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??aps and Jacts. ? The cotton mill trouble in Alamance county, N. C., where several thousand operatives are locked out on account oi their refusal to abandon the Textile Workers' Union, is practically unchanged. For over a month 18 or 2( mills have been standing idle or running with reduced forces. The unior operatives are vacating the factorj houses as rapidly as possible, in accordance with orders issued some days ago Those who have not been able to se cure employment elsewhere are tempo rarily living in tents furnished by th< National Textile union. ? Cotton is king again, and its expori record for the month just past makes all former records look insignificant says a New York dispatch of Tuesday The movement of cotton itself was noi only unprecedentedly heavy, but th< price was phenomenal. During October 1,312,574 bales of a total weight of 678,000,000 pounds was sold abroad at ar average price of 9.8 per pound, tota value 360,391,107, as against 790,85! bales, total weight 407,000,000 pounds ir October, 1899, sold at only 7 cents ? pound or a total value of 328,348,418 Average gain in the price was 332.042, 689, or a gain of 113 per cent. Higi water mark for years was the record oi November and December, 1898, in eaci of which months the sales amounted t< scarcely 340,000,000. Strangely enougl other leading exports show a falling off for October. ? Says a "Washington dispatch: Th< administration is considering a plar having for its object the education ir this country of a considerable numbei of Filipinos, young men and women who, when their education is completed will be sent back home to act as teach era in the Island schools. By this nftans it is hoped the educational leve of the Filipinos will be speedily raised and the rising generation of the archipelago will have lstilled into it American ideas and a love for American institutions. In pursuance of the plan the civil service commission has prepared a circular letter which will b? sent out to many minor colleges ape normal schools throughout the country making inquiries as to their facilities for accepting as students Filipinc young women, the probable cost of s thorough course of instruction, etc When the information thus sought has been obtained it is understood the plar will be laid before congress by the president with a recommendation thai an appropriation be made sufficient t< defray the cost of the education in this country of two or three hundred younj men and women from our new possessions in the Orient. ? The state election board, says e Frankfort dispatch, will meet on December 3 to canvass the returns anc officially declare the result of the election in Kentucky. While the Republicans have formally conceded the elec.. tion of Beckham as governor and an* nounced that there would be no contest, both Republicans and Democrats will be represented by counsel at th( canvass" of the vote. Every phase ol xne eiecnon win De cioseiy watcnea dj both sides, as matters may arise whicl will have a bearing on the contests foi congressmen In two districts?the 3c and the 9th. Governor Beckham wll be Inaugurated on December 11. It li said that one of the first official papen Governor-elect Durbln, of Indiana, wll have to consider when he takes offlc< will be a requisition from Governoi Beckham for the return of former Governor Taylor and ex-Secretary of Stat< Finley to Kentucky for trial. Leading Republicans claim to have assurance! from Indiana Republican leaders thai Mr. Durbln will follow the precedeni set by Governor Mount in these case? and will refuse to honor the requisition Thp T.nndnn Hlnha r\t Timoilon nf ternoon, publishes a letter from a Belgian gentleman who* has been travelling to Pekin, via the Trans-Siberia! railroad. He describes, under date ol September 6, what he saw in the Amui river. His account surpasses in horror those previously published: "Th< scenes I have witnessed during th< three days since the steapier left Blagovetchensk," he says, "are horribh , beyond the powers of description. H is the closing tableau of a fearful human tragedy. Two thousand were deliberately drowned at Morxo, 2,000 ai Rabe and 8,000 around Blagovetchensk * a total of 12,000 corpses encumbering the river, among which were thousands of women and children. Navigatior was all but impossible. Last week e boat had to plough her way through s tangle and mangled mass of corpses lashed together by their long hair. Th( banks were literally covered witt corpses. In the curves of the strean were dark, putrid-smelling masses ol human flesh and bone, surging anc swaying in the steamer's wake anc wash. The captain vainly ordered ful speed ahead. The sight and smell wil be ever with us. From Blagovetchensi to Aigun, 45 kilometers, numerous villages studded the bank, with a thriving industrious population of over 100,000 That of Aigun was 20,000. No one wil ever know the number of these whc perished by shot, sword and stream Not a village is left. The silence ol death was around us, the smoking ruins of Aigun on the right, witt broken down, crumbling walls anc shattered, roofless houses." ? Director of the Census Merrimar was at the White House Tuesday, says a Washington diSDatch. He called thf attention of the president to the facl that the figures on the population 01 the United States, the total of whld had been announced, are in such shape that they will be at the disposa of the next congress when it meets for any action it may desire t< ^ake in