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Straps and Jarts. ;
? Omaha, Neb., dispatch to Chicago s
Record-Herald: Liinden Tree, the fine \
Arabian horse presented by the sultan o
of Turkey to General Grant, died a
Tuesday at the farm of General L. W. s
Colby, of Beatrice Neb., aged 33 years. \
General Grant met the sultan of Tur- s
key during his tour around the world, t
and on his return home the sultan sent p
him the finest specimen of the pure t
Arabian horse that was to be obtained, r
The horse later was purchased by Gen- v
eral Colby, of Beatrice. He was used r
as a saddle animal for several years, t
but since he became too old to be of t
practical value has been tenderly cared 1
for. g
? Senator Vest does not regard it as p
ef importance that the Democrats 0
should carry the next house of repre- o
sentatives, as the Republicans would I
still have the president and the senate.
On the other hand, he says, should the
Republicans lose control of the house
4 a - n ? ? - ? L~.?l J ? Annnnio 1 nro oV*
next tan anu snuuiu a uuai?.iai
occur before 1904?which he regards as
by no means improbable?the Republicans
would attribute the catastrophe to
the election of a Democratic house and <
make this the main argument of the {
presidential campaign. On no occasion, \
he adds, have the Republicans failed to j
show their friendship for the trusts.
President Roosevelt is trying to make
up for this in words and promises that "
mean nothing.
? Secretary Hester's statement of the
world's visible supply of cotton, issued
last Friday, shows the total visible to
be 2,258,202 bales, against 2,420,661 last
week and 2,573,934 last year. Of this
the total of American cotton is 1,460,202
bales, against 1,579,661 last week,
and 1,573,984 last year, and of all other a
kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc.,
759,000 bales, against 841,000 last r
week and l,y00,000 last year. Of the c
world's visible supply of cotton there c
* is now afloat and held in Great Britain e
and continental Europe, 1,353,000 bales, c
against l,244,00v last year; in Egypt,
66,000 bales, against 110,OOo last year; in
India 452,000 bales, against 597,000 last
year, and in the United States, 387,000 J
bales, against 623,000 last year.
? Johnstown, Pa., the city that was
almost wiped out by a flood some years
ago, suffered another appalling disaster
last Thursday. It was caused by
the explosion of fire damp in the rolling ^
mill mine of the Cambria Iron works. f
mere were suine -w men m uic nuuc
at the time. The explosion came with ^
awful suddenness, dealing death and 1
destruction everywhere. Since then
the work of taking out the bodies of j1
the killed and injured has been pro- *'
gressing steadily. Up to Sunday morn- f
ing, 108 dead bodies had been taken out r
and also quite a number of wounded 11
had been rescued. Some escaped un- 0
hurt. There has not yet been an exact p
statement as to the number of dead, 11
wounded, etc. It is thought that the 1
fire damp explosion resulted from a a
blast. 0
v
? Chicago Inter-iOcean: Mr. Ware, the t
commissioner of pensions, received, a
letter from a man in Illinois a few ^
days ago which reads: "I am now get- ^
ting a pension of $30 a month. Recent- j
ly the Lord has prospered me, and I
do not think I should get so much t
money. I gave my services to the coun- ^
try, and think I should have some
pension, of course, but I think $30 a b
month is too much. Is there any way
I can have my pension reduced or suspended
while I enjoy the prosperity f
that is mine at present?" This is the g
only request for a reduction of pension ^
ever received at the bureau. It was d
referred to the pension examiner in
the district in which the man lived,
who reported as follows: "I have the
honor to inform you that the person e
who applied for a reduction in his f]
pension is now in the insane asylum at I
this place, and has been for some ?
time."
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? Chicago special to Washington *
Tost: Bearing Mayor Harrison's let- q
ter of introduction to Ambassador t
' Choate. in London, A. A. Young, for f
62 years a citizen of Chicago, is about 5
to start for Ireland. He is 90 years j
old, and has been in the offices of the J
Illinois Central railway ever since the e
road entered Chicago. Mr. Young ^
wants to round out his record by see- r
ing King Edward VII. He has seen *
George IV., William IV., and Victoria. [
His grandfather saw George I., and t
the grandfather of the grandfather, \
according to family tradition, saw j
Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth. "I
saw Abraham Lincoln many a time,"
he said. "I was one of the guards of
honor that attended his body when it 1
lay in state here." During the Span- c
ish-American war Mr. Young was traveling
in Cuba and the Spaniards made
him a prisoner. They held him until
the end of the war, but treated him c
kindly.
? Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch of July
12 to Washington Post: A sensational ?
elopement occurred in this city tonight
when Miss Miss Emily Taylor, the ,
beautiful daughter of Hon. R. L. Taylor,
ex-congressman, thrice governor of |,
Tennessee, lamous as lecturer ana t
speaker, and known to Tennesseeans *
as "Our Bob," was married to Dr. Geo.
