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Scraps and .facts. ? There was a prize fight between Gus Ruhlin, known as .the "Akron Giant," and James Jeffries, the champion of the world, in San Francisco, last Friday night. The arrangements provided for a 20 round struggle: but ' at the end of the fifth round Ruhlin's seconds threw up the sponge.and admitted that their man was whipped. The sports were very much disgusted at the outcome and are inclined to look upon the affair as a farce. The gate receipts amounted to $32,000. ? Zapata county, Texas, is reponea to be in a distressing condition on account of crop failures and drouth. Representative F. W. Seabury, in whose legislative district the county is situated, has written a letter to Governor Sayers in which he says that unless help is received from the outside, many people of the county will starve to death. Governor Sayers forwarded a check for *500, and then issued a call for charitable subscriptions for the relief of the famine stricken section. ? At the eighth annual convention of 1 the United Daughters of the Confede- 1 racy, which was in session at Wil * mington, N. C., last week, it developed ] that the sum of $13,000 had been collect- 1 ed during the past year for the Jeff Davis monument. Including this amount, the monument committee now has $38,000 in bank, and it looks like only a short way to the $50,000 required. It ' has been definitely decided that the ' monument shall be in the form of an : arch spanning Twelfth and Broad 1 streets, Richmond, and the date of the unvBiunc was fixed at June 3. 1905. ? Says a Durham, N. C., dispatch, of November 15: The celebrated damage suit of Rev. T. J. Gattis against Dr. J. C. Kllgo, Mr. B. N. Duke and Mr. W. R. Odell, will be called In Oxford next week. It Is set for Thursday and will probably be called on that day or the day following. So far as is known there will be no efTort made by either party to prevent the case coming to trial. The court will be a two weeks' term, for the trial of civil and criminal cases. The criminal docket will be disposed of first and then will follow the civil docket, the Gattis-Kilgo case being the first called. A number will go over from here, some as lawyers, some as witnesses and others to hear the ' trial. If the case goes to trial It will 1 probably require eight or ten days to ' get it to the jury. ( ? The negotiations between the governments of the United States and Denmark, relative to the cession to the United States of the Danish West Indies. have been transferred to Wash- . lngton. The negotiations were initiated by Mr. Swenson, United States minister to Copenhagen, about three years ago, and later on Mr. White, secretary of the embassy at London, took up the work in behalf of the United States. The transfer to Washington was recently brought about through a desire ' of the Danish government to place its 1 interest in the matter in the hands of ( Mr. Constantin Brun, Danish minister 5 ? at Washington. He spent some time " at Copenhagen last summer and re- J turned to Washington recently, thor- ' oughly prepared to carry forward the 1 negotiations directly with Secretary ' Hay. It is learned that within the past ' few days there has been increased ac- 1 tivity in the negotiations and that sen- ( sible progress has been made toward ' the completion of a treaty of cession. ? The Southwestern Express, on the Northern Central railway, was blown up by dynamite a short distance north of York, Pa., on last Saturday. The passengers were severely shocked. ' but none were seriously injured. The 1 train was crossing the bridge when the 1 dynamite exploded. It is believed to be ' the work of robbers. A piece of rail ! three feet long, was blown out of the ] track. Three coaches were derailed. 1 Detectives from several points are on the trail of the robbers. A panic fol- 1 lowed the explosion. It is supposed < that the plans of the robbers were set 1 for the Buffalo express. The spot where 1 the wreck occurred is surrounded by ' high hills and is the most lonely locali- ' ty between Baltimore and Harrisburg. 1 The explosion occurred under the sec- * ond coach and the force blew the head- 1 light off the engine and broke all the ' glass. The robbers did not appear af- ' ter the explosion. 1 ? Says a Sofia, Bulgaria, dispatch of November 16: The brigands who captured Miss Ellen Stone and Madame Tsilka have reduced the amount of , ransom they demand to ?20,000 Turk- ( fc?V? with thlci f n tol H tronno I is the information that the leaders of ( the band, if convinced that this Is more , than Mr. Dickinson will give, would ac- ' cept ?15,000. Even this sum is greatly , beyond the cash at Mr. Dickinson's disposal. Therefore unless the captors j of the missionary further abate their , demands there is no hope of an imme- , diate settlement. An agent who is in touch with the brigands reports that they recognize they made a mistake in ( kidnapping Miss Stone. They would, however, consider it worse than a blunder to release her without an adequate ransom. There is no longer any fear regarding the brigands' intentions toward the captives. They declare themselves to be not robbers, but patriots, performing an obnoxious task in the interests of a holy cause. The majority of the kidnappers are peasants and farmers, directed by a secret committee to execute its decisions. ? Washington dispatch of November 14: The second general memorandum on the cotton crop of the season of 1901- i 02, issued by the government of India, under date of October 16, states that the reports from the cotton growing : districts, though not on the whole un- i favorable, are not so good as for the i snmp nsrind las* vear. In ths Punish 1 the area sown is now estimated at 1.