Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 05, 1902, Image 2
Scraps and Jacts.
? Rufus Janman, a Clover Leaf engineer,
caught in a wreck near here a
year ago. is wearing a new face as the
result of a marvelous feat in skin graftings,
says a Kokoma, Indiana, dispatch
of Tuesday. In the wreck the engineer
had both ears burned off close to the
head, his chin and nose were torn off,
his eyelids cut off and his entire scalp
was torn away, not a hair being left on
his head. After a year's treatment he
was released from the hospital last
week. For nearly 200 consecutive days
Janman was on the operating table,
where long strips of skin were cut from
his legs and applied to his face. An
occulist repaired the eyelids, making
them as good as new. By degrees a new
chin and nose were grown. The ears
and hair could not be replaced, but a
wig was given him. the long flowing
locks of which concealed the spot
where the ears formerly were. The engineer
is now in good nealth and experiences
no inconveniences from his misfortune.
? Captain Charles D. Roberts, of the
United States army, has just returned
to San Antonio, Texas, from a trip
through Zapata county, and gives a
horrible account of the condition of the
poorer classes there, who, he says, are
on the verge of starvation. He says:
"I was on an inspection trip on the
lower Rio Grande and passed entirely
through Zapata county. There has
been no rain there since May, 1901, and
the peopie are in fearful need. Their
stock is nearly all dead and they are
unable to buy grain for that still alive.
Hay is $27 a ton, and the people have
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no money iu uuj n. JL itv. ?
the interior of the county have moved
to the Rio Grande border for water. If
something is not done immediately to
give relief there will be many deaths
from starvation. Our people are sending
money to the Boerb, to sufferers in
India, and to others in foreign lands,
when we have people starving to death
at our own doors. As I passed Zapata
men and women would come and beg
for wheat which was left from our
meals. The condition is horrible." Zapata
county is 200 miles southeast of
San Antonio.
? The.public debt statement, issued
last Tuesday by the treasury department,
shows that in the month of
March the interest-bearing debt decreased
5,950.460. The debt on which
interest has ceased decreased $2,150; the
debt bearing no interest increased $1,623,313,
while the casn in the treasury
increased $2,494,422. The debt on March
31 stood: Interest bearing debt, $931,070,700;
debt on which interest has
ceased. $1,314,120; bearing no interest,
$393,203,801, a total of $1,325,588,621. The
cash in ihe treasury is made up of the
following items: Reserve fund?Gold
coin and bullion, $150,000,000; trust funds
to redeem outstanding certificates?
Gold coin; $334,581,098; silver dollars
and bullion, $488,218,000. General fund?
nr.1,1 nnin hull inn anH OPrtiflpntpH. S94.
85S.050; silver dollars, bullion and certificates,
$19,698,371; United States notes,
$9,987,171; other assets, $20,924,418; in
national bank -depositories, $118,041,309.
Total $1,236,308,408. Against this there
were outstanding: Gold certificates,
$334,581,089; silver certificates, $454,255,000;
treasury notes of 1890, $33,963,000;
miscellaneous liabilities, $85,653,030; reserve
fund. $150,000,000; leaving an
available cash balance of $177,856,289.
? Says a Finlay, Ohio, dispatch of
Tuesday: The ghost that has made
the Kimmell block on North Main
street, of this eity; a4most untenable for
the last six njonths is laid up with a
broken leg and a sprained foot as the
result of a fall from a 20-foot roof, and
the inhabitants of the flat are rejoicing.
Last fall mysterious rappings at
the windows and doors, unearthly
moans and groans in the dead o? night,
interspersed at times with piercing
shrieks in dark hallways set on edge
the persons who have apartments In
the building. Men, whose wives are
hysterical either had to move or be
broken up by doctors' bills, so they
moved out. Rent came down because
it was almost impossible to get families
to remain in the building. To make
matters worse persons residing in the
neighborhood asserted that they saw
uncanny phosphorsescent lights danc-.
***** rtKAnf r*ri 'Via rnnf onH ciHo nf tViP
building on dark nights. Yesterday
morning Mrs. Rose Stahlsmith, a widow
living In rear apartments on the
second floor was awakened by a strange
rattling at her windows. She stole
stealthily to the window, taking a loaded
revolver from her bureau as she
passed. The window rattled again, and
she threw up the sash and looked out.
There in the moonlight stood something
in white that was unmistakably a man
in bed slippers and a nightshirt, with
a white blanket wrapped around him.
Don't shoot, cried the ghost, beating a
hasty retreat when it saw the flash of
a silvered barrel. And in its haste it
backed too far and dropped off the roof,
alighting with a crash. Fred Peifner,
a young clerk, rooming in the block, is
now confined to his room with a badly
broken leg and a sprained foot.
? Says a "Washington dispatch of
March 31: The day on which congress
will adjourn has been the subject of
much guessing at the Capitol. The
time of adjournment can only be a
guess, open to all. The Republican
steering committee of the senate and
the committee on rules of the house
may know what they would like to do.
and may do a good many things, but
when it comes to adjourning any senator
may affect the result and upset the
plans of the leaders. In the house,
where unlimited debate is not known,
and where dilatory tactics can be prevented
by the majority, the individual
representative is a much smaller element
in the result than is the senator.
