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Scraps and |acts.
? It has been settled that Miss Alice
Roosevelt will go to London to witness
the coronation of King Edward VII:
but it is understood that she is to
have no official status save simply that
of a young American girl. The British
people would be glad to treat her as a
princess: but her father is not willing
for any such violation of American traditions.
? Liverpool Daily Post: The printing
of the Bible is the most strictly guarded
work in existence?a fact which appears
strange until we reflect on the
mischief an inaccurate Bible might
bring about. The King's printers and
the two universities of Oxford and
Cambridge, give to the world all the
Bibles printed in the United Kingdom,
except some printed by special license.
A few years ago the question arose
whether the word "spirit" in Matthew
4:1, and Mark 1:12, should have a capital
"S," it having been previouslyprinted
with a small one, and, although
the word was obviously wrongly
printed, it was not until after the
ruling powers at the universities and
the King's printers met in solemn
council that leave was given to use the
capital letter. Nothing sanctioned by
authority in 1611 may be changed without
creating something akin to a revolution
in the places where Bibles are
printed.
? Information, it is said, has been
conveyed to officials of the navy department
direct from the White House,
that the president, after a conference
with four naval officers, announced to
a prominent caller that he had practically
made up his mind on two important
points involve^ in the appeal
of Admiral W. S. Schley. It is stated
that the president has been convinced
that Admiral Schley was actually and
technically in command of the American
fleet during the battle of Santiago,
and that, while he may not have exerfiaaA
hi? nuthoritv to the fullest ex
tent, he was in supreme command so
long as the flagship New York was
beyond signal distance. It is further
alleged that the president will hold
that the criticised acts of Admiral
Schley, prior to July 1, 1898, seem to
have been condoned by the navy department
until after credit was given
him by the public for the victory of
July 3. Secretary Long and Captain
Lemly are understood to have received
this information with considerable surprise.
? Manila papers received by the
steamship Empress of China*have particulars
of the recent attack by bolomen
on a company of the Ninth infantry
in Samar, which resulted in the
death of seven of the 18 attacked, and
wounding of eight others, five seriously.
The detachment from Company E
was struggling through a thicket near
Dapdad Pueblo when a laTge band of
bolomen rushed upon them. A bloody
hand to hand combat ensued. The detachment
clubbed their rifles and
standing back to back they swung them
at the heads of the enemy. Several
eventually managed to bring their rifles
into play and the bolomen gradually
fell away, leaving the small force
of Americans with but three of them
unwounded. The bolomen lost heavily.
A detachment of native soldiers,
attracted by the sound of the firing,
hurried to the scene, but arrived too late
to take part in the combat. It is believed
the unexpected arrival of these
reinforcements caused the bolomen to
retreat, thereby saving the detachment
from annihilation.
? Washir^ton Post, January 29: Senator
Quay and Senator Vest are friends
again. For 20 years Vest and Quay
were the Damon and Pythias of the
senate. They lunched together, they
talked together, and once a year regularly
Vest traveled with^Quay in a
private car to Florida, Where the two
men fished for tarpon. One day, when
Quay had been seeking admission to
the senate upon a governor's certificate,
the question of his admission had
to be voted upon. Vest, sacrificing
personal friendship to conscientious
conviction, voted against Quay. The
decision refused to Quay the right to
be seated, but the decision was reached
by one majority. If Vest had voted
for his friend, Quay would have at once
been sworn in. From that day until
yesterday the two friends were separated.
Quay went to Florida alone and
even the families ceased to visit each
other. Yesterday, however, Quay went
to Vest, who was sitting feebly in his
chair, and reached out his hand. Vest
took it and a moment later the two senators
were chatting together as they
used to do long ago.
? Realizing that she has ruined her
husband, Mrs. Soffel does notv wish to
bring further disgrace and humiliation
upon him. She now desires a change
of venue when she faces justice^ In
tears and with piteous pleadings*, she
made this request to Assistant District
Attorney John S. Robb, Jr., of Allegheny
county, in the hospital here,I today,
says a Pittsburg dispatch of Wednesday.
She said she would go anywhere
to have the punishment meted
out to her for her disgraceful crime.
She is willing to meet any fate the law
may place upon her, but does not want
the punishment administered in the
luuri uuunc avivss iuc oncci uvui uv?
old home. She begged in the name of
her husband, who is Mr. Robb's friend,
and told him that her husband was in no
way to blame for her shameful conduct.
Mrs. Soffel told the attorney she
was not a bad woman. She said that
while she knew that she had been
charged with a crime against the state,
she had never sinned. She pleaded
that her act was brought about through
her sympathy for the Biddies and not
her passion. Mr. ltobb told her he was
a friend of her husband and would like
to lighten the burden of his sorrow
and disgrace, but could not make any
definite promise to her at this time.
