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Scraps and facts. ? ? Andrew Carnegie has revised his offer to present the government with $10,000,000 for the purpose of establishing a great university at Washington, in such a manner as to make the proposition acceptable. His original ofTer contemplated the donation of United States Steel corporation bonds. He has arranged to put the sum in another class of securities, and Secretary Hay and others named by Mr. Carnegie, have incorporated the "Carnegie Institution." ? The Pan-American conference, in session in the City of Mexico, is in a stew over the compulsory arbitration question. A majority of the delegates are in favor of the arbitration method of settling disputes between American republics, and it is proposed to so arrange that such disputes must be ar- 5 bitrated whether both of the republics 1 concerned are willing or not. Chili, be- ' ing one of the most powerful of the South American republics, is opposed to this arrangement, and threatens, to withdraw her delegates if the proposition carries. The United States favors compulsory arbitration, and being powerful enough to enforce it, it is not likely to make much difference whether Chili is agreeabe or not. ? It is understood, according to a Washington dispatch, that a way may be found by which two naval officers of high rank will take part in the coronation ceremonies at London. Although the question of selecting officers for this service has not yet been consider- 1 ed by the president or the secretary of the navy, yet the prospects that such selections will be made, has caused j much speculation In naval circles. The ' present indications are that the presl- t dent will select a civilian representative i for the coronation, and also one officer of the army and one officer of the navy to accompany the civilian. Quite apart , from this, the navy will be represented j by a squadron in English waters, with , a rear admiral in command. The ef- , feet of this arrangement will be to place two naval officers of high rank in service in connection with the corona- ( tion. l ? Marconi's invention has set the of- i ficials of the navy and signal service, < where his system is in use, hunting for ' a new word. They are cast about for a i short and'simple term to stand for the t laborious expression now employed. "A message transmitted by wireless telegraph." One genius of the war depart- y ment suggests: "Atmospherogram." A , student of natural forces in the navy j believes that "Etherogram" would be | better. "Aerogram" and "Airgram," { quite as convenient as "telegram" and j "cablegram," find much favor, but Gen. ] Greeley, chief of the signal service, has ; not taken kindly enough to these to advocate their use in official reports, and therefore their adoption into the lan- , guage. "Marconigram" has been sug- { gested by an ingenious layman, who t says that no matter what term is offl- , cially coined, the popular word will al- s ways be "wireless." I ? On January 1, Governor Savage, of i Nebraska, handed a paper to the little ( daughter of Bartley, Nebraska's de- I faulting ex-state treasurer, and told her to take it to the state penitentiary to her father. The paper was a pardon, j and Bartley has since been a free man ( in his home at Lincoln. While he was , state treasurer Bartley's accounts were j found to be $750,000 short. This, he as- j serted was in state banks and its with- j drawal would embarrass the whole ] state, causing a panic. When the hard i times, by reason of drouth, came on, i many state banks failed. Bartley was sentenced to 19 years in the penitentiary. He had served four when pardon- ( ed. Bartley's pardon is certain to call down upon the governor adverse criticism. In a long explanation he says * his clemency was exercised because he J thought Bartley had suffered adequately and that he had been made a political and personal scapegoat. r ? At a recent meeting of the members , of the West End Presbyterian church, ( in New York, it was decided to en- , dorse the work for the proposed amendment of the constitution so that polygamy may be made impossible in the United States. Rev. N. E. Clemenson. of Logan, Utah, was the principal < speaker. He told of polygamy as he 3 had seen it in his own state, and how ( the Mormons were still living with J many wives, contrary to their pledges < when Utah was admitted to statehood. ' He thought the dangers in Idaho great- i er than in Utah, as less attention is ' paid to Mormons there, and they live 1 nnonlr rt'ltV? fholr wivoo nn^or tho qvQ- J """ " 'vw 1"?v? ",v tem they call "celestial marriage," and ^ which they deny is polygamy. Mrs. ( W. P. White, who for some years has 1 been doing missionary and educational -c work among Mormons, told how her s school house had been attacked and ' wrecked by a mob. She declared that I the Mormon church had political con- I trol of seven western states. Mrs. J White also said that under their marvelous system of colonizing doubtful states the Mormons before long would i control 13 states, and it would then be impossible to kill polygamy without civil war. ? Some of the main features of protocol between the United States and Nicaragua referred to in President Zelaya's