Scraps aucl Jfacio. ? A statement prepared at the internal revenue bureau shows that the total receipts from the war revenue act from July *3, 1898. the date the act went into effect, to May 31, 1901, amounted to ?310,053,363, as follows: Schedule A, documentary stamps, $108,722,674: schedule B, proprietary stamps, $13,922,138: beer. $97,717,971: special taxes, $14,095,636; tobacco, $47,274,780; snuff. $2,697,818: cigars, $9,180,027: cigarettes, $3,818,991; legacies, $8,966,4^u, excise tax, $2,652,982; mixed flour, $21,536: additional taxes on beer and tobacco. $982,385. ? Topeka, Kansas, dispatch of Tuesday: The hot weather continues with no immediate prospect of relief. Corn is fast shriveling up. The oat crop is worse than a failure and hay is scarcer than for years. In Western Kansas the conditions are better than in the eastern part, this being the opposite to the usual state of affairs. Some of the central Kansas farmers are shipping their stock to Western Kansas so as to take advantage of the superior hay crop. It is estimated that Kansas will suffer $10,000,000. Some of the day's temperatures were: Topeka. 103: Salina, 102; Abilene, 107; Osage City, 103; Lawrence, 100: Fort Scott. 103; Sedan, 106: Hays City and Manhattan, 105; Kansas City, 103.4. ? Jake Devoss, a Negro laborer on James McKinnon's plantation, near Douglass, Ga., was working a team of mules last Tuesday morning. The mu'es balked, and Devoss flew into a rage. Flogging failed to move the mules. The Negro went to his house, got a Winchester rifle and shot both mules dead. Devoss's wife expostulated with him, and he turned the rifle upon her, inflicting a wound which may prove fatal. James McKinnon, who owned the mules, and his brother, Charles, attracted by the shooting, started for the scene. The now wildly infuriated Negro saw them coming and began shooting at them. Charles McKinnon was instantly killed and James McKinnon was so badly wounded that he will probably die. Then Devoss escaped to the swamps. The county au thoritles were notified, and at last accounts they were pursuing with bloodhounds. The Negro still had his rifle; but it was not thought that he had any ammunition. ? The Chinese government, through Minister Wu Ting Fang, has filed a claim for indemnity to the amount of a half million dollars on account of the alleged outrageous treatment of Chinese at Butte, Mont. There is a suggestion of Boxer outrages reversed in the presentation of the case to the state department, the treatment inflicted upon the Chinese at Butte being claimed to have been cruel and oppressive. It is charged that some of them were killed, others lost their property and nearly all were ruined in business, and many of them were driven out. The claimants number several hundred. The outrages date back to 1886, and it is declared that the city council of Butte upheld the riotors and the boycotters; that the state courts, upon appeal, decided in language so unjudicial as to be a subject of complaint. that the city council was right, and finally that relief could be obtained only measurably through an appeal to the United States court. The claim raises some novel and extremely interesting points of international law. ? News reached Tampa from Plant City, Fla., Tuesday, that a fatal duel with shotguns was fought near that place Monday afternoon, and that as a result Edward Franklin, a farmer, is dead, and David Kinard, Franklin's son-in-law; Mrs. Kinard, and their baby, are all seriously wounded. Franklin, it is alleged, had employed a. farm hand to do some plowing, for which he was to receive 700 strawberry plants. The work having been finished, Franklin gave an order on Kinard for the plants. When the employed man presented the order Kinard refused to fill it. This was reported to Franklin, who immediately armed himself with . a shotgun and went to the Kinard1 home. Arriving there, he immediately opened fire on his son-in-law. missing him, but striking and seriously wounding his daughter and grandchild. Kinard ran for his gun and returned the fire. Another volley was fired at each, other. Franklin falling dead and Ki-J nard seriously wounded. Kinard i.as not been arrested. ? The state department, says a Washington dispatch, has received the amount of the American indemnity claim against Turkey, $95.0UU, through the American legation at Constantinople. As is always the case the claims in the aggregate considerably exceed the amount of the indemnity actually paid, but our government has expressed itself as satisfied with the payment. It assumes full responsibility for the distribution, the Turkish government leaving it to the state department to distribute the money among the different