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Scraps and Jacts.
? The United States government Is
very much Interested In the trouble
now going on in Venezuela and Colombia.
It is understood to be the purpose
of Gen. Uride Uride to unite Venezuela,
Colombia and Ecuador into one confederation.
There seems to be no especial
- objection to this on the part of the
United States; but there is a fear that
Nicaragua may take advantage of the
opportunity to get possession of more of
the isthmian canal territory now belonging
to Colombia, * and upon which
the United States has certain claims
based upon treaties with that country.
In addition to the gunboat Machias, the
United States is arranging to dispatch
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er vessels to both sides of the Isthmus,
to be in a position to look aftef American
interests.
? The Independent is delighted over a
prohibitive rule for the Philippines. At
last we are having a bit of prohibition
in the Philippines. General Kobbe has
issued an order absolutely forbidding
the retail sale of all liquors, whether
fermented or distilled, in the department
of Mindanao and Jolo. Every
saloon must be closed. Beer and wine
can be sold in the original packages of
not less than a dozen bottles, for consumption
by the purchaser, and stronger
liquors only in wholesale quantities,
on the written order of the senior
commanding officer; but not for resale,
and under no condition to Moros or people
living in Moro communities. The
chief disgrace of our government in the
Philippines has come from saloons,
which ought to have had much more
restraint, and we are glad to see this
rule, especially in Mohammedan communities,
where Christians should set
a good example.
? Charlotte News, August 14: Jack^sbn
Christian, son of W. R. Christian,
and grandson of Stonewall Jackson,
proved yesterday afternoon his soldier
courage and spirit. He was looking
down a small air rifle with which he
had been target shooting, when the
rifle w^nt off. The ball struck the boy's
nose, ploughing Its way through the
flesh and lodging In the flesh very near
the eye. The boy made no outcry. His
grandmother was asleep, and he didn't
want her waked, so he got Mrs. J. T.
Ross, who lives In the house, to 'phone
for the doctor. The doctor probed for
the ball and extracted it. The boy
stood the operation like a man. He
did not take an anesthetic of any kind.
Once when the pain was pretty sharp,
he said, "I don't believe I can stand
that." The doctor jokingly remarked
to him: "It would never do for Stonewall
Jackson's grandson to have a Yankee
bullet In him," and Jackson nerved
himself and "stood" what he said he
thought he could not stand. As soon
as the ball was out, Jackson picked up
his gun and went back to his target.
When Mrs. Jackson came down stairs
she was surprised to And his face bandaged,
and learned of his accident.
? Willimantlc, Conn., dispatch, August
15: A vicious 2-year-old bull
frightfully gored and bruised Eddie,
the 10-year-old son of Martin Horrigan,
last evening, and had It not been for
the boy's yellow dog he would have
been killed. The boy and the dog went
to the pasture to drive home the cows.
The bull was loose in the. lot and as
soon as ne saw ine ooy ne cnargea on
him. The lad did not have time to
make his escape or any defense. The
bull caught the boy on his horns and
tossed him into the air, and when he
struck the ground he trampled on him.
One of the bull's horns entered the
boy's back and penetrated the cavity
of the lung. 'The other horn ripped
open his abdomen. The boy was rendered
unconscious. His dog attacked
the bull and finally succeeded In driving
him away from the boy. The dog's
flesh was torn in his fight with the bull,
and he was covered with blood. The
bull shows the marks of the dog's
teeth. After the bull had been driven
away by the dog the faithful animal
returned to his young master and revived
him. The boy said that the dog
was licking his face when he regained
consciousness. The lad then managed
to crawl toward home, and got near
enough to the house so that his father
heard his cries and went to him.
? Mr. Bryan, In last week's Commoner,
urges labor generally to back up the
fight of the steel workers. He says:
"The contest, while apparently over an
abstract principle, really involves the
right of the laboring men to organize.
It is undoubtedly the purpose of
the trust to destroy labor organizations,
and the purpose will be relentlessly
pursued if the time seems propitious.
It is strange that any laboring
man should fail to understand the
nature of a private monopoly or give
any support whatever to the enormous
consolidation of capital which is now
going on. It means death to the wageearner
as well as destruction of industrial
independence. Unless all the mills
are completely unionized, the trust can
run the non-union shops and keep the
union ones closed indefinitely. The
trnot non offnrH f a Iaoa <% w'n
vt u^b van uiwtu vw iwoc a jcai o uivi"
(lends if necessary; but the employes
cannot afford to lose a year's work.
The strike is at present the laboring
man's only protection; but it is at present
a costly and ineffective one. The
ballot box affords the only permanent
and complete remedy. If the laboring
man would march to the polls and vote
with the party that favors arbitration
and opposes government by injunction
and the black list, they would be able
to protect their interests without a resort
to strikes and lock-outs. While
the strike lasts let it be conducted
within the law; when the strike is over,
let the men remember to vote the way
they strike."
