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Scraps and 4?cts. [ nzz^=z=zzzzzmzzzzrzzzizz^zi: c ? Wash Turner, an unsophisticated ? young farmer with bis wife and two- 9 year-old baby, jumped from a west- c bound Southern railway passenger s train at McFall, Ala., recently and t was killed. He threw his wife and a child from the train and tbey were 1 seriously injured. Mrs. Turner will e probably die. The train had whistled t for McFall, and Turner immediately c jumped from his seat and hurried his c wife and baby to the door. Two or t three passengers tried to stop him, but i' he brushed them aside. He evidently a was not use to traveling and did not d appreciate the danger of jumping off. t Mrs. Turner's leg was broken and the c child's arm broken. It is stated that b Turner had never been on a train be- ' t lure. ? Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton for the week ending last Friday, shows that the total visible suppiy is 1,201,697 bales against 2,732,381 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is | 705,697, against 2,844,381 last year, ; and of all other kinds, including Egypt, f Brazil and Iudia, etc., 496,000 against \ ' 688,000 last year. The total world's visible supply of cotton shows a decrease, compared with last year, of 1,620,684. Of the world's visible supply of cotton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and continental Eu- 1 rope, 744,000 bales against 1,679,000 last year; in Egypt, 48,000 agaiost 48,000 last year; in India, 272,000 q against 426,000 last year; and in the United States, 138,000 against 579,000 last year. n ? After six weeks of weary trial, j the Kentucky jury that has been siting on the case of Caleb Powers, ex- Q secretary of the state, charged with * the murder of Wm. Goebel, on last t; Saturday returned a verdict of guilty Si as accessory, and recommended punishment by imprisonment for life. The jury was composed of eight Democrats, ^ three anti-Goeble Democrats and oneF. Republican. It was stated that upon the retirement of the jury, the Republi- ^ can was the first to speak up. He said t< that when the trial commenced be had v* no idea of the guilt of the accused ; M but the evidence had convinced him Q beyond a doubt. There was some talk of hanging Powers ; but the first 8 ballot resulted in an agreement to fix l' the puuishment at life imprisonment, tl The cases against Youtsey, Davis, a Whiker and Combs are still pending. a ? The Philadelphia newspapers recently published a remarkable advertisement. It announced that Purvis & n Co., of Williamsport, Pa., would pay q in full all claims against the house of Purvis & Co., which failed in Baltimore 11 in 1868. The head of the present 6 house of Purvis & Co., was a boy when a his father and- grandfather failed in p 1868. He started in life with nothing t] in the way of money ; but he had a ja good character, a fine stock of natural "" ability and a determination to succeed! This he has done beyond his expecta- t( tions and now he proposes to pay ci every debt left by his father and grandfather, regardless of statutes of limitations, bankruptcy laws and the fact ? that not the slightest legal obligation in the matter rests upon him. This is J a very rare case and in these days & sounds more like romance than actual ^ fact. t! ? Franklin J. Moses, at one time r' governor of South Corolina and also a d former speaker of the house of repres- y entatives of that state, was arrested in t( Boston last Saturday, charged with the t] larceny of $5 from John Hardy, a Boston business man. Moses has been liv- v incin WinthroD. and for a time conduc- P ted a weekly newspaper at Revere. It a is alleged that after disposing of his in- a terest in the paper, he continued to so- ^ licit advertisements for it, and Mr. Hardy's complaint was entered as a result of an alleged payment made to Mr. Moses of $5 for au advertisemeut which did .not appear. Moses was r brought to the attention of the Boston I police in 1885, when he was arrested ii on the charge of obtainining money n under false pretenses from the late c Frederick Ames, Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson and others. He c was then found guilty and was sent to v the State prison for three years. y ? Every wheel and stroke of com- e merce throughout the great Southern si Pacific system of railroads and steam- si ship lines was stopped for seven min- n utes last Friday, during the burial of Collis P. Huntington, in New York. At the exact moment when the clock struck 11 in New York every hammer t] in all the shops ceased clanging; engines paused upon the rails and steamships floated lifeless upon the water, ti In Chicago the offices remained closed