Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 27, 1900, Image 2
Scraps and |acts.
? Heavy rains of Monday night and
Tuesday morning, according to a Morganton,
N. C., dispatch of Tuesday
night, caused a rise in the Catawba
river almost equal to the great flood
of October, 1898. At the time the dispatch
was written, the water was 24
feet above low water mark, and within
a foot of the top of the steel bridge at
McDowell's ford.
? The annual report of the United
States commissioner of education for
the fiscal year ended June 30, last,
gives the figures for the fiscal year
1898-99 as the latest statistics obtainable.
It shows that the grand total of
pupils in all schools, elementary, secondary
and higher, public and private,
t"T the year ended July 1, 1899, was
16,738,362, of which the number enrolled
in the common schools, elementary
and secondary, was 15,138,715. Twenty
and one-half per cent, of the entire
population was enrolled In the public
elementary schools and high schools.
? General Lleber, judge advocate
general of the army, In his annual report
to the secretary of war, says
there were 6.680 trials by general
courtmartlal during the past fiscal
year, of which number 35 were commissioned
ohicers, 4 cadets, 6,618 enlisted
men and 23 civilians Serving
with the army. Of the commissioned
officers, 26, and of the enlisted men
6,020, were convicted. A total of 2,585
men were sentenced to dishonorable
discharge, of whom 2,270 were in the
regular army and 315 In the volunteers.
Six death sentences were Imposed, all
of which were commuted by the president.
? 'ihe Boston correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger says: "Rear Admiral
William T. Sampson has not
yet seen the sensational statement of
Lieutenant Hobson, to the effect that
the Sampson-Schley .controversy is responsible
for the former's present
physical condition. According to officers
at the navy yard he does not
see all that is printed in the newspapers,
and, although very favorable reports
are sent out regularly by Surgeon
General Henry G. Beyer, the attending
Dhvslcian. the admiral Is ad
mittedly a very sick man and has been
in ill-health for a year. The opinion
among naval officers here is that Lieutenant
Hobson has been very indiscreet
and over-anxious to show his
gratitude to Admiral Sampson. They
are unwilling to make the same mistake
of discussing a very delicate subject,
one that the admiral and his
friends hoped had been settled.
? Says a Washington dispatch of October
24: The battleship Maine is to be
removed from Habana harbor, as it is
considered an obstruction to navigation.
Several times since the close of
the Spanish-American war, there has
been talk of raising the wreck, but it
has been postponed from time to time
for various reasons. General Wood,
upon the recommendation of the harbor
authorities of Habana, considers
that the removal of this obstruction to
navigation has become imperative. It
is sinking deeper and deeper into the
mud of the harbor, and the longer the
work is delayed the more difficult it
will be of accomplishment. Today
General Wood saw the secretary of
the navy, and after laying the matter
Dercre mm in detail, secured the secretary's
consent for the removal of the
wreck. The work will be undertaken
Immediately upon General Wood's return
to Habana, which will be within
the next week.
? Says a Washington dispatch of
Thursday: Minister Conger has been
authorized by this government to begin
negotiations at once with the Chinese
envoys on the basis of the points In
the German and French notes, upon
which all the powers are agreed. Upon
those points, where divergencies of
views has been found to exist, the governments
of the powers themselves
will negotiate with a view to reaching
a further understanding. It is understood
that the ministerial representatives
at Pekin of the other powers have
similar instructions: but whether they
have or not Mr. Conger is not to be
restrained. The Berlin statement that
Germany has agreed to Japan's proposals
that peace negotiations with
China shall for the present be entrusted
to the foreign representatives at Pekin,
is regarded here as an indication
that Germany has taken similar action
In the case of Minister Mumm Von
Schwartzer.stein.
? Judge T. J. Mackey, who recently
managed to get his wife out of the
government Insane asylum near Washington,
Is glad to have her recommitted.
A Washington dispatch of Tuesday
says: Lunacy proceedings were
instituted by the district commissioners
today against Katherine S. Mackey,
the wife of former Judge Thomas
J. Mackey, of South Carolina, who was
discharged from the government hospital
for the insane about ten days
ago on habeas corpus petitioned for
by her husband. The petition filed in
the supreme court of the district today
is signed and sworn to by Mr.
Mackey, and the object of the proceedings
is to have Mrs. Mackey recommitted
to the asylum. Judge Mackey alleges
in his petition that his wife is a
lunatic of homicidal and otherwise
dangerous tendencies. That she has
been such a lunatic since the 10th day
of October, 1900; that the cause of
her lunacy is unknown to him: but if
the representations made to him are
true, she is unfit to be at large.
? Last Saturday the jury in the case
of Henry E. Youtsey, for complicity in
the murder of Governor Goebel, of
Kentucky, found him guilty and fixed
his punishment at life Imprisonment.
