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Scraps ami Jacts. ? The Associated Press printed a story last Friday morning to the effect that in the Democratic caucus of the day before Representative Underwood, of Alabama, stated that he had received overtures from the Republican _ leaders proposing that if the Democrats would agree to the passage of the Cuban reciprocity bill, the Crumpacker resolution would be throttled. Especial reference was made to the Democrats of North and South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. The matter aroused much indignation; but when it was referred to in the house on Friday by Representative Littlefleld, who wanted a more definite statement, Representative Underwood denied that and such proposition had ever been made to him. ? The senate Philippine committee has been developing some ugly testimony during the past week as to the cruelties practiced by the American army against Filipinos. The witnesses are for the most part discharged volunteer soldiers, and their testimony gives full details as to the "water cure" punishment frequently administered for the purpose of extorting information from Filipinos. The subject of this punishment would be thrown on his back and filled with water by means of a rubber tube leading from a tank and inserted into his mouth. The flow of water would be continued until the victim would howl and writhe with pain, and after the water was forced out the process would be repeated. Different witnesses told of a number of natives who were treated in this manner on the orders of commanding officers. ? The price of butter has jumped 10 cents a pound in all parts of the country since the senate passed the bill to tax oleomargarine out of existence, according to a Washington dispatch. Reports of the sudden and alarming inproaup in the Drice of the household staple have been pouring in on the members of congress for several days. The purpose of the reports is to influence congress to kill the bill taxing oleomargarine, and it looks as if the movement wifi be successful. When the senate passed the bill it had to go back to he house for concurrence in the amendments. It is to be considered by the house as a committee of tne whole house if it can be called up; but the other important measures on the calendar, together with the advance which the oleomargine legislation has caifsed in the price of butter, has started the belief that it will be kept back or promptly voted down if called up. It is shown in butter statistics that the supply is not near equal to the demand and the price is likely to go even higher yet. ? Wall Street, according to a New York dispatch, was surprised last Saturday by the announcement that Pierpont Morgan had succeeded in forming the biggest steamship combination vrnown in thp historv of the world. The London announcement was unexpected. many men in position to know declare they had no intimation that the deal was pending. Not only are British and American lines involved, but two German lines have been brought under the agreement to work in harmony. This is the latest great trust with a capital of one hundred and fifty million, under the management of six of the biggest BritishAmerican trans-Atlantic lines owning steamships combined under an iron clad "Community of interests." The lines involved are the White Star. Dominion. Leyland, Atlantic Transport, American and Red Star. Hamburg-American and North-German Lloyd. The trust has absolute control of trans-Atlantic commerce and the merchant marine is placed in American hands. The United States will dictate ocean traffic. ? The census bureau has issued a re.. port showing that in 1899 the total number -Qf farms reporting Irish potatoes was 2,SS8.2^MgH^y^2^38.9r>2 acres and a product bushels valued at 598,387,614. number' of farms reporting sweet potatoes was 1,001,877, with 537.447 acres and a product of 42,526.696 bushels, valued at 319.876,200. The largest yield was in North Carolina, which had 68,730 acres and a product of 5.781,587 bushels, valued at $2,119,956: Georgia follows with 70.620 acres and a product of 5,087,674 bushels, valued at $2,354,390. The other principal states are Virginia with 40,681 acres and a product of 4,470,602 bushels, valued at $1,720,188: Alabama with 50,865 acres and a product of 3,457,386 bushels, valued at $1,687,309: r<A?./%itno Ti*IfVi 1Q fill nnroc n nrl n OUU 111 vai Uliiici ?? uii 1w,uv* mv*vw v?..