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Straps and .facts.
? There has been another destructive
fire at Spindle-top Heights, of the Beaumont
oil field. It occurred last Tuesday
night. A man attempted to blow out a
lantern over what is known at the Corbett
well, in the Hogg-Swayne tract.
L^n/tnrvlnf* woo M?oa irrnitfj n.l fVlOrO
x^staping 6ao ??uo ?5ii*v\.u Miiu a
was an explosion. The flre spread rapidly
and was not cheeked until it had
destroyed fifty or more derricks. Estimates
of the loss vary from $100,000
to $250,000. First reports had it that at
least twenty men had been burned to
death; but later reports deny that there
was any loss of life.
? Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania,
has ordered the entire national guard
of the state, numbering 10,000 men, into
the coal regions. The order was issued
on Monday. The mine operators had
been urging this step for several weeks,
but the governor was reluctant to take
it. The operators claim that they will
now be able to resume operations at
full capacity, the principal trouble for
sometime past having been that the
strikers were able to intimidate nonunion
workers. President Mitchell denies
that the non-union workers will
be able to operate the mines to full capacity
and claims that all the troops
in the United States will not be sufficient
to force the union miners back
to work.
? The following statement relative to
the president's negotiations to settle
the coal strike was made public at the
White House last Monday afternoon:
"Monday, October 6, Hon. Carroll D.
Wright, commissioner of labor, went
to Philadelphia, and gave to Mr. John
Mitchell, the following from the pres,J???
IfU^UAll 111 oaAIIKO
menu il iur, luiLuiicn inn
their immediate return to work of the
miners in the anthracite regions the
president will at once appoint a commission
to investigate thoroughly into
the matters at issue between the operators
and miners, and will do all within
his power to obtain a settlement of
those questions in accordance with the
report of the commission.' Mr. Mitchell
has taken this matter under consideration."
? The bureau of insular affairs has
given out a statement of the commerce
of the Philippine islands by fiscal years
from the date of the American occupation
to June 30, 1902, which shows
that the port of Manila opened August
22, 189S, the general opening of the ports
in the archipelago beginning January
1, 1899. In 1899 the total imports were
$13,113,010; in 1900 the total imports
were $20,601,430; in 1901, $30,279,406, and
in 1902, $32,141,842. The Increase of but
$1,862,436 in the imports for the fiscal
year 1902 can, it is explained, be accounted
for by the prevalence of cholera
and the strict quarantine necessitated
thereby. There has been a cor- 1
responding increase in the exports from
the fiscal year 1899 to 1902. The exports
for 1899 were $12,366,912; 1900, $19,751,068;
1901, $23,214,948; 1902, $23,729,089.
? Washington dispatch: The expenses
of the office of the First Assistant
postmaster general next year win aggregate
over $81,000,000, or more than
_ the_,total annual expenditures for the
entire postal service prior to 1893. First
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne
intimates that the deficit of the poStoffloe
department next year will be about
$1,000,000, and that in another year the
department will be self-supporting.
The last year in which the receipts of
the postal service exceeded the expenditures
was just before the rate of letter
postage was reduced from three to
two cents. Officials of the postoffice
department believe that when the po?
tal service again becomes self-supporting
congress will pass a one-cent letter
rate postage law. Postmaster General
Payne is said to favor such a move.
? A New Orleans telegram of. recent
date, states that a steamer just arrived
/ at that port from Honduras, brings
news of the death of Joseph P. Benjamin,
on his plantation near Ciengolfo,
Honduras. This Joseph was a brother
i of Judah P. Benjamin, secretary of
state of the Confederacy, and one of
the most famous leaders of the Lost
I Cause. At its close he and his brother
I declared they could not live In a country
where the cause they loved so well
had been crushed. Judah went to England,
and there became known as one
of the most brilliant lights of the British
bar. Joseph went to Central America
and bought land in Honduras.
There he acquired large coffee arid
fruit plantations and became wealthy
and powerful: and there he lived to the
end of his days. The sketches of him
now published, state that he was a native
of South Carolina, but that he
was educated at the University of
North Carolina.
