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Straps and Jacts. ? One of the most remarkable laws ever passed will soon go into effect in Winchester, Va. The city council of that place has passed a law requiring the citizens to pour kerosene oil on every pool, and that every open rain barrel shall have the spigot at the bottom. The town is infested with mos quitos and the law was enacted in order to make the place an attractive resort for summer boarders. ? The United States battleship Oregon is on Pinnacle rock, in the gulf of Pe Chi Li, near Cbee Foo, China. The vessel struck the rock in a fog on June 28, knocking a big hole in her bottom. Several American vessels have since gone to the rescue. Including armament, the Oregon cost $5,680,000. As yet there is no detailed information as to bow much damage there is likely to be as the result of the unfortunate accident. ? A Paris representative of the Associated Pres9 was informed last Friday that as a result of negotiations between the Powers, an agreement has been arrived at which provides for the maintenance of the status quo, as regards spheres of influence and commercial agreements, and also respecting the nature of the guarantees and compensations which will be demanded from China. According to the understanding the International army of occupation will consist of 80,000 men. Rus sia and Japan will provide 12,000 each, Great Britain will provide 10,000 men, France 8,000, and Germany, America and the other Powers 5,000 each. The Kussian army corps id smena, wnicn has just been mobilized, will only cross the Chinese frontier tn the event of the crisis being aggravated. ? Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton, issued last Friday, shows a decrease for the week just closed of 148,009 against a decrease of 145,521 last year. The total visible is 1,864,119 against 2,012,128 last week and 3,807,085 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 1,264,119 against 1,390,128 last week and 2,811,085 last year; and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 600,000 against 622,000 last week and 991,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Europe, 1,117,000 bales against 2,700,000 last year ; in Egypt 95,000 against 110,000 ; in India 303,000 against 615,000; and in the United States 289,000 against 807,000. ? One of the mo3t terrible fires in the history of New York city, started among the cotton bales stored on pier No. 3, of the North GermaD Lloyd Steamship company, at Hoboken, N. J., last Saturday afternoon. Within 15 minutes the flames had spread over an area of a quarter of a mile square. Four large ocean liners docked at the various piers, and dozens of smaller harbor craft were destroyed. There were many people on the different vessels, including crews and visitors, and although it is impossible to estimate the number that may have been drowDed or burned, no one thinks of putting the figures at less than 200. As many as 500 may have been killed. The property loss runs up as high as A1 A AAA AAA _ 3 U-L1 A. $1U,UUU,UUU auu pruuauiy a great ueai higher. There was as many as 1,500 bales of cotton on one of the burned vessels; but as yet no accurate figures have been given as to the total number of bales that might have been burned. ? General Stahl, of the imperial German army, who has been investigating conditions in the Orient under a special commission from the German government, has arrived at Van Couver, B. C., on his way home. On being asked if he thought the Boxers would be quickly suppressed, he said that in his opinion the powers had started in upon a long, bloody conflict. In the end the Boxers will be disbanded,, he said ; but the sacrifice of life will be appalling, for the movement is spreading like wildfire. The southern Boxers will, he says, join the north, and vast mobs of fanatics will have to be contended with. Enormous quantities of arms were being constantly smuggled to them, and owing to the vast territory covered they can for sometime defy the whole world. General Stahl added that the hostility between Japan and Russia is a serious complication in the present crisis and will interfere with the unanimity of feeling between the powers which is almost absolutely necessary at this time. ? Rear Admiral John Woodward Philip, commandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, died at his home in Brooklyn last Saturday afternoon of heart disease. As captain of the Texas, Rear Admiral Philip participated in the destruction of Cervera's fleet, off Santiago, on the 4th of July, 1898. It will be remembered that when the Oquendo blew up, and the men of the Texas began to cheer, Captain Philip said, "Don't cheer boys; they are dying !" And later, how, when the Texas had helped win the flght, and all was over, the captain called all hands to the quarter deck and said: "I want to make public acknowledgement that I believe in God the Father Almighty, and I want you, officers and men, to lift your hats aud from your hearts offer silent thanks to Him." After the war Captain Philip was quickly made a commodore and