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Scraps and Jacts. ? It is said that unless the present plans of the war department arc changed, most, if not all of the troops now in the island of Cuba will be withdrawn from there about the 1st of May, and given stations either in this country or in the Philippines. A movement of this kind was one of the subjects of consideration by the secretary of war on his recent visit to Cuba." Gen. Wood, commanding the division of Cuba, has recommended that a material reduction be made in the num ber of troops on the island, and it is said that there is no reason to doubt that conditions will justify the withdrawal of the entire American army of occupation by the 1st of May or soon after. ? The United States will retain possession of the Isle of Pines, whatever the final disposition of Cuba, says a Washington dispatch. It will be fortified and a strong garrison will be kept there. Lying on the southwestern end of Cuba, the Isle of Pines commands the western or Yucatan entrance to the gulf and forms an important outpost for the defense of the Nicaragua canal. While Secretary Root visited Cuba he went to the island and recognized its strategic importance. The , state department now holds that under tne treaty of peace the title of the Isle of Pines passed to the United States. Secretary Root holds a similar view. Naval officers say Siguena Bay, on the northwest coast, will, with but little dredging, afford an excellent and safe harbor. ? Senator Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, died at his home in St. Paul, last Tuesday, of a complication of diseases. He had been seriously ill since the close of the national campaign in which he did a great deal of hard work. During his illness he was frequently delirious and in his delirium he would declare in vigorous phrases fragments of the nation's foreign policy. Sometimes there would be a sentence about the Philippines, again about the Monroe doctrine, and still again about the war with Spain. There was, of course, no coherence about these statements. Senator Davis knew more about the country's foreign relations than any other living statesman except probably Senator Morgan. His death is a serious loss to the country. ? New proof of the probable truth of Andrew Carnegie's statement that John D. Rockefeller is the richest man in the world, was given in the offer of $800 a share for 500 shares of Standard Oil stock, to be delivered January 1, next. The offer was made in the Waldorf-Astoria by Congressman Jefferson M. Levy. Assuming that Mr. Levy is not anxious to pay more than the actual value for Standard Oil stock, the holdings of Mr. Rockefeller in that company must be worth, approximately, $266,000,000. As is well-known Mr. Rockefeller has large interests in many other concerns besides Standard Oil. If he had increased his wealth in no other direction than through his Standard Oil stock during the last year, he would still be worth about $95,000,000 more than he was a year ago. Mr. Rockefeller's annual income from his holdings of Standard Oil stock alone is estimated at about $16,000,000. ? A Washington dispatch.of Wednesday, says that negotiations among the allied powers at Pekin, during the previous few days, were at a hitch over the question as to whether the demands of the powers for the decapitation or other extreme punishment of the eleven princes responsible for the Boxer disturbances, should be made in the form of an ultimatum. It appears that some of the powers desired to send the demands in the form of an ultimatum, while others favored less extreme measures. The United States has not been in favor of too much harshness. Minister Conger was ordered to cable the full text of the nroposed demands to Washington in order that the president might see it before committing this government. The paper, of course, was not made public. It is understood that American consuls are addressing themselves to the viceroys of the different provinces for reparation to American citizens who have suffered at the hands of Boxers, and that in many instances they have been successful. ? The police of Hoboken, N. J., have received a letter alleging the existence of a plot to assassinate President McKinley. The writer of the letter gave in his communication the name of the Jtr alleged chief conspirator, which the jg? police refused to make public. The letter, which is illegibly signed, reads as follows: "Sir: Having almost thoroughly assured myself of an anarchist plot against his excellency President McKinley, I consider it my duty to advise you of the name of one who is more than suspected of being the leader, whose name is found in the inclosed slip. He is a fugitive from justice and a dangerous man, having been convicted several times, and on the last occasion sentenced to five years imprisonment for an anarchist attempt. My statement can be verified on appealing to the prefect of police of Paris, France. In the course of the past year he associated with him a man named Francois, the author of an anarchist attempt at Scranton, where he mortally wounded an agent of police." The writer of this letter, the police say. has been located and the story is being investigated. ? Says a Charlotte dispatch of Wednesday: Jacob A. Eller. white, who formerly lived near the scene of the crime, was brought here last night on the charge of murdering Mrs. Colley