d all the morning, and no tickets were _ sold or other business transacted until after the remains of the great railroad a magnate were laid to rest. During the 0 short suspension of business 50,000 t men in all sections of the United States p remained idle. The Chicago offices t; were draped with crepe that is to re- t main for thirty days. Careful atten- , tion has been given to the difference of time between San Francisco and D Va*?1- in that tha nhcproo. E ilC*l 1 VI I\ 111 V1UVI VUUV VUV VVUV4 * tion of respect at each place might take a place at exactly the same time. Ser- a vices were held at the First Presby- ^ terian church, at San Francisco, at the same time the funeral was in progress in New York. ' ? A lively race riot commenced in F New York city last Wednesday night, F and continued until a late hour Thursday morning. The whole city was in more or less turmoil on account of the disturbance. It was because of the a murder of Policeman Thorpe, by a v Negro named Arthur Harris. On the j previous Sunday night, Thorpe attempted to arrest a Negro woman. ^ Several Negroes interferred, and the t policeman was so badly bruised tbat V he died. The policeman was popular, tj and the quarter in which he resided has strong feeling against the Negroes. Hundreds of people gathered at the wake Wednesday night, and most of the people in the barrooms were talk- si ing about the murder. About 11 'i o'clock, an Irish woman came out of * the house in which the dead policeman ^ lay and delivered a tirade against Ne- , groes in general, and the Harris Negro in particular, and said they all ought to P be killed. A Negro passed along at the time. There are several stories as t; o what occurred. One is to the effect el hat he drew a pistol, cursed the wo- in nan and fired. Another is that a vhite man smashed the Negro with a tick. Anyhow, within a very few inutes there was a great mob in the 1 treets, and the disturbance spread for 'e docks. Every Negro to be seen was th ttacked and many were badly bruised, tb )uring the next 24 hours, the police ixerted themselves to restore order; tut without much success. Some 40 >r 50 Negroes were more or less seri- le tusly hurt; but none were killed. Fi- 9e tally the police got control of the sit- su tation. It is said that a heavy rain, d< it an early hour Thursday morning, i lid more than anything else to quell he disturbance. Arthur Harris was aptured in Washington and taken Ul ?ack to New York city. V( ? tii ?he oritvitle <$nquim. ?* vi YORKVILLE, S<*C.; qi ' '* 61' WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22,1900. w - lis The state campaign winds up in jj6 Columbia today. g0 The voters of South Carolina have ^ ever had the opportunity to express . bemselves squarely on the dispensary uestion. The approaching election rill not give them such an oppOrtuni- ? y. The general assembly should t ubmit the matter to the voters and . 3t them settle it once for all. j ''The jim crow car law operates so tu bat, in many instances, two or three legroes have a whole passenger coach J1 5 themselves, while a great crowd of 185 whites are sweltering in another car, P dth some even standing up for want 00 f a place to sit down. In some inQ1 1 Lances, especially in those portions of be state where few of them travel, c be Negroes are regarding the law as nc great joke upon its framers, and they re about right. ev Pc If the sale of whiskey is a legiti >ate business, then the state of South Wl 'arolina is upholding an ironclad lonopoly, compared with which the se tandard Oil company i9 a free trader, d people who uphold the Kansas City so latform are bound to vote against ^ le system. If the salQ of whiskey 'el > not a legitimate business, then the hi :ate of South Carolina has no right eD > engage in it herself or permit her ioi itizens to do so. m Mr. Rockefeller, of Standard tr >il fame, was recently drawn on a f0 jry in New York, and has been en- pC aged in the duty thus imposed on to irn. Asked if be had tried to evade ja he service said : "Oh, no. I fully tit ealize that every citizen has a certain th uty to perform. If the public call on ei( ou to do this duty, then it is your duty co 0 respond cheerfully. If everyone nc ried to avoid jury duty then there th /ould be no jurors at all, and the sa ublic's business could not be looked ti( fter." This goes to show that, after th 11, there are many worse citizens than Ir. Rockefeller. We do not feel disposed to ask any- . ne to contribute to the India famine elief fund. That the conditions in w! ndia are the most horrible on record , wJ 1 the history of the world, we have o reason to doubt. The famine area cr overs 350,000 square miles, and in- ftn ludes 50,000,000 people. It's very ^ astness, therefore, is staggering beond description. We are assured that ^ very contribution, no matter how . mall, will go to the direct benefit of ome famine sufferer, without any com- . VI' lission to anybody. It is because we jel it our duty to do so, that we offer ? 