claimants at its discretion and after its own fashion. These claims are principally based upon losses sustained by American misionary and educational institutions in Turkey, notably those at Harpool and Marash. but there are a number of individual claims, such for instance as that of the family of the unfortunate bicyclist. Lenz. the Pittsburg man who was killed by Turkish soldiers whiie attempting to go around the world on a bicycle. The state department officials feel the greatest satisfaction at the settlement of these claims. Secretary Hay has been told bv riinlomats skillp.'t in oriental rlinln macy and in the political conditions of southern Europe, that he never would "be able to collect them. Not only was there extreme difficulty in bringing anyi pressure to bear because of the remote- I ness of Turkey, but we had to contend j Avith the jealousy of the great European powers, most of whom had claims against Turkey vastly larger in' amount than ours, and whose total Avas! beyond the ability of Turkey to meet. For more than a decade these American claims have been pending. ? William J. Bryan, who is in Salem, Illinois, says a dispatch, confirms the! statement that Aguinaldo's agents attempted to corrupt him during the last i Presidential campaign. Mr. Bryan I read carefully the article published in I reference to the matter. He nodded affirmatively as his eyes passed over the statement that told of the offer of the leader of the Filipinos. When he had finished and had laid down the paper, he said: "Yes. that statement is substantially correct." Mr. Bryan then explained how the offer was made and refused. Some time before the emissaries of Aguinaldo called at the Hoffman House in New York last fall, Mr. Bryan received a letter telling him that Aguinaldo's representatives would call and that they would make a proposition to Mr. Bryan that Aguinaldo would give $100,000 to the Democratic campaign fund. In addition, they would promise for the Filipino leader that he would surrender if the Nebraskan Avere eiectrd, and that the surrender Avould be immediate and unconditional. In return they would exact a promise that a reasonable form of government, founded on the principles in force in the United States, be gi\*en the Filipinos. When the Filipino agents appeared at the Hoffman house Mr. Bryan Avas ready for them. He reused to : see them. They clamored for an audience with Mr. Bryan or some one who represented him. To all these appeals tne Nebraskan was heedless. He not only refused to see them, but he refused to delegate to any one authority to consider any proposition that they might make. Finally, after trying to the utmost to get to Mr. Bryan and put the proposition before him they abandoned the plan and took the advice of some of the attaches of the national headquarters' staff, which was to leave New York and report to their principals that tne Democrats would have nothing to do with the overtures made. ?i? ? ??. i(t.. ... (liitr ifovnnur isnqwrrr. YORKVILLE, S. C.s . SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1901. There is a strong feeling tnroughout the state that notwithstanding the fact that Colonel W. A. Neal was technically guilty of crime as charged, he would have never been convicted except for the malice of political enemies. It is quite probable that there is good foundation for this feeiing. In previous off years the country has looked to the Democrats of Ohio for the first cue or the probable policy to be pursued by the country at the next ensuing national convention. From the action of the Columbus convention on Wednesday, it would appear that the Ohio people make pretty good guides. The Ohio Democrats having repudiated the Columbia State's scheme to make endorsement of the Kansas City platform the supreme test of loyalty to tne party, it is presumed that this esteemed contemporary will now proceed to read its former friends of the Buckeye state into outer darkness. The Ohio Democrats recognize the desirability of restoring our merchant marine; but would accomplish that end without resorting to subsidies. It is hoped that there will not be unnecessa ? i 1- it-. +V.AI~ ry aeiays 111 tut: apcuni^auvii uj. mcu plans, for after all It is not subsidies; but the restoration of the merchant marine that is most desired. If the reports to the effect that he still carries free passes in his pockets be true, Senator Tillman would not be much of a Democrat in Ohio these days. The Ohio Democrats think that the man who rides on a. free pass is not fit to hold office. It is known that Senator Tillman accepted a free pass after having denounced other governors as thieves and scoundrels for so doing, and mere is no