He broke down during the trial and
become unconscious?the doctors said
inanimate?but the trial went on. He
was carried to the jury room door
every day on his bed and lay there oblivious
of all that was going on. He
was pronounced somewhat better on
Saturday. Youtsey was Governor Taylor's
stenographer, and is the third
man convicted of having a hand in
the murder. Caleb Powers was con
victed of complicity and sentenced to
life imprisonment. James Howard
was convicted as a principal and was
sentenced to death. Youtsey's counsel
filed a motion for arrest of judgment,
which was set for a hearing at the February
term. During the trial motions
were made for continuance, but were
overruled by Judge Cantrill, who said
he was powerless to stop the trial unless
the defendant was adjudged a lunatic.
? Financial circles of New York and
the country generally, are greatly
stirred over the remarkable defalcation
of Cornelius L. Alvord, teller of
the First National bank of New York.
The Information became public on
Tuesday that Alvord was short In his
accounts to the amount of $650,000. It
developed that his peculations had
covered a period of five or six years,
and that numerous examlnatlpns by
the national bank examiners had failed
to bring them to light. It was not
until October 9, last, that there was
any well-grounded suspicion of anything
wrong. Then National Bank
Examiner Hans found discrepancies
that have since footed up to the figures
quoted. It has all along been
known that Alvord was a very high
liver; but no one suspected him of dishonesty.
Just how he succeeded in
making away with so much money
without being discovered earlier, has
not been made clear. The bank is not
badly hurt. A statement made by it
on September 5, last, showed: Capital,
$500,000; surplus, $5,000,000; undivided
profits, $4,114,250; deposits, $39,997,895;
demand loans and cash on
hand, $23,379,276; time loans, $5,654,610,
and stocks and bonds, $20,110,409. In
the statement the bank's total resources
were placed at $52,663,294. At last
accounts, the whereabouts of Alvord
were unknown. One opinion is that he
has skipped the country and gone to
South America. His friends are trying
to sDread a belief that he has com
mitted suicide.
lite foehviUe inquirer.
YORKVILLE, S: C.:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27,1900.
This sentiment from Wm. J. Bryan
has a truer ring than any plank in the
platform: "It is not my highest ambition
to be president, but to see this
government so good that it will be a
greater honor to be a private citizen in
this republic than to be a king In any
other nation."
We have on our desk, a copy of Volume
1, Number 1, of "The World's
Work," a new magazine just Issued by
Doubleday, Page & Co., of New York.
The magazine is international in its
scope, and its purpose Is to deal with
the great events of the day of whatever
nature, while they are still fresh,
in the broadest light that is possible to
the highest ability that can be procured,
mechanically and artistically, as
well as intellectually, the new magazine
is perfection. The reader is at
once impressed with the dignity and
power and that it will be a success
seems to be assured. The price is 25
cents a copy?three dollars for twelve
numbers.
The Enquirer begs to acknowledge
the receipt from Latham, Alexander
& Co., of New York, a copy of the
twenty-seventh edition of their "Cotton
Movements and Fluctuations."
This work has for years been the
standard of reference in the cotton
trade. It contains a great amount of
valuable Information as to receipts,
stocks, experts, consumption, acreage,
visible supply and fluctuations that
cannot be had elsewhere, and its value
is recognized by cotton men everywhere.
This unique work is fully up
to the high established standard of the
past, and cotton men everywhere who
are so fortunate as to be favored with
copies, have a right to feel that they
are especially lucky.
The general election takes place
next Tuesday week. So far as appearances
go, there is but little interest in
the event. There seems to be nothing
that requires especial interest. The
constitutional amendment questions
are Important, and every good citizen
should express himself on these questions.
If there is a large vote we will
be agreeably surprised. But still a
1 owro vnlo 4a Imrinrffi nt TVip rn r?p
question Is again looming up strongly.
Northern Republicans are anxious
to cut down our representation because
of our refusal to allow the Negro
to vote his full numerical strength.
They draw their arguments and conclusions
not from the censuns returns,
but from the general election returns.
So far as the public outside of South
Carolina Is concerned, our primaries
count for nothing. These are not understood.
It Is the general election
figures that are held up against us.
Therefore, let every voter throughout
this section go to the polls on election
day and cast his ballot.
The people of "Western York and
Eastern Cherokee, who are being annoyed
by the presence of Mormon elders.
have our deep sympathy. Some
of the people to whom we refer we
know personally and well. Included
among them are some of the most
earnest, conscientious citizens of York
county. They are as good men as are
to be found in any county. But we
think they are making a mistake In
using violence toward the Mormon elders.
Among these elders there are no
doubt many humbugs and scoundrels.
Most of them would probably come
under these heads. Such Is our opinion.
Among them, however, are many
who are filled with a zeal for their socalled
religion that they honestly believe
is holy. All of them left Utah
with the understanding tnat mey were
to undergo hardships, persecution and
even death. For one of them to fall
In what the authorities at home would
consider to be his duty, would be to
make him an outcast forever. All profess
to believe, and some sincerely believe,
that persecution adds to their
exaltation in this life and the life to
come, and that to lose their life on account
of their religion means their im
mediate translation to heaven. As a ]
rule, these people are found to be un- !
resisting so far as physical self-de- j
fense is concerned; but wherever they !
can, they try to secure all possible
rights and privileges under the law. 1
Under such circumstances, persecution ;
will not stop their work. Even should
they be killed, there will be others to
take their places. The greater the violence
that is developed against them,
the more dogged becomes their determination.
