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?mp$ and darts. ? Senator John T. Morgan Is interesting himself in the Van Hoose canal, by which it is proposed to give Birmingham, Ala., water communication .with the Gulf of Mexico. The mineral region of which Birmingham is the centre, is the richest in the world. Iron is now shipped to Great Britain at a profit. Senator M organ feels certain that the Nicarauga canal will be constructed within a few years more, and from that time on the phenomenal growth of Birmingham in the past will have been as nothing. ? Ten thousand Alabamlans greeted General Wheeler and Lieutenant Hobson, in Montgomery, Ala., last Friday. Some months ago the idea was orginated for citizens of Alabama to present Hobson a loving cup in commemoration of his daring act in Santiago harbor. tkio mAvomont onlmlnfltpd on Fridav when General Wheeler presented the cup to Lieutenant Hobson. The cup Is of sterling silver, ten inches in height. The handles of the cup are dolphins, and on the panels are etched portraits of the recipient, the names of the crew who were with Hobson on the Merrimac and an address of about 400 words. ? News and Courier: A New Jersey Judge, it is noted, has made the point that Negroes of foreign birth cannot be naturalized in the United States. An application was made to him by a Negro from Dutch Guiana, who is a student at Princeton and wishes to become a citizen of the nation. The judge cited the language of the Fede ral statute, which permits the naturalization of "white males only" and advised him that it was Impossible under the statute for him to become a citizen of this country. And it will require an act of congress to open the way for him ? Mention -was made in this column some weeks ago of the fact that the German government had sent an expedition to West Africa for the purpose of investigating the practicability of developing cotton production there. A Tuskegee, Ala., dispatch of last Friday, states that a number of graduates of Booker T. Washington's normal and Industrial institute, have been engaged to join the expedition as experts. They will sail from New York f* on November 3 and will carry with them a full outfit for cotton raising, including cotton seed, ploughs, cotton gins, wagons and carpentry tools. Two of the graduates are from the agricultural department and one from the mechanical department. ? The Republican national headquarters in New York, gave out the following as an official estimate of the electoral vote next month: RepublicanCalifornia 9: Connecticut 16; Delaware 3; Illinois 24; Indiana 15; Iowa 13; Kansas 10; Maine 6; Maryland 8; Massachusetts 15; Michigan 14; Minnesota 9; New Hampshire 4; New Jersey 10; New York 36; North Dakota 3; Ohio 23; Oregon 4; Pennsylvania 32; Rhode Island 4; Washington 4; West/ Virginia 6; Wisconsin 12; Wyoming 3. Total 284. Democratic?Alabama 11; Arkansas 8; Florida 4; Georgia 13; Louisiana 8; Mississippi 9; North Carolina 11; South Carolina 9; Tennesse 12; Texas 15; Virginia 12. Total 112. Doubtful, with chances for Republicans to win?Idaho 3; Montana 3; Kentucky 13; Nebraska 8. Total 27. Doubtful, with Democratic tendencies?Colorado 4; Nevada 3; Missouri 17. Total 24. ? In an article dealing with 'the cotton crisis the London Standard of last Saturday says; "Probably by the end * of October less than 50 per cent, of the spindles will be idle and by the middle of November the spinners will have no trouble in obtaining all the raw cotton they require. It must not be assumed. however, that the end of the crisis is in sight. Unless the predictions of the small yield of the cbtton crop are falsified the supply will materially be short of the demand, which will mean the continuance of relatively high prices and another curtailment of production later. As usual, attention is being called energetically to the fact that there is an abundance of land up and down the earth capable of growing cotton; but that will not help out the difficult}". There is no getting beyond the fact that we must go to America or shut our mills." ? Secretary Hester's weekly. New Orleans cotton exchange statement, issued last Friday night, was as follows: Today shows an increase in the movement into sight, compared with the seven days ending this date last year,. * in round figures, of 94,000. For the 19 days of October the totals show an increase over last year of 240,000. The 49 days of the season that have elapsed, the aggregate is ahead of the 49 days of last year, 1,000. The amount brought into sight during the past week has hppn 495 R53 ncnlnnt 4rt1 797 fnr tha eav. en days ending October 19, last year. The movement since September 1, shows receipts at all United States ports 1,600,393, against 1,492,363 last year; to Northern mills and Canada, 106,241, against 191,761 last year. Southern mill takings 209,905, against 223,953 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 268,188, against 199,229 last year. Northern mill taking and Canada during the past seven days show a decrease of 42,401, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. Total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 384,647, against 524,958 last year. ? ? The viceroy, Lord Curson, in a speech before the Indian council at Simla last Saturday, said the famine had affected a quarter of the population of India and that even now 2,000,000 people were receivingr relief. He expressed the hope, however, that