message to his congress have been made known in recent press dispatches from Managua. But there are many other important features which have not yet been disclosed, one of these being the complete American jurisdiction. and the establishment of American courts, civil and criminal, throughout a zone six miles wide and extending from ocean to ocean, and includine the proposed termini. Grey town on the At- 1 iantic and Brito on the Pacific. The 1 entire policing of this large tract also 1 is placed in the hands of the United 1 States so that it has power to'preserve ' order and after that to issue judicial f process extending throughout this zone. 1 Besides the authority of American 1 courts and of American police on the 1 six mile zone, the chief features of the 1 protocol are in giving lease in perpetui- s ty of this tract to the United States and at the same time giving an American guarantee that the independence, I sovereignty and integrity of Nicaragua i shall not be disturbed by the rights t thus conferred upon the United States, t No exact information is obtainable as s o the price specified in the protocol a! jayment to Nicaragua for the grant t< his country. It can be stated positive y, however, that this price Is much less han was expected when the negotia ions began, and that it is considered >y officials as reasonable. It is un lerstood that at the outset the view ir Nicaragua was that $20,000,000 would se a proper figure for the grant to thi! :ountry, and about $6,000,000 for Costt Pica's grant. But while there is no In formation as to the final sum in th< )rotocol, it is known to be far short o: he above figures. As the cession take: :he form of a perpetual lease, it ii >robable that the protocol includes th< feature of an annual rent as part pay> nent. A protocol with Costa Rica dentical in form with that with Nica' agua, except in the matter of price ant :erritory lease, has been in course o: legotiation, and it is understood that f satisfactory conclusion will be reachet A-ith that government. She YORKVILLE, S. C.t WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1902 There is a good profit in produc< ng supplies for the factory towns This business Is not receiving one-hal: he attention that is warranted by it* mportance. The general assembly meets in an lual session on next Tuesday. Then s not in sight any real occasion for it! neeting; but what it will do before i idjourns, no man can tell. New York state pays one-half th< expense of all permanent road buildinf indertaken by the counties, and the ar angement works admirably. Soutl Carolina has followed the lead of Nev pv>rv tn monv thlnes in the Dast. an< his is a matter that is certainly enti :led to consideration. If it is possible to make a better in ,'estment than is afforded by gooc oads, it is in better schools. The im jortance of the two are so nearly equa t is better not to attempt differentia ;ion. The best thing is to make al possible improvement in both. Bette: oads and better schools will maki his a better country. The county board of commissioner! will find it necessary to borrow mone: igain this year in order to maintaii ;he semblance of a cash basis. It hai seen the same old thing over and ove; igain since the rebuilding of the cour nouse. Just how much must be bor owed this year has not yet been decid id upon; but it will probably be some :hing like *10,000. Anyhow, the action of the governo: n extending the time for the paymen )f taxes, forestalls the legislature ,vhich always takes pleasure in sucl iction. Last year the governor onlj provided for an extension of 30 days ind the legislature added 30 days more [f the legislature indulges itself again t will postpone the penalty season un :il well in the spring. Representatives of the Panams ^anal company have made a forma jffer to sell the concessions and prop irties of the company to the Unitec states for *40.000,000. Had that offei jeen made at the outset it would hav< jeen accepted very likely; but wnethei t will be accepted now is doubtful rhere is reason tcf fear that it will onlj serve as an apple of discord to postponi >r defeat the final selection of eithei nnto If the story reproduced from the Nev fork Evening Post Is true, the presi lent does not show up so badly In th< Miles matter as was reported. Th< .'haracter of General Miles is not alto aether admirable. There is no doub >f the fact that the old fellow isdisposec :o greatly exaggerate his persona mportance, and he really had no busi less tb express himself on the Schlej natter. If it is a fact that Presidem Roosevelt undertook to give Genera Miles a gratuitous tongue lashing in ad lition to the formal reprimand that hftt ieen administered through the propel sfficial channels, then the presiden showed up small even as compared t< Miles. But the testimony as it now ap pears, favors the president, and th< probability is that after all Miles is de serving of no sympathy. The war department has under con sideration a militia bill which con :emplates more definite power to th< jeneral government in calling out stats nilitia. There is a prevalent idea to th< ;ffect that the general government haf io authority over state militia; bu his is a mistake. An act adopted lr .795 