jSwapjs and Jarts.
? David Yonan, a Persian, and Free
Hobbs were drowned in the Catawbs
river near Davidson college on Tburs
day of last week. They were out or
a picnic excursion and a number o
young men went in swimming in 30
foot water. Tbey remained in a Jong
time and several of the bathers gav<
out and called for help. Both thest
young men were endeavoring to res
iue others. The Persian graduated at
Davidson and was studying medicine
/ He aimed, when he finished, to return
to Persia.
? A dispatch tells that on his retreat
to Tien Tsin, Admiral Seymour bad tc
kill his own wounded to keep then;
from falling into the hands of the Chi
nese. Finding himself so hard pressed
that he could no longer carry tht
wounded, he ask each of them wbethei
they would rather be shot by their
comrades or left to the mercy of the
Chinese. In each case the wounded
men said they would rather be shot,
and men were taken from the defense
line to perform this act of mercy. The
Chinese kill all prisoners with the
most horrible torture.
? A London dispatch of Wednesday
to the New York World quotes a correspondent
as cabling from Shanghai:
"Prince Tuan has issued an edict tc
fix a deliberate date for a general rising.
What the date is I cannot ascerv
tain ; but it is doubtless an early one,
for Prince Tuan is stated to have ordered
all dispatch in view of the
arrival of more foreign troops. A
large body of Chinese tonight is reported
to be moving from Hupei in
the direction of Shanghai. The situation
here grows more threatening
every day. The city is still without
any means of defense and all the forts
are being held by the Chinese."
? While the entire country is awaiting
with anxious dread to learn the
fate of Minister Conger, no other part
of the country is quite so anxious as
the little town of Dexter, in Dallas
county, Iowa, where Mr. Conger was
raised and has always made his home.
He is the leading citizen of the town,
the most popular and beloved -man,
* ' ? r-n J
ana nas oeeu iuuuwcu iu mo puuiiv
career with the intense pride of Dexter
that so little a town should produce
so big a man. Hence the townspeople
feel a sort of horror that he should be
cut down by murderers on the other
side of the earth, just as he was reaching
his height in usefulness and fame.
? Says a San Francisco dispatch of
Wednesday: There is absolutely no
feeling here against the local Chinese
because of the attrocities in Pekin, and
from present appearances it would be
impossible to get up any anti-Mongolian
demonstration such as marked the
Kearney Sand Lot excitement of 20
years ago. Chief of Police Sullivan
said tonight: "You can assure the
people of the east that there will be
no anti-Chinese outbreak here. We
have not felt the necessity of putting
any extra force on in Chinatown.
Even the Chinese are not fearful of
violence. All the old hatred of the
Chinese is gone and the people here
are too fair-minded to hold local Chinese
responsible for crimes committed
by their countrymen over 6,000 miles
away."
? The third convention of Georgia
Wheat Growers, held at Macon last
week, was a complete success. The
attendance was large and embraced
mauy of the most progressive farmers
of the state. The showing made in
the convention demonstrated that
wheat is a profitable field crop throughout
middle Georgia. The. yield of 65
bushels to the acre on four acres of
land, which won the first prize, is a
phenomenal yield of wdeat on any
land, and the second best yield of 59}
bushels would be cause for pride in the
best wheat-raising states. The Macon
Telegraph says: "The wheat crop ol
Georgia this year will be the largest
by thousands of bushels certainly since
the war, if not, indeed, since the state
was settled ; but it is altogether probable
that the yield for the coming
season will greatly exceed eveu the
great crop of the preseut."
? Vice Consul General McLean has
made a report from Yokohama on the
subject of the importation of American
flour into Japau. He says that
the use of flour is not confined to the
large cities of Japan ; but is becoming
common throughout that country. He
speaks of three or four American
built flour mills, the largest having a
capacity of 150 barrels a day, that are
now helping to supply Japan with
flour. There are many small native
mills of hand and water power through
out the country ; but their product is
of a coarse character and they do not
compete to any extent with the im
ported stocks. American wheat is
also being imported into Japan, and
the considerable amount of flour made
from it is sold there. The demand foi
flour throughout the Orient is rapidly
increasing, the best points of consumption
at present being Russian posses
cisvno in Vni-tliopn Phina nnH PlatlfpiT
Siberia.
