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Scraps and Jacts.
? Says a Lincoln, Neb., dispatch of
Wednesday: With the exception of a
short drive In the early evening, Mr.
Wm. J. Bryan remained In his study
. during the day, rising late this morning
and retiring early tonight. He said
this evening that he had no statement
of any kind to make at present. Mr
Bryan received hundreds of telegrams
during the day and evening from personal
and political friends: but their
nature was not. disclosed. It is Mr.
Bryan's Intention to remain In Lincoln
at least until he Is thoroughly rested.
To newspaper correspondents he asked
to he excused from outlining his future
actions.
? Says a Washington dispatch of
Thursday: The re-election of McKinley
also decided who is to succeed Mrs.
Daniel Manning as general president of
the National Society of Daughters of
the American Revolution. It has been
the custom of the daughters to have
the first lady of the land for presiding
officer of the association, should she be
a member thereof.- or eligible. Mrs.
McKinley is not a member and not eligible;
but Mrs. Roosevelt has been a
member for years and will at the next
annual convention of the association,
which meets in this city on February
22, 1901, take the place of Mrs. Manning
as president general of the daughters.
Mrs. Manning has served the
full limit of terms permitted by the
constitution and by-laws of the association.
? Secretary Hay has received a telg- t
gram from Charge Everett, at Guatep1,
mala City, saying that he had received
a message from the minister of foreign
affairs of Honduras, informing
him that the government of Honduras
has ordered the Immediate payment ot
the indemnity claimed in the Pears*
T71 -1, Daora nroo a vniln C "PlttS
CUBC. naun ream ntw ? J ?
burg man, doing business with his
brother in Honduras. During some
revolutionary disturbance he was shot
to death by a government sentinel,
while walking in the streets, and approaching
too closely to the guard line
through Ignorance of the language of
the country. After making a thorough
investigation of the case the state department
felt that it was one warranting
a claim for indemnity in behalf of
the Pears' family, so the sum of $10,000
was demanded. Honduras offered
to arbitrate the case, but the proposition
was declined and the United
States minister was directed to press
for a settlement, which has now been
effected. .
? With regard to the proposition to
re-organize the Democratic party, exGovernor
Stone, on Thursday,, gave out
the following: "This talk about a re*
organization is absurd. The Demo
cratic party Is already organized. If
by reorganization is meant a change in
the national committee, that will have
to be done at the next national convention.
If by reorganization is meant
a radical change of platform, with candidates
whose views accord with it,
that will also have to await the next
national convention. If the next national
convention wants a new commit
tee I am willing to abide the verdict of
the convention. I have noted that the
men who clamor for reorganization after
defeat are the very ones who contributed
to the defesSt. There are some
people who go to a convention and demand
a certain platform, insist on the
election of certain candidates and at
their failure to get what they want,
Immediately withdraw their support
and become opponents of the party. If
they want changes let them work in
their state organizations for the selection
of delegates to bring about these
changes."
? Sen&tor Hanna, on Wednesday,
gave' out the following statement to
the Associated Press: "The result is
more than satisfactory. It expresses a
continued confidence In the administration
of the party, which Is certainly
gratifying to all Republicans and the
friends of this administration. It assures
the continuance of present prosperous
conditions. It is a triumph of
the principals of good government over
the heresies of Bryanism, which Is the
product of a combination of elements
of irresponsibility, instability and Incompetency.
It strengthens the very
foundations of the government. It Is a
rebuke to the demagoguery of the campaign
of the opposition; and a clear,
cool diagnosis of the situation which
was for a time clouded by their methods
of evasion and misrepresentation.
Above all it gives to every American
absolute confidence in the good judgment
of the people, and their readiness
and ability to protect their own interests
by deciding aright those great
, questions which, of necessity, come up
in a government by the people. While
in the main our predictions have been
fulfilled, I may say that in many case.s
our expectations have been exceeded.
As yet final reports cannot, of course,
* ^ - * A ^
oe maae, out. ?ume ui. wie ?iaico nmvii
were considered doubtful are surely
Republican and some which were classified
as Democratic, are doubtful with
a possibility of being Republican."