5 receive and forward such subscrip- a ions as may tendered. se #i An apologist for Dr. Strait's connecion with the tomato fig syrup business uring his stay in Washington, ex- ln Jains that the doctor put in only $200 nc s a legitimate investment, and that co ne of the objects of the industry was V1 o develop a market for the southern >roductsused. Of course, the consump- m ion of canned tomatoes and dried figs, re he kind we understand were used, bj toes not affect the argument, and ieither does the fact that $200 would n< lot be sufficient to cause any consider- ^ bly flurry in .the demand for tomatoes nd figs ; but somehow it seems to us ^ hat such enterprises could be conduc- ^ ed to better advantage in Lancaster P1 han in Washington, nor should the 'e >eople be required to subsidize their sa troprietors at the rate $5,000 a year. Pc THE COUNTY COURT MATTER. rij We did not make ourselves as clear s we would have preferred in what pr ire said Saturday in reply to Mr. H. th 3. Johnson's assumption of responsi- pr lility for exempting York county from di he provisions of the county court law. Ve were too much pressed for both m ime and space, and although we meant h< 11 that we said, the situation is one al bat requires further explanations. in: Section 1 of Article Y of the con- th titution provides that "the legislature se nay' also establish county courts," sti * * which "shall never be invested sti rith jurisdiction to try cases of mur- iuj er, common law burglary, bribery or erjury: Provided, Before a county en ourt shall be established in any coun- ze y, it must be submitted to tbe qualified ectors and a majority of those votg must vote for its establishment." It fs a settled question that in Taw, here public interests are concerned, nay" means "shall" or "must," and as gislators take an oath to carry out ie provisions of the constitution, it is ieir moral duty to provide the malinery indicated in the section quoted. In the pursuance of its duty, the gislature passed a county court law tting forth the manner in which ich courts are to be conducted and ^fining their jurisdiction, etc. Section of this law provides that no county >urt can be established in this county - /v - - it i i ^ Jill aiter mere una ueeu a ujojuiiuj )te in favor of it, and that this elec;m can be held only upon petition of ie-third of the qualified voters of a >unty. Furthermore, the act prodes that elections on this subject innot be held oftener than once in ur years. Before the bill just described got rough the legislature, 34 of the ) counties were exempted from its ovisions. That is, the bill was so nended that even if a third of the lalified voters should petition, no ection can be held ; or even if all the >ters should indicate their desire that ay, no county court could be estabshed. For including York, in this it of exempted counties, Mr. Johnn assumes responsibility, and says he d so because the matter had not sen discussed before the people and > did not believe the people cared to ake any change. As to whether the people are ready r county courts, we do not pretend say. We hardly think they are; it Mr. Johnson's reasons are certainnot good. Until after the legislare allows the question to go before e people, as the constitution requires to do, there can be no canvass of the lue. As matters now stand, the peoe of York cannot establish a county urt even if they should so desire. In what he did, we have not the ghtest doubt that Mr. Johnson acted mestly and conscientiously. We do >t want to think otherwise, and we ? not so think. We do think, bower, that he went far beyond the resmsibility of his position when he deled, as an individual, a question bich the constitution says the people all be allowed to decide for themI ?oa "NJoil.titir ftpfl wa i noli np>d to y the whole blame upon Mr. Johnn, notwithstanding bis willingness to sume it. Every York member of the gislature is equally responsible with m, because he could haye hardly exapted York county from the provisos of this law had not the other embers aquiesced. We do not want to be understood as ying to raise an issue on this question, r as the matter now stand no issue is ssible. York county is not now able avail itself of the provisions of this w. Under the constitution it is en.led to the privilege, and it will be e sworn duty of whoever may be scted to see that the privilege is acrded. For any man to say he will >t