? Charlotte Observer, Saturday: A
former North Carolinian writes The
Observer under date of the 10th from
Seattle, Washington, enclosing the following
clipping from the Seattle Evening
Star: "Ex-Senator Marion Butler
Is a South Carolina statesman. He is
accustomed to being served by colored
men who salute when they enter the
dining room and jump when he says
the word. That isn't the kind of waiters
who wear dress suits in Northwestern
cafes as Senator Butler learned at
the Ranier-Grand on Tuesday night.
The senator was a guest of ex-Senator
Pettigrew at a little dinner given as a
remembrance of many pleasant days en
tour In Alaska. The other guests were
also comrades of Senator Jones' party
from Prince of Wales island. After
the dinner came photographic views
of the Puget Sound country, and therein
lies a tale of bruised humanity. Senator
Butler dropped one of the pictures
and ordered the waiter to pick it up.
The order was given in Southern style
and its tone was resented by the colored
man. A refusal followed. Senator Butler
arose and with him rose the chair
in which he sat. A scene of confusion
ensued, the waiter escaping and the
irate senator being quieted by Mr. Pettigrew
and his companions. The affair
is under Investigation." The gentleman
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the appearance of this article the
Southern colony has been feeling proud
of 'Mary Ann.' "
?he ^jtorbuillf (fnquitrr.
YORKVILLE, 8. C.t
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21,1901.
Why didn't the executive committee
ask Congressman Elliott to resign because
he is in favor of the gold standard?
He was the only South Carolina
representative and was among the very
few Democrats who voted with the
Republicans for that measure.?Greenwood
Index.
Congressman Elliott is not a candidate
for the United States senate, nor
has he defied Senator Tillman. These
are among the reasons why the executive
committee has not seen proper to
interfere with him.
The stump speakers tell us that our
exports of cotton goods to China
amount to "only" J9.844.565. They fail
to state tnai in mi, ixiuiia uni>m ? <.??<.Osgood
s to the value of $47,890,756, and
that there was a time only a few years
back when our total sales amounted to
less than 30 cents. The truth of the
matter Is, China's consumption of cotton
goods Is only In Its Infancy, and if
we proceed along broad, sensible lines,
it need not be a great while until the
Chinese will be demanding more of such
goods than we are able to make.
Has a man who has had his residence
outside the state for eight years in an
unofficial capacity the right to vote in
this state unless he should move back
and qualify himself to do so? If not, is
he qualified to run for office??Kershaw
Era.
And what about a man whose professional
business, while looking after
the interests of citizens of his own
state and other states, has required
him to spend much of his time outside
the state, the only place the business
could be transacted; but who has always
had his home in the state, declared
publicly that he wanted to be buried
here, always paid his poll tax and other
taxes, and never forfeited his right
to vote in this state? "Is he qualified
to run for office?"?Chester Lantern.
Oh, let him run. The people are entirely
competent to act upon his case.
If they want him they will elect him,
and if they don't want him they'll bury
him in accordance with his request.
There is no use in trying to make a fuss
about a thing like this.
The Greenville News is printing in
its Sunday issues some striking cartoons
on the political situation in South
Carolina, by Mr. C. A. David, the well
known cartoonist of Greenville. Last
Sunday's cartoon shows a scene in
the senior senator's private stock enclosure.
The central piece is a big
trough labeled "Bryanlsm." Out of
this trough four little pigs are feeding
greedily. Three of the pigs, side by
side, are labeled respectively Wilson,
Latimer, Johnstone, while at the other
end another pig, with his back bowed
and his tail curled, is labeled "Hemphill."
Another little pig, labeled
"Evans," is hurrying to the trough,
shouting "Me too." Senator Tillman,
with "Pass No. 1" in his hat. is bringing
a large bucket of "dispensary
swill" to the trough, while little "Grand
Ma"?The News and Courier?and little
Gonzales, of the Columbia State, are
also helping with the swill business.
The "voter" is represented as a prosperous
looking fellow who buys pigs
or not, just as he likes, and who says
to senator Tillman, tne owner or tne
pigs: "Don't want any of them; they
seem to have your brand too plain,"
Retrospective and Prospective.
About two years ago, it will be remembered,
certain leading cotton mill
men wrote a letter to the members of
the South Carolina delegation in congress
asking them to co-operate with
, the administration in safeguarding
American commercial interests in the
east.
Letters were received from a number
of congressmen, most notably Senators
McLaurin and Tillman. Senator
McLaurin outlined the commercial and
political conditions in China, showed
how European nations were working
to monopolize the Chinese trade, pointed
out the advantage that should accrue
to this country as the result of our
having secured the Philippine islands,
and made especially plain the commanding
position in which we had been
placed, and announced his hearty sympathy
with the objects aimed at by the
mill men. Senator Tillman answered
with a short letter in which he took
grounds against holding the Philippines;
but at the same time indicated
his appreciation of the importance of
the Chinese trade, by avowing his
willingness to "vote men and money"
for the maintainance of our rights
there.
