Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 25, 1900, Image 2
Scraps; and Jacts.
? The state authorities of Wyoming
have found it necessary to order out
troops to protect the Chinese residents
at Rock Springs against the rowdy
element.
Bg ? Manila dispatch says that a copy
of President McKinleys's recent amw
nesty proclamation has been placed in
the hands of Aguinaldo through the
means of the letter's mother, and it is
expected that within a few weeks
more Aguinaldo will say what he is
going to do.
? It has been decided to raise $100,000
as a memorial to Rear Admiral
Philip. Naval Constructor Francis T.
Bowles, of the navy yard, and Com
mander Delebanty, governor of Sailors'
Snug Harbor, are in charge of the
movement. It is the present plan to
invest the $100,000, the income to be
paid to Mrs. Philip while she lives.
On her death the principal and interest
will be to the naval branch of the
Y. M. C. A.
? The London Daily Express has
received the following from from Tien
Tsin, dated July 18: The casualties of
the allies in the three days' fighting
before the native city of Tien Tsin exceeded
1,000. It is now certain that
there were several Russians and
Frenchmen fighting on the Chinese
side. The Chinese killed their own
women wholesale to prevent them falling
into the hands of the Russians.
"Yesterday the whole native city was
in flames and the stench of the burning
of thousands of corpses was unspeakably
horrible. Among the incidents
of the fighting on July 13 was the precipitate
flight of 500 French troops
from Annam. They had been ordered
to bold an important front, but on
being charged by the Chinese with
bayonets the entire detachment bolted
panic-stricken. The Russians killed
all the Chinese wounded in revenge
for the Pekin massacres."
? There was a big sensation in
Washington last Saturday caused by
the receipt of a message from Minister
Conger, in answer to the one that was
* ? ? nr..
forwaraea Dy iuinisier ??u jui ocwctary
Hay on July 11. The message
was not dated, but was presumed to
have been sent from Pekin on July 18.
It said: "Id British legation, under
continual shot and shell from Chinese
troops. Quick relief only can prevent
general massacre." The message was
signed "Conger." At first it caused
great rejoicing in Washington. Then
there began to arise suggestions of
doubt. In view of the fact that if
Conger had been massacred his cipher
code has probably fallen into the bands
of the Cbiuese, it is easy to imagine
how such a message might have been
written by Chinamen. It is possible
also that the Chinese may have forwarded
one of Conger's last dispatches,
until now suppressed. The European
governments were not disposed to accept
the authenticity of the Conger
telegram without reservation.
? Says an Indianapolis, Indiana,
? dispatch of July 18: Dr. Marie Haslep,
who was in the service of the missionary
medical board in China for
seven years, spoke of her experiences
here today, and of the riots she had
witnessed while in China. Speaking
of the present violence, she said it
would appear to the Chinese as a fulfillment
of a prophecy that was made
500 years ago and whose fulfillment
was now due. She believed that it was
this legend, or superstition, that was
moving the Chinese to action. According
to Dr. Haslep's version of the
looend it, was in effect that five yang
(sheep) would come to divide up Chiua;
but that a tsooog (bear) would
come forth and devour them.
"Sheep" also means foreigners, and
"bear" means a general. The story
interpreted means that five foreign nations
would seek to divide China, but
that a general would arise and deliver
the country. The fulfillment of that
prophecy was to occur in 500 years,
and in the present year, 1900.
? The president has appointed Brigadier
A. R. Chafee, United States volunteers,
who is to command the American
military forces in China, a major general
of volunteers in order that his
rank should be commensurate with bis
command. This action was received
with great satisfaction at the war department
and in official circles generally,
where General Chafee is held in
the highest esteem. He is considered
by his brother officers as one of the
most capable and thoroughly equipped
soldiers in the service. Although
General Miles recommended that Major
General Bates, now in the Philippines,
be assigned to the command of the
troops in China, he is well pleased with
the promotion of General Chafee. His
recommendation was made on the
ground that the services called for required
an officer of the rank of major
general, and he named General Bates
for the reason mainly that General
Chafee held only the rank of a brigadier
general. Adjutant General Corbin
has sent a cable message to General
Chafee, notifying him of his promotion
and he will receive the telegram on
the arrival of the transport at Nagasaki,
about the first proximo.
? William J. Bryan, on July 20,
gave out the following interview with
regard to China : "Everyone deplores ,
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tne uesirucuoD 01 me iu i/uiua uuu is
horrified at the barbarities practiced.
