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JJcraps and .facts. ; . 5 ? The Hon. Binger Hermann, com- 5 missloner of the general land office, has ^ completed his annual report, which ? shows that during the year 15,662,796 acres of the public domain were dis- ? posed of and that the receipts of the c office were $4,792,160. There still remains 914,096,974 acres of the public do- ? main. ? ? New Orleans dispatch, August 30: * Secretary Hester's statement of the * world's visible supply of cotton shows 1 the total visible to be 1,571,676 bales, ' against 1,276,546 last week, and 1,047,- ? 477 last year. Of this, the total of ' - - ?- nit tOS mainat 1 _ ( American couun is ?, 045,278 last week, and 569,227 last year, * and of all other kinds, including 1 Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 626,000 last * year. Of the world's visible supply ' there is now afloat and held in great Britain and continental Europe, 789,000 bales, against 612,000 last year; in Egypt 63,000, against 40,000 last year; : in India 349,000, against 263,000 last year, and in the United States 371,000, against 132,000 last year. ? Dr. Dabney in Southern Farm Magazine: I have shown in a previous article in this paper that the South could, with sufficient labor and capital, pro- ] duce ten times as much cotton, for one item, as it now produces. This alone would equal the value of the present agricultural output of the entire country. When all mankind become as civilized as European people are now and wear as many clothes, it will require 50,000,000 bales of cotton to supply them. If the south keeps up its ( present proportion of the world's cot- i ton supply it will sell 38,000,000 bales, i which at present prices, would be t worth more than all our exports of z wheat and meat. Something like this is true also of the cereals, of tobacco, of the animal products of the veg- \ etables and fruits which this wonder- ( ful land would yield. t ? The following was adopted by the t Texas legislature last week: "Be It r resolved by the house of representa- c tives of the legislature of the state of Texas, That trusts and monopolies are contrary to the spirit and genius of a j free people, destructive of individual 5 liberty, and subversive of the princi- ^ pies of a Republican form of govern- ^ ment. That we recognize in the United t States Steel corporation an organiza- t tion which embodies all the evils of the j trust, monopoly and community of interest idea, and one which by reason of the manner and amount of its capitalization and plan of operation may ^ be said to be the very head and front c of the offending system: that we are in t hearty sympathy with the Amalgama- t ted association in the contest which it a is now waging with the United States v Steel corporation for a just and equit- q able recognition of its union." t ? Atlanta Journal: The increase in s the volume of United States currency in the last five years has been remarkable. In 1896 the total volume was $1,539.0CO.OOO; now it is 2,184,000,000. This increase of nearly 42 per cent, in the ^ brief period of five years is without * precedent when we consider that it represents nothing but absolute sound money. There have been many greater ^ growths of a nation's currency in even shorter time; but they were the result of inflation. There can be no limit to g such increases: but in our case every ^ dollar that has been added to the cur- j rency Is as good as gold. The per cap- ^ ita circulation has grown from S21.08 in j. 1896 to J2S.07 in 1901, an increase of 0 about 33 per cent, in five years. Though business has grown Immensely within I( the last five years, the currency has yr\n s\s\ n'tfVt If OW/1 ? CJ n f\ rOO . i\r|H ^av. c nun iv, auu ? v. "v *vt* son for complaint that the volume of s money is not large enough for the needs q of the country. The scarity of collat- r eral may be felt often by would-be borrowers; but there is an ample sup- ^ ply of money. c ? Utica dispatch of August 30: Bar- g ney Simon, a seven-year-old lad living ^ in Syracuse, had a perilous ride from a that city to Utica on the New York Central's Southwestern Limited today. ^ The train is solidly vestlbuled and (i makes the run of 53 miles between the c two cities in an hour and a quarter. Young Simon grasped a rail on one of the platforms of a Pullman car as the train was pulling out of Syracuse. When he decided to jump off the train was moving too swiftly for him to make the attempt. He could not enter the car owing to the vestibule arrangement. and with one foot on the step and one hand grasping the railing he clung on desperately with the train { whizzing a mile a minute. The lad's predicament was discovered when the train was rushing through Rome, but ^ he could not be rescued without danger of knocking him from his position. When the train reached Utica the lad ^ dropped from the car step utterly exhausted. He had ridden 53 miles sup- { ported solely by one hand and foot. ? The New Orleans Trade Index, of j September 1. says of the cotton crop q for the year just opening: "The new a crop is commencing to move in the t western districts and first bales have r . been numerous in all sections. The j prospects of the crop are, upon the t whole, less favorable to a large yield t than was generally accepted a month j ago. Some improvement in conditions (was made during the first days of Au- r gust, but latterly complaints of dam- 0 age by continued drought in central t