It will be remembered that The State
and News and Courier both declined
to publish these letters of Senators
Tillman and McLaurin, and as the result
of some severe punching on the
part of this paper at those papers for
their failure to give publicity to matters
of such vital importance, there
developed quite a warm controversy
between Thr Enquirer and the Columbia
State.
Those who may have watched the
controversy will also remember that
Tub Enquirer pointed out, as best it
could, the advantages to be derived
from the commanding: positions we occupied
In the east, especially with regrard
to China, and they will not forget
either how the Columbia State sought
to hold these alleged advantages were
absolutely Imaginary, and that by no
possibility could our Philippine army
be used to Influence the Chinese situation.
i
No one who has kept up with Bubsequent
.. developments, can now hold
that the contention of The Enquirer
in that controversy has not been fully
borne out. We disclaimed any sympathy
with the imputed suggestion of undertaking
to conquer markets by force
of arms; but held that because of our
presence in the Philippines and the
ease with which we could place a formidable
army in China, other nations
would be deterred from attempting
undue and unfair advantage of us. The
Columbia State hooted at the idea that
an army in the Philippines could have
any influence on the situation in China,
and insisted that we get out of the
country and leave this eastern trade to
Europeans, etc.
W^ien American life and property
was jeopardized by recent disturbances
in China, and when Russia, Germany
and France began a quick rush to partition
the country, we were enabled, by
reason of our position in the Philippines,
to get an army to China in the
shortest possible time, and It is quite
clear now that because we were able
to do this, we not only maintained our
rights; but our wishes as to what step
should be taken in the Chinese problem,
and we also averted what would, in all
probability, has been a bloody war,
had we not been there to make the various
foreign powers behave themselves.
After practically dictating terms to the
foreigners and to the Chinese, we were
able to get out of the country within
a few weeks, and return to our own
territory. Even after our troops were
withdrawn, we continued to exercise an
almost controlling voice in the deliberations
of those who still maintained
their invading armies on the ground.
This was because the ease with which
we had gotten into the disturbed territory,
demonstrated the ease with which
we could return again if necessary,
while the magnificent work that had
been done by our peerless soldiers had
showed the world that our people are
of a kind which cannot be safely antagonized.
Now, notwithstanding all these
things, notwithstanding that our possession
of the Philippine islands gives
us virtual access to all the trade of the
vast Chinese empire, notwithstanding
the tremendous importance of this
trade to the cotton industry of the
south, notwithstanding the rapidity
wun wmcn we are esiaDiismng peace
and prosperity in the Philippines, notwithstanding
the almost indefinite possibilities
of the situation looking to our
advancement, and notwithstanding
that all these advantages came to us as
an accidental windfall that was unsought
by anybody, still there are those
who see no good in any of it. and who
will not even tolerate discussion as to
what is best to be done under the circumstances.
But, however narrow and partlzan
maj^be the view that is entertained In
some quarters over this whole matter,
the progress and prosperity outlined
Is going on and on. The good
common sense of the American people
will not be balked an instant by disgruntled
carpers, whose principal objections
are based upon the hope of
obstruction for obstruction's sake. Of
course, there are many among us who
do not look kindly at these things;
there are some who do not want prosperity
of any kind; but to those who
take a broader view of the general progress
of our nation, it is indeed encouraging;
to know that notwithstanding
the selfish ambitions of sectional politicians,
this country continues to move
steadily and surely on to the magniflonnt
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MERE-MENTION.
.Advices from Moscow say Russia Is
on the eve of another farmine, owing to
crop failures. The famine-stricken
area exceeds half a million square
miles, and about the same area as that
of the great famine of 1891. The population
numbers 43,000,000 The gunboat
Machlas left Norfolk last Saturday
for Colon to look after American
Interests there The New York treasurer
of Swift & Co., the Chicago packers,
has skipped with a large sum of
money The Tomblgbee river has
been on a rampage in Alabama for several
days. Planters have been moving
livestock from the low grounds It
is stated that the Boers succeeded In
releasing about one thousand of their
prisoners from the British last week
Militia commanders throughout the
strike districts of the North, are being
warned against the consequences of ordering
their men to fire on strikers.
The warnings are anonymous and suggest
that as there are many union men
in the companies, orders to fire on the
strikers may be followed by firing on
the officers who give such orders
The Alabama constitutional convention
has adopted the anti-free pass ordinance.
Penalties will be inflicted upon
legislative or judicial officers who accept
passes from the railroads It
was announced at the navy department
on Monday that the North Atlantic
squadron would sail from Newport
about the 25th instant for Hampton
Roads. When specific inquiry was
made as to whether this had any connection
with the trouble in South America
an authoritative answer was given
that It had no relation whatever to affairs
in that quarter. It was explained
that the manoeuvres of the squadron
in New England waters had come to a
close, and that the southern drill
grounds off Hampton Roads afford better
facilities for the evolutions in contemplation.