? An important question in connec
tiou with the payment of troops or
Chinese service has been decided bj
the paymaster general of the war de
partment. An act of congress, last
May, provided for a 10 per cent, in
crease of pay for officers engaged it
service iu our insular possessions, anc
a 20 per cent, increase for enlisted met
iu war service over and above th<
amount provided for in time of peace
It has been understood that this in
crease would not apply to troops it
Chiua, because a state of war does no
officially suppose to exist. The paj
department will hold, however, thai
the troops now in China are actually
on war service. This secures for thi
enlisted men their 20 per cent, increase
although it will not affect the officers
In the matter of finances no great ap
prehension is felt iu the war depart
ment as to lack of funds, whether at
? extra session of congress is called oi
ot. This is the beginning of the fis- e
cal year, and all the departments of t
the government have at their com- j
[ mand the appropriations which it was
t supposed would carry them over until ?
. the first of next July. Should the *
, Chinese situation develop an extra- f
f ordinary demand for funds it is I
. thought there is abundance of money t
? on hand to serve until the next regular a
5 session of congress, which can provide j
, for the emergency.
1 ?be IJorfeviUe inquirer. !
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> YOItKVILLE, S.C.i r
SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1900. [
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1 The New York Journal claims to
bave a dispatch from Shanghai giving ^
information of a secret understanding j
between Prince Tuan and Russia. c
, The report is that Tuan will invite Rubsia
to come in and restore order in co- j
operation with the Chinese forces. (
The Newspaper Blue Book of the
20th Century Press Clipping Bureau,
of Chicago, contains what it calls a 1
select list of the best newspapers in r
the United States. The list is gotten 1
up by states, and, for South Carolina, r
three dailies and 14 weeklies are men- a
1 tioned. The Enquirer is among
these. *
I
The hurry with which the daily ^
, papers get their matter into type some- ^
times breeds confusion. The Atlanta a
Journal of Wednesday states that a
Prince Tuan has mobolized v 95,000 "
men. The Charleston Post has it u
950,000 men, and the Columbia State v
of Thursday, has it 350,000,000. If
this terrible army continues to grow at F
such a rate as this, it will soon be time d
to get scared.
The persistent attempts of Chinese
diplomats to hide ugly facts in connec- c
tion with the Chinese situation is tak- c
en to imply a cunning effort to create 1
discord among the foreign powers. Li ^
Hung Chaug has long played one power
against another. He has made especial
use of Russia and Great Britain i'
in this manner. As to whether he c
can possibly succeed again is a matter 1
that interests the entire world. It is v
probable that there will be a big war
even if the powers work together; but u
. if they fall out with each other the
, result will be just that much more far t
i reaching and terrible.
. ? t
Some wise and efficient plan should be a
adopted permitting this county to borrow
the money that permanent good roads
may be accomplished in place of the work c
, now being done, and that we all may receive
the advantages in a reasonably short
time.?Chester Lantern. n
The constitution permits townships r
to borrow money for the purpose of t
building roads. It specifies, however, d
' that no bonds can be issued except c
upon a majority vote of a township, a
' This is right; but the authority in c
the constitution is not sufficient with- d
out an act of the legislature prescrib
ing a mode of procedure. In our c
1 opinion the constitutional idea is wise
enough. The townships need now 1
only to be allowed to make use of it. t
? t
I
, Senator Tillman joined the state o
campaigning party at Marlboro %last i
Wednesday, and spoke principally on a
the liquor question. He disclaimed a
interference ; but argued against prohibition,
and for the maintainance of the s
dispensary law. According to the li
, campaign reporter, "he called upon t
i the people to make the candidates for a
; the legislature declare themselves over b
! their signature in the county papers, r
aud run squarely on the liquor issue."
' He charged the existence of an unholy
i alliance of preachers and bar-keepers, F
i led by Colonel Hoyt. This charge is
manifestly unfair. Senator Tillman
1 knows that no houest Prohibitionist c
' has auy sympathy whatever with bar- a
i keepers or blind tigers. He knows r
[ that every houest Prohibitionist mere- c
, ly has an aspiration to reduce liquor ^
' consumption to a minimum. There c
are few Prohibitionists who do not en- c
dorse the original letter and spirit of s
1 the dispensary law. By the original 1
spirit we mean the promises laid down t
by Senator Tillman himself. He sta- ^
, ted at the outset that he was only gor
ing to sell pure whisky of 100 proof j
? ?j? ?.. ?11 f
ana tnat ne wouia not sen iu tu uiuun.- ^
ards. In fact there is a regulation that *
' no man shall be served at a dispensary |
j twice in the same day. It was not a ?
