jSftaps aud Jactis. ? The Uuited States battleship Oregon, which recently went on a rock off the coa9t of China, is to go to Kure, Japan, for repairs. It is estimated that the repairs will require about three months. ? The cabinet held a meeting on Monday to consider the Chinese situation. It is understood that it was de termined to send large reinforcements; but the exact number that was decided upon has not been given out. Secrecy is observed, it is claimed, on account of the Chinese. ? A dispatch from Manilla reports : "The Fourth was enthusiastically celebrated all over the city and in the harbor. Flags covered the palace and the foreign merchants and Filipinos co-operated in decorating the escolta. Five hundred children sang at the afternoon exercises. The greatest Amer ' ? 1 r? a! icau UCUiUUSbiailUU iu buc uiatvij v/1 the Orient ended with a ball in the evening." ? The Rev. Charles M. Sheldon is not the least flattered by his nomination to the vice presidency by the United Christian party. "Of course, 1 can't accept such a nomination," he said. I'm not in politics and have no desire to enter that field. The party nominating me, I understand, is an Iowa organization, but I was nevei consulted as to my wishes on the sub ject." ? Not counting Bryan and Steven son or McKinley and Roosevelt, there are five third party tickets in the field as follows: The five third party tickets so far represented are: (1) the Social Democratic, Defcs and Harriman ; (2] tbeFusionPopulists, Bryaa and Towne (3) the Middle-of-the-Road Populists Baker and Donnelly ; (4) the Social Labor, Maloney and Remmel; (5) the Prohibitionists, Woolley and Metcalf. ? Says a Fall River dispatch of Jul} 9 : "In compliance with an agreement signed by the representatives of most of the cotton mills in Fall River tc curtail production for four weeks dur ing the summer, several mills toda} suspended operations. All the mill: represented on the manufacturers selling committee have entered into ar agreement to close for four weeks When the curtailment is in full opera tion nearly 20,000 employes will b< affected. The stoppage of macbiner} is due to the lack of demand for print cloths." ? Late news from South Africa re t> : ~4 puns luui tut? JDueis lueiieuiuaiiy at' tacked General Buller's escort betweec Standerton and Heidelberg on Satur day as be was returning from a visit tc Lord Roberts. The Boers attacked Fickeburg garrison at midnight oc Tuesday, but were driven off after 41 minutes' fighting. General Brabant on July 5, occupied Dernberg, betweec Senekal and Winburg, which served as a base for convoys. Colonel Mahon, of General Hutton's mounted troops on July 6 and 7, engaged 3,000 Boers east of Broukerspruit and drove there off. The British casualties numbered 33. ? When asked last Friday for an ex pression on the Democratic platform Senator Hanna said: "From what ] have read, I can see that it is a cun ningly devised scheme to catch the unwary and the unthinking voters. ] think the most labored effort in theii document was to create a difference between expansion and imperialism It is rather amusing to see their line of demarcation. They apparently re ly upon the constitutional question tc establish that difference as to whethei the flag follows the constitution or the constitution follows the flag. We are perfectly willing to meet that issue oc their own hypothesis. So far as the free silver plank is concerned, I think all Republicans will be satisfied witt that. It is certainly satisfactory tc me." ? Says a Washington dispatch o Monday : Minister Wu has cabled tc Sbeng, the director general of imperi al posts at Shanghai, and to the viceroj of Nanking, a request that they take steps to have it made known in Pekit and vicinity that heavy rewards will be paid by the American people for the salvation of the people in the legations The minister did not make this repre sentation upon the authorization o the United States government, bui upon many statements that had beet made to him by prominent Americat citizens. He was approached yester day by some ladies, friends and rela tives of some of the people who were with Minister CQnger when the out break occurred, beseeching him tc offer rewards which they would pay tc any one who would help the besieged ? Senator Chauncey M. Depew, ic the course of an interview with hirr last evening, by a representative of the London Ddily Mail, several days age said: "It is an impossible task tc dominate or conquer China. Thai would require 2,000,000 men. It is necessary, of course, to