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Scraps and Jact$. ? The Southern Railway has practically decided to build a line from Bushnell, N. C? to Maryville, Tenn., according to a Knoxville dispatch of Sunday. When this is completed the Rabun Gap survey will be used, according to present intentions, in entering Georgia and South Carolina. This will give the Southern better facilities to haul coal into these coal consuming states, and save it thousands of dollars in handling the same. Chief Engineer Webb is authority for the plans given out. ? Gastonia News: People from Ring's Mountain tell us that the mills there are shutting down at night and the operatives are scattering to other mills. Most of the mills are yarn mills. Some of the mills in tiaston are cunsiuing closing down at night and some of them may close down In daytime. A mill man told us the other day that his mill was not making anything just now; but he was just running to keep the hands together, hoping that prices would advance a little later. A shaky yarn market Is a serious problem to the cotton mill people, both owners and laborers. Fortunately most of the Gastonia mills weave cloth and stand a better chance of running. ? When the senate convenes in extraordinary session early next November, as it is now semi-officially declared it will be, President Roosevelt's intention is that the most important matter to be taken up shall be the treaty between the United States and Colombia, with reference to securing the right of way and other guarantees for the isthmian canal. President Roosevelt is said to be even more interested in the early beginning of the work on the canal than in Cuban reciprocity. He has been led to believe that the reciprocity treaty will encounter fatal opposition in the senate, but he is certain that the canal treaty can be ratified. With the question of title adjusted, President Roose velt is convinced that actual work can begin soon. ? Detroit Journal: Arkansas is apparently trying to rival South Carolina's comedy style of politics. A series of 44 joint debates between Governor Jeff Davis, Democrat, and H. H. Myers, Republican, candidates for governor, is now going on. A verbatim report of their speeches would be filled with denunciatory phrases. In denouncing each other it is the custom of the speaker to turn and face his opponent and frequently point his finger at his face. Myers refers to Davis repeatedly as "his high and mighty majesty." Davis refers to Myers as a "Powell Clayton hireling." Each impugned the other's honor and veracity repeatedly. The words "liar," "murderer," "thief," "pap-sucker," "pichunter" and "renegade" are plentifully interspersed in the personal denunciations. ? The Cleveland, O., Plaindealer of last Saturday, contains the following: "A definite offer has been made for the stock of the American Ship Building company, and the directors are considering the matter. Their reply will be given the first of the month, when they meet in special session. The man behind the deal is J. Pierpont Morgan. The present transaction will strike at the control of the Great Lakes. "The American Ship Building company, with its headquarters in Cleveland, owns construction yards, machine shops, and foundries in this city, Lorain, Detroit and Wyandotte, Mich., West Superior, Milwaukee, Chicago and Buffalo. Its " property is valued at $15,000,000, with an extra reserve fund of $3,000,000. It is doing an immense business. It is said that the aim of the eastern people is not only to get control of the American Ship Building company's business, but eventually that of the other large concerns, so as to practically monopolize the entire business from the Atlantic to the Mississippi and undoubtedly in the end all the trade from ocean to ocean." ? The Farmers' National Co-Operative Exchange company has filed articles of incorporation witn a capital 01 *iou,uuu,000, with the secretary of state, according to a dispatch from Pierre, S. D. The purposes of the corporation are to buy, sell and deal in grain, provisions, livestock and all kinds of produce on commission and otherwise, and for that purpose build and equip grain elevators, warehouses, cold storage plants, stockyards and whatever may be nee-* essary to carry on the business of the corporation. One-fourth of the capital stock will be used for building the elevators, yards, branch offices, etc., and another fourth will be made a cash fund for the purpose of dealing in cash, grain and provisions on the board of trade. The remaining half of the capital stock will be left virtually with the farmers in various banks, where the money has been raised, to enable them to carry their crops for a more favorable market. This will give the farmers $50,000,000 back of their interests to help them in securing better prices for their produce. The stock book will open in banks throughout twenty states. The incorporators are Hamilton White, Joseph Burton and Ivan W. Goodner. ? The Democratic congressional committee will give to the public in a few days a Democratic text book intended especially for the guidance of political chairmen and those who will take the hustings in the coming campaign, says a Washington dispatch. The text book has been in the hands of the printer for sometime, and it would have been out several days ago had it not been for the appearance of the Republican text book. When that literary production came out. the Democrats had finished work on their own and were ready for the issue, but the Democratic leaders took enthusiastically to the study of the Republican book, and they discovered that there were several subjects upon which it was silent. There was no reference, for instance, to Cuban reciprocity: not a word on tariff revision. There were, moreover, a chapter or two devoted to a minimizing of the evils caused by the great American trusts. These things moved the Democratic leaders to revise their volume and to add to it a few chapters dealing more especially with the "sins of omission" of- the Republican party. The printer has now nearly finished his work, and the book will be ready for issue in a Yew days. ? Gastonia Gazette: Now they say that Dr. Gatling, the