, great while until the dispensary man- s
i agement was catering in every con- e
. ceivable manner to the public taste for (
all kinds of blends of all kinds of li- ?
| quor. The once a day provision of {
, the law is not regarded except techui- (
t cally. In many instances it receives t
r no respect even technically. The dis- s
i pensary management now unbesita- t
? tingly mixes water with whisky, an 1
' act that was imputed to the bar-keepers
of old as a crime. Taken all in all ^
i the state of South Carolina is the most
r obliging bar-keeper her citizens have s
iver known. Everybody recognizes
bese facts. All sensible Probibitionsts
recognize that they cannot put an
ibsolute stop to the sale of liquor.
?ew of them are so foolish as to hope
or anything of the kind ; but all beieve
that the lines 'of restriction can
>e draw much tighter than they now
ire; and so long as there is room for
mprovement in this direction, they
vill continue to feel that there is yet
eft much work to be done. In the
neantime, we do not think Senator
rillman will do himself much credit
' *+ - -1 n_.L!L!
>y attempted nings ac me rrouiuiiouists.
Li Hung Chang is on his way from
)anton to Pekiu. The avowed obect
of his trip is to try to bring the
Jekin authorities to their senses, and
iffect a re-adjustment of the whole
ituation. The Chinee is universally
egarded as a man of very great abilty.
His influence is believed to be unfunded
; but opinions differ as to the
eal intent of his visit to Pekin, and
ts probable consequences. Many hold
o the opinion that if the viceroy enters
}ekin, be will lose his head ; but many
itbers think he is at the bottom of the
iprising and that his appearance in
'ekin will be the signal for its spread
o all parts of the empire.
There is still friction among the inernational
forces in China. The Euopeans
are not disposed to serve under
he Japanese field marshal who is the
anking officer; but seem inclined to
,ct separately. There has been talk
n Washington of sending General
diles to command the American forces,
t is possible that this suggestion comes
rom European powers, who would
lave no objection to placing their
rmies under the supreme command of
,n American, especially since America
3 not suspected of having any designs
ipon Chinese territory. That Miles
pill be sent, however, without a much
Etrger army than has been contemilated
up to this time, is extremely
loubtful.
MAGISTRATES AND THE LAW.
The recent decision of the supreme
ourt, holding that magistrates "shall"
harge juries as to the law in issues
ried before them, promises to be of
ar reaching effect, if not at once, then
iier uu.
The question is often of very grave
mportance to litigants, not only in
ivil but in criminal cases. Proof of
he commission of an act for instance
warrants a finding to that effect; but at
he same time that act is not an offense
nless it be contrary to law. Here
hen rests the great responsibility of
be magistrate.
Suppose a defendant be charged with
he commission of an alleged offense
nd the evidence shows that he
eally committed the alleged offense as
harged; but that at the same time the
tatutes show that be is guilty of
otbing except what be bad a perfect
ight to do under the law. Suppose
he magistrates be ignorant of the
efendant's legal rights, as is often the
ase, and neglects to intruct the jury
s to the same ? Then, in case of a
onviction or wrong verdict, there ij?
0 satisfactory method by which the
aatter can be gotten up to the circuit
ourt for review.
We have known cases where magisrates
have refused to charge, or not
0 charge, propositions of law requesed
by counsel. It was pure ignorance,
f course ; but the result was the granting
of a new trial by the circuit court
,nd all the work had to be gone over
gain.
It is very important that magistrates
hould know the law. The guaranteed
iberties of the citizen often suffer in
he hand of ignorant magistrates, and
bout the only remedy in sight is to
?e found in the strict observance of the
ecent mandate of the supreme court.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST PEKIN.
'owers Alleged to be Agreed Upon That
Proposition.