? Ex-Governor Stone, of Missouri,
vice-chairman of the Democratic national
executive committee, gave out
the following last Wednesday evening:
"The battle is over. The Democratic
party of the country accepts the
result without complaining, as in duty
bound. It signifies but little now to
analyze the influences as to the cause
that brought about the result. There
will be a wide divergence of opinion as
to that. This I will say, however, that
the Democratic party must stand, and
will stand, undismayed in defense of
the constitution and for the preservation
unimpaired of our constitution. A
colonial policy would be destructive of
the republic, and we should resist every
effort to establish it. I have always
favored the annexation, in a
proper way, of the islands adjacent to
our coast; but have opposed the annexation
of a large domain in the eastern
hemisphere for reasons fully stated
during the campaign. The Democratic
party must stand firm in the defense
of the constitution, while at the same
time it should take an advanced and
progressive position looking to the development
and protection of our maritime
and commercial interests. The
Missouri Democratic platform of 189$
expressed my views on the political
questions of the day. Those questions
are for future discussion, however; all
I say now Is what I have said many
times before, that the Democratic party
must be affirmative and progressive
as well as aggressive. Mr. Bryan made
a great fight. He Is one of the most
remarkable men of history. He may
never'be president; but whether In politics
or private life no man will hold
a more commanding place, and none
will be capable of exerting a greater
influence for public good. May God
bless him."
llu ||ortvilU inquirer.
YORKVlLLEi 8^0.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1900.
Richard Croker Is done for as the
result of Tuesday's election. That Is a
very general opinion and It is believed
that Mr. Wm. R. Hearst will become
the leader of the New York city Democracy.
f On Thursday, at noon, Mr. Bryan
sent the following telegram to President
McKinley: "At the close of another
presidential campaign it is my lot
to congratulate you upon a second victory."
Mr. Bryan did the same thing
four years ago. He is the only presidential
candidate who has ever been
known to congratulate his successful
opponent.
Some of us?The Enquirer Included
?thought when free coinage was defeated
*four years ago, that the outlook
for the country was blue. We have not
noted any special calamity on account
of that defeat. There are some who
think now that the country is ruined.
We venture that the republic will still
be doing business at the old stand
when the time rolls around for the next
presidential election.
The defeat of Mr. Bryan for the presidency
was followed by the hope that
he would be elected to the United
States senate from Nebraska. But this
hope has been dissipated. In a dispatch
to the New York Journal, Thursday,
Mr. Bryan says: "You may say,
officially, that \inder no circumstances
will I accept the office of United
States senator, even if it were tendered
me. I made my fight for the presidency
and I lost. I am not going to
take other men's positions from them."
There is talk of a reorganization of
the Democratic party on lines followed
by Cleveland, Don M.'Dickinson, W. C.
Whitney and others. It is stated that
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inese men nau oigneu ureu name w a.
call before the election of last Tuesday,
which call Is to be Issued within a few
days. The proposition does not meet
the approval of the men who have all
along been fighting with the party.
I
For Instance, Clark Howell says: "If
reform Is needed, It can come from
within; but It cannot be forced from
without." Mr. Howell Is about right
on that proposition.
In an effort to sufn up the opinions of
different party leaders as to the cause
of Democratic defeat last Tuesday,
Charles Daniels, the Chicago correspondent
of the Atlanta Journal, sends
his paper of Wednesday the following:
Senator Tillman comes in for a roast
also, as his utterances in the senate on
the race question have been quoted
from one end of the nation to the other,
and have aroused much sectional
feeling and race hatred in the North.
His admission in the senate that tjiey
stuffed the ballot boxes in South Carolina
and that Negroes had been disfranchised,
was one of the principal
campaign arguments of the Republicans.
So far as we are concerned, we do
not believe Senator Tillman's utterances
on this question, lost the party
a single vote. Though not truthful everytlme
he is rough, in his roughness
Tillman often states wholesome truths.
What he said on the franchise question
in the senate was true. He was not
ashamed of it, and neither is any white
South Carolinian who deserves to be
called a man ashamed. We do not believe
the statements along this line lost
the party a vote. If they did the
party need have no regrets.
