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Straps and |acts. ; ? 1 ? Dispatches from different parts of ' Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, tell of heavy rain and wind ' storms that prevailed in those states Monday night. Rivers were high and 1 did lots of damage. A number of peo- 1 pie were drowned. 1 ? A dispatcn of Monday from Salt ' Lake, Utah, says that President Snow, of the Mormon church, has positive in- ' formation that Apache Kid, the famous : Indian renegade, was killed a few days 1 ago. Tne killing is alleged to have been ' done by two white men who had been ] robbed by Kid's band. If the story is 1 true the men will receive a reward of 1 $5,000 that the United States government has had standing on Kid's head for several years. ? The Northern commission deali ere in Southern cotton yarns, have declined to agree to the demand of the Southern Cotton Spinners' association for the handling' of Southern yarns at 4 per cent, a reduction of 1 per cent, from the present price. The commission men hold that it costs 31 per cent, to sell yarn, and that 11 per cent is a small enough margin to cover the bad debts, warehouse expenses and profits. They claim that if the present rate were capable of being reduced, competition would reduce it. The houses which have refused the demand of the Southern spinners represent a v capital of $50,000,000. ? Says a Philadelphia dispatch: The intelligence that Russia will spend $20,000,000 in this country for five battleships, causes much gratification in this city. As the great success attending the battleship Variag, which wan built ""by the Cramps, has brought this large new order to this side of the ocean, it 1 is naturally supposed that the Cramps i will get the most if not all, although it , is hinted that there is some chance of the Scott works on the Pacific coast se.. i curing some contracts, as tne czar ana the Russian officials were highly pleased with the performance of the battleship Oregon. Great Dride is felt in this city in the honor brought by the notable output of the Cramp shipyards, i which have challenged and surpassed ; the English shipyards. , ? Richmond Dispatch: The biggest ( baby on record in America is the young elephant which has Just been born unto "Alice," the famous pachyderm of ( Ringling Brothers' circus. The1 thick- 1 skinned new-comer weighs 300 pounds, and is 32 inches long. It is 3) feet high, j and its trunk is 14 inches long. The , baby elephant will be fed from a bottle, ' and a cow* has been purchased to supply the necessary diet "Alice," the 1 mother, proved the inconsistency of feminine nature by attempting to kill her off-spring when it was first born, i and we blush to say that the other ele- i phants united with her in her attempts at infanticide. The "little stranger" is covered with long hair, which it will shed when a year old. Knowing ones (people, not elephants) say the youngster favors the mother, and has her i complexion. ( ? The Cuban constitutional convention has decided that Its proceedings shall be public. The following wise provision was agreed upon last Friday: "When the convention has been definitely constituted, a period of 30 days i shall be allowed during which delegates may present proposal* as the basis of a constitution or an entire draft of a constitution. On the eighth, sixteenth ana twenty-rourtn aays tne executive committee shall classify and print the various projects, in order to give the delegates an opportunity to study them. The convention shall then di- : vide into five committees for the purpose of considering the proposals, making additions where it may seem desirable or necessary. These committees shall each name one member, to con- ( stitute a new committee of five, whose ' duty it shall be to draw up a final pro- , ject for presentation to the conven- , tion." ? Science, prompted and urged by the commercial instinct, says the New York Press, has demonstrated that casein, from ordinary cow's milk, is quite as good for baking as the finest hen eggs, and a company with $6,500,000 capital has been formed to manufacture out of it a substitute for the "fresh" and "strictly fresh" product of ' the poultry yard. One pound of casein 1 is equal to six dozen eggs. August Belmont is the largest stockholder in this corporation, which already, though , only an infant, puts out about 1,200 pounds a day, the equivalent of 86,400 eggs. The hen's only remaining advantage lies in the unhatchableness of the rival product and its incasement in a box instead of a shell She olnno can be the mother of broods and flocks of chickens. Casein cannot deprive her of that cherished privilege. The artificial egg has arrived, but not the artificial broiler, fowl, roaster, etc. ? Says a Washington dispatch of November 23: The Manila papers of October 18, devote considerable space to a renewal of the report concerning Aguinaldo's death in northern Luzon. They say that the circumstantial character of this report, together with the fact that General Trias recently has been signing himself "commander-inchief of the insurgent forces," lends a strong color to the belief that Aguinal uu may ue ueau. j.ue laiesi. atiuuiu m this line comes from Neuva Ecija, in northern Luzon, where in an outpost skirmish, Aguinaldo's horse was killedand his saddlebags, with a number of personal papers, were captured. Aguinaldo was shot from his horse, and severely wounded. He was carried by his followers into a jungle and subsequently reported to be ill with fever. His body afterward was carried down the river on a raft, slung in a hammock and completely covered with palm leaves, but the natives who saw the passage of the raft were uncertain whether he was dead or alive. This, together with the claims of Trias and others of the insurgent generals, to the chief command of the army, leads the local Manila papers to give considerable credence to the story. ? Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement, issued last Friday, showed a decrease in ! the movement into sight compared j with the seven days ending the same date last year, in round figures, 41,000. For the 84 days of the season that have , elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the 84 days of last year 215,000 bales. The 1 amount brought into sight during the past week has been 371,805, against 412,- [ 384 for the seven days ending Novem- . ber 23 last year. The movement since i September 1st shows receipts at all United States ports 3.073,825. against 2,- 1 768,954 last year; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada, 389,287, against 514,836 last year; interior stocks In excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 525,189, against 177,388 last year; southern mill takings, 383,426, against 395,574 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 186,715, against 132,295 last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada, thus far for the 3eason, have been 986,661, against 1,345,186 last year. These include 596,044 by northern spinners, against 840,279. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior centres have increased during the week 86,638 bales, against an Increase during the corres ponding period last season of 102,^8, sind are now 397,666 smaller than*t this date in 1899. ?lie ||0rhvillc inquirer. ' YORKVIIiLE, 8. C.: V WEDNESDAY, NOV'R. 28, 1900. The census figures do not change York county's representation in the house. We will still have four members. Seven per cent, increase of population in ten years, in spite of the loss of Cherokee township, is not a poor showing for York county. We are in fair shape now to reach 50,000 population by 1910. According to the twelfth census figures, just published, the population of York county is now 41,864. The 1890 figures were 38,831, and the 1889 figures 30,713. The per centage of increase between 1890 and 1900 is apparently smaller than between 1880 and 1890; but this is more apparent than real, the difference being accounted for by the fact that Cherokee township counted in York in 1890, has this year been counted In the new county of Cherokee. As yci mc uciaxiuu oiaivuivui. v*. vnv ^/v|/?* lation of counties by minor civil divisslons has not been published. Something must be done to reform the qualifications for voting in the primary elections. The idea of leaving the Dalance of power in naming county and state officials in the hands of a floating population, is an absurd injustice to the solid, substantial citizenship of the state. No men should be allowed to vote in a primary or other election, unless he can exhibit a registration certificate made out in accordance with the requirements of the general registration law. This matter is-serious and it should have serious consideration at once. A Washington dispatch informs us of the steady increase of rural free deMvarv rnntoc thrrmchmit the fnnntrv ? * V* ^ WW-.-.- Although the newspapers are not having a great deal to say on the subject, It seems to be a fact that the people of the North, East and West are especially active In securing for themselves this great convenience, and as we understand the situation at this writing, the government is ready and anxious to establish free delivery routes anywhere upon the petition of not less than 100 families, living in a series of contiguous neighborhoods. We would like to see some movement in the direction of free mail delivery in this county. We cannot promise certainly that a route can be established at once; but we will be glad to co-operate with the people of any neighborhood who cares to try for such a convenience. We feel confident that Congressman Finley and either or both of our senators, will do all they can by way of assistance. m m ?? ' HICKORY GROVE NOTES. Woodman Camp at Etta Jane?Entertainment by the Children?Good Work of the Graded School. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Hickory Grove, November 27.?Prof. W. T. Slaughter Is at home. He organized a Woodman of the World camp at Etta Jane last Saturday night. Dr. Ward was elected camp physician. The children of Hickory Grove held a little entertainment at the school house last Wednesday night. Last Wednesday was prayer-meeting evening. and it might be mentioned as a real praiseworthy fact, that these children were willing to put off their frolic until after prayer-meeting. Their having attended prayer-meeting first did not mar the pleasure of the evening at all. It would have been hard to nave found a happier and better behaved lot of children. Miss Emma Lathan and Mrs. W. H. Whisonant spent Saturday in Yorkville. Miss Hettie Waters, of Lattimer, N. C? has come to Hickory Grove to spend the winter in order to be in attendance at the graded school. She is staying with her uncle, Mr. D. P. Lattimer. Services are to be held at the A. R. P. church on the evening of Thanksgiving Day. The ladies of the missionary society of Mt. Vernon church, will hold Thanksgiving services in the afternoon at the parsonage. The socie ties of the other churches have been invited to unite with this society in these services. Mr. Wilkerson has the contract for building a house for Mr. Helton. Mr. Marlin has also arranged to build a house for Mr. White. This shows that Hickory Grove is not dead; but, on the contrary, that it is building up. Hickory Grove is surrounded by good farming land, has good telephone and railroad communication, and besides, the graded school, now affords a splendid opportunity for the children to get a good education if they will take advantage of it. The business this fall has been brisk. When we consider the good farming land, the communication with other towns, and the growing school, we can see no reason why Hickory Grove should not build up. The oyster supper given by the ladies of the Methodist