^rtnjJis and Jacts.
? The Springfield Republican says:
"The report that a German baron, who
was a soldier under Mosby during the
Civil war, has died and left $2,000,000 to
the survivors of Mosby's command,
reached an old Confederate colonel in
Denver, the other day. He remembered
the baron very well. As for the $2,000.000,
he was skeptical, but ventured
the sage remark that while there are
possibly 100 survivors of his old command,
there will be at least 100,000
claimants of that distinction, if the $2.000.000
report should be true.
? In a saloon raid at Leavenworth,
Kansas, last Monday night by masked
farmers, Mrs. Rose Hudson, wife of a
bartender, was shot and killed. William
Webb, a raider, was shot in the
arm and two or three others were
slightly hurt. One hundred shots were
fired. Today John and Henry Wilson,
young farmers, suspected of being
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Warrants are out for others. The town
is in a furor and further trouble is j
threatened. The saloon was run by
Mrs. Michael Lochner. The bartender
was warned to close the place, but refused.
When the attack on the saloon
was made Mrs. Nation's followers
met a stout resistance. The police
tried to quiet the mob, but made matters
all the worse. v.
?In Bartow county, near the line of /
yS Floyd, says the Atlanta Journal, three
families reside very near each other. 1
They are known by the names of Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday. A few
days ago the young folks of the families
decided to bind the friendship by
still closer ties. The licenses were secured
and Mr. Monday led Miss Sunday
to the altar on Tuesday, and the
troths of Mr. Tuesday and Miss Monday
were plighted in bonds of matrimony
on Sunday. The peculiar family
names and their intermarriage is perhaps
not equaled in the entire country.
It is stated tnat Miss Monday's given
name is "Sunday," and Miss Sunday
bore the name of "Saturday."
? The news of the great American
steel combination has seriously disturbed
the British steel making industries,
according to a London dispatch '
of the 18th: The head of a large concern
in the Midlands says that the
combination will realize such huge
profits in certain directions that it
will be able to sell at a loss in Great
' Britain and elsewhere with the view to
compelling the closing of the British
mills, and that ultimately it will hold 1
the mastery of the markets. He adds
that the Americans can also prevent 1
stocks from accumulating and the mar- 1
ket from weakening. British produ- 1
cers cannot retaliate because the tariff
bars the entry of British steel into
the United States. There is reason to
believe that a desperate attempt will
be made to take the whole British
trade into the hands of the combination,
and only a brief time will elapse
before the Americans commence their
onslaught on a large basis.
? Says a Bellefont, Pa., special to the
Philadelphia Record: Because of the
unconquerable penchant to read other
people's love letters, Miss Marion Peters,
the pretty 18-year-old daughter of
Daniel Peters, of Hecla, this county,
has gotten into an ocean of trouble.
Daniel Peters is postmaster at Mingoville.
He is also track foreman of the
Central railroad of Pennsylvania. His
daughter, Marion, had charge of the
postoflice while her father was at work
01. the railroad. For sometime past
there has been constant complaint of
the mail at that ottice being- tampered
with. Letters and packages were opened
and resealed before delivery. Complaints
at the postoffice failed to remedy
the evil, and finally the postoffice
authorities at Washington were notified.
Postoffice Inspector W. M. Malone
secured abundance of evidence and
Miss Peters was placed under arrest.
The young woman confessed her guilt
and gave as her reason her desire to
read the love letters sent and received
by the young people of that community.
From opening love letters she got
to opening business letters and packages.
but in no instance was the mail
rifled of any of its contents. Miss Peters
wai-ed a hearing and was held in
$500 oail for trial at the next term of
the United States court in Pittsburg.
? The senate, on Tuesday, refused to
agree to the house proposition to make
cadets convicted of hazing, inelligible
to appointment in the army. The proposition
was discussed at length. Several
of the senators made speeches
against the house report and others favored
the same. Senator Butler, of
North Carolina, said he thought a little
hazing was necessary to take the conceit
out of the boys. Senator Tillman
said that those cadets who practiced
hazing on their physical inferiors, were
"brutes and dogs." Afterward he said
he wanted to apologize to the dogs, for
hie nnoc fir* rtnt -inmn nn liftlp nnps
The vote on agreeing to the conference
report resulted, yeas 18, nays 42. Senators
Tillman and McLaurin voted for
the suppression of the hazing practice.
