Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 31, 1901, Image 2
Scraps and |acts.
? Says a Rutherford dispatch of August
27, to the Charlotte Observer:
Mr. Karl Kethel, of Germany, bought
yesterday, from Mrs. Mary Martin,
mother of Sheriff Martin, of this county,
353 acres of land six miles north of
Ellenboro. The price paid was 55,000.
Mr. Kethel, is representing some New
York syndicate and left for that city
last night. The property was Duugm
for the purpose of opening up a monazite
mine, for getting out and cleaning
the stuff. Then It will be shipped
to Germany. The work of building the
mill will commence in a few days.
? Says a San Antonio dispatch: Mrs.
Richard King, the largest woman landowner
in the United States,, who is
known as the "Cattle King" of Texas,
has just added to her already immense
domain by the purchase of 110,000 acres
of land adjoining the San Gertrude's
ranch. The land was purchased from
the Texas Land and Cattle company,
and is known as the Laureles Ranch in
Nueces county. Before the purchase
was made, Mrs. King had in her pastures
considerably over one million
acres, from which have been sold this
year 22,000 young steers and heifers,
and there are now 100,000 head of all
kinds of beef cattle on the ranch.
Mrs. King paid $3 an acre for the 110,000
acres just purchased.
? Chincoteague, Va., special of August
25, to Philadelphia Record:
When the minister kissed his bride,
Joseph McDuff, the groom, last night,
knocked down Rev. James Porter, ren
dering him partly unconscious. McDulT
and Miss Agnes Talley, both of
whom reside on Chlncoteague Island,
drove to the parsonage, and after the
ceremony the minister as usual kissed
the bride. The next instant McDuff's
fist shot out and caught the minister
square on the jaw, laying him limp
in the corner of the room. Friends
seized the angry groom and explained
to him that it was the custom of ministers.
McDuff was mollified, and as a
peace offering drew forth two 510 notes
which he tendered to the dazed and
surprised clergyman,
r-The weather bureau's weekly summary
of cotton conditions, issued from
Washington last Tuesday, is as follows:
The weather of the week has
been generally unfavorable for cotton.
Complaints of shedding and misting
are general throughout the entire cotton
belt, except in Missouri and Oklahoma,
but in Oklahoma the crop has
been somewhat damaged by hot, dry
weather. Some favorable reports are
received from Tennessee, Arkansas and
Louisiana. Cotton is backward and in
poor condition in Texas, although the
late crop has improved where rain fell;
it is opening quite rapidly in portions of
Georgia and Alabama, and picking is
in progress in those states as well as
in many localities in the western cotton
region. Tobacco is in good condition
in the Ohio valley and Tennessee,
and the prospects for this crop are generally
favorable in these stdtes as well
as in New York. Rains were unfavorable
in Virginia.
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? Charlotte Observer, 3l*??^day: Mr.
Thomas J. Smith, a merchantthad. farmer
of Pineville, who was in the city
last night, takes rather a blue view of
the cotton crop in this county. He
says he wants the farmers of Mecklen- \
burg who have been predicting such |
large crops to go out and carefully ex- ;
amine their plants. He brought to The ]
Observer office last night two stalks j
that he had plucked from a field near i
Pineville, which on an average year i
will yield one bale of cotton to the acre. ]
The two stalks were nearly six feet ,
high. On one there was three bolls and (
on the other four full grown bolls. The j
excessive rains have run the stalk up (
into weed, and it doesn't fruit, as it ,
should, said Mr. Smith. The cotton ,
stalks are larger than ever before; but
the luxuriant growth does not mean
fine cotton by any means. Mr. Smith
declares that unless there are many .
fine days?warm, clear weather?the '
cotton crop in Mecklenburg will be 50 '
per cent, below the average. ,
? In an interview given out from At- i
lanta last Tuesday, Bishop Turner, of i
the African Methodist church, had the
following to say with regard to the best ]
manner of preventing assaulting
among Negroes: "I am as much con- i
vlnced as ever that African emigration j
would be best for the Negro and best |
for the white man. There is an irresist- j
able conflict between whites and blacks
that nothing but separation can put an
end to. Our children are generated and
nurtured under a malignant and misan- :
throplc excitement that will wreck this
country and make our civilization a reproach
and by-word. And if it is a fact
that the Negro will not let white women
alone, then the white men owe it
to their manhood and honor to get lid
of him: and if they will open up a
highway to Africa millions of the black i
race will go. Rather than shed so
much blood, and possibly some innocent
blood, you had better enact laws
to brand these fools and scoundrels,
and chop their ears and banish them i
to Africa. If the country will turn ;
over all these criminals that they are i
burning, hanging and shooting to me, ,
and brand their checks and carry them
to Africa. I will give the world another
Rome, or establish a country like
All etro Ho TirKlnV* J -J 3 3 * * *
. . uu... u.tU. ..mv.li ?a.o luuaueu una DUUl
up by English cut-throats and penal
convicts.
? Says an Atlanta dispatch of Wednesday:
Cotton growers will hold their
cotton this year until they can get 10
cents a pound. Officials of the Cotton
Growers' association decided on this
plan for the planters at a meeting in
the Kinball house today, and they will
work to have the plan adopted in all
the associations throughout the south.