Everyone believes that it is the duty
of our government to protect the lives
and property of American citizens residing
in Cbiua, aud I have no doubt j
that the adrainstratiou will do so. I
also take it for granted that all American
citizens will withdraw from China
temporarily or take refuge in some ;
seaport where they can he protected by
American ships until the excitement is
over. If the Chinese government has
tiied in good faith to protect our citizens,
suitable punishment for the guilty
and reparation and indemnity for
those whc have suffered can doubtless
be secured. If, upou investigation, it
is found that the Chinese goverument
has not acted in good faith congress !
has power to deal with the matter.
For several years European nations
have been threatening to dismember
China, and it is not strange thai their
ambitious designs should arouse a
feeling of hostility towards foreigners.
That feeling, however, ought not to be
directed against American citizens, and
will not if our nation makes it known
f
that it has no desire to grab land or
tresspass on the rights of China. A
firm adherence to the American policy
of justice and fair dealings will
not only set an example to other nations,
but will give to our citizens residing
in China the best promise of security.
It will be better for our
merchants to have it known that they
seek trade only when trade is mutually
advantageous. It will be better for
our missionaries to have it known that
they are preaching the gospel of love
and are not the forerunners of fleets
and armies."
She ffotkviUe inquirer.
. " ' :r_ ^ nYORKVILLE,
S. C.: -J "
WEDNESDAY, JULY25,1900.
Secretary Hay believes the dispatch
he received from Minister Conger
last Saturday is genuine. As a
general thing, however, people are
not at all satisfied about the matter.
>N|^ohibition does not prohibit.
That is a fact, and neither does reform
reform. It is easy to get arguments
agaiust both ; but pure argument never
settles anything. Facts are required.
Yorkville has been a prohibition
town for 20 years. There is liquor
drinking here now, and we presume
that Gabriel will interrupt some at
their cups when he blows his
trumpet. But there is not as much
liquor drinking in Yorkville as there
was 20 years ago, nor is there as much
as would be drank if the town had a
dispensary.
The state board of education makes
its selection of text books for use in
public schools next fall. It would be
a very good idea, we think, if the
state board would advise with the
county superintendents of education
in regard to this matter. It would be
still better if each county superintendent
were allowed a full vote. Just
now the public schools are using histories
that call Confederates rebels. We
do not believe a majority of the county
superintendents would allow the
use of such books. Again, there have
been some breaths of scandal about
the selection of school books in the
past. With all the county superintendents
participating, there would be
less ground for anything of the kind.
The decision of Judge Aldrich annulling
the marriage contract between S. A.
Nettles and Miss Fannie Littlejohn looks
something like divorce law in South Carolina.
We agree with The Yorkville
Enquirer when it says that "it looks so
m.w.L on that it. would ho a satisfaction to
hear what the supreme court has to say on
the subject." The construction of the
state law by the judge may be correct;
but it is not in conformity with that diviue
injunction, "What God has joined
together let no man put assunder." It is
an extraordinary case indeed, and to say
the least, a dangerous precedent.?Newberry
News and Herald.
"Until death do us part," is sanctioned
by the constitution, the statute
laws, and the Holy Bible. If these people
were legally married in the first instance,
disease, tribulation, change of
fancy, nor Judge Aldrich has been
able to put them assunder. They are
husband aud wife yet. If either should
attempt to marry again, he or she is
liable to prosecution for bigamy.
In our opinion the greatest benefit
of the dispensary law to the state of
South Carolina, up to this time, is the
elimination of the influence of the
saloon keepers from state politics.
The dispensary has been used to a
limited extent as a political influence ;
but it has not been comparable to the
old saloon. When the dispensary law
was first enacted, we looked upon it
as merely a step in the direction of
prohibition?a means to an end. It
appeared to us that if the state should
AAnrlnnt linnnr Kncinocc olnnor tflP
wuuuvl to
line promised by those who inaugurated
the law, there would certainly
come a time when the consumption of
liquor could be curtailed to legitimate
requirements, if there are any such
requirements. These are the principal
benefits we expected from the dispensary
law, and this is the reason of all
the allegiance we are willing to give it
now. So long as the issue is purely
between dispensary and high license,
we are for the dispensary. The tendency
of the dispensary, properly ad
ministered, is to the discouragement of
liquor consumption and the tendency
of high license is in the opposite direction.
Editor Wallace, of the Greenville
News, had an editoral yesterday on the
election of judges by the people that we
endorse. We would regard a change in
the law so as to permit the circuit judges
to be elected by popular vote as a decided
improvement. The people as a whole
have as much sense ana as good judgment
as the average legislature, and we believe
they would come as near selecting the
best man as the legislature has done. The
legislature has gone out of its way at times
to pick up lawyers of one circuit and
make them judges of another circuit,
without cause or excuse and in disregard
of the wishes of the people. This is
wrong, and if the electiou of judges could
be placed in the bauds of the people it
will be impossible to place an Abbeville
man in iuu juugesuii! ui iuu rust uucuu
or a Winnsboro man in the Third circuit,
as the legislature did in the not distant
past.?Sumter Item.