? Says a Washington special of Monday
to the Charlotte Observer: The
Amos Owen Cherry Tree company people
are fighting for an early adjustment
of their difficulties with a desperation
that is apparently born of an ardent
desire to prevent the submission of
their case to the courts. Their latest
move, which had for its object an immediate
compromise, was made in this
city this afternoon. The compromise
proposition was submitted to District
Attorney Holton by Senator Pritchard
and K. J. Justice, attorneys for the de
fendants. The most important provision
of the proposition, which was submitted
in writing, was to the effect
that the defendants would pay over to
the army of claimants all the funds
the company now has on hand, about
$30,000. Mr. Holton was then, according
to the terms of the compromise, to
go to the attorney general in company
with the attorneys and acquiesce in the
proposed settlement. The district attorney
declfned to entertain for a moment
any form of compromise, and
suiting his action to his words, Holton
left tonight for Shelby, where he will
personally conduct the prosecution,
when several of the cases are taken up
for preliminary hearing before a United
States commissioner. Two of the
- ' muAn
.ncorporators or tne concern, r*.ev. mw.
Bright and his daughter, will no* be
given a preliminary hearing until the
llth instant, in Jackson county. One
other arrest is yet to be made, and it
now seems that all of the cases, about
15 in number, will certainly be taken
up for trial at the June term of court
in Charlotte. The maximum punishment
is $500 fine and 18 months' imprisonment,
and it is this punishment
that the defendants' are now facing, as
all attempts at compromise met with
signal failures.
She {(orkvillc (gitquitrr.
YORKVILLE, S. C.t
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1902.
Gastonia and Rock Hill are two of
,1- """O* ni-nonornna tnwna within a
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hundred miles, and neither of them
permits the legal sale of whisky or receives
any revenue from the traffic.
The house has passed a bill requiring
the publication of quarterly reports
from the county board of commissioners
showing amounts paid, to
whom and for what. All county officials
who have had experience in the
matter, are satisfied that this is a
measure of economy.
Senator Tillman has our thanks for
a copy of the latest edition of the Congressional
Directory, corrected up to
December 5, 1901. In it Senator John
L. McLaurin is officially designated as
i Democrat, notwithstanding the conspiracy
on the part of some of his colleagues
to brand him as a Republican.
Yorkville has made more progress
during the last ten years than during
any previous twenty years of her history.
There was a time when grogshops
were the most conspicuous institutions
in the town, and if a dispensary
were established now, there
might come a time when it would
jvershadow even our cotton mills.
The consolidation of the South Caroina
nn<l Qeoreia Extension with the
Southern ifteans the greatest good for
the greatest number. It will put York. llle
and other towns along the line on
in equality with Rock Hill, Blacksburg,
Gastonia and Chester as to
freight rates. It will hurt none of these
towns except in so far as it deprives
them of the advantage that they now
have of Yorkville.
\ EDiToit^Marshall. of the Gastonia Gapzette,
promises to give us two issues
| week, commencing in April. He suggests
also that he has the idea of a
daily under consideration. We are
somewhat dubious about the daily proposition,
because we hardly believe
that it will be supported; but we are
sure that hundreds of subscribers to
The Gazette will welcome a doubling
of the frequency of its issues.
The Tirzah dispensary made a soj of
almost every drinking man who lived
within a radius of three miles. This
was brought about largely by the treating
of patrons of the dispensary who
were on the way home with their bottles.
Since the removal of the dispensary,
the sottishness referred to has
almost entirely disappeared. Just consider
the quantity of likely material a
dispensary would have to work on in
Yorkville.
General Joseph Wheeler is investing
heavily in a "kickless" gun, recently
indented by a Michigan man named
McLain^v^he McLain device makes
use of the ghse$_emitted at discharge
from the muzzle tcPpreveri't recoil at
the butt. It is claimed that the velocity
of the bullet Is not interfered with.
Guns are to be made in all sizes from
small arms to field pieces, and the great
advantage from the gun is accuracy
of fire.
j There is a paragraph going the
rounds of the press to the effect that
Pat Sheedy, who is probably the most
famous gambler living, recently lost
$25,000 at faro in Charleston. We hardly
believe that there is much founda
tion for the story. It seems to be intended
as a kind of an advertisement
to the gamblers that Charleston is the
place for them just now. But if a man
like Pat Sheedy can be done out of $25,1)00,
others less expert should have
sense enough to stay out of the game.
Senator Appelt has been making a
successful effort to secure the passage
of a bill to properly regulate the traffic
in seed cotton throughout the state.
Some of the counties have such laws;
but as to whether they would hold under
the new constitution is more or less
doubtful. The habit of a certain class
of croppers of disposing of seed cotton
after dark is far too common in some
localities, and the thing should be regulated.
It is necessary also that there
should be regulations as to the sale of
corn.