William A. Rroughton. of Madison,
president of the Georgia Cotton Growers'
Proteceive association: Dudley M.
Hughes, vice president of the same organization.
and W. L. Peek, chairman
of the association's executive committee.
met in room .123 at the Kimball today
with Harvey Jordon. president of
uic i-iiiumu ii vuiiuu uruwers association,
in response to letters sent out
by President Jordon. They decided
that 10 cents a pound was a fair price
for the staple. This figure was reached
after a careful consideration of the
state of the present crop, the amount
of cotton on the market and other elements
of the cotton situation. The of
ficials of the Georgia association will
call a meeting of their organization and
pledge the Georgia growers to the
terms of the plan. President Jordon
will go to Alabama, South Carolina,
and other southern states and confer
with the officials of the Cotton Growers'
association in these states, with a
view of having each association pledge
itself to the 10 cents cotton plan. An
organized movement among the cotton
growers, such as that formulated by
the meeting today, is regarded by the
officials as a certain method of holding
the price of cotton firm at a profitable
sum for the growers.
She \(orkt'iUf Ifnquirn.
?7 - rrUfr \
TORKVILLE, S. C.Q^s
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31,1901.
Although a copy of the last issue of
The Enouirer was sent to Mr. A. C.
Latimer, at Belton, that gentleman has
not yet seen proper to reply. It may
be that he has not yet seen the paper,
as he has been busy with meetings at
Spartanburg and Greenville. We nope,
however, that he will not ignore our request
as we ar^ very anxious to let him
see the proofs we hold against him.
As an explainer Senator Tillman is
an unqualified success. Now that he
has control of the Democratic party in
South Carolina, he makes it appear
that all the threats he made while
striving to present ends were practically
meaningless. While the senator's
ingenuity commands admiration, still
it leaves a doubt as to whether his
sincerity is any greater now than on
the occasions referred to in his explanations.
Mr. W. B. Smith Whaley, president
of the Olympia mills, was quoted in the
Columbia State, of Tuesday, as saying
that there is an agreement among the
mills of the state not to employ union
help. In a card published Thursday
morning, Mr. Whaley explains that the
reporter of The State was mistaken.
He says there is no such agreement
among the cotton mills of the state,
and it is impossible that he could
have made such a statement.
On account of the injury to his eye,
the Columbia doctors?Taylor and Babcock?say
that Senator Tillman must
remain in a closed room for at least a
month. This confinement erf Itself will
be exceedingly trying on Senator Tillman;
but we earnestly hope that there
will be no worse result from his unfortunate
accident. The idea that a man
like Senator Tillman should be compelled
to grope through the balance of his
life in darkness is horrible to contemplate.
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Colonel Hoyt,* tne man wno was
permitted to run in the Jest-.Democratic
primary as a Prohibitionist, claims,
In the Greenville Mountaineer, that the
Democrats of South Carolina must not
be allowed to pass upon questions of
progress and prosperity. He holds that
these elements are distinctively Republican,
and that the Democrats have no
part and parcel in them. That is not
exactly what the Colonel said in a paragraph
in his last issue directed at the
Spartanburg Herald: but what he did
say is capable of just such construction.
and there are others all over the
state preaching the same doctrine.
At Greenville, somebody asked Mr.
Hemphill what he would do with the
Philippine islands, and in reply he
stated that he would establish a government
and turn them loose. The
Greenville News wants to know why go
to the trouble of establishing a government:
why not turn the islands over to
Aguinaldo as they are? The question
Is pertinent, because, if we should establish
a government and turn it over
to Aguinaldo, he would, of course, tear
It down: but at the same time let us
give Mr. Hemphill due credit for his
answer. It shows that he realizes responsibility
in the matter.
As might have been expected, the
statement that the trouble between
France and Turkey has been settled,
was a little too previous. It is never
safe to count on a Turkish settlement
so long as there is a possibility of a
hitch. The sultan agreed to the French
proposals: but afterward it developed
that French interests were being discriminated
against in other particulars,
and the French flag has been hauled
down from the French embassy at
Constantinople. It is no longer be
nevea mai utere is u,uy uaugci wi
rious complications; but it may be quite
awhile before amicable relations are
completely restored between the two
countries.
ALTHoroH we dislike to disturb the
admirable confidence of the gentlemen
who so complacently resoluted at
Greenville on Wednesday that they had
completely refuted the heresies that
are being propagated by Senator McLaurin,
we cannot refrain from telling
them of the opinion of a certain voter
who listened to their speeches at Tirzah
last Saturday. This voter is well
informed on pending issues, and while
he gives due consideration to all he
reads or hears, he does not allow his
opinions to be influenced except by
facts and arguments. He gave the
closest attention to all that all the
speakers had to say, and when they got
through, delivered himself thus; "Never
touched him!" This voter voiced the
sentiments of many others at Tirzah
and many thousands throughout the
state.