The editor of the Columbia State recites
the fact that he was one of five Democrats
who presented themselves at the
polls to vote for Bryan, and that there
was only one individual in the crowd
who was able to produce a tax receipt.
From this the editor argues that voting
conditions are Intolerable and should
be changed, etc. This writer, along
with the other voting members of The
Enquirer staff, presented himself at
the polls to carry out the obligation he
incurred In the primary, and having his
tax receipt pinned to his registration
certificate like the other members of
the staff, was permitted to vote. We
have no complaint to make against the
registration law. On the contrary, we
think it is a good thing; but we have
no patience with a rule that allows a
man who cannot assist in an election
to take part in a nomination. It is
this condition of affairs that is intolerable.
and instead of making it easier
to vote in the general election, we think
it desirable to impose the general election
requirements on the primary.
Make a man show his registration certificate
and tax receipt before he can
take part in a nomination, and people
will not only keep their papers pinned
together; but they will leave them
where they can be found when occasion
demands.
THE DEFEAT OF BRYAN.
As the result of last Tuesday's election,
the Democratic party goes down
in defeat, and one of the noblest, purest
and ablest Americans of the generation
loses his second opportunity of
becoming president of the United
States.
For the Republican landslide many
reasons have been assigned. Most of
the prominent leaders have different
opinions. Some gold Democrats who
affiliated with the party during the
present campaign, think that the money
interests of the country were afraid
of free silver possibilities. Other Democrats
who have all along been in full
accord with the party, attribute the
result to the successful issue of the
Spanish war, and the fiush times that
have existed since. Th6y say there is
a disposition to let well enough alone.
Some few Democratic newspapers say
that the proposition of the Democrats
to abandon the Philippines, had much
to do with the verdict of the country;
and still others attribute the whole
trouble to the power of money.
We believe all these things had more
or less to do with the result; but of
them all, the alleged fear of free silver
and the use of corruption money
cut the smallest figure. There were
hardly as many votes lost through
lack of confidence in Mr. Bryan's principles,
as were bought with corruption
money. The deflections on both of
these accounts were not sufficient, in
our opinion, to amount to half a dozen
electoral votes.
More than any one thing, the expansion
question probably figured. As the
result of the war with Spain, we fell
heir to the Philippine islands. We did
not want these islands then?neither
party wanted them. WJien It began
to dawn upon the world, however, that
Spain, deprived of her standing as a
world power and without a navy, would
no longer be able to retain them, there
came a question as to who should succeed
to their sovereignty. The idea of
independence for the Filipinos was as
abBurd then as Jt. is now. They are
people who have to be governed. Their
sovereignty in the hands of a strong
nation carries the key to the trade of
Eastern Asia. It was plain that no one
of the other great powers could be per
mitted to assume this sovereignty
without danger of disadvantage to the
United States. Common sense dictated
the policy of the United States in the
matter, and the administration wisely
determined to hold on to the new acquisition.
Although we did not think so at the
time, we have since come to the conclusion
that the Democratic party made
its fatal mistake, so far as the present
campaign was concerned, when it decided
to oppose retention of the Philippines.
With his remarkable ability
as a statesman, Mr. Bryan saw through
the whole situation from the first. It
was apparent to him that there was no
other wise course to pursue, and he did
his utmost to convince his associates
among the party leaders. Failing in
this^ like a good Democrat, he yielded
to the will of the majority and did his
best to make the most of a blunder for
which he was in no wise responsible.
It is not likely that the so-called "paramount
issue" is entirely responsible
for the defeat of Mr. .Bryan; Dut we
believe that the party has suffered
more on account of it than on account
of any other one thing.
Although Mr. Bryan is defeated he
is not buried. Such a man as he Is
cannot be and will not be laid on the
shelf. It is not impossible that he may
yet be called to the presidency of the
United States.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
Tributes Like This Make Arduous Service a
Pleasure.
Editor Yorkvilie Enquirer:
I can't (mustn't) resist the impulse to
write thanking you for the flne work
of journalism in today's (Wednesday)
Enquirer. To read the news of yesterday's
presidential election at
breakfast time this morning. Well?
this is A No. 1 for journalistic ability
and enterprise. Congratulations and
thanks! S. A. Weber.
Yorkville, Nov. 7.