provides: "Whenver the Unitec states are invaded or are in immineni ianger of invasion from any foreigi lation or Indian tribe, or of rebeliior igainst the authority of the govern nent of the United States, it shall b< awful for the president of the Unitei states to call forth such number of th< nilitia of the state or states most con .enient to the place of danger or scen< >f action, as he may deem necessary t< epel such invasion or to suppress suci ebellion, and to issue his orders foi hat purpose to such officers of the mi' itia as he may think proper." But it ippears that this act is not satisfactorj n that it is considered to be ambi^u>us and obsolete. Under all the clr . umstances it is to oe expected that the proposed new bill will meet with coniiderable opposition in congress. CONFKDRKATK MONHY IN MANILA.3edro Blaza, an enterprising Filipinc n Manila, was ambitious to relieve the inancial situation in the Philippines end when he came into possession ol leveral large packages of Confederate i notes he concluded that he held the ) solution of the money problem. Soon - afterward a complaint came from one 3 of the banks that they had received a great many Confederate one-hundred1 dollar notes from native and Chinese - merchants. According to a report just 1 received at the war department, the 1 complaints became more numerous and 3 suddenly it was realized that the city i had been flooded with these notes. The detectives went to work, but for i a time were unable to find the source of f supply. The secret service was called 3 upon and one day captured Blaza and 3 put an end to his dream of wealth. He _ i protested that It was good money, but y failed to convince the Manila sleuths. ^ . They declared their intention to search - his house. He was delighted. But 1 when three large packages, each cont tainlng hundreds of the notes, were i found, his countenance became impass-'j 1 lve and his mouth tightly sealed. The flood of Confederate money has subsid ed, but the secret service men are now looking for a trace of two volunteer soldiers who had the money shipped to : them from the United States and used Blaza as a confederate.?Washington dispatch. THE WEEK IN CONGRESS. ? I The Nicaragua Canal Matter Has the Right of Way. After a recess of three weeks, both houses of congress convened on Mon day, says a Washington special of Sunday. The principal item on the house programme for t.ie week is the Hepburn isthmian canal bill which was . the special order for Tuesday. No 11m[ It has been fixed as to the .time for debate upon this measure; but Mr. Hepf burn does not contemplate a proj longed discusseion of It. It is surmised In some quarters, however, that If the proposition of the Panama Canal company to sell Its property and franchise for 540,000,000 should be made, as promised, this may have the effect of open9 t ing a wider field of discussion than at first seemed probable, and if this should prove to be the case the bill may be before the house for a longer s time than is now contemplated. Mr. * Burton has given notice of a speech on the bill and it is understood that there 1 also will be other speeches in criticism ' of special features of the measure; but its friends are very sanguine, not only that the bill will pass but that it will pass speedily. Mr. Hepburn, the author of the bill thinks that only a few days of debate will be necessary. It is expected that by the time the canal bill is disposed of there will be 1 one or more appropriation bills ready " for consideration by the house. None of the appropriation bills have yet been r passed on by the appropriations com3 mittee, but both the urgent deficiency and the pension bills are in a forward state and the expectation is that they 5 will be considered by the committee f during the current week. The present ' intention is to give first attention to 3 the deficiency bill. The estimates for r that bill aggregate about $12,000,000 1 and it is not believed that these figures will be scaled down materially. The senate has no programme for the week and very little business on its calendar, as the reorganization of the senate committees did not take place until r just before the holidays. There are, 1 however, a few bridge bills reported, and Senator Morgan's bill for the ac1 quisltion of right of way for the Nicarf agua canal is among the measures in ' position to receive attention. It is not * probable, however, that the right of ' way bill will receive consideration at this time, the disposition being rather to await the action of the house upon the general subject and then the seni ate predicate its action on the house 1 bill. It this course should be decided on - the discussion of the canal question in 1 the senate will be postponed for a few r weeks. The committee on the Philip2 pines will take up the Philippine tariff r question very soon, buc there is yet no . Indication as to how much time the r matter may consume in committees. ; Hence there is no probability that the r senate itself will be able to reach that question for some time. Senator Frye is engaged on his report on the shipping bill but it not yet able to fix the ' time for its completion. i The Rebuff of Miles. So many ridiculous exaggerations t have crept