gun man, has invented a gasoline autoplowbile rigged up with disc plows, with which one man can break up thirty-five acres of land per day any depth desired from one to twelve inches. We knew the thing was coming! When this writer predicted a few years ago at a banquet in Greensboro that such things would happen on farms worked all night long under the glare of electric lights there was not wanting certain scoffers who mocked, saying, "Full of new wine." But there was no wine about it. Just watch things happen in the agricultural world as you go along. If big factories, operated by stock companies, make more money running by night as well as by day, why shouldn't we expect to see big farms operated by stock companies running by night as well as by day? The modern spinning frames displaced the old-fashioned spinning wheel, and don't you know the gasoline or electric autoplowbile is just as certain to displace the one-horse plow? Why, sure. And all this fast labor-saving machinery, too valuable to stand still, will want to run at night, and if it runs at night of course the farming will have to be done under electric lights. ?lic -VTorhviUr (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20,1902. The three cornered senatorial fight in Charleston is attracting considerable interest throughout the state; but as the Charleston papers insist that no outsider can understand the political situation in that city, it is probably useless to speculate about the result. From the newspaper reports, however, it is evident that Mr. Von Kolnitz has considerable strength. It is quite evident that ex-Governor Evans has a very poor opinion of the Cubans, and we have an idea that his notion as to the desirability of admitting Cuba as a state is about correct. But still, when the explosion comes? when it becomes evident that Cuba is incapable of self-government?what is to be done? The United States govern ment can hardly afford to leave the intelligent, civilized whites on the island to the mercy of such a horde as Mr. Evans describes, and some way will have to be devised to assure safety of life and property. The Cuban question lacks a great deal of settlement yet, and it is probable that its final settlement will involve a recognition on the part of the Federal government that perhaps the southern way of dealing with the Negro question is not so bad as it has appeared. There is reported to be a very fair prospect for the election of Colonel William Elliott, of Beaufort, as the successor of McLaurin in the United States senate. It is sincerely to be hoped that the report is well based. Colonel Elliott's promotion from the lower to the upper house of congress would be an honor well bestowed.?Savannah News. From such information as The Enquirer has been able to gather, there is but little probability that Colonel Elliott will carry any of the Piedmont counties. Still, the colonel has many friends throughout this section, and expressions made by various individuals since the campaign meeting last Satur day indicate that he will get some scattering votes in York. While this gentleman does not make as catchy a speech as some of his competitors, there is no doubt of the fact that he is a good, clean, able, broadminded man, and South Carolina would have no occasion to -regret his elevation to the United States senate. MERE-MENTION. Generals Botha, DeWet and Delarey are being lionized in England. They are delighted with the treatment they are receiving A story comes from Knoxville, Tenn., to the effect that Jerry Logan, the aged janitor of the Tennessee supreme court, has sold himself for the balance of his life to Gerald Stewart, the clerk of that court, for $1,000 and that he agrees to obey and serve Stewart as his legal master A Washing-ton dispatch asserts on what is considered reliable information, that President Roosevelt has decided to appoint James K. Jones, chairman of the Democratic national committee, a member of the isthmian canal commission. The site for W. B. Smith Whaley's ten million dollar mill has been selected at Holliday, Kan., fourteen miles west of Kansas City Thirtytwo schooners are reported to have been tied up for weeks at the Baltimore wharves waiting for coal, which cannot be furnished because the Pennsylvania railroad is using most of its cars in the west William R. Brown, who was a son-in-law of Andrew Jackson, died at his home in Knoxville, Tenn., last Saturday, aged 83 years A German baron was killed in an automobile wreck last week and his family buried his machine by the side of him An American adventurer is giving the German authorities trouble by the circulation of Confederate money in different cities of the empire Col. Wm. A. Hemphill, founder, and for many years business manager of the Atlanta Constitution, died at his home in Atlanta last Sunday night, aged 60 years. I'oliticN lii Spitrtitiil>iirg. Spartanburg special of August 16 to The News and Courier: The candidates are on the home-stretch. They are bringing out their last guns and shooting from masked batteries. The difficulty between Hemphill and Latimer at Gaffney has been commented on very little here. Lovers of peace and good behavior regret that such things should occur. The majority of voters, however, care little about the matter. They have an idea that the combat should be changed from words to fists occasionally. John Gary Evans spent yesterday in the city. Mr. Latimer ran up from Gaffney yesterday morning and visited some of the cotton mills. They are off for Yorkville this morning. It is generally conceded by all that CoL. Evans will lead in this county. The opinion prevails amongst the country voters that Latimer will be second. Then it looks as if it would be a neckand-neck affair with three of the others. But talk before an election does not indicate how the votes will go every time. . " AFTER THE TOGA. ! P (Continued from First Page). verberating down to you? If so vote for him. They criticise Latimer for talking about his record; but how would you know whether to vote for him unless you knew what he could do. Recited the story of his first going to congress during the administration of Cleveland and of being