the direction of the re-apportionment bill. The reapportionment following the count of the 12th census will become operative by law ir 1903. Starting with a ratio of 1 to everj 30,000 inhabitants, there were 65 representatives in the 1st congress. This ratio, under the tenth census, reached 151,911, giving a house of representatives with 325 members. The eleventt census in 1890 gave a population oi 62,622,250, or an increase of 12,500,000 With this the ratio was Increased tc 173,901 people to each representative and at this ratio the house numbered 356, an increase of 21 members. The ratio under the new census will read 200,000. With an increase .of 13,225,46-1 shown by the present census, and letting majority fractions of the apportionment account for an additiona member, as has been the custom, this would make an increase of 18 members in the next house. Reapportionment on this basis would leave but foui states that would lose representatives They are Maine and Virginia in tht East, and Kansas and Arkansas In the West. They would lose one member . each. An^ ratio smaller than 200,000, which would save them their full rep resentatlon would, It Is thought, make I an unwieldy addition to the memberr ship of the house. i ?lu "jfjorhvillc (frnquivrr. i ~~? [ YOR K VILLE, 8. C.: ^ J SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1900. | The York county grand jury evident5 ly believes that the way to get what it l wants is to keep on asking for it, and i in this the grand Jury is no doubt about * right. P It is important that some steps be j taken to have York county properly > represented at the" South Carolina Ini ter-State and West Indian Exposition. ? Such opportunities for the exploitation of our resources do not occur . often i and they should not be neglected. 1 , , . 1 "The Democratic party Is not dead. r It is not even phased."?Yorkville En quirer. The Enquirer will confer an ? orthographic favor by spelling it "feez" ed," "ffeazed," "feesed," "feized," 3 "pheezed," "veezed," or "fazed," these 1 being the proper and accepted spell? ings.?Columbia State. v ' Standing corrected and begging pardon for its slip; still The Enquirer in, sists that none of the things that The State mentions, either, have happened i to the Democratic party. I , . , It is not likely that the clerical blunj der in the case of the proposed constiL tutional amendment referring to the . bonded indebtedness of certain cities } and towns, will be allowed to stand in 1 the way of the expressed wishes of [ the people of the state. The people , who voted on the question knew what } they were doing. The matter was perr fectly clear to them, and the proper " mention of the section and article to be amended was only of technical importance. The idea that the unmistakable j desire of the people should be thwarted . on account of a clerical error, strikes - us as absurd. >/vlT is a long lane that has no turn. 'j Just now half of the cotton mill spindles of the world are idle because they * t | cannot be run at a profit. Many of the T Southern spindles, in fact most of i them, are still busy. It is because r there is still a margin of profit for ' them. All of the idle spindles are, of 1 course, hopefully looking forward to the . day when they can resume profitable 5 1 operation. It is reasonable to presume i that the day will come, and come soon, r and when it does come, will not the ' spindles which are making some mon* ey, even under present conditions, have \ a picnic? t * ' t General Joseph Wheeler has given ' out an interview in which he says he was not at all surprised at the result of the recent election. It has been his observation that the country had all ways sustained presidents who had conf ducted successful wars, and in 1898 he begged the party leaders not to put in the platform a word that could reflect upon the honor of the American flag. Joseph Bailey and others opposed him successfully, and he had to submit and t go down with the party that had hon. ored him with ten terms in congress. From the first he had regarded the re t suit as a foregone conclusion. f "/""Eugene V. Debs and other labor agi3 gators, are predicting that the election t of McKlnley Is to be followed by i strikes, panics and riots. That Debs j really thinks that way there is no reai son to doubt. Otherwise, he would 1 probably not be a socialist. There are J lots of other people who have a vague I Idea of hard times ahead. Maybe hard [ times will come and maybe they will 1 not. We do not foresee any Immediate 1 danger. But it Is always a good thing [ for people to be on the look out for hard times. Such apprehension has a ' tendency to make them Industrious and I economical by way of preparation, and > when they are well prepared, they get by the hard times without being seri[ ously inconvenienced. i * * i If there are any who believe that the Democratic party Is dead, they t may as well dispell the illusion. This j government was established originally 5 on Democratic principles, and these t Democratic principles have made It all j that it has a right to take a pride in } being today. It Is a fact that at times 1 true Democracy has been tainted with i various poisonous isms; but heretofore > it has demonstrated its ability to purify itself, and It will do It again. The l Democratic party will last as long as ! the government lasts, and there Is good r reason to hope that It will elect the - next president of the United States. ' The next four years will show that the recent overwhelming