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Straps and 4:acts. ? Helena, Mont., dispatch: It Is proposed to build a wire fence 700 miles long on the boundary line between Montana and Canada. The necessity for this huge undertaking arises from the fact that several weeks ago a large number of cattle that had strayed into Canada from this state were seized by the Dominion officials on the ground that they had been smuggled. The fence will probably be built jointly by the Canadian and American governments and will cost several hundred thousand dollars. ? Says a Chicago dispatch of July 15: The famous John W. Gates corner in July corn came to an abrupt termination today when it became known that the shorts to the extent of a good many million bushels had effected a private settlement with Harris, Gates & Co., and that the deal was at an end so far as the steel magnate was concerned. The July price of the cereal took a quick drop to 65i. Later' it recovered a fraction and closed at 65}, substantially the price of the cash article. Just how many bushels were subject to private settlements will probably never be known, or is there much chance that the identity of the "big fellows" in the trade who doubtless contributed lioerally to the fortunes of Mr. Gates and the friends associated with him in the deal, will ever be positively known. It is estimated that Mr. Gates's profit will not exceed $1,500,000. This amount will be divided up between ten or a dozen millionaires who were interested in the deal. ? The Baltimore American says: "The appointment or Kear Admiral urowmnshield to command the European station was not hailed with peons of delight. The record of the man as a sailor and as an executive was not such as to justify the belief that he would measure up to the mark in either capacity. As a sailor he left Boston tor New York in the battleship Maine without sufficient coal or ship stores for the voyage, and narrowly escaped a courtmartlal for his failure to properly perform his duties before his vessel left port. As an executive, since assuming command of the European station, he came within a very narrow margin of causing trouble between this country and Italy by permitting his indorsement of the findings of the court of inquiry that investigated the Chicago affair at Venice to be made public?that indorsement containing a vicious attack upon the Italian judiciary. And now, while entering the harbor of Christiana, his ship, the Illinois, went ashore in a channel that is being constantly navigated with safety by competent sailors. The Illinois will have to go into dock, the government will have to pay the bills and Crowninshield has added another mark to his remarkable record for inefficiency." ? As a precaution against suicide, all food, cigars and everything, no matter of what importance, that goe3 to the cell of Chas. F. Hiatt, alias Osborn ?, is closely examined- by the Jail officials, says a Norfolk. Va.. dispatch of July 15. Every piece of bread that goes in his mouth is examined closely and broken into small pieces to make sure that it contains no poison, w hereby the accused murderer'of his wife in Oklahoma and another here could cheat the hangman's rope, which from all appearances, is tightly closing around his neck. Osborne has said he would prefer death to be taken back to Oklahoma. The vision of a howling mob who thirsted for his blood when he murdered his wife six years ago. is haunting him. and it would be no surprise if he confessed to the murder of his wife here to save himself from accompanying the officials who are here awaiting requisition papers from Governor Montague. State Attorney Tllton is being severely criticised for surrendering the prisoner to the Oklahoma authorities in the face of strong circumstantial evidence and appeals from relatives in North Carolina of Osborne's last wife, who believe she was murdered by her husband. Popular sentiment may compel the state attorney to change his mind before Friday, the day Osborne is expected to leave with the officers from tne west. ?Says a Pretoria dispatch of July 15: The settlement of the annexed territories is not being accomplished without considerable friction. This is especially noticeable In the bitter hatred and persecution on tne part of the Boers wno stayed in the field to the end of the war against the Boers who served as British scouts. It is said that some of these national scouts have been shot or beaten. So intense is the feeling that many of the burghers who fought consistently to the end. distinguish themselves from those who surrendered during the war by wearing a green badge. The Transvaal and Free State colors are also worn, and the custom is encouraged by the Dutch who did not take an active part in the war. Many of the burghers assert that they were induced to agree to surrender by tne false representations of their leaders, who painted the terms too rosily. Discordant elements are numerous and any attempt to nlace the burghers who surrendered during the war in authority over those who fought throughout, will conceivably result in a renewal of hostilities. The majority of the Boers have apparently in no way abandoned their nationality and some of them preach the advisability of opening Dutch schools so as to keep alive their nationality. The whole situation so bristles with difficulties that there are not lacking those who doubt if the docfiitfnp/1 Mnv 21 waa r*?nllv fi nal settlement of the South African troul le. ? A high official of the government, according to a Washington