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Scrape, and .facts. ? Shelby correspondence Charlotte Observer: The chicken law passed by the last legislature for Cleveland coun. ty is having the desired effect. The chickens have been very destructive to crops and gardens. Now all you have to do is to notify the owners to keep j their chickens from trespassing. If they fail to do this you may kill them. This is a just law. People have no more right to allow their chickens to damage and destroy their neighbors' gardens, etc., than to allow their horses cows and hogs to roam at large. All praise to our Representative C. A. Hoey, for enacting such a law. ? The Philadelphia Ledger of May 31 says: "Yesterday The Ledger copied from the New York World figures showing that, although 39,782 murders were committed in this country from 189G to 1900, only 597 of the murderers were judicially executed. The news columns of the same day contained a reDort of the burning at the stake in Florida, and said that the awful punishment was inflicted calmly, delioerately and as if of settled purpose, the whole community joining in it either actively or passively. Dc not the two statements seem to have a strong relation to each other?" ? His majesty, the sultan of Turkey, seems to be yielding, to some degree, in his attitude towards the Zionist colonization movement. Two weeks ago a Constantinople despatch said that Dr. Theodore Herzl, with representatives of the Rothschilds and Bleischroders, had arrived there to offer a loan to the sultan unon condition that he accept the Palestine colonization project. A day or two ago another despatch announced that Dr. Herzl had been graciously received by the sultan, who had decorated him and presented him with valuable gifts. It was also stated that Dr. Herzl had obtained valuable con- J cessions towards the colonization project. | ? Charlotte Observer: A son of Justice Harlan, of the supreme court of i the United States, was recently appointed to a desirable position in Porto1 Rico, and it was suggested at the time that the appointment was for the purpose of influencing the opinion of the father in the insular cases. Justice Harlan, however, decided with the minority and against the government in these cases: but as the Vicksburg Herald says, this fact "is not conclusive of the propriety of the appointment of his son to a lucrative place pending the decision. The tongue of detraction will simply say that he was influenced to so vote to avert suspicion." And so, looked at from every standpoint, it is as our contemporary says: "The appointment had better not have been made." ? Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch from Pretoria, dated June 4. says: "Dixon's report of the fighting at Vlaklontein, 40 miles from Johannesburg, May 29, just received. On our side. 1,450 men with seven guns were engaged. The force was returning to camp at Vlakfontien when the enemy, undercover of a veldt fire, rushed the rear guard, consisting of two guns of the 28th battery and 380 men of the Derbyshires and Yeomanry. They temporarily captuied the two guns. When the remainder of the force came into action the Boers were driven off, the guns were recaptured and the Boer position was occupied. Our casualties were six officers and 115 men wounded and one ofcovun men missing". One Of 11VC1 UUu wv? v.. w fleer and four men have since died of wounds. Forty-one Boers were killed on the ground. The further Boer casualties are not known. Reinforcements are being sent." ? The feature of Thursday's session of the Alabama constitutional convention was the ordinance introduced by Mr. Sanford. of Montgomery, to strike out that part of the preamble which declares that no state has a right to secede. He says it is unnecessary. Another ordinance which created much laughter was that of Pierce, of Marion, that no man who is learned in law shall hereafter hold any office except! those of a judicial nature. Sanford, of Pike, offered an ordinance providing! that there shall be no imprisonment fori debt except where persons agree to do some special act or service for his employer. and thereby obtains money or goods to perform service. Another important ordinance was that of Foster, of Tuscaloosa, that no new ordinance shall be introduced after January 10: that the convention take a recess for one week on that date, the committees to sit in the meantime and get their reports ready. ? Estiban Glori, a Filipino boy who has been in Atlanta a week, was the cause of an excited discussion at a soda fount one morning last weeR. uiun was taken to the fount by W. M. Pendleton. in whose charge he has been placed. The clerk stubbornly refused to sell the boy the drink, declaring that he was a Negro, and as such could not be served at that particular fountain. Glori's protector, and other's standing around, indignantly protested that Glori was a Malay, and not a Negro. The -clerk was obdurate