This year the task of the guesser Is
much lessened by the fact that there
has been no indication that the minority
in either the senate or the house of
representatives has shown a disposition
to do more than go on record
against legislation it does not approve
by reasonable debate and negative
votes. Senators Allen. Pettigrew and
Butler would be accorded several weeks
for their own use in speech-making
were they in the senate, and they jointly
could be depended upon to put off debate
for that length of time. But they
are not there, and the adjournment
guessers take that fact into considera
tion. Senator Patterson, of Colorado,
is apparently a promising candidate for
the reputation of a frequent and voluminous
talker, and the guessers may well
place a week to his account in fixing
the date for adjournment. Taking all
these conditions into consideration, the
10th of June seems to be the date on
which there is the greatest consensus
of opinion in relation to the time of adjournment.
From the 1st to the 15th
of June is a very common guess. Now
and then some one places the time In
May or July. Those who believe in an
early adjournment refer to the fact
that practically every question likely
to lead to debate and which will demand
the attention of congress, has been settled.
The knotty problems of appropriation
bills are likely to be settled in
committee and are not regarded as apt
to lead to unusual delay in the senate
or house.
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YORKVILLE, S. <6 ,
SATURDAY, APRIL 5,1902.
It would not be at all improper for
Senator Tillman to join Senator McLaurin
in the request for an invest!
gation by the senate of the charges that
the former made against the latter.
The reported candidacy of Dr. John
G. Black, if true, gives Cherokee an opportunity
to become a dominating factor'
in the state senate. Dr. Black possesses,
to a remarkable degree, all the
elements of an influential and useful
statesman.
The defeat of J^mes K. Jones by the
Arkansas Democrats, it is to be hoped,
is the beginning of the end of the peanut
politician of the south, and that
from now, or sometime in the near future
on, public men will begin to see
that to maintain the confidence, respect
and support of the voters they must depend
upon a high development of genuine
patriotism and constructive statesmanship
rather than upon an ability
to cajole and deceive a trusting public.
In view of the law on the subject, it
is difficult to conceive that the Charleston
people really expect to pull off the
Jeffries-Fitzsimmons prize fight at the
exposition. More than anything else, it
looks as if our enterprising friends are
only shrewdly taking advantage of a
good opportunity to get a lot of valuable
free advertising. It is a fact, however,
that whisky is being sold in the
exposition grounds by the drink, and
maybe, after all, the authorities will
wink at the prize 'fight also.'
Theodore H. Price is still insisting
that the price of cotton will advance.
He believes it will go above 9 cents in
New York. Although it is too late to
give widespread benefit to the south,
the people down this way naturally
hope to see a realization of Mr. Price's
predictions. Some of them, however,
are inclined to think that this wellknown
speculator is again up against
the game that ruined him two years
ago. At that time he was attempting
to manipulate a tremendous bull movement
which was too much for him and
the bears smashed him flat.
Representative Griggs, of Georgia,
who was recently elected as chairman
of the Democratic congress committee,
is being put down as a sympathizer
with the Gorman wing of the party as
against the Bryan wing. Ben Cable, of
Chicago, was chairman of the National
Democratic sub-committee in 1892.
when Cleveland carried Illinois and
Wisconsin, and there are those who
believe that his placing at the head of
the campaign committee now will mean
his eventual selection as successor to
James K. Jones aB national chairman.
He is represented as still belonging to
[the Cleveland school of political
thought. /
-X. ?
The public is becoming more or less
interested in the question as to who
will be the first minister of the United
States to Cuba. There has been talk
of General Leonard Wood in connection
with the position; but it is hardly probable
that he will be the man, for he
would hardly care to go as minister to
a country that he has ruled as gover
nor. General Fitznugh L,ee is a candidate
for the place, and besides his peculiar
fitness, there is a pretty sentiment
in the idea of his going bafek to
fill again in free Cuba the same position
he filled in the island under Spanish
rule. Then again, General Lee would
be very acceptable to the Cuban people,
no doubt, for to him more than any
other one man, is the independence of
the island due.
It is being noted in many of the papers
that because of the action of the
beef trust in steadily raising prices during
the past few weeks, fresh beef is
now beyond the reach of the poorer
classes. It is a fact that prices of beef
have advanced considerably of late,
and that fact is of very considerable
significance. It is hard on beef consumeis
of all classes and especially on
the beef consumers of the poorer classes.
We have no doubt of the fact that
it was the beef trust that raised these
prices and brought about the present
situation, as is alleged; but somehow it
occurs to us that it ought not to be difficult
to find a remedy for the trouble.
Had the agricultural people raised just
lots of cattle and had enough of
them to suppiy the demand, the price
of beef would have hardly been advanced.
