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Scraps and iacts. ' i iff" Duluth, Minn., dispatch: "In 1910, l when our next census is taken, I ex- < pect that the population of the United ' States will reach the 100,000,000 mark," < said William R. Merriam, director of < the census bureau. In an interview, i "This will include our new possessions, I Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines, ' but it will demonstrate in no uncertain ' terms what a world power this country 1 has become. There will be some im- ' portant changes in the census system. ' We can see now where improvements 1 can be made in the methods used. One < thing that I shall have in mind is to cut down the expense of taking the census. The last one cost this country $12,000,aoo an pnormous sum. I know of seve-. ral ways whereby this amount can be reduced." ? Dispatches of the past few days from Keokuk, Iowa, tell of the mightest flood that has been known in the Mississippi river for years. Swollen by recent heavy rains that have fallen along its tributaries, the river has spread out to a width of from some 400 or 500 square miles of farm lands on which there are splendid plantation homes and which had also great crops of fine corn that promised to yield from 60 to 80 bushels to the acre. In some sections the inhabitants had so little warning of the approaching flood that they were barely able to escape with their j lives. Many thousands of cattle were ( lost. Reports from various river points ^ in Missouri are the same, and it seems that many of the farms have been cov- j ered by great lakes. The property loss, ( including the value of crops, is estima- , ted at from $6,000,000 upward. ? London dispatch of June 17: Details of an important move by Russia which have evidently been suppressed hitherto by the censor, have transpired in London. This move is no less than a proposal by the imperial government for an international conference to deal ? ? ? * with trusts, .tsaron ue oiaai, me nu?sian ambassador in London, about ten days ago presented to the British gov- . ernment a note irom M. DeWitte, the j Russian minister of finance, which note was sent also to all the powers that signed the Brussels sugar convention, J proposing that these powers should consider in common, means to protect international commerce against the artificial depression of prices, not only by ' government measures, such as export bounties or the control of production, but also by the much more dangerous processes adopted by trusts, private undertakings or cartels, which tend artificially to influence the international markets. This explains the mysterious reference made in The Financial Messenger, of St. Petersburg, early this week, to a recent note of M. DeWitte, which, the paper said, "is an application, in the economic domain, of the . principles of The Hague conference." , ? John W. Mackay, the well-known i millionaire, and who with Flood, Fair s and O'Brien, was known as a Bonanza < king, died in London last Sunday, after a brief illness caused from heat prostration. Mr. Mackay went to Califor- | nia in 1851 via Panama. He at once t entered a mine, working with a pick , and shovel in the placers of the Ameri- ] can river. In 1863 he formed a partner- < ship with Flood, Fair and O'Brien. In | .1871 this famous mining quarette pur- j chased the site of the Bonanza terri- , tory north of the Ophir mine on the j celebrated Comstock ledge. They began ] work on a lode abandoned by Sharon i and other large operators. The enter- j prise was a fruitful source of ridicule , in mining circles, nothing but financial ( disaster being freely predicted. With- ( out losing heart or patience the four y men continued, expending a half million ( dollars in prospecting operations. The < leuge was sirucx ana over *iiu,wv,wu t were added to the world's stock of precious metals. No accurate estimate of Mr. Mackay's holdings in California ( and Nevada can be made; but it will , run up into the millions. He was the , owner of valuable real estate in San j Francisco and had interests in mines t throughout the state of Nevada. > ? The Gastonia Gazette, of last Fri- ; day, gives this interesting description < of a striking incident that occurred at < the North Carolina state Democratic ] convention last Wednesday night: The ' reading of the minority report was re- i ceived with a great shout and ground- i swell of approving welcome. It was up < to the majority and they were keen enough of vision to discern the desper- i ateness of the situation. One of the i committeemen, a little fellow weighing i about 110 pounds, quite young, and in | white duck clothes as we now recollect, i hopped out into the arena to spill his i last drop of blood and spend his last ex- I piring breath in the cause of the majority report. He came pretty near spending his breath too. He ripped and , charged and gyrated and gesticulated and went through a catalogue of motions of speed and character that suggested the performances of a 1J horsepower vertical gasoline engine ( that we set to running once without having it bolted to the floor. This engine in its exertions to do its regular Illgll speeu S.IUIH.O uiu j. gicr.ii manjt uuier stunts equally as well. But the speaker,?he