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Straps and |acts. ! 1 ? There Is trouble on between France * and Turkey. For sometime past there 1 has been, a controversy in progress be- ' tween the two nations, over the alleg- ' ed treaty privileges of France at cer- 1 tain Turkish quays. France claims an ' indemnity which Turkey refuses to ' pay. On Wednesday, France gave ' Turkey 48 hours in which to say what ' she would do, and the understanding was that unless there was a satisfactory settlement within the time prescribed, diplomatic relations would be severed. There is said to be much ex citement among the French people on the subject. , ? In a dispatch dated July 8, and detailing the condition of affairs at the j front at the time, Lord Kitchener says: , "There are no more than 13,500 Boers now under arms. Although they are not able longer to undertake extensive . operations their apparently inexhaustible supplies of food enable them to maintain an obstinate resistance without retaining anything or defending the smallest portion of this vast country. The wearing down process is necessarily slow, rendering the employ- ! ment of a large number of troops still ' necessary. Great patience is still re- 1 quired to see the inevitable end of an 1 insenate resistance which, while it cannot affect the result, has become unjustifiable in prolonging the war and i the sufferings of women and children." 1 Since this dispatch was written the i losses of the Boers have brought their i forces down to about 11,000. i ? The Rochester, N. Y., Herald says: "A circuit court down in Florida has granted a divorce to Henry M. Flagler, the Standard Oil millionaire, whose 1 wife is an inmate of an insane asylum. ; The woman has been a true wife to 1 the rich man and shared his lot when 1 he was not so well off as now, but ap- j parently that has no weight in his de- < sire to be free of the incubus of a crazy I wife. Most of the states of the Union 1 fall to recognize insanity as a cause for divorce, and even Florida itself was j attached to that old-fashioned notion tin last winter, when the ' legislature enacted a law placing lunacy in the provisional list. There were those ill-natured enough to say that, as Mr. Flagler owned most of the railroads and hotels in Florida, he must also own the legislature, and that the law was passed for his fespecial benefit. The event seems to have justified these opinions." ? Says a Constantinople dispatch of August 20: Owing to the arrears in pay the Turkish army is in a state bordering on anarchy and a number of violent acts on the part of the soldiers have been reported. The garrison at * Adrianople threatened to burn the governor's house and hold him captive unless the money matters were settled. The porte sent a courier to pay the men and trouble was averted there. At Bitlis, in Asiatic Turkey, the gar- s rison mutinied for the same cause and threatened to pillage the town. At Monastlr, in Macedonia, a mutiny was started and the governor called the no- ( tables together and suggested that a subscription be raised for the pay- 1 ment of the troops in order to restrain ? them. This was done. At Scio, an is- ? land belonging to Turkey, off the west i coast of Asia Minor, the troops have s tied the officers' hands and feet and re- t fuse to release them until payment is t made. The sultan is terrified by thef 1 actions of the troops. * ? Narragansett Pier dispatch of Au- x gust 18, to the Chicago Record-Herald: f A French bathing suit and a shapely woman brought out the whole police force this afternoon, and nearly made necessary the calling out of the fire department. There were 4,000 people on the beach when this young thing, so arrayed as to suggest Venus rising from the sea, appeared. She had on a pair of full pink tights, dotted all over with spots of rainbow hues, as big as half dollars, and the blouse of skin tint was cut so that it did not reach more than six inches below the waist line. A belt completed her costume. After the young woman hm been in the water the fit of her suit was likened to that of the skin on a sausage. The jovial Sunday crowd soon caught sight of her and the fun hegan at once. Men shouted "Fire," and "Stop thief," as she emerged from the breakers, and in a few minutes there was such a tumult that the single policeman on the beach hastened down to see what was the trouble. The young woman became alarmed and started on a run for the bathing house, where 3he had left her street clothes, followed by hundreds of people, all of them shouting and gibing her. A hurry call for the police reserves was sent in, to which two men responded. These being wholly inadequate, the entire force was called out. By this time the ivnmnn hart fminrt snfatv in thp hath house, but it was necessary to break a few heads before the mob could be driven back. The woman is a wellknown New York cloak model and left on the first train for home. ? The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions, issued last Tuesday, was as follows: The temperature conditions of the week have been favorable, except on the north . Pacific coast, where it has been excess- , ively warm. The middle and south At- . lantic states, including Tennessee, have j suffered from heavy rains, the south Atlantic