dispatch, has made the following statement concerning the negotiations pending in Ilome. Substantially these facts were cabled to Governor Taft in the latest instructions as a basis of his reply to the Vatican: "In seeking, through Governor Taft, to secure the peaceful removal of the friars of the four Orders from the Philippine islands the American representatives in the Philippine islands have merely been endeavoring faithfully to carry out the wishes of the people. It is not the United States government which is in any way objects to the presence of the friars in the islands. The lay Catholics, almost to a man. and practically all of the parish priests, will not permit them to come back to the parishes and hold theii lands in hostile possession. One of the avowed objects of the Insurrectionarj movement under Aguinaldo was to confiscate the friars' lands without anj compensation to the church. The United States authorities, recognizing the intensity and bitterness of this feeling among the Filipinos, but desirous ol the most scrupulous fairness toward /.V>tif/>Vi woro wllline- tn jirrnncp foi the purchase of the church lands b> the government, If the church authorities would withdraw the friars, whc are not now, and for years have no1 been, performing the religious functions among the people, and would replace them by other members of the churches who might take up with greater success the highly necessary religious wort which they are no longer able to perform." fthc illorkriUr (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. Cj ~7T , ~y SATURDAY, JULY 19,1902. As the result of a provision in the new constitution of Virginia prohibiting the use of free passes by holders ol public office, quite a number of officeholders have resigned, rather than give up their passes. As a rule they are men who are connected with the railroad business, but who hold various positions of honor and trust on differenl public boards. We have no recollectior of any resignation stampede in connection with the South Carolina laws prohibiting the use of free passes, and il there was any wholesale return of passes, the fact is not a matter of record. Mr. John Gary Evans^is advocating the proposition to turn the state penitentiary into a fertilizer factory. The scheme appears to be reasonably plausible on its face; but if the people whe use commercial fertilizers consult theli own interests, they will never consenl to a state monopoly of this commodity If the fertilizer combinations become oppressive, a way can be found to regulate them; but experience with the dispensary has already been sufficient to show that state monopoly of the fertilizer business would only add to oui troubles. The Beaufort correspondent of The News and Courier, appears to be fo> W. Boyd Evans for railroad commissioner and to be afraid of Mr. Cansler, Other correspondents have made conspicuous mention of Mr. Cansler. For instance, the Pickens correspondent of the Greenville News puts it this way: "Mr. James Cansler, of Tirzah, Yorli county, came first. Mr. Cansler is unquestionably the clown of the aggregation. and is running his level best, not for votes, but simply for popularity." We do not want to be classed as a partizan of Mr. Cansler, or of any other candidate in the race, but we want tc protest against such treatment of Mr, Cansler. He is not running simply for popularity, but because he wants the office: and while we would nof hold him out as being an ideal man for the place, we say, without hesitation, thai he is as deserving and as competent as any of his competitors, and if elected will give as honest, intelligent and patriotic service as any present or pasl member of the board. That Mr. Cansler should be brought into derision or contempt because he, has the ability tc amuse the crowds, and elects to do does not appear to be fair. In the fur that he is making he is giving his hearers some compensation for their attendance, and that is much more than car be said of many other members of the office-seeking aggregation. Mr. A. C. Latimer is preaching against the prevalent buncombe ir which certain politicians indulge against Republicans. Because thej think it a popular thing to do, some politicians abuse and bemean Republicans from the stump as swindlers anc thieves, and seek to pass this abuse as evidence of their own loyalty to Democracy. The thing is getting tiresome Did we not know that when these same politicians get to Washington, they arc as thick with Republicans socially anc otherwise as with Democrats, suet abuse might be tolerated. But what w< want now-a-days is not epithet and invective; but a common-sense showing of wherein Republicans are wrong anc how their policies are to be lmprovec upon. Brains, if they are plentiful go as far in Washington as elsewhere and Republicans are to be overcome only by superior brains. When Republicans are in the minority abuse is unnecessary, and when they are in the majority, just ordinary silly abuse has no better effect than tu foster a spirit of retaliation which makes our people suffer. There has been too much ot this kind of thing, and too little good honest, able work. Mr. Latimer is right about this matter. It is not suggested that Democrats surrender theii principles to Republicans. This is not necessary or desirable: but it shoulc not be forgotten that if right does not always win, it ought to, and where Republicans are right they should not bt opposed any more than Democrats would want to be opposed where the> are right. But anyhow let us awaj with this