? There is reason to fear that the tariff
controversy between the United
States and Russia, may precipitate a
European combination against this
country. The Europeans have been
zealously watching developments for
quite a while and they are considering
the advisability of seizing this as their
opportunity. As a matter of fact,
there seems to be a great deal of question
as to whether or not the secretary
of the treasury may not have been too
precipitate in his action. The Dingley
tariff law is almost prohibitive against '
European productions. It contains a :
provision requiring that when a foreign
government seeks to get its products
into this country over our tariff
by means of a bounty, our duties must
be raised still higher. Russian sugar
was coming into the United States, and
the presumption was that such a thing
was impossible without the help of a
bounty paid by the Russian government.
The Russian government denied
that it was paying an export bounty:
but interested people in this country
insisted otherwise and the secretary of
the treasury took action. It was a
rather rough proceeding against the
Russian government, for whether that
government was lying or not, the secretary
of the treasury so charged it. i
The prompt retaliation of Russia, under
the circumstances, is not surprising.
From later dispatches, however,
it appears that the Russians are not
anxious to make their action irrevocable.
They provided that the increased
tariff should not go into effect for 14
days and it is possible that by that
time there may be a re-adjustment of
things. If the affair is not patched up,
however, the threatened European
combination may follow.
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VORKVILLE.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1901.
Mrs. Carrie Nation was arrested a
few days ago at Topeka, and committed
to jail on a $5,000 peace bond. She
refuses to promise that she will keep
the peace against the saloons, and in
the meantime rests quietly in jail.
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It is understood that the mammoth
steel combine recently effected by the
Morgan-Rockefeller people, is to be
known as the American Steel company.
As matters now stand, the capitalization
is one billion dollars; but it is not
improbable that the company will go
on absorbing other properties until they
make it two billion dollars.
The Irish Nationalists are preparing
to make the present session of parliament
as disagreeable for the British
an nnacihio \fr Thomas O'Donnell.
one of the leaders of the party, undertook.
on Tuesday, to make a speech In
the Irish language. He was peremptorily
stopped by the speaker, who informed
him that only English was admissible,
and several Irish members
denounced this limitation.
There is much talk in the newspapers
concerning the most available
man for the Democratic nomination for
president in 1904. Bryan, Hill and Olney
are all being discussed. It is a
far cry to the next Democratic national
convention; but it would seem that
there is very little probability that any
of the present leaders will be as prominent
then as now. Indeed, it looks as
If the next Democratic candidate has
yet to find a place in the public eye.
Jeffries and Ruhlin did not fight in
Cincinnati on Friday night of last
week, as they desired and expected.
The governor of Ohio took legal steps
beforehand, determined the law on the
subject, and then provided all the force
that seemed to be demanded by the
emergency. As the result, the managers
of the proposed fight deemed it
advisable to let the matter drop, and
with it they dropped a big pile of money.
A San Francisco club is now trying
to get the fight in May, and there is
some talk of trying to pull it off in
England.
At last accounts, Governor McSweeney
had not reached the bill repealing
the anti-free pass law, and there is still
much speculation as to whether he
will sign it or veto it. No matter what
may have been the occasion for passing
the law originally, it was a good
law, and it should remain in the statutes.
Politically, of course, the governor's
position is not pleasant. From
the very nature of the case, almost every
legislator who voted for repeal,
will be disposed to consider a veto as
a personal reflection, and this may
help to make things warm. But this
consideration ought not to be allowed
to have weight. If the original law
was ever right, it is right now. and the
bill to repeal it is a good thing to veto.
The bloodshed which occurred at
Millwood. Kansas, on Monday night,
was not unexpected. A departure from
regular legal processes is. as we have
already, described it, anarchy, and anarchy
usually leads to bloodshed. It
Is only a question of how far it is pursued.
To fix the responsibility in the
present case is not difficult. The sworn
officers of the law had failed to do their
duty and that led to anarchy. "Partizans
of the law" were not content to
rest under this condition of affairs, and
they undertook, as individuals, to restore
order. It was to be expected that
there would eventually be resistance on
the part of the jointists, and this resistance
could have but one result. This
tragedy, perhaps, will tend to sober up
the Kansans somewhat. It will bring
about a reaction; but the probable direction
of that reaction cannot be anticipated
with any certainty. It may
be that the anti-saloon people, appalled
at the consequences of their actions,
will quiet down and leave the field to
the undisturbed possession of the jointists.
The proper and logical development
should be the arousing of the
law-abiding people of Kansas to a firm
determination to enforce the laws and
render unnecessary further independent
operations at the hands of mobs.
If this should be done, then all will
be well. Otherwise, poor, bleeding
Kansas needs sympathy.
An Associated Press dispatch of
Tuesday says that President and Mrs.