blacklisted on the charge of Populism. There was little else for him to do other than to distribute seeds and bulletins which he said were of inestimable value to the < farmers. He said that he had secured 1 an increase of the appropriation for ' seeds and that Senator Tillman had 1 gotten the increase through the senate. < For a long time the people did not think 1 that a country farmer was capable of 1 representing them in congress, and 1 would entrust representation only to 1 city lawyers. As the result, all the 1 benefits of the government, such as free 1 delivery of mail, etc., went to the cities. i When he went to congress he devoted < himself to doing what he could for the 1 farmers, giving them the advantage of ] free delivery of mail at their isolated 1 homes. He wanted to say in this con- i nection that he had never claimed to be i the originator of the idea of free rural i delivery, and he lerted any man to i show where h^ had made such a claim. 1 He had succeeded, however, in estab- ' lishing 91 free rural routes in his dis- ! nf ?V*norriorc ronolvlnc tftOO J U 1VI, cacii U1 Liiv N.aitiw>>^ * s<vv- . ...a a year. He believed that the dissent!- I nation of information in this manner i was one of the best means of preserv- J ing our republican form of government < He had brought $64,000 per annum into i his district on account of rural free i delivery. He had secured $15,000 for . Newberry college, helped to secure 1 $208,000 back taxes from railroads in J the hands of receivers, had a hand in the Charleston exposition appropria- i tion, and altogether had brought into < the state something like $842,000. That I is what Latimer calls practical states- I manship, for if he had not gotten this ' money for South Carolina somebody I else would have gotten it for some other i section. He said it was difficult to dis- i cuss the Philippine policy in an interesting way. Latimer believes in expan- < sion as much as anybody; but he does i not believe in expansion by conquest, i There are but two ways of getting for- i eign markets. One is to own the territory and the other is by treaty. If we I , have the same privilege of entering the Philippines and Chinese ports with oth- J nolinnc what mars fin YVP Wfint? We I paid Spain $20,000,000 for the Philip- i pines, and gave Spain the same trade ' privileges with ourselves for a period of i twenty years. We have since spent < $600,000,000 trying to conquer these peo- | pie, and it is going to cost us a billion : before we get through with it. There is 1 no sense in holding the Philippines and i not a clause in Scripture to warrant it. < The Republicans recognize that they < have made a mistake and are sick of i their bargain; but they have been chal- l lenged by the Democrats, and for that 1 reason don't see how they can afford to let loose. They criticise me for contin- 1 uing to discuss the ship subsidy bill, < claiming that it is a dead issue. It is 1 not a dead issue, for Mark Hanna is behind it and Mark Hanna never got I behind a dead issue in his life. They 1 are just letting it lie dormant for the ' present because they, know the north- I western Republicans are opposed to it ' and it is policy not to take it up again ' until after the election. We do not need ( a subsidy to develop our merchant ma- i rine. All that is necessary is to repeal 1 the merchant marine laws, and al- 1 low our people to buy ships wher- 1 ever they can buy them the cheapest, and put them under the Amer- i ican flag. I want to close by tell- i ing you of an anecdote of which I < am reminded by the promises of these i shrewd lawyers. They are able, shrewd, < and so far as I know, clean men; but i their promises remind me of the prom- j ise of 40 acres and the mule that was made to Cuffee. An old Negro went to i the manager of the bureau to get what I was promised, and after paying the 1 agent $3.50, and blacking his shoes and doing up his room, received a paper i which he was told was good for the 40 acres and the mule from his former i master. The Negro went back to the plantation to take charge, and when his : former master began to inquire what ' he was up to, he produced a paper on i which his master read the following, 1 signed by the bureau ^gent: "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, i so Jiave I lifted this durned nigger out of $3.50. [Applause]. Hon. John Gary Evnnx, Was the next and last speaker. Although it was now past the dinner hour i and the audience had been listening pa- i tiently and attentively for more than three hours to speeches more or less < tiresome, the house was still crowded. : Quite a number had gone out an^ hour before to get dinner; but they ha'd reThorn n-oc an ovirtont f1p??ire to ' hear what the ex-governor and former < candidate for the United States senate had to say, and the splendid attention which that gentleman received, af- ' forded every reason for a best effort, which he did not fail to make. After : expressing his pleasure at again meet- i ing a York audience, he said that In the light of the events of the past Ave < years, it seemed that he was standing i on historic ground, for right there, (indicating the spot from which he had arraigned McLaurin in 1897) I raised my voice in warning against the ' strange and dangerous doctrines which i were being preached by a new evangel as Democratic; but which as you now i know, were really Republican. [Applause]. He said he did not make the campaign of 1897 on his own volition; it was not his intention to be a candidate at all; but when he went to the opening : meeting at Sumter and realized what a ; weak prospect there was for effective : refutation of the undemocratic doctrines that were to be promulgated, there was nothing left for hiin but to enter the fight. His friends had urged i him; he knew they were right and he entered into that campaign purely from < a sense of duty. He was not now i ( claiming any reward for his services /.Anonionflnnelv rjorfAi'mO/l HICJJ, JL^UC^r tl/IIOVlCHllUUOij |/\,? .I.VM i is its own reward, and the voters owe | him nothing: for what he has done. He i was in the fight today on account of the very same consideration by which he i was actuated in 