and northern Texas have been frequent. a In view of the facts shown in the rain u table, compiled from government rec- j ord, it may be questioned whether these t complaints are. in all cases, well found- j ed. That some points have suffered is t plain, but the moisture recorded, while t not heavy, has been too generally dis- ^ tributed to make an absolute failure <= probable. In the east the complaint a has been from the reverse cause. Too | much rain, causing rust and shedding. r reducing, it is said, a previously fair t prospect to a very indifferent promise, i The section tributary to New Orleans i has apparently fared better than other c portions of the belt. Its crop is in good \ condition. a ? At a recent dinner, Wu-Tang-Fang, < the Chinese minister, was called upon a to respond to a toast to "The Ladies." c According to the Chicago Record-Her- a aid, he responded as follows: "When f 1 see so many finely-built women con- a fronting me. and I am called upon to 1 be the 'gallant' of the moment, what f ;an I say but that I wish for that monent only I were not a Chinaman? I should like to be an American as I c stand here, so that each one of you a vould appear as beautiful to me as you t ictually must be when seen through r /our countrymen's eyes. Alas ! the t slight difference In the formation of my t >rbs cannot do justice to the impres- a sion you make upon me, individually a tnd jointly and severally. But there i ire some well-nourished figures and c Afwo amnnff vrtii that rpollv tinnA.ir tfl f )e as fine as the best that my own ferile country has produced. And your ntelligence and souls, I am told, which ire hidden under your beautiful fashonable apparel, are more beautiful wen than your forms. May you all eel the depth and sincerity of my adnlration, and may your youthful looks md honorable years always walk hand n hand. ?ltc ^lorlu'iUf (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.t WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1901. Mr. J. E. Watson, a reporter on the Columbia State, has published a card n which he asserts that Mr. W. B. Smith Whaley certainly did say that he cotton mills of the state have igreed not to employ union help. Discuss the issues on the plan adop :ed between senator mcl.aurin ana i ?olonel Johnstone at Anderson, leave he people to record their verdict at ^ :he ballot box, and South Carolina c leed not fear the result of this or any * >ther such campaign. When Tillman claimed to be fight- |j ng for free thought and free speech in t louth Carolina, he was opposed by both a The News and Courier and the Colum- c )ia State, and what is more natural ^ han that these papers should continue o fight Senator McLaurin on the same 11 ssue? a t t s We present today the admirable i peech that President John C. Carey lelivered at Spartanburg on Tuesday j if last week, and in doing so we desire o call attention to the fact that alhough both The State and The News ind Courier each gave about five col- ^ imns of space to the other side of the [uestion on that occasion, neither of ^ hem has had the fairness to lay this g peech before their readers. After having laid down his lesson ext so fully and completely as he did j it Greenville, and after cleaning up Senator Tillman as he did at Gaffney, here has been no need for Senator Mc -aurin's further attendance on the ^ essions of the political summer school. ^ ^he senator knew it, and the people a :new it, he knew they knew it, and hey knew he knew it. There was no y pecial need for the senator's visit to 2; inderson. Under all the circumstances t looks as if he made that trip as a t :ind of a joke on the candidates to g( ;eep them from falling into the error g f believing some of the things they 4 rere trying to make the people be- , ieve. * It is freely claimed by the Confu- * ion press, that had it not been for ^ oilman's misfortune. Senator McLauin would not have gone to Anderson. ^ Vere the Gaffney meeting- not still so ^ resh in our memories, we would be inlined to admit that there is some 0 how of color for the Insinuation. Un- n er all the circumstances, such stuff is a lmost to peurile for notice. But sup- 2 lose the insinuation be true, is it not lumlliating to our valiant confusionst friends to be forced to admit that Senator Tillman, who really has not he slightest business interfering with f( his little quarrel, is the only man in he state who can even interest the a unior senator? Such a situation forces ^ he conclusion that if South Carolina 0( s to have two senators instead of one, 01 t is absolutely essential that the junior ^ enator be re-elected. Q Although the available information ^ s not comprehensive enough to indi- ^ ate the exact truth, from such disc latches as are being published from ime to time, there is strong political eeling between Russia and England, e ind not a little to suggest the possi- a ility of more or less serious developnents at some time in the not distant uture. Recent advices from Persia, by vay of London, tell of conflicts between * British and Russian interests in that luarter. The Ameer of Afghanistan is icting in a very independent manner t oward Great Britain, while growing e nore friendly toward Russia, and In f danchuria the Russians are acting as b hough they consider the British as en- c itled to but little consideration. As to ust how much significance there is, P levelopments at the different points n nentioned cannot be correctly gauged t utside of