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Scraps anil |acts. ? The agricultural department's weekly crop summary has the following with reference to cotton: The very cool weather has checked the opening of cotton in the central and western portions of the cotton region. Picking has, however, advanced rapidly generally throughout the belt, and as a rule, under favorable conditions, although pickers have been inadequate in some states. Over the southern portion of the cotton belt the bulk of the crop has been gathered, and in some sections many fields are already abandoned. Rains have caused damage to open cotton in portions of Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. . ' ? A dispatch from Pekin to a London news agency says: Catholics here understand that the Boxer war has broKen oui airesn in me proviiite ui Sze-Cheun and that many converts have been slain. Reports are coming in daily that many outrages have been practiced and terrible tortures resorted to by the natives. It is said on what is believed good authority that from 300 to 1,000 converts have been killed outright and many others have been tortured by the Boxers. The greatest excitement prevails and rumors of other outrages are frequent. It is feared a general uprising, similar to the frightful atrocities two years ago is under way. The excitement is great in religious circles. ? A Skagway special of Wednesday to the Seattle, Washington, Times, says: About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon an unknown young man walked into the Canadian Bank, of Commerce, a revolver in one hand and a dynamite bomb in the other and demanded $20,000, threatening to blow all into eterniT>/x^1otr on/1 Tollor Wa 11ArP ly. (. ttauici IW1CJ aiiu AV?V> were .the only two men in the bank. J Wallace ducked to get his gun and ran quickly to the back of the room, calling for Pooley to do the same. "No, you don't" yelled the man, dropping the bomb. The clerks had just gotten out of the window. The bank was 1 wrecked. The robber's head "was smashed and one arm was torn off. < People living above the bank were blown into the air. J.- G. Price, formerly presecuting attorney, who was ] entering the bank at the time, was hurt j but not seriously. The dynamiter died without regaining consciousness. The i bank lost about a thousand dollars, i chiefly in gold dust which was lying ( on the counter. i ? Washington special to Philadelphia | Record: When the coal trust organized oKi-int tivr> v?ars aero, a neculiar agree meent was made between the Scran- . ton Coal company and Representative Connell, who, until he sold to the trust, j was the largest individual operator in ( the hard coal field. Instead of selling his holdings outright or taking stock ( in the corporation to which he transferred them. Mr. Connell made a bargain to receive $1,000 for each day of the year for ten years. The money that falls due on Sundays and holidays is to be paid the day before. Every day j since the -strike began the congressman ' has received his check. As he is nearly 78 years old there is no possibility ( of his going "broke" at any time dur- ' ing the remainder of his life. When Mr. Connell was asked why he made such a peculiar offer, he said he had two reasons. The first was that if he J was to receive a lump sum he would ( x Ia invocf It ond thp not Miu W U IICI v 1*1? Vi?v ? - I second was that he wanted to be assur- ( ed of a comfortable Income. , ? Nicholas Fish, a well-known New 1 York banker, of wealth and prominence. ] was killed in a saloon in that city last i Tuesday afternoon by a man named s Tom Sharkey. Fish went into the sa- < loon to drink whisky and beer with 1 some women whom he met on the l street. Sharkey came in the saloon and i was invited by the women to the table, t He became offensive to Fish and as the i result of a quarrel struck Fish with < his fist and killed him. Sharkey was { a detective: but was not present on i professional business. He did not i know who Fish was. Fish was a son < of Hamilton Fish, former governor of < VT Tr"-1- nAnof/M* onfl f l>ew lurK, Ulliiru niairo amaiui, a-u > secretary of state in the cabinet of < President Grant. He was the father I of Hamilton Fish, who was killed in s the battle of Las Gutsimas. It is 1 stated that there is some mystery about < the circumstances that might have 1 taken Fish to the saloon as he was not 1 a frequenter of such places. The fam- i ily and relatives of the dead man are i all rich and powerful and they propose < to have the matter investigated thor- i oughly. I ? The governors of Colorado and 1 Wyoming on last Tuesday appealed to 1 the secretary of the interior for assist- 1 ance from the government in checking ' the great forest fires that are now rag- I ing within their boundaries. Secretary ' Hitchcock has requested more details. ' He has ordered the superintendent of forest reserves in those states to employ additional men to fight the fires. The department is very short of men i in the reserves. Thirty-eight bodies ] were found on Tuesday in the Lewis j river valley. Washington, indicating that the devastation there by forest , fires was worse than supposed. The search is still in progress. The burned , district was settled by 500 prosperous farmers, who lost all they had. Sixty ( persons camping out at Trout lake near the base of Mount St. Helens savea ( themselves, by taking to the water on ] improvised rafts of poles and logs. One hundred and forty sections of the | finest timber in Cowlitz county was de- , stioyed. The total losses in western , Washington cannot be less than $2,000,- . 