Scraps nutl |iuis. " ? ol ? A detachment of British soldiers st recently visited a deserted Boer farm. tc In the sitting room they found a piano to which a pathetic note was attached, entreating them not to smash it, as It was a present from somebody's dear mother, and consequently a souvenir which was much valued. The hardhearted yeoman, of course, promptly proceeded to search It, and found it ^ crammed with gunpowder and caps. | The thing had been so arranged that j rough treatment would have produced J a destructive explosion. ? There Is a laDor war on in Augusta, Ga., between the operatives and cotton I mill owners. The operatives of the "King" mill struck on Monday for higher wages and shorter hours, and on Wednesday all the other mills of Au- _ gusta and the adjoining manufacturing district of Horse Creek, including the mills at Aiken, Vancluse, Granite- ic ville, Bath, Langley and Clear Water, a declared lockouts, throwing 10,000 ope- * ratlves out of employment. The indications are that the fight will be a protracted one, the operatives claiming that they will be able to last at least T six months. ? The run of the presidential train 15 from Washington to Charleston was a without accident or incident. Every n mile of the way was made on time. P The Southern railway had not only fitted out a magnificent train for the president and his party, but it had tl carefully guarded every foot of the o track to prevent accident. The superin- tl tendent and train master of every di- ti vision personally accompanied the train r through their territory, and at every t] stopping place a corps of trainmen rap- tl idly attended to the needs of the pala- tl tlal temporary presidential home. Col- n onel L. S. Brown, the general agent of s; the Southern at Washington, was per- si sonally in charge of the train from the v start. Just ahead of the train all the P way from Washington ran a pilot engine to see that the track was all right. ? The talk of the early establishment 's of peace *in the Transvaal so common g1 last week, has about subsided. The b ? ?- 4~. T?,,_ tl HOer agents in una cvuuu; auu -^.n- - rope are still claiming that Great Brit- ^ ain is on the verge of serious compli- w cations, especially on account of the re- tl cent treaty with Japan, but disinterest- b ed people do not see anything especially serious in the sltuattlon. It Is a fact sl that the prime minister of Holland, not n long ago, made a suggestion looking to the safe conduct of President Kruger l? and his official family back to South d Africa, and this suggestion was looked l? upon as having some connection with anticipated negotiations. But now the ^ idea is gaining currency that the Dutch statesman's suggestion was prompted ^ more than anything else by a feeling to T get rid of the responsibility for his not altogether welcome guests. ? The. insular division of the war de- a partment has prepared for publication n a statement giving in comparative C) form the commerce of the Philippine is- a lands for the eleven months ended No- f( vember 30. 1901 and 1900: It is shown f( that the total-vaHie of merchandise im- p ported during the 11 months ended November 30, 1901, was 327,249,813, against 322,432.474 for the corresponding time of 1900. The exports of merchandise n during the 11 months ended November 30, 1901, amounted to 323,266,180, against 321.069,566 for the same period" of 1900. j These figures show an increase of 21 g] per cent, in the imports and 10 per cent. Q, in the exports. The value of the merCI chandise coming from the United States b for the 11 months ended November 30, Ci 1901, was 31.190.075, an increase of 31.- . ? ? - U 1 U>Cl IUC LUUCi?^wiiuiii5 ft41vu V1 ^ 1900, while the exports for the period of g 1901 amounted to $4,181,407, an Increase ( of $1,768,748. if ? New York special to the Baltimore Sun: Andrew Carnegie, in an Interview, expresses his admiration of the will of jr Cecil Rhodes, but says the provisions did not surprise him greatly, as he was g somewhat acquainted with the ideas of j Mr. Rhodes. "Green, the historian, tell us," declared Mr. Carnegie, "that & the future of our race is to be found ^ not on the banks of the Thames or the ^ Clyde, but on the Hudson, the Ohio and Q the Mississippi. Lord Roseberry has ' just stated in his recent address to the students of Glasgow, that, for the sake ^ of a united race, he would be willing that the capital be transferred to Washington. He is one of Cecil Rhodes's trustees, very properly. He is e also a trustee of the Carnegie fund. There is no other destiny possible for the United Kingdom. She must look ei across the Atlantic to the children of t< her own blood and finally enter the v union as six or eight states?Scotland, t< Ireland and Wales, each one, and Eng- fi land divided into two, perhaps three." w "What do you think of Mr. Rhodes's P reference to a closer union of Ger- tl many with the English-speaking na- o tions?" was asked. "A great man has tl arisen in Germany," replied Mr. Carne- " gie. "The emperor. The only trouble v about taking in Germany at present is u that President Roosevelt and the Ger- tl