rescue the ministers, missionaries and merchants and to punish the instigators o! the outrages. So far the United States will join with the other powers but the government is opposed to the splitting up of China. The best policy to be pursued, after the uprising has been suppressed, will be to elevate tc the throne a wise, progressive native prince, like Li Hung Chang. The United States Government is prepared to support the open door with all its powers. But those nations seeking tc promotes breakup of the empire will find the United States against them.,; ? The financial plank of the Demo cratie platform, adopted at Kansas City, reads as follows: "We re-affirm and endorse the principles of the national Democratic plutlorm adopted at Chicago in 1896, and we reiterate the demand of that platform for an American financial system, made by the American people for themselves, which shall restore and maintain a bimetallic price level, and as a part of such system the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at the present legal ratio ol 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We denounce the currency bill enacted at the last session of congress as a step forward in the Republican policy which aims to discredit the sovereign right ol the national government to issue all money, whether coin or paper, and to w bestow upon national banks the power li to issue and control the volume of b paper money for their own benefit. A ^ permanent national bank currency, secured by government bonds, must have a permanent debt to rest upon, and if the bank currency is to increase with population and business, the " debt must also increase. The Republi- d can currency statement is, therefore, a tl statement for fastening upon the tax- g payers a perpetual and growing debt for the benefit of the banks. We are opposed to this private corporation a paper circulated as money, but with- u out legal tender qualities, and demand tl the retirement of the national bank y notes as fast as the government paper v or silver certificates can be substituted Q for them. ?hc fJorkviUe (Enquirer. I YORKV1LLE, S. C.: t WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1900. ? 1 = 1, The state campaign, which was interrupted on account of the Kansas ! City convention, was resumed at ' Georgetown yesterday. * J Senator Tillman failed in his ef- s . fort to get |he South Carolina delega- f , tion to vote for Towne, the vice-presi- 8 I dential nominee of the Populist and c Silver Republicans. Several delegates 8 were willing to go with the senator; ^ ^ but the unit rule prevailed and the k . majority revolted." f 1 . c ) We favor the immediate construe- s , tion, ownership and control of the i s Nicaragua canal by the United States, 1 ' and we denounce the insincerity of the v 1 plank in the Republican national plat- t form for an isthmain canal in the face of t [ the failure of the Republican majority i ' to pass the bill pending in congress.? ] l Democratic Paltform. t ?? f Roosevelt went to the Republican . convention with the avowed determii nation not to accept the nomination j for vice president; but accepted. Hill r went to the Democratic convention . ] U with the same determination, and was r subjected to a test that required more ^ manhood to decline than to accept; b i but he declined. This incident illus- j > trates one of the differences between r Hill and Roosevelt. > 1 ? ^ c ' Those who affect to despise or belit I tie the modern newspaper would do well to reflect on the words of Presi. dent Tucker, of Dartmouth college, in , his address to the graduating class re' cently : "I recommend to you," he ^ said, "to get a good newspaper as one [ of your future text-books. You can ' r do nothing, say no'hing, think noth- ,j ; ing of any public value without cur- ^ * rent facts." > . m , i The Democratic platform denounces 8 > the Porto Rico law enacted by the I r Republican congress, and in that de- ? I nunciation it is right. The platform, e , however, does not denounce the rati- * i fication of the treaty by which the 1 : Spanish-American war was brought to 1 1 a conclusion, and here the platform is ^ } right again. Mr. Bryan is generally e j. understood to have had something to do &ith the writing of this platform, and . Mr. Bryan is a very level-headed man. > Believing in the principles of selfl government and rejecting, as did our c * forefathers, the claim of monarchy, we a i view with indignation the purpose of ? * England to overwhelm with force the ii f South African republics. Speaking, 