and resolutely refused to let Glori drink at the fountain. The Filipino, while angry at the imputation that he was a Negro, was exceedingly courteous and walked away quietly. Much interest is being shown in the course which the board of education will take when the boy applies for admission to the public schools. Glori is the son of a Filipino general, and was sent to the United States to be educated by an American army officer. ? Louisville Courier-Journal: Thirty years drunk, but now reformed. Such is the case of "Whisky Jim" Williams, the most noted drunkard ever in Louisville. With the exception of a few months some ten years ago, Jim Williams has not drawn a sober breath in thirty years. He says so himself and he ought to know. The reformation was not one of this thunderclap affairs that last sometimes as long as a week, but this is ratherjhe result of long, pa tient effort by Evangelist Steve noicolm. He began three months ago and he has kept up his work ever since. For over two months "Whisky Jim" has been strictly sober. In that time he has not been arrested and he has not begged boxes on Main street. Being arrested and begging boxes on Main street were two of his specialties. He would get kind-hearted clerks to let him have a small box. He would collect a dozen boxes, chop them up. se'l the lot for kindling wood and then get blind drunk again. This time, however, he says his conversion will hold. ? Kansas City Times: Like the strawberry crop, which ripens first in the extreme portions of the South, then gradually works its way north until Michigan and other extreme Northern States are reached, wheat harvesting begins in Texas and gradually working its way north, ends in Minnesota. From Texas, where the wheat harvest of 1901 has begun, the reapers will extend their operations northward first to Oklahoma, then to Kansas, and when the harvesting of the winter wheat crop is over, spring wheat, further north, will be ready to be taken in hand. From present indications the wheat crop of the United States this year will be the largest ever raised: but there are so many contingencies which may arise, particularly as relating to spring wheat, that possibly it would be as well to wait until harvesting is at ' an end. Be that as it may, the fact is ; that so far as winter wheat is con- ^ cerned, especially the Kansas crop, the : outcome promises, almost beyond per- ' adventure, a bountiful yield. Efforts have been made in the interest of speculators to create the impression that injury had been done to the crop in one way or another; but these reports have generally been found to have been exaggerated. iTIif HgtnrUirillr {frnnttirrr. t1 '?> < ??? V ?? ?| m ? " - YORKVILLE, S. ? ? v SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1901. ] The present governor of South Caro- 1 lina is M. B. McSweeney, a gentleman j quite large enough for the position. There is not quite so much real bossism in South Carolina as many people , Hovo Vioiiovorl Our envernor has no < boss except the voters. 1 Andrew Carnegie predicts an Euro- < pean coalition against Great Britain, i and says that when it comes Great ( Britain will find a friend in America. The value of the American corn crop \ aggregates about $750,000,000. The , combined value of the cotton and wheat ] crops do not much more than come up j to these figures. "If McLaurin is a Democrat, I am 1 not"?B. R. Tillman. j We have not been disposed to charge , that Tillman is not a Democrat; but i when he makes the claim himself, we i can only acquiesce. And Governor McSweeney has no es pecial objection to Senator Tillman's J tendering an unconditional resignation , if the senator sees fit to do so. On ac- 1 count of the recent jolts that the big j boss has received, it may be that he ] does not now care to risk even the leg- ; islature. i At Greenville, Senator McLaurin 1 said that if the other members of the i delegation would join him, he would ; undertake to secure from the govern- j ment an appropriation to make good ; the expenses incurred by the Exposition < company in connection with the gover- j ernment exhibit; but we do not remember to have heard a second to the prop- ; osition. Question! Whatever else may be said of the now practically defunct Farmers' Alliance. its principles were good, and it was one of the greatest educational forces ever known in South Carolina. In the matter of independence of thought and action, it shoved the state forward at least 25 years, and our whole people are just now beginning to realize the best results of its most praiseworthy tenets. We do not like to say so, but the newspapers of this state are very largely to blame for the recent sensational happenings in politics. Months ago they started a campaign against McLaurin, and in order to answer their charges and misrepresentation of him, was why he accepted invitations to address the people in different parts of the state. We protested