vituperation and abuse, this common cursina. and reuuire of oui would-be representatives that they talfc to us only with ability and sense. An able and esteemed contemporary that is determined to hold oil to the free coinage idea so Ions as the Democratic platform stands eommittel it that fallacy, undertakes to fortify its present precarious position with tlu follow ing: It is worth while noting that Mr. Arthur Balfour, the new British premier, is a binietalist. This is one of the several points of difference between Mr, l Balfour and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, t the retiring chancellor of the exchet quer. While bimetlism is not a "par amount issue" Just now either in Great " Britain or this country it is well to re> mind those who sneer at our American , blmetalllsts as ignorant and foolish that the foremost statesman of the world's greatest empire is a believer in ' the double standard. There was a time, a few years back, i when many of the ablest and most pa; triotic statesmen of America believed J that the future prosperity of this counI try depended upo% bimetalism. Their judgment was based upon the fact that ' by reason of its scarcity, the purchas ing power of gold was tremendously in> creased, and there was good reason for : believing that there would never again : h?> sufficient basic monev to Dav debts and conduct the business of the couni try. Because of the increased purchasi ing power of tne dollar, and the in; creased difficulty of getting that dowar. the creditor class had a tremendous advantage over the debtor class. A ma jority of the Democratic leaders believed then that free coinage of silver was the country's only salvation. There were in the party, however, certain wise and far-seeing statesmen, who considered the existing widespread distress as only temporary, and who believed and counseled that the trouble would finally regulate itself in such manner that what then seemed an affliction would prove a blessing. That the judgment of these men, who were then roundly condemned, has been vin: dicated, is too evident to call for extended argument; but still there are many of us who are not yet willing to admit that we could have been so badly , mistaken or that those who differed with us could have been so wholly cor' rect. That Mr. Balfour is one of the ' ablest statesmen of his age, there is no question; but we should not lose sight of the fact that he is not an American 1 statesman, but a British statesman. ' and nerein lies the significance. When the Democratic party of the United States was making sucn a strenuous c fight for free coinage its greatest op1 position lay in Great Britain, and Mr. Gladstone, and the foremost statesman ' of his day, made no hesitation in glv' ing out a frank statement of his position. It was in effect like this: "Gold is the highest and oest money of the world, and while if Great Britain were a debtor nation she might nrefer to nnv in silver, a cheaner mon 1 ey, being: a creditor nation, she desires " to be paid in the best money and, ' therefore, she wants gold." Since then conditions have been changed. The United States, then a debtor nation, has become a creditor nation, and to about ' the same extent Great uritain has become a debtor nation. Consulting only her own interest now, as she did in for mer years, it is but natural that Great ' Britain may now want free coinage: but under the same rule, the interests of the United States requires that she continue to stand for gold. And since ; this country stood firm to a correct principle even when it seemed that her financial system was passing through the valley of the shadow of death, it is not likely that it will now yield anything along this line from its high mountain of prosperity. STATE CAMPAIGN NOTES. What the Candidates For Office Are Sn ylnK and DulnK. The feature of the senatorial campaign meeting in Charleston last Tues' day night was an effort to howl John 1 Gary Evans down. Governor Evans is still well remembered in Charleston in ' connection with his efforts to enforce > the dispensary law by means of the I metropolitan police, and there is a class with which he is not at all popular, : It was-on this account that the howling i down was attempted. Tne whole thing was preconcerted and it was thought that it had been arranged so that it could not fail. The appearance of Mr. Evans, therefore, was a signal for pandemonium, from a well-liquored crowd of hoodlums. Mr. Evans informed the crowd that he had come there to speak > and he intended to do so. The crowd sent back all kinds of insulting re' marks and shouts; but Evans stood his ground. Finally the police succeed ed in restoring order and Evans con. eluded. He made a good speech and j forced applause out of his enemies. In his report of the Walhalla meeting, i Mr. Norment has this interesting paragraph: "Cansler, of Tirzah, was heard with such pleasure that by vote of the audience his time was extended. All > were attentively heard. Messrs. Evans i and Mobley had something to say to ? Mr. Wilborn. Mr. Wilborn gave a vigorous account of his stewardship. Ask7 ed why the legislators among his op; ponents had not reduced taxes, instead . of, with great increase of property, the j levy being now higher. He was interrupted by Mr. Mobley, who asked why 5 the rate on cotton goods to Charleston - from this section had not been reduced from 35 to 20 cents, when manufactu| rers made this request. Mr. Wilborn " denied the statement, took a $5 bill - and invited Mobley to stand or retire. 