defeat at the polls k was a benefit rather than injury. The Yorkville Enquirer, and other > newspapers, sometimes discuss the , question as to when Cuba will be ready I for self-government, and when that 1si land will be free. The time is surely i coming when Cuba will have self-gov1 ernment, and when that island will have the same kind of freedom that South Carolina now enjoys, namely: 1 The privilege of behaving herself and > being a good and loyal state in the 5 American Union. The United States t troops will never be removed from " Moro Castle. It is to the interest of both the United States and of the is> land that they be not separated. The acquisition of the islands may be a ] very bitter pill for the political enemies of the government, but it will have to be taken. Expansion is good orthodox q Democratic doctrine.?Abbeville Press I and Banner. That is pretty much what we think of the situation. It is probable that the culmination will not be hastened; but ^ it will come. ? j A practicable air ship is virtually an accomplished fact. The inventor is Count Zeppelin, a German. He has been working on it for years and has ^ spent many thousands of dollars in its construction. There was a partially successful trial trip a few months ago, and last week the German government bought the invention at a good round price. The air ship is quite simple. It \ consists of an immense cigar-shaped shell of aluminum, in which there are halt a dozen ordinary balloons. Suspended underneath the cylinder are two boat-shaped cars, one at either end. These cars are constructed so as ^ to ensure the safety of the occupants of the ship in the event of a descent Tnrn onoHnen of 10 or 15 upuxi vraici* a tvv vu0.MVW ? ? ? horse power each, provide the power with which to turn a pair of screw pro- ^ pellers like those in use on ocean steamships, and with the throwing out of ballast to go higher or th^ releasing of gas to descend, the whole thing is complete. There are still a number of problems to be solved; but upon the whole it is confidently believed that at last aerial navigation, upon which it e is safe to place a reasonable degree of " dependence, is now an accomplished fact. MERE-MENTION. A The firm of W. L. Strong & Co., of E New York, failed on Tuesday for $6,- E 000,000. The New York presbytery | has voted against revision bf the Pres- c byterian creed The Virginia col- C lege at Roanoke, was destroyed by fire p last Wednesday morning James P Jeffreys and Thomas Sharkey have | signed an agreement to fight to a finish Ik some day during next June before the ? club offering the largest purse The g life-saving service of the United States, S gave relief to 673 shipwrecked persons 1 during the past year, and saved proper- 1 ty to the value of $7,234,690 Presi- _ dent McKinley has invited all the present members of the cabinet to retain s tneir portfolios during the next four d years Capt. John D. Hart, of Cuban v filibustering fame, died in Philadelphia v last Friday The czar of Russia is s seriously ill. A sensational report has t< it that he has been poisoned; but it is o probable that typhoid fever is the real p trouble Heavy snow storms are r prevailing throughout the Northwest. The widow of Charles Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, was married a third time on Wednesday. u Her new husband is u;nocn Alien jy King Oscar, of Sweden, is reported to 0 be very ill. lj ? t H00DT0WN HAPPENINGS. n li Progress of Farm Work?Better Preparation of the Land and More Wheat-The Work ? of the Corn Shredder?Personal Mention. v Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. ^ Hoodtown, November 15.?Most of ? the farmers are about through their or- P dinary farm work and some are h through sowing wheat and oats, while h others are very busy just now prepar- t ing the land and sowing grain. c Owing to the excellent weather and t also from renewed interest in wheat t culture and better ideas along this line, a great many are preparing their lands t: better. There has been a wheat drill c operating in the Blairsville section; s and if the interest does not decline by h another season, I am told that one or [more will be in use here. t It is at least somewhat interesting to c note the growing use of fertilizers un- s der small grain, and a fair acreage in t same after the great advance in cotton r this season. b A few farmers experimented in a h small wav alone' the Una of corn shred- b ding, and probably more will grasp c tlie new idea by next season, as "rough- t ness" is rarely any too plentiful, or in a such quantity as was gathered this year. c A number of our citizens visited the n State fair. Those with whom I have t; talked expressed themselves as greatly h pleased with what they saw. b At a meeting of the school trustees of o this district and the patrons of the e Centre school, a few days ago, it was a decided to move the school house to a tl point near Mr. H. J. Sherer's, for the n convenience of some of the patrons. P Mr. W. T. Duncan is nuite sick with o symptoms of fever. P There have been a few cases of grip p in this section recently. n p CHILDREN'S DAY AT BETHEL. o P It Was a Great Success and an Interesting b Occasion. Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enauirer. b Bethel, November 16.?On last Sun- q day, Children's Day was observed at ii Bethel church, and was one of the ti prettiest exercises of the kind ever e witnessed by the writer. A very unique o programme was beautifully carried out v by the two dozen children who partici- n pated In the exercises. t< The heathen nations, represented by c little boys wearing the native turban, e called for "light, more light," and in f( response came the "Graces," represent- ii Tifnn KttAnof nlof AO wy muc 51110, ncai 1115 W1 and carrying the "lights" of "love, joy, peace," etc. The decorations were simple, yet exquisite. So were the costumes, precau- , tion being taken in everything, not to ^ make too great a display. Although the scene was beautiful, q yet it was not here that the real beau- T ty lay; but in the highly creditable manner in which all acted their parts. c They cannot be justly complimented. ^ The opening address by Bayard Thomson, was delivered in such a manner as should arouse envy in the hearts of young men even. Immediately after the exercises, a very eloquent address was made to the w children by their pastor, Mr. Arrowood, / on "Working for Jesus." He explain- ^ ed that "love" was the spring of pow- c er prompting such work, and that the way out of the labyrinth of sin was to j ask for the graces which they repre- t sented. From the close attention given him, it is evident that it will be long B remembered by the children, and noc only them, but by all present. S ^OCAL AFFAIRS. J INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. aptain W. B. Moore, J. L. I.?Givee^ notice of annual inspection of the company by the inspector general, to take place at the armory Tuesday, November 27, at 7.30 p. m. Also notice of company drill on November 23. ork Drug Store?Says don't trifle with just a slight cold, but take Coughease and get rid of it. . J. McLure, President, Chester, S. C. ?Gives notice of sale of valuable iron ore lands in Cherokee county, to be held at Gaffney on Monday, salesday in December. V. Brown Wylie, Clerk?Gives notice of the sale on the first Monday, salesday for December, of the lands belonging to estate of Frank H. Brown, deceased, to be held at York court house door, and also notice of the sale of personal property to be held at the late residence of said deceased. < V. W. Lewis, Special Referee?Gives notice that by order of the circuit court of York county, in the case of Henry Massey, as administrator, vs. Mary P. Brown et al., all creditors of F. H. Brown, deceased, are required to establish their claims before him at a reference to be held in Yorkville on November 27, 1900. V. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pleas?Gives notice of sale of land in the case of Elizabeth A. Woods vs. Mary E. Barnett and others, in front of the court house door on salesday for Decern ber. j V. A. Corkill Qualified ExecutorGives notice of the sale, on salesday . for December, of 111J acres of land In J Bullock's Creek township, formerly < owned by T. Minor Gwlnn, and now , belonging to the estate of Mrs. Catherine Corkill. THE GENERAL ELECTION. j Following is the vote cast in York j ounty on the occasion of the general | lection of November 6: , I "2 . >> 5 >> ? 1 c ^ i PRECINCTS. v JJ> ? g| u 26 .1 i co PQ % intioch 71 72 ? tethel 79 80 ? i tethany 69 70 ? j tlalrsville 52 52 ? hillock's Creek 52 51 ? lover 71 78 ? loates's Tavern 47 47 ? lark's Fork 14 15 ? < Ibenezer 31 30 ? , 'ort Mill 106 98 2 ! 'orest Hill 50 50 ? lickory Grove 58 61 ? IcConnellsville 59 57 ? ( Newport 53 49 ? tock Hill 201 185 19 . naron 25 25 1 myrna 18 18 ? 'irzah .13 12 ? "orkvllle 159 148 15 Total ...t 1228|1198 37 On the question of amending the contitutlon so as to provide for the proper rainage of swamp lands, etc.,. there fere 677 "Yes" votes and 212 "No" otes. In regard to amending the contitution so as to permit certain towns o Incur indebtedness beyon^ 8 per cent, f the assessed value of their taxable roperty, there were 590 yeas and 202 oes. THE BROWN LANDS. The advertisement In another colimn announcing the sale, on the first londay of December, of some 3,000 acres f land belonging to the estate of the ite F. H. Brown, will no doubt receive he especial attention of people who lay be looking for desirable farms, irge or small. This land, for the most part, is sltuted about half way between Yorkllle and Rock Hill, both towns being | flthln seven or eight miles of any poroffnrillnir avonr nnnnlhlp IKJll Ul II, anu v?v. j j dvantaee that can be derived from ompetltlve markets. The nelghboriood Is. taken all In all. one of the i est In the county to beeln with, and he prospects ahead, under the oecullar lrcumstances. constitute another fea- f lire that Is well worthy of conslderalon. .. { To a certain extent, the partition of . his estate will be like throwlner a new 1 ountry open to settlement, and to the ame extent that new country will i ave the advantage of being entirely ] urrounded by and Immediately con- i Iguous to an old and long settled ; ountry. In the estate, as we undertand the situation, are large areas ( hat have been farmed by a class of ( enters: but few of whom are likely to : ecome purchasers, and these areas, < eretofore hardly productive, of profit i ecause of the prevailing methods of i ultlvatlon, are capable of being made 1 o produce as much profit to the acre s any lands In the country. The sale of the lands Is under fore- i t -a U i ? J J iUr, 4 iuhuic, anu ii is unueraiuuu mai mc lortgage-holders, who - live at a dis- < ance, want their money Instead of ] md. This will mean that there will j e no favored bidders with advantages ver the outside public, and practically ] very parcel offered will have to go i t its actual value. The situation, \ herefore, affords