At Spartanburg, last Tuesday, it
developed that everything is not going
to run harmoniously among the fine
gentlemen who have set out to save
the state from the McLaurin conspiracy.
by landing one of them in the
United States senate. During the time
Mr. Latimer had the floor, an inquls
itive individual in the audience wanted tl
to know whether that gentleman had c<
not, at one time, been classed as a tl
Populist. Mr. Latimer undertook to 01
explain; but the merciless quizzer kept ir
a quizzing until Mr. Latimer got so a:
angry as to say that Hemphill and cm
Johnstone had secured the blacklisting n
of himself and Strait as Populists; but
that neither of them had ever dared T
own up to the fact to his face. Thus lr
was an old sore opened, and it is pro- h
bable that later on the wound will com- si
mence to fester again. jc
About the richest joke of the sum- w
mer campaign, is Senators Tillman's a
suggestion of the possible necessity of
his going among the cotton mill opera- lr
tives to prevent their being voted by s<
the mill officers. The people who un- tl
derstand the Joke best are the opera- n
tives, and the individual who under- s<
stands it next best, is Senator Tillman. 'J
In the first place we doubt if any South P
Carolina mill officer ever attempted to R
vote his operatives. If he did make b'
such an attempt once, we are sure that
he did not try it again. In the second
place, while as a whole the mill opera- L
tives may not measure up to the high- h
est standard of education and intelli- B
gence, there is no other one class of t<
our people than can muster as much in- n
dependence. They cannot be driven or ic
coerced into voting or anything else, a
and the only way that Senator Tillman P
can induce them to cast their ballots
against their manifest interest is by c<
fooling them into believing that the B
Republican party has a monopoly on tl
all that stands for progress and pros- tl
perlty, and that the development of the P
foreign demand for manufactured a
goods will not increase the demand for ir
their labor at better prices. That it is fl
impossible for the senator to do this,
we will not say; but inasmuch as there a
is a very considerable amount of brains f<
among these operatives, we have no a
hesitation In saying that such an event ti
is quite doubtful. h
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A HOPELESS STRUGGLE.
l
A Thoughtful Correspondent Argue* q
That Riffht Cannot Prevail A|araln?t p
Mlffht. y
Editor Yorkvllle Enquirer:
Although I have sworn off from al- 01
lowing myself to get excited over pol- s
itics, it is impossible for a man who ei
reads and thinks to remain Indifferent v
to the discussion now going on.
So far as Senator McLaurin is concerned,
I admire him; but he may as
well be trying to bay the moon as to
fight all that crowd of politicians that o
Senator Tillman has put after his scalp.
Of course, there is no question about a
his Democracy now, whatever it may o<
have been in the past; but this fact b;
can weigh nothing against the constant a
dinning of the politicians and the news- vl
papers. tl
When, a few years ago, all of the ai
politicians were telling the people how si
each of them could be and should be t?
made rich from the government treas- T
ury, and the people believed, I felt
sorry for my state and sorry for my e(
kind. Now that one of the politicians p]
has hit upon the only real source of
wealth and prosperity?development of al
manufacturing and agriculture by the ^
development of foreign markets?and w
all the balance are hounding him dov-^ lr
I again feel sorry for my state and soi- jn
"ry for Take
the cotton mills out of the f
country and look at what you have
left; consider the other industries that w
are growing up because of them. If
the picture is not sufficiently striking. b(
stop the production of cotton also, and
then survey the field. To those who ^
like to hunt and fish, the prospect is
not unpleasant. w
If you have done as I have asked m
you, and if you have seen the sltua- Li
tion as I think I see it, you are ready w
to agree with me that cotton produc- ai
tion has been the principal basis of our p]
prosperity. The next question then is Tl
have we developed as much as we care
to develop? ^
We commenced raising cotton about jj,
one hundred years ago, because there 0j
was a market for it in England. Eng- ot
lanH tnnlr nrar?Hr?o11\r all nro ^nnlH rnlsp
at such prices as she saw proper to flj
pay. At first we could not furnish her
as much as she wanted, and the price re
was high. Then we began to give her u.
more cotton than she could manufac- w
ture and the price went down. About A
the time England, Germany, France
and New England got to where they
could manufacture as much cotton as ^
we could make, there began to develop
a tardiness about finding new markets
fast enough to take the goods, and this h(
gave us another backset. The produc- |a
er, of course, carried the heaviest burden
all the while. At this time, as for
several years past, there are enough
mills to manufacture all the cotton ai
that is being raised; but there are not
enough developed markets to consume aj
it all, and that leaves us at stagnation es
again. ai
The logic of the whole situation is a,
now pretty generally understood. If ^
you would get the best possible price for ar
cotton, you must have the widest possl- at
ble markets for cotton goods. The more
markets, the more mills, and the more
mills the greater demand for raw cot- ai
ton, and the greater the demand for raw
cotton, the higher the price to the con- gr
sumer. If it were possible for the producer
to curtail production he could <}<get
better prices. I will not say this is T(
impossible; but it is impracticable.
The other end is open. Proper effort in
that direction can more than double the
nrpscnt rlpmnnfl fnr r>nttnr> n-nnrlci with.
in the next ten years; but I do not be- _
lieve it is possible to double the supply. a
Double the demand and the price will ^
double, less only the amount by which
the supply fails to double. t
Then is it not clear that the thing [n
is to develop foreign markets? Our possession
of the Philippines at the door of
China will help in that direction, and ,.
also will the digging of the Nicaraugua
canal, and in all of these things Senator
McLaurin is right.