F. St. John, a prominent young physi- ^
cian of this city, to whom she has been c
engaged for a year until Governor Tay- t
lor recently broke oti the match. Miss
Taylor left her home on North Fourth
avenue this afternoon ostensibly to go
to the dentist's. She did not return by t
dark, and Mrs. Taylor, her step-mother,
and her sister. Miss Retta, became j
alarmed, but suspicioned the ruse, j,
Their suspicions were verified later, j,
when Dr. St. John telephoned and de- t
manded that her trunks be sent to the
depot. Mrs. Taylor inquired by what
authority his request was made, and
he answered that he was acting for
Miss Taylor, who was now Mrs. St.
John. He further informed Mrs. Taylor
that they were going to Asheville,
N. C.. to spend their honeymoon and
would go to his father's home near
Bristol, Va.
? uaieign juorning t'osi: i ne xoiiuw- s
ing very pretty story first appeared in ]<
tba New York Tribune and is copied t
by other papers under the pleasing tl- ii
tie, "A Brave Governor." It reads: r
"When Governor Aycock, of North Car- r
olina, made his strong appeal for large v
appropriations for schools the legisla- v
ture threatened to pass a bill granting h
rhat he asked, but dividing it between
he races in proportion to the contrimtions
of each. The governor frankly
aid that if this bill was passed he
rould veto it, and if it were repassed
iver his veto he would resign and make
i campaign for reelection on the issue
o raised. His will prevailed." This,
re say. is a very pretty story, but is
adly lacking in two important features
o give it good standing in those colimns
devoted strictly to the truth. In
he first place, the legislature nor any
nan fitted to be a member thereof
rould not have threatened to pass a
neasure purporting iu ue an
ion bill, so flagrantly in violation of
he constitution as such described by the
'ribune would be, and, secondly, the
overnor of this state has not the veto
>ower. The compliment intended for
lovernor Aycock for his tfeal hi behalf
f universal education, however, is well
estowed.
(?lu ^orkmllr (Snquucr.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1902.
An Associated Press dispatch of last
Friday night, stated that Senator Mc?aurin
spent the day at Oyster Bay
.nd dined with the president. The sen.tor
is represented as having told the
eporters that his visit was purely soial
and without any political signiflance
whatever. The reporters, howver,
inferred that the judgeship of the
ourt' of claims was in some way inrolved,
and stated that the senator
rould likely be appointed.to the posiion.
They go on to repeat again the
nany times repeated prediction, that
ienator McLaurin will resign before
he 4th of March next, when his senaorial
term expires.
It Is stated that Editor Blackman
proposes to prosecute Mr. H. H. Evans
or assault and battery with intent to
:ill. Whether this is true we do not
;now; but it is to be hoped that it is.
t .will be unpleasant, of course; but it
3 a matter of plain duty, and there is
10 reason to doubt that Mr. Blackman
s equal to that duty. There is a strong
eeling in the state that when one man
nakes a brutal assault on another, the
nan assaulted should take what he reeives
as his part, regardless of disparity
in physical strength, and say
lothing. A popular sentiment has it
hat like the attacking party, the party
ttacked should take the law in his
wn hands. If this were true there
rould be no need for law, and the seniment
that upholds the idea is ideally
narchistlc. Had Mr. Blackman known
f the intended attack of Mr. Evans
le would have taken means to have deended
himself. His proper course
iouid nave Deen an appeui iu mc ian,
>ut it is likely that he would have reied
upon his own resources. There
re those who think that he would now
ie justified in shooting Mr. Evans down
in sight. But that would be coldblooded
murder. The only proper thing
or him to do is to indict his assailant
nd leave the matter to judge and jury,
'his is not necessary for his own vin[ication
or for revenge; but for the
indication of the law.
The Greenville, S. c., News publishd
an anonymous communication relecting
upon the integrity of one
Svans, a member of the state dlspenary
board. Evans wrote for the name
f the author and the editor declined to
;ive it untUNhe could get his consent,
ie wrote for this and pending receipt
if an answer, Evans appeared in
Jreenville, and, without warning, while
he editor was reading a telegram which
lad been handed him, struck him a
>owerful blow on the back of the head,
elling him to the ground, after which
ie again struck and kicked him.
Meantime the anonymous correspondnt
has not chirped, and nobody exepting
himself and the editor knows
et who wrote the communication. He
nust feel, in his silence and security,
hat he is a poor, pitiful cuss, and Edtor
Blackman has learned little from
his experience if it has not taught him
hat he is casting pearls before swine
vhen he interposes himself between
his class of correspondents and possl)le
assailants.?Charlotte Observer.