8 t as we believe, for the entire American 1 t i nation, except its Republican office1 holders, and for all free men every- t where, we extend our sympathies to t 4 the heroic burghers in their unequal C ' struggle to maintain their liberty and 1 > independence.?Democratic Platform. ^ ) * ' Many of the gold papers, which i four years ago opposed Bryan, are, un- t i der various pretexts, coming back into e 5 the Democratic party ; but not so with o ' the Charlotte Observer. It says : o "But it is not so much the platform that n 1 is to be feared, as the man upon it. Mr. r J Bryan is essentially a dangerous citizen ; f, i he is an honest fanatic?neither his ability i . nor his integrity is open to doubt. But ? ' he is a radical?self-willed, headstrong, ^ ' imperious?determined to have his way t I and determined that if he cannot do so v that the procession shall not move at all. [ His way is not the wise way ; lie is not a tit P : man for president; in charge of the craft, q r he would run it ou upon the rocks. He r i may be elected, we should not be greatly ? ( surprised if he were; but we shall have no complicity in the act. ! There has been a weak effort to 1 ! make it appear that the success of v , Prohibition will resurrect the old drug ^ | store abomination with the physicians' j, ' prescription attachment. There is not v an honest Prohibitionist in the state c who would not prefer a direct return I 1 to the old bar room system, and there ^ is not an intelligent man who does not a [ realize the fact. The slogan of Colonel f Hoyt, and those who uphold him j i through conscientious principles, is: t "The dispensary is preferable to the t ! saloon and prohibition is preferable to J the dispensary." If a prohibition gov- ? ornrtr oKnnM ho olooforl TOifhnilt. n I vi Uvi OUVUIU WV V* VV vvv? (f (VMWWV ?' " prohibition majority in the senate, the governor will seek to enforce the dis- ft pensary law to the letter; and if the C governor be backed by a sufficient leg- 8 islative majority, he will not only abol- . p ish the dispensary, but use his utmost a I endeavors to abolish bliud tigers also, h > Prohibitionists believe that the sale of d iquor is wrong, whether eugaged in on y the state or the individual, and they ga o not propose to tolerate it in either. ra' , m t ar Tho Washington Post sizes Mr. tryan up pretty correctly as follows : . .* He is the one Democrat alive who can evelop the party's utmost strength eq bis year. Not only do Democrats mi ;ive him their unreserved respect and 901 onfidence; they now recognize his bsolute honesty and his magnificent, rej nswerving courage. With him as be leader all is not harmony ; but th< without him the Democratic party sei /ould be an incoherent and heterogen- thi us mob. He does not, like Mr. Mc- ta' [inley, appeal to the sentimental ^ ide of men. lie does noi, again ra ke his distinguished antagonist, win ba ersonal affection. He is strenuous, fai ominant, compelling. He does not fa onsult or seek advice or lean upon nother. He is a captain, a command- . r, a law unto himself." g, * * tei We oppose militarism. It means fe, onquest abroad and intimidation and th ppression at home. It means the trong arm which has ever been fatal n0 o free institutions. It is what millions ^ f our citizens have fled from in Euct V ope. It will impose upon our peace- w, oving people a large standing army, inj ,nd unnecessary burden of taxation Tf ind a constant menance to their lib- "fl Ti rties. A small standing army and a veil disciplined state militia are amply efficient in time of peace. This re- ag mblic has no place for a vast military go ervice or conscription. When the fo: lation is in danger the volunteer th oldier is its nation's best defender. ^ The national guard of the United gtj Jtates should ever be cherished in the mi >atriotic hearts of a free people. Such ca rganizations are ever an element of P& trength and safety. For the first time n our history and coeval with the 'hillippine conquest has there been a WJ vholesome- departure from our time- f0 lonored and approved system of volun- Pi eer organizations. We denounce it as th in-American, un-Democratic and un- ^ Republican, and as a subversion of he ancient and fixed principles of a ree people.?Democratic Platform. he ve There is one thing certain and that th 3 that Mr. Bryan makes no bid for the at eturn of those voters that went Lgainst him in 1896 on the 16 to 1 aD liiestion. As we see it, 16 to 1 is now ne xvaa riorht. in 1 RQfi I dp iiai/uv/aiij "VBUl " """ " B"v ? "I tod it is