against such a course on the part of our brethren of the press. McLaurin was keeping quiet, and we were of the opinion, to say the least, that it was manifestly unfair to him to commence a campaign against him a year in advance.. If he had begun his campaign, then it would have been proper. Of course the conduct of Senator Tillman in going to Gaffney was manifestly improper and unfair, but the conduct of the newspapers made such things possible.?Bamberg Herald. Yes. the newspapers had much to do 1 with it no doubt; but they were not altogether responsible. The politicians 1 commenced the fight last summer, 5 even before the ship subsidy became an issue, and when the vote for the Paris treaty was practically the only thing they had to go on. _ _ j 1 At the request of W. F. Clayton, of 1 Florence, a leading- Republican, Sena- 5 tor McLaurin has undertaken to differ- ^ entiate between his views and the ] views held by "leading Republicans." f The senator's reply to Mr. Clayton's { letter is published in The News and j Courier of Wednesday and would be , reproduced in The Enquirer were it t not too long to be conveniently handled ' at this time. It is a masterly paper, however, and goes at the question direct without the slightest attempt at ] evasion. Reviewing the history of the j two parties from the days of Jefferson, < the Democrat, and Hamilton, the Fed- 1 eralist, Senator McLaurin shows how , the Democratic party has always stood ] for individual liberty and freedom in f thought and action, while the Republi- J cans have always stood for a central- , ized government that is not inclined to 1 respect constitutional guarantees. He 1 shows how the Democratic party has J always been the party of progress and j expansion, and how the Republican, party has ever been disposed to impose / burdens on the many for the benefit of r the few. He shows that the party of Bryan, Towne, Pettigrew and others is 1 not and cannot be Democratic, and 1 makes it clear that under such lead- j ership the foundation principles have < been departed from. He is emphatic t also in his declaration that while he 1 has no idea of drifting toward Repub- ( licanism, he will not abandon bedrock a principles of Democracy simply because they have been adopted by Re- , publicans, and he makes it clear also f that he considers divorce from West- < ern socialism and Populism absolute- ' ly essential to the future existence of i the party under its own proper name, a The letter is an able one?one of the ablest political papers that has been published in this state for years?and it should be generally read and studied. McLAl R1X AT NEWBERRY. Reiterates HI* Greenville Clmr/ve" Auninst Teller and Bryan. Senator McLaurin spoke at the firemen's tournament at Newberry last Thursday, according to appointment. The first part of his speech was in commendation of the firemen's organization, a brotherhood banded together for the benefit of mankind, and the balance was an exposition of his views on the different questions before the people, especially expansion and ship subsidy. During his speech he paid his respects to Messrs. Bryan and Teller as follows: I propose now to discuss some of the great national issues before the people affecting the honor, the prosperity and the destiny of the country, and bespeak your attention with that of the others present. Senator Teller when shown a copy of my Greenville speech, said that it was untrue in every particular. He declar ed that he had never said that the ..Negro was the equal of the white man, but had said and was still of that opinion that the Negro was entitled to the same rights under the laws as the white man. As chairman of the commission which investigated the elections in South Carolina, Senator Teller said that the South could never prosper until it ceased to make distinctions on account of color. The people of South Carolina can decide for themselves what the senator meant when he declared that no distinction should be made on account of color. Senator Teller also became indignant at the assertion that he had not opposed the force bill. He said that he had voted and worked against that measure when it was before the senate. As no vote was ever taken in the United States senate upon the force bill, it is impossible that Senator Teller could have voted against it. In a subsequent session of the senate he himself%declarsd that while it had not come to a vote and he had made no speech against it, he had opposed it in committee. Senator Hoar, who was his colleague upon the committee which reported the uiil, accused him upon the noor of the senate oi stating that which was not true and declared that he had not opposed the bin in committee. The record discloses an admission from Senator Teller that he had neithas spoken or voted against the bill, and as he now says he old both, the question of veracity between Senator Teller anu Senator Hoar, fuliy set forth in the