- ? product of 3.369,957 bushels, valued at $1,538,205; Texas with 63,561 acres and a product of 3,299,135 bushels, valued at 31,689,015. The total number of farms reporting onions was 244,370, with 47,983 acres and a product of 11,791,121 bushels, valued at $6,676,625. Farms reporting; vegetables other than potatoes and onions number 3,515,470, having 2,115,545 acres and a valuation of the product of $113,333,533. ? Representative Oushman, of Washington, has leaped into immediate prominence as a result of his hold denunciation of the methods of the committee on rules and of the speaker of the house on Thursday afternoon. His speech was a very remarkable one and exceeds in boldness anything of the kind that has been attempted by the Democrats. He has made a reputation as a humorist, as well as a strong speaker, and a speaker who knows what he is talking about. He has been in congress only one term, and in that time has shown that he is a very able man. His next speech, in which he has said that he will score the speaker and the committee even more heavily than he did in the one of Thursday is anticipated with much interest. He said that the speech would be so hot that it would have to be printed on asbestos paper. ? A. J. Balfour, the government leader in the British house of commons, on last Friday, made the following statemnet: "After two conferences between Lord Milner the British high commissioner of South Africa, and Lord Kitchener and the Boer delegates at Pretoria, Lord Kitchener, while refusing to grant an armistice on mill tary grounds has agreed to give facilities for the election and meeting of representatives of the various Boer commands to consider the position. The Boer leaders have, therefore, left Pretoria to carry out this plan." Mr. Balfour added that it was not expected that communication between the British authorities and the Boer leaders could be resumed in less than three weeks' time. She ^orkritlr (fnquircr. YORKVILLE, S. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1902. It is now reported that the president has changed his mind about retiring General Miles during the present week. This report was given out after several senators had discussed the matter with Mr. Roosevelt. The understanding now is that General Miles will be allowed to continue in active service until next September, when he will be retired on account of the age limit. Koo or? onnnlnt OKISATUn lllllliau 1IUO u?> ment to speak at Manning next Friday. The appointment is a development of the controversy that has been in progress for sometime past between himself and Editor Appelt, of the Manning Times. Editor Appelt has claimed to have certain documentary evidence that tends to impute personal corruption to Senator Tillman, and the senator proposes to face the charges before the people. The meeting is likely to prove an interesting one. A large number of Mecklenburg voters have signed a petition to the Democratic executive committee, protesting against their being required to make any kind of a pledge in connection with their voting in the primary. The Mecklenburg people have had no previous experience with primaries, and they seem to think that they should not only have a say so as to party nominations; but that they should have a choice Detween the candidates of the respective parties in the general election. A late discovery in electricity is that a shock strong enough to kill a sober man is not likely to kill a man who is drunk, owing to the relaxed condition of the nervous system of the drunken person. This discovery is In line with the results that usually follow mishaps to intoxicated people. They frequently survive physical injuries which would be fatal to sober individuals. Thus nature comes to the rescue of the heipless even when they do not deserve it.?Spartanburg Journal. The Journal is probably all right as to its facts; but is just a little off as to its conclusions. It must remem ber that nature is commonly accredited with infallible wisdom, and if this be true, it is not strange that she should refuse to kill a drunkard with electricity, when she knows so well that if alcohol is just let alone it will do the work no less surely and effectively. The war between the American Tobacco company and the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain, for control of the British markets, promises to be of great benefit to American tobacco producers. During the past few years the American Tobacco company has had almost a monopoly of the leaf markets of this country, and in many instances tobacco growers have been forced to take whatever the buyers cared to pay. There nave been cases where whole seytkms -of yoixrrtfy" nave been forced" to abandon tqbacco growing simply because it did not suit the policy and convenience of the American company to keep up the neighboring markets. Last week the Imperial Tobacco company, of Great Britain secured franchises to do business in North Carolina, and established headquarters at Raleigh for the purpose of competing in the home field with the American Tobacco company. In this battle between the trusts, the tobacco growers are not likely to be influenced by their patriotic sympathies. They will more likely hope and pray that the war be continued indefinitely, giving their encouragement to the concern that offers the best price for leaf. According to the published reports of the house proceedings, the Republican majority is more thoroughly demoralized just now than it has been for years. The demoralization has grown out of me attempt to pass the Cuban reciprocity bill in accordance with the desires of the leaders. The main feature of the bill, as agreed upon by the leaders, is a reduction of 20 per cent, of the