right now ; but the difference Pr n the situation now and then is, that m< 8tl vhile it was right iu 1896 it was also >racticable; but now it is not practi:able. The currency bill passed dur- iz< ng the last session of congress killed Ti ill possibility of free coinage so long is the senate remains Republican, and hat is a reasonable certainty for four 'ears more at least. Not only is this lew law a clincher for the period in- N? licated; but it will give rise to addiional complications after that time. 0f Therefore, it seems that the issue could he lave been allowed to drop without Cc mpropriety. Still there is nothing of urprising in Mr. Bryan's insistence. dr. Bryan yields nothing for political ixpediency, and if he should be electid president of the United States he de vill use all the power of his position es o mould the country's financial sys- CI em along the lines he laid down in lis .896, and to which he has adhered ^ iver since. 0f PIGMY OR GIANT. th hvillzed World 1b Still Puzzled with Re- in; card to China. Sei The Chinese situation has begun to wi ilear up somewhat. It is no more re- s'r .ssuring than it has been from the Da irst; but at last accurate information 'y s being sifted through the confusion ^ md the world is better able to realize 031 he terrible nature of the upheaval hat it is called upon to face. It appears that the Boxer organiza- ye ion has been growing for months and w< nonths?in fact ever since 1895, when WI 2hina was chastised by Japan. Like do he Boers after the Jameson raid, the cu Chinese began to collect immense ac tores of arms and ammunition, and by frc neans of a great secret society to Hi pread to all parts of the empire a de- va ermined purpose to drive all foreign- 00 rs from the land. The movement bo riginated in high official life, with the di< ffieials playing double parts. For aore than six months the foreign rep- of esentatives in China have had full in- ty ormation of the situation, and so also tb ave the various foreign governments. le{ ^hat an outbreak was only a matter of fir ime and a very short time at that, sle ^as a certainty; but owing to the dr >revalent international jealousy, ade- on |uate precautionary measures on the soi >art of any of the powers was impos- all ible. La A reasonably definite agreement has sp iow been forced by circumstances, of rhe overwhelming resistance with 6 < vhich the Internationals were met on ba heir way to Pekin and in their attack toj ?u Tien Tsin, has developed that China clt s probably not the overgrown, un- an vieldy, helpless giant that she has been kn ommonly considered to be. With a ha >opulation, including very nearly one- pe ourth of the inhabitants of the globe, no tnd that population determined on the na >urpose of sweeping every foreigner kn rom the empire, there is reason to be- tin ieve that no one foreign power dares lit1 - aiama t 4anl i o uuuei iuKC uiulic iuc gicni tuat he situation presents. Cool, sober tw udgment suggest a possibility that an ven the combiued strength of all Eu- nij ope and America might not be suffi- mt ient. ei? Dispatches published Sunday and in londay suggest that the British and he Jerman legations in Pekin were still ch tanding on July 4, aud that most of ret he foreigners in the city were besieged pit them. The dispatches, however, St( re not definite. It is possible that the me itest news from Pekin is at least five He ays older than indicated, aud there is If ]y reason to hope that maybe the letions are supplied with food and amsnition sufficient to last until help rives. The idea that a few thousand formers could march from Taku to Pen has been abandoned. No one now lieves that a less force than a well uipped army of 50,000 men could ike the journey at all, and there are me who hold that it will require 100,0 men a year. They claim, too, that is army must be backed by heavy serves, to keep the way open behind. It has been considerations like ese that have induced Russia to const to allow Japan, the only nation at is ready with a sufficient army, to ke the lead in an invasion. The wers have about agreed that Japan all rush her troops into China as pidly as possible, and that they will ck her up as best they can and as st as they can. The danger of a deit at the outset is now realized by 1. The least success on the part of e Chinese is calculated to still furer encourage the uprising in the uth, and with the whole empire unid against invasion there is reason to ir that the task will be too great for e conbined powers. The exact situation at Tien Tsin is