We are satisfied that this
is not the proper policy to pursue
against them. It cannot win. The
best way is to let them go on with
their work, and bring to bear against
their arguments the work of our own (
evangelical ministers. Let the Mormons
have such ignorant converts as
they can fairly win, and let them take
these converts to Utah if they desire.
Let all others who do not believe in
Mormoni8m have nothing to do with i
the elders or their converts. Watfch
both the elders and converts to see
that they do not violate the statute
laws bearing on morality, and if they
do violate these laws report the matter
to the grand Jury. We would not
think for a minute of criticising the i
motives of the men who are trying to
stamp out this annoyance in their
neighborhood. They have our sympathy.
We fully appreciate the extent
of their annoyance; but, as already
stated, we feel sure that they are
working along incorrect lines for the
accomplishment of the object desired.
THE ENQUIRER FOR 1901.
Elsewhere in today's *ssue, will be
found The Enquirer's annual premium
offers to clubmakers, and along
with the announcements we desire to
make some additional statements.
When we say that The Enquirer
has long been recognized as one of 1
the most enterprising and progressive
county newspapers in the South, we 1
only repeat what fellow-journalists ,
know to be a fact; and when we say
that its efficiency has been largely in- ,
creased within the past two months, j
we believe we only give expression to
a discovery that has previously been
Q
made by a majority of our readers.
Our increased efficiency is due largely
to our recent introduction of a Mer
genthaler linotype, like that in use on 1
the leading daily papers. The machine 1
was introduced not as a measure of 1
economy; but because we believed it ]
would enable us to make a still better
paper than we had been making, i
There has been no curtailment of ex- '
penses. On the contrary our expense [
is greater than before; but, at the ;
same time, we believe that a great ,
majority of our readers will testify '
that the paper is better than it has <
ever been before.
It was our intention some time back ;
to increase the subscription price of j
The Enquirer to $2.00 in clubs. The (
matter was considered from a purely
business standpoint. Printed entirely
at home, and setting up each week
fully four times as much fresh matter
as any other county paper published s
within 50 miles of Yorkville, the week
ly expense of The Enquirer is fully 1
four times as great as that of any of
its contemporaries within the radius '
mentioned. Considerations of this na(
ture have engaged our attention; but ,
we have decided that, for the present, |
at least, we will not advance the price i
of subscription beyond $1.75, the '
amount now charged in clubs, al- '
though we must, and will continue to
insist that single subscriptions be
paid for at the rate of $2 a year.
As a special Inducement to new subscribers,
we are offering the paper
from this date until January 1, 1902
for $1.75. This means, however, that
the name must be paid for at the time
it is entered on our books. That is, if
the subscriber expects to get the benefit
of this offer. Th^re is no "nekt
week," or "next month" about it. If
the $1.75 comes with the name, then
the paper will go from that date until
January 1, 1901, free, and thence on to
January 1, 1902. Prom this rule there
will be no deviation.
The premiums we are offering to
clubmakers are, we think, very liberal.
The competition is open to all persons
who wish to engage in it, and we
would be glad to have every one who
entertains an idea of making a club
to advise us of the fact at his or her
earliest convenience. We will be able
to offer assistance that will be to mutual
advantage. Also, we beg to suggest
that now is the time for clubmakers
to commence. Those who get
down to work earliest and stick at it
longest, are likely to reap the best rewards.
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GO TO THE POLLS.
State Chairman Jones Calls Upon Everybody
to Vote.
Colonel Wilie Jones, chairman of the
state executive committee, has issued
the following:
To the Democratic Voters of South
Carolina:
In view of the present apathy which
seems to exist among the Democrats
of this state as to voting at the general
election, I feel it to be my duty as
your chairman to address you in this
public manner and urge that you all
come out on November 6th and cast
your votes for the Democratic ticket
from president to coroner. Our people
have gotten into the way of thinking
that when they cast their votes in the
primary there is no further use to vote.
But this is a very dangerous policy
to pursue and may result in great
harm to our state. Our state and
county tickets are safe, as the Republicans
have put up no opposition at all.
The Republicans have an electoral
ticket in the field composed mostly of
Negroes, and they have a candidate in
every congressional district in this
state, hoping to have their candidates
seated by a Republican house. Let
every Democratic voter come out and
vote for the Democratic nominees in
his district and elect them by such an
overwhelming majority tnat not even
a Republican house would dare unseat
them or even consider a contest.