? The United States geological survey
has recently issued a special map formed
by combining a number of topographic
sheets, previously published, of
the country surrounding Norfolk, Va.
The section covered by the new map,
known as the Norfolk quadrangle, includes
Fort Monroe, Newport News,
Hampton Roads, Norfolk and Portsmouth,
and extends for about four
miles south of the North Carolina line;
it also covers a large area of the Dismal
Swamp. It has been compiled
with great accuracy and minuteness
of detail, even the houses in country
districts being located on it, and is of
more than ordinary interest in indicating
the topographic features and the
inequalities of relief by a system of
contour lines. A striking peculiarity
of the Dismal Swamp is clearly brought
out by the map, which shows that the
surface of the swamp stands from seven
to ten feet higher than the surrounding
country, and the unusual
phenomenon of streams draining out of
it in all directions is observed. The
detail of the map is enriched by the
addition of ocean soundings and descriptions
of the marine bottom.
? New York Sun, Sunday: The collection
of taxes for this year was begun
yesterday with a rush, to take advantage
of the 6 per cent, rebate allowed
payments made before November 1.
The total collections for the day were
about $9,700,000, or $100,000 above the
record. The money was carried to the
National City bank at about 10 o'clock
last night, it was packed in leather
bags and conveyed in a cab from the
Stewart building to Wall street. The
cab was guarded by three armed policemen,
one on the box and two inside.
At the bank two men were waiting.
who signed a receipt for the cash, put
it in the vault and went home. The
greater part of the payments reached
the receiver's office in the shape of
checks, but fully 4,000 persons went
personally to the office to pay taxes.
Fifteen policemen were required to
keep the lines intact and prevent confusion.
Some of the larger payments
were: $800,000 by the New York Centrial
railroad, which included, as usual, '
the taxes of the Vanderbilts; $350,000
by the Astors; $100,000 by John D. and
Thomas Crimmins; $100,000 by August
Belmont: $71,000 by the Rhinelander
estate, and $75,000 each by William R.
Grace and George Ehret.
(fill? t|WRVWC i&iiqmw.
YORKVILLE, S. C.t
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1], 1902.
The national farmers' congress convened
in Macon, 6a., last Tuesday,
with more than a thousand delegates
present, and was welcomed to the state
by Governor Allen D. Candler. Since
then the congress has been discussing
tariff, free trade, protection, irrigation,
the advisability of combinations and
various other questions. The farmers
are from all parts of the country and,
of course, represent all shades of politics.
President Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers, has written the president
a letter in which he declines the
proposition Jo request the miners to go
to work, with the understanding that
the whole controversy will be duly investigated.
As a reason for his declination,
President Mitchell calls attention
to the fact that the mine operators
have already refused to arbitrate, and
inasmuch as the president has no law
to enforce acceptance of the award of
such a board as he might appoint, the
miners have nothing to gain by compliance
with his request. He says that
the fight will be continued to the end;
but wants it distinctly understood that
it is the operators and not the miners
who have stood in the way of an amicable
settlement.
There is nothing wrong in the sending
of Pennsylvania troops to the coal
fields. The union men have a right to
strike if they want to, and the nonunion
men have the same right to work
if they want to. This is under a constitution
that guarantees liberty of action
so long as one does not interfere
with the rights of others. Of course.
if non-union men can De iouna in suificient
numbers to take the place of the
union men, and they are allowed to
take their place, unionism is dead.
While not right, it is natural that
union men should use violence if necessary,
to prevent non-union men from
taking their places. If the non-union
men have a right to take the places of
the union men. however, it is proper to
use the military power of the state, if
necessary, in guaranteeing that right.
As a newspaper, the New York Sun
has few superiors. Chas. A. Dana was
one of the best newspaper men America
has produced and he succeeded in mak
ing The Sun a model of journalistic
excellence throughout the Englishspeaking
world. In many of Its distinguishing
features The Sun stands as
high as It ever stood: but fairness can
hardly be claimed as one of Its characteristics.
More so than any other great
American newspaper. It represents the
views and interests of the money power.