These plans appear to
have been formed sometime ago. The
effect of the movement, however, will
be to place the vessels of this squadron
about a day and a half nearer to the
scene of southern difficulties than they
would be if they remained on the New
England coast, and also in good location
for coaling and equipping for sea
if any necessity should arise for dispatching
any of these ships.
Excitement In Tampa.?Excitement
was created in Tampa, Fla., Monday
afternoon, by an extra issue of La Federacion,
the organ of La Resistencia,
containing a very incendiary article
from Louisa Herera, the woman secretary
of the strippers' union of Resistencia.
Louisa Herera is an anarchist of
some renown and Inaugurated the great
trouble here last winter. She is well
known In New York and Chicago,
where she has led a number of strikes.
She calls for Resistencla to pack up
and leave Tampa In a body, "As a
grinning skeleton," using words too
profane to be reproduced.
Her article is taken by the general
public to mean arson and she says
they should leave if the blood of the officers
have to run in revenge for the
men spirited away from there. A demand
was made Monday night for the
arrest ot the woman for the incendiary
article.
AMERICAN INTERVENTION.
It Will be Resorted to Only In Case
of Absolute Necessity.
The Colombian minister, Dr. Sllvela,
had a conrerence with Secretary Hay,
in Washington, on Monday. This was
the first personal exchange between the
secretary and a representative of Colombia
since the present disturbance
started.
The minister's communication to Secretary
Hay did not assume any formal
or written shape, but was an informal
discussion of the minister's latest advices.
He informed the secretary that
a cable dispatch from Bogota, sent last
Thursday, stated that traffic across the
isthmus was entirely unobstructed as a
result of the efforts of the Colombian
authorities and expressed the fullest
confidence that Colombia will be able
to maintain free traffic across the isthmus.
As far as the United States government
is concerned, there never has been
any purpose to exert military force to
keep traffic open until it was perfectly
plain that Colombia was unable to do
so. This view was doubtless made
known to Dr. Silvela, although the nature
of the exchange is known only in
the most general way.
Assurance given by Dr. Silvela make
clear certain features of the situation.
First, there is no interruption of traffic
now; second, both governments have
agreed that the first responsibility for
maintaining free traffic is on Colombia
and that the United States is not called
on to act unless Colombia finds herself
unable to act. Third, the United
States will Judge for itself when any
occasion arises for exercising authority
on the isthmus. It is not essential to
await a request or notice from Colombia,
although such determination would
receive the fullest consideration. The
exact conditions as tor whether traffic
is open or closed will determine finally
whether there is any occasion for exercise
of force by the United States.
Although the foregoing is not an official
statement, yet it is believed to cover
the main questions involved at the
present time. It discloses the fact that
the movement of our wnrshins south
ward has been merely a precautionary
measure to look after American Interests
In case of actual obstruction of
traffic and the situation as it exists today
does not call for any exercise of
American authority on Tthe isthmus.
^^IflOCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Illneaa of Col. Pride?Before the
Mayor?Other ^Notea.
Correspondence of the Yorkvflle Enquirer.
Rock Hill, August 19th.?Our old citizen,
Col. C. J. Pride, Is reported to be
quite a sick man. He spent a week or
two at Cleveland Springs recently, but
came home unimproved. He is quite an
old man. but notwithstanding impaired
health, is still as straight as an arrow.
i.. .
John Lee, colored, and Ernest Gray,
colored, were before the mayor this
week charged with cartying concealed
weapons. John paid a fine of $15 and
Gray gave bond for the(payment of $10.
Mr. F. H. Barber contemplates some
extensive repairs on his already very
excellent residence.
Rev. Mr. Anderson, who was called
to the pastorate of the Rock Hill Presbyterian
church, has declined to accept.
He prefers to stay in Montgomery.
No rain since Saturday, and turnips
and fall potatoes will now be rushed in.
Some of our farmers will sow oats this
week.
It is reported that the chaingang will
he transferred to the county bridge on '
the 7th of September, where they are to
assist in repairing the bridge. The
work at the hill will be completed by
that date: but other important work on
the road will be left incomplete. The
commissioners are to be commended, ,
however, for the good work they have
alreadv done. The weather has been
too unfavorable to allow of any rush
work.
The lands of the late F. H. Brown,
recently offered for sale by Mr. Henry
Massey, have, I understand, been purchased
by Mr. S. M. Jones, of Chester.
There Is a dearth of news In town.
It Is distressingly healthy, and our politicians,
if we have any, are mum.
Tillman, and His Pitchfork.?Tillman
has been up In Wisconsin with
his pitchfork, but it seems he has broken
the prongs off his "fork trying to
pitch McLaurin out of the Democratic
party hi South Carolina. If South Carolina
Democracy endorses Tillman and
decapitates McLaurin, McLaurin's
memory will be honored and respected,
while the living constituency of Tillman
will have the contempt they have
earned in the servile bondage of Tillman.