later a rear admiral, when he was assigned to the Brooklyn navy yard as commandant. He was one of the bestknown, best liked and most respected officers in the United States navy. He had been suffering from heart disease, about four years, and at the time of his death was not quite 60 years of age. ? The following news has been published by the war department: "The war deoartment is in dailv receiDt of letters and telegrams from all parts of the country, tendering the service of individuals and organizations in the event of war between the United States and China. To all of these there can be but one reply. By the the act of congress, March 2, 1899, the president was authorized to raise a force of not more than 35,000 volunteers, which volunteer force "shall continue in service only during the necessity therefor, and not later than June 30, 1901," and by the Act of April 22, 1890, the volunteer army of the United States can be maintained onl, during the existence of war, and shal be raised and organized "only afte congress has or shall have authorize the president to raise such a force, o to call into the actual service of th United States the military of the sev eral states." It, therefore, rests wit congress, and not with the president to increase the volunteer force, an' while the war department cannot d other than feel gratified at thes prompt and spontaneous evidences c patriotism on the part of the people it can only reply to each and ever; tender of assistance that there is n authority of law for the acceptance c any volunteer troops other than thos now in the service. ?he llothtriUe (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: yi ^ WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1906. Admiral Kempff reports that s far he has not co-operated with foreigi governments except for the protectioi of American lives or American inter ests. That is the correct position fo the United States to occupy. W want no Chinese territory ; but w< want our rights maintained and ou country respected everywhere. ?: ? ? It will be observed that in the fighting in China the United States troops are th first to get there and the first to go throug) the enemy's line.?Atlanta Journal. Yes; but how different had we beei so foolish as to give up the Philippines We would have had to put our mis sionaries under the protection of Eng land, Russia, France and Germany an< forever afterward we would be be holden to these governments for tb< privilege of trading in China. As mat ters now stand, we are the mo9t pow erful nation of the East, and pettifog ging politicians to the contrary not withstanding, we are going to remaii so. "Now we would like to know whos< appointment that West Point cadetshig is. Senator Tillman notified the press i few weeks ago that he had one to giv< out, and would be in Columbia on July J to see about the examination which th< " - -* 1 A ? ? /tAnton Con O applicant nas wj pass, mm ?umw uonu tor McLaurin with a telegram to Th< State that he has one to give out ant making the same appointment, yet w< are inclined to the idea that only one is allowed each state. Senator Tillmar claims it and so does his colleague Whose appointment is it ?"?Florenc< Times. Tme State will be glad to prin the information if the parties in interes will supply it. And wno are to be th< examiners??Columbia State. In the light of the fact that everj intelligent man in this country shoulc know that each of the senators ha: the nomination of a cadet, peopl< will have to arrive at their own con elusions as to why editors should prim such paragraphs as the above. Hen is a fellow deliberately trying tc make the impression of a conflict when there is none; and anothei spreading the error without attempt at correction. There is not the slightest excuse for either editor, for a telegram to Senator McLaurin or Senator Till man would have cleared up the al leged doubt within fifteen minutes and not cost more than a quarter. Senator McLaurin defended hi; vote on the Spanish treaty principal!} on the ground of the advantage th< possession of the Philippines woulc give the United States in China. In t speech in the senate, and in his lettei to the Spartanburg manufacturers, h< forecasted the developments of th< present moment almost as clearly ai they can be described in the light o all existing information. Had it no been for his deciding vote on the Span ish treaty, the United States woult i?? PKiUnninoi UttVC UUU UU OILLJjr IU vu? x when the Chinese war broke out, an( neither would we now have a nava force in the Chinese waters or a lam force on Chinese territory capable o assisting American missionaries or oth er American citizens. For their posi tion in the circumstances, the people o the United States have to thank th< broad-minded statesmanship of a Soutl Carolina senator, who was courageoui enough to do his duty as he saw it, re gardless of the dubious factional vie tory that might have been achieve* had he done otherwise. Up to thi time events have fully confirmed th< patriotic wisdom of Senator McLaur in's treaty vote, and by the end of