formulated a climax, drew himself up into a bunch like a baseball pitcher going to deliver an in-curve and exploded vociferously with "that archtraitor to the Democratic party, Grover Cleveland!" Then it was that something broke loose. It was worth six years of dull times to any good Democrat to have been alive and present at that moment. Whoops and cheers for Cleveland shook the building. Two men cussed?one of them, though, could out-cuss the other, and did it. They were not utiering imprecations upon each other: no, no! Both were directing their attention to the young gentleman who was doing his anti-Cleveland stunt on the stage. A distinction is made here: we do not recollect hearing any profanity?any infraction of the third commandment?it was just plain, artless cussing: it was not lurid, not picturesque. and not in the form of discourse known in the Latin grammars as oratio obliqua, it was the unfrilled. < rapid fire, straight-shot kind. One was Mayor Hoyden, of Salisbury, the other was Mr. Keesler, of Charlotte. The Charlotte man had the vigor in his all right, but the fluent Salisbury man was'i i little heftier at the business. We do not say that we enjoyed hearing them ?xpress their feelings of exasperation, for we do not enjoy hearing anybody cuss. But the remarks of these gentlemen were so nicely adjusted to the requirements of the occasion which called them forth, that they belong to the realm of real art, where, we believe, it Is lawful to admire the art in cases where the production does not otherwise command our unqualified approbation. The little man on the stage went back and sat down amid great shouts that had long before reduced bis performance to mere pantomime. iTht \(orkintlr (fnqmvct. YORKVILLE, S. C.s WEDNESDAY, JULY 23,1902. If, in spite of Senator Tillman's threat, Charleston insists on sending Mr. Von Kolnitz to the state senate, the city may hereafter ask Mr. Depew, :>r some other Republican, to look after its interests in Washington. The probability is that almost any one of the leading Republican senators would accept the charge, and if so the result might be somewhat startling. Consul General Bragg is in trouble with the state department for saying that "Uncle Sam may as well try to make a whistle out of pig's tail, as attempt to make anything out of the Cubans." The letter was private to General Bragg's wife and she gave it to the newspapers. Because the administration is especially anxious to keep on good terms with the Cubans, General Bragg will probably be reoalled. The newspapers are printing the 3tory for the express purpose of causing her husband's recall. Mr. A. C. Latimer says that the tariff is a rather dangerous issue to monkey with at this time, and as a reason for his assertion calls attention to the fact that as the result of tariff reduction during Cleveland's administration, it became necessary to issue bonds to the amount of $260,00u,000. That is fiardly the whole story; but there is a ?ood deal in the point that Mr. Latimer makes. Not only did the country, is a whole, suffer on account of the unfortunate Wilson bill, but the Democratic merchants of the south received :he most stunning financial blow that lad previously come their way since the tvar. The tjariff question is one which should be Approached with exceeding care. The Columbia State has recently conmined a number of paragraphs suggesting the necessity of the establishment of an immigration commission in Mew York. This matter has long been )f pressing importance to South Caroina. Up to ten or fifteen years ago t was impracticable because of the few manufacturing interests then existing n the south and the presence of the Megro. Conditions are different now. Mewly arrived immigrants may be offered a wide variety of choice in the matter of occupation, and with proper effort it will be practicable to fill this country up quite rapidly. The result ivould be of great advantage to property interests of all kinds. It is time cur people were giving serious consider:ion to this question. There is an element of mystery about the story in which it is alleged that Colonel Talbert took Colonel Tillman's nail from the Pickens postoffice, and people do not understand it. reopie ire not ready to believe that Colonel Talbert could be guilty of such a trick, md they are puzzled to know what he ?ould want with Colonel Tillman's mail iven if he could be guilty of taking it. But while both Colonels Tillman and Talbert claim that they have been misrepresented, there is evidently some foundation for the story that was sent jut by the correspondent of the Greencille News. Otherwise there would be no reason for Colonel Tillman's call for 1 government inspector to investigate the matter. Probably the whole trouble grew out of some unfortunate misunderstanding; but in justice to all concerned it is hoped that the matter will be speedily cleared up. An Associated Press dispatch of Monday, from Oyster Bay, L. I., brings the information that Senator John L. McI.aurin has declined the president's offer of an appointment to the vacant judgeship on the court of claims. The dispatch does not give a great many details: but intimates that the president was very anxious for Senator McLaurin to accept the position, and that