Until cattle becomes plentiful
again there will not be much of a decline
in the price of beef, and until
beef does decline, cattle raising ought
to be a pretty good business. Of course
nobody likes to pay high prices for anything;
but if this reported act of the
beef trust only results in making our
people raise more cattle than they have
been raising, it will be a blessing in
disguise. If our people do not com- f
mence raising more cattle, prices of
beef will continue to advance even if
the trust should desire to hold them y
where they are.
It does not look as if the investiga- o
tion of Captain Christmas's charges of
bribery in connection with the Danish
West Indies negotiations, are going to
amount to much. A careful reading of Si
the full text of Captain Christmas's alleged
secret report, seems to give the
idea that the fellow was a mere advent q
A ? ?t- ? fKa nAf(nn fViof if
lurer, WUU cuiltcitcu uic nvnu.i, ?
there were no commissions to be had in
connection with the sale of the islands,
there ought to have been, and, having
failed to get a share, he tried to stir up
odor in order- to prevent the full con- ^
summation of the undertaking. In
Denmark it is claimed that he is new
representing the party that has all
along been opposed to the sale. Within
the past few days a number of pa- j,
pers have stated that Christmas tried to
get them to take up his cause before he
applied to Mr. Richardson, and that A
they refused because they did not have
any confidence in his representations.
It may be that there is some foundation
of truth down at the bottom of
Chrlstmas's story; but so far there have Ji
been no developments to indicate anything
of the kind.
SOUTH CAROIJNAv^EWS. J.
It I* Up to Jeffrlen.
The only bid made'ror the JeffrlesFitzsimmons
prize fight last Tuesday,
the last day on' which bids were to be y
received, was that of the city of
Charleston, and the bid was 75 per
cent, of the gate receipts or a guaran- ^
tee of $26,000. The cluu agreed that the
contest would be held between May 15
and June 1. Fitzsimmons promptly accepted
Charleston's proposition; but
Jefferles hesitated, stating that he did
not believe the fight could be pulled off
in Charleston because of hostile laws.
The two fighters are now engaged in
the usual newspaper quarrel incident
and necessary to such occasions.
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l-nymeni 01 rcnuuim.
Columbia special of Wednesday to
The News and Courier: Every year, al- ^
most as soon as the legislature adjourns
and the appropriation for pen- L
sions becomes available, such questions C)
are "constantly asked as, when will the S)
money be paid out? Why should the w
poor old soldiers and widows be kept 0l
waiting so long for their money when
they need it so badly? etc. etc. These ^
and various other questions can best A
be answered by the simple statement ^
of the amount of work necessary be- ^
fore this fund can be disbursed. The S(
various county boards are supposed to p
meet on the third Monday in January c)
of each year to pass on all new applica- s,
tions and revise the old list of pensioners.
It is necessary in every county to |a
have several meetings before they can c]
get their reports in proper shape to C]
send in to the state pension board, and ^
even after they are received here every
mail brings in belated applications from n
the chairmen requesting that they be n,
added to their rolls. This is not the
fault of the boards, but is due to the
fact that the applicants for pensions
are often unacquainted with the time
the board meets, or have had difficulties
in getting witnesses, etc.; in many
cases the boards hold their reports back
purposely, hoping to get all the applica- ti
tions in at once. The state board re- ^
quested that all the reports should be a'
in by March, but the last one has just
come In, and therefore it was impossi- b<
ble to call a meeting of the state pen- tl
sion board before. The state pension P1
board, when it meets, has to consider
each new application, which is neces- ai
sarily, a slow and tedious process, and t(
also hear appeals, etc. It is quite likely P1
iney win De in session several uaya mw
year, as the number of applications is r(
very large. After their work is over the ai
pension clerk then has to prepare the dl
pay-rolls for the clerks of court of each 1)1
county and, as there are over 6,000
names, this of itself takes some little
time. It is the desire of the state pen- t
sion board to pay the pensioners just a'
as soon as possible, as they are in con- P
stant touch with them and know just c(
how great is their need of this help and S1
every expedition possible is used. *r
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/N?ere-mention.