in a month these would return to their homes. His lordship further said that half a million deaths were traceable to the famine and that the loss of the crops involved the loss of fifty millions sterling, plus some millions for the loss of cattle. It will never be known how many were affected by the calamity among the hill people and wandering tribes, while the alms distributed were unprecedented. At the end of August 854 laklrs of rupees ($42,500,000) had been expended and the government further expected to spend 154 lakhs ($7,500,000 up to March next. Besides this. 258 lakhs (11,900,000) of land taxes had been advanced to cultivators, many lakhs of land taxes had been remitted, 3J crores (35,000,000 rupees) had been lent to the native states, and nearly a million sterling had been contributed by private charity.- The viceroy complimented the relief committees, alluding to many instances of native chivalry and devotion and to English military and civil servants dying at their posts. He said the cotton crop was worth 13,000,000 pounds sterling, on the ground. Alluding to the shocking mortality in the native States, Lord Curson said that, broadly speaking, no relief system in the world could counteract the effects of reduced food, the cessation of wages, high prices and the breaking up of the homes of millions, or prevent pestilence following famine. ? Says an El Paso, Tex., dispatch of October 16: George C. Beveridge, a res ident of San Francisco and one of the owners of the Delores mine of Mexico, brings news today of a tragedy in the vicinity of his mine and of a condition of affairs unparallelled in a civilized community. A young girl was abducted from her home by a man enamored of her and kept her a close prisoner in a cave for three months. During this time eleven men were killed because of her. The last of these butcheries occurred a few days before Mr. Beveridge left the mines for the United States. This is the culmination of a long feud that found its origin in a dance where three Mexicans became involved In a difficulty over a girl. Two of the men were killed and the third stole the girl and took her to a cave near by where he kept her a prisoner Tor a month. Three men went to rescue her. On reaching the cave a battle ensued and the man in the cave and two of his assailants were killed. The remaining ruffian took possession of and kept the girl a prisoner for two months. Another attempt to rescue the unfortunate woman resulted in the death of four men. The young girl was at last restored to her parents at the camp. ?he IJorkvUk (Enquirer. = - = - = ^' YORKVILLE, S. O. \ WEDNESDAY, 0CT03ER 24,1900. The per capita circulation of the United States on October 1 was $27, the largest in the history of the country According to Secretary Hester, the total world's visible supply of cotton last Friday was 1,086,245 bales less than . . u . i f on the same date last year. To the man who can wait this looks more significant than the pounding of the bears on future delivery prices. The Charlotte Observer is now being fblished seven days a week instead of ly six, as heretofore. The Observer is one of the best dally papers in the South, and its many readers will no doubt be pleased with its determination to correct its only serious shortcoming. The one thing better than six Observers a week, is seven. "We had all along had the idea that the American Cotton company was ? trust that had in view the knocking out. of the middlemen right and left and the eventual establishment of a system under which cotton producers would have to dispose of their products to the gin in the seed. But if Chairman Jones holds otherwise, we presume" that there is nothing else than to take Chairman Jones's word for It. It is not pleasant to contemplate: but it is a fact all the same, that the incomprehensible condition of last spring, when the price of manufactured cotton goods was so out of proportion to the price of raw cotton, is reversed. Nearly one-half of the spindles of the world are idle because the margin between the price of cotton and the price of yarn is not sufficient to warrant their running at a profit. The abnormal condition of last year was too illogical to last, and so Is this. It is to be hoped that the solution will be found in an advance in the price of yarns rather than In a decline in the price of cotton. The agreement between Great Britain and Germany, the text of which is published elsewhere in this Issue, appears to be directed against Russia. All along since the development of the Chinese troubles, Russia has manifested a disposition to grab territory and to seize every advantage that presented itself as against the other powers. It Is quite likely that the main purpose of the understanding between Great Britain and Germany, Is to put a stop to a policy so prejudicial to their interests. If the agreement is as it appears on its face, the United States is probably a party to it. Although the price of cotton is fixed by the laws of supply and demand, it is a mistake to assume that these laws apply only to the one side of the transaction. The sale of cotton always involves a transfer of gold, especially if the cotton Is for export. The original seller does not necessarily receive actual gold; but the transaction is inevitably closed by the importation of gold or Its equivalent from abroad. As with individuals, it is the policy of nations to guard their gold