there was no reason to believe that Senator Tillman's opposition would count for anything against his confirmation. Senator McLaurin has given in a letter his reasons for declining, but the letter is not published. It is stated, however, that he did not care to put himself in the position of even appearing to have sold his principles for reward. To arrive at the real facts about this amjointment is difiicult. It will be remembered that it was once stated as a fact that Senator McLaurin was after Judge Simonton's job. The senator, so far as we have any recollection, never dignified the accusation with a public denial: but he assured his personal friends that there was no truth in it. Next, his newspaper enemies asserted as a fact that he was to be appointed a member of the Philippine commission. and candidates Hocked to Columbia in droves to secure appointment as his successor. The senator assured his intimate friends that although he had been offered a place on the Philippines commission, he had never dreamed of taking it or any other place that would remove him from South Carolina. Next, in connection with the movement by which Senator McLaurin was forced out of the race for re-election, was stated this story of his trying to get this place on the court of claims. He stated to various correspondents that he was really not after the place; that all the rumors were without foundation. The story, however, was repeated with such frequency and persistence that even the senator's closest friends began to give it credence. Now, however, that this place, one of the best within the gift of the president?a lifetime sinecure at $5,000 a year?has been offered and declined, Senator McL.aurin's enemies will have to commence their work all over again. The communication of Observer, in another column, deals with a subject that is of considerable interest, not only in York county, but throughout the state. The puzzle is not a new one. It has been growing more and more perplexing for several years past, and the solution does not appear to be any closer to view. _ Whether there is really as much cause for concern as Observer seems to think, we are unable to say; but we are doubtful of it. We do not think that York county has been especially careful about sending her best men to the general assembly. During the past fifteen or twenty years, we have elected some really able men, and we have also elected quite a number who had no especial fitness for the position; but upon the whole the representation from this county has averaged up reasonably well with that from other counties. However, this matter of average does not appear to be the point. The feeling of dissatisfaction that exists on this subject seems to demand something rather higher than the average, and it is the question as to how this end is to be arrived at that forms the puzzle. So long as the majority of the people do not feel the necessity or desirability of imposing more exacting qualifications on the position of representative, the standard is not likely to be advanced, nor will there be much change from the present method of making nominations. But in this connection we desire to call attention to what we consider an especially important point. No matter what may be the qualifications of a representative, influence and efficiency are to be gained principally by experience. It has been the custom in this county to punish even the smallest slip by a defeat. This is wrong. Ninety-nine men out of a hundred who get to the legislature are keenly anxious to please and benefit their constituents, and mistakes are usually of the head rather than of the heart. So long as mistakes are of the head only, there is hope, arid for this reason it would seem the better policy for the people to be more tolerant in their criticisms and slower to make changes. Changes are necessarily experimental, and it may often be the case that a representative, who may have been turned down for some real or imaginary shortcoming would, if he had been left alone, have made a much better representative during the next term than the man who may have been put in his place. VOLUNTEERS VS. CONSCRIPTS. In There Need For n Change In the Manner of Selecting: Legislative Cnndidntenf Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer: While the subject is up, if I can do so without giving offense to anybody, I desire to contribute a few thoughts to this matter of securing proper representation for York county in the general assembly. I am sure our people are rather more interested in the subject than would appear from any outward sign, and I feel confident that there is really a strong desire to have the county properly represented in the general assembly. From what I have heard the older people say, there was a time when York county used to send some able representatives to Columbia, and so far as my judgment is of value, I beg to say that we have had half a dozen or more very creditable representatives since 187G. But I agree with the sug gesuon inai nas ueen mauc iruiu nine to time to the effect that, as a rule, we are not particular about sending really and truly representative men to stand for our interests in the matter of making laws. I am reluctant to criticise our present