1897, and however the Democratic voters of South Carolina might consider his efforts, he will accept their judgment without a word of complaint. He had fought long and ! hard for the principles of Democracy, ! hewing to the line without fear or fa- 1 f vor, and consequently he had made many enemies: but he bore no malice to any opponent, political or personal, , ' who had the manhood to stand up face ! to face and fight square. After a con( elusion with such a man he could shake hands and call it square. It was the man who attempted to stab in the back for whom he had an unutterable contempt and with whom he desired no < friendship. He was here again for the 1 1 same reason that had brought him in isy<, Because me uemocrauc piutj nas been betrayed and because although i South Carolina has two senators she i 1 has really only one representative In the United States senate. You have i listened this morning to doctrines from this stand which lead into the Republi- : i can party, just as surely as you sit in I your seats. One of the speakers of the ! morning had claimed that we of the i south do not pay any taxes except i : when we buy foreign coats and would . have you believe that the munufactur- < ' ing interests of this country have no | ' advantages over the agricultural inter- < ests. The thing is almost too absurd ] for discussion. If a man is able to sell i an article at twice or three times the 1 cost of production, he is bound to make | money; whereas, if he is compelled to i sell at or very little above the cost of ] production his progress will be necessa- , rily slow. By reason of the duty on ar- j tides manufactured abroad. often < amounting to ,'!00 per cent, of the value i of the articles, the same article manu- 1 [actured in this country can be and is 1 3old to us at an advance of from 100 to 1 100 per cent, over the cost of production. The profit of course, goes to the manufacturer. That is plain; but for a more convincing illustration let us take ictual figures. It stands to reason that if two men produce the same amount 3f commodities at the same relative :ost and sell at the same relative profit, one will not get rich any faster than the other. If, however, the one is able to sell at a profit while the other is re- 1 juired to sell at a loss, the man who sells at a profit must, grow richer and richer while the other gets poorer and poorer. The total exports of manufactured articles from the United States ] luring last year amounted to but little '' less than $400,000,000, while the exports ] of agricultural products aggregated 1 5940,246,488. Here we have the farmers 1 of this country bringing in more than 1 twice as much money as the manufac- ! turers, and because they have to sell their products in competition with the 1 world, while the manufacturer has pro- J tection from foreign competition. We ] know that the manufacturer is getting j richer while the farmer is getting poor- j ?r, and in the light of existing facts it ] is not difficult to see the reason. Ex- 1 plaining the operation of this system 1 he showed that the rich people of the * north did not pay the greater proportion of the protective tariff tax, for the reason that silks, paintings, champagne 1 ? - ?rtAriOHTYIOll UUU man) uuici ai iiuca wunumtu uj . the rich were on the free list, while there was a high duty on articles consumed by the farmer, such as bagging and ties, etc. Referring again to the ?ive and take policy on which he had . fought McLaurin in 1897, and which he j said was still being advocated by some 1 of his competitors. [Presumbably Mes- 1 srs. Latimer and Elliott], he illustrated J its operation with a simile like this: 1 A good natured, easy going old farmer J had a full corn crib. A thief comes 1 along in broad daylight and starts off 1 with a sack of corn. "Don't take all i my corn," says the farmer; "leave me one ear." The thief agrees, the farmer { a;oes and gets an ear and brings it back J to show his wife what he had saved. The thief returns again and the process 1 is repeated until the corn crib is empty, ' and the farmer has to show of his orig- ] inal holdings only one ear from each 1 sack carried away. Why the Republi- 1 can party would be glad to let us have 1 a public building in every town in the ' south, if we would only leave them free 1 to continue piling up the surplus in the ! treasury. It is the heighth of folly to plead with the Republicans for fairness, for while they will listen to you with . apparent sympathy, it will only be to continue to rob you. He explained the ' absurdity of a protective duty on cot- 1 ton, because we only consume at home about 4,000,000 bales?a little more than 1 one-third of what we raise, and have to so abroad for a market for the balance. ( in this connection he illustrated the dif- 1 ference betwen the free and protected , markets by picturing the cotton producer on a trip to Liverpool to sell his ( cotton. After getting the top of the 1 market in the place where the price is fixed, he looks about and is delighted to find that commodities of all kinds sell ' at just about half the prices current at 1 home. He picks up for $3 a suit of clothes, the like of which he had paid ! 56 for in New York, and filled his trunk with various similar purchases. Con- ' gratulating himself on the way, he fl- < nally arrived at Charleston where he was met by a gentleman in blue uni- ' form connected with the custom house. 