an other year we predict that such of hi enemies as have not relapsed into si lence, will be tryiDg to trump up othe grounds of opposition. BRYAN. McClure's Magazine has commence* the publication of a series of studies o the most conspicuous present day po litical figures, by William Allen White and the subject of the first study ii the July number, is Wm. J. Bryan who is very properly described as be ing, with the exception of a few mei in official life, the most prominent fig ure in the united states. Mr. White, who is evidently not j Bryanite, gives Mr. Bryan credit fo being thoroughly honest. On this sub ject he says: *.' Now the truth of the matter is tha Mr. Bryan is not a demagogue. He i absolutely honest, while a demagogue is not. He is absolutely brave, whicl a demagogue is not. He is passionate ly sincere, which a demagogue is not When Bryan came to Nebraska a doz en years ago, his town, his congression al district, and his state were over y whelmiogly Republican. A dem 1 gogue would have joined the majorit r party. Bryan took up the cause d tariff reform and fought a losing figh r When he became convinced that fr< e silver was right, be preached it in h r- congressional district with his pari h organization and the odds of batt ;, against him. He ran for the UniU d States senate in 1891 with his party o state convention endorsement. If 1 e had trimmed a little on free silver, tl if Cleveland gold Democrats would ha> >, turned the scales in his favor. But 1 y didn't trim ; he lost. When B:*y? o left the volunteer army of the UniU if States in '98, bis party had been o] e posing the ratification of the pea< treaty with Spain. Bryan oppos< - bis party and favored the ratificatic of the treaty. A desperate man woul have gloried in fighting the treat _ Today silver sentiment is dying in tt west. Bryan would not lose 8 electoral vote by abandoning silve , He would gain thousands of franchis< < * ? L k id me east oy sucu a uuuiao. jju? ? cause be believes that the free coinaf of silver is right, wild horses canu< drag him from his stand. * All this is true. The author claiu _ to be pursuing his study from a stric ly non-partisan standpoint, and tl foregoing indicates a proper appreci tion of his subject; but the general = admirable article is not without prej 0 dice. The prejudice is clearly ind D cated in the following : Q But if, on the other hand, Bryan - presidential ambition should be grat r fied, the country would have a star e ling spectacle. It would be like thi of a southern gentleman in swallo 3 tail and a choker; but one generatic r removed from his periwig sudden! shunted half a century ahead ac jammed into the oak bottomed chair < : a railroad president. The gentleme ? of the old school would try houestly I do his duty. But he would have sue 3 different things to learn and such a , incapacity for learning them, that 1 would cut many a fantastic caper, an in the end make a mess of it as a tho ougbgoing rascal would. Mr. Bryai 1 to run the presidential office as Jacl - son ran it, might make many impo s tant and expensive personal discove ies. He might discover that the worl has moved since Jackson's day; thi the present phase of industrial evoli ' tion is not a conspiracy against Gc - and man ; and that an intelligent coi r science is a surer guide than an ei trained to catch the voice of the pei pie. 3 Just how Mr. White wants to 1 | understood here we are not exact! 3 sure. He tells us in his article thi j there is no more reason why the pe< pie should elect an orator as presidei I than there is that they should elect ) fiddler. We agree in this; but M * Bryan is much more than an orato . In all of his hundreds of speeches, eac ^ one different from the other, it is di t ficult to find a statement that is n< 3 filled with wisdom that will bear tt j test of time. If Mr. White assumi ] that to be a successful president a ma 3 must have the ability to temporis 5 with machine bosses and other schen . ers, ne is correct iu assuming ?isu tui ^ Mr. Bryan is not a man who can d , this. If he assumes that a presidet ) must necessarily be controlled b t powers behind the throne, be is agai r correct in assuming that Mr. Brya t will not do. Mr. Bryan will never h t controlled by any one. He has to , much brains and wisdom of his owi If he is elected president, he will b president, and when becomes to doin what he knows to be right, he will d it, if necessary, in the face of the oj position of his party or the who] 3 American people. But no one nee r fear that Mr. Bryan is behind tb i times. That he is like Jackson w 1 have no doubt; but be is a purer an i abler man than Jackson ever thougl r about being, and even more competei 3 to handle the problems of this day tha i was Jackson to handle the problen 3 of days gone by. It is quite possib f that he may prove too large for tb t presidential chair; but too small. never. 1 ?~ 3 MERE-MENTION. 