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letups and .facts.
? A crowd of men and boys gathered
last Sunday about the laundry of Ah
Sing, a Chinese laundryman at Kansas
City, Mo., and started a demonstration
that caused Sing to call on the police
for protection. The crowd threw
stones into the laundry and threatened
to kill the inmates. A squad of police
finally dispersed the crowd and guard
, ed the place during the night.
? Good authorities say that the dis
turbances in CbiDa are already exercising
a disastrous influence upon oui
trade with that country. The Hart
ford Times savs: "Our exports of cot
too cloth9 to China, which last year
approximated in ca9h value about $10,
000,000, have practically ceased, and
our exports of kerosene oil, flour and
sugar have been materially cut down
As a result there is now talk of temporarily
shutting down the great cottoc
mills of Fall River. Last year we ex
ported 41,000,000 gallons of kerosene
oil to China.
? Says a Dallas, Texas, dispatch o:
Sunday: Northern Texas has beet
deluged by rain for more than IS
hours, and the indications are that the
storm has only begun. The downpoui
here was most terrific most of the day
The streets were like creeks and man)
basements are flooded. The Trinit)
river is rising and bulletins from Fori
^orth and other points indicate thai
large volumes of water are coming
from the upper parts of the river,
Wire reports show that the rain has
been general. Railroad operations
are delayed because of washouts and
water-soaked roadbeds.
? Secretary Hester's statement of the
world's visible supply of cotton, issued
la9t Ffiday, shows the total visible is
1,578,569 bale9, against 1,722,943 last
week, 3,455,843 last year. Of this the
total of American cotton is 1,008,569
bales, against 1,555,843 last year and
of all other kinds, including Egypt,
Brazilian, Indian, etc., 570,000, against
900,000 last year. Of the world's visible
supply there is now afloat and
held in Great Britain and Continental
-i r\r>r* aaa I- - 1 * Ct 1 OO AAf
iiiUrope yoo,uuu uaies, agaiust
last year ; in Egypt 77,000, against 85,000
last year ; in India 297,000, against
567,000 last year, and in the United
States 239,000 bales, against 682,00C
last year.
? Says a Lincoln, Neb., dispatch ol
Friday : The date, August 8, on which
Mr. Bryan is to receive official notification
of his nomination by the Democrats,
is satisfactory to him. It is
doubtful if he will leave Lincoln much
before that time, though he does not
himself know just what his programme
will be. He doos not, however, expect
to make any speeches in advance
of bis notification. Mr. Bryan is
spending much of his time in his
library with bis stenographer, working
on material for the campaign. Mr.
Towne has been with him part of the
time, which leads to the belief that
the Minnesotan will be one of the
most active lieutenants in the campaign.
? Says a Muncie, Indiana, dispatch
of July 15 : A letter has just been received
by Mrs. Mary F. Howell from
her niece, Miss Mollie Russell, of Chicago,
dated Pekin China, June 7, in
which the young woman states that
the legation was surrounded by rebels
who were seeking to murder all of the
foreigners and Christian Chinese. She
writes that this probably will be the
last letter received from her. She
states that the life of Minister Conger
and his family were in great danger
and that within a few weeks from that
time, at the most, they would all be
dead, owing to the impossibility of getting
relief to them from the foreign
nations in time to save their lives
The writer seems to have little concern
for her own safety, expressing great
pity for "our people," meaning the
converted Chinese. Miss Russell is 8
Presbyterian and has been in Chins
five years.
? Says an Austin, Texas, dispatch o:
the 12th : The first bale of cotton tc
be raised and gathered in the United
States this season passed through here
today, consigned to a New Orleans
firm. It was grown in San Patrice
county, Texas, by S. G. Borden and
neighboring planters. It weighs 564
pounds and sold for 12? cents a pound
in addition to the premium of $12(
paid by the buyers. It will be auctioned
off in New Orleans and ther
shipped to New York and Boston
where it will be auctioned off a second
and third time. The proceeds fron
auctions go to some charitable purpose
The first bale of cotton last year was
also grown in Patrico county, and was
presented to Governor Sayers for the
benefit of the Brazos Valley flood suf
ferers. It was resold several times it
New Orleans and several eastern cities
and over $1,200 was realized from thai
source for the flood sufferers.