Dingley rates on the tariff on Cuban sugar. The object of the reduction is to give the Cubans some material advantage in marketing their sugar in the United States. Theoretically the thing is in the nature of a bounty to t?.e Cubans, as with other foreign countries paying the full Dingley rate, Cuba would be able to realize 20 per cent, ' or thereabouts, more than competitors. The Democrats stand for free trade, not only in Cuban sugar, but in all other sugar. The 20 per cent, proposition is not to their liking, but if that is all they can get. they are willing to take it as a part of what they would demand. Included in the Republican ma for by there are 37 representatives of beet sugar producing states, who are opposed to any concessions whatever to Cuban sugar, for the reason that ll;ey are unwilling to help Cuba at the e:pense of their own constituents. These Republicans have all along been in ifbellion against the majority of their partisans, steadily refusing to be reconciled. Except for these recalci- < trants there would have been no difii- < culty in carrying out the plans of the leaders of the majority. Unwlllinj to vote directly against the bill an< thus put themselves In the position o: opposing any relief to Cuba, the Dem ocrats hit upon the scheme of amend ing the bill so as to provide for the repeal of the nearly two cents a poun< on-refined sugar. This tax is general ly conceded to be for the especial ben efit of the sugar trust. It is also ii the interest of the beet sugar growers But that is not exactly the point. Th< Democrats saw where tney could mak< the Republican majority either accep the amendment or put itseif up spec! ficially as the defender of the suga trust _ Thp beet sue-nr reDresentatlve; calculated that if they should vote wltl the Democrats to Incorporate' thi: amendment, tney would lose no part o of the protection their constituents ar< now enjoying, for the simple reasoi that even If- the bill should pass th> house, it would never get through th< senate, and the result would he to pre vent any change in the situation as i now stands?that there would be n< 20 per cent, relief to Cuba at the ex pense of the beet growers, and no re moval of the two cents a pound differ ential on refined sugar. So, at thi proper time, last Friday, Mr. Richard son oftered his amendment. Th< chair ruled that the amendment wa; out of order. Mr. Richardson appeal ed to the house, the beet sugar peopli stood oy the Democrats, and the chai was overruled 171 to 130. This settle< the issue and tne bill, as amended, thei passed the house 247 to 52. Althougl the Democrats would be glad to se the bill become a law as it nov stands, they have no hope of anythinj of the kind, being confident that i will be killed 'n the senate. At th same time the entire rank and file o the party is congratulating itself up on at least one strategic victory ove the Republicans. The only people wh< really got what they were after wer the 37 beet sugar representatives. Cu ba will have to wait for relief untl another time. BAILEY PUT AWAY CROWN. Decline* ChalrnianMhlp of Cancn and the Presidential Nomination. For the second time Senator Jo Bailey, of Texas, has put away th< crown, and like Caesar he may havi a third opportunity before the ides o November, says a Washington dis patch. Yesterday Mr. Bailey wavei his hand and said: "No, no, I do not aspire to be th< chairman of the Democratic senatoria caucus of the Fifty-eighth congress There is oniy one man who should bi chosen for that exalted and powerfu place of political leadership. I shai be content to serve humbly in th< ranks." Bailey has now put aside the pres idential crown. There is a good-na tured dispute as to whether it was of fere by Representative Champ Clarl or Representative Cochran, of Mis souri. The facts about the competitioi are these: Three or four days ag< Champ Clark was talking at the Capi tol about Gorman, Hill and Bryan. "I'm going to give you the name o a man in two or three days," sail Champ, "who can poll every Demo cratic vote in the United States. Joi Bailey, of Texas, is the man; but 1 isn't the right time to spring it. want to do the right thing if I do i at all." Cochran, who sits beside Clark, die not hear the admonition for secrecy and so he let the cat out of the bag Then the crown was handed to Balle; ana tnis is wnui nc sain wiicii in spurned It with lofty self-sacrifice: "It Is, of course, gratifying to mi that men with whom I have served ii congress should deem me worthy am capable of the presidency: but wha has been said has been said withou any suggestions on my part, an< whatever movement may have beei placed on foot has been placed on foo without my participation. I do not ex pect the Democratic presidential nom ination- and tk^-WfrflTr-fflention b: partial friends will not mislead me ai to the real situation as presented, have always considered the presiden cy beyond me and beyond any south em man of my generation. My high est ambition has always been to servi my people faithfully In the senate, ant my expectation is that my public lift will