The Democrats .of this nation have
giver? you one of the grandest, purest
and most brilliant men this country
has ever produced, and the Democrats ]
af this state have given you seven of
your best men as candidates for congress,
and I cannot believe that you
will not come out and vote for them. 1
We have heard of late of various
threats on all sides that our representation
in congress would be reduced on
account of our small vote in the general
election. '
Now, fellow Democrats, do not allow
this serious charge to be made against
you. Wilie Jones,
State Chairman Ex. Com. 1
OPPOSED TO WHITE TEACHERS. }
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Colored Preachers Fear a Condition of Which
They Are Afraid.
The following resolutions were '
adopted by the ministers of the Yorkville
District of the A. M. E. Zion
church, without a dissenting voice: i
Whereas, There is a movement on
foot to put white teachers in Negro
public schools to teach Negro children,
and
Whereas, We favor white teachers
for white children, and Negro teachers
for Negro children, and are not willing
to accept anything else: and 1
Whereas, We have now about 30,000
Negro teachers in the United States
that are capable of giving that "certain
kind oi training" that the superintendent
of education of the state of
South Carolina is so solicitous about,
or any other kind that is worth the
Negro's having, or that would be conducive
to the continuation of our pres- ]
ent progress, and whereas the progress
made by the Negro for the past 35
years is not due to the instruction of
white teachers, but can easily be
traced back to the humble efforts of '
black men and black women in the
scnool room teaching black children,
though not so numerous and not so
well prepared as they are now, and
Whereas, We Regard the aforesaid
contemplated action as bias and dangerous
to the social quietude of the
state, and calculated to create an unrest
among Negroes heretofore unparalleled
in history, and
Whereas, We do not want our boys
Associated with white girls in any capacity,
nor our girls with white boys,
therefore.
Be it resolved, That we, the ministers
of the Yorkville District of the A.
M. E. Zion church, in conference assembled,
seal the contemplated action
with our eternal condemnation and
call upon?and we do hereby call upon ,
?the right thinking element of both
races to enter their bitter protest 1
against this pending evil which can- '
not terminate into anything conducive
to peace and harmony between j
the race or profitable to the state. i
Resolved 2d. That a cony of these <
resolutions be sent to The State, News 1
and Courier, Rock Hill Messenger and <
Yorkville Enquirer ior publication. l
Respectfully, i
S. A. Chambers. <
MERE-MENTION. J
The reporters are trying to find out f
how Mr. Cleveland proposes to vote ?
In the approaching election; but they (
are not succeeding very well A (
Negro named Gloster Barnes was (
lynched by a mob of Negroes near >
Vicksburg, Miss., last Tuesday, for f
murdering his wife All the former 1
afficers of the Transvaal government, *
are now on their way to Holland 1
Rev. Dp. Craig, of Atlanta, Ga., died i
while addressing the Presbyterian *
j tti !?!? ?4- xtamnamt xtai.ro ^
SyilUU Ul V 11511110, tic iiCW^uit ncno, ^
va., last Tuesday The population t
3f California, as officially announced 1
last Wednesday, Is 1,485,053, as against r
1,208,130 In 1890. This Is an increase of 1
276,923, or 22.9 per cent..., The Ken- ^
tucky legislature has passed a new
flection bill. ?^
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. f
The Coming Fair. C
The Columbia State says that the
3tock entries for the approaching State I
Pair are unprecedented.
Liberal Presbyterians. '
Southern Christian Advocate: Pour
Presbyterian churches in South Caro- x
Una contributed last y?ar over $500
each, for foreign missions. First ?
fhurch, Greenville, with 465 members,
?ave $2,505; Second church, Charleston, g
171 members, $991; Yorkville church,
288 members, $641; Rock Hill church, \
199 members, $552. In the entire Southern
Presbyterian church, 52 churches r
?ave over $50,000. Central church, At- j
Innta laadlner all with a contribution t
3f $2,715.
Military at the Fair. t
The State, Friday: Preparations for |
the big military feature are being com- I
pleted. The tented village will probably
be In perfect shape by tomorrow s
night or by noon Monday. All availa- 1
ble tents will be used and Capt. Newn- j
bam will see to the management of q
the camp on a regular army basis.
Seneral Floyd was yesterday notified s
by Captain Keith, of the Timmonsvllle t
company, that he would bring 50 men \
ind would arrive Tuesday night at 10.10 \
n'clock. This company will be In the
:ompetitlve drill. The Sumter Light j
Infantry, a company it was feared I
would not come, yesterday notified t
General Floyd that it would be here for i
:he parade, arriving at 11.10 p. m., Wed- t
tiesday. The Orangeburg cadet corps
s to be here according to notice recelv- c
id yesterday. The cadets will wear ^
new uniforms. Prof. Clarence J. a
Dwens has been Invited by the gover- J
nor to ride with the staff In the pa- r
rade. It being generally desired. Col. t
John D. Frost has been detailed as
Jrlll master for the individual drill r
contest. He has a splendid voice and g
there is no danger of any soldier mis- j
understanding an order given by him. 1
South Carolina Synod, G
Florence special to The News and I
Courier: The South Carolina synod c
convened in the First Presbyterian J
;hurch at 8.30 o'clock tonight, with I
ibout 150 In attendance. The synod c
was opened by a sermon from the Kev. t
W. G. Neville, of Yorkville, and the a
text was taken from I Chronicles, 22d F
chapter and part of the 14th verse, ^
* A 4Uam mo ifaot o rl rl fViorotn " M f. i
11 u iuuu ma/cob uuu v?i?*v?v.