and east gulf states and Tennessee. experiencing damaging winds as well as injury from overflows. The greater part of Texas and portions of the Missouri and upY>er Mississippi valleys and upper lake region continue to suffer from drought. A very general improvement in the condition of late corn is indicated in the principal corn states. Oood rains in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio have improved the outlook, especially in Indiana, but as in other portions of the corn belt, the greater part of the early corn has oeen ruined. The propitious outlook for corn in the middle Atlantic and New England states continues. The central and eastern portions of the cotton belt have suffered from heavy rains, while the drought has become more serious over the gre.ater part of the western districts. In the Carolinas too rank } growth is reported, especially on stiff < lands, and In Georgia, Florida and Alabama heavy rains and high winds have caused injury, rust and shedling being quite prevalent. In Tennessee, Mississippi and portions of Arkansas, the crop has Improved. Cotton needs rain throughout Texas, and is failing rapidly in the central-south?rn and southwestern portions. Picking is general in Texas and is beginning over the southern and central nortions of the eastern districts. Ihc fjovbvillr (Enquirer. TORK VILLE, S. C.i4 ~ SATURDAV, AUGUST 24,1901. People who have reason to look for a short corn crop?and there are plenty of such people?will do well to make their arrangements to sow oats with ivhich to piece out next summer. The farmers of York county know now from practical experience that this is certainly a good wheat county, ind they will no doubt continue to strive to outdo all previous efforts. 3omo of the farmers have made good :rops; but none of them have touched nigh water mark. When Governor McSweeney refused :o accept the resignations of the senitors that were sent to him, he most ikely did not anticipate that there ivould be campaign meetings at Liberty Hill, Westminster, Union, Chester, Spartanburg, Greenville, Walhalla, Anlerson and Tirzah, and that other points would be clamoring for other neetings.?Augrust Kohn. Surely Mr, Kohn does not call this a :ampaign. Up to this time there is nolody excited except a few of the polticians. Had Governor McSweeney lot returned those resignations, the people would by this time be totally mfit for ordinary business, and in their ixcitement would probably be pulling lair. As matters stand, most people vho know how to think are thinking ind to the best possible advantage. The steel strikers have been checknated at the McCutcheon mill, near Pittsburg, by a woman. It was known, >f course, that the mill men would get ion-union men to take the places of ;he strikers, and to prevent this the Jtrikers followed their usual custom in mrrounding the mill with a picket ine, composed of their friends. This >lcket duty consisted in first attemptng to persuade the new-comers against nterference, and upon failure of perluasion they resort to taunts, and hen to force. At this place, however, drs. Fred Baugh, wife of the superlnendent, has placed herself in charge >f the strike-breakers and marches hem to and from the mills morning md evening without interference. The itriker pickets claim that their hands ire tied because Mrs. Baugh has alvays been kind to them, visiting the tick of their families and doing everyhing in her power to contribute to heir comfort, pleasure and enjoyment. The incident, if true, and there is no eason to doubt it. not only shows the alue of kindness: but that these strikes are not altogether bad. In the course of some comments on a baragraph in the Greenville News, the Columbia State remarks: And The State further thinks that it s neither becoming nor convincing for i newspaper which has repudiated the Democratic platform, and virtually the >arty. to impute to the Democratic lominee of the last two campaigns an ntentlon to bolt the party if its plat'orm and ticket do not suit him next :ime. If it is a fact that Mr. Bryan refused to accept the present platform, ex ept upon condition of the incorporaion of certain planks, is it not reasonible that he should drop the next platform if these planks are dropped? In >ur opinion, this is not only reasonable, but it is right. Mr. Bryan nor no >ther man has a right to uphold principles or policies in which he has no ?onfldence, and neither has he a right :o repudiate his honest beliefs until le is convinced that he is wrong. Right here we beg to remark that the ?everest lick Mr. Bryan ever got was is the result of the abandonment of :he expansion principle, after he had been one of the first to endorse it to the extent of recommending the ratfication of the treaty of Paris. The enqpinrrr received a telegram bn Thursday morning announcing that Governor McSweeney had just pardonid Colonel Wm, A. Neal, recently con rioted of misappropriating state funds svith fraudulent intent, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment. The facts showed that Colonel Neal really misappropriated the funds, and that ifter the discovery of his shortage, he made the amount good. The petition for Colonel Neal's pardon was signed by the trial judge, and nine of the jurymen, and was backed up by the