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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in the island of Cuba will be withdrawn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
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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.
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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
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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.
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