1 Mr. Mobley, amid much laughter and j applause, "stood." Preliminaries arose and, amid laughter and general api plause, Chairman Carey pocketed one bill, giving your correspondent the r other." | Beaufort special to News and Courier: General surprise is expressed as 1 to the large number of candidates for , so lucrative and important an office as railroad commissioner, and the wonder ' is that such ordinary material is prei sented to choose from, and the question is asked what claims do any of the . candidates present, with tne exception of Mr. Boyd Evans. If Cansler, of Tir? zah, could only show that he had been 5 crippled by a railroad accident and had t taken the same medicine ad nauseum , that some of the railroads had given ' other people, he would deserve and ob' tain a very flattering and sympathetic , vote; but so far as he is concerned the ; audience, while highly entertained by his antics, did not think he could get round fast enough to circumvent a " railroad or its directors. I Collector JeiiKiiiM. t Washington special of July 15 to The News and Courier: Major Micah Jen, kins, the new collector of internal rev' enue for South Carolina, will take ' charge of his office at Columbia next ' Monday, the 21st. His bond has been r filed and approved and his commission . will be sent to him during the present ' week. The commissioner of internal revenue stated today that otner official : arrangements are being made for the new collector to take charge at the beginning of the working day next Monday. The bond of Major Jenkins is furnished by a well-known security . company. According to the usual practice he was here today to confer with the internal revenue officials and is pre? pared to enter upon his duties at once, i He has not announced what changes , lie proposes to make in the personnel of his official staff. He is responsible for the administration of his office and he may feel the necessity of surround, ing himself with trusted friends. His recommendations have to be approved , by the commissioner. LOCAL. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. E. Adams, Jr.?Is announced as a candidate for recommendation for appointment as auditor of York county. Mrs. Rhoda L. Ferguson?Desires to sell her house and lot whlcn Is located next to the Presbyterian church in Yorkville. J. M. Stroup, Qualified Executor?Gives notice to persons having any claims against the estate of J. Ran Wallace, deceased, to present same for payment. W. S. Wilkerson and others?Give notice of an election to be held at Wll-jajap oi 'qjg isnany 'ajojs suosjaij mine whether or not the special four mill tax levy in school district No. 9 shall be repealed. J. H. Wylle and others?Give notice of an election to be held at Hickory Grove, August 5th, to determine whether or not the special iour mm tax levy In school district No. 40 shall be repealed. W. O. Rawls, Plumber?Wants you to know that he does plumbing, steam and water fitting and does tin work, and repairs engines and agricultural machinery. W. Brown Wylle, C. C. C Pis.?Gives notice of foreclosure sale of the property involved in the case of W. W. Lewis, trustee, plaintiff, against T. B. McClain et al., defendants. Riddle & Carroll?Tell you of the advantages to be derived by baling hay, and want to sell you a hay press at a low figure. They also have baling wire. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Are still offering special bargains in clothing, which will be of interest to clothing buyers. ^^WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Penalty on commutation street tax attaches after July 25. The price now is $2.50. ? Up to a few days ago, Mr. D. M, Benfield, who lives a few miles southeast of town, had sold $28 worth of canteloupes on this market. ? A horse belonging to Messrs. Glenn & Allison was found dead in its stall yesterday morning. On Thursday It was worked all day to a wagon, as usual, and when fed at night was apparently in good health, eating its feed, but. as stated, was found dead the next morning. THE CONFEDERATE REUNION. General Thomas W. Carwlle, major general commanding the South Carolina Division of Confederate Veterans, has issued the following general circular of information regarding the Confederate reunion that is to be held in Greenville next month: General Order No. 2. 1. Having been appointed major general to succeed General C. I. Walker, promoted to command the department of the Army of Northern Virginia, by the commanding general in general order No. 296, I hereby assume command of the South Carolina, division, United Confederate Veterans. 2. The South Carolina division, United Confederate Veterans, will meet in Greenville, S. C., at their' annual reunion on the 6th, 7th and 8th of August, 1902. The convention will be called to order at 11 o'clock a. m., at the hall designated by the Greenville committee. All veterans are earnestly requested to attend this meeting, as year by year our numbers are growing less. 3. Commanders of all camps composing this division will call them together at once and elect delegates to attend said reunion. 4. The commanding general regrets lo call attention to a large number of camps who are in arrears as to dues, both to the general headquarters at New Orleans and also, to the division headquarters. These' "dues are small and should be paid at once.- No camp will be allowed to vote who is in arrears to either the general headquarters or division during- the convention. 5. Colonel J. M. Jordon, of Camp Pulliam, Greenville, S. C., will act as chief of staff during the reunion at Greenville, to whom all dues may be remitted. 