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?rraps and |acts. ? Admiral Schley was entertained in Chicago last week. He said he prized the good opinion of the American people more than any other consideration on earth, and for that reason he could never be induced to accept a political office. ? The president has referred Admiral Schley's appeal to the navy department for "comment." This is the technical term in naval law to. designate a reply, in the nature of a criticism, to any presentation. If charges are lodged against an officer they are referred to him in order that he may ^'comment" upon them, and his reply ? "? Vv?F fKof 11 o mo T t 1st is legany miuhu uj uwi understood that the preparation of this comment will consume about two weeks' time. ? After considerable debate on the subject, the question of appropriating the sum of $500,000 for the erection of suitable barracks for the soldiers in the Philippines, was voted on as a separate item of the general deficiency bill last Friday. The Republicans were especially anxious to put the Democrats on record with regard to the matter. Sixteen Democrats, led by Amos Cumfnings, of New York, voted with the Republicans. The majority of the Democrats voted against this appropriation. ? The North German Lloyd company is building what will be the biggest steamship in the world, and it will be the first to cross the Atlantic in less than five days. The vessel will be christened during the coming summer by Emperor William, who will give it his own name, Kaiser Wilhelm, II. The steamer is now being hurried to completion at Stettin, and will have a contract speed of 24J knots an hour. calculated to propel it from Lizard Head to Fire Island in four days and twenty hours. It will have a length of 707 feet?7 feet longer than that of the Celtic. The vessel will cost $3,570,000, will carry 1,283 cabin passengers, 784 steerage and 545 crew. ? Representative Lacey, of Iowa, has asked the house to authorize the printing of 9,000 facsimile copies of the "Morals of Jesus of Nazareth," preKu Thnmas .Tpfforsnn. "This "J book was known as Thomas Jefferson's Bible, and is now in the National Museum," says Mr. Lacey. "When congress purchased Jefferson's library, Miss Randolph withheld this volume, but later sold it for $400. Unlike the rest of the library, congress never had copies of this book printed. Mr. Jefferson prepared it In a reverent spirit, during several years of Intermittent application to the task. He strips the Bible of all its miracles and leaves nothing but pure morals, that he might compare the same with the morals ot Confucius and other Pagan philosophers." ? "Governor General Taft must be a big man in the Philippines," said a North Carolina. clergyman to a New York Tribune interviewer the other day. "I have a relative, Dr. Stuntz, who is a missionary in the Philippines, and in securing the site for a new Methodist church in Manila, he discovered that no law existed by which non-Catholic bodies could hold real estate in the islands. Dr. Stuntz called on Governor Taft and told him his trouble. Without consulting a book, or so much as moving a chair, he touched a bell, summoned his sec retary, dictated a law in three sections covering the whole case, and in 15 minutes it was laid down before Governor Taft. He looked it over, and then ouietly folded it away, saying: 'It will be enacted a law at the next session of the commission.' It went through, just as he said." ? A notable recent contribution to the archaeological museum of the University of Arizona, according to a Tucson dispatch, is a loaf of bread found In a cave-dwelling in the Superstition mountains of central Arizona in 1879; and since that time in the possession of Herbert Brown, superintendent of the territorial prison. The loaf is undeniably bread, and without a doubt is of great age. It was found embedded in the ashes wherein it was baked probably hundreds or perhaps thousands of years ago. It had very plainly been wrapped in a cloth or mat, and the marks of the fibre of the cloth are visible in the dark, brick-like mass. Mr. Brown is of the opinion that the bread was made of mesqulte beans, roughly ground in metates by the aboriginal housewives of centuries ago. With it was found a store of ancient sacrificial Implements, stone axes and arrowheads. The loaf has been sterilized by the curator of the museum, and has been sealed within a glass jar. ? Although nearly four years have elapsed since the issue of the Spanish war loan, the treasury has only just put out the last of the 3 per cent, bonds. It is of the twenty-dollar denomination. and has been mailed to a woman in Lowell, Mass., who subscribed $520 of the loan in 1898. Through a clerical error a bond for only $500 was sent to her. The discrepancy was discovered in 1899, but the transactions connected with it were of sucn proportions ana raminea into such detail that it has taken the accountants until now to locate the seat of the trouble. When the discovery was made the department wrote to the woman and asked her whether her account with the government was all right. Her answer was a very clear description of what had occurred. She