One of the sorest needs of this state,
is a compulsory education law. It may
look hard, and even undemocratic, to
force people to do what they do not
want to; but where a man is unwilling
to give his children the benefit of a
reasonable amount of education voluntarily,
he should be forced to
do it, especially since education is
free. Our statesmen should never lose
sight of the fact that they are building
for the future more than for the present,
and it is well for them to remember
that unless education is enforced
among the whites, the day will come
when the blacks will control the state.
We are glad to note the killing of
Senator Herndon's bill providing for
the letting of public advertising to the
lowest bidder. To the Inexperienced
the proposition appears fair enough?as
fair as the letting of a bridge contract.
But there is no fairness about
it. It is seldom the case that the advertising
value of two newspapers is
exactly the same. It is rare that the
advertising value of two newspapers
covering the same territory is even
nearly the same. Numerous elements
enter into the question of value of an
advertising medium. Among a given
number of papers every individual has
his idea not only which paper he would
like to favor; but which is calculated
to give the best advertising results.
With a public official it is not a question
of favoritism, or rather should not
be; but of reaching the people interested
with the information to be given
lout. Take York county for instance,
and it will be found that local papers
I circulate in every neighborhood. In
some instances the people take the papers
and pay for them, and in others
the papers are sent without authority.
These facts have their significance in
determining relative advertising value
?which paper has the best standing in
a given neighborhood, etc. It is right
and proper that official advertising
should go to the paper that is confessedly
most popular with that portion of
the public that is capable of intelligent
discrimination in such matters, and it
is not right to ask that <mper to give its
services at priced that would be acceptable
to the less important, less expensive
and less meritorious bidder.
In killing this bill we think the senate
has done an act of justice to tne newspapers
and done credit to itself.
Dl?pennary v*. Saloon.
There has been a great deal of discussion
during the past ten years as to the
comparative superiority of the dispensary
and the saloon from the standpoint
of morality, and although most
people seem to be agreed that the dispensary
is the less objectionable, we
are doubtful as to whether this is true.
The drinking of whisky as a beverage
is harmful under any circumstances.
Whether taken in large or small
quantities, the stuff befuddles minds,
blunts moral sensibilities and degrades
the drinker in the eyes of those of his
associates who may be total abstainers.
There is no good ground to deny
this proposition. It Is recognized as
an indisputable fact by all rational
people, including whisky drinkers
themselves, next day after a debauch.
Men of laudable ambitions and high
aspirations, who feel their responsibility
to others along with themselves, do
not drink whisky. Although they may
have tippled a little in time, enough to
fully realize tne evils and the. dangers,
in the final struggle between gullet
and paunch on the one side and duty
on the other, duty" always wins out.
It is true that in addition to debauching
men as individuals, the open saloon
furnishes a rendezvous for the mental
weaklings and irresponsibles of a feather
to congregate and imbue one another
with all of the more vicious characteristics
of each. This condition is
so plain that It is runy unaersiooa ui
all men, and it is not necessary to furnish
affidavits in order to make the
average individual agree on the pernicious
effects of the system.
We have been told that in the case
of a dispensary, where the purchaser
is not permitted to drink his whisky
on the premises, he goes home to his
own family, opens the bottle, takes a
small drink and puts the remainder
away in his sideboard for future use,
and that thus has the great moral institution
done away with all of the
more pernicious features of the saloon.
To the man or woman who does not
drink whisky, and who has not personal
knowledge of the inside facts, all
this sounds plausible and practicable.
Instead of looking upon the state liquor
shop as an evil, they bring themselves
to feel that it must really be a
benefaction, and that any community
is necessarily better off with than without
such an institution.
But how different the real facts.
There is no question of the fact that
the dispensary is a quiet, respectable
place. There is seldom any disorder to
be seen in one. Of itself, it bears testimony
of all that its advocates claim
for it. But examine into the details of
its day's operations. During the 12
hours its doors are open, there will be
hundreds of visitors. Follow up the
sales, and in one or two cases, perhaps,
it will be found that a bottle is carried
home and laid away unopened. A
large per cent, of it goes immediately
to back lots and back rooms to be
drank by two or three parties who may
have bought it in partnership and who
will stay together until all are drunk.
Then take a look into the nights. With
the dispensary develops dozens of resorts
in which liquor drinking, gambling,
etc., are the drawing and cohesive
elements.
The tigers help to bring about such
conditions as have been described.
There is no doubt of that. But the tiger
business is illegitimate and is more
or less restricted. The dispensary has
the full sanction of the law, and notwithstanding
protestations to the contrary,
the whole aim and object of the
law is to encourage the sale and consumption
of whisky to the utmost limit.
MERE-MENTION.
The British claim to have captured
DeWet's last field gun a few days ago.
A strong corporation has been organized
to bore for oil near Rome, Ga.