000, without counting the cessation of ( the logging industry of southwestern Washington. ] ? Washington Post: Spread of chol- 1 era in the far East and in Egypt has ; caused Surgeon General Wynian to ; take additional precaution to prevent ; the disease from effecting an entrance i into the United States. Quarantine sta- < tions on the Pacific coast have been I strengthened, special provision has ! been made at Honolulu, and Past As- < sistant Surgeon Heiser has been order- I ed to Egypt for information. From i Cairo cable reports have reached the state department, showing that 3,086 1 cases had developed in Egypt and that ; there had been 2,204 deaths. Since that ? message was received another has come < announcing1 the development of almost i 2,000 additional cases. Cholera is in- < creasing in Japan, in China, and in ] the Philippines. Not only in the Ma- 1 rine Hospital service, but among of- ] fleers of the army apprehension is felt < that the water supply of the city of ] Manila is infected with cholera germs, < and that ifi spite of the precautions ] taken to prevent the spread of the dis- ] ease in the city, the death rate will run ] up much" higher than it Is at present. In fact, some officers look for an even ] more terrible epidemic in the islands ; than that which occured before Spain i was ousted from the archipelago. i 9kr ^(orlmUr (Inquirer. ' ? ' J YORKVILLE, S. C.J SATURDAY, SEPT. 20,1902. The Columbia Negroes who are asking for admission into the Democratic party are just 26 years too late. They are not needed now. The claim is being made in Washington that Speaker Henderson's fall down will give the Democrats at least 30 additional seats in the house. Reports from China indicate a repetition of the Boxer outrages of 1900 and the probability is that the Powers will again have to take a hand. The thing looks more serious than in 1900. Referring to Col. Talbert's card, the Newberry Observer wonders what would have happened "if the colonel had taken it into his head to sulk." Now really, such questions as that are Dut of order. We agree most heartily with Superintendent of Education Carroll's suggestion that school district trustees would do well to devote their attention to the building of good substantial l school houses. The work will be slow and tedious; but it will contribute immensely to the development of the public school system. I . , Although the declination of Hon. D. < ** * ? koiioo f A / v. nenaersuii, spetiK.ei ui mc uvuo^, ? accept re-nomination at the hands of i the Republicans of the Third Iowa dis- ? trict is the political sensation of the < iveek, it is quite difficult to arrive at j its full significance. Indeed it is prob- \ able that not many of us in this locality < would be able to appreciate its meaning ( ;ven if we knew the facts. In a nut- c shell, General Henderson explains his i action as being prompted by a disa- f ?reement with a majority of the Republicans of his district ag to the best ( method of curing the trust evil. It 1 seems that the Iowa Republicans are 1 falling on to the Democratic idea of ^ tilling the trust by putting trust-made I 4-v.q froo Hot Wo oln Imo that 1 juvua VII biiv it w nub. **v -? mch a policy will not only kill the :rusts: but will seriously affect Ameri- 1 :an commerce generally, and that the i principal beneficiaries will be the for- r ?ign trusts which will thus have the idvantage of a free American market: > [f is quite probable that the reason Mr. * Henderson assigns for declining the ? lomination is the true one: but at the * same time we suspect that in giving )ut this reason he deals only with sur- 1 'ace conditions. As speaker of the ? louse Mr. Henderson has been very un- ^ sopular. It will be remembered that c :here has been general complaint t igainst him from the members of his ? >wn party during the present congress, i ind at the last session he was boldly r ittacked by more than one Republican & nember. These attacks were occasion- t ?d by the refusal of the speaker to rec>gnize members who desired to intro- t luce bills which did not have the speak- 1 sr's approval. Among the members :hus estranged were a number from the ?peaker's own state, and It is not at all mprobable that the strange political c condition now existing in Iowa has r seen brought about by revenge. Any- ( low the result will be watched with p interest. There is something unusual s n the idea of Republicans changing t sver to the Democratic way of looking it things, for whatever reason, and if r :he tariff revisionists get control of the s next house, we may look for some live- j ly proceedings. We will hardly be war- j ranted, however, in expecting any prac- j tical results, because the Republican j protectionists will still have control of r the senate along with the veto power in the executive chair. t Sow Whrnt. \ Because of the discouraging failure of ? the last crop, because of the prevail- J ing satisfactory price for cotton, and ? because of the abundant corn crop that c will be harvested this fall, the pros- r pects for wheat sowing are not at all 1 bright. The probability is that the c acreage this year will be less than for * years past: but this should not be the 