- i 074,100 acres, or about 12 per cent, be- i low the exceptionally large area of last 1 year. The late arrival of the monsoon and scarcity of rain account of the de- 1 crease. In the northwestern provinces ] and Oudh the area sown was estima- 1 ted in the first forecast to be about 5 ? per cent, below the normal. The con- ; dition of the crop at the end of Sep- ; tember varied from 75 to 85 per cent, of I the average. In the central provinces i the area is estimated at 1,007,857 acres, ar sightly below last year's actua. irea. The crop is generally backward but the outturn for the whole provinc< Is expected to equal the estimate foi last year. In Berar and Bombay th< icreage is larger than last year. Ii Dther sections it is less and the crop ii generally backward. 2Htr ||orfcville (Bnquirrr. TORKVILLE, S. O.t WEDNESDAY, NOV'R.20,1901. Judging from his Atlanta speed svhich, in that respect is like all hii previous speeches, Senator McLaurin'i principal concern is not the formatior sf a new party; but the progress ant prosperity of South Carolina and th< South. If some of our would-be statesmei ivould only give some really intelligen 3tudy to the lien system, and make ai jarnest effort to reform it, they woult iventually earn political preferment o! i kind that seldom comes to the men political trickster. Tom Miller was in Washington las' Friday, and according to a correspond ?nt, in speaking of Senator McLaurin lie declared: If he is a Democrat I an opposed to him; but if he is a Repub lean and so declares, then I am hii supporter." Thomas is like the mosi >f the politicians, both white and black He is not so much concerned about t man's character, capacity or asplra' lions, as he is about his party affUia* tions; but there is no reason to hesltat* ibout Senator McLaurin. The senatoi lias saia mat ne is a uemotrai am that he will never be anything else. If the whole woof and warp of a poitical party be based on distribution o: the public offices, as practically all 01 the partizan organs seem to think, w< ire unable to see the benefits that ac^rue to the rank and file that does th< roting. The principal concern of th< ank and file is not who holds the of Ices; but how the offices are administered. The public is benefitted not bj ivhat a public officer does for himself tiut by what he does for it. Thes< things should all be carefully considired by electors before they comment their shouting. The Charleston Post has abandonee ts half-hearted support of Senatoi McLaurin on the ground that it has al ilong been in favor of the organizatior if a decent Republican party in thif itate, and the appointment of Koestei shows that to be impossible. If Th< Post has been deceived it has no righi to blame Senator McLaurin, for he ha: told it plainly from the first that hii iffiliation was only with the more progressive Democratic element. He h lot seeking to build himself up by th< iistribution of pap; but by pointing iut what he thinks is for the best foi South Carolina. The Lien Law. Although the people of South Caroina have devoted much labor anc thought during the past thirty-flv< rears to what is known as the agricultural Hen system, it must be appareni ;o all who are giving attention to thf subject, that many mistakes have beer made and that the problem is still denandlng serious consideration. The original object of the lien lav was good. By enabling people whc could not give more substantial security to mortgage their "intention" t< -aise a crop, the country has posslblj gotten the benefit of much development that would have otherwise beer lelayed. At the same time, the system which, at its best, has never beer more than a risky speculation, has accomplished an immense . amount ol fiarm, and in the view of many is stil i source of grave future danger. Reviewing the agricultural history o; this state briefly and generally in it! relation to the lien law, it seems fair t< size up the situation about like this When the system was first inaugurated, landowners, who were withoui means to conduct such operations ai they desired, were disposed to act as general managers of their farms whi!