It was not until today that the full
neasure of the wrath of the nations
gainst the barbarous Orient could be
ealized and understood, says the LonIon
correspondent of the New York
5un of Wednesday. Never has such
1 mighty cry for retribution swept
iver the earth. Nothing adequate to
[uench the thirst for revenge has been
uggested and the feeling of impotence
s beginning to exasperate Europe.
The Times concludes a panegyric on
he martyrs of Pekin by saying: "We
lave but to mourn and avenge them."
But how? The most common sug;estiou
is to raze Pekin and demand
rom whoever is in power there two
leads for every foreigner slain. The
* 1 i li._
epiy wouia prooauiy ue, --v/entumy,
ake 10,000 heads iostead of 2,000,"
ind they would be delivered without
irousing more than the most indiflermt
emotion in the Oriental heart. Inleed,
few of China's 450,000,000 would
ivcr hear of the incident.
The impotence of civilization against
he inertia of those yellow hordes is so
:omplete that it would be almost as
lseless to flay the waves for drowning
i shipload of human beings as to atempt
to punish China. Yet somehing
must be done. No one knowing
be Orient believes that it will be possible
to lay hands on those actually
; u i 1 ty.
In the face of this situation it is not
surprising that the powers are unable
to agree as yet od anything beyom
the capture of Pekin in a campaign a
ruthless and as deadly as modern en
gines of war can make it. The uc
certainty as to future plans implies n
disagreement.
Ou this subject I am able to mak
an announcement which is so impoi
tent that it may almost be taken a
a guarantee of the peace of the worl
so far as the relations of the power
over the far Eastern question are con
cerned. It is this:
France will uncompromisingly 0?
po9e any division of China and eve
any change in the so-called spheres c
influence in that country.
I say this on the authority of a ma
who has knowledge and the right t
speak for France. Russia's plans c
desires will have no effect on tb
French attitude.
"Id this matter it would be folly an
worse than folly," said this statesma
to me in a long conversation on tb
subject two or three days ago, "for an
western nation, or even combined Eu
rope, to attempt to bring this vast mas
of humanity under control of an alie
government. You speak of India, bu
how loDg thiok you could Grea
Britain hold India did she not merel
hold the balance of power between tb
two antagonistic native races there
The powers can do no more in Cbin
than to inflict such retribution a
seems best designed to leave a perms
nent memory of the punative resource
of the western world, and to leav
China to be governed by Chinamen."
My informant added that Franc
would even oppose the removal of tb
capital from Pekin to the coast, wbic;
would mean Nankin, because tb:
would involve the replacing of th
Manchu rulers by Chinese, a chang
which would be scarcely less revolu
tionary and difficult of accomplish
ment than the conquest of the who!
empire by Europe.
MERE-MENTION.
The German government has ordei
ed that Chinese be not allowed to sod
any more telegrams except in plai
language. J,,A dispatch of Wednei
day said that 15,000 Japanese wer
disembarking atTaku. The bod
of Colonel Liscum, who was killed e
Tien Tain, was buried last Wedoesda
at Ton Ku. Minister Wu, t
Washington, claims that the foreignei
in Pekin were alive on July 9.
It has been definitely decided that n
more troops will be sent from th
Philippines to China. The Ch:
nese have attacked Russian towns o
the Manchurian border and this give
Russia the right to declare waragains
China. The Cotton Grower's Pro
tective association was organized i
Montgomery, Ala., last Wednesday
Its object is to get statistical informs
tion in regard to crops weekly and t
seeure the assistance or Dangers 1
holding crops. "'The annual statt
ment of the adjutant general as to tb
organized militia force of the Unite*
States puts the figures at 106,339, an*
the unorganized force at 10,343,152
The organized force of South Carolin
ie 2,663 and the unorganized fore
100,000, The war departmen
has decided upon the withdrawal o
four regiments of troops from Cuba, re
ducing the force there to 4,000 met
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
State Most Pay.
Differing with Judge Benet, Judg
Klugb has decided that the state wil
have to pay the notes that Colone
Neal endorsed at the Carolina Nation
al Bank as superintendent of the pen
itentiary. The amount involved i
$2,600.
Sponsor For the Sons.