diplomatic circles possibly; a >ut in connection with it all there is a rrowing jealousy and nervousness 0 imong the British people generally, and t is suspected that most of them en- <1 ertain a feeling that they will soon a lave to fight to maintain their present 1 Vsiutic holdings against Russia. Dis- r mtches of the past few weeks indicate ? ^hat instead of the i'outh African con- a litions being on the mend, conditions t ire growing more shaky in that the I< arge Dutch element of Cape Colony is o nore disposed than ever to rise against he British. It has all along been quite I ertain that the Cape Colony people e uive not been looking kindly upon the C onduet of the war against their Trans- n al brethren; but that they will aetu- b illy muster the courage to engage in fi pen rebellion is not at all clear. There c ire indications though, that Russia is A ounting upon something of the kind, n md as the whole situation appears rom this distance, it seems quite prob- t ible that some great events will have 1) jegun to take place during the next ii ew months. The Price of Cotton. Ten cents or less is the question that otton growers throughout the country ire asking themselves as to the pro>able price of their staple. The recent esolution of the Georgia Cotton Planers' association recommending the iolding of cotton for 10 cents, has idded special interest to the question, ind what the growers want to know s whether there is any good prospect if realizing any such price. That the [uestion cannot be answered in ad'ance is clear to all, and while it is jossible that we may again see 10 :ents cotton this fall, there is very ittle in sight to warrant the fixing of iuch a figure. The following Charlotte dispatch of ast Saturday, gives a very correct dew of the present situation as seen rom the standpoint of the cotton spinier: The cloth mills appear to have the idvantage over all manufacturers of totton products now, largely as a result >f the rise in price of raw material, vhereby the yarn mills see little chance >f making profits. An advance in rarns has taken place since last week's eport of from 5 to 2 cents on all tounts of yarns above 20's, and from I's to 16's an advance of J to J cents las taken place. Notwithstanding the upward trend >f the market there is a lack of orders, md in fact this lack has restricted busness to a certain extent. No large irders are reported. Buyers of yarns ire disposed to follow the advance, ind spinners still are slow to make any oncessions whatever. The advance n cotton has rendered it more difficult or spinners to come out even, much ess to make a profit. With cotton at i cents, yarns spun from this materal and sold at present market quotaions would show a loss of from 1J to 2 :ents per pound to the yarn mills. The mills are all at sea as to the ipproaching opening of the new cotton leason, and they will not venture on tales beyond two or three weeks. The cotton crop is still more uncerain than when last week's report was nade. There is nothing definite or any ertainty of prices until this is more nllv understood. To quote a large manufacturer as to he outcome: "There are three things rery evident: (a) Cotton has to come lown; (b) yarns must go up, or (c) alii he mills will 'bust.'" This sentiment) eems to have many followers among pinners. The brightest side of the market t.olay is undoubtedly cotton goods. Trade in this line is reported good? letter than for many days?and buyers nd producers are able to perfect more ontracts for future delivery. Cottons lave also shown an advance. The stock of old cotton on hand is nuch larger than at this time last year, nd there is not now a great deal in ight to promise better prices. Alhough it is not generally believed that otton conditions are as good now as t this time last year, the acreage is arger and there is time for considerble improvement. If tnere is a great leal of improvement, prices promise o go lower instead of higher, and the est that can be said at this time for he man who holds for higher prices, 9 that he certainly has no more than ven chances. m m THE LAST COTTON CROP. t Aggregated IO.KM.1,422 Rnlea. Valued at 9404.r?G7,r>40. The totals of Secretary Hester's anmal report of the cotton crop of the Tnited States were promulgated last fonday. They show receipts of cotton t all United States ports for the year 900-1901 of 7,666,452 against 6,734,365 last ear; overland to northern mills 1,140,37 against 1,161,189; southern consumplon taken direct from the interior of he cotton belt, 1,576,733 against 1,540,63, making the crop of the United Itates for 1900-1901 amount to 10,383,22 bales against 9,436,416 last year and 1,274,840 the year before. Mr. Hester has made his usual lnvesIgation into the consumption of every otton mill in the south, including the ,'oolen mills that have used cotton, + n ^ /-n# 1 COf\ 091 11U llic IC^UIlk) OUUU CL IU well VI X, V4-V, OKi*. ales, but of this 44,198 bales were taen from ports. Included in port reeipts. This total shows that the mills f the South have used up 23,819 bales lore than in the year during 1899-1900, gainst a consumption by the North of 050,000. Mr. Hester also gives the actual orouctlon of Oklahoma as 119,063 and lissouri 25,794. His report on the coton crop of the different states is as allows: North Carolina, including Kentucky nd Virginia, 542,000; South Carolina, 11,000; Georgia. 