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is believed in Washington that nGeneral
Nelson A. Miles is soon to be pi
placed on the retired list and it has q
been suggested that General Leonard e;
Wood may be his successor as com- jc
manding general of the army The if
foreign newspapers are again printing oi
most encouraging predictions of early tl
peace in South Africa The house of a
representatives is considering the ques- ir
tion of government construction of war vj
vessels. The labor unions are in favor as
of the proposition because the govern- ei
ment always pays wages high in excess tl
of the wages paid by private Individ- a]
uals and corporations New York ei
butchers are threatening to organize a m
combination to fight the beef trust that as
has its headquarters in Chicago fc
A Pretoria dispatch of April 1 says tnat tt
39 British soldiers were killed in a rail- fc
road wreck at Barberton, Transvaal vj
colony, on March 30 Dr. Thomas
Dunn English, the well-knowiy com- t\
poser and author of "Ben-Bolty/died at pi
Newark, N. J., last Tuesdayy^/Atkinta oi
business men are encouraged to be- ol
lieve that a United States/sub-treasury tt
will be established in their city a
The German emperor's American-built ei
yacht. Meteor III, sailed for Germany tt
on Tuesday..It is claimed that cer- w
tain farms in King's county. Colorado, C
yieldfed two tons of shelled corn to the r<
acre, last year...yyA Negro man was m
lynched on th^streets of Rome, Ga.^ sc
a few days ago, for criminal -c^sgoult, at
2,000 citizens participating... .^v^liss n<
Helen M. Stone says she will go on the S<
lecture platlorm and remain there until al
she pays back the money that was w
given up by individuals and the govern- b<
ment on account of her ransom
It is reported from Washington that sa
there is but little prospect of the pass- aj
age of the ship-subsidy bill because of gl
thevoDposition of western Republicans, iz
. ...y^The postmaster general has been hi
notified by the secretary of state, that bi
on May 20, Ouoa will become a foreign ai
country Tampa, Fla. reports hav- I
ing shipped 3?,340.OU0 cigars since Jan- hi
uary 1, the largest shipment within the I
same period in the history of the cigar cc
business of Tampa. en
-OCAL AFFAIRS, an
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. so
ictor Cotton 01) Co.?Give notice that
after April 15th they will not exchange
meal for cotton seed at
present rate of exchange. C T
pera House?Announces the produc- Le
tion of "The Facts in the Case," and, da
other specialties, by the Bon Ton Dra- X]
matic club, at the opera house this
(Friday) evening.
usan J. Hambright, Adm'x.?Gives no- D<
tice to debtors and creditors of the
estate of Or. J. P. Hambright, deceased.
. E. Grist?Wants you to kn<>w that v"
you can easily find something to read V.]
by going to the York Drug Store. ^
[ary J. Hunter, Clerk of Board?Gives
notice of order of county commissioners
to road overseers to call out their J
hands for road work. th
[. C. Strauss & Co.?Continue to talk to
about their line of beautiful and stylish
millinery stock, and claim that
they can suit anybody in quality, /.
style and price. They also have more
words of praise in regard to their
stock of dress goods.
H. Witherspoon, Yorkville?Wants 25.
some information about a spotted ]
calf that either strayed or was stolen ls
from his lot.
. M. Grist?Tells you that you can put M
.-nit a fira lust atnrtlnc with a TJtica OX
fire extinguisher, that would only be
a practice event for the Are depart- Y(
mtnt, if you waited long enough for
the department to arrive. hi
Dhn B. Williams?Has a lot of nice M
lamps in stock, and also has something
to say in regard to canned
goods, including star ham and corned fr
beef. Ai
M. Heath & Co.?Say that they are ve
now ready to serve their customers be
and friends in every department of
their big store, and call especial attention
to dress goods, millinery, M
clothing, shoes, etc. m
ork Drug Store?Again tells its friends Qf
that it has recently received 100 lbs.
of Lowney's bon bons and chocolates.
. P. Lowrance & Co.?Tell the people Pa
who have horses and mules that theX
condition of work animals can be imv^(
nroved by the use of Jockey animal ,
food. ln
. P. Pursley, Clover?Invites your at- ea
tention to a number of articles that ra
are seasonable just at this time of the
year.
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PRISONERS IN JAIL. fr
The following prisoners are irr Jail si'
waiting trial on the charges men- w
oned: ~ " J.
Reuben Steward, murder; James M
indsay, murder: Sol Dorsey, murder; Ai
FilHam Walker, grand larceny: Dock ar
anier, murder; Kelly Gist, grand lar- V
my: Ed Reld, robbery from the per- M
>n: Henry Love, assault and battery L<
ith intent to kill; Will Tlgue, violation ln
f dispensary law; Abe Jones, viola-, M
on of the dispensary law: Henry Tl
reen Wylie, rocking railroad train: J.
manda Beatty, infanticide; Randolph w
eard, witness In Lindsay murder case; di
euben Lindsay, burglary and larceny: ni
ee Kirkpatrick, burglar?1 and larceny; th
reedom Hughes, burglary and lar- H
my; Ned Threat, violation of dlspen?ry
law; Titus Lynn, housebreaking;
Till Hampton, breaking in box car and 1
irceny; Luke Choat, abandonment of lei
filld; Maggie Stroud, malicious mis- C<
lief; Sarah Jane. Jtfoote', malicious in
lischief; Henry Brice, assault and bat- E:
>ry with intent to James Knox,
joking railroad train; Bascomb Ken- "W
edy, burglary; SanP Fair, murder. id
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no AIID OP EQUALIZATION. M
ar
The county board of equalization has ^
een in session during the past three gg
ays listening to the various protests
lat have been entered against the acon
of local boards in raising assess- rg
lents and which had not already been gg
cted upon.