IJke most other men, politicians are .j,
selfish and ambitious. They count on ^
thepeopleforapplauseandpower. These he
things are dearer to most men than el:
life itself. One man will bow to the P*
wishes of another provided he can t,.
make the fellow below bow to him. le
There is always a big boss with some m
other fellow constantly striving for his Jf*
place. The people are the source of all tj,
power, and all the politicians court of
le people just as jealously as rivals
jurt their lady love. Each knows that
le reward of conspicuously meritorlus
service is higher power. In most
istances one politician will tear down
nother's best efforts to prevent his seuring
a reward. That is the situation
ow in my opinion.
For a long time, you know, Senator
illman has been looking for a "light
i the West." By this he meant that
e had his political majority in this
tate rounded up and bagged, ready to
>ln Altgeld, Teller, Towne and others
3 soon as they were able to get the
estern party under the same control
nd tender Tillman the leadership.
It was while these things were waitCanotAf
\foT ^urln OQ TIT flnH
ig, niai kjcuutwi mvuaui in uu. M.>V.
?lzed the apple of popular approval In
le shape of the development of comlerce,
etc. Realizing the possible con;quences,
Senator Tillman immediater
sought to down Senator McLaurin's
rize by claiming that it came from a
epublican orchard, and all the memers
of the senior senator's political
imily are backing up his testimony.
If you are looking to see Senator Mcaurin
escape safely from such a
owling mob with his apple, you are
oing to be disappointed. He is going
> be ground in the earth; but you need
ot worry about the apple. The Ameran
people, as a whole, prize it above
II Individual politicians and they will
reserve it safely.
I would be glad, indeed, if our people
suld be induced to help in this strugle;
but at the same time, I realize that
leir help is not actually needed and
lat is some comfort. Progress and
rosperity will be forced on us anyway,
nd although we are to have no part
1 the bringing, we are to get the benets
all the same.
So I am not going to worry myself
bout this thing, Mr. Editor. I would
;el better if I could do something to
ssisi; out l realize inai my iiuuuo aic
ed and I will just have to wait and
ope that some day the people will be
ble to see things more clearly.
It was not my intention to be so
ingthy when I started out; but the
uestion is inexhaustible. If you see
roper to print this, I would prefer that
ou withhold my name. Not that I
;ar to have it known; but rather beluse
I would have what I have said
0 on its merits rather than be consldred
in connection with my own indiiduality.
Just sign
Watching and Waiting.
Rock Hill, S. C., August 24, 1901.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS,
nncelletl Tillman'* Date.
Says a Dubuque, Iowa, dispatch of
ugust 24, to the St. Louis Globe-uem:rat:
Among other lecturers engaged
y the Y. M. C. A. star course was Sentor
Tillman, of South Carolina. In
lew of his recent violent utterances on
ie Negro question at Marinette, Wis.,
nd elsewhere, the committee has
:ricken his name from the list of en>rtainments,
and have so notified him.
lie Greenville Meeting.
The summer school meeting appoint1
for Greenville came off according to
rogramme Wednesday, As at Spar.
.v.
mDurg, 11 was neia mraic tuuiuiuurc,
nd the crowd was comfortably accomodated
In the building. Speeches^
ere made by Messrs. -ffeniphflfr Latner.
Henderson and Johnstone. Durig
the morning these gentlemen held
conference and agreed upon the folwlng
statement for the press: "It
is been learned through conference
ith the gentlemen who have been op>slng
Mr. McLaurln's views and have
ien addressing the people In the lnterit
of the regular Democracy, that no
irther meetings should be held after
ie Anderson meeting. These meetings
ere held In order that an answer
Ight be made to the views of Mr. Mcaurln
promulgated at meetings to
hlch others were not Invited. This
lswer has been made In most of the
aces where McLaurln spoke."
nxes on Dispensaries.
Says a Washington special of Tuesly
to The News and Courier: Franki
H. Mackey, attorney for South Carina
In the matter of claims for rebate
' wholesale and retail liquor licenses
ild by the South Carolina dispensary,
ed an additional brief today with
r. Yerkes, commissioner of Internal
venue. Mr. Yerkes has not passed
ion the case because he has been
aitlng for the additional argument of
ttorney Mackey. The position taken
ir Mr. Mackey Is that. Independent of
/i/\?oflfnflAnol aiiaeflAn (n Via no OA
IC V/VIIO LI I U IJUllu 1 4UCOHUI1 ill VUUV|
ie revenue laws of the United States
ive no application whatever to the
spensaries. The dispensary system,
? claims, is a state institution, reguted
by the act of the general assemy
of South Carolina. That act probits
the sale of distilled liquors
iroughout the state by private persons
id confines the sales exclusively to
ie dispensary agents, who are officers
ipointed by the state, having no lnterit
whatever in the amount of sales,
id are paid regular and stipulated salies
fixed by law. The profits from
ie sale accrue to the state alone and
e divided between the school fund
id the counties in which the liquor
is been sold. It is claimed that these
spensaries, being a state institution,
e not taxable under the revenue law:
lat, even if it be conceded that con ess
has the power to tax a state, con ess
in this instance, did not intend to
> so.
rxtlle I'nlon Inniicm Proclamation.