McKinley gave their regular annual
linner in honor of the supreme court,
:>n that day. "Senator and Mrs. Tillman,
Representative and Mrs. Rixey,
Representative and Mrs. Fleming, and
Representative and Mrs. Elliott, were
imong the guests." There may have
seen other guests; but these are all
:hat are mentioned, and the presumpion
is that the supreme court party included
the balance of the company.
L'he incident is worthy of mention principally
because of the occasion that
las been taken under similar circumstances
to appeal to the supposed prejudices
of the people on the subject.
Fur instance, one newspaper heads the
paragraph giving the above informaion,
"The Wild Man Tamed." Notwith
standing the traditional democracy of
our people, there are few who would
not esteem it an honor to receive an
invitation to dine at the White House,
regardless of the politics of the president.
This is the cold fact in the case,
and the present instance only serves to
emphasize the discredit that is due to
those wno tried to make capital against
Senator McLaurin when he accepted
a similar invitation a few years ago.
The time is coming, we believe, when
the people of the country will begin to
resent all appeals to small prejudices
and we can only hope how soon.
l\fHE Columbia State celebrated Its
tenth birthday last Monday, and in doing
so printed an editorial review of
its trials, tribulations and achievements
since its establishment. Whatever
else may De said of The State, by
friend or foe, it must be acKnowledged
that its managers and editors have
proved themselves possessed of many
of the most admirable qualities characteristic
of high class journalists of
the right kind. Politically The State
has exercised a very strong influence
in South Carolina, sometimes positively
and sometimes negatively; but the
line in which it deserves most distinguished
credit, is its efforts in behalf of
Columbia. Columbia has grown wonderfully
during the past ten years, and
we have watched its growth with the
closest interest. It is our deliberate
opinion that the city owes more of its
progress to The Columbia State than to
any other one influence. It has pushed
the forces that were available for progress
along, often in spite of them. We
can easily understand how its restless
impatience may have created much antagonism;
but this antagonism has
generally redounded to the good of the
city. The State has learned much in
ten years. It is worth a hundred times
more now than during the early years
of its existence, and we beg to express
the hope that its usefulness will continue
to increase.
The following from the last issue
of the Spartanburg Spartan is deserving
of thoughtful consideration:
The 40 days of Lent begins this Wednesday.
A few people observe the season
in a spiritual way. If they do not
observe a rigorous fast they live sparingly.
They also give more time and
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One may fast 40 days and not
keep Lent. They may attend church
services and abstain from all outward
show of worldy amusements and frivolities,
and still their keeping of Lent
is only a hollow mockery. A lugubrious
countenance and a smileless face
may indicate self-righteousness, but
such mournful appearances do not
quicken the spiritual life and render
it fruitful. But this Is a special season
when all Christians, whether Lent
is observed by their church or not,
should give more serious and continuous
thought to the religious and neighborly
duties than usual. A wise abstinence
from food will do the body
good, and a sound, healthful body is a
tit dweling place for a cheerful, Christian
spirit. Even if some of the women
who suffer from physical ailments
should cut off some of the pleasures of
the table and eat only such things as
are necessary, they would be more
agreeable in their homes. There are
plenty of men who ought to surrender
certain evil habits during these 40 days,
and all the days that are to come after
them. It will help your spiritually if
you will be instrumental in filling some
hungry mouths at this time. If you
have done or ever thought evil about
one, this is the time for blessed reconciliation.
If there is a sorrowful, forlorn,
despondent one in your knowledge,
see if you cannot carry a little
joy and gladness to that one's home
, and heart. If there are neighbors at
variance, see if you cannot act the
part of peacemaker and bring them to
gether. A little discriminating praise
for such as are doing well and a little
encouragement for the weak and faltering,
will do more good than a long
prayer on'the street corner or loud
amens in the church. Keeping Lent
means active, vigorous, Christian work
and a mind cheerful and happy at all
times. Whether you belong to a
church that keeps Lent or not. see to
it, at your peril, that you make some
spiritual growth, outward and upward,
these 40 days. It will not interfere
with your dally work and home duties.
The habit of doing good is a blessed
one, and it blesses the doer three times
as much as the receiver. Let us. one
and all, see to it that this Lenten season
shall be a benefit to our bodies,
our souls, in our homes, in our churches
and in the whole city.
The news now coming from China,
indicates that the situation there is
rapidly approaching a crisis. The representatives
of the powers, a few days
ago, notified the Chinese government
that unless it complied with the international
demand for the punishment of
tne revolutionary leaders already mentioned
by name, in eight days, the allied
forces would begin business operations.
Count von Waldersee has issued
orders for the troops at his command to
put themselves In readiness to march,
and it looks as if there is to be a demonstration
of as great magnitude as
was that toward the relief of Pekin.