signatures of prominent citizens from ill parts of the state. Of the three lurymen who failed to sign the petl:ion, one is dead, one has changed his citizenship, and the third could not be found. Nobody sought to raise any serious objection to the pardon. For rnu Enquirer to say that it is altogether satisfied with the matter would tot be correct; but we have no hesita:ion in saying that under the circumstances the governor did the best :hing that could be done. It is true hat Colonel Neal was guilty, and vhile there is room for difference of spinion on the subject, we hold that his rime was more than technical. It ,vas the same kind of a crirrle that in jvitamy leans 10 larger ueiaicauons vhen it is allowed to run long enough without detection. The jury in the ase did its duty, and is deserving of raise and commendation. But behind his special case it is well-known that here was a great deal of spite, malice ind politics, and except for these dements, the matter would never have been pressed for trial. It Is also known that quite a number of other prominent men have been mixed up with this penitentiary scandal in a manner no less compromising than was the relations of Colonel Neal, and the punishment of Colonel Neal, without the punishment of the others, would not have accomplished much in the vindication of justice. As has already been remarked, therefore, we think that in the conviction of Colonel Neal the jury did its duty, and in pardoning him the governor made a very proper exercise of his power to extend mercy. It is to be hoped, however, that the case will not be taken as a precedent, and that in the event of another scandal of this kind, all who may be parties to it will be punished to the full extent of the law. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Will Not be There. Senator McLaurin has written to the committee having charge of the proposed political meeting in Greenville, stating that it is impossible for him to be present. Quite a number of other candidates have accepted the invitations received by them. There Is a pretty general understanding among Senator McLaurin's friends that he does not propose to attend any of these excitement breeding meetings, for several reasons, among others because no good is to be accomplished, and because it is not wise for a man to do what his enemies desire him to do. The Wire Was Loaded. Spartanburg correspondence News and Courier: Saturday, the Rev. Preston Mills, colored, whose home is at Pacolet, was in town. He was driving out in a buggy and two or three miles from town he came across a telephone wire down in the road. His horse's foot came in contact with it and it seemed to stick. In his movements the wire was wrapped around the ankle of the horse and he fell like he was shot. Berry Henley was close at hand. Not knowing what the matter was he ran up and attempted to cut the wire with his knife. As soon as he touched it there was a hissing sound and Henley was jolted back several feet. Meantime the horse lay helpless, with the wire around his ankle. Mr. Henley then took in the situation and with help he secured a pole and released the wire from the foot, when the horse bounced up and seem to be all right. During the storms of the week the telephone wire at some point had fallen across the electric railway wire. Rural Free Delivery. The following letter from the general superintendent of the free delivery department of the United States postal service, to Senator Tillman, shows that quite soon a number of new rural delivery routes will be established in South Carolina: "Sir: I acknowledge receipt of yours of recent date urging the early establishment of the proposed rural free delivery district, and note your statement that your constituents are very anxious about the deliveries, and that you would appreciate any action on the part of the department which would gratify the natural expectations of the people. In reply, I have the honor to inform you that, in accordance with your request, the services from Cottageville and Getsinger have been ordered into operation from October 1st, 1901, and tnat tne otner deliveries will be put into operation on November 1st. These are the earliest dates at which the department is now establishing rural free delivery service." Lntlmer on Snbuldy. Fairview special of August 16, to the Greenville News: I followed Mr. A. C. Latimer to Wham's Lawn to hear him speak. Found a nice and orderly crowd there. There were present some 200 voters, besides numbers of ladles? mostly young ladles and their "gallants," who seemed to take no stock In politics. Mr. Latimer, of course, paid his respects to Mr. John L. McLaurln. but he treated him in a gentlemanly manner so far as T am able to judge. He made statements about him which I do not know whether they are true, or not. He stated that he was at first opposed to Tillman: then afterwards swallowed Tillman, alliance, sub-treasury, free silver and all. and is now boasting that he is with the brains and wealth of the South Carolina Democracy. He said McLaurln is responsible for the Philippine war after Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila bay. He undertook to argue that the Philippines were not worth their cost. Mr. P., a farmer of Laurens county, took him up on