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Straps and Jacts. ? The weather bureau's weekly crop summary, published Wednesday, refers to cotton as follows: In the central portions of the cotton belt cotton has continued to improve. In the Carolinas and Florida the crop is very grassy, but has received much needed cultivation in Georgia. In South Carolina, however, a slight improvement is reported, but in both the Carolinas and Florida the condition of the crop is unnrAmioincy cnma in Sftllth Carolina having been abandoned. Over the northern portion of the western districts cotton has made rapid growth, and while holding out well in Louisiana and Texas it would be greatly benefitted by rains. ? A pension of $12 a month has just been granted to Mrs. Pelemeria Decker, of Philadelphia, says a Washington dispatched to The World. She is the widow of a soldier of the war of 1812, is nearly 99 years old, and is blind. Her husband was a private in the First regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers. He has been dead nearly 21 years and Mrs. Decker will received arrears of pensions for the whole period, amounting to a little more than $3,000. Mrs. Decker, it is believed, is the oldest person to whom a pension was ever granted. J ?A price has been put upon the I head of every deserter from the United States army by the following order: "A reward of $30 will be paid to any civil officer or citizen for the capture and delivery at any military post or j station (or at some convenient point ( as near thereto as may be agreed upon) of an escaped general prisoner, and 1 such officer or citizen will also be re imbursed for actual cost of tickets over 1 the shortest usually traveled route to ( and from such post, station or point, and for the escaped general prisoner to such post, station or point, not to < exceed $20. The reward and actual 1 cost of tickets will be paid by the quar- 1 termaster's department and will be in < full satisfaction of all expenses for 1 arresting, keeping and delivering the 1 escaped generaJ prisoners." 1 ? "One of the losses to the produc- 1 tive wealth of the world at large as a consequence of the Anglo-Boer war," declares the New York World, "is 1 shown in the returns of the gold pro- * duction for 1900. Up to the time when * hostilities began in South Africa the 1 total annual output of gold had been 1 steadily increasing. It rose from $202,- ' 000.000 in the year 1896, to $306,585,000 in 1 1890, and would surely have passed the ] $400,000,000 line if peace had continued. ' But last year it fell off over $55,000,000, and this great reduction was wholly caused by the suspension of Transvaal f mining. The Transvaal's output, in- * stead of being $110,000,000 a year, as it 1 certainly would have been but for tne c war, is now a little over $7,000,000 a a vear. Herein we have a luminous illus- f tration of the fact that the direct des- 1 truction of property is only a small i part of the huge waste of war." 1 * ?Jack Chinn, famous on the race J tracks of Kentucky and a great friend and supporter of Governor Goebel, was in New York recently. When the boys 1 proposed a toast he took water, and r said: "All the trouble I ever had in * my life came through whisky. In my * early days I started with beer, and at s various stages of the game I tackled * champagne and then we went on to c brandy and whisky, and sometimes it c would take a week or two to straighten * your humble servant out. Three r months ago a little lady down in Ken- i tucky (my wife, if you please, gentle- r men) suggested that I had had about ^ all the fun that was necessary in this * life and she asked me not to drink any ? more. I have regarded her wishes ever 1 since, and I shall never take another f drink as long as I am alive. Let all s the boys have all the fun they can get out of whisky. There's nothing in it." ? The census report now enables us to 1 see just how much elbow-room we have, says the New York World. If the ? inhabitants of Wyoming wanted to 1 spread themselves out each of them ( could have a little more than a square 1 mile all to himself. In Nevada every 2 four people could have ten square t miles. Arizona, New Mexico, Montana 1 and Idaho can afford almost a square 5 mile each to their men, women and children, while up in frozen Alaska ^ there are ten good square miles for < every soul of population. Rhode Island 1 is the fullest state in the Union?with J 407 people to the square mile. But even \ that leaves a good deal of extra room. 1 Massachusetts, 349 people to the square ( mile, follows Rhode Island. Then come New Jersey, 250; Connecticut, 187; New < York, 152.6; Pennsylvania, 149.1; Mary- 1 land, 120.5; Ohio. 102. It is not yet ' time for Uncle Sam to cry: "Move up , in front!" but the country can stand an I Immense amount of industrious push- ' ing to the west. ? Details of the engagement between < General Elliott's column and Dewet's 1 force, near Peitz, June 6. says a Pretoria dispatch, shows that the British . surprised the Boer convoy. The burghers fled, but seeing the captors were not in strong force, the Boers returned and charged with great determination, after desperate fighting, recapturing the convoy. Meanwhile Colonel ' DeLisle arrived with re-enforcements . and the fighting was renewed. The ( Boers lay beneath their wagons ana ( unflinchingly fired volleys between the , wheels, while their comrades were engaged in inspanning and driving off that portion of the convoy furthest from the British. The latter pushed in , among the wagons, using the bayonets ( freely. General DeLarey was present * and personally used a rifle. A man at , his