? General Roberts has been offeree
?100,000, or, in our money, half i
million dollars, for a history of the
Transvaal war. This is the larges
lump sum that has ever been offeree
by a publisher to an author, says the
New York Herald. "When Macaulaj
received ?20,000 pounds, or $100,000
as a first Davment for his 'History o
England,' he recorded it in his diary ai
what we now call the 'record' amoun
ever paid by a publisher to an authoi
on half yearly account. The record
however, was beaten in the Unitet
States when Mark Twain's publisbinj
house handed over to General Grant'i
widow a quarter of a million dollar
as the first copyright returns from th<
sale of 'Grant's Memoirs.' It is pro
bable that the total amount of royaltiei
paid up to date to the heirs of Macau
lay aud of Grant approach or even ex
ceeds the half million offered to Gen
eral Roberts. Nevertheless, as a lumj
sum promised in advance of publica
tion, the offer io General Robert!
beats all records in literary history."
? The organization of new cottoi
mills in the south during the last threi
months, says The Manufacturers' Re
cord, while not as rctive as duriug tin
preceding three months, has beei
pushed with much vigor. As in thi
first three months of the year, the las
quarter shows a steady tendency to
ward the diversification of cottoi
manufacturing and the building o
mills equipped for finer goods. Estab
lished mills have been notably success
ful and continue the enlargement o
<
their operations by building new mills j
or extending their present plant. r
Taking the mills definitely organized, c
I and omitting all that simply have been .
! projected, and including the spindles
t to be added to mills already establish- c
, ed, the total for the first six months of ?
( the year is as follows: Alabama, 76,- (
, 640; Georgia, 192,428 spindles; Mis- l
I sissippi, 41,240 spindles; North Caro;
lina, 152,952 spindles; South Carolina,
. 349,262 spindles; Tennessee, 28,500 *
spindles; Texas, 35,956spindles;-total, k
876,368. Eighty-nine new companies 1
have been formed, representing an in- {
. vestment of between $20,000,000 and t
_ $25,000,000. i
She florkvitte (Enquirer. ?
\ YORKV1LLE, S. Oij e
' WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1900. '
r That active leader in the Gold Demo- 8
cratic movemeut, John DeWitt Warner, 1
1 announces that he will support Bryan anc
? Stevenson. "I am just as much opposed
r to free silver now as I was then," says
' Mr. Warner, "but I cannot be scared
' from live issues by dead issues. Silver is .
' a dead issue."?Exchange. I
'' Is this straight, Mr. Warner, or is it ?
' really a case of going back to the par- c
ty after it has become apparent that *
, the party is not coming back to you ? j
( . . v
That Spartanburg decision of f
> Judge Aldrich's, annulling the mar- c
i riage contract between Rev. S. A. t
' Nettles aDd Miss Fannie Littlejohn, 1
i looks so much like divorce that it 1
would be a satisfaction to bear what .
t
I the supreme court has to say on the \
I subject. The judge may be right; s
> but if the facts are as have been stated, s
he has exercised remarkable and un- *
' usual powers.
1 There is some newspaper talk in
P Switzerland about annexing that republic
to the United States. The pro- ?
. moters of the idea hold that without
sacrificing any of its liberty, the re1
public of Switzerland can gain great c
1 benefits in the way of trade, etc., and 8
| also secure protection for its citizens ^
, traveling abroad. That the Swiss are t
i a most respectable people, amply fit to a
i become citizen of the United States,
i fhpirA is no nuestion. and if thev are c
? willing, the Democratic platform wel- c
| comes them as a part of the Union, f
Theoretically the whole scheme shows ^
up nicely enough ; but it will hardly v
work in practice. The American idea 8
is not altogether sentimental. c
. ? . s
DUST OF COLONEL WILLIAMS.
The suggestion in the communication 8
of "X," published in another column, r
is one that should receive the hearty ^
approval of all the people of this part c
of the country. t
Colonel Williams gave his life in the t
most noble cause that has ever been 1
upheld by arms. Every individual |
living in this country today enjoys r
practical benefits that were conferred t
in a large measure through his efforts. ]
Each and every one of us owes him a f
debt that can never be repaid in full, |
and the fact that we have allowed bis .
remains to lie for a hundred years in r
an unmarked and neglected grave, is c
a perpetual shame upon us all. The I
responsibility on the present genera- <
tion is as great as on any generation I
that has gone before, and since the
raising of the question, We have to ,
ask of ourselves, are we going to be as
neglectful as our predecessors have i
been ? - <
The Enquirer takes pleasure in j
endorsing the suggestion made by X.