allow York county to come under e provisions of the law, will be to y that he will not heed his constitu>nal oath. That is the way we view e matter. PROHIBITION. In the proper use of whiskey, there no harm. Among each thousand who use biskey at all, there is possibly one bo uses it properly. nPho Imnrnnor iica nf whiotpv ift ft A UV UU|J1 V^/VI UkJV VI H ijiwuvj ? ime first against the user himself, id second against those with whom e user associates. The crime is against morality, and, erefore, against God, for God sane>ns nothing that is immoral. The statutes of man can legalize ce ; but they cannot make a virtue it. Liquor selling can be made wful; but it cannot be made right. If it is wrong for an individual to 11 liquor?and it is?it is wrong for e state to sell it. If it is wrong for e State to sell it, it is wrong for an dividual to sell it. If the state has > moral right to sell liquor it cannot infer that moral right upon an indidual. Unless he gives his sympathy and oral support, one individual is not sponsible for the wrong committed j another individual. Liquor selling being wrong, there is ) more wrong in the legal sale than ere is in the illegal sale. The man who, by his vote, opposes ie legal sale of whiskey, also con;mns the illegal sale of whiskey, and ovided he patronizes neither the gal or illegal sale, at one and the me time he divests himself of resmsibility for either. If he votes r legal sale, he endorses the moral ?ht of illegal sale. The fact that prohibition does not ohibit, is a matter of no concern to e sincere prohibitionist. Whether omomon promous or not, 11 ceriainjy scourages the consumption of liquor. Lawabiding people cannot find eans of breaking up a lawful business i>wever pernicious; but they will ways find the law effective in breakg up an unlawful business. Because e moral right of the blind tiger to 11 whiskey is as great as that of the ate, it is next to impossible for the ate to punish the blind tiger for dog that of which it is guilty itself. The state has no right to seek revue from the debauchery of its citins. , Admission of the right of the state j to sell liquor, admits the right of the J citizen to drink it; and admission of the right of the citizen to drink it, condones to a greater or less extent the immoral and criminal acts he commits while under the influence of it. Prohibition is not a question of prac- G ticability or expediency, It is a ques- j tion of right. CORRECTION OF THE RECORD. * Editor Hull Makes Clear His Dispensary Position. j The Enquirer has been favored with an advance proof of an editorial ^ that will appear in the Rock Hill Heraid of today. The editorial is explanatory of some matters that were not . made sufficiently clear in our report of Mr. Hull's speech at Barnett's Mountain. The facts stated in the editorial, which is as follows, are correct: Before the opening of the county campaign at Barnett's Mountain last Thursday, we had made arrangements C to receive from Yorkville a short rer\r\ft r\f (ho onooohcc nf the lptrifllftt.i VP VI J/W! U VI wuv O^/VVVUVO VI VMV v T candidates, to be delivered that day. y This report was received at The Herald olflce Friday, too late for publication in Saturday's issue, and as it was necessarily brief, we prefer to lay that aside and reproduce from the York- M yille Enquirer its inuch fuller report of that meeting, which we think jy is quite complete. In reporting the speech of Mr. Hull, The Enquirer represents him as hav- B ing said in effect that "he favors the C the dispensary law without the dis- 8 pensary." Technically The Enquirer's report is correct ; but is liable to misconstruction. What Mr. Hull tried _ to make plain was that he favored the ^ dispensary law a9 it now stands, affording, as it does, prohibition in counties where it is wanted, and the effort " is made to obtain it. He would not be n< willing to establish a dispensary in H Rock Hill or in any other .community rj in York county, believing, as he Q] does, that the sentiment of the people is against it. In that respect "he fa- c< v.ors the dispensary law without the n dispensary." The Yorkville Enquirer, in its ci report, says that Mr. Hull's claim that f he originated the idea of treating t Confederate veterans to a trip to the . Charleston reunion, is incorrect, as the 19 record shows. What Mr. Hull meant ^ to claim credit for was that he origi- di pated the idea of soliciting individuals g( to compliment the old veterans with ^ a trip to Charleston, bearing their ex- jy penses. The Yorkville Enquirer magnanimously offered to send nine veterans on its own account to the Charleston reunion. The Herald was ci ot financially able to do as much, w but desiring to do