6. It is with pleasure that I announce to the veterans that our comrade, Colonel Robert Aldrlch, of Barnwell, S. O., will deliver the annual address, and that Miss Lumpkin, of Columbia, S. C., will welcome the veterans in behalf of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. : >? 7. All railroads have given the low rate of one cent a mile for each way traveled. By order of Thomas W. Carwile, Major General, commanding South Carolina division, United Confederate Veterans. Official: J. M. Jordan, Acting Chief nf Qtaff GRAND JURY'S REPORT. The grand jury got through with its work last Wednesday morning, and was discharged after submitting its final report. This report, which is signed by T. M. Allen, foreman, reads as follows: To the Honorable O. W. Buchanan, Presiding Judge: Having disposed, to the best of our ability, of all the bills of indictment, lodged with us by the solicitor, we, the grand jury of York county, beg to submit the following before asking yout honor to discharge us from further attendance on this session of the court. Through committees we have visited the county home, county stockade and county jail, and noted conditions at these institutions. We find in the jail sixteen prisoners, including three lunatics. The prison is well kept in every particular, and we have no criticism to make on that account. Generally speaking, however we do not like the looks of it. We think there is room for improvement in the matters of comfort, sanitation and security: but because of the expense involved we are not disposed to recommend any changes at this time, other than that the piping in connection with the heating apparatus should be well painted. At the stockade and chaingang we found conditions as satisfactory as could be expected under the circumstances. Systematic business conditions seem to prevail, and we are very well pleased with what we saw. Sc well pleased in fact, that we desire to especially commend Supervisor Gordon and Mr. Whitener for their efficient management. At the county home we found twenty white paupers and thirteen colored paupers. These paupers are being wellcared for, and the whole institution seems to be managed in a manner that is entirely satisfactory. Supervisor Gordon has appeared before us with some suggestions looking to improvement. At this time the paupers are housed in a number of one-story tworoonied houses, scattered over a distance of some 200 yards. Each house constitutes a separate establishment, and the expense of maintenance, as well as the inconvenience of supervision, are necessarily greater than if all the people were housed under one oi two roofs, and there were arrangements to furnish cooking, washing, heat, etc., to all at the same time. In the opinion of the supervisor, some change should be made to this end. The supervisor's ideas strike us favorably from the standpoint of practicability, and we heartily commend the intelligent consideration he is giving the subject; but we suggest that no expensive changes be undertaken until such time as the county may he in better condition to hear the expense. We find on the county home farm quite a large crop of promising corn, and while such barns and storehouses as are there are lai'ly good, they are likely to prove inadequate to house the harvest. We recom mend, therefore, the erection of a suitable'buildlng. A barn for the cattle belonging to the farm is also needed. We have carefully examined the work that has been done on the Yorkviiit- and Rock Hill road, and beg to say that we feel proud of our citizenship in a county that is far enough advanced to be willing to spend its money in this way. We desire also to commend the liberality of our fellow citizens who have assisted this work by private subscription, and to say that we would like to see their example more generally followed. We have not yet examined the books and records of the county offices; but will do so through an expert before the convening of the next session of court. ENROLLMENT BV TOWNSHIPS. Rooks for the enrollment of all the Confederate veterans of the county by townships, In accordance with a resolution adopted by the state convention of Confederates and an act of the general assembly, are now In the hands of Clerk of the Court Wylle, and that official Is anxious to see the contemplated i work put underway. This new enrollment seeks to include the name of every soldier who went to the war. whether killed during service, died afterward or is now living. It is also Intended to lnciude a statement of : the organizatioh to which the soldier belonged and information as to the ' duration of his service, etc. The contemplated work is to be entrusted to a county enrollment committee, which committee is to consist . of one veteran, who should be chairman, one son of a veteran and a daughter of the Confederacy. The veteran on this committee is authorized to appoint township committees, consisting entirely of veterans, but not limited as to numbers, and these township com{ mittees are expected to gather all of I the required data and to record it in the books that have been provided for the purpose. Simultaneously with the appointment of the township veterans' enrollment ! committee, the Sons of Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy are requested to organize in every neighborhood and township for the purpose of , arousing interest locally, and, by their individual and organized efforts, to en deavor to obtain the name of every veteran