It also acknowledges the receipt of the j
one dollar referred to, and will gladly t
receive and acknowledge all contri- 1
U..t!??n moir V\a cont in fnr f VlP 1
^ UUlluuo luau kuaj uo ovuv ?u ?v? vwV
I same purpose. In the meantime, how'
ever, if the suggestion of "X" is to be
carried into practical effect, there must
^ be some carefully prepared plan of
; action. There must be somebody to
. take charge of such fuuds as may be
1 subscribed and arrange for their prop,
er expenditure. There must also be
^ competent and responsible committees
to look after various other details con
nected with thesuggested undertaking.
The King's Mountain Centennial
^ association is either defunct or so near1
ly so that it is hardly to be considered
? in connection with the work at hand.
f The King's Mountain Chapter of D.
> A. R., however, is very much alive,
I and if this organization will give fat
vorable consideration to the suggesr
tion of X, The Enquirer believes
, that the work is as good as accom1
plished.
3 THE PRESIDENT AND CHINA.
3 Although the present operations of |
2 the United States in China ought to <
ha vp t.he fin tire approval of the people,
. . .
as a matter of fact they are being conducted
in actual, if not technical, viola.
tion of the constitution.
> While it is true that neither the
- United States nor China has declared
3 war the one against the other, it is
pretty plain that a state of war exists.
1 Only congress has the right to declare
? war, and the right of the president to
g wage war in the absence of such a
i declaration is extremely dubious,
s But as yet neither political party has
t sought to seriously question the legality
of the president's action. A good
j- reason is apparent. Regularity would
. demand the call of an extra session of
. congress, and such an extra session
f would seriously interfere with the vote
jetting campaign in which all the
nembers are now engaged. Demo:rats
are as reluctant to go to Washngton
just now as are the Republi:ans,
and that may be a reason why
ill are willing to leave the whole
2hiuese business to the president, at
east for the present.
Under ordinary conditions, such as
)revailed previous to the war with
Spain and before provision was made
,o continue operations in the Philip)ines,
it would have been impractica>le
for the administration to do what
t is now doing in China until after
:ongress had supplied special means.
Such operations are practicable now
inly by use of the means that were
jrovided for the Philippine emergency,
tnd the practical irregularity of preset
proceedings consist in the diver;ion
to other uses, means that have
>een provided for a specific purpose.
As to whether any real harm will
esult from the present situation caniot
be accurately predicted. There
nay or may not be harm. In any
ivent the precedent is bad. It
vould no doubt be much better if the
>resident would call congress in extra
lession and take up* the situation in a
egal and proper manner.
MERE-MENTION.
No longer having political interests
n the east, Spain will send no war
ihips to China.**"The Grand Army en:ampment
is to be held in Chicago next
nonth. McKinley has been invited,
md Mayor Harrison says that unless
Bryan is invited also, the encampment
vill not receive any official recognition
rom the city. H. V. Jones, in a
;on?ervative review of the crop situa,ion
of the northwest, after personal
nspection of the fields, predicts that
he yield of wheat in the three spring
vheat states of Minnesota and North
ind South Dakota will, at the very
east, reach 135,000,000 bushels, as
igainst last year, and that with favorible
weather during the ensuing four
veeks the yield will reach 150,000,000
>usbels. This is the highest estimate
ret made.
WAR WITH CHINA.
lynopsla of the Latest News From the Far
East.
There has not been a word of news ,
luring the past few days to give hope
is to the unreliability of any of the |
vild stories that have been coming ,
rom China; but, on the other hand, (
lew stories are coming every day with (
idded horrors.
A story from Shanghai, under date
>f last Saturday, announces the murler
of M. de Giers, the Russian miniser,
in Pekin. It is said that the minster
was seized and thrown into a
luge cauldron of boiling water, from
vhich the body was afterward taken ,
ind fed to the dogs. A St. Petersburg
lispatch says that the czar heard the
itory with eyes streaming with tears.
Another dispatch from the same city
lays that the death of M. de Giers has
lot been officially reported there.
A correspondent telegraphing a Lonlon
paper from Shanghai, gives a long
letailed account of the massacre of
he foreigners in Pekin, alleged to have
aken place on July 7. The story is
bat upon the culmination of the Boxer
outbreak on June 27, all the foreigners
took refuge in the British and Gernan
legations, where they were soon
ifter attacked by the Boxers under
?rince Tuan. The foreigners held out
or days and days, being supplied with
bod and ammunition by Prince Ching.
VIore than 2,000 Chinamen were killed
n the assaults on the legations. Firnlly,
however, they managed to seeufe
artillery with which to batter the
juildings down, and although the foreigners
fought desperately to the last,
filing up the grounds about with Chilese
dead, they were at last overwhelmed
by sheer force of numbers
tnd slaughtered to a man.