All of the members of the county w,
oard were present at the meeting and jn
ley gave their work careful and R,
ainstaking consideration. ^
The protests growifig out of the re- Qr
ssessment of the property of the ,
nvn of Rock Hill engaged the greater
art of the board's attention. jn
Captain L. M. Davis was on hand to
.'present the city board of assessors, jg
nd the different individuals who were rQ
Issatisfied with the action of this
oard represented their respective con- ^
tntlons.
co
Although the hearing was long and th
>dious there was nothing unpleasant ar
bout it. Protests were entered and ^
rosecuted in good spirit and the board
msidered them judiciously from the th
:andpoint of equity and justice, leanig
decidely however to the views and R
pinions of the respective assessors. gg
As has already been explained, It was g0
le desire of the Rock Hill people to cj,
laterlally raise their assessments, eseclally
in order to be able to meet M
xed charges and floating municipal ce
icpenses within the 10 mill levy al- tj,
wed by the city charter, and to avoid, co
practicable the necessity of adding
n the thr? e extra mills allowed by j0
le recent constitutional amendment. le,
t the same time it was also considered to
nportant and just that the assessed
alue of the city property be equalized je
s far as possible. To accomplish the ^
ads suggested, a board appointed by
le city council had made a special
ppraisement of all the taxable prop- ;
'ty of the city, and working in harlony
with this board, the board of city o,
ssessors appointed by the governor, wi
illowed behind, equalizing where it
lought proper and listing the property m(
>r taxation at 60 per cent, of the fo
alue fixed by the appraisers. QU
As was naturally to be expected, the
vo boards put down many pieces of 0f
roperty at higher values than their ne
tvners thought were just for purposes ta
' taxation, and this brought about ^
ie numerous protests referred to. In Wi
number of cases the protesting prop- sh
ty owners succeeded in showing that f-n
iGc
ie appraisements made against them ea
ere inequitable, and in such cases ce:
aptain Davis promptly recommended di<
^-adjustments. The total appraiseient
as made oy the city board of as ssors
was materially reduced; but
; the time this is being written, it is
at practicable to get exact figures. ?
3 far as could be learned yesterday, ?
1 parties to the hearing were very wi
ell satisfied as to the action of the ?
)ard. go
"What our local board was after," tei
lid Captain Davis, "was to raise our ca
mraisement to an aggregate that will an
ve us sufficient revenue and to equal-.irq
e the burdens as far as possible. We ^
we had a great deal of hard work; en
it we have done the best we could, mt
id I believe we have done pretty well, da
do not think that the county board sit]
is hurt us much, and taken all in all, th(
am very well satisfied with the out- mt
ime. There is one thing on which we ?
in congratulate ourselves, I think, ha
id that Is that much of our work Is Pr
ne for all time. There wont be nearly of
much trouble hereafter." Ms
DOLT PEOPLE.
Messrs. C. E. Spencer and W. W. T
iwis returned from Charleston Thursy
afternoon. an
Mr. Moffatt Kennedy arrived at home th<
ednesday morning from the Atlanta ref
mtal college. In*
Charlotte observer, April 2: Mrs. Eled
Griffith left yesterday for York- ?
lie to visit relatives. of
Miss Bessie Williams and Josle Camp,
Wlnthron colleere. are In Yorkville.
a visit to relatives and friends. '
Miss Beulah Grimes, came up from
e Columbia Female college last week,
spend a few days with her father's ve
mily. ?
^Ir. Jos. F. Wallace and Dr. A. T. ers
irtwright will go to the Confederate sc'
union at Dallas, Texas April 22 to ***'
Th
Mr. William Camp, of Richmond, Va., on
In Yorkville on a visit to his mother, an
rs. M. E. Camp and other relatives le?
id friends. rel
Mr. G. L. Suggs, of Enquirer, was in kn
)rkville Wednesday, accompanied by w'
s son, Master J. W. Suggs, and by
aster Alec J. trigger. Pa
Mr. Pack Williams is recovering ?