and her niece last week and burning the house containing the bodies. He was arrested in Rowan county, 60 miles from Charlotte. The clew that led to the arrest was a sewing machine lease <cciia/l < r> V?r>n rv->in# * _t_ mi inc ui niwt wue, \\ nicii was found In Mrs. Colley's house, close to the cupboard which contained the hidden money. The lease showed that the machine had been repossessed by! the seller, the Singer Sewing Machine company, on the 20th of 189S. After finding the lease Chief of Police Orr inquired about Eller. He ascertained that the man was a Jackleg carpenier with scant reputation of any kind; that he came from Rowan county originally, but that for many years he had lived on a farm about two miles from the residence of Mrs. Colley. A week before the murder Eller's wife and three children left for Goldhill, where it was found Eller had gone the day after the women bad been killed. Upon locating his man the Lhief announced here yesterday morning that he was going off on a shooting trip and he and two other officers, dressed in .sportsmen garb, proceeded to Eller's house. The man said he had no money, 1 but a search of his house disclosed $40 < in old and crumpled bills. Tracks leading from the house where the murder occurred, measured No. 9, which correspond with Eller's shoes. He claims that he can prove an alibi. The suspected man is 49 years old, five feet nine inches high and weighs about 150 pounds and is dark. ??1k lldrkmllr (fuquutr. tfrYOItKVILLE, 8. C.: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1900. Many of the big railroad, bank, commission and other offices, where there is lots of business done and where the opportunities for promotion are great, have ceased the employment of boys and young men who smoke cigarettes. The employing official looks at the fingers of the applicants, and when the ** - * - ..AII/VTTT nroind nngers snow me liniuntii owma, the applicant is told ti.at he will not 1 suit. There is a capital way of remov- ! ing these embarrassing stains. Stop smoking cigarettes. ? i Including civil and criminal, there , were only six cases during the recent , term of the circuit court that would , have been beyond the jurisdiction of a ^ county court. Cases within the juris- , diction of a county court consumed about 10 of the 14 days of the cir- , cuit court was in session. Theexpenses ] of court run largely "by the day," and , this may be taken as giving an idea of | thecomoarative expense. The daily ex- | pense of a county court would not be t on,Tthinir lilra 9a errant as that of a cir cuit court. But instead 01 the estab- , lishment of county courts, the tenden- , cy is to increase the expense of circuit ] courts by adding more judges. Judging from the daily scraps of j news from South Africa, it would seem , that the British still lack a great deal j of having conquered the Boers. The ] Boers continue to operate in formida- . ble detachments and keep the entire . British army busy. It is estimated . that the British expenses amount to , $5,000,000 a week, and the taxpayers at home are getting very tired of the drain. A dispatch of a few days ago says that it has been decided to equip the army with 25,000 more mules and ! horses to facilitate the police work, and J that these animals will have to be pur- i chased in the United States within the next few months. General DeWet and ( ex-President Stein, of the Orange Free state are at the head of the Boer forces. Mr. Wm. J. Bryan is quoted as saying that hereafter, except upon ques- ( tions of great public moment, he will ] discontinue his custom of giving out free interviews. He says that he will 1 not write or talk except for pay, or rather unless paid. He compares his ( position to that of the newspaper edi- ] tor who though not writing for pay ex- ] actly, will not write unless he is paid. < We can see where Mr. Bryan is about right in this matter. He has given out 1 a great many free interviews, and ( many of them have been very import- < ant; but, after all, they were as much 1 in his own interest as in the interest ! of the public, and that is probably the reason they were free. Now that his : own interest is measured in dollars j and cents, rather than in prospective i political preferment, ne is right In de maiming me uuuars anu uewis. The statements in the newspapers are so numerous and conflicting just , now, that we are unabie to arrive at anything like a satisfactory conclusion as to the situation in China. May- ' be the state department has full . grasp of all that is going on; but few outside are able to spot the truth, even ; if they see it. For some days there I has been a contention as to the proper measure of punishment to be meted out to Prince Tuan and other instigators of the uprising. Germany, Great Britain, Austria and Italy, have apparently been insisting on death, while the United States, Russia, France and Japan appear to be in favor of some milder remedy?banishment, imprisonment, deprivation of rank or the like. While . the negotiations are in progress, Ger- | many and Russia, each appear to be ] especially anxious in the further pushing of their respective interests, and 1 coin are constantly auing suineining i to add to the uneasiness and general . lack of confidence that exists among . all the powers. Advices from Wash- | ington continue to indicate that the < trouble will be finally settled without serious friction; but up to this time the general public has not become a j satisfied sharer of such a belief. ( A CORNER IN CORN. A remarkable corner in corn was the ! feature of the operations of the past week or ten days on the Chicago board of trade. Jt was being manipulated by a young speculator named George H. i Phillips. It seems that a concerted bull move- < ment was started several weeks agp, 1 and Jt succeeded to the extent of d,e- ' pleting the contract stocks of corn in Chicago. It was then that ph}lljps , dipped in and begun the manipulation i of a corner which is said to be unique ; in many of its features. 