good reason to doubt that he is doing all his traveling now-a-days on free passes. ? ? With its issue of July 8, the Columbia State has sent out an art and industrial supplement that unquestionably takes rank above anything that has previously been attempted in South j Carolina. There ar^ a hundred pages of the supplement and all the various' interests of the state are set forth in 1 a manner that cannot fail to interest and please the reader. Such a publication is bound to be of great practical benefit to South Carolina, and the Columbia State is deserving of much praise in the conception and execution of the undertaking. The soda trust has reduced prices 50 per cent, on account of the sharp com- | petition of the Southern Soda works, at Nashville. For several years past this concern has been selling as large a' package of soda for 5 cents as the trust would allow for 10 cents. The trust Ignored the competition at first; but the Nashville concern has broken into its business to such an extent of late, especially in the states of Tennessee. Georgia and South Carolina as to force 1 it to reduce prices. The Southern newspapers are scoring Senator Foraker for his violent talk 1 in reference to the disfranchisement of the Negroes of the South. It was undoubtedly a very foolish and hurtful sentiment, not at all in keeping with the spirit of the times. The McKinley administration with all its faults has not shown partiality for the Negroes. The most unjust criticism we have seen, however, comes, from the Orangeburg Times and Dem- i ocrat. After scoring Foraker unmer-1 cifully, but justly, it closes with this paragraph: "Let it not be forgotten that Hanna, who owns the convention, and Foraker, who made the speech, are close personal friends of Senator McLaurin." Because a Democratic senator is a close personal friend of a uepublican senator is certainly no indication that they have views in common. Tlie friendship that existed between Don Cameron and M. C. Butler was like that of Damon and Pythias and nobody thought the less of General Butler for it. If the Orangeburg paper desires to defeat McLaurin it must strike him above the belt.?Spartanburg Herald. That is all very good, and quite timely. It Is generally understood that Senator Tillman and Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, are close personal friends, and at Gaffney, on May 25th, last, Senator Tillman boasted that he had the "respect and esteem of every Republican senator who is a gentleman." As a matter of fact every Southern Democratic representative is more or less intimate with one or more Northern Republicans. There are no social differences between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, and it is only on the hustings, and in some of the more narrow and bitterly partizan newspapers that there is any attempt to make it appear that Hanna wears dollar marks on his clothes and that other Republicans have horns on their j heads. So far as Foraker's speech is concerned, some of it was quite true and statesmanlike, while some of it was false and demagogic, like so many others of the same kind to be heard in the South; but where Senator McLaurin comes in for responsibility for any part of it, even the Times-Democrat is unable to show. A political party, after all is said, is but an agency for the accomplishment of certain things which its members consider desirable. Unless it has snmp nmsnor-t r>f attaining: the ends in view, it will fall to command support. I A party to be successful must be in-1 tensely practical. It must know its own mind, must be sure it is right, and must understand what it may attempt and what is beyond its powers. It must adopt the best means for the attainment of good ends. If that be counted expediency, as it is in the highest sense, then expediency is always a duty.?Louisville Courier Journal. In this proposition The Courier-Journal is eminently correct but unfortunately in this section there has been too much of a disposition to look upon a political party as only a machine through which office may be obtained. If our politicians ever looked at the party as belonging to the people instead of the people belonging to the party, It has been a long time since. Concede that the party belongs to the people, and it will follow that prosperity will depend upon the political benefits it confers, and politicians will be rewarded in proportion to the value of their services to the party and the people. The time has been when the peo pie belonged to tne party ana me party belonged to the politicians; but this time is passing rapidly. i ? SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. To Succeed Melton (?) Charleston special of