While we agree with the idea of
electing judges by the people, or by
secret legislative ballot, we can't see
that there is much practical benefit in
eonliuing selections to the residents
of the respectiv- judicial districts.
One of the judges referred to above is
one of the ablest in the state, and tl
other is probably the weakest that hi
ever held that position in South Car
lina. If it were necessary, it wou
be easy enough to explain how tb
situation has come about. It is mo
largely due however to political exigei
cies than to the system that allows tl
selection as judges of citizens residic
in other districts. For a good judge
superior order of man is required, an
we would not prefer to see the choi<
of the legislature or the people limite
to specified territory. The greate
need in this matter is a regulation thi
will still further assure fitness and abi
ity as the paramount qualifications,
secret ballot in the legislature migl
prove a satisfactory expedient; bi
the popular vote idea suggests tl
most satisfactory and safest method.
mttn Dirrn imiitiT iv miiv t
mil OUUAUUA 111 IDirni.
Very likely the cabinets of the Ii
ternational powers have a more or le
satisfactory idea of the situation i
China, what it all means, and wbi
may come out of it; but it is pretl
certain that the information is m
common property up to this time.
A few weeks ago it looked as if tl
whole trouble was growing out of ?
effort of the Chinese to return to the
old policy of exclusiveness by the e:
pulsion of all foreigners from the
soil. This appearance is still stron
It also looked as if all the Internation
powers were determined to resist ejec
ment, and that in doing so they wou!
act together as a unit for the commit
good of all. While events seem 1
show that this latter purpose is sti
worn as a mask, beneath it all the:
is to be seen evidences of individu
selfishness that threaten badly for e
ultimate amicable arrangement.
The attack of the Chinese on tl
Russians in Manchuria, and the invi
sion of Siberia have given Russia'goc
grounds to act alone, and it is unde
stood that an immense Russian arm
is arranging to invade China from tl
north. Notwithstanding the propose
plans of co-operative action, it is lik
ly that this movement on the pa
of Russia will be continued as an ii
dependent one, and that it can 1
pursued to the end without frictio
seems impossible.
In view of the murder of her rail
ister, Germany has an affront whicl
according to the European idea, cal
for especial vengeance; and while Ge
may be willing to co-operate to
greater or less extent with the oth(
powers, she is likely to insist upon
certain amount of independent worl
This also promises to complicate it
situation.
The old jealousy between Russia an
Japan is not likely to down in the fat
of the common danger. Neither go'
ernmeut can be brought to believ
that in the event of the success <
the one over the Chinese, the su<
cessful one will not hold every at
vantage it can possibly secure. Th
feeling of Japan against Russia
greater than it is against even Cb
na, and there is reason to belie\
that Russia would much rather lea\
China to remain as she is, than to fa
under the power of Japan. The proj
imity of these nations, and the fat
that each has a large army ready fc
for service, have led to the suggestio
that they act as allies against China
but the suggestion has not met wit
favor on either side.
While we are speculating about tb
selfishness of Russia, Germany an
Japan, etc., it is not just that w
should forget that Great Britain an
the United States also have selfish it
terests, and that they, too, have an ey
to the main chance, notwithstandin
the deplorable conditions which no
appear a sufficient incentive to con
pel all the powers to work togethi
with an eye single to the commo
good.
All me numerous cuuuiuuu^ oium
from China and from Europe an
Washington about China are calcula
ed to distract and confuse. Wbil
they leave no doubt of the fact that tt
missionaries and other foreigners ai
in great danger, they also still give tt
idea that all the old hopes, design
policies and jealousies that existed bi
fore this crisis arose are still alive.
TILLMAN AND THE PREACHERS.
Greenville Conference Bas Something I
Say of the Dennettsvllle Charge.
The Methodist quarterly conferenci
in session at Greenville last week, too
cognizance of Senator Tillman's Bei
nettsville assertion to the effect the
"there is an unholy alliance in tb
state of preachers and barkeepers, le
by Colonel Hoyt," and referred th
matter to a committee. The followin
was submitted on Saturday, with
general request that it be published i
the newspapers of the state :
The committee on temperance be
leave to report that we have carefull
considered the cause referred to ui
and submit the following considers
tions and consequent resolutions :
1 T1 L.. ^ mnn to n a n i nl
it i Utlt cvcij uiau 10 no wi iuiu ?
accountable to his God for his acts as
citizen of the state as he is for his act
as a member of the church, is a trut
too often forgotten. The notion tha
a man's ballot is not as distinctly
religious act as his prayers, is a de
lusion of the devil. A religion that i
not regulative in every relation possi
ble to the soul has no recognition i
the Word of God.
