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Scraps and Jarts. ? New York dispatch. June 4: Without a cent in the world, Edouard Reynai de Saint Michael, formerly one of the wealthiest and most Influential men in St. Pierre, has arrived in this city. He was happy despite his impoverished condition, for his wife and son were with him, having escaped the ravages of Mont Pelee by the merest accident. Mme. de Saint Michael, who is a native of Fort de France, was spending the day with her relatives at the time of the disaster and her husband left St. Pierre to join her an hour before the blast of flame destroyed the city. He traveled in a tug to Fort de France and when he reached the Martinique capital the destruction of his native city was announced. ? The signing of the peace agreement at Pretoria last Saturday night, was carried out with the least possible cere mony. Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner, General DeWet and others representing the Orange Free State, and General Schalk-Burger and others of the Transvaal government, quietly met in the dining room of the residence occupied by the burgher delegates, adjoining Lord Kitchener's house. The document lay on the table ready. Amid profound silence the Boer leaders took a pen, in order of precedence, and affixed their signatures, thus surrendering the independence for which they so gallantly struggled. The document was then entrusted to Colonel Hamilton, Lord Kitchener's military secretary, and Captain Marker, an aide-decamp, who left Pretoria the same night to deliver it to King Edward. ? It was announced a few days ago. says a London cable, that King Edward had received from an unnamed donor, a magnificent tapestry which is to be hung behind the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey. This grand old fabric has now been received at Kinsington Museum, where it is being put in perfect order. It is reputed to be Spanish, but is probably of Flemish orig'n. It represents in the central figure a king enthroned, with a crowd paying him homage. It may, perhaps, be intended to represent the coronation of an ancient king. The colors are beau ?,.^,1 Over nil there seems iiiuuy picocitcut v?%.? ?? to be a light frost of gold which deepens with the shadows, the heaviest shading being of pure gold. The whole effect is one of great magnificence and beauty. The tapestry measures about 12 by 8 feet and is one of the finest in the world. It is now announced that the donor is Mr. J. P. Morgan and that he recently purchased the tapestry in France for $500,000. ? The postoffice department is in a quandary as to what to do with a money order which has been presented by Representative Landis. The order was made in April, 1829, by Asa Baker, at Mooresville, Ind., and mads payable to Robert Martin. The amount is $15. Recently an heir of Martin presented the order to Postmaster Charles Smith, of Smithfleld, Ind., for collection. The postoffice at Mooresville is no longer in existence, which accounts for the order being presented at Westfleld, the nearest office. Postmaster Smith did not know what to do with the order, and had it sent to Representative Landis. When he presented it to the postoffice officials they were very much surprised. They said they did not know that the money order system was inaugurated at such an early date. The order appears to be genuine and the officials have taken it up for consideration and will try to find some way to pay the claim. ? F. L. Underwood has just returned to New York from a trip to the south and was a prominent figure at the cot ton exchange in Wall street, Wednesday, says a New York dispatch. Prominent cotton men had lengthy talks with Underwood. It is understood that a corporation will be formed here next week to be capitalized at between sixty and eighty million dollars which will be Incorporated in New Jersey. This will be the holding company and all or nearly all the cotton mills of the south will be merged into it. New York and New England men are to canvass the yarn mills and get them into the combination. Pierpont Morgan is not interested so far; but on his return may be included in the holding company. If the yarn mills come in with Morgan the capitalization will be increased to about a quarter of a billion dollars. Underwood refused to make any definite announcement for publication but talked of his trip. He said the south was never in a better condition. ? After seven weeks of debate, the senate, on last Tuesday, passed the Philippine government bill by a vote of 48 to 30. Under this bill the government of the islands is to rest principally with the president of the United States, who with the advice and consent of the senate, is to appoint the principal executive and judicial officers. It is provided that a certain measure of self-government may be established; but franchise is to be regulated under the control of the president's commissioners. The native inhabitants of the islands are to be regarded as citizens of the Philippines, entitled to United States protection. The Philippine commission is to acquire the lands now owned by the friars by issuing bonds, and turn them over to the United States government. A mint is to be established in Manila and coins authorized may be coined at the mint, the coinage laws of the United States being extended to the islands. The Philippine government is authorized to coin a silver dollar containing 416 grains of standard silver, to be a coin of the Philippine islands, the denomination of the coin to be expressed in English, Filipino and Chinese characters. The dollar shall be legal tender for the public and private debts except where otherwise stipulated. ? Discussion of the project of constructing an isthmian canal was begun by the senate last Wednesday. Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, chairman of the committee on interoeeanic canals, opened the debate, speaking nearly three hours. A considerable portion of his speech was devoted to an examination of the recently suggested danger to the Nicaragua canal route of seismic disturbance. This danger, he concluded, after a careful review of many authorities, existed only in the Imagination of those who desired to defeat any canal project. His study of the situation had convinced him that really there was a greater danger from volcanic and earthquake disturbances i to the Panama route than to the Nicaragua route; but he was satisfied i that little danger to either was to be | anticipated. Mr. Morgan reviewed at length the political conditions in Colombia, finding in them a grave menace t to the United States in the construction of a canal by the Panama route. He presented also the present phase j of the diplomatic negotiations looking to the building of a canal by both the i Nicaragua route and by the Panama route. Mr. Morgan said tne failure of i the United States to build the Isthmian , canal would he an exhibition of moral weaKness innuencea enner uy puncum private interests or by some combination of nature wl^h appealed strongly to the imaginati* He closed with a strong appeal for the passage of the Nicaragua bill. if lie ^orhville (frnquircr. YORKVI^LE, S. C.lti ' SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1902. Although the British have secured peace with honor, it must be admitted that no small portion of the honor goes to the Boers. They did not get all they fought for; but they came so near it as to leave but little ground for complaint. Although no definite statement has yet been made, it is not thought that (the attendance on the Charleston exposition aggregated a great deal over a half million. The management cal culated originally on not less than a round million and based its operations on that calculation. The stockholders do not expect to get back anything on their subscriptions, and it is not likely that the bondholders will get more than 75 cents on the dollar. A few days ago there left Washington for South Carolina, five surveyors from the bureau of soils in the agricultural department. This surveying corps will spend some six or eight months in the state for the purpose of making a soil survey. One thousand square miles, taking in a part of Greenwood, Abbeville, Laurens and Anderson counties, will be surveyed and the soil chemically analyzed. A map will be made of this section, showing the various kinds of soil to be found within its limits. When the survey has been completed the department will issue a bulletin for distribution to the farmers of South Carolina based on the [soil survey and setting forth the crops to which various kinds of soils within the 1,000 square miles are best adapted. This bulletin will also contain expert Information as to what fertilizers are needed to improve the soil. These soil surveys have been made in other sections of the country and have proved of great benefit to the farmers. The survey for South Carolina is being made at the instance of Representatives Johnson, Latimer and Talbert. It is hoped that the farmers will show a lively interest in the project, as the department wilt be urged to send another corps to work elsewhere in the state [ when the present survey has been completed. The Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says it has leaked out in Washington that the president intends to veto the river and harbor and public building bills; but since the leak developed, it has been impossible to get anyone who is in a position to give semi-official informaI tion to say a word on the subject. While it is a fact that the St. Louis Globe-Democrat is usually well and accurately informed on Republican party and administration matters, it is possible that in tnis incident he is merely talking without actually knowing what he is talking about. However, if the event suggested actually develops, no one need be surprised. The wirepullers have found these pork bills very useful of late years. How those in charge of the river and harbor bill allowed the measure to be overloaded last year with the most reckless appropriations is a matter still fresh in the public mind, and when the bill was finally talked to death by Senator Carter, there were many who thought they saw in the whole scheme a smart trick. To them it looked as if the bill had only been used as a bait with which to catch suckers. Republicans and Democrats had been made to behave in the hope of a big cnunk if pork for their districts and after there was no longer any need to persuade or compel good behavior, the bill was killed. Because these two bills carry large appropriations for the south, it is hoped that no such game is being worked this year; out if the bills fail to get through, there will be much ground for the conclusion that many expectant representatives have merely been buncoed again. Striking teamsters of the beef packers have had the city of Chicago in a turmoil during the past week, the turmoil developing Wednesday into numerous riots. The teamsters, it will be remembered, struck for shorter hours and more pay. The packers were not willing to accede to the demands of the teamsters and endeavored to carry on their work with the help of officials and employes of the packing houses. A gang of 40 or 50 Negroes was also orought from St. Louis. 