delegation in the house. I certainly do not feel inclined to cast any reflections upon them. In the first place, it would not be in good taste to do such a thing under concealed identity, and in the second piaee I am not aware of anything I could say in the way of a reflection that would be just even if I desir-l ed to say it. So far as I know, all these gentlemen are men of good intentions, and they are also men of good intelli-' gence. I have heard people make assertions to the contrary; but I have generally been disposed to put these assertions down as more or less thoughtless. But if any of these representatives have been conspicuous successes as students, teachers, farmers, business or professional men, I am not aware of it. I cannot think of a single good reason why they should have been selected as representatives of York county, for whatever else may be said of this county, it stands high in all that makes for progress and advancement. There are within the bounds of old York many citizens who have carved out for them-i selves honest and honorable fortunes.' and who, in so doing have contributed] much to the welfare of the communities around them. It seems to me that we should endeavor to select our representatives from this class of our eitl zenship?that is if we want to he really and truly represented. The more I see of the working of our present system of selecting representatives, the more I am convinced of the necessity of some improvement in our methods. Under present conditions we really do not choose the people we want; but only choose from among those who desire the place. In saying this I am not trying to give the idea that I, as an individual, am not getting what I want; but I mean the whole people do not get what they want. I recognize that if I should attempt to bring out a candidate who meets with my notions, I would lay myself open to the just accusation of trying to have an individual representative. Hut when it comes to being confined to a choice between individual volunteers, represen tative of nothing: especially beyond the more or less selfish desire to win the honor of going to the legislature or of enjoying the small salary connected with the office, the principle seems to he pretty nearly the same. There should be some better way of selecting representatives. I would not like to see our present primary system interfered with. There are things about it that recommend it to Democrats. I would deplore the adoption of the convention system pure and simple, because the tendency would be to put us more than ever under the domination of the politicians. But, it occurs to me that the two ideas might be mixed with advantage, and I wouia mte 10 throw out a little suggestion. Howwould it do to have a rule that would require county conventions to nominate at least eight suitable men for the general assembly?conscript them, so to speak, and then leave the field open to volunteers the same as now? It seems to me that under a regulation of this kind the convention could be depended upon to name us good men. With such endorsement to begin with, these men could hardly refuse to allow the people to select between them, and then again there would be nothing to prevent volunteers from submitting their claims. As to whether there are any sins of commission to be charged against our present representatives I am unable to say; but there is much complaint about the sin of omission in allowing the road law to get Into the shape it now is. Maybe they could not have helped themselves; but whether they could or not, so far as I have seen, not one of them ever called attention to the matter while it was under discussion. Med" of experience and capacity would not have commited a blunder like this. But after all these representatives are not to blame and no blame should be visited upon them. The fault lies with our volunteer candidate system and consequently with the people. In conclusion, I want to say that in York county there are plenty of men of fitness and capacity to make creditable representatives in the legislature; but as a rule such men are not going to volunteer their services without some encouragement from neighbors and friends, and until the people, as a whole, begin to look after their interests better, they will not deserve any better representation than they have been having. Observer. Fort Mill, S. C., July 21, 1902. STATE CAMPAIGN NOTES. What the Candidate* For Office Are Saying and Doing. Mr. George Johnstone gave Mr. Latimer a round rasping at Hampton the other day, charging him with having been in Columbia electioneering among the delegates to the state convention at the time he claims to have delivered in the house a, speech against ship sub-i, sidy. According to Mr. Johnstone, the speech which is being circulated wholesale under Mr. Latimer's frank, bears delusion and fraud on its face. Mr. Latimer explained that he arose to deliver the speech, but was cut short because his remarks were not germane to the subject under consideration, and the speech was printed with leave. Referring to Mr. Hemphill's claim that he led the fight against the force bill, Mr. Johnstone points out that he was not successful in the house, and compares Mr. Hemphill to the ignorant Negro fireman who claimed to have saved the boiler from bursting because ' he blew the whistle. Mr. John Gary Evans continues to urge his claim to election because he was the first'to charge Senator McLaurin with Republicanism and because events have justified his claim. Mr. Latimer said at Hampton, that he had a hand In getting the 5160,000 .