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Scraps and^acts. ? Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton issued last Friday shows the total visible to be 2,811,949 bales, against 2.989,0?1 last week and 3,044,984 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 1.857,949 bales, against 1,964,031 last week and 1,955,984 last year, and of all other kinds, includng Egypt. Brazil, India, etc.. 954.000 bales, against 989,000 last week and 1,089,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cotton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 1,669, 000 bales, against 1,521,000 last year; in Egypt 101,000 bales, against 155,000 last year, in India1 505,000 bales, against 615,000 last year, and in the United States 537,000 bales against 754,000 last year. ? Says a Washington dispatch of Saturday: Admiral Dewey is to go to sea again, flying his flag with the four stars, in command of the greatest fleet in numbers the United States has gotten together since the days of the civil war, and far more powerful in offense and defense even than any of those war fleets. Secretary Moody has conceived the idea, and after consulting the pleasure of( Admiral Dewey it has been arranged that he shall be placed in supreme command of the fleet, comprising the North Atlantic, the European and the South Atlantic squadrons, which is to be assembled near Culebra Island, in the West Indies, next December for the winter manoeuvres. Secre tary Moody nimseu desires 10 witness these manoeuvres, and it is even possible that the president may find time to make a voyage to the south to see the big ironclads in war movements. ? From 700 to 800 people are killed annually by lightning in the United States, says A. J. Henry of the United states weather bureau. In 1900 there werl reports of 713 cases of fatal lightning strokes. In the same year 937 persons were more or less seriously Injured by lightning. The loss of life from lightning is greatest in the Ohio valley and the Middle Atlantic states. If density of population only be considered it is greatest in the Upper Missouri Valley and in the middle Rock Mountain region. Of the 713 fatal cases reported in 1900, 291 persons were killed in the open, 158 in houses, 57 under trees and 56 in barns. The circumstances attending the death ot the remaining 151 were not reported. This does not, however, dispose of the idea that the safest place to be in during a thunderstorm is the open country and the most dangerous under a tree. The area not under trees is the largest ? Says a New York dispatch of June 14: Bound hand and foot with stout ropes, Carlo Cattapani, Marquis de Cordova, an Italian nobleman, who a week ago was reported missing, was found tied to the tracks of the Hudson River railroad at One Hundred and Fifteenth street and North River this morning by William Staff, a caretaker of Columbia college boat house at that point. The police were called and the man was taken to the J. Hood Wright hospital, where he wrote a statement telling that he had been kept a prisoner for a week, and dosed with Spanish poison. For a long time he had been searching for a paper which would prove him the heir to a two-million dollar estate. He found the valuable document last Saturday. The same evening he was kidnapped and gagged by unknown parties who tried to make him sign papers releasing his claim. The case has caused a sensation and today the mystery is deepening hourly. ? The notorious brigand Giuseppe Musilino, who has been on trial at Lucca, Italy for a series of murders was sentenced last Friday to imprisonment for life. He was the most notorious of the many brigands Italy has produced, and it cost the Italian government upward of 5500,000 to capture him. Neary three years ago he was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of imprisonment. He escaped and swore vengeance, and he kept his word. He killed the Judge who tried him, most of the jurymen and nearly all the witnesses who testified against him. The scene of his principal exploits was in Reggio di Calabria. After the police showed that they were powerless either to capture him or check his crimes, the government sent a strong military force under command of a general to run him to earth. They pursued him for months, but Musilino was everywhere aided by the peasants and managed to retain his freedom until the fall of 1901, when he was arrested near Urbino. ? Gen. Wood says he has no objection whatever to a full investigation of his administration of the affairs of Cuba. To the Associated Press he has explained his position like this: "I was acting as a trustee for Cuba. I simply used Mr. Thurber's mailing list as the best means of distributing the literature on reciprocity, and this was well-known before the examination of Mr. Thurber by the senate committee. In my opinion the opposition to tariff reciprocity with Cuba has proceeded on lines of misapprehension. I took it upon myself to place the facts before the people of the United States as I saw them. There seemed to be no one else to undertake the task. What I did I considered best for the industrial salvation of the island. The reason I took up the matter with Mr. Thurber was that he presented the names of 80,000 thinking people in this country. I dealt with him as a bureau of information, and through him I distributed