supply with' the most zealous care. Just as an increasing supply of the yellow metal infuses life, vigor and enthusiasm throughout a whole people, a decreasing supply brings despondency and doubt. A country that is being drained of its gold feels very much like a man with a severed artery, and comparatively speaking is almost as quick to realize and act upon the theory that desperate cases require desperate remedies. For nearly a hundred years, our exports of cotton have been our principal reliance for the settlement of balances abroad, and during the past few years, since balances have been coming to our side of the ledger, tneir size having been determined principally by the number of bales of cotton exported anr the price received per pound. The imports of gold from abroad this year arc nearly $21,000,000 in excess of the amount received up to the same date last year. This is with less than twe months of a year s business that usually aggregates from $200,000,000 to $280, 000,000. We have had Indications thai Great Britain, France and Germanj are all badly frightened at this situation, and it is reasonable to assume that these and other European- countries will do everything in their power to hold our balance in check as much as possible. This is the principal reason why they have closed so mar.j mills. It is a reason why other Interests not engaged in cotton manufacture; but interested, of course, in gold, will do all they can to discourage cotton consumption. The statistical position of cotton is all that could be asked. There seems to be every reason why the price should go higher. If 11 does not go higher, we think we have outlined some of the reasons. Among a class of newspapers and politicians who are unable to sustain their positions by facts and logical arguments, it has become customary tc try to carry their point by brow-beating, abuse and demagogy. For instance, although a man may be perfectly loyal to the Democratic party, he may reserve the right to differ witt the party in some of its opinions, and may also have the courage to speai out upon these differences. In nine cases out of ten he is denounced as e turncoat and a traitor. Because General Joseph Wheeler is not willing tc condemn the policy that the United States has been pursuing in the Phillipines, there are those who would covei him with the slime of misrepresentation and denounce him as a Republican. Last week General Wheeler found it necessary to declare that he is e supporter of Bryan as against McKlnley, and that he is still loyal to the Democratic party. He called upon hie people of Alabama as witnesses; bul he did not renounce any of his opinione as to the policy this country has beer pursuing in the past, or the policy il should pursue in the future. AS SEEN BY SAWYER. We have read with a great deal ol interest, Captain Sawyer's letter from xne .rninppines, 10 senator MCLaurin, and take pleasure In reproducing It In Thb Enquirer. It will be found elsewhere in today's Issue. Although perhaps not a great many of our readers are personally acquainted with Captain Sawyer, the fact that this gentleman was of sufficient importance at home to be chosen as solicitoi of one of our judicial circuits, ought tc give some weight to his views and observations. At home Captain Sawyer was a Democrat. From his letter, it seems that he is now more or less disgusted with the policies of both parties. This fact however, is of no especial importance. Now, as when in South Carolina, and as is the case with most of us, his views are altogether a matter of environment. Being on the ground, it is quite natural that he should have more positive convictions as to what should be done, and it is also natural that he should be impatient of policies and theories obtaining at home many thousands of miles away, especially when the practical application of such policies and theories would appear to him to be so absurd. While we And the letter very interesting on account of the information it contains about the Philippines and the character of the Filipinos, we do not see in it anything that goes to show whether we should or should not own the country. He does not make it appear that possession is at all desirable. On the contrary, it would seem that the government of such people involves far more trouble, anxiety and expense than could ever be properly recompensed. At the same time the conditions set forth fully confirm a view that has all along been entertained by many careful thinkers in this country. This is that when we destroyed what Spanish authority there was in those islands, we left such civilization as there was at the mercy of a rapacious horde of savages. It became our duty to restore order. Otherwise upon us would rest the responsibility for all the horrors that wouid follow. Captain Sawyer's letter can hardly be described as pleasant reading. It lays before us many things with which we would rather not be bothered. But at the same time the truth Is always wholesome, and Intelligent conscientious people generally try to meet it according to their conceptions of duty. MERE-MENTION. A New Orleans dispatch says thai the cashier of the First National banh there is holding $20,000 put up by Col R. H. Nason on McKinley, against $10,000 put by Mr. M. Kelly on Bryan The transport Sherman arrived at Sar Francisco last Friday with 500 sicfc soldiers from Manila Nicholas Scalp committed suicide in New York last