1 "Been away?" asks the officer. "Yes; been off to Liverpool and bought lots ] of things at half the price I would have Lo pay here." Officer asks to see the articles, and the farmer shows the clothes < for which he paid $3. "Nice suit and 1 low pri^e," says the officer; "but you I will ' ave to go down in your pocket < and j ay me $3.50 before you can take it 1 In here." And so it was with all the ] other articles. The farmer was not able to get the benefit of the low priced for- < eign goods without paying the govern- 1 ment more than enough to make up for ' the difference in price in America. ] Next he goes to Philadelphia and the 1 merchant there tells him: "Buy your I sjoods from me and you will not have 1 to pay any tax to the government." ! The farmer pays $6 for a suit of the 1 same value made in this country, and ' the difference goes into the pocket of i the merchant. Oh, no, we do not pay < the government any taxes on home made goods: but the tax comes out of 1 the pocket of the purchaser all the j same, and he is just that much poorer on account of the protective tariff. "And we have here men who think they can fool old Mark Hanna," said Gover- I nor Evans with incredulous sarcasm. > They are just as sure to land in the Re- ( publican party as Johnnie McLaurin 1 ever did." Then he proceeded to show ( that notwithstanding the declaration i of Mr. Latimer, the ship subsidy propo- < sition is dead. You have been told that ' the bill has been held up pending the I congressional elections, for fear of the northwestern Republicans, and when the elections are over the bill will be taken up and passed. There is no rea- ( son in that. After the congressional 1 elections comes the presidential elec- 1 tion, which is much more important. If such a shrewd man as Hanna would ! hesitate in the matter on account of 1 the congressional elections, how much more would he hesitate on account of the presidential election? The fact is that Mark Hanna promised the passage of this bill to the shipping combine in return for campaign subscriptions. He was not long in realizing wh?t a heavy load he had to carry, .and when he got the bill through the senate, he said to the people with whom he had bargained, "I have fulfilled my promise In getting the bill through the senate; but I c-annot get it through the house. You will have to attend to that yourself." And he dropped it like a hot brick. In the meantime Morgan had already arranged his deal for the purchase of foreign steamship lines, and could not afford to wait to push the matter further. They can no longer urge a shadow of an excuse for the passage of the bill, and the proposition will never be heard of again in congress. He took issue with Mr. Latimer on the proposition that the Republican party no longer want the Philippines. The products of the south are rice, cotton, sugar and ruggers. The products of the Philippines are rice, tobacco, sugar and niggers. They are also capable of producing cotton. The Yankees want these i islands in the hope of being able to secure independence of the people of the : south. He argued the same way with regard to Cuba. He was opposed to the ] Spanish war because he saw no good in < it, and he had written to Senator Tillman advising him to oppose it. The i idea that it was a Democratic war was i a mistake. The Republicans lent their ? efforts to the utmost, and their object was not to free Cuba, but to divert the attention of the people from the questions then pending and to pile up more taxes. Although opposed to the war, i when it broke out he tendered his ser- 1 vices and did his duty, coming back to ; America "full of free Cuba and mala- : ria." [Laughter]. Talk about poor, < suffering Cuba! There was suffering ! all right down there, but it was among i the Americans, English, Spaniards and 1 other whites. The Cubans never suffer- < ed. They are the laziest, most trifling, 1 rloless people on the face of the earth. : They do not work because they do not ' have to. They live on bananas and 1 nave nothing to do but plunder and ! steal from the whites. When I came 1 back to the ITnited States and the pres- ] ident asked me for my idea of the situ- ! ation, I told him that it was about the 1 same as in South Carolina during reconstruction, and if he ever wanted < Cuba to amount to anything he must i give it the South Carolina constitution i and disfranchise every nigger on the island. "And the idea of admitting , Cuba as a state!" Wouldn't this little black star make a pretty looking pros?? o-n lnvif I" T .niicrVi_ i 111 mc s?iti.x.r Ui nimvi ter and applause]. The idea of Cuba i being able to govern herself is absurd. 1 Notwithstanding the alleged withdraw- : il of the American troops, our soldiers ! still occupy every fort on the island, 1 ind that is the only thing that keeps I these niggers from raising pandemo- i ilum and stealing everything the whites possess. While still discussing ZJuba, Governor Evans was reminded that his time was up, and, in conclusion, he told his hearers that the only salvation that is offered to the people of the south, is to join forces with those aeople of the northwest who have identical interests, and to keep up an earnest, persistent and aggressive fight against the tyranical oppression of the Republican party. When Governor Evans concluded the audience accorded him liberal applause. The ConHrreaMlonul Candidate*. At the conclusion of the speeches of the senatorial candidates there was an adjournment for dinner, after which a portion of the crowd re-assembled to hear the speeches of the congressional candidates. All of these candidates spoke; but to a discouraglngly small au3ience, not as many as half of the seats being full. Their speeches were about the same as already reported, with the exception of only a few unimportant variations, and in view of the large imount of space already given to the senatorial candidates, who have not heretofore been reported at such length anywhere in the state, it is not deemed advisable to again synopsize the speeches of the aspirant to congress. LOCKHART LINKLBTS. Dentil of TliotunM Dowlle? Peraonnl Mention?Tlie Loeklinrt Band. Correspondence of the rorlnrille Enaulrer. Lockhart, August 18.?Since my last, [ hear that Thomas Dowdle, who lived the greater part of his life a few miles north of Bullock's Creek church, has iied. He was a Confederate veteran, having been an active member of Company E, First S. C. artillery. The writer remembers him well, and at one time we were in the same mess. Here ire the names of the mess as it was at Battery Glover: Matthew White, Jas. Good, Henry Hambric, Thomas DowRe, Andrew Hafner and the writer. They are all now dead except the last two named, who are waiting for the nail of the grim boatman who before many years will cross them over the river, we trust, to rest "under the shade 3f the trees." When one who has been an old comrade in arms passes away, It makes those who are left behind feel sad; but soon this sadness will cease and all will have passed away. Prof. R. J. Herndon was with us last week teaching the Lockhart band. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Moorehead, of Hickory Grove, passed through Lockhart one day last week on a visit to friends at Mount Tabor. Mr. Banks Black, of Hoodtown, has been visiting his sister. Mrs. T. B. McAbee. His report of the prospects of a cotton crop in his section is not by any means encouraging. Mrs. Joseph Rodgers and her sister, Miss Leola Howell, have been dangerausly ill; but I am glad to say that they are considered somewhat better. The Interdenominational S. S. contention of Union county, will meet with the Lockhart Presbyterian church on the 27th and 2Sth of this month. The Lockhart band gave an entertainment on last Saturday evening. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the evening, they realized a reasonable sum af money. Miss Oro Crawford has returned from x protracted visit to the home of her uncle in Cherokee county. Bloody F1 rht In Laurenn. Laurens special of August 16 to News and Courier: The fight between young George Anderson and a gang of Negroes, six miles from this city, yester3ay afternoon, was one of the bloodiest that has taken place in this county in many years, and as a result Wash McDowell, a Negro, Is dead. Anderson lies critically wounded, shot In the lungs and in the arm, and a son of McDowell Is also wounded. Considerable excitement prevailed in the neighborhood last night and a number of people, including the sheriff and his deputy, went there from this city. It appears that several days ago, Mr. Anderson had a lifflculty with McDowell about the collection of toll for threshing wheat and It is said that McDowell used abusive language, refusing to pay the toll due. Yesterday afternoon Anderson had occasion to go by McDowell's house with his wagon, carrying a Negro man with him. He placed his gun in the wagon. Near McDowell's house he met McDowell and the trouble of a few days previous over the wheat arose again and a fight began. Two Negroes, one cf them McDowell's son, came running up, one of them with a shotgun and the other with a small rifle. One of them fired at Anderson. The Negro who was driving the wagon for Anderson seeing his master's danger, got the latter's 3hotgun from the wagon and gave it to him. Anderson thereupon shot McDowell dead and wounded young McDowell, and meanwhile received a load of shot in his breast, some of the shot penetrating the lungs, and also received one or two rifle wounds in the arm. The sheriff and his party went to the scene this morning and have not returned. It is rumored here that the man who inflicted the dangerous wound on Anderson has escaped, but this cannot be verified at this hour. MeniirN. Greene and XlcholRon Hotel. Rock Hill Herald: The suit of Messrs. A. H. Greene & Son against Mrs. Callie P. Cunningham for delivery of the property in Chester known as the Nicholson Hotel property, has been settled without a hearing in court, and the Messrs. Greene are now in undisputed possession. The property includes a half square of ground and the hotel building, barn, etc. The building contains thirty-six bedrooms, diningroom, parlor, etc., and Is provided throughout with water, electric lights, electric bells, return call bells, with bath and toilet rooms on each floor. The building may be said to be new, having been rebuilt after the fire in the early part of the year. Every room has been papered? no two alike. New furniture, including latest iron beds and mattresses, will be put in, and the crockery and table service will be all new. The building will be open to the public on the 28th instant, with Mr. Gib H. Greene in charge, assisted by his clerk, Mr. J. Ed Sadler. The name, "Hotel Nicholson," will remain unchanged. It has in the past been one of the most popular houses in our state and Mr. Gib Greene will do all in his power to continue its popularity and, if anything, to add to it. Mr. A. H. Greene will continue in control of the old reliable Carolina Hotel. Hock HHI'm Flrnt llnle. Rock Hill Herald: The first bale of cotton of this year's growth was brought to this market Wednesday by Mr. James Huey and sold to Mr. Ed Fewell. Its weight was 514 pounds, classed strict middling, with g-inch staple, and brought 9 cents. It was grown on the S. M. Jones farm in Bethesda township. The first bale of new cotton last year was sold on this market on the 4th of September by Mr. P. H. Barber. The same day Mr. T. W. Whitesides sold another here. Mr. Bar. 1 A1 4- ri WhlfO. oer received cents, anu mi. ?t u^v3ides 8 cents. Mr. J. T. Roddey bought both bales. The first bale of new cotton in 1900 was received on the I2d of August and brought 10 cents. It ivas grown by Mr. T. M. Allen. Mr. T. W. Whitesides sold a bale the same lay for 9 cents. Up to September 5th that year forty new bales had been received, the ruling price being 9 cents. riie Yorkvllle and iirsnli Road. The county chaingang is now at ivork on what is known as the McKinney hill, about four and a half miles from Yorkville. This hill, like those it Fishing creek, the county home and Simril's, will be graded down until it ivill be no great effort for a horse to :rot over it. Tiling, instead of a bridge, nill be used at the branch. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Enquirer?Wants you to apply to it for the rehtal or sale of two pianos, one a square Steinway and the other a square Stearns. A. M. Grist?Wants to recover a card case containing money and other valuables lost last Monday afternoon between the public square and the grad-. ed school grounds. Reward is offered for recovery. J. M. Meath & Co.?Announce the completion of stock-taking and give you of summer stock taking and give you an idea of some of the bargains that can be picked up by buyers with the necessary coin. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Invite you to see them before buying tobacco, either chewing or smoking, in large or small quantities. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Talk of the merits of Starr's little liver pills, and also tell you of their stationery stock. J. J. Keller & Co.?Will be glad to give you estimates on work in brick or wood on your specifications. They have builders' hardware and do general repair work. Riddle & Carroll?Say that they have a carload of White Hickory wagons, which they say give the best satisfaction. They have lime and bagging and ties. York Drug Store?Tells you that it uses as much care in compounding a simple prescription as it does in compounding a prescription involving the deadliest poisons. J. S. Brice, County Chairman?Publishes Information in regard to the Democratic primary election for York county, whlcn win De neia on ruesday, August 26th. V^WITHIlf THE TOWN. ? Mrs. E. S. Herbert, representing the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Carolina, will deliver a lecture in the Methodist church this (Wednesday) evening at 6 o'clock. The public is invited. ? Clerk of the Court Wylie has procured a typewriter that is especially designed for work on record books such as are used in his office, and hereafter the records will be copied in printing instead of in writing as heretofore. ? Many Yorkville people have examined with interest the famous silver trowel used in connection with the corner stone ceremonies last Monday. It has an ivory handle and is a beautiful piece of work, aside from its historic interest. ? Colonel W. G. Stephenson, superintendent of the King's Mountain Military academy, has received notice from the American consul at Santiago, of the appointment of Arthur Francis Beale to the beneficiary cadetship offered to Cuba. The young man's father is an Englishman of means, and his mother is a Spanish lady. He has been attending school in England; but on account of the trend of recent events sees more advantage in coming to the Ignited States. BETHEL MAIL FACILITIES. On account of the recent abolition of the postofflce at Bethel, there has been considerable confusion and inconvenience with reference to the proper distribution of mail in that vicinity. The rural free delivery system to be substituted for the former postofflce arrangement, contemplated one route from Yorkville to Bethel and another from Clover by way of Bethel to the neighborhood of Wright's ferry anjl back to Clover by way of ZeiflSTwith still a third route to tap the Clover and Bethel route at Bandana and describe a loop through the Point section. Some weeks ago Congressman Finley was asked by the postofflce department as to the advisability of discontinuing the Bethel postofflce. He replied immediately that it would be better to leave the Bethel postofflce without interference, at least until after the es tabltshment or rne rurai route uum Clover, and it would probably be Just as well to continue the Bethel postofflce even after that. It seeme, however, that in the meantime, without waiting for Mr. Finley's reply, the department went ahead and discontinued the Bethel office, although the route from Clover had not yet been established. Upon learning of the department's action, Mr. Finley promptly took the matter u.p again and hopes to succeed in the temporary re-establishment of the Bethel office with Mr. S. A. Glenn as postmaster, the same as under the former arrangement. In the meantime, he has been advised that the rural route from Clover to the vicinity of Wright's ferry will be established either on September 1 or October 1, certainly not later than the last named month. NEELY CONVICTED. After a long, hard fight, John G. Neely, the alleged agent of the United Mutual Insurance company of South Carolina, has been convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses. This was the outcome of the third hearing before Magistrate S. N. Johnson, and a jury at the magistrate's office in Beth el township, last Friday. As has been reported, there had been two mistrials; one before a Yorkvllle jury and the other before a Bethel jury. As the result of the Yorkvllle trial, the jury stood five for acquittal and one for conviction. As the result of the next trial in Bethel, the jury stood five for conviction and one for acquittal. The case made out was about the same each time, and it was fought hard on both sides from start to finish. J. S. Briee, Esq., and W. W. Lewis, Esq., represented the prosecution, and Major James F. Hart and F. P. McCain, Esq., represented the defense. On the occasion of the last trial the jury, consisting of good men, satisfactory to both sides, had been drawn in advance, and there was no time lost in preliminaries. About the same evidence was presented and the jury returned a verdict of guilty within fifteen minutes after its retirement. ; The sentence of the court was that the defendant pay a fine of fifty dollars or go to the chaingang for a period of thirty days. Defendant's counsel appealed from the verdict of the jury, and will take the case up* to the circuit court for revision; but as to whether anything will be accomplished is doubtful, because the magistrate's charge included all the law that was requested by the defendant's counsel, and the court has nothing to do with the facts. Until the convening of the next term of the court of general sessions, unless some compromise is arranged in the meantime, Neely will have to remain in jail. Upon securing the conviction of Neely on what is known as the Hogue case, Messrs. Brice and Lewis nol prossed the remaining cases before Magistrate Johnson, leaving, of course, the other cases that are still pending before the other magistrates. Other cases may be taken up if the parties at Interest de sire; but in view of the great amount of trouble and annoyance there has been to counsel, witnesses and jurors, it is quite probable that the matter will be allowed to drop with the settlement 1 of the Hogue case. OUT PEOPLE. Miss Claude Moore is at Blowing Rock, N. C. ~#Mr. Edward Thomas, of Sharon, was in Yorkville on Monday. Mr. E. 11. Beard returned from Hot Springs, Ark., last Monday. Mr. A. M. Carpenter, of Gastonla, visited the family of Mr. W. C. Carpenter. Mr. Geo. L. Riddle has been quite ill at his home at Zcno since last Friday. (VMiss Maggie McCorkle, of J. M. Heath & Co.'s office staff, is out on a vacation. -ft Mr. Jake Mackorell went up to Shelby Sunday afternoon, returning