2. That the magnitude of the stronj
drink habit sets it in solitary distinc
lion in the category of evils. Carefu
statisticians estimate that there are ii
the United States alone six hundrei
thousand drunkards and two millioi
tipplers. The direct cost of alcoholi
stimulants to the consumers of the na
tion approximates a billion dollars i
year. The iudirect cost is fully a bil
ie lion more. The drink waste of the
as nation is therefore not less than two
0. thousand million dollars annually. No i
other overt wrong involves so many in- jj.
. dividuals or costs the state so fearful a
13 a price. 1
re 3. Since it is the function of govern- J
d- ment to restrain crime, to protect the a
ie health, the liberties, the property, and a
all other interests of its citizens, and J
since it is evident that the abuse of ^
a liquor as a beverage is the most fruit- G1
ful of all the causes of crime, insanity, t
5e and pauperism, that it destroys prop- ^
id erty, blights the home, corrupts char- t
at acter, and makes against the condi- t
at lions of sound citizenship, it follows ?
, that its manufacture and sale as a bev- w
1 ' erage is a crime against the state, as t
^ well as sin against God that ought to c
tit be suppressed. j
it 4. The man who lends his influence e
3e to foster such an evil on society is, according
to God's word, accessory to
the suffering, degredation and wickortnPQQ
that orrnw nut of it.
Hence, be it resolved : m<
1st. That we reaffirm it to to the wi
83 duty of the church to enforce among pl<
in its members the rule against drinking y(
at spirituous liquors except in cases of
ty necessity. .
ot 2nd. We conceive it to be the duty
of a Christian citizen to protect the ta<
state against the demoralizing, home- ari
ie blighting, crime-breeding, property?n
destroying drink abuse by using bis wi
ir influence to restrict its manufacture (ja
x. and sale to medicinal, sacramental and oq
jr scientific purposes.
3rd. We denounce any insinuation
| that the effort of Christian ministers
al and other citizens to rid the state of mi
!t- this gigantic evil is a sought or volun- pe
Id tary combination with the saloon ele- nj(
>n ment as a base slander that is itself .
t0 an attempt to strengthen the power of
... this most damnable iniquity.
R. E. Stackhouse,
re P. F. Kilgo.
al R. R. Dagnall. ag
in > ? ? sit
MERE-MENTION. thi
16 The general manager and superin- of
i- tendent of the Tacoma, Washington, Ja
>d street railway, on which 40 men were ^
r. killed July 4, have been indicted for
manslaughter. The postoffice dey
partment has denied the application of
ie the authorities of the South Carolina w'
id Inter-State and West Indian exposition un
e- for the issue of a special postage stamp M<
rt commemorative of the occasion. One g^
Q. alleged [reason is because of insuf- ^
)e ficient time in which to get the stamps '
out. It is expected that the elec- co
D tion of delegates to the Cubau consti- 10
tutional convention will be held about ni:
a- November 15. The Chinese minister dif
(i, at Paris, claims that all the foreign m(
j8 ministers in Pekin except the German, .
r who was assassinated, are alive and
under the protection of the Chinese j '
a court. The total loss of the allied D.
}r powers in the capture of Tien Tsin, is K>
a put at 700 men. A dispatch pubi.
lished Sunday morning reported a
,e great battle in progress between the W
British and the Boers at Middleburg. J*
Roberts was directing tbe operations '
of the British and Kruger the Boers, i
;e General Joseph Wheeler has asked for prf
v- active service in China.**; It is of
>e ficially announced that 200 Filipino Qf
jf insurgents were killed during the week tio
? ending last Saturday and 130 were chi
captured. The Americans lost twelve
killed and eleven wounded. TE
le , , . 1
is SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Ki
i- State Alliance Exchange. tio
e Columbia correspondence News and jgj
e Courier : An allianceman, who is |jf?
jj prominent in. the affairs of the order of .
this state, as well as in the county, exc"
presses the opinion, that the $18,000 Tb
alliance money would not be divided ing
>r out among the sub-members; but that sec
n it would be used for the purpose of c|a
. enlarging tbe operations of the ex- wjj
k' change. Going on the supposition that
the convention, on the 25th instant, e8'
would decide to use tbe money for that "
10 purpose, he said that the plan was to rea
d establish one exchange in every con- pre
e gressional district, at some central ba(
d point. Where these exchanges will be ^
placed has not yet been decided. At
present there is only one exchange and ou
e that is in Columbia, under the man- ^
8 agement of Colonel D. P. Duncan, cor
w The business of the exchange is prac- Mc
1- tically a banking business, and no con- ^ha
;r siderable stock is ever kept on hand. CQl
In the days when the alliance was much .