tht information I wanted to place before the American people. My position was identical with that of the trustee of an estate, who finds it incumbent upon himself to refute unjust claims upon the estate upon which he is called to administer. Any man would be false to his trust who did not do all in his power to contest such claims, and that Is all I did." ? Washington special to Philadelphia Record: The Roosevelt youngsters had planned a cocking main to celebrate their departure from the White House. The boys were seen to be busy about the stables, and the evening before their departure for Oyster liay, the president discovered that his boys contemplated a cock fight to come off early in the morning. Kermit and Archibald had an unpleasant quarter of an hour with the president, and the troop of youngsters who assembled betimes to see the feathers fly were disappointed by the explanation: "Somebody told father and he won't let us." Since their departure Mr. Helster, the gardener, has made the unpleasant discovery that the children industriously Intermixed his floral pets with the rankest quality of weeds. They potted them in old tomato cans and planted them through the beds Just to fool the old gardener, who is busy now restoring the garden to its original condition. ? It is the custom now in polite society for guests at dinner to sign their names In a guest book supplied t>y tne host. At a recent dinner party of which Senator Foraker was the host, Justice McKenna was next in line to sign the book after Mme. Takahira, the wife of the Japanese minister. Mme Takahira had written her name in Japanese characters and Justice McKenna, turning to Senator Foraker, said: "What is this? It resembles the senate debate on the Philippines billpast understanding." "Oh, no," the senator replied. "It more closely resembles the supreme court's decision in the insular cases." iht \torlirillc (inquirer. YORKVI^LE, S. O.i WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18,1902. Nobody expected anything of importance to happen at Donald's and consequently nobody was disappointed. If anything of interest develops in the | campaign, it will come in the nature of a surprise. Columbia has set the example of entertaining the senatorial candidates free of charge, and it will be of interest to watch whether she pays the same compliment to the candidates for state offices. Some of the newspapers have started a story to the effect that the United States government paid General Gomez 125,000 to keep him out of the race for the presidency of Cuba. President Palma and General Gomez both denounce the story as malicious and false. There is still no definite idea in Washington as to when congress will adjourn. The members of both house and senate have already grown impatient on the subject; but the majority is reluctant to decide upon an adjournment until several important matters of legislation are satisfactorily settled. It is noted that the Columbia State, which has grown to consider most of its journalist contemporaries as oeneath its notice, is engaged in a warm controversy with Mr. James H. Tillman. It would be interesting to know whether this fact is to be taken as complimentary to Mr. Tillman or as a reflection on the journalistic contemporaries referred to. No matter, however, what may be the significance of the facts, it must be conceded that The State has a perfect right to choose for itself the character of antagonists with which it would wrangle, and if it and Mr. Tillman are content with the sitution, no one else has a right to complain. ? m Mawumtuot * vnivn th? rpfllSfll of the state convention to take action on the subject, we do not see where there could be any reasonable objection to the plan of allowing each county to fix for itself the matter of qualification to vote in the primary. The idea of conferring the right to vote in the primary to regularly qualified voters seems sound. At any rate, it is growing, and something ought to be done about it. A primary nomination is virtually an election, and to say an unregistered citizen can vote in a primary that is really important and not vote in a general election that is a matter of little consequence, seems to argue that after all registration is hardly necessary. As the situation stands throughout this section at this time, unregistered voters have the balance of power, and on its face this is wrong. Some definite action should be taken along this line. The following dispatch of Sunday, from South Africa, seems to indicate that just as the Boers knew how to fight while they were fighting, they are just as earnest about making peace now that there is no longer any hope of a successful continuance of the struggle: The appearance of General DeWet at the camp at Winburg was the signal * 4. ,1 Uncioum lur ct grcttL uiapia^ ?