1 case. S It is true that the yield of the last x crop was most discouraging. It was a probably the most complete failure of 1 which there is any recent record. We s know of the case of one exceptionally r successful wheat grower, who has fre rjuently made 500 bustiels on 40 acres, ? and who last year got only forty bush- 1 els off this amount of land. The fault ? was not with the farmer or in the e land. The farmer knows what it takes 4 to make a good wheat crop and he did ill that was necessary so far as he was 1 able. He at least prepared his land ? is well and manured it as heavily as 5 in fni-nior vonfs vrhpn hp made full 1 L-rops. The trouble this year must have I been clue to the unusually unfavorable c reason, ftut this farmer is not dis- t ouraged. He will sow again this fall ? for r>0<> bushels and that is what others I should do. r As a general thing not only was the c wheat a failure last year; but so \ llso was corn. The heavy wheat crop 1 if the previous year helped out the t corn crop failure wonderfully. Many r< farmers are no doubt able to figure It oi out that had it not been for last year's w heavy wheat crop they would have found it difficult to make both ends meet. This fact should be taken into T consideration in connection with the prospects for next year. The present corn crop does not nearly make up for jj last year's failure, nor will it take the place of a wheat crop that should be ^ harvested next summer. p With cotton as forward as'it is, this promises to be one of those exceptional CJ years when it will not be especially n convenient to sow wheat on cotton 3talk land. While no man can tell that such will really be the case, it is not unreasonable to assume that last year's |? Li-hoof f<i Hiiro will )u> fnllnwPrl hv ft """"v *? ? * g heavy crop next year, and under all the tl circumstances it would seem the wise thing for the farmers generally to put In a large acreage of wheat. .p j A significant feature of the declination of another nomination to congress by Hon. David B. Henderson, of Iowa, tl Is his position on the trust question: is "Knowing that I do not agree with e] many of my people that trusts, to which I am and have been opposed, a :an be cured, or the people benefitted, by N free trade, in whole or in part, I must tl Jecline to accept." Somebody has said that "the tariff is the mother of trusts." Her offspring are long past their teens f now, and are well-grown. One of them s< has reached maturity to the tune of 0. fl.100,000,000 of capital. It might look is if it were useless to kill the sow a ifter her litter has grown up, but the ft ild hog is late in weaning. Some of the a "infant industries" are old enough to . have children of their own, but they ire still sucking their indulgent tariff- a mammy, and Speaker Henderson b; thinks that it would never do to tear ^ them apart. He is to be honored for .. sticking to his principles, but he is falling behind the pace set in his own state for tariff revision.?Charlotte Ovserver. That is a good point that The Obser- it irer makes, and the experiment is cer- w tainly worth a trial. Somewhere In the w Bitjle there is a reference to the habit ti if the mother, eagle to throw her young ai ?aglets out of the nest to teach them is o Wi'X ft would 'seem that the trusts a; ire pretty well ready for a trial of this c< kind. If they are not now able to sus- rr tain themselves in competition with h the world, there certainly seems to be T 10 good reason why they should be alowed to continue to prey any longer on the American people. ^ - ' ~ / A _ HICKORY GROVE NEW A IL ti Deatli of an Infant?Mr. J. W. Cm- 0] tie* 111?PerMonal Mention. n Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. o1 Hickory, September 18.?There has Deen a great deal of sickness in and is iround our little town for the last few tl lays. Little Maggie, the flve-years-old T laughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wylie, & vhose illness was noted in the last is- ** me, died on Thursday afternoon at 3 J'clock of congestion. She had been a. dck only a few days. The funeral ser- r< /ices were conducted at the residence 01 >n Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and P< ;he remains were then borne to the kl :emetery .and laid to rest. The bereav- w :d family have the sympathy of the a' mtire community. a< Messrs. Mason and John Plaxico, of P( Ulinton, who have been visiting rela- m :ives near this place, left for their ol lome last Monday. 111 ( Miss Cleo Lesslie and Mr. N. M. McDill, left Monday afternoon for Due T kVest to enter school. te Mrs. W. B. Castles and children, who H lave been visiting relatives and friends n Atlanta, returned home Wednesday It norning. E Mrs Rvn Mnnrhpfld ' whn hns hcen fr isiting relatives in Forest City, re- kl urned home Tuesday. M ^(Mr. J. W. Castles is confined to his D >ed with grip. a .Miss Janle Wylie, who has been visit- ai ng relatives in Charlotte, has return- tr >d home. hi fRev. J. M. White and family, of Lan- n< :aster county, have been visiting rela- w ives near this place. w yMiss Bessie Caldwell, of Smyrna, was in n town Wednesday afternoon on busi- cl less. G Little Cora Pauline, daughter of Rev. it ind Mrs. J. L. Oates is very ill? b< Mrs. E. F. Vaughan, of Pinckney, has B ieen visiting her sister, Mrs. J. W. tl doorhead. es MERE-MENTION. C? Senator Bard, of California, is in a 01 lying condition James