Textile Union No. 211, of Columbia,
is issued the following proclamation,
hich explains itself: For sometime
ist the employes of the cotton mills in
jlumbia have been organizing and esblishing
their union on a good basis.
s soon as tne mmowners learnea
ey were organizing, their union was
tacked. Recently this attack has
nnlfested itself openly, and the present
of the mill combine declares that
> member of the union shall work in
e mill here. He further declares
iere is a tacit agreement among the
illowners to destroy the union. As a
elude to this movement the operares
were recently ordered to work
ertime for two weeks to make up the
iliday of Labor Day, which they deined
to do, and were forthwith sus nded
for one week, after whica they
ere told if they would leave the union
iey could return. They refused to
live the union, and have called all
embers of the union out of the mills
itil such time as the mill management
cognizes the union. It Is not a ciues>11
of wages or hours, but a ouestion
the right of the textile workers to
organize and join the Federation of Labor.
The textile workers are fighting
for the preservation of their union. The
miliowners are trying to destroy the .
union. We, therefore, warn organized
labor and wageworkers everywhere of
the trouble here and urge that working
people of all classes stay away from
Columbia until this trouble is settled.
With the co-operation of all organized .
labor we can and will win the fight.
The School Clinrt Matter Again.
Columbia special of Tuesday to The
News and Courier: It will be remembered
that sometime ago there was a
good deal said about the Evans-Tutwiler
school charts. Mr. Tutwller and
his agents sold hundreds of dollars
worth of charts throughout the state.
Mr. McMahan objected to the price and
held that it was outrageous, and asked
the attorney general if the payment of
the papers for the charts could not be
o f nnnoH AT r Polllncror'a Violrl
iUI. i-?V.iililgvi O VlilVV itvivi
that the school trustees could not Issue
notes for future payments, and that
they had to confine their debts to the
year In whi?h their debts were made, <
very much on the same line as the famous
Goose Creek waterworks oase recently
decided by the supreme court.
Acting on the advice of the attorney
general certain counties refused to pay
the notes when due. The Loan and Exchange
bank hold a number of these
notes, assigned to them by private parties.
They have presented them to the
treasurer of Lexington county, against
whom they were issued, and he refused
to pay them. Now the Loan and Exchange
bank, through Mr. Allen J.
Green, asks for a mandamus to compel
the treasurer to pay these claims. Mes- srs.
C. M. Eflrd and Senator Sharpe ,
appeared for the county treasurer.
Judge Gary heard the argument in the
case today and will render his decision '
in the case later. There are a number j
of parties who hold these claims who
will be interested in this proceeding.
Some of the counties paid them, not- 1
withstanding the view announced by i
the attorney general's office. ^
The Speech of Mr. Carey. ]
Mr. John C. Carey, president of the
Lockhart mills, was enabled to speak ,
at Spartanburg through the courtesy
of Mr. A. C. Latimer, who yielded a !
part of the time that had been appor- i
tioned to him by the committee. In (
his report of the proceedings, the correspondent
of the Columbia State refers
to Mr. Carey's speech as follows:
"Mr. Carey was greeted with vigorous i
applause and was given a most respect- t
ful hearing. He made quite an eloquent
defense of the cotton mill presi- 1
dents. He said that an honorable class '
of men had been attacked at Union and j
their character had been assailed. He ]
was not a politician: but merely wished
to present a few facts. He gave an
interesting account of who these mill
men wcic, luuat ui iiiciu uuc uuuiw
Carolinians; Confederate soldiers and .
sons of Confederate soldiers. Others
were those who had come and cast their '
lot among us. He pictured what they
had done for the state. He denounced (
the politicians for having brought on
this war, and said that now that it was 1
on we ought to accept the consequences
and do the best possible. The mill pres
idents were all men of peace. He gave
an outline of expansion as the mill men- '
saw it?an expansion of trade. He
said, 'Expansion as the mill men under- ,
stand it is the reaching out from- our
own shores and extending to the marts
of the world, with our ships sailing under
our own flag, laden with American
products of the loom, of the shop, of j
the mine and of the field.'"
Died of His Wounds.
Columbia Record, Wednesday: Mr. !
Thomas Watson, who -was shot last '
Monday by Bartow Warren, died at the (
hospital this morning at 5.30 o'clock.
He was brought here yesterday, and as
stated in The Record, the physicians 1
had no hope of his recovery. Indeed It i
was most remarkable that he lived as
long as he did, considering the serious- J
ness of his wounds. He was shot in the
head, the brain
bullet. Apoi?^traTlet cut through the i
Intes^n^^B^nlrd lodged in the spinal ,
(tfrnarfd the fourth went through the
'palm of his left hand. Any one of the 1
first three wounds would ordiharlly
prove fatal in a few hours. But Watson's
constitution and mental endurance
was such that it was thought if he
could be taken to the hospital and t
proper operations were performed, there t
might be some slight chance of recovery.