_?j. cnuiuoiau.... When he arrived at the camp. General DeWet was at once surrounded by thousands of Boer men, women and children, who struggled and clamored to shake the hand of the hero. General DeWet mounted a table and delivered an address. He warmly applauded the staunch support that the women had given the burghers during the war, which, he said, had greatly encouraged the men in the field. Continuing, General DeWet, recommended his hearers to be loyal to the new government, and said: "Perhaps it is hard for you to hear this from my mouth, but God has decided thus. I fought until there was no more hope of upholding our cause, and however bitter it may be, the time has come to lay down our arms. As a Christian people. God now demands that we be faithful to our government. Let us submit to His decision." T ** Inni* olnno hoffimP PvldPnt that the Republican majority was not disposed to pass the Cuban reciprocity bill, the president, on last Friday, sent a special message to congress on the subject, urging immediate relief for the new republic just created by the United States. More than anything else the message is an argumentative appeal to the generosity of the recalcitrant members of the majority. The political effect of the message is being viewed from both sides. The Democrats are pleased with the dilemma that requires the Interference of the president; but are not disposed to think that this interference will accomplish the desired object. The Republicans are trying to make the most of the message. The majority faction is inclined to hold that while the message Is likely to offend the beet sugar interests, still the country generally will not fall to recognize and uphold its patriotism. The Republican leaders profess to believe! that the message will promote harmony, while the Democrats are inclined to hope that it will only still further accentuate the existing confusion in the ranks of the opposition. Mr. Tillman, of South Carolina, to day presented some of the advantages of supplying metal mail boxes for rural free delivery and showed to the senate a sample box of the sheet steel type which could be purchased for 49 cents. The boxes now supplied by private individuals cost from $1.25 to $3 each. Such a price, he said, was a serious burden upon the farmers. Already $1,500,008 a year is paid for rural free delivery of mail, and he believes such a rural delivery would expand until it exceeded the cost of city mail delivery.?Washington dispatch of June 14. There are some evident mistakes In the foregoing statement. The "box recently selected by committees for certain routes leading out of Yorkville. ; costs 60 cents at the factory, 5 cents name, 10 cents for freight and 25 cents for lock. The plain box without lock, costs 70 cents laid down. There is another box on the market and authorized by the postoffice department, that is slightly cheaper. This statement is made merely to keep the record straight. If Senator Tillman can get the prices of suitable boxes down to 49 cents at the factory, or 59 cents laid down at the nearest freight office of the patron, his efforts will be duly appre ciaiea Dy an concernea. ? ? The reply of Mr. A. F. Dukes to the Greenville News, Is published as another contribution on the latest development of the dispensary scandal. Mr. Dukes seems inclined to rest the case on the confessed motive of the publlcatation in The News?hostility to the dispensary system. This would hardly seem to be sufficient. There are at least as good grounds for opposing the dispensary system as there are for supporting it, and if the question of motive is to be brought into this controversy, the position of Mr. Dukes is hardly more tenable than is that of the Greenville News. Assuming that The News is not actuated by principle, and that it is merely seeking political advantage over the dispensary advocates, it i9 ! difficult to see wherein its stake is anything like as great as is that of Mr. Dukes, who is virtually charged with direct theft. The depth to which The News might stoop to carry its point may be an interesting subject for speculation; but it is hardly practicable to^ bring any tangible facts to the support of the inquiry. The case of Mr. Dukes, on the other hand, appears to be someJ what different. If the statement o? facts and circumstances made by The News are true, then in this particular case Mr. Dukes has stolen the sum of $1,000 from the whisky drinkers of South Carolina. Whatever may be the importance of this evidence in a court of justice, it is hardly fair to make up an irrevokable verdict outside of such a court. But still it follows that if Mr. Dukes really did receive $l,0o0 from Mr. Sprinkle, as has been alleged, his motive and interest in denying that fact loom up to proportions that make the motive and interest of the Greenville News in giving the snap away seem out a passing joae in comparison. If Sprinkle paid that $1,000 and lightly told it because he had reason to believe that he would not be able to make another sale to the dispensary, it is not unreasonable to assume that he woulfj reverse himself under the influence of the promise of another large order, especially if he should be permitted to keep the next lump of "rebate" himself. If Dukes received $1,000 as alleged, then, of course, he would not hesitate to do all the lying that might be necessary to conceal the fact. StHf further, assuming that the charges/of the Greenville News are actually i!rue, and it is practicable to fill the >mlhds of the people with the idea tha?' they would never have been trade except for political purposes, Nr. Dukes would never be convicted a? the result of a legislative investigation, because under circumstances like that the object sought would be a vindication of the dispensary system rather than of the truth. So how to get to the bottom of such an ugly situation is