om a severe illness with pneumonia. co
t one time last week his condition was rel
iry grave; but he is now believed to ini
i out of danger. mi
Mrs. W. O. Rawls was summoned to ov
cConnellsville last Thursday by a th
essage announcing the serious illness ra
her mother, Mrs. W. R. Conrad. She ofl
ent down shortly after noon, accom- an
inied by her children. ini
Dr. T. B. Hough, of Newport, was in be
arkville, Wednesday, for the first time wl
quite awhile. He is anxious for the wi
.rly establishment of the proposed ru-. of
1 free delivery route that is to run ^
it fsom Rock Hill by way of his T>Ii
>me. is<
Quite a number of persons have gone Di
om Sharon and vicinity to the expo- (J
tion at Charleston this week, among ha
horn are the followinlng: Dr. and Mrs. w<
H. Saye, Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Swann, to
isses Belle Plaxco, Minnie Palmer, th
gnes Sherrer, and Masters John Good ob
id Willie Ratchford. cli
Charlotte Observer, April 3: Miss th
ary Erwin, a daugnter of the late F. th
;e Erwin, was married- at her home is
Steele Creek township, last night to wl
r. J. M. Byers, of Rock Hill, S. C. ;le
ceremony was performed by Rev. pl<
M. Byers. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Er- da
In, of Charlotte, attended the wed- of
ng. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin spent last wa
ght at the Central Hotel and leave T1
is morning for their home at Rock ch
ill. . . th
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ABOUT MICAH JENKINS. lie
The following from the Washington he
tter of Wednesday to The News and to
jurier will, no doubt, be of especial na
terest to most of the readers of The or
stquirer: T1
Representative Elliott called at the ali
hite House today to confer with Pros- isl
ent Roosevelt relative to a bill now Sr
ending before congress to place Major _
icah Jenkins on the retired list of the ne
my with the rank of captain. The
esident expressed the deepest inter- pr
t in Major Jenkins and showed the er
armest regard for him, and Indicated
s willingness to aid congress in duly tj
cognizing the gallant and meritorious m(
rvices of Major Jenkins during the th
>anish war. The president alluded f0
1th pride to the fact that Major Jenk- a
s was the only captain in the Rough m,
iders regiment who had been promot- co
1 to the rank of major upon his rec- ne
nmendation. th
The president again alluded In the e]{
ost pleasant manner to his forthcom- ex
g visit to Charleston, and he was pr
ually delighted to hear that Major ou
nfclns will oe in Washington tomor- pr
w to appear Defore the military com- pr
lttee of the house in connection with to
e bill for his relief, which was under, _
nsideratlon by that committee. From ^
e conversation between the president
id Colonel Elliott today it was evi- fa
nt that Major Jenkins would hav^ w
en provided w.th a commission in w<
e regular army without delay but for de
e fact that he has passed the age lim- ke
which allows him to enter the active an
rvice. In addition to having a hand- IoJ
me sword presented to him by the WJ
tizens of South Carolina, at the hands
mi
the president of the United States, ar
ajor Jenkins is in a fair way to reive
an honorable position on the re- at
ed list of the army at the hands of
ngress. * de
President Roosevelt's interest in Ma- pe
r Jenkins is shown in the following un
tter, written by Governor Roosevelt, th(
President McKlnley, at the request tQ
Congressman Elliott, urging Major
nklns's appointment to a position in TJ.
e army: de
State of New York, tjr
.Executive unamoer,
Albany, N. Y., December 17 1900.
To the Honorable William McKinley, ^
esident of the United States?M><
jar Mr. President: It is a pleasun?^xo NJJ
rite as warmly as I know how for. 25
ajor Micah J. Jenkins, of Young's Is- be
nd, South Carolina, late of my regi- ed
ent. Major Jenkins is an applicant
r a staff position, preferably in the evi
lartermaster's department. Major glr
nkins is the son or a Confederate th<
neral of that name. He is a graduate ..
West Point and a more gallant man
ver trod the earth. Among the cap- an
Ins of my regiment I singled him out str
r promotion as major for distinguish- g.ir
gallantry on the field of battle. He
is the oniy captain thus promoted. I rev
all never forget the joyous courage fiei
id soldierly proficiency he showed nei
iding his men at San Juan. I very ou,
rnestly recommend him and hope sinrely
that this gallant American sol- dis
jr may ne given tne position that he fin
eks. With great regard, faithfully pr,
urs, Theodore Roosevelt. g.
" hu
WITHIN THE TOWN. Co
- Next Monday is salesday for April, bui
The approaching municipal election res
11 be held on May 7. lar
By taking up afresh at this time the fivi
od work chat was done in the ceme- noi
y last summer and fall, that spot fiai
n be very much benefitted before the sat
rival of the long, hot days of the com- for
iafimmer. tal
^CJie Micah Jenkins camp of Confed- in
ite veterans will hold an adjourned the
>etlng in the court house next Mon- $55
y. The principal subjects for con- of
leration will be in connection with as.
? reunion at Dallas, although other Vic
itters may be considered. nes
The Bedford Telephone company cee
s stretched a telephone line from the; bet
esbyterlan church to the residence 1
Mrs. Jas. Mason, In order that Mrs. 1
ison, who Is confined to her home <
th rheumatism, may participate in i
^Services held In the church,
spme of i..e older graded school
ys ran off on the first day of April
d Superintendent Daniels has had '
?m doing guard duty during recition
hours since. The boys are try- j
f to figure It out whether they fooled i
teacher or the teacher fooled them.
At the instance of the county board (
commissioners, Supervisor Gordon
s given out a contract for the paint- |
j of the court house. Messrs. J. J.
tiler & Co., are doing the work and
ey expect to have It completed before
i approaching term of court con- 1
nes. J
It has been arranged that the teach- I
i and pupils of the Yorkvllle Graded
tiool who desire to do so, will go to '
e Charleston exposition next week,
lere will be no exercises of the school 1
Friday or the following Monday, ]
d the arrangement contemplates
Lving here on Thursday night and
turning Monday afternoon. It Is not
own yet just how many of the pupils
11 go. {superintendent Daniels and
of. Bryan will have charge of the
rty.
- It has developed recently that the
urt house is badly In need of certain
pairs. It seems that when the buildI
was last painted, some holes were
ide in the tin covering of the spire
er the clock tower, and the water
at has come through this when It
Ined has caused the plastering to fall
from the celling of the front portico,
id from the auditorium. This is beer
repaired and it is probable also that
fore the work is completed, there
II be a new coat of kalsomine on the
ills and a heavy matting on the floor
titg"courtroom.