Friday. His jaw was broken in the blowing up of the Maine. Becoming despondent about the healing ol his wound he put a pistol bullet through his head The SpanishAmerican war veterans will open their headquarters in Philadelphia The Second Baptist church of Atlanta, has " called Rev. Dr. John E. White, of Raleigh, N. C The commissioners ol agriculture of six cotton growing states have sent to the Atlanta Journal their estimates of the number of bales oi cotton likely to come from the present crop. The estimates run from 9,000,00{ to 9,500,000 The Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee and Seminole, Indians are resisting the allotment ol their lands wiih Winchesters. There has been no bloodshed yet, and the trouble may be settled peaceably William Dougal Price, of Palestine, Texas, a student at Bingham school, I Asheville, died Sunday of injuries bv . tained In a football game on the d , before. The first und second eleve [ were playing a practice game, a i Price, who was left end, attempted 5 stop interference and fell, his head t ) ing partly under his body and sevei . players fell on top of him. Price's s] . nal cord was sprained and the low , part of his body paralyzed. He was years of age., The Spanish cabir has resigned as a protest against t appointment of General tWeyler as ca s tain-general of Madrid Hon. Jo] . Sherman died iat his home in Washin . ton last Monday morning at 7 o'cloc aged 78 years Col. Alfred Wadd 1 has withdrawn from the North Cai ' Una senatorial primary, leaving t ' field to Colonel Julian S. Carr a Democratic State Chairman Simmoi WHAT ADLAI THINKS. ' He Give# Bry?n 189 ?nd McKinley 138 W 120 Doubtful. Upon his return to Chicago, last Si urday, from a campaigning ti : through Lhe Eastern States, Hon. A t lai E. Stephenson spoke enthusiastic! ly of I>emocratlc prospects. He ma the flatfooted statement that the Dei l ocrats would carry Indiana, and adde i "Ohio should be put down as ve likely to give its electoral votes 1 Bryan. To my mind the two gre ' doubtful states which lean more ' the Democratic than to the Republic side in this fight are New York a 0h,?- , ,i . Mr. Stevenson then made the folio ' ing estimate of the situation as stands today: For McKlnley?Callft nia, 9; Connecticut, 6; Iowa, 13; Mali : 6; Massachusetts, IB; Michigan, Minnesota, 9; New Hampshire, 4; i Dakota, 3; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, i . Rnode Island, 4; Vermont, 6; Wiscc sin, 12; Wyoming, 3. Total, 138. For Bryan?Alabama, 11; Arkansi 8; Colorado, 4; Florida, 4; Georgia, ' Idaho, 3; Indiana, IB; Kentucky, . Louisiana, 8; Maryland, 8; Misslssip 9; Missouri, 17; Morttkna, 3; Nebre . ka, 8; Nevada, 3; Nofth Carolina, . , South Carolina, 9; Tennessee, 12; Te as, IB; Utah, 3; Virginia, 12. Total, 1 1 Doubtful?Illinois, .24; Kansas. 1 ' New Jersey, 10; New York, 36; Oh i 23; South Dakota, 4; Washington, j West Virginia, 6; Delaware, 3. Tot I 120. , ' SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. | Candidate For Congress. The State, Sunday: Gen. J. W. Flo announced yesterday that he would a candidate for congress in the Fil district, two years hence. W. P. Pt J lock, of Chesterfield, has announced 1 i candidacy. Southern Industrial Convention. , A Southern Industrial convention to be held at New Orleans, Decemfc 4th. The following are the delegat appointed from this state by the govt r nor: J. H. Averlll, Charleston; W. Mauldin, Hampton; L. W. Floyd, Ne' berry; W. G. Childs. Columbia; J. Hull, Rock Hill; T. W. Boucher, Be nettsville; J. L. Sims, Orangeburg. Activity of the Mormons. ' Columbia Record: Mormons a ' again reported as showing much a tivity in various sections of the sta They are said to be especially acti ; in the lower part of Fairfield and u per Richland. County papers in t 1 Piedmont section report that missio aries are doing quiet and somewhat ? fective work in these counties. T t state convention is to be held durii , November in Spartanburg. Last ye the convention was held here. Crops of the 8tatc Farms. ' August Kohn in.Nqws and Courie The state farm will do finely this yei 1 The returns will be ihuch better th! ( they were last year. Under the dire f tlon of Capt. Griffith, more oats a: wheat than usual were planted, a: the state farm has raised 2,600 bush* of wheat, and no flour will have to bought this year. Altogether not ov 1 400 acres were planted in cotton tl year, and on this acreage 272 bal have been picked, and Capt. Griffl expects 50 additional bales, which w | run the total yield this year to 5 bales. Of the 272 bales ginned the Pe 1 itentiary has thus far sold only > bales and can afford to wait. Exposition Commissioner Molse. Sumter Herald: General E. W. Moil of Sumter, has been appointed sta i commissioner ior oouin Carolina 01 i exposition company, and will make . thorough canvass of this state, in t interest of the enterprise. He will prepared to receive subscriptions to t capital stock of the company and i answer questions as to the scope of t . exposition and its incalculable benefl ( to the people of South Carolina. T progress of this state during the pa two decades has been without a pan lei in the history of any country, ai the exposition at Charleston will ser to emphasize this marvellous grow and to impress upon capitalists ai home seekers the chances for future d velopment in a state whose undevelo ed wealth has, with all our growth ai 1 prosperity, scarcely yet been