Wednesday to the Greenville News: It was stated here today on excellent authority that J. W. McCullough, of Greenville, would shortly succeed L. D. Melton as U. S. marshal, for the district of Soutn Carolina. The man who gave out this information is himself a Republican who is high up in the party councils. He declared that the matter is all settled and that the appointment of McCullough would be announced shortly before the expiration of Marshal Melton's term. Mr. McCullough is chiefly remembered here for his connection with the jury in the Lake City lynching case and the fearless manner in which he discharged the onerous duties devolving upon him at that time. It is declared that he was selected for the office by Senator McLaurin and that in the future will be affiliated with the McLaurin wing of the Democracy in South Carolina. Innnen Sow Fairly Rained. Columbia State, Thursday: At last a test of the validity of the revenue bond scrip seems unavoidable. Heretofore the attorney of Mr. Wesley, the holder of a great deal of the stuff, has been unable to get officials to take the desired step after a tender of the stuff in payment for taxes in order to make the issue one that leaves the court no side track, but a county treasurer has at iast done just what was wanted and now the matter will go to the United States court fairly upon its merits, and it is said in such form that the issue can no longer be avoided. The result of the test of validity will be awaued with great public interest. The case has developed in the following manner: In, December, 1900, Mr. W. H. Lyles, who has been Mr. Wesley's attorney fo^ some years, was the owner of a tract of land in the county of Fairfield. Against this property taxes were levied to the amount of $15.16 of which $6.32 was levied and assessed for state purposes. In December Mr. Lyles tendered to the treasurer of Fairfield county $13.10 in silver, 5 cents in nickel and 3 cents in copper, as well as $2 in reve-. nue bond scrip. This tender the treas-1 urer refused to receive on account of the revenue bond scrip, and no further, payment having been made, he issued | an execution against the tract, levied upon it and sold it. It was bought in by some one from North Carolina. An action has now been brought in the United States circuit court against T. B. Lee, Jr., to whom Mr. Lyles subsequent.y conveyed it. This action is to' recover possession of the land. Thus the precise point that Mr. Wesley has been trying to make for the last 29 years is up before the proper court;' that is to say the receivability of this j revenue bond scrip for taxes. This j raises the direct question because if the, scrip is a valid obligation, the sale is invalid, while vice versa if it is invalid j the sale is valid and was a proper one.' It is an issue that Governor Tillman was too smart to allow the state have raised in the Agricultural hall case, j The amount of the revenue bond scrip! now outstanding is $1,800,000. Political Pow-Wow In Union. Says a Union special of Thursday: One of the biggest political meetings ever held in this city will be neld here! on August 8th and 9th. The meeting will be strictly on national issues, and all the speakers will be those who: are seeking national fame or position. Eighteen speakers have been asked to be present on that occasion. The meet** !!! KA In P^rrln'o qtat'O Inaf I Inside the city limits. Those Invited to be present are: Ex-Governor John [ Gary Evans, Hon. John L. McLaurin, I Hon. Stanyarne Wilson, Mr. John B.! Cleveland, Col. Jas. L. urr, Hon. B. K.' Tillman, Col. J. J. Hemphill, Mayor El- i lison A. Smythe, Hon. A. C. Latimer, I Col. George Johnstone, Hon. W. C.; P.enet Hon. D. S. Henderson, Col. W. < J. Talbert. Col. Wilie Jones, Gov. M i B. MoSweeney, Capt. J. A. Mooney,! Hon. G. Duncan Bellinger. J. S. Brice,1 and Hon. William Jennings Bryan. It is not believed that all of these gentlemen can be present; but enough will be here to make It one of the most interesting political meetings ever held here where the national issues alone were discussed. The object of this meeting is to enlighten the people on the things that are for the country's best welfare. Some of the speakers have already accepted the Invitation. All are most cordially invited to attend, and special rates will be given by the railroads. The adjoining counties are especially invited to attend. They are Spartanburg, Cherokee, York, Chester. Fairfield, Newberry and Laurens. In addition to the speaking on each day, dinner will be served on the grounds, and at different times there will he baseball between teams of the State. The music for the occasion will be furnished by the Lockhart cornet I band, with its $1,000 set of instruments, led by the well-known band teacher. Prof. R. J. Herndon, of Yorkvule, who is now instructing the band. It is said that Col. T. C. Duncan will arrange to have an excursion out to Buffalo, and there will be many other pleasant fea- : tures for the occasion. The committee : on arrangements are Mr. W. W. Dixon, ; Jason M. Grier, probate judge, and I. Frank Peake, clerk of court. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. John E. Carroll, Superintendent?Gives notice of a summer school for colored teachers which will open on Monday, July 22. All colored teachers are*expected to attend. John R. Logan, S. Y. C.?Announces a sheriff's tax sale of property levied on for taxes, belonging to F. H. Johnson. of Fort Mill, and W. C. Veal, of Yorkville. J. Henry Toole, Proprietor?Announces the opening of a barbershop in Yorkville in the room under the Parish hotel. He solicits your patronage. B. H. Grler?Offers the J. H. Riddle residence for rent, and will give possession at once. J. J. Keller & Co.?Say for you not to monkey with the buzz saw, but to pin your confidence to some^.ing reliable. and suggest their tools and hardware. John B. Williams?Advertises soap by the box, and he also talks about an assortment of spices. He has horse and mule shoes and nails. J. Q. Wray?Announces a special straw hat sale and is offering some big bargains in these goods. 25 cent hats are going at 18 cents. I. W. Johnson?Says that v stands for vinegar, and says he has the best pure apple vinegar. He also has in stock a good assortment of canned and bottled goods. Yorkville Buggy Co.?Wants to sell you three grades of second-hand buggies ?good, bad and indifferent, and promise some bargains if you will see them about a second-hand buggy. Sam M. Grist?Has some pointed remarks to make in regard to fire insurance. See what he has to say. PRISONERS IN JAIL. The following prisoners are in jail awaiting trial at the approaching term of the court of general sessions for York county, wnich convenes in Yorkville next Monday, his honor, Judge Gage, presiding: Reuben Stewart, murder; Tom Walker and Taylor Gilmore, Housebreaking and larceny; Monroe Miller, horse stealing; Bollivar Neely, assault and battery with intent to kill. Lizzie Lytle and Joe Massey are confined as witnesses in the Stewart murder case: Julia Williams is serving sentence for petit larceny and Eugenia Hope is serving sentence for malicious mischief. The murder charged against Reuben Stewart was committed at the works of the Catawba Power company, last winter. The fellow shot and killed a Negro woman under peculiarly cold-blooded circumstances, and his conviction appears to be reasonably certain. THE SUTRO MILL, The stockholders of the Loan and Savings bank held a meeting Wednesday afternoon to consider the best disposition of the Sutro Cotton mill property, a controlling interest in which was recently acquired by the bank. After looking into the situation, the stockholders of the bank decided to buy the property under a very advantageous proposition that was made by the directors of the bank, each stockholder of the bank taking an interest in the mill in proportion to his bank stock holdings/ In addition to the stockholders of the bank, a number of other people are interested in the mill bonds, and these have generally agreed to enter upon the purchase of the mill under the terms proposed by the directors of the bank. The arrangement here outlined, calls for the reorganization of a new stock company to operate the mill, and this organ.zation will be completed at an early date. The proposition of the directors of the bank to the stockholders and others interested gives them the mill property at something like 50 cents on the dollar, a very low valuation, and one that seems to guarantee satisfactory returns on the investment. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Various committees of the grand juries have been in Yorkville this week examining the books and records of the county offices. It is expected that the next report of the grand jury will go ratner more into details than heretofore. ? Pursuant to instructions from a member of the town council, the police kept a record of whisky receipts in Yorkville by express during two weeks. The report was 46 gallons. Common rumor and irresponsible talk have had the express receipts amounting to hundreds of gallons weekly. Constable Scogglns is of the opinion that the receipts by means of buggies and wagons amount to considerably more than those through the express office. / Henry Toole, the well-known Rock Hill barber, has arranged to establish a shop in Yorkville. He was in town Wednesday looking after the