that point and rather got the best of him. In another colloquy he rather got the best of Mr. P. He undertook to explain to the farmers the nature of the shin subsldv bill bv comDarlson. saying that If South Carolina were to offer to give to those who might build cotton factories $100,000 in 10 years, $10,000 a year?it would be the same thing. This illustration was unfair from the fact that the other states are not offering cotton mill builders a subsidy to build cotton mills. After he got about through his speech, whilst on the stand, he was asked two questions, viz.: If it was not because the other nations subsidized their ships that our ships were driven off of the high seas? He replied that the other nations did not subsidize ships, but paid them to carry the merchandise, making other remarks and dodging the pith of the question whether this paying of money by the government to these ships did not enable them to drive our ships off the seas by force of competition. When asked why the big railroad kings were fighting the ship subsidy Idea, his reply was in effect, that the railroads would be forced to build terminals to points they did not wish to go to. The general tenure of his speech seemed to be to arouse the prejudice of the poor Htnl. Dr,rt;/.nlo>.!i' tl&uuioi. iuc i XVII. x auiv ui(ui,y mc South against New England. He said New England had been robbing this government ever since it had been formed. That the government had paid it back all it had ever paid into the treasury and two dollars to boot for every dollar they had paid into the treasury. He claimed that the shipsubsidy would only inure to their benefit. would be money wasted and the poor people of the country would have to foot the bill. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "M," Spartanburg, S. C.?Wants ladies to do writing at home, and promises good salary by the month. W. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Gives notice that W. H. Hambrlght has applied for letters of administration on the estate of Dr. J. P. Hambrlght, deceased. Wm. A. Barber, President?Gives notice of the annual convention of the stockholders of the C. & N.-W. R. R. ? Co., to be held in Chester, September 12th, next. J. F. Pursley, Clover?Tells you about i having lots of coffee, both roasted e and green, and tells you of lard com- j pound, and wants you to call and see him for anything in his line. "We Fix It" Shop?Tells you that it t does all kinds of repair work in wood and iron at right prices. It is located in rear of Riddle & Carroll's store. T. Baxter McClain?Offers a McCormick mower, two engines, harrows and plows for sale. Yorkville Buggy Co.?Says Blckford & Huffman grain drills, Deering mowers and rakes, Syracuse plows, Stag Brand Paint, Weber wagons and Yorkville buggies are the best, and want you to come and see them. Riddle & Carroll?Say that today you can buy rock lime at 90 cents a barrel, and that Monday the price will be $1-25. They call your attention to premium hams and breakfast strips. T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Says that the B. & H. lamp will give more and better light to a given quantity of oil than any lamp in the world, and It sells for $1.75. J. J. Keller & Co.?Talk to you about paints, oils and varnishes, and will sell you the paint and put it on for you, or will sell you the paint and let you put it on. J. Q. Wray?Says that a peep at his shoe stock will convince you that he has just what you want in the way of shoes. He is handling the Eagle Shoe Company's goods. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Outline what they expect to do this coming fall in serving their many customers and friends with the various kinds of goods that they carry. I. W. Johnson?Tells you about having j No. 1 mackerel, Montebello hams and breakfast strips, Pettljohn's breakfast food, and octagon soap. J. B. Williams?Announces the arrival of a new supply of French and stick candies. THE K. M. M. A. 1 Colonel W. G. Stephenson, superintendent of the King's Mountain Military academy, has been in Yorkvllle this week for a few days of rest and recreation off the road, where he has been for the greater part of the time since the end of the last session in June. "The prospects for next session," said the colonel in answer to a question, "are as good as I could hope for. I feel absolutely certain that we will open with not less than 35 boys, and possibly more. We have 35 promised, and we always get a few that we were not counting on especially?sometimes two or three come in without any preliminary correspondence at all. "Since June," Colonel Stephenson continued, "I have been pretty well over over this state and have also traveled some in North Carolina and Georgia. I have been very much gratified with the results of my work wherever I have been. I have good reason to expect most of the old boys back?all who will not he prevented by good reas i sons for not coming?and enough nev ones to make up the figures I give you. r "We will be in much better shape t this vear than we have yet been to a make our school what It ought to be. C Our faculty this time Is to be composed 1 of Instructors of unquestioned ability c and experience, and all of them qre ex- s pected to arrive on or before September 3. The session will