explained that although she knew all the time she had not got what she paid for. she was not disposed to enter into a contest with the government over so small an amount as $20. The treasury has now made good its default, and this incident closes the business of the war loan of 1898 absolutely till the time comes for redeeming or extending the bonds. ? The idea of eliminating the financial plank from the Democratic platform, leaving congressmen free to act as their best judgment dictates on financial questions, has not found favor in the Democratic congressional caucus. The caucus was held in Washington last Friday night. There were present 139 of the 153 Democratic members of the house. Congressman Henry, of Texas, sought the adoption of a minority report declaring it to be the duty of e\ery Democrat to adhere to every plank of the National Democratic platform until the platform is adopted in national convention. This was killed by a vote of 92 to 17 and then the majority report was adopted as follows: "We are of opinion that as the representatives of our various constituencies, and as members of the caucus, made up of such representatives, we have no power or authority to construct or promulgate a platform of principles for our party; that we cannot increase on minimize the binding effect of platforms of the party heretofore regularly made, and adopted by the people in convention assembled for that purpose. That in the house, of which we are members, we should vigorously and aggressively battle for Democratic principles and with equal vigor and aggressiveness we should nr In Cllh oppose ever^uiuis tvuuaij, stance or method, to those principles and snould meet each question as it arises with a full conference and a solid and undivided front." $hr \(orl;riUr (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.^ is WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 29,1902. Instead of organizing a fertilizer "trust" under the auspices of the state, it would probably be better to do something toward the abolition of the state's whisky trust. The tax extension proposition now pending is a real good idea. There are few business concerns that will care to pay one per cent, a month for the use of their tax money; but if any of them shall choose to do so, the state will not feel disposed to enter any serious objection. The best way to lick out the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company, is for every farmer in the state to nave a fertilizer factory of his own in his own barnyard. This plan will bring wealth to Individuals and wealth to the state. Those who consider the goods of the Virginia-Carolina company too high, will not have to pay for them. If tne state goes into the commercial fertilizer business, the man who makes fertilizers in a domestic factory of his own on his own barnyard, will be taxed along with others to keep the state enterprise going. It would be a source of much satisfaction to many citizens of the state, if the general assembly would succeed In reaching some practical solution of the vexing proolem that is presented through trespassing poultry. If the pending bill on the subject should become a law, it would probably afford a grain of comfort; but it does not go far enough. There is no good reason why chickens should be exempted from its provisions, and there is a certain sprinkle of absurdity in the idea of requiring an aggrieved farmer or gardener to catch and impound fowls that persist in destroying his crops. And whatever else may be said of the subject, it certainly seems that landowners should have some reasonable protection against tresspassing poultry. Although it is not quite clear that that the York delegation is altogether to blame in the matter, some careful men assert witn some snow or reeling that tne incident "only further demonstrates the need of a member in the legislature from Rock Hill itself.?Rock Hill Journal. Although we do not consider that there is any need for a "show of feeling" in the matter, we quite agree with the gentleman who has suggested that there is need for a representative in the legislature from Rock Hill. This feeling is very strong throughout the whole county, as was evidenced in the last campaign by the close margin by which Mr. J. J. Hull was defeated. Had Mr. Hull been elected he would certainly have made it his business to look after Rock Hill's Interest at Winthrop, and It is probable that he would have succeeded in saving to the city her quota of two trustees. One of the greatest needs for the political and social advancement of South Carolina, is a better enforcement of the laws. It is a fact very greatly to the discredit of the people of this state, that our laws are not enforced with anything like the strictness that is customary in most other states of the union, and no man who has an ordinary comprehension of the conditions as they exist In North Carolina and Georgia, for instance, will try to deny that we are behind both of these states. As a general thing, South Carolina jurors will do their duty in giving verdicts in accordance with the law and the evidence. There is not a great deal of reason to grumble at the