< they took advantage of the lien system, both in behalf of themselves anc renters. They exercised such oversigh of renters as helped to ensure the bes results in producing crops, generallj paying the merchant all that was com ing to him, and leaving a profit to th< landowner. This plan is still practic ed by many land-owners; but it is nov the exception. The tendency, for i number of years past, on the part o: landowners who are financially unabh to manage their farms, and who hav< no inclination to engage actively in th< business themselves, is to rent out t< persons irresponsible or otherwie, leav ing the renter to secure supplies a: hest thov mnv hv moans of nprimiltii ral lien, and depending for their owi incomes solely on the rents that are s< strongly secured to them by law While it is a fact that many a goot man has gotten his start in lif< as a renter under this system there is no disputing the fact tha the great majority of individuals including a large percentage of Ne groes who are at present living unde: this system, are a worthless set, study ing not so much how they can work ou their just obligations to landlord ant merchant, as how they can swindh both. The practice of renting land, givini liens, and either not planting at all, oi planting less than enough to pay th< liens, even with proper work and favarble seasons, has become so cominor is to discredit the whole system. It ii ilmost a fact that the agricultura lien no longer furnishes even speculative security, in that most renters wh< would pay up a debt secured by lien 1 would have paid jUBt as surely had , there been no such security, and those i who Intend to pay at all; will pay no r more surely because of this mortgagee. i Although the law contemplates the ? fullest protection of property under ' lien, It Is a well known fact that there are different ways by which the holder nt Old Hen run he swindled With but lit I tie chances of detection. During several years past, it has ; been the disposition of the more prudent and conservative supply merchants, not to agree to furnish goods to irresponsible renters until after landlords have waived they prior liens, [ and this practice is becoming more [ general each year. Its effect is to throw a larger share of responsibility ' on the landowner than the present statutes contemplate for that individ ual, and to make landowning purely as an invetment less profitable than otherwise; but the Justice of it is so manifest that it is difficult to see how a merchant could be Induced to take the : chances that are renuired of him on i any other basis. ' There was probably much use for 5 the lien law at the time of its passage; ? but the law has long since outlived its 1 usefulness. It is doing more harm than - it ever did good, and it is about time that the legislature should repeal it forthwith. 1 t Mr. Henderson and Mr. McLanrin. 1 Elsewhere in this issue is a pretty 1 full synopsis of a speech that Mr. D. f S. Henderson, candidate for the United i States senate, delivered in the court house last Monday. The speech, as will be noted, is dlt rected against the issues that have been raised in South Carolina by Sen, ator McLaurin, and to people who are i still willing to take such matters - strictly on faith, it is a strong presens tation of Mr. Henderson's side of the t case. As a genuinely instructive edu. cational effort, however, it is somei what of a failure, not only because of centain inaccurate statements of facts; but especially because it puts Senator - McLaurin in positions that gentleman, r has never occupied, and in which, had 1 he been present, he would have only remained long enough to reiterate what he has said time and again before. Although quite Interesting, Mr. Henf derson's differentiation between Ref publlcanlsm and Democracy is a trii fle confusing. One of them, he says, - controls the people and the people con? trol the other. If this is all the differ; ence it would seem very like a case of tweedle dum and tweedle de, and the man who would undertake to identify r the Republican government at Wash; ington and the Democratic government i at Columbia by this test alone would, we think, find himself up against some what of a puzzle. Surely the contrast must be more marked than has been indicated. I Also, Mr. Henderson leaves us in r doubt as to where he stands on expan1 slon. Although condemning the acquii sition of the Philippines, which fell in5 to our hands through the chances of r war, because they are ten thousand ; miles away, and the people desire no t affiliation with us, he approvingly sug 3 gests the annexation of Canada and 3 Mexico. It is by peaceful means of course; but who thinks that either of 3 these countries want to be annexed? ; Referring to Louisiana and Florida, he j speaks of the annexation having come r about at the request of the inhabitants; but he does not tell us which inhabitants, and neither does he have anything to say about the Indian pop. ulation into which we had to shoot j good behavior as we are doing with ? the Filipinos. Had he desired, he . could have told us truthfully that a t handful of whites also requested the > annexation of Hawaii, and that there ! are more annexationists in the Philip. pines today than there were in Florida and Louisiana at the time they were annexed. If Mr. Henderson really meant what he said, he is more of an expansionist that is Senator McLaurin. Senator McLaurin was an expansionist in the case of the Philippines because he did not believe the government could afford to let loose, and in suggesting the annexation of Canada and Mexico, Mr. Henderson would take in territory upon which we have not t the slightest claim and which has no 1 claim upon us. The reason given by Mr. Henderson j for the decline of our merchant marine 3 sounds