It is announced from theheadquar
ters of the S. Carolina division, Unitec
Sons of Confederate Veterans, tha
Miss Mary Orr, of Anderson, has bee
appointed division sponsor for the an
nual convention and reunion at Green
wood, August 12. Miss Orr is th
daughter of Dr. S. M. Orr, of Andersot
and hence the granddaughter of Gov
ernor James L. Orr, the commander c
.'a i?onrim<?nt. nnp nf t.h
iuc xauivuo VII a a v^iuiwuvj wmw v
most celebrated organizations in tb
Confederate army. Miss Orr has se
lected Miss Annie Marshall, of Green
ville, as her chief maid of honor.
County Superintendents.
A meeting of the county superic
tendents of education was held o
Thursday afternoon of last week, a
Isle of Palms, Charleston, and a stat
organization was effected. Superic
tendent W. H. Dunkin, of Cbarlestoc
was elected president, and R. L. Free
man, of Marlboro, secretary. A com
mittee consisting of the followiu
superintendents was appointed t<
further the cause of education general
ly through the state ; D. L. Stevenson
of Fairfield ; W. H. Duncan, of Chat
leston ; L. L. Copeland, of Kershaw
R. L. Freeman, of Marlboro, R. A
Nicholson, of Anderson ; J. E. Carrol
of York.
Gary and Hoyt Gaining.
Says a Columbia dispatch to tb
Greenville News of yesterday: Th
gubernatorial campaign is furnishin{
some startling surprises for the politi
cians. The most sensational feature i
the strength developed by Hon. Franl
B.Gary. That he is the strongest mai
" ?! >*. i-ono io auirlonP0fl At, fllmflS
Ili bUU law AkJ vriavuwM -
every campaign meeting. His speech
es are always catchy, and his follower
are confident of his success. Colone
James A. Hoyt, the Prohibition can
didate, is also developing greate
strength as the campaign progresses
and his friends seem greatly encour
aged at the prospects. A prominen
politician, whose opinions are ahvay
received with favor, states that th
campaign has been a very distinct dis
appointment to Governor McSweene;
aud his friends. It was accepted tha
he would easily succeed himself a
governor ; but the outlook thus far, ac
cording to the same authority, is tha
he has steadily lost ground. Patterson
who made such a sensational start, i
not regarded as dangerous, the figh
being between Hoyt, McSweeney am
Gary.
9"
ri LOCAL AFFAIRS, thi
a . wi
I- INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. rj_
i- Iredell Jones, County Chairman?Calls ,
0 for mass meetings of surviving Confederate
soldiers, to be held in the several the
townships of York country, on Satur- ?
e urday, the 4th day of August next. Die
- The York Implement Company?Talk to ten
s you about Oliver chilled plows, buckeye ,
^ mowers and hoosier grain drills. wtl
" J. S. Brice, County Chairman?Gives no- [
s tice of the state campaign meeting to be
i. held in Yorkville, on next Saturday, 001
July 28th. All the candidates for state pre
offices, the candidates for congress and ,,
>- for solicitor, will address the voters. It aAc
n is stated that Senator Tillman will be
present.
The York Drug Store?For the next ten ]
day offers to sell five gallons of either , .
n Harris Lithia or Tate Epsom water for 8hi
o 3D wh
Miss Lessie Witherspoon, PresidentGives
notice that three days after date 90,1
e application will be made to the secre- ce
tary of state for a certificate of incorpo- ,
fj ration of the King's Mountain Centeu
uiai association. ag<
e " "bi
BASEBLL SITUATION.
^ There has been another change in ?
the baseball situation since the last sov
thi
n issue of The Enquirer, and the out- ,
nip
it look is that there will be no more ball
t in Yorkville this season,
y As has already been stated, the
p Yorkville Association desired to cona
tinue to play ball; but siuce the meet- ?lfc
lg ing of Monday night it has developi
ed that the Piedmont, Greeuwood, Ab80?
!S beville and Newberry teams have all
e disbanded, leaving only Anderson and 801
Yorkville as survivors. The situation
e was cavassed at another meeting on
b Thursday, and in the circumstances
is it was found that there was nothing 8e<
gel
e else to do but disband the local team. ^
:e The Yorkville association will re- ^
j main intact until it has settled all its ^
e obligations. Members of team are
still trying to arrange to play some ^
ball but with how much probability of
. no
success cannot now be stated.
r^" During it existence the local base- ^
Q all team has furnished much whole- j
3. some entertainment, and people of the
e town and community are under deep ^
y obligations to Manager White and all
of the members of the association ^
y for their generous and intelligent ef- .