In any kind of a dispute between
capital and labor it Is invariably found
on the side of capital. It has no standing
whatever with the laboring element:
because it professes no sympathy
with them: but it may fairly be regarded
as the authoritative mouthpiece
of capital.'. It is said to be owned by J.
Pierpont Morgan, and no doubt It is.
Anyhowr .the people who think as Mr.
Morgan thinks, generally think as The
Sun thinks. Up to some months ago,
The Sun was disposed to back President
Roosevelt in practically all he did;
but now it is talking the other way.
Its comments on the president's course
with regard to the coal strike are particularly
sarcastic, and its general attitude
is such as to leave the impression
that there is really something in
the growing impression of a wide
breach between the president and Mr.
Morgan.
The Lnlior I'rohiem.
The bulk of the news filling the columns
of the great northern dailies, as
well as that carried by the Associated
Press, relates to the coal strike and
to the labor problem generally, and
while it is difficult to fully comprehend
all of the issues involved, there
seems to be no doubt of the fact that
the issue between capital and labor is
more squarely before the country at
this time than it has ever been before.
The present climax is due in a large
measure to President Roosevelt's Alexandrian
method of attacking Gordian
knots.
The real issue involved In the coal
controversy is not altogether a question
of wages or hours of labor. These
are the things talked about most; but
no agreement on the part of the coal
operators as to these matters alone
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issue is the full and complete recognition
of "unionism," and unionism from
the standpoint of the miner, means that
all of his interests be represented by a
delegated authority. He demands that
the old system of direct relations between
himself and his employer, or
the representatives of his employer, be
done away with entirely, and that
there be established a new system
whereby his representatives shall decide
on just how long he shall work,
how much work he should do, what
compensation he shall receive, how
many holidays he shall have, etc., and
that his real employer shall have absolutely
nothing to do with him except to
pay him. He demands further that no E
would-be laborer who refuses to ac- Is
knowledge allegiance to the union and
to live up to all its requirements, shall E
have the right to labor. On the other {<
hand, the mine operators claim the v
right to deal with laborers as Individ- <
uals; the right to pay them in propor- "X
tion to the value of their services, and I
the right to require as many hours of
labor as may be necessary, and to have
a man do whatever he may be required
to do. 11
By way of practical illustration, as
relating to the present situation in the
anthracite coal fields, it may be ex- E
plained that up to the institution of o
the present strike there were employed u
aoout 150,000 union miners. Because of h
a difference between the representa- E
tives of these miners and representa- f:
tives of the mine operators, the strike s
occurred. The mine operators being
unwilling to yield to the demand of the n
union, sought to replace the strikers t
with other men who were willing to
work on different terms. There is little n
doubt of the fact that if the union 8
miners were willing to quit and leave,
the mine operators would be able to
continue the operation of their mines ^
at full capacity on terms that would
be satisfactory to them. The union
minorc Vinn'puAr are unwilling to sub- ^
mlt to any such arrangement, and in- J
sist upon their right to use whatever c
means may necessary to prevent the s
non-union or "scab" labor from opera- h
ting. c
The same issue has been involved in
previous controversies. The question
of hours and wages has always figured e
most prominently on the face of the
dispute; but the real question has been E
that of union regulations and union ^
control. It has been usually the case ^
in settlements, however, that both
sides have been disposed to allow the E
real issue?that of union control?to
remain in the background. There L
would be more or less compromise on S(
the questions of hours and wages, without
any definite understanding as to A
union control, leaving both sides to feel
that -they had at least won a certain C
part of the controversy.