Congressional Hecord, would seem to be in favor of Senator Hoar. His own utterances convict him of untruth in his declaration that he worked > o-oinct t Ho moq ciipp in cummittpP . WW.... www. 1 did not make the statement as to Teiler without good authority. In the record room of the United States senate is the report of the commission of 76, of which he was chairman, which report forms the basis of the force bill and led up to it. In that he says the country would never prosper until the Negro is accorded the same rights as Lhe white man. The local papers in the election of 1894 did not give the details, but it is ivell known that Mr. Bryan was against Crisp, of Georgia, for speaker )f the house of representatives because ne had been a Confederate soldier, and ae said that no ex-Confederate could be intrusted with the speakership. Hon. Grey Woodson, of Kentucky, mentionid this matter at the Kansas City contention, and there was considerable comment ijpon it among the delegates apposed to the reiteration of the 16 to L piank. 1 have a pretty good memory, and if [ am not at fault, when O'Farrell was ! lominated by the Democrats in Virginia in 1S94 for governor and the Popuists put up a ticket in opposition, Bryin was under arrangements, with iates fixed, to stump the state for the i: ~ l".. I rupuusi (Jctnuiutl IV , uui \_/ -r a new, .. i.v | was then a member of congress, man- \ iged in some way to break up liis Mans. Bryan cannot claim any instructions to help the Democratic tickit in that matter, as he did when he roted lor Weaver, the Populist candiJate for president, in 1892. I will read , in extract from an interview in the : ST. Y. Herald, of May, 1900, with Henry Watterson, in which he says that j 'Bryan claimed that when he voted in ;he Democratic caucus against Crisp , .'or speaker of the house of representa:ives, he knew Crisp was a clean and ( capable man. but that he had been a Jonfederate soldier, and Bryan thought . hat a vote for him was to risk his own -e-election to congress." SOI'TH CAROLINA NEWS. IVont llexlfin Next Summer. In an interview given out in Colum>ia on Wednesday, Senator Tillman j says he will not resign next summer, I; jut will leave Senator McLaurin to the j jther candidates. . Incoiiilil ioiuil Resignation*. i Columbia State, Thursday: Senator j McLaurin passed through the city yes- j :erday afternoon on his way from Benlettsville to Newberry, where he will \ speak today. On the train wun him ( was Mr. M. A. Teague, of the Balti- ( nore American, to whom Senator Mc- i Laurin gave an interview in which he , spoke very bitterly of Senator Tillman, i snd stated that if Tillman would ten- i ler to the governor an unconditional resignation of his office, he, McLaurin, would consider this a direct challenge :o himself and would resign his seat ind enter the contest for Senator Till- 1 nan's position. ' ' HiiIh' Loiu'n Dead. Spartanburg Journal, Tuesday: Babe Louen, the young man who was shotjj jy Town Marshal Jim Williams, at j j Jowpens, three weeks ago, died this i norning of his wounds. Coroner Fos- j i er held an inquest today and the find- i < ng was that the wounds caused death, j fie was shot once. Williams put him- i >elf in the custody of the magistrate j when Louen died and this afternoon < le was turned over to the sheriff. He < will give bond. Williams was slashed < jy Louen with a knife at the time of ' :he shooting and has been back on i luty but a few days. He was trying < o arrest Louen when the fight occur- ] ed. 1 eu by Shark*. j Says a Charleston dispatch of June 5: < rhe fate of the 15 fishermen of the 1 'mosquito fleet" of this port, who have < micvimr fr>r several davs. seems < o be sealed. The fishing smack Victo- < ia came into port this morning bring- < ng an enormous shark which had been < . aught near the scene of the disaster to { he fishing boats. When the monster ,vas cut open the arm of a Negro man ^ ,vas found in its stomach. The Infer- 1 ;nce to be drawn from this fact is ob- i ,-ious. Last week twelve boats of the t 'mosquito fleet" were caught in a sud- i len storm off the eastern patches, a 'amous fishing ground, 30 miles off 1 *hore. All of the boats were wrecked 1 tr more or less injured and three of ] hem are still missing. There were 15 i nen on these three. The catch of the i Victoria indicates that a shocking fate i vas met by the unfortunate fishermen. LOCAL AFFAlHS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Riddle & Carroll?Publish a letter from .Mr. A. J. Huff, telling of a field contest at Monro** N. C., last Tuesday, in which the McCormick walked off with all the honors in sight. Harrison Randolph, President?Makes an announcement in regard to the College of Charleston. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Announce a ten per cent, reduction in the price of all ladies' skirts which they have in stock, from the cheapest to the best. And also a 20 per cent reduction in the price of all shirt waists. They say that the 10 per cent, reduction sale of clothing still goes on. York Drug Store?Announces that it has just received a fresh shipment of Lowney's candies,, and of course it wants you to call for some. J. Q. Wray?Tells of his shoe stock, and has something especially to say in regard to shoes for babies and also about patent leather shoes for boys. Riddle & Carroll?Say for you to sow your stubble lands in peas, and tell you they have the peas. They also say that the McCormick binders are still rarrvinir off the honors in field contests. They have "Premium" hams. I. W. Johnson?Asks that you see him for breakfast bacon, Montebello and Porter hams, and also for brown sugar. J. B. Williams?Says he has just added a soda fountain to his store fixtures and is ready to serve you with cooling beverages. He has genuine French sardines and Armour's sliced ham. Sam M-. Grist?Tells you that if you want to be entirely satisfied with your fire insurance and the way your policy is written, to see him. CORN HARVESTING. The new method of corn harvesting, introduced into this section a few years ago by Messrs. B. D. Springs and T. B. McClain, can no longer be taken as an experiment. Both Mr. McClain and Mr. Springs were entirely successful so far as results were concerned, and when consideration is taken of the profits that were realized by reason of the improved method, it is difficult to realize how farmers can continue the old, laborious and wasteful plan of pulling fodder and leaving corn stalks to go to loss in the fields. Although It is a fact that more or less expensive machinery is required to harvest corn to the best advantage and to shred it, still even this is not sufficient to offset the tremendous saving in labor and added value of the shredded stalks, or stover, otherwise wasted in the fields. A great many intelligent farmers are giving attention to the new methods of harvesting corn, and it is to be hoped that the number will constantly increase, for there is money in it not only for the individual; but for this whole section. DAMAGE BV THE FRESHETS. Judging from the reports that have been received from Broad and Catawba rivers, the damage that has been caused by the recent freshets is amost unprecedented. Supervisor Gordon and Commissioner Wilkerson were discussing the subject at the county board meeting Wednesday. Mr. Wilkerson had seen the destruction that was wrought on Broad river, while Mr. Gordon was familiar with the situation along the Catawba. One curious phenomenon noted by both was that where the overflow struck an upward incline in the bottoms. the top soil was completely swept away; whereas in the case of a downward incline, but little harm was done. Mr. Wilkerson spoke of places on Broad river where large corn fields were completely washed away, and the top soil carried off to such an extent as to render them unfit for further cultivation. Some of his own river bottoms were damaged to such an extent that he can think of nothing better than converting them into pastures. Mr. Gordon told of the same conditions along the Catawba, and also stated that large trees, growing along the banks of the river had been undermined and torn from their roots. ~><IT OF DANGER. The threatened epidemic of smallpox on the county chaingang has been averted. At least that is the way it looked to Supervisor Gordon on Wednesday, and there is not much uneasiness about the matter. Dave Logan, the convict who developed the first case of the disease, is now about well, and the 16 days required for the development of new cases expired on Wednesday without any new cases being developed. John Lorits, whose term expired about the time the case of smallpox developed in the stockade, and who was denomihiiT fnrthnr rlpvplnnments. was discharged on Thursday. Lorits has been kept at work. Superintendent Whitener gave him the choice between remaining "chained to the rod," and working with the gang, and he begged permission to work. Where Dave Logan got smallpox is a mystery. There had been no smallpox at the stockade previous to his commitment, and he had been on the ?ang five weeks when the disease made Its appearance. The most plausible theory in connection with the case is the probability that Logan got the disease from the cast-off clothing of some nther convict. Anyhow, Supervisor Gordon has ordered that hereafter the clothing of all convicts must be thoroughly boiled at the time of exchange for "stripes." COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The county board of commissioners held its regular monthly meeting in the office of the supervisor last Wednesday, all of the members being present. As the cash in the treasury was about exhausted, the board executed a note to the Loan and Savings bank for $5,000, the balance of the sum it has been permitted to borrow for ordinary county expenses. The Catawba bridge question was taken up for consideration. There was a proposal from Mr. George H. Crafts, af Atlanta, the builder of the bridge, affering to put the structure in as good shape as before the freshet for $1,425. rhis includes material and labor. If !he board will furnish the labor. Mr. drafts will furnish material and superintendence and charge $810. The board was not ready to act upon the proposition. It has no right to acceptt until it has advertised for the lowest bidder. It was deemed possible, +lir?