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Scraps anil Jacts. ? Road reform, it is noted, is taking on large proportions in New York state. The legislature passed bills for the appropriation of $795,000 and the counties have equalled this appropriation, so that the expenditure will be no less than $1,590,000. Contracts have been awarded for road improvement in 15 counties. ? Tennessee now has 1,445 names on its state pension roll of old soldiers, and the total amount paid to them in the last year was $149,220. No more names can be added unless the legislature increases the appropriation. The pensioners are divided into three classes; the first receive $300 a year each, the second $200 and the third $100 A ?tn f VlO TM-PSiliprit and ?rt. pciinvu w v?v ~ congress of the United States asking for an appropriation of $500,000,000 to assist Negroes to leave the United States has been prepared by the International Immigration and Commercial association, an organization of Negroes, in session in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The petition recites a long train of abuses to which it is claimed the Negroes are subjected. It is claimed that in many of the states the Negro is denied all social and political recognition and that his constitutional rights are constantly violated. The leading spirits in the convention are Bishop Turner, of Georgia, and ex-Minister to Liberia Heard. ? News and Courier: "In his life of Thomas H. Benton," says the Memphis Appeal, "Theodore Roosevelt wrote that the United States government should have enforced the demand, 'Fifty-four or fight,' with reference to the northwestern boundary line of the republic. In other words, he contended that we should have fought rather than have allowed England to get a seaport on the Pacific. England has now set up an impudent claim to a section of Alaska?which happens to be full of gold?and has now actual possession of it, and is enforcing Canadian law there, a piece of territory about which there is not a shadow of doubt. What, then, does our strenuous president propose to do about it?" It is not well to stir him up unnecessarily in this way: but then it is to be remembered that he is not writing about Benton now. There is a good deal in that. -Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister to the United States, delivered the commencement oration to the graduating class of the Georgia Military academy at Milledgeville, last Wednesday. After the oration the distinguished Chinaman was taken about the quaint old Georgia city to see the sights. Among the places visited was the state lunatic asylum, and while he was passing through this institution, one of the inmates, moved by an unexplainable spirit of mischief, seized hold of his long cue, wrenching it violently and holding on like grim death. Mr. Wu yelled with pain, while those who were with him struggled with the lunatic until they broke his hold. Then the minister ran with all his might to the carriage in which he had gone to the asylum and demanded to be driven away. It was with considerable difficulty that the committee was able to reassure him and calm his shattered nerves. ? The famous St. Clair county, Kansas, bond case, for which several county judges have served jail sentences, because of their refusal to order a payment of $200,000 of bonds issued in 1868 to build a railway across that county, is to be compromised. Representatives of the bondholders who now have a claim against the county for $1,500,000, including principal and interest for 34 years, and the present judges are to meet at Osceola, the county seat, to consider a proposition from the bondholders, which, it is stated, will prove acceptable to the county officials and taxpayers. Judge Thomas Nevlll, who has been in jail at Maryville for a year for contempt in refusing to order payment of the bonds will be taken to the conference by a United States marshal. Judge Nevill has wearied of jail life and apparently is willing to give in. S. D. Paden, another of the judges, is serving a sentence in the Warrensburg jail. Deputies have been unable to capture Walker, the last of the trio, who has lived in the brush since he was elected. ? The most dreaded spot on the American coast to mariners will probably be marked with a light house capable of casting rays visible 30 or more miles out on the Atlantic. Diamond Shoal, off Cape Hatteras, covering a stretch about 11 miles long and whose cuter edge is 13 miles from the coast line, has claimed more wrecks than any portion of the Atlantic seaboard. A bill providing for a gigantic light house on the edge of the shoal has already passed the senate and will probably be favorably reported to the Vimiipa MAvf T o 11 rrV? t house on the shoals, built upon designs of Captain Albert F. Eells, of Boston The light house is to be in 30 feet of water, the concrete base to extend not less than 20 feet above the water at high tide. A circular steel scructure for keepers and store rooms, about 25 feet high, is to be above the water. On cop of all this is to be a steel tower or mast containing a spiral stairway extending to a height so that the light shall be at least 200 feet above the water line. The bill appropriates $300,000 for the light house and provides that after two years' operation an additional sum of $275,000 be paid Eells. ? During the course of his speech at Milledgeville last Wednesday, Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, said that all efforts made by Americans and other foreigners to guess the cause of the absolute loyalty and devotion of the Chinese subjects in time of trouble has been futile. He explained that it was due to college