A lt.hnnph t.his storv is nrobablv verv
o * ; ? * w v
sear the truth, still it has not been
jonfirmed. John Goodnow, the Amercan
consul at Shanghai, has all aloDg
)een keeping the Washington governnent
as well informed as possible. He
jas been avoiding most of the sensa;ional
stories that have been in circuation
by the Chinese and used by cor espondents
of the London papers,
md confining himself only to such
nformation as he has good reason to
jelieve is absolutely true. He says
;here has been no reliable news from
Pekin since June 27.
A puzzling mystery in connection
with the general situation has devolved
with reference to a long letter of
nstructions alleged to have beeu issued
from Pekin and published simul:aneously
last week by the Chinese
ministers in the various European captals
and at Washington. The communication
was synopsized in The Enquirer
of last Saturday. The puzzling
thing about it is the fact that
not one of the governments is able to
say how it was received by the minis:ers.
All the telegraphs of Europe are
under government control, and it is
said France having been puzzled,
2ommunicated with Germany and
found that she was puzzled also. The
French authorities believe that the
identical letter indicates a long and
careful preparation of the crisis now on.
In an interview with the Loudon
r?orre9Dondent of a New York news
paper, un unnamed diplomat who is
said to rank high up in the matter of
?tauding and experience, is quoted as
saying that in view of the rapidly diminishing
hope for foreigners in Pekiu,
Lhe far eastern situation is rapidly
changing. Where heretofore the
great necessity has been for haste,
now the international powers can be
more deliberate. It is their iutent to
proceed more slowly. They cannot
afford to strike and lose. Defeat of
early plans will only serve to arouse
the entire Chinese nation to more determined
resistance. Each of the
powers can now take time to make
preparations on a large scale. "If the
powers work together," says this diplomat,
"as deplorable as is the slaughter
of our ministers, they will not have
[lied in vain. We will have in fact
what has soj long been an empty
phrase, concerted action. Unless we
have this?if there is a hitSb? it is
probable that before the end of a ]
year all of ub will be involved in war."
Tbe opinion grows in Europe that
the proposed campaign against China I
will not be commenced before September,
and but few of those high in the
councils of the leading nations believe
it will be concluded within a year.
They all expect the most stubborn re- J
sistance on the part of the Chinese,
and they are united in the belief that A
if they put their hands to the plow,
they will have to do their work with ^
thoroughness.
Several times there has been talk in
Washington of the probability of call- j
ing an extra session of congress.
With the large number of troops required
in the Philippines, it is not
practicable to send an adequate force
to China. Indeed, it is necessary to
look iorwand to possible complications
in the future. If this government b
fn Phino if mnnt rrr\ thorfi U/if.H Al^
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force large enough to iosure its ability h
to stand alone. It is for this reasoo A
that it is thought congress will surely
have to assemble before many more ii
weeks. s
The papers of yesterday morning N
contained dispatches from Tien Tsin 4
under date of July 13. At the time the v
dispatches were sent, 7,000 allied v
troops were engaged in an attack on the t
walls of the Chinese city, which was
being defended by not less than 20,- IS
000 Chinamen. The success of the at- c
tack was very doubtful. The Ameri- t
cans had suffered terribly. Col. Lis- b
cum, of the Ninth Infantry, and Capt. e
Austin R. Davis, of the marines were
killed. It was estimated that fully 25 t
per cent, of the Americans bad been b
bit. The Chinamen were shooting r
with great accuracy, and were fighting ii
furiously. Officers say that the fight- i
ing was hotter than Santiago. At 7 t
o'clock the allies were repulsed with p
losses as follows : Russians, 100, in b
eluding a colonel; Americans, over
30; British over 40; Japanese 58, including
two colonels ; French 25. It
was expected that later returns would a
swell these figures.
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THE DUST OF COL. WILLIAMS. J
f
Here 1h a Suggestion That Is Still Good After ^
120 Years. Ii
Editor of the Yorkvllle Enquirer: \
There is one noted spot within the -(
limits of York county, that, above all
others, has enriched the history of the
3tate?the battle ground of King's 1
Mountain. There was fought on ^
October 7th, 1780, the most sanguin- p
ary and successful battle of the seven v
years war that gave this country its a
independence. A monument was ^
erected there and dedicated on the
one hundredth anniversary of the a
event?to the memory of those who t'
participated in the engagement. But a
the grounds, which were ceded to an 3
association, and the granite monument,
are neglected, and the spot?save for
some work done this year by the a
county, will ere long be in a wilder- e
ness of obscurity unless taken in v
charge by some organized authority. j
South Carolinians contributed largely
of heroic lives to that great achievment,
and many of the descendants of v
those who were in that couflict, live 8;
among us. Can we not do something
in the way of maintaining this spot of
earth in a manner creditable to ourselves,
and as a tribute to those who ^
made it historical ?