stronger than it is, the exchange did a e'
big business. It is said yet to be quite 1
38 considerable ; but not as large as for- old
d merly. Exchange mauagers are ex- cia
t- pected to make the best bargains for tfCl
[e big lots of goods and they receive no no,
salaries further than the commission .
for selling the stuff. The convention
e meets here this week, and there is like- a ^
16 ly to be a good deal of feeling engen- ov
s, dered in the debates over the disposi- org
a- tion of the $18,000. pie
Tillman and the Preachers. ]
Says a Greenville dispatch of July fav
20, to the Charleston News and Courier:
Senator Tillman stirred up a ?T.
to hornet's nest when he made the assertion
at Cheraw that "There was an 8,c
e, unholy alliance of preachers and bar- on
k keepers led by Colonel Hoyt." The has
i- district conference of the Methodist an,
it church is in session here today, pre- . '
is sided over by Bishop Duncan. Bishop
d Duncan brought up the charge of Sen- atl<
ie ator Tillman in the conference and was
g very severe in his remarks. The charge Y
a of Senator Tillman was referred to the ?
n conference committee on temperance, the
and a report will probably be made to- tjfL
g morrow. This afternoon Bishop Duny
can, in conversation with a reporter,
3, said that the reckless statement of
i- Senator Tillman was an outrage and
disgraceful to come from anyone, more ?
y especially from a United States sena iog
a tor. The bishop said he made it his jec
;s business to nail a falsehood whenever j
b it came, uo matter whether from the
it president of the Uuited States or from l~
a a United States senator. He said oee
>- preachers should not submit to such a sin<
s charge and should demand of Senator Th
i- Tillman an explanation. It is under- (ja.
n stood that Dr. C. S. Gardner, pastor of
the First Baptist church, will preach a *
g sermon on Prohibition on Sunday e,tt
? night, and it is probable that he will m01
1 have something to say about the charge ?
a of Senator Tillman. With the Meth- fori
d odists and Baptists after him, the sen- wa,
a ator will have some trouble in landing
c bis dispensary candidate. The opin,
ion has been generally expressed here &r0
a that Tillman's attack on the preachers by
will add to Colonel Hoyt's strength. moi
n
NDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
C. Strauss?Says he has shoes for all, ,(
md calls attention to the Hamiltonirown
Shoe Co.'s colt skin shoe for C
nen. He says that he is going to close :.
iut his stock of 31 and $1.50 childrens'
md misses' shoes, in the next few days, c
^ 75 cents a pair. He tells of bargains 0
bat he has for you and calls attention
o the fact that he sells the genuine a
JVarner Bros.' rust proof corsets. /
enn & Allison?Say that during the
ho next five months they will show the a
inest display of buggies, surreys and c
larness ever exhibited in this town, and
bey claim that if you will call and see t
hem, they will convert you into a pur- j
shase. Also have for sale a large pair
>f inules and a few second-hand buggies, n
. M. Kennedy, Agent?Has new crop ^
urnip seed in bulk, and will sell any
luantity wanted. He mentions the \
nany varieties he has. Also calls your /
ittention to school crayons, slate pencils,
ttc:, which he has for sale.
. B
AT YORKVILLE SATURDAY. v
As will be noted by the advertise- '
;nt elsewhere in this issue, there
11 ho anopiol t.raina tn hrinor thp npn. '
o ~~~ t
3 to the state campaign meeting in
>rkville next Saturday. I
The meeting will be held in the t
seball park, the audience occupying i
e grand stand, with every reasonable *
rangement for comfort. f
It is expected that the campaigners 1
11 come up from Winnsboro on Satur- t
y morning and that they will leave ^
the regular, or special, trains during a
e afternoon. E
The Gold Hill band will furnish s
Jisic
for the occasion, and it is ex?
cted that everybody will have a j;
;e, pleasant time generally. There i
ould be a large crowd present. B
a
HE DUST OF COL. WILLIAMS c
We, the undersigned subscribers, '
ree to contribute the amount oppo- '
e our names, to a fund of not less
an $150, to be used for the purpose g
transferring the remains of Colonel t
mes Williams from the spot on which p
By now lie to the King's Mountain c
ttleground. We prefer that the ?