Edward and John Biddle were interred
side by side in a single grave
at Pittsburg, Pa., last Wednesday
morning Andrew Tomach broke
into a saloon at Hazelton, Pa., last
Wednesday night, and killed himself
drinking whisky. It is thought that
he poured down a gallon The peace
suggestions of the Brussels government
to Great Britain with reference
to the termination of the Boer war,
have been made public together with
Great Britain's reply; out as yet there
seems to be no promise of Important
developments Six firemen met
their death in a great fire at St. Louis
last Tuesday There is an oil find
excitement at Marietta. Ga., 20 miles
from Atlanta.
TUB GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
V. ork of the House and Senate In
Annnal Session.
Columbia, February 6.?The house
has finally disposed of the child labor
bill. After a debate of two days, at
times rather personal and bitter, the
measure was killed by a majority of
two votes. The vote was taken Wednesday
on a motion to indefinitely postnnnfl
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Ayes?(Opposed to the bill)?Messrs.
Ashley, All, Austin, Banks, Brown,
Bryan, Butler, Campbell, Carter, Coggershall,
Colcock, Dantzler, Dean, Dennis,
Dodd, Dorroh, Durant, Estrldge,
Fox, Fraser, Galluchat, Hollis, Humphrey,
James, O. L. Johnson, Keels,
Kinard, Little, Lockwood, Lomax,
Lyles, Mauldin, McCall, McCowan,
Moffett, Morgan, Moses, Nesbett, Nichols,
W. H. Parker, Prince, Pyatt,
Ramkin, C. E. Robinson, R. B. A. Robinson,
Rucker, Stackhouse, Seabrook,
Thompson, Wolling, Wells, Whaley,
Williams, Wingo?54.
Nays?Speaker Stevenson and Messrs.
Bacot, Beamguard, Bivens, Blease,
Bolts, Bostick, Croft, Crum, DeBruhl,
Dunbar, Elder, Gaston, Gourdin,
Halle, Hill, Hough, Izler, Jarnlgan,
Kinsey, Lide, Logan, Mason, WcCraw,
McLaughlin, McLeod, F. H. McMaster,
Jno. McMaster, Mishoe, Morrison,
Morse, Murchison, W. L. Parker, Patterson,
Rainsford, Richards, Richardson,
Robertson, Sanders, Seigler, Sinkler,
M. L. Smith, Stroman, Tatum, J.
F. Thomas, Jr., W. J. Thomas, Towill,
Webb, West, Weston, Woods?52.
Those present and not voting, being
paired with absent members, were:
Dominick, aye, with Eflrd, no.
Hardin, no, with Wilson, aye.
Woodward, aye, with Gunter, no.
Kibler, aye, with W. J. Johnson, no.
Spears, no, with Cooper, aye.
Mr. J. B. Smith was present but not
in the hall when the vote was recorded.
He would have voted no.
Absent and not paired?Cosgrove, del!oach,
Freeman, Lofton, Stron, Theus,
Vincent. ^:
This ends tne talk about child labor
prohibition for this session and perhaps
fnr snmp vPArs tn rome.
The senate has spent considerable
time on the house bill to place domestic
fowls under the provisions of the general
stock law, and while the measure
passed the upper house the senate inserted
amendmentsHo which the house
has refused to agree and the bill may
yet die In conference.
The senate nas passed Senator Ilderton's
bill to regulate the reserve fund
for employes established by certain
railroads. The bill is Intended to perfect
the existing laws covering the sudject,
but It provoked not a little discussion
and consumed a good deal of
the senate's time.
Once more the effort to establish the
office of state bacteriologist has failed,
a bill to that effect having met Its end
in the house.
The greater part* of the first three
days of this weeic' lias been taken up
with matters of liftle general interest,
the above named measures being the
principal questions jup for discussion.
Tomorrow the general assembly goes
to the Charleston exposition for two
days, so that after tonight there will
be no more legislation until Monday.
RALLY FOR THE RIGHT.
Here Is the Bugle Call to Those Who
Love their Nelgbors.
Editor Yorkville Enquirer:
I wish to thank you from the bottom
of my heart for your timely, judicious
and convincing editorial on the establishment
of a dispensary in Yorkville.
When I read the edUprial, I felt like
shouting. I knew^TOur: paper would
take the stand it has, when I heard of
the unnecessary agitation of this question,
for you have; always been consistently
and conspicuously on the side
or order and good morals in this great
fight. But knowing that the expression
of approval from a grateful public is
apnreclated, I was forced to tell you
what was in my mind.
Your paper has exerted a wide influence
for good in this fight. As you intimate,
the agitation of this question
is very uncalled for. We have settled
this question by. tvjro decisive victories
since the dispensary was introduced in
the state. In fact, the question of the
legal sale of whisky was settled in
Yorkville long before the dispensary
was ever thought of.