MERE-MENTION.
Montana has a Democratic legislature,
and Senator Clark will be returned
with unquestioned credentials
Nebraska and Kansas are still in
doubt One of the most significant
results of Tuesday's election, was a decline
of the rate on commercial money
in New York from 6 to 4 per cent A
Washington dispatch says that the
United States will ask Great Britain to
suppress the Filipino junta in Hong
Kong All the large sugar refining
companies have made a reduction of 15
per cent Ex-President Kruger, of
the Transvaal, is expected to arrive in
Marseilles, France, on November 17....
Election returns ? were distributed
throughout Cuba last Tuesday night
within an hour after their receipt in
New York Congressman Lentz, of
Ohio, is in a pretty tight place. The
unofficial returns show that he has
beaten his opponent by only 7 votes
and the official returns may lose him
his seat The home county of Chairman
Jones, of the Democratic national
executive committee, was carried by
the Republican candidate for congress.
Five men were killed in different
parts of Kentucky, Tuesday, on account
of election quarrels The Republicans
carried Pennsylvania by a majority
sufficient to re-elect Quay The
Standard Oil company has paid out
dividends of 48 per cent during the
present year Bryan carried New
York city by a plurality of 27,439 and
McKlnley carried the state by a plurality
of 143,622 Senator James K.
Jones says ne will not attempt to manage
another national campaign.
HOW THE'STATES WENT.
Democrats Lose Some Votes They Carried
Four Yeara Ago.
According to the returns from last
Tuesday's election, corrected up to the
present time, the electoral college will
stand as follows:
M'KINLEY.
California 9
Connecticut 6
Delaware 3
Illinois 24
Iowa 13
Indiana 15
Kansas....' 10.
Maine 6
Maryland t
Massachusetts 15
Michigan 14
Minnesota 9
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey 10
Nebraska 8
New York 36
North Dakota 3
Ohio '. 23
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania .... 32
Rhode Island 4
South Dakota 4
Utah..; 3
Vermont 4
Washington 4
West Virginia 6
Wisconsin 12
Wyoming..... 3
Total 292
BRYAN.
Alabama ; 11
Arkansas <8
Colorado 4
Forlda 4
Georgia 13
Idaho 3
Kentucky ..!. 13
Louisiana 8
Mississippi 9
Missouri 17
Montana 3
Nevada 3
North Carolina 11
South Carolina 9
Tennessee 12Texas
..' 16
Virginia ...12
Total.... 155
There Is still some doubt about Kentucky
and Nebraska, and It may be
that Idaho will have to be transferred
to McKlnley; but all probabilities favor
the correctness of the foregoing as
It stands.
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
The [Republicans Will Have Control of Both
Houses.
As the result of Tuesday's ejection,
the Indications are that the next congress
will be Republican In both house
and senate. The outlook Is that the
senate will be composed of 65 Republicans,
26 Democrats and 9 Independents.
From the best Information up to
this writing, Friday at noon, the house
will stand as follows:
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States. s 2 g
2 o p.
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Alabama ? 9 ?
Arkansas I ? 6 ?
California 7 ? ?
Colorado . ? ? ?
Connecticut ,4 ? ?
Delaware 1 ? ?
Florida ? 2 ?
Georgia ? 11 ?
Idaho ? 1 ?
Illinois 19 9 ?
Indiana 10 3 ?
Iowa 11 ? ?'
Kansas 7 ? ?
Kentucky 2 9 ?
Louisiana ? 6 ?
Maine 4 ? ?
Maryland 6 ? ?
Massachusetts 10 3 ?
Michigan 12 ? ?
Minnesota 7 ? ?
Mississippi ? 7 ?
Missouri 2 13 ?
Montana ? 1 ~
Nebraska 2 1 3
Nevada ..., ? ? 4
New Hampshire 2 ? ?
New Jersey 6 2 ?
New York 23 11 ?
North Carolina 2 7 ?
North Dakota 1 ? ?
Ohio 17 4 ?
Oreeon 2 ? ?
Pennsylvania 25 5
Rhode Island 2 7 ?
Soutn Carolina ? 7 ?
South Dakota 2 ? ?
Tennessee 2 8 ?