plausible enough; but is it corj rect? It is true, that from about 1850 . to 1860, we had about the finest mer. chant marine there was in the world, I and that the American flag was to be 3 seen in almost every port. It is also 3 true that those were good old Demo; cratic times, and that although there . there was a tariff, it was not what j would now be called a protective tariff, t But let us look a little further. The t principal Item of export In these good r old days was our southern cotton, . practically all of which went to Eu; rope, and the balance of the freight . cargoes was made up of articles man, ufactured In Europe for export to t America and elsewhere. We had a f good freight business all right; but ? otherwise we did not amount to much i commercially. However, what ended ; this epoch? The protective tariff Idea j did not begin to attain full sway until . after 1865. The merchant marine, hows ever, had begun to disappear as early . as 1861. If Mr. Henderson will brush 1 up somewhat on his history, he will j probably come to the conclusion that the Alabama and certain other Confed1 erate cruisers and privateers had more s to do with the matter than did tne protective tariff. American competition t having been removed, foreigners were not slow to take advantage of the situ. ation, and they promise to hold that r advantage until we come down with . liberal subsidies. t Somehow, we are not much lmpress5 ed by what Mr. Henderson says about ; possible appeals to the Negro. Since 1876 the white people of South Carolina have shown that they can abide the ? will of the majority as to almost any r kind of a man, and it does not seem i less difficult to yield on a question of measures. The very fact that the Negro scare is so frequently used, as in 1 this case, in the hope of accomplishing 3 a kind of political intimidation, is 1 about the best possible evidence that it will never again materialize in fact. The thing is too horrible for contem} plation, and the white people of South , Carolina will not put up with it again. LOCAL AFFAIRS, v p NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Say that the peo- S pie who buy bargains are coming to i them, and quote prices on clothing j, for men and boys. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Talk about the 11 good qualities of Nunnally's candles, h and give an assortment that they j have in stock. f Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Prints a letter from W. W. Klugh In regard b to the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance c Co. of Newark, N. J., and also pub- j lishes a letter from J. S. Klugh, executor. J. F. Pursley, Clover, S. C.?Wants you c to see him before buying paint, and says he can give you close prices on any color and any quantity wanted. * He also wants to sell you groceries. * C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Call on people \ who owe them for groceries to come c up and settle without further delay. T. Baxter McClain?Has a lot of ar- r tides, including farming implements, <3 blacksmith's tools, shafting, belting, j pulleys, etc., which he wants to sell. r S. C. & Ga. Ex. R. R. Co.?Publishes a change of schedule for trains be- ^ twaan Rlnrkshnrc and Gaffnev. I M. C. Willis, Mayor?Prints a warning c in regard to smallpox, and urges t everybody to be vaccinated. C. E. Spencer, Attorney?Offers the J. 8 J. Wallace tract, 124 acres, in Bui- a lock's Creek township, for sale or j lease. 7^ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 VmIss Mabel Berry is visiting friends r at Gastonia. Rev. W. G. Neville returned from Spartanburg on Tuesday morning. Miss Frances Parish is teaching school at Glenndale, near Bethel postoffice. * Mr. George L. Riddle, of Zeno, is reported as being confined to his room again. V-Miss Nannie Grist, of Winthrop col"Tege, spent Sunday in Yorkville with ^ relatives. Miss Josle Camp, of Winthrop college, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Maggie Camp. "^Mrs. Rudolph Brandt, of Chester, is visiting the family of Mr. John L. Ral- c ney, near Blalrsville. Rev. A. J. McKelway, who was announced to preach in the Presbyterian church last Sunday, fai.ed to arrive. Rev. J. S. Grler and family, of Sha- c ron, after spending several weeks in West Tennessee, have returned to their f home. Mr. W. H. Gwinn, who has been trav- 1 eling the state of Texas for L. B. Price & Co., of Norfolk, is .in Yorkville for a ? few days. ?SMr. John G. Neely, of Gastonia, has moved his family to Yorkville, and will occupy the Lowry house, on South Congress street. % Mrs. R. H. Cousar, of Lancaster, is seriously ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. N. Plaxco, near Bethany. It is hardly probable that she will survive. Mayor Willis says that if he had somebody to stand by and tell him when the boys are fighting and when they are playing, he could really enjoy a game of football. WITHIN THE} TOWN. ? Mr. W. I. Withefspoon found the gold ring for which he advertised in the last issue of The Enquirer within a short time alter the paper appeared on the streets of Yorkville. ? The time in which it was prescribed that town taxes could be paid without penalty, expired last Friday. Treasurer Love reports that collections were about as close as last year, there being only a few delinquents and not more than two white men claiming that they did not know taxes were due. ? Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co. have erected an additional storehouse at their wood working plant on the C. & N.-W. railroad, between East Madison and East Liberty Streets. Heretofore -they, have been keeping coffins in the upper story of the main building; but they have found that the room is needed for machinery. The firm is doing lots of work now and also selling a considerable quantity of goods. There is to be a presentation of "Quo Vadis" at the opera house on Wednesday, December 4. with Mr. t James A. Young appearing in the role of VInlcius. It is represented as something unusually good. Quo Yadis was * presented here sometime ago; but In 0 some respects the audience was very c much disappointed. It developed that * the scenery carried by the company c was unsulted for use on the small c stage here, and In several other re- r spects the play failed to cpme up to ex- J pectatlons. Mr. James Young has ' made himself famous In this play, and 1 the fact that he Is with the company t now booked to present Quo Vadls, car- 8 rles assurance that there Is no reason- t able probability of another dlsap- f polntment. An agent of the company t was here last week, and among other a things he Invited Manager Moore to <3 send a committee to see the play In <3 Charlotte or Chester, In order to make sure of the strong claims he was mak- r ing. This agent made a careful Inspec- m tlon of the opera house and said that c he had scenery to suit. He told Man- <; ager Moore, furthermore, to have no * hesitation In assuring the local public * that there would be no disappointment <3 this time. Quo Vadls Is certainly a a great play, and properly presented as it e will be by the company led by Mr. * Young, lovers of the drama, could want * nothing better. . t THAT JjtlOO BOUNTY. C It appears that there is no founda- v tlon for the recently published state- v ment to the effect that soldiers who v served in ine spanisn-Ainencaii war are entitled to an additional bounty from the government. The story was first published in the 1' leading daily papers of the north * about September 29, and in the South ^ Carolina papers last week. It was to ^ the effect that a Brooklyn lawyer had v discovered an old law under which n New York state was bound to pay each volunteer the sum of $84, and that the c United States was found to pay the & sum of $193. 1 Although rather vague in its original P terms, it appears that as the -nforma- P tion became more widely disseminated, It became more clarified until it had a 6 shape someining like this: Under the 11 laws passed during the civil war, and n which have never been repealed, all ^ volunteers for active service are entitied to bounties of $100, and that Attor- * ney General Knox has about been con inced that such bounties must be ten iald. lnt As the result of the publication in - / South Carolina, Senator John L. Mc- sai jautin has received quite a number of lss nqulrles for further information, and in 9 sending out In reply a circular that we ias been prepared on the subject by ,am i\ E. Rittman, auditor of the treasury ses or the war department. A Yorkvllle ma oldler "who has received one of these isn lrculars from the senator has handed wh t to The Enquired for publfcation. aft tfter reviewing the whole matter, the No ircujar winds up as follows: De "Furthermore, no law has ever been att lassed by congress, granting any boun- res ies whatever to any soldier for ser- pe< 'ice In the late Spanish-American war lln if 1898 and 1899. Certain laws were Th lassed, giving extra pay to such sol- Ch liers in certain cases, in lieu of a fur- wh ough or leave of absence. But in th( .11 ... .U ..... ..1 /I l..n ntVi rt no icuny mi buuh uaoeo uie ouiuicio miu vere entitled to such pay have been an >aid It. It Is only necessary to say, In foi loncluslon, that there Is no founda- sa: Ion whatever for any such statements hlr is are set forth in said dispatch, as far cai ls the United States is concerned, and th< t is hoped that those Interested In pei his matter will not be Induced to soi nake useless inquiries or to file worth- Re ess claims on account of such misrep- I esentations." frc pa CIRCUIT COURT. no The fall term of the circuit court for ^ai fork county, convened in Yorkville on ?' ast Monday, his honor, Ernest Gary, w* >residing as Judge. do Fifteen grand Jurors answered to De heir names upon the call of the panel, a" md a sixteenth came in before the 1 ury retired to its room. sic All of the petit Jurors drawn for the an Irst week, save one, were present, and thi 10 time was lost in proceeding with the otl justness at hand. The grand Jury hav- ic ng already been charged as to its gen- ^al ;ral duties, his honor did not deem it t,c vorth while to give further instruction, Pa md the work of passing upon bills of fln ndictment was commenced forthwith. a During Monday cases were disposed tri >f as follows: of James Bratton, charged with for- 3 jery, plead guilty and was sentenced Ai ? no en U UIIC y CGI KJLl LUC cuaiugaitg, VI 1U hllV ojenitentiary and to pay