into print and club conver1 sation regarding the interview in which 1 the president is said to have rebuked - General Miles In the presence of a f roomful of visitors, that it is Just as t well that the actual facts should be set 1 before the public. General Miles visited the White 1 House last Saturday afternoon, evi? dently with a view of heading off, by a 1 personal appeal to the president, his im' pending reprimand. He was ushered " into the ante-room where a number of 2 other visitors were gathered, including " senators, representatives, executive officers of the government. When the president entered and began mak ing his rounds as usual he swept with - his eye the group of men present and, 2 as General Miles advanced toward 2 him, waved his hand towards the door. 2 of the cabinet room and said: "In a mo3 ment, general; I will see you in there." t "Ordinary visitors accept this as a 1 compliment, it being the president's 1 habit to direct them towards the cabl t net room if he wishes to see them In 1 private, and there was nothing in his 1 manner towards the general to indicate that he was not as well pleased with the 3 latter's visit as with any of the others 1 of the afternoon. Ignoring the sug3 gestion, however, the general pushed himself forward and insisted on de3 taining the president and having his 3 interview then and there. It was obvi1 ously annoying to the president, but r with no indication of impatience he led " the general aside and they had a few t whispered words, which appeared to be r argument, and In the course of which both voices grew louder and more dis" tinct. The discussion ended with an 3 expression of dissatisfaction from the ' " president with the general's errand and a declaration that he wished to hear no , more of it. This is assumed to have ap. plied to the Schley controversy, which > the president is bound to choke off ? without mercy as far as concerns the , services directly under his command. ; It was not an agreeable incident, but 1 : | General Miles provoked it as deliber- - ately as he has several other rebuffs which he has followed up by playing the victim. With the public outside of Washington it may stand him in some stead to make a fuss about his reproof in the presence of strangers. With those who witnessed the interview, as well as with a large number of others who have made a close range study of the general since he came to Washington as head of the army, it will be a wasted effort.?New York Evening Post. -^Were-mention. Notwithstanding reports to the conImry, Miss Ellen M. Stone is still in tfle hands of Bulgarian brigands The German charge d'arrairs nas nmuc a formal demand on President Castro, of Venezuela, and fixed a time limit in which an answer is to be expected Jjiiss Alice Roosevelt, eldest daughter of the president, is to christen a new yacht that is being built for the Emperor of Germany at Staten Island A full grown female fur seal was captured and killed in New York harbor last Friday. It is said to have been the first fur seal ever seen in those waters. ....Miss Alice Roosevelt was formally preented to Washington society last Friday at a ball given in her honor at the White House Governor Aycock, of North Carolina has fixed Wednesday February 25 as the day on which six white men are to be hanged in that state. Four of the hangings take place at Asheville, one at Wilson and one at Lincolnton The Southern railroad has fixed the minimum charge for hauling private cars at 18 first-class fares and one first-class fare for each additional passenger. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. The President at Charleston. According to a Washington dispatch, arrangements are being made for the visit of the president to the Charleston exposition during February. The president expects to go to the exposition along about February 10, and it is understood that he will be accompanied by most of the members of the cabinet and the cabinet ladies. The party will remain in Charleston two days, maybe three, and will return to Washington direct, without extending the trip. County High Schools. Columbia special to The News and Courier: County Superintendent of Education Wallace is urging friends in the legislature to initiate a plan to es tablish a high school in each county in the state. He thinks that a flrstclass high school can be established and maintained upon an appropriation of $2,000 for each county, and expresses the belief that such a school will do more to promote the cause of education in South Carolina than anything else that can be done. Richland county, by the way, is the pioneer county in this matter of establishment of a county high school. Cook Comity Democracy Coming. Columbia special, of Sunday, to The News and Courier: Today Mr. C. E. Miller, the secretary of Robert E. Burke, the widely kno\\ii political leader of Chicago, is in th'e?city on his way to Charleston, making all necessary preliminary preparations for the tour of the famous Cook County Democracy of Chicago, the objective point of which Is the Charleston exposition. It is the purpose of the party to reach Charleston on the evening of the 10th, and remain in that city until February 12th. Next to Tammany Hall, of New York, this is the