^ forts in behalf of the public pleasure. ^
o THE DUST OF COL. WILLIAMS,
e We, the undersigned subscribers, 861
i- agree to contribute the amount oppon
site our names to a fund of not less acl
!8 than $150, to be used for the purpose
l1, of transferring the remains of Colonel _
u James Williams from the spot on which yej
rm they now lie to the King's Mountain ^
i- battleground. We prefer that the tw
? work and ceremonies in connection
0 with the removal of said remains be ^a,
g under the auspices of the King's
j Mountain Chapter of the D. A. R. ^
d Should there develop any insuperable ^
!. objection to the proposition, we are, of jjj
a course, not to be understood as desiring yg
e to cary it out arbitrarily. We recognize
the rights of descendants and are |fiC
disposed to give due deference to a ^
i. more appropriate suggestion or any aaj
legal objection that might arise.
X, Yorkville, ? 1 00 ..
J. S. Brice, Yorkville, 1 00 thi
e D. E. Finley, Yorkville, 10 00 lec
i, King's Mountain Military Academy 5 00
" Yorkville Enquirer, 1 00 ye'
si W. D. Grist, Yorkville, 1 00 poi
W. W. Lewis, Yorkville, 1 00
W. C. Benet, Charleston, 1 00 a D
J. F. Wallace, Yorkville, 1 00 lac
8 J. W. Ardrey, Fort Mill, 1 00
Note.?All subscriptions to the above to*
proposition will be duly acknowledged in .
- The Enquirer, and the list will be turn- CQ1
1 ed over to the King's Mouutain Chapter Tb
t of the D. A. R. so soon as that organiza'
tion makes known its willingness to take 8(1
D charge of the same. Th
I- CIRCUIT COURT. . ***
e The court of general sessions lasted w
'? much longer than was anticipated Dia
~ when the last issue of The Enquirer 8ui
e went to press. The case of the state ^
e against Wm. Jaggers, charged with ~~
)- the murder of George Burris, consum- hoi
i- ed all of Wednesday and was not con- ^
eluded until Thursday, shortly after
noon, when the sessions court was ad- th*
journed sine die. > , m0
t In the case of William White and C01
e Elizabeth White, charged with obtain- 20
i- ing goods under false pretenses, the ye<
?, jury returned "no bill." a F
)" Tamau a XTofrpA frn m Pnr?lf old
U auico C* XI vgi U AAWU*
'* Hill, aged 72 years, was convicted of
3 violation of the dispensary law and v j
|- sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or w"h
i, work three months on the cbaingang. ed.
Ernest Massey, charged with viola- /l
> tion of the dispensary law, was acJ'
quitted. 7 ,
' Wm./Jaggers killed George Burris wi|
on October 3, 1899. He was tried at wil
e the November term of court following /]
e and convicted of murder with a rec- |n j
p ommendation to ' the mercy of the IS; J
g court. Major James F. and Mr. John i ;
[j R. Hart conducted the defense. They ^jt
a appealed to the supreme court and se- str<
t cured a new trial. In the second trial 1
- the evidence was very much the same ret
? as in the first, except there was a
larger number of witnesses. The plea j
r was self defense. There was some qU]
\} evidence to establish this plea ; but Do\
- not enough. The jury remained out few
1 something more than an hour and fin- as (
S ..11.* MAtnwMAfj ?.* J f tko ooma iroitfltAf ^
any ictuiucu mtu tuo oniuv twuiw __
e Yo
that had been rendered by its predey
cessor?guilty, with a recommendation jn ,
t to the mercy of the court. Upon be- to i
s ing asked by the court as to whether (
* he intended to proceed any further, wa'
1 Major Hart replied that he had done ^
^ all that he could and that the prisoner aQCt
would submit to sentence. Judge 0]jt
i Benet told Jaggers that the former I
jury had done its duty, as had also Bla
8 one?that in his judgment guilty
tb a recommendation to mercy was
ht; but that in the circumstances bte
i good reason to thank God that
) verdict bad not been plain murderJ
then proceeded to pronounce sence
of imprisonment during the
ole of the prisoner's life,
rbe court of common pleas was
lvened Thursday afternoon and will .