training, and was one of the five relations inbred in Chinese children?to honor father and mother in life and after death: to preserve under all conditions devotion to the sovereign power; to respect age: to hallow the relations between man and wife, and also between friend and friend. He said no Chinese merchant had ever defrauded a man out of a penny in business transactions, and no parent's will* had ever been attacked in China. ; He says China does not have to be gov- , erned by the sword, because the principles of loyalty and devotion are too thoroughly instilled in the youth of the I land, and that this is due to college ti training as well as to other causes, tl He said the chief difference between s college education in America and China a is that here primary importance is giv- t en to the mental training, and in China e moral improvement is made of first e importance. S ?? t ?hc \lorkriUf (Snquircr. 1' YORKVILLE, S. O.t \t> SATURDAY, MAY 31,1902. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, spoke ( Thursday In favor of the passage of the Philippine bill, opposition to which has been made the test of party loyalty. The Atlanta Journal, one of the most , enterprising and progressive of southern newspapers, published heretofore ( every afternoon in the week except Sunday, has decided to print a Sunday _ morning edition, the first number of s which will appear tomorrow. 1 Washington dispatches of the past \ few days seem to indicate very clearly ^ the intention of the president to ap- * point Senator John L. McLaurin to the j .acant judgship in the court of claims, e The place pays a salary of $4,500 per 1 annum, and the tenure Is for life. If J the appointment is made and there seems to be very little reason to doubt I that it will be made, Senator McLaurin s will thus be permanently retired from politics. f The Laurens correspondent of The e News and Courier says "everybody"' in < that county is "talking politics." It c would be interesting to know what they J are saying. As matters stand now, it f is difficult to see where there is any f room to talk politics. Probably the f Laurens correspondent meant that ev- J erybody in his county is talking "can- ^ didates," which is an entirely different f matter. J < i Despite Senator Hanna's modest de- \ nials, many of the leading newspapers a of both political parties not only believe ; that he is a candidate for the next Re- a publican nomination; but that he v stands a good chance of getting what I Kq oOop Thorp seems to be no doubt .. of the fact that Senator Hanna stands well with his party, or that a majority of the leading Republican politicians seem to think more of him than they do of Mr. Roosevelt. There is not a great deal of reason to believe that Governor McSweeney can be nominated for United States senator: but it will be interesting to watch the result should he enter the race. Whatever else may be said of Governor McSweeney, notwithstanding efforts in certain quarters to belittle him, he has certainly been governor during his term of office, and has not served as a puppet for anybody. He has never shown signs of the weakness which his enemies are fond of representing as characteristic, and his independence has made for him some powerful enemies. It is quite probable, however, that there are numerous voters in the state who admire just such qualities as he has manifested, and the strength he will develop, if he enters the race, may be somewhat surprising. / / As a kind of grand stand play, the house of representatives, on Tuesday, voted to prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Capitol building. What the senators will do remains to be seen; but Senator Tillman, it is presumed, will seek to amend the bill so as provide for the establishment of a dispensary. If congress were really earnest about the temperance question, it f would prohibit the sale of intoxicating c liquors in Washington and give the country an object lesson in enforcing the law. The principal effect of such a move would be to reduce the population of the city about one-half; but the remainder would be people who think more of the welfare of their fellowmen than the gratification of their own appetites, and the result would be beneficial rather than otherwise. However, serious statutes along this line are out of order. A Mont Pelee might blot liquor and other evils of a similar nature tfut of Washington, but congress never will. Although Governor McSweeney has said nothing on the subject, it is pretty weil understood that he will not run for reelection. There are five men announced for governor: D. C. Heyward, of Colleton; James H. Tillman, of Edgefield; former State Treasurer Timmerman; Congressman Talbert and Hon. M. F. Ansel, of Greenville, S. C. Many Georgians are interested in the candidacy of Captain D. Clinch Heyward, as his mother was a member of the old Clinch family, of that state, where he has many relatives. Mr. Ileyward is about 38 years old, a large rice planter, and enters this race with many excellent oualifications for the office, and the cleanest kind of a record. He comes, too. "fresh from the people," never having ueen a candidate for any other office. All of his competitors have r been in politics for many years and all have held office.?Columbia correspondent of the Greenville News. What the correspondent has to say about Mr. Heyward is especially interesting. We have no doubt that the Colleton man is a most excellent gentleman. In fact, we are sure that he p is. But that is not the point. Just as it is essential for a beginner to learn tne ropes Derore ne can ne eonsiaerea . a sailor, so also Is it essential that he a should know something