The South Carolina contingent was ?
led bysColonel James Williams, of ?
Laurens, who fell there mortally 1
wounded. His devoted men bore him
from the battlefield to die on the g
banks of Broad river, and his remains ~
lie in an unmarked grave on the lands j
of John S. Mintz. Ought they not to
be removed to the battleground and v
placed tinder the shadow of the gran- 8
ite shaft that his heroism, as well as p
others, inspired a generous people to p
erect? Will The Enquirer become j
the custodian of contributions to carry
into effect some plan of which this is
only a suggestion ? I send one dollar b
to open a small fund for the purpose, t
Will not our Sons and Daughters of p
the Revolution, and the public gener- a
ally respond ? And on the one hun- ^
dred and nineteenth anniversary of D
the battle, assemble on this consecrated
ground to do what honor and duty a
imposes on us to do? X. r
P. S. What has become of the v
King's Mountain Battleground Asso- i
ciation ?
Yorkville, S. C., July 16, 1900
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iJEWS ABUl)T UUUEul. ,
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Name of Warren Post Office Changed? I
Cotton Late?Chinch Bugs Showing Up ?
Again?Thirty-Two BushelB of Wheat ^
From Three Pecks. Correspondence
of the Yorkyille Enauirer.
Ogden, July 14.?As will be seen g
from the heading of this letter, the
name of the postoffice at this place has $
been changed from Warren to Ogden. v
All mail for this place should be sent .
to Ogden, S. C.
Although crops are not suffering for ?
rain, a good season would do good.
Old corn has been laid by and most of f
the farmers are waiting for a rain be- h
fore they give their cotton and late 8
corn the last plowing. ,.
Cotton is very late in this section. .
It will take nice seasons and a favora- 1
ble fall to make anything like a full ?
crop. t
Chinchbugs are showing up in pret- a
ty stroug numbers in some places; ^
but no very great damage has been
done yet.
The threshers have been at work in
this section nearly all week. Wheat
turned out only tolerably well. Some c
very good crops were made. ^
I have been informed that Mr. John c
Sandifer, who is farming on one of p
Sheriff Logan's plantations in this sec- g
tion, sowed three pecks of wheat on ^
oue acre of land, and got 32 bushels.
The wheat was put iu with a drill. v
The land was highly mauured and
well prepared for seeding. That is B
certainly a good yield. Who has beat d
it this year? v
The Autioch baseball team has been g
reorganized, and will go over to Rock
Hill this afternoon to cross bats with
the city boys. We wish them good t
luck; but we fear they will return a
...!tI. ? nf am?i ?? f a! ] it a fhotr .
wiiu a aiui j ui ucicat lu tcut vmvj v
have bad but very little practice this g
season.
Politics is beginning to warm up a .
little around here. It will soon be "a 11
hot old time," with the candidates F
shaking hands and kissing babies. f
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
I. C. Strausss?Claims that his place is
headquarters for ladies' and gent's furnishings.
He quotes prices on a number
of articles and wants you to see his
line of Hamilton-Brown Shoe company's
shoes for ladies and gentlemen.
'. M. Starr & Co.?Advise you to have a
tunnip patch, and prints a list of the
varieties of seed they have in stock.
V. B. Williams?Is announced as a candidate
for recommendation for appointment
as county auditor.
forkville Buggy Co.?Tells you about
the qualtity of buggies they are manufacturing
and ottering for sale either for
cash or credit.
. P. White, Manager?Announces three
games of baseball at the park this week,
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, between
Greenwood and Yorkville.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. H. C. Strauss's address is Avenue
iotel, Hot Springs, Arkausas.
^Mr. Starr Mason, of Yorkville, has
>een chosen as principal of the Fort
lill graded school.
Congressman Finley has his quarters
a the Wilson building, across the
treet from the court house.
)Qdr. P. G. McCorkle, of Rock Hill,
pent Sunday in Yorkville. He goes
nth his family soon to Charlotte,
rhere he will be engaged this fall in
he cotton business.
)sPr. T. J. Strait was in Yorkville on
donday in the interest of his candiday
for congress. He said he was geting
along nicely and stated .that he
lad every reason to believe he will be
lected without difficulty.