S. Sher- hnan, of New York, and "Uncle Joe" al Gannon, of Illinois, are mentioned as M .... . . ft, >rominent candidates ror tne speaKerhip to succeed Henderson in the event O. he Republicans elect the next house. The United Brotherhood of Car- t0 >enters and Joiners of America have OI ippropriated $10,000 to assist the strik- to ng anthracite coal miners The re Massachusetts Democrats have turned CI lown George Fred Williams as the eader of the party in the state and y< epudiated the Kansas City platform. o> American marines are patroling sa he Panama railroad between Aspin- m rail and Panama The Alabama to vhite Republicans have turned the Ne- tr rroes out of the party and nominated *z r. A. W. Smith, of Birmingham, for n' governor Congressman Llttlefleld, cc >f Maine, is being spoken of as a proper hi nan for the speakership to succeed fo ienderson The battleship Wis- a onsin has been ordered to Panama *1 rom San Francisco., .^^^he Negro cc 3aptists from all parts" of the United ?t States are holding their annual con- e( ention in Birmingham, Ala. There e" ire 1,500 delegates in attendance yj rh*> (""nnnpotifiit Rpnnhlirans have fo idopted resolutions endorsing the ad- b* ninistration of President Roosevelt. w President Roosevelt has tele- d< jraphed Speaker Henderson asking him B o reconsider the declination of the con- ht sessional nomination; but declines to w express any opinion as to the probable ze effect of General Henderson's action. D The Czar of Russia is entertaining te he Shah of Persia at his court A S? ilight earthquake shock was felt in n' San Francisco last Wednesday..Sec etary Hay has sent a note to the lowers that signed the treaty of Pekln, "1 ailing upon them to force Romania ea o treat the Jews of that country with sa nore humanity A dispatch from Dawson reports the organization of a .jj neat trust in the Klondike A train sv >n which Wm. J. Bryan was traveling. al .vas wrecked at Indianapolis, Ind., last ''l w rhursday. Nobody was hurt. While y, he wreckage was being cleared away th porters tried to get Mr. Bryan to talk f the Henderson Incident; but he ould say nothing. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS, lie State Republican!!. Not long ago, Deas, the chairman ol ie Republican party in South Carona, issued a call for a meeting of the secutive committee to be held in Coimbia on September 17. John G. Caers issued a circular in which he urged lat no attention be paid to the ill by Deas. Nevertheless, the comlittee met on Wednesday, passed resoitions endorsing Roosevelt and Hana, decided not to call a state convenon, denounced the Democratic election iws, decided to ask the governor tc lve tne .nepuDiicans repretfeiiumuu uu le board of election managers at each recinct, and adjourned. The row beiveen tHb Lilly White and Black and an factions of the party is still on. effeote In a Joker. Augusta, Ga., special of Thursday to le Atlanta Journal: Jeflfcote, the outlw, has caused quite a stir In the lowr part of Aiken county. On Friday stranger appeared at the residence of lr. Milledge Meyer, near Jackson Staon. He gave his name as Mr. Scott, nd said he was seeking to make investlents in real estate. Mr. Meyer soon Jld him his farm, and then drove him rer to Dr. E. A. Eubanks, who owns large tract of land which he has of;red for sale. "Mr. Scott" soon bought II this at the price of $18,000. He said e would go to Aiken Monday and pay, nd was invited to remain as Dr. Euanks' guest until that time. This he Id, being royally entertained. On [onday morning, while the doctor was etting ready for the trip to Aiken, Mr. Scott" disappeared. Search was lade for him, but without avail. It as learned, however, from persons ho knew Jeflfcote, that the descripon of Dr. Eubanks' guests tallied exctly with that of the noted outlaw. It i supposed that he is making his way gain, into the upper part of Edgefield junty, the scene of some of his forler exploits, and a sharp lookout for lm is being kept, he I.nureiiM Cotton Market. Three hundred farmers and business len of Laurens county held a mass leeting at the court house last Monday > discuss and take action, if advisale, relative to the cotton buying situon as it exists there. There being illy one buyer in Laurens this buyer 'presenting the local mill and two ther mills. The charge has been made lat the mills are in combine and there - apprehension among farmers that ley would not get1 full prices, etc. he port prices are helng paid, howler. After a number of speeches had sen made a committee composed of irmers and business men, submitted .resolution to the effect that the Laufns mill be requested to put a buyer i the square, and that failing, exart buyers be invited to visit the maret every Thursday at the bonded arehouses. This resolution passed rid was adopted with an amendment 3ded that if there be hr combination or soling of interests among the cotton iil!s with the view of controlling prices f the staple, as alleged, that a comilttee investigate the matter, collect ,'idence and report to the solicitor, hree citizens compose the commit e. ill* Evnnti Under Arrest. Greenville Mountaineer, Wednesday: has been understood that Mr. H. H. vans, of Newberry, would be indicted ir assault and batterv with intent to 111, in consequence oflhis attack upon ,'r. J. K. Blackman; editor of The ally News, which occurred In this city month or two ago. A warrant for his rest