begin on Septem- t ber 4, and we expect to have every- ^ thing working in good shape before the ^ close of the week." ^ Colonel Stephenson also said that upon his return to Yorkville he found quite a number of additional inquiries ( from prospective patrons in different parts of this state, North Carolina and V Georgia, and that he wouid have to " make at least one more extended trip 1 before the opening of the next session. r He was quite enthusiastic over the t prospects ahead, and was of the opln- * ion that if he did not have 50 boys at the opening, he would surely get them a within the two weeks following. ^ . ^VRDBRER OP POLICEMAN JONES. T There Is no reasonable doubt about d the fact that the Negro who murdered ^ Chief of Police Jones, at Shelby, was v formerly from this county and that a his proper name is John Jenkins. Sher- p iff Logan is authority for the state- 1 ment. The facts about the burglary 11 charge against Jenkins and the sealed ^ sentence against him are matters of record in the office of the clerk of the c court. Sheriff Logan got a "straight ? tip" on the Negro sometime back from a party who knew him, who saw him in 0 Shelby, and who was certain of his man. Hut these things don't count 0 with imaginative newspaper men who 11 " ? il.M UnVniif fnr cnmo_ ^ die CllWitJO uu II1C lUUfcuuw iu? wwi??<thing: Interesting to print^as would appear from the following from a recent issue of the Newport News, Va;, Her- * aid: ^ The report of the Identification and ? the unsuccessful attempt at the cap- Jr ture at Weldon, N. C? of James Lowry, . the Negro who shot and killed Chief of t Police Jones, of Shelby, N. C? has aroused much interest in him, as he has lived at Bloodfleld, and is well known there. It is known that he is a desperate f' man and that the chances are that he will not be taken alive, and he is con- J tinually armed. He was identified at Weldon by a Negro woman, who in- ? formed the police of his presence, but a Lowry got wind of it, and got away ? before the police could find him. It is said that Lowry is related to a members of the noted band of despe- " radoes who Infested Robeson and Co- P lumbus counties, North Carolina, im- a mediately after the Civil war. and P who did so much destruction and accompllshed so much bloodshed. ? This band was headed by one Henry n Berry Lowry, who, as its chief, was probably as dangerous a bandit as ever infested any portion of the United States. The band was composed of ' Henry Berry Lowry and several of his S hrntVioi'C? un/1 enma nthAr filHtlvftft from justice, and until they were exterminated, property and life in the in- \ fested district were unsafe. Many C murders and robberies were commit- >< ted. and so relentless were the despe- a radoes that rewards to the amount of . $f>,000 were offered for the delivery, O dead or alive, of Henry Berry's broth- s ers. and the reward of $10,000, whicn Y was offered for the body of Henry Berry Bowry himself, was probably the greatest reward offered for the apprehension. of any criminal. The band v was dispersed by the capture of most of the leaders, and the accidental kill- t] ing of Henry Berry Bowry. tnrough the premature discharge of his gun. The Lowrys belonged to a kind of nongrel breed, being partly white, but laving Negro and Indian blood in their ,-eins. They are known as Croatans n their homes in North Carolina, and vlll not associate with the Negroes or vhites. The Associate Press dispatches of ruesday told of the capture in Rochgser, N. Y? on Monday, of a Negro who rave his name as "John Flagler," and vho was suspected of being tne man vanted at Shelby. The dispatch said: 'The description by the North Carolina luthorities of Lowry tallies exactly in :very particular with that of Lowry, >ven to decayed teeth." There has jeen nothing since this dispatch to lniicate what may have been done with he suspect. COUNTRY TRUCK PRODUCTS. In conversation with a local dealer i few days ago, the reporter picked up lome information about country truck iroducts that ought to be of more or ess interest. The dealer had on hands cabbage, mions, sweet and Irish potatoes, ap)les, peaches and beans, and the rejorter's curiosity as to where these irticles came from prompted some nquiries. "Where did you get these cabbages?" "The rusty looking ones came from Lenoir, N. C., and that big pile over ;here in the hampers came from Mr. lugh Gordon's, out here about six niles in the country. They are much letter than the North Carolina proluct; in fact they are as fine as you >ver saw anywhere. I would not sell mything else if I could get that kind vhenever I wanted them; but they are lot to be had except occasionally, and 'or that reason I have to depend on tforth Carolina as the more reliable lource." "And where did you get your onons?" "They came from this county also? lp at Wright's Cross Roads, near the iver. There are plenty of them this fear. It has been an especially good fear for onions; but the price is pretty iteep. I am paying 75 cents a bushel." now aDoui sweet potatoes: "They are going to be plentiful this rear. When they first came in they etailed at $1; but now I am selling hem at 80 cents. I expect, however, >efore the digging season is over, to sell them at 15 cents. They are worth nore than that, of course; but