-All arrangements have been cometed
for the presentation of the prom?d
entertainment by the Bon Ton
ramatlc club In the opera house this
'riday) evening. The young people
ive spent a great deal of time and
srk on this entertainment with a view
surpassing, if possible, the best ot
eir previous efforts. In view of the
Ject, the benefit of the Athletic assoition,
and the delightful reputation of
e club for making its entertainments
oroughly enjoyable to everybody, it
quite probable that the opera house
111 be crowded to its fullest capacity.
- John Smith, the colored barber, who
ead guilty before Mayor Willis a few
.ys ago, of selling whisky in violation
the town ordinance on the subject,
is re-arrested by Sheriff Logan on
mrsday afternoon, on the same
arge. The sheriff got information
at Smith had contraband liquor in
s possession, and accompanied by Po:eman
Love, made a search of his
tuse. He found a case that had come
Yorkville by express in the fictitious
ime of H. H. White and which had
lglnally contained three gallons,
lere were still two gallons in the case,
I in pints. On a hearing before Magirate
Barron yesterday morning,
nith was discharged as not guilty.
- Messrs. J. M. Heath & Co.'s milliry
opening was the attraction among
e ladles yesterday. Quite extensive
eparatlons had been made during seval
days previous, and the show that
is presented was highly creditable,
le ladies began to arrive early In the
arning, many taking advantage of
e handsome conveyances provided
r their accommodation, and there was
continual stream of visitors pretty
uch all day, including many from the
untry. The display Included all manr
of hats and bonnets, trimmed In
e latest styles and of all degrees of
iboratlon?some simple, plain and inpenslve
and others ranging up in
Ice to the limit of the most prospers
customers. The show was still in
ogress when The Enquirer went to
ess and the number of visitors seemed
be showing a steady increase.
- Tiy acquisition of the Are wagon
s>nade desirable a practical reormzation
or re-disposition of the fire
parfcment, and at a meeting held on
ednesday night, some important steps
;re taken to that end. It is the unrstandlng
that the wagon will be
pt at Glenn & Allison's livery stable,
d that it will be in charge of a divis- i
1 of twelve men with Dr. A. Y. Cart ight
as foreman and Mr. Brooks Inin
as assistant The three hose reels
e to be distributed In different parts ,
town, One near the Tavora mill, one
the head of Congress street and the (
tier In the vicinity of the Southern i
pot, with not less than three men es- |
cially assigned to each. It will be i
derstood that the Are wagon and i
e hook and ladder truck are expected <
answer all alarms, while the hose i
;ls will be governed by circumstances. |
lere are now about 60 men ir. the Arc i
partment and the question of cut- I
ig down the number to 30 or 40 is be- |
j considered. i
f^he ginning plant of the Victor Cotl
Oil company, together with about 1
"bales of cotton, all of which but one 1
lungcu iu iiic wuiupaiij, nao ucouvjby
fire in short order last Tuesday 1
ening between 7 and 8 o'clock. The '
l was in operation at the time and 1
i fire is supposed to have originated '
her from friction or a match. At 1
y rate, the operatives saw a sudden 1
eak of flame dart from a running 1
l into the press and within a very !
v minutes the whole building was [
rcely aolaze. The oil mill and gin- J
ry employees fought the fire vigorsly
while the engineer sounded the t
itress signal with his whistle. The i
i department answered the alarm ;
amptly, and within a remarkably i
srt time ran a line of hose thirteen e
ndred feet long, from the corner of c
ngress and Madison street to the r
rning building. The gin was al- a
idy pretty well burned down; but the I
ge flouring mill, only about twenty- (
e yards distant, was smoking omi- s
jsly and threatening to break out in t
mes also. It is probable that the S
,-ing of this building is due to the ef- t
ts of the fire department. The to- )
value of the burned property was r
the neighborhood of J1.500, on which 1
(re was insurance to the amount of I
0. The only outside loss was a bale C
cotton belonging to Mr. S. W. Thom- f
Mr. T. R. Cox, manager of the C
:tor Cotton Oil Co.'s plant, said Wed- a
(day that the company would pro- J
d shortly to erect a still larger and v
tor ginning plant than the one that ?
las been destroyed. He also spoke In
lighly appreciative terms of the work
jf the firemen and of the public in trying
to save the company's property.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send The Enquirer
From now until January 1, 1903, for
(1.46 in advance.
I'he Fruit Crop.
The blossoming fruit crop has liad a
;lose call during the past few days, but
there Is no reason to fear that ?c has
Koon corlnn a 1 v I n 411 rorl
Murder* at the Dam.
There are now three Negroes In Jail
awaiting trial for murders committed^
it the dam of the Catawba Power company.
Besides these, several other
murderers have escaped.