indeed a perplexing problem. This problem may be solved in the future; but it hardly seems as if the time is yet ripe. W Senator Elkins, on last Saturday, Introduced a joint resolution in the senate, providing for the annexation of Cuba and for its admission as a state of the union. The resolution grants the consent of congress to the creation of the republic of Cuba as a state of the union, "to be called the state of Cuba, with a republican form of government to be adopted by the people of said republic by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government. A condition is specified that the constitution of the proposed state shall be submitted to congress not later than January 1, 1904. There is also a provision that the debts of Cuba shall not become a charge upon the general government. There is also an alternative proposition giving the president authority, if he prefers, to proceed in a more direct way for Cuba's admission as a state. This provision permits tne admission under the terms of the resolution itself, "instead of proceeding to submit the resolution to Cuba as an overture on the part of the United States." If this latter course is adopted a state is to be formed "out of the present republic of Cuba, with a republican form of government, and with representatives in congress, and be admitted into the union by this act on an equal footing with the existing states as soon as the terms and conditions of such admission shall be agreed upon by the governments of the republic of Cuba and the United States." Hack to County Delegation. After hearing much testimony on the Fairfield dispensary quarrel, the state board of dispensary directors, finally decided to refer the whole matter back to the Fairfield delegation. LOCAL. /VFKikZRS. : , i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. < H. C. Strauss & Co.?Talk to you about i a solid week of special sales, mosr of i them lasting two hours each day, ] from 10 to 12 o'clock. They give you ) some Interesting prices to think of. J. M. Heath & Co.?Announce the continuance of their clothing and shoe reduction sale, and tell also of the inauguration of a white goods sale. , York Drug Store?Quotes you n price ( of 75 cents a dozen for quart fruit jars and $1 a dozen for quart Jars. Col. W. G. Stephenson, Supt?Tells you , that from reveille to taps a boy Is busy at the K. M. M. A., and also gives other information. , C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Offer to sell ] you keg soda of standard quality and strength, at 2 cents a pound. Riddle & Carroll?Have cotton seed < hulls and meal, and ask if you need , any. They want you to see them before buying rruit Jars. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell a seasonable 1 story about their soda fountain, andj< advance causes as to why they cam. serve you best. S. B. Lathan, Hickory Grove?Offers i his services as a surveyor. He promises prompt and accurate work. . A. M. Grist?Says that if you put out 1 a small fire you will not have a big one, and asks that you see him about the Utica chemical fire extinguisher. , DISPENSARY SALES. The daily sales of the dispensary from the day of opening until and including last Saturday, according to figures furnished by Dispenser Snider, have been as follows: Saturday, May 24 $ 119 55 Monday, May 26 63 20 Tuesday, May 27 29 04 Wednesday, May 28 39 70 Thursday, May 29 46 14 Friday, May 30 54 45 Saturday, May 31 156 94 Monday, June 2 70 80 Tuesday, June 3 47 63 Wednesday, June 4..1 53 99 Thursday, June 5 46 83 Friday, June 6 57 45 Saturday, June 7 193 41 Monday, June 9 67 90 Tuesday, June 10 47 39 Wednesday, June 11 42 32 Thursday, June 12 40 41 Jr'naay, June is oo << Saturday, June 14 181 38 Total $1,566 30 The total gross profits on the sales of the foregoing nineteen days are put down at $358.05. , ABOUT PEOPLE. / ^Ttfjss Bessie McConnell is visiting relatrves and friends in Rock Hill. \Messrs. Walter Kennedy and Klrby stod John Rainey, of Sharon, are at home from Erskine college. ,.~?Mrf. R. J. Whtsonant, of Hickory Grove, and Mrs. Reinhart, of Blacksburg, were in Yorkville yesterday. Mr. D. W. McCarter has been confined to his home for some days. His illness is of a very tedious nature. Colonel W. G. Stephenson left for Asheville, N. C., last week, to attend the convention of the Young Men's Christian association. "^Cadet Paul Neely Moore returned 4fome last Saturday from the Bingham military school, at Asheville. iMr. Will W. Blair passed through orkvllle last Monday, on his way to his home near Blairsville, from Erskine college, Due West. --/Miss Talulah Neville, of Yorkville, is one of the representatives of the Presbyterian College for -J^omen, Colum- : bia, at the convention of Christian associations in Asheville, N. C. Mr. John M. Thomasson, of Bethany. 