The exact nature of the contemplated
move has not been made clear. It is
intimated, among other things, that
Count von Waldersee proposes to move
toward the city in which the Chinese
court is now established and bring it
back to Pekin. It is also stated that
there are many Chinese sokliersaround,
and that the object of the proposed
movement is to clear them out before
they get too strong and numerous to be
[handled effectively. Whatever may be
the meaning or intent or tne proposed
movement, the general tone of the dispatches
on the subject indicate that a
crisis is pretty near at hand, and that
a disturbance of the present state of
affairs will mean the inauguration of
a genuine war. the end of which is not
now in sight. Russia and the United
States, our readers understand, refused.
sometime ago, to place troops under
the command of Count von Waldersee,
prefering to act independently
along linos intended to procure peace
with the least possible friction. Neither
nation, however, is watching the situation
with unconcern. All the while
Russia has been adding to her forces
In the Kast and establishing them at
points within easy reach of the probable
centres of disturbance. Despatches
of the past few days tell of the movements
of regiments and brigades to still
closer points. The United States force
in China consists of only a few hundred
men, acting as a legation guard
in Pekin. They will not participate in
the proposed raid; but Washington dispatches
indicate that this government
lis very much concerned about the
'whole matter, for It realizes that it
may soon be confronted with some difficult
problems. There Is every reason
to believe that unless the Chinese
yield within the eight days allowed,
and that is not probable, the ball will
be opened up in earnest.
THE PROBLEM OF PROBLEMS.
We have already intimated that we
consider those developments which
came to light in Anderson the other
day, horrible. We think so yet; but the
matter is of grave importance from
more standpoints than one, and it will
not become us, at this time, to exhaust
ourselves in Indignation over conditions
that really seems to be a natural
consequence. ' It will be better, perhaps,
to take a square, honest look at
those conditions and hunt, if possible,
for a remedy.
Those Anderson people, whoever they
are, are not to be excused. Their crime
is low and contemptible. As to whether
the white people of the South owe
the Negro anything is, to our mind,
very doubtful. They owe themselves
much, however, and among other
things, they owe it to themselves to
treat the Negro with humanity and
justice. The Anderson people are, upon
the prima facie showine so far made.
guilty of deceit, inhumanity and injustice.
They are recreant to their own
moral responsibility to themselves, and
punishment would probably help them
to a better appreciation of the sentiments
that should govern a Christian
community.
But we will leave the courts to settle
with the Anderson landlords as the
law may provide. However the matter
may be determined, we still have
with us a problem of sufficient magnitude
to overshadow all others. This
problem is the establishment of the
proper relation of the Negro to society
and to the necessary industry of the
country. So serious is this matter that
not only the present happiness, but the
future welfare of the white race seems
dependent upon its proper settlement at
the earliest possible moment.
Whatever may be the elaborate theories
of impractical students of social
and economic questions is of no concern
to our people. They were born
and raised in the light of the plain,
bare facts, and they see and understand
the situation as clearly as they
do any other condition by which they
are confronted. They see that the relation
of the Negro to the white race
is not as it should be. They see constant
menace in the situation, and although
many are disposed to try to
keep their eyes closed to the actual
facts, they are unable to deceive themselves.
Previous to the war, the Negro was
the best laborer in the world. Under
the Instruction and control of white
men he was capable of being taught to
perform any and all kinds of work,
skilled or unskilled, to perfection. Althougn
not naturally industrious,
prompt or reliable, there existed conditions
which made him so. When he
became free at the close of the war,
he still retained much that made him
valuable as a laborer. But since then
there has been a retrogression. The
old slave did not have the administrative
ability by which he could accumulate.
It was not a matter of education;
but of nature. Except in the fewest
number of individual cases, this qualification
did not exist. Properly directed,
his executive ability was splendid;
but his efforts ito administer for himself
have proved a failure, and, as the
result, we now have upon our shoulders
several of the most trifling generations
that have ever burdened a civilized
people.
There are still a few Negro laborers
that are trustworthy and reliable.
They are scarce. The old-time Negroes
have been largely thinned out since the
war. There are still alive comparatively
few who were grown-up slaves
when the war broke out. Among these,
however, are to be numbered at least
50 per cent, of all the really trustworthy
and reliable Negro laborers
who are alive at this time. Possibly
we are somewhat off in our estimates;
but all whites of this country who understand
the question, and most of
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line of reasoning Is correct.
Look through the town of Yorkville,
Rock Hill and Fort Mill, the other
towns in this section, on through the
country, and it will be found that the
problem of getting efficient and reliable
house help is an extremely difficult
matter. Most of the best places are
filled by former slaves, or their children,
who were raised under the same
condition that applied to themselves.