right hand was killed, and the comrade on his left had a hand wound- j ed. The affair ended in a series of ( hand-to-hand encounters and fierce melees, the Boers eventually being , driven off. One of Gen. Dewet's staff j officers was wounded and taken pris- ( oner. ( ? Ten thousand horses in Manhattan i have succumbed within a week to a | new epidemic, which so far has puzzled the veterinarians, who admit that | they have not yet been able to positive- i ly determine the cause and nature of the disease or how to successfully treat it. The trouble first beeame apparent i a week ago. and since then the outbreak has been general, afflicting the high-bred roadsters and coach horses. as well as the beasts of the truckmen and peddlers. The disease, however, Is more prevalent among the heavy draft horses in the down-town districts than anywhere else. The symptoms are high fever, a cough, loss of appetite and general weakness, in many cases amounting to complete collapse in harness. Although there have been no deaths, Dr. F. J. McCaffery, of the New York Veterinary hospital, says that the new epidemic is the most serious outbreak of the disease among horses since 1874, when the epizootic killed thousands and made ten times as many useless. The epizootic lasted six weeks thereabout, and in that time a horse on the streets in New York was something of a curiosity. Most of the trucking was done with oxen. ?Tlir *(otkriUc (Enquirer. TORKVILLE, S. C.3 SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1901. South Carolina seems to have sunken into that state of innocuous desuetude which is so distasteful to people and politicians in that enterprising commonwealth.?Atlanta Daily News. Don't worry neighbor. The people of South Carolina are especially busy just now; but they can work and think at one and the same time and they are 3oing it. Judge Neville, of Mississippi, a few Jays ago, required the members of a newly empaneled grand jury to put themselves on oath on the mob law luestion. Grand jurors who were unwilling to say that they were opposed to mob law were rejected. It inighc ae a good idea to apply the dispensary :est to Charleston grand jurors. T * T " -'.Vio a-Vio lDQriinc Ciihnn orcan UA uui\.ua( tuv ivuuw.q ? ?0. n Havana, has commenced an agita:ion looking to the annexation of Cubp o the United States. That is no doubt he sensible thing for the Cubans to lo. if the United States is willing; but t is not likely that the "patriot" crowd s going to submit to any such arrangenent until they have had a try at beng boss. An exchange calls attention to the act that American occupation of Cuba las resulted in the stamping out of yelow fever; but also suggests that the lisease may be expected to return soon ifter the patriots take charge. We look or this very thing, and it is our beief that the return of yellow fever will lot be the worst thing that will folow the evacuation of the island by the Americans. The suggestion of Mr. John Mcfelhaley, to the effect that the permanent epair of the Catawba river bridge can ie delayed only at the risk of losing he structure during the summer, is iound. There is no doubt of the fact hat the bridge should be repaired at >nce. Neglect, or delay, may cost the ounty quite heavily; but as has already >een pointed out by the supervisor, the lecessary means are not available, and ' ? - ?A?ool??ts o rn tn He* m Q H P 1 pd llldllClll ic^atto ai\, ?.v mv low, somebody must put up the cash. The supervisor could do little to pre*ent. even if he had an absolute guarintee that the bridge would go with he next freshet, and that the next reshet would occur within the next. iix weeks. The papers that persist in misrep- , esentating Senator McLaurin are now >usily engaged in distorting what he said with reference to Mr. Bryan and i lis attitude toward Crisp for speaker >f the house in 1894. Some of these lapers state that Mr. McLaurin said Mr. Bryan did not vote for Crisp, and , hen proceed to show the statement to ie untrue. What Mr. McLaurin did say at Newberry was as follows: The local parsers in the election of 894 did not give the details: but it is veil known that Mr. Bryan was against r*risp of Georgia, for speaker of the louse of representatives because he lad been a Confederate soldier, and he said that no ex-Confederate could be entrusted with the speakership. Hon. Urey Woodson, of Kentucky, mention?d this matter at the Kansas City contention, and there was considerable 'omment upon it among the delegates opposed to the reiteration of the 16 to 1 alank. * * * I will read an extract from an interview in the N. Y. Herald, )f May. 1900. with Henry Watterson, in svhich he says that "Bryan claimed that when he voted in the Democratic ?aucus against Crisp for speaker, he knew Crisp was a clean and capable man. but that he had been a Confederate soldier, and Bryan thought that n vote for him was to risk his own rejection to congress." The whole point here is that if M>Bryan had so little confidence in an exfonfederate soldier, he was not and is lot a fit man to represent the Democ+ TK a no iiore fViot l ui tlit: ouuin. x uc jjapv* u viiwiv daim that Mr. Bryan voted for Crisp are correct, and Mr. McLaurin has never intimated anything to the contrary. We have also seen no effort ?ither to deny the fact that Mr. Bryan objected to Mr. Crisp for the reasons stated above. MERE-MENTION. Sixteen persons were killed and fifty ivere seriously injured, in a railway smashup, near Peru. Indiana, last Wednesday.. .J^rThe steamship Lusitania rt-as wrecked off New Foundland Wednesday. There were 500 people on board. Twenty were drowned ESeneral Maximo Gomez sailed from Havana last Wednesday for the United Stotoo Tsvns snnrpmo roiirt has decided that the state has no mineral interest in oil lands sold to settlers. This assures the landowners the right to all minerals The American sugar refining company has advanced all grades of refined sugar five points The Seventh National Hank of New York is embarrassed.. ..It has been ascertained that the loss of life in the Keystone. \V. Ya.. flood of a few days ago, does not exceed f>0 The Virginia constitutional convention continues at work the members not yet having taken the oath of ottiee. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. A rntnwbn Fullu Property Sold?Mr. Flnley'a Wheat? Other Note*. Correspondence of the yorkville Enauirer. Rock Hill, June 27.?One day of sunshine gives our people hope for better luck. Grass is higher than the cotton in many places, and many acres must be thrown out. The approaches of the county bridge having been completed, the bridge is now open; but the road from this city to the river at that point is a sight. Mr. F. H. Barber, who owned a onesixth interest in a tract of 400 acres of land at Catawba falls, is happy in having gotten $3,500 for it. His interest cost him less than $600 ten or twelve years ago. $21,000 was paid in cash A "?r Jam 4- ^ ior tne iruci. iuui uunrspuuuciu uuuiu j not learn the name of the purchasers; but understands a rich syndicate is the owner and that the object is early development. The syndicate now owns all the land on the western bank of the river that is needful for their purposes. The house of Mr. E. N. Faris, in the Oakland section of this city, was struck by lightning during the storm on last Tuesday. The house was damaged somewhat, but nobody was hurt. Congressman Finley was in town today. Your correspondent has been told that his wheat crop, which was very fine before it was cut and shocked, is in bad shape. He will likely lose a large part of it. Some of the wheat shocks I have seen in other fields are growing, and looking beautiful and green. Notwithstanding the protracted rains, the health, of the town is very good. The little boy of Mr. and Mrs. J. H Miller, in Ebenezer, who is sick with diphtheria, is much improved in condition and is expected to get well. THE CATAWBA BRIDGE. Temporarily Repaired; Bat In Need of Permanent Work. a V 8 Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer: a You can say that Fort Mill township c is again linked with York county from e which it has been cut off during the e past 30 days on account of the washing q away of the approaches of the Catawba river bridge. ( The approaches were restored this ^ afternoon, and Mr. T. G. Culp and my- ? self rode across the bridge in a buggy t drawn by a large horse. I think the c bridge is safe for travel; but I do not * care to have anybody take risks on |( my judgment. However, it is my in- r tention to go across tomorrow with a f four-horse team hitched to a thresh- ? ing machine. y The bridge was damaged by the i: freshet. There is no doubt about that ? fact. It is out of plumb, and should v be replaced as soon as possible. If r another big freshet comes along this ?" summer, this costly property will cer- ? tainly be in danger. I do not believe g it would stand. It is certainly not wise r to take risks if risks can be avoided. ? Although we got along in a way be- j fore the erection of the bridge, Fort fi Mill township could not think of get- a ting along without it now. There are ^ many reasons, the first being con- n venience. Another reason, nowever, is I the fact that where there used to be J: three ferries, between Dinkins's and u Wright's, there are none, the boats hav- c ing all been washed away. On account e of the dam of the Power company it ^ will be possible to re-establish only one n of these ferries. ii The crossing at Dinkins's ferry is un- jj safe for the want of a wire, and very e disagreeable because of the exorbitant fi charges. Then again a few feet of high a water puts a stop to further crossing. ^ John W. McElhaney. 0 Fort Mill, S. C., June 25. d Jr / LOCKHART LINK LETS. ? ? b Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. r Lockhart, June 26.?Mr. Jarrtes ^ Parks, of Lockhart. and Miss Ida Bai- h ley, of Union, were married on the s 23d instant, by, Rev. W. White. The Lockhart cornet band will run an excursion to Columbia on July 13. e The train will leave here at 7 o'clock a. T m., and return at 12 o'clock at night. 0 Prof. R. J. Herndon, D. A. McNeely V and C. C. Dargan are to have charge of arrangements. A There was a shower yesterday mornIng, accompanied by considerable wind, p but there was no special damage. Mr. W. K. Livingston is on a nleas- jj ure trip to Seneca. e: SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Striken* Arretted. s" Warrants were issued, Wednesday, a for the arrest of W. G. Gravelly, C. P. tl Utter, C. L. McGallis and C. E. Bison, t< charged with riot and assault and bat- v tery, as a result of the strike assauu p upon the Southern railway shops in h Columbia on Sunday morning last. S State Senator Marshall appeared for a the defendant strikers and waived a p preliminary examination. Bond was t< allowed by the magistrate in each case ti in the sum of $3f>0. tl KxpuMitlon CarpenterH Strike. One hundred and fifty carpenters at n work at the exposition grounds in u Charleston struck Wednesday mornine. s The trouble grows out of the employ- y ment of several non-union carpenters e by McCarrell & Sloan, who have a con- n tract on one of the numerous buildings r going up. Every effort will be made to a adjust the differences existing, at once, o Such pressure will be brought to bear t< on