about the wires r before he can hope to he governor. * There may have been such a thing as t( "wireless" politics in this state long h ago; but we fear it has gone out of J date. '* ' * ' F Ykstkiipay, May 30. was Decoration Day, which is a legal holiday in all the p states and territories of the union ex- q i-ept Alabama, Florida, Georgia. Idaho, j* Louisiana, Mississippi. North Carolina, sj South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. ]j t was also a legal holiday In the Dls- J rict of Columbia. In this connection here is interesting information in the tatement that there is no such a thing ( s a national legal holiday, not even he Fourth of July or Thanksgiving, loth of these last named days are gen- J rallv recognized all over the United itates. Th.s is especially the case with he Fourth of July, which is a legal hol3ay by legislative enactment, in all the 1 tates and territories, as well as in the pninmhia Tt is not a na ional holiday in that the act of conress on the subject applies only to the )istrict of Columbia. The legal auhorlty of the president's annual hanksgiving proclamation does not exend beyond the limits of the district, t is a statutory holiday in most of the 1 tates; but there are some exceptions, 'he legal holidays in South Carolina re as follows: January 1. (New Year); anuary 19. (Lees birthday); Februay 22, (Washington's birthday); May 0, (Confederate memorial day); July 1 , (Independence day); September 1, Labor day); November 4, (Election lay); (Thanksgiving day), usually ourth Thursday in November; Decem>er 25, (Christmas). THE GREAT STATE OF TEXAS. 1. Former Citizen of York Write* Temptingly to HI* Old FrleiidM. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Tolar, Hood County, Texas, May 26. ' -Having once been a citizen of your 1 itate, and-thinking perhaps that the < eaders of your valuable paper might ? elish a bit of news from the far west, (specially when written by one with ' vhom many of them are acquainted, I vill endeavor to chronicle a few facts | ibout the great state of Texas, where v : cast my lot 16 years ago. I will say, * lowever, in the outset, that I was rear- " (d in the state of South Carolina. I eft the state when I was a boy and , lwelt in several of the western states . or short periods before reaching the 'Lone Star" state, and while the old Palmetto state will always occupy a sacred place in the page of memory, , ind I will always enjoy a visit there imong my friends and relatives, yet rom a financial standpoint, I could not hink of leaving Texas and taking up i permanent abode in any of the old itates. Emigrants, in coming west, :laim that the light of prosperity lawns upon them when they reach he Texas line. After emerging from he rugged hills and the dismal swamps >f Arkansas and Louisiana, they are irst carried through the beautiful pine orests of eastern Texas. Then come he broad prairies, dotted with pretty i louses and highly improved farms, vith a black rich soil, ranging in depth rom 5 to 20 feet. About their places rou will notice all kinds of the latest 1 mproved farming machinery, but none i ike those of the old states. iNeuner ( trill you see the guano distributor; such i thing is not needed in Texas. While he black prairie land of Texas is con- i :eded to be the most productive, we ilso have sections of postoak country, vith a deep sandy soil that is unsurmssed for cotton and vegetables and is airly good for corn. And neither do , hese need fertilizers or guano distrib- ! itors, as the soil is rich and productve. As to the relative cost of making l crop here and in the old states, I will ay that there is no comparison, as in he smooth parts of the state, hillside ' litches, crab grass, rocks and stumps ire things unknown, and two good : lands can easily work 40 acres in coton and 25 acres in corn. The hoe is lever used in corn except to thin it to i stand, and all the breaking is done ~ vith four horse breakers, breaking rom three to four acres a day, and the ntire crop is plowed with cultivators, ilowing out a middle at each through, n ordinary years cotton averages onelalf bale to the acre and corn about 10 bushels to the acre. Nearly every ( armer, in sections where the farms ire not too numerous, has a small >unch of cattle that adds to his income, as cattle always bring a good irice in the west. I know several parties who came to Texas only a few years ago without a lollar, who are now in good circum- < stances. We sometimes have a dry rear which cuts crops short, but even hen the average yield for each farmlands exceeds that of the old states, j ?Ve have just gone through the dryest ear I have ever seen since I came to he state, and while it makes matters a ittle hard with us, I am $2,000 better i >flf than I was 18 months ago, and I i lave heard of no one suffering. Orops ire now looking well. Now a few words about our citizens md their customs. In the first place hey are the most generous anu cicvc. >eople in the world. In the next place hey are religious, educated and refined. , ^nd best of all, we have no poor arisocracy, but plenty of wealthy gentlenen. Every good citizen, regardless of vealth, is on a social equality. Now with all these blessings how can , ny one stay from within the borders >f such a state? Respectfully, i J. J. HOOUR. MERE-MENTION. Dr. B. M. Palmer, who was probably , ?ne of le ablest Presbyterian minisers in the south, died in New Orleans ast Wednesday afternoon, as the re- I lult of injuries sustained some weeks ] tgo in being struck by a trolley car I U1 of the teamsters in the employ of , he large Chicago meat packing houses ire on a strike for higher wages 1 5rof. Adolph Kussmaul, the