1,295,000: Alabama, 1,50,000: Florida, 45.000: Mississippi, 950.50; Louisiana, 719,000: Arkansas, 762,50: Tennessee, including Oklahoma, lissouri, Kansas and Utah 350,000: 'exas, 3,809,000. Total crop, 10,383,000. Notwithstanding the fact that the rop for the year just closed exceeded hat of last year by 947,006 bales, the outh obtained for this crop an inrease of $130,782,729 more money. The alue of the crop of the year just closd was $494,567,549, which sum breaks 11 previous records. WILLING TO DROP OUT. Ir. Drynn Say* He Will Not Try For Next Presidential Nomination. W. J. Tlryan delivered an address at he Platte county fair, opposite Leavnworth, yesterday afternoon, and beore leaving here when asked to state lis intentions regarding the presideny. replied: "I would rather be right than be ^resident. In 1896 and 1900 the major ty of the voters of the country said by heir ballot that they did not want me 8 their ruler, and I think I would be mposing upon them by giving them an pportunity to vote against me again." "Twice I was defeated, and while I o not say that I was defeated honorbly, I am satisfied, and I do not inend to try to force myself into the ace again. If the American people ver decide that they wish to try Brynism T could not refuse to grant them heir desire; but for the present at ?ast the presidency is the least thing n my mind when I go to bed at night." Mr. Bryan refused to discuss D. B. lill, but when asked how he considred the chances of Tom Johnson, of )hio, replied; "Mr. Johnson is a good lan and a good Democrat and I would e pleased to support him for any ofice; but it is too early to estimate his hances in the presidential contest, ind, too. Mr. Johnson, I believe, has ot announced that he Is a candidate." Mr. Bryan said it was his opinion hat if the Republican convention was ehl this year Roosevelt would he nomtated by acclamation. "I look for a change before 1004," said Mr. Bryan, "and I would not be sur- J prised If the Republican party should nominate Marcus Hanna, of Cleveland, O. In fact, I am not surprised at any- j thing the Republican party does."? Leavenworth, Kan., dispatch, of August 29. MERE-MENTION. The president has appointed Wm. H. ^ Hunt, of Montana, to be governor of Porto Rico Bradstreet's Mercantile agency estimates this year's corn yield j at 1,400,000,000, a decrease of 33 per cent. as compared with last year Copious rains are reported from Waco and oth- ^ er portions of Texas Brigadier General Ludlpw died at Convent, N. J., last Friday, of consumption Thirty-six persons were killed and 13 were injured as the result of a wreck on the Great Northern railroad near Nyack, Montana, last Saturday night. A ireigni irain oroKe in iwu aa u nao climbing a mountain, and the detach- ' ed portion ran back into a passenger train that was just pulling out of Nyack Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, has announced Governor Dolliver, of his 1 state, as a presidential candidate A revised list of the victims of the recent explosion of the boiler on the steamer City of Trenton, near Philadelphia, puts the number at 26 The Galveston News's trade edition of Sep- ( tember 1 places the Texas cotton crop for the season Just closed at 2,508,286 bales, an increase of 1,085,612 bales, ^ over the previous year. Galveston's cotton receipts for the season were 2,177,983 bales, or an increase of 467,720 bales over the previous year Although both sides to the great steel strike are still claiming the advantage, it is believed about Pittsburg that the strikers are losing ground daily ] Two more white men, making three in j .ill, were convicted at Wetumpka, Ala., \ last Saturday, of murder in the second degree, for lynching a Negro named { Robert White. The white men are x named John Strength and Martin Ful- j ler. They were each sentenced to ten ( years' imprisonment. f ? ? t Thb Home Paper's Statement.?The i Anderson Daily Mail of last Saturday had the following editorial statement > about the campaign meeting that was ] held in the city the day before: \ Taken all in all, the crowd was a Mc- ( Laurin one, and his friends were great- e ly elated at the result of the meeting. I After the meeting The Daily Mail man 1 made an effort to "size up the crowd," i so to speak, and sought expressions of opinion from many different persons, t from McLaurin's friends as well as his r opponents. The- question was asked, t what percentage of the crowd was for ^ McLaurin? The answers ranged from i 50 to 80 per cent. The most of the re- t plies were about 75 per cent., and this t probably was not far wrong. A num- i ber of McLaurin's Mends from other e places were here and they frequently v led in the cheering: but the majority 1 of the crowd was unmistakably in sym- s pathy with McLaurin. The attendance ? In the afternoon was composed prob- f ably of two-thirds farmers and one- t third business men of the city and la- c dies. The majorfty of the farmers t cheered for McLaurin, though, as has i been stated, many cheered both speak- s ers, as much as a tribute to their eloquence and skill In debate as expressive of political preference. SOUTH CA NEW, Spoke nt Hnsien Pnth. Honea Path special of August 31 to The News and Courier: Senator McLaurin arrived here at 11 o'clock and made a speech of one hour's length, touching upon the tariff, imperialism and ship subsidy. About 400 persons were present, composed mostly of farmers. His visit here was entirely unexpected, and had It been known In time he would have had a large crowd, as he has a great many followers