both sides by the business men of y the community that it is not likely that y any serious delay in the exposition p work will be occasioned. d Killed a Prenclier. if Walhalla special of June 25, to the [ Greenville News: News reached here l' today that the Rev. Patrick Chambers, ^ who was struck with an axe in the hands of his son-in-law, Dan Roach. * several days ago, was dead. The coro- " ner is holding an inquest today. Re- P ports of the affair make it appear as a J, very bad case against Roach. It is said that the trouble was that Mr. J Chambers told Roach that he ought to f go to work and provide for his own ^ family. Roach became furious at this, * went into the yard, picked up the axe j! and dealt deadly blows with the side P of it on the left side and back of the " ear of Mr. Chambers. Rev. Mr. Chambers was considered a leader in his section. quiet, peaceable, honest and honored. while Roach does not enjoy a J: similar distinction: but has been in trouble before, his father-in-law always befriending him when in his trouble. (j Hoaeh is in jail and shows no sign of 1 regret or remorse. He has nothing to ^ say about the charge. His case will doubtless come up at the next session of court. July 8. v Accident nt K|i?v?rlli. Columbia correspondence of The 1 News and Courier, June There are n usually about loll or more orphans at i, the Kpworth orphanage. This after- (i noon some of the hoys were working f about the farm and a small detail was a sent out to gather broom straw. A se- ii :ere rain storm arose and the boys jought shelter under an old barn and ;table which stood on the plantation, lome distance from the main buildng. The barn was blown down, and Charles Stakes, aged 7, from Lake ?ity, was instantly killed. The folowing were injured: John Henry Parcer, Mayesville, arm broken; Lee White, of Pendleton, face cut; John D. jemmon, of Sumter, shoulder bruised, rohn D. Leon, although hurt, ran to he main building and told of the trou)le, and every one rushed to give ill the help possible. Young Stack vas instantly killed; but prompt Lssistance was given to the others, rhey are all doing well, and the vounded were given immediate atention. Young Stack was a bright ittle fellow, who came here from Florence. His remains will be sent tomorrow afternoon to Lake City for burial. niproveiuentM of L. C. Chester correspondence Columbia State: Your correspondent has it from eliable and official authority, that the Lancaster and Chester railroad will be jperating broad gauge cars by Sepember 1. Broad gauge ties have already been put down along the full ength of the road and three miles of 10 pound rails have been laid. A conract has been placed for a sufficient luantity of heavy rails to furnish the sntire roadbed. Three broad gauge engines have been bought from the Southern railway, and new rolling stock will >e purchased at once. The road already owns several broad gauge freight :ars, but has been operating them on larrow gauge trucks. The people of Chester have thought for several nonths that the Southern railway had ts eye on this property, and would >uy it, make it standard gauge and >perate it; but this is not true. It is >ractically owned by Colonel Leroy Springs, and he is not the man to give ip a paying piece of property. From he fact that the road is being projectid from Cheraw to Lancaster, that a nillion dollar cotton mill is being built it Lancaster, and that Colonel Springs las recently bought all of the Catawba T'alls property, it is thought that some itartling railroad developments will be lisclosed before long. The Catawba alls lies close to the present narrow rauge road, and it is the intention of Colonel Springs to develop this water >ower to its full capacity. This being he case it would be necessary to have l standard gauge road between Chester ind Lancaster. It is not betraying any onfidenee to state that great changes ind wonderful developments may be expected through this section at an arly date. rhe Cnne Afenlnnt Col. lYeal. Columbia special of Thursday to the Jreenville News: The case against Col. Vm. A. Neal, former superintendent if the penitentiary, charged with the tatutory offense of failing to turn over he funds collected by him within 30 lays, was called today and went to rial. Bench warrants were issued for Messrs. J. O. Hammond and J. S. Fower. They had both been in court this norning when the cgse was fixed for he hearing this afternoon; but at 4 'clock they were not in court, and rhen they were wanted they had not et come in. This delayed the proceedngs and nothing was done until they ould be sent for. Mr. Fowler was ound at his hotel: but Mr. Hammond ras not. Mr. Fowler stated that he neant no contempt; that he had been eally sick; that he had traveled pretty nuch all night and that today he had ieen taken with a severe case of indi;estion and was quite sick and very lervous at the time he came into court nd was in bed suffering when sent or. Judge Gary fined him $10. Mr. bowler said that he did not mind the ne. but he was really sick, very sick, nd wished to show it to the court by iritnesses. Judge Gary stated that he rould hear argument on that in the norning if Mr. Fowler so desired. Mr. fowler was put on the stand and tesified for awhile arxh-'asked the judge o excuse him as he was feeling very ntifAl I n n/I Via Tirn o nv/Min/\/l n vt/1 t Vi a ii ?