from the neighborhood entitled to enrollment with proof of his service, and submitting the same to the veteran township committee for enrollment and to render clerical and other aid to said veterans' committee. The county enrollment committee is requested to arouse the Sons of Veterans anu Daughters of the Confederacy to this I Important auxiliary work to be rendered by them. Now that the books have been fur, nished, the first step is the organization of the county committee. So soon as the personnel of this committee is de, cided upon, the work will likely continue in proportion to the interest that may develop. THE UNWRITTEN LAW. Solicitor Henry is nothing if not consistent, and he is as steadfast as he is , consistent. That is the opinion which ' the York county people who have been watching him during the last half dozen years have formed of him, and there are not a few who claim that he is, un1 questionably, the ablest and most effective prosecuting officer in the state. But Mr. Henry has his troubles, and not the least of them has risen out of a long, steady effort to get the people of his circuit, and especially of York county, out of certain traditional sen tlments with regard to what Is popularly known as the unwritten law. He has had two or three notable fights along this line, and on more than one occasion his nerve and moral courage has been tested to the uttermost without suffering any from the test. And he Is making some headway. The court of general sessions just adjourn-j ed, furnishing a striking Illustration. There were two "unwritten law" , cases before the court, and by a peculiar co-incident one defendant was a man and the other was a woman. Both were Negroes. A Negro man Invaded , the home of another Negro and was shot by the Injured husband. In the other case, a Negro woman shot a rival who was supplanting her in her hus! band's affections. Both were charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. In the case of the man, the jury re' turned a verdict of "not guilty." There ; was no confusion surrounding the fact | of the assault, however, or of the in tent. The defendant admitted that he did the shooting and explained what , he did it for. Mr. Henry made a strong I appeal to the jury for a conviction, but : without success, and the result stirred him up to unusual earnestness in the J Tn Vktn onnnnH tn tVlA illfV I acuuiiu ta^c, in mo ?-w ?,*?v j%* f . he referred to the verdict that had just been rendered, and denounced it as a miscarriage of justice. -"That jury," he J said, "was sworn to bring in a verdict not in accordance with sentiment or the 'unwritten law,' but in accordance with j the written law. The evidence was , plain, unmistakable, and in its failure I it proved its unfitness to try such a case. We are here not to carry out any , unwritten law; but to perform our sworn duty, and your oath requires that you find your verdict in accordance with the evidence. If, after you , have done your duty, you think this defendant ought not to be punished, sign a petition to the governor asking for her pardon; but whatever you do, don't violate your oath." It was a powerful appeal and a stinging one, and it evidently had its effect. ; The natural inclination of the second jury was to bring in a verdict of not guilty, as the first had done. Instead of that, however, the jury went into the room during the afternoon, and sweltered in the heat all through the night until next morning, when it re ported its inability to agree, and the Judge ordered a mistrial. "There was some consolation in that," said Mr. Henry, speaking of the matter afterward. "The jury has my sympathy in both cases. I would not want to see either one of those defendants punished, and in case of their conviction, I would have gladly joined in a petition to the governor for their pardon. But we are not here to try cases on sentiment. That Negro man was guilty and should have been convicted. The woman is guilty also, and she should be convicted. The only remedy we have in cases like this, is to appeal to the governor for mercy." ABOUT PEOPLE. < 7^\lr. R. Sidney McConneli is in Char- 1 Ititte this week. ] Mrs. D. Harrison is visiting relatives and friends in Fort Mill. >,Mr. S. W. Guy, of Lowrysvilie, was m YorkvlUe, Wednesday. OCaptaln W. B. Moore came up from Kershaw on Wednesday afternoon. /Mr. W. E. Adams, of Bowling Green, gave The Enquirer a call on Wednesday. Mrs. Henrietta Hood, of Chester, is visiting her great-grandniece, Mrs. A. M. Grist. Dr. and Mrs. Paul T. Gordon, of Charlotte, are on a visit to relatives and friends. ^Miss Mary Louise Bomar, of Spartanburg, is visiting Miss Marion Logan In Yorkvllle. Mrs. Breed Love, of Newberry, is visiting at the home of Mrs. James A. Watson, on Cleveland avenue. IV1 I?