man emperor are so much alike, that I w am afraid we should have to sacrifice tl one of them." s1 ? Consideration of the Cuban reciproc- cl ity bill, which provides a reduction of 20 per cent, of the Dingley rates on Cuban sugar, was commenced in the house tl last Tuesday. There had been much caucusing on this question by both C1 sides of the house: but neither side had 11 been able to fully agree upon a line of sl policy. The Democrats had called a tl final caucus to be held Tuesday night; s' but consideration of the bill having h been commenced in advance of this 11 caucus, the further party deliberation S1 was embarrassed by the record. The first test vote came up on a motion that Sl the house go into committee of the ai whole. The motion carried by a vote of 177 to SO. The majority was made up cf of 114 Republicans and 63 Democrats. l*' and the minority of 41 Democrats and 30 Republicans. Chairman Payne spoke 11 in behalf of the bill, arguing that by b? extending the reduction until Septem- ?i ber 1. 1003, Cuba would be saved from bankruptcy until the abolition of European bounties on sugar in accordance cs with the Brussels conference. He al claimed that the susar trust would get ft nothing out of the concession to Cuba, ot and held that by September, 1903. the fa price of sugar would be reduced to its pi natural level. The Democrats held tli lelr proposed caucus Tuesday night, iat were not able to agree upon a line ' policy and adjourned with the underanding that every member was free i act as he chose. JThr ^torkrillr inquirer. YORKVTLLE, S. C.t SATURDAY, APRIL 12,1902. In spite of all efforts to prevent, Preslent Roosevelt came to South Carolina nd it seems to have been a case of eni, vidi, vici. Governor Aycock, of North Carolina, Did President Roosevelt in a speech 'uesday night: "And if a northern tate secedes we will help to drive her ack." The president laughed heartily, s did the audience; but the saying is o joke. That is the feeling of the peole of the south on the subject. A very important bill slipped through tie house last Monday while the Demcratic minority was napping. It was tie bill to extend the charters of naional banks twenty years, and had aleady passed the senate. It was after tie usual hour for adjournment and tie opposition was not looking for anytiing of importance, when there was a lotion to pass the bill under a suspenion of the rules. The Democrats ought to filibuster; but a roll call deeloped a quorum and the bill was assed 117 to 48. From present indications human life i getting to be a little more valuable l South Carolina. Recently, in differnt parts of the state, white men have een found guilty and sentenced to a ;rm of years in the penitentiary for tie crime of killing. If a few white len could be hung for murder, justice ould be redeemed to some extent, and tie life of a law-abiding citizen would e safer.?Bamberg Herald. That is the whole problem in a nuthell. The steady-going citizenship lust recognize that good order is more l the keeping of juries than of outiws. So long as Juries fail to do their uty, outlaws will continue to flourih. The speech of Major Jenkins was not rngthy; but coming as it did from the an of one of the most gallant of the onfederate soldiers it speaks volumes, he father fought for South Carolina nd lost. The son does not deny the luse for which the father fought; but ppreciates that hereafter there can be o loyal fighting except for the Amerlan union. It was tersely put and true, nd said as it was by a son who fought >r the United States as his father aught for his state, the suggestion is eculiarly impressive. Now that cotton is pretty well out of le hands of the farmers, it is begining to look very much like 10 cents, r better. The whole cotton country is etting excited over a conviction that will be practically impossible to raise lough cotton this year to put any part r tne next crop aown ueiuw i ur o ;nts, and if this year is not a record reaker so far as production is con;rned, it will be because of difficulty i supplying the necessary facilities nd because of unfavorable seasons, o far as the people of this section are ancerned, however, it will be all right they will raise plenty of corn. Italy and Switzerland are said to be lvolved in a serious diplomatic niir.r;1 as the result of the attack by a wiss newspaper on the memory of the ite King Humbert. Italy demanded n apology which was not forthcoming, nd Switzerland asked for the wltnrawal of the Italian minister, which as refused. Switzerland then broke ft relations with the Italian minister, nd Italy gave the Swiss minister his assports. There is much feeling beveen the two countries and talk of ar; but no very great probability lat the trouble will continue to that xtreme. Although we do not know that Govrnor McSweeney was called upon to ill the Charleston Athletic club in aciance what he could do with reference > the Jefferies-Fitzsimmons prize ght, it is gratifying to know that he ill not permit that event to take lace in the state. To us it looks like ie Charleston Athletic club was guilty f the most offensive gall in