> en, uiiu lie: nao CAUUOCU auu IUC ourt was adjourned for the day. The vident drift of the defense seemed to e, as gathered from the little that has een heard, that Colonel Neal will adlit having received $500 from Fowler i 1895 and other items alleged, but that e turned the money over as soon as e had the exact amount of his indebtdness established and that he had no raudulent intention. The state will rgue that the element of the intention oes not enter at all into the offense harged and that simple failure to turn ver the funds makes the offense. The efense will urge that Colonel Neal got he accounts mixed, and as soon as he new how much he owed he made paylent of $2,800, the amount claimed to e due. Attorney General Bellinger is epresenting the state in the mam and ? assisted by Solicitor Thurmond. Mr. lellinger has his case excellently in and. The defense is represented by olicitor Julius E. Boggs, and today he name of Col. P. H. Nelson was ensred as counsel for the defense in adition. There was no trouble whatever xperienced in making up the jury, 'he case will probably take up most f tomorrow. yho Are the Hypocrites t In the last issue of his paper, Editor .ppelt, of the Manning Times, recites ome recent political history as fol)ws: It is not right to be silent and ermit false impressions to be created. Ivery since Governor McSweeney aetei i the matter of the senatorial resigations. there has been a systematic ffort made to make the people believe fiat the governor gave way under the nportunitles of friends of Senator Mc,aurin. Senator Tillman has been no mall factor in trying to create such n impression, and Colonel Wllie Jones, tie chairman of the executive commit?e, has remained quiet while Tillman irtually charges the governor with ermitting McLaurin's friends to use im. Now for the fact. Governor Mcweeney was about to start for Chickmauga when the resignations were laced in his hands; but he declined d act on them until his return. While raveling he told a confidential friend hat he would, on arriving home, ream the resignations: but if the sentors insisted on resigning, he would lake appointments to fill the places ntil the general assembly met. He aid nothing about what action he ,-ould take to another soul. The govrnor arrived in Columbia after midight on Thursday, and when he eached his office the next morning, mong the first to call on him was Colnel Wilie Jones, state chairman, who old the governor that he had talked rith Tillman the day before, and it ,'ould be a misfortune to have a camaign this year. The whole thing was one in passion, and he hoped the resignations would be returned. Among he governor's other callers was Lieutenant Governor James H. Tillman, rho is a nephew of Senator Tillman. \'e do not know just what passed beween the governor and "Uncle Benie's" nephew; but we believe if a honograph had been placed in position n that office at the time, it would have ecoriled words like these: "Mac, don't eturn those resignations; but you apoint Uncle Bennie, and resign. Then s soon as I am sworn.in, I will appoint ou McLaurin's successor." Then we magine that Governor McSweeney latly refused. Before Nephew James lad his audience with his excellency, he writer had one with Colonel Jones, >hom lie found somewhat worried over he situation, and we agreed that if tossible Governor McSweeney ought mt. if he could prevent it, force the 1 ! ...... * t. in tfAOK idiu ii primal v uuc* jvcn. mc olonel told us that coming down from isheville such was the general sentinent. He also told us about having a Iked to Senator Tillman. So from his it would seem that Colonel Jones, rho is a warm friend of Senator Tillnan. notwithstanding the way he was reated by Tillman in the convention in Sl)(i, after having had a talk with Tillnan, was very anxious to have the resignations returned and prevent the ight between Tillman and McLaurin, or the people's sake. (?) We do not ssert that Jones was authorized in lis talk with Tillman to plead with the governor; but we do think that Colonel Jones' forgiving spirit prompted him to act as a peacemaker. The further fact is that Congressman A. C. Latimer, who is supposed to be Tillman's favorite, and is now nestling under Tillman's copper-lined wings, reached Columbia ahead of the governor and gave out an interview to the Columbia State, in which he expressed the hope that the governor return the resignations. From Columbia he went to Charleston, and gave out an interview to the same effect and stated that, he too, had seen Tillman. In the face of these cold facts we think it adamantine cheek for McLaurin's opponents to go around making a pretense of disappointment at the governor's action. When Tillman gave it out that Gov ernor McSweeney had been influenced by McLaurin's friends, Colonel Jones would have done himself credit had he made public his solicitude, and the part, as Tillman's friend, he played in the matter. He should have broken his clam shell and announced that as the head of the Democratic party of tu? state he appeared to the governor in behalf of the people to spare them from an uncalled for campaign. This would have put a quietus to the misrepresentations of both Senator McLaurin and Governor McSweeney. Oh, but The Times editor, it may be said, was among the governor's callers also, and he is a personal friend of McLaurin. True, we were there; but what we had to say was after our talk with Colonel Jones who had seen Tillman, and then we only expressed an opinion similar io what the colonel had told us he expressed to the governor. The whole truth of the business is. that all this pretense of Indignation is the sheerest kind of hypocrisy to make political capital. To use a common expression, it is a piece of rag-chewing for effect We believe Governor McSweeney's course was prompted by a high and patriotic purpose, and we believe those who are abusing him are not so prompted. Imitating the Whites. Gaffney