a fine of $5. th John Barber plead guilty of larceny to< ind was sentenced to imprisonment in fa ;he penitentiary or on the chalngang da 'or eighteen months and to pay a fine ru >f $5. Hi William Worthy plead guilty to the po iharge of housebreaking and larceny th ind was sentenced to five years In the pe jenitentiary or on the chalngang. wi Giles Dennis, convicted of larceny, ha vas sentenced to eight months on the kn ihaingang or In the penitentiary. Saul Lewis, convicted of housebreak- th< ng and larceny, was sevitenced to eight pu nonths in the penitentiary or on the th; ihaingang. * SV The case against R. V. Macon, iharged with breach of trust with r?l raudulent intent, was continued. S? The case against James Lindsay, 'e? :harged with murder, was continued. M Os Jeter was convicted of violation sti >f the dispensary law and sentenced thl o pay a fine of $100 or go to the chain- by rang or penitentiary for three months, be Business proceeded slowly during 1 resterday morning. D William Thomas, charged with as- thi lault and battery with intent to kill, tlr vas convicted of assault and battery A* >f a high and aggravated nature. ho The case of Solomon Dorsey, charged en vlth murder, was continued. gr When the recess hour came at 1.30 C01 he court was engaged on the case of ,ns L.ee Kirkpatrick, charged with larceny c.? rom the field. s'c Sealed sentences were read against tn ^m. Lowry, convicted in two cases at 1 he last term of court of selling in vio- wi ation of the dispensary law. Upon the ha lung ui uunuo guuruiueeiMB ins up- an earance at the next term of the court, ev his defendant was allowed to enter a go >lea for a new trial. cu J for SENATOR D. S. HENDERSON. go W Hon. D. S. Henderson, state senator afl rom Aiken, and an aspirant to the leat in the United States senate now ccupied by Hon. John L. McLaurin, 1 las been in Yorkvnle this week prose- Lo :uting his claims to the suffrages of ex >ur people. He had planned to ar- h,J 1ve here Saturday night, and Senator an r. S. Brice, who is a close personal sel riend, had arranged to give him a pub- br< Ic reception at the Parish hotel; but 1 he Southern train missed connection f01 it Gastonia, and the reception had to ,ea Hn e abandoned. The senator came down rom Blacksburg Sunday morning, at- an ended service at Trinity M. E. church, blf ipent the day pleasantly, and on Mon- n0 lay met a large number of people from tb< lifferent parts of the county. * w' During Monday morning, it was an- atr lounced that the distinguished visitor ve' rould speak in the court house at 2 en( 'clock, and when that hour arrived, m? luite a number of people gathered to ,n ear what he had to say. The speaker w* vas introduced by Senator Brice as a en listinguished citizen of South Carolina, se{ md a thorough going Democrat in very way fully quallifled to fill the ha ilgh office of United States senator to Pla vhich he is aspiring. With but a few words of introduc- Pr' ory explanation, Mr. Henderson pro- ra' eeded in a business-like manner to cb( infold his message. He said that er rhen he left his home in the south- cot veatenj pari ui tne state, a iew aays *? go, It was with no Intention of mak- ra' ng a political speech in this section; Co tut since his arrival his friends had al>' nsisted that he say something about 1 he great issues of the day, and as he to lad had the boldness to aspire to the gio ilgh office of United States senator, it on /as only proper that he should try to the aake known the reason for his claims, kil It is strange, Mr. Henderson de- If lared, that it should be necessary to trii alk to the people of South Carolina at go< his late day about the fundamental the rlnciples of Democracy?the grand old I* arty that has preserved us and our shi orefathers from the foundation of the pla overnment; but it happens that in the err ist four or five months, it has become bul ecessary to go among the people and unt iscuss these very principles. In dif- Th: erent parts of i.ie state last summer, of he people came out in large numbers cip o hear such discussions, and the at- pri itlon they gave manifested the deep erest they always feel in the subject. Lnd why is this discussion neces y? The answer bringB up boldly the ues Involved. You are represented the United States senate by two 11-known gentlemen?Mr. Tillman 3 Mr. McLaurin. During the last ision of the senate, Mr. McLaurin ide a bold speech against imperiali, expansion and colloniallsm, and len the time came to vote shortly erward, he voted the other way. it only that, when a caucus of the mocratlc party was called he did not end. He refused to allow vour rep lentatives, the representatives of the jple who elected him, to suggest the e of political action he should follow, en, when congress adjourned, at arlotte, Greenville, GafTney and elselere, he stood up for what he called ? "New Democracy," declaring the rty to which he owed his election old d effete. He almost asked for the matlon of a new party, and I must Y that I would have more respect for n had he done so, because he advoted doctrines which, if endorsed by i Democratic party, will take the Dple of South Carolina and the jth, horse, foot and dragoons into the publican camp. am here to meet those