+ i f n r?nffor r? m m O'A n llP jonstructed, the bridge can be repair-. ?d with the chaingang, and Supervisor 3ordon and Commissioner Wilkerson lecided upon a trip to the river Thurs!ay for the purpose of further investigating the matter. Mr. J. R. Cook, of Bethel township, ivas before the board in the interest of the road that he asked for at the last neeting. Nothing had been done since he previous meeting, however, and the natter was again postponed. The report of the commission ap-? minted to lay off a road from Mr. John< Ramsey's to Mr. Jeff D. Whiteside's, in Broad River township, was received ind approved. Mr. J. W. Whitesides vas appointed overseer of the new oad. It was agreed at the previous meet ing of the board, that the supervisor call a meeting, to be held in Rock Hill soon, for the purpose of considering the opening of a new road from Rock Hill to the county bridge. On account of the freshets, the meeting was delayed, and it has now been decided that the whole matter be postponed until after harvest. THE K. M. M. A. The closing exercises of the King's Mountain Military academy took place this week, commencing on Sunday and being concluded on Wednesday. The public feature of the occasions, as already announced, were the sermon by Rev. W. G. Neville on Sunday, the drill by the corps on Tuesday morning, and the oration by Rev. J. Ct Johnes on Wednesday morning. Rev. Mr. Neville's sermon was very much enjoyed by all who heard it. and the public drill was quite interesting, showing great proficiency on the part of the corps as a military machine. Rev. Mr. Johnes's theme was the "Philosophy of History," and his oration was full of food for thought. The cadets left for their homes during Wednesday afternoon, and on Thursday morning, all in a good humor and expecting and hoping to be back in time for the beginning of the next session, which opens September 4. The annual catalogue for 1901-02 has been in press for several weeks, and will be ready for circulation within the next ic\\ utt^a, Colonel Stephenson said yesterday that he feels very much encouraged over the prospects for the next session. He already has a number of new cadets assured, and as the result of the work he expects to do during the summer, .he thinks he will be able to open in September with the barracks full up to their capacity. ^yLwiTHIN THE TOWN. ? Tnere is but little cotton moving these days. >-The soda fountains are quite popular these days. VThe court house tower is in need of anfresh coat of paint. ? The dealers in harvesting machinery have the right of way now. ? The offertory at the Church of the Good Shepherd tomorrow will be for the benefit of the Jacksonville fire sufferers. . ? The election on the question whether the school district will continue the two mill tax for the benefit of the graded school will be held next Thursday. ? Mr. H. C. Strauss found the noseglasses that he advertised for in the last issue of The Enquirer within an hour after the paper was put on the streets. | >? The town council is in a quandary :"over the question of ownerships of "taps" to the water main. Before a customer can be supplied with water by the town he must pay $5 for tapping the main. For this sum the council brings the water to the edge of the sidewalk. In a case where the owner of property refused to put water in a house for the renter, the renter bore the expense himself. Later, the renter desired to move out, and offered to sell his water fixtures, including the "tap," at half price. The owner agreed to take the inside fixtures: but refused to pay for the "tap" in the belief that because it would no longer be of use to the renter the benefit of it could be secured without cost. The renter notified the coun cil not to use tne tap ne naa paia ior. It is a question now with the town council whether it shall acknowledge the ownership of the renter in the tap or make a new one for the house owner. requiring the usual $5 fee. If the council gives the house owner, gratuitously, the benefit of that for which the renter has paid, it does an injustice to both; but still it is not disposed to acknowledge the ownership of the renter in the tap, and how to get at the right in the matter, seems to promise a lawsuit. IN NEED OF MONEY. "Unless we can find some patriotic citizen who is willing to advance cash on the promise of our legislative delegation to see that it is repaid, I do not. see how we are to do a big lot of bridge work that is now