Ledger: One night last week, about 12 o'clock, a young colored man by the name of Fred Riley, was found lying in a road in the upner part of the city in a seemingly precarious condition. He claimed that his back was broken and "took on" in such a manner that those around him were led to believe he was suffering untold agonies. He further stated that he had been waylaid, knocked down, beaten and robbed of money that he had in his possession; but persistently refused to tell who it was that had handled him so roughly. Dr. Crawley was sent for and soon came and proceeded at once to make an examination of Riley's wounds. Every time the doctor touched him Riley would howl and yell as though it caused him excruciating pain. He still refused, however, to divulge anything that would lead to a clear understanding of his case. Dr. Crawley even refused to relieve his suffering (?) unless he would tell who had assaulted him; but all to no purpose. Officer Hallman was present and he said he expected that Riley would die every minute. Riley lives on J. A. Carroll's place, about two miles above the city, and he was taken there by two of his K?.a+Via*?o wrkn ti'oro nrooont T.fltpr \ t developed that he was simply playing: 'possum on that eventful night, and that the money of which he claimed to have been robbed had been invested by him in a new suit of clothes, and perhaps in the "chemically pure." The story is, that Riley had gone up somewhere or other to collect some money due him for working in a monazite mine, and that of others of his col- . ored brothers who had empowered him to collect what was due them from the same source. Riley collected all the money, came to town and at once proceeded to spend it with a lavish hand for his own personal benefit. After he had succeeded in ridding himself 1 of the "filthy lucre"?both his own and that of others?he conceived the idea . of having himself "robbed" in order that he might escape the wrath of those he had wronged. We have not heard of any prosecutions from Riley's victims and presume he is enjoying the v situation immensely. It was good for / him, though that his "possumlng" i was not suspected at the time he was , found, as he probably would have been "laid up" awhile sure enough. . , , 1 Killed By LI felt tiling;. Gastonia Gazette: An unspeakably sad tragedy called our townsman, Cap- ^ tain J. A. Huss, to the home of his brother William, near Crouse, yester- ( day morning. Tuesday afternoon, as i was reported to the Charlotte Obser- * ver, Mr. William Huss and two grown sons were hoeing cotton in an open field in front of their house. A storm was 1 at hand; but it had rained little, and - - ?. x, tnere naa not Deen mucn inunuer ur t lightning:. Suddenly the three men fell to the earth and lay still. There was a loud clap of thunder. Members of the j family ran to the prostrate men, and found the father and older son dead, j The younger son was unconscious. A physician was called and every effort was made to resuscitate him; but in ] vain. At last reports he was still un- ] conscious, and his recovery was not , expected. A 'phone message to Capt. Huss yesterday morning brought only very meagre particulars, owing to con- , nections being burned out. Capt. Huss 1 drove to his brother's home, near ! Crouse, early yesterday morning, to at- , tend the funeral, and was expected \ home last night. j Pay of Governors.?The proposition I In the Alabama constitutional conven- j tion to raise the salary of the governor > from $3,000 to $5,000 a year has much < to commend it. In most of the south- i ern states the salary of governor is so low that a man with any other source of income can hardly afford to accept the office; thus a handicap is placed ^ upon merit. A poor man cannot live , upon the salary and maintain the appearance that is demanded by the dignit*/ rtf the nnsitlnn. The Dav of a , governor ought not to be so large that It would cause shrewd and unscrupu- , lous men to scramble for the position, of course; but it should be large , enough to offer an inducement to the best talent to strive for it. High ( grade executive ability is in demand in the business world at much better than $3,000 per year. The states ought , to be willing to pay good men as much as they are worth in civil life, with possibly just a little shading for the honor of public preferment.?Kansas , City Times. . ? David B. Henderson, speaker of the . United States house of representatives, , said to a reporter of the Associated i Press in London, Wednesday night, "I have never enjoyed a more agreea- , ble half hour Interview than the one I t had with King Edward yesterday. He , was perfectly frank and agreeable and , in accord with American progress. He ] looks forward to even more cordial re- | lations than now exist between the English speaking nations. America , may depend upon the fact that she has | no more cordial friend in the world i than King Edward. While the details | of our conversation may not be repeat- | ed, I can assure my American friends . that England may be depended upon in any ordinary controversy which may arise between the United States and ' the rest of the world." j LOCAL AFFAIRS. * t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. r M. C. Willis, Mayor?Gives notice to t water consumers that water rents j( must be paid on or before July 10. t H. C. Strauss & Co.?Give their customers and friends another chapter on c their discount sale. This time they are talking about clothing for men and boys. They say they are giving i red hot prices for red hot days. w York Drug Store?Announces a special r ten days' sale of talcum powder to