especial induce- < lents to a class of energetic, enter- ; rising homeseekers, who, with more ] r less capital to start on, will exect to dig the balance out of their , urchases, and who, in so doing, will \ ot only contribute to thejr own pros- \ erlty; but to the prosperity of each ] ther as well. There is then, every ] romise of the development of a neigh- j orhood that will eventually become a ; lost desirable place of residence. I That some of these lands will be \ ought for speculative purposes is ] uite likely. The speculator can see i 1 the situation some pretty proposi- j Ions; but it is to bona fide homeseek- j rs that the greatest inducements are < ffered. This class, from all sections, \ ill do well to begin Investigations im- 1 lediately. It would not be a bad Idea ( a take a day or two off, and with des- \ riptions in hand, ride over the differ- i nt properties, gather all possible in- ( jrmation and be in a position to bid j itelligently at the approaching sale. ( \ / ABOUT PEOPLE. i R- Bell, Esq., of Gaffney, is in t orkville this week. 1 -Mr. and Mrs. G. H. O'Leary have re- 1 urned from Baltimore. i Mr. C. G. Parish has been over from t laflfney this week. He returned on \ 'hursday afternoon. I 'Sirs. J. D. Bivens, of Albemarle, N. J '., is visiting the family of her father, i O A 1\-f /^TT'l wc\q. t Mr. Alex. Izard, soliciting agent of 1 iie Southern railway, was in Yorkvllle t iveral days this week. ^ Mr. Conner Hobbs left Thursday i lorning for Tampa, Fla., where he r rill make his future home. i -Miss Alice Ross, of Columbia, has J een visiting her sister, Mrs. R. H. G. t aldwell, of Sharon, this week. t Rev. Mr. Dixon, pastor of Woodlawn \ iiurch, Sharon, has resigned the pas- t irate of the Presbyterian church at 1 lacksburg. i The following deputies are assisting t heriff Logan with the sessions: J. C. t Pursley, James Quinn, S. C. Lindsay, li P. W. Boyd, J. A. Harshaw, A. F. Mc- J Uonnell. t >TJT. T. A. Crawford, of Rock Hill, Is t n attenHance on court, and although "V inpatient to get back to his practice, is r naking the most of a situation that c :annot be helped. p It was rumored about pretty general- a y a few days ago that Major .James t ?. Hart would assist In the prosecution t >f the Bratton case. There was no t foundation, however, for the rumor. o Rev. J. M. Steadman has been pre- I jaring for some time past a special ? jermon for young men, and has an- r lounced that he will deliver It in Trin- s ty church next Sunday night. His v mbject will be "The Triumph of Manlood." Shelby correspondence Charlotte Observer: Rev. T. M. Lowry, of Knox/ille, and Miss Kate Faison, of Fayitteville, will be married in Fayetterille on November 28th. Rev. Mr. Lowry was formerly a Shelbyite and svas the popular pastor of the Presbyterian church here. Miss Faison Is Dne of Fayetteville's most popular young ladies, and is a sister of Mrs. R. L. Ryburn, of the place. Thg_York county delegates to the Blethodlst conference to be held in Chester On November 28 to December 1, will be entertained as follows: Dr. H. W. Bays, by Dr. J. M. Brice; Rev. R. W. Barber, by J. H. Buchanan; Rev. J. S. Beasley, by J. C. Carpenter; Rev. J. I. Spinks, by W. H. Edwards; W. W. Lewis, Esq., by R. R. Hafner; Rev. J. M. Steadman, by Mrs. E. A. Holly; Mr. H. C. Strauss, by Mrs. M. V. Patter son; Dr. S. A. Weber, by W. H. Roseborough; Rev. J. C. Stoll, by E. C. Stahn; Rev. J. B. Harris, by Mrs. M. A. Steinkuhler; Rev. R. A. Tongue, by Mrs. Ella Walker; Mr. T. M. Whisonant, by Jos. A. Walker; Jos. A. Smith, by J. R. Simril. GENERAL SESSIONS. In the case of Robert G. Johnson, charged with assault and battery with Intent to kill, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. In the case of William and Elizabeth White, charged with disposing of property under lien, there was a verdict of guilty as to William, and not guilty as to Elizabeth. William was sentenced to pay a fine of $15 or serve two months on the public works. The solicitor nol prossed the case against James M. Whitener, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. Frank Walker plead guilty of larceny from the field, and was sentenced to pa^r a fine of $30 or go to the public works for four months. The grand Jury returned "no bill," in the case of James Scott, charged with violation of the dispensary law. The case of J. J, Massey was disposed of in the same manner. James Barron was convicted of violation of the dispensary law and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or go to the public works for three months. James Petit plead guilty to the same offense and received the same sentence. Richard Thompson was convicted of burglary and larceny and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. Wm. Jones, Indicted for burglary and larceny, was convicted of larceny and sentenced to the public works for two years. Clifton Wright, indicted for assault and battery with intent to kill, plead guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $60 or go to the public works for nine months. The case against William and Sylvanus Wray, charged with disturbing miWnno mooHncr was nnl nrnsspd. There was "no bill" In the case of R. T. Sandlfer, charged with obstructing the public highway. The solicitor nol prossed the case against Bascomb P. Howe, charged with assault and battery mlth Intent to kill. Lizzie McFadden was acquitted of the charge of violating the dispensary law. In the case of Eph Leech, charged with the same offense, the grand Jury returned "no bill." By