Texas ? 13 ?
Utah 1 ? ?
Vermont 2 ? ?
Virginia ? 10 ?
Washington ... 2 ? ?
West Virginia 3 | 1 ?
Wisconsin 10 ? ?
Wyoming 1 | ? ?
Totals | 207 | 154 I 7
CLOVER CULLIN6S.
The Visit of Mr. Basmajion?Epidemic of
Whooping Cough?Going on a Deer Hunt.
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Clover, November 8.?The Rev. K.
H. Basmajion, the Armenian, arrived
here last week. He filled the pulpit at
the Baptist church on Sunday evening,
and gave a free lecture on Monday and
Tuesday nights. He showed by magic
lantern a lot of pictures of his country.
He had a full house both Monday
ana Tuesaay nignis. xx? icj.l luunjr iui
Gastonla. Everybody expresses themselves
as highly pleased with him and
his lecture.
Mr. William Dobson and daughter,
from near Yorkville, attended the lecture
of Rev. Mr. Basma^ion on Tuesday
night.
Mr. Hutch Workman, of Gastonia,
was in Yorkville yesterday on business.
The whooping cough is in town.
YMr. John L. Jackson is painting his
Jtf^idence on Church street.
Mr. D. G. Stanton and Mr. John
' Nichols were in town this week.
.AMessrs. H. P. Jackson, J. Meek Smith
and H. L. Wright, expect to leave next
week for Mount Pleasant, S. C., to hunt
deer. They expect to be gone about
two weeks. Mr. Wright is now in
Charlotte buying the necessary equipment
for the trip. I hope the boys will
Jjave a pleasant time.
'"Miss Ada Bradford, of Fort Mill, who
has been visiting Mrs. Mattie Dorsetc,
returned home last Monday. ,x y.z.
NOTES FROM 060EN,
More Wheat, Better Put In?Cotton All Pick*
ed?Mr. Conrad Getting Along Nicely?The
School Opening?Other Notea.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enaulrer.
Ooden, November 6.?A good rain
fell In this section Saturday and Sunday
morning. It will be a benefit to
small grain that Is up and bring up
any that is not up. There has been a
great deal of wheat and oats sown, and
a great many are not yet done sowing
wheat. I think there will, be equally
as much, and probably more, grain,
sown here than was sown last fall. It
Is being put in better too. The land Is
being well prepared in most cases.
Some are using drills and manuring
with acid, etc.
Cotton picking is about over, and the
most of It has been sold. Those who
still have a little on hand are not willing
to sell at the present price. They
want 10 cents and will hold It until
next spring unless they get their price
before that time.
XT-he new ginnery at Ogden, under the
management of Mr. G. D. Pearson, has
done a very good business this fall.
They have one 70-saw and one 60-saw
gin. Only one gin was put in at first;
but the amount of cotton that was
brought to the gin made it necessary to
^et^another.
/TSfr. R. E. Conrad, who had his hand
'badly lacerated in the gin at this place,
has been up and about again for sometime;
but still carries his hand In a
sling. He thinks he will have the proper
use of his hand when It gets entirely
well.
Owing to the weather being so dry
all fall, the turnip crop will be almost
a complete failure in this section.
Oak Grove school opened today. Miss
Susie Brian of Yorkville, Is teacher.
Antloch school will start up soon with
Miss Lillian Milhollen in charge. J. K.
Scoggins will teach Hickory Grove
school. It will open next Monday.
Arrangements are being made for
celling and doing any other necessary
repair work on Antloch and Hickory
Grove school houses;
Tlie election passed off quietly at
Antloch today. Very little Interest
seemed to be manifested. Only 72 votes
were cast.
-T^Ir. Duffle McCants is stepping about
-two feet high these days. It is a girl.
We are glad to have no serious cases
of sickness to reports
This is November and we have no
marriages to report. Ogden generally
snows up better than that. s. k. j.
HARSHAW-WYUE.^C
Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer.
Guthriesville, November 7.?Miss
Kate Harshaw, eldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. J. Harshaw, of Guthriesville,
and Mr. J. William Wylie, of
Rock Hill, were happily married at the,
home of the bride's parents yesterday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, In the presence
of a large gathering of friends..
