Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 31, 1902, Image 2
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
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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
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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. '*
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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.
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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.
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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. . .
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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