While the action of President Roose- A
veit, in calling a conference of the rep- *resentatlves
of the capital and labor
employed in the present dispute is nom- a
- is
inally without prejudice, as a matter or *
fact it is to be considered as a great n
victory for unionism. The union men ^
so consider It, and the capitalists so E
consider it. The victory lies in the full ^
recognition by the president of the 15
United States of a principle that the y
operators have never been willing to
recognize?the full right of the union 7
as such, to negotiate for terms. And a
just to this extent is there a feeling on d
the part of the capitalists that one of P
their main contentions has been sacrl- ^
flced. But, of course, it is understood
that the controversy lacks a great deal
of settlement yet. It is fair to say that 17
neither party to the dispute is altogether
right, and it is not reasonable to ^
assume that either party is willing to n
do all that is right. As a matter of p
fact, it is hard to say just what is right. ^
* tl
. mkhe^mention. ,
The Miners' Federation of Great Brit- ?
ain has voted $5,000 from the central v
relief fund for the relief of the strik- 0
ing anthracite miners, and adopted res- g
olutions in favor of further donations
from the different districts Sir j;
Thomas Lipton has sent the New York j]
Yacht club another challenge for an- j5
other series of races for the America's c,
cup Governor Odell, of New York,
has ordered out troops to protect the jr
property of the Hudson Valley Electric r
road from striking operatives.. e,
Russell Sage has been seriously ill for
a week or more: but is now thought to si
be getting better. Wall street, of
course, has been much interested In rr
Ills condition ine rrencn nmiuu- ial
Federation of Miners has ordered a a
strike of the 170,000 members of the or- .A
ganization Under a recent act of h
the Cuban congress, the names of 9,000 a
men who surrendered to the Spaniards, a
have been stricken from the army lists, a
Although the Issue is not quite a
settled yet, It seems that the Venezu- t
elan revolutionists have about over- p
come President Castro's government, u
The city of New Orleans has been o
placed under martial law because of
the street car strike. v
g
Wilkie Is Cleaned Up.?C. D. Wll- tl
kle, of Rutherfordton, one of the de- n
fendants in the Amos Owen Cherry
Tree company swindling cases, passed s<
through the city last night en route for 8
Greensboro, where today, he and the n
other defendants, Rev. T. Bright and
Dr. Frank Bright, are expected to pay it
into the district court $10,000, which is lc
demanded as restitution to the vari- p
ous women who were defrauded by the \\
company. t]
"And are you prepared to pay back e
the money required of you?" asked The ei
Observer reporter. Il
"Yes, I think so," was the reply. "I h
will pay back all I've got." s
"Are Dr. Bright, and the reverend p
gentleman, his father, ready to put up b
their proportion of the $10,000?"
"I have heard that they were," answered
Wilkie. "I think the $10,000
will be forthcoming, or at least enough ?
of it will be paid in to prevent any of n
us from suffering punishment."
"How about your attorneys, Mc- e
Brayer & Justice? The court said that b
they must put up the $1,800 that they h
received as a fee from you." e
"They will pay back every cent of n
that money today," said Wilkie. "In h
fact, I think that the case is now prac- a
tically at an end. And all of us will t!
go broke. You may count on that for 1<
certain." h
"Do you mind telling the result of c
your connection with the company as U
it affected you personally?" v
"It means this: I had a job office in I
Rutherfordton and was doing well. I
became connected with the company $
after taking the advice of lawyers, and c
thinking that it was a legitimate way n
of making money. I cleared just $5,000. ti
After paying my lawyers and other v
expenses and paying money into the ^
court I will have nothing at all left. It s;
is worse than that. I will have to sacriflce
my job office and ever>thing else ?
I have got and begin all over again." ^
Wilkie is only about 23 years old, and h
is the youngest, and it has been eon- h
jeetured, the most successful of the op- ^
erators of the cherry tree company. i.
lis appearance is in his favor, and I
3 known as a hustler.
It was Wilkie, by the way, who mai
tutherfordton the distributing poll
or pictures of "Southern belles," whl<
;ere collected from half a dozen soutl
rn states and were readily sold to Ne
"ork papers.?Charlotte Observer
'uesday.
BETHEL PRESBYTERY.
'roceeillngw of the Fall Meeting i
Beer*hel?a.
The Presbytery of Bethel met
leersheba church, six miles northwe
f Yorkville, on October 7, and contli
ed in session for two days. The opei
ig sermon was preached by Rev. \
1. Arrowood, the retiring moderate
rom Matthew vl, 13, and a splend
ermon it was.
There were In attendance upon tl
leetlng twenty-one preachers ai
hirty-two elders.