As long as the Democratic party
has leaders like Tillman, Altgeld &
Co., they will have to take deck passage
on the ship of state. There ain't
a stateroom on any decent ship that
would give them quarters.
I am not only anxious to know who
the Democrats are going to run for
president the next time; but I am more
anxious to know what they are going
to run on. They have got to put the
brains in front and couple the brains
on to the mouth of the party, or the
Republicans have got a cinch on this
government for a hundred years to
come. I feel sorry for the Democrats.
The Republicans seem to have let them ,
down in a well and pulled up the ladder.
And I say it again that if the
Democracy of the United States will
come back to Democratic principles
and reform its platform and quit talking
about fusion with Populists, there
is a chance to win. The Republican
party has committed blunders enough,
but the blunders of the Republican
party do not avail the Democrats, for
every time the Republicans act the
rascal the Democrats act the fool, and
the fools get left every time.?Sam
JoneS in Atlanta Journal.
Boer Women Are Plucky.?A dispatch
to the London Standard from
Pretoria says that the Boer women who
have just been taken to the concentration
camps, their husbands being in
commando, declare loudlv that in spite
of all that has occurred lately the Boers
are going to win. They say that letters
from the Boer delegation In Europe assure
the fighting leaders that the continental
powers will shortly Intervene.
So sure are the men of this that they
are holding thanksgiving services. i
The wives of the men 6till in the field
are continually insulting the wives of
those who have surrendered. Consequently
some of the burghers who had
surrendered, desiring to be on the winning
side, have escaped and returned to
commando.
This Way and That.?Congressman 1
Latimer denounces Senator McLaurin ]
as a Republican because he succeeded
in getting the administration to appoint
two or three Democrats as post- ]
masters. Congressman Latimer's own
son, clever young man, no doubt, but :
with no special fitness for the work and ]
no previous experience, was appointed i
to a $2,f>00 job by this same administration.
Is our congressman also a Repub- :
lican in disguise??Newberry Observer, i
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The Enquirer?On the fourth page of
this issue has more to say to those in
need of commercial printing.
H. C. Strauss & Co.?"Head their advertisement
with the remark that
"Far off cattle have long horns," and
after telling how It originated, they
proceed to apply it to local conditions.
Riddle & Carroll?Offer to sell rock
lime at 90 cents a barrel until Saturday
night, and tell you that lime is
the best disinfectant known. They
also call your attention to Swift's
hams and breakfast strips.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Says
that some say "all insurance companies
are alike," but that you know
the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance
Company of Newark, N. J., is the
most liberal life insurance company
in the world.
York Implement Company?Asks you
not to delay about placing an order
for a Hoosier disc grain drill. They
say it is the best.
O. E. Grist?Advertises the loss of a
pair of printer's spring tweezers, and
asks that they be returned to The
Enquirer office.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you about a
large stock of tobacco which they
have on hand, and which they are
wanting to sell at close prices. They
also talk about an elegant line of cigars.
THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT.
The fund that is being raised for the
purpose of erecting in the court house
yard at Yorkvllle, a monument to the
Confederate soldiers who went to the
war from York county, now stands as
follows:
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.
By Committeeman W. B.
Moore $ 339 50
By Committeeman Perry
Ferguson 6 00
By Committeeman E. A.
Crawford 12 00
By Committeeman J. Darby
Smith 34 50
By Committeeman J. H. Saye 16 00
By Committeeman N. B.
Bratton 24 50
By Mrs. J. J. Hunter, president
Winnie Davis Chapter,
Daughters of the Confederacy
22 10
By Committeeman J. R.
Hart 25 00
By Committeeman R. C. Caveny
17 06
By Committeeman D. E. Boney
11 00
NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS.
By Committeeman R. N. McElwee:
W. A. Burns $ 1 00
W. B. Love 5 00
B. M. Love 1 00
Sam Kennedy 1 00
Jas. E. Burns 1 00
Mrs. R. N. McElwee 1 00
R. N. McElwee 5 00
Calvin Gordon 60
Total % 623 10
*^ABOUT PEOPLE.
|fMr. W. B. Williams, Jr., is now with
the "Everything Store."
Mr. H. Clarence Glenn, of Cherokee
Falls, is in town for a few days.
NjMessrs. S. L. Blair, of Blairsville, and
Harris Patrick, of White Oak, visited
friends in Yorkville on Monday.
Mr. H. P. Allison, who is the best
editor yet developed at King's Mountain,
again has charge of The Democrat.
Miss Virginia Aiken, of Greenwood,
is In Yorkville on a visit to friends and
relatives, the guest of Rev. W. G. Neville's
family.