Upon his first visit to York couny,
Judge Benet made a most favora>le
impression upon the lawyers, juors
and people generally. That good
mpression has continued to grow, and
n a poll of the county on the quesion,
be would easily lead as the most
topular judge on the South Carolina
tench.
THE DUST OF COL. WILLIAMS.
We, the undersigned subscribers,
,gree to contribute the amount opposite
iur names to a fund of not less than
>150, to be used for the purpose of transBrring
the remains of Col. James Wiliamsfrom
the spot on which they now
ie to King's Mountain battle ground.
Ve prefer that the work and ceremones
iu connection with the removal of
aid remains, be under the auspices of
he King's Mountain Chapter of the D.
L R. Should there develop any insuterable
objection to the proposition,
re are, of course, not to be understood
s desiring to carry it out arbitrarily.
Ve recognize the rights of descendants
nd are disposed to give due deference
o a more appropriate suggestion or
ny legal obstacle that might arise.
[, Yorkville, S. C $1.00
Note.?All subscriptions to the
bove proposition will be duly acknowldged
in The Enquirer, and the list
rill be turned over to the King's
fountain Chapter of D. A. R. so soon
s that organization makes known its
rillingness to take charge of the
ame.
BASEBALL IN ROCK HILL.
The series of six games between
forkville and Piedmont last week was
oncluded in Rock Hill on Friday and
laturday, on the invitation of some of
he cranks of that town.
The Yorkville team had been coniderably
strengthened since the last
ame in Yorkville, by Caldwell, from
)ue West, and Yancey, from Statesille,
N. C., and notwithstanding a
trong home sentiment against the
possibility of victory over such champions
as the Piedmont boys, won
Friday's game in fine style by a score
f 13 to 8. The Piedmont boys fared
iadly, and by Yorkville's heavy bating
they were compelled to change
pitcher's three times. Smith, White
nd Osteen were batted out of the
?ox successively. Yancey pitched the
line innings through for Yorkville,
nd a home run by Riley, with a terible
hit by Brothers, while there
vere three men on bases, settled the
3sue for Yorkville.
Saturday's game went to Piedmont
gain. Yorkville had the same expeience
with pitchers that Piedmont
md the day before. Bankston and
irake were knocked out duriDg the
irst four innings, and Chappie held
he heavy batting down very nicely
rom the fifth inning to the close of the
;ame. The score was 10 to 5.
Brake caught for Yorkville on Frilay
and Caldwell on Saturday. Caldwell
and Yancey both did good work
or Yorkville in the field in Saturday's
;ame.
The gate receipts were very satisactory
at both games. Quite a number
of Rock Hill people closed their
tores and nearly all of them rooted
or Yorkville. In fact, notwithstanding
their superb team work and
lumerous brilliant individual plays,
he Piedmont boys got but little, if
ny, more applause than they got in
forkville.
IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.
Mr. D. G. Stanton, of Bethel, has
onsented to allow his name to go beore
the Democratic voters in the primary
for nomination for one of the
ilaces in the county board of coraraisioners.
He did not want to do it;
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?ut bis Inencis in isemei huu wscnucio
pere unwilling to have it otherwise.
"I am not a candidate," remarked
Ir. Stanton to the reporter on Monlay.
"The suggestion of my name
yas a surprise to me, and I was at
Irst inclined to have it withdrawn;
>ut my neighbors and friends claim
hat somebody has to do the work,
,nd that if a majority of the voters
vant to put it on me, it is my duty to
erve. I reckon they are right, and
o I will just leave the matter where it
9. I do not know a great deal about
>ublic work. If I am recommended
or the appointment I will do the best
I can ; and if I am not recommended, '
I'll not blame any one. I'll just feel J
that I have been relieved in an honor- 1
able manner, from a duty which I do i
not seek and which I do not care to 1
dodge. But like Mr. Wilkerson, I t
am not going to make any canvass, t
The time and thought I'll have to *
give to the work, if elected, I think,
ought to be sufficient to justify me in
this position." *
Mr. Stanton was a member j)f the 1
second board of county commissioners ^
after the adoption of the old law pro- 8
viding one commissioner from each
township. He was considered by all 1
his fellow members as one of the most "
valuable members of tbat board, and 1
all who know bim intimately are wil- J
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citizen in the county. His business
interests, like those of Mr. Wilkerson,
are such that he can fill the position
only at personal expense to himself.
His consent to serve in the circumstances
is ample evidence of his fitness.
/ WITHIN THE TOWN.
Y~ Rev. Sam P. Jones has agreed to a
come to Yorkville on Tuesday, Octo- s
ber 2P and deliver a lecture for the ?
benefit of the Baptist church here. 1
Mr. R. J. Herndon lost a horse ?