close when I retire from the sen ate." MERE-MENTION. Mrs. Thomas Dixon, Sr. died at She! by, N. C., last Friday morning Obviously for the benefit of Estes G Rathbone, the Cuban postal swindler a movement is being inaugurated t< Induce President Palma to ask th< United States to pardon all Americans who may be in prison on his accessioi to office Senator Teller believe! that the sugar trust already owns tin entire sugar crop of Cuba, and has in troduced a bill looking to an investiga tion of that proposition The Amer intn luuacco company nas cummeacei a war against the retail cigar dealer! of Chicago with a view to supplantin.t them in their business The legislature of the state of Jalisco, Mexico has passed a bill abolishing bull fight ing and cock fighting....Two destruc tive fires swept portions of Dallas Tex., last Sunday and destroyed prop erty to the value of $370,000 Th< sidewheel steamer, City of Pittsburg was destroyed by fire at Cairo, Illinois last Sunday and some 60 people wen lost. Republicans Demoralized. ? Th( Republicans are in a panic over the condition of national politics and an holding party conferences today to gel together. The leaders say not in ter years have the affairs of the party beer so threatening and the antagonism ol mt* auminisirauon, ana me presiaeni Is blamed for the situation. The Democrats are standing together to take advantage of Republican uncertainty Tariff revision sentiment and Republican discord lead them to expect success at the polls. One of the foremost Republicans in the senate said: "Unless the big men of the party come tc their senses, the situation will end in disaster, and the loss of the presidency in 1904."?Washington dispatch ol Monday. ; LOCAL AFFAIRS. f NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Invite your attention to an especially good quality of tea they now have. They also call your attention to their coffee at 15 cents a pound and say something In regard to barrel pickles. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Talk to you about their liver regulator, which they say is the best liver regulator on the market. They call your attention to varous kinds of seeds, e H. C. Strauss & Co.?Quote a remark I by Peter Beatty, and make you a talk on clothing, using Peter's remark as a text, r W. B. Flanagan, Executor?Gives nog tice that he has filed his final return 1 as executor of the estate of J. A. Flanaean. deceased, and will apply s for discharge on May 9th, next, f W. S. Hogue, Fodder?Gives warning B to all persons not to harbor or hire Doze Williams, colored. M. C. Willis, Mayor?Gives notice of e an election to be held on May 7th, to e elect a mayor and six aldermen. . W. G. Stephenson and others?Publish notice that books of subscrip1 tion to the capital stock of the K. M. o M. A., will be opened at the office of C. E. Spencer, Esq., Thursday. J. F. Pursley, Clover?Invites your attention to a shipment of flour, and also tells you that he has Montie bello hams. etc. e people. s Mr. J. A. Tate closed his school at - Clover last Friday, e Congressman Finley arrived in Yorkr ville from Washington yesterday. 3 Spartanburg Journal, Monday: Rev. a A. N. Brunson, of Yorkvllle, was here d today on his way to Laurens. e Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Al.json, Mrs. v Thad L. Carroll and Miss Bessie Mason ; are visiting the Charleston exposition t this week. e Mrs. W. Edwin Erwin, left for ? Charleston yesterday morning, to _ spend several weeks with her niece, r Mrs. Gaillard. 0 Miss Martha Riddle, of Zeno, is in e Yorkville on a- visit to her grand. mother, Mrs. L. M. Grist, and other j relatives and friends. Mrs. Mary A. Stephenson, of Windsor, Va., is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of her sons, Colonel W. G. and Captain R. T. Stephenson, of the "K. B M. M. A. Mr. J. S. Gladney is selling goods for Preston and Stauffer, a wholesale groe eery concern, of New Orleans. He e stopped in at home yesterday after an e extended trip on tne road, ana win go f out again within a few days. Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber wants to know 3 why .this town cannot build a firstclass hotel. He says a graded school is e an absolute necessity, and that a hotel 1 does not fall far short,of the same dei. scrlption. e Greenville Mountaineer: Mr. Wade 1 H. Hicklin, of Guthriesville, S. C., has 1 bought the farm of Mr. R. Y. Hellams e on the Finlay's bridge road, and is now moving his family there. Mr. - Hicklin has been running a stock and dairy farm in York county, and he is bringing 20 head of fine cattle to bet gin operations with at his new home. Mr. W. L. Boyd, of Lesslie, and one 1 of the best farmers : of the Neely's 5 Creek neighborhood, is in Yorkville - this week on the Jury. ; He tells, with good matured humor of the crop failf ure last year and hotf'ft was on account 3 of the wet weather that he did not - make as heavy a crop with five plows e as he had made in previous years with t one. He is of opinion, however, that I the present outlook for a good crop is t promising and is only hoping that court