13y Tuesday night the situation had become good warm, and it was evident that the meat wagons were to have a tough time of it. The police were appealed to, and after a conference it was decided that , it would be best to have the wagons . move together in caravans. It was de- , tided that under an arrangement like this the police would be better able to | deal witn the strikers. The strikers, i however, were prepared to make things lively. They congregated at different points where It was known the wagons would have to pass and pelted the drivers with stones. The police undertook to beat the strikers off; but the strikers invariably stood their ground and gave blow for blow. One packing house official was knocked off a meat wagon with a baseball bat. It is probable that he has been fatally wounded. Several of the drivers flred pistols directly at their assailants and the police also fired numerous volleys but did not shoot to kill. The strikers were assisted by thousands of sympathizers, and at the end of the day more than a hundred people had been wounded. After an all night arbitration conference the packers yielded to the demands of the teamsters, and the trouble has been settled. BLACKSBURG NOTES. Bob Taylor Lecture?Baaeball Team ?Personal Mention. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksburg, June 5.?Mr. Robert Poag, of Columbia, was in town Wednesday, advertising the lecture of Bob Taylor, sublect "The uld Plantation," to be given at Rock Hill on Friday, June 6, and we expect a number of our neople to go, as we will have an extra train, leaving here at 5 p. m., and returning about li.30 p. m. The directors of the knitting mill are very busy Just now and we expect to see good results from their efforts. The baseball team has been organized for the season and they celebfaTedtheir advent with an ice cream supper / in the old Iron City hotel, last Friday/ night. 7 Mrs. J. Deal is visiting her sister in-Atlanta. Mrs. E. H. Shaw is on a visit to her family in Portsmouth, Ohio. Mr. Shaw is stopping at the Inn. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Dougherty are on a visit to Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Dougherty is expected home this week. Mrs. R. J. Whisonant, of Hickory Grove, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Keinhart, of the Cherokee Inn. c. MERE-MENTION. The Virginia constitutional convention has not yet concluded its labors.... A number of prominent naval authorities are arguing for lighter armor on war vessels. They claim that 6-inch armor will keep out 95 per cent, of the projectiles and that the heaviest armor will not keep out the other five per cent The funeral of Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer, in New Orleans, last Friday, is said to have been more largely attended than any iunerai suite umi of the late Confederate president, Jefferson Davis President Roosevelt delivered the Decoration Day address at Arlington last Friday. He defended the conduct of the war In the Philippines It Is practically settled that Lieutenant R. P. Hobson Is to be a candidate for the Alabama senate There were 60 Boer delegates to the recent peace conference at Vereeniging, and the vote was 54 to 6 In favor of peace Geo. W, Depriest has been appointed postmaster of Shelby, N. C. The house of representatives has declined to ask General Leonard Wood for an Itemized statement of his expenditures in Cuba Hon. Michael Herbert succeeds the late Lord Pauncefote as the British ambassador at Washington Lord Kitchener has been made a viscount for his services In South Africa and in addition is to receive $250,000 in cash The senate has passed a bill authorizing the postmaster general to extend free delivery to towns of 5,000 inhabitants and with postal incomes of $10,000 A poll of the senate a few days ago disclosed the fact that 41 .senators favor the Nicarauga route, 35 the Panama route and 12 are doubtful Sir Thomas Lipton has given out that he proposes to make another try for the America's cup in 1903 It seems to be a commonly accepted fact that David B. Hill is again in control of the New York State Democracy The British remount commission that has been located at Kansas City, has broken up its headquarters and gone out of business. Charlfston Workwomen.?At a well attended meeting of the Workingmen's Protective association at Irish Volunteers' hall last night the followtiro a Q HrmtPfl * 14l6 piav&ui in ???w 1. We believe In fewer hours and larger rewards for labor and favor such laws as will harmonize the interest of capital and labor and tend to lighten> the burden of toil. 2. We ask that all state, county and municipal work be given to contrac- < tors and other workmen who are citizens of the localities in which it is done and that qualified voters should be given the work on such contracts. 3. Nine hours per day shall constitute a day's work for mechanics and , laborers employed on state, county and ( city work. 4. Payment of wages weekly and equal pay for women for equal work performed with men. 5. The payment of wages in lawful money. 6. The abolition of contract prison labor. 7. The prohibition of child labor under 14 years of age in factories. 8. The sanitary inspection of mines, workshops, factories and dwellings. 9. We demand that ail state, county and city officers receiving a salary of $900 or over per year, shall go into the primary. 10. The adoption of laws for the protection of the labels of the various trade unions. These labels guarantee that the product on which they ap- , pear is produced under fair conditions. We demand that all state, county and city printing be done in printing houses using the union labe' and that all books used in our public schools shall bear the union label. 11. We demand tne adoption of proper laws regulating the hours constituting a day's work in manufactories. 