Except the former slaves, there are few
who can be relied upon to do any kind
of work properly or intelligently. It is
seldom that one of them ever gives
his or her employer entire satisfaction
for two days at a time, or continues to
work for the same employer longer
than a few months. In nine case out
of ten, the employer has to look carefully
after the footsteps of the employe
to get anything done at all, and there
are hundreds of good women all over
the country who have to do their
household drudgery because they cannot
get reliable help at any price, and
whose time would otherwise be employed
to much better advantage in
other ways.
Go through the country today, and on
almost every farm there will be found
tenements peopled with from three to
a dozen stout able-bodied men who
are not pretending to work, who have
no visible means of support, and who
cannot be induced to work on the
farms. Look about through the towns
for a Negro to cut up a few cords of
-l _ ?.1 nine nut nf ten that
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are asked as to whether they have
employment will reply no, the chances
are that not one will undertake the
job without some inducement in the i
shape of double wages. They are seldom
known to do honest work of any
kind. Yet they are all more or less 1
comfortably clothed, seem to get plenty
to eat. and frequently have money ]
with which to buy whatever they like ;
in the way of such luxuries as tobacco, ;
whisky, etc. I
Although this is a country of abund- i
a nee, it is known of all men that none 1
can eat except in the sweat of some- '
body's brow. All these loafers are liv- <
ing at the expense of honest people i
who work. Just how, all honest people
may not exactly understand; but It Is
a fact. A dozen Idle loafers constantly
loafing around a store, generally means
that the proprietor is carrying more
than he knows. Housewives who are
not especially careful in giving out
their meals to the cooks, frequently feed
from three to a half dozen Idlers without
being aware of the fact. People
who leave articles of more or less value
lying loose around their houses and
premises, frequently contribute their'
value to the purchase of tobacco or
other luxuries to idle Negroes without
being aware of the fact.
No otner country under the sun.
probably, has ever been infested with
so many useless parasites. The situation
nas grown upon us until we have
begun to accept it as a matter of
course. Many of us are not inclined to
realize that the position is one of the
gravest danger, and that the tendency
is from bad to worse. This vampire of
idleness that is feeding upon the energy
and lifeblood of this whole section
is not the kind of a thing to realize responsibility.
It takes no thought of
tomorrow. It is not concerned with
the fear that the carcass may eventually
be consumed. Like a thing of
appetite and action without brains, it
merely continues to suck and suck.
And how long are we going to continue
to stand this kind of thing? How
long can we stand it? Are we going to
be such idiots as to allow it to continue
forever? Knowing as we do that bread
can only be produced in the sweat of
the brow, are we going to continue to
sweat for such a worthless horde as
this. If we look at the question honestly,
most of us will have to admit that
we ourselves are to blame. Surely we
are not willing to confess that this
horde of idlers is to ride on our shoulders
forever and that we have no ability
to help ourselves. Surely we are not
willing to confess that we are less
powerful or less intelligent than such
a crew.
There is a remedy. All the idlers in
the county now are supported by the
body politic; but the taxation levied for
the purpose is somewhat inequitable.
At any rate, it is not levied in accordance
with the regular legal machinery.
Let us support idlers by taxation,
and make them pay for their support,
by giving service on the public roads.
In other words, let us send them to the
chaingang.
There are now on the statute book3
laws against vagrancy. A vagrant is
an idle loafer who is without visible
means of support. The people hereinbefore
described, are vagrants. Then
let the law be enforced. Let every
community begin work at once arresting
and taking before magistrates, all
the loafers of their respective neighborhoods
who are without visible means
of support, and have them sent to the
chaingang. They need not confine
themselves to Negroes. There are a
few whites who are Just as trifling, and
these should be dealt with in the same
manner.
A few years ago, under the terms of
an ordinance enacted for the purpose,
the Charleston police made the rounds
of the city and asked each loafer they
came across, the question, "Where are
you working?" In cases where the
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er went to the chaingang, and that institution
was strengthened within a
few months by several hundred recruits.
The only trouble jvas that within
a few months the good work was
discontinued, and the situation again
grew as bad as ever. A similar ordinance
and similar enforcement are
needed in Yorkville, and in all surrounding
towns. How and why has
already been shown. Removal of the
drones will give the workers a chance.
It is our opinion that we already have
all the law that is necessary to correct
the evils pointed out above, except
local ordinances, and these may be easily
supplied. If we have not got the
law, then by all means we should have
it, and have it quick. Notwithstanding
the fact that the state legislature has
just adjourned, this matter is of sufficient
Importance to warrant the calling
of an extra session at once, and if
at the end of 40 days a satisfactory solution
of the problem shall have been
arrived at, then, in the future, we shall
have a right to say of the session that
it was the most valuable that the state
has ever known.