1 It was not until after Philips had 4 bought more than 1.000.000 bushels of J November corn at 36 cents, that the j balance of the pit crowd began to real- < jze what he was up to, and then they I 'ound that the local stocks were not sufficient to furnish it. Corn began to ?o up and Phillips continued to buy jntil he had more than 3,000,000 bush?ls, on last Monday, when the price reached 50 cents. At this point he bejan to sell, and the bears thinking they tiad him made heavy offerings at 47J rents. He snapped up every bushel they offered and put them on the run. rhen he unloaded at 50 cents about 300,)00 bushels that he had bought at 36 rents. During the day he made about {30,000. In desperate straits, the bears began to send hurry orders into Nebraska and to ship back to Chicago train loads of rorn that had already been sent to Buffalo, New York and Montreal, Canida. Several train loads of Nebraska Dorn reached the city during the week; but none of it could be graded above No. 3, while nothing under No. 2 could be accepted on contract. It was understood all the while that there was plenty of corn in the country. Nebraska alone, has over 200,000,000 bushsis that she can dispose of; but the trouble is that just at this time wet iveather prevails throughout the state and the corn cannot be gotten to market, notwithstanding the fact that the local price has been advanced from 35 to 39 cents a bushel. Yesterday was settlement day and the shorts were looking forward to a settlement on a basis of something like <5 cents a bushel; but for some reason | Phillips agreed, on Wednesday, to lei them off more easily. They offered to settle at 50 cents and he took it. The amount of his profits on the deal is unknown; but there is every reason to believe that it goes up into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ordinarily when a bold speculator undertakes a corner of such magnitude he secures the assistance of a dozen or more brokers who buy or sell as he Indicates. The enemy is thus kept in Ignorance of the real movements of the man who is working the corner. But Phillips operated without assistance. He bought and sold in person and it was easy for his enemies to know at all times just where he stood. We sincerely hope that all interest In the road improvement question in this section is not going to be allowed to die out. Although there has been more progress in the last half dozen years than during any previous 20 years; as yet but little has been done and we should not stop before we start. MERE-MENTION. Secretary Root has returned to Washington from Cuba Neill, the statistician, is now estimating the present cotton crop at only a little more than 9,000,000 bales Owing to a recent supreme court decision the American Tobacoo company has with drawn its cigarette business from Iowa. ....The Woodson Spice company has made a reduction of a cent a pound in roasted coffee and the sugar people followed with a reduction of 15 points a hundred pounds in the price of sugar. ....Another disagreement has developed between the United States and Turkey over Turkey's refusal to allow the United States to establish a consulate at Harpoot, in Armenia In the United States for the year ending September 30, 20,128 petitions in bankruptcy were filed The fact that Russia holds to a railroad in China that belongs to British capitalists, gives some concern in Great Britain General Joseph Wheeler and Lieutenant Richmond P. Hobson made speeches in Carnegie Hall, New York, last Sunday, unler the auspices of the Youner Men's Uhristian association Dr. Broughton, Atlanta's sensational preacher, said in his sermon of last Sunday: "Any man who has smoked cigarettes for five years will lie, cheat, steal, commit murder and all other sins known to man." Three thousand Tampa cigar makers went on a strike last Monday. The United States auxiliary cruiser Yosemite was sunk off Guam on November 15 in a typhoon, and five of the crew were lost Three lives and many thousands of dollars worth of n^nnortv lnct In Plttahnrp1 Pa last Wednesday by a freshet in the Monongahela river The population of Mecklenburg county, N. C., is 55,268. It is claimed that Signor Marconi has practically solved the problem of wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic and that he will soon have his system in practical operation Spencer Williams, a Negro desperado, was lynched at Lake City, Fla., last Wednesday for dangerously wounding City Marshal Strange and William Strickland, a business man. AT THE GRIER ORPHANAGE. Editor Yorkville Enquirer: Another Thanksgiving has passed, the most bountiful and enjoyable in the brief history of the orphanage. The baskets sent in were filled with the best provisions that the good ladies of the town could prepare. Miss Julia