disposition of cases after they get into court. The principal trouble with us is our indifference to the manner in which many of the laws are observed. If a law is unpopular, there is a general inclination to ignore it. Take for instance, the law against concealed weapons. This law is universally violated, and an individual is seldom prosecuted under it until he attempts deadly use of his weapon. A concealed weapon may be displayed in almost any gathering of men without exciting a word of protest. Ninety men out of a hundred might witness an illegal sale of whisky without giving the matter a further thought. These are probably trival matters; but the same vein of indifference runs all through the dally life of all classes of our people, and almost every community has common knowledge of facts that would severely punish certain more or less prominent citizens, and yet never a word is said. We would not be understood as intimating that the people ol South Carolina are inferior in any iespect. to the people of any otner state. We do not believe anything of the kind. The fact that we can get along as well as we do without recourse to law for the punishment of certain citizens who, from time to time, step beyond proper bounds, it of Itself evidence of a very high order of civilization. But still It must not be forgotten that law is a good thing; that It is the duty of every citizen to enforce the law. and as well as we may be getting along with our present habits of indifference along this line, it would be to our greater safety, benefit and happiness, If we would give this subject much more important attention than we have been giving it heretofore. High American officials In Cuba are of opinion that the national life of the island, as an independent government, win ho of but short duration. It is stated that the best element of Cuba Is strongly In favor of annexation to the United States, and It Is predicted that there will be a strong petition for annexation either as a state or as a territory, within less than a year after the new government assumes the reins of power. The reasons for this are obvious. In the first place, Cuba can hardly exist, commeicially, except upon a basis of practical free trade with the United States, and the people have already begun to realize that fact. Of course the island has prospered under other conditions; but the situation has changed since then. The great sugar plantations that were the principal sources of wealth have been ruined and their ownev bankrupt. They cannot be re-established In competition with the world. Then again, the election of Thomas Estrada Palma has sapped the life from much of the national enthusiasm. Palma is a good and great man, and he contributed his full share to the establishment of Cuban liberty; but the masses of people did not know him as they knew Gomez and his lieutenants, and they would not have preferred him as their first president had it not been for outside influences. Palma, himself, is generally believed to be in favor of annexation to the United States, and he is backed by all of his fellow-countrymen who are really patriotic. Annexation will come almost as a certainty unless there develops too much opposition in the United States. Joseph C. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, who was formerly a Democrat and who distinguished himself in 1895, through IIIC puw ci Ul llio O^CCCllCO All ACfcf VI ui the free coinage of silver, spoke last week against the reclamation of the arid lands of the west at government expense. His position on the subject was rather unusual, and was based on the alleged unfairness of government aid in cheapening the cost of farm products. Referring to the fact that farming was once one of the most profitable occupations known to the New England and other northern states, he claimed that the industry dates its decline from the time that the government began to open up millions of acres of fertile western lands to free homesteaders. He said he has traveled through the arid section of country that was formerly laid down in the geographies as the "Great American desert," and he has witnessed the wonderful transformation that has been brought about in this section by means of irrigation. He gave it as his opinion that If an adequate system of irrigation were applied to the arid lands of the southwest, the farm products would easily become sufficient to. feed the entire country, and the only protection to farmers elsewhere would be such as might be guaranteed on account of transportation. He claimed that he was not opposed to the fullest development of these arid lands at private expense; but he would hardly welcome such an enterprise at the present time. Although he fully realized that the time will come when these lands must be improved he does not think they will be needed for at least 50 years yet and he thinks that no government movement can be made in the meantime without vast injustice to all other American farmers. MERE-MENTION. Two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt in St. Louis last Friday. No damage was done Captain Richmond P. Hobson has been seeking retirement on account of