MERE-MENTION.
Upon the adjournment of the cabinet
meeting Tuesday, it was given out that
it is still believed that an extra session
r\t nnn?rooo will VlO noPSflflnrV tf> COT1
slder the Cuban constitution The
long fight of Thomas F. Ryan against
the Seaboard has been settled by the
purchase of Ryan's holdings by the J.
Skelton Williams party, for a price
fixed by Daniel Lamont The von
Waldersee expedition to Sian Fu, presumably
for the purpose of bringing
the emperor back to Pekin, is to consist
of 15,000 men?Germans, Frenchmen,
English and Italians The Polish
citizens of Toledo, Ohio, have
signed a petition to congress asking
for the erection of a monument to
Count Casmer Pulaski, the great Polish
patriot, who was killed at Savannah,
Ga., on October 5, 1779, while fighting
for the liberties of the American colonies
The friends of Private John
Allen are trying to secure for him an
appointment on the St. Louis exposition
commission. The place is worth
$5,000 a year for three years. It is
thought that the president will give the
place to Allen The British government
has sent 30,000 horses to South
Africa within the past three months.
Mrs. Charles Rhodes smashed a
saloon at Port Huron, Mich., last Wed- 1
neday in imitation of Mrs. Nation '
A few days ago a quarrel occurred at '
Omdurman, Egypt, between members 1
of the 13th and i4 Soudanese battalions J
at an entertainment given by the latter.
Five were killed and 20 wounded. ,
There had been ill-feelings between I
the batallions prior to the entertain- J
ment King Edward VN is to make ,
a visit to Germany United States t
Minister Conger estimates that $100,- 1
lUO.Oou about covers the total of the de- |
mands upon Chin.* for indemnity (
There was a $600,000. fire in Atlanta I
Thursday. Markman house block was 1
destroyed The estate of the late (
Collis P. Huntington Is worth $80,000,- c
000 Four Chicago saloons were
smashed Wednesday night A company
has been organized In Chicago,
with $1,000,000 capital, to manufacture
beet sugar A Topeka dispatch
of Thursday, announces that Mrs, Nation
has been acquitted of the charge
of malicious mischief; but is still held
under the peace warrant. The judge
ruled that her conduct was not "malicious;"
but was based on the belief of
a right to abate a common nuisance.
Because the Austrian parliament
cannot get along amicably, Emperor
Francis Joseph threatens to assume
an absolute dictatorship Five Negroes
were sentenced to death for murder
at Sylvania. Ga., last Thursday
A Cincinatl dispatch says that it has
Deen discovered within the past few
days, that James J. Jeffries, the prize
fighter, Is suffering from "floating arctilage,"
a bone disease, and that from
now on his wonderful physical strength
Is a thing of the past. He is said to
be as helpless as a child.
McDILL?PRESSLEY.
Interesting Account of a Notable Social Event
at Hickory Grove.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Hickory Grove, February 22.?Again
the wedding bells have rung in Hickory
Grove, and the number of fair maidens
in our town is smaller by one than It
was a few days ago. At a quarter
past 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon,
February 20th, under the skillful touch ,
of that master hand, Prof. Warth/
there sounded forth the ever-inspiring
tones of Mendehlsohn's Wedding
March, and the attendants of the McDill-Pressly
marriage filed slowly into I
the A. R. P. church, which was simply,
though tastily decorated for the occasion.
First came the ushers, two and
two, who marched down the centre
aisles.
The ushers were Messrs. Linley, Wylie,
Whisonant, and McDlll. They
crossed and took places on opposite
sides of the space reserved for the
bridal party. Next came Miss Mattie
Bell, of Hickory Grove, and Miss Ida
Guy, of Chester, who also crossed over
and took positions to the left and right
of the organ on the pulpit rostrum.
These were followed by Miss Annie
Miller, of Newport, and Miss Eunice
Simpson, of Hickory Grove. Then
came the groomsmen, Rev. Mr. Johnson,
of Lesslie, S. C., and Dr. Patrick,
of King's Mountain; Dr. Lynn, of Edgmoor,
and Mr. Kirkpatrick, of Charlotte.
N. C.; all taking positions as the
first two young ladies had done, thus
forming a semi-circle, with the ushers
just outside. Then came the bride,
Miss Emma Jeanette McDill, with the
maid of honor, Miss Osceola Wilkie, of
Asheville, N. C. Down the other aisle
came Rev. Leon Taylor Pressly, the
groom, with his best man, Rev. A. S. '
Rogers, of Rock Hill. They met in
front of the officiating clergyman, Rev.