church was a success The oysters that had to be thrown away would have done little towards appeasing the appetite of a hungry man. The call for "fried oysters" was a very popular one. Mr. E. F. Bell, Jr., went to Spartanburg today. Mr. Huberts, of King's Mountain, has moved his family to Hickory Grove. LOCAL AFFAIRS. [ t INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENT*. a H. C. Strauss?Will be closed tomorrow k and open on Friday, and says he has a goods and prices that will interest n any who wish 'to buy. He calls es- a pecial attention to lace curtains, la- a dies' corsets, hosiery, underwear, etc. York Drug Store?Says to obtain sue- il cess in the drug business the confi- I dence of the public is the main factor, ii and claims that they have the confi- a dence of the public. ' Sam M. Grist?Announces that he has d been appointed local agent for several c reliable fire insurance companies, t and solicits a part of your business, t He is agent for the Mutual Benefit a Life Insurance company, and his of- e flee is one door south of The Enquirer a office. a Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Want to know if F .your glasses suit you, and if not they k want to fit you up just right. They a urowt thnoo whn owe them to nav UD. i R. J. Herndon?Saya he had sold thffs piano recently advertised to arrive, s and says another will soon be here I to take its place. He says that the Bridgeport organ leads all others. t Lowrance, Williams & Co.?Want you c to know that they will be headquarters for the good things of life that g will be needed for tne Christmas sea- c son. They mention several articles t that have arrived this week. # ^ Glenn & Allison, the Liverymen?Tell in their advertisement of a carload of stock to arrive this week, and set * ] Monday, December 3, as the opening J of the stock season. They make a l few promises and are well able to c back up their every statement. They also talk about buggies and wagons. They invite you to come and see them next Monday, and assure you that their latch string is on the outside. S. D. Patrick, McConnellsville?Tells of what he wants to buy in the way of country produce, and gives the ? price he is paying for eggs. He wants I all kinds of produce at all times of l: the year. See Pat when you have < something to sell. ( TEMPLE OP PATRIOTISM. The Fort MiU people, who have made j their town unique in the possession of c a Confederate park, containining mon- c uments to the "Confederate Soldier," c the "Women of the South," the "Faithful Slave," and the "Catawba Indians," t have about decided upon another characteristic step. This time it is a "Temple of Patriot- c ism," that is under consideration. It is f proposed to erect in the "Confederate t Park," a suitable building and suita- t bly perpetuate the memory of South t Carolinians who have done for their v State something to entitle their names e to consideration of posterity. f As in the case of the monuments this t new idea originates with Captain S. E. v White and Mr. John M. Spratt: but i the balance of the population is In full s accord. There is every prospect that the temple will soon become an accom- ? plished fact, and that Confederate Park t will soon have another proud boast. ? Asked as to the names that would i probably be honored in the temple, t Captain White said that was a matter t to be determined under some plan yet t to be perfected; but he presumed that t places would be found for such names 1 as Calhoun, McDuffle, C. C. Pinckney. Jasper, Rutledge and probably scores ? of others. "How about Wade Hampton?" "The temple will be for dead patriots, not living. But the name of Wade Hampton will not be rejected. We'll be safe in making an exception in his case." Just when the erection of the temple will be commenced has not yet been decided upon; but it is not probable that it will be long. Maybe the structure will be dedicated before this tim?i next year. THE COTTON MARKET. There was a flurry in cotton Monday, and the tendency was downward. The local buyers had no definite information as to the cause of the trouble; but at the close of the day's business they e knew that January futures had lost about 30 points. An Associated Press a dispatch of Monday night told the story c of the day's developments on the New c York Cotton exchange as follows: j It was a day of sore trial and disappointment to the friends of cotton and many pet ideas as to the probable 1 course of events concerning values in 1 the near future were destroyed within t the first half hour. Whereas every thing during the previous week had . seemed to favor a bull movement of no mean proportions, indications this 1 morning before the open call appeared 8 to shape toward a disastrous break under overwhelming bear developments, j The cables were astonishingly weak . with Liverpool credited with having sent many selling orders to our pit. * Private reports had it that the czar r was dying, that Europe was being i flooded with selling orders from south- t em spots, and receipts during the next few weeks would considerably exceeds the volume of the last ten days. Un- \ der this formidable array of bearish influences longs forced over great blocks of cotton, purchasing around 9.80 to 9.90 for January on the belief that 10 cent cotton was assured. The market a opened easy with prices down 5 to 20 i points, under the pressure thus brought to bear. Low, though they were, the . initial figures proved to be the best of 1 the session, as the liquidating process- * es continued in full sway to the very t close. The south sent selling orders in great numbers and Wall street dumped t over many tnousand bales which the shorts desiring profits were unable to r absorb. There seemed to be no bottom * in sight, and while occasional 5 point a rallies occurred, the general tendency of c the market was steadily downward. In the early afternoon the last