pressing," said Supervisor Gordon on Wednesday. It seems that as the result of the conference of the members of the county delegation in the legislature, held for the purpose of considering ways and means to raise money for county purposes, it was decided that there was nothing to be done except promise to induce the legislature to authorize the payment of any loan that the county board might succeed in making. With out specific authority from the general assembly the county board of commissioners cannot legally borrow money for county purposes. As has already been explained, the destruction of bridges by the freshets has created an extraordinary emergency, and there is no way to meet it unless some citizen or bank is willing to advance the cash on the promise of the legislative delegation to do what it can to make thy amount good. The legislative delegation is willing to promise, and it is also of the opinion that there will be no trouble about inducing the general assemoiy to recognize and back up its promise. "We want to rebuild all the destroyed bridges that are necessary, says Mr. Gordon, "and we want to leave alone all that are not necessary; but as I have remarked, unless we can get some money through the means suggested, I am afraid that most of the people will have to make up their minds to do without bridges, or go at it like the Bethel people have done in the case of the Crowder's creek bridge at Wright's ferry. "How is that?" "Well, Mr. G. L. Suggs, who is a good carpenter, has offered to frame the bridge free of charge, if the county will furnish the lumber, and it is proposed to call the neighbors together and have a 'bridge raising.' It might look pretty tough for York county to have to 'depend upon the neighbors;' but I am frank to say that I admire the spirit of the thing." ^ABOUT PEOPLE. I?Misses Blanche and Rose Lindsay are visiting friends in Columbia. ? Prof. J. K. Owens ana i>ir. noner were over from Rock Hill Wednesday. '?Miss Alma Walker has returned to her home in Yorkville, from Converse college. Mrs. R. G. Radcliffe and son, of Charleston, are visiting for a month Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Radcliffe. ^ JMrs. James R. Durham and children, fit Kershaw, are visiting in Yorkville," the guests of Mrs. Durham's sister, Mrs. J. P. White. ^ J. S. Brice, Esq., was called to Due West yesterday by a telegram announcing the critical illness of his mother, Mrs. A. M. S. Brice. \;-As a wedding present, Mr. D. G. Stanton's fellow members of the county board of commissioners gave him a solid silver butter knife, from Speck's. Mr. D. G. Stanton says there is more grass in Bethel township than he has ever known at this season of the year; but the farmers are fighting it like fury. ^Miss Dolly Ford, after spending several months in Yorkville, as the guest of Misses Willie and Lee Williams, has returned to her home at South Point, c?7"Miss Belle Perrin and Mr. August W. Smith, were married at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Perrin, in Abbeville, last Wed- ^ nesday. Mr. James H. Timme, who was a resident of Yorkville for several years during the early eighties, and who for the past ten or twelve years has been a citizen of Atlanta, was in town on Wednesday soliciting orders for a wellknown Atlanta concern, and renewing old acquaintances. Mr. D. A. A. Watson, of Cay Hill, was in Yorkville yesterday. He said he has never known the creek bottoms to be so bare of crops at this season of the year, and expressed the opinion that the situation promises to be quite serious unless there shall soon be an opportunity for planting. L^lvlrs. W. O. Rawls has returned from Sessile, where she was summoned on account of the sudden death of her brother-in-law, Mr. Banks Rawls. The circumstances of the death of young I Mr. Rawls were very distressing. Mr. ^ J. B. Rawls, the father, was away from home. The young man began to suffer in the morning from a hemorrhage from the lungs, and as no relief could be had, slowly bled to death. The father returned to find the son, of whom he was especially fond, in a coffin. The death, however, was remarkably painless, the last request of the young man being "Lay me down?I want to sleep." LOCAL LACONICS. Make Hay of It. There is promise of a good crop of grass this year, and it is to be hoped that the good example set by more progressive farmers during the past few years, will be generally followed. We Will Send The Enquirer For one year to two or more subscribers at $1.75 each, provided the two or more names are returned and paid for "" when the names are entered. The Enquirer will be sent from this issue to the first of January, 1902, for $1.08 in advance. The Wheat Harvest. There is a big wheat crop in York county, and it is to be hoped that our farmers will not prove unequal to the task of harvesting it. If they do prove unequal to this task, the lesson will be that they did not look far enough