1 The report that Baron Von Kettele I flio riopn-.on miniator tr> "PpUn Wl 1 murdered on June 18 by Chinese so f diers and Boxers has been confirmei . It is also reported that all the legatic . buildings in Fekin except those < f the English, French and German, ha> a been burned. The national Afro-An erican council will present resolutior to the Democratic convention askic 3 that a plank against lynching be inco porated in the platform. Imperia ism, militiarism a'nd trusts are to 1 ] the issues of the coming campaigi g Says a Kansas City dispatch < B July 1: "The Democratic vice pres dential nomination is still open f( anybody?that is, anybody who ca - reach it. Here is a list to choos s from : William Sulzer, David B. Hil . Elliott Danforth, Judge A. B. Parke r of New York; Benjamin F. Shivey, < Indiana ; Charles A. Towne, of Minni sota ; Carter H. Harrison, of Illinois Benton McMillan, of Tennessee ; Jam< Hamilton Lewis, of Washington ; Rol 1 ert A. Pattison, of Pennsylvania f Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland ; I . J. Campau, of Michigan; David f , Rose, of Wisconsin ; David Overmeye ' of Kansas ; Wm. J. Stone, of Missour 1 and George Fred Williams, of Massi > chusetts." Captain B. H. McCalli - wbo was in command or me America a marines sent to the relief of Admiri . Seymour, was slightly wounded. The British captured four Chinei gunboats at Taku and gave one I a Germany, one to Russia and one I Japan. Admiral Kempff was offere " one ; but he refused to take it. President and Mrs. McKinley ai t visiting their old home in Canton, ( s All the iron, steel und tin plai e mills of the Amalgamated associatic 1 in the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pa., ha\ - shut down, pending a re-adjustment < i. the wage schedule. Congressma - Towne, of Montana, the Populii - nominee for vice president, fully e: - pects to get the Democratic nomini a- lion.-* General Joseph Wheeler was ;y formally welcomed in Chicago last of Saturday as commander of the deit. partment of the lakes, ee . . is THE TURMOIL IN CHINA. ty le This Grave Situation Still In Progress of }d Development. 's Belated facts and rumors continue i? to bring more light- from Pekin; but i? still the situation in the Chinese capif? tal is involved in uncertainty and i? doubt. m The story of the murder of Baron id Von Ketteler in Pekin, first came as a P- rumor. There is still nothing official J? on the subject; but there is very id little reason to doubt that the news is true. Stories from various Chinese !d sources agree upon the date of the y- occurrence?June 18?and that the >? minister was backed to pieces by solm diers and Boxers. r. There has been a story to the effect e? that all the foreigners in Pekin have ?- been murdered, and while there is a 5? possibility that the story is true, still >t> there is room to hope that it is an exaggeration of actual conditions, is That the foreigners in Pekin, however, :t- are in grave danger, there is no ques]e tion, and the International forces are bending every effort to effect their a* rescue. Nothing has been heard from the small army that relieved Admiral u- Seymour, since the admiral's relief, li- and it is believed that this army is now on its way to Pekin. >8 Admiral Kempff reported to Wash,j. ington last Saturday that, up to that ,t. date, there were 14,000 foreign soldiers at on Chinese soil; but did not give any w information as to their disposition. ,n The central government at Pekin, a ly few days ago, ordered the viceroys of |C] the different provinces to attack all jf foreigners. Under the Chinese system lD each viceroy is supreme in his own t0 province. So far as has been reported, h not one of the viceroys has elected to lQ follow the Pekin instructing; but all ie have protested friendship to the Inter1(j national powers. The powers, howevr. er, are not inclined to repose too much q confidence in these protestations, ex?! cept that diplomatic relations have r. generally been transferred frorfi Pekin r. direct to the viceroys of the various Id provinces. In view of the hostile attitude of a. the Pekin government, or at least its ,d utter incapacity to preserve the lives a. and property of foreigners, as evi denced bv the Dreseut situation, all of it -j " * the foreign governments have under serious consideratiou tfae question of )e declaring war. That a state of war actually exists is not to be questioned ; y but a formal declaration by China or any one of the powers, will bring 0- about complications which all seem it anxious to avoid as long as possible. a The only exception is in the case of r Japan. The Japanese foreign minister says that the attempt on the part of r* the Chinese government to expel the 'k foreign ministers from Pekin constif tutes a casus belli and that it is foolish >t to attempt to negotiate with a governie ment that doeR not exist. J8 A St. Petersburg dispatch says that the Russian government has informaD tion to the effect that the Chinese :e population in several localities in 1- China has placed itself under Russian it protection and that the excitement is l0 quieting down. Russian officials prolt fess to believe that with pacific action on the part of the powers and the y good will of the Chinese government, to the Boxer