hopes of the bulls was swept away by estimates r for large receipts at New Orleans and ^ Houston tomorrow and by official noti- t fication that southern markets were s easier and from 1-16 to J cent lower. The New Orleans speculative market presented a weak front and and on ev ery hand were evidences that support- i ers of cotton were retreating while the c bears were momentarily gaining c strength. At the close the market was . Steady at a decline of 27@31 points, about the lowest level of the day. f AGAINST THE TRUSTEES. E a The trustees of the Rock Hill graded r school district may no longer collect t tuition or other per capita fees. So or- a dered his honor Judge J. C. Klugh, in a a decree signed on Monday. The question at issue has already j been explained in The Enquirer. Geo. P. Holler and others brought suit against the Rock Hill Graded school ^ district and the trustees thereof, to prevent the assessment of tuition or per 13 capita fees and to enjoin the trustees from expelling pupils for failure to pay ? such fees. The plaintiffs also sought to enjoin the county treasurer from paying out to the school district funds raised by the special 2 mills tax, the constitutional 3 mill tax and poll taxes. ^ The case was argued last Saturday, and in his decree Judge Klugh gives ^ the plaintiffs everything they ask for except an injunction against the coun- v ty treasurer. This he considers unnec- n essary. The ord?.r issued in the case g reads as follows: 0 "That the Rock Hill school district 0 and W. L. Roddey, W. B. Wilson, Jr., n Iredell Jones, A. E. Smith. J. M. Cher- t y, J. B. Johnson and J. J. Waters, as f< rustees of said school district, and tl heir successors, officers, employes, t< gents and servants be, and they are jr lereby perpetually enjoined and re- .. trained from assessing any supplenentary tuition or fees upon all or ny of the pupils or scholars within the oj .ges of 6 and 21 years, inclusive, includ- h ng the infant plaintiffs residing with- _ n the territorial limits of the Rock lill school district, attending or offer- 0 ng to attend, any graded or other P chool therein, which is supported in cl irhole or in part by the public funds g lerived from the levy of the 3 mills ondtltutional, 2 mills special, and poll ? axes applicable to the suport of he public schools therein; and they " .re perpetually enjoined and restrain- i< d from collecting tuition fees "from j, .11 such resident pupils, within the fi .ges of 6 and 21 years, or from their " >arent8 and guardians. And they are 81 lereby further perpetually enjoined q .nd restrained from excluding or refus- g ng to admit any such pupil or pupils ittending or offering to attend any of aid schools for non-payment of tuition ees." n The decree is based upon the consti- 8( ution of 1868 and upon the constitution a if 1895. Certain powers that had been tl wanted to the school district in its tl harter by the legislature were held to r >e unconstitutional, u?u aim vuiu, ? whether claimed under tne old or new e institution. As to whether the case a vill go to the supreme court has not d ret developed; but that whether or not, p t seems that there are small chances a >f securing a reversal of Judge Klugh's o lecision. a t! COMMON PLEAS. s The last Jury case tried by the court o ?f common pleas, was that of J. Ed;ar Poag against the Charlotte Oil and fertilizer company. It was taken up ast Friday at noon, and after it was f lisposed of the jurors were discharged rom further attendance. I The issues Involved in the case are t assessed of considerable interest. At east the principle established is a new c >ne so far as this immediate section is d :oncerned. The seller of unwholesome I :attle food was made to pay for the v lamage that resulted from the use of r he food. The plaintiff, Poag, bought from the & lefendant Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer \ :ompany, a car load of cotton seed l lulls. The hulls were received at plain- *{ iff's farm on Friday, unloaded and fed t o cattle on Saturday, and on Monday e hree* head of cattle died while others I vere made very sick. Plaintiff made I .xamination of the cotton seed hulls, l ound that they were at that time very i; lot, and attributing thfe trouble to the | mwholesome condition, stopped their c ise for feed and made demand on the o leller for damages. * c The defendant put up witnesses to' , ihow that the car load of hulls alleged * o have been damaged were afterward I told to other parties- in the neighbor- ]< lood and fed to cattle without injury; ^ )ut plaintiff showed that this feeding ? ook place some four or five months af- r erward, when the hulls had gone S hrough a cooilng process and were no* onger dangerous. *t President Oliver, of the Charlotte Oil v ind Fertilizer company, testified that n le knew of his own knowledge that p leated cotton seed hulls would not inure cattle. He had seen such hulls J ea after they had been almost brown- e ;d and. without bad results. Other a vitnesses testified that they had fed a :otton seed hulls for, years, heated and >therwise, and that they had never r leen any bad effects except from keep- C ng the cattle too long on that one food, f The jury was evidently satisfied, I lowever, that the heated hulls caused he loss of Mr. Poag's three head of A :attle, and returned a verdict for the n ilaintiff In the sum of $190. \ The e imount sued for was $234. There was n i motion for a new trial on Monday; d >ut the court overruled it. Flnley & 3rice and Wilson & Wilson for plaintifT, H ind Thos. F. McDow for the defendant. P During Monday, Judge Klugh signed * in order providing for the appointment b >f an expert to examine into the affairs <3 >f the Commercial and Farmers' bank. ^ t seems that the bank has a claim of 11 ibout $11,000 against the Crescent Cot- 1 on mill, and the Crescent Cotton mill h las a claim of some $24,000 against the b >ank. The affair appears to be so mix- a id up that nobody Is able to make v leads or tails of it, and it is hoped < hat some expert book-keeper may be r ible to straighten it out. n Court was still in session when The h Snquirer went to press. Judge Klugh d loped to get away Saturday night, and v hen he began to calculate on Monday * light. At noon yesterday he thought ie would surely get away last night; n >ut even^tjitit was not certain.