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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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//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