Wednesday at noon, all the cases an the calendar had been disposed of except those against John S. and Paul R. Bratton, charged with the murder of H. A. Brown, and Wm. Wilson, ^ charged with the burning of Mrs. Mc-: . Gill's barn. Both of these cases had been set for Thursday, and as there g was no work for the jurors to do on Wednesday afternoon, they were dlsmissed until Thursday morning. On Thursday morning the solicitor called the case of the State against Paul R. and John S. Bratton; but owing to the failure of several witnesses, 8 who had been summoned, to answer, g lie had to take up the case of Wm. Wll- a 3on, charged with burning Mrs. Mar- e tha E. McGlll's barn, near Hickory t Srove, on the night of November 6. The defendant was represented by ? Major James F. and John R. Hart. c Mason McGlll, the eighteen year t jld son of Mrs. Martha E. McGlll, * testified that on the morning of ^ the 6th of November, he received ? notice from the defendant that his f mother's cow was trespassing on de- d fendant's cotton patch. He went to I jee about the cow. Defendant had * taken the cow up. He had previously J taken up trespassing stock that be- a onged to defendant and released it t vithout requiring pay. Defendant was a In a bad humor and used harsh lan- 1 juage toward the witness. Among r jther things defendant told witness a that he was not afraid of any damned ivhite man that ever lived. Finally 1 iefendant helped witness to let down ? 'ence and release the cow. Witness n vent home and attended to his usual r lutles. After supper he went to his a "oom to study his lessons. During the a ivening he heard a commotion among ? the chickens and went out to see what a vas the matter. Everything appeared :o be all right at the time, about the o jarn and elsewhere, and witness re- J turned to his room to resume his study- ? ng. A short time after that he saw Q the blaze from the barn through the s ?* ?i fnHrlftr li iViriUUYV. JL I1C UtXl II CUitLuntvu t M. jeavJnes and straw. The whole upper f< itory was a mass of flames. Next c norning he, with others, discovered the t] racks leading from the house of Wil- h lam Wilson, about 300 yards distant, F ;o the barn and back by a round about d vay. The tracks could be followed ^ vithout difficulty to the wire fence sur- ? ounding the barn yard, and to with- 0 n about 20 yards of the building. Mr. r. K. Allison testified to seeing the o racks leading from Wilson's house to J he barn. He compared the tracks ? vith Wilson's shoes and considered (t hem as having been made by the shoes, e ["here were 747 tracks between the o louse and barn?300 yards. There had ^ >een a rain on the Saturday previous ?] o Tuesday of the burning and the foot j; - * mpressions were quite distinct. W. n 1. Whiteside, a brother of Mrs. McGill, a old of his arrival on the scene after he barn had been burned. He saw ^ Vm. Wilson a short time after his ar- 0 ival. Wilson was fully dressed in n oat, pants, shoes, hat, etc. In the v iresence of the witness, Mrs. McGill 1 ccused Wilson with having burned t he barn. Wilson made no answer to s he charge. Witness also testified as r o the tracks leading to the house and n ther circumstances of the case. Dr. T. ' i. Whitesides, G. C. Leech, Terrell J imith, Allen Smith, and C. M. Whiso- a lant, all testified to various circum- a tances that developed during the in- s estigation of Tuesday night, corroboating the previous testimony as to t he tracks leading from Wilson's house a o the barn, etc. f Major Hart objected to all the testi- j? nony that was intended to show that j he tracks leading to and from the i >arn were made by Wilson. He held a hat the witness could not testify to * racks unless he saw them made. The [ act that the tracks may have looked s ike those of the defendant and the fact t hat the defendant's shoe fitted the ? racks, could not be taken as evidence ? hat the tracks in question were made * >y the defendant. The objection was lustained and all testimony relating to } racKS, or rather purporting to identify j he tracks in question, as having been j nade by the defendant, was expugned , 'rom the record. ' ' f The story of the defendant was to ( he effect that when he discovered Mrs. , VfcGiU's cow in tne cotton he went into j :he field to drive her out and in this way le accounted for the tracks to and '.rom his house. He claimed that shorty after dark on the night of the fire, le went over to the house of Terrell Smith, some few hundred yards distant ifter a mule. He took the mule home, 'ed it, cut some wood, weighed the cot:on that had been picked during the lay and then commenced roasting some potatoes for supper. It was while jccupied with the potatoes that he was apprised of the fire. As soon as the baby could be disposed of, he and his wife went to the fire and did what they :ould by way of assistance. Terrell Smith and Bud Smith testified that :hey saw him at the fire and they also :orroborated his Btory about having ?one after the mule, the time he arrived at their house and the time he left, ?tc. The jury took the case at about a luarter-past 5 Thursday afternoon, and after remaining in retirement for jomething like IB or 20 minutes, return;d with a verdict of not guilty. The case of Paul and John S. Brat:on, charged with the murder of Harry \. Brown, was called at half-past 9 a'clock yesterday morning. Mrs. Salle E. Bratton, wife of Mr. John S. Bratton, and an important witness for :he state, falling to answer to her lame, the solicitor asked further inlulgence of the court. He said that the witness had been arrested and that he lad an intimation that she was then in her way to Yorkville from Chester; jut he preferred not to announce his i eadiness to go into the case until as- i mred of the fact. The court granted i ;he indulgence asked for and there 1 was a delay of an hour or more until 1 'HA ow^irol A# fI.A flnKAtlnn A MAI?