Rev. Chalmers Fraser was elect*
ooderator and* Rev. S. C. Caldwell a
Istant clerk.
Interesting reports were read fro
lie permanent committees on Hon
fissions, Foreign Missions and Educ;
Ion.
Rev. J. M. Harris was received fro
lharleston presbytery and calls fro
efferson and White Oak churches,
ihesterfield county, for the pastor
ervices of Mr. Harris were read, ai
e was granted permission to hold th
all until the spring meeting of presb;
?ry.
The following committees were elec
d:
Home Missions?J. K. Hall, W. .
lafner, Chalmers Fraser, A. H. A
ins, W. D. Knox, A. H. White and
I. Spratt.
Foreign Missions?C. G. Brown, \
I. Arrowood and E. A. Crawford.
Education?S. H. Hay, D. N. M
.auchlin, W. B. Arrowood, J. A. Wa
on, D. G. Stanton and J. L. Stacy.
Sabbath Schools?S. C. Caldwell ar
l. P. Brown.
Bible Cause?W. W. Ratchford, S. <
aldwell and J. J. C. Steele.
Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick and MaJ>
?. H. White were elected trustees
lavidson college for three years.
Dr. H. L. Smith, of Davidson colleg
nd Dr. J. H. Thornwell, chancellor <
'resbyterian College of South Carolin
lade very interesting addresses in b
alf of their respective institution
loth of these colleges have opened i
etter than usual this fall, and they a
oth doing a splendid work for tl
oung men of our country.
The pastoral relation existing b
ween Rev. R. P. Kirkpatrick and Lei
non,. Salem and Union churches wi
issolved, and he was dismissed to tl
resbytery of Indian Territory. M
lirkpatrick expects to take charge ie
church at Wapanucke, I. T.
Some fine addresses on missions we
lade during the presbytery by Re
y. H. Hudson, rplssionary to Chini
lev. L. O. McCutdieon, under appoin
lent to go out as missionary to Cores
lev. R. F. Kirkpatrick, Rev. J. 1
[all and Rev. Chalmers Fraser. Tl
rst two spoke on foreign missions ar
tie others on home missions.
Mr. Richard Gillespie, a member i
Ibenezer church,, and a student in Di
idson college, was taken under ca
f presbytery as a candidate for tl
ospel ministry.
A commission, consisting of W. <
feville, J. K. Hall, J. M. Harris ar
>. N. Clark, was appointed to orgai
se a church at Ruby, Chesterfle
aunty, if the way be clear.
Dr. Thornwell read a very interes
lg and touching memorial on the Re
>. E. Jordan., D. D.. which was adop
rl bv a rising vote.
Rev. W. G. Neville was re-eleotf
in ted clerk for a term of two years.
The evangelist. Rev. James Russe
lade an interesting report of his wor
Te has been laboring in Chester ar
t the Monetta mills, near Richbur
t the former place a splendid chap
as been built, which, with the lot, co
bout SI.400. Half of Mr. Russell's sa
ry is paid by Purity church in Cheste
nd his labors as evangelist in Chest
re under the auspices of that churc
'hey are doing a splendid work. M
lussell's labors outside of Chester a:
oiinawrtolnn nf tho PAHimlltl
n home missions, }
The presbytery extended a hearl
ote of thanks to the pastor and coi
regatlon of Beersheba church f
leir unbounded hospitality and kin*
ess to the members of Presbytery.
The First church of Rock Hill ws
elected as the place and April 15th i
p. m., as the time for the next sprir
leeting of Presbytery.
This was one of the pleasantest mee
igs of presbytery we have had for
>ng time. The weather was perfect, tl
eople were courteous, the provisioi
ere inexhaustible, and, as is alwa:
tie case in Bethel presbytery, the delil
rations of the body were character!:
d with brotherly love and kindnes
t was good to be there and we wou
ave enjoyed a longer sojourn amor
uch a noble, generous and sterlir
eople as are to be found within tl
ounds of Beersheba congregation.
Stated Clerk.