German i ihysician who first introduced the ( itomaeh pump into medical practice, lied in Heidelberg Germany, on Wed- 1 lesday General Joseph Wheeler has 1 rone to Europe with the intention of < emaining away about three months, j Captain Chas. E. Purcell. of the th U. S. infantrv. died in Manila, on ' Tuesday, of cholera Senator H. D. ! doney, of Mississippi, delivered the ] innual address at Davidson college on , Tuesday. His subject was "Individr- ' ilism." The house, on Tuesday, I oted to prohibit the sale of intoxicat- i ng liquors in the Capitol building at , Vashington Although Senator Hoar las but little sympathy among his Relublican constituents of Massachuetts, in his position of antagonism to he administration's policy with regard o the Philippines, there is no effort to ilify him about the matter The 1 National Farmers' congress, which is < o meet in Macon, Ga., next October, , las invited President Roosevelt to deIver an address Eight inches of ain fell on the island of St. Vincent >et\veen last Saturday and Monday.... "he Ohio State Republican convention, ihich met last Tuesday, was unaninous for the re-election of Mark Hana President Palma delivered his irst message to the Cuban senate last Vednesday. In it he extended the hanks of the Cuban republic to the Jnited States for invaluable assistnce in the matter of securing indeendence. 'oMtmiiHter at CliarlcMtoii. The president, on Wednesday, nominated W. L. Harris to be postmaster t Charleston, vice G. I. Cunningham, ecently appointed marshal for the disrict of South Carolina. Mr. Harris is Republican who has lived in Charlesrnn for about a year, and the fact that is wife is a cousin to Major Micah enkins, is supposed to have figured irgely in his appointment. 'lontiug Volcanic Matter. Fisherman, sailors and others coning into Charleston, report that large uantities of volcanic matter is drifting n the coasts of the various islands in hat section. This volcanic matter conists mainly of pumice stone, which is ght enough to float. t LOCAL AFFAIRS. < NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , E. Grist?Tells you where to find j something to read and calls your at- s tention to the June magazines. Tohn E. Carroll, County Superintend- ' ent of Education?Gives notice that i the usual summer examination for , teachers' certificates will take place on June 13th. beginning at 9 a. m. ' rohn E. Carroll, County Superintendent of Education?Announces that the 1 county summer school will open on ! June 9th, at 5 p. m., and gives other 1 information for the benefit of the teachers. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Give you some information in regard to their ten per ' cent, discount sale which opens today and continues through Monday. Tney mane some poinieu suggcouuno i for your consideration. Louis Roth?Representing the Ohio Coffee and Spice company, calls your attention to an advertisement appearing in the June Munsey. 2. P. Lowrance & Co.?Say that they ' have received a choice selection of crackers. Thos. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Has re- ' celved a new supply of parasols and umbrellas, card cases and pocketbooks and says that they are of the usual Speck qualities. ?? / ABOUT PEOPLE. /'^rof. R. J. Herndon is teaching the band at Forest City, NT. C. Captain S. E. White, of Fort Mill, who has been quite sick, Is improving. Mr. Jos. F. Wallace left for Anderson on Wednesday. He did not know how long he would probably remain away from Yorkvllle. 'Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Sanders and sister, Miss Annie Sanders, and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Clinton, of Guthrlesville, visited the exposition last week. > Mrs. E. C. Willis, and Mrs. M. d. Willis and two children, Miss Mary Henley and Master Earle, have gone on a visit to the family of Mr. A. E. Willis, at Lynchburg, Va. Mr. I. H. Moorhead, who was so ba lly bruised last Saturday by being run over by a wagon, was on the streets yesterday. He shows signs of rough usage and is still very sore. Mrs. Henry H. Penny and child, of this place, left on last Monday afternoon for Lawrenceville, Va., Mrs. Penny's former home, for the .purpose of spending a whi'e with relatives and friends. NMiss Carrie Beard is now her father's rrrincipal assistant in the telegraph and express office. She understands telegraphy remarkably well for a young lady of her age, and handled even difficult press dispatches, both going and coming, with entire satisfaction. The express business, which, of course, is much easier, gives her no trouble in any 01 its aeiana. . . i y WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Next Monday Is salesday for June, and the county board of commissioners holds its regular monthly meeting on the following Wednesday. ? There is considerable interest in the graded school exercises to take place in the court house this (Friday) evening, at 8.30 o'clock, and much curiosity as to who is the winner of the Eliza Pinckney medal contest. =^The closing exercises of the King's Mountain Military; J academy takes place next Wednesday. The principal event in connection with the exercises will be the unveiling of the tablet already described, in memory of the late Cadets Nichols, Stevens and Lindsay. ? The board of trustees of the Yorkville Graded school are making arrangements looking to the sale of the bonds recently authorized by the qualified voters of the school district, and every effort is being put forth to hasten work on the proposed new school building. There is much responsibility and much hard work ahead of the board in the transactions. ? There is on exhibition in one of the show windows of the