failure of his eyes; but the naval retiring board reports that his eyes are not permanently injured The Mississippi legislature has appropriated 560,000 with which to make a suitable display of the state's resources at the St. Louis exposition There was a 550,000 fire in Mobile, Ala., last Friday night The treaty for the cession of the Danish islands was signed at the state department last Friday. The terms of the treaty have not yet been made public; but it is believed that the price agreed upon is 55,000,000 During the progress of the trial of Jim Howard, at Frankfort, Ky., last week. Judge Cantrell established the rule that all spectators must be searched for arms as they entered the court room The Postal Telegraph company has announced its intention to remove its southern headquarters from Richmond, Va., to Atlanta, Ga Before leaving Pekin, on the approach of the International troops, the Chinese court had 5100,000,000 of gold and silver burled in one of the rooms of the palace. The amount has been safely recovered by its proper owners The grand lodge of Pennsylvania Free and Accepted Masons, are arranging to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the inir*oA*?frA WoehlncrtAn nn Nn. vember 4, next. Washington was initiated at Fredericksburg, Va.. 150 years ago The German societies of New York are making extensive preparations for the reception of Prince Henry on February 26 President Kruger, of the Transvaal, has been invited to visit New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, and will probably do so during April A severe blizzard developed in the Northwest last Sunday. A political organization, to be known as the National Liberal party, was organized in Cincinnati last Friday The Colombian government is very anxious to have the United States buy the interest of the French company in the Panama canal The Southern Furniture Exposition company lias been organized at High Point, N. C., for the purpose of exploiting southern furniture products The quarrel between Germany and Greht Britain as to which was the more friendly to the United States during the Spanish war is growing more acute. Germany persists that she was never the least bit unfriendly General Viljoen, one of General Botna's ablest lieutenants, has been captured by the British....Prince Henry, of Germany, has been invited to extend his American visit to Atlanta, Ga., and the Atlanta people believe that he will probably accept A Manila dispatch says that ten men who failed to return from a recent expedition in Samar, have been given up as lost Two men were killed in New York city last Monday by 'a premature explosion of dynamite, and about 70 were more or less seriously wounded .Lewis xsixon, the new Tammany cmei, is at the head of a big company that | is arranging to pipe oil from Beau- < mont to New Orleans and other points i 500 miles or more away. , , i THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. More Important Proceedings of the Home anil Senate. Columbia, January 27.?The legislature put in some hard, effective work last week and accomplished a good deal notwithstanding that Friday was taken up with memorial exercises and that the senate held no session Saturday, adjourning Friday night until Monday night. The measure of most political interest acted upon up to this time is the re-districting issue. The Burleigh act of congress provides that under the last census the ratio of congressional representation shall be one representative for every 198,500 inhabitants and that congressional districts shall be composed of compact and contiguous territory. This gives South Carolina the same number of congressmen, seven; but it is held that the act requires rearrangement of tne districts. The house has passed the bill Introduced by Mr. McGowan, of Laurens, and it is ? *Ua 4- a n "Prnomo n nuw uciuic me ocuaic. wi. *'*?*? ? ? of Marlboro, and Mr. Weston, of Richland, each had a bill on this subject; but both withdrew them and supported Mr. McGowan's measure. As it now stands, the redisricting plan, with the population of each district, Is as follows: 1. Charleston, Berkeley, Colleton and Dorchester?168,206. 2. Edgefield, Saluda, Aiken, Barnwell, Bamberg, Hampton and Beaufort?195,509. 3. Oconee, Pickens, Anderson, Abbeville, Greenwood and Newberry? 190,662. 4. Greenville, Spartanburg, Laurens and Union?181,933. 5. Cherokee, York, Chester, Pairfield, Lancaster, Kershaw and Chesterfield?190,492. 6. Marlboro, Marion, Horry, Darlington, Florence, Williamsburg and Georgetown?201,577.. 7. Sumter, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Richland and Lexington?211,937. The McGowan bill would put Congressman Elliott, of the present First district, who lives In Beaufort, into the Second district,;as now represented by Congressman Talbert?with Beaufort added. This relieves Charleston of Colonel Elliott and gives the metropolis a sure control of its congressional district. It practically eliminates Colonel Elliott unless he changes his residence. The third district is unchanged. The Fourth, now consisting of Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg and portions of Richland and Union, is to be composed of Greenville, Laurens, Union and Sparta*burg. This leaves Congressman Joe Johnson, of Spartanburg, on velvet. The Fifth remains the same as now, with Fairfield added and Congressman T7M n lc.