J. L. Oates. where Mr. Pressly received
his bride, the maid of honor and
best man standing a little to one side.
The ceremony which made these two
young people one, us performed by Rev.
Mr. Oates, was simple, though beautiful
and impressive. The bridal party
then retired in reverse order, stepping
o the joyous music, which, of Itself,
seemed to bespeak for them a bright
and happy future.
The bride wore white organdie, with
liberty silk trimmings, and sheer bridal
veil caught with carnations. She
carried a bouquet of the same flowers,
with ferns. It is the general verdict
that the bride never looked more beautiful
than when arrayed in her bridal
gown and veil. Her maid of honor
wore white mousseline de sole,** with
pearl and lace trimmings, and carried
carnations and ferns. The bridesmaids '
all wore white organdie, with green /
ribbons, and large, black picture hats.
They carried mistletoe tied with green
ribbon.
The ushers wore black cutaway suits,
with patent leather shoes, and white
gloves and ties. The groomsmen and
groom wore black Prince Alberts, with
similar shoes, gloves and ties. They
all wore carnations as boutonnlers.
Rev. and Mrs. Pressly left immediately
on the northbound train for
Statesville, where Mr. Pressly's parents
reside. The best wishes of a host of
friends follow Mr. and Mrs. Pressly on
their journey through life.
Murder In Fairfield,
Winnsboro special of Tuesday, to The
News and Courier: The court of general
sessions convened here yesterday
morning, Judge Townsend on the
bench. The criminal docket for the
week is one of the heaviest in the history
of the county. The grand jury
presented six true bills for murder, as
follows: Daisy Cicero, for murder of
her husband: Henry Johnson, colored,
for murder. He was tried at the last
term of court, at which time the jury
returned a verdict of mistrial; A. E.
Davis for the murder of Jas. S. Lyles. '
This case has been reported in 1
the columns of The News and Courier,
in which the coroner's jury gave a ver- '
diet of justifiable homicide; Andy '
Brice. Will White. John Rowe. and 1
Sam Craig, for the murder of William 1
Rosborough, December 24. Rosborough 1
was murdered here on the streets of (
Winnsboro on the night of Christmas 1
eve, and his murder was one of the (
foulest ever committed in the county. *
The evidence against the accused is 1
wholly circumstantial, and the number
of witnesses is exceedingly large, most 1
of them being colored. This case has '
evoked a gredt deal of interest. Hugh \
Mack Gaither and Harry Nettles, for (
the murder of Stark P. Martin. Mr.
Martin was called from his room and
shot down when he opened the hall 1
door in his own home. The one who 9
fired the shot was at close range. The v
parties arrested had some trouble with
Mr. Martin previously, and while there
Is no direct testimony against the Ne- f
?roes, yet the circumstances surround- r
ing the same are such as to make it an
ixceedingly strong case against them; 8
John Cameron, as principal, and Mock- v
bee Cameron, as accessory, for the o
murder of H. A. Stevenson. This case
kvas brought over from the September
:erm of court, and as it was done on c
:he day of the second primary election, 1
vhen large numbers of people were v
gathered in that vicinity, the number
)f witnesses will be very large. The v
;ase is sure to consume a considerable v
jortion of the time. Both of the fami- tl
ies of the deceased and the defendants
ire largely connected, and this will p
end to Increase the interest in the
:ase. v
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
INDEX TO NEW ADVKItTISKMENTS.
Riddle & Carroll?Tell you again that
they have 10,000 pounds of plowmoulds,
and they want you to see
them before you buy. They say they
will satisfy you in price.
Beard & Carroll?Tell you to order
your oak and pine wood from them.
They also want to sell you cotton
seed hulls and meal.
J. Q. Wray?Talks about shirts for
gentlemen, and say they have the
handsomest line of shirts that ever
came to this town. He promises to
have a beautiful line of cravats, collars
and cuffs in a few days, and will
make this class of goods one of his
specialties.
M. B. McSweeney, Governor?Issues a
proclamation offering a reward of $50
for the apprehension, delivery and
conviction of Rot> Lee Adams, who
is wanted for murder.
Yorkvllle Buggy Co.?Tell you about
what you pay for when you buy a
buggy, and requests you to call on
them at their factory before buying,
and see their buggies before any
paint is put on.
Black Jackson, Tirzah, S. C.?Has in
his possession a oay horse mule, and
says the owner may recover same by
paying for advertisement and other
expenses.
V^ABOUT PEOPLE.