Dr. Guerry and the hospital staff
performed two operations. One was *
taking the bullet out of the head and
the other was sewing up the perforated
intestines. The operations were
performed with a very slight hope that ;
the man's life would be saved, for it
could not have been without them. But
after lingering until 5.30 this morning,
he died. The remains were taken in 1
charge by McCormick & Pletscher, undertakers.
and were embalmed for burial.
The body will be taken to Branchvl11<?
Thp won the nnlv wit- .
ness against Warren, who is accused
of committing an express robbery on
the Charleston division of the Southern
railway. Warren has fled, but
there is a reward of $400 for his capture.
It was stated today that it was
thought that Warren would be captured
in a day or two. It is reported that
he has not gone far from Branchvllle.
HICKORY GROVE ITEMS.
Evnngellat Perry and Hla TentDeath
of an Infant?Personal
Notes.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enauirer.
Hickory Grove, August 27.?A protracted
meeting is now going on at the
Baptist church, conducted by Rev. Mr.
Davidson.
Evangelist Perry is now in town with
his tent, and all denominations will
doubtless join in a series of meetings.
Hickory Grove is as good or better than
the next place; but there is always
room for such work in any community.
Mr. and Mrs. Slaughter lost their
youngest child from membranous
croup last week. Mrs. Slaughter was
on a visit to her daughter when the little
boy was stricken. He was only
sick three days. Mr. and Mrs. Slaugh- .
ter have the sympathy of the entire 1
community in their affliction.
Mrs. J. P. Marion has returned home.
She was called home by the illness of ]
her daughter, Miss Mary Marion.
Miss Violet Orr, of Jonesville, is vis- ]
iting in town.
Misses Emily Wiley and Edith Mar- (
tin are on a visit to friends in Forest
City, N. C.
Little Miss Sallie Allison complimented
her little cousin. Miss Mary Lesslle,
with a garden party last Thursday afternoon.
The little folks had a very
happy time.
MERE-MENTION.
There seems to be a pretty strong
opinion among the newspapers North,
that Sir Thomas Lipton's new yacht,
the Shamrock II, is going to lift the
Queen's cup this year It is reported
that six Christians have been massacred
by- the Chinese near Ku-Ja,
within the past few weeks There
seems to be no good prospects for the
settlement of the great steel strike in
the near future Vice President ^
Roosevelt has started on a trip to the t
West Henry M. Flagler, the rich f
Standard Oil magnate, who was recently
divorced from his insane wife in f
Florida, was married to Miss Kenan, at (
Warsaw, N. C.. on August 25. Be- -5
fore he led his bride to the altar, he
made her a present of $4,000,000 in cash
and securities George Vanderbilt, e
of Asheville, has carried off the hog r
prizes at the Buffalo exposition A a
Negro named Wm. Francis outraged
and murdered a white woman named
Miss Mary Henderson, at Columbus, li
Mo., last Wednesday Mrs. Carry t
Nation, the crazy hatchet woman of ,
Kansas, is in New York The boiler
of the steamboat City of Trenton, ex- 13
ploded on the Delaware river last C
Wednesday. Eleven people were killed r
outright and many were injuried A .
dispatch from Austria describes Tur- J
key as preparing to fight France. t
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. C. Strauss & Co.?Publish a letter
from Mr. Strauss which tells what he
is doing in the Northern markets.
Mr. Strauss says he will be ready for
all comers when he gets back to
Yorkville.
W. G. Stephenson. Supt.?Announces
that the tuition for day cadets at the
K. M. M. A., will be $45 per half term.
Yorkville Buggy Co.?Prints some interesting
information about the Bick
ford & Huffman grain drills, whicn
they are offering to the farmers of
..York county.
[. W. Johnson, Grocer?Tells you about
his lines of smoking and chewing tobacco
and cigars, and says you can
always get good flour from him.
VV. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Gives
notice that W. M. Campbell has applied
for letters of administration on
the estate of David Harrison, deceased.
The probate court will be held on
September 11th.
J. Q. Wray?Tells his friends that he
has recently picked up a bargain in
men and boys' hats in the latest
styles, and has made the prices in accordance
with the prices at which he
bought the hats.
Loan and Savings Bank?Says that
with ample facilities for your protection
they solicit your patronage and
business.
WHEAT AND OATS.
According to Mr. L. R. Williams, of
the York Implement company, there
will be as much wheat and oats sowed
this fall as usual. Posibly more.
"The indications are that there will
be an unusually heavy sowing of oats,"
said Mr. Williams on Thursday. "Almost
all of the farmers who come to
my place are talking oats, and if all of
them are able to carry out their expressed
plans, the acreage will be
large."
The greatest difficulty in the way of
sxtensive oat sowing, it seems, is the
scarcity of seed. Seed oats are worth
ibout 65 cents a bushel, and the supply
3oes not seem to be over abundant even
at that.
While on the subject of small grain
sowing, Mr. Williams said that there is
a noticeable Increase in the number of
people who have become converts to
the drill method of seeding. He is having
frequent inquiries about drills, and
has already made a number of sales.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Mr. J. B. Pegram is still the acknowledged
checker champion of Yorkville.