J. M. Heith & Co's. supply department, a cotton stalk that must have been fully 15 inches high when it was plucked from the field. It has numerous forms and a few squares, and looks as if it might have produced not less than a pound of lint cotton had it been allowed to develop. It is from the field of Mr. S. M. Inman on the western outskirts or Yorkville, and Mr. J. P. Pegram, who brought in into town, says it is but a fair sample of Mr. Inman's entire crop. ? The work of sinking artesian wells out at the York Cotton mills has not progressed as smoothly as there was at first reason to hope. The first well was completed within a few hours and the flow was all that could have been hoped for. Something like twenty gallons per minute were taken out with a hand pump and conditions indicated that the capacity of the pump rather than of the well that had been reaehjd at this limit. The next well went down more slowly because of the breaking of drill points in hard, unyielding rock. This well was completsd after a great deal of labor, but several subsequent attempts have been abandoned. It is pretty safe to estimate that the two completed wells will yield together 35 or 40 gallons of water per minute; but the exact quantity will 1 not be known until after the installa- i tion of a steam pump, which has been i ardered. ItEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. i The following transfers of real estate nave been recorded in the office of the 1 ?ounty auditor during the month of May: BETHEL. Samuel T. Ferguson to C. L. Knox. < 10 acres; consideration $853.35 and j premises. (Part of John T. Thompson alace). ' Thomas H. Allen to J. B. D. Cur- 1 ence. 314 acres; consideration $1,500. i |B. F. Boyd home place). ! BETHESDA. 1 W. Brown Wylie, C. C. Pis. to Mrs. ; \.nna H. Mobley. 448 acres; consider- , ition $2,688. (W. Amzi Steele land). f BROAD RIVER. Lucinda Bolin and Nancy Lanier to ' r n Moftln OK A?..oo nrirl nnlt nlnim ' n 101 acres; consideration $62. bullock's creek. M. E. Nichols to M. V. Davis, guardan. 40 acres; consideration $235.37. W. B. Sherrer tract). catawba. F. P. Giles to J. T. Stephens. 234J icres; consideration $4,000. W. L. and J. E. Roddey to Warren ? dart. Lot; consideration $50. J W. L. and J. E. Roddey to Maggie loins. Lot: consideration $25. W. L. Roddey to John A. Boyd. Lot; t onsideration $20. t John Boyd to Fred Vincent. Lot; A onsideration $30. \V. L. Roddey to James T. Ferguson. 1 74 acres; consideration $1,733.75. '< John A. Burke to A. M. Bailey. Lot; I consideration $575. f John G. Anderson to Mrs. Alice 3mlth and Miss S. R. Smith. One-half b Interest in three lots; consideration v 1750. o J. M. Cherry to Catawba Real Estate t company. Three lots; consideration 63.800. 11 John G. Anderson to Catawba Real C Estate company. 11 lots; considera- ], lion $3,101. t James M. Cherry and J. G. Anderson to Catawba Real Estate company, d Seven and one-fourth acres; considera- l lion $13,500. J. M. Cherry to Catawba Real Estate company. 12 lots; consideration $4,593. r Thos. F. McDow, trustee, to J. M. t Cherry. 8 lots; consideration $1,593. j, G. W. Cathcart to L. L. Holler. 1 ? lot; consideration $700. Mrs. S. E. McFadden to Mrs. E. H. " Fewell. Quit claim in lot; considera- f tinn J2K A. D. Holler to Arcade Cotton mill. Lot; consideration not stated. Richard T. Fewell to Rock Hill Light t and Power company. Lot; consldera- e Hon $920. J. B. Fewell to R. T. Fewell & Co. 6 acres; consideration $1,025. (Montgomery lot). Rock Hill Real Estate and Loan company to R. T. Fewell & Co. Lot and building; consideration $1,000. (Ivy & Fewell warehouse property). BBRNHZER. Lillian and Iredell Jones, Jr., to J. R. Barron, trustee. 40.06 acres; consideration $1,602. Harriet L. Turner to Mary E. Caton. Undivided interest in 80 acres; consideration $160. S. A. Fewell to Hester Lewis. One lot; consideration $25. FORT MILL. John B. Erwln to S. E. White. 65 acres; consideration $800. Samuel E. White to S. E. White, trustee of Fort Mill cemetery. 1J acres; consideration $112.50. KINO'S MOUNTAIN. Lee Jackson to George C. Leech. 87 acres; consideration $80. Jos. F. Wallace to N. A. Howell. 112 acres; consideration $400. J. F. Pursley to Nannie I. Pursley and heirs. Lot: consideration $100. YORK. G. H. O'Leary and others, road committee, to M. L. Thomasson. 95-100ths of an acre; consideration $1. Florence L. Allison to D. E. Jackson. 149 acres; consideration $200. W. L. Hill to R. H. H. Cain. 34 acres; consideration $1,249. ^AHD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. ? Complaint of budworms in bottom corn is common. ? The Heyward campaign buttons have made their appearance in this section. A number of people are wearing them. ? The peacn crop does not promise very encouragingly. There will be ^ anmo npnrhpa hut- thp mitlnnk la that most of them will be faulty. ? Mr. J. B. Atkins, of Fodder, reports the best crop of Irish potato tops he has ever seen; but says there are no potatoes. He does not know how to account for such a development. ? The cool weather following the windstorm of Sunday, has caused much comment, and some little concern. Many people are of opinion that Tuesday morning was very nearly cold enough for frost. ? A number of people witnessed an Interesting phenomenon in the northwestern sky last Tuesday night. The heavens seemed to be lighted up as from a distant conflagration. No satisfactory explanation has been offered. ? The growing cotton crop Is further advanced than has been the case for several years at this season. Squares are beginning to make their appearance, and If favorable conditions continue, by the 15th of June blooms will be quite plentiful. ? Although it is