Simpson, of Rock Hill, also sent a large roasted turkey, with sauce, fruits and cake. The children were in excellent health, and, therefore, could enjoy the feast of good things?the thank offer Ing of a happy people. I had told the children to remember the golden text they recited at the table last Sabbath: "That we should live soberly," etc.? that this meant we should be moderate In eating and in all things. It will be a cause of gratitude to those who furnished the dinner, to know, that as I write these lines, 11 p. m., the children ir,e all enjoying "nature's sweet restorer," balmy sleep. John H. Simpson. Hickory Grove, November 30. CuMt of tlio Election. Columbia State, Wednesday: The 50,300 votes cast in the rpc\ent election in this state cost the state of South Carolina in round numbers $31,000, a little >Viir 40 cents apiece. The expends of the election?the payment of commissioners and managers and the advertisng bills?exceeded Lh? appropriation by iboiit $2,000. Comptroller General Derliai?. jn order lo meet all these pxpensjs, borrowed the money needed, and all he bills have been pajd. Of .course the egislature will nutk? the proper appropriation to meet this deficiency. The omptroller was fortunate Jn securing he loan. i LOCAL AFFAIRS. IXDKX TO NEW AI>VERTISEMKNT Glenn & Allison?Announce the return of Mr. W. D. Glenn from St. Louis, with the finest load of stock ever brought to this market. They repeat what they said Wednesday about wagons and buggies. Will open the stock season next Monday. W. W. Boyce, County Auditor?Announces the opening of the auditor's books on January 2, 1901, for the taking of returns of personal property. He gives the times and places at which the auditor will take returns. H. C. Strauss?Says don't forget his sale of household and kitchen furniture at the court house next Monday morning. R. C. Whitesides, and others?Give notice to tresspassers on their lands, located in King's Mountain township. CIRCUIT COURT. The fall term of the circuit court for York county adjourned last Tuesday evening at about 6 o'clock, and Judge Klugh got away on the 6.40 Carolina and North-Western train. Quite a number of law cases were heard during Monday and Tuesday. But very few of them were of especial public interest. One of the most important was that of the National Union Bank of Rock Hill, involving the validity of certain pay-certificates issued by school trustees on account of Evans ' school charts. Judge Klugh did not decide the matter here; but took the papers away for further consideration. Judge Klugh made a good impression on the York bar. All the members are inclined to give him credit for being able, patient, considerate and impartial. He has ho favorites. GHTERS OF CONFEDERACY. \ The state meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will be held at Rock Hill this month. The Herald gives the following as the list of delegates who will attend: yYorkville?Mrs. W. G. White. Anderson?Mrs. J. R. Vandiver, Mrs. J. H. Brock. Sumter?Miss Annie Graham, Mrs. Altumount Moses. l/Fort Mill?Mrs. J. H. Thornwell, Miss Bessie White. Johnston?Mrs. A. S. Arnold. Abbeville?Miss L. W. Parker. Camden?Mrs. W. W. Shannon, Mrs. Geo. Young. Aiken?Miss Anna Aldrich, Miss Carrie Hall, Mrs. E. P. Legare. Blackville?Miss Eula Lee Izlar. Greenville?Miss E. E. Graham, Miss E. Blythewood. Columbia?Miss Cathcart, Miss McMaster, Mrs. H. M. Richardson, Mrs. ] August Kohn, Mrs. Thos. Taylor. Charleston?Mrs. James Connor, Mrs. Rawlins Lowndes, Mrs. Robert Bee. Georgetown?Mrs. J. P. Adams. 1 Edgefield?Mrs. Thomas Bacon, Mrs. < .J Harleston Read. ] ANOTHER ENLARGEMENT. The reporter is informed on authority i that he deems reliable, that the York \ Cotton Mill people are seriously consid- ] ering the idea of another extensive ad- ] dition to their already large plant. < The story is that the capital stock is j to be increased'to something like $300,- < 000 or $400,000, and that the 10,000 spin- \ dies now in operation are to be increas- | ed to 40,000. There will be no looms; but with the proposed addition of spindles the mill will be the largest exclu- i sively spinning mill in the South. 1 According to the information that comes to the reporter, Mr. W. N. Ashe j has agreed to furnish all the brick that , may be necessary at competitive prices, ] and take his pay in stock; and another j gentleman has agreed to furnish the 1 lumber on the same terms. The fact that the mill has already paid its stock- J holders more than 50 per cent, in three < years, seems to promise that there will ] be no trouble in raising all the addi tional cash that may be necessary. It '' is said of this mill, and it is a fact, that there has never been a time when stockholders were unable to sell at a ; big profit. j NEXT 8*LEST>AY. ] There is every reason why next Mon- J day should be an important day in 1 Yorkville. It has been many years since so much valuable property has been offered at auction, and there are other considerations that ought to help swell the crowd. The advertisements that have been running in The Enquirer during the past two weeks offer attractive inducements to people who are seeking profitable investments in lands. Especial attention has already been called to the peculiar desirability of the Brown lands, and people who have not already investigated the situation by going over the lands in person, will do ' well to make inquiry of