*V? I '' v aiiivai ui Lite v^ai vuua auu tilWestern freight train. Upon the arrival of the train, the lolicitor announced that the state was eady. -About this time, the fire alarm was lounded, and within a few minutes the :ourt room was abandoned by specta:ors, Jurymen and quite a number of awyers. The fire alarm had come from he graded school building, which was mtirely destroyed. It was a half hour jefore order was restored and business vas resumed. Through their counsel, the defendants vaived arraignment, in order to save ime, and at 11.45 o'clock the empanelnent of the jury was conimenced. The lefense, entitled to 20 challenges, exer:ised 12, and the state, entitled to 10, :xerci8ed 4. Five of the jurors were ixcused by the court for cause, and >ut of 35 names drawn, the panel was :ompleted at a quarter past 12 o'clock is follows: D. C. Boyd, J. T. Plaxico, V. H. Merritt, E. P. Steele, A. A. Buris, D. J. Fitchett, H. G. Stanton, H. H. sherer, J. E. Brandon, W. E. Smarr, N. E. Sanders, P. B. Neill. Mr. D. J. ritchett was chosen as foreman. The indictment, whicn was drawn so c is to charge both the accused as prin:ipals, and both as accessories, wab as t nllnivg with the usiinl Indictment for larrying concealed weapons, as requir- * id by a recent statute: At a court of general sessions, be- \ run and holden In and for the county | >f York In the state of South Carolina, it Yorkville, in the county and state 8 iforesaid, on the twelfth day of Nov- 1 imber, in the year of our Lord one t housand, nine hundred. 1: The jurors of and for the county iforesaid, in the state aforesaid, upon neir oath, present that Paul Bratton, 1 >n the fourteenth day of September in * he year of our Lord one thousand, a line hundred, with force of arms at a forkville, in the county of York, and t tate of South Carolina, in and upon ?ne Harry A. Brown, feloniously, wil- r ully and of his malice aforethought, I lid make an assault, and that the said I 'aul Bratton him, the said Harry A. v irown. then and there feloniously, j vilfully and of his malice aforethought, rith a certain loaded pistol did shoot, v trike, penetrate and wound; giving v o the said Harry A. Brown thereby in ii ind upon the body of him the said n larry A. Brown, one mortal wound; of yhich said mortal wound the said Har- ? y A. Brown did then and there soon h ,fter die. n And so the jurors aforesaid, upon a heir oath aforesaid, do say that the r aid Paul Bratton, him, the said Harry L Brown then and there, in the manler and by the means aforesaid, felo- v ilously, wilfully and of his malice 1: forethought, did kill and murder ;< gainst the form of the statute, in such v ase made and provided, and against . he peace and dignity of the state n foresaid. n And the jurors aforesaid, upon their n ath aforesaid, do further present that n ohn S. Bratton, late of of the county h nd state aforesaid, on the fourteenth ay of September, in the year of our Lord a hUa V?nn/1 Kafnro tVio I IT lie uiuuoauu, nine nunuicu, w^iviw aid felony and murder was committed, ? a manner and form aforesaid, with ej orce and arms, at Yorkville, in the h ounty and state aforesaid, feloniously, wilfully and of his own malice afore- w hought, did incite, move, procure and n ire, counsel and command the said B aul Bratton the said felony and mur- D] er in manner and form aforesaid, to T o and commit against the form of the tatute in such case made and provid- ?' d, and against the peace and dignity ir f the state. And the jurors aforesaid, upon their jj, ath aforesaid, do further present that , ohn S. Bratton, late of the county and tate aforesaid, on the fourteenth day tc f September, Anno Domini, 1900, with tl orce and arms, at Yorkville, in the '] ounty of York and state of South Car- w Una, in and upon one Harry A. Brown , jloniously, wilfully and of his malice forethought, did make an assault, and sl oat said John S. Bratton him the said P( tarry A. Brown then and there felo- 113 iously, wilfully and of his malice forethought with a certain loaded plsol did shoot, strike, penetrate and round; giving to tne said Harry A. Irown tnereby in and upon tne body f him the said Harry A. Brown, one lortal wound, of wnich said mortal round, the said Harry A. Brown did hen and there soon alter die. And so the jurors aforesaid, upon heir oath aforesaid, do say that the aid John S. Bratton, <him the said larry A. Brown then and there in the nanner and by the means aforesaid eloniously, wilfully and of his mal:e aforethought, did kill and murer against the form of the statute in uch case made and provided and .gainst the peace and dignity of the tate. And the jurors aforesaid, upon Chelr aths aforesaid, do further present hat Paul Bratton, late of the county .nd state aforesaid, before the said elony and murder was committed, in nanner and form aforesaid, to wit: on he xourteenth day of September, Anno )omini, 1900, with foroe and arms at forkvlne, in the county and state [foresaid, feloniously, wilfully and of lis ' malice aforethought, did incite, nove, procure, and hire, counsel and :ommand the said John S. Bratton the laid felony and murder in manner and orm aforesaid