The parlor of the happy home had
been beautifully decorated by loving
hands for the occasion, and presented
a scene long to be remembered by
nimaant
IUUOC ptCOWUb*
The bridal party waa led Into the
parlor to the strains of the wedding:
march?rendered by Miss Maggie Lindsay?by
two pretty flower girls?Misses
Estelle Ashe and Mary Harshaw?followed
by the maid of honor. Miss Ida
Harshaw and Mr. P. Williams Love, as
best man, who took their positions on
either side of a lovely arch of chrysanthemums
and Ivy, from which was
suspended that omen of good luck?
a horse shoe?made of white chrysan
+Via hHHa on thp
intiniftUlB. i ucii vautv baiv ?**? ? ,
arm of the groom, who took their position
beneath the horseshoe, where the
solemn vows of marriage were spoken
by Rev. J. K. Hall, assisted by Rev. S.
H. Booth.
The bride was handsomely dressed
In a traveling suit of brown broad"
cloth, trimmed In cream satin and lace,
with hat to match and carried a bouquet
of bride's roses. '
The happy couple were the recipients
of a large number of handsome
presents from their many friends.
The bride was one of the most popular
young ladles of Guthriesvllle, and
has- many friends throughout the county
to wish them happiness and a long
life.
Mr. and Mrs. Wylle left shortly after
the ceremony for Rock Hill, where
they will make their home.
Ad Official Blander.
There was some confusion here today.
says a Columbia special of Wednesday,
to the Greenville News, about
the News and Courier editorial calling
attention to the curious error in the
constitutional amendment relative to
municipal indebtedness. There was a
clerical error, and the amendment, as
printed, amends section 5 of article 4,
and section 7. of article 8, Instead of
section 5 of article 10, and section 7 of
article 8. There are two sections that
ought to have been mentioned for the
amendment restricting municipal indebtedness
to 8 per cent, of the assessed
valuation of the property. The sec* '?
m tviot micht to have
HUH U1 CXI 11V/1C XV tuuv vwg...
been amended was not mentioned.
This leaves one section restricting the
bonded indebtedness entirely unchanged.
This occurred in transcribing from
the original to the enrolled resolution.
The mistake of article 4 for 10 was carried
from the original manuscript to
the enrolled resolution, and the resolution
as printed in the statutes for 1900
contains the error, and the tickets were
printed from the enrolled resolution?
both of which are wrong in having articles
4 when it should have been article
10.
All Records Broken.
The State, Tuesday: United States
special Gauger Mr. A. S. Trumbo, inspected
and regauged at the South
Carolina state dispensary during the
month of October last, 2,324 barrels of
spirits, aggregating 106,895.89 wine gallons,
and has rendered detailed returns
for inspection and regauge for the
same. This breaks his previous records
of 92,500 wine gallons for November,
1898, and 98,400 wine gallons for October,
1899. This is no doubt the largest
quantity of spirits ever gauged in this
state in one month and the clerical
work attending thereon is an amount
almost incredible.
LOCAL, APFAXR8. J
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
S. D. Patrick, * McConnellsville?Tells
you that he has murdered prices on
all sorts of goods and tells why he
can do so. He wants all sorts of produce
and will pay the highest prices.
He especially wants turkeys, eggs
and butter.
L. M. Grist?Has two stoves, one coal
and one kerosene, that he wants to
sell.
T. G. Culp, Supervisor?Gives notice
that he will be at Lucas's old mill, on
Turkey creek, November 20, to let out
a contract for putting abutments to
the bridge at that point. J
J. S. Brice, Clerk?Gives notice of the M
annual meeting of the board of coun'
ty commissioners, to be held at their <4B
office In the court house, on Decern- *1
ber 12. ' . 1
PRISONERS IN JAIL. . '
The sheriff's jail book shows the fol
lowing prisoners awaiting trial In the |
court of general sessions which convenes
next Monday:
Richard Thompson; burglary.
Will Caldwell; witness. *
Jonn S. and Paul R. Bratton, murder.
Alec Chambers; grand larceny.
Lizzie McFadden; violation of the v
dispensary law.
Will Pettit; assault and battery with
intent to kill.