>rk and ceremonies in connection ^
th the removal of said remains be f
der the auspices of the King's t
auntain Chapter of the D. A. R. li
ould there develop any insuperable 1
jection to the proposition, we are, of ?
urse, not to be understood as desiring
cary it out arbitrarily. We recog- a
;e the rights of descendants and are b
sposed to give due deference to a t
>re appropriate suggestion or any 1
jal objection that might arise. ,v
Yorkville, $ 1 00 1
S. Brice, Yorkville, 1 00 )
E. Finley, Yorkville, 10 00 f
ng's Mountain Military Academy 5 00 j
>rkville Enquirer, 1 00 _
. D. Grist, \orkville, 1 00
, W. Lewis, Yorkville, 1 00 v
. C. Benet, Charleston, l w v
F. Wallace, Yorkville, 1 00 h
W. Ardrey, Fort Mill, 1 00 q
'Jote,?All subscriptions to the above H
jposition will be duly acknowledged in C
[E Enquirer, and the list will be turn- i
over to the King's Mountain Chapter .
the D. A. E. so soon as that organiza- 0
n makes known its willingness to take p
irge of the same.
IE CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION.
Within the next few days, the |(
ng's Mountain Centennial Associan,
which has lain dormant since A
11, will again become endowed with
Vliss Lesslie D. Witherspoon and /
eodora Hughes McNeel, represent;
the D. A. R., have filed with the v
retary of state, the necessary de- \
ration, and the proposed corporation
1 soon be in a position to own real ?
ate, sue and be sued, etc.
The object of this step, as has al- Sj
dy been explained, is the proper tj
itection of the King's Mountain
.tie ground property, which has, for w
i past 20 years, been virtually with- ^
; an owner. It is intended that the
C;
v corporation shall be under the
ltrol and direction of the King's Sj
luntain chapter of the D. A. R., and
it the latter organization will be- a
ne the actual custodian of the bat- S1
ground property. 6
[ looking into the affairs of the ^
1 King's Mountain Centennial asso- y
tion, it was found that though prac- V
ally defunct, the organization was
t exactly insolvent. Mr. J. F. Wal- ^
e, the former treasurer, has on hand
o
?alance of $13 which will be turned
er to the new corporation when its \
;anization shall have been com- p
ted. C
Members of the D. A. R. are giving ^
orable consideration to the idea
removing the remains of Colonel ^
Uiams to King's Mountain battle- 5
und with appropriate ceremonies g
October 7, next; but the chapter
3 not deemed it advisable to take ^
y steps in the matter until after the
orporation of the Centennial associ- y
on. ti
f
^ WITHIN THE TOWN. Y
-Watermelons are coming in from hi
t country. They are not very plen- P(
'1 yet. hj
Yorkville beat Greenwood on the T
nl baseball grounds last Monday ?e
to 4. C
Major Jas. F. Hurt requests a meetof
the members of Camp Micah jV
ikins in the court bouse next Saturlay
morning at 10 o'clock. jg
' " ?1 r,
The court 01 common picas uns b<
n engaged with equity business cr
:e last Saturday, and up to the time
e Enquirer went to press yester- at
had not adjourned. Judge Benet
tected to get through with the work jyj
ler yesterday afternoon or this Tl
rning. dt
Will Adams, colored, has golten in- B.
nation of the $20 he lost on the
f to the baseball ground recently, ?
) money was found by a little Ne- g(
boy, and this part was ferreted out Si
Policeman Rose. A part of the E
aey has been recovered, and it is Je
Tollable that the remainder will be
aade good.
?The meetings that ore being conduced
at the York Cotton mills by Rev.
!harles M. Caldwell are exciting much
aterest among the people of that
ommunity. There were 8 professions
f faith on Saturday night, 17 Sunday
fternoon, and on Sunday night, 39.
Lt the request of the night operatives,
fternoon services at 4 p. m. were
ommenced Monday. It is probable
bat the services will be continued afernoon
and night at least for the renainder
of the present week and periups
longer.
FOR A NATIONAL PARK.
The following from the King's
ilountain Oracle, of last Saturday,
till be read with general as well as
ocal interest:
The King's mountain battleground
3 still agitating our neighbors across
be line in South Carolina. There is
id article in The Yorkville Enquirer
of July 18th signed X in reference
o it, and the editor of the paper comDents
on it. While we do not decry
vhat has been done or what it is pro>osed
to have done by the aid of volintary
subscriptions, the matter is of
uch importance as we think to ask
be aid of the general government and
letition congress for an appropriation
md have the King's Mountain battle;round
made into a national park and
upported by an annual appropriation
>y congress. As is well known, con
;re8S has appropriated large sums to
neserve the sites of mauy battle fields
hat do not compare with King's
fountain battleground in importance,
ind we believe that the citizens of York
ounty, S. C., aud the citizens of Cleveand
couuty N. C., ought to petition
heir representative^ in congress for an
ppropriation. jr\
A petitition from the D. A. R. of
ioulh Carolina, supplemented by apeition
from the influential citizens
laced in the bands of the South CarUna
delegation in congress, wpuld
irobably bring the desired results,
iome time ago we had the promise of
he assistance of the representation
rom this district; but finding tbat
he battleground was in South Caroina,
made no move in the matter; but
o help the matter along we would atempt
the circulation of a petition in
Cleveland county for this purpose.