something, it w canvassed the county, or the east- j em section of it, requesting individuals to contribute tbfe amount necessary to send one veteran each to C1 the reunion. The people of the coun- ic ty know the result. The co operation tl - ' w~J 1: 01 tne two papers remmeti iu acuwiu^ (| to Charleston more than oDe hundred ^ veteraus that they may enjoy the pleasures of the reunion. The York- a vile Enquirer originated the scheme si of sending nine veterans at its own ex- e< pense. Afterwards, The Herald origi- e< nated the idea of sending an un- ^ limited number of veteraus at the ex- fi pense of some one else. This is the 1 difference. b( P Small Cotton Crop.?Commissioner 0. B. Stevens, of the Georgia department of agriculture, has complied 1 statistics indicating th'at the cotton c' crop of Georgia for 1900 will be from 50,000 to 200,000 bales shorter than in cl 1899. Commissioner Stevens, as pres- a] ident of the Cotton States Commission- ^ ers' association, receives reports from commissioners of the .different states, Pj and says they are to the effect that the hi south as a whole is short. Indications fr on the 1st of August were that every ai state in the cotton belt would be behind on the staple with the exception ^ of Texas, reported to be 2 per cent, ahead of the average crop of the last P' ?? a uvc years. The figures prepared by the depart- tt ment show that in Georgia an average M crop for the last five years is $1,295,- j, 000 bales. The reports from the counties of Georgia are that 74 per cent, of an average crop will be realized. Twenty- a( six per ceut. off the average crop gives B 958,992 bales for the year, against an tt estimated crop for 1899 of between ^ 1,000,000 and 1,200,000. H It is further estimated from the reports in the hands of the commissioner 'l that the cotton acreage is 3 per cent. b< less than in 1899. ai 1 ? How Hoyt will Enforce the Law. At Saluda, last Saturday, Colonel Hoyt devoted his time to the liquor y< question and insisted that prohibition th was what the people wanted. He bi mapped out how he would enforce a prohibition. In answer to Gary he said he would not use a state cousta- of bulary, as he did not believe in ex- S( trancous influences; there was no y need for these outside influences. Governor McSweeuey can do nothing 1 much with constabulary force^ Wher- st ever the law is enforced it is with lo- bt cal authority and not state authority. He would enforce prohibition through pi the sheriffs, the magistrates and their n( deputies. If the dispensary remained he would delight in enforcing the pro- ^ hibition features. as * * * ^ hi ? The omission or insertion of a sin- ^ gle letter has often upset a jury's verdict and even a whole statute. Pos- t0 session of valuable real estate in Ohio a depeuds upon a single letter "a." The Cincinnati court of common pleas m ruled against Joseph Irwin, the claim- m ant, and sustained Peter Christmas, ; who has been a tenant for seven years past. The circuit court upset the judg- v ment several weeks ago because the ba jury's report read, "On the issues," Ju whereas there was but one issue involved. The circuit court reopened -pj the case last week on proof that the ^ form of verdict was printed and hence the objectionable "s," which has caused tei all this trouble, was not made by the jury. ov 0 -OCAL AFFAIRS. INI?KX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ames M. Starr <fc Co.?Wants you to save your liair anil offer you their rum and quinine hair tonic to aid in the work. They offer you Landreth's fresh turnip seed. eo. W. S. Hart, Esq.?Is prepared to loan money on farming lands, udge W. H. McCorkle?Gives notice that Mrs. Nancy E. Matthews has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of S. A. Matthews, deceased. Magistrate candidates. Not the least important feature of ie present primary campaign, is the ice for magistrate in several of the >wnships. There is no contest in ethel, BetheSda, Catawba, Ebenezer r King's Mountain ; but in each of ie other townships there are three or lore candidates for the position. The st is as follows : Bethel?S. N. Johnson. Betbesda?A. L. Nunnery. Broad River?E. F. Bell, Sr., J. C. hambers, G. C. Leech. Bullock's Creek?S. L. Davidson, if. R. Hayes, Will S. Plaxco, Henry /. Thomson. Catawba?T. C. Beckham. Ebenezer?R. M. Anderson. Fort Mill?Sam F. Massey, J. B. [ills, M. M. Wolfe. King's Mountain?John A. Mcfackin. York?John A. Barron, J. Martin rian, D. C. Clark, W. P. Hobbs, Wm. . McLure, W. S. Peters, C. H. andifer. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Depositors in the Loan and Savings ink are generally very much like the rencbman who wanted his money be could not get it; but did ot want it if he could get it. If the [askell arragement goes through all ght, it is likely that every account F the Loan and Savings bank will mtinue to run just as it has been inning. ? The English sparrow has been acised of many crimes ; but there are sw who would believe him guilty of ying to eat up a brick chimney. It a fact, however. The chimney on tr. W. H. Herndon's grocery has been amaged by sparrows. The damage is ) great in fact that the chimney will ave to be rebuilt or at least stuccoed, tr. Herndon says tbe sparrows did it; ut why he does not know. The birds lay have been after grit for their raws; they may have only been hetting their bills, or they may have rought tbe damage for pure dowmght meanness. ? Considerable excitement was lused last Friday night by the breakig out of a fire in a vacant room in ie Nichols building. The firev was iscovered by Mr. A. Rose, after it ad been burning for some minutes, he fire department arrived within a lort time after the alarm was sound3, and by some good work extinguish3 the flames before any considerable amage was done. The origin of the re is unknown; but it may have Ben caused by a cigarette. Those in osition to know, say that, in their pinion, if the alarm had been delay3 five minutes longer, the Nichols uilding, along with others in the vinity, would have been destroyed. ? Sam Benson, a Negro, is on the lain gang for 30 days for cruelty to aimals. The offense was commitd Sunday afternoon, and it was of a articularly brutal nature. Benson ired a horse and a four-seated vehicle ora the Heath-Hinson livery stable, id putin the afternoon driving about iwn with some Negro women. He Bat the animal unmercifully and comirted himself more like a fiend than man. Upon a warrant sworn out by ie liverymen, he was taken before Magistrate Sandifer Monday afternoon. ldge Witherspoon aDd Major nan ere amoDg the principal witnesses, he testimony showed that the Negro ;tually stood up to belabor the horse, enson claimed that he was sober; lat be did not use the horse cruelly; it only beat it because it was balky, e was sent up for thirty days. The verymen had hard work to save the 3rse after its severe handling. The limal is now getting along very well. ABOUT THE BANK. The Loan and Savings bank is not 21 on its feet again ; but it is almost lere. It was not crippled nearly so id as was thought. This is not now question of opinion, but of facts. Judge A. C. Haskell, vice-president " the Loan and Exchange Bank of )uth Carolina, of Columbia, was in orkville last week. He was here son invitation of a committee of ockholders of the Loan and Savings ink, and he was here on business. Judge Haskell made an interesting opositiou. The exact terms are of ) especial interest to the public. The * * *? ' * tKo rxPPant 'OpOSlUOU, UOWBVCI, vyaa i/u i/uo vuvw at upon a careful appraistnent of the sets of the Loan and Savings bank, s people would take stock, put up e money with which to pay deposirs, and continue the business under satisfactory reorganization. Pursuant to this proposition, a comittee put iu a greater part of last week aking the appraisement. Thecomittee consisted of Mr. H. A. D. Nee, representing the Loan and Savings ink; Mr. S. M. McNeel, representing idge Haskell and his directors ; and r. Jos. F. Wallace, acting as referee, le work, of course, was done with e greatest care, and was not compled until Saturday afternoon. Every asset of the bank was gone er. Some were thrown out entirely, and some were shav6d to such extent as the appraisers thought proper, and afler the investigation was completed, the result showed that, in the opinion of the appraisers, the capital stock of the bank ought to be worth 86 cents on the dollar. Representatives of the stockholders of the Loan and Savings bank are now in correspondence with Judge Haskell and his directors. It is a question as to what the stockholders will be willing to take, or Judge Haskell and his directors are willing to give, and upon the agreement depends whether the depositors are to get their money soon, or whether they continue uneasy as to whether they will get it or not. If the trade is completed, the pres ent understanding is that Judge Has-, kell and his people will take up the holdings of all the stockholders of the Loan and Savings bank who are will-' ing to sell at a price to be agreed upon. Stockholders who do not care to sell, will be permitted to hold, and there will be a reorganization of the directory with Mr. S. M. McNeel, of Yorkville, as president. This arrangement, if it goes through, will be eminently satisfactory to thp people of Yorkville. Judge Haskell and his friends stand high in the financial world, and their connection with the