in- <] troduce it. It also talks about toilet articles. < Louis Roth?Calls you attention to his "Ko" teas, put up in air-tight pack- 1 ages. He says it is of uniform quality and strength. i Rev. Jas. Boyee, President, Due West, S. C.?Tells of the advantages offered < by the Due West Female college. J. J. Keller & Co.?Say that they are , prepared to make screen doors and windows to order. They also have ' something to say in regard to tools, paints, oils, varnishes, etc. { Loan and Savings Bank?Prints another one of its short talks on saving, and the advantages to be gained by saving your money. s J. Q. Wray?Announces a New York ( cost sale, and says that all of his entire stock of goods will be sold re- ( gardless of cost. i John B. Williams?Tells you to see hi.m t if you need a water pail. He has lots of baskets. Also cream of tartar and fruit jars. 1 I. W. Johnson?Wants you to know l that he has pure apple vinegar, and several kinds of sugars. T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Wants to 1 do your watch and jewelry repairing < and promises skillful work as well as i good material. nrir. i!?TtTR TRANSFERS. The following transfers of real estate have been recorded In the office of the count}' auditor during the month of June: BETHESDA. W. H. Hicklin to Marion Dargan; two tracts of land?181 acres and 4473 acres. Consideration $5,500. CATAWBA. Laura A. Williams to J. M. Cherry and J. J. Anderson; lot and building at $300. Laura A. Williams to Mary R. Fewell; lot and building at $650. >< W. J. Caveny to J. M. Cherry and J. J. c Anderson; lot at $125. Perry G. Roddey to Laura A. Wil- 8 Hams; lot at $300. s Hugh E. White to Laura A. Williams; a lot. Consideration nominal. J. M. Cherry to Laura A. Williams; lot at $21. * Laura A. Williams to Alice L. Ander- t son; right to alley. Consideration t nominal. Layra A. Williams to Jessie I. Fewell; right to alley. Consideration noml- e nal. t R. E. Tompkins to Nannie R. Tompkins; lot at $50. Laura A. Williams to Kate R. Whitener; two lots and buildings at $3,000. KINO'8 MOUNTAIN. t H. B. Maxwell to A. Dale and others, q trustees M. E. Church South; one lot at $100. s Elva V. McCarter to James M. Stroup; n 6J acres. Consideration $51.20. a Elva V. McCarter to J. N. Ferguson; c 315 acres at $335. John R. Barron to Z. M. Neil; two lots and two building at $1,500. o YORK. v W. Brown Wylie, clerk, to R. H. Dob- j son; lot in Yorkville at $505. ? W. A. Corkill to Mrs. M. H. Metts; one lot and one building at $800. W. G. White to Wm. M. Saddler; lot at v $75. t C. J. Robinson and Mrs. Ada Faulkner to Ellen A. Hart; lot. Consideration " nominal. d W. B. Wyne, ciern, 10 a. m. uuuaun, v two lots In Yorkvllle at 31,365. / ^ ITHIN THE TOWlf. ^ Prof. Crockett, of Clinton Instl- h tute, (colored) In Rock Hill, gave a s musical entertainment to the colored i population of Yorkville In the Friend- q ly Aid Hall last Tuesday night. The 0 price of admission was 10 cents, and s the hall was crowded. o ^ Several baskets of carrier pigeons o have been received here from North- ii ern lofts during the past few days for n release. Three baskets came by yesterday's express. The pigeons will be re- o leased at sunrise of the first favorable s morning. Mr. H. H. Beard has charge p of the pigeons. a ? The large globe that Superintendent 3 of Education Carroll had made last 3 week, is to serve as the groundwork a for a miniature reproduction of the c surface of the earth. The teachers of e the summer school are now engaged P In the work of putting on the moun- 1 tains, islands, tablelands, valleys, etc., r with paper pulp. The oceans, gulfs, e lakes, rivers, etc., will be reproduced w In water colors, and when the work Is * ' ** ?1,1 "? l?fnrnotlntr f)h- fl completed it win uc an n>i?w?v...0 __ Ject. t! ? There is much local interest in the d \ probable outcome of the sale of the Sutro Cotton mill property which 1 takes place on next Tuesday. A n number of people have been here to look at the property, and there h Is reason to believe that quite a ? number of others are more or less v Interested; but as to who will be the h purchaser is not definitely known. p ^ Lightning struck one of the water oaks on the S. L. Hobbs place a few days ago, and peeled it to the ground. L AN OBJECTION. t In the search that The Enquirer is c pursuing for general information as to f the value of stover and the advantage a that farmers may expect to derive from shredding their corn crops, instead of treating them as their grand- j fathers used to do, the reporter has g run upon another preliminary difficulty, f The difficulty referred to was pre- p sented the other day by Mr. M. t L. Thomasson, who lives in the east- ? ern outskirts of Yorkville, and who, from a ground start, may fairly be said j to have made a success of his avoca- j tion. n "I am satisfied that shredding is the thing," said Mr. Thomasson, "out it h won't suit me. You see, I farm croppers only. When I was younger and able to take the lead in the field, I . .. ..... I) could work wage hands proniaDiy; uui since I am no longer able to lead, I can't work them. You know Its no use _ F to say 'go on boys.' Unless you can say ^ come on,' and keep up the right kind at a lick yourself, you do not need to try to work wage hands. So I am re :luced to the cropping system, and the j croppers do not want stover. They prefer their fodder; something that they can sell." ? This proposition sounds reasonable n enough on its face; but if it is a fact that the roughness yield is doubled n when put in the form of stover, and P that its value is increased about 75 T per cent., it would seem that there should be some way of