* * /within the town. q \^Fne Jail is pretty lonesome in the " ipper Miuriea uuw, ^ ? Generally speaking, the Graded ichool Is moving along as though nothng had ever happened to It. ^ ? It takes lots of money to buy cot-' ^ on these days. The Loan and Savings . >ank frequently pays out more than 10,000 In a single day. ? The Loan and Savings bank and . he postofflce, will both be closed tonorrow, Thanksgiving. The postofflce ? vlll be open for a few minutes on the ^ irrlval of trains. The banlt will be ilosed all day. J- -ri ? Dr. Hall comes this Wednesday light. There Is every promise of a big ( iouse. The people who heard him when c le was here last are his most enthu- w ilastlc boomers. There is no doubt a ibout the fact that he Is a good one. ? In addition to infantry movements, he K. M. M. A. cadets are being exer- n lsed in cavalry drill. They have been r< tut a dozen or more times on horse- a ?ack and they make a handsome ap- n learance. a ? There has been a noticeable imirovement In business since the recent n idvance in the price of cotton.- Busi- p less men generally pay as much attenion to market fluctuations nowadays lmost as do the cotton buyers and w ellers. a / g^ 7- The inspection of the Jasper Light . nfantry was scheduled to take place aat night, ana at the time The EnquitEh' went to press the boys were put- v ing on the flnlshlng touches of applede . readiness. Captain Moore had ome guns stacked out in front of the ^ rmory yesterday, and together with ' he company flag, these called attenion to the inspection last night. m ? All the local churches will observe ^l) 'hnnlcstrfvinp- tnmnrrnw at 11 o'clock. O o u 'he Presbyterian, Associate Reformed, jr lethodist and Baptist congregations d, /ill join in a union service at the Pres- 7 iyterian church. Rev. J. B. Bozeman -ill conduct the services. An opportu- ir ity will be given to the union congre- ci ation to make the customary thank y( fferlng for the benefit of the various a rphanages?Thornwell, Epworth, Con- ( ie-Maxwell and Grier. It is expected bi hat contributors will enclose their of- h< ;rlngs In envelopes marked to Indicate / le orphanage for wnich they are In- i inded. Separate services will be held ar I the Church of the Good Shepherd at co ie same hour. . WJ ? The production of "Olivette," at the pera house, on Saturday night, by the [erald Square Opera company, was Qf II that could be asked for. The mem- in ers of the opera company all nl roved to be artists *of a superior h lass. The work of Miss Mamie in cott, as "Olivette," was flrst-class, as aj ras also that of Thos. F. Callahan, as re Capt. de Merrlmac," Harry Nelson, as Valentine." Jack Leslie as "Coqulel- y( :ot" was especially good, and Mr. Les- m e proved himself to be a comedian of ne ability. The audience, while not n( o large as It should have been, was & ulte a representative one, and Mana- a er Moore received some encourgement rom the number present. to ? As will be seen by their announce- th lent elsewhere, Messrs. Glenn & Alll- p on have arranged to open the horse 0j nd mule trade a little earlier this year th han usual. Frequently In the past, ti he first car-load of stock has not ar- fC Ived from the West until about Janu- 2 ry 1. Mr. Glenn, of that firm, howver, left last Friday for St. Louis, a, nd he is expected back by next Frl- th ay or Saturday, in time to have his a, urchases ready for inspection next je londay. Judging by the present price w ? cotton and other considerations that ot fltect the situation, it would seem that a] he horse and mule trade should be h, omewhat better during the season just e( pening than it was last season. g] * st ABOUT PEOPLE. a] Mr. W. F. Marshall is home on a visit a< rom Anderson. ir Captain W. W. Lewis goes to Chester ti Friday to Inspect the military company b; here. si Jar. W. H. Moore of the Roddey Mer- w antile company, was in Yorkville Mon- a< ay and yesterday. T Jlf. J. W. Castles, and Miss Sallie h; Vylie, of Hickory Grove, are visiting w elatives at Clover. ft *Wr. J. B. Pegram is helping at Glenn a< t Allison's during the absence of Mr. tj V. D. Glenn in the West. tl Rev. R. W. Barber and Mr. T. Af. vhisonant, of Hickory Grove, .vent e1 o Chester yesterday to attend confer- si nee. v; J&r. J. E. Roddey, manager of the oi toddey Mercantile company, was in y] rorkville Monday and Tuesday on bus- ti aess. ie UMr. H. F. Adickes, of Richmond, Va., 01 ame down to Yorkville Saturday night c< n account of the critical illness of his vi uother. h: 'Rev. Dr. J. H. rnornwell, Grand cl Ceeper of Records and Seal for the tl fnights of Pythias, visited the local w adge last night. di ir.. -yp D IfoTMll on/1 V?la oiafor Miflfl rr 2mma, of Hickory Grove, are in Low- kJ ysville to attend the marriage of Miss b< lue Guy and Dr. Johnson today. s( JMr. D. W. Hicks has a position at ai he York Cotton mills as sampler and Hi weigher of the cotton bought by the fx tiills. In this line Mr. Hicks is an ex- ni ert. it Rev. J. S. Grier, of Sharon, and Rev. . L. Oates, of Hickory Grove, exchang- ai d pulpits last Sunday. Mr. Oats filled si lr. Grier's appointment at Lockhart w lills. fi - ?srds are out announcing the mar- ti iage of Miss Reola Allison and Dr. 11: .'hess C. Leech, in the Associate Re- b< ormed church at Hickory Grove, on t >ecember 11, at 8.15 a. m. w The condition of Mrs. Mary L. c< idickes, whose critical illness was ai uentioned last Saturday, has improv- ot d very much since then. It is hoped t iow that