Carried It Awar^
Dr. J. H. Witnerspoon is very anxious
to find a spotted heifer calf that disappeared
from his lot on last Monday
night. Unable to find any tracks in the
vicinity, he is of the opinion that the
calf was stolen and that the thief carried
it away on his shoulders. The
doctor is not so anxious about the calf
as he is about getting some evidence
against the thief who carried it olt.
Tax Collection*.
The tax books closed on Monday
evening and Treasurer Neely has since
been busy figuring out net results. The
total book, exclusive of "additionals,"
called for $93,963.66. The total collections
footed up $91,673.58, leaving a balance
uncollected of $2,290.08. The total
number of receipts in the book at the
beginning was about 10,000. . pf these
8,577 were Issued, leaving between 1,400
and 1,500, including "additionals," hot
taken up.
Vaccination Prevents.
There is only one case of smallpox
out at the York Cotton mills at this
time, and although vaccination lias
been quite general, the residents of the
mill village are giving the matter but
little concern. Speaking of the matter
yesterday, President Carroll said that
if everybody would promptly submit
to vaccination, we would have no more
smallpox. "The father in a family of
thirteen took smallpox out at our mill
some weeks ago. Next day ail of the'
members of the family except the two
smallest, were successfully vaccinated,
and all escaped except the two smallest.
These had smallpox." '
Convention May 1.
Columbia special of Thursday night
to Greenville News: The state Democratic
executive committee tonight ordered
the state convention to be held
in Columbia on May 21, at noon. During
the day quite a number of the com-,
mittee suggested that it would be a
good idea to hold the convention in
Charleston in view of the exposition
then being at its best, the cheap rates
and the general desire to go to Charleston.
The exposition authorities acted
upon the suggestion made in good spirit
by members of the committee and extended
a formal Invitation that the convention
meet in Charleston. Before
the meeting of the committee'those Vho:
advocated the exposition idea thought
that the proposition would be ' overwhelmingly
adopted and gladly accepted,
but when the committee met constitutional
objections were made and
the expected support faded down to
seven votes as against 21. Some of the
members thought that if the delegates
went to Charleston they would devote
all of their time to seeing the great
sights of the exposition rather than fool
with the convention. At ail events everyone
said a good word for tiie exposition,
want to go there and testified
to its greatness, but could not see their
way clear to accepting the invitation
so quickly in response to the suggestion
of committeemen.
Burglarised St roup's Store.
A phone message received here early
yesterday morning, announced that the
store of Mr. J. M. Stroup, at Zadok, had
been burglarized the night before, and
that the indications were that the burglars
had come in this direction. Policeman
Hose began an investigation
of the matter, and within a short time
learned that two Negroes who work on
Mr. John Plaxfco's place, south of town,,
were at Sherrer's beef market at an
early hour, spending coppers for soda
water and cakes. Later in the day
the sheriff, accompanied by a posse,
went down to Mr. Plaxco's and arrested
one of the Negroes, Bert Neely. He
had on his person a watch, pistol, pocketbook,
pocket knife, cigars, tobacco
and other articles. He made but little
hesitation in telling a story to the effect
that during the previous night he and
another Negro, named Will Boyd, took
30me tools from Mr. Plaxco's shop and
made a raid toward Zadok. They at
Ilrst tried to get into the store with -the
augur, but finding this work too slow,
they managed to make the Job easier by
prizing open a window. Neely remainid
outside and watched, while Boyd
went into the store and helped himself
CO wnai ne waniea. rncy tuierwaru
made a division. During the recital of
lis story, Neely was asked as to whethsr
or not it was he who made the previous
attempt, some weeks ago, to enter
:he same store. He denied any knowl;dge
of the other circumstance. Boyd
ilso was on Mr. Plaxco's place when
:he officers approached; but he saw
:hem coming and managed to slip away
inobserved. The officers think they
,vill capture him later on.
Social Function In Rock Hill.
Rock Hill special of April 3, to Atlana
Journal: Tne Girls' Cotillion Club,"
in organization made up of Rock Hill's
:harming young ladies, gave an Easter
jerman in Friedheim's hall, Monday
svening. The hall was elaborately decorated
ror the occasion. There were a
lumber of guests from out of town,
imong whom were Miss Margaret Tayor,
of Arkansas; Miss Clio Cope, of
Charlotte, N. C.; Miss Connie Witherpoon
and Miss Meta Jones, of Lancas
ci , miaa r i antes run, ui uauiicj t
Hisses Flora and Rosa Johnson, of
.'harlotte; Miss Mabel Axdrey. of Fort
Hill; Miss Corrie Mobiey, Miss Hariette
Banks, Miss Marie Fewell, Miss
Jzzie Hall, Miss Jame Massey, Miss
Lddie Rawlinson, Misses Mae and Ada
)'Bryan, Misses Amelia and Pride
Jeckham, Misses Cadie, Fannie and
,'arrie Freidheim, Misses Annie, Hattie
.nd Llllle Stevens, Miss Maud Stewart,
Hiss Lillian Massey, Miss Frank Hallo*
k-ay, Miss Nellie Lee Boykin, Miss Josie
ladler, Miss Edna Hull, Miss Pauline