most famous Democratic organization in the United States, and on this southern tour will be headed by Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, who will be accompanied by Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, who comes along as the special guest of the organization. There will be 200 members of the famous organization In the party, and. they will be accompanied by the celebrated De Baugh Military band, of 50 pieces, one of the best military bands in the country and said to be the finest uniformed organization in existence. The organization has now toured every portion of the United States except California, and next year the tour will be through that state: the year after that old Mexico is to be toured. The organization is to travel on this tour in eleven Pullman cars, and the train will be operated as a special over all the lines used. The Chicagoans take pride in announcing that they pay their own expenses at all points visited. This organization is one of the finest marching concerns in the America. It is composed largely of wealthy and influential men, yet they take particular pride in their marching, and when they make a stop they disdain to use carriages or cars. They, prefer to march with the band at their head. The members all wear silk hats, black Prince Albert suits, white neckties and patent leather shoes and carry silk umbrellas, with which they drill. They have attracted national attention. In the party, besides Mayor Harrison, will be Robert E. Burke, the greatest political leader Chicago ever had, the man who has managed all of the successful campaigns of Carter Harrison and his father, and no end of others. The band and the quartette have been for sometime rehearsing all the southern melodies, old and new, for use in the concerts to be given at the hotel's on this trip. The visitors, of course, intend to make a stop at Columbia. and today Mr. Miller met the governor, the mayor, the state chairman of the Democracy, the state secretary of the South Carolina organization, the presidents of the various clubs and others of prominence in the community. The train will reach Columbia sometime on the afternoon of the 9th of February, and the visitors will remain here until about noon the following day. A local committee of arrangements and reception is being formed, and the Chicago men will be shown things in Columbia that they can fnd nowhere else, such as the big Olympia cotton mill and the state dispensary. The legislature will be in ses sion ac the time. No effort will be spared to make them have a good time during their stay here. The special train will leave Chicago on February 5, and stops will be made at Huntington, Clifton Forge, Va? Charlottesville, Old Point Comfort, Newport News, Richmond and Danville, Va? and Charlotte, N. C., before Columbia is reached. At all these points the mayors, the governors and other prominent people have extended cordial invitations to the visitors and reception committees are at work. When Charleston is reached the exposition will be given due attention for three days, and the Chicagoans expect to have a royal time in the City by the Sea. After leaving Charleston, Savannah, Jesup, At'anta, Chattanooga, Lexington. Louisville and Indianapolis will be visited, stops being made at each point by invitation. The party will be absent from Chicago about four week 8. LOCAL. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss & Co.?On the fourth page of this issue announce a January cost sale of overcoats, clothing, jackets and blankets, and give a lot of prices that will prove of interest to prospective buyers. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Tell you that they will do their best during this year to merit your patronage, and promise to handle only the choicest lines of canned and bottled goods, as well as fancy groceries. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Says the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance com^ pany begins the new year strong^p than ever before in the 57 years of its career, and wants an opportunity to prove it to your satisfaction. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Want to sell you borax to protect your meat from the skipper fly. They also talk about cough medicine, window glass, putty, drugs and medicines. W. W. Lewis, Plaintiff's AttorneyPublishes a summons to the absent defendant in the case of Sarah Kunz as administratrix, plaintiff, (xa. H. W. Smith, defendant. T. Baxter McClain?Has a number of different articles, including farming implements, that ne wishes to dispose of. INTERESTING OLD PAPERS. Mr. G. C. Ormand left at The Enquirer office on Monday, some old papers belonging to Mr. G. R. Turner, which are yellow with age and unique in character, giving a curious reminder of the way some of the old fellows used to do business in this country in the long ago. One of the papers reads as follows: "Sir: Please to let my son, David, have the money you stand indebted to me, and you will oblige your friend and well-wisher, Robert Turner. "To Mr. Thomas Akins. "September 30, 1795. "N. B.?You know the sum is ?1, 9s, Od?prock, or North count." The foregoing note is written in quite a legible hand and Indicates that the