*. J. n, D. JCIIIVII19 iXIIU UI1IUIC11, \j 1 | Jlock Hill, are visiting relatives and friends in the Bowling Green neighborhood. ' Mrs. Florence Anderson and children, of Lowrysville, visited the family of Mr. Ben Adams, at Bowling Green, this week. ,?ftle8srs. M. L. Smith and Herbert Wright, of Clover, will leave tonight for a trip to New York and other cities North. " Mrs. M. L. Smith and children, of Clover, are visiting relatives and friends at Batesburg, S. C? Mrs. Smith's old home. " Mr. Thomas Dickson, of Spartanburg, is on a visit .o friends and acquaintances in this county. He expects to prolong his visit for several weeks. Mrs. C. C. Cornwell, of Dallas, N. C., spent several days In Yorkvlle this week, the guest of her cousin, Mrs. W. E. Hurt, returning home on yesterday morning. /Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gordon are at King's Mountain, N. C., having been called there on account of the critical illness of Mrs. Gordon's sister. Mrs. J. F. Allison, with typhoid fever. ^Master Bedford Moore, who for several weeks has been under Instruction in the Sumter Telephone Manufacturing company's factory at Sumter, arrived at his home in Yorkville on Wednesday afternoon. ^Mr. J. B. Pegram, who has been quite m for the past two weeks or more, was on the streets again Wednesday. He fen off eighteen pounds during his illness and has evideltly had a pretty hard rub of it. He went to Cleveland Springs on Thursday. ?, The following persons made up a pary that left for a ten days' stay at Blowing Rock, N. C., this week: Mrs. S. R. Moore, Miss Janie Wilkle, Misses Mamie Moore, Elise Moore, Annie Clarkson, Messrs. W. P. Harrison, Robert Johnson and Tscharner DeGraffenreid. V Miss Bessie, the 12-year-old aaugnxer of Mr. R. L. Devlnney, who lives four miles southwest of Yorkvllle, broke her right arm last Tuesday evening as the result of a fall. She had just put the cows In the pasture, and qn turning to go to the house, struck her foot against an obstruction. The broken arm was set very shortly afterward by Dr. McDowell, and Miss Devlnney has since been getting along very nicely. HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. i'y Dr. J. W. Campbell has recently enlarged and remodeled his residence on Kings Mountain street, In Clover, and it presents quite a handsome appearance. W Mr. W. S. Wllkerson has about 25 acres of sorghum cain on his plantation this year and it is said to be looking remarkably well. The farmers of the neighborhood have not planted ca'ne as extensively as during some previous years, but including his own crop, Mr. Wilkerson calculates on having us much as he will care to manage. *</* The old school building at Clover, which was among the first erected in the town, having been built about 1877, is to be enlarged and generally Improved before the beginning of the fall session. When the work shall have been completed in accordance with the prepared specifications, the building Will be more in keeping with the progressive spirit that has made Clover what it is today?one of the most desirable towns in which to live in the Piedmont section, and of course everybody who knows much, knows that the Piedmont section is the most delightful on the continent. Because of hearts made sick by hope long deferred, there are those who do not believe that the Southern railway will ever make a first-class road of the old Three C's division on which Yorkvllle is located. But the indications point otherwise, and it is not going to be a great while before people will be convinced. The attention of The Enquirer has been called to an important order that Road Master Maxwell was distributing among his section bosses a few days ago. The information comes noc irom the officials; but from a passenger on the train who saw the order. The order reads in efTect: "Report to me at once all the rotten and defective ties along your section, together witn other defects in the track, and upon receipt of this report I will go over the work with you with a view to giving such instructions as will put the roadbed In perfect condition." From this it Is apparent that the Southern management has more Important uses for this property than those to wnich it has been put heretofore, and it is not improbable that there Is someming In a view that was recently expressed oy a prominent Yorkvilie business man to this effect; "I believe that within six months from now the Southern will be using this line for all the heavy freight it has to handle. sucn as coai, lumun eit.. ucmccii Marion, N. C., and Columbia and Charleston." tir In discussing the lien law the other day, in the presence of the reporter, a business man of experience summed up the situation like this: "There is as much necessity now for the repeal of the lien law as there was for its original enactment. At tne time the law was enacted, there was very little money in the country, and some such basis of credit was aosolutely necessary for reasonably rapid recuperation and development. But during the past few years it has become evident that the law is proving a losing game to both merchants and farmers. The merchant tries to sell too much and the farmer tries to buy too much, labor is demoralized and the general effect is loss to all i concerned. There is enough money in i the country now to do all the legitimate ! business in sight, and there is also < plenty of security with which to obtain i it. It is time to-ehminate the unplante?.. crop as a basis of credit and to con- I fine the credit basis to actual property. I It will be better for both the mercnant and farmer. Where the farmer is uble I tn vvnrlf nnlv half nf hia land hp will work it better, control his labor better, ? and make more profit. The merchant j will run less risk, and although his profits may be smaller, he will know ( better what he is doing. If there is i iver to be a time for the repeal of the lien law that time seems to have arrived." FOB A BETTKI1 COISTY HOMIC. Supervisor Gordon has for sometime past been considering the Idea of Important changes at the county home. He has no notion of taking the matter up at this time, because the necessary means are not available; but he thinks something should be done as soon as practicable. Speaking of the subject i day or two ago, he said: "There has been enough