Neville's sermon was a fine one and t
was listened to by a large and atten- *
tive audience, in fact the spacious ?
house of worship was taxed to hold
Lhe people. The committee on reception
met the delegates and had them
ill housed within 45 minutes, so com- t
hlete was their arrangements. All in o
lttendance are well and are delight- I
id with the hospitable manner in <3
which they were received by the Florentines.
One of the most important n
iommittees, that on synodical evan- f
jelization work, held a meeting in the P
First church this morning. The meet- I
ng was called to order by the chair- c
nan, the Rev. Dr. Sprunt, of Rock e
Hill, the other members being Mr. n
John McSween, Mr. W. A. Clark, and s
:he Rev. Messrs. J. K. Hall and B. P. s
Reed, the synodical evangelists. The
)ther evangelists present were the v
Rev. Messrs. J. A. Wilson, James Rus- t
sell and E. C. Bailey. Tne report of r
:he chairman was read and adopted, t
[t was an excellent paper and shows in s
detail the work done by the evangel- t
sts of the synod in this; state during a
:he past year. v
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Forte Drug Store?Tells you that there
Is a good many reasons why you
should use L. & M. paints, and request
that you write for circular and
color card.
rhe Enquirer?Announces the publication
of "Reminiscences of York," by
the late Dr. Maurice A. Moore, which
will be commenced In January.
Fork Implement Co.?Say they have a
small quantity of guano and acid, especially
suitable for wheat.
Liouls Roth?Calls your attention to a
few new seasonable arrivals, and
mentions new crop New Orlenas molasses,
northern krout, oatflakes, and
buckwheat flour.
rhos. F. McDow, Attorney?Publishes
summons In the case of W. R. Warren,
et al., plaintiffs, against Catherine
M. Warren, et al., defendants.
W. A. Corkill, Chester, S. C.?Offers
for sale, the Patrick place, In Bullock's
Creek township, formerly owned
by T. Minor Gwinn, and also the
lots in Yorkville, situated opposite
the A. R. P. church. He wants you
to see his attorney, G. W. S. Hart,
Esq., or himself at Chester.
Whisonant, Castles & Co., Hickory
Grove?Make announcement of a 60
days special sale, and quote prices
on a lot of goods. They want those
who owe them to settle up at once.
Thpv call esneelal attention to their
ginnery and sawmill, and also their
cotton warehouse, and offer to store
cotton and advance money on same.
Li. M. Grist & Sons, Publishers of The
Enquirer?Issue their annual prospectus,
giving in detail the list of
premiums offered and the conditions
under which they will be awarded.
The Enquirer?Makes a special offer of
two college tuition scnolarships to
young lady clubmakers for The Enquirer.
The scholarships are good
for one year at Converse and the
Due West Female college respectively.
THE COTTON MARKET.
Local cotton receipts continue light 1
>n account of the price. The average (
jales in Yorkville this week have not .
'ooted up 25 bales daily. The receipts
ire larger*than that; but a great deal (
>f the cotton that is coming in is being
warehoused. Instead of improving on <
:he New York exchange, the price of *
:otton continues on a gradual decline. *
The history of Thursday's develop- 1
nents is given in a market dispatch of 1
Thursday night as follows: i
The market for cotton opened stekdy I
it a decline of 2@9 poipts, cables be- '
ng disappointing, and the average of ,
:rop news and other outside Influences
jeing also bearish. After a further dedine
of 2@3 points, however, the mar- 8
let m&de a sharp turn and advanced ?
apidly. From the lowest to the high- i
;st point of the session the improve- <
nent was a matter of 18@22 points t
with January reacting to 8.97 when the
narket again turned weak. January 1
jold down to 8.88, and the rest of the \
narket eased off in proportion. The ^
mtire trade appeared to be very much
lonfused and made new ventures with
;he greatest caution. From the lowest v
;o the closing prices there was an ad- i
fance of 11@18 points with the market s
in^lly steady at a net advance of 6@12 a
>oihts. The short interest was largely
governed by fears of frost. So far as
he weather bulletins were concerned, I
lowever, there was nothing to excite t
'ears on this account, beyond'the fact j
hat in the center of the cotton belt a %
:old wave was reported forming. The
eceipts continued heavy, although es- a
imates were inclined to smaller fig- c
ires. The momentum of the late heavy e
novement was so great, nevertheless, e
hat most of the Southern markets
vere lower.
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ABOUT PEOPLE. . r
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Miss Ophelia Davidson has returned
rom a visit to Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Spencer went "
lown to Columbia this week.
Col. A. Urquhart, of Blacksburg, was ?
n Yorkville Wednesday nieht. tl
Mr. G. H. O'Leary is attending the
'resbyterlan synod at Florence.