M. W. Hatton, president of Cleremont
college, was in Yorkville last Friday
and Saturday in the interest of
that well-known institution.
kMr. R. J. Morrow, who moved to
Clover, several months ago, has returned
with his family to Yorkville, and he
will work at carpentering.
jMr. Jerome Wood, of Chester,
and Messrs. Fred and Charley Wood, of
Augusta, Ga., spent last Monday in
Yorkville, with Messrs. H. H. and E. B.
Beard.
i^Mrs. J. C. McKenzie and Misses Susie
Hill and Nannie Grist, of Yorkville,
are visiting the family of Mr. A. H.
Barnett and other relatives in Bethel
township.
Dr. R. L. Moore will be at the Parish
hotel in Yorkville next Friday, Au
gust Z6, irum iu.ou a. in., unui i.ou p. in.
W. W. Lewis and family have returned
from Piedmont Springs.
Laurens Advertiser, August 14: The
installation services of Rev. B. H. Grler
as pastor of the Ora church will take
place on next Wednesday, at 10 a. m.
Rev. W. B. Lindsay will address the
people and Rev. D. G. Phillips, the pastor.
Religious services will be continued
over Sabbath, with preaching by
Rev. W. B. Lindsay. We beg to add to
this announcement that all of Laurens
county welcomes this consecrated gentleman
to her citizenship and to the exercise
of his great office in our midst.
A ROMANCE ABOUT YORKVILLE.
The Enquirer Is in receipt of a letter
from Markwood Holmes, editor of
the Lexington, Nebraska, Clipper-Citizen,
enclosing the following story credited
to the Chicago Tribune and requesting:
"Please let me know If the
statements herein are correct, and If
not, state in what particular they are
erroneous":
to stagger is unlawful.
One of the strangest laws which have
sprung from South Carolina's dispensary
system has been adopted by the
town council of Yorkville, a thriving
oAiintv coo t nonr fVia m onnto In lino
When the dispensary system was first
operated Yorkville fought it bitterly,
because the citizens of that town are
strong on temperance. The law was
unpopular. It did not prove successful,
and finally it was decided to have an
election in which the people could express
their views on the dispensary or
prohibition. The voters buried the dispensary
and prohibition ruled the
day. But the closing of the state establishments
did not stop the sale of
liquors. Men got drunk Just as they
had formerly done, and in the low
quarters of the town intoxicated men
reeled out, a shocking spectacle of prohibition.
The wise heads took counsel
together. They talked over the defects
and agreed to punish the men who
drank and not the man who sold. An
extra meeting of the town council was
called. An ordinance was introduced to
make it a misdemeanor for any person
to be seen staggering on the streets of
the town. That was where the wise
heads thought the root of the evil could
be crushed. There was a bitter fight in
the council over the proposed legislation.
Class was arrayed against class,
but the antl-staggerlng law prevailedand
it was accordingly entered on th^
statutes. There is no provision in th^,(
law by which a man suffering with paralysis
can be exempted from the operation
of the law. All staggering men
look alike to the wise men of Yorkville.
Whether he staggers from drink or
from partial paralysis he is seized and
hurried before a town physician and his
condition tested. If there is the odor of .
whisky he is sent up to be fined.
Friends and supporters of the new
measure declare that it has rid the
streets of drunkards and has material- 1
ly decreased the sale of liquor. Men \
who fought its adoption declare that
it has increased drunkenness, because
men buy the whisky from the "blind
tigers," and then go home to drink the
entire supply, with the expectation of <
remaining there until thoroughly sober- .
ed. The law has injected new issues in- 1
to the political life of Yorkville, and <
people of other towns are anxious to see :
similar measures adopted at their
homes.
There is a common theory among
newspaper men that every, newspaper 1
story has some foundation in fact, and
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iniii tis a. ruie niuai auun sionee are
true in general detail. This one Is es- 1
peclally Interesting In that It surely 1
must be the exception that proves the
rule. There Is a town of Yorkville, "a 1
thriving county seat near the mountain
line," all right; but from there on <
the Imagination of the Chicago Trlb- 1
une artist Is beyond the reach of criti- 1
cism. <
V W.TH? THE TOW,. :
*- The sermon preached by Rev. W. G.
Neville to the Jasper Light Infantry on 1
Sunday, is well worthy of use In the I
public schools as a lesson text.
)C,The York Brick Works are again In :
operation. Mr. Ashe was unable to get 1
well underway last week on account of <
the weather; but he continues to In- 1
crease his force every day and will soon
hu'e his yard running full capacity. '
^V$ald a local cotton buyer to the reporter
on Monday: "That letter you i
published from Mr. T. P. McDlll about <
the Texas cotton crop is likely to cost i
the farmers of this section a lot of mon- <
ey. You will see when the count comes ]
in that the Texas crop is about as large
as usual, and that this year's crop is <
not going to be a short one. I don't i
think you need ever expect to see an- i
other crop of less than 10,000,000 bales." I
? After attending the services at the i
church last Sunday morning, the mem- i
bers of the Jasper Light Infantry re- |
turned to their armory and passed a
resolution thanking Rev. Mr. Neville i
for the able and instructive sermon
that he had Just delivered to them, i
Captain Moore entertained the honorary
members of the company, who
were in attendance on the services, at
dinner at the Parish hotel.