>bably continue in session until next A
tnday. ^
128 TO T.
VIr. G. T. Setzer, of Ebenezer townp.
threshed out 128i bushels of
eat this season from 7 bushels J
vn. The crop came off of not ex- ^
(ding 10 acres of land.
'I am not positive about the acre5,"
said Mr. Setzer, on Wednesday;
nt I am positive about the number
bushels sown and threshed. I
ved only seven bushels, measured at
) Rock Hill mill, where I had it
aned, and the yield was 128} bushof
good, dry wheat?or nearly 19
jhels to every bushel sown.
'There is nothing unusual in this
ild," be continued; "but I had an
eresting experience that seems to
worth special mention.^ I had
iked all my seed and arranged to
v ; but before I finished a rain came
and left me with about a bushel
d a half of soaked seed unsown,
lis was in October. I dried out the
;d as well as I could ; but did not
t another opportunity to .sow until
out the 15th of December. Al)ugh
it seemed rather late, the soakseed
were put in anyway, on abont
acres of land that had been in cot- '
i, and without any manure. I saw
thing more of this wheat until about
3 first of January, when it began to
ike a thin showing that promised
ble. Later it stooled out beautifully,
d from this patch I cut 97 dozen
it threshed out 46 bushels. Iam f.
re that there was not more than a
shel and a peck of dry seed, and
it there was but little, if any more
in 2} acres of land."
Mr. Setzer thinks that his experience
ves to still further confirm the idea i
it a half a bushel of seed to the
re is enough. / /
m
WITHIN THE TOWN.
- At the competitive examination
sterday for York county's two Win op
shcolarship vacancies there were
enty-six contestants
- The York Implement company
3 purchased about 50 bushels of
ieat during the past week. Sales
ve not been brisk up to this time,
e best price paid was 70 cents,
e Chicago price on that day was
cents.
- The commutation' street tax coitions
up to and including last Satur- /
y, when the penalty attached,'
ounted to f407.3U. uniet ot Jfouce
ve advises the reporter that this is
> largest amount that has been colted
before t be penalty attached for
trs. It also includes the largest pro- r
rtion of taxpayers. But few,' if
y taxpayers have been caught for
k of due notice.
- At a meeting Tuesday night, the
vn council decided upon the purtse
of Columbia Rotary meters,
e meters will be rented to consumers
50 cents a quarter, or sold for $10.
e town will keep its own meters in
>air, and also private meters except
ere there are new pieces to be furbed.
It is expected that small conners
of water will be taxed as hereore.
- The annual meeting of the stock- ^
Iders of the York Cotton mills was
!d last Thursday. The report of
) president and treasurer showed
it the year's operations were the
st profitable in the history of the
poration. Dividends aggregating
per cent, have been paid for the
ir; but this amount represents only [
tart of the net earnings. All of the
nflfinppq wpffi rp-eler.ted.
/ ABOUT PEOPLE.
Saptain J. W. Ardrey says the
eat sowed from a horse's back turnout
all right.
Uisses Annie O'Brien and Josie
well, of Rock Hill, are spending a t
t days in Yorkville with friends.
!t is stated that Senator Tillman
1 be in Yorkville on July 29. He
1 not go to Camden or Lancaster.
Hr. Sam Moore, who has a position
a government office at Washington,
n Yorkville spending bis vacation.
\Irs. W. F. Moore, of Blacksburg, is
iting in Yorkville, the guest of Auor
Boyce's family, on East Liberty
eet.
iliss Mattie Dorsett, of Fodder, has
urned to Resaca, Ga., where she exits
to resume her school work next y
nday. f
Lancaster Review: Mr. John W.
oningham, formerly of Kershaw,
v of Yorkville, was in Kershaw a
' days the past week, looking as well
iver.
?lr. Walter O. Hobbs, formerly of
rkville, but now located at Tampa,
is visiting relatives and friends
?nd nrnund Yorkville. He expects
remain in South Carolina a month.
Captain J. W. Ardrey, of Fort Mill,
3 in Yorkville on Thursday with
cousin Mr. A. C. Ardrey, of Dallas,
sas, who is on a visit to relatives
1 friends in North and South Carola.
rlessrs. W. Stewart Heath, Robert
ckuion, E. B. Blakeney and S. J.