the peo)le will glut the market with them, ind sell them at that price rather than( ake them back home. This will be the :ase unless the producers put them up ind keep them through the winter. If hey do this, of course, the price need lot get so low." "Irish potatoes are also plentiful in his locality this year. The crop was l failure North; but it has been a good leason for them here. I expect to be iffered plenty of home-raised Irish poatoes later on; but at this time I am retting most of my supply from North Carolina, where they are much cheaptr than they are farther north." within the town. ? Glenn & Allison have opened a cariage repository in the Allison block. ? Mr. R. T. Allison is arranging to nove his family Into the J. H. Riddle louse on the corner of King's Mountiln and Lincoln streets, and Mr. J. S. Iladney is arranging to move his famly into the A. S. Withers house on the orner of Congress and West Jefferson treets. ? People who are watching the cotton ie market, will no doubt make careul inquiry into the price of secondion/I tloa A a matfora Innlr nnw It will >e well to buy second-hand ties while hey are cheap. The price may he ower, of course; hut It does not promse that way. ^ The town council has about $500 to pend on the streets of Yorkvllle, and t has been decided to put most of the noney on East Liberty street, heween the two depots, and on King's (fountain street. The rock crusher has ieen located near the South Carolina nd Georgia Extension depot. n^-There was no electric light Thursday night on account of repairs that yere necessary to the armature of the lynamo. The armature was taken to lharlotte early Thursday morning. It iras Intended that the trip be made In . day: hut this was found to be impracticable. It was expected yesterday hat the light would be running last lght. jC Polly Buchanan, colored, was beOre Mayor Willis Thursday on the harge of selling whisky In violation f the town ordinance on the subject, ^rom the testimony adduced, the mayr had no doubt of guilt, and he im losed a sentence providing ior a une f $50 or 30 days' Imprisonment. It is robably that the woman will be made o work out her term in the cemetery. VThe work on the standpipe is still rr progress. Examination developed hat conditions were much worse than ad been anticipated. The painters ay they found places in the standipe that had almost rusted into holes, 'hey have put four coats of paint over he Interior and are now working on he outside. When the job is completd the whole structure will be in better ondltion than for several years. Durng the progress of the work, the town 3 being supplied with water direct rom the pump. /- Especial attention is called to the otice of Miss Rosa Lindsay, president f the Auxilliary Cemetery association, sking the people to contribute plants, oots, bulbs, etc.. to be used in beautiying the cemetery. There are no oubt many people in Yorkville who ave flowers and to spare for such a urpose as this, and who will gladly evote them to the association. Peole who desire to make such contribulons should notify Miss Lindsay at nee either in person or by dropping a ote through the postofflce. vA4IOL'T PEOPLE. fairs. T.Aftt. Dobson is at Cleveland prlngs for a few days. Dr. Wm. Kennedy, of Laurinburg. r. C., Is in Yorkville for a few days. fMr. Harry C. Smith, of Charlotte, is i Yorkville, on a visit to relatives nd friends. rMisses Susie and Lottie MeCants, of mith's Turnout, visited relatives near orkville, this week. Missie Fannie and Annie Lou Abell, f Lowrysville, are in Yorkville on a ; isit to Miss Iva Withers. Miss Jennie Perrin, of Abbeville, is lie guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mc- i aw, on Cleveland avenue. Prof. R. J. Herndon has been quite : unwell for several days. He Is not confined to his bed, however. Miss Lizzie Lowry has returned home after a pleasant visit to Miss Julia Titman, at Lowrysville. Prof. J. B. Kennedy is home from Edgefield, where he has been assisting In conducting a summer school. jy-Dr. A. Y. Cartwright and family will "leave today for Piedmont Springs and will be absent for eight or ten days. Mrs. S. R. Moore and daughter. Miss Mamie, have returned home, after spending a month at Blowing Rock. Miss Talulah Neville has returned from an extended visit to relatives hiiu inenua in nit; weaiern pun ui me j state. I Supervisor Gordon and Commissioner I Wilkerson made a trip down on Fish- 1 ing creek, last Thursday, for the pur- ; pose of inspecting the Starr and other I bridges on that stream. Mr. H. H. Perry, a machinist, for- j merly of Jonesvilie, S. C., has moved i to the York Cotton mills with his fam- 1 ily and now has charge of the engine room and machine shop. Mr. J. A. Darwin, formerly of Yorkville, has become associated with a number of other citizens of Georgia, in the incorporation of the Mutual Life Association of Georgia, with < headquarters at Athens. i Mr. Felix H. Dover, of Grover, was in : Yorkville on Thursday, on business, i He has been through quite a serious : illness; but is beginning to look his old self again. He reports the cotton crop in his section as very good. Rock Hill Herald, August 21; Misses Maud and Mary Gardner, "bf Yorkville, passed through this city a few days ago. The former will go to