Sunday night from the disease that 1
has been so fatal to horses and mules 1
in this vicinity during the past two 1
months. There are many theories as to 1
the cause of these frequent deaths, but (
most people are inclined to lay the 1
Eae on western corn.. ]
The outlook for the cotton busi- ]
in Yorkville this fall is better than ]
it has ever been before, notwitbstand- ?
ing the fact that for weeks at a time
during more than one season the past \
few years, this has been one of the best \
markets in the state. The advantages
are to be on the side of the seller rath- j
er than the buyer. In the first place, t
the two cotton mills want all the local \
cotton they can get of suitable quality,
rather than pay freight on foreign a
cotton, and the prices they will pay s
will take into consideration the freight g
rates to other mills, in part at least. /
Messrs. Riddle & Carroll intend to give a
more attention to cotton buying this
year than usual. They are free lances t
who are limited only by their discre- I
tion, and no matter what might be the \
market complications of the moment, t
are always positive factors. ( Messis. t
Latta Brothers will, of course, fill the ?
place they have always filled, buying 1
on orders when they have orders, and 4
for themselves when order limits are 1
not up to their judgment of legitimate
vaIups. Mr. B. N. Moore will be in s
the market like the others, buying and ?
selling, buying and holding, and ware- [
housing for those who paay believe in g
better prices ahead. His big ware^
house made money for himself last! fc
year and also for quite a number of s
farmers who were enabled, through it, c
to hold for better prices. It had a ben- ^
eficent influence on the local cotton a
business and that influence is likely to a
continue. The entrance of Messrs. J. t
M. Heath & Co., into this market
promises to increase the competition, j
and with Messrs. Beard & Carroll, J. \
M. Hope, and perhaps others, all striv- \
ing for iheir share, every farmer who
brings cotton to Yorkville will have a
right to expect tiptop prices.
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COMEDY AND TRAGEDY. f
The proceedings of the sessions f
court furnish more tragedy than com- 1
edy; but sometimes there is a little
of both. People who are on the look- e
out for such things always find some- c
thing to interest them, and on Monday r
last such observers were treated to [
two studies that were typical. i
Lewis Brratton was charged with i
assault and battery with intent to kill, t
The prosecutor was a woman. It was 1
aui/)/>ntln a nana nf t.if. for tnt in which (
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the feelings of both had been aroused to t
the deepest depth of their vindictive e
natures. Bratton had sense enough to t
realize that he was in a pretty close t
place and he plead guilty. The judge i
sentenced him to two months on the
chaingang. The sentence was so much [
lighter than the Negro expected that 1
it made him feel as if be had won a t
victory over the prosecutor. Turning
immediately from the judge, and fac- f
ing the woman, he stuck his tongue in {
the corner of his mouth, winked one
eye, and worked up an expression that
said plainer than words: "Goodie ! i
goodie ! you thought they were going 1
to do something to me didn't you ?" j
"Come back here, sir/' sternly or- 1
dered Judge Benet. f
The Negro's face changed like light- ^
ning, and by the time be got it around (
to the judge it was, except for a few 1
lines of well defined terror, as expres- i
sionless as a piece of dough. The fel- J
low evidently thought the judge had
caught him making faces at the wo- i
man. But this was not the trouble, t
His honor merely wanted to impose as
an alternative to the imprisonment a t
fine of $25. Bratton relaxed this time r
into smiles, but he did not attempt
any more tantalizing faces. I
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a long court record. He has answered c
from time to time to grave charges; c
hut by pleading guilty, has generally
escaped the attention his case de- 1
served. This time he ventured to go
to trial, and notwithstanding a verdict s
of guilty, he thought that he was in as 1
good shape us usual. He smilingly an- 1
swered the judge's order to stand up,
and stood as if expecting another sen- t
tence of only a few months on the t
cbaingang. There was no cbauge in
his expression until his honor said s
'three years." Then the lines of
Tohn's face loosened about his mouth,
lis eyes protruded like great white
narbles, and beads of prespiration - ^
>roke through bis black skin. It was
be first time he had ever gotten a sen*
ence in keeping with bis real deserts,
md it came near breaking his heart.
GENERAL SESSIONS.
^The court of general sessions for *
(fork county convened in Yorkville on
Monday, his honor, Judge Benet preliding.
The following grand jurors answered
o their names: E. B. Biggers, J. H.
McFadden, J. A. Shurley, T. C. Spratt, '
iV. T. Huey, F. P. Love, T. A. Mills,
3. J. Wylie, 8. W. Nelson, Iredell
I ones, J. in. raricer, J. ai. nussen, r.