12. That we favor direct legislation ?the initiative and the referendum. The meeting adjourned to meet on Friday, June 13, next, at the same place. Sba Captain's Story.?'The Norwegian steamer Donald, from Banes, with fruit, arrived in Philadelphia Thursday, according to a special to the New York World. Captain Warnecke told this remarkable tale: "We were two days out from Banes and about 30 miles from Watlin's is- < land, in the Caribbean sea when we came upon a floating island. I, with the mate and several of the crew rowed toward it. Thousands of little monkeys scampered all about the shore, and when we were in range they began a bombardment by shying cocoanuts at us. We captured two monkeys. The following morning we discovered another floating island and landed. This time we were greeted by a covey of parrots of most briliant plumage." Captain Warnecke declared that the eruption in Martinique had shaken up the entire district, and the small pieces of land had become separated from some uninhabited Island. llol.niirin'N Successor. Columbia Record. Thursday: So far Governor McSweeney has had the names of about ten prominent citizens suggested as McRaurin's successor, should the senator be appointed a i judge. The governor stated this morning that he would make no promises at all and that he would wait until the condition arose before saying anything i about the matter. LOCAL AFFAXXtS. ; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. * Harrison Randolph, President?Gives t information in regard to the advan- 1 tages offered by the College of ( Charleston, and also announces that i York has been assigned a scholarship S in that institution. 1 York Drug Store?Wants you to use pearls of violet talcum powder, and < says that it is absolutely pure, anti- 1 septic, absorbent and healing. 1 C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Say tnat tney have black and green tea of Just the quality that pleases. They also say something about their canned meats. T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Talks to the ladies who want quality as well as reasonable price when buying a parasol or umbrella. Clyburn-Heath Mule Co.?Have a pair of good mules and several "plugs" that they want to sell and which they mean to sell if someone will make an offer for them. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Talk out from the shoulder about their sacrifice sale of dry goods and give the cut prices on all kinds of clothing. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The York Implement company has purchased a carload of Oliver plows, and Mr. Williams says he is going to sell them all this summer and fall. ? The York Cotton mills are putting up pneumatic conveyors from their warehouses to the picker room, thus saving some expensive handling. ? A special train passes through Yorkville for Rock Hill this (Friday evening) at 6.15 on account of the Bob Taylor lecture. The fare for the round trip is 50 cents. < -p^lrfrs. C. G. Parish is arranging to < entertain a party of friends next Tues- < day) evening, complimentary to her 1 friend, Miss Mary Joe Witherspoon, ' who Is to be married soon to Mr. Her- t bert Dunlap, of Rock Hill. < I THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. ( The county board of commissioners 1 held Its regular monthly meeting In the office of the supervisor last Wednes- ( day, all of the members being present. 1 Tnere was not a great deal of business other than routine matters to at- ' tend to; but various claims aggregat- ' ing nearly $2,000, were paid during the ! day. The supervisor made a report on the J McConnellsville and Rock Hill road right of way matter to the effect that 1 Mr. R. E. Saddler was willing to sell J the desired right of way through his land for $50. After discussion of the subject the board came to the conclusion tnat $30 would be about right, and passed a resolution in which it agreed to pay that amount. In view of the considerable wheat crop on the county home farm, and the 1 cost of harvesting the same by hand, or with a rented machine, the supervisor was instructed to purchase a binder. ' THE EQUALIZATION The county board of .equalization met in the office of the auditor on Wednes- , day, to finish up the work of equalizing i the property of the banks, railroads, < telegraphs and cotton factories. The ; following members were present: I. is. p'aris, tsemei; J. rraiiK Asne, Bethesda; W. 9. Lesslie, Catawba; John L. Ralney, Bullock's Creek, R. G. Garrison, Ebenezer; cl^P. Blankenship, Fort Mill; J. A. Smith, York. Captain L. M. Davis, special assessor for the city of Rock Hill, also attended the meeting. As the result of full consideration of the subject, the board decided to assess the banks 6GJ per cent, of their capital stock, and 100 per cent, of their surplus and undivided profits. In the case of the cotton and oil mills, the action of the various local boards was sustained. In the case of the railroad, telegraph and express returns, the county board had nothing to do but report to the state board. The work of the board was completed during the day, and It adjourned sine die Wednesday afternoon. AIIQCT PEOPLE. ) Mr. George Ha>t has taken a position at the York Drug Store. / Miss Alma Walker is at home from Converse college, Spartanburg. /(Mr. and Mr6. J. Leonidas Moore, of Rock Hill, were in Yorkville this week. Miss Eugenia Love, of McConnellsville, visited friends in Yorkville this week. JJ'Misses Mary and Carrie Cartwright are visiting relatives and friends at Clover. Mr. Frank Tlddy has improved so much that he will be sitting up now in a few days. v^lr. Mason Ferguson, of the Heath grocery department, has ben quite ill for several days past. Miss Georgie Charlton, of Savannah, Ga., is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. S. L. Latimer. Misses Kate 'L. Ratchford and Ellze Latimer visited Miss Belle Smith, on the Cotton Belt, this week. Miss Talulah Neville has returned to Yorkville from the Presbyterian Col- I lege for Women, at Columbia. Mrs. James M. Caldwell and son, James, of Wellridge, are visiting Mrs. Fannie B. McCaw, in Yorkville. yMr. Ethan Allen and daughter, Miss Mollie, of the Bethany neighborhood, \vere in Yorkville on Wednesday. .i'Mr. and Mrs. John A. Blodgett and daughter, of Atlanta, are in Yorkville, visiting the family of Dr. J. B. Allison, -^tev. James McDowell, of Sumter, has been in Yorkville the past few days the guest of his son. Dr. J. D. McDowell. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. W. Stevens, of Rock Hill, attended the unveiling ceremonies at the K. M. M. A., last Wednesday. Mr. T. B. McClain came up from Camden, Thursday afternoon, and will probably remain in Yorkville until Monday. Miss Laura Parish, who has been taking special lessons in vocal music, in Atlanta, returned home Thursday morning. s^Irs. Sam W. Guy, of Lowrysville, was been visiting relatives in Yorkville, the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. P. Hope. Miss Wilmoth Jackson, who has been nnAn/lln? OAtviA limA In VAflrflllo U'lth Miss Bessie Gilbert, left for her home t at Newport yesterday. t XMr. and Mrs. T. P. Moore, of Mor- j ganton, N. C? are visiting in Yorkville ( the guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Moore, i They expect to remain over until Mon- 1 day. 1 Mrs. S. A. Weber and Miss Bessie t Gilbert left yesterday for Sumter to t attend the annual meeting of the Wo- I man's Foreign Missionary society, of t the Methodist church. Prof. S. B. Lathan. of Hickory Grove, was in Yorkville, Wednesday. Prof, t Lathan has been re-elected as principal > of the Hickory Grove High school; but i has not yet signified his acceptance. t Miss Mary McCulIough, who has been j teaching an art class at Johnston, re- i turned to Yorkville, Wednesday, after t a successful season. She will spend her j vacation with her sister, Mrs. J. P. r White. t Miss Lettie Cone, who has heen In c [ harge of the millinery department of \ H. C. Strauss & Co., for the past two t seasons, was called to her home In Seorgia, by telegraph, last Tuesday af:ernoon. Miss Amelia Kennedy, of the Kings:ree graded school, has sent some of ler Yorkvllle friends, handsomely 11th)graphed Invitations to the commencenent exercises of that institution, June ith and lOtn. Miss Kennedy is one of he teachers. Mrs. S. A. Prltchard and two chilIren, and Miss Nannie Aiken, who have >een visiting their sister, Mrs. W. G. Mevllle, left Thursday afternoon for :helr home at Blacksburg. Va., accompanied by Master D. Wyatt Neville, ,vho will spend some time there. Fort Mill Times: Dr. J. H. Thornveil has improved very little, if any, 'rom the painful injury which he revived on May 25. He had started from lis home to the church and in descendng the steps his foot slipped an.l he 'nil onro Inlncr hlo nnlflo Hfl hflfllV that le has not since been able to be out. V phone message yesterday stated that :he doctor has been, and Is yet, very sick. Mr. Isacc T. Farls, of Bethel township, paid The Enquirer a highly apireclated visit on Wednesday. Al:hough more than 80 years of age, Mr. Paris enjoys good nealth and the full jossesslon of all his faculties. This vas his first trip to Yorkvllle during the past two years. He has been a regjlar reader of The Enquirer since Its establishment, and of The Miscellany jrevlous to that, as far back as 1847. With the exception of the name of Mr. T. Leander Parish, his name has probaily been on the books of The Enquirer and Its predecessors longer than :hat of any other subscriber now livng. AT THE K. M. M. A. Because there was no graduating ;lass this year, there were no regular lommencement exercises at the close >f the year's work at the King's Mountain Military academy last Wednesday. The event, however, was marked by investing and Impressive ceremonies In . onnectlon with the unveiling of the :ablet erected to the memory of the cadets who lost their lives by drownng a month ago. The exercises of the morning were :ommenced at 10.20 o'clock. There were present about 200 people, mostly from iforkvllle and the surrounding country, Including a few visitors from a distance. Colonel W. G. Stephenson presided, and the exercises were opened by the singing of a hymn followed by prayer Dy Kev. vv. u. nevme, dllCl I which Capt. Wolff, of the faculty, appeared on the platform with a handsome sword, which he explained, belonged to the late Cadet Sergeant E. M. Nichols, and wnich the parents of CaJet Nichols had requested him to pr^ sent to Lieutenant Morrow, the young i-adet who had done such courageous work in recovering the bodies of his drowned comrades. The sword was presented in a few well chosen words and received by Lieutenant Morrow with becoming modesty. Following this presentation Colonel Stephenson introduced Major James F. Hart, who delivered the following beautiful address in dedication of the memorial tablet: It is a duty we owe to ourselves as well as to those who come after us, to mark, in some enduring form, the occurrence of events that have cast their shadows over us, as well as those which bring us gladness. And more appropriate becomes the emblematic record when costly lives are to be commemorated, which were given in heroic sacrifice for noble purposes. It is then that the shadows lighten, and the sorrow more readily softens into resignation to the will of that Providence which marks all events as its own. An event of this character has again come into the life of the King's Mountain Military academy; and today loving hands, with sorrowing hearts, have erected a tablet that will hold it and all that clings about it in enduring memory. I say "has again come into its life," for