1 estimates that the wheat crop of his section will hardly be more than onethird as great as it was last year. He says that he has gotten only 20 dozen of wheat off of one patch that yielded ' tZK ^ATon loaf vfiflr ^Superintendent Whitener, of the Vnaingang, has been desperately 111 during the past week. His condition yesterday appeared to be more hopeful. Congressman Finley arrived in Yorkville from Washington Sunday afternoon. He expects to remain in the district for a few days only. vMessrs./J. J. Hull and A. R. Banks w\ge ov<efr from Rock Hill last Saturday. Although assured by some of his friends here that they would be glad to. vote/for him again, Mr. Hull positive-, >. ly/denied the truth of the rumor th?.he had an idea of being a candidate tor the house of representatives. i THE CHERRY TREE SWINDLERS. In the United Stated district court, yesterday, according to the Charlotte > Observer of Saturday, Dr. FrantBright, his father, Rev. T. Bright, and C. D. Wilkie, the newspaper man, were found guilty of fraud in connection with the operation of the Amos Owen Cherry Tree company. They had hired 3.400 agents who paid into the company $40,000; and the specific charge against them was that they had used the United States mails for fraudulent pur pose3. Judge Boyd deferred pronouncing sentence until Tuesday morning. The maximum penalty for the offense named Is four and a half years In the penitentiary and a fine of $1,500. The argument for the prosecution was concluded yesterday morning by,. District Attorney A. E. Holton, and at- * ter Judge Boyd's charge to the Jury the court adjourned Its morning ses- 1 sion. When the court convened in the afternoon the jury rendered a verdict of guilty as to all three men. Judge Boyd stated that he would not pronounce sentence until after the other defendants, who purchased the Cherry Tree company from Wilkle, have ' been tried. After statements from counsel for the prosecution and for the 1 defendants it was decided that the sentence should be given Tuesday. "This is a very ugly case," said the judge. "Can these defendants pay back the money to these women who have been defrauded?" "They are willing to return all the money they have?all they can," replied Senator Pritchard. "It is a painful case," declared Judge < Boyd. "Here is a minister of the gospel, a representative of the highest , calling on earth, who descends from his high plane and violates the criminal law of his country. His bad influence will permeate the place in which he lived, and his example will do harm where it should have been exerted for good. "I believe in the doctrine of restitution. I believe that a man who takes his neighbor's property has not truly repented and cannot get good religion until or unless he pays back that property." "My clients are willing to do everything in their power to make restitution." said Senator Pritchard. "Wilkie has paid back to the women everything he has. The district attorney will admit that the books show that Wilkie has paid out $5,000." In accordance with an order from the court three deputy marshals stepped behind the chairs of the two Ilrights and Wilkie. and waited for the order that would remand the men to Jail. Rev. T. Bright looked' haggard and miserable. The other defendants were :ool and self-possessed. For a moment the tension lasted and then Judge Boyd stated that the defendants might remain at liberty under their present bonds; $2,000 for Frank Bright and 11,000 each for T. Bright and Wilkie. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Yorkville and vicinity had good rains during Saturday and Sunday. 1 Gardens were suffering badly. ? The work of the summer school is ( progressing nicely. Mr. Carroll thinks , that in many respects the school is the ] most satisfactory that has yet been , held. I ? The number of candidates for teach- ] ers' certificates, who presented them- ; selves last Friday, was about the i same as usual at the summer examl- ] nation. I On last Saturday morning at daylight, Mr. H. H. Beard, express agent at Yorkville, released about 200 carrier pigeons that were sent here for the purpose, from Trenton, N. J. It was expected that most of the pigeons I would make the trip back to Tjenton during the day; but up to yesterday , the reporter had not been advised of | the results of the fly. i ? There have been a number of can- ? didates for state offices in Yorkville re- I cently, working the still hunt system 1 for votes. It is probable, however, < that there will not be so much of this individual work in the future, as the i different candidates will have to remain with their respective caravans. i ? The dispensary was not so much In i evidence last Saturday as on the three i preceeding Saturdays since the institution was opened to the public, and i althoupgh the aggregate sales were i pretty close up to the record, it is a | fact that there were fewer people i in town during the day and not so I much noticeable conviviality in pro- I portion. Various reasons are given, j Friends of the dispensary say that I a long tiresome thirst has been sat- i isfled; the novelty has worn oft, j and the oibulously inclined are beginning to realize that ability to get liquor at will is not a passing , rirMm hut an nrtiml. nermanent real- i ity. On the other hand, while recognizing the force of these suggestions, those who regard the free and open t sale of whisky as a dangerous tempta- ] tion especially to classes of small ] means that need their meagre earn- , ings to keep together the souls and j bodies of families, have a well defined \ notion that still other circumstances ( have a bearing on the situation. For . one thing, the attitude of Mayor Wil- , lis and the town council with regard ( to public conviviality, is not especially ] encouraging to excess; and then again, ( it is a fact that hard cash, such as is , required for successful negotiation