here. He left on the 3 o'clock train for Greenville. | The Strike Settled. According to the Columbia State of yesterday morning, the cotton mill strike has been satisfactorily settled. t The operatives were informed Monday night that if they should present them- t selves for work on Tuesday morning t they would be accepted, and no questions would be asked, whether or not t they belonged to or sympathized with the union. The understanding was that the striking operatives would return to work, and the whole incident , would be considered closed without either si^e having made any sacrifice , of principle. , H^jeutennnt Bonlinm. ^ j ' Washington correspondence or xxews ^ and Courier: Lieutenant Bonham, of Edgefield, son of Gen. M. L. Bonham, t left Saturday for San Francisco. Lieutenant Bonham would have preferred an assignment to duty nearer home for the present, but the war department officials decided that his services are J needed in the Philippines, so he returns to the scene of his former triumphs. It will be recalled that Lieutenant Bonham enlisted as a private soldier ^ during the Spanish war, and was several times advanced for gallant and J meritorious services. He was with the s late General Lawton the day that t brave officer met his death, and it was tn that engagement that young Bon- , ham distinguished himself and won his * commission in the regular army as a 1 lieutenant. % l)cnUi of n I.out Son. C Chester special of Friday to the Co- I lumbia State: It will doubtless be re- s membered by some of the readers of . The State, that in 1892 John R. Buchanan, son of Editor John H. Buchanan, * of the Chester Reporter, very suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from e home. He was only 15 years of age at the time, and his father could find no 1 trace of him until during the World's t Fair. The year afterwards he was in- c formed in some way that his son was in r Illinois. He at once went to Chicago and through Illinois, and at times he would find some evidence of his son's ? whereabouts, but he could never get to s see him. Several times since he has J heard of his being in different parts of ine west, inn ne nns ntrvei nrAiu uuai from him. It has been a sense of deep r grief to his aged father to know that s his son was living in the land, but would not heed any of the overtures * held out to him to return nome. For d nine long years Mr. Buchanan has liv- s ed in hopes of finding his boy and of persuading him to return, but today his hopes were blastel and his grief made more unbearable by the sad intelligenc e of John's death. A telegram from e Stillwater, Minn., brought this sad 1 news to the already grief-stricken fathor. Mr. Buchanan has the sympathy of the entire town in this hour of his ' sore bereavement. k LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. lane M. Barnett and others, BethelOffer at private sale the "home place" of the late Hamilton Barnett, at Bethel, containing 153 acres, more or less. iV. N. Ashe?Wants 200 cords of pine and oak wood for the brick yard, and he wants it right away, r. Baxter McClain?Wants to sell at bargains a number of farm implements and tools, a3 well as a corn mill and a lot of 7-inch belting, rohn B. Williams?Talks about white fish for breakfast; Magic yeast for the bread baker, and sliced Star ham. 3. C. Strauss & Co.?Print chapter 2 under the title of "long horn cattle," and give you some pointed facts to think about. They also have something to say in regard to their millinery and milliner. Tames M. Starr & Co.?Want you to see them about fertilizers for small grain, which they are ready to furnish anyway you want it. They want to sell you rye seed, and offer close prices on tobacco, r. W. Speck?Is making very close pricej on a lot of ladies' umbrellas, which he says are of excellent quality. He says for you use the B. & H. lamp if you want lots of light. CV. B. Moore & Co.?Tell of new goods that are coming to them in carload lots, and say that they are offering special prices on carpets, mattings, furniture, cooking and heating stoves, etc., to reduce stock. They want you to see their new emery grinder for mower blades. U. P. Lowrance & Co.?Have fresh snowflake crackers, and they want to buy eggs, butter, potatoes and other produce. Riddle & Carroll?Invite their farmer friends and others interested, to visit Gordon Bros.' farm, Charlotte road, to witness an exhibition of a McCormick corn harvester, at 3 o'clock, this Wednesday afternoon. r WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The postofflce and bank observed Labor Day on Monday. Otherwise the loliday was not recognized in York 'iUe. ?tThe town is buying rock for macadim work at 30 cents per ton. Quite a lumber of teams are engaged In haulng at that price. They haul from 1,200 .0 4,000 pounds at a load, and make 'rom 50 cents to $2.25 a day. Each of he double teams employed are averagng about $2 a day. a r? ?.1 1 *9 ? air. J\. uuae, ?viiu ntuj ciiaigc ui iuc vork of grading down the hill on East liberty street, near the depot, says he vlll lower the hundred yards or more )f six inch water main a depth of sev ral feet without springing a leak. If le succeeds in the undertaking, he will >e entitled to a certificate of ability as t first-class civil engineer. ? The ladies of the Auxiliary Cemeery association have been tendered nany flowers for use in beautifying he cemetery; but not as many as they vlll require. Preliminary work lookng to the proposed improvements