But as you know, the forces of evil
are always ready to take advantage of
the least encouragement. So it becomes
us always to be ready to meet
these forces. Public sentiment is a
strong check on these forces. The Enquirer
has had a fine opportunity to
give strength and character to public
sentiment in the past, and it has improved
its opportunity. May it long
live to continue to do this in the future.
Yours most cordially,
W. G. Neville.
Yorkville, S. C., February 6, 1902.
INVITATION TO CUBA.
We Will Take Her an n TerritoryThen
ns a State.
Representative Newlands, of the
ways and means committee, who was
the author of the resolution annexing
Hawaii, on Wednesday, introduced a
n + uoonliiHAn invltlno- ihta ronilhUr f\f
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Cuba to become a part of the United
States, first as a territory, then as a
state of the Union, to be called the
state of Cuba; also authorizing a 5 per
cent, reduction of duty on the present
crop of Cuban sugar, in consideration
of Cuba's granting preferential rates to
the United States. The resolutions
confine the 25 per cent, reduction of
duties to the period prior to January 1,
1903.
The provision as to annexation is as
follows:
"That in the meantime the republic
of Cuba is Invited to become a part of
the United States of America, and her
people to become citizens of the United
States with the assurance that Cuba
will be entitled at first to a territorial
form of government under the constitution
and laws of the United States,
with a delegate in congress to represent
her peoDle. and that ultimate
statehood will be granted when, In the
judgment of the congress, it Is advisable
to admit Cuba, including such other
West Indian islands belonging to
the United States as may be deemed
advisable, as a single state In the union,
to be called the state of Cuba."
Mr. Newlands, in explanation of his
resolution, said:
"All those who have appeared lo
voice Cuba's need and requirements
have indicated that an invitation to 1
Cuba of annexation would be accepted. J
"Annexation by force would not be
justified. It must be accomplished, if
at all, by the free act of the Cuban j
people. At present there is no machinery
in Cuba by which the popular
will can be tested. B^ut the Cuban constitution
has been adopted. The Cuban
congress will meet in February, Cuban
government will be organized, and the
United States will then leave government
and control to its people. Cuba
then will be in a position to express her
will, and It is only necessary to tide ^
over the present emergency by a tern- q
porary measure, such as I have introduced,
reducing the duty on Cuban
sugar one-fourth for one year and in- ^
viting Cuba to become a part of the
United States under a territorial form
of government, under the constitution,
her people to be citizens, not subjects,
with the assurance that ultimately
statehood will be granted."
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CHEROKEE NOTES.
All Sorts of Happen lugs of Local
and General Interest. I
CorresiKHidenc* of tbc Vorkville Enquirer.
Etta Jane, February 5.?Last Saturday
and Sunday we. had a high river
and a very heavy sieet last week, "5
which was somewhat of a reminder of
that of February, 1858.
Yesterday, John and Terry Estes had
a runaway scrape in whicn their buggy I
was pretty generally torn up and the
occupants thrown out, but fortunately
neither of them hurt.
The coldest spell of the season is now I
on us, and the late sown wheat is being
badly frozen out. Some of our
neighbors who thought their wheat J
killed early in the winter, found it
coming up just before the present spell
set in.
Miss Annie Miller is teaching school
at this place. She has 43 scholars ln(s
attendance and seems to be getting
along nicely with her work.
Mr. Newton Burgess and Mrs. Mary
Varnadone were married by J. R. 1
Poole, magistrate, at Sunnyside, last t
Sabbath. r
Rev. W. H. White preached at Salem ^
last Sabbath. He has been extremely
fortunate as a minister in filling his
appointments. During his ministerial s
life of fourteen years, he hap- only fail- c
ed four times to fill nis appointment, .
and he has been engaged all the time
at one place or another.
Our people still hope soon to see the t
railroad graded through this section 12 j
years ago, finished up and put in working
order. 1
Those prophets who are disposed to a
speculate on the future, say this will be c
a good crop year. Tne ground nas .
been so thoroughly frozen this winter
that they think it will be easily worked
and more productive. "So mote it be." t
His many friends and acquaintances ]
in Yorkville and York county, will be
pleased to note that J. B. Bell, Esq., is
taking a high stand among his profes- S
sional brethren at the Gaffney bar. He 1
is a York county man and sprang from f
that good old Hibernian stock that has
made that one of the leading counties 8
in the state, both in intelligence and
property. Captain Bell is a hard stu- %
dent and in his practice has generally t
been successful.