conceded that the wheat crop generally is a failure, some people claim that there has been a noticeable improvement in conditions during the past ten days. Oats seem to have failed even more signally than wheat. Many farmers plowed up their oat patches In March and April and others have done so within the past week. ? Not for a great many years has the local political situation been so quiet ^ of QOflQnn nf tha vAar qn oln.qp tn i the beginning of a summer campaign. While rumor has it that several candidates are out for the various county offices, as yet there seems to be no certainty that any of the county officials, whose terms expire this year, will really have opposition. Of course it would be remarkable If all present incumbents should be permitted to continue in their respective offices without being required to put up any kind of a fight; but still such a development seems to be easily possible. Whether the other officials have opposition or not, It seems to be pretty generally conceded that no one will make a try against Colonel McCorkle for the probate judgeship. So far as is known, there has never been a complaint against the colonel's administration of the office during all his long term of service, and there are few would-be aspirants who do not understand the significance of a record like this with the voters of York county. ? Mr. D. W. McCarter, who lives five miles northeast of Yorkville, owns one of the most interesting tracts of original forest to be found in the county. There are about forty acres of it, consisting of all kinds of trees, mostly oak and hickory. During the past 20 years he has refused to allow anybody n to cut a tree under any circumstances, ? and as one result of this policy, the forest is full of grey squirrels. It id" c said by people who have been about d there a great deal, that It Is no unusual J' thing to hear squirrels barking in the e woods like fox terriers, and they are t jften seen playing on the trees and ? along the fences bordering the forest. s Mr. McCarter has no objection to al- ? lowing his friends to shoot the squir- t rels, provided they first ask his pertnis- r 3ion, and provided also they do not cut ? the trees. One day a party of hunters, s ill personal friends, found something d like a dozen squirrels on a single tree. v The squirrels got into their holes after ^ >ne or two had been killed, and the j liunters begged for the privilege of cut- n ling the tree in order to get at the bal- ? mce; but nothing of the kind would be u permitted. It is said that squirrels h lave a migratory tendency; but it is ci luite certain that there has never been ? my migration from this forest during rp ;he past 20 years. On the contrary, the ci inimals have always appeared to be e' is plentiful as rats in a corncrib. ? In the course of a conversation beween several gentlemen at the post- T >flice a few days ago, the subject of . aluable old books came up among T >ther things. One gentleman told ibout being an original subscriber to w >raper's King's Mountain, and regretully related that afterward somebody iorrowed the book from him and he /as unable to either locate the book r secure another copy. Another menioned the circumstances under which ie had secured a copy of Tuomey's Seological reports, and several other atereBting old treasures were menioned. But the most interesting inci!ent was related by Major James F. lart. He told a story about like this: While at tne house of a client on proesslonal business a few years ago, I lappened to notice the children playng with some beautifully lithographd pictures of various species of birds. ?he lithographs were detached pages rom a dook, ana uyun tiua? uu?u;ation I found these pages came from l copy of Audubon's famous book of >irds, which had been published at an 1 xpense of thousands of dollars and j vhich had cost each subscriber $100 | >er copy. I remembered that the gen- . ileman's father-in-law had been an 1 iriginal subscriber, and asked him ibout the book, stating that I would ike to buy it. 'Oh,' he said, 'you may I rnve that; I care nothing for it.' He old the children to gather up the scat- ( ered leaves, but could only find a few hat had not been torn and none that 1 lad not been more or less abused. The vhole book had been allowed to go to ( lestruction. Its value to people who i enow how to appreciate such things ind who have the money to spare for hem, could not have been less than 1500 or $1,000." In the recital of the itory, Major Hart mentioned the name >f the original subscriber to the book, md also the name of the son-in-law vho allowed it to go to destruction; but mblication of these names is not necissary. LOCAL LACONICS. kVe Will Send The Enquirer Prom now until January 1, 1903, Iqt >1.14 in advance. / Death of Mr*. J. Patrick Palmer. / Charlotte Observer, Wednesday; Af:er an ilness of several years, Mrs. J. P. Palmer died last night at 8.30 o'clock it her home on North Davidson street, n her 56th year. She was a native ol fork county, S. C., but had lived in this :ity most of her life. She was a good voman and a devoted member of the Brevard Street Methodist church. Surviving her are her husband and seven . hildren: Mrs. E. L. Gogbill, Mrs. Jonn Davidson, Mrs. C. D. Purser, Misses Lula and Leina Palmer and Messrs. Cleveland and Hendrix Palmer, kurnl Delivery In Western York. Special Agent Howard, of the rural 'ree delivery service, has been in west srn York during the past week surveying routes from Sharon, Hickory Srove, Smyrna and Grover. The Grower route runs down into York county; 3Ut Mr. Howard was unable to recite , i?o nanoroi direction and . rum iiiciia/i j au 0v..?.. :he points reached. Mr. Howard