touchet Father Kllla HI* Son. Greenville special of Saturday : Sunday News: About 1 o'clock tl , morning Melvin Langley, a young ma . was shot and probably mortal wounded near a house of ill-fame hei 1 kept by Fanny King. Langley and ' lot of young men were at the hnu and under the influence of whisky. VV Fuller and Clarence Langley got in a fight, Langley getting whippe Melvin Langley then took up the dif culty in defense of his cousin, Cla ; ence. In the meantime Harvey Lan ' ley, the father of Clarence, appear hunting his son and the Langley bo went outside the house waiting for Fi ler to come out. The first notice t | police had of the shooting was wh< Harvey Langley rushed into the poll station wildly excited, stating that had shot and killed his son, Melvl From what can be learned it appea j that Harvey Langley and his son sep __ J ? ._t +V%<-v rrrnu ri raieu, une reiuuiiniig un inc s>uu" ' while the son went around the hou . looking for Puller, and suddenly a k pearing, Mr. Langley, in the dark, ml i taking him for Wes Fuller, fired, a 3 calibre bullet entering Melvln Lan . ley's side, passing through both lung , This afternoon Mr. Langley charg . that Wes Puller shot his son. He sa ? he fired at a man face to face, and ' his bullet hit it would have struck t! , man in front and not side. Fuller is > Jail and states that he will prove by ' dozen witnesses that he was in tl . house wnen the shooting occurred. T, i physicians say Langley will die. I Will Sue the County. Edgefield correspondence News ai , Courier: It is likely that this coun , will be sued under the anti-lynchii ls" clause of the state constitution. It will X*C ay be remebered that Jim McKle and Luns ther Sullivan, Negroes, were lynched *NE nd at Republican church about two years W. I to ago for assassinating Mrs. Atkinson, has e- while she and her husband were travel- ery! "al ing the public road In a buggy. The |"8C ?i- widow of McKie has applied to the try er Judge of probate of this county for let- B. A 18 ters of administration on her husband's Giv let estate. He left no estate and the manhe jfest purpose of this preliminary step gte Pr is to have an administrator appointed the hn in order that suit may be instituted Capti g- against the county. The dastardly to :k, crime for which McKie and Sullivan ^o ell met death, the assassination of a high o ly respected and Innocent white wo- tioi he man, the mother of a large number of 8h0 nd children, one a babe in arms, has no Keen Darallel in the country's history, and, stei while Edgfleld people believe in the en- yoi forcement and vindication of the law, wJ1 it is but the truth to say that no Jury Hlj in Edgefield is likely to be found that ope will award damages in such a case. A an< crime that so outrages public opinion the it- as to lead to a lynching is not forgot- W. ip ten, and the same feeling that culmi- t^e d- nates in the taking of a perpetrator's y0l j.1- life is almost a sure guarantee against floi de awarding damages because of the rea m- Jynching. As a preventitlve of lynch- Tb' d: lng (its only purpose), the constitury tional proviso is, and ever will be, a att ;or dismal failure. No community wrought tab ;at UP to a lynching pitch will ever be ula to checked In its purpose by a consideraan tion of pecuniary loss to the county. jag 8 n(j If a people are so outraged as to be jte< willing to take human life, "the very a g w_ highest gift of heaven," surely no con- a It sideration, especially the one presented )r. by the constitutional provision, would 8to ie> weigh with them. If the case ever nee 14; comes to a hearing it will result as did the N the Orangeburg case. . M. r 32; not >n- HICKORY 6R0VE NOTES.J pre adi is N,t Presbyterian Sabbath-School Organized?Pro?- Broo mo 13; pective Marriages?Personal Mention. dhi pI' Hickory' Grove, October 23.?On last- -tvhif Sabbath, death came into the home of Gr< ' Mr. William Brakefleld, taking one of - bui his little children. - wh ' During the latter part .of last week, . ' Rev. Mr. Hensley was ip attendance i?a ' at the Baptist association held at Fort mo ' Mill. He reports it to have been, one the a ' of the best meetings on record. Mr. Hensley has been elected pastor of the ^ Baptist church for another year.' of , Last Sabbath, after the regular he morning services, the members of the due yd Presbyterian church, under the direcbe tion of their pastor, organized a Sabth bath school. The following were the <ph< 3l- officers elected: Mr. John W. Lin- Cand! lis ley, superintendent; Mr. E. F. Bell, Jr., recer secretary; Mr. John Robinson,, treas- hous< urer. Teacher of Bible class, Mr. Lin- tion, 'is leX- Other teachers, Mrs. Marion and were Mrs. Ward. The Presbyterian church issue ia Anlu o Knnf fnrn vaoro nlH A du eg "CIC IO Will/ ?.??w ? ^ I4 >r- few enthusiastic Presbyterians with janie H. the help of Bethel presbytery having sec (V- organised it May 9th, 1899. At present p0rt j. the membership is not very large: but gec n- still the work has been very encourag- son> ing. It is believed that the Sunday Bessi school will do much towards the bulid- Crool re ing up of the church. The services Mill.. c_ will be endeavored to'be made as inter- gec te esting and instructive as possible. All g^ 3, ve who attend may rest assured of a very 3 hearty welcome. ' 1 RoCk he Mr. James W. Castles went to York- v'ille., n_ ville on Monday to attend to business. Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson went to q 1 ' Yorkville last Saturday. he The communion services at the A. R. P. church commences next Thursday orace ar night. Mr. Oates will be assisted by morn Rev. Mr. Pressley. to se Mrs. Barber is spending a few days appr< ;r: in Spartanburg, with her son, Mr. ra' 8 ir- Charles Barber. day' Several marriages are expect(.Mi in w?re (C" this community in the near future. n(J There seems to be an epidemic of mat- p" rimonial fever. Quinine does little to j. -Is stay its ravages. The editor of the R. *>e Hickory Grove Sun came out in an ed- J- * er ltorial admonishing all the youths to .J.* ^ >is get wives. Although this worthy genes tleman is quite young yet, the fact q' G> that he is still single is quite notewor- Gec HI thy, since symptoms seem to show that W. ^ it Is one of the rare cases where Dove n" has failed. ' to-' 53 r HIS HEART IS BREAKING. J' 3e Hte Lieutenant Hobaon Says Thla Is the Trouble he With Admiral Sampson. Jas a W. he During his present visit to his home d. k in Alabama and wherever he has ap- r. 1 hofnro tho mihltr T.lpiit. "R P. J. 1 to Hobson has been quoted as saying that ^ Admiral Sampson Is dying of a broken M" ltg heart owing to the Sampson-Schley W. he controversy which was the outcome of A. st the naval battle of Santiago. He Is A. quoted as follows: ^ n(j "When, last Saturday, October 13, I j 'r ve saw In the papers that Admiral Sap- J. I son was ill I took the next train to His Boston and spent Sunday with him. at thi e_ His physicians are baffled at his mala- sessl< p. dy. His organs are right; but his counl n<l health does not Improve, j "We touched one one or two subjects. For a little while he could not speak. By Soon he had to be carried to his room, anotl ? and I did not see him again. Mrs. there 1 8 Sampson told me that this great man firm 'j1, was brooding, was breaking his heart tende y at the thought that his fellow-country- tary re' men were so unkind. As ^ "I said to Mrs. Sampson, 'When I onel ] 80 visit my Southland, If tne opportunity tion offers Itself, I wish to try'to tell them Step! _? something of his malestlc character.' agem p' She replied: 'You dare not. Your spons Southland was quick and vigorous to again ' " resent what was thought to be an at- The tempt to take away the laurels of one agree of its great men.' ing 1 ys "I came by Washington and saw the chanj ~ secretary of the navy and the presi- of Cc e dent. To them I also stated my Inten- lnten en tion and they both gave their consent, it dei warning me, however, of what I might teres! expect." - thoug Mr. Hobson in his speech at a public hand, meeting Monday, said Admiral Samp- along ^ son had not received simple Justice at the 1 1 ' the hands of the American people. He tive, said: that "It has been sought to place him in assur |8" a despicable light before the world?to the n make him an incompetent, narrow- work f~ minded man and jealous of the rame or those his contemporaries?particularly of one ed wl e Illustrious naval chief. As his Junior vllle, officer, serving under him, I express the up ji deliberate opinion that Admiral Samp- along e son Is the colossal figure of the Span- Col< Ish-American war?the genius of the moth< a naval battle of Santiago. fectec . e "He Is unrivaled today as the direct- afteri e lng mind of a war squadron on the frienc seas. I say this for him because he Is Yorki a silent man. In the clamor of calumny erally id and detraction he holds his peace. cap ty Though his heart bleeds with this un- vllle, ig kind cut, he suffers In silence." South 9 ?CAL AFFAZRa a ?. f IKX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 8 d. Kennedy, Agent?Tells you he t i just received a nice line of crock, and that he has fresh oatflakes, 1 an assortment of cakes, crackand cheese. He says for you to Hecker's blended coffee. t . Davis and W. G. Stephenson? e notice of the dissolution of the j n heretofore conducting the K. M. A., and announce that Colonel phenson will continue to operate academy. 9. Stevenson and Law?Announce ? those interested that beginning v. 1st, tney will conduct night sses in stenography, bookkeeping, nmercial law, etc. All appllca- 1 is for admission to these classes ?uld be in by Oct. 29. ] ie Dobson?Agent for the Charlotte < am laundry, requests you to leave ir laundry at his residence or he i call for and return it. ] ; & Davis Bros.?Say that their \ istrel aggregation will be at the sra house this, Wednesday, night, 1 mention the rames of several of stars. Reserv .-d seats on sale at B. Moore & Co.'s store. Hobbs & Co.?Wish you to call on m for palate ticklers, and say for i to call on them for buckwheat ir and breakfast syrup, postum ce1, roasted coffees, ingredients for anksgiving Day cakes, nuts, orjes, and grapes ance, Willlamr & Co.?Call your ention this week to more of their ile delicacies, aid mention partlcrly Armour's "Banquet" hams 1 breakfast ba:on, Heinz's baked ins and cream of wheat. M. Starr & Co.?Will sell for a 11m1 time Harris' lithla water at 25c allon, tobacco at 35 cents a pound, 1 call on parties owing fertilizer 1 store accountn to pay up at once, n & Allison?Tell you that their ck of mules, horses, buggies, harts and wagon* is complete, and y say for you to come to them and! < ke your own terms. 