? John Ross, colored, was before May- i
or Willis yesterday on the charge of
selling liquor in violation of the town
ordinance. Ross claimed that he had
not sold liquor, but had procured the j
liquor that he delivered from another
party. He could not remember, the
name of the party who furnished the
liquor. Mayor Willis has a' rule by
which he considers the man who delivers
whisky and receives the money the
seller and he fined Ross 160.
? We desire to give especial connmen- ]
dation to the talk that is made by H. C.
Strauss & Co., in another column.
There is nothing small, narrow or selfish
about It. It is good, hard sense,
and if Mr. Strauss had asked us to do so
we would have cheerfully given it place
in our editorial columns Instead of
printing it as an advertisement. The
community will certainly do well to
take these suggestions seriously, and
if it acts as it should act in the circumstances,
the result will be to .the common
benefit of every Individual who
makes his living here. Yorkville people
who send elsewhere for goods that may
be had in just as good quality and at
just as low a price in Yorkville, are not
only unjust to themselves; but they are
unjust to the entire community.
^C^fayor Willis held the most extensive
levee Monday morning that he has
held for quite awhile. Jim Moore, who
had been fighting, was sentenced to pay
a fine of $5 or go to the chaingang for
fifteen days. Pink Evans, on the same
charge got |2.60 or ten days. Mack
Darwin, who had jumped a train in violation
of the town ordinance, was treated
to $3 or ten days; and Frank Walker
ernt t1D np Hava fnr n?Ht lapftftnv '
And quite a funny thing happened during
the morning. Andrew Anderson
was up for having tied his cow where
It could get on the sidewalk. The fine
was $1. and after Imposing It, the mayor
turned to the clerk and said: "I
reckon you will have to enter a dollar
against me, too.. I have been having
my .cow tied too close to the street;
but I was not aware that there was an
ordinance on the subject"
LOCAL LACONICS. .
rtl?5iier? In Jail.
Including offenders against municipal
ordinances, Sheriff Logan had 15 prisoners
in jail last Monday. On the same
date last year the Jail was virtually
empty.
York County Cotton Mills.
The state board of equalization has
assessed the ten cotton mills of York
county for taxation at a total valuation,
of 1690,536. The cotton mills of the
state are assessed in the aggregate at
$16,295,814.
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. Thi
Enquirer will be sent from this Issue
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Abont Quarantine.
King's Mountain Democrat: "Dr. G.
E. Nesom, state veterinarian of South
Carolina, has visited Tlrzah and raised
the quarantine on Mr. H. Massey's
stock. He also passed through Yorkvilie,
but The Enquirer falls to say
as to the quarantine in that place." If
The Democrat has understood that
there has ever been a quarantine at
this place, It has all along been mistaken.
At lllatr'a Grove.
The picnic at Blair's Grove, near
Blair8vllle, last Saturday, was attended
by four or five hundred people and the
occasion was quite an enjoyable one j.
except for the rain which fell during a c
part of the day. Speeches were made
by Representative A. L. Gaston, of ?
Chester, and Congressman D. E. Fin- v
ley. There was an abundance of good
dinner, and of course the best of good
behaviour. r
.V^Farm That Is a Farm. u
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k A gentleman who was in Gastonia a 0
day or two ago, says that Messrs. o
Craig & Wilson, of that place, have 55 ^
acres of cotton that promise to make 80 *
bales, and 150 acres of corn that prom- r
ises an average of 80 bushels to the tl
acre; **OT 'Oils same cotton patch last ^
year, the yield was 53 bales; but since f,
then thers has been added hundreds of a
loads of manure. People who have seen
the wonderful crops are very much Interested
in them.
Cleaned the Qemetery.
In answer to the published call, GO or
15 men gathered at Beersheba cemetery
last Saturday and went to work on the
cleaning up of the cemetery. Most of
the men had scythes; but some had
mattocks, axes and other tools. The
work was completed in good shape by
about 10 o'clock, and the balance of the
time to noon was employed in working
the road that leads from the public
road to the church.
Clover Cotton Mllfstofetc.
New York Commercial: An exchange
prints the following: "The stock of the
'Clover, S. C.' mills appears to be not '
only away above par, but in demand, as
the following Incident shows: A few
days ago the holdings of a deceased
shareholder were advertised for sale by
the executor at Spartanburg in a Yorkville
paper. In less than an hour after
the paper appeared on the streets the
advertiser received a number of telegraphic
orders for it, and the twentyfive
shares were sold at 130. There is
none on the market, and a party who
desired to secure some of the stock recently
approached one of the stockholders,
but found that the lowest price at
which he could secure it was 142."
*15,000 Knitting Mill.