has jeen in Ycrkville since Thursday prejarlng diagrams of the routes just surveyed and doing other work necessary tor the completion of his work to the lepartment. He has not yet found :ime to return to Bethel township, but ivlll complete his work in that section is soon as he gets the opportunity. Mnde nn AMulgnment. Messrs. S. S. Ordway & Sons, the contacting firm that has been doing majonry work on the big dam of the Ca;awba Power company, have made an issignment to Major James F. Hart, tor the benefit of their creditors. As :he result of differences that have irisen between Ordway & Sons and ;he Catawba Power company, the contactors have lost control of such profts as they claim to have in work already completed, and this is given as a reason for their assignment. There vill be more or less litigation on ac:ount of the differences between th'e ;ontractors and the Power Company, ind it may be some time yet before :he dispute is adjusted. Work on the Road. The chaingang has completed the grading work on the Simril hill, lust beyond the "Langham branch," on :he eastern outskirts of Yorkville. People who have passed over the road vithin the past few days are enthuslistic in their praise of the remarkable mprovement that has been made. The vorkhasnot been macadamized yet, and vill not be for probably several weeks. It is understood that the gang will next >egin operations on the poor house hills >n either side of the branch two miles ;ast of Yorkville, and if the entire work i >n these various hills is completed in tccordance with the profiles prepared >y Surveyor Miller, the whole piece of vork will stand for many years as an i >bject lesson in road Improvement, rhe Summer School. Superintendent of Education Carroll ias been working very persistently , luring the past few weeks trying to ret his programme for the YorK county summer school In shape. It Is his cusom to Insist on having the summer ichool in this county held during the irst half of the season, rather than lave the teachers wait until the latter rnlf, and so far has been fortunate in lecuring the co-operation of Superinendent of Education McMahan in the natter. The state superintendent, lowever, has been quite busy of late isiting schools in different parts of the itate, and this fact has caused delay n completing the programme for York ounty. But with all the difficulties hat have been in the way, Superintenlent Carroll is now in a position to an- I lounce the date of opening, and does o in another column. He expects to >e able to give the teachers such fur- 1 her information as may be desirable 1 dthin a short time. 1 itate Sanimer School. Columbia correspondence News and I Courier: The state summer school at Vinthrop this summer will commence < lext month and the applications for : admission are pouring in. Superin- | endent McMahan now thinks that the chool this year will be the most sue- i essful yet neld, which is saying a great < leal. The courses have been arranged . rith care and the faculty is an excep- 1 ionally strong one. Asked about the ( nrollment in the state summer school, o open at Winthrop college June 25, 1 superintendent McMahan said: "I have 1 ent to President Johnson the first list f f names of those who wish rooms In ( he dormitory, so that he may begin i he work of assignment. When they 1 eceive from him notification of their r ooms they will know that their appli- ' ation for admission into the state ( chool has been approved. Those who r 0 not wisn rooms in the dormitory ' ;ill receive from this office a card of I dmission to the school. In looking ver the applications thus far received am struck with the quality of the . laterial. All of the colleges in the tate are represented by graduates. * Vlnthrop leads, as usual. Recent grad- ; ates of Winthrop are attending in irge numbers. There are three appll- * ants who are to graduate in June. One . pom Winthrop, one from the South arolina college and one from Erskine. " he leading superintendents and prin- " ipals who are not at the time employ- ** 1 in teaching in the summer schools 'ill attend the summer school and take ?gular courses." ? o Vote For Dispensary Officers. Aiken special to Augusta Chronicle: s he action of the state convention in o fusing to put the officers of the dispnsarles in the primary does not meet b ith the approval of our people gener- p illy. In the county convention the natter was formally settled by an iverwhelming majority. And the peoile seem to think that the state contention could not refuse to allow them ;heir wish in this matter, and the mat;er will likely be fought until their aim s accomplished. As for the Aiken dispensary, nobody seems to want to adnit but that it is well managed, and :here is no complaint from this source, put the people naturally vvant the prlvlege of filling all the offices that belong to them. And since this matter has been sprung, there will be no let up pn it until a thorough test is made. If the matter was put before the people the vote would be overwhelmingly in favor of putting these officers into the primary election. CHEROKEE CHAT. What ihe Former* Are Doing?Notes About People. Uorreopondence of the Yorkville Enauirer. Etta Jane, May 26.?Mrs. J. T. Bigtiam, of Sharon, who has been spending sometime with her daughter, Mrs. J. T. Estes, returned home this morning. The wheat is taking rust in many places. The general complaint is that the crop will be light. So very light, indeed, that much of it will not be worth the cutting. Farmers are "chopping" out their cotton. Generally we have good stands while others claim they have not. The plant seems to be unusually vigorous ihis year, even on lands not heavily