the St. Luke's hospital in New York to take a three years' course of training to ba? a nurse. The latter will visit relative^ in West Virginia. '^People who are familiar with the situation and who are good judges, say that Mr. Thornwell Crawford, of McConnellsville, has some 30 or 40 acres of cotton that will make two bales to the acre and that he will easily average a bale to the acre on his entire crop. Mr. Crawford is one of the most progressive and energetic farmers in York county. He goes to trouble and expense that would completely stagger the average farmer; but results seem to fully warrant the confidence with which he pursues his operations. V*The following guests were present "at a delightful card party given by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McCaw, last Tuesday night, complimentary to Miss Jennie Perrin, of Abbeville: Mr. I. W. Johnson, Dr. R. A. Bratton, Messrs. Paul T. McNeel, Robert Johnson, Dr. John I. Barron, Messrs. Starr Mason, ' Geo. W. Williams, P. P. McCain, M. ' L. Carroll, Robert Steele; Misses Mattie Johnson, Ida deLoach, Charlotte Erwin, Hulda McNeel, Mary Hunter, : Blanche and Rose Lindsay, Maud ' Metts, Mary Joe Witherspoon. Says a Washington special of Au- ' gust 15th, to the Abbeville Press and 1 Banner: It is learned that overtures were recently made to the Rev. Oliver ! Johnson, of Leslie, S. C., by the West- 1 1 minister church, of this city, with a 4a 4ta r*oofnroto ' View IU tenuis llllll IV lie |/aoivi??,v, which is now vacant. This is the second time within the last year that a ' Washington church has sought Mr. ( Johnson, both churches being mem- ' bers of the Northern General Assem- J bly. The Westminister church is the oldest of the Presbyterian faith in southwest Washington, having been ' organized in 1873. The present church ' edifice was built within the last two 1 years, and is one of the neatest of its ( size in the city, the main auditorium ( having a seating capacity of 400. 1 Mr. Johnson would be a strong addi- ' tion to the pulpits of any city, but he 1 seems to be a hard man to tempt from 1 his Seceder mooring. ECH BY TOM MILL.ER. J Dr. Thomas E. Miller, president of , the Colored Normal Industrial, Agri- ( cultural and Mechanical college, at Or- j angeburg, made a speech in the court . house at Yorkville, on Thursday, to an ( audience of Negroes, in behalf of the , South Carolina Inter-State and West ( Indian exposition, t The exposition was the occasion of j Dr. Miller's visit, the subject of his j speech, but he said a great deal to his { audience that ought to prove of inter- e est and value to the colored race gen- ^ erally. Among other things the speaker said, "I am a Negro, and I am proud of the ^ fact. There is nothing to be ashamed of in that designation of our race. When I hear members of my race describing themselves as colored gentle- t men, or colored persons, it makes me tired. There is and ought to be a dis- j tlnction between the words 'Negro' j and 'nigger.' A Negro should be considered a respectable citizen, while the j word nigger should be applied to a low ^ down Negro. He said that all this talk about the * future of the Negro race was idle and ^ meaningless. It is not a question to be considered. Negroes need not worry about the future; but they should f give more thought to the present. The B present relations of the whites and the * blacks, thirty years after emancipa Hon, was a source of wonder and grati- 1 flcation to him. The like had never * been known before in the history of the Tho Nppto rncp had much ^ cause for congratulation over its con- * dition under the circumstances, and if it would continue to improve its condition, it must look up to the white ( race for guidance and protection. The surest means by which the Negro can Improve his condition is by increasing ? his respectability. Convicts are re- t ceived back from the chaingang and t penitentiary with open arms as he- ? roes. They should be considered as s outcast niggers. A Negro girl who I goes from the country to the town to ? lead a disreputable life, comes back to ^ preaching in the country and is received as the belle of the meeting, ino respectable Negro should notice her. A 1 Negro who will notice her cannot be respectable. For the fact that "all t niggers look alike" to the respectable is white man, the better class of Negroes v are responsible. If the better class of ^ Negroes would hold themselves above c the "niggers," the whites would soon n recognize the distinction. P The speaker told his hearers that but n few of them had business in the towns; b their place was In the country on the farms. The present renting system )ught to be revised so as to provide for five and ten year leases of these )ld red hills, to industrious, intelligent Negroes, who would be encouraged to Improve the lands and make them nore productive. The system should provide for the eviction of a tenant tvho falls to do as he should do; but should be binding on whites and blacks illke so long as both did their duty. Speaking of politics, Miller told his hearers that this was a matter that ohnnM 1st oavarolv alnnp "T hftva been in politics and have been successful," he said; "but the times have changed, and there is no hope for you In this field. The less you have to do