will adjourn by Saturday so that i he will be able to get back to his work. yTHIN THE TOWN. n council is having the tied again. n election to be held for the s purpose of choosing municipal officers > for the next two years has been called 3 for Wednesday, May 7, next, t ? Although it is possible that somet thing may turn up in the meantime to * change the programme, the present 1 outlook is that court will^adjourn sine 1 die next Saturday afternoon. " ? The secretary of state haa^linwii 1*5 " commission _fjor__a_-?hffrter for the f King's Mountain Military Academy. B The corporators named are Wm. G. * Stephenson, W. G. White, W. D. Glenn onH XV T Wlthorannnn ? The town has more visitors this " week than last. They Include for the 5 most part people In attendance on 1 court, especially a large number of e witnesses. The boarding houses are all pretty full, and the Parish hotel Is crowded to its capacity. ? The ladles of the Presbyterian church are arranging for another chrysanthemum show, to be held next fall, and they will invite all the ladies of the town and county to participate. Several who intend to com^ pete have already commenced work with that end in view. " ? Mr. W. T. Moore, who developed a case of smallpox about three weeks ago, has entirely recovered, and returned to work at Beard & Carroll's on last Saturday. None of the other members of the family have developed the disease, and it is not probable * that any will, as all have been successfully vacinated. 5 ? Among ihe distinguished people in attendance on court this week, are J. C. Root, sovereign commander of the Woodmen of tne World; George Wooly, sovereign organizer of the same organization, and H. Braum, attorney, all of Omaha, Nebraska. They came last Sunday on account of the suit of S. W. Mitchell against the organization for $-5,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained on the occasion of his initiation into the order by the camp at Hickory Grove, on March 22, 1901. They are stopping at the Parish i hotel, where they have been receiving i much attention from the local W?od i men, who have been: summoned to t Yorkvllle as witnesses In the pending i case. i ? The private loss occasioned in the T recent burning of the ginning plant of t the Victor Cotton Oil company, includ> ed two bales of cotton belonging to ? Mr. S. W. Thomas. One bale was de. strayed and the other was damaged. Although not generally understood, ex cept in the case of a specific conl tract to that effect, a ginner is not responsible for losses sustained by a customer in an accidental fire. He i cannot be made to pay in a suit at law. Manager Cox was well aware of ! this fact; but upon investigation of the circumstances, he came to the conclusion that the customer was not quite so well prepared to stand the loss as was the oil company, and voluntarily he paid Mr. Thomas >50 for the burned bale of cotton. ? The work that was done In the cemetery last fall by the Ladies' Auxiliary society, is beginning to show up so nicely as to afford encouragement to continue it. Of course, much of the work?in fact most of it?while absolutely necessay, was not of a character that was calculated to make much of a show. There was a great deal of plowing and ditching, etc. But still the (lowers are beginning to show up well, and visitors are easily able to notice decided improvement. The ladies, nowever, nave no iuea 01 iciuaiub men efforts. On the contrary, they have arranged to prosecute the work with still greater vigor, and will meet In the cemetery tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon to put out aditlonal flowers. People who have violets and other flowers that they are willing to contribute to 1 this purpose should send them to the cemetery tomorrow at noon. CIRCUIT COURT. After discharging the petit jurors last Thursday, the circuit court took up the consideration of common pleas business and during Friday and Saturday disposed of the business on Calendar No. 2 as follows: R. J. Castles, plaintiff, against R. J. Castles and J. W. Castles doing busi! ness as Castles Bros., J. M. Castles and W. M. Moore defendants. Judgment In favor of the plaintiff In the sum of $244.42. T. B. McClaln, plaintiff, against R. B. Lowry, defendants. Judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of ' $376.37. Supplee Hardware company plainifT, vs. W. H. Hicklin, defendant. Judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $125.54. Liipfert, Scales & Co., plaintiff vs. W. H. Hicklin. Judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $108.55. S. S. McNinch & Co., plaintiff vs. W. H. Hicklin, defendant. Judgment for niointlff In thp sum of S527.28. The W. C. McMurpny Co., plaintiff vs. W. H. Hlckiin defendant. Judgment for plaintiff In the sum of $166.20. Exchange Bank of Chester plaintiff vs. Fannie C. Bratton defendant. Judgment lor plaintiff in the sum of $110.92. In the case of Louis Roth vs. C. H. Smith, an order was issued vacating an attachment, sued out by Mr. Roth against property of Mr. Smith. Second week Jurors answered to their names on Monday as