The correspondent who would seek
o make public a purely private matter
vhile concealing his own identity, is
ontemptible; but with public matters
hie rnlo Hops not neressarilv hold. Al
hough it is the right of the public to
lave such information as has been disposed
by this correspondent, clearly
he only way to get it is through indiiduals,
and that individuals of intelligence
should be reluctant to rush into
i position that would invite serious
lodily harm or murder seems natural,
n this case a correspondent is impressd
with a desire that the public should
>e informed of certain facts that seem
o be matters of common notoriety in
dewberry. There was no more responiibility
upon him to make these facts
inown than there was upon any other
itizen of his town. Desiring, therefore,
o escape both notoriety and punishnent,
while performing a thankless serice
to the public, he selects a newspaper
which he hopes and believes has
he courage and conscience to take the
natter up and gives his information,
le was not disappointed, it seems. Edtor
Blackman at once saw in the letter
nformation that was important if true,
put instead of running the risk of perpetrating
a grave injustice by being too
precipitate, he took occasion to give
he whole subject a thorough investiga
ion. After securing all the facts, as
rell as the name of his original informnt,
he lays his information before the
lorld. In other words, he puts himself
a the position of his original correpondent
and adds the courage to take
he responsibility. In so doing he
hows that he not only has a genuine
jve for the public welfare: but a spirit
hat would assume much personal risk
a behalf of his duty. Had he not aleady
been warned by Mr. Evans In 1
egard to this very matter? As to
.hether the public appreciates this serice,
there is little reason to believe that
e cares as much on his own account as
on account of the public. His reward
lies in the consciousness of a disagreeable
duty fearlessly performed, and
whatever The Observer may think of
the anonymous correspondent, we venture
that Mr. Blackman does not attach
any blame to that individual, and
neither is it probable that Mr. Blackman
thinks that he has been "casting
pearls before swine." He believes,
as he has good reason to believe, that
although the people may not now be
aroused to the dangerous corruption
everywhere so prevalent in connection
with the state whisky monopoly, the
time will come when they will appreciate
the situation as It really is and
call somebody to account.
i ^ #
Congressman Talbert is making an
appeal for votes on the ground that he
favors giving the taxes paid hy white
people to the white schools and letting
the Negroes have only the amount paid
by them into the school fund. Every
sensible man who stops a moment to
think will readily see that this is simply
a bid, or rather a scheme to get
votes. ! For in the office of governor
Colonel Talbert cannot control the distribution
of the' school fund, nor will
he have a vote; and no one believes
that he would prostitute the dignity
and honor of that office, in case he
should be elected, in trying to influence
votes in the legislature in favor of any
such measure. If he really wants to
engage in such work as that he ought
to run for legislature or senate where
he could work and vote for his measure.
Colonel Talbert was a member of
the constitutional convention which
fixed a three mill school tax in the constitution
and we do not remember at
this time, that he there advocated any
such measure as he now professes to be
in favor of.?Kershaw Era.
In discussing this matter, we do not
want to be understood as fighting Colonel
Talbert, for while we intend to
vote as we please, we have very little
choice between those now offering for
1 *-*? ' T~>? ? n f tVin oq ma
me guveriiur?iujj. jdul ai vu^ o?u>v
time, we have no hesitation in saying
that we agree fully in the point made
by The Era, except that instead of recommending
the colonel to become a
member of the general assembly, he
might have been advised to become a
superintendent of education, for as a
[matter of fact, while the constitution
prescribes the manner of distributing
[school funds, superintendents of education
take it upon themselves to exercise
a little discretion on their own account.
It may be that the colored people
of York county, for Instance, get
more out of the school fund than they
pay in; but it is very little more, and
| we have an idea that the same rule
prevails all over the state. If Colonel
Talbert is not aware of this fact, he is
not as well-informed as a candidate for
governor ought to be, and if he is
aware .of it, we can see no good reason
for the issue that he is raising, because,
as he has already been told,
there is no other way of bringing about
the end at which he claims to be aiming.
In the matter of the dispensary it is
not necessary to exaggerate the facts.
The stench which is rising from the
rotten thing is permeating every nook
and corner of South Carolina. When
the gang becomes so desperate in lighting
for its prey as to stop at nothing
short of assassination, then it is time
for the good people of South Carolina?
tjie Christian people?the true-blue
temperance people?to rise in their
might and demand an investigation of
the whisky business of South Carolina.
That is all we desire. We could not
possibly ask any more. It is not the
dispensary system which we are opposed
to. We honestly believe that the
dispensary system is the best method
of solving the whisky problem. But we
are equally honest in the conviction
that the dispensary law, as abused and
outlawed by the gang of cormorants
who are fattening on the state whisky
traffic, is being debauched and corrupted
by a gang of politicians for purely
pecuniary and political gain and that
the fair name of South Carolina and
the pure, honest cause of temperance
is being dragged in the mire of a besotted
greed.?Greenville News.
We endorse ihost of that. We think
the dispensary system the best solution
of the whisky question; but there
should be one important change. Wo
must, get the state out of it. The whisky
business is necessarily disreputable.
There is no institution on earth?not
even a sovereign state?that can uplift
it or make it respectable. It necessarily
drags down rather than lifts
up. The sealed package, sunup to sundown,
no drinking on the premises features,
are all good and worthy of preservation.
But we must get the state
out of the business, and leave the traffic
to those who are best suited for it,
so that all others may be free to uphold
decency and virtue. But still this
does not detract from the tremendously
important point that has been made
by The News. Something must be
done to eliminate debauchery and corruption
as now so openly practiced in
connection with the management of
this institution. The moral health and
life of our civilization and of the state
depends upon It. All truly patriotic
lovers of the commonwealth should
work to this end first, and after this
work is accomplished, other details may
be taken up later and corrected with
less difficulty.
^MERE-MENTION.