asking tie governor what he would do in a latter so plainly contemplating the iolation of a law that he is sworn to phold. Indeed, there was an insult in ie very request, and the governor ould have been warranted in ignoring le club altogether. However, his aniver is a proper one, and he deserves redit for it. The house of representatives passed le Chinese exclusion bill on last Monay, and the measure is now under disussion in the senate. The Renublican lajority in that body is disposed to go low about the matter. At any rate, lere is much division of opinion on the abject. Some of the leading senators old that the question should be seted by treaty rather than by law, aruing that if we should give offense ) China, our trade opportunities will iffer. Most of the Western senators re for exclusion of the Chinese, and ly their position is not so much beuise of the desire to protect the Pafie coast, as to prevent eventual conimination of the entire body politic. is probable that the house bill will ? well considered before its final pasige through the senate. Just what might be the full signifiinc-e of President Roosevelt's remarkale reception in Charleston, cannot be illy comprehended at this time, but in lr opinion, there is no doubt of the ict that it is a good thing for the peoe of Charleston, South Carolina, and le United States. That the president's welcome was hearty and sincere is beyond cavil. He could see it and feel it, and so could the thousands of people who participated in it. There was no make believe about the occasion?no affectation, nothing overdone. All that the president said in his public speeches was sensible, dignified and worthy ol the occupant of the office he holds ?president of all the people. So far as the political effect of the visit is concerned, we do not see how it can be other than wholesome. Because the president has been welcomed as the chief executive or tne nauon anu aa u sterling American citizen, It does not follow that we should become his political partlzans; but at the same time his presence, conduct and speeches cannol fail to impress us all with the fact that in what he is trying to do, he is as liberal, earnest and patriotic as the best of us. But still this visit and the interesting incidents in connection*with it are not likely to be forgotten, or to b? considered by the average mind without leaving some effect, and as to whal this effect will be can best be left foi the development of the future. The anti-oleomargarine bill was passed through the senate as a dlstinci Republican party measure, and was fought by the Democrats as such. Senator McLaurln did not vote for the bill and in view of the way he has votet heretofore, no man will say it was be cause he was afraid. But the reasoi he did not vote for it is not difficult t< find. Although Democrat he is, It wai not because he is a Democrat. H< voted against it not because the Re publicans voted for it; but for the sam< reason the Republicans voted for it That is because he desired to promoti the best interests of his constituents The bill had its origin in the fact tha the immense butter interests of th< , north and west are suffering from com 'petition with oleomargarine. There ii no objection to oleomargarine in itself but among those who are interested ii the butter industry are hundreds o thousands of Republican voters, whili those connected with the big oleo margarine factories number only < few thousands. The Republican ma jority passed the bill to placati the hundred thousands of voter who are clamoring for the sup pression of the oleomargine competi tion. There is lots of butter made ii the south; but nothing like so much ai is made in the north?In fact hardly enough to supply the local demand And there is very little oleomargarine made in the south. There is not a grea deal consumed here. So far as our peo pie are concerned, it makes practically no difference whether oleomargarine ii taxed or not. But that is not the point The principal base of oleomargarine i: cotton seed oil, and the manufactUri and sale of this substitute for buttel tremendously helps the market for this distinctively southern product. Thi senate measure Just passed is a blov at the cotton oil Industry, and it wai for that reason rather than because^b silly partisanship, that Senator McLau rin cast his vote against it. MEKE-MENTION. Major General William R. Snafter retired, has agreed to accept the Re publican nomination for governor were unusually pleasant, interesting > and profitable. The various churches in the union were represented by del, egates as follows: t Chester?Mrs. J. J. Stringfellow, Mrs. Sallie Hemphill, Mrs. A. W. Klutz, Mrs. Julia Campbell, Mrs. Green, Miss Mary Gaston. Hock Hill?Miss Sallie Gibson, Mrs. James White, Mrs. Frel Mobley, Miss s lieulah Barron, Miss Carrie Adams. Lowryville?Mrs. E. L. Guy, Mrs. A. H. Atkins, Mrs. John Hope. Catholic Church?Miss Jennie Ragsdale, Miss Mary MeCrory. Pleasant Grove Church?Mrs. C. G. i Brown, Mrs. Mary Wylie. Lebanon Church?Miss Laura Kirkpatrick. Mizpah Church?Mrs. Sam McAfee. Blacksburg Church?Mrs. J. M. Guyton. Mrs. Frank