manured. This is accounted for by our having so much warm weather and especially warm nights. One farmer who seems to remember things much oetter than his neighbors, says the cotton looks like it did in the spring of 1886?it came up bold from the start. We have often heard it said that cotton would do no good growing till the nights got warm enough for a person to sleep without a blanket or quilt over him, and it was reported on one of our neighbors that he came near freezing himself to death trying to sleep without cover in order to give his cotton a chance to grow. Dr. Sam Foster, of Union, and a Miss Lindsay were married at the Methodist parsonage at 9 o'clock a. m., yesterday, by Rev. Sam T. Cruch. He and his bride "showed out" at Mesopota- . mia church yesterday, where they were met by many of their relatives and friends and received their congratulations. We wish them much Joy, and long, happy and prosperous lives. Sam has always said there was as good fish in the sea as ever was caught. Kfta /?A11 nrVi + Ann rintir on/4 V?o m o AT (XC UUO taugllb Vllt IIV TT f UilU (IV change his opinion. The Salem Sunday school speaks of having their "Children's Day" about the last of July or first of August. The time has not been announced yet. Rev. W. H. White will preach at Salem next Sabbath at 11 a. m., and again at night. Dr. Ward, of Hickory Grove, was called to this side of the river last week on professional business. Several of our Cherokee county people ran down to Charleston last week to take another look at the exposition before It broke up. j. l. s. MRS. J. F. WHI SONANT. Sympathetic Estimate ot a Noble Life That Has Just Closed. Correspondence of the Yorkville Snatiirer. Blacksburq, May 29.?Mrs. Mary Lucinda Whisonant, wife of our townsman Mr. J. P. Whisonant, died at the Grady hospital In Atlanta, where she had gone for treatment, on Monday night, 26th instant, after a long Illness. Mrs. Whisonant was the daughter of Mr. George Harris and was born February 23, 1852, near Howell's ferry, in old York, at the home of her grandfather, Captain Wm. Mitchell. Her father was a. Confederate soldier and was killed at the second battle of Manassas. Two years after this sad event In her life she joined the Methodist church, and ever after was a bright and shining light In the denomination, adorning ner proression wun goou wurns and kindly deeds. On August 16th, 1870 she was happily married to Mr. J. F. Whisonant, and their whole married ife of nearly thirty-two years, seemed one perfect bond of love, sympathy and devotion. Although not blessed with children of her own, she, in her warm motherly nature, was - always doing something for somebody else's child, and raised several orphans, nieces and nephews of her husband. During htr protracted illness she bore the confinement and occasional suffering, with that cheerfulness and unflnching courage, that comes from true Christian faith and fortitude, and when the end came, though absent from all of her loved ones, yet she was at home with her Lord and Master, with whom she will be forever at rest. Mrs. Whisonant was a devoted and untiring church worker, and loved by all who know her. Her funeral services, held at the Methodist church yesterday afternoon by her pastor. Rev. Mr. Clarkson, were attended by a large .concourse of mourning relatives and friends. Her remains were Intered in the new cemetery in the south western portion of town. One less at home! The charmed circle broken? A dear face Missed day by day from its accustomed place, But cleansed and saved and perfected by grace: One more in Heaven. w. A. BLACKSDURG NOTES. Married at the Inn?Heirs of H. G. Springs?Death of Mrs. Whisonant. Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. Blacksburo, May 28.?The people at the Inn were afforded a pleasant surprise last Wednesday to help make their dinner hour interesting. Miss Mayme Adams, of Rock Hill, and Mr. J. B. Murray, of Rutherfordton, were married by the Methodist minister, Mr. Clarkson. Mr. and Mrs. Murray left on the S. C. & Ga. Extension train for Rutherfordton, their future home, in the afternoon. The past week has been exceedingly :ool, doubtless caused by the severe storms which visited Union and other parts of this section. The Misses Little and their brothers -eceived quite a surprise on Wedn?siay, in the shape of a sum of $37,000 ?ach from the estate or tneir uncie. Mr. H. G. Springs, of Charlotte, who lied on Sunday last. Mrs. Mary Whisonant, wife of J. F. IVhisonant, died in the hospital at Atanta, on the 26th Instant. Her remains irrived on the 9 p. m., Southern train >n the 27th, and the funeral services ,vere held In the Methodist church, T.ev. Clarkson officiating. The inter- . nent took place In the new cemetery, rhere was a large attendance at the 'uneral and Mrs. Whisonant leaves nany friends, for she was well known ind well loved by the people of Blacks>urg. c. Shouiio McLaurin Be Appointed.? While it is not settled beyond perad enture, it Is reasonably certain that he president will offer to Senator Mc..nurln, of South Carolina, a place on he court of claims, a life office, with a alary of $4,500 a year. A vacancy in his court was created about two weeks go by the death of Judge John Davis, f Massachusetts. It is probable that rather bitter partisan fight will be nade in the senate against the conIrmation of Senator McLaurin. The resident, however, is aware of this hreat, but if he finally makes up his aind that the South Carolinian is the nan he wants he will not hesitate to end the name to the senate and Insist n confirmation. Mr. McLaurin has about a year yet o serve in the senate, and from the oint of view of narrow partisanship