^rvrnnrioUnn frtP Phaplofltnn hilt dOGS up|/l VJ/I lUblUII not claim all the credit. He is reported to have talked at Charleston as if he had done it all. At Beaufort, the other day, the crowd gave the senatorial candidates to understand that it cared nothing for force bill, shiD subsidy or anti-expansion talk; but wanted to hear only of the improvement of Port Royal harbor. MERE-MENTION. /^August 9 has been definitely fixed as the day for the coronation of King Edward VII As the result of a freight war between the Southern and the Louisville and Nashville, the Louisville business people are getting free drayage Joseph Calloway, who was a member of the famous Quantrell band, was stabbed to death at Lexington, Mo., last Friday Harry Tracy, the Washington escaped convict, Is still at large The Norfolk Pilot has a $10,000 damage suit on Its hands for criticising John G. Tilton, the commonwealth attorney, for failure to prosecute Osborne, the alleged double wife murderer, in Virginia. The Pilot did not think that Osborne should be allowed to go back to Oklahoma until after the Virginia charge had been probed to the bottom July oats went to 65 cents on the Chicago exchange last Saturday, the highest price known in thirty years Major General John R. Brooks has been put on the retired list Hillary A. Herbert, secretary of the navy under President Cleveland, is ill with typhoid fever in a Washington hospital tfTwenty-flve thousand New York tailors went on a strike last Monday The Chicago freight handlers have come to terms and the strike has been settled The West German cotton mills are complaining of losing money and they advocate a reduction of production Cholera is reported to be on the decline in Manila..X...The church people of Nebraska City, Neb., are trying to put a stop to Sunday baseball. There was a riot last Sunday on account of the controversy A regiment of soldiers attacked the keepers of a low dive in the Negro quarter of Fort Leavenworth, Kan., last Saturday night, because of the stabbing of a soldier by one of the Negroes. It was necessary to call out another regiment before order could be restored Dispatches j from Western New York describe the I Mohawk and other rivers as being much swollen and doing great damage by reason of cloudbursts The Illinois river is 20.5 feet above low water at Peoria, 111., and the town is in serious danger of immense property loss. LOCAL AFFAXR& n NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 8 a Horace E. Johnson?Is announced as a h candidate for appointment as mag- u istrate for York township. ii John A. Barron?Announces his can- n didacy for reappointment as magistrate for York county. tc Thomas W. Boyd?Of Catawba town- r ship is announced as a candidate for d election as supervisor of York county, d S. A. Glenn and others?Citizens of York county, endorse ine pasi servi- t ces of D. G. Stanton and W. S. Wll- 2 kerson as county commissioners, and t recommend them for re-appointment, e M. C. Willis, Mayor?Wants to contract t for 300 cords of pine wood for the wa- t: terworks. See Mr. Dunlap at the P Loan and Savings bank. ii A. Prledheim & Bro., Rock Hill, S. C. 1 ?Want an experienced dry goods, h shoe and clothing salesman. No. 1 r reference is required. h A. P. Montague, LL. D? President, t Greenville, S. C.?Gives information P in regard to the next session of Furman university. John E. Lowry, Administrator?Gives notice that he has filed his final return as administrator of the estate of Mrs. Loula E. Gardner, and that on August 30, lie will apply to the probate judge of York county for final 5 discharge. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Tells you that ^ he has a full line of school supplies at money-saving prices. He also has new crop turnip seed, crockery, tin- r ware, groceries, etc. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Want you to know that they believe their liver regulator c is one of the best liver medicines on the market. They have paints, etc., v for wagon and buggy painting. d C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Say that they introduced Magic yeast on this market several years ago and that it con- e tinues to give good satisfaction to all )! users. They have a fresh supply of .. olives. & t K HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. ? X3T if there were just enterprise . ? enough about for the construction of a ^ properly arranged swimming pool in the creek at Sutton's spring, the place, with the addition of a few other com- j paratively inexpensive attractions, could be developed into a much needed pleasure resort for the town of York- ^ ville. "JJST Mr. Cansler has been circulating uL card on which is a statement to the j effect that all of the York county offleers endorse his candidacy for rail- j road commissioner, and the officers v have just received letters from Mr, WII-* 2 born asking whether or not this Is so. c Some of the