Thos. F. Mc- -} Dow, Esq., Witherspoon & Spencers, < Mr. Henry Massey or Mr. J. C. Wil- < born. Mr. G. W. S. Hart can give in- ] formation about the T. Minor Gwinn tract to be sold by W. A. Corkill, ex- eeutor, and the desirability of the Jas. < A. Barnet lands, advertised by the . clerk, is also worth investigating. < In addition to the real estate offered, It is probable that there will be some < fine bargains in household and kitchen ; furniture at the sales advertised by Mr. ] H. C. Strauss and Dr. A. Y. Cartwright. J Dr. Cartwright sells the belongings of the late J. H. Riddle and Mr. Strauss ( proposes to part with his own house- < hold belongings. Both these collections include numerous first-class articles of value that will probably go at very reasonable prices. Both sales take place 1 at the court house. The opening of the horse and mule t season a rlvertlserl hv Messrs. Glenn & Allison also has its attractions to a 1 large number of people who are inter- t ested in stock. The matter is worth careful attention to those people who i are not yet ready to buy. These enter- ( prising liverymen will offer every facility for information at both of their 1 stables?upper and lower. ? THE LARGE WHEAT ACREAGE. \ The Enquirer is not prepared to say 1 that the wheat acreage of York county L is larger this year than it has ever ? oeen before, for "ever" is a long time, ? and it should not be forgotten that in the ante-bellum days York county was ^ a great county. 1 There was a time in the early history of this county, even after the popula- ^ tion had grown to be comparatively I dense, and ' before cotton became the ^ leading staple crop, when wheat, corn, r tobacco and indigo were the main re- \ liance of the farmers. We have not I before us sufficient information of those old days to warrant us going into com- C parison; but we know it'to be a fact t that the tjme has been when wheat r and flour were standard articles of export, and that these conanjddities used J to be wagoned and .sent by rail to G9I- ^ urpbia and other points in large quan- t tities. l. But notwithstanding the uncertainty 0 in which statistics qt the past may be d involved, there is bpt little danger in 0 assuming that the present per.eag.e in p vheat is larger than it has ever been t >efore; and, furthermore, that if no g lerious misfortunes develop, the yield v >er acre will exceed anything that has l >een known in the past. This latter \ issumption is made In the belief that c he preparation of the land has been f nore thorough than ever before, and a nore fertilizers have been used. The fact that the acreage shows an C ncrease this year over last, in spite oi t he compartively high price of cotton, las been the occasion of no little sur- * jrise to many people; but on a little re- ), lection all surprise will be removed/ r Farmers, as a rule, are like other r Deople in doing not as they would like * :o do; but as they can. Wheat grow- r ng had dropped out of vogue to such t in extent, as to make seed wheat 1 jcarce in this country and out of reach I )f practically all except those who can r ilways command more or less ready :ash, or who have been persistently folowlng the custom of sowing enough wheat to supply their own needs and eave over a surplus for seed. The big crop of last summer made seed plentiful. The farmers who sowed leavlly last fall, not only had plenty )f seed for themselves; but they had seed to sell for cash, and to let out in iccordance with the usual rule?one Dushel now for five pecks next summer. The fact that wheat growing last year paid, and the fact that seed was easy :o get this fall, naturally induced the present large acreage. The present situation, especially with "egard to wheat," Is such a? to give unbounded pleasure to those people who bave their hearts set on the general prosperity of this section. An abundince of bread at home means that much less is to be bought from the Northwest. The money that would ptherwise have been sent out of the country for bread, can and will be diverted to other purposes. A surplus ! jf wheat will bring ready money. Good 1 wheat crops ought to be followed by. 1 good crops of hay, and will be so fol-^ lowed if the matter gets proper atten- ? tion, and good crops of hay ought to i be followed by more cattle for both I beef and dairy purposes. All of these : things contribute to greater industry i ind more general prosperity, and that J Is the end for which all of us should < 3trive. 1 STAR ROUTE DELIVERY { The government is gathering infor- s /nation as to how the Stokes' free de- ' livery arrangement along star routes is 1 working. It is with a view, of course, < pf extending the system to otner states, provided it is satisfactory in South Carolina. Miss Maggie Moore, post- i master at Yorkville, some time ago, I received instructions from Washington ] to have the star route contractors to I report the number of families availing 1 themselves of free delivery along their respective lines. The reports are all < .n, and Miss Moore has kindly furnish- l >d The Enquirer with the result. Below are the names of heads of families i ?vho have iree aenvery uoxes tuuug the routes. There may, however, be a few inadvertent omissions: BETHEL ROUTE. D. S. Russell, Wm. Dobson, Dr. J. H. Witherspoon, Jas. W. Woods, T. N. Thomasson, R. B. Youngblood, Sam Toungblood, Moses