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Major James F. Hart and J. S. Brice j,
vent to Columbia Wednesday night. t
Miss Laura Parish has returned r
rom a visit to her father at Gaffney. i
Mr. Will Blair, of Blairsville, has t
,'one to Columbia, where he will be v
smployed on the fair grounds next f
veek, as a guard. d
Mrs. J. P. Mills, formerly Miss Nan- x
lie Lathan, of Yorkville, but now of
dooresville, N. C., spent a few days 8
he past week with Miss Bessie Barron, t
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Pearson are at- (~
ending the carnival at Spartanburg. '
dr. J. B. Dickson is attending to Mr. *
'earson's business during his absence. 1
Mr. John J. Roach, of Rock Hill, was
tricken with paralysis Thursday mornng.
The latest information from him
'esterday was that his condition was e
h
luue ocuuuo.
Mr. Elias Earle, the electrician, is t
iuffering with an injured eye. The n
rouble is due to a particle of metal t
vhich he got into his eye while at t
vork a few days ago.
Misses Jessie and Alta Fewell, of n
lock Hill, and Miss Ola Barron, of 8
Newport, Messrs. W. A. Bagley. Jos. t
V. Taylor and J. A: McFadden were t
n Yorkville, Wednesday, on account of t
he Williams-Miller marriage.
Invitations are out to the marriage n
>f Miss Kate Harshaw to Mr. William n
Vylie. The ceremony is to take place p
it the residence of the bride's parents, u
Jr. and Mrs. H. J. Harshaw, Guth- v
iesville, on the afternoon of Novem- .
>er 7, 1900, at 3 o'clock.
The Lancaster Enterprise of Wed- n
lesday contains the following para- 1
rraph about the marriage of a pretty
roung lady who is well thought of in e
Torkville to a lucky young gentleman v
if Newport:. "Married, Oct. 21, 190v, ^
Jr. F. E. Smith, a prosperous merhant
of Newport, S. C., and Miss c
essie Long, daughter of Mr. M. J. v
^ong, of this place. They kept their
ounsels to themselves and Sunday af- li
ernoon took a drive to Heath Springs b
ind were married at the Methodist I
arsonage there by Rev. Mr. Phillips, p
?hey returned to Lancaster that evenng
and next day left on the afternoon i<
rain for the home of the groom, the t<
?ride carrying with her tne nearly t
:ood wishes of her many friends here." t]
h
WHITE VS. NEGRO TEACHERS, j<
In another column is a set of resolu- 1<
ions recently passed by the ministers o
f the Yorkville district of the A. M. e;
3. Zion church, and sent to The En- s;
iuirer for publication. n
Not having heard of any such move- tl
nent as is therein described being on ri
oot, or under contemplation, the re- tl
orter called upon Superintendent of cl
Education Carroll to know whether he ji
ould give any light. The thing was si
ntirely new to Mr. Carroll. He knew si
othlng of it, and .later, the reporter tl
aw S. A. Chambers, whose name is h
igned to the paper. 8]
Chambers s$Jd that the resolutions cl
/ere written by him and adopted by o
he conference as stated. When the w
eporter suggested his ignorance of cl
he movement described, Chambers s<
aid that the matter was discussed in ri
he Democratic campaign last summer, "1
nd that he had read in the papers e:
inhere Mr. Capers had charged Mr.
HcMahan with having such a purpose
mder consideration.
The reporter suggested to Chambers
hat perhaps the ministers had confusid
Mr. Caper's criticism of Mr. McMalan
for employing white teachers to
:onduct summer schools for the colorid
teachers. Chambers replied that
vhile that incident was taken as a
itraw showing the direction of Mr.
tfcMahan's policy, it was not all that
he ministers had to go on; that it
:ould be proven that Mr. McMahan
rnd stated to a lady in Spartanburg
hat as soon as the proper time ar ives,
the Negro schools of the state
vill be placed in charge of graduates
>f Clemson and Winthrop.
From our best understanding of the
natter, we think that the Negro
>reachers are only knocking out a
straw man that has been put up by
hemselves. We do not believe that
:ne white people of South Carolina deilre
to put Negro schools in charge of
vhite teachers. We do not think that
VIr. McMahan has any such idea. Mr.
VIcMahan conferred quite an honor
md a great benefit upon the Negro
:eacher8 to whom he gave white in
jiruciors jasi summer, we uu nui
ihink, however, that he will try to force
:his honor and benefit on them. It
vould certainly be a godsend to the
Negroes If they could secure as teachers
graduates from Clemson and Win:hrop;
but we do not expect to see the
lay when graduates from Clemson
vill be willing, or will be required, to
mgage In that kind of business.
Rev. S. A. Chamber's and his fellow
uembers of the Yorkvllle district A.
VI. E. Zion church, are evidently borrowing
unnecessary trouble.
IN THE LONG AGO.