officers have answered onr \ way, some another, and some have neglected to answer at all. t ^WITHIN THE TOWN. ] ? The candidates for state offices are . to speak in the court house next Prl- s day. v ? The town council has not yet taken r any action with regard to the suggested occupation tax. ^ ? The time with which the street tax F may be settled without penalty ex- p pires next Friday. Up to that date the price is $2.50. j Mr. T. M. Dobson has been having t tedious time of it trying to keep 0 several thousand celery plants alive \ through the drouth, and has succeeded very well up to the present. I ? Mr. H. H. Beard has been one of t the most successful of local gardners with tomatoes this year. He is pre- j, sentlng his friends with some speci- a mens of amazing size and flavor. j. ? A change of schedule went into effeet on the Southern last Sunday, as ^ the result of which the southbound j train now passes Yorkville at 10.30 a. n m. and the northbound at 3.30 p. m. ^=-The trustees of the Yorkville Grad- t ed school have elected Mr. R. A. t Abrams, of Newberry, assistant prln- ^ cipal, vice Mr. G. S. Bryan, resigned. a Mr. Abrams taught In the graded v school at Hampton, last year. - J ? With good rains throughout the ^ county generally, Yorkville and vlcln- t ity have been suffering until Sunday G afternoon when there came a shower j that served to lay me auai anu twi the atmosphere. There was hardly enough rain, however, to be of a great j deal of practical benefit. t ?i<When plans now well underway are ^ competed, the Victor Cotton Oil com- v pany^lll have the largest and most ^ convenient ginning plant that has ever F been established In York county. It is to Include four 80-saw Pratt gins, a steam press of ample capacity, installed r In a large two-story Iron-clad, frame t building. The plant is to be equipped j with what is known as the Murray t pneumatic system and is to be driven t by a 57-horse power engine. The plant v will easily be able to gin and pack 50 bales of cotton in a day of 12 hours, or j 100 bales every 24 hours. The ginnery a will be ready for business at the open- _ lng of the coming season. y " a RtRAL MAI!. BOXES. n The postofnce department has finally f disposed of the rural delivery mall box ^ question by an order which prescribes the style of box that may be used in the service. This question has been before the department for several years ^ and has caused much discussion. The salient provisions of the order are as ? follows: Each person desiring the rural 1 free delivery service must erect at his own cost and in the manner prescribed p by the regulations of the department, f a box complying with the following o specifications: v All square or oblong boxes shall be d made of not less man twenty sianuam >j gauge sheet iron or sheet steel, and galvanized, ledges of which shall be supported or strengthened either by fold- h ing the metal back upon itself or by q riveting to the edges band iron or steel at least one-sixteenth of an inch a in thickness and at least half an Inch o in width by wiring with at least No. 10 t gauge wire. ^ Circular, semi-circular or rounding boxes shall be made of not less than 22 u gauge iron or steel, provided, however, a that should boxes be made of black' iron or steel and galvanized after they are made, they shall not be made of / lighter than 24 gauge. Circular, semi- r circular or rounding boxes shall have the openings made so that there shall be no unsupported edges; and edges r must be strengthened by either corru- X gating, bending, curling or wiring with j: No. 10 gauge wire or by folding the metal back upon itself or by supporting by riveting to such edges band iron a at least one-sixteenth of an inch in n thickness and at least one-half inch .. in width. <! Workmanship.?All boxes must be made in the best workmanlike manner,- ^ The dimensions of rural free delivery boxes shall be, if a square or rectangular box, not less than 18x6x6 Inches; if o cylindrical, not less than 18 inches long rl and 6 inches in diameter, the capacity e, to be not less than 488 cubic inches. Experience has shown that boxes open- is ing at the side or top are more conve- li lent than those opening at the end. Each box must be erected by the roadIde, that the carrier can easily obtain ccess to it without dismounting from is vehlcie. The same box must not be sed for more than one family, except i the case of near relatives or those esiding in the same house. Persons neglecting or refusing to omply with these conditions will be egarded as not desiring rural free "ll ? ? - miikoI norrlor uMII Ha emery, unu uic iwai v..., .... ..... n . irected not to serve them. The fourteen designated boxes inluded in departmelnt order of March 8, 1901, ns receiving tne approval of he postmaster general will be acceptd as falling within the provisions of he statute as above quoted when conracted for or erected in good faith rior to the date when this order goes nto effect; but on and after October 1, 902, the manufacturer whose boxes lave ben heretofore approved, will be equired to conform to the stipulations lerein set forth as to size, shape, maerial and workmanship of boxes supilled by them. / ABOUT PEOPLE. )Mr. Paul R. Bratton, of Charleston, 3 In Yorkville. Miss