Mrs. Adickes is out of imme- pi late danger. d) Mr. T. M. Whisonant, of the hust- ai ing firm of Whisonant, Castles & Co., assed through YorkVille yesterday, t le gave a glowing account of the good si usiness and expanding trade of his T eservedly popular firm. pi J(r. John L. Ralney, of Sharon, was - Vni-lfvllla uootordov ftn hllHlnpq.q in le remained only about an hour and w lurried back. He says that with his sc oys off at school, things do not move ei long during his absence like they do ai irhen he is there to see. ai ^udttor W. W. Boyce is again a mar- tl led man. With few exceptions, his ft lost intimate friends knew nothing of p< is plans, until it leaked out last Frl- ai ay that he was gone after a bride and pi rould be back next day. Then his m riends received cards worded like this: T Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Thompson, an- ti ounce the marriage of their daughter, toxana, to Mr. William W. Boyce, on qi 'hursday, November 22, 1900, Head- ti uarters, Kentucky." Down in a cor- gj er was the following: At home, after g lovember 26, Yorkville, S. C." Mr. and hi Irs. Boyce reached Yorkville last Sat- is rday. They have the best wishes of l lany^friends. h? "Captain Samuel E. White, of Fort ti fill, received, a few days ago from Ma- oi ir John Polndexter, of Canton, Mis- ol Issippi, an interesting souvenir that ol e values very highly. It is a small th rass staple that Major Polndexter re- p? ently pulled from the wreck of thg yj Star of the West," now lying in the w 'azoo river, near its mouth. The "Star 0' f the West," will be remembered as th tie vessel which attempted to provis- w >n Fort Sumter and which the Citadel to adets helped drive away. In 1862 it tt ras a part of the Federal fleet that oi scended the Mississippi river, and was gi estroyed by the Confederates near m ricksburg. A rotten hulk is all that to ow remains of it. The brass staple ecelved by Captain White is only jd bout one-eigntn or an men m uuua- | re ess at the bend, and the prongs are bi ach an Inch and a half In length, n aptain White will no doubt have It w, lounted In some way suitable for Its to roper preservation. tu Columbia State, Saturday: The con- w Itlon of Conductor W. C. Brlce, who 8a ra8 Injured In the Southern Railway ccldent recently, was reported quite jj, srious last night. He is at the hosplt- th 1. As a result of the accident he had jj ) suffer the amputation of half of his W) ift foot. He has been getting along nc ery well, but blood poisoning is fear- n 3, and the outlook for his recovery Is e(j uite critical. His father and mother, L< [r. and Mrs. Calvin Brlce, of Wood- wi ard, are In the city today and they of ill remain with him. There is no imlediate danger and the physicians ope that they will be able to pull him mi irough. Since the foregoing was put gr i type The Enquirer learns that Con- tjj uctor Brlce died Monday evening at 30 o'clock. The funeral took place at gr ew Hope Associate Reformed church ou l Fairfield county yesterday. The de- wi ;ased was a genial, whole-souled ^ oung man, and very popular. He was ' brother of Mr. J. Mack Brlce, of this tjf >unty. His father and mother and on rother, Homer, were with him when ]o< e died. rei \TO PORT MILL AND BACK. The writer made a trip to Fort Mill id back to Torkville through the untry last Saturday. The occasion a.s the appointment of Captain W W. iwis to inspect the Fort Mill Light fantry. In addition to the certainty congenial company, Captain Lewis's vitation carried with it the opportuty to see the progress of the India ook Power company in its dam build g operations across the Catawba, and so a first Inspection of the new bridge cently completed by the county. It was about 8 o'clock when we left orkville. A heavy fdg filled the atosphere, and it threatened to come >wn in the shape of rain; but we did >t mind the weather. In one of Glenn Allison's handsomest surreys, behind spanking team in charge of a Negro iver, there was nothing to be added i the equipment. We skimmed irough the country as if traveling in a ullman sleeper, and had plenty of >portunity to note everything along le road that was worthy of observaon. We also had plenty of time, too, ir we were not due in Fort Mill until o'clock. There has been lots of talk about i increased acreage 01 smau grain lis year. This talk has not been exjgerated. From the time we began to ave the corporate limits of Yorkvile, e noted long stretches of wheat and its, sometimes on one side of the road ad sometimes on the other. Some id been sowed, some had been' drill1, some was just peeping from the round, and some was up to a good and. The smooth, garden bed appearnce of the soil, indicated the charter of preparation that has been goig on, and occasional bunches of cot>n stalks as they were left in rifts y the harrows, told the significant :ory of wheat and oats next summer here there was cotton this fall. And ) it was all the way to Fort Mill, here were, of course, many fields that ad not been sown down, and which ill not be; but with a reasonably lir yield from the crop in sight, there >ems to be no danger of any scarcir of bread among the farmers along lis route next year. Tirzah .station looks as natural as yer. There has been but little change nee the writer passed through, the lllage last. In a yard on the right f the road, Just as we entered the lllage, we noted a surpassingly beauful display of chrysanthemums. It i probably the equal of anything r the kind to be seen in the junty. Captain Lewis admired it ery much, and remarked, "There is Igh testimony of York county's rural vilization." On the opposite side of le road stands the old plank shanty in hlch the Tirzah dispensary used to o business. It was closed. The iron rating gave it the appearance of a. Ind of a prison. There was nobody to e seen about the premises, and in its >mbre lonesomeness was 10 oe seen nother evidence of York