\? la nil rlwht Thfl Sixth has Clarendon taken away and Georgetown added, and Congressman Scarborough is not disturbed. The Seventh has Dorchester and portions of Colleton and Berkeley subtracted and Richland added. This seals the fate of Congressman Lever by making Richland a balance of power between Orangeburg and , Lexington. The Virginia-Carolina Chemical company has filed a memorial in answer to the attorney general's report and recommendation that the company's charter be repealed. Senator Graydon has introduced a bill to repeal the char- , ter, and Representative M. L. Smith J has a bill to carry out the other rec- ' ommendations of the attorney general. It is an immense document, covering ' nearly 100 pages of manuscript. The ( title of the bill is "To provide for the formation of certain corporations; to define their powers, duties, limitations and liabilities and to provide penal- , ties." At Mr. Smith's request this bill was referred to the judiciary committee to discuss its constitutionality J and to the committee on incorpora- , tions which has been studying the gen- , eral policy indicated by the bill. There , are several other "anti-trust" meas- ( ures pending. The senate judiciary committee is j evenly divided on Senator Gruber's ( four bills providing for biennial ses- ( sions. Senators Henderson, Gruber, , Barnwell and Raysor are in favor of ] biennial sessions, while Senators May- f field, Mower, Graydon and Talbird are ( opposed to the scheme. Both reports , were presented and went over for fu- | ture consideration. The whole matter will come up this week and there will , be much debate. Senator Raysor's bill to require all children to attend school at least eight week's in each year was reported favorably by the committee on education with amendments. The amend- j ments are that the law shall not apply to children who live more than two ^ miles from a school house, ana tnat prosecutions for violations must be instituted by some member of the board of school trustees. The house has passed a bill including barn yard fowls, except chickens, under the stock law. It is as follows: Section 1. That all turkeys, geese, ducks, and guineas shall be subject to the provisions of the general stock law and the amendments thereto: Provided, That a fee of ten cents be allowed as compensation for each turkey, goose, duck or guinea so seized or impounded. The bill introduced by Senator Gaines in regard to the extension of -y the time for the payment of taxes will ? be of general Interest. It provides that whenever the governor and comptroller general shall extend the time for the payment of taxes, the tax delln- < luents shall pay a penalty of one per eent. for each month, or fraction thereof, during which their taxes remain i unpaid. This plan, Mr. Gaines thinks, would force the large taxpayers to pay their taxes promptly, while It would not be a great burden on the small taxpayers who are generally the ones who need the extension most. It would, he 3ays, also bring in plenty of money for the state to pay its January interest , every year without borrowing. The Schley resolution came up in the house on Monday and after a short debate and was recommitted for amendment, being too radical for even the most ardent Schley partisans. As reported by the committee it was subsequently adopted in both house and senate, reading as follows: "Be it resolved by the house of repserrtatives, the senate concurring, that the thanks of every patriotic American citizen is due to that great naval chieftain, Winfleld S. Schley, his officers and men, for their gallant conduct in the harbor of Santiago, on July 3d, 1898." SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. In the Hnndit of a Receiver. N Union special of Thursday, to The News and Courier: The Gaffney Car- t pet company, owing to financial embarrassment, is now in the hands of a receiver. The mill has not stopped work and will- continue operations with no cessation. Mr. H. D. Wheat, president of the Gaffney Manufacturing company, well known as one of the OKlool mill man rif the stfltp hftH heen appointed receiver, and will at once reorganize the company. Definite details of the condition of the mill's affairs could not be obtained. It Is learned on good authority that the company will be speedily reorganized, and that the shareholders' losses are very slight. Fought About a Bargain. Greenville News, January 25: While attending the bargain embroidery sale at Barr's dry goods store yesterday, a difficulty arose between two ladies o. the city. The quarrel began In a dispute over a piece of embroidery and hot words were passed. The ladies became more and more enraged as each word was repeated. One finally allowed her temper to gain control of her and slapped her opponent in the face. The victim gave a loud scream which was heard throughout the store, causing considerable excitement among the hundred lady customers who were present. A friend interfered and brought an