 300 153 586 148 re a. King's M't'n,.... 232 809 510 219 710 303 te ?,r York, 336 916 535 76 590 371 w in M art Totals, 2120 6644 4044 1281 5230 2083 ell [th anafiana Iralnatinn rv f KANflQ 1Q ^' I UO avcid^o TBluauvu v/& uvtuvw aw J^| m* $37.59 per head ; of mules, $40.70 ; of j0j cows, $9.82; of sheep and goats, $1.14, sc and of hogs, $2.19. The total value of re tor all the horses returned is $79,705; of *** is the cattle, $65,378; of the mules, nd $164,900; of the sheep and goats, )Ur $1,459; of the hogs, $11,454, and of 8C ^ the dogs, $10,316. Dogs are presumed of to be worth $5 each; but occasionally wi jjg an owner returns a higher figure. . ce ea he , THE MARKETS. mi n>8 The New York cotton market has im been rising steadily during the past ce iu- few weeks until Thursday, when mid- ro paj dling spots reached 9$, the highest pr point yet touched by the present crop, ou 0 Thursday's fluctuations of the contract pr market are described by a New York iQl dispatch on that day as follows: ion The cotton market opened easy and m* w- irregular with most months 2 to 9 ^ i? points higher in sympathy with a startAt ling rise in summer months in the 8. English markets and on supporting or4, ders from abroad. The new crop op? tions declined 4 to 9 points under ac- ta: i? tive liquidation and hear speculation up and reports of improved weather con- - itioos in the south. Following the. ill the action of the market was eritic in the extreme, owing to the suden waves of foreign buying and nerve* ying fluctuations in Liverpool. Auust opened at 9.12, declined to 9.07, ien advanced perpendicularly to 9.83 Dly to react suddenly to 9.15. The tber months saw similar changes, allough being less violent in each inance. Crop reports were bullish, but ' ot more so than of late. There is no special demand for cot) on the local market at this time, ad, therefore, no prices to quote. Wheat is slightly weaker on the bicago market, July being quoted bursday at 81$. lORMBLE BOILER ACCIDENT. A * ^? ? ?..<**!tr/t/l ? > V/vwlrililia A UEJCgraui ICVCIVCU 1U xuimmiu ist. 'Tuesday afternoon, brought the ews that Mr. J. Donom Wither)oon, son of Dr. J. Harvey Wither)oon, near this place, had been badly ijured by a boiler explosion at Mount- ? ille, Laurens county. There were no articulars. From subsequent information it apBars that Mr. Wltherepoon and Mr. Till Fuller were engaged in operating , thresher, using an 8-horse engine, be boiler had been giving trouble dorig the day, and in the afternoon it blew ? p, killing Mr. Fuller and a Negro amed Marshall Owens instantly and sriously injuring Mr. Witberspoon. [r. Witherspoon had an arm broken i three places, was badly scalded and robably injured internally. In addition to the Negro who was illed, two others, including the enneer, were wounded, and at last (. :counts it was thought that the en- ' neer would die. The other Negro as not hurt so seriously. The Laurens County News of Thursay gives the following account of the icident: On last Tuesday afternoon about 6 clock, a boiler exploded on Mr. C. L. * uller's place, instantly-killing his son, [r. W. P. Fuller, and a Negro, Marlall Owens. Mr. J. D. Witberspoon ad one arm broken in three places, salded about the face and hands and robably internally injured. Mr. Fulr was a young man of sterling qualies and beloved by those who knew im. He was with us at college, and e grew to love each other, and the * inouncement of bis untimely death as a shock. He leaves a wife and ie child. Mr. Witherspoon has not isided in this county long, being a itive of York county. He, too, was school-mate, and we wiBh for him a leedy recovery. His parents were ired for. > The latest information comes in an- -S rer to a telegraphic inquiry from be Enquirer as follows: Laurens, June 29.?J. D. Witherioon doing well. Arm broken and tattered for about an inch. Collar w me broken. Condition serious, but >t critical. W. W. Ball. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Barron Caldwell bas joined the orkville baseball team for the season. .Master Maxey Waters, of Chester, visiting Masters Arthur and Oliver art, in Yorkville. Mr. J. M. Heath was over from in caster this week, returning on rednesday morning. Mrs. M. J. Clark is at home again ter a visit to relatives and friends in aston county, N: C. Cadets J. L. Gardner, T. Jefferys id Jno. Rainey Ashe, of the South p trolina Military academy, are at ime for the summer vacation. Mr. A. A. Latham, of Molino, Miss., ants information of Miss Lucinda saves, or any of her relatives. Mr. itham last heard of her in York unty. Misses Virginia and Mattie May eville, of Yorkville, are visiting their * int, Mrs. S. R. Pritchard, at Blacksirg, Va. Mr. C. Eldred Dobson bas been in orkville for the past week on a visit relatives and friends. He expects leave today for Washington, and ill be accompanied by Mr. Brainerd . Dobson, both of whom have been (pointed to clerkships in the census ipartment. Port Mill Times: A great many of ir people will learn with regret that of. J. A. Boyd has decided to decline e position of principal of the Fort ill public school, to which he was olan?a/l tho hoard of <Trns. V/C UU1J C'lVVWU VJ VftJV! w- ? 08 for the ensuing scholastic year, e feels that his interests call him jewhere. . Hence the partnership * bich was formed on Saturday with 'of. A. R. Banks, with whom be will intly conduct the Presbyterian High bool at Rock Hill. Prof. Boyd has sided in Fort Mill continuously for teen years, having come to this ace from Gastonia in 1880 to assist * ofessor Banks in the Fort Mill 2ademy, which was a preparatory , bool without a peer in the upper part the state. After teaching two years ith Professor Banks, who moved to jck Hill after an agreeable and sucssful co-operation, the school was ade a public one and Professor Boyd .8 since been principal thereof, expt for a few months, during which he ught in Gold Hill. Numerous patns of the school regret the loss of ofessor Boyd ; but it is hoped that r school will be supplied with a incipal who will manifest as much terest in its welfare and prove as le an educator as the outgoing prin)al. Professor Boyd and family will )ve to Rock Hill during the month August. WITHIN THU IVHfl. - The price of commutation street ? remains at $2.50; but it is looking * - Mr. J. J. Kellar has moved into