this old academy has had a career replete with events. Founded in 1855 by Micah Jenkins?afterwards a brigadier general in the armies of the Confederate states?and his associate, Asbury Coward, it had, before 1861, trained many scores of the youth of the state to upbuild her civilization and to defend her when Imperilled. In 1861-65 many of those who were here trained in arms became leaders of men In defence of their homes and institutions. Many never returned. They flllid soldiers' graves on many distant battle fields. He, whose name is ever on the lips of South Carolina soldiers, the gentle but knightly Micah Jenkins, gave bis glorious life to the cause he loved ?nd for the people for whom he fought. Others, battie-scarred and nopeiess, returned to vacant firesides and a land of desolation. A second epoch came eleven years later. Colonel Asbury Coward, the survivor of Jenkins, In 1866 gathered here a goodly number of the youth of the state and these halls again echoed to the march of youthful soldiers, training for life's battle. From thence until I890?the King's Mountain Military acadmy quietly, steadily and efficiently performed its mission as one of the foremost preparatory educational instftu^ tlons of the state. Then, Asbury Coward was called to the head of the state's highest military and mental training school?the Citadel?and these halls were again closed. It seemed for a time as if "taps" had sounded for its riistorlc class rooms and that it had gone to rest. Another eleven years passed over its military life, when Its third epoch came. Colonel W. O. Stephenson, the accomplished and courtly Virginian, with his rorps of trained helpers, again raised its flag to the masthead, and the old icndemy happily responded to the reveille. Again its class-rooms were jccupied by earnest students, and Its parade grounds felt the tread of manly youths in the pursuit of learning of irts and of arms. King's Mountain! A name hallowed n every home in this broad land of >urs. As you cadets march to the tap 3f the drum on your parade ground, vou are almost under the shadows of :hat historic ground where your grandfathers, twelve decades gone by, wrest1 Rritnin's soldlerv. and ;a vitiuij niriK iealt the first decisive blow that Drought their people deliverance and iberty. And there costly sacrifice of ife was made because duty demanded t. Under the cold grey stones of the nountaln are sleeping numbers of pa:riot dead. It was there that Colonel James Wlllams, leading his Carolinians, fell In a mttle he believed should have been 'ought elsewhere against another Brltsh force. But when duty called him :o action, it was not for him to choose ;he ground, nor the force he was to enrage; but to fight the enemies of his :ountry whenever and wherever they night be found. On the banks of Broad river, without a stone to mark lis grave, where the ever rippling wa;ers are chanting their requiem, and he stars keep nightly vigil over his lerolc dust, sleeps one of King's Mounain's patriots. t>..* if mnv im fhfif he and his broth ;r soldier dead, sleep not alone after heir century of rest. Did they, on that voful afternoon of May 3d, 1902, in spirt awake in their graves on the mounain and exclaim, "Who are these roung soldiers in grey that come to join is in our rest ; And we answer. "Pariots! these are they who, taught by our heroic example, well knew that juty never reckoned with danger, hough the duty be the rescue of a omrade and the danger be death. It vas not for them to be called like you, o march in the cause of liberty, and to die amid the din and smoke of battle, and shouts of victory. Their call to duty came unheralded. One of them, in an hour of innocent recreation, for some wise purpose, was suffered to walk beyond his depth into perilous waters, and there he struggled helplessly. The other two, near by, saw that the life of their comrade was in peril, and while they too, would be equally helpless to save themselves, they might rescue him. There was no doubt or hesitation or debate with themselves when the call came. These two plunged into the chasm, and died with him they could not rescue. And I am told that had not restraining counsels shown the futility of the sacrifice, many others of the gallant corps would have followed in the same hopeless effort. On the memorial tablet that loving hands have fashioned and which is soon to be exposed to view, will be found the names of Cadet John Prank Lindsay, Cadet Sergeant Edward Meek Nichols, Cadet Harry G. Stevens. These three, on May 3, 1902, yielded up all that was mortal of their youthful lives. It Is not for us to question why. it may be that one of these had done his work in life. It may be that the other two were chosen to offer to their comrades an example of courage and sacrifice that would ever be set before the young who are now here, and those who will in years to come reverently pass before this memorial stone. It Is well for us to remember, Cadets. Instructors, Friends, that it is not all of life to live, nor all of death to die. There are for many a moral death i*i life; and for many the new and better life in death. "Now we know In pav-; then we shad know as we are known." The conclusion of Major Hart's address was followed by another hymn, after which Miss Frederick Lindsay, a sister of one of the drowned cadets, removed the drapery and disclosed the pretty marble tablet. Inscribed as follows: J IN MEMORIA. ! i ? [ Cadet Sergt. Ed M. Nichols, i Cadet J. Frank ajINDsay, J Cadet Harry G. Stephens, urowned May 3, 1902. I i The first two named sacrificed j J their lives to rescue their com- [ I racie. , , The exercises of the day concluded, the cadet corps was formally dismissed, and the assembly of people gathered for the occasion