local bank will give tbe community banking facilities tbe like of which it has never had before. In plain English, we will have a sure enough bank. If the arrangement fails, then there is reason to fear receivership proceedings, heavy loss to the stockholders, delay in the payment of depositors and more or less distress to the community, especially during the coming fall. THE COUNTY CAMPAIGN. The county campaign, which opened at Baruett's Mountain on last Thursday, continues to progress smoothly with only an occasional new incident to vary tbe monotony to one who bad saw and heard what occurred at the opening meeting. There was a very good attendance on the Clover meeting?not so large as at Barnett's Mountain ; but somewhat larger than is usual at Clover. The speeches were generally about the same. Mr. de Loach again annouuced bis principles, and made it perfectly clear how he would feel honored at being elected fairly and squarely on the basis of bis character, ability and principles, and bow he could not retain his self-respect should be have reason to believe that be had been elected under false pretenses. Mr. Hull stated it as his intention to vote for M. B. McSweeney for governor. He says be endorsed tbe governor's record as a man, and as a chief executive, and besides he was a personal friend. Mr. Hull also took notice of talk of which he had heard to the ef feet that he is a "bigoted Roman Catholic." He said that his mother was a Roman Catholic and bis father a Lutheran. His father did not come back from the war, and he was raised by his mother. He is not a communicant in the Roman Catholic church and is not claimed by tbat church. He has the highest veneration for the church, however, and no apologies to make. He is not bigoted. His wife is a Protestant. His older children are members of Protestant churches, and his younger children attend Protestant Sunday schools. He considers that every man is entitled to hold such religious views as he sees fit-and tbat as he does not object to the views of others, be does not think tbey should object to his. Mr. Beamguard was at home and his home people took pains to show that he bad their endorsement. The Clover people showed the candidates every courtesy that could be demanded by the splendid hospitality of the community. At Bethany, on Saturday, the meeting was altogether pleasant, and the routine was generally the same with the exception of the speech of Mr. Hull, who took occasion to refer to The Enquirer's synopsis of his remarks at Barnett's Mountain as not making his position as to the dispensary exactly clear. He did not want to be understood as opposed to the dispensary. He believed in temperance, and in the dispensary as a necessary adjunct of the dispensary law; but was not in favor of putting a dispensary upon a community, the majority of whose voters were opposed to it. Mr. Hull also referred to the matter of sending Confederate veterans to the Charleston reunion, and set the record straight. He said that the idea originated with The Enquirer, which proposed to send nine Confederate veterans to Charleston at its own expense, and that he co-operated by instituting a movement, as the result of which individual citi/eus of llock Hill and vicinity also complimented a number of veterans. mi tt: ?i *: aae nicKory crruve uieeuug uu Monday, was held in the school house. The Enquirer was disappointed in getting a report from its representative, as it had arranged, and we have had to depend on such information as we have been able to gather. It appears that the Prohibitionists at Hickory Grove were laying for the dispensary candidates, and Rev. Mr. Barber acted as spokesman. All of the candidates, except Mr. de Loach, were taken to task more or less severely. His position was entirely satisfactory from the prohibition standpoint. Mr. Brice made practically the same speech as at Barnett's mountain, and when he got well into his remarks on the liquor ques tion, Rev. Mr. Barber interrupted with the observation that the speaker's argument was "so stale that it amelled funky." Mr. Brice was just a little rattled by the interruption ; but recov- * ering himself, be said to Mr. Barber: "I have the floor just at this time, sir. If you desire to make a speech on this question, I will step aside until you get through and theu I will try to reply to you." Mr. Barber did not take advantage or Lbe otler, and Mr. Brice f. continued bis remarks without further interruption. The audience generally was quite attentive. >c about people. , y Mr. J. Lindsay Hunter is home from Forest City, N. C. y'Mr. E. A. (Gu8) Law, who has been spending some time in Florida, is in Yorkville. / Mrs. C. E. Spencer and Miss Mattie