Morgan and Cooke.?Jay Cooke, 01
f the greatest of American nnancier
egotiated nearly all of the immem
>ans issued by the United States go'
rnment during the civil war. T1
anking firm of which he was the. he*
andled over 000,000,000 for the go*
rnment, and the profits, it is said, d
ot exceed $200,000. What would ha^
een Mr. J. P. Morgan's profits it thi
stute financier had been engaged t
he government to float a series i
)ans amounting to $2,000,000,000?
as been stated that Mr. Morgan n
eived about $. 0,000,000 for flnancir
he United States Steel Corporatit
I'ith a capital of about $1,400.000,0C
n another transaction his profit on
200,000,000 transaction was estimated i
10,000,000. Either Mr. Morgan hi
ause to be astounded at Mr. Cooke
loderation, or Mr. Cooke would be ju:
ified in expressing astonishment at 11
erv hleh value which Mr. Morgu
laces upon his services. If Mr. Morgr
ad financed the steel company at tl
nine rates at which Mr. Cooke han<
;d the government's loans during tl
ivil war, he would have received on
140,000 lor his share in the transactio
in the other hand, if the governmei
ad paid Mr. Cooke as handsomely f<
is services as Mr. Morgan is reportt
j have been paid by the steel comps
y, Mr. Cooke would have netted ilea
f $150,000,000.?Baltimore Sun.
le LOCAL AFFAIRS,
3e NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
nt w. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives
?h notice of sale of the "Pressley lands"
h_ in the suit of John I. Barron, Individually,
etc., plaintiff, against Anna B.
Steele, et ftL. defendants.
The Enquirer?Makes announcement of
the early appearance of a new serial
story in these columns. It is a Russian
story in which an American girl
is the heroine. It is full of action
and life and interesting from beginfct
ning to end. Watch for the opening
chapter.
t The Enquirer?Has something to say
in regard to commercial printing and
calls especial attention to its facilities
n- for printing lawyers' briefs and arn_
guments.
v H. C. Strauss & Co.?Again call your
attention to their line of fall and
,r? winter dress goods and claim that
id the ladies say their stock stands in
a class by itself in so far as quality,
style, variety and price goes.
J. M. Heath & Co.?Make some perti1(1
nent observations on Yorkville as a "
market and call especial attention to i
? i? * ' ^iii?_ i
>(] ineir line UL iiutnta auu tapra, IUM1I- ]
g_ nery, etc. They also want to sell a 1
48-inch Henry Disston circular saw
at a bargain. They want to sell it
m quick.
ne C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Have a lot of
onion sets, two varieties, sllverskins
a" and yellow Danvers, which they offer
at 10 cents a quart; three quarts
m for 25 cents: $2 a bushel.
m J. F. Pursley, Clover?Wants you to
see him before you buy your grocerln
ies. He has a good patent flour at
al a low price, and also has nice hams.
1(j He wants to sell you wire fencing.
, and tells you to use International
1 stock food.
y
t WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The dog tax ordinance, recently
^ passed by the town council, goes into
effect on November 1, next,
j ?The next term of the court of general
sessions for York county cony
venes on Monday, November 10. s
? The time for paying town taxes '
c_ commences on October 15. and the 20 '
. per cent, penalty attaches on November
15. 1
? There is a notice in the postofflce '
calling for proposals for carrying the '
? mails to and from the Southern depot. 1
The contract is for an indefinite period 1
_ and the pay quarterly,
or *
of ? The protracted service commenced
in Trinity church Wednesday after- *
,0 noon according to announcement, the 1
pastor, Rev. A. N. Brunson, being assisted
by Rev. A. F. Chreitzberg, of
e'_ Gastonia. Dr. Chreitzberg is an able
g preacher and the interest that was
ip aroused by his first sermon has been
re increasing steadily. Services are being
ie held each day at 4 p. m., and 7.30 p. m,
e_ THE COUNTV COMMISSIONERS.'
b- The regular monthly meeting of the
is board of county commissioners was
ie held in the office of the: supervisor on
r. Wednesday. All of the members of the
of board were present, and a considerable
amount of business, including the payre
ment of numerous claims, was transv.
acted.
a; /'Messrs. J. L. Moore and Robert Witht
^rspoon. of Bethesda township, appear
a; ed before the board and entered a reX.
quest for the location of the clialngang
le in Bethesda. The board gave them to
id understand that while it does not seem
that the present condition of the work
of on the Yorkville and Tiraah ,ro#d will
a- warrant the removal of the chalngang
re before the first of January next, there
ic seemed to be no reason why It should
not go to Bethesda when a change is
3. made.
id >> There were three applications for the
i- position of superintendent of the counld
ty home next year. They were Messrs.