was issued last week by Maglsate L. K. Clyde and placed in the Af QKnrlfP T "Pi fJllrPflth who Jtlfied Mr. Evans that he had the arrant through Mr. O. K. Mauldin, ho had been retained by Evans to act i his behalf. Mr. Mauldin notified his lent by wire and Mr. Evans came to reenville on Monday afternoon, when was requested by him that the case i heard before Magistrate F. B. Mcee, to which objection was made on ie other side. Under the law the nearit magistrate to the city has jurisdicon in such event, \^hich takes the ise before Magistrate John L. Green, Butler township. No day has been iced for the hearing, but it will probjly be set for next week. Mr. Jos. A. cCullough represents the prosecuon, while Messrs. O. L. Mauldin and . L. Schumpert will represent the dendant. Mr. Evans was accompanied i Greenville by Mr. O. L. Schumpert, ie of his counsel. He was admitted ? bail upon his own recognizance and iturned home yesterday afternoon. linrlcMton'H l.uwleMN Sul>nrl?. News and Courier, Thursday: "I hear )u have been having some trouble er in your section of the county," iid a King street merchant yesterday orning to an old Negro from Red>p, who was on one of his quarterly ips to town." "Well, boss, ah cain't aekly say as dey has been any shojff trouble ter speak uf," replied the dored suburbanite, as he shifted his isket of provisions to a more com irtable position on his arm and bit off fresh chew of tobacco. "H'ur some me back er fool nigger fum Cha'ston ime er cavortin' round de Top makin' it lak he wuz a bad man, and I knowI right fum de start dat he was on a isy road to destruction. Yas, sah; is, sah; dey did cut him up fright[1. I hear de doctor say he wuz stabid 27 times and date ary one uf de cuts ould er kill him. Den you heerd about ; Dill Lightfoot casuality. I knowed ill to be er trifling loafer, and mean i wuz, too. When I heerd dat his ife, Lize, cut his neck off with a raz r it warn't no shock a tall to me. e faek is ah wuz er sorter looking out r some sech catasofree. I hear dat im Snowball had his head blowed off ght fo" last, but I ain't larnt de persulars yit. Of course you heerd about ; woman what was found in de mide of de road wid her throat cut from .r to ear. De headless body? Yas, h; yes, sah; dey done found out all >out dat. Savannah nigger, I think wuz. Haid whacked off wid a ax. iul, us 1 wuz a-sayin', boss, in anrer to yer fust question, de peeple is ways revilin' Jtedtop. We has our tic murders, same us other folks, but e don't make no big to-do erbout it. at, you know yourself, boss, how sich ings gits 'zaggerated." LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. M. C. Willis, Mayor?Publishes ordinances In regard to the levy and payment of town taxes, and also in regard to the license of dogs. C. E. B. Mendenhall, Policeman?Is in need of 25 able-bodied laborers arid offers 70 cents a day. H. C. Strauss & Co.?Announce the arrival of their pattern hats and invite the ladies to come today or Monday or some other time to see the millinery and dress goods. J. F. Pursley, Clover?Says he certain ly appreciates the trade he has been receiving since he moved into his new store, and calls attention to the various lines of goods he has. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Has full cream 1 cheese and again tells you to eat > force. Louis Roth?Has Texas red rust proof oats and wants you to see him for acid and guano for grain. He has full cream cheese. J. M. Heath & Co.?Talk about their line of millinery, and Invite the ladies to call early and see what they have to show them. Miss Grant and Mrs. i Dobson will be glad to see the ladies and show them the new millinery. Riddle & Carroll?Tell the farmers that they want to buy all the cotton seed offered on this market. They also want to sell a superior grain drill and a disc harrow at a bargain. WITHIN THE TOWN. ; ? Cotton seed have been bringing 24 cents a bushel on the local market since 4*Tst Monday. , ?Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co., now have the brick work on the graded school building up to the second story joists and expect to finish laying bricks withanother week. /^Mr. John M. Smith, of Clover, sold ' 25 bushels of home raised onions in Yorkville Thursday afternoon for $25. 1 There is a market in Yorkville during the year for at least 1,500 or 2,000 bushels, and most of them come from abroad. 1 ? The ladles are becoming very much Interested In the unusually elaborate displays of fall millinery goods that are being made at J. M. Heath & Co's. and H. C. Strauss & Co's. The goods have been arriving during the past few; days, and are being put on exhibition as rapidly as possible.. HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. 