.A'St. Louis judge has decided that a
uog has a right to bite a boy who ties
a tin can to its tail. This decision was
rendered in a suit instituted by the
boy's parents against the owner of the
dog Lord Kitchener arrived in London
from South Africa last Saturday,
and the people have since been giving
him a tremendous ovation, the like of
which has not been previously seen in
England during the present generation
United States jurors are hereafter
to receive $3 per day instead of
$2 per day for their services It has
been officially given out that the recently
postponed coronation of King
Edward VII At-fTl "take place between
August 8 and 12. There will be no procession
in connection with the ceremonies...
The governor of Illinois has
found it necessary to send troops to
Saline, in that state, to protect Negroes
against the whites....There have been
11,075 cases of death from cholera in the
Philippines since the outbreak of the
disease less than a year ago...k'..The
law prohibiting the sale of pictures
with cigarettes has been repealed.......
The Democrats of Alabama have recently
adopted n primary system identical
with that of South Carolina
The king of Italy is on a visit to the
czar of Russia Two hundred white
workmen, employed on the construe^'
tion of buildings in Chicago, struck
last week because of the employment of
Negroes to do the plumbing The
union iron workers of Marion, O., drove
fifty Poles out of town last Saturday;
the Poles having been Imported to take
the place of strikers The United
States gunboat Marietta has been ordered
to Nicaragua to look after Amer- (
lean interests along the coast Typhoid
fever is epidemic among the
United States troops stationed at Chlcamauga
In the case of Phillips >
against the Postal Telegraph company,
the North Carolina supreme court has
rendered a decision in. which it allows
Phillips $6 for each post the telegraph
company has set on his land
Washington dispatches tell of a prospective
complication between the United
States and Japan over the owner
ship of a Pacific island lying 2,800 miles ?
west of Honolulu and 1,000 miles southeast
of Yokohama. The Island has been
occupied by Japanese; but is claimed !
by an American named Captain A.
Rosehill by right of prior discovery.
The island is lesirable because of the
guano to be found on It. It is not Inhabited
Charles G. Latta, a cotton
broker and alderman of Raleigh, N. C.,
was desperately injured in New York
last Friday in a street car accident ,
Wu Ting Fang, who has represented
the Chinese government at Washing- (
ton during the past five years, has been
recalled Tne Marquis of Salisbury ,
has resigned the premiership of Great
Britain, and the Right Hon. A. J. Bal- ,
four has been appointed to succeed (
him The state department has made ?
a formal demand upon the British gov- ,
ernment for the extradition of Colonel
John G. Gaynor and Captain Benj. D.
Greene, now under arrest at Quebec, ,
Canada It is estimated that the .
strike of the Chicago freight handlers ,
Is costing the produce growers who ,
market their products in the city, something
like $1,000,000 a day. The produce
men are not shipping their stuff .
for the reason that they know it can- (
not be handled The United States .
battleship Illinois is aground in Chris- J
|tiana, Norway, narbor xne oen
tower of the famous old St. Mark's cathedral,
Venice, fell last Monday, causing
much destruction Henry Tracy, ,
the Washington escaped convict, is still
at large. Dispatches of Monday said
he was surrounded and it was believed
that he would be captured or killed
during the day. He has been leading
the whole state a race for more than
a month and has killed a half dozen
people Major General George W.
Davis has superceded Major General
ChafTee as commandant of the Phillp|
pines. General Chaffee has been ordered
to New York It is reported that
the president,will put. Major General
Leonard Wood on the "isthmian canal
commission.
STATE CAMPAIGN NOTES.
What the Candidate* For Office Are
Saying and Doing.
"James Cansler of Tirzah," as he is
referred to in the papers, made quite a
hit at Anderson last Friday. His wit
and humor took with the crowd as it
used to take in York, and when his
time was up the audience paid him a
compliment that few o? the candidates
have received. There? .was a general
demand that Mr. Cansler "go on," and
ne weni on unui ine cnairman compelled
him to stop. Then Mr. Cansler .
wanted to know: "What right have you 1
to call me down when the people are ,
calling for me to go on?"
Captain John M. Patrick received a ,
great ovation at Anderson, his home
county. His friends had prepared a ,
lot of badges and almost everybody (
wore them. There was no doubt of the
high esteem in which the captain is ]
held in Anderson.
" At Anderson the minister who opened
the day with prayer prayed that only
tru'stful and God-fearing men be elected
to office, and when" Cblonel Jim Tillman's
time came, he referred to the '
minister's prayer and said he was will- '
ing to be measured by that standard.
I Colonel Jim Tillman now says that 1
he may give his Jenkins sword to Pres[
ident Roosevelt to present to Booker
Washington.
Messrs. Latimer and Evans approached
very nearly a fisticuff at St.
George's last Saturday. The trouble
arose out of the. charges that the two J
men continue to hurl'agSatnst each other.
Latimer alluded to fEvans as his '
"friend." Evans said: ]"You never were '
my friend: you betrayed me like a
dog." Latimer replied: "I aiff^lred of
this; let us go out and settle the matter
now." Evans replied "all right," (
and the two men started toward each
other: but peacemakers interposed and ,
quiet was restored. During his speech
Latimer referred again to the bond (
deal, intimating that Evans had receiv- ,
ed $15,000 commissions. Evans de- ]
nounced the intimation as a lie and
said whoever repeated it was a liar.