matter and closed a trade in which he purchased the good will and fixtures of Thomas Ballard, for so many years a landmark in the barber business here. After completing his arrangements,! Henry called at The Enquirer office and said: "I would like the paper to tell the people of Yorkville that I have determined to give them a first-class shop. I have been wanting to run a business here for a good many years: ! but did not like to interfere with old j Man Ballard. I've bought him out now,; though, and am in a position to give the business my best efforts. I'll keep j the same room under the Parish hotel,! and althougn it is not my intention to put but one barber here for the present, | he will be a good one, and I'll see that | he gets all the help he needs. I fully i calculate on a little loss at first: but l| am going to pui in a first class outfit I just as soon as possible and see to it that the people get jam up service. I'm! running six chairs in Rock Hill, you know, and I'd like to have that many here; but of course that will depend upon tne patronage, i n oe over nere: every few days to give the business i my personal attention, and I would like ; it generally understood that I've come to stay." THE W. O. W. SLIT. The complaint in the case of S. W. Mitchell against Jos. W. Leech, Dennis Whisonant, Samuel Leech and the Sovereign Camp of the "Woodmen of the "World, was filed in the office of the clerk of the court by G. W. S. Hart, attorney for the plaintiff, on last Thursday. It reads as follows: The plaintiff, complaining of and against the defendants, respectfully shows to the court: 1. That the plaintiff is, and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, a citizen of the state of South Carolina and a resident of the county of York therein. 2. That Jos. W. Leech, Dennis Whisonant and Sam'l Leech, defendants herein, are citizens of the state of South Carolina and residents of the county of York therein. 3. That the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World, defendant herein, is, and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, n. body corporate and organized under the laws of *he state of Nebraska. That it was incorporated as a fraternal beneficiary association, to conduct its business under the lodge system, its lodges being de nominated "camps." That the business ( of the said corporation was and is to ally persons as members of the association, mainly for the purpose of mutually insuring the lives of its members and making provision for the payment of a benefit after the death of a meni,ber. That it is now conducting the said business in the state of South Carolina, and has continuously been so conducting it since the first day of February, 1806. That persons accepted for membership are made members of the said association, under the laws and rules governing the conduct of its business, through initiation in one of its subordinate lodges or "camps." That prior to the first day of January, 1901, it had established a subordinate lodge or "camp" in the town of Hickory' Grove, in the county of York, in the said state of South Carolina: and the snfH 1 ndo-tf r>r "nnmn" has sinra hf?pn and I still Is exercising its powers and dis-,] j charging its duties as a subordinate i I lodge or "camp' in the said town. 4. That on or about the 22d day of i March, 1901, the plaintiff, having been j accepted for membership therein, was initiated as a member of the said association in the subordinate lodge or' "camp" in Hickory Grove, S. C., which was acting for the said association. That Jos. W. Leech, Dennis Whisonant and Sam'l Leech, defendants herein, are, and were at the time 1 that plaintiff was Initiated, members of the said association, carrying their' membership through the subordinate lodge or "camp" in Hickory Grove, S. C. That at and during the time of I plaintiff's initiation as a member of the said association the defendants herein, the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World acting through Its co-defendants and others, the defendants being chiefly to blame, did so negligently, carelessly and recklessly use and handle the plaintiff herein, in anl about initiating him as a member of the association, that the plaintiff was hurt, bruised, wounded and injured in his person, and thereafter, and as a consequence thereof, suffered great bodily pain, and continues so to suffer, and became and is unable to labor as he had formerly done for a living for himself and family, to his damage fifteen thousand dollars. Wherefore plaintiff prays judgment against the defendants for $15,000 and [ costs. -V / * BACK OK A VISIT. Mr. W. Frank Smith, who left the Bethany section of York county for