We are interested in this matter, not
lone to preserve such an historic spot;
nit for the benefit that would accrue
o the counties adjoining. The fact
hat it was made into a national park
vould bring many inquiries concernug
and many tourists and travelers to
'isit it, and would necessitate better
acilities for getting to it. Again, beng
placed in congress and the recipint
of an annual appropriation, it
rould not fall into decay, and there
rould not be such inquries as what has
iecome of the King's Mountain Battle
Jrouud association. Will South Caroina
set the ball rolling or will North
Carolina have to take the lead?
lere's to the success of the Kiug's
lountain Battle Ground National
ark.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Prof, and Mrs. W. E. Dendy are visLing
in Yorkville.
Mr. R. L. Parish is visiting Mr. A.
1. Deal, in Blacksburg.
Mr. Louis Gwinn, of Gastonia, was
a Yorkville, Monday.
vMiss Kitty Stewart, of Rock Hill, is
isiting relatives in Yorkville.
Mr. W. H. Draffin, of Riverside, is
isiting his sister, Mrs. Dr. M. W.
Vhite.
Mr. and Mrs. George Kunz are ocupying
the Wells cottage, on East
efferson steret.
Mr. R. L. Cunningham, of Chester,
pent Sunday in Yorkville with relates
and friends.
Senator J. L. Glenn, of Chester,
'as in Yorkville on Monday on pro
;ssional business.
Mr. Frank G. Dobson, assistant
ashier of the Loan and Savings Bank,
i spending a few days at Cleveland
prings.
Prof. Joseph McLean, of Atlanta,
nd Miss Lorenna Crenshaw, are
pending a few days in Yorkville, the
uests of the Misses Gist.
Miss Mary McCullougb, accompanied
y her little nieces, Leon and Mariam
V'hite, is visiting her mother, Mrs. T.
y. Wbisonant, at Wilkinsville.
Misses Pansy Beam, of Westville, S.
!., and Annie Stowe, of Gastonia, N.
!., are visiting in Yorkville, the guests
f Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Cauthen.
Mr. Burrett W. Metts, formerly of
rorkville, but now with the Bell Telehone
company, with headquarters at
Charleston, isvxm a visit to relatives in
"ork ville. /C I
Dr. J. H. 'Thornwell, of Fort Mill, .
'as turowu irom ujs uuggy iu a ruua- ,
'ay accident last Sunday afternoon ;
ut was not seriously hurt. His bug- 1
y was badly broken. 1
Dr. Tom Kirkpatrick's horsejumped, ]
ith bis buggy and himself, from the
at into Catawba river last Friday. (
he doctor was on bis way borne from
orkville. He had quite an exciting '
me getting out of the water.
Since bis return to Chester from '
orkville last week, Solicitor Henry s
as been confined to bis home with a |
Disoned foot. For a while be feared ,
lat the poison would get into bis
lood ; but is not now so apprehensive. .
Mr. H. J. Harsbaw ventures the as- 1
irtion that, with the exception of Mr. '
. H. Smith's, there is not another \
rm house iu York county from which \
> cotlou is to be seen from either the .
out or rear piazza. Mr. Smith looks
it upon corn on every side ; but there
no cotton to be seen from his house. N
>me distance away he hasj^wage ?
op of about 15 acres. i
The following York teachers are in i
tendance upon the state summer r
hool at Wiuthrop; Nora W'illiamn,
Mamie Morehead, Lizzie Simpson,
ary Belk, Mrs. VV. D. Scott, Earl '
hnrnii'oll Hlu Rurrnn Mormirot An. I
U IT VJI| VIU ffUIIVIJj 1'iUI^Ul VV Af U I
jrson, Maud Chaplin, J. C. Cork, F. 1
. Culp, Luta Fewell, Effie Garrison, c
ouise Gillespie, E. YV. Hall, Jos. E, t
>busou, Laura Kee, T. C. Marshall,
innings K. Owens, Jumelle Owens,
:otia Reid, Emma Roaeh, May Stoll, 9
le Stoll, Sudie Allison, R. A. Dobsou, f
mmie Hughes, Mary Jo Wilherspoon, fc
innie May Miller?29. Here is the c
Chester list: Margaret Craig, Rebekah
Craig, Robert Douglass, Marion
Durham, Wanllaw Durham, J. B. Atkinson,
Eunice Brawley, Annie Cor- ,
kill, Giles P. CorkilI, Claudia Hunter,
A. H. Latimer, Rena Latimer, Isabel
Stringfellow, Fannie Withers, Mrs.