Latimer mentioned John Duncan. ?
Evans said Duncan had never made i
the charge; that ne had only repeated
it; but went on to say: "The whole ;
thing is a lie and whoever repeats it is ;
a liar." After the speaking Latimer
went to Evans's room to have a talk
with him. Evans said: "I will not talk
with you," and passing Latimer went
down and dined with a friend. There
is an impression that the two men will (
yet come to blows over the matter.
$*OTES FROM OGDEN.
Crop t'ondltloiiM?I'ernonnl MentionMurrain
In Cattle.
I
Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enauirer. ,
Oodkn, July 12.?The long-looked for
rain commenced coming this morning 1
and it is generally acceptable. It will
give the chinch bugs something to
drink besides the juice of corn stalks. (
Cotton is looking well. Wheat and
oats are being threshed and are turn- 1
ing out a light yield?the lightest that i
has been known in this section for sev- ,
eral years.
Most people in this section are about
through with their farm work, and are
ready for a breathing spell.
yMr. William Sandifer has lost several ,
cows during the past few weeks from
murrain. . '
The Ogden school commenced work ]
Jfist Saturday under the charge of Miss- ,
es Lida and Dargan Smith, of Yorkville.
There are about 45 or 50 pupils '
in attendance. 1
Mr. T. K. Hates went to Rock Hill (
yesterday, and because he had not been .
Ihocp fnr such n loner time before, he
thought there should have been a committee
at the train to meet him.
The protracted meeting will begin at
Antioch on the third Sunday in July.
vMiu Belle Hahn and children, of Lenoir.
N. C., are visiting Mrs. Hahn s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Evans.
Miss Ben McPadden is at home from
Kpworth orphange, Columbia.
Mr. C. L. McPadden is home from
Wofford Fitting school.
v Mrs. W. R. Bell, Sr.. of Turkey Creek,
is visiting her son, Mr. W. R. Bell, at
this place.
LOCAL AFFAIRA '
i
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I
York Drug Store?Tells Its lady friends t
that it has a complete assortment of
toilet articles, Including extracts,
talcum powders, soaps, brushes, etc.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Make a special *
offer of San Salvador grated pine- 1
apple at 20 cents a can. They also 2
have very choice French sardines at
15 and zO cents a can. r
r. M. Whisonant, Hickory Grove?Has ?
two good plantations which he wants i
to sell in whole tracts or divided up .
? M..u 1
IU OUIl cut; JJUIVIIQOCI (3.
J. J. Gaulden, For Committee?Gives I
notice of an entertainment for the d
benefit of Hebron church, to be held j,
Friday evening, July 18.
Enquirer Office?Says to apply at this v
office for Information in regard to a
wine and cider press that is for sale, t
las. M. Starr & Co.?Talk to you about
turnip seed and tell you of the varieties
they have. They also talk about
their stationery supplies. c
Southern Cotton Oil Co., Savannah, Ga. j
?Want to know why you use lard
when Palmatina, the vegetable fat, is
superior to lard in every way. See I
fourth page. t
r
WITHIN THE TOWN. I
? The commutation tax is now due. r
? Watermelons are now coming In in I
abundance. t
? The candidates for state offices i
lome to Yorkvllle next Friday week, s
July 25. The senatorial candidates are f
not due until August 16. I
? The work of cleaning off the brick d
of the old college building is almost 1<
completed. There are something like t
200,000 good brick in the lot; probably d
more. F
? There were some Indian women in c
Yorkvllle, Monday, from the Catawba J
river reservation, selling pipes and I
pottery. This was the first visit of the f
Clatawbas to Yorkvllle for quite awhile f
and they did a good business.
BOUT PEOPLE. f
5 Mr. Starr Mason is up from Charles- e
Ion on a vacation. t
J 1* Ina Mncmo Cfrnuao to lin from I
Charleston on a visit. t
^fMr. C. E. Dobson Is down from 1
Washington for a few weeks. 1
Mr. Joseph Alexander has gone to e
Charlotte on a visit to relatives and fi
friends. I
^Mr. J. Spratt Wright, of Newport, t
was in Yorkville yesterday, calling on
his friends.
Mr. C. G. Parish came over from GafTney,
Saturday night, returning on SunJay
afternoon. c
Mr. Sam Blair and Miss Kittle Blair, t
of Blairsville, spent Monday with rel- c
atlves in Yorkville. t
T^dlss Mabel C. Webster, of Philadel- j
phla, arrived in Yorkville Saturday at- <]
ternoon on a visit to Miss Mamie Mc- j
Connell.
DMr. John^R. Ashe, who recently grad- j
uated from the South Carolina Military ^
academy, arrived in Yorkville Sunday. ,
afternoon. j
Dr. W. M. Stelnmeyer, who for some- r
Lime past has been conducting a deptal ^
office in Yorkville and Clover, has re- t
moved his Yorkville office to Clover, at
which point he will make his perma- j
nent headquarters.
^Misses Bettie and Edna Henry,
Jaughters of Mr. J. J. Henry, of the .
Clover section, returned home on yesterday
from Hickory Grove, where .
they had been on a few days' visit to .
the family of Mr. T. H. Lesslie.