writer was possessed of a very good education for a country farmer of his day. This document, however, is more interesting: "May 29, 1787. "Settled accounts between John Willson and Robert Turner, being clear of all accounts, debts and demands, from the beginning of the world to this day. By me "John Willson, "Robert Turner." AUCTION SALES. The auction sales before the court house door last Monday?salesday for January?were as follows: By the clerk: In the case of Sarah E. Edwards vs. Wm. T. Smith et al., a tract of 104 acres in Bullock's Creek township. Bought by J. N. Smith for $7.05 per acre. In the case of Sallie R. Simpson vs. W. P. Draffln; three lots or parcels of land near Catawba Junction, as follows: 1. Lot of 45 acres; bought by Mrs. E. E. Murphy for $13.25 per acre. 2. J acre; bought by Mrs. E. L. Murphy for $60. 3. J acre; bought by Mrs. E. L. Murphy for $40 an acre. In the case of Wm. R. Neely, as administrator of Sarah Culp et al.; tract of 94 acres In Bethesda township, known as the "Neely place," bought by W. B. Wilson for $4 an acre. In the case of Isreal McD. Hood, as administrator, vs. Elizabeth Gibbs, et al.; a tract of 273 acres in Bethesda tnwnahln hmie-ht hv S. E. McFadden. Esq., for $1,200. In the case of G. L. Riddle vs. Jacob Battle; a tract of 164 acres, two miles west of Yorkville, bought by C. E. Spencer for $3,000. By A. W. Ray, probate judge of Richland county; In the case of Mrs. M. E. Childs, administratrix, etc., vs. L. D. Chllds and others, a tract of 434 acres on the west bank of Catawba river; bought by the plaintiff for $3,600. V ABOUT PEOPLE. S^Mr. H. C. Simpson, of Catawba Junction, was In Yorkville Monday. ^Messrs. P. W. Love and W. O. HarBhaw are boarding it Mr. C T. Radcllffe's. s* Miss Florence Cody left last week, to resume her school work In Fairfield county. ??Mr. John E. Carroll has been confined to his home for the past few days with the grip. Superintendent Grimes, of the York Cotton mill, went over to Lancaster last Saturday on business. ^Mrs. R. E. Montgomery and children left on Monday afternoon for Forest City, N. C., to visit relatives and friends. g^he statement that Mr. R. J. Macko??I11 vmrwra ?/* 4f Vaiicia la icit win nivy v c imu tuc lyiaiivii uvuoc ia a mistake. Mr. Mackorell will remain where he is for the present. KMrs. Mary Darwin, widow of the late . V. Darwin, of Smyrna, spent from Friday to Monday afternoon In Yorkville the guest of Mr. Jas. E. Carroll's family and otner relatives. Mr. T. M. Whlsonant was down from Hickory Grove on Monday. In partnership with Mr. T. H. Leslie. Mr. Whlsonant Is arranging to establish the Hickory Supply company. Superintendent Spencer, of the Tavora Cotton mill, Is succeeding In securing a steady Increase In weekly output. The mill seems to be getting along nicely. Auditor Williams spent most of Monday In Yorkvllle, and after the pressure of the day's business began to loosen up, left for Bullock's Creek to fllll his appointment there. Mr. A. W. Gladden and family, of McConnellsvIlle, left on Tuesday of last week for his new home at Spring Hill, Homestead county, Arkansas. He was accompanied by Mr. J. W. McKnlght, youngest son of Mr. A. C. McKnlght. VMr. A. Frank McConnell and Miss uolly Miller spent Christmas with Mr. Sam L. Miller's family in Columbia Mr. McConnell has returned and Miss Miller is still in Columbia on account of an accident to Master Sam Miller. ^News and Courier, Saturday: Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson, Jr., of Rock Hill, are registered at the Charleston hotel. The young people were married at Rock Hill last Wednesday, xne oride was formerly Miss Willie Bays, an atractive and popular young lady, who formerly resided in Charleston. Mr. Wilson is a son of W. B. Wilson, Esq., of Hock Hill, a nephew of former Congressman Wilson, and one of Rock Hill's rising young lawyers. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson will spend several days in the city. Mrs. P. M. Grimes and Mr. George Tilghman received a telegram on last Saturday afternoon announc- a lng the serious Illness of their mother r In Maryland. Mr. Ttlghman left 1m- e mediately for Maryland. A later tel- t egram announced the death. Mrs. c Grimes left on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. s Grimes had Just gotten home a few / weeks ago, having been called to Maryland by the death of her father about j six weeks ago. The sympathy of a c large number of Yorkvllle friends Is t with the families In their bereavement. r ^X/WITHIlf THE TOWS. t ? The town served oysters to the Are- a men last week. To the colored firemen c on Friday night and to the white fire- v men on Saturday night. c ? The salesday crowd Monday was rather small for January salesday. All sections of the county, however, were well represented, and It was a good jjay for business. ? There was such a small attendance on the Saturday normal In Yorkvllle last Saturday that It was decided not to attempt to hold the exercises. The failure of the teachers to attend was attributed to the bitterly cold weather. ? Mr. T. T. Allen died suddenly at the York Cotton mills on Sunday, and was buried in the Yorkvllle cemetery on Monday. He was a Confederate veteran and leaves a widow, one son and two