to do and commit igalnst the form of the statute and in luch case made and provided and igalnst the peace and dignity of the itate. The first witness sworn was Mr. Preston A. Neal, at whose house the tilling of Brown occurred. Lives in lock Hill. On the night of the 14th vas awakened by dog barking. Heard lome one knocking at the door. Went )ut in the hall and looked out Saw a nan standing in front of the door. Han asked for Mr. Brown. I asked his lame and business. He said he had :ome up from the victoria mills to get i sign painted. Mr. Brown, who was isleep, was awakened. He wanted to enow what kind of a sigrn was wanted. While I was trying to find out about :he sign, talking to Mr. Brown, a pistol tracked at my side. Mr. Brown gave a veil and tried to get up. I looked and iaw a man trying.to shoot again. I arrested his arm quickly and disconcerted / lis aiifi. The man ran out of the house. There was another man there, and the nan who had done the shooting threw lis arm around him and said, "Don t rou tell." I went for assistance, and vhen 1 got home, Mr. Brown had been ifted from the bed, and his head turnid to the foot At the time the shooing was done, there were two lamps n the room, and I saw the man who lid the shooting, and at the flash of .he pistol, I had a view of his face. He was a man about my height, and from what I saw he would weigh 155 to 160. He had on an oval crown straw hat He had no beard?looked as if he had seen shaved several days previous. / Had on pants of light material, a dark 1 :oat but no vest. Never sAw the prismers before that night nor since until his morning. Mr. Bro^ra died at 6 )'clock. When I returned from the street, Dr. Crawford and Dr. Stevens were there. It was some little time before they came in. I remained in the louse after my return. Cross Examination?By Mr. Wilson 4 ?It had been raining that night. The noon was shining. 'I recognized the nan to whom I was talking as a white nan. The other party I took to be a STegro. Witness lived in front room to ight of entrance, and Mr. Brown and 'amily lived in second room to right of sntrance. Testified at length as to lo:ation of rooms and position of furni- , ure, beds, etc. Brown was in bed by ' llmself. The light was shining so as o reflect on Brown's bed and leave the )alance of the room dark. My impresilon is that the man who did the shootng had a moustache?a short one. Of hat I was not certain. I did not say >efore the coroner's jury that the man lad a moustache. I did not say to Captain J. W. Marshall, in the prestnce of Mr. Pride Ratterree, that the nan was of about Capt. Marshall's > mild, that he had a week's growth of >eard on his face, and looked about 45 ears of age. I do not remember to lave given any impression of the man's ige. I have never stated that the man vould weigh about 140 pounds. Witless was born May 2, 1839. I have asigma in my right eye, and the other * .. ~ ;ye has been weakened from youth by mproper glasses. Physical health bad. Vas especially bad night of the shootng. Redirect?By Solicitor?In the same oom were my daughter, Mrs. Brown, vith a little girl 4 years old and a little >aby three weeks old. It did not oc:ur to me to notice the time of the hooting; but when I returned from up ^ own it was a quarter of 2. I think he shooting must have occurred at ibout a quarter past 1 o'clock. Re-Cross?By Mr. Wilson?Mr. Brown /as absent from his home off and on. le left home the Thursday before the hooting after dinner. He returned in he night; but I do not know what 1mA I have no recollection of seeing ilm again until Friday evening. Dr. T. A. Crawford?Direct examlnaion by the solictor.?Got to Mr. Neal's touse between 1 and 2 o'clock. I live .bout half a mile away. Went there in buggy. Nothing attracted my attenion on the way. At house found Mr. leal, his wife and Prof. Cork. Found Jrown lying on the floor at foot of bed. could tell that Brown was fatally bounded and so stated to the family. Jrown was conscious and said that it /as nonsense and that he would get /ell. I found two gunshot wounds?one ? n left arm and one in right side. Post nortem showed that the ball had iunctured several of the intestines. . .To lave found it would have necessitated nutilation of the body. The ball was bout 32-calibre. He died from hemorhage caused by pistol wound.' He said everal times that he would get well? .-hen I first arrived and an hour or two iter. At first I thougnt we had best ?t him die on the floor; but afterward re decided to put him in bed. I told is family in his presence that he would ot live. He was rational and heard ie. Under my advice he made a statelent. Mr. Brown's wife whispered to im and then said to me that she.knew ' 11 about it. I told her that her inforlatlon would not be taken as evidence. [e said that it was one of three men, Ither Amry Crockett, Gale or Bratton imself. That statement was made 'ithin half an hour after I entered the Dom. He lived three hours after that. rown was a large man, weighing 185 r 190 pounds?remarkably well built. he only other wound was a bruise ? t-er his left eye. He said he got that i a difficulty in Yorkville. By Mr. Wilson?He stated that he ad a difficulty the night before with ohn S. Bratton. Brown was referring ) John S. Bratton when ne said that ie shooting may have been done by Bratton himself." After that, anodyne as administered to the patient?at , ast two medium doses. Brown's ;atements were made when he was srfectly rational. The impression waa lade on my mind that Brown thought A