3. Nichols, Administratrix?Gives < ice that she has applied to the bate Judge for final discharge as ninistratrix of the estate of J. M. 1 :hols, deceased. - 1 ks Inman?Says, he has 40 Ply- i uth.Rock and 25 brown Leghorn j ckens for sale and wants you to . him at once.' lonant, Castles & Co., Hlcory 1 )ve?Say they have an interesting I finess message in preparation, j ich will appear in Saturday's is- j t of this paper. . Strauss?Says money makes the re go and tha.t he can save you ( ney on all goods in. his .Une, and 1 is help you to make her go longer, j Patrick, McConnellsville?Says he j iaying mileage yet, and giving pre- . lms and calls attention to a lot 1 chairs recently received. He says * wants to buy 510,000 worth of pro- < :e, and cotton and cotton seed. { NEW TEACHERS. ( ?re were 12 white and 30 colored * Idates for school certificates at the < it examination held in the court 1 * by the county board of educa- 1 and out of the number, only 13 1 successful.. Certificates have been 1 d as follows: st Grade?Susie White, Fort Mill; 1 i Carson, Fodder.- .1 ond Grade "A"?W. M.. Crook, ( Mill; E. P. Castles, Smyrna. t ond Grade "B"?Wilmarth JackNewport; A. C. Ferris, Fort Mill; 1 ~ "DrtkltioAn pAffnn Pq mmlp 'I C XVUUlllOVU, V/VH.VI* t t, Fort Mill; Mary Crook, Fort ond Grade "A", (colored)?Pearl -atton, Smith's Turnout; Martha [ill. Ogden; Annie Lee Barber, Hill; Cynthia McKnight, YorkENTLEMEN OF THE JURY. ; Jury commissioners met in the of the clerk of the court Monday ing and drew the following Jurors rve during the first week of the jaching term of the court of geneessions, which convenes on MonNovember 12. The Jurors drawn t as follows: C. Thompson ..Bullock's Creek. P. Steele Ebenezer. B. Neil ..York. Warren Moore Bethesda. L. Quinn Bethel. a 3. Stultz Catawba. t D. WithersDoon, Jr York. j A. Byers .Broad River. . H. Merritt < Fort Mill. 1 M. Riddle Bethel. I >. W. Foster Bullock's. Creek. t D. Lesslle....King's Mountain. j B. Brown Bethel. E. Smarr Bullock's Creek. t E. Sanders Bethesda. g S. 71a*1 \Ebenezer. M. Duii.? King's Mountain. f L. Robinson York. r G. Stanton Bethel. t H. Sherer Bullock's Creek. f J. White Catawba. r . M. Plaxico... ..Broad River. ^ R. Burgess..., Bui lock's Creek. ^ J. Fitchett King's Mountain. c C. Whitesldes... Bullock's Creek. t B. Pegram York. t C. Boyd Bethel.' ^ B. Beard York. x v G. Bryant Catawba. j L. McCleave Bethesda. * B. Parks Fort Mill. j| A. Burris Beihesda. t W. Hicks York. r S. Percival Bethesda. > a r. Plaxico Bullock's Creek. j 3. Brandon Bullock's Creek. honor, Judge Klugh. will preside t s next term of the court of general e >ns and common pleas for this * y* li THE K. M. M. A. v reference to the offlcla' notice in li ?er column, it will be seen that J1 has been a dissolution of the r of Davis & Stephensor superln- t nts of the King's Mountain Mili- g academy. C the result of the dissolution, Col- ^ Davis retires from further connec- g with the academy and Colonel j. lenson assumes the entire man- S ent of its affairs, including re- t ilbillty for all present claims ? ist the institution. f i dissolution has been entirely 0 able on both sides. Since enter- a upon the present undertaking 1 je8 have taken place in the affairs ? )lonel Davis that make it to his g ;st to return to Richmond. Also w relops that he Is not as much in- (; ted in military school work as he t :ht he would be. On the other ? Coionel Stephenson, who has all tl had the entire management of e nstitutlon, financial and execu- p is so pleased witn the progress * has been made that he is giaa to ne the sole principalshlp. He has p leans wltn which to carry on the r as it should be carried on, and tl who have become best acquaintIth him during his stay In York- ^ are satisfied of his ability to build ^ ist such a school as he has all c had in view. o mel B. A. Davis, wife, sister and * sr, had their arrangements per- ^ I tp leave for Richmond yesterday l loon. All of them have made L Is during their short stay in tl Mile and their departure is gen- n ' regretted. jj tain W. Edmonds Law, of Harts- t! S. C., an honor graduate of the p i Carolina Military academy, and fl l young gentleman thoroughly equipped or t'ae work, has taken charge of the icademic and business branches hereofore taught by Colonel Davis. ' i ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Will Williams went up to Gasonla Monday. W. B. de Loach, Esq., is confined to its home with grip. Misses Ella Love, of McConnellsville, s visiting the Misses Gardner. Mr. Fred Jackson, of Bethel, matrlcilated at the K. M. M. A., Monday. Rev. W. G. Neville is at Florence Ito ' . Lttendance on the annual meeting of synod. Mrs. R. L. Scoggins and children, of * Hickory Grove, are visiting Mrs. E. A. ' f Crawford. Mr. Ellas Earle spent Sunday and Tra i. arm -x '-s t-1_ ' * uuuuajr iu r uri mm, ine ({uem ui niB mcle, Rev. Dr. 3. H. Thornwell. Misses Carrie Neisler. of Rock Hill, md Sallle Castor, of Concord, N. C., ire visiting Miss Addie Williams. Mr. John M. Spratt, of Port Mill, :ame over to Yorkville Monday afterloon and returned yesterday morning. P. P. McCain, Esq., late of Greer's, v <* 3. C., arrived in Yorkville yesterday :o take up his residence here, for the practice of his profession, the law. Por .he present he will be associated witu ! (V. B. de Loach, Esq. Captain W. Edmunds Law, of Harts/ille, S. C., who is an honor (B.. S.) graduate of the Citadel academy, class )f 1900, has accepted a position as infractor in the King's Mountain Military academy. He arlved Monday af:ernoon and will take charge from late. ^ROCK HILL A. R. P. CHURCH. There was a great gathering of "Secelers" in Rock Hill last Sunday. They :ame from the town and the country mmediately surrounding, and there ivere a few stray pilgrims from distant ^ joints. The occasion was the dedlca:lon of the handsome new church which las filled the dreams of all good A. R. ' P.'s from the earliest settlement of Rock Hill, arid which for the past five . fears has commanded the lndefatiga- . " jle efforts of Rev. A. 8, Rogers and his . levoted little band of co-laborers. The :hurch has been practically completed ' 'or nearly two ytears; but the Assoc!