daughters. The family came to the vicinity of Yorkvllle some ten or twelve years ago and has been living at the York Cotton mills for a year or more. ? The correctness as to statement In the last Issue of The Enquirer as to local cotton receipts has been questioned, and, the reporter is convinced, very properly. According to that statement there was a difference of only 21 bales in the receipts for the four months ending January 1,1901, and the four month* ending January 1,1902. During the first mentioned period the receipts were given as 4,083 bales, and during the second mentioned period, as 4,662 bales. The figures included only the cotton that was handled by Messrs. Riddle & Car- , roll, J. P. White, Moore, Springs & Co., J. M. Heath & Co., Latta Bros., and Beard & Carroll. Mr. J. B. Pegram advises us that in partnership with Mr. ' John -M. Hope, he handled about 700 bales of cotton during the first season 1 against none during the second. This would give the 1901 season a large excess over the 1902 season. Still further Inquiry develops the fact that much of the cotton that was credited to the 1901 season was counted twice by reason nf Its havlncr been transferred from one local buyer to another. From such Information as has been gathered on the subject, the reporter would say that the 1901 receipts were several hundred bales heavier than those of 1902; but for the reasons stated, It Is practically impossible to give exact figures. LOCAL LACONICS. The Work Commenced. Mr. N. A. Slmril advises the reporter that the work of hauling rock for the Robinson hill was commenced yesterday, at the rate of 150 loads a day and J he would be glad to have all who fmiy / have made subscriptions, payable J hauling, to begin operations without delay. Out In NImImiIppI. _ Thomas A. Johnson, the w4l-known Negro blacksmith, who formerly lived In Yorkville, is now a resident of Brunswick, Miss. Recent Information , from him Is to the effect that he is still working at his trade and is doing well, making in the neighborhood of $1,000 a year. r Dry Klin Darned. ? Mr. U. M. Pursley, ot Ramah, lost a dry kiln last Monday together with about 7,500 feet of lumber. The kiln probably caught from a spark. There were a dozen men on the yard at the time; but they were unable to do anything to check the flames. The total loss on account of the fire was about $100. Biff Allison's Ugly Record. Mr. G. C. Ormand stated on Monday that between the 25th day of May, 19C1, and the 27th day of December, 1901, Allison creek was out of its banks 29 times. Mr. Ormand had about 150 acres of bottom land planted In corn and spent some $400 in ditching. Altogether from his bottoms he got only about 40 bushels of com. Malls Demoralised. The mails seem to have been demoralized during: the past few days for some reason. The Hock Hill papers, due in Yorkville Saturday morning, did not reach here until Monday, and the packages of Enquirer's for Clover, which were mailed Friday afternoon, had not reached there Saturday night. The reporter has made inquiry into the trouble: but has not been able to get any satisfactory information. Broke All Records. , Mr. E. P. Castles, of Smyrna, advises ] The Enquirer that Broad river broke all records on Tuesday of last week. ] The high water mark of 1846, near Mr. i W. P. Whisonant's, was 25 feet. That < broke all records within the recollection of the oldest inhabitants, and the mark 1 has not been reached by a subsequent 1 flood until Tuesday of last week, when ] the flood attained a height of 28 feet. 1 The flood of 1846 succeeded the memo- i rable dry year. I Saved His Celery. ' Mr. Robert Conrad, of the McCon- ' nell8ville neighborhood, was in York- ' ville on Monday. Mr. Conrad is a sue- 1 cessful celery raiser and marketed eel- ( ery in Chester during thanksgiving and 1 Chrliilmafl Hp anld that he had not * seen his plants for a week; but when lie 5 saw them last they had not been injured by the cold weather. He took the 1 precaution to cover the plants up wall ' with straw on the approach of the 1 freezing snap. . y 1 Accident to Mrs. D. T. I.esllW' c Mrs. Susan J. Leslie, w}fe <rt\Mr. D. T. Leslie, of Leslie station, met with 1 I the misfortune, on last Sunday morning, of breaking one of her hips. The 2 accident was the result of a fall that occurred while Mrs. Leslie was moving about in the cook room. Especially c because of the advanced age of the suf- i ferer, Mrs. Leslie being 75 years old, t the Injury is quite serious. The broken v bone was set soon after the accident h occurred, and the patient was under t the influence of morphine for most of C the time during Sunday and Monday, c From such Information as was obtain- 11 ble yesterday morning, no satisfactoy statement can oe made as toher presnt condition, except that it is thought hat she is getting along as well as ould be expected under the clrcumtances. klmoMt a Wreck. The northbound S. C. and Ga. Extension passenger train narrowly esaped a serious wreck last Friday afernoon. Shortly before the train eached Heath Spring, the axle of the ear truck of the tender broke. The rain was traveling at its usual speed, tnd before it could be stopped many ross-ties were splintered. The damage vas repaired by substituting the