,*Mr. W. W. Boyce has been quite unwell
for the past two or three weeks.
yMiss Ida Guy, of Lowrysville, visited
friends in Yorkville Thursday.
j^Irs. Powell, of Forest City, N. C.,
who has been visiting her sister Mrs.
R. E. Montgomery, left for Charlotte
yesterday.
Mr. George Hart, Jr., has been employed
as assistant in the postoffice,
vice Miss Amanda Clawson, who leaves
today for Texas. <
l?"Mrs. A. A. Clawson and children?Mr.
Charlie, Miss Amanda, Master Harrie
and Miss Prankie?leave today for Dallas,
Texas. They expect to make their
future home in that city, where Mr.
Will Clawson, who went to Texas several
years ago, has a good position,
and where Mr. Charlie Clawson has the
promise of lucrative employment. Mrs.
Clawson has been in the hotel business
in Yorkvile for a number of years, and
showed herself to be a most excellent &
manager. Miss Amanda has been a
most accommodating and efficient clerk
in the postoffice, and the other children
have been giving their mother such assistance
as they could. The family has
in Yorkville many friends, who will sincerely
regret to see it leave.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
Th^ sudden cold of Wednesday and
Thursday caused the bursting of numerous
water pipes.
? From weather bureau reports, received
Thursday night, the presumption
is tnat the cold snap has almost
exhausted itself for the present.
^^JMany people are interested in the
question of building a new home for
the graded school. As yet, however,
the matter has not taken definite
shape. -4
^<^Ir. John R. Hart, attorney, states
{hat as near as he can arrive at the
figures now, the liabilities of Messrs.
S. L. Hobbs & Co., amount tp about
$1,600 and the assets to about $1,200.
The assets consist of stock of goods
and open accounts. Mr. Hobbs deeply
regrets the necessity for taking the
step he did; but considered it necessa- ?
ry In justice to all of his creditors
? The King's Mountain Military academy,
the graded school, the postofflce
and the bank observed yesterday,
Washington's birthday as a legal holiday.
A number of the K. M. M. A.
hovs took advAntasre of the onnortunltv
to go to their homes, leaving Thursday
afternoon and expecting to return in
time for the opening exercises Monday
morning.
^^Although the York Cotton Mills belong
to the Southern Cotton Spinners'
association. It is not likely that they
will drop oft night work as per recommendation
of the recent convention in
Charlotte. They are hardly in a position
to do anything of the kind, because
they have been more fortunate
than many other mills in securing advance
orders that require their continued
operation at full capacity. But
few mills are in the same shape. Most
of them will be glad to shut down.
The Sutro mill does not belong to the
Southern Cotton Spinners' association,
and the recent recommendation has no
reference to it. It turns out only what
is known as soft yarns for hosiery, and
is free to act in the night work matter
as it may choose.
CRIME IN THE SIXTH.
The Enquirer has received, with the
compliments of Attorney-General Bellinger,
a copy of that official's annual
report to the general assembly for the
year ending December 31, 1900. The report
contains, among other things,'all
the opinions that the attorney general's
office has given on points of law
during the year, and a statistical record
of all the crimes of which the circuit
courts have taken cognizance.
During the year, up to November
. if AAiinfv Vta/3 K9 nHmlnol
uvvilf r an ii^iu vvuiivj iiuu ww viimiiiai
cases. In 7 cases the grand jury returned
no bill. Six cases were discontinued.
There were 20 acquittals, 2
mistrials, and 17 convictions. Fifteen
convicts were sent to the chaingang,
ind 2 to the state penitentiary. Of 8
lispensary cases the grand jury returned
no bill in 5, and the solicitor disconinued
the balance.
Cherokee has a record of 45 cases,
m 6 cases the grand jury returned no
>ill; 6 cases were discontinued; there
vere 10 acquittals, and 23 convictions.
)f the offenders convicted 21 were
;ent to the chaingang and 2 were sent
o the penitentiary; of 12 liquor cases,
defendants were turned loose and 3
vere sent to the chaingang.
Lancaster has a record of 24 cases,
fo bill in 3 cases; 8 discontinued; 1
*
lot guilty; 7 guilty and sent to chaining.
There were 3 dispensary cases,
vith no bill in 2 and a conviction in the
ther.
Chester county had 38 cases. In 3
ases the grand jury returned no bill.
'hree cases were discontinued. There
. ere acquittals in 14 cases, and conictions
in 18 cases. Eighteen convicts
. ere seYit to the chaingang and 1 to
he penitentiary. There was no disensary
cases. v
York county had 58 cases. No bills
fere returned in 9 cases. Five cases