rebellion will be disposed of n in a short time and all will again be>e come serene. l0 Cropping out of the news reports 2 are indications of traditional animosity between Russia and Great Britain. ,e Dispatches from Berlin say that the 8 Russian newspapers are filled with o stories of the superior courage and ) efficiency of the Russian soldiers at the |e capture of the Taku forts, along with ^ numerous disparaging statements about the British. An English corresie pondent, writing from Tong Ku, sends e the London Daily Mail the following: d "It is improper any longer to conceal it the harm done to the case of the alit lies by the barbarities and tbe pillages D of the Russians on the day of the bombardment. They wantonly shot ,a - - ? .? ? t i.. J "w natives ana lootea everytmng, inciuu'e ing the European houses in Taku. ie The natives for miles around were ? looted of supplies and labor is scarcer." latest developments. Dispatches published yesterday morning include official information of r, the murder of Baron von Kettler, and 18 the fact that the ministers in Pekin j were in desperate danger on June 26, since which date there is no definite information from them. Emperor Wil,n liani, of Germany, is reported to have of decided definitely upon sending a re large army to China, and also a coni siderable portion of the German fleet' is lor the purpose of securing the fullest ig satisfaction. It is reported also that r- Prince Tuan, who has usurped the 1- Pekin government, is responsible for >e all the outrages that have been comi. mitted. The viceroys of the provinces of south of the Yellow river have cut loose i- from the Pekin government and in>r formally established a confederacy 1 ,n that promises to remain friend^ to the se International powers. Nankin has 1, been selected as the capital of this r, confederacy. The war and naval auof thorities at Washington deny that , s- they have taken any steps further 3; than those already reported to increase i is the American force in China. i; A Religious View of the Rebel). lion.?To save themselves from the 3. dismemberment of their country the r, Chinese are assailing the foreign white i; men. They do not discriminate bei tween missionaries and converts to a, Christianity on one hand and grasp- i u ing political powers on the other. al Within a few years, and repeatedly, the Chinese government has declared ie its obligations to the missionaries of Christian churches and commended :o them to the good will of the Chinese id people. China has been subject to re volts and endeavors to bring about a i -e fevolution. There has always been a ). resentment against the Manchu-Tartar i te dynasty and a desire to supplant it by i m a genuine Chinese dynasty. Therefore, I re rebellions have occurred. At present 3f the Boxers represent that revolutiona- i n ry disposition and the Manchu dynasty st apparently sympathizes with the pop? ular desire to save China for the Chi- i i- nese. < The government of the United Stat must protect the lives and property its citizens in China ; but the Americi people ought to sympathize with tl desire of the people of China to sa their country from a partition araoi the powers of Europe. If China divided among the powers of Europ the only territories on the earth, ii portant in extent, not ruled by tl white races, will be Morocco and Ar bia. Then will come a strife for s premacy among the whites.?Christii Intelligencer. IN SOUTH AFRICA. Good Reasons to Believe Great Brits Sees Other Work Ahead. New York Sun. The contindous despatch of rei forcements to the Brish army in Sou Africa, notwithstanding the statemen appearing in English papers that tl war is virtually over, is giving rise to number of conjectures. One is th the British government, in view of war in which the Suez canal might closed to its transports, desires to ha a large force at hand in South Afri on which it can draw for immedia service in Asia. Another, and oi which seems to be entertained France, is that the British governme is preparing for a descent on Mad gascar at the first opportunity, and keeping and increasing its force South Africa for the purpose. Wbt ever ground there may be for the so picion, the French government h considerably augmented its garris< and war material in Madagascar du ing the last three months, and has ad ed to the defences and armament Diego Suarez, the naval station at tl north end of the island. In any ca the Boer army still in the field bardl seems to call for an increase in tl British force to the extent going on, the dispatches describing the surrei der of arms, the number of Burghe submitting, and other signs of di couragement sent by Lord Roberts at the correspondents with him are to I be believed. The' largest force tha according to the latest reports from tl Transvaal and Free State, Gens. B tha and De Wet can be credited wit is 16,000 men, with nearly all the gui with which they began the war, and should not be beyond the power of tl large British force now actually in tl field to complete the subjugation this handful of Boers, who are said I L~ r?r\A tKnt