dispersed. With the exception of a few who remained over for a short time with friends, the cadets left for meir homes^jlurl?g-~the day, most of them confidently expecting to return next session. JIEAIID, THOUGHT AND SEEN. Sandy Watsdn, a Negro who lives on Mr. D. G. Stanton's place, in Bethel township, had A rat kiUihg one rainy day recently and destroyed 227 of the rodents, most of them grown. In Sandy's neighborhood thia.Js- considered a record breaker. ZsT It is quite probable that a large number of people who live along ,the proposed free rural delivery routes are going to be rather slow about providing themselves with boxes. With theyp it will be a question of cost. Of courae there are numerous patrons of the inall service who care nothing about the cost of a box. They would not hesitate to pay half a dozen times the price If nb??. essary. There are others who get but little mail, for which they have never been at any expense, and many of these are unable to see how they would be justified in spending a dollar or two for boxes to put their mail in. But i: will be very well for all these people to make up their minds about the matter at oncev Boxes will be cheaper when bought In quantity than if bought only a few at a time. Almost every family that can read will have a box sooner or later, and it will be so after awhile that absence of a mail box along the road will be taken as evidence that the owners of the premises do not count for a great deal. No family in the country, white or black, can really afTord to be without a box. tir There is no end to significant dispensary stories, and to print them all would be impossible; but two have been brought to the attention of the reporter during the past few days that ought to go on record. One of them is told by a lady living on one of the streets leading out of town and it is true. The other is hearsay, and the reporter does not vouch for it further than to say it Is plausible. The lady's story is this: "While I was sitting in my piazza during Saturday afternoon, I noticed a Negro woman going by followed by a boy, and in the road was a wagon in which there were several drunk Negroes. The woman was in high temper, evidently because of her husband, and I heard her say to the boy, "Couldn't git you a thing today. That trifling daddy of yours promised me this morning that I could do some trading, and he has gone and spent all the money he had for whisky for him and 'them other niggers to git drunk on." The other story is that a white man brought a dollar's worth of meat, had it charged up against his lien at fourteen cents a pound, traded it for 8 cents a pound cash, and bought whisky with the proceeds. The little Negro boy who was so Drutally beaten by the Negro, Will Erwin, recently, and who was sent to the County Home at th& instance of Major James P. Hart and others, is in a dying condition. Magistrate Barron went out to see the boy Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by Dr. Miles Walker, and after an examination. Dr. Walker arrived at the conclusion that the boy could not live longer than a few days. The boy is not very bright mentally, and could not give a very clear account of how he came by his injuries or of his previous injuries. Both Dr. Walker and Magistrate Barron examined him closely. He said that Will Erwin had whipped him because he had dropped Erwin's baby, and be had dropped tne baby because it was too heavy for him to hold. He could give no satisfactory information as to the condition of his health before the whipping. Dr. Walker's examination disclosed, however, that he was badly swelled up with dropsy. In an affidavit. Dr. Walker said that while the boy's then condition could not have been due to the beating he had received, it had been very much aggravated by that beating. On the strength of this affidavit, Magistrate Barron issued another warrant for the arrest of Will Erwin and committed him to jail to await the result of the boy's injuries. If the boy dies, Erwin may be tried for murder. iST There is an interesting story from Clover, of which Mr. Fayette Ford, furniture dealer, undertaker and huT morist, is one of the principal characters. The story goes like this: A wellknown man of the place had made himself a reputation as a confirmed hypochondriac by reason of his continued complaints as to the state of his health. The man had been complaining for years and was certain that he was go 1I1K iw uic UL lUiinuuipiiuu. fiavnift ft". ten accustomed to the man's habit, there were, of course, those who did not regard his situation as really serious, and Mr. Ford was one of them. One day the hypochondriac went into Mr. Ford's place to buy a bureau. Mr. Ford looked at his customer curiously, hesitated a moment, and said: "Why, you don't need a bureau: what you need is a coffin. Come back and let me show you some. The customer followed mechanically and pulling down a handsome case, Mr. Ford expatiated on its merits. "Now this one is built neat and stout. I can trim it with brass, nickle or silver, just as you like, and guarantee it to give you entire satisfaction. You can't possibly get a better bargain for your money any where In this whole section, and you can't do better than to buy right now while you know what you are doing and while you have the opportunity to get exactly what you want." The customer was dumbfounded. He did not seem to catch on to whether Mr. Ford was in earnest or just crazy. The idea that he was being subjected to a "kidding" did not seem to occur to him. But he forgot all about the bureau, which Mr. Ford did not mention again, and left without making a purchase. It is said about Clover that the man has not since said anything about dying. and that he no longer refers to the imaginary