doctrines, not >m the standpoint of mere opposing rtizanshlp; but to show how they do t and cannot contribute to the wel e and best interests of the people the south. Now then, let us see lat he advocates and wherein his ctrlnes differ from those held by the smocratic party to which he claims egiance. "Mrst, he stands for territorial expan>n; second a high protective tariff; d third ship subsidy. These are the ree questions around which all the ler questions revolve. The Democratparty is unalterably opposed to a high riff, and in its last national conven in It declared specifically against oxnslon and ship subsidy. So here we ,d Senator McLaurin claiming to be Democrat, and In these three docnes antagonizing the party In all Its fundamental principles. Mow, where does Democracy start? vay back at the beginning of this vernment out of two opposing Ideas ere was evolved the two parties of lay. Thomas Jefferson, who was the ther of the Democratic party of toy, maintained that the people should le the government, and Alexander imllton, who was the original exnent of Republicanism, maintained at the government should rule the ople. Upon these two opposing ideas, th their variations, the two parties ve come down to us as they are own today. The close of the Civil war found e Republican party in power, and In rsuance of a fundamental principle at party inaugurated the present stem of protection, under which the mufacturers, by keeping out Eupean competition, are enabled to Bell ods to the farmer at an advance on ritimate prices. Out of the protece tariff have come the trusts, which 11 further restrict competition, and Is Is the condition that is approved Senator McLaurin and those who lleve with him. Mow, as to expansion, Commodore >wey was ordered to find and destroy e Spanish fleet. There was at that ne no Idea of siezing the Philippines, ter the destruction of Spanish power, wever, and when it became appart that this territory was within our asp, the greed of those who have ruroi 01 me trusts, lmpenea mem iu dst that these Islands be held, thus mmlttlng us to a policy of expanin, and Increasing the power of th^ ists. ,'n the name of heaven, what do we int with any more land. We now ve as much as can be developed by our capital and enterprise. If, hower, we want more territory, let us down Into Mexico, where we can sere the consent of the people to erect ir additional states, or let us netlate with Canada for annexation, hy should we go ten thousand miles ter a people who want no affiliation th us? Hr. McLaurln points to Florida and ulslana as Democratic precedent for panslon; but any child who can read itory knows that this territory was nexed by request and with the con? it of the people who were to be aught under our government. 3ut where will this matter of the clble annexation of foreign territory id us to? We will have to make alnces with other nations in Europe d Asia, and when they get into trous over matters about which we have concern, we will have to assist jm with our army and navy. It 11 bring Interminable turmoil and Ife. It has been said that the delopment of our foreign trade will courage cotton production and cotton inufacturers. There Is no man more favor of these things than I; but tat is the use of going to war to large our trade so long as there jms to be no limit to the peaceful zelopment of the markets we already ve? Again they tell you cotton inters, that the annexation of the lilippines will bring you a better ce for your cotton. Cotton can be sed in these islands, and with toe sap labor there can be raised cheapthan here. The price of cotton is itrolled by supply and demand, and w increased production is going to se the price is a proposition that no mmercial Democratic has yet been le to answer. 'hen again, they say that they want get more land In the name of renin; that we want to take the soldiers one side and the missionaries on ! other side, and that we must shoot, 1 and baptize all at the same time, that doctrine is to become the docile of this great nation of peace and id will, then I am at a loss to know > meaning of our religion, text, Mr. Henderson took up the p subsidy question, which he ex-' ined as a proposition, that the govtment should pay bounties to ship lders at the rate of $9,000,000 a year til the amount reaches $200,000,000. Is he declared to be in contravention the fundamental Democratic prinle of equal rights to all and special vlleges to none. He said that we had no more ships on the seas for the reason that trade had languished on account of our high protective tariff. Between 1850 and 1860, the American flag and American shipping was to be seen al over the world. The Democratit party was in power then and there was no protective tariff, and we will . restore conditions to what they were between 1850 and 1860. Mr. Henderson spoke of the reclp rocity treaties pending in the senate and said that the reason that they were not ratified at the last session, and the reason they will not be ratified at the next session, is because Republican professions in behalf of reciprocity have been a sham and a humbug. But as a crowning reason why the people of South Carolina should not accept these new doctrines, Mr. Henderson