end to hostilities. The news of the incident soon spread and last night it was the talk of the city. The two ladies concerned are prominent. Hold-Uy at Branchville. Branchville special of Monday, to the Columbia State: The Southern train, due here at 7.05, was held up between Keesvme ana ruiy-eigiu.. ausmcei Reynolds was covered by four mei\. with revolvers and ordered to stop and ) cut the train apart and take the ex-^' press and baggage car to Fifty-eight.' j Before arriving at Fifty-eight the con-' tents of one of the safes were taken out. At Fifty-eight the other safe was. taken out and carried away In a wag- ' on. In leaving, the train was fired at, one of the bullets going through En-p Ineer Reynolds's hat. It Is thought that* there was six mer. In the gang. This robbery occurred about the same place as the one two or three years ago. It Is not known how much was taken. Deputy A. R. Bird is organizing a* posse to pursue the robbers. Everj<! effort will be made to capture them. The flagman tells a graphic story of the affair. He says he was sitting in ( the second-class car at 6.56 when he > felt the air brakes go on. He thought some air pipe had broken, and he Jumped off and started toward the engine looking under the cars to see where the trouble was. As he reached the express car he heard indiscriminate shooting. He went on to the baggage car to find out what the trouble was. The baggagemaster had his door locked. He then stepped into the vestibule of the express car next and saw three men pass directly by shooting and cursing and calling to "Mike" and "Pat" to cut the coaches loose. It was afterwards found that they had simply pulled the air pipe apart, breaking it. By this time he had called to the baggagemaster, who knew his voice and let him in. Just then one of the ? A 1 - A men pt>#scu uy me uii uuui auu uc called to him to let him out and go back to flag another train that was right behind. The fellow told him to take his d?n head in the car and keep It there, or he'd get killed. Just then a shot crashed through the woodwork Just above his head and scattered the splinters in his face. He then went In the mail car and asked the agent If he was hurt. The mail agent said no; that one man had stuck his head in the door and asked him If he had stuff;' and he had told him no. Then the [lagman got back into the baggage car and bullets were flying so promlscu- r ausly that he and the baggagemaster took refuge behind a number of drummers' trunks. Several bullets crashed Into the car and the bullet holes are there to show for It. The flagman says that the men he saw had their faces olackened. When. they had gone he , crawled out over the tender to see how things were in the engine. President Schurman, of the Philip- ( pine commission, made a statement at , [thaca, New York, last Sunday, exSanatory of Lis recent Boston speech, n which he advocated the eventual j n/lat\an/lonAo r\f Viq nannla nf thp "Phil liucpcuuciivc VI. ?... ? .... . ppines. The substance of the speech A-as that if the Christians of Luzon md Vlsaya wanted independence and t ihowed themselves capable of assum- ^ ng it, this country would eventually ( jive it to them. President Schurman laid today that he believed the policy le advocated would, more than anyhing else, promote the welfare of the . Filipinos. President Roosevelt, he said, lad declared in his message to con- t jress that we were to do for the Fil- a pinos far more than any other nation lad ever done for a tropical people, ind that we were to fit them for self- 1 government after the manner of really s ree races. He said he stood with j President Roosevelt in his policy, as r igainst that advocated by General iV'heaton, which would mean colonial c lervitude like that of Java and India, c LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Standard Oil Co.?Say that rain and sweat have no effect on harness that is treated with Eureka harness oil7 See fourth page. *Mary A. Burris, Blairsville?Has lost a pocket book containing money and a school certificate and would be obliged for its return. Dpera House?Announces the appearance of Barlow & Wilson's minstrels on next Tuesday evening. L. M. Grist & Sons?Offer a lot of second hand type and type stands for sale. John E. Carroll, Supt. of EducationGives notice to teachers that the regular examination for teachers' certificates will be held In the court house at Yorkvllle, on Friday, February 21st. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Invite you to visit their store while their reduced price clothing sale Is going on, and promise you many bargains In good clothes. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Want you to know that they are offering this week three pound cans of peeled pie peaches at 10 cents a can, or $1.20 a dozen. Less than wholesale price. John B. Williams?'Tells you about his elegant stock of condiments, and also prints a list of the articles he has In barrel and bottles. T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Talks about his choice selections of Carlsbad and Havelin chinaware, and also his line of English Dorcelaln. He says his prices are low enough to .suit you. v/DEFEAT OF DR. CRAWFORD. ^Tfre defeat of Dr. T. A. Crawford for re-election as a member of the board of trustees of Wlnthrop college, has occasioned not only considerable surprise, but more or less feeling in Rock Hill. A representative of The Journal who was In Columbia last Thursday undertook to inquire Into the cause of the doctor's defeat; but failed to get very much satisfaction, all of the York momhom rtpnvine resnonsiblllty. Sen ator Brlce is quoted on the subject as follows: "I did not know that the terms had expired until the very night of the election. Seems to me tnat I should at least have been advised about the matter. Dr. Crawford was down here recently, and could, with all due regard for dignity, have at least mentioned the matter to me. I don't see where anything very seriously wrong could have come of his simply saying to me: " 'Mr. Brice remember that my term as Winthrop trustee expires this time and that I am a candidate for re-election.' "However, the thing was fixed beforehand, and I am confident that although we might have secured many votes for Dr. Crawford, still the feeling would have carried Mr. Brazeale in spite of all we could have done. I am truly sorry that Dr. Crawford was beaten, because he is a good man for the place, and because Rock Hill is entitled to two members. The legislature was determined to put Mr. Brazeale back on, and Colonel Jones being exceedingly popular with the members nothing could have defeated him. I did all I could for Dr. Crawford." A ABOUT PEOPLE. | Mr. J. K. Scoggins, of Rock Hill, was in Yorkvllle, Monday, on business. Mahol Rarrv Vinn taken a bThCe a8 cashier at the dry goods store of Q. Wray. >\Mr. J. M. Campbell, of the Clay Hill neighborhood, was In Yorkvllle on business on Monday. ^Mrs. W. E. Dendy and child, of Pickens, are In Yorkvllle on a visit to the family of Mr. W. C. Latimer. Mr. Thomas Thomasson. of Lancaster, spent Saturday and Sunday with his aunt, Miss M. C. Thomasson. ' Mrs. W. M. Thomasson, her daughter, Miss Annie, and son, Master Willie, of Rock Hill, are visiting Miss M. C. Thomasson, near Yorkvllle. jvMrs. William M. Allison and children, and Miss Maggie Glenn, of Henrietta, N. C., came down to Yorkvllle on Sat-y urday last, and will spend a few days with relatives and friends. Rev. J. C. Johnes has accepted the rectorship at Rock Hill In connection with his work at Yorkvllle. Upon being asked as to his probable future residence, he said that he had not definitely decided the matter yet; but he would likely have residences In both Yorkvllle and Rock Hill, spending his time between the two places as the work seemed to require. * The following Episcopal clergymen are expected to attend the Greenville convocation In Yorkvllle this week: The Rt. Rev. Ellison Capers, D. D., Bishop of the diocese; Rev. E. N. Joyner, archdeacon for colored work, Columbia; Rev. W. S. Holmes, Laurens; Da" T f TAVinno Ynplfvlllo- T?pv .1 i W. C. Johnson, Rock Hill; Rev. J. M. Magruder, Spartanburg; Rev. Edward McCrady, Abbeville; Rev. Crosswell McBee, Union; Rev. A. R. Mitchell, Greenville; Rev. O. T. Porcher, Greenwood; Rev. G. C. Williams, Blacksburg. y //WlTHIlf THE TOWW. Barlow & Wilson's minstrels are te'be at the opera house next Tuesday night. .^Treasurer Neely continues to issue wfoccaslonal tax receipt, but the work collecting taxes is not at all brisk. ? Cotton seed are now bringing 27 :ents a bushel, or $18 a ton. The lowest price of the present season was 18 :ents a bushel, or $12 a ton. ? Rev. W. E. Thayer, pastor of the Rock Hill Baptist church, preached to i large congregation at the Yorkvllle Baptist church last Sunday evening. ? The programme of the Greenville Convocation of the Episcopal church, vhieh commences work this (Tuesday) ?yenlng, Is printed In another column. JkAs yet there has developed no satsraetory clue to the Identity of the >urglars who have been operating in forkvllle of late. The matter is wor;hy of serious and persistent atteni6n. (r-The York Cotton mill, the Tavora mil, and the Victor Oil mill are all naking extensive use of bituminous :oal for steam purposes. It Is not slalmed by any of these companies hat coal is cheaper than wood; but he trouble with them is to get wood ls it Is needed. ? As many as seven jugs came by extress one night last week, and the conitable got three of them. Only one ug came by express last Saturday light. As to how many may have ome by "through-the-country" route, if course, cannot be stated with any degree of accuracy. So far nobody has attempted to enter a serious dispute about any of the jugs that have been seized. r? Mr. Brooks Inman has Just placed 4 jm one of his brown leghorn pens, a cock which he claims to be one of the finest that has ever been seen In this section of the state. It came from New York about a year ago, and carried off premiums at several North Carolina poultry shows. Mr. Inman insists that it Is without exception the finest and most perfect bird he has j ever seen. There has developed no, opposition the petition asking for an election on the question of voting $12,500 for the purpose of erecting and equipping a graded school Duuaing. xne irusieeu secured the signatures