1 From people who live over on that side of the county, The Enquirer learns that the Broad river bottoms will yield a big corn crop this year. That is provided there is no disastrous overflow within the next few weeks before the crop can be gathered. It has been quite a number of years since the Broad River farmers have made what they consider a real good crop on their river bottoms, and this year they did not plant quite so extensively as usual. The river has been up once or twice since corn was planted, and there has been more or less damage. In the lower places the crops were practically ruined; but still an immense yield of corn is promised to the owners of the bottom lands along the York county side of the river. Although there was no election at Flint will precinct during me recent primary, the polls will have to be opened there on the occasion of the general election in November. There are> seven electors registered to vote at that place, and they can vote nowhere else. A full board of managers will, therefore, be appointed and one member of the board will have to come to Yorkville after eight or nine boxes, in which these 9even voters may cast their ballots. It is understood that there is to be a petition asking the legislature to abolish this precinct, as there does not seem to be a great deal of use for it. As to whether it will be abolished, however, remains to be seen. If the seven electors registered to vote there really de- i sire the precinct to be continued their ' wishes will probably prevail. BETTER SCHOOL HOUSES. "The greatest need of the public ' schools of this county now, in my J opinion," said Superintendent of Education Carroll to The Enquirer a day or two ago, "is better school houses I and more convenient school furniture. 1 We have made some progress along ' other lines during tne pasi iew yema, but with regard to the matter of school houses and furniture, we are rather backward. "During the past few years," continued Mr. Carroll, "I have been devoting such effort as I could bring to bear on * developing the efficiency of the teachers. Of course, I would not have my- ( self understood as claiming all the < credit for such improvement as is apparent; but it will be generally admit- i ted that the standard is much higher < than formerly. This is because of the 1 work of the summer schools, more ! stringent examinations and the intelli- ] gent co-operation of district trustees. But we haven't got to the stopping i place yet. There is still room for im- 1 provement and the good work will be kept up. ] "It has been my observation that no j matter how efficient a teacher may be^i it is impossible to do the best work ex- i cept in comfortable surroundings, or ' in the absence of necessary conveniences. We have quite a number of i school houses that are not fit for use ] for the purpose, and only a comparatively few that are anything like what i they ought to be. I have long been im- i pressed with the need for Improvement in this matter and I think something i can be done." < "How can you do anything?" Mr. | Pnrmll was asked. "Oh, that will depend upon the trus- < tees and the patrons. If they will help, ] the rest will be easy. Many of the | present school houses are private property. In some cases the houses are lo- < cated on lands belonging to individuals, i In a few cases the houses belong to the 1 public. I think all of the houses should be public property, and that the school ( should be located on lands belonging to 1 the public. This is a matter that will < have to be looked after more carefully in the future. i "Of course, to undertake to build i school houses wherever they are need- < ed, would be a heavy task. There are ^ many communities In which the patrons are not able to help a great deal; 1 but this does not apply to all the school ( houses by any means. Take the situation as it stands right now from the ] treasurer's last report to me. There { are only a few school districts in the j county that are entirely out of money, and some have considerable sur- c pluses. For instance, the report shows that District No. 1 has $240. That means that with all expenses paid up to date, and with the next allotment in sight, the district actually has $240 for which it has no immediate use. In the same way District No. 3 has $420; No. 5 has $1,150; No. 8, $350; No. 9, $375; No. 10, $600; No. 12, $1,000 and so on through the list. A few of the districts have spent all their money, and others have amounts' ranging from $JT to $300 to their credit. I see no reason why this money cannot be used for the erection of school houses in the different districts and I can think of no better use to which the money can be applied. Now, you will understand that in each of the different districts there are from two to twenty or more schools; No. 5, for instance, has about twenty schools, and $1,150 surplus. It would be impracticable to build as many new' school houses as are needed all at once; but, at the same time, the matter could be managed very easily by building some two or three houses each year. And if the people Interested will co-operate with private subscriptions, much more rapid "progress can be made. "I am sure that when the people be gill iu lun.tr iiuji c iiinri cm in hub qucotion, we will begin to see more rapid progress. It is not a question of sentiment. It concerns the health, comfort and convenience of pupils as well as teachers, and looking at the matter from this standpoint, there seems to be no limit to the effort we should bestow on bringing about better conditions." OUT AT HICKORY GROVE. Mr. Thomas M. WMsonant, of Hickory Grove, was in Yorkvllle Thursday on business, and when asked about conditions out his way talked cheerfully of things social, political and commercial. "Business is very good," said Mr. Whlsonant: "but not so good as we would like to see it. Although the corn crop seems to be abundant, it is fair to say that we will' make only about half a crop of cotton. I think, however, the farmers generally are going to try to pay up all they owe, and the merchants seem to