said that they could not afford to divide. Senator McLaurln had accused us of raising the cry of the "Negro in the Woodpile;" but it is a fact that the Negro is there.' The Negro registration is now small, it is true; but the white people of the state cannot afford to divide within the Democratic party or outside of the Democratic party. * With a division, and white men on both sides, the Negro will be called in to settle the dispute little by little until ' be is registered and entitled to vote in his full strength. "But I have been over the state a great deal," said Mr. Henderson, "and I do not see that this McLaurln movement amounts to much. I think it is quietly passing away." We are told that there is no politics in It; but still we see Mr. Koester appointed as a Gold Democrat, at the Instance of Mr. ' McLaurln, who is understood to be the jrand mogul in control of the Federal patronage of the state, and Mr. Koester appoints as his first lieutenant, George Washington Murray, the black est Negro In the state! Is that the kind of Democracy that the grand old county of York will" stand by? [Ap plause.] Referring to the fact that Mr. John B. Cleveland, of Spartanburg, had introduced Senator McLaurln In that city as the exponent of electrical Democracy as opposed to the old ox-cart Democracy, Mr. Henderson concluded his speech with a story. A dapper young man, riding a lithe quick mule, passed on the road an old farmer driving an ox-cart. The young man commented to the farmer on the slow progress of the ox-cart as compared with that of his mule, and boasted of how nuch sooner he would get there. The .-oad was dreadful. The young man hurried ahead and the farmer plodded llong slowly. After awhile the farmer saw in a mud puddle what looked like the hat of his former compaln. Pushing the hat aside with his ox-goad, he. uncovered the man's head and remarked, "ain't you in a hell of a fix?" In reply the fellow smilingly asked: "Well if I am in a hell of a fix, what have you to say about the fix my mule Is in?" [Laughter.] In applying the moral, the speaker put Senator McLaurln's followers In the position of t'h? mule and had the senator taken care }f by the president. Throughout his speech, Mr. Henderson had the close respectful attention of his audience, and although there was no applause, except when he made a very sarcastic reference to the ap pointment of the Negro Murray, and when he told the funny bad roads an* ecdote, he undoubtedly made a good impression upon all who heard him. A.t the close of the speech, Mr. Brlce thanked the audience for Its attention and the crowd dispersed. ^ LOCAL LACONICS. /Deceased Death Rate. A coffin salesman who passed through Yorkvllle last week, said that the death rate in this section, and in the whole Piedmont, is less than it has been for a number of years past. He based his statement on the number of coffins that are being sold by his own and other firms. Price of Hay. Hay that sold on the streets of York vllle last summer at from 20 to 30 cents a hundred pounds, is now bringing, from 50 cents to 60 cents a hundred pounds. One local livery firm bought 11,500 worth of hay at prices ranging from 20 cents to 60 cents, and is still buying. Rummer School. The second weekly meeting of the York county school for teachers, was held in Rock Hill last Saturday under the instruction of Profesors J. C. Cork; A. R. Banks and Jackson Hamilton; The following teachers were in attendance: Mesdames Barron, Hanha, Culp, Misses Roach (2), Barron, Gettys, Messrs. Hutchison, Clark, Kee< Hall, Owens, Carroll. The meeting was ' not so largely attended as was that at Torkvllle; but the session was quite satisfactory. The next meeting is to be held at Clover next Saturday. The Smallpox. The smallpox situation In Bethesda township, about which information was published in the last isue of The Enquirer, is causing widespread concern. As will be noted by the publication in anotner column, the Torkvllle town council, board of health and cotton mills presidents have taken gognlzance of the Mtuation, and are urging the people of the town and community to immediately submit to vaccination as the only safeguard against a general spread of the disease. Upon .^presentations from leading citizens of the neighborhood infected, the grand jury has undertaken a thorough invesr Ligation of the matter, and will make a full and complete representation to the governor on the subject. That the situation is very serious is quite apparent, and in the opinion of members of the grand jury, the governor should forthwith drect against the pest in this ocality all the power of the state board of health. In the meantime there is nothing better for individuals than to voluntarlly^resort to vaccination. MERE-MENTION. / It is not thought that the report of -fhe Schley court of inquiry will be made until within a few days before the convening of congress.. .y.. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Griswold Mors^widow of Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph, died in Berlin, Germany, last Thursday Orders have been issued by the war department directing the 27th infantry to get ready to sail for the Philippines as soon as transports can be provided.