of a majority of the freeholders without opposition, and have been endeavoring to get as J many additional signatures as possible. It has developed that there are quite a number of freeholders who do not live in the town. The question as to when the election Is to be held has not yet been decided; but that will be arranged without unnecessary delay. ? Has the red fox that has been furnishing so much fun for the local hunters during the past few weeks left the country for more congenial and safer surroundings? That Is a question of more or less concern just now. So far as has been reported, none of the hunters have struck a trail for nearly a week. At one time during the last race, while the fun was going on in the vicinity of the pauper houses on the county home farm, it appeared as If "the death" was close at hand. The dogs were right after the fox and were making the kind of music that indicated that they would have nim In their teeth within another minute or two. So pertain was an old veteran that the race was about over, that he began to tell the novices how to get the fox away from the dogs without hurting it or getting bit. "Just grab him by the back of me neck with one hand and by the tall with the other at the same time." But nobody got an opportunity to try to carry out instructions. The fox was too smart for the dogs on that occasion and got away. Whether he has left permanently remains for future developments. Some of the hunters think that if he is gone he will be back again, and that there will still be other races after him. V LOCAL LACONICS. Used as a Monument. Senator Brice introduced a resolution last Friday requiring the state house commission to give to the S. D. Barron chapter, U. D. C., of Ebenezer, one of the granite columns that was broken recently while being hoisted . to its place in the Capitol. Whose FaultI The Enquirer has received complaints that no papers were received at sundry points along the South Carolina and Georgia Extension road between Yorkvllle and Catawba Junction last Saturday. The papers were mailed at Yorkvllle as usual; but we have been* unable to'locate the trouble. ? ^Jeath of Ml? Mae Moore. > Miss Mae Moore, daughter of Mr. * Philander E. Moore, died at the home of her parents, In the Delphos neighborhood, last Saturday at 2 o'clock, after a long and tedious Illness with conr sumption. She had been confined to her room for nearly a year. Miss Moore was 22 years of age on January 16. The funeral took place at Bethesda on Sunday at 1 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. J. K. Hall. The deceased had many friends among the young people of the surrounding country and the funeral gathering was quite a large one. %at^Tbn Power. ^Vharlotte Observer, Saturday: Dr. W. Gill Wylie, of New York, was a visitor in the city yesterday and left last night for Rock Hill, S. C. As is well known to Observer readers Dr. Wylle is the principal stockholder In the Catawba Electric Power company, which proposes to generate electric power at Indian Head, on the Catawba river, which Is seven miles from Rock Hill, four miles from Fort Mill and 18 miles from Charlotte. Dr. Wylie told an Observer reporter yesterday that he had already made contracts to supply Rock Hill and Fort Mill with 3,000 horse-power annually. The remaining 2,000 horse power that .. a niont will onnahle of srenerat * ?# a wIng he hopes to place in Charlotte. He states that his plant will be in operation in less than a year's time. A* the Uogi Saw It. One night last wek a Negro who lives near the county stockade, reported there with a story to the effect that he had just surprised a thief in his corn crib, and he wanted the help of the dogs with which to make further investigations. Superintendent Whitener took the dogs to the spot, about half a mile ^istant, and within a short time the animals struck a trail, which was followed without much dif- .* Acuity. The trail wound around * through the woods, and led into the * house of another ' Negro who lives about half a mile away. The owner of the house was at home, but on being advised of the situation denied that he had been after his neighbor's corn. He volunteered his willingness to submit to a search. The search was made without result. Afterward the dogs struck another trail and followed it back to the corn crib, making out a prima facie case going and' coming. The Negro's shoes Atted the tracks along both trails; but as there was no direct evidence that corn had been actually stolen, no further steps were taken. Gaffney Carpet Mill. The news that the Galtney Carpet mill has been forced into the hands of a receiver, has been received in this section with considerable regret. Just what the trouble is is not definitely known; but among other things it is believed that discriminating freight rates have as much as any other one thing to do with the matter. A Yorkville gentleman, who has been in a position to get some knowledge of the affairs of the carpet mill, said on Saturday: "Just what the present trouble is I cannot say positively; but Mr. Bierck told me sometime back that . he was very much handicapped by the fact that Philadelphia has such comJ