t known. A portion of the city was ken by the International troops; but e Boxers and soldiers were not driven my. The Internationals were ?oo jak to accomplish such a task. Fightg continues incessantly. The river at iku is almost blocked with the floatg bodies of Chinamen, and around en Tsin the dogs have been feeding i unburied dead. The International governments have reed that there is no responsible ivernment at Pekin, and that, therere, war will not be declared against e Chinese empire. It is preferred to eat with each province that is capae of maintaining order as a sovereign ate. In this way the governments ay avoid some of the many complitions that are looming up in their ith. From the dispatches and from the planations of Minister Wu at Washgton, it appears that there is civil ar in Pekin. The Boxers and antireign forces are under command of ince Tuan, who is responsible for e attacks on foreigners. Prince ling stands for law and order, and ;ainst Prince Tuan.. The forces of ch are about the same except that ince Ching has control of all the iavy artillery, and this fact has premted Prince Tuan from bombarding e besieged foreigners in the consules. It is said also that Prince Tuan's rces have lost sight of the antireign principle in the desire for loot, id that nearly all of the other Chi!8e forces in the city have taken the e e? .u. ncusiYc iur iuc picoci vauuu ui iuui operty, regardless of their sentients toward the foreigners. The itement that the empress is dead,is ain denied, and it is now claimed at she is exerting herself to harmoni the differences between Cbing and lan. HOME NEWS FROM PEKIN. 8. Reld Writes a Pathetic Letter to Her Brother. ;ws and Courier: , Mrs. Sallie Reynolds Reid, formerly Columbia, has written a letter to r brother, Dr. S. M. Reynolds, of ilumbia, giving a graphic description events in Pekin up to May 30. )out two years ago she married a esbyterian missionary, the Rev. Gilrt Reid ; but latterly he was withawn from the mission field, and has voted his attention and time to the tablishment of a great university in lina. It is supposed that be and his ife have escaped, as in the published t of missionaries who fled from Pen and succeeded in reaching a port safety, appears the name "Reid." The following are some extracts from e letter: "We have passed through some tryg times and we are still safe. China ems to be on the eve of great changes; Id rumors have been coming ever ice we got here in November. The .tive Chistians are persecuted crueland our hearts have been heavy for ? 2? /ISmUann Ah M TTr?i tn/1 CfofaQ use 1U U19UC89. V/Ul uuitcu uiuivo nister seems unable to binder or reve these sufferings. "Things came to a crisis day before sterday when 12 miles of railway ;re destroyed, a station completely ecked and the telegraph wires torn wd. This was not Christian persetion and the government began to t immediately. Russia ordered troops >m Port Arthur, England from Weiai-Wei, and other governments from rious places. As yet no troops have me; but in a very short time we pe to have almost 2,000 trained solers from the various gunboats. "Pekin has had two anxious nights it. It is the firsts time in the histoof China that rioting has beguu at e capital. We live so far from the ;ation that we slept in peace the st night. Last night we got what iep we could; but did not uness. Master John Gilbert was the ly one in night dress enjoying a und sleep. In case of trouble, genery the servants are the first to leave, ist night our old cook and the Wmah ent the night away, and we thought, course, they had both left; but at a'clock this morning they were both ck. It was a solemn thing getting ijetber a tiny bundle of baby's >thes, with a can of condensed milk d a bottle of Mellin's food, not owing at what moment we might ve to run for it. Baby looked so aceful in his little cot that I could t see how even an anti-foreign Chi man could harm him. Yet we ow they hacked to pieces some of e Christian mothers and the dear tie ones. 