money spent an the county home In the past to make a very respectable establishment. Quite a lot of property has been accumulated about the premises in the way of buildings, etc., but this property is not In the most desiraDie snape. n is evident that the officials of ihe old days did not have the experience that has since heen accumulated on this subject, and if we had it to do over again, with no more money than has already been spent, we could arrange things to much better advantage. "At this time the county is taking rare of some thirty-five paupers. They are quartered in small houses that are reasonably comfortaDle, but scattered along a distance of 150 or 200 yards. Where they are able, the paupers do their own cooking, washing, sewing and other work. They also build their own fires, and as far as practicable nurse each other during sickness. It is easy to appreciate that in this condition there is necessarily more or less waste of energy and of expense. For instance, suppose it were arranged so all the sick, as far as desirable, could be kept together. One nurse could then do the work that is now required of two or three. The same idea applies to washing and cooking, and also to heating. It takes quite a lot of wood to keep the paupers comfortable In the winter, and the expense of hauling it is an Important item. If it were arranged so all the paupers could be warmed from a single furnace, there would be a saving here. The fact is, the concentration idea could be used to advantage all along the line. -- * n-VU T wA??M "jr me money were nvu.iin.uic, * nwutu be In favor of the construction of a large modern building, something after the style of a hotel. The building need not be unnecessarily expensive, but plain and substantial, and provided with such conveniences and comforts that are absolutely indispensable. It would include say, a sufficient number of living rooms, a suitable hospital, a chapel, a large dining room, and a large kitchen. It could be so arranged that the whole could be heated by a furnace, and there should also be a proper system of sewerage. "I understand very well," concluded &fr. Gordon, "that many people who have not given their attention to this matter will be inclined to consider this suggestion somewhat far-fetched; but I assure them that such is not the case. Such a building is actually needed now and there is a probability that it will be needed still more in the future. The average number of paupers these days runs pretty close on to forty. That average has been Increasing forv several years, and It will continue to increase. The Scriptures tell us that we will have the poor with us always, so we may as well provide against the requirements of the future by arranging for the accommodation of at least 100 people. Then there is another thing in this connection. As the law now stands, Confederate soldiers cannot be sent to the poor house. From the way I see It, in spite of the law and of pensions and or provisions ior me uuisme pw,, the time Is coming when some of them will simply have to go there, because they will have no place else to go. If you remember, we have already had one case of this kind, and I fear that we are going to have more. Then, with such a possibility in view, we can do no better than make the county home as comfortable and convenient as we are able." GENERAL SESSIONS. Considering the number and the importance of the cases to be disposed of at the beginning, the court of general sessions has been dragging along with tedious slowness. Ordinarily the same amount of business could be transacted within two days or such a matter; but the judge has been very patient, and the lawyers and witnesses have been disposed to take their time without any effort at hurry. Following is the record: John Rogers, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, was convicted of simple assault and battery and was sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or go to the chaingang for thirty days. Elzy Brown, charged with highway robbery and larceny, was convicted and sentenced to two years at hard labor In the state penitentiary or on the public wni'Iro rtf thp POlintv. Craig Byers was charged wi*h assault and battery with Intent to kill. He had tried to kill another Negro for being too attentive to his wife. The Jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Sol Barron plead guilty to the charge jf violating the dispensary law and v was sentenced to three months' labor on the public works of the county, with credit for one month aiready served in Jail while uwaiting trial. In the case of Ella Gaither, charged with assault and battegy with intent to kill, the jury was unable to agree upon a verdict. The defendant had tried to ki.? another woman for alienating the affections of her husband. Martin Stevenson, charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, vvu8 acquitted. In the case of Hugh Wallace, charged with assault and battery with intent t to kill, the Jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation to the mercy of the court. The defendant was sentenced to labor on the public works jf the county for a period of nine months. Will Irwin, charged with assault and aattery with intent to kill, was acquitted. Lizzie Williams, charged with attempt to poison, was found not guilty. In the case of David Hutchison, in aged Negro, charged with rape, the |ury returned a verdict of "not guilty." In the case of Julius Thorns, a Negro, harged with assault and battery with ntent to kill, the verdict was not guil