Moore. Yorkville?Mrs. J. J. Hunter, Miss Elise Moore. Missionaries?Mrs. J. G. Hall from Cuba, and Miss Lizzie Moore from Japan. The exercises were opened on Tuesday afternoon with prayer by Rev. W. G. Neville, and after the enrollment of members, Mrs. A. H. Atkins responded, to an address of welcome from Mrs. S. j M. McNeel. s The feature of Tuesday night's meet-. s ng, which was largely attended, was in address by Rev. S. C. Caldwell, of Heath Springs. Wednesday morning was taken up with devotional exercises, hearing resorts from the societies, the executive lommlttee and the treasurer, after which Miss Beulah Barron read a paper >n "Our Opportunities," and Mrs. S. McAfee a paper on the "Results from Work of Woman's Missionary SocleLies." The exercises of the morning were conducted with an interesting adJress from Mrs. J. G. Hall on Cuba, in the afternoon, Mrs. Kirkpatrick read a paper on the "Training of Our Children for Missionary Work," and Miss Moore delivered an address on Japan. At the popular meeting, Wednesday night, Rev. D. N. McJ-aughlin, Df Chester, delivered an address on "Our Personal Responsibility." During Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. S. M. McNeel entertained the delegates, Introthpr with renrpsentntives from the various local missionary societies, at a reception at her pretty home in Yorkville. Refreshments were served and the occasion was greatly enjoyed by all present. All the delegates were the recipients of pleasant attentions at the hands of the Yorkvllle people, especially the members of the local missionary societies, whose guests they were, and taken all in all the meeting was quite an event socially as well as otherwise. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The county board of commissioners held their regular monthly meeting in the office of the supervisor last Wednesday. All the members were present, and as there was an unusual accumulation of routine business to be transacted, the proceedings required pretty much all day. An Important incident of the day's proceedings, was the final consummation of the compromise that was entered into in 1891, between the county commissioners of York county and the holders of the bonds Issued in aid of th.e Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. By the terms of this compromise, W. K. Blodgett, owner of the bonds placed in the custody of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company $35,300 worth of these bonds, with the understanding that if the townships regularly paid interest on the remaining bonds for a Deriod of ten years, then, at the end of that time, the trust bonds, together with the coupons attached, would be turned over to the county commissioners for cancellation. The ten year period was up last fall, and the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company wrote to the county commissioners and demanded a fee of $500 for acting at stakeholder. The county commissioners refused to pay this fee. Then the trust company demanded $50. This was refused also. At length the trust company proposed that it would send the. bonds if the commissioners would agree to pay the fee of a notary for getting up and forwarding evidence of the receipt and cancellation of the papers. This proposition was agreed to, and the bonds have been received ready for cancellation. They include $1.500-for York township bonds, $1,800'of Catawba township, $3,600 of Ebenezer, and $1,700 of Cherokee. The contract between the commissioners and W. A. Barber, president of the Carolina and North-Western railroad, with reference to the standardgauging of that line by January 1, next, on pain of the forfeiture of the sum of $500, was signed by both parties. The old question of straightening the McConnellsville and Rock Hill road was taken up again for final disposition. It developed that all the land nwnera nlnnc the rrmto with one e*r>en tion, had agreed to donate the rights of way required for the straightening prj> cess. This exception refused to donate or sell at a figure that seemed reasonable to the petitioners. The petitioners proposed that they would pay for the right of way at such price as the commissioners should agree upon as being Just and equitable, and it was decided that the matter be settled by condemnation proceedings. The overseer question, as it stands in the light of the new road law, was taken under consideration, and after discussion it was decided that on sections where all the available material for the position of overseer had paid the commutation tax, overseers would be employed for four days, at the rate of one dollar a day each, and paid out of the commutation tax belonging to their respective sections. THE JENKINS SWORD. The presentation by the president of the sword that admiring South Carolinians recently purchased for Major MIcah Jenkins, was a leading incident of "President's Day," "Wednesday, at the Charleston exposition. After the monster parade, one of the grandest that Charleston has ever seen, the procession brought up in and around the auditorium at the exposition grounds, where a number of addresses