'It has not rained in Pekin more than ice since we came. The air is like oven heat and dust dreadful. Last ;ht and yesterday we had rains, iking it lovely today. All the for;u ladies and children leave the city June, July and August. Smells, at and dust are too much for the ildren. We were all packed and idy to go out to an old Chinese terni out on a hill. Martin and Mrs. jll were to take care of baby and >, while Mr. Reid remained in Pekin. >w thankful we are to be here still, things get quiet we still hope to get * away. We are all well, though baby J feels tbe heat. "Since writing news comes that things are worse than ever. No troops ] and no news of any. Good bye, my precious boy. We have baby's photo to send you ; but it is not in from the photographer's. As things are now every foreigner in Fekin may be killed ( before morning. In any case you will hear before this letter can reach you. God help you each, beloved." MERE-MENTION. Lightning struck the Standard Oil company's plant at Bayonne, N. J., . last Saturday, and the resulting fire destroyed 23 immense oil tanks. The A. _ i. _ 1 1 ._*! 4-J .. 4. Jti-t CAA AAA luiai loss is esuuiuieu at ?z,ouu,uuu. The total number of stamps issued by the postoffice department during the year ending July 1, was 3,963,374,310. The Silver Republicans having already nominated Bryan, on last Saturday endorsed the nomination of Stevenson. Senator Hanna proposes to have his headquarters this summer at Bloomington, N. J. It is reported that Senator Clarke, of I Montana, has offered to contribute $1,000,000 to the Democratic campaign fund. The British, losses in the Transvaal between June 5 and July 5, are estimated at 3,000. This includes 1,200 deaths. The United States cruiser Brooklyn has arrived atCbefoo. Up to Sunday, 143 bodies have been recovered from the wreck left by ' the Hoboken, N. J., fire. Over 150 persons are still unaccounted for. Captain Slocum, the United States military attache with Lord Roberts's forces in South Africa, has sailed for home. Military Governor Wood has issued orders to the Second, Fifth and Eighth infantry to be ready to depart from Cuba as soon as the transports arrive. A big ratification meeting at Lincoln, Neb., was the programme for yesterday afternoon. Mr. Stevenson was expected to be present; also George Fred Williams and Congressman Towne. The postmaster at Gainesville, Fla., was a few days ago discovered to be $1,400 short in his account, and he is dead from the shock caused by the discovery. There ( are 15,000 Chinamen in New York ( city and they are being subjected to , more or less annoyance because of their nationality. They have just caused to be issued a proclamation in which they explain that they are all from the south of China, and that they < have no sympathy with the Boxer uprising. Eleven Americans were killed and 16 were wounded as the result of last week's scouting in Luzon. The Filipino loss was about 160. Em- I peror William has cooled down somewhat on the Chinese question, and in- | stead of sending an army division to Pekin, he will merely co operate with f.hfl nl.hp.r nnwers. MORE TOOOPS FOR CHINA. I Administration Sends Over 0,000 Men By Way of Philippines. Washington Dispatch, July 7. As a result of a thorough consideration of the subject by the secretary of war, Lieutenant General Miles and Adjutant General Corbin, orders were issued by the war department this afternoon for the dispatch of 6,254 regular troops to the Philippines with a view to their utilization in China. The force is made up of two battalions each of the 15th, 2nd, 5th and 8tb infantry, two squadrons each of the 1st and 9th cavalry, one squadron of the 3d cavalry, and a company of engineers. Those troops will be forwarded as rapidly as possible and as soon as ( transportation arrangements can be , perfected, and the entire fleet of trans- . ports at San Francisco and New York 1 will be employed in the work. J The issue of the formal orders for i the dispatch to the east of more than f 6,000 troops from the army posts in , the United States, is a manifestation ( of the energy with which the government is now about to act in Chinese matters. True, these troops are nomi- { nally destined for the Philippines to j replace the volunteers now out there; i but it is admitted that they are being , sent out by a route that will easily j admit of deflection to Taku or some other convenient Chinese port. When f these troops are landed in China, to- 1 eether with the 9th infantry, supposed I to be now at Taku, aud the marine and naval contingent, the United States will have a force in action commensurate with our interests and in proportion to the European forces. Japan is to begin the movement on Pekin, according to today's advices, with the full consent of the powers, and it is calculated that the foreign reinforcements, including our own, will arrive in China, if they are landed at all, in season to finish the work that may be left by the Japanese. The orders of today to the troops will, it is believed at the state department, have an indirect but most important