case of consumption which he had been petting for years in the belief that it would some day carry him away. We Will Send The Enquirer From now unm January i, isvo, ior 51.10 In advance. ?s Telephone Company Chnrleni^ Columbia Record, Wednesday i/'^The telephone business Is evidently, on a boom In this state. Application was made today to the secretary of state by Walter B. Moore and J. T. Thomasson for a charter for three telephone companies that will have a combined capital of 513,000. The companies are: The Lancaster Telephone company, capital 55,000; the Bedford Telephone company, of Yorkvllle, capital 55,000, and the Blacksburg Telephone company, capital 53,000. Summer School For Teacher*. The county summer school for teachers will be organized in the Yorkville Graded school rooms next Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Mr. John E. Car roll is to be principal, and he is to be assisted by Prof. J. C. Daniels, superintendent of the Yorkville Graded schools, and Miss Sarah Chandler, of the Magnolia street school, Spartanburg. Messrs. Carroll and Daniel are to have charge of the higher branches, and Miss Chandler is to conduct the primary work, in which she is highly proficient. She will teach a class of 12 beginners to show how the work should be done. Will Brook No Competition. Fort Mill Times: The "booze" drinkers of the town were greatly surprised and disappointed Saturday morning by the appearance in town of State Constables Thomasson and Scoggins. As is usual on Saturdays, the train from j Charlotte was loaded with a suppiy of I whisky for tnls point. Scarcely had the packages been placed In the express office until the constables took ' them in charge, instructing the agent to hold same. Many were the sighs that were heard as the owners called at the office and were informed that their goods had been seized. The whisky, about 35 gallons, was shipped to Columbia Monday. KortAlJUL-X^acliera. ^FSrtMill Times: At the recent meeting of the board of trustees of the Fort Mill graded school, Prof. J. A. Tate, of Yorkville, was elected principal of the scj)6ol for the session of 1902-3, with rftliss Jennie Hamilton, of Union, and' Miss Nannie Thornwell, of Fort Mill, assistants. Professor Tate is known to Fort Mill people both as an educator * of note and. a prominent man throughout the entire county, the latter fact being jjroven by his excellent race for i office in the last primary election. Prof. Tate has taught the high school of Clover during the past three years. Miss Hamilton, who is to teach the inJ termediate class, has had four years' experience In tne graded schools of Union and is recommended by the county superintendent of education, the principal of the Union schools and several prominent men of that town. She was unanimously elected for another session at Union, but declined in order to accept the position tendered her from this place. The opinion is unanimous that the trustees could not have made a better selection than that of Miss. Nannie Thornwell as teacher for the primary department. Railroad News. Editor Hull, of the Rock Hill Herald, who went to Cleveland Springs a few days ago in company with Mr. A. H. Greene, wrote his paper under date of June 2, as follows: Ten days ago The Herald stated that the Southern railway would take possession of the S. C. & Ga. Extension road the 1st of July. The stockholders of the S. C. & Ga. Extension road will meet in Blacksburg, June 11, to confirm the sale, and 1 am Informed by what may be accepted as good authority that the S. C. & G. Extension will pass into the hands of its new owners?or rather, that the company that has really owned It for two years?will take possession on the date^bove mentioned. There is no certainty yet as to what will become of the S. C. & Ga. Extension officials. It Is surmised that this will depend largely upon the division in which the road may be placed. There are those who think that the S. C. & Ga. Extension, with its extensions from Kingsviile to Sumter, may be constituted a division within itself, and in that event it is thoueht to be altogether likely that the popular officials of the S. C. & Ga. Extension road may be retained. With the people along the line that is a consummation devoutly to be wished. In me Marion News of last week it was stated that the Southern had bought the O. R. & C. road now being graded oy the Seaboard Air Line from Johnson City, Tenn., with Lincolnton, N. C., as the objective point. The News claims to have gotten its information from a gentleman in Charlotte, who recently . attended a stockholers' meeting in New York; but it is believed in railroad circles that the Marion paper has confused the road now being graded with the old O. R. & C., now the S. C. & Ga. Extension road. ? Ex-Governor Pennayer, of Oregon, died at his home in Portland last Friday. Pennayer greatly distinguished himself while occupying the governor's cnair by his independence of snirit and action. During President Harrison's tour of the northwest in 1891, it was desired that Pennayer meet the president at the state line; but the governor refused to do anything of the kind, stating that if Harrison desired an audience witn the governor of Oree-on he should come to the capital. There was much excitement in Oregon in 1893 when Chinese exclusion was under consideration by congress. By instruction of ^-resident Cleveland, Secretary Gresham telegraphed Governor Pennayer to about this effect: "There is reason to fear that violence will be done to Ch.nese when exclusion law goes into enect, and it is earnestly hoped that you will use all lawful means to pretect." Governor Pennayer telegraphed bacjt: "Let the president attend to his own business and I will try to attend to mine." &