Mary Hughes, Fanoie Abell, A. W. .
Lowry. . : ... ... .. , .
CAIN'S SPRING PICNIC.
The picnic at Cain's spring last Saturday,
did not turn out to be the prac-'V *
tical opening of the county campaign,
as many . people bad anticipated.
There was some politics of course; but
not a great deal. The occasion was
social rather than politicalbut from
either standpoint highly creditable to
xorK county in general ana tne people
of that section in particular.
There was present a large crowd of
people. Many of them came a distance
of fifteen or twenty miles and t
some even further. Altogether there , v/
must have been about five hundred, in- 1 ' '
eluding almost as many ladies and chil-;
dren as there were men. There were
not a great many town people present.
The crowd was made up almost exclusively
from the country, and the
most noticeable characteristics were the
generally neat and stylish clothes
worn and the good natured, kindly
hospitality that prevailed individually
and collectively. The reporter does
not remember to have ever been
present at a better behaved or more
genteel picnic gathering in York, and '
does not believe that such a thing is '
possible in any other county. ' '
The committee of arangements had
anticipated a number of speeches, and' '
had accordingly provided seats and
had erected a suitable rostrum. There ' >
bad been no special invitations,' however.
Out of a commendable spirit of
fairness, everyCandidate' bad exactly ' .
the same show J It was understood
that all who desired to speak wonld ,
receive apppreciative attention; but
that the matter would be entirely optional
with all. Mr. Milus 8. Carroll
acted as master of ceremonies, and '
having ascertained that no one cared
to speak during the moraiog, announced
dinner, which was spread
at about noon under the trees. The ' J
families who had brought baskets
collected in groups of three or four
each, and while the ladies were niak- ' ,v :
tag ready, the gentlemen hunted up J: iy
-ii *5-'' '*
an iue empty uuoueu visitors aou extended
cordial invitations to partake -"* '
of their hospitality. If any stranger v
was overlooked it was evidently a mat- *' " ' j
ter of accident that is not to be laid
against the hospitality of the good peo- "
pie of the neighborhood. There were
good things in abundance and everybody
fared sumptuously.
During the moruing the candidates
bad put in their lime meeting and get- '
ting acquainted with the people, and
after dinner Chairman Carroll sum-''
rooned the crowd to gather around the
rostrum, from which he introduced
Mr. J. J. Hull, as a candidate for the
house of representatives. ; * /
Mr. Hull spoke briefly. He explained
that be was a candidate, not
because he felt any especial fitness
for the position ; but because he bad
yielded to the insistence of friends
who desired him to go before the peo
pie. If the people of York countyshould
see fit to honor him with their * .,
suffrages, he would go to Columbia
and do the best he could to represent,
not a part, but all of York county.
He wears no man's collar and will not
wear any man's collar. He has his '
own peculiar views on all questions of
moment to the people of the county
and State, and has no hesitation in expressing
these views; bnt does not
cafe to do so until the formal opening
of the campaign- and during the regular
canvass of the county. He would ' "
say, however, that he did not care to
make any promises that did not have
the full approval of'bis conscience, and
would not do so. He would be glad
to represent York county in the legishnfr
ho waa nnl. vcilHntr t.A
iUbUl V y WUV UV f? MM MW ??
undertake such responsibility with bis
hands tied. He thought that the people
should select as their representatives
men whom they could trust, and
that they should leave these represen- ?
tatives to deal with various questions
that might arise as their own best
judgment and sincere solicitation for
the welfare of county and state should
dictate. The audience indicated its
approval of Mr. Hull's remarks by ,
liberal applause. ' "
Mr. J. E. Beamguard was next introduced.
He said it afforded him
pleasure to announce himself as a
candidate to represent York county in
che general assembly; but inasmuch j
is four of the six candidates for the
position were absent, he thought it
ivould be unfair to enter into a discussion
of issues. He had bis opinons,
however, and recognized the
ight of the people to know exactly
vhat he thought of every proposition ..
n which they are concerned. He
iromised to be at Burnett's Mountain
it the opening of the campaign, upon
vhich occasion he would speak more '
it length. In t ie meantime, however,
le would have the people understand '
hat if he should be chosen as thejr
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epreseotauve, ne wouiu give mrm
he best service tbat lay within the / ? ?
imits of bis ability. Most of the peo<?
lie present are included among Mr Mr.
Beamguard's personal friends and acM '
luaintances, and the applause showe"7
hat his home backing is good.
Mr. VV. H. Stewart was the next
peaker. He returned thanks to the
>icnic committee for having afforded
tiin the pleasure of meeting so many j
if the good people of the neighbor-./
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