Will Jones;' housebreaking and larceny.
Frank Walker; larceny from the field. ,
Clifton Wright; assault and battery
with intent to kill.
Jim Pettit; violation of the dlspen- ' '
sary law.
George Robinson; using stock without
consent of the owner.
Jim Barron; violation of the'dispensary
law.
Will Wilson; arson.
THE CATAWBA INDIANS.
The Enquirer has received from the
author, Albert S. Gatschet, of Washington,
a grammatical sketch of the Catawba
language. It is Included in a *
pamphlet of 25 pages; but of rather
doubtful value to any except such as
may be concerned in it purely from mo- . ,
tives of curiosity. We do not know certainly,
but from such Information
as we have, the language is now entire- ?
ly extinct, notwithstanding the assertion
that "not one-third of the Cataw- j
ba population speak their own language
or know anything about it." Mr.' '
Gatschet's Introductory note gives
some information. It Is as follows:
"The remnant of the Catawba Indians
resides in York county, South
Carolina. This county borders on the .
state of North Carolina and is divided
in two. parts by Catawba river, which
flows in a southerly direction and later
becomes known as the Wateree and the
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"At the time of the writer's visit, in
1881, about 85 Catawba Indians were
living in York county, and about 40
more were engaged in farming in North
Carolina, especially in Mecklenburg
county. They are peaceable and quiet .
people, but without ambition or a man- * '
Ifestatlon of the spirit of progressive- /
ness. For many years they have been
slowly adopting the white man's ways,
so that now probably not one-third of <
the population speak their native language
or Indeed know anything of it.
In 1841 they ceded the area of their reservation,
about 15 miles square, to the .
state government, receiving an annuity
in lieu thereof. They now retain only
the square mile of land on which they
reside and by means of which they
gain a livelihood.
"During, the early historical penoa,
the Catawbas formed part of an extensive
confederacy of twenty or more
tribes. They were distinguished for
their warlike qualities, sometimes waging
war at great distances from home.
A profusion of historical documents
testifies to their prowess in war; but
thus far no one has attempted to assemble
this information in the form of
a history." ?
THE CATAWBA BRIDGE.
The substantial bridge recently completed
by the county commissioners
over Catawba river, has already proved
Its usefulness.
The river was up during two or three
days of last week, and all of the ferries
from the North Carolina line down,
were useless. There was no place to *
cross except at the bridge, and by which
the travelers who really had to travel,
went. .
Several travelers presented themselves
at Wright's ferry for transportation
across the river; but It was no
good. It was the same at Dlnklns's ferry.
Mr. Dlnklns tried to take his boat
across the river on Thursday. A big
log struck It and broke the cable
loose. The boat floated down the river
and it was not until It reached a point '
near the Southern railroad bridge that
a landing could be effected.
Supervisor Culp called the attention
of the writer a few days ago to a circumstance
that may be . of some Interest.
One of the first travelers who /
was compelled to make use of the
bridge was Mr. Howard, of Hickory
Grove. He was caught on the .other
side of the river and had he been dependent
upon the ferries would have
been delayed from 36 to 48 hours. The
circumstance Is Interesting, because of 4
the fact that the only opposition that
ever developed against the bridge, and
which opposition, it Is pleasant to note,
has long since been dissipated, originated
In the Hickory Grove neighborhood.
The chalngang is now at work laying
out a road to the bridge and building
some embankments where they are '
needed. Supervisor Culp was there
for several hours Monday directing the
work and he says that during his stay
no less than 25 persons crossed the river
on the bridge.
It is evident that the building of the
bridge has been a great step forward,
especially for the people of Fort Mill
and Ebenezer townships, and there is
reason to believe that the county as a k
whole will always have occasion for
satisfaction over the completion of this
Important work.
INCENDIARY FIRE.
Mrs. Wm. McGlll's barn, located
three miles east of Hickory Grove, was
destroyed by fire last Tuesday night at
about 10 o'clock, under circumstances
that strongly point to probable Incendiarism.
The Are had made considerable headway
before It was discovered. It was
then too late to extinguish the flames.
There were not sufficient means at
hand. The contents went with the
building.
Along with a big supply of fodder,
hay and other stock feed, and some