on Monday. Mr. Edward Pegram, of Gastonia, visited Mr. J. B. Pegram's family this , week. Miss Arabelle Creighton, of Rock 'Hill, visited Miss Sue Shillinglaw last week. Captain A. M. Deal, of Columbia, is in Yorkville, the guest of Mr. R. L. Parish. Miss Lucile Lowry, of Columbia, is in Yorkville on a visit to Miss Louise Lowry. Masters James and Lewis Grist are visiting friends in the Blairsville neighborhood. *" Mr. Lad Estridge, of Newberry, visited friends in Yorkville on Monday and Tuesday. VMr. W. K. Thomas, of Carlisle, is in Yorkville on a visit to the family of Mr. VV. B. Williams. Mr. James F. Glenn, has been in Yorkville for the past few days with relatives and friends. Mr. Lockwood Webb, of Charleston, spent several days last week with Mr. W. A. Moore's family. Mr. C. E. Spencer and family are at Blowing Rock, N. C. They will be absent for about thirty days. yMr. Paul Neely Moore is now associated with his father, Mr. B. N. Moore, in his cotton warehouse business. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fowler have returned to Yorkville. after a two weeks' visit to relatives in Greenvile county. Mr. J. M.. Spann, of Sumter, is in Yorkville on a visit to the family of Mr. W. B. Steele, on East Liberty street. Mr. C. L. Epley and family, of Gastonla, are visiting the family of Mr. W. C. Carpenter, on East Jefferson street. ^Miss Mary Gardner is expected to arrive from Hickory, N. C., Thursday on a visit to the family of Mr. J. Ernest T nwrv gj'Misses Willie and Lee Williams and TCate Cody returned Friday evening from Blowing Rock, where they have been for the past month. Miss Maggie Glenn, of Henrietta, N. * C., is in Yorkville on a visit to relatives and friends, the guest of her sister, Mrs. Mary R. Williford. Misses Mary and Anna Galloway, of Gastonia, are in Yorkville on a visit to relatives and friends. They are guests at the home of Senator Brice. ^Mrs. Wm. B. McCaw and son, Master 'Henry, and Mrs. Belle Alston returned home Saturday evening after spending sometime at Flat Rock, N. C: * Master Fulton Jones, of Beaumont, Texas, who has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. W. H. McConnell, left on Monday for a visit to friends and relatives at Lowrysville. Mr. A. Cody, who squared the corner stone for the rebuilding of the Yorkville Graded school last Monday, is the same master mason who laid the first brick and the first stone for the original building in 1854. ^ . _ Messrs. Wm. W. and Sam L. Blair, who are engaged on a building contract in Fairfield county, came up to Blairsvllle on Saturday, having been forced to stop work for a few days on account of lack of material. Miss Norma Strauss, of Charleston, after spending several weeks in Yorkville with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss and numerous other friends, left on Monday for Staunton, Va., where she * goes to visit tne iamuy 01 mr. .uamaitine Strauss. The following visiting Masons were in Yorkville Monday on account of the corner stone laying: W. E. Anderson and P. R. Freeman, of Blacksburg; W. T. Beamguard, J. L. Stacy, S. A. Slfford, F. E. Clinton, J. E. Jackson, Dr. J. W. Campbell and W. B. Smith, of Clover; J. T. Barron and W. W. Lumpkin, of Columbia. Captain Smith was entertained by Mr. M. C. Willis, worshipful master of the local lodge. The other visitors were entertained at the A Parish hotel. Mr. Frank P. Cooper, of the Columbia State, who is reporting the senatorial campaign for that paper and The News and Courier, was in Yorkville from Friday afternoon until Monday morning, having stopped over here to meet his old friends and renew pleasant recollections. He was a cadet at the King's Mountain Military school in 1873, and, therefore, still has a kindly feeling for the old town. Mr. Cooper is a jovial, wholesouled gentleman, and a most capital newspaper reporter, as has been evidenced by his work during the tedious campaign now drawing to a close. His report of the Yorkville meeting, as published in The State and News and Courier of Sunday, though short, is a fair, Impartial, concise, intelligent statement of what has occurred, and this being a fair sample of his work at the other meetings, no one of ^ the candidates would be able to make out a reasonably well-grounded case of Tlf Pnnnor'q Ynrlf UIIJUSL liuaillicut. Ull. N .. ville friends enjoyed his stay in the town very much, and were sorry that he was compelled to leave on account of the Lancaster meeting. LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE. The corner stone of the Yorkville Graded School building was laid last Monday evening in accordance with .. previous announcement, under the auspices of Philanthropic lodge No. 32, A. F. M., and in the presence of a concourse of several hundred people, including many interested visitors from the surrounding country. The ceremonies, which were under the immediate conduct of Colonel Jacob T. Barron, grand secretary of the grand lodge of > South Carolina, passed off without a hitch, and were beautiful, impressive and instructive in every detail. All previous arrangements having been perfected, the participants formed a procession at the court house square under the Masonic hall. The Masons, fifty or sixty strong, took their position at the head of the column. The school ^ children?some seventy-five in numbercame next. They were followed by a long line of citizens, and with the fire department bringing up the rear, the column moved down East Liberty street and through Church street to the graded school grounds, where a large number of people had already assembled. Arrived at the grounds, the Masons passed under a symbolic arch that had been erected for the occasion, the officers proceeding on to the platform and the main body remaining on the ground. The children were formed into line close enough to see and hear, while the citizens selected such points of vantage as were most available among the piles of building material scattered about over the ground. The outskirts of the crowd was lined with buggies and carriages, which furnished comfortable seats for numerous additional spectators. . The trustees of the graded schools were invited to seats on the raised plat