The Gowdeysville township commit- r
tee, of this county, has completed the
rolls of the soldiers sent from this section
to the war between the states. A
few names may yet be behind; but
they are very few, if any. I
Those intending to visit Dallas, Tex- r
as, on the occasion of the Confederate
reunion in April next, will do well to c
write to John F. Worley, chairman of r
the Committee of Information of the j
Texas Reunion association, and have
his committees secure places to board
while in the city. Name the number to a
be in your party for whom you want I
accommodations secur.ed, and the price j
you are willing to pay per day, and the
committee will make all the arange- 1
ments for you and notify you. You t
need not think you can do this upon
your arrival in the city at the beginning
of the reunion exercises, for the
thousands and tens of thousands that c
will crowd the city at that time will I
make it Impossible to do so. j. l. s. t
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. c
President's Day. a
Washington special of Wednesday to t
the Charleston News and Courier: ^
President Roosevelt and the members >]
of the cabinet who are to accompany \
him to Charleston next week, are mak- t
lng active preparations for the journey.
It was definitely decided today that
four and perhaps five members of the
cabinet will go, although there is still
some uncertainty about Postmaster
General Payne. The president has had
several confidential talks with Senators
Tillman and McLaurin within the past
two or three days, and as those senators
have been very reticent concerning
their visits to the president, the inference
is that he has been seeking suggestions
concerning his visit to
Charleston. The president and all the 4
members of the party are talking very,
enthusiastically about the trip, and t
they anticipate having a good time.
The itinerary of the trip has been ar- C
ranged. The Journey will occupy four n
days. The special train bearing the
presidential party, consisting of Mr. h
and Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Roosevelt, a
Miss Carew, Attorney General Knox,
Postmaster General Payne, Secretary C
Hitchcock and Secretary Wilson, to- i'
gether with member of their families, R
and Secretary Cortelyou, will leave on
Monday for the south, arriving Tues- a
day evening, February 11, at the Pine 11
Forest Inn, at Summerville, S. C., ^
near Charleston. The party will be 1
the guests for the night of the Pine f
Forest Inn, which is owned by Captain n
F. W. Wagener, the president of the- ?
exposition. The party will go to "S
Charleston on the following day, Feb- v
ruary 12, Lincoln's birthday, when the Is
president will be the central figure in C
the exercises at the exposition grounds a
and the guest of honor at a banquet at p
Lilt; isiianeaLUii nuttri 111 kite cvkiaug' *?
During the time of the banquet Mrs. o
Roosevelt will hold a reception for the tl
lady managers of the exposition and Si
other ladles of Charleston. The invlta- f?
tlon list Is limited to 500. The party .
will spend the night at the St. John ho- '
tel. Departure for Washington will be
made on Thursday, February 13, and tl
the party will arrive here sometime on ^
Friday. The management of the
Southern road has placed a splendid
special train at the disposal of the al
president and his party. rr
Fur the Benefit of the Veterans. T
The following paragraph is from b:
Columbia State: Following is the text di
of the bill which exempts ex-Confeder- hj
ates from municipal licenses, there being
such an act relating, to the country sc
districts: Section 1. That any person ni
who was a bona fide soldier or sailor tc
in the service of the Confederate states d)
In the war between the states, may expose
for sale or sell, as nawker or ped- hi
dler, any goods, wares or merchandise bl
in any county or town in this state,
without taking out the license required .
by chapter XLIII, volume 1, revised
statutes, 1893, of South Carolina: Pro- P<
vided, He make to the clerk of the re
court of common pleas of the county jj,
in which such goods are to be sold, satisfactory
proof that he was such soldier ra
or sailor. th
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
'he Enquirer?Prints a chapter on
commercial printing, and invites you
to give it your next order for commercial
work.
V. McG. Bailey, Olive, S. C., J. W.
Alexander, Yorkville; T. N. Dulin,
Bethel; Geo. W. Knox, Clover; J. K.
Allison, Hickory Grove; R. Banks
Black, Lominack; and W. Henry
Crook, Fort Mill?Call on parties who
have subscribed for The Enquirer for
1902, on their clubs, to please pay up.
V. J. Jones?Wants a white cropper to
take charge of a 20 acre farm.
>. E. Grist, Agent?Invites your attention
to a number of newspapers and
magazines and calls especial attention
to The Delineator.
l. r. mc^uiuicu, oupci viaui ul ivcb?otratlon
for the town of Yorkville?
Gives notice that the registration
books for municipal registration are
open in the office of the sheriff.
P. Lowrance & Co.?Hello at you,
and tell you what goods they have
received this week.
'hos. W. Speck. Jeweler?Tells you
that your watch is of no practical
value if it does not keep correct time,
and offers his services to put it in
proper running condition.
. W. Johnson, Grocer?Calls your attention
to ingredients for soups, and
says he has articles of the best qualities.
He has a good line of tobaccos
and cigars.
forkville Buggy Co.?Has several interesting
things to say about the
Weber wagons and among others says
it is the easiest running wagon made,
llddle & Carroll?Want you to know
that they have the winning hand if
quality and prices make a difference
with you when you buy groceries.
I. C. Strauss & Co.?Invite you to ex/
amine their stock of hats for men, in
all the latest styles,
r. B. Williams?Talks about his stock
of flour, and says dour is a specialty
with him. He has fresh cream
cheese and magic yeast.