has )een somewhat retarded on account >f the weather; but the association is iow ready to push its plans with enrgy. ^^olly Euchanan, the Negro woman vho was committed to the guard house tome two weeks ago to serve a 30 day lentence for selling liquor, made her scape Sunday night. Somebody broke he lock of the guardhouse from the lutside. leaving the prisoner at liberty 0 walk away. The authorities are not :ery much disturbed over the circumitance. If the prisoner remains away hey will esteem it a good riddance, and f she makes her appearance agaln^ hey will return her to the guard house. ? The local checker enthusiasts were "ery much interested last Saturday in 1 rub between S. E. McFadden, Esq., of Chester, and Mr. J. B. Pegram, of forkville. Mr. McFadden was in town >n professional business. When he completed the same Sheriff Logan arA* *Ua At>/1 A# +V.A UllfcCU JUI a> fctLIIIC. Al U1C C11U VI mc 'ourth game, the score stood two and wo, Mr. McFadden proposed that the^ lfth game decide the championshiprnd Mr. Pegram won. The experts vho watched the game are of opinion hat the two players are pretty evenly natched, and that It would take quite l number of games to decide which s the better player. THE FOREST HILL PICNIC. It was a typical Bethel gathering hat turned out to the Forest Hill plcllc last Saturday, and the occasion hroughout was In full keeping with he long established reputation of that >artlcular neighborhood In such maters?happy, prosperous, hospitable )eople, good behavior and an abunlance of good things to eat. According to the programme, as orglnally mapped out, addresses were -xpected by Dr. J. H. Thornwell, Gen. r. W. Floyd, F. P. McCain, Esq., and iV. W. Lewis, Esq. It developed that leneral Floyd and Dr. Thornwell were inable to be present. Messrs. Lewis md McCain, however, complied with he appointments, and made good, vholesome talks. The picnic was under the auspices >f the children of the Forest Hill ichool, and the main purpose of It was o afford an opportunity for the ralsng of funds to assist In the erection of he proposed monument to the Conferitrate soldiers ol York county, It having )een determined by the children and mtrons, that their school shall, if posilble, lead all the schools of the county vith the largest contricution. In all, It is estimated that there were ibout SOO people present, including a arge per cent, of young people and a food representation of the citizenship >f the surrounding country. The fore >art of the day was devoted to the (peaking, Mr. J. R. Cook acting as naster of ceremonies and the audience riving good attention throughout. Mr. McCain spoke first. In a few ippropriate remarks, he welcomed the >eop!e to the hospitaMtles provided by he committee, and then proceeded to leliver a very instructive address on nanhood and stability of character as xeniplifiod by the Confederate soldiers renerally, and especially by Lee, Jackion, the Johnsons and other famous eaders. He spoke at length of the duty hat devolves upon us to preserve the nemory of our heroes, and illustrated onie of the practical rewards that were o be expected by the fulfillment of this luty. The following extract from his peech is probably entitled to especial onsideration: "I verily believe that the time will ome when sectional feeling will be ntirely abolished. It may not come in his century, it may not disappear uring the next century; but sooner or liter it will come. About the year 1500, England was literally torn to pieces y civil wars. They were known as' the wars of the roses. On one side was the house of York, represented by v the white rose, and on the other side the house of Lancaster represented by the red rose. Here was a grand exhl- b bition of the Englishman as a fighter, n When those wars closed sectional feel- w ing in England was as bitter as it was in this country after the war of seces- 11 sion; but today all Englishmen are t< equally proud of the part these rival ij parties took in the conflict. They look upon these wars as nothing more nor A less than a grand manifestation of English valor and heroism, and their g deeds $re the common property of all that country, and to shed lustre upon 11 thoroughly united England. .So it will d be in this country some day. The time q will come when the descendants of the Union soldier will unite with the Southerner in singing the praises of Southern b valor as exhibited in the memorable c struggle. We were all Americans at q the opening of the conflict. The bravery of both sides was a manifestation V of the most prominent quality of th&*> American; the bravery of both sides was the common bravery of the American soldier. Confederate valor will be s the heritage of the Union, and Southern g bravery and achievement will be look- g ed upon as the grand achievement of a common country. But this state of " things will never be brought about un- s less we, ourselves, continue to show a ,j proper appreciation of our heroic soldiers. 