^Mlss Cora Clark, formerly of York- j
ville; but who for the past two years .
has been holding positions at Lincoln- ,
ton and Gastonia, N. C., has taken a
position with H. C. Strauss & Co.,
where her numerous friends will find
her in the future. She will be connected
more especially with the millinery .
department; but of course will be glad .
to serve her friends with whatever they
might require from other departments. ?
GENERAL SESSIONS.
Although the court of general ses- 3
sions convened last Monday at 10.30
o'clock, In accordance with law, it did
not get down to work until nearly 5
o'clock In the afternoon. The delay
was on account of the absence of Judge
Bucnanan who failed to make connection
at Chester and who did not arrive
until in the afternoon by way of the
Southern.
At the call of the' clerk, the following
grand Jurors answered to their names:
T. M. Allen, foreman; J. J. Wallace, W.
S. Percival, S. M. Roach, D. H. Whisonant,
S. J. Sturgis, John T. Latham,
Hope Westbrooks, L. R. Williams, A.
H. Jackson, P. W. Grlder, K. Shannon,
S. J. Feemster, O. J. Gwinn, J. H.
Caldwell, W. McCaw Dowdle.
The following petit jurors answered:
T. N. Anderson, S. B. Beamguard, J.
Q. Wray, W. B. Smith, B. M. Fewell,
J. B. Neely, E. M. Walker, C. H. Graham,
W. W. Auten, S. S. Glenn, J. B.
Adkins, W. O. Harshaw, J. S. Sadler,
Jr., M. P. Faris, J. E. Oates, R. T.
Castles, John D. Holler, J. D. Boyd, B.
E. Shook, J. B. Scott, R. L. Torrence,
S. C. Davidson, J. C. Dickson. J. T.
Burrls, W. H. Cowan, H. W. Blackwelder,
T. N. Woods, Boyce Bennett,
J. B. Bratton, J. E. Parker.
Tho fnllnwinc netlt -furors were ex
cused from further attendance: J. E. *
Parker, R. L. Torrence and W. B. f
Sin 1th. c
The first case taken up during Mon- e
day evening was that of the State r
against John Young; charged with as- c
sault and battery with Intent to kill. v
The jury returned a verdict of not F
guilty. 9
The grand jury having decided on 1
Monday to make an investigation of '
the county home, jail, court house of- e
(Ices and chaingang, will probady not f
make its final report until sometime a
luring today (Wednesday).
m 1<
NEGRO CHURCH RIOT. 0
After four years of reasonably good 1
behavior, there was a violent old-time e
outbreak at Mt. Harmony and Liberty n
Eilll coiored churches, eleven miles f
lortheast of Yorkville, last Sunday af- g
ternoon, and Magistrate S. N. Johnson |
has since been quite busy rounding up A
:he participants. During Monday he
ssued seven warrants, and his consta- s
ale was riding all day yesterday in t
jearch of the various defendants. t
"I can't give you many of the details o
fet," said Magistrate Johnson to the C
eporter on Monday afternoon, "but I fi
suppose you will have to call the story c
he 'Battle of Mt. Harmony,' and make t'
ncidental mention of the sympathetic t(
sruptlon at Liberty Hill. The two li
. hurches are only about half a mile 1<
lpart, and although there seems to be t!
>0 doubt that the Harmony battle had
ts origin in a row among women, I am V
mable as yet, to account for the other
rouble except on the theory suggested. i)(
"So far as the facts have been gath- p
red up to this time," Mr. Johnson coninued,
"the battle of Mt. Harmony was b;
ike this: Mary Ellen Johnson and Liz- d;
;ie Tate got into a mix-up, twist-a- tl
ound-flght, or wnatever they call it, T
md got some of the men excited. One
iVarren undertook to interfere with n
he women, and to express his disap- ^
iroval of Warren's way of directing the '
Iiversion, Jim Setzer opened Are upon n
li*' with his pistol. So much engaged n
iras Setzer with Warren that he paid
io particular attention to what was
aking place among the other forces, C(
tnd John Campbell was enabled to ex>>
cute a flank movement, as the result
if which he landed a 32 in Setzer'h
lowels.
C(
"I did not hear about the trouble at ^
liberty Hill until later; but it seems
hat at about the time the noise and ^
lews arrived at that place, Randolph j
Jeard undertook to disagree with some
iroposition that had been laid down by S(
Jig Foot John, a Negro of the neigh- ^
orhood who has the reputation of be- ^
ng an infallible authority on divers
ubjects of dispute. The argument had
iroceeded only a little way before Big
i'oot John came, out with a gun that is
lescribed as being of full 20 inches 01
ength and three pounds weight, and
tegan to make great holes in the Sun- '
lay stillness. Randolph Beard did not
tursue the issue. He was evidently ?
onvlnced that Big Foot was right. ^
tnyhow, as I was going toward Liberty ^
dill, I met him coming this way, and ^
le appeared to be really overjoyed to ^
ind me in the neighborhood.
"When I got to the vicinity of the
hurches," concluded Mr. Johnson, "J
ound the neighborhood generally clear- G
d of its population. Setzer was about ir
he only remaining representative withn
soldier age limits. He would proba- ^
>ly have gone across the North Caro- 11
ino-llne also; but he was not able. Dr.