follows: 1 W. M. White, T. L. Carroll, J. B. Miller, R. L. Campbell, A. A. Burris, J. R. Gardner, J. W. Jones, E. D. Dar1 win, W. J. bhilinglaw, J. R. Nell, J. R. Scoggins, J. W. Bankhead, J. H. Sutton, L. F. Sossaman, S. L. Pursley, 1 T. W. Moore, W. S. Hogue. T. E. Brandon, H. H. Sherer, W. L. Boyd, J. R. Conoly, W. J. Hayes, J. W. Lllley, Thad Thomas, J. E. Burns, R. M. ' Bratton, C. T. Douglas, C. R. Means, ' W. H. Dickson, S. H. Hood, W. D. Lesslie, W. B. Workman, *t. E. Burns, J. J. Clinton, S. B. Sturgis, G. W. Knox. The first Jury case taken up was that of Geo. W. Brooks vs. W. L. Hill. The trial consumed the morning session. The Jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $108.76. T. E. Myers & Co., vs. Martin V. Wallace. Suit for $274.46 alleged to be due by the defendant for pumps bought from the plaintiff. The plaintiff admitted that he had bought the pumps and that the claim was correct: but set up that the purchase had been made with the understanding that the defendant was to have complete control of certain counties and that plaintiff afterward sold to other dealers in these counties, and demanded him to the amount of $250. Verdict for the plaintiff in the full amount^ filial '? Unlversjjl Dm1 I1'Miil i ii^i n J. C. , WftSoi n. In this case the plaintiff set up that it had sold to one J. M. GibKaaItq An tho OHIO rp ntPP flf the defendant that he would stand behind the plaintiff to the amount of $200. The alleged written guarantee was set forth in the complaint. It was claimed that Gibson had purchased books to the amount of $94.15, and that although he had paid nothing at all, the company had by mistake sent him a receipt bill for $58.10, and demanded, the return of this bill when the mistake was discovered. Gibson, however, had withheld the receipt. The defendant admitted that he had made certain recommendations as to the trustworthiness of Gibson; but claimed that if he had signed the written guarantee as alleged, It was without knowledge of the contents, and was under misapprehension. He insisted that he owed the plaintiff nothing whatever. The Jury found for the plaintiff in the full amount sued for. Holiday & Cave vs. T. T. Morrison. This was a suit for $153, laundry MW* claimed of the defendant by the plaintiff. Defendant had been agent for the plaintiff, and had transferred the agency to another agent. He claimed that the bill was made after his agency had been discontinued. At 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the case had not been concluded. The next case on the calendar was that of S. W. Mitchell vs. the Woodmen of the World and it was expected that it would be reached during the af teruoon. LOCAI. LACONICS. We Will Send Tlie Knqulrer From now until January 1, 1903, for $1.36 n advance. The K. M. M. A. Sentinel. The K. M. M. A. Sentinel for May Is out. The feature of the first page Is a ( half tone engraving of the football team. I ProicreiN of Farm Work. Reports from all sections are to the ] effect that farm work is progressing < nicely. The farmers generally have | been taking advantage of the favora- j ble weather and have made good use j of their time. Planting of both corn | and cotton is far in advance of what ] it was at this time last year. ' Inmiired In Farmer*' Mutual. i Mrs. Elizabeth J. Dover, wue of Mr. i Perry Dover, of Clover, who died re- t eently, was insured in the Farmers' ( Mutual Life Insurance Company of < York County. By the terms of the v agreement of the company, her policy II was worth *728, and that amount was t paid to her husband by Mr. Boney on s Monday. p The Cotton Market. t Although the future cotton market c has been quite strong during the past h week, there has not been a great deal c of demand from the mills for spot cot- r ton. Local buyers report that the mi.is are not disposed to buy because they r seem to have an idea that prices will e go down instead of up higher. In some 11 cases mills have been dealing direct with farmers who are still holding lots of cotton; but this practice is not at an general. An 4innsual Cane. * The suit of S. W. Mitchell against the Woodmen of the World for damages alleged to have been sustained c durlng Initiation, has attracted wide- ^ spread Interest. It Is said to be the * only case of the kind on record and v without precedent, and the secret societies of all kinds are watching the v result with much curiosity. The local f interest, especially among the Wood- * men, Is very considerable. There are 8 about 40 witnesses here from Hickory a Grove and elsewhere In connection * with the case. ^ J Hose man-Black we 11. / I Camden correspondence News and ^ Courier: The home of Mr. and Mrs. , d B. L. Biackwell, on Broad street, was s the scene of a very pretty marriage Wednesday evening i6th instant. The contracting parties were Miss Emma Biackwell, a charming young lady of t this city, and the Rev. J. B. Bozeman, pastor of the Gaftney Baptist church. Mr. Bozeman and bride left here o Thursday morning and will visit ^ Charleston and the exposition before going to Gaffney. They carry with J; them the