effect on the situation as a whole in China. Once the great viceroys in China, southern and central, become satisfied that the foreign legations are actually coming in force, they may be counted upon to take the warning to themselves and continue to observe neutrality at least. Evidently Consul General Goodnow's suggestion yesterday has had its effect, for he pointed out himself the beneficial effect that the addition of troops to the soldiers now in China would have. Death of a Former CItlzeu. \/ A dispatch received at Clever last Saturday, announced the/aeath, in Henderson, Texas, on that day, of Mr. Robert Patrick Smith, a former citizen of this county, and eldest brother of g MoDowa \XT D CmifK onrl T T fimitVi iuvooi o. f? . xj, uuiii/u au<4 v. v uuiivuj of Clover. The deceased was a native of York county, son of the late Major Myles Smith, and at the breaking out of the Civil war was engaged in the j blacksmith business in Yorkville. He 0 served through the war, and at its j close in 1865 went to Texas, of which state he was a citizen up to the time of j his death. He was aged about 68 years. fl Until January 1st, 1901. t The Twice*a-Week Enquirer, fill- c ed with the latest and most reliable v news, will be furnished from the date n of this issue until January 1, 1901, for f< 96 cent. g LOCAL AFFAIRS. b; ei INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. p I. C. Strauss?Talks to you about trunks *1 valises and grips, and quotes prices at which he will furnish them. He also U speaks of the Hamilton-Brown shoe, c, straw hats, cottonades and the Monarch shirts. c< 31enn & Allison?Say that what they ad- ?. vertise, they sell, and what they sell, advertises them. They say that if you E are thinking of buying a buggy, a e) wagon or set of harness, you cannot afford to miss seeing the styles and tl prices they are offering. They have c one or two horses, a pair of mules a few second-hand buggies and carriages for sale. vi ras. M. Starr & Co., Leading DruggistsSay that you had better save your wheat n by using bisulphide carbon, which they u sell. It keeps out worms and weevils. < They also sell wagon and buggy paint. **' Campbell's anti-ferment, fruit jars ana o jar rubbers. They ask you to come to them for anything in the drug or medi- a cine line. p Riddle & Carroll?Ask you not to forget that they always keep corn, pease, hay, bran, cotton seed meal, lime, plaster f paris, laths, shingles, wagon and buggy . tires, steel and iron, and everything in the grocery line. What they haven't in b stock, they say they will order for you. h 3. L. Hobbs ly the best." tl Mr. Walker did all his seeding last le tear with a drill, and besides the w vheat he put in for himself, he also tl )ut in quite a quantity for neighbors. These neighbors wanted a full bush* )1 of wheat to the acre and he put it n for them. The land had been pre- ^ >ared thoroughly and fertilizers were * ised to the value of from $3 to $5 an ^ icre; but in each case the seeding was 0 oo heavy and the yield unsatisfactory, ^ "I am convinced," says Mr. Walker, P 'that Mr. Leslie is right. A half a ^ msbel of seed to the acre is enough, 12 ind when put in with a drill it is toe ^ nuch. Just what quantity of seed :an be used with the best advantage I v im not predared to say; but so far I ^ lave seen more harm from too much ^ han too little." ^ a BASE BALL. si It has been Piedmont vs. Yorkville g in the local diamond this week. A o series of games, commenced Monday, si s to be concluded Thursday after- n loon. b The first game, Monday afternoon, c; esulted in favor of Piedmont 7 to 3. "V t was a good game, placed in quick a; iction and with but few errors, p > ? i?. ? 1 t? ? i. i vr__i. 3UU KbLUIJ UUU DI'tlKC UUU311LUICU IU1Adlle's battery and Smith and Barker s< 'iedmont's. Bankston struck out 7 p< nen and Barker 1. The battery work c< if Yorkville was rather better than b< hat of Piedmont; but Piedmont ex- b< el led in batting and splendid team c< t'ork. A remarkable running catch b< aade by White, of the Piedmont team, w jrced the reluctant applause of the ej randstand ; and a home run knocked m I y Brothers, for Yorkville, raised the nthusiasm of the home folks to a high itch. The best all round work on le Yorkville team, outside of the bat- ; iry, was done by Chappie, who exeJted a number of beautiful plays in jntre field, all of them materially eodibuting to Yorkville's advantage. irake, Yorkville's new catcher, showd up splendidly both at aud behind be bat, and Bankston pitched a firstlass game throughout. Although