county's civIzation?as high an evidence as was lrnishei by the beautiful chrysantheiums.x somehow, it was easy to lmagie the chrysanthemums as rejoicing /er the closed dispensary. It was just 3 easy to imagine that if the dispentry were now flourishing as of old, it ould be the flower yard that would irnish the emblem of desolation. And lere were also evidences of business te about Tirzah. There were a num?r of familiar faces about the stores, he ginnery was running full capacity 1th something like a hundred bales of )tton scattered on the yard about it, id on the railroad platform was an:her hundred awaiting . shipment, here were signs of life about the reilr shop also. It was only the old spensary that looked so pleasant and jreeable in death. The long' stretch of country between lrzah and the river was about the ime as the country between here and lrzah?wheat, oats and.an occasional itch of rye. Much of the lands of the T. A. Barron estate are sown down in rain?and the careful preparation that as made beforehand is an object lesm that would be valuable if the farm's elsewhere could only see it. There re acres and acres that are as smooth 3 a floor, and the wheat, from two to iree inches high, looks like a beautlil carpet of green. These lands once jor and almost barren, are now rich ad productive, and the crop that is -omised, provided there Is no bad luck, lakes even the looker-on feel rich, here will be wheat from that plantaon to sell next fall. On account of an almost tragic seael, it is proper to make special menon of our driver here. He is all Ne-o, and having been with Messrs. lenn & Allison quite a while, knows is place. He sat like a wax figure flnhed in black with vicl shoe polish, ooking neither to the right or the left, i kept his eyes upon the road and held ght to the lines. Although he spoke lly when spoken to, that he was proud ' his position, and enjoyed the stating ' the Negro men and women passed on le side of the road, was evident. We issed what looked like a Negro graveird, and there was a suggestion that hen we came back that way about 12 clock, and the ghosts began to dance, ie ghost of some old-time coachman ould certainly be seized with a desire take charge of such a fine team. Lee, ie driver, began to twitch about nervisly, and he declared: '\If dem dere losts come to git up in dis seat side o e, I'll tell you right now, I'm gwine - leave it wid you, and dis team can't ;ep up wid me, neither." We had no ea at the time that the Negro was ally alarmed. The subject was ought up again in presence of the owrn <n Prtrt 1WU1 Pov Dr Thflril ell made a matter-of-fact declaration the effect that "Ghosts never disrb military or newspaper men," and hatever Lee may have thought, he ,id nothing. As we approached the vicinity of eely's ferry, we began to note signs of e extensive operations of the India ook Power company. A bluff that as heavily timbered a year back, Is >w cleared. On Its summit stands a at two-story cottage that was erectl by J. J. Keller & Co., last summer. Joking down at the river, which ashes the foot of the bluff, is a scene unique activity. A great coffer dam tends half way across the river, and liere the water formerly flowed to a pth of eight or ten feet, some 60 or 70 en are now engaged in blasting out anlte ledges. A little steam pump rows out the water that flows in rough seams in the rocks, and two ( werful hoisting engines operate the eat cranes that are used for taking t heavy boulders. Mr. Harry Wylie < is down in the thick of It, seeing that i e work was done according to spec- < cations. The immediate object of the 1 esent work is to get a firm founda- < >n for the power house, which is to be ] this side of the river. To the writer it i iked as if the foundation was al- < ady all that could be desired. No- ] wnere within the coffer dam was to be seen a sign of earth except a sand bank that was washed in by a recent freshet. It was certainly rock bottom. Mr. Wylie, however, explained that the rock was seamy, and that it was necessary to take out everything down to a solid bed. Lots of work had been done and there was still lots to do. The dam is to run diagonally across the river. It is to be 21 feet wide at the foundation and 8 feet wide at the top, rising 17 feet above mean low water. Under this arrangement it will be possible to develop 3,600 horse power. When the demand increases sufficiently, present plans contemplate the raising of the dam ten feet higher and increasing the power capacity to 10,000 horse. The 17 foot dam will raise the river about 5 feet at Wright's ferry, and back water on up a distance of three miles. It is calculated that the back water will extend Ave miles in all, and it is quite probable that at places it ? will be a mile across. The company will put a steam launch on the lake thus created, and it is quite probable that ine vicinity will some day become a great pleasure resort. But Mr. Wylie did not seem to oe so much interested in the dam and the lake as he did in the taking up of some white oak trees. He is a great crank about trees. Most people, he says, are disposed to set quick growing trees. Trees that are quick to grow are quick to die, and, therefore, he prefers trees of slow growth like tne white oak. He was having the trees dug up carefully from the roots for removal to Rock Hill, and he stood over the workmen to see to it that they did not bend the trunks. "That," he said, "is why so many trees are killed in transplanting. They bend the trunks and creak the connection with the roots below. Mr. Wylie treated us with great cordiality during our stay and extended a pleasant invitation to return whenever we should have the opportunity. From the works of the power company it is only a quarter of a mile back to the point where a new cut road ico.ua uu luwttru nic unage, ana irom this point to the bridge is only about half a mile further. There