ahead, a mistake which must be avoid- * ed hereafter. Safe Robbery at Blacksbnrgr. Blacksburg special of June 3 to Charlotte Observer: The store of D. R. Bird was entered here last night and his safe blown open and robbed of over $100. It was a thorough job, and was, ,rt no doubt, the work of experts. Mr. Bird's first intimation that he had been robbed was when he opened his store this morning, finding his safe door some three feet distant from the safe, his money missing and his books and papers scattered over the floor. There is no clue to the robbers. % Relief In Sight. The nuisance of stamping checks and drafts, telegrams and other documents of daily usage, will soon be abated. The bill that goes into effect July 1st removes the war tax on the following articles: Bank checks and drafts, bills of lading for export, certificates not otherwise specified, express receipts, money orders, mortgage, mortgage or ^ conveyance in trust, power of attorney to sell, promlsory notes, protest, telegraph messages, warehouse receipts. On all else the tax is retained. The Exposition. The outlook for general county representation at the South Carolina Tnter-State and West Indian exposition is not good. It is not necessarily because the people are not interested; but because the farmers are too busy just now. Committees were appointed at the meeting held a month ago to report to a meeting to be held last Wednesday; but the only out-of-town mem- .** bers to come were Dr. J. H. Saye, of Sharon, and Mr. Perry Ferguson, of Bandana. Messrs. M. C. Willis and W. B. Moore were on hand; but because of the small representation, it was not deemed worth while to attempt further I business. The outlook is that the county will not be well represented at the exposition. Tillman Is "Dlsfcasted." Rock Hill special of June 6 to the nt,or.iootnn "Print* When the WinthFOD | V^Iiai I^ObVU A vwv. .. ...... .. _ board of trustees adjourned for dinner today, Senator Tillman's attention was called to the challenge of Senator Mc- ** Laurin as made yesterday to M. A. League, of the Baltimore American. He seemed indignant that Senator McLaurin should make such a challenge, having only within a few days past withdrawn a resignation which he had agreed to and signed unconditionally. However, Senator Tillman says the challenge comes without authority except through a newspaper reporter, and he does not feel called upon to notice it. He appeared disgusted with - * the whole business and expressed a doubt as to whether Senator McLaurin is worthy of further attention from him. i Death of Snmnel Blunkcimhtp. Fort Mill Times, June 5: A telephone message to The Times from Harrison, N. C., neighborhood, announces, the sudden death of Mr. Samuel Blankenship, which occurred at his home in that section on Sunday morning. Mr. Blankenship has been suffering for sometime with slight attacks ^of heart disease and it is thought that this was " - - - *? 1- J? il.A the cause of his aeatn. jaany m uic morning, while talking to his son-inlaw, Mr. A. B. Bailes, he suddenly fell over in his chair, and was dead before anyone could reach him. Deceased was 75 years of age, was a member of the Fint Hill Baptist church, a man of strong character and heart. Surviving Mr. Blankenship are seven children: Mrs. S. H. Epps, Mrs. Sam Bailes, Mrs. J. B. Bailes, and Mrs. W. H. Windle, -* and Messrs. D. V. and Charles Blankenship. The burial was made at Flint Hill cemetery on Monday. TTVp-1 harlenton Navy Yard. The duty of getting up an extensive project for the Charleston navy yard, which is to take the place of that at Port Royal, has been committed to a naval board, of which Captain Taylor is the presiding officer. This board is now meeting at the New York navy yard in connection with the proposed new naval station at Olongapo in the Philippines, and as it has made a study of the requirements of a naval station, it has been deemed desirable to have the Charleston project elaborated at the same time. Stokes-Hall. s Says a Chester special of June 6 to "the Columbia State: Cards are out announcing the approaching marriage of Major Marcus B. Stokes to Miss Anita Hall, of Cardenas, Cuba. The ceremo- * ny will take place in this city at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Lewis; Mrs. Lewis being the eldest sister of Miss Hall. Major Stokes is widely and favorably known throughout the state, having been appointed major of the Hn Hr>n TTMrat Qrtutv> Ca rnlina HCVUIIU KffA. k kUHUli, Jk A A WIS. MVUV*I _ Volunteer regiment, of Spanish-American war. He is an honor graduate of West Point, and is now serving in Cu- w ba, as captain in the regular army. He is en route from Habana to New York and will come direct from that city to Chester. Miss Hall arrived here from Cardenas by way of New York yesterday. She is a beautiful and accomplished young lady and is highly esteemed by a large circle of friends in this city and state. Her father, Rev. J. ?.