best wishes of a host of friends in Camden. s Negfroei Growing Reitleii. ^ There is said to be a marked rest- 0 lessness among the Negroes of York- t ville, occasioned by reports of better g wages and easier times north, south t and west. Some of the Negroes have g information of a demand for house b and lawn servants in Washington and t New York, some hear of high wages :out in Mississippi, and still others a think that Pennsylvania and Ohio are ? the states that are most Inviting. It g is quite certain that the moving spir- e it seems to be growing stronger and stronger; but as to whether it will develop in actual emigration remains f to be seen. Saving Potatoes. r Mr. W. J. Moorhead, of Hickory Grove, is in Yorkville in attendance on t court. In conversation with the reporter yesterday, he said that so far oa g he knew, only one man besides him- t self, in the Hickory Grove neighbor- t hood, tried the plan he gave sometime e ago for saving sweet potatoes, and t both succeeded where almost every- t body else failed. His plan is to build a house with double plank walls filled t in between with sawdust. "I saved a t hundred bushels," said Mr. Moorhead, ? "and I could have sold 500 bushels If I p had had them. Sweet notatoes are the p most profitable crop that can be grown." g Indian Relics. t Mr. J. J. Jackson, who lives about r four miles northeast of Yorkvllle, v brought to The Enquirer office last j, Saturday an Indian tomahawk that j, he found near his house recently. ( The vicinity in which Mr. Jackson lives t was once a popular hunting ground of t the Indians, as indicated by the large a number of arrowheads in the vicinity? j either that or there must have been ^ some special reason for frequent gath- q erings of the aborigines. Mr. Jackson thinks that If he should take a day or ^ two to look for them, he could proba- t bly find as many as a peck of arrow heads, although he has not run upon t " ^ ^ Wants Indian Walters. j Columbia correspondence News and a Courier: The Columbia postmaster a has received a letter from a lady, the e proprietor of a New York hotel, which ; he has referred to the secretary of a state. The lady wants a couple of i Catawba Indians, living in the upper d part of this state, to come North and c work for her, acting as waiters in the g hotel, for which they will receive $10 c a month and board. The idea is a nov- j, el one and would be an excellent ad- e vertlsement for the hotel, provided the a redskins behaved themselves. Should n they ever get too much "fire-water" a aboard, however, they would certainly n create a sensation; there would be j some "hair-raising," although the c scalping knife would not figure in it. p The matter will be referred to T. W. & Boyd, the Indian agent. n Talbert'a Commencement Speechen. o Fort Mill correspondence of The g News and Courier: "Next to a stump f< speech, or a speech blistering the Re- 11 publicans, there is nothing in the line d of oratory so much to my liking as a tl commencement address. I always feel ? it a privilege to be invited to say the s final word of God-speed to college stu- t< dents who are just embarking from <3 their alma mater." This is the sent!- j? ment expressed by Representatve Tal- n bert as he opened his mail the other o< morning to find a number of letters requesting his services on commence- ! ment day. Colonel Talbert, while a oi student at Due West academy in ante- a bellum days, established a renutation fi<s a flcrv snpnkpr and dphatpr and . since his election to congress, a decade ia ago, many a pension shark has had oc- 5C casion to testify to the Justice of this reputation. Colonel Talbert has al- a, ready made three engagements to de- re liver commencement addresses, at Fort ?j Mill, York county, on May 2; at Etheridge, Saluda county, April 26, and at ta Williston College May 27. In EiupniieliiiK the Jury. The new system of empaneling ju- a rors on the common pleas side of the ce :ourt has at least one decided advantage over the old system. It enables ? the challenging of Jurors without glv- $ ng, offense. Under the old system two panels were made up, one desig- C) nated as No. 1 ,and the other as No. 2. rhe remaining Jurors of the venire tvere left in the box as talesmen to m mpply the places of jurors objected :o on either panel. While there was no rood ground for taking exceptions to a challenge from the lawyers, few jurors . ere able to see It that way. At least I was not pleasant to be thus made he subject of remark. Under the new ystem, the clerk gives the counsel for ilaintiff and defendant each a list of he jurors available for service, and ounsel take It time about striking lames by number until the list is ut down to the desired twelve. No lames are announced until the strlkng process Is over, and then the renalnlng jurors are sworn and allowd to elect a foreman. The new plan 9 not only preferable to the old; but t is more expeditious. CROSS ROAD ACADEMY. /losing Exercises of a Very Successful School. Clover, April 19.?The school at Tross Road Academy, under the efIclent management of Mr. S. C. Raterree, closed