8 Mr. Lewis followed Mr. McCain in e a particularly thoughtful and practical a address on the value of education, and gave out some Ideas which no doubt * furnished considerable food for thought. ii Captain W. B. Smith and John R. t Hart. Esq., each made a few approprl- f ate remarks in behalf of the Confeder- n ate monument undertaking. t A collection in behalf of the monu- v ment netted about $15 in cash, and p quite a number of subscriptions, the c aggregate amount of which has not yet t been reported. " a The entire day was spent most pleas- v antly, and all who were present are no r doubt willing to concede that the occa- f slon was a gL'eat success. t klJOUT PEOPLE. v -^Mr. Sam A. Glenn was down from T Bethel on Monday. V Mr. W. A. Wherry, of Lockhart, was ' In Yorkville yesterday. p Miss Kittle Stewart, of Rock Hill, is c visiting Miss Carrie Beard. d Joe Walker left last Monday v night on a visit to Columbia. ^ Mr. T. C. Dunlap, Jr., has taken a po- a sition with Mr. G. H. O'Leary. j. .Mr. Tscharner DeGraffenried will ? =feave today for Davidson college. a Mr. T. L. Clinton, of Gastonla, was j in Yorkville on Monday on business. j, ^Cadet Paul Neely Moore leaves today j for Bingham Military institute, at ], Asheville. j Prof. R. A. Dobson left last Saturday ^ for Williston, to take charge of the n school at that place. v ^Mlss Lang, of Camden, is in York- a ville on a visit to Mrs. W. Bratton de- j, Loach, on Wright avenue. e YMiss Lillian Carroll, of Chester, is \ visiting friends in Yorkville, the guest f of Mr. Jno. E. Carroll's family. ^ Mr. George Smith Bryan, assistant principal of the graded school is expected to arrive in Yorkville today. Miss Nell Currln, of Oxford, N. C., is t viauing- in luraviue, uie gucai ui mi a. R. T. Stephenson, at the K. M. M. A. t Rev. W. G. Neville returned Tues- ' day morning from Fairfield county. G where he conducted services last week. r ^ Mr. Jas. L. McGlll, of Bethany, left yesterday for Baltimore and the north- Q ern markets, to buy a fall stock of goods. g ^ Mr. and Mrs. W. .Brown Wylie left c last night for the Pan-American expo- t sltlon, expecting to be gone about two weeks. t Mr. James L. Comer, after a visit of t several weeks to friends and relatives ^ In Yorkvllle, returned to Camden on Sunday. ^Mrs. Mary J. Ingold has returned to f yorkvllle, after an extended visit of , several months to relatives In North ^ Carolina. >Prof. J. W. Daniel and wife arrived Trom Clemson College last Friday. They are boarding at Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber's for the present. c Rev. S. R. Hope, missionary to Ja- ^ pan, who has been making quite a long c stay In this country, will return to his c work In Japan within a month or two. ? Misses Myrtle Ford and Sfildred v Cooper, of Lowell, N. C., have been vis- c itlng the family of Mr. W. G. Turner, 11 near Yorkvllle, during the past two 11 weeks. a ^Mr. R. S. Hope, of Lowrysvllle, was c in Yorkvllle on Monday, on his way 8 - . ? . h home from Cleveland springs, ne met many old friends here who were glad v to see him. ^rDr. C. F. Williams returned from > Baltimore Sunday afternoon and left o again Monday night to go back to his j post at Fort McPherson. He reported that his mother, Mrs. L. R. Williams, a Is getting along nicely at the Johns c Hopkins hospital, and that she may ^ be expected home within a month, well and strong. Dr. James McJames, of Cheraw, who n has some friends and acquaintances in t Yorkviile, and who is especially noted j, as a famous baseball pitcher, had his , left arm and his collar bone Droken (last Saturday as the result of being I< thrown from a buggy. He is now in 0 Charleston for treatment; but his physicians hope to have him up again with- p in a few days. s Mr. H. C. Strauss and wife, Mr. La- v martine and Miss Norma Struass, t. who have been visiting the Buffalo exposition and Canadian cities, are c due to arrive in New York today, at o which place they will be joined by Mrs. a Lamartine Strauss, who is expected to arrive in New York tomorrow from a visit to Europe. Mr. Strauss and party P expect to reach Yorkviile about the o middle of this month. t] Says the Chester correspondent of the Columbia State, of Saturday; The clt- n izens of Chester, and especially the ei business men. are indignant over the si announcement that Captain E. P. Moore, the faithful and popular agent of the Seaboard Air Line depot, would be replaced by another. He has been h notified that within two weeks his sue- tl cessor will be appointed. No reason a can be given for this sudden removal, b Mr. Moore has been the agent ever u since the first train was run into Ches- E ter. He filled the position most accept- s< ably under Vice President St. John's 1? term of office, and everything about the S Seaboard Air Line depot has been run- d ning along smoothly ever since Mr. e' Barr came Into power. The railroad f< could hardly find a man that would h 4-^1 I'lJIlUUl IIU'IC JMI.I wna^C l?au lUl. inuvi c, as It Is a well-known fact that some C) business men here have given Mr. 01 Moore routing of freight when It would ? suit their convenience much better to ti have Southern railway delivery. It Is Si thought that a place must be made for another of Mr. Barr's favorites, and A consequently Mr. Moore will have to tl suffer. Mr. C. H. Alexander has been s< the efficient assistant agent there for u a number of years, and If a Chester man Is to be selected as Mr. Moore's sue- s> cessor, no better equipped man could a he found than Mr. Alexander. LOCAL LACONICS. Ve. Will Send The Enquirer For one year to two or more subscrlers at $1.75 each, provided the two or lore names are returned and paid for rhen the names are entered. Thb Inquirer will be sent from this Issue 3 the 1st of January, 1902, for 60 cents l advance. .notion Sales. There were no auction sales by the heriff last Monday, salesday for Sepember, and only one by the clerk. Uner foreclosure, In the case of