P. Giles, R. L. Robinson. It developed
bat the panel still lacked three names
?f being complete, the original jurors
tever having been found, and his bon>r
ordered the drawing of a special
renire, which resulted as follows: L.
I. Williams, S. W. Woods and A. J.
'arrott.
The following petit jurors were in
ittendance at roll call: David Linday,
W. P. Boyd, J. D. Rowden, G. T.
Jetzer, John H. Steele, W. J. Miller,
iY. D Shurley, Summie McCall, John
Jtepbenson, O. E. Bass, J. D. Smith, T. *
5. Castles, J. M. Ferguson, R. T. Alison,
J. M. Templeton, J. Edgar Poag,
iV. B. Williams, T. H. Lesslie, J. A.
Etatteree, H. M. Lineberger, J. W.
}uinn, J. A. M. L. Stewart, J. A.
iYestbrooks, C. 8. Westmoreland, S. T.
^eely, J. M. Smarr, D. J. Biggers,
Paul T. McNeel, W. G. Steele, J. W.
Patrick, 8. H. Love, J. N. Huey, J. M.
ieagle.
J. A. Westbrook and R. S. Adams
vere excused by the court. So also
vas John A. Shurley.
Tne drawing of the extra-grand
urors caused some delay ; but as soon
is the court got down to business work
vent along rapidly.
John Scales, convicted of assault ind
battery with intent to kill, was
entenced to three years on the chaining.
Jack Pitts plead guilty of larceny
md was sentenced to eighteen months. ^ '
The caso of Mack Rincaid, the white ^
an who broke open the Clover guard < ' ,
touse, was nol prossed. Policeman
iVhitener prosecuted the case for the
own. It was evident to Mr. Whiteler
I hat there was not a great deal of
;uilty intent iu Kincaid's offense, and
>e agreed to let him off with a fine of
>20, on condition of good behavior .
lereafter. The fine was paid.
Lewis Bratton plead guilty of asault
and battery of a high and ag;ravated
nature, and was sentenced to
>ay a fine of $25 or go to the chain- ^
;ang for two months.
William Simpson pieaa gamy 01
lousebreaking and larceny and waa
entenced to the chaingang for fifteen
nontba.
/Whiteman Hardy was convicted of'
kisault and battery with intent to kill '
md sentenced to tbe chaingang for
hree years.
When The Enquirer went to press ,
'esterday afternoon, the probability
vas that the court of general sessions
vould adjourn this morning.
THEY WILL PLAY BALL. ^
The Yorkville baseball cranks are
horougbbreds. Notwithstanding the
act that tbe team has not been a
inancial success up to this time, they
lave decided to continue to play ball.
There were about 20 of tbe 50 back;rs
of tbe team at tbe meeting in tbe ?.
>ffice of Dr. Cartwrigbt last Monday
light. There was a feeling on tbe
>art of some outsiders that perhaps,
n view of the fact that the team has
lot been able to pay expenses up to
bis time, it would bet disbanded.
Manager White left it to the majority
>f tbe subscribers to do as they might
hink best. The meeting decided, in .<
:fleet, that it bad started out to play
>all, and ball it would play, even if it
akes tbe entire subscription that was
>ro raised for June, July and August.
Since the last statement of the
)ersonnel of the team, there have
>een a number of changes, and the
earn now stands as follows: **
Tom Brake, catcher and substitute
>itcher. He is an all round good
>layer.
H. Neil, first base. J
Will Riley, of Greenwood. He is
low captain, or working manager, and *
tnows his business. He was with the
Vndersou boys when they visited
Iforkville, and it was because of his
;ood work on that team that Manager
iVhite secured him. He gets much
credit for the defeat of Piedmont at
itock Hill. Ordinarily he plays second
>ase, and does it almost as well as
Davy Crockett.
Williams still plays short stop, where
ie ha! made for himself quite a local
eputation.
Brothers continues third base. He
low has a record for knocking home
uns.
Barron Caldwell, of Due West, is a
ilayer in left field.
Yancey is a nejv pitcher and a strong
me. When not in the box he plays
sentre field. >
Livy Caldwell, of Due West, catches 9
>ehind the bat and plays in right field.
Chappie's star is now in the ascend- x
incy as a pitcher. In the games with
'iedmont, he divided honors only with
fancey.
Stewart, of Abbeville, is expected to *
>e here in time to take part in some of
he games with Greenwood.
Walton Neil, for working manager,
till stands ready to play in emergence