has been considerable road work on both sides of the bridge. The embankments have been raised with a view to putting. ' . them above possible high water. The approaches to the bridge seem to be strong and substantial, and the bridge Itself is a neat structure. It appears to be light rather than massive; but is easily strong enough to sustain any .oad that is likely to be hauled to it over the rough hills on either side. On the top of the west end is a plate bearing this inscription: "1900. Erected by York county. T. G. Culp, supervisor; E. A. Crawford, W. S. Wilkerson, commissioners. Geo. H. Crafts, constructor." The iron work 01 the bridge has been painted red; but there is no paint on the approaches. The lower point of Carothers's island extends to within a hundred yards of the bridge on the left, and on the right is a long, unbroken stretch of river. On a bluff down the river, a mile or two away, is to be had a glimpse Of a pretty summer cottage erected sometime ago by Messrs. Rod- . dey and Whitner. The road to and from the bridge already shows signs of considerable travel, and the approach ing rough winter weather shows the . necessity for a lot of expensive permanent work. There were few changes to be noted In Fort Mill. Capt. S. E. White was found at his summer headquarters on the bank veranda overlooking Confederate Park. Dr. J. H. Thornwell and Mr. J. M. Sprati were also there. The ' * writer got a chance to shake hdnds and exchange a! few remarks with Captain . J. W. Ardrey. Prof. Starr Mason greeted us cordially, and we found Dr. D. G. Thompson establishing himself in a good practice. Mr. Frank Pegram, the proprietor of the Palmetto hotel, gave us a good dinner. Supervisor Gulp v cook the writer out of town to see the macadam road that the chamgang built toward Lancaster recently. There are about 700 yards of this road, and . the . macadam is full 12 inches thick. The supervisor says it is the best road yet dUilt in the county, and It ought to be for there is no other road that has to carry sdch a heavy travel. The Inspection was to have taken place at 2 o'clock; but It seems that most of the. members of the company work In the factories. They could not get out until late. It was 4 o'clock before the company marched out to the drill grounds, and as Captain Lewis did his work there, as everywhere, thoroughly, it was after 6 o'clock before we were ready to start on the return trip. Dark overtook us before we got to the river; but as Lee assured us that he could not be lost on a road that he had once been over, we felt no. especial apprehension. Shortly after dark we renewed the ghost talk of the morning for the benefit of the Negro, and before we had gone a mile we discovered that we were lost. Inquiry at a house helped us to India Hook church and after we had gotten out into the main Thome's ' a J U lerry luuu, we icil it tu iuc uuvci again. Some half hour or more later we splashed suddenly Into a creek which both of us knew we had not crossed during the morning, and we were not long in realizing that we were lost sure enough. We accused the driver of being afraid of the grave yard, and as he did not deny the charge, it was fair to assume that this was the trouble. But that did not help the situation. We could only guess at the distance we had traveled out of the way, and not one of us had the least idea as to which way we were going. It was getting late and most of the farm house lights had disappeared. There was nothing to be seen but a few stars overhead, the shadows on the side of the road, and a dim outline of the horses. Captain Lewis resigned himself to a night in the woods, and the writer agreed that this was about the extent of the predicament. If the trouble was because of a scared Negro, it was our fault and we could say nothing. As there was nothing else to do, we decided to keep straight ahead .and trust to luck. After going a mile or more, we came upon a farm house In which the lights were still shining, and after several plaintive hellos, succeeded in attracting the attention of the man who lived there. He came out with a lantern, and as he came up recognized the writer. It was Mr. S. S, Faris. We told him our story and he informed us that we Were on the road to Rock Hill. Then he advised us that our best way was to try and strike the Rock Hill ana xorkvine roaa just east of Mr. Peter Garrison's. He gave minute directions as to how to proceed; but by the time he got througn he evidently realized the hopelessness of our case. Anyhow he wound up with: "I know what I can do" and he climbed up In the vacant seat of the surry and took charge. We realized the great inconvenience to which we were putting our kind hearted friend; but we did not protest very loudly. So far as we could see there was no other way out of the muddle. Mr. Faris directed the driver for nearly two miles from his seat, and then, getting down led the way through the swampy by-paths until he got us out in the main road, when he remarked, "Now, I guess you know where you . are!" After we had thanked him as best we could, we proceeded ahead, leaving him to walk back to his home. From the point at which Mr. Faris left us, we managed to make our way to Yorkville without further mishap, excepj that a few miles out of town we had a narrow escape from collision with some Rock Hill people returning from court. We reached Yorkville at about 11 o'clock, and considering all the adventures of the day, pleasant and unpleasant, went to bed in a pretty good humor. . ' A South Carolina Conference. The Methodist conference convenes in Chester today, and will remain in session until next Monday nignt. The Chester people have made every possible arrangement for the entertainment af tne ministers, and they expect a pleasant week' of it. The appointments for next year will, barring accilent, be published in the issue of Thb Enquirer for next Wednesday.