I The Gastonla News of Tuesday pubIshes
the following, which Is of more
)r less curious Interest at this time^lalf
a century after the events des:rlbed:
Mr. H. P. Forbes has given us a
:opy of the ' Yorkvllle Miscellany," of
August 3, 1850. He found it among
iorae ,old papers in his possession. It
s a five column folio, published weeky
by Jphn E. Grist. It is an interestng
sheet, both on account of its apjearance
and the 'news*' it contains,
rhe paper Is largely occupied by legal
lotlces, sheriff's sales, "muster sumnons,"
advertisements of fairs, books,
lummer hotels, making of watches,
runs, saw mills, etc. An advertisenent
usually starts out this way:
'The subscriber respectfully Informs
he citizens of York District and the
est of mankind, etc." iThe stage road
vas yet In vogue. Most all machinery
vas hand ihade. Fillmore was just
intering on the duties of president,
vith Webster, secretary of state. The
government w'as busy taking the cenius
of 1850t Cotton was quoted at 111
ind 121 cents. Events of the most exiting
Importance were attracting the
>eople of the tftiited States at that
ime. The steamer, Crescent City, had
ust returned from San Francisco lalen
with *180,000 worth of gold dust,
md bringing the news of the burning
if 300 buildings on June 14th, with an
stimated loss of $5,000,000. Slavery
xisted in the South and abolition
igents scoured the country. In congress
and in the press sectionalism Is
ife and signs of war are impending.^C
Cuba had just, made an unsuccessful
ittempt to throw off the despotism of
Spain, and had enlisted the sympathy
if the United States in her efforts to
ecure freedom,/as this clipping from
U ? XT~?. /~v_ TYnl*? n.111 okAT?.
lie new vsi iccLiia i^ciia win diiuw.
'Yesterday at 12 m., we hauled down
he Cuban flag, which some weeks ago
re flung from our window, In the fond
lope that It would soon wave over
hat beautiful Island, disenthralled and
eleased forever from the degrading
londage of Spain, But as . ever, forune
frustrated this expectation, and
re are compelled to wait a little longer
or Cuba's redemption. We therefore
Iraw In our flag under a salute klpdly
olunteeredi by the Washington Artilery
company, and shall roll It up and
tore It away In some safe place, for
he bright day which Is coming, when
?uba will take its place among the
ree nations of the world, preparatory
o her admission Into this glorious
Jnion. May that day soon arrive
. PREACHERS IN A BOOK.
The synod of the Associate Reformd
Presbyterian church, at the meeting
leld last year In Charlotte, N. C., says
he Abbeville Press and Banner, deternined
to commemorate the year 1903,
he centennial of the organization of
he synod, by the building of a centenlial
church to be erected at Columbia,
I. C., the capital of the state in which
he synod was organized, and a}so by
he publication of a centennial volume
hat shall contain sketches of all the
(linisters and congregations of the delomination.
A committee was apointed
to prepare and publish the volmes,
and one of the directions, by the
/ay, to the committee was that the
ook should contain pictures of the
ninisters wives, as wen as pictures 01
he ministers themselves.
A member of the committee who askd
for some facts about the Rev. Oiler
Johnson, pastor of the Associate
teformed church at Leslie, in York
ounty, S. C., was furnished by a friend
ith the following data:
Oliver Johnson was born at Bordeaux,
n Abbeville county, S. C., July 30, 1866,
eing on the side of his mother, of the
luguenot stock which settled that
art of Abbeville count" in 1764.
He was graduated from Erskine colige
June 27, 1888, and from the Prlnceon
Theological seminary May 8, 1894.
lis course in college was interrupted in
he sophomore year in 1884, and
e did not resume his college studjs
until October, 1886. While in col- i
sge he was awarded the medal offered
y the Euphemian society to the best |
ssaylst In the junior class. In the es- <
ay contest, had during the commence- I
lent week between the members of <
tie junior class cnosen by the two lite- i
ary societies, Mr. Johnson represented
tie Euphemian society, and was de- <
lared the winner. He was also In his <
anior year the orator selected to pre- i
ent the diplomas of the Euphemian I
aclety to the graduating members of <
fie senior class, and in his senior year I
e was the spokesman chosen to re- 1
pond for his class on receiving the so- <
lety diplomas from the junior orator 1
f that year. In his senior year he i
as also the orator selected from his 1
lass by the Euphemian society for its i
?ml-annual celebration held in Feb- 1
jary of that year. He also made the i
Senior Farewell" in the "Class Day"
icercises of his senior year. <
In August, 1888, he took charge of the t
4
school at Rich burg, In Chester county,
S. C., and taught for three years.
Mr. Johnson was licensed to preach
May 18, 1893, at a called meeting of #
the Second A. R. P. presbytery held at
Due West, S. C. He had then completed
two years of the theological
course at Princeton and desired to return.
in the fall for the third year
course. He was thereupon placed by
the board of home missions in charge
of the work in Atlanta, for the summer
of 1893. In the summer of 1894 he
preached at the First A. R. P. church
of Charlotte, N. C., sullying the place
of the regular pastor who had been
granted by the congregation a leave of
absence to recuperate in health.