P. N. Dulin was ..here, and after an eximination,
said it was impossible Jo P
iov ("at vo? whnt the fpllnw would (jOl
>ut there was no question of the fact 1
hat he was badly hurt." '
h
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HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. p
iaT People who are in attendance on k
:ourt from the eastern side of the coun- ei
y, are generally commenting upon the "
luantity and quality of the work that "
las been done on the Yorkvllle and rl
flock Hill road between Yorkvllle and
Tlrzah. The road is still in an untin- f
shed condition, but the improvement/
specially at the "Roblrtson," 'Poor h
louse," and "Simril" hills, is marked. 3
Vhere the ascent of any these hills a
vas tedious in good weather, and 3im- U
)ly agonizing in bad weather, there is a
iow nothing but an easy drive. People c<
vho are familiar with the work seem b
o be pretty well agreed that it is fully d
tqual to anything that the chalngang a
las yet done. ei
tir Messrs. Glenn & Allison have one e'
>f the finest corn patches to be seen In n
his locality. It is located on the east- a
irn outskirts of Yorkvllle, and In all u
here are fifty acres of it. The land 31
ias been heavily fertilized with stable 31
nanure during the past few years, and p
ast fall it was sowed down in oats. *
The oats were not promising well in ^
darch, and it was decided to turn a
hem under and plant corn in their s
tead. When tne corn was planted com- c
uercial fertilizer was added at the rate c
?f 200 pounds to the acre, and although
here has been more or less damage ji
rom wind and hail, much of the patch G
jow averages two ears to the stalk n
irifi nonnio who are entitled to be con- r<
ildered competent judges, think the ii
iverage yield ought to be not less than n
5 or 40 bushels to the acre. T
Having been mentioned as an ideal 11
candidate for the legislature, the name v
if Mr. J. M. Allen has been widely a
alked in connection with the office; Q
>ut Mr. Allen is not going to be a can- 91
lidate?not If he can help It. He Is in ^
forkville as foreman of the grand jury. ?
The reporter spoke to him Monday w
ibout his mooted candidacy. Mr. Allen N
laid that there was absolutely nothing P
r it. "I would go to the house of rep- n
esentatives if the people wanted me to ^
ro and I thought I could do them any a
rood; but I know I could not do a n
hing, and I have no idea of being a
andldate. I would like to see York 11
lave a good strong representation, for p
ve certainly need It; but I am not to
>e counted In the number. If It is '
omething about a farm you want lookd
after, I know a little something in li
hat line; but when it comes to leglsla- F
ion, I know I am not the man." p
tST There have not been a great many ,a
>eople here this week and not a great ^
leal of politics has been talked; but 31
here have been some representative P'
leople in town and they have talked ir
ome politics. From what was said,
here Is really more interest in the po- rl
ltical situation than Is generally sup- 9<
>osed. The interest, however, manl- 0<
aata itself most In the narrow ranee of w
holce between candidates for the gen- C(
H
ral assembly. The reporter heard a
lumber of people express themselves eI
in the subject, and In each case there u
ras outspoken dissatisfaction at the
rospect of being able to secure a deirable
legislative ticket. Some said s<
hey could vote for one or two of the [J
legislative candidates so far announc- fc
d, and others declared they could vote pi
or none. There is a common feeling ^
mong those who expressed themselves jv
n the presence of the reporter, that uji- m
?ss more candidates ofTer for the house b<
T
f representatives they will be unable
o make up a ticket. One man suggest- S
d that means be taken to bring out PJ
nore candidates; but the consensus of tiJ
eeling seemed to be to let the matter JjJ
o by default. M
m
inotlier Hallruatl Huiuor. VI
This Associate Press dispatch of last a
aturday, from Knoxville, Tenn., is in- p|
eresting and plausible: It Is reported si
hat the Southern railway has secured L:
r will secure, the Ohio River and
.'harleston railroad and will extend it n<
rom Huntsdale, N. C., to Marion, N. re
to connect with the main line bete
iveen Asheville and Salisbury, in order re
a have a coal road nearer its Wash- cc
igton and Carolina end, without the e
>ng haul from the Jelico district
hrough Knoxvllle. ac
LOCAL LACONICS.
Ve Will Send The Enquirer
From now until January 1, 1903, for
) cents In advance,
ine t'a hit aire.
Mr. C. H. Smith left a fine large cabage
at The Enquirer office yesteray.
He has been selling cabbages on
le local market for the past month,
hey Want an Orican.
As will be noted from the advertlselent
in another column, the ladles of
[ebron congregation are preparing for
pleasant entertainment at the church
ext Friday night. Ice cream and other
jfreshments are to be served, and it is
tpected that the occasion will be gen
rally enjoyable. The public, of
aurse, is invited.
Ac Wlnthrop Examination.
*^he following young ladles entered
fie competitive contest held In the
ourt house last Friaay for the vacant
ork county scholarship at Wlnthrop:
lisses Mary Cnook, Corrinne Faris,
ammle Crook, Mabel Klrkpatrlck,
rtsle Camp, Mary Williams, Ethel
atlmer, Janie Carson, Frankie Clawan,
Sallle Allison, Lessie Klrkpatrlck,
,ynn Blair, Maggie Barnett, Bessie
cott, Rita Witherspoon.
he Lockhart Band.