Frances Livingston is visiting diss Nell Schorb. jMr. Edward Thomas, of Sharon, was a Yorkville on Monday. Master Claude Walker is visiting elatives In Hickory, N. C. Mrs. Henrietta Hood, of Chester ounty, is visiting relatives at Sharon. Mr. J. T. Thomasson. of Lancaster, t-as In Yorkville, Saturday and Sunlay. Miss Saran Gladney left Monday vening for a visit to friends In Coumbla. -Mr. William Camp is ill with fever at he home of his mother, Mrs. Maggie 'amp, on Main street. ""Miss Mary Gill, of Rodman, and Miss chnriav nt old Point, are visit ng Mrs. N. J. N. Bowen. Mayor Willis has been in Barnwell ounty for the past two weeks, lookng after his farming interests. Mrs. M. J. Walker and Misses Mary .nd Olive v/alker are visiting Mrs. Valker's- mother in Union county. Miss Corral Pruttt, of Alabama, Is in forkville on a visit to the family of Jr. Bray, on East Jefferson street. irMessrs. Sam L. and Walter Blair, of jlairsvllle, have gone to White Oak, vhere they will remain for sometime. fMr. and Mrs. Walter Miller and child, f Rock Hill, spent Sunday in Yorkville, vlth the family of Mr. L. R. Williams. Mr. B. L. Jones, formerly superln J i. ~ a VnitlrtrUln OTQ/lp/1 Qf'HnfllS enuem ui mc iuinunv. b. <?v.vU ?, Isited friends in Yorkvllle last Sunlay. ?Miss Jessie Fewell, of Rock Hill, pent Saturday and Sunday in Yorkille, the guest of Mr. W. H. McConiell's family. Mr. B. N. Moore returned last Saturlay from a ten days' business and ileasure trip to portions of Western forth Carolina. Miss Anna McCaw returned home on londay afternoon from Columbia, afer spending sometime with the family f Rev. J. P. Knox. jMrs. Lizzie Lowry, Mrs. Florence Anlerson, and Miss Lunette Anderson, of ..owrysville, visited friends and relaives in Yorkvllle this week. Mr. Sam L. Latimer is again to e found in the dry goods department it J. M. Heath & Co.'s, where he will ie pleased to see his friends. --Dr. James W. Campbell, of Clover, ame down yesterday, accompanied by Jisses Eva and Ethel Ross, of Gaffney, .nd Mattie Caldwell, of Clover. Supt. H. A. C. Walker came over rom Rock Hill last week to meet the rustees of the graded schools. Mr. Valker will conduct the summer school t Dorchester before coming to York;ille. Miss Jessie, second daughter of Mr. . D. Land, submitted last Sunday o an operation for appendicitis. The peration was performed by Dr. R. A. Jratton, assisted by Drs. J. D. McDow 11. J. H. Saye and J. I. Barron. Mr. W. R. Horton left yesterday for liddendorf, S. C., to give his attenlon to the saw mill business In which le Is interested there In partnership /1th Mr. G. C. Ormand. Mr. Ormand las been at Middendorf for some time iast. He came up last Saturday on a lslt and will return In a few days. Charlotte Observer: It will be renembered by some of the old people hat the late Abram FIte, of River lend, Gaston county, took his family o Cass county, Texas, in 1859. After he war his son, John C. Flte, the sureyor, remained in this state and raised . family. On the 15th Instant, Mr. A. I. Flte and his daughter, Miss Belle, rrived In Charlotte on a visit to friends nd relatives. Mr. Flte was a boy of 13 ears when he left this section 43 years go, and he and his brother had not net since the latter left to join the Conederate army, September 11, 1861?beng separated for a period of 41 years. LOCAL LACONICS. Ve Will Send The Bnqolrer From now until January 1, 1903, for 6 cents. 'o Vote In the Primary. Those who would vote In the aproaching primary election must not ail to see to It that their names are n the rolls of the precinct club at /hich they expect to vote, at least five ays before the election. 'he Confederate He-Union. Although the committee in charge as not been making any promises, the Jonfederate veterans who contemplate .. 1 -4 M4 Hollant xtenuing me re-ujiiuu m iui. n July 30, may depend upon it that here is a good time in store for them, jvery re-union that has' yet been held nder these same auspices has been success, irtfttclul Iilnil) Fund. 'According to the comptroller geneal's report, the following citi2ens of rork county have received their pro ata share of the artificial limb fund: V. B. Williams, W. E. Erwin, J. B. tawls. J. C. Sparks was among the ew applicants, but his claim was dispproved for the reason that he had ot previously been on the list. iart-MorrlNey. letter from New Orleans, anounces the marriage of Mr. J. Frank [art, formerly of Yorkville, but now f New Orleans, to Miss Cecelia MorIsey, of the last named city. The cermony took place on July 8. Mr. Hart i the second son of Major James F. tart, of Yorkville, and has many friends here who will be glad to congratulate him on his marriage. .Mr. Barrett to Make a Teat. Columbia correspondence News and Courier: It seems as if the consolidation of the properties recently consolidated under the act of the gneral assembly of the Carolina road, which is called the Southern railway, is not to go uncontested. A suit has been filed through Mr. Barrett, attorney, Involving legal questions of the consolidation. The papers have not yet been filed here. Iloxeit For Kuntrn 1 and 2. Although ordered In what seemed to be ample time to bring them here by July 1, the mall boxes for Yorkvllle rural routes Nos. 1 and 2, have not yet been