overcoming the tj Jifticulty referred to. Baled stover tl sught to command easily $15 a ton, tl md some think that $20 is not too h nuch for first-class stuff. This belpg rue, there is more money for both enter and landlord, and it would seem hat after all the greatest profit for the east amount of work is one of the hings to be considered by all conerned. BOUT PEOPLE. '-Tttrs. J. F. McElwee ieft last Tuesday norning to join her husband in Phllalelphia. "Pbr. Fred Williams, U. S. A., return-. >d to Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., on Phursday. ^Afiss Wllma Logan and Master Johh i. Logan, Jr., are visiting in Bethe?la township. Mr. S. A. McElwee returned Tuesday ifternoon from a short visit to Albext n nunc, i>. v^. Miss Bess Giles spent last Saturday md Sunday with Miss Sudie Shannon it Lominuek. Mr. Brooks Good, of Hoodtown, has ?ent us an eger with a "3" embossed >n the small end. ^Cadets Paul Neel Moore and Tscharler DeGraffenreid are visiting rela:i\ es and friends in Chester. George, the Infant son of Mr. and Vlrs. Emmet Walker, of Zadok, died ast Wednesday morning. ^Dr. R. A. Bratton had his right hand >adly cut In one of the chain wheels >f a binder recently. No bones were >roken. Miss Mamie Lyles returned to her lome in Chester last Thursday afterloon, after spending several days with diss Mamie Moore. Mr. R. J. Mackorell and family reurned to their home in Yorkville, on ["uesday afternoon, after a pleasant risit to relatives and friends in Lan;aster. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Keller left Thurslay afternoon on a short visit to Mr." teller's parents near Henrietta, N. C. , ["hey expect to return on next Monday norning. 'Dr. Miles Walker, of Yorkville, Is a collector of Indian relics. He has been riving more or less attention to the lubject for several years, and has quite i large collection, especially of arrow md spear heads. The doctor claims hat from all the best information obainable, the dark flint from which hese arrow and spear heads were nade, must have come from some othx part of the country, as none of it is o be found hereabouts. UliAAUKHS AT TIHZAH. Glanders has developed on the planatlon of Mr. Henry Massey, at Tlrzah. ?he disease first made its appearance ome weeks ago; but was not defliltely identified until last Wednesday, Iter the arrival of State Veterinary ? iurgeon Nesom, from Clemson college. Before the arrival of Surgeon Nesom me mule had died. This was last t'eek. Three other mules were sick, ifter examining the animals, Surgeon fesom condemned two of them as havng glanders and ordered them shot, b'hich was done. In the case of the hird mule he was not positive, and e gave instructions that it be held uner quarantine until he could get from Vashington a serum with which the uestlon can be determined; Surgeon Nesom left Tirzah Wednesday fternoon with the understanding that e would return as soon as the necesary serum was received, and make ests not only in the case of the. animal uarantlned; but in the cases of others n the place. It is understood that the erum referred to is an infallible test f glanders, and develops that disease, r at least determines its presence long i advance of the regular process or ature. i In a conversation with the reporter ver the telephone yesterday, Mr. Masey said only the stock on one of his laces has been exposed to the disease, nd that all the stock that has been o exposed are being kept isolated from uch stock as have not been exposed. Ir. Massey went on to say that acordlng to Surgeon Nesom, there is no special danger of cantagion to stock assing by or through the plantation. 'he infection comes mainly from diect contact with the poison from disased animals left on eating thoughs, catering troughs, or in stables, etc. All of the mules that have been in ected were quite valuable; the two hat were shot having been purchased urlng the recent spring at $150 each. Ir. Massey has no Information as to he probable origin of the disease nor o satisfactory theory. Since writing the above the reporter as been advised that Surgeon Nesom rdered the burning of the barn In fhich the _ infected stock had been , oused, and that Mr. Massey has comlied with the order. LOCAi. LACONICS. .timbering Suspended. There is a temporary suspension of he sawmill operations throughout the ounty on account of the pressing need or all available labor In the cotton ,nd corn fields. TTover's Artesian Well. \The artesian well that the Clover Manufacturing company bored in the xanite near their main building is urnishing about eight gallons of water ier minute. The supply is inadequate; iut it helps, of course. luny Worker*. The individual who delights to see ndustry at its best, should take a trip nto any portion of York county Just io\v. Everybody is busy, working from nornlng till night, and but few people iave time to go to the towns. * Ve Will Send The Enquirer For one year to two or more subscrlers at $1.75 each, provided the two or lore names are returned and paid for ,'hen the names are entered. Thb Inquirer will be sent from this issue 0 the first of January, 1902, for 96 cents 1 advance. Jte CUITm Hotel. The carpenters have about gotten he new Cliffs hotel ready for the painers, and the painters are at work etting it ready for the public. The ew building is not quite so large as *> hat which was washed away by the ecent freshet; but it is large enough robably for present requirements, lie Tlirewlier* at Work. Although it is not possible to give delils just at this time, considering all le unfavorable weather conditions tat have been in the way, the harvest as been completed quite successfully.