be in very good spirits." "Outside of the mercantile business there is not much to talk about except probably I might mention Mr. Wilkerson's molasses making operations. I have not been out his way lately; but I have an idea that he is working night and day. You "know he has built up quite a trade in homemade molasses, and is selling his product in surrounding towns. He has no trouble in disposing of all he can make, and I believe he has got the. business down to where he is getting a neat profit. Most of our people feel a great deal of pride in Mr. Wllkerson's development along this line, and it would not surprise us if he succeeds eventually in building the business up to large proportions. He has a good many of his people raising sorghum cane for manufacture at his plant, and generally they seem to be very well satisfied with what they get out of the crop. "Another thing that interests us is the report that the Louise Gold Mining company is going to resume operations soon over on the Smith property, near the river. The mine has been closed down about a year; but the understanding is that it is to be operated again on a larger scale than ever. During one year, tne company spent about $10,000 on the property?making improvements and taking out ore. I do not know that to be the exact amount; but I do know that the effect was very appreciable around Hickory Grove. It turned as much money loose as does a cotton crop. That is why we are all interested in further developments. , Referring to the recent magisterial race, Mr. Whisonant said that interest has about subsided, and that both sides are willing to accept the situation. It Is generally conceded that Mr. Smith will make a good magistrate, and if there remains any undue feeling on account of the recent campaign, it is not at all conspicuous. OUT PEOPLE. Rev. John H. Simpson, of Hickory, was in Yorkville on Thursday. ' Miss Lizzie J. White, of Chester, is visitng Dr. and Mrs. M. W. White. ^Chas. W. F. Sfpencer, Esq., of Rock Hill, was in Yorkville on Wednesday. V/TX7 D nonh T?oa a# Uq mnf an ^ ?T XJ? UCiiUaUllf UOVji| VI. AAUIII|/W** county, Is in Yorkvllle for a few days. Mr. John McFarland has taken a position as clerk with C. P. Lowrance & Co. If'Miss Bessie Williams is visiting her Sister, Mrs. Walter W. Miller, in Rock Eiill. Mrs. R. M. Sims, of Columbia, visited relatives and friends in Yorkville this week. Misses Sallie and Vessie Blair, of the Blairsville neighborhood, are visiting relatives at Bowling Green. Misses Kate Gordon and Mamie McConnell are spending a few days this week with friends in Chester. Mrs. S. A. Weber is attending the innual meeting of the Christian Temperance Union in Chester this week. Prof. R. J. Herndon left last Monday morning for Randleman, N. C., and will be absent for about four weeks. Mr. Arthur D. Davidson, of Richmond. Vn.. is in Yorkville this week in a visit to Rev. W. E. Hurt and famly. Mrs. G. W. Sherer and son, Master 3eorge Andral, left on last Monday for Petersburg, Va., for a visit to relatives. Mrs. R. R. Peoples, of Pineville, N. 2.. is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of :he family of her brother, Mr. W. Wylie. Miss Margaret Johnson, who has been the guest of Miss Elise Moore, left on Wednesday morning for her home in Camden. Miss Eva N. Tate, of Tate, Ga., arrived in Yorkville last Tuesday on a irisit to her schoolmate, Miss Mary 3chorb. ffalss Minnie Cody returned home last Tuesday evening, after a visit of six .veeks' to friends in Western North Carolina. A telephone message from Mr. R. B. Middle, of Zeno, yesterday, informs us hat the condition of Mr. George L. Middle is improving. Rev. and Mrs. J. K. Hall, of Bethesla, passed through Yorkville on Thurs day morning on their way to Lancaster to visit relatives and friends. Misses Leona, Ruth and Blanche ? Thomasson, of Belmont, N. C., have returned home after a pleasant visit to their aunt. Miss M. C. Thdmasson. ^fSliss Amanda Clawson returned to Yorkville on Tuesday evening. af<*;r spending several days' with Mr. C. i. Spencer's family at Blowing Rock, N. C. x^Rev. J. S. Moffatt writes that Mr. R. A. Lummas, of Snapping Shoals, Ga., has accepted the principalship of the Presbyterial school that is to open at Bethany on October 1.. He arrived in Yorkville last Thursday. A private letter from Mr. -George W. Williams, at the Pasteur Institute, Baltimore, informs his relatives that he will remain in Baltimore for about three weeks. No serious consequences from the dog bite are anticipated. sr""General E. M. Law arrived in Yorkville Wednesday from Bartow, Fla., and will remain until next Monday, when Mrs. Law, who has been spending the past two weeks in Yorkville, will return with him to Bartow. General Law has sold his military school to the state of Florida; but will continue in charge of it for the present. Rev. J. B. Bozeman, formerly pastor of Yorkville, Union and Clover Baptist churches, and who accepted a call from the Second Baptist^hffrch at Gaffney last fall, has resigned the latter field and accepted an invitation to take charge of the church at Carapbellsvtlle, Ky. His special reason for. going to Kentucky is that he may be near the Southern Baptist Theological seminary, Louisville, in- which he desires to do some special work. 4 ... YORK VII.LE DISPENSARY. A representative of the Rock Hill Journal, who was in Yorkville a few days ago, took occasion