with politics the better it will be for you, because the white man is not going to tolerate your interference." Miller is a fine looking mulatto, ibout seven-eighths white, and is a man of very considerable ability. He Is a good speaker and a number of whites who heard what he had to say thought very highly of his speech. LOCAL LACONICS. Plenty of Pea*. Reports from the pea crop are to the effect that the prospect is good all along the line. Notwithstanding the high price of seed, lots of peas were sowed, and the frequent rains have made them grow rapidly. We Will Send The Enquirer For one year to two or more subscribers at $1.76 each, provided the two or more names are returned and paid for when the names are entered. Thh Enquirer will be sent from this issue to the 1st of January, 1902, for 64 cents in advance. (fhamplon Mink Killer. Ogden correspondence Augusta Herald: Mr. James Workman, of this place, has killed 12 minks since crops were laid by. He has three dogs, Abraham, Loud and True, that know their . business when running minks. If Mr. Workman attempts to eat a chicken pie for each mink he kills, as is the rule here, he will soon be the champion chicken-eater. Too Mnch Rain. The heavy rains that have fallen so continuously of late, have begun to awaken a feeling of uneasiness as to consequences if they continue. There is no evidence, however, that tney have yet done any damage. Both cotton and upland com are growing nicely. Upland corn is generally considered to promise a much better yield than last year, and there is a good deal of it, too. The crop outlook is not nearly so discouraging as it has been at times during the past few months. See* 'Em In HI* Dreams. Answering an inquiry as to the progress that is being made in the exchange of old school books for the new ones recently adopted by the state board of education, County Superintendent Carroll writes State Superintendent McMahan as follows: "Since our summer 3chool closed, I have done nothing but 3tand in my office and exchange school books. I work at it all day, and in my Jheams, I 'see dozens of men in line with a satchel of old books under their irms. Our people are making the exchange with very little friction, and we shall soon be entirely rid of the old se-ies." Wreck on the S. C. & O. E. Blacksburg special of August 21 to :he Greenville News: Another wreck >n the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad occurred yesterday evening about 6 o'clock at a point east of Mooresboro, N. C., where there iad been a trestle, but is now a fill. Dne man is perhaps fatally injured, while about eight are cut, bruised and sadly shaken up. It seems that as the nixed train from Marion, N. C., to htn r?la/?p paitia around the curve on :he embankment, the passenger coach jroke loose, Jumped the track and 'oiled down the 40-foot embankment, :urnlng over four times in its descent, Tt is a miracle that some of the occu)ants were not killed. J. Dudley DufT, >f this place, seems to have been the nost unfortunate and his Injuries may >rove fatal. Riley Whisonant, a coined employe of the road, and Will Sulivan, a white brakeman, were also jadly Injured. The rest of the passengers were, as before stated, cut, bruised and badly shaken up. Unsafe Condition at Starr Bridge* Rock Hill Herald: There is urgent leed for the rebuilding or raising of the >ridge at the Starr ford on Pishing :re?k. The bridge was swept from its oundation more than two months ago; >ut not carried away. It lies across he creek and pedestrains can cross lpon it when the creek is not swolen; but it is of no other use. Dr. W. d. Love, of McConnellsvllle, had quite in experience there a few days ago. 3e was called upon by Mr. Sam Set:er to visit his wife, who was quite lick. The doctor had to cross the creek n order to visit the patient, and when le came to the stream in company with dr. Setzer, the water was too high, ind too swift to permit of his driving ? icross at the ford; so hitching his lorse he mounted the bridge and walkid as far as possible; but at the end of he bridge the water in the bottoms vas waist deep. At the invitation of A Antnr nil m KoH imATl nr. ocuci mc uuv.iv/. vi.u.wv. he friendly shoulders of the former, vho started upon his journey with his oad; but Mr. Sgtzer stumped his toe ?n a root and easily dumped the welled and well-dressed physician headong Into the murky torrent, at the ame time falling himself upon the truggling doctor. The rapid fire ounds in that neighborhood just at hat moment were taken to be thunder, tut as the doctor and his stumbling tatue of mud proceeded on their ourney the neighborhood took In the ituation. Sunday before last Mr. J. 4. Starr had a more exciting experince in the ford. He had some trouble n saving himself and rescued the mule le was driving with difficulty. 'oniplalned of the Salary. Spartanburg Journal: Tuesday the overnor received a rather unusual leter of resignation. It came from Magstrate W. M. Venters, of Venters, in Villiamsburg county. Mr. Venters endered his resignation as magistrate pon the ground that no honest man ould work for a salary of $2.28 a lonth. His resignation was, of course, romptly accepted and the governor as requested Senator Williams to ominate a successor in case one can e found to take the job.