NKJ^IE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
/The county board of commissioners
leld its regular monthly meeting in
he office of the supervisor last Wedlesday
and considered such business as
vas pending.
A number of accounts were audited
ind variously disposed of, some being
irdered paid and others laid over for
urther information.
The petition of Dr. J. B. Johnson
ind others for the opening of a road to
)egin at Mrs. Kidd's and to intersect
vith the Saluda road by way of Ogden,
vas laid over for the reason that none
if the people directly interested were
jresent to give information.
A petition was granted for the exension
of the road that leaves the
-andsford road at Mr. T. L. Carroll's,
in by the Lowry place, to John L.
Starr's, and Messrs. John L. Starr, W.
V. Miller and N. H. Wyatt were apjointed
a commission to open up the
lame.
Various other matters of business
vere attended to during the day; but
he foregoing includes all that was of
eal public interest.
THE "ICE" OP 1858.
Several references are made in The
Inquirer today as to the time of the
nost notable sleet storm which has
ccurred in this section within the
nemory of the "oldest inhabitant."
teferring to the files of The Enquirer,
ve find that it began to snow and
leet on Thursday night, the 11th of
February, 1858, and continued until the
ollowlng Saturday morning. In The
Inquirer of March 18, 1858, we find
he following in regard to the storm:
"The best idea to be gotten of the severity
of the storm of the 11th to 13th
if February, was obtained from Mr.
tobert Calrnes, of the Blairsville secion.
While putting things to rights,
ie weighed the branches of a number
tf tree while encumbered with the Ice,
md also ascertained the weight of the
(ranches after the Ice had melted.
Che following table exhibits the result.
Che first line of figures shows the
veight of the branch with the ice, and
he second of the branch alone:
Peach 55 10
Plum 145 14
Lilac 95 11 /
Pine 50 51
Elm 18 3
Cedar 90 8
Wild Cherry 25 11
Thorn 58 7
Spanish Oak 70 5
Persimmon 45 15
Pear 170 51
Apple 182 60
yASOUT PEOPLE.
(^)ss ^Lee Williams is visiting relaives
in Gastonia, N. C.
^iss Maggie Moore returned home
in Tuesday night from Washington^
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss left lo?
Charleston on ^hursday, and will renain
there for a week.
Mr. Hampton P. Stowe, of Bethel,
las been added to the dry goods force
.t J. M. Heath & Co.'s.
(dtalss Adda Moore, of Morganton, N.
Cr. daughter of Mr. T. P. Moore, is visting
the family of her uncle, Mr. B. N.
loore, in Yorkville.
Mr. N. M. McAllister, business man-,
ger of the Presbyterian Standard, pubIshed
in Charlotte, was in Yorkville
Vednesday in the interest of his paper,
'he Standard is rapidly forging to the
ront as the leading journalistic expoen
t of Southern Presbyterlanism.
-Mt. O. J. Gwinn, of Olive, was in
Jorkville Wednesday. Mr. Gwinn was
ery much pleased to learn that there
} no prospect of the passage of th<F
lonfederate home bill. He thinks It Is
11 right and proper for the state to
rovide for helpless soldiers; but would
ather the help be given to them In their
wn homes. "We do not need such
tiings as soldiers' homes in the south,"
aid Mr. Gwlnn. "There may be a
jw old soldiers .who have no one to
ake care of them; but they are very
jw. Down here it Is not like it is In*
le north. The Yankee army, you
now, had thousands of foreigners in
;. They included honest emigrants
nd criminal riff-raff. After the war
lany of the honest emigrants took
leir pensions back to their old hornet,
he criminal rHT-.raff was afraid to go
ack, and is to be found in the sollers'
homes of the north. We may
ave a few soldiers who would go to a
>ldiers' home If established; but I do
Dt think the number is great enough
> warrant the establishment of a solier's
home. I think the legislature is
andling the subject with commendae
wisdom."
News and Courier, Thursday: Mr. A.
. Gilbert, a leading young lawyer and
)litician of Chicago, is in the city,
gistered at the St. John hotel. He is
jre for the purpose of making aringements
for the visit to this city of
le Hamilton club, a prominent Re
publican organization of the Windy
City. The Chicagoans will be here on
Illinois Day several thousand strong.
It is expected that about 300 of the
number will be sent by the Hamilton
club. Mr. Gilbert is a South Carolinian
by birth, he having been born and
reared at Sumter. He graduated from
Yale college in 1890 and took up the
practice of law at Chicago with his
brother, Mr. J. T. Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert
stated last night that although he had
cast his lot with the Republican party
he had not forgotten his old home
state. Tne rormer soum uarouman
has worked faithfully in behalf of the
exposition, using his influence with the
state legislature for the Illinois appropriation.