tKotr ora nn UO HU UCUiUiaii^cu uuav vuvj M.v kept from surrendering by the infli ence of two men, Presidents Krugi and Steyn. The total absence of a information from ^either side as i what is going on, whether as regarc the war or the prospect of an ear! peace, naturally gives rise to evei kind of speculation. It may be tbi Lord Roberts has only been waitin for the renqpunts and new clothic which are said to have arrived in o der to push the campaign with vigor SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. F. W. Wugener, President. The directors of the South Carolin Inter-State and West India Expositio met in Charleston last Friday and unai imously elected Capt F. W. Wagen< president of the company. Cap Wagener is well known throughout tt commercial circles of the south an west, and he is a good man to be place at the head of so large and so impo tant an enterprise. The directors s< lected properties known as the Wasl ington race course and the Rbett fan as a site for the exposition. The fo mer was leased for three years ft $5,000, and the latter was bought ou right for $86,000. The tracts combine contain 137 acres fronting on the Asl ley river and lying within the corp< rate limits of Charleston. Ex-Mayt John F. Ficken was appointed generi counsel of the exposition compan; It was announced that preliminai work on the grounds would begi within the next few weeks. Pardoned by the Governor. On the strength of a long petitio from citizens of Cherokee couaty, tt governor, on last Saturday, pardone a Negro named Jesse Wesson who ha been convicted of manslaughter an sentenced to two years on the Chen kee chaingang for killing of anoth< Negro, Thomas McPrayer. me en cumstances of the case were such i to eDgage the deep interest of tbe ci izens of Cherokee, where Wesson wi well and favorably known. The pet tion for pardon was endorsed by Soli< itor Henry as follows: "The defei dant proved a very high character ft truth and peaceableness. I am pe suaded he is one of the best Negro* in the circuit. He found, on his r turn to his home for a memorandut book, his wife disrobed and sitting i the lap of deceased, a married man als< and to whom defendant bad show kindnesses. I stated in the prosect tion virtually that I would recomraen his pardon, and do so most earnest]; He killed him, and most men say i this state, rightly, and anyone woul have done the same. Pardon him." Trust Against Trust. Columbia Evening Record, Friday The Virginia-Carolina Chemical con pany is going into the cotton oil bus ness on a large scale and thus creal opposition to the Cotton Oil Trus which owns most of the mills in th section. It is not known to what ei tent the new company will go intotb business ; but it is said that eventuall it will establish oil mills in all thos places where they now have fertilize mills. Should this prove true, Coluu bia, in the course of time, will hav another oil mill plant in addition t the two already here. The Virgini KqQ O I rOQ f \ \T t.fl PPPl uuuipauj u uo uuvuuj ?? ? ? a $200,000 plant in Charleston. ] has already taken hold of a mill i Darlington and it will gradually get foothold in other parts of the state. ] is said that the Cotton Oil Trust pe< pie offered the Virginia-Carolina Con pany all sorts of inducements not to g into busiuess; but it was all in vaii A great deal of cotton seed meal i used as fertilizers, and the Virgiui company decided to go into the bus ness to.manufacture their own mea but at the same time it will prove serious competitor to the oil trust pet pie. It is said that the Virginia-Carol na company already has agents in tfa state making contracts for the deliver of seed next fall. es XaQCS^AkXa 31 Of . g 10 INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 16 u H. C. Strauss?Says that he has just fin- C ve ished taking stock and finds that he has ig too many goods on hand, and that he is is going tc sell them at prices that will T e move them. Speaks of the celebrated ' Hamil ton-Brown $2.50 shoes and says n* he has them for men and ladies. t; le Horace E. Johnson?Is announced as a " a. candidate for re-election as a member of the house of representatives. ' W. S. Neil, Yorkville?Advertises for a in lost, strayed or stolen dog and offers a reward for ffs recovery. a W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Says that you can find fruit jars, rubbers for fruit jars, jelly tumblers and stationery, and o fresh lemons at his store. _ S. L. Hobbs <fc Co.?Call attention to the k,n difference between a statement and a c o onrl montinn a four fanta ? mvsft ?uu iiiuiiviwu w iwt< smvikj* .. John E. Carroll, Chairman of Executive Committee?Gives notice of a meet- o n- ing of the York County Teachers' asth soeiation to be held in the graded school tQ building at Yorkville, on July 5th, at 118 9 o'clock p.m. . > 36 York Implement Company.?Have se- b i a sured the agency for the Torrent cutaa. way barrows and tell something of its j( many virtues. n a W. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Gives fi be notice that J. H. Rippy has applied to ye him for letters of administration of the r fta estate on Jane Crawford, deceased. ca , b te THE YARN MARKET. ?e The cotton yarn market, which, a b nL few weeks back, was booming up to ^ a 30 cents a pound for 40's, has been ^ is steadily declining until it has about t in reached the point of stagnation. V lt* During the period when the price of fi l8" yarn was at the top, many mills ac- r cepted orders that guaranteed their ir. profitable operation for months; but ^ d- on account of the uncertainly of the of situation and the prospect of prices f, 16 ranging still higher, others pursued h the hand-to-montb policy, refusing to n ^ take large orders ^ahead. As the reif suit of the decline, it is only those ^ mills which were lucky enough to take j rs large orders that are now running at > l8' the same big margin of profit that ex- n ^ isted some time baGk. d Though weak and uncertain,'the a jg yarn market is not yet as low as at a o- this time last summer. Notwitbstand- j? b, ing the higher price of cotton, there is t| QS still a handsome margin of profit be- p 11 tween raw material and manufactured ri 16 N Je product; but owing to the uncertainty 1 0f of conditions, it is difficult for the mill >o managers to decidp just what is the Q ly best thing for them to do. t,j or ' X bASE BALL. 0 ill The Yorkville boys returned from 8) to Greenwood last Saturday morning with b 's another story of defeat. In the game ft ^ of Friday afternoon Greenwood beat them 6 to 2. ? ig There was an annoying dereliction ^ ia nn the nart of the telegraph company r> r* in getting the news of Friday's game w through to Yorkville. Manager White no filed a dispatch to The Enquirer in di the Greenwood office on Friday eventl ing at 6.30 o'clock ; but the dispatch Q| a was not delivered until Saturday a, n morning after it had ceased to be news, c 3r Had the telegraph company been at- re ^ tending to its business, the dispatch tt le would have come through Friday m d night. d Today, Wednesday, the Yorkville ^ team goes to Gastonia and will play a w . team there this afternoon. 01 hj The Greenwood team is expected r- here tomorrow, and games are sched- cc >r uled for tomorrow afternoon, Friday afternoon, and Saturday afternoon. ^ ^ Some of the members of the home g, team are disposed to give various ex- tc ,r cuse8 for their defeats in Greenwood, e< al while others says that the reason was a< y- because they were outplayed. All, *y however, are in hopes that they will D be able to get revenge during the pres- a| ent week. j n THE COTTON SITUATION. '? Messrs. Hubbard Bros, of New York, ^ reported the cotton situation on Monday as follows: ' The Liverpool market was greatly 5r excited today, opening at a substantial >v r. decline and advancing rapidly on the ol iS old crop deliveries. This advance was t. reported due to the better spot de- m 18 mand and to reports regarding the b< j. amount of cotton destroyed .in the ze B. steamship fire of Saturday afternoon e( 3. here. It is estimated that about 5,000 si )r baleswere destroyed, though this may hi r. be an underestimate. Liquidation for cl the buyers of last week supplied the H g. European buying orders, but the ai n market rallied slowly from the lowest hi D point. Europe sold the new crop after pi 0 the opening on the better weather ren ports. Further rains were reported at ai j. noon in Mississippi between Vicks- L d burg, Jackson and Meridian, other- fii y. wise the weather is favorable. Trad- tl D ing is on a limited scale with resulting in d 9harp fluctuations. bi The Yorkville market continues & dormant. Mo9t of the surrounding ,. mills have full supplies of cotton on ^ 3. hand, and there is not a large enough i- amount in the hands of farmers to ai ?e warrant local buyers in trying to get L it together for export. 8C is a in WITHIN THE TOWN. P' y ?The collection of the commutation 5, je street tax is still progressing steadily. M ir f ? A9 the result of the wet weather, di citizens walking the street are begin- ,n Q ing to remark odors and odors, a ^ The Fourth of July with business h< 3t suspended, and no local effort at pub^ lie amusement. Yorkville must do bi n better than this. * a 0( [t ? Mr. Duval has wired the York jjj )- Cotton mill chapel for electric lights, pi i- There will he night services in the gi 0 building from time to time hereafter, ki ] . jg VA physician states that at this . a date", two years ago, there were about |e i- 20 cases of fever in Yorkville, against at 1, eight cases last year and not one at to a the present time. | ? Manager White has arranged to ,e materially strengthen the Yorkville wj y team this week. He promises that Ai Greenwobd will not have a real soft gr lap of it in any of the approaching ames. ? The shutting down of the York ^ # otton miHs during this week causes ?ore or less concern to local business. 