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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