Our Lockhart correspondent writes
lat the Lockhart band, which has been
i the verge of disorganization for
ametlme past, has been reorganized
y the election of the following officers:
R. Garner, manager; John Hunslner,
secretary; S. J. Hunt, treasurer;
oe Meggs, custodian of band property,
here are now eighteen or twenty memera,
including quite a number who
ave been with the organization from
le beginning,
alnable Plantations.
Mr. T. M. Whisonant, of Hickory
rove, is offering some valuable farmlg
lands for sale. He has several plan?f
Iamo fVtnf O ro omnntr tho hPflt In thp
[ickory Grove section, and he says
rnt what he Is after, more than anyilng
else, is to see good, desirable
imllles settled on them. "The land Is.
aylng me all .rignt, so far as that is
oncerned," said Mr. Whlsonant, "but
want more homemaKers on our side,
am willing to sell in small tracts, go
alves in small tracts or large ones,
ell as a whole, or do most anything
rovlded It will help to bring the right
ind of people in our section. I am not
specially anxious to get rid of either
tie land or the responsibility of its
lanagement, as will be seen when the
Ight parties come to discuss the mater
with me."
{cath of Mr. J. Randolph Wallace.
MV\ J. Randolph Wallace died at the
ome of his son-in-law, Mr. J. M.
troup, at Zadok, last Monday night
t 10 o'clock, after a long and tedious
lness. Mr. Wallace was born five
ilies south of Bethel church, on Deember
12, 1820, and lived all his life
i York county. At the time of his
eath he was aged 81 years 7 months
nd 6 days. During many years of his
arlter manhood, Mr. Wallace conductJ
a high class school at Bethel, and a ,
umber of the leading old men of that
ectlon are former pupils. After giving
p school teaching he devoted himelf
to business and met with consld
rable success, acquiring quite a cometence.
He leaves one son and two
aughters. The son Is Mr. Sam V.
Wallace, of Clay Hill, ana the daughters
re Mrs. W. D. Moore and Mrs. J. M.
troup. The funeral took place at
lover on yesterday.
a*e Against Neely.
The court of general sessions has no
jrisdictlon in the cases against John
r. Neely, charged with obtaining
loney under false pretenses, for the
?ason that in no case does the amount
lvolved aggregate as much as the $20
ecessary to constitute grand larceny,
his was the opinion given out by Socltor
Henry on his arrival in Yorkille,
and consequently the warrants
nder which Neely was committed were
uashed. But this does not mean a
aspenslon of the proceedings. On afdavits
sworn out by Messrs. Sidney
[ogue, Perry Ferguson and others, new
'arrants were Issued by Magistrate S.
r. Johnson on Monday, and Neely was
romptly re-committed. Other warints,
it is 'understood, will be issued
y. Magistrates McMackin and Plexico,
nd it is probable that cases will be
mde from every township in the couni.
As yet no time has been fixed for
le trial of the first case; but it is exected
that the matter will be attended
) without unnecessary delay.
leuaare at Wlnthrop.
Rock Hill special of July 14 to Coimbla
State: For the benefit of the
ree Kindergarten association two
leasant entertainments were given
ist week in the Wlnthrop auditorium
y the ladies and gentlemen of the
jmmer school. In the first of these, a
otato race, the gentlemen were more
i evidence than at any other time in
le history of summer schools. An arly
of masculine forms lined the
Age, presenting as it seemed a parly
on the summer school, so entirely
as it devoid of the bright bits of
)lor, which usually grace such scenes,
[owever, the ladies formed the audiice
and greeted with applause the
ngainly attempts of their favorites in
le race, as they coaxed the coy poitoes
upon diminuitive spoons, and
arted upon the perilous Journey to
le basket. Many were the sad hearts
rnt realized for the first time the full
?rce and significance of the old exression:
"He drapt his 'tater." To
[r. Rhodes and Mr. Asbill were a ward 1
the first and second prizes, respectely,
a fountain pen and a knife; while
fr. J. Whitner Reid carried off the
?oby brize, a spoon as large as a ladle,
he second entertainment was a book
irty, in which 50 books were repre>nted
by ladies and gentlemen who
issed in succession across the stage
i be guessed by those present. Many
etty tableaux varied the entertainent.
The first on the programme was
iss Mae O'Bryan, who In her graceful
lanner sang with great expression,
Terusalem." Mrs. Sweet then conilsed
the audience with laughter over
humorous selection. The books came
;xt. "Reveries of a Bachelor," was
esented by Mr. Laurens T. Mills assted
by the following visions: Miss
aval, of Columbia; Miss Moncaster, of
harleston; Miss Powe, Miss Marguere
Tindal and Miss Nell Evans, of Ben>ttsville.
Then followed the other
presentatlves which were ingeniously
irried out, making the evening's enrtainment
a great success. Dainty
freshments served on the campus
impleted the occasion.
nrolliuent of Veterans.
Columbia State, Sunday: Under the
:t of the general assembly passed at