Brian, J. A. Sturips, Mrs. Turner, S. N. Johnson, J. M. Robinson, M. B. Armstrong, W. H. Stowe, W. M. Wallace, A. E. Sifford, M. Anderson. J. N. Costner, G. X. Suggs, G. C. Martin. Mrs. Mason, R. X. E3. Ferguson, J. J. Faris, J. J. Brandon, Dick Bigger, J. M. Bigger, Walter Bigger, Pink Brown, W. E. Gettys, J. M. Cook, Miss M. C. Thomasson, M. X. Thomasson, W. M. Boyd, T. B. Barnett, R. H. Gordon, J. J. Youngblood, Dick Barnes, J. W. Xove, W. M. York, J. S. Smith, Andy Thompson, W. M. Boyd, H. P. Stowe, Jess Colbert, Hope Adams, R. R. Meek, Dr. T. N. Dulin, T. E. Brandon. J. X. Brandon, R. X. Quinn, N. D. Glenn, Geo. Wilson, John F/ Armstrong, Geo. Kendrick. [These get their mail at the Bethel manse: Rev. W. B. Arrowood, J. J. Nichols, D. G. Stanton, J. Hope Adams, J. W. Jackson, J. A. N. Glenn, W. E. Patrick.] The mall over this route is dally. bethany route. . H. Kellar, J. L. Parish, Lee Brian, W. J. Gordon, James Coin, Sam Floyd, R. N. Plaxlco, J. H. Quinn, James Peeler, John Smith, H. B. Wallace, L R. Stephenson, Miss Kate Whitesides, Mrs. M. E. Conner, J. R. Faires M. B. Whltesldes, F. N. Wilson. A. E. Burns, Mrs. W. E. Holmes, R. L. Wilson, J. G. Dickson, J. E. Bigger, D. M. Hall, Meek Howe, J. B. Nell. This route is tri-weekly?Monday, WednesJay and Saturday. bullock's creek. J. M. Brice, James E. Gettys, Mrs. R. T. Stewart, T. R. McElroy, W. J. Shersr, A, D. Ross, J. L. Feemster, R. F. Lee, W. H. Smith, C. H. Sandifer, J. Gralloway, N. Kennedy M. Gwinn, W. Gtwinn, E. B. Garrison, J. Berry, John Russell, J. P. Warlick, J. Sherer, Mrs. R. J. Davidson, H. Montgomery, R. M. Carroll, J. G. Minter, J. R. Gettys, EL H. Sherer, T. H. Sherrer, Luther Sherrer, J. E. Plexico, W. S. Plexico, A.. F. Plexico, J. H. Bankhead, T. M. 3rant, Thomas Plexico J. L. Dowdle, Mrs. M. E. Feemster, A. E. Feemster, J. E. Bankhead, T. W. McSwain, M. F. 3. McCullough, F. Pruitt, E. McSwain, I. Keesler, S. G. Bankhead, R. B. Black, J. E. Bankhead. Jas. McAlliley, Mrs. S. P. Feemster, C. M. Jenkins, W. McCaw Dowdle, T. G. Dowdle, J. E. Eeemster, J. P. Blair, J. Stevenson, J. 3. Blair, Robert Boyd. This route is laily. lABOUT PEOPLE. iMr. H. C. Strauss is expected back ,'rom conference today. i^Mrs. J. Mason Ferguson visited rela:ives in Chester county last week. UMr. James F. Glenn, who has been ocated in Darlington, is now in Sum:er. iDr. R. L. Moore, of Rock Hill, will be it the Parish hotel on Tuesday, Decsmber 4. Rev. J. B. Bozeman will preach at Union tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon, it 2 o'clock. T, T> TXT 1? Vni-lfvlllo wan IVir. 1/(111 1. YY UUUO, V/l xvtiVT?t>Vf " narrled in Gustonia, Thursday, to Miss > Jtosa Ewart. i-Mr. John McFadden died at his home a it Delphos, yesterday morning aged * ibout 75 years. 0 ^ Miss Janie Massey, of Rock Hill, is P dsiting Misses Bessie and Mary Wil- * iams, on King's Mountain street. r President James Boyce, of the Due t *Vest Female college, and wife, visited 1 dr. W. W. Boyce and family last week. a - Mr. Sam Boyce, cashier of the Gasto- a ila National bank, came down to York- a ille Thursday and returned yesterday. v ie visited Mr. W. W. Boyce. 8 Captain W. W. BeWis weiit down to c Chester Thursday night with the }n- c ention of inspecting'the military com- h iany yesterday. He will return today. 1 Mr. W. P. Hobbs and daughters, v disses ' Mildred and Kate, leave next Vednesda'y for ' Tam?a,0Fia., "where o hey expert io make their future home, li _Mi*. VV. O. Latimer is to hav$" charge y f tne dry goods, notions and mjlinery e lepartments of th.e big store to be s; pened by the York Cotton Mills com- | A any. fhe ijnd.erstanding is that he is h o carrry the same high qualities of ] ,roods that he used to carry when he ] vas Jjpi business for himself. < ^Congressman Finle" will leave for i Washington next Monday. He did not i are to be there on the opening day < or the reason that nothing of import- i mce will be done. ( Mr. P. M. Grimes returned from ] Chester yesterday morning. He had ] leen on a trip to Charlotte; but run lown to Chester for a day to take in 1 he Methodist conference. ^Paptain W. B. Smith, of Clover, forner captain and at present an honoary member of the Jasper Light In- i antry, presented himself last Tuesday i light for inspection. He said, "I saw | he order in the paper, and one thing I earned as a soldier was to obey orders. Messrs. W. B. Williams, A. F. McConlell, J. R. Witherspoon and Sheriff Lojan were among the other honorary nembers who turned out. Mr. John B. Plaxico, who did so much o develop wheat growing in the Bethaly section, where he lived formerly, is itarting out along the same line on he McClain farm, which he purchas-^, id about a year ago. He has this year k 10 acres of wheat and 3 acres of oats, rhe grain was put in during October ir.d the first part of November. He beieves in thorough preparation and iarly sowing. Already there is a fine itand on all the acreage sown, and it s safe to say that if Mr. Plaxico does lot make wheat next summer, the crop n his neighborhood will be short. He md his brother, R. N. Plaxico, are two >f the most successful wheat growers n the county. Mr. jonn r-iaxico maue ibout 600 or 700 bushels of corn this pear, and, as usual, he will have a lot :o sell. ~~h WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Let us think about a new gTaded , school building. We need it. Let us lot procrastinate any longer. Are you :hinklng? A