at , the dispensary, always scarcer in the ( summer season than during the fall | and winter, is much less plentiful just now than It was at this ^me season last year. Along with it all, there is j still some dispute as to whether the liquor consumption is greater than it j would be if limited to the tiger sources; but this matter is so very obvious to ( all who are looking for the actual facts rather than support of their respect- ' Ive predilections, that it is not worth discussing. \ S HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. I &0' There was an ugly washout on the 1 Howell's Ferry road at what Is known ' as the Sutton branch, last Sunday night, rendering the road impassable. The supervisor has arranged to take 1 the chaingang to the place to repair 1 the break. tv' Catawba river is reported to have j been seventeen feet above low water at , Wright's ferry on Monday, and, as a matter of course, the works of the Catawba Power company, six or seven miles below, have again been overflowed with more or less damage. .45' The fishing party that went from jorkville to Catawba river last Wednesday, reported successful sport. The catch consisted mainly of catfish and gars, of which there was an abund- ( ance. They brought home one gar that | measured 4 feet and 2 inches in length. ( Mr. B. N. Moore displayed in his < office window last Saturday, a stalk of 1 cotton that illustrated the unusually l advanced stage of the crop at this sea- 1 son. The stalk came from a field be- l long to Miss Molly Brown, at Filbert, and Mr. Moore says it is the best field < he has seen this year. < &T Speaking (ft the political situation the other day, Senator Brlce re- 1 marked that he does not remember a. J previous campaign year in which there was so .ntle Interest at this stage of the proceedings. He went on to say, and correctly too, that there was much 1 more political talk to be heard at this 1 time last year than there is now. phone message from Rock Hill, ySiuerday morning, gave some details of a runaway marriage on Monday night. The groom was Mr. Alvah Westerlund, of Rock Hill, and the bride is Miss May Clinton, of Edgmoor. Nothing was known of the affair except that when Miss Clinton's people sent to wake her up for breakfast yesterday morning, she was missing. A note that was afterwards found on the staircase, advised the family to the effect that the young lady had left for Columbia on the 1 o'clock train; that there was no occasion for alarm and tha^ all would be explained within a few days. W Although never heard of in this section previous to about 20 years ago, the German carp is now one of the commonest flsh to be found in the waters of this vicinity. The carp was brought into the country as a matter of private enterprise. The newspapers were filled with glowing accounts of the value of the carp as a food flsh. According to these stories the flsh would tnrive in almost any Kinu ot a pond, and in the course of a few years people who took the trouble to give them slight attention, would be able to have fish on their tables whenever desired, even more easily and with less expense than chickens. Quite a number of people in different sections of 3fork county constructed ponds and nocked them with carp. Some mill iwners also stocked their mill ponds with the fish. It was not a great while before the carp got into the rivers and larger creeks, and the manner in which Lhey have thrived seems to have justi led about all that has been said about sa hem. While quite plentiful in most of all he streams, to take them appears to se< )e n\ore or less difficult. Sometimes al arge specimens are caught with an no >rdinary hook and line, and still larger la: ipecimens are frequently caught In a or >elne; but the well-known disposition pr >f the fish to bury Itself in the mud, ar ? *'! + wkl/tk 11 1 a nno _ i'o iiiu luc lawiiuj mm nmvii m. io ch?- j * u bled to carry out this disposition, has tr 30 far proved very baffling to the fish- gr irmen. A gentleman who lives on th drowder's creek said the other day that m be was satisfied that there are thou- th sands of pounds of carp in that stream: fe in fact he has often seen them dis- fe porting themselves in the ponds of ic Messrs. Riddle and Davis; but somehow the number caught is not in reasonable proportion to the number that could C| be caught if proper means were used. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer P< us From now until January 1, 1903, for . fl.04 in advance. v , v/ ca Know? His Bnalneaa. /n ^ In another column Pro. S. B. Lathan, ai af Hickory Grove, offers his services as re land surveyor to the public. Mr. Lath- ..c an has had many years of practical experience In this kind of work, and T] has a wide reputation for skill and accuracy, together with a legal knowledge that makes his services especially ^ valuable. at Good Rains. ^ So far as heard from, the rains of w Saturday and Sunday were pretty gen- tI] eral, extending to all parts of the coun- tj ty. Up to Saturday night the showers jj? were partial: but between that time ^ and Monday morning, those sections er that had not been previously favored, se grot their share. Reports have it that cc all of the creeks and branches have w been pretty high and in some sections g bottom corn has been more or less dam- ^ aged; but so far as has been reported b( the damage