everybody was satisfied rith Monday's game, and some of the lore enthusiastic locals were disposed a venture the opinion that Yorkville bould win yesterday afternoon, this pinion was not generally shared by 11 the experts. In spite of some fine lays by the locals and pretty good fork generally, It is recognized that 'iedmont is pretty nearly up to all bat could be required of a perfect aseball aggregation, and that to beat er is going to take some remarkable laying. Thjs view, however, should ] no wise detract from the enjoyment f those who love bail for ball's sake. Piedmont had an engagement to go o Union Thursday, Friday and Satur* ay, and Yorkville was to have playd Union next Monday, Tuesday and Vednesday. Manager White, bow* ver, had a telegram from Union's lanager on Monday saying that the Jnion team had disbanded and alt en* agements were off. Accordingly it /as arranged that Piedmont play our games in Yorkville instead of nly three, and .that the two teams lay in Rock Hill on Friday and Satrday. In a series of three games at Ander* on last week, Piedmont defeated An* lerson 2 to 1, 8 to 5, and 8 to 3. WITHJN THE TOWN. ? The York Cotton mills resumed iperations to their fullest capacity on ilonday morning. v The literary and musical enter* Aintnent at the residence of Dr. and drs. Weber last Friday night was a renounced success?artistically, finanially and in point of attendance. ? Rev. J. M. Steadman has been tolding a series of meetings in the hapel of the York Cotton mills during he past week. The attendance has ieen large and considerable interest ias been manifested. ' v/Rev. Dr. H. W. Bays, presiding bter of the Rock Hill district, will onduct quarterly conference in Triniy church next Friday night, at 8.30 'clock, and will preach in this church Sunday night at the same hour. ? Mr. W. T. McKnight threshed bout 800 bushels of wheat and oats in forkville last Friday. He reports hat be has been finding grain gener* lly in a good condition, and that the urnout is quite satisfactory. Some /beat has been threshed a little wet; ut most of it is as it shotild be. ? The $2.50 commutation street tax imit expires next Saturday. After bat date the amount of the tax begins o grow. Notwithstanding unbusiness* ike precedent to the contrary, the own council does not expect to put p with any foolishness this year. , ^hrtao u/hn tail tn nav.X2.50 within the iine prescribed are apt to pay more. ^Arthur Foster, colored, was conictecl before Magistrate Sandifer last s laturday of stealing lumber from J. J. ? teller & Co., and fined $25 or SO days. le appealed to the court of general essions. ? "The ball game in the afternoon iromised to be a very interesting one nd was watched with much eageress by au immense crowd until the jurtb inning, when some misuudertanding arose and the crowd rushed ito the diamond. Before quiet - was estored the Yorkville boys decided to brow up the game, the score standing and 2. The Yorkville boys carried rith them the friendship of the home sam and the people of Gastonia."? rastonia News. Very nice; but until le Yorkville boys receive the $50 iat was promised to them and col;cted from the crowd, most of them ill continue under the impression iat they were deliberately buncoed. WITH PUSH AND ENERGY. * If the Kiog's Mountain Military academy fails to open in September 'itb the full Dumber of boarding caets desired?42?and a large number f day cadets in addition, it will be irougb no fault of the energetic su- . erintendents. That fact is very evient to the local people who are cogn:ant of the movements of Colonels iavis and Stephenson. Colonel Davis dropped into Yorkille on last Sunday afternoon and ropped out again on Monday night. [e has been through Georgia, Alaama, Mississippi and Louisiana, as far s New Orleans, and his trip was most Uisfactory so far as encouragement oes. He got the promise of a number f cadets certain, and reasonable asjrance of others. The country is ew to him, and could not, therefore, e canvassed to the same advantage as an the states of North Carolina and rirginia, where he is now working, nd where he not only knows the peole better; but is better known himself. "That is a splendid territory for our ;hool," said Colonel Davis to the re"iop nn Mondav. referring to the juntry through which be had just 3en traveling. "There are large numjrs of people in this section of the >untry who are anxious to send their )ys up this way to be educated, and bo are able and willing to pay the tpense. We used to get a great any boys from these states in Vir