There is to be a 315,000 knitting mill
at Bowling Green. Prominent citizens
of that section are to furnish the money
and operate the plant The names
of the gentlemen interested are Dr. T.
N. Dulin, Mr. Robert M. Dulln, Mr. J.
W. Smith and Mr. T. J. Patrick. The
whole matter was fully discussed at a
meeting held for the purpose last Friday,
and Frank P. McCain, Esq., was
Instructed to make application to the
secretary of state for a commission to
organize. The commission has been applied
for and the organization will take place
without unnecessary delay. The
company Intends to engage in the manufacture
of fine underwear, gloves, etc., and
will have the wheels turning with- '
ing the next few months.' It Is understood
that Mr. Robert M. Dulin is tobe
secretary and treasurer; but wheth- '
er or not the other officers have been
decided upon the reporter has not *
learned.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
uynannie uzpionoa.
Spartanburg Journal, Monday: Two
Negroes were killed at Cherokee Falls,
Cherokee county, by a premature explosion
of dynamite. They were pre- .
paring for a blast In rock and a spike
Tell-In the dynamite. The charge went
iff with a terrific explosion and both
Negroes were killed Instantly.1
Killed Br Accident.
Columbia Record, Monday: Coroner
Sreen held an Inquest yesterday over'
:he dead body of a convict who met his
leath by a distressing accident. The
convict's name was Giles Irby and he
vas from Laurens county. He was accidentally
killed by Guard Westberry.
rhe convicts were working Saturday
ibove the city. Mr. Westberry was
'ather an overseer than a guard, but
le was handling one & the guard's gUn. ""
He half-cocked the gun and by some
inexplained reason the gun discharged;
:he bullet struck Irby and killed him
nstantly. It was a most unfortunate
>ut unavoidable accident. The verdict
>f the jury wa*^ha? Irby was accidentLily
killed.
Charleston's First Bale.
News and Courier, Sunday: The first
>ale of cotton for the season of 1901
vas received here yesterday. While not
i record-breaker, still it is unusually
early considering the adverse weather
conditions the cotton crop has had to
contend with this year. A drought In
he early spring that greatly retarded
ne gruwm ui me neeuy eutpie was miowed
by a prolonged rainy spell that
vas even worse than the dry weather.
The bale that arrived here yesterday
vas sent by Mr. J. S. Connors, of Con?ors,
S. C.. and was received by Mesirs.
Hesse & Shlngler. The bale weighed
682 pounds and was classed fully
nlddling. It was sold to Inman & Co.,
'or 10 cents a pound.
Ceremony of Ttklic the Veil.
Columbia State,, Saturday: The specsi
service for the setting aside of Miss
Vnnie Miller as a novice In the Ursur
ine convent began at 9 o'clock yesterlay
morning. The lady chapel was flll d
with the Romanists and Protestants
:ome thither to witness the beautiful
:eremony of discarding the white, veil
>f the novice for the black of the nun
ind mayhap to share In the sad solemUty
pervading It. The order of service
was not elaborate, and to many Its
rreatest beauty lay in Its humble slra>llclty.
Matins having been held, the
)lshop delivered a charge to the novice
o be set apart Mass was then cele>rated
for the candidate, after which
he order of service used on such occailons
was begun. Miss Miller, iq the
jarb of a novice, accompanied by two
if the nuns, all bearing lighted candles,
idvanced to the rail and knelt before
he bishop, who, seated on his throne,
:lothed in mitre and cope, with crozier
? tn oHminlator thft
ii natiU) |/i wwvuvu ?v
ife vows. The candidate having taken
he vows of the order, the bishop reilaced
the white with the black veil
ind the novice was become a nun the
emporary vows were lengthened until
leath. The most Impressive part of
he ceremony was yet to follow. Inasnuch
as the candidate had taken the
ows /or life, she was henceforth to be
lead to the world, to all save the ser ice
of her God. In symbol of this the
lun newly set apart, prostrated herself
tefore the altar, and while the choir in
everent accents softly chanted prayr8
for her soul, the body, wrapped In
he black folds of the nun's garb, was
overed with flowers by six little girls
n white. For a few brief moments,
vhile the tones of the organ were growng
faint, and yet more faint, the congregation
continued kneeling around
he body of the nun, by this time wellilgh
hid in flowers. At the rail were
he other nuns on bended knees, their
leads bowed low. The lights of their
andies are well nigh spent The flame
s flickering. Surely no one present esaped
the solemn efTect of that scene,
'he bishop dismissed the congregation
rith his blessing.
Mr. Hemphill's Citizenship.?Al
eaay inaireci auacKs are uemg maue
pon Hon. John J. Hemphill, who is anlounced
as a candidate for the senate,
n the ground that he has spent most
f his time in the past few years in
Vashington. His citizenship will stand
he test of the courts, and in this conection
we might add that there are
nanifold more important consideralons
in the selection of a United States
enator than the number of days he
as spent In his town within the past
pw years. -Winnsboro News and Herld.