little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 3am Youngblood, who live a few miles aortheast of Yorkvllle, was painfully purned last Tuesday afternoon, during i short, unavoidable absence of its mother from the house. The child's injuries were quite serious but at last accounts it was getting along very nicely. ? Dr. Hall lectured in the opera house ast Wednesday night to quite a large ludience. The lecture was enjoyed by some; but many were disappointed. They thought the doctor fell consideraily below the standard of his former effort. "The Fool Killer" was his subject. ? Thanksgiving passed without spec* al incident, the principal features of ;he day being the union service in the Presbyterian church, and oinner entercainments at numerous hospitable lomes. The attendance on the union service was not as large as usual, and contributions for the benefit of the orphanages were proportionately small. ? The reporter is aavisea mai tne 3outh Carolina and Georgia Extension ailroad has given out a contract for :he erection of a handsome passenger lepot in Yorkville. Work would have commenced already, but the contracted has been having trouble to get the tiecessary material. The building will 3e up and ready for occupancy by January next, however. It is to be simlar to those in use on the Southern in towns of the size of Yorkville. There svlll be a waiting room at either end with offices between. The interior is to be finished in hardwood. The building, it is understood, will front on East Liberty street instead of being set back on the site occupied by the depot that was burned. ? Captain W. W. Lewis, as the representative of General Floyd, inspected the Jasper Light Infantry, in the company's armory, in the Allison building, last Tuesday night. The regulations require an enrollment of 60 men and not less than 40 in uniform. The enrollment of the Jaspers is now 63, and af these 59 were out for inspection in uniform. This included the chaplain ind half a dozen honorary members. There were more than 50 armed men Ini ranks. The inspection consumed about , m hour. Captain Lewis going through the work with the greatest precision. The men acquitted themselves very creditably. Even Captain Lewis thought so. After the inspection the company was put through exercises in the manual and field movements out jn the street. In these also it made a ?ood showing. ? Colonel W. G. Stephenson, superintendent of the King's Mountain Military academy, has been advertising for potatoes, turnips, chickens and country hams. As the result of his idvertisement, he nas found pota :oes, turnips and cnickens without imit; but as yet not a single jound of country ham has been )ffered. The colonel comes from a por:lon of Virginia noted for its countryrnred hams, and he is naturally desir)us of giving his boys something better ;han the Chicago, Cincinnati and Balimore hams, usually sold in the stores. That is why he tried the country. He ihould have been able to find more nice :ountry-cured hams than he could lave possibly found room for. The 'act that he has found none is a pretty food indication that there are none for lale. It is to be hoped that if he shall nake a similar requisition upon our )eople next summer or fall, it will not >e in vain. 1 ? Messrs. Glenn & Allison's guarantee ' s about the same as an insurance pol- 1 cy. As one result of it, they have milt up a unique trade, especially in mggies and wagons. They are in the labit of telling their customers just vhat to expect and what they will do I f their representations fail to mateiallze. As the result, they have a 1 lumber of customers who have found > t pracucaDie to run venicies oniy so ong as they are covered by the guar- > mtee. These vehicles are frequently ' raded back to the dealers for new ' ines, and the firm sells them to peo- I >le, who on account of the price, find ' heir purchase especially desirable. The '< eputation the firm has made for itself i iy means of this guarantee, extends all ' hroughout this section. The policy is I . development of ten years' growth, '* .nd nobody ever questions it because ! .long with the hundreds of instances 1 k-here the guarantee has been made < :ood in the case of stock, vehicles and ontracts, no one has ever known a t ase where it has been discredited in j ?tter or spirit. This is one of the fea- t ures on which the firm has built its t reH-known reputation. * ^ ? The new 'dynamo was . gotten into 1 peratton last Tuesday night, and the i ght it made was superior-to anything s et seen. Everybody was delighted, a ven former patrons' of the 'lighting \ ystem" who had become discouraged 8 l11 the lights that~ had been cut off d ave been turned on agafn, and already | c Mr. McCIain is getting inquiries of prospective new customers. The new iynamo is said to be the very best made. It has an actual capacity is great as was claimed for the old Iynamo, and according to Mr. Duval, there is no possibility of its getting out 3f order except through lightning, and It is so well protected that there is but little danger even there. The dynamo worked very smoothly the first night; but showed one or two defects in adlustment. These were corrected on Wednesday and Thursday, and it is thought now that there will be no more trouble. The one thing needful at this time appears to be liberal and generous patronage along business lines. Mr. McCIain has spent lots of money in his efforts to give