to make some investigations with regard to the conduct of the whisky business in this place, and published the result in his paper of yesterday. He deals with the subject somewhat superficially, but fairly, so far as he goes, arid his- ar- tide is quite readable. He learns, among other things, that the' blind tiger business has about been wiped out; but that the consumption of liquor is steadily increasing, not only among people in comfortable circufntsances; , but among those who can indulge only at the expense of food and clothing for , their families. He finds that the daily expenses of the dispensary are $5, and the monthly net profits mountlngfup like this: June *241.44; July, *314.11; August *354.62. His article winds up with a summary of his conclusions followed by statements of a number of citizens with whom he has talked as follows: From what I could gather through interviews with merchants, the dispensary has not only brought about no increase in trade, but has greatly lessened cash sales. Some merchants will tell you about what they believe the town Is gaining or may gain by reason of the attraction furnished, while others will talk the other way, but when you pin them down to facts they know of their own personal knowledge or by trustworthy reports to exist they can't speciry. x was aDie 10 get noia 01 ie?a than a half a dozen instances of customers. coming to Yorkville on this account. This was off pet by about an equal number of opposite instances. Most of the merchants say they have lost in cash trade; that many of their out-of-town customers pay their cash for whisky and get their groceries, etc., "on time." When I asked Mayor Willis for an . expression he turned sharply in his chair from his desk on learning I was from Rock Hill and said: "If you people put in a dispensary over there you will make the mistake of your lives; you will never be able to make up for the damage you will do. Yorkville's benefit has been very doubtful, but Rock Hill is so differently situated, conditions in so many Important particulars so different that what might do for Yorkville in this particular would work sure damage to Rock Hill. With your cotton mills and your Winthrop college the advertisement to the world that you had gone into the whisky business would be foolish to say the least, if you counted no other consequences. "Yes, I do know of one man who is coming here to trade now simply for the reason that he can get a drink conveniently. But on the whole I believe Yorkville is losing in a business way. In many instances money that is now being spent for whisky should go to pay accounts and would go that way if the dispensary were out of the way. I don't know it to be a fact, but I understand from reliable people that there is much drinking and disorder now on the roads leading out of Yorkville in all directions, though there is no more of it in town, and the thing has had the effect of killing out the blind tigers. I have heard a number of substantial people say that, hereafter they will come to Yorkville only when they are obliged to do so. It is my humble advice to Rock Hill to fight the establishment of a dispensary from the standpoint of the prosperity of the town if from no other." Superintendent C. F. James, of the Tavora Cotton mill, a small one, em- -1 ploying 100 hands, says conditions at his mill have improved. He had much trouble from tigers (one was located in the mill village for a time), but that there was much less drinking now and he gets better police protection. s a# fViA Vnrlr Pnttnn LUC UlaiiagCUIClU Ul VIIC AVin mill property, embracing a large village just out of town, says the dispensary has been a decided curse to their people; that they are much worse off than with the tigers. There is much more drinking now than formerly and this is telling on the quality of the work. Mr. Beard, of Beard & Carroll, who do a large time business: "The dispensary hasn't improved business conditions so far as I can see?certainly not for us. I can see the small accounts climbing up, the cash going to pay for whisky." J. W. Carr, druggist: "Believe it will help. I have observed instances of mill people running accounts and spending their cash at the dispensary, but I can't say but that this money would have gone to the tigers anyway. I know of one or two cases of men who formerly traded in Rock Hill now coming here to trade on this account. I have heard of but don't know of instances the other way. The better class of farmers are business people who won't be influenced one way or the other by the dispensary; they continue ' to trade here for business reasons. J. E. Lowry, farmer, ex-mayor and ex-candidate for the legislature: "l think Yorkville has taken a step in the right direction, and I believe Rock Hill and Fort Mill will do right to follow suit: that thereby the tax burden would be greatly reduced. I frequently visit my place six miles out of town; 1 notice no difference now in the drinking on the road. I believe business conditions will improve 20 per cent, in the next twelve months." Mr. Williams, speaking for J. M. Heath & Co., the largest business in the town, said: "We prefer the dispensary to the tigers for the good effect it's having on Negro labor, but I can't see that it has improved trade. We are thankful for not now being bothered with that nasty, low-down blind tiger 4 business." Thomas W. Speck, Jeweler: "I had