Speacer, are spending a few days at Blowing Bock.. *7^Irs. C. F. Gordon is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moore, at Smith's Turnout. Mrs. P. 0. McElhaney and Miss Edith Stewart, of Rock Hill, passed several days during the past week with Mr. H. H. Beard's family. /Mr. Church W. Carroll, who has. been taking a special course in a Baltimore business college, has returned to his home in Yorkville. * , VMisses Emma and Lula Ford, of Bethel, are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville, the guests of Misses Mary and Rose Hunter. Mr. R. T. Stephenson, instructor in mathematics and natural science in the King's Mountain Military academy, arrived in Yorkville last week, accompanied by his wife and child. * ..Hamilton YV. McKay, son of Rev. W. J. McKay, president of the board of trustees of Davidson college, will matriculate at the King's Mountain Military academy. Rev. Mr. McKay decided the matter after careful investigation. Mr. Pelham Morrow came down from Gastonia Saturday and returned yesterday morniug. It was the first time he has been able to get out of his home for months. He is not feeling well at all. In fact he considers that he is a complete physical wreck. His many friends, of which The Enquirer is one, are very much concerned at bis condition. Rev. Dr. T. R. English, formerly pastor of the Yorkville Presbyterian church, now a professor in the Union Theological seminary at Richmond, * Va., is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Judge I. D. Witherspoon. He came over Monday from Charlotte, where he is filling the pulpit of the First Presbyterian ohurch during the vacation of the pastor. Dr. English has-consented to nreach in the church here tonight (Wednesday) at 8:30. He will return to Charlotte before Sunday. Newton, Mass., Journal: The following is reprinted from The Inland Printer, of Chicago, the leading printing trade paper of the world : "The foreman of the Newton Journal, Newton, Mass., seuds the following: 'Having been an interested reader of the department of machine composition sinco it started, and especially of the speed of the various operators mentioned therein, I take pleasure in submitting the following account of the work done in this office by Mr. A. M. Grist. Our paper is a weekly, and last week Mr. Grist made a continuous . ' run of exactly 16 hours on solid 13-ein brevier, no leads or heads, setting 89,430 ems of corrected matter, which we consider a rather remarkable run for brevier, the operator caring for his own machine. During the same week, on solid 13-em nonpariel, Mr. Grist set 102 lines in 15 minutes, which is an equal to 10,608 ems per hour. We consider this pretty good work for a machinist-operator working along at an average rate, no attempt being made for record speed, as no thought was given to what he was accomplishing until the work was completed and measured up.'" LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1st, 1901. The Twice-a-Week Enquirer, filled with the latest and most reliable news, will be furnished from the date of this issue until January 1, 1901, for 72 cents. / Are you Enrolled ? r Every voter who expects to vote | in the primary should have his name placed upon his club roll by tomorrow night. Unless his name is on the \ club roll be will not be allowed to vote. A Serious Charge. Rock Hill Herald: J. W. Young- ? blood, said to be an employee of the Southern railway, who has a wife and ~ family living in Columbia, S. C., was tried by the mayor of Charlotte Saturday for assault on the 9-year-old daughter of Mrs. Bowden, who lives on North College street. The evidence showed Youngblood to be a blackguard and criminal of the vilest type. The mayor bound him over to the criminal court in the sum of $200 for the assault, and in the sum of $25 for carrying a pistol, which was found in his .pocket when arrested by the police. Dust of Colonel Williams. The Enquirer has received notice from Miss Maggie Moore, treasurer of the Kiug's Mountain Chapter of D. A. R., that the chapter will uudertake the responsibility for the removal of the remains of Colonel James Williams from the Miutz farm, in Cherokee township, to Kiug's Mountain battleground. The subscription list pub O - _ lished in The Enquirer, together ^ with money paid in up to this time, has been turned over to Miss Moore. The plans of ihe King's Mountain Chapter of D. A. R. have not yet been perfected, and will not be until the next meeting, to be held in Yorkville next mouth. It is not likely that the proposed removal aud ceremonies in connection therewith, will take place on October 7, as originally suggested, for the reason that details cannot be perfected by that time. But