were delivered by Capt. F. W. Wagener, Governor McSweeney, Governor Aycock, of CJorth Carolina, Mayor Smyth and President Roosevelt. At the conclusion of these addresses, ex-Governor Hugh S. Thompson approached the president with the sword in hand and spoke as follows: ' Mr. President?On behalf of South Carolina friends of Major Micah Jenkins, I have the honor to offer you their greetings and to ask that you will present a testimonial of their regard and ssteem to your gallant comrade in arms in the war with Spain. That war was worth all that it cost in blood, in treasure, if for no other reason than that it aroused a spirit of patriotism which cencnted anew the bonds of union among aur once divided people. When the smoke of battle cleared away, and honars and rewards were distributed, :he people of South Carolina saw J with just pride that Micah Jentins had won the laurel leaf and :hat in recognition of his services le had been promoted, on your recomnendation, from a junior captain to najor. His gallantry vividly recalled nemories of his heroic father, Brigadier leneral Micah Jenkins, whose name ind fame are dear to South Carolinans. It was the son of this sire of whom you said that he was a gentle ind courteous South Carolinian, upon vhom danger acted like wine. "In action he was a perfect game cock ind he won his majority by gallantry n battle. In token of their regard, lome of his friends have made this leHl otticer's cavalry sabre which has seen fashioned with rare skill and aste. Upon one side the scabbard >ears a nalmetto tree and an inscription ihowing by whom and why it is given, ind that it is presented by you; upon the other is an extract from the history of the Rough Riders, in which you commanded Major Jenkins. "Mr. President, the men and women of South Carolina who greet you today, have come to testify by their presence their esteem for your character, their admiration for your achievements and their respect for the office which you fill?the highest in human gift. They will be animated by sentiments of nride and Datriotlsm as they see one native of their soil who is honored by the chief magistrate. These sentiments I know will stir the breast of Major Jenkins; but he will be inspired to another sentiment, not less noble, which none can share with him?a sentiment of gratitude that he receives this sabre from the hands of his beloved commander, under whose eyes hq fought and whose warm commendation he won for efficiency, for soldiership and for gallantry in action. "Permit me. Mr. President, to hand this sabre, with the request that you present it to Major Jenkins." In handing the sword to Major Jenkins, the president said: "Major Jenkins, nothing could give me greater pleasure than to hand you, my old friend and comrade, whose courage I saw again and again, and whose courage was of a temper that made it indifferent what the trial was, to hand you this sabre. I am glad to do it, as a guest of South Carolina, as the president of the United States, but gladder to do it as your old friend and comrade." Then stepping back, President Roosevelt. swinging his right arm above his head, yelled: "Three cheers for Mlcah Jenkins," and led in the yells that made the great building tremble. Major Jenkins, who is a slender, soldierly man, who may yet be called young, was smiling modestly as he was being addressed by the president. He was dressed in the uniform of a major In the volunteer cavalry of the United States army and handled the sword as if he had been accustomed to using a sabre. In accepting the blade he said: "Mr. President: In the SpanishAmerican war I had the honor of being the only representative from South Carolina in that peerless volunteer regiment, the 'Rough Riders.' My state, with her gentle, soft-voiced, glorious women, and her sons, almost without exception of soldier extraction, has always demanded of her representatives a-field that they come back with their shields or be brought back on them. With these reflections to start with, and later on the privilege of serving with that thousand, picked from ten thousand gallant fellows who strove to form what was to be the 'Rough Riders,' and brigaded and dlvisioned with the flower of the American army?the United States cavalry?it might well have been expected that the single South Carolinian would do his duty. Ii I have measured up in any manneto the standard of these high privileges, it is to me a matter of lifelong thankfulness. Your prompt and generous recognition of the little that fell to m> lot to accomplish?a recognition thai was as quickly extended to the soldiei from Arkansas as to the soldier from New York?has now been followed on the part of my fellow-citizens by the gift of this beautiful sword. From time immemorial this form of testimonial has always been especially gratifying to its recipient. It is to me. Grateful to me as is this beautiful offering, my fellow citizens have added much to their gift by their graceful thoughtfulness in requestiMkyou, my late colonel, to present "In accepting this sword, sir, I wish to expreM to my fellow citizens through you, Jny'deep apnf