Mr. Johnson was offered the charge
of congregations to which he had
preached in both Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts; but he preferred to" remain
with his own people in the South.
On October 2, 1894, at a meeting of the
First A. R. P. presbytery, then in session
at the old Hopewell church in
Chester county, the call of the Neely's
Creek church at Leslie in York county,
S. C., was placed in his hands and accepted.
He was formally Installed as
pastor c? the church at Leslie, October
18, 1894.
The church at Leslie is one of the
oldest and largest in the denomination,
having been organized in 1787 in a region
of country originally settled by
Scotch-Irish emigrants and in which
Presbyterians of the Scotch, or Psalmsinging
type, has largely prevailed
ever since. 1 1 Mr.
Johnson is a member of the
board of directors of the Ersklne Theo- *
logical Seminary at Due West, S. C.,
having been elected to the membership '
by the synod of the Associate Reform- x
ed Presbyterian church at the session
held in Tennesse in 1897; is superintendent
of missions in the presbytery
of which he is a member, having been
elected November 1, 1899, at the meeting
of the presbytery held at Lancaster,
S. C. .
Mr. Johnson, as fraternal delegate,
bore the greetings of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian synod of the
South, to the general assembly of the
United Presbyterian church which met .>
in Chicago in May, 1900, having been
selected for that mission by the synod
at fho manHnff V?a1 A In XT n
in November, 1899.
Mr. Johnson, as a visiting clergyman,
has been invited to serve as a chaplain .
In botn the senate and house of representatives
of the United States congress.
, .4
In his speech, vigor of thought,
strength and simplicity in expression,
are characteristics. He has the rare
gifts, pleasing alike to the learned and
unlearned, of a diction so charmingly simple
and life-like as to attract and
interest even the'little children.
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A CHANCE FOR COLLEGE. Ambitious
girls of this section who
desire to attend a first-class female
college; but who do not exactly see
their way clear to do so, should give
careful attention to the proposition
made by the publishers of The Enquirer
elsewhere in this issue.
v
The proposition is open to any and
all who wish to accept it. It makes no
difference where they live, whether In
York, Chester. Cherokee or Lancaster- t
counties. There is no charity about it.
Whether the contestant has or has
not the means with which to attend
college is no concern of ours. It is
only a question which of the young:
ladies return and pay for the largest
number of subscribers to The Enquirer.
Everybody In this section either
knows or should know what a scholarship
In either Converse or the Due
West Female college means. The instruction
and accommodations are excelled
by those of no similar institutions
in the South. The fame and reputation
of both colleges extend from
Maryland to the Oulf of Mexico, and
from South Carolina to Texas. In
both colleges there are girls from almost
every Southern state, and several
Northern states are also represented.
As stated In the published proposl-'
tlon, the scholarships we offer have a
cash value of $60 each. So far as we
have reason to believe, there Is no discount
to anybody under any circum
stances, except possibly to the daughters
of ministers of the gospel whose
parents may not be able to pay full
price. Competitors, therefore, may
fully appreciate exactly what they are
working for and its equivalent indol
lars and cents.
The publishers of Thb Enquirer
have gone into this matter partly as a
means of helping deserving girls to
get an education, and partly as a business
proposition. It goes without saying
that they desire to extend, the circulation
of the paper as much as poe
sible. It goes the same way that without
returns they cannot continue such *
offers as this one. As they see the
situation now, however, It occurs to
them that if the present undertaking
meets with the favor it seems to deserve,
the young ladies who win the ~ ^
first scholarships may be in the same
manner furnished with subsequent opportunities
that will enable them to
continue in college until graduation.
This, however, is for the future. In
the meantime the scholarships as offered
are worth lots of earnest, faithful
work.
For full information about either
Converse or the Due West Female college,
address B. F. Wilson, Spartanburg,
in the case of the former, or
Rev. James Boyce, Due West, in the
case of the latter. Letters of inquiry
addressed to The Enquirer, and containing
a two-cent stamp for reply,
will receive our best attention.
AFTER THE MORMONS.
The people of Western York and
Eastern Cherokee, are giving the Mor
mon elders, who are operating in that
section, quite a lively time of it. Of
late, several Mormons have been whipped
severely by crowds of disguised
citizens, and the elders generally have
been given to understand that they
cannot establish themselves in the
neighborhood peaceably.
The "coaling ground" section of 4
Cherokee county, as far east as King's
Creek in this county, has, for quite a
number of years, been an inviting
Held for the elders. There is a great
leal of Ignorance and immorality in
the neighborhood, and as far back 6s
L2 or 15 years ago, the Mormons succeeded
in getting quite a foothold. Of
ate, the elders have become much
more enterprising and energetic than
previously, and, as a consequence,
many leading citizens of the vicinity
:iave become aroused to active opposition.
A gentleman from Blacksburg told
:he reporter on Wednesday afternoon,
that during last week, as many as five
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