Southern California in 1893, and who-j has since been a resident of the SanJ Joaquin valley, arrived in Yorkville on Thursday on a visit to relatives and friends. He called at The Enquirer office Thursday afternoon, and the reporter had jquite an interesting talk with him.VT. Mr. Smith's present home is Fowler, Fresno county, in that portion of the state that was so glowingly described by Railroad Commissioner Wilburn on his return from San Francisco recently, and he has for the past eight years been engaged principally in fruit and honey raising. He went to California originally solely on account of his health, and in addition to being very much benefitted in this respect he has been quite prosperous. I "I am probably more interested in grape growing than in another one thing," said Mr. Smith in answer to a question. "We send out lots of raisins from our section. The raisin is made principally from the muscat grape. It is a white grape, or rather cream colored, when ripe. The average price is about four cents a pound at the pack-.| ing houses and the average yield per acre in our neighborhood is about one 1 ton, although in some sections they get two tons. J "The biggest part of the work in rai-^ sin making is the picking and drying? ' The picking has to be done within a j few days just at the proper time and I the drying requires from eight to ten days to four or five weeks, the period ' depending altogether on the seasons. Raisins are injured if they get wet, and depreciate' in value a cent a pound. You've seen raisins with raw sugar onj I them. Well, that sugar is the result of the wetting, and the raisins are of Inferior quality." I Moisture for crops in Mr. Smith's country is supplied entirely by irriga- | I tion. There is no rain except during the winter. The last rain of the spring falls about the first of June and the! first rain of the fall comes in the latter part of September, sometimes not until November. The trouble of the raisin crop depends principally upon the time of the fall rain, Just as in this country so much depends upon the first killing frost. Mr. Smith did not have a great deal lo say aooui ms nuney, oxvcjji mat nc expressed himself as having been very much interested in the write-up of Mr. H. C. Simpson, the Catawba Junction bee-man, in The Enquirer about two years ago. He was impressed with the fact that Mr. Simpson evidently knows his business. "And Mr. Simpson is j considerably ahead of us at this time," he remarked, "for we have not yet been able to take any honey this season. It i is not time with us yet, however, as our j honey does not come on until later in j the year. In this country it is a great ; trouble with the bee-man to keep his; j bees from starving in the winter, while j with us the trying season is during two i or three months of the summer, be-1 tween blooming of the fruit trees and. : the ripening of alfalfa." | Mr. Smith gave an interesting and instructive description of the irrigation j systems in Fresno county, and also told about the comparative value of Chi- j nese, Japanese, hobo and Negro labor. I He says the Chinese and the Japanese make the best laborers but tne white are uneasy for fear the Japs might I eventually overrun the country. There ! is tak in some quarters of the repeal \ of the Chinese exclusion act but the people of California are not willing for anything of the kind. The farming and fruit growing element is very well satisfied to keep all the Chinese and Japanese they now have; but they do not want any more. "I had a report today," remarked the. reporter, "of a case where a York coun- j ty farmer sowed four bushels of wheat; on eight acres and harvested 160 bushels. Can you beat that in your San Joaquin valley?" "That is good, and I do not know that we can beat it," said Mr. Smith. "I don't sow much wheat. I had one crop that I believe would have turned out that way: but I made hay of it. That reminds me. I was very much interested in the doubts of Mr. John Plaxco a few weeks ago as to whether he should risk cutting his wheat in the doe stage and making hay of It. 1 could have told him to cut. Most of us do that out in California It makes fine hay that sells readily at from ?8 IU tt IUI1, CtllU clO ? C gCl liuiil llli vv to four tons to the acre, we consider it pays better than threshing. The fact is wheat and alfalfa are our principal hay crops." Struck with the comparatively low price that Mr. Smith put on hay, the reporter asked him several questions that brought out the information that hay does not sell for nearly as high a price in his country as here. He knows nothing of Timotny hay; but says that wheat cut in the doe stage is equal to the best meadow hay