? The hill between the old Methodist
church and the S. C. & Ga. depot, is being
graded down.
? The operatives of the York Brick
Works have been seriously retarded on
account of the rains.
? Mr. Thomas R. Cox, of Gaffney, has
moved his family to Yorkville, and is
accuping one of the Quinn cottages on
King's ^fountain street.
? Mr. J. Q. Wray is making changes
In his store preparatory to putting in a
complete line of gentlemen's clothing,
something that he has not Deen handling
heretofore except upon special orJers.
? The directors of the Tavora Cotton
mill have elected Mr. James P. Downurn,
of Dallas, as superintendent, and
Mr. Downum has accepted. The preliminaries
incident to putting the mill
tettpecetion as" rag*
dly as possible; but no definite statement
can be made as to when the
.vheels .will be turning.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Transfers of real estate recorded in
;he office of the county auditor during
;he month of August are as follows:
BETHESDA.
r. H. Kidd et al. to S. S. Neely; 768
acres. Kidd home place. Consideration
$1,000.
BROAD RIVER.
r. A. Berry to Elizabeth Black; 84
acres. Consideration nominal.
BTTtLOCK'S CREEK.
57. B. Good et al., to J. E. Bankhead;
400 acres. Consideration nominal.
Old D. J. Good, deceased, home place.
CATAWBA.
VTartha Speers et al., to W. H. Williams:
52 acres. Consideration $300.
Old Sarah Speers home place.
Vlattle E. Frew to J. L. McElwee:
house and lot in Rock Hill. Consideration
$500.
EVade H. Farris to W. H. Williams; 573
acres. Consideration $700.
EBBNEZER.
Edward P. Steele to Margaret A. Nelson:
127J acres. Consideration $800.
Kate R. Whltner to A. L. Anderson: lot
in Rock Hill. Consideration $250.
3eorge Brown to E. L. Glenn; one acre.
Consideration $70.
Flock Hill Land and Town Site Co.. to
W. W. Miller. Lot In Rock Hill.
Consideration $225.
FORT MILL.
3. E. White to C. S. Kirkpatrick; lot in
Fort Mill. Consideration $110.
CV". B. Meacham to L. Baker; lot and
building at $500.
VI. E. Culp to N. E. Rogers; lot in Fort
Mill. Consideration $100.
57. H. Stewart to J. L. Kimbrell; 42
acres. Consideration $1,800.
r. L. Kimbrell to J. B. Knight; 42 acres.
Consideration $1,435.
KINO'S MOUNTAIN.
SV. H. Herndon to E. Lewis; 200 acres.
Consideration $300. M. A. Clark
place.
r. R. Logan to M. A. Clark; 200 acres.
Consideration nominal.
YORK.
EL B. Wallace to J. J. Thomas; 5 acres.
Consideration $260.
VI. E. Nichols to J. E. Gettys; quit
claim in 225 acres. Consideration $850.
I W. Carroll to J. L. Carson; 100 acres.
Consideration 52,000. Jeff Garrison
home place.
THE MAN FOR THE PLACE.
There was much local interest '.n the
neeting of the board of trustees of the
south Carolina college that was held in
Columbia last Wednesday night, especally
because of the fact that Mr. W. B.
IfcCaw, of Yorkville, was generally beleved
to be the strongest candidate
,vho would be in the field for the postIon
of assistant professor of law, to be
II led on that occasion.
The result of the election, however,
vas a disappointment to Mr. McCaw's
forkville friends. There were nine
rustees present and four candidates
or the coveted position. These candilates
were Gen. Leroy F. Youmans, of
Columbia; Herbert W. Beall, of New
fork; M. Herndon Moore, of Columbia;
ind W. B. McCaw, of Yorkville. The
lection was decided on the tirst ballot,
esulting two votes for Mr. McCaw and
even for Mr. Moore.
Although the fact wus not known
lere at the time, It has since developed
hat as the result of the activity and
nterest of Mr. J. Q. Davis, of the
loard of trustees, Mr. W. B. Mc!aw
had the unqualified endorsenent
of all the supreme court
udges, all the circuit court judges of
he state, save Judge Buchanan, and
still other credentials that would have
seemed to make his election certain.
The following from Associate Justice
Pope gives an Idea of the nature of Mr.
McCaw's recommendations:
1. He Is one of the most accurate
and thorough pleaders I have encountered:
he never takes anything for
granted and demands that the pleadings
of his causes shall be perfect in
form, expression and logical precision.
2. His arguments are clear and
strong.
3 His character is above reproach.
4. His English Is withoift a blemish.
5. His general culture I can't discuss
only so far as the discharge of his
duty as an attorney is involved. He
certainly possesses accurate and extensive
legal learning.
6. He is Industrious, literally complying
with the rule that "what thy
hands find to do, that do with all thy
might."
7. Of course, he is brave, courteous
and true.
Judge Gage said:
He Is a gentleman of the highest
character, high culture, a profound lawyer,
great Industry and exalted manhood.
His arguments in court are full,
clear and Instructive, evidencing patient
research and legal knowledge.