the people of the town the best light to be had, and he is deserving of the most hearty support. Without his enterprise it might have been 20 years yet before Yorkville would have gotten electric lights. Jy^M>CAI* IjAC'ONICS. (Wtn At ShHron. * Mrs. Stacy Duncan, wife of W. T. Duncan, died at Sharon last Wednesday. She leaves a husband and one child. (I Wha h Sucre**. \ The Thanksgiving oyster supper at 3haron, from 5 to 10 o'clock, p. m., on Thursday, was largely attended and was a social and financial succes. Cp^Mcent Cotton Mill to be Ke*olri. f In the case of Samuel Freidheim vs. the Crescent Cotton Mill, A. E. Smith, receiver, Judge Klugh, on Monday, signed a decree ordering the sale of the mill on December 31. The upset price was fixed at yzb,uuu. Oiyf Ona Appeal. i^3o far as can be learned, there will be only one appeal from judgments of the recent session of common pleas. The case of J. Edgar Poag against the Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer company will be taken to the supreme court. Thorn*'*, Not Wrfglil'n. It Is Thome's ferry that Is located two miles above the works of the India Hook Power company, instead of Wright's. Wright's is seven or eight miles above. The statement was made incorrectly through inadvertence. It is not thought that back water from the dam will extend as far up as Wright's ferry. CMr*]?>H*neMH Willi a Gun. Jim Carroll, a Negro boy aged 14 or 15 years, was killed near Sharon on Thursday as the result of a hunting accident. He was out with a crowd of Negroes. They cut a tree for a squirrel, and Carroll started away from the spot dragging his gun by thd muzzle. The hamrfier caught against a twig and the gun was discharged, the load taking effect in the small of the boy's back and in the left kidney. He died shortly afterward. Shot Thruugli'Tlie Foot. Will Smith, a 14-year-old boy, who. lives with Mr. C. H. Smith, Ave miles south of Yorkville, met with a serious ^ accident while out rabbit hunting on Thursday morning. It is supposed that he was carrying his gun cocked with muzzle down. Anyway the piece was discharged, and the load passed through his right foot. Examination by Dr. McDowell showed that possibly one toe could be saved, and later there has developed a hope that both the big toe and little toe can be saved. PAge'K Factory Horned. J. E. Page & Co.'s door, sash and Ktln,3 fa/ifnrv ot fiafltnnia. N. C.. W3S destroyed by fire last Wednesday, shortly after noon. Mr. J. J. Keller, of Yorkville, was In Gastonia at the time, and saw the fire. He says the flames probably originated In the engine room. Mr. Page estimates his loss at $8,000 or $10,000; he was unable to give exact figures. He had no insurance, however. "I hate It very much," said Mr. Keller. "Mr. Page Is one of the cleanest men I ever dealt with. As to whether he will be able to rebuild I do noLknow; but I certain- ,v' "when It Become* a Lake. When, with the completion of the dam of the Indian Hook Power company, the river above becomes a great toirfl?tho larp-pst sheet of water any where in this part of the country?it is probable that it will become quite a resort for water fowl of all kinds, and there may some day be some fine hunting in the neighborhood. But whether there is hunting or not, such a large body of water will have its attractions to the people of the vicinity, and it is quite likely that numerous picnic places will be established along the banks, and the river will become of importance in still other ways. Eloped From Charlotte. Charlotte Observer, Thursday: There was considerable of a scene at the Southern depot last night, when a woman rushed up just after the train for Columbia had pulled out. It transpired that she was the wife of Edward Mc- -f Gahey, a well-known ward politician of Charlotte. McGahey had got off on the train in company with a woman known as Jessie Lewis. McGahey and the woman had tickets for Rock Hill. Mrs. McGahey arrived at the depot just after the train pulled out. She came up town and reported the case to the police. Telegrams were sent out requesting the arrest of the eloping couple. Stole a Bale of Cotton. J. H. Shugart, a one-armed white man from Rock Hill, is in jail charged with stealing a bale of cotton from Roddey's ginnery on the "Robinson place." Shugart first rolled the cotton away from the ginnery to a place where he thought it would be securely hid, and then going to Rock Hill, sent a wagon after it. The cotton had been jiscovered by Mr. Ferguson, and when the wagon came he made inquiries which resulted in his following the cotton to Rock Hill. Shugart undertook to sell the cotton in regular form, and 4 about the time he had made his sale. :he police appeared. The fellow ran; 3ut was caught under a platform and :aken before Magistrate Beckham, who sent him up for trial. Shugart is a poung man and does not appear to aave very good sense. 2ntN and Cain, Says a Sheboygan, Wis., dispatch of ho "A maitese eat lumped into a arge flywheel of the Plymouth Refrigerator company's engine yesterday afernoon. As the engineer could not rery well stop and shut off light to reease the anfmal, he waited until the lsual time for shutting down. On (topping the engine he found the cat ilive and clinging to the flywheel.0 The vheel is 12 feet in diameter and'makes 7 revolutjons a 'minute." Consequently luring two apd on^-half hour$ th$ cat oveped a distance of about 120 mjles. .id