on Saturday, April 19th. vith appropriate exercises. The first thing on the programme vas a written spelling lesson by the ollowing pupils: Johnnie Thomas, Dan McCarter, Harry Henry and Besie Turner. They wrote the lesson ind then gave the sounds of the leters and the proper diacritical marks. The next thing on programme was a eading lesson in the second reader by Sftle Thomas, Mattie Partlow, Mattie Turner and George Henry. This class leserves especial mention as they tarted to school at the beginning of he term without knowing the alphabet. Their pronunciation was good .nd their enunciation clear and dislnct. The next thing was dinner. The table fairly groaned beneath its burden f everything that was good to eat. The ladies outdid themselves in the reparation of It. After dinner came he entertainment proper. The figure drill, participated in by the whole chool. The next an umbrella drill by our boys and four girls. This was one f the attractive features of the enterainment. Then came a list of wellelected dialogues. All in all the enertainment was a grand success, and Ir. Ratterree receives the credit of telng the best instructor that ever augnt a scnooi at this place. The school will open again In July nd continue for eight months. The ommlttee were fortunate in securing Ir. Ratterree again to teach their Ight months school. ' SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS, "he State Campaign. Columbia correspondence of The Jews and Courier: The time is now apidly approaching for the opening of he campaign of 1902. This week will onclude with the precinct club reoranlzatlon of the Democratic party hroughout the state and next week he county conventions will be held In ach of the counties. Then will come he state convention, which will have o face the problem of the arrangement t a state compaign which will give he candidates some little chance of >elng seen, at least, if not heard. The onventlon will also have to face the iroblem of arranging a new pledge for larticlpants in the primary If such a tep prevails. There Is at present a Teat deal of talk about this matter, >ut whether anything will come of it emalns to be' seen. These two matters trill doubtless be thoroughly discussed n the county conventions, and perlaps even in the precinct meetings. Columbia's ward precinct meetings are o be held on next Friday night, so as o secure a good attendance, the stores ill remaining open on Saturday evenngs and preventing many from atending. Plllmnn at Manning. Manning special to Columbia State: i. great deal or interest among people hroughout the country is being taken oncerning Senator Tillman's coming o Manning next Friday, 25th instant. ?he_telegram which was received from he senator announced that he would peak at 11 o'clock, and the indications .re that by that hour there will be sevral hundred of the sturdy farmers rom this county and other counties ssembled to hear "Ben" once more, 'he senator has not spoken in Claren;on since 1894, and this was always onsldered one of his strong counties, iome people believe that the political omplexlon of the county has been maerlally changed; but this correspondnt dissents from any such opinion, nd believes that the reason the farriers and masses are not heard ' to peak much of Tillman is because Tiltnan has not been here, and that when ien "the original," the same Ben who arried .ue storm all his own way in 890 and 1892, mounts the stand and egins to tell the "boys" about the lany coattail swingers he pulled into fflce and how many of them have one back on him, it is going to be ounl that he possesses the same inuence over a farmer audience that he id in times of yore. My opinion is hat a majority of the voters in this ounty do not believe the charges of orruption that have lately and so trongly been made against the sena ji, cxiiu uicjr aic aiiAiuuo iu ucat wuav efense he proposes to put up and will ive him a hearty reception and hearlg. It is a common thing to hear tne ?mark made that "Tillman is a Demcrat." That of itself is a very innosnt statement, but when examined it as a significance. The senator is to rrive here on the train from Columbia n Monday afternoon and will be met t the depot by a committee of adlirers and given a reception at the entral hotel that night at which a tiosen number is to be invited. A irge stand capable of seating from > to 75 persons will be erected on the lady court house square; and it is jggesied that the same will be decorted with pitchfork ornaments. His (ception committee is to be composed ! 50 members from different parts of le county and it is not at all improbale that there will be some warm ilk Indulged in from the stand. All i all this meeting may have a very nportant significance in its bearing ?on the state campaign this summer, t any rate so far as Clarendon is contrned next Friday formally opens the ill. the jgorhuille Qfotton Jflarltet. Directed Semi-Weekly by Heurt. Latta Bros. Yorkville, April 22, 12 m.?The local arket stands as follows: Middling 8] Strict Middling 9 Good Middling 9 Fully Good Middling 9 Latta Bros.