truck ?f a freight engine that happened to be iear. As the result of the accident, he train ran five hours late. Fortulately no one was hurt. nr. uiarw'M nurai nooie. The rural delivery route for which Mr. D. C. Clark Is getting up a petition, contemplates taking In the country ilong the road from Yorkvllle to Bethiny, thence across the "ridge" road to 2Ion church on the Adair's Ferry road, ind thence back to Yorkvllle, twentyIve miles In all. The service, If establshed, will be dally, Instead of triveekly, as now. Mr. Clark has Infornation that there is a movement to secure another rural route from King's Mountain down to Bethany by way of Hero. [limine** Growing. The business of the South Carolina ind Georgia Extension railroad Is growing steadily. Only a few years igo, comparatively empty passenger trains were the rule rather than the exception. These days Conductor Boxtell seems to have his hands about as full as do the conductors on the Charlotte and Columbia division of the Southern. At least such seems to be the case on the majority of his trips. The general freight busines of the road Is in excess of the capacity of the company's rolling stock, and generally the sutlook for the property seems to be highly encouraging, rhe Cherry Tree Men. A Winston-Salem, N. C., special, of January 4, to the Charlotte Observer, says: Postofflce Inspector C. E. Ente j n?Uk man was nere yesieruay cumcmng mi.ii District Attorney Holton in regard to the Amos Owen Cherry Tree company, which stands charged with violating the postal laws in the advertising matter sent out. The inspector is investigating and collecting evidence preparatory to the trial of the men who compose the company, at the next term of the federal court at Charlotte. The writers of many of the letters received by District Attorney Holton ask him to collect the money which they paid the cherry tree people. Each writer tells how much is due him or her. Mr. Holton has prepared a circular letter in answer to those received by him. He tells the people who claim to have been defrauded that his business is that of prosecutor and not collector. It is said that the defendants, through their counsel, will make an effort to compromise the suits ^ifctituted. Death of Mrs. C. J. Rouertaon. ^Mrs. Charlotte J. Robertson died at the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. Q. W. S. Hart, in Yorkville, yesterday morning, at about 9 o'clock. Her death was quite unexpected, dhe began to feel unwell late Friday evening, and the trouble quickly developed into pneumonia, the progress of which could not be checked. Mrs. Robertson's maiden name was Reynolds. She came to Yorkville in the early fifties with her uncle, the Rev. Henry Elwell, the first rector of the present congregation of the Church of the Good Shepherd. For a time she was a teacher in the Yorkvile Female college, and on January 4, 1855 she was married to Mr. William K. Hackett, who was killed in the Civil war. In October, 1867, she married Mr. F. W. Robertson, who died a few years later. As the result of the two marriages she leaves four children?two by the first and two by the second. The children by the first marriage were Mrs. W. E. Faulconer, of Charlottesville, Va., and Mrs. G. W. S. Hart, of Yorkville. The children by the second mariage was Mr. W. F. Robertson, of Wilmington, N. C., and Mrs. H. F. Robertson, of Alexandria, Va. At the time of her death Mrs. Robertson was aged about 75 years. Mrs. Faulconer, Mr. Robertson ana Mrs. KODerison were telegraphed for yesterday, and definite arrangements for the funeral depended upon the answers they should make to the telegrams. LOCKHART LINKLET8. York People at Lockbart?Shooting Affair?Dr. Hope Goe* to Union. Lockhart, Janaury 6.?Quite a number of people have been moving to Lockhart during the past few weeks, among them Messrs. Julius A. Hope, Lester Good and William Love from York county. The available houses are pretty generally occupied and the population of the town is larger than it has jver been., George Sealy, white, shot and seriously wounded John Littlejohn, colored, on last Friday. Sealy's bullet penetrated Llttlejohn's right lung and has not ueen located. There were no witnesses and the stories of the respective parses to the shooting vary. Sealy claims :hat he did the shooting in self-defense; :hat Littlejohn was advancing toward aim with a pitchfork. After the shootng Sealy gave himself up to an officer >f the law; but changed his mind on lis way to Union, about going to jail and made his escape. He is still at arge. Engineer D. P. Poore, who has been unning on the Lockhart branch of the soumern, nas ueen uunoieucu iu wc nain line, and Engineer John Nell is low running in the place left vacant >n the Lockhart branch. Dr. W. D. Hope has moved to the ilantation he recently purchased from dr. Charles Farrar and is now a citl:en of Union county. ? James Wilcox, the suspected murlerer of Miss Nell Cropsey, is in the Norfolk, Va., jail. He is reported to tave said that he would never be convicted of the murder, and that upon lis acquittal he would remain in Elizaieth City. The authorities at Elizabeth Mty claim to have a strong chain of ircumstantial evidence, and they beeve they will be able to show that Wll