'he cotton mill is an important factor 1 the industrial life of the communiy, and the fact is pretty generally aalized. ^ The York Cotton mills closed down ist Saturday night for a week, and nticipated the next pay day by payig off yesterday. The principal object 1 f the shut down was to make certaiu . hanges in the arrangement of mabinery, and also a general cleaning p. It is intended to resume spinoing perations on next Monday morning. A DATTT DrnDT.r xxuvy tJ J. M. & JJCJ* vVIisa Wilma Logan is visiting Miss larion Harsbaw,at Guthriesville. (JVliss Jessye Dunlap baa returned ome from a visit to friends at Spring* eld. Judge McCorkle will go over to 4 Lock Hill next Saturday on official usiness. Dr. R. L. Moore, of Rock Hill, will ' e at the Parish hotel tomorrow, ['hursday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Woods, of ilackpburg, are visiting in Yorkville, he guests of Mr. A. Frank Woods. ^iss Agnes Moore is visiting the amily of Mr. Robert Hope and other elatives and friends at .Lowryville. Mrs. Thos. McDaniel, of Hickory Irove, is visiting the family of her. atber, Mr. Herod Neal, in Yorkville. Mr. G. T. Radclifle has been so ill ir several days as to confine him to . is room and to require medical treat-, aent. ' * Mrs. C. C. Randleman and children, f Randleman, N. C., are visiting in * v rorkville, the guests of Mrs. BVooks man. sProf. J. W. Thomson left for his ome last Friday and returned on Monay morning. Misses Dunbar and Sanders conducted the school during his bsence. Mr. O. L. Sanders resigned as mag? itrate in Bethesda township in order c bat Mr. A. L. Nunnery might be.apointed in his place. Mr. Nunnery's ecommendation has gone forward. gWr. E. R. McElwee and wife and " Ir. J. F. McElwee and wife, are visitig in Yorkville, the former the guests f Mr. S. A. McElwee and the latter tie guests of Dr. J. B. Allison. Misses Fannie G. and Stella Smarr, f Cotton, were among those who tood the recent teachers'examination; ut who did not receive certificates >r the reason that they are too youog. Mr. Job Carroll, who is with the firm f Flemming & Carroll, railroad con-: actors at Union, spent a few days in orkville during the past week. Mr. arroll says that having finished the \ ? ork at Uniou, the contractors will love their force to Alabama without elay. Colonel Davis, of the Ring's Mountin Military Academy, left last week 3 a trip through Georgia, Alabama id Louisiana looking for students, olonel Stephenson is superintending '' pairs on the academy building. In te meantime application has been ade to the secretary of war for arms : id accoutrements sufficient to equip X) cadets. -Mr. J. Donom Witherspoon, who as so fearfully injured at Mountville ^ i Tuesday of last week by a boiler * tplosion, is getting along as well as >uld be expected under the circum? ances. The statement that he was iterested in the operation of the iresher is erroneous. He had merely me to the operators of the thresher > see about having some wheat thresh1, and the explosion occurred shortly fter bis arrival on the scene. 1J)EATH OP JOSEPH WYLIE. 'Mr. Joseph Wylie, of Chester, died t his home in that town on last Mousy after a long illness. The followig brief sketch of the important and iteresting life of this well-known bristian gentleman, appeared in the olumbia State of yesterday morning, sving been sent by the Chester corspondent of that paper'under date f July 2 : / Again Chester is called upon to ourn the death of one of her oldest, ist and most highly respected citisns. Joseph Wylie is dead. He pass1 to his eternal reward this morning, irrounded by his faithful servants, is loviug niece and a circle of bis osest friends and business associates, e was in the 77th year of his age, id today closes a life that was full of ird work, industry and many noble, itriotic and benevolent deeds. Mr. Wylie was born in York county, * id at the age of 12 years he came to ewisville, Chester county, where he rst embarked in his chosen avocation, iat of merchandising. After clerk-, ig a number of years he went into isiness under the firm name of Wylie Mofiatt. Several years later the . ame of the firm was changed to fylie & Roddey. Just after the war, aving passed through the Confedera- i f as a private, he came to Chester id entered business with Captain J. . Agurs of this city. The firm was ton changed to Wylie & Agurs, and i 1885 it was again changed to the resent firm of Joseph Wylie & Co. his firm has done a most prosperous isiness since under the guidance of >. Wylie's wise and conservative rection. In 1890, largely under his fluence, the Exchange bank was ormized, and he was at once placed at 3 head as president, which position i held until death. Mr. Wylie was a most successful isiness man, amassing in his lifetime fortune amounting to over the $100, - Af L: 1 1 mAot nj mars. ui ibwj uc uu mcu u<uu> 3eral with his worldly goods. The iblic will remember his magnificent ft some years ago of $8,000 to Ere- * ne Theological seminary. Shortly ter this he gave $7,500 to be used in lilding a dormitory at Erskine edge. This work is now completed id stands as a handsome monument the generous donor. He has always contributed liberally the endowment fund of this institu>n as well as to all charitable objects ilhin his reach. Iu 1897, when the wociate Reformed Presbyterian conegation of this city decided to build i .< j?