was not serious or exten- w jive. t0 Death of Mr. J. E. Adams. r \\ Mr. J. E. Adams died at his home, at w the York Cotton mills, last Sunday tli night, at 12 o'clock, of pneumonia, af- w ter an illness of one week. Mr. Adams to was a brother of Mrs. Ed Thomas and in Mrs. W. S. Love, of Sharon, and of Mr. T1 J. F. Adams, who lives in Texas. Had b< he lived until July 25 next, he would re have been 50 years of age. He leaves in a, widow and nine children?six sons "i and three daughters. The interment p? took place in Bethel cemetery yester- tr [Jay at noon. Mr. Adams was a quiet, ra well-meaning, conscientious citizen, fit who enjoyed the confidence and esteem n< af all with whom he came in contact, re He leaves many friends in the county, tl ^specially in the vicinity of Bowling ,e Green, where he formerly lived, who p? will be grieved to hear of his untimely th leath. ca Escaped From the Stockade. re A Negro convict named John Barber th ?ot away from the county stockade M last Friday and succeeded in making hi g;ood his escape. He was supposed to b( be too sick to work and was left ra shained to a rod in the stockade. Ow- ca Ing to an unusual amount of sickness at imong the guards, he was not being ca watched as closely as Is customary, th He managed to prize off his shackle to th which the chain was attached and left, In setting a start of fifteen minutes or E more before his absence was discover- ar ?d. An effort was made to trail him op with the dogs, but it failed. Barber m was sentenced at the November, 1901, re term, to 18 months. He is 18 years old, It black, 5 feet 2 inches in height, has a or scar on left wrist and a burn on left !o side of head; also a cut of about one ru Inch in length on back of right hand. Its The supervisor wants him back bad Y* enough to pgy $10 for his return. ci yigggggg th HICKORY" GROVE HAPPENINGS. a> is Good Seasons at Last?Mr. Martin al Goes to Spartanburg?Congratula- er tlons For the Southern. or Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. T1 Hickory Grove, June 16.?The longid for rain has come at last and made g{ the hearts of farmers, and everybody cr ilse for that matter, glad. The show- cc irs of yesterday were generous enough a.; to give those who did not want to go co to church an excuse for staying at m borne. Today we can devote to giving a: thanks and planting "tater slips." W( Masters Bennie and Walter Barron, at }f Yorkville, are visiting their Hicko- q, jry Grove cousins. M Our college students are at home ar ig;ain for the summer vacation. The USt includes Mr. Nixon McDill, Jr., of hi Erskine; Miss Maude Whitesides, of pj Due West Female college; Miss ine% Vc Ward, of Wllllamston Female college, r0 md Miss Cleo Leslie, of Jones semi- t0 nary. * nt Several days ago Mrs. Butler Berry ca lustained a severe Injury. While cook- th ing, her dress caught on fire, and be- ca fore the flames could be extinguished pi tier shoulder and left arm were se- tie merely burned. Dr. Leech reports that en she is doing as well as could be ex- til pected from the nature and extent of to :he injury. Mr. J. B. Martin and family move to re Spartanburg today, in which thriving th ittle city they will make their home. We regret to see Mr. Martin take this step. He has been with us for a nun:- p>] per of years and has proved a good cit- qi zen, always alive to the best interests th >f the town an<j community. He has. tiowever, large contracts in connection m .vith the building of the new cotton sp nill at Glendale, and his business in:erests demand the change. He and m, lis charming family will be followed ed oy the best wishes of the whole com nunity. f* We note in the last issue of The En- t<r jiTiRER that the Southern takes charge te; jf the S. C. & Ga. Ex., etc. and etc. e(^ CO ailroad on July 1, prox. Permit me, ed ;hrough this medium, to offer my con- A1 jratulations to the Southern. It is a Pr rreat corporation, stretching out over 'JJ; :housands of miles of the best country go :he sun shines on. If the commerce of rei x country is its blood, the Southern is in he greatest artery of the southland. ^|( [t may, for aught I know, be an octojus. (our politicians are fond of this gu vord), but then I never saw an octopus H< n my life, and wouldn't know one if I J*1 net it in the middle of the road. But m. [ do know that the Southern Is a great fu ailway system, and I heartily congrat- ho llate it on its recent purchase. Hereofore, however, the Southern has been ta: % dly crippled, but this deal changes I this. There was one connection, it emed to me, that the Southern has ivays needed, and this connection it iw gets. By this purchase it has at ^ st got in business touch with Hicky Grove, and now its officers may epare to increase their rolling stock, id stockholders may look for a rise in ilues and haindsome dividends. VVe ust the Southern will appreciate this eat favor we are conferring upon em in allowing them to come into our idst; and also that they will furnish e trackmen along the line with a w crossties here and there, so that a llow who don't carry an accident pol y can ride with a sense of security. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS, tndldute* l'*c Printer'* Ink. August Kohn In News and Courier: ever before In the history of camLigning, has there been such a liberal ie of printers' Ink?In newspaper :etches, in handbills, circular letters, irds and extracts from newspapers, ailing lists have been at a premium id some of the candidates have alady spent hundreds of dollars In ilrcularizing" the state as to why ley should be elected. Illlmnn Hand* Off. Under the teaching of the past ten iars, a great many people feave seted on the conviction that very little tention is to be paid to the declaraons of politicians as to what they ould do under certain political conngencles. It has been stated from me to time that Senator Tillnian was icking Mr. Latimer for the 3enate. any people believed this, while oth s assert that Mr. Henderson is tne ' mator's choice. There was a strmig invictlon In 1897 that Senator Tillman as more partial to Hon. John ?5ary vans than to any of the other candiites. Since last summer there has ;en more or less doubt as to just hat would be the senator's attitude i these two men. Mr. Evans went to rashington last week, and after a talk 1th Senator Tillman, announced that te senator would remain hands off, hich fact has definitely dec'ded him i enter the race. Shortly after this terview with Mr. Evans, Senator lllman gave out a statement that has ?en published as follows: "There is ally no reason why I shou'd mix up this race," said Senator Tillman, lor do I intend to take the slightest irt in it one way or the other. It is ue that before 'Evans entered the .ce there was but one candidate in the ild, Representative Latimer, who had >t at one time opposed me. For this ason, thinking to hurt Representave Latimer's chances for election, the port has been circulated that I was icking Latimer. It Is untrue to sny lat I am 'backing* any one of the indidates and the circulators of this port hurt Mr. Latimer's chanoes by ie gratuitous falsehood. Now tnat r. Evans has definitely announced s candidacy for the senate there will i iwo or my iormer supporters in rne ice?another reason why I am not tiled upon to take a hand. But it lould be remembered that none of the indidates in the race are runnlhg for . ie senate against me. They are after le lunior senatorship. And because the past the other candidates, Mr. Iliott, Mr. Hemphill, Mr. Henderson id Mr. Johnstone, have been political iponents of mine does not seem to e to furnish either an excuse or a ason for my meddling in the game, is a rule, adopted in the '90s, that no ie who is not a candidate shall be alwed to speak in the campaign. That tie met my approval at the time of 3 adoption and it meets mine now. du can therefore say that any report rculated by anybody to the effect lat I am backing Latimer, Evans or ly of the other senatorial candidates, not only without authority but it is isolutely false. I have said this seval times before and I assert it again I the eve of the campaign." lie Meeting at Donald's. The political meeting at Donald's last iturday was attended by a large owd of people from the adjoining irners of the counties of Abbeville, nderson, Laurens and Greenwood 'unties. The newspaper men estiated ihe crowd at from 1,600 to 2,000. II of the gubernatorial candidates ere present, and also all of the senorial candidates except Hon. John ary Evans. Speeches were made by essrs. Ansei, Talbert, Timmerman id Tillman for governor, and Messrs. itimer, Johnstone, Elliott and Hemp 11 for. the senate. The speeches were tched on a high plane, and were de>id of personalities. Education and ad improvement were the principal pics of discussion among the guberLtorlal candidates. The senatorial ndidates discussed national quesjns. The principal Interest of the oc.sion centered in the answer that Mr. llman would make to the case that is been made against him with referice to his ruling in the senate some-ne ago, and his subsequent efforts justify himself. It is probably reembered that Mr. Tillman ruled on a rtaln question and that the senate versed him. Afterward he claimed at his position had been endorsed by ro of the ablest parliamentarians in e country. The inference was that e two men referred to were Senator -ye and Speaker Henderson. Subselent correspondence with these gen?men disclosed the fact that although r. Tillman had corresponded with em they had disagreed with him. r. Tillman called attention in his eech to the fact that he had never limed that Frye and Henderson were e men to whom he alluded; he had erely claimed that authorities differon the question. He claimed that mzales was merely actuated by spite id malice. With regard to the sword cident, Mr. Tillman said, that had he town before what he had learned afrward?that Roosevelt had denouncPeshent Davis as a traitor to his untiy, efe., he would never have askhim to present the Jenkins sword, 'ter the invitation had been given, esi lent Roosevelt had gratuitously suited Senator Tillman, and the intation was withdrawn for those reans. The speaker said he alone was snrtnclKlo 1 nf f o vltation, and that he had no apoloss to offer anybody on account of it. r. Tillman received more or less apause as also did the various other ibernatorial candidates, especially ayward, who was unacquainted in at section but who had friends worker for him industriously. Mr. Talbert ade an entertaining speech that was 11 of jokes. Mr. Latimer was in the me of his friends and was well reived. During the course of his eech he referred to the fact that cerIn of his competitors had denounced