received. Mr. M. L. Carroll, who ordered the boxes, says the bill has been here for three weeks, but he Is unable to get any trace of the boxes. He thinks that they are probably on a side track somewhere between Goshen, Ind., the point from which they were shipped, and Yorkvllle. Every effort is being made to locate them. Four Lnnatlcs In Jail. There are four Negro lunatics in Jail. They have accumulated during the past three or four weeks, and as Judge McCorkle has written several times to Dr. Babcock, of the state hospital for the insane, without receiving a reply, he Is very much concerned about them. Captain Iredell Jones, of the board of hospital regents, has taken the matter ? ? ?A n -*t 4-tM ntn onH up WllIUIl LUC laOL uajr ui L.IV UIIU promises to let Judge McCorkle know what the trouble is as soon as possible. Sheriff Logan Is also concerned about these lunatics. One of them is so violent that he has to be confined in his cell, and all of them are requiring attention that they can receive only at the state hospital. / The Summer School Teachers. ~~T^ The following teachers have been awarded certificates as the result of--^ their work at the recent summer school: Helen Abernatny, Sudie Allison, Belle Bailey, M. R. Blggers, Lynn Blair, Susie Brian, Mary Brown, Sallle Cald- well, Florence Cody, Clara Crawford, May Crosby, Ophelia Davidson, Sallie Davidson, Nettie Dobson, Elizabeth Faris, Emma Glasscock, Mamie Hall, F. M. Howell, John Jenkins, Katie Johnson, E. W. Kennedy, Ethel Latimer, Ella Leech, Belle Leecn, Minnie Massey, Sue McFarland, Annie Miller, Lillian Milhollen, Clara Mitchell, Ida Ormand, Laura Pegram, Carrie Belle Poag, W. H. Pursley, Janie Rj^wls, Bessie Sherrer, May Belle Sims, Philip San-difer, Annie Thomasson, Julia Thornwell, Mattle White. Sntton'N Spring. Sutton's spring, on Turkey creek, three miles west of Yorkville, seems to be more popular this season than for several seasons past. Improvements and conveniences have been introduced recently at the Instance of Messrs. H. C. Strauss and W. C. McClure. Mr. Strauss proposed that he would buy the necessary tiling and lumber, if Mr. McClure would put the tiling In the spring and make benches of the lumber. Mr. McClure accepted the proposition, and the thing has been done to the very great gratification of a large number of people who make frequent excursions to the spring during the warm afternoons and evenings. There is talk of erecting a house over the spring, and also of erecting an arbor in which religious services may be held on Sutjday^fternoons^^^^ SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Death of George H. McMatter. Mr. George H. McMaster died at his home in Wlnnsboro last Friday, aged 74 years. ' I* Hlnolrmnll? A Columbia dispatch to the Greenville News says that information has been received in Columbia from New York to the effect that Senator McLaurin was forced to decline the appointment to the position on the court of claims bench by a threat of exposure of certain escapades with women, in the event of his acceptance. Hurricane In Camden. Camden special of Sunday to News and Courier: Quite a heavy thunder storm, accompanied by a good rain, fell here this evening. As a result of the storm the western half of the new tourist hotel on Hobkirk Hill was blown down. About all the frame work was up, but not sufficiently protected to withstand the wind. It entails a pretty heavy loss, though fortunately for the contractors their loss is covered by a storm policy. A portion of the top of Messrs. Hirsch Bros. & Co.'s store was blown off during the storm. The damage, however, is not serious. A good deal of fencing and a number of trees were blown down, and telephone and telegraph wires come in for some damage also. The Trouble With Tillman's Mall. Washington special of July 18 to The News and Courier: As a result of a formal complaint from Lieutenant Governor Jim Tillman, a postoffice inspector is to go to Pickens, S. C., and ascertain who is tampering with the lieutenant governor's personal mail. The postoffice department has received a communication from Colonel Tillman charging that mail addressed to him has been delivered to persons other than the addressee. There is specific Information contained in this letter upon which to rest charges. There is an intimation, that reaches here by way of Charleston, that In view of the political rivalry between Mr. Tillman and Representative Talbert, that the latter may have an object In intercepting certain letters intended for the lieutenant governor. Notwithstanding the vagueness of the charges the postoffice authorities intend to probe the matter, and the report of the inspector will be watched with interest, especially in South Carolina political circles. UiNtreaMliiK Slioticun Accident. A harrowing tragedy occurred last Saturday morning about 10 o'cjock, at the home of Prof. W. M. Morrison, of /" l~ ...... t? .nan^|nD. thl> v_ieiHDwii CVMIC&C, n uu 19 opcuuiiib VMV. summer at Welford, Spartanburg county. Prof. Morrison's 6-year-old son and Willie, the 6-year-old son of Mr. J. R. Jackson, a neighbor, were playing together on Prof. Morrison's premises. By some means the little boys, unobserved, managed to get a breech-loading shotgun, both barrels of which were