The other letters were equally strong.
Some of the Judges said, "I would vote
for him;" and altogether the symposium
is one that few men could get
from such a source.
But It seems that it all went for
naught. The successful candidate got
there without endorsements of any
kind. That he is entirely worthy and
competent there Is no reason to doubt;
but still Mr. McCaw's friends have a
right to feel disappointed. They are
pleased, of course, that he will not be
taken from Yorkville; but at the same
time they cannot help feeling the probability
that the case was not decided
entirely on Its merits.
^ABOUT PEOPLE.
^-Mr. W. E. Adams, Jr., of Bethel, has
moved his family to Clover.
}"Mr. James F. Glenn leaves for Sumter
today, to engage in the cotton business.
y^MIss Rita Witherspoon, of Guthriesvllle,
visited Mr. J. E. Lowry's family
this week.
yMr. Augustus Deal, of Columbia, is
vlnlalnc In "Vorlfvllle the finient of Mr.
R/ Latta Parish.
^Mrs. M. W. White has returned from
a visit to her mother at Riverside, In
Lancaster county.
yMiss Daisy Slmrll is visiting tne family
of her uncle, Mr. J. R. Cook, near
Bandana, Bethel township.
^Mr. W. W. Miller came over from
Rofck Hill on Wednesday afternoon, returning
Thursday morning.
% Misses Annie and Pearl Wallace leave
on Monday next for a visit to Mrs. Dr.
Fain, at Dandrldge, Tenn.
Miss Kittle Blair has returned to
her home at Blalrsville, after spending
a month with Mrs. A. M. Grist.
Mr. Starr M. Mason left this week
for Fort Mill to open the 1901-2 session
of the graded school as principal.
^Mrs. Dr. Hanahan, of Wlnnsboro, is '
In Yorkvllle on a visit to her mother,
Mrs. Bratton, and other relatives.
Mrs. James T. Young, and her little
son, of Fort Mill, are visiting In Yorkvllle,
the guests of Mrs. J. W. Alexander.
W: ^Uller^ of^Rock Hill, Is
keeping house for her fnThor Mr-fc?
Williams, during the absence of her
mother In Baltimore.
,^-Mr. D. L. Wray and bride arrived In
Yorkvllle Thursday evening, and are
the guests of Mr. J. Q) Wray's family
on East Liberty street.
Mr. Jasper N. Roberts and son, Wlster,
of McAdenville, and Mr. Monroe
Dickson, of Clover, visited friends and
relatives near Yorkvllle this week.
"^Mr. G. L. Riddle, of Zeno, who has
been quite 111 for several days, is better
and he is able to up. The condition of
Mr. R. B. Riddle is still quite serious.
Miss Nellie Stack, of Due West Female
college, was in Yorkvllle Thursday,
in the interest of that institution.
^Misses Lilian Alston, of Greenwood,
and Ella Love, of McConnellsville, visited
Miss Louise Lowry this week.
Mr. A. B. Cauthen and family will
leave tomorrow to visit friends and relatives
in Kershaw. Mr. B. K. Hardin,
of Hickory Grove, will have charge of
the railroad office during Mr. Cauthen's
absence.
XColumbia State, Thursday: Mr. J.
Porter Hollls, of Rock Hill, is in the
city for sometime preparing a thesis
on the "Reconstruction Period of South
Carolina History." He will submit this
for his degree of "Ph. D." from Johns
Hopkins.
Miss Bessie Williams left on Thursday
for Baltimore to assist in nursing
her mother who recently Underwent a
successful surgical operation. Mrs.
Williams is doing very nicely. Dr. C.
F. Williams will return to his post on
the arrival of Miss Bessie.
Fort Mill Times: Mr. B. D. Springs
and son, Master Eli, were down from
Charlotte Sunday and Monday of this
week. No one enjoys a day's hunt more
than Mr. Springs, and to say that he is
an expert marksman is proven by the
fact that on Monday he succeeded in
bagging 44 squirrels.
^Mr. J. D. Land, of the Beersheba
neighborhood, gave the reporter an interesting
and plausible theory about
cotton yesterday. It was to the effect
that there is nothing especially serious
in present conditions, either on red or
sandy lands. While on red lands the
weed is generally rank and luxuriant,
and on sandy lands small and sickly,
the yield of lint will not necessarily
be in accordance with these indications.
He holds that the weed is hardly to be
taken as a safe rule to go by. In all
cases where the crop has been properly
worked, the crop Is in proportion to the
quality of the soil on which it grows.
For instance, while much rain may
produce an abundance of weed on poor
red land, and while this weed may
throw out enough squares to indicate
a heavy crop, in the shedding process
the stalk will throw off everything except
the limited amount of fruit that
the soil is capable of maturing. He
thinks the same rule applies to the cotton
on poor sandy land. The jveed is
not nearly as luxuriant in proportion as
on poor red land; but the yield will be
just as good as if the weather had been
dryer and there had been a better development
of weed. Whether this theory
be correct or not, it is quite Interesting.
The Wintlirop Catalogue.
The catalogue of Winthrop college,
containing announcements for 1901-1902,
| came to hand yesterday.