W. E. !hapin, manager, vs. L. Geo. Grist and thers, the clerk sold a house and lot n Yorkville, opposite the Baptist hurch. The property was bought by 1. W. S. Hart, attorney, for $1,031. Ncnic at Sharon. The Sharon picnic last Saturday conlsted of pleasant social Intercourse, a peecn Dy non. j. j. nempnui tiuu u. ood dinner. The speaking was in the chool house. Dr. J. H. Saye presided. lr. Hemphill discussed expansion and hip subsidy as at Filbert, and the auience listened attentively. There were ome three or four hundred people presnt, and the day was spent quite pleasntly until the rain came up in the afernoon. ''ree Ferry at Howell's. The Enquirer is advised that there s more or less opposition in Gaftney to he proposition of establishing a free erry at Howell's, for the reason that nuch of the trade of lower Cherokee hat now goes to Gaffney, might be dlerted to Hickory Grove and other >oints in York county that are more onvenient. As to whether it is really rue that there is opposition cannot be tated; no names were mentioned. It /ould seem, however, that if there is eally any considerable demand for a ree ferry. It should be established hrough the co-operation of the York .nd Cherokee county commissioners rtth, perhaps, some assistance from 'Ickory Grove. tfath of Hev. Dr. McEIwee. The Rockbridge County News, of lugust 29, published at Lexington, Va., ontains an extended notice of the leath of Rev. Dr. Wm, Meek McElwee, vhich occurred at Rockbridge Baths, /a., on August 24. The deceased was i native of York county, having been torn here on January 10, 1826. He xaduated from Erskine college in 1845, nd was licensed by the Associate teformed Presbytery in 1848. He abored as a minister in Virginia, Centucky and Texas; but spent the ist 20 years of his life as pastor of iethesda church in Rockbridge county, 'a., building up the church from a nembciohip of 120 to 240. Mr. McEli-ee was greatly beloved by his people nd he had many relatives and friends rt this county who held him in high steem. Ml led With a Stone. Coroner Louthian held an Inquest at Ireen Pond, near Clover, last Sunday, ver the body of Thomas Armstrong, olored, who died on Friday from the * ffects of a wound Inflicted by a stone hrown from the hand of Meek Lowry, nother Negro, on August 25. It seems hat the two Negroes got Into a quarrel n their way home from Pleasant Irove Negro church, near Dr. T. N. )ulin's, and Lowry struck Armstrong, s stated. Upon application to the corner the body was disinterred and an xaminatlon by Dr. J. W. Campbell howed that death was produced by oncussion and inflamatioir of the train, resulting from a fracture f the skull. When he learned of he critical condition of his vlc1m, shortly after the difficulty, ,owry left the country and was .ot to be found at the time of the inuest. The coroner issued a warrant or him on Monday, and forwarded opies of the inquisition papers to the overnor, who will offer a reward or iot as he may deem proper, ndges Differ. In the case of the Loan and Exhange Bank of Columbia, vs. Frank V. Shealy, treasurer of Lexington ounty, Judge Gary has Just held that ertain warrants drawn to pay for Ivans's school charts, are null and old. The case Is similar to that deIded by Judge Klugh In this county ist November, In the case of the Nalonal Union Bank of Rock Hill, gainst Treasurer Neely. In both ases school trustees had bought chool charts, and to pay for the same tad issued warrants on funds that /ould not be apportioned to the disricts until the following year. The National Union bank had something ver $2,000 of these claims and Judge Hugh ordered them paid. The Loan nd Exchange Bank of Columbia had laims against Lexington county school istricts to the amount of $2,112, and ppealed to the court for a writ of nandamus to make the Lexington reasurer pay. After summing up the aw and the facts in his decree, Judge !ary announces his decision as fol>ws: "My conclusion is that the board f trustees made a contract for the urchase of charts for the use of their everal schools at a time when there ,-as no funds available for such purhase, and the mere fact that said 1 laims were made payable at a later r future time out of funds not then pportloned to their said schools, was Imply an effort to avoid the foregoing rovision of law, and that said contract f purchase is null and void. It Is, lierefore, ordered that the writ of landamus be refused." It is altogethr likely that the case will go to the upreme court. American Revised Bible.?Chicago ookmen placed on their shelves today he first copies of the American Standrd Revision of the Bible, which has een kept from them for 14 years by the nfortunate contract enacted by the Inglish revisers at the time of the dlsjnt between the committees representlg Great Britain and the United tates. Today's sales were large, the ealers say. They do not expect, howver, the demand to compare with that >r the English revision when it was rst issued. Examination shows that the Amerian renderings are more faithful to the riginal text and that cutting out many f the obsolete idoms of King James' me has clarified the meaning of pasages hitherto obscure to the lay readr. One of the striking features of the merican version is the restoration of ae word Jehovah to the text, this peranal appellation of the Dlety being sed almost uniformly in place of Lord" and "God." "Sheol" is the term abstituted for "The Pit," "The Grave," nd "Hell." Typographically the book presents In