- . ite Reformed spirit in the congrega- " .Ion was too strong to permit its ded- * cation until after It had been paid for,'' md that Is the reason that the formal :eremony was postponed until last Sunday. The exercises were commenced at 11 >'clock. The church was filled to overlowing by A. R. P.'s and members of >ther congregations. A carefully arranged program, distributed previous- "* y, enabled everybody present to enter nto satisfactory participation. The jeifvicd was opened with ah organ pre,-'. udq, followed by the anthem, "The Liord is. My Light," and then Divine Blessing was invoked, after which the >ntlre congregation joined, in singing , . he grand old One Hundredth Psalm. After the reading of the Scripture *" esson from I Kings, vll, 22, Rev. W. E. rhayer, pastor of the Baptist church, iffered prayer, and the congregation nade Its weekly offering for various :hurch purposes. There was a solo by diss Jennie Edwards, of Due West, nost beautifully rendered, and by. this 1 lme the. congregation was In proper 'rame to listen to Rev. Dr. J. C. Galoway's able dedicatory sermon. Dr. galloway took his text from I Cor. vl, .1?"And such were some of you." His - x lubject was "The Saving Power of the Jospel," and the, sermon, which was >ne of unusual power, commanded the rrapt attention of the congregation un- > 11 Its conclusion. Following the sermon, the congregalon sung Psalm 8: , .... " Lord God of hosts, how lovely ? The place where Thou dost dwell." A most appropriate feature of the extrclses was the reading of a historical iketch of the church. The sketch hgd >een prepared by the pastor, Rev. A. S. Rogers, and was read by him. It tells m he whole story, or rather all that can >roperly be told, of the trials, difflcul- . ies and triumphs of the undertaking, t is as follows: On July the 4th, J895, the present pasor entered this town In obedience to in order from th? board of home misIons. He found a most discouraging leld. There was no organized church,' 10 Sabbath school, no place of worship; here wis nothing but 16 A* R. P.'s .. rhose hearts were sick from hope deferr . ed. But this was no surprise, as the >oard had given him some intftnatlon' if this before he arrived, besides some if the brethren Volunteered to express heir doubts about the wisdom of the >oard in entering this city at?that late [ate. One said: "That there never vould be an A. R. P. church In Rock 1111 while the sun shines." However ' hat glorious orb has not lost any of ts pristine splendor, and today it comes hrough the eastern gates putting Its norning kiss upon the golden spire of in A. R. P. church in the city of Jtock , 1111. But we would not censure anvone for heir adverse opinions, for they were xpresslons of an honest mind, while he heart hoped it would be otherwise. N ? ^he first service was held July 7th, 1895, n the Hutchison hall, commonly known is the Armory. At this service there vere 63 persons present, consisting argely of members from other denomitations. The audience grew from day o day, and before the close of the Bumner we had as many as 150. During hat summer, a Ladies' Society was organized with a membership of 12; a ^ Children's Society, with 14. On September the 30th, 1895, the paaor was accompanied by Dr. W. P. j strait, as commlsioner, to the meetng of the First Presbytery, at Clover, ? I. C. At that meeting the presbytery ook the following action in regard to he Rock Hill mission; (1.) "That this ongregation be fully organized, and lev. J. S. Moffatt, with two members * f his session, go there at an early date ,nd attend to said organization. (2.) 'hat the supply of Rock Hill be turnd over to the board of home missions,' nd that the superintendent of misions of this presbytery co-operate /ith the board in the work of supplies. 3.) That a committee be appointed by his presbytery to co-operate with a ommitt^e of five to be appointed by he Rock Hill church, to raise funds o erect a house of worship in Rock fill, and that the committee from this resbytery consist of Rev. O. Johnson, Ion. D. E. Finley, and Rev. C. E. Mc)onald. After this meeting of presbytery the resent pastor returned to the seminav to finish his theological course, and he mission was supplied as directed In tie above report. ^ On November 19. 1896, Revs. J. S. ' loffatt and Jno. T. Chalmers, with elers Joseph Wylie and Matthew White, ame to Rock Hill and completed the rganizatlon of an A. R. P. church, rhlch consisted of 26 members, with tie following officers, viz.: Elders, Dr. V. P. Strait, R. T. Wright and J. M. aurldge; deacons, Jno. A. Black and J. i. White. Of the five elders present on tiat occasion, four have gone to their eward. < ^ At the close of the seminary in June, . 396, the present pastor was returned, \o. tils field. That summer the board apointed him to this work for a period of ve years, which action was confirm