with the added value of the grain. Mr. Smith will remain in this section for about six weeks, spending most of the time with his sisters, Mrs. R. L. Davinney, Mrs. J. A. C. Love and Mrs. I. C. Grayson. He may also visit a brother and sister In the West before returning to California. ABOUT PEOPLE. v . Mr. Lowry Jenkins left Wednesday night for a visit to Chester. Mr. Frank Barron, of Manning, is Y15IUI1& JL/I. UUI111 X. Dai 1 \Jll, Miss Bessie McConneli is visiting friends in Rock Hill. Miss Ella Cody accompanied the Misses Williams to Rutherfordton, N. C., on Thursday. Dr. James P. Crawford has typhoid fever at Nashville, Tennessee. )< Miss Elveree Wallace, of Kentucky, [is visiting Miss Bessie Barron. Mr. Felix McClain, of Lincolnton, N. C., is- visiting friends and relatives in ' Yorkville. *>\ Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Gilflllan, of Sharfcn, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. W. P. Hope. Miss Kitty Mitchell, of Blairsville, is visiting the family of Mr. W. P. Wylie, ?= aj Rock Hill. ><. Misses Annie and Rebecca Jenkins, of Rock Hill, are visiting the family of Mr. W. W. Jenkins. Mrs. A. B. Cauthen spent several days this week in Blacksburg with her ] brother's family. Mr. J. E. Lindsay, of Gastonia, is spending a few days with relatives and friends in and near Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stover, of Greenville, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss in Yorkville, this week. Miss Ethel Sarratt returned to Gaffney on Thursday afternoon after a visit of two weeks to Miss Alma Walker. Miss May Belle Sims, of Sharon, returned home on Thursday after a visit to the family of Mr. G.' L. Cain, at Louisville, Ga. Mr. J. Humbert Ferguson left for Tampa, Fla., yesterday after a visit of ten days to relatives and friends f in York and Chester counties. ^ Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Weber are in Lancaster, in attendance upon the quarterly conference of the Methodist church. Mr. J. J. Wallace and family, who moved to Lockhart mill several months ago, have returned to the York Cotton mill. Mr. W. N. Ashe, proprietor of the York Brick works, says he is arranging to resume operations in Yorkville next week. >CMiss Hattie Lowry, of Virginia, is in Yorkville on a visit to her mother and the family of Mr. R. B. Lowry, on East Jefferson street. >CMr. H. Quay McElwee has taken the place of Mr. Robert M. Steele at J. M. Starr & Co.'s while Mr. Steele enjoys a short vacation. Rev. A. N. Brunson and Mr. Henry C. Strauss are in Lancaster in attendance upon the Methodist district quaraej-ly conference. J>^Mrs. H. F. Adlckes, and daughter, Brownie, of Raleigh, N. C., are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville, the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. McDowell. Uncle Robin Love passed through Yorkville Thursday on a visit to the family of his son-in-law, Mr. J. W. Love, who lives on the Charlotte road, about four miles east of town. Mrs. Fanny Campbell, of Bethel, was stricken with paralysis Thursday night and a phone message received yesterday morning indicated no hope of her recovery. Mr. H. S. Burriss and family, who have been employed at the York Cotton mills, almost ever since the mill was started, left this week for their former home at Albemarle, N. C. >^Mr. Sam B. Lathan has been elected principal of the school at Hickory Grove. Mr. Lathan had charge of the Hickory Grove school a number of years ago and did good work there. V Misses Myrtle Riddle, Eunice Flanagan and Lessie Patrick, of Bowling Green, who came down on Thursday evening to stand the Winthrop examination on yesterday, were the guests of Mrs. J. C. McKenzie during their stay in Yorkville. Mr. John W. Llnley for the past year principal or tne scnooi at tucKory Grove, has been elected to the princi- ? 1 palship of the graded school at Anderson and has accepted the position. In | his new work he will have five assistants and a considerably larger salary I than he has been getting. During his residence in this section Mr. Linley (has made many friends not only at Hickory Grove, but in all parts of the j county, and all wish him well In his new field. ' Dr. Miles Walker was called to Cherokee county Wednesday to look after his farming interests mere and made the trip through the country over the Howell's Ferry road. He says that crops between Yorkville and Locust Hill, six miles out, are only fairly good, j with the exception of Mr. S. W. Inman's, which Is better than the average. From Locust Hill to within a mile of the river, the crops are unusually fine. "Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, three miles beyond Hickory Grove, has the