"I am very glad that I was
selected for this trip," said Mr. Gilbert
last night to a reporter. "When I
go back to Chicago now I cannot conscientiously
do anything but sing the
praises of this fair, and advise all my
fellow members to come down and see it
for themselves. I am now prepared to
give anybody the lie who has uncomplimentary
reTnarks to make about
Charleston's exposition. The enterprise
and push displayed by the promoters of
the undertaking reflect credit upon everybody
concerned. The Hamilton
club will be well represented on Illinois
Day and all the politicians are anticipating
a royal time."
TWO-CENTS PORK.
, r Although there are a great many people
in tnls .country who are unwilling
to credit the assertion that pork can
be raised at iwo cents a pound, Mr.
C. H. Smith, who lives Ave miles southwest
of Yorkville, asserts that there is
no question of the fact, because he has
recently made a successful demonstration.
"I have slaughtered seven hogs during
the past few months," said Mr. ?
Smith, on Wednesday, "that netted an
aggregate of 1,640 pounds, and all the
actual expense that-I have been out for
them has been just $24. This is the
cost of all the salable food I have given
them?20 bushels of wheat and 400
pounds of wheat bran. If you .will
make the calculation, you will find
that the total expense has been a little
ess than 1} cents a pound for the meat,
and according to the ruling market
price?8 cents a pound?its aggregate is
(131.20, leaving a net profit of $107.20."
Asked for the history of his experience,
Mr. Smith said that the pigs
came in September, 1900. They ran
with the sows until they were weaned,
lfter which they made their living, in
the corn field and pea stubble and
woods until the next spring, when they
were put in a pasture and kept there
until a few weeks ago, when they were
put up and fed on a slop made of wheat
ground in a corn mill and wheat bran.
All of the pigs were in fairly good condition
when penned, and three of them
were kept but a short time until they
were killed. They netted an average
of 200 pounds each. The other four
were kept longer with a view to making
them produce more lard, and when
killed they averaged 260 pounds each.
According to Mr. Smith's idea, pigs
that come in May should be allowed to
run in the crops tmtil the-next fall, being
kept off the cabbage, potatoes, pinders
and such like, and if there is a ?
pasture that will furnish an abundance
of acorns, the pigs will be able
to make their living through the winter
without much assistance in the
way of commercial food. He says that
he once tried the plan of making meat
out of eight and ten months pigs; but
one experience has been enough. -It is
cheaper to let a pig make its o^rn. way
mostly until it is about a year old, and
then with the use of wheat slop, fat can
be put on at but little cost.
THIlf THE TOWH.
? Treasurer Neely isued about 26 tax
receipts last Monday,
y ? The cotton mills are running on full
' time now. and are making a fairly
satisfactory profit.
? The past week has witnessed an
' Xfnusual rush of cotton to market, some
large lots having been sold at 8 cents. '
? The auditor has completed his
round of the county and will take returns
in his office in Yorkville until
February 20.
? A few mules are being sold from
day to day, the demand being rather
heavier than was generally supposed a
,month or two back.
'? ? Barlow & Wilson's minstrels played
to a fairly good audience in the opera
house last Tuesday night. They
gave a good entertainment
? Dr. H. L. Smith, president of Davidson
college, is to deliver an address
in the Presbyterian church tomorrow
morning on the subject of "Christian
Education." At night he will deliver
a special address to the young people. \
' There was an attempt to burglarise
trie store of Beard & Carroll last Tuesday
night, by boring from underneath
with an auger. When the store was
opened Wednesday morning, it developed
that the thieves had bored into a
sack of oats and had evidently been
frightened away by the falling of another
sack from the pile.
? On one Sunday, within the past
wo years, the police found it necessary *
to summon the posse comitatus to suppress
a drunken row in which there
was a near approach to bloodshed.
With a dispensary to furnish any quantity
of whisky for Sunday consumption,
such scenes as were threatened
I ? *1 * HAAnnlAn -rill V-1 n ffra/niantlv
| will Liittt uutaoivu mu uc i.ic\|uvum/
realized.
L A Mr. James Duncan died at the home
yit Mr. M. L. Murray, last Tuesday afternoon,
having survived his brother
Charlie Just five days. The two brothers
were taken down with pneumonia
at about the same time. It was recognized
from the first that their condition
was serious. Their mo'tner came
iown from Rutherford, N. C., to nurse
them, but wore herself out and was
taken back home sick. Notwithstanding
the best of attention, Mr. Charlie
Duncan died on Thursday of last week,
and his brother, as stated, breathed
his last on Tuesday. Messrs. J. J. Keler
& Co., had both bodies embalmed
and forwarded to their former home.
? Pursuant to duly advertised notice,
the York Drug Store stock and fixtures,
belonging to the bankrupt estate of
Dr. J. L. Hanahan, were sold before
the store building yesterday, shortly
after noon, by Thos. F. McDow, trustee.
There were only two bidders?