J. D. Gaulden, the incumbent: W. P.
t- Wylie and John Ramsey: Messrs.
v. Gaulden and Wylie submitted petitions,
t- Mr. R. M. WTiitesides appeared as the
advocate of the claims of Mr. Ramsey.
?d Supervisor-to-be Rovd. and the other
two members of the next board?Mes11.
srs. Crawford and Stanton?were.presk.
ent at the meeting: and Supervisor
id Cordon suggested the courtesy of alff
lowing them to choose a superlntend?1
ent. with the understanding that the
at present board would* confirm their
1- choice. Mr. Boyd said he was willing
r. to abide by any action that might be
pi* taken by the present board, and Capt.
h. Crawford expressed himself in the
r- same manner. Being a member of the
r? present board as well as the new one.
2? it made no difference to Mr. Stanton.
It was finally decided that the old
ty board' would choose between the appllcants
by ballot.^Mr. Gaolden was eiect3r
ed at a compensation of $265 per an3
num.
A Negro pauper was admitted to the
is county home on a proper petition,
it At a previous meeting of the board,
iff the clerk was instructed to request the
Carolina and North-Western and the
t- Southern railroads to fix up certain c
a grade crossings that are considered to f
*0 be in a dangerous condition. The j
is Southern has promised to comply with ]
^s the request of the board without delay, r
and the Carolina and North-Western ^
z- asked to be allowed until January 1, t
b. next, to comply. The request was f
Id granted.
?& There was a complaint about a cer- c
tain alteration in a public road down r
ie in Catawba township, and, on motion, j
it was agreed that Supervisor Gordon ^
and Commissioner Wilkerson investl- g
gate the matter. c
le
DISCRIMINATION AT WINTHROP. t
3e The Rock Hill Herald, of Wednes- t
l'~ day, prints the paragraph that was re- t
ie produced in The Enquirer last week c
ll* from the Greenwood Journal, and com- \
k'~ ments thereon as follows: t
Id On Monday last, we called President
Johnson's attention to the above pub- t
at lication and requested an explanation.
Expressing surprise at the statements ?
y made therein, President Johnson as- j
ilf Vm Mnnrtor thnt the Onlv trUth +
SUICU tliiw i Wf/vt vv> ?..M. _ w
Tt contained in the article is as to the '
e_ 'turning away" of some applicants for '
admission and that statement is exag- r
? gerated. The number that returned to t
>n their homes was 23, not 75, as The j.
K). Journal says, and these were "turned
a away" only because of the rule adopted 1
by the board of trustees and announced a
in the catalogue sent out during the
is summer, which requires that "No stub's
dent shall be admitted to the college
3_ unless she passes into the Freshman 1
class in the majorities of studies." f
,e The young ladies who were "turned ^
Ln away" failed to pass as the rule reLn
quires, and there was nothing else for
the college authorities to do but send k
the "weeping girls" to their homes. It c
le is true that some applicants passed into r
'y the Freshman class only hy their pron
flciency in "the majority of studies," 8
but the rule was fully complied with b
3r and they were entitled to become stu 'd
dents in the college. All such accepted
1_ students, however, are required to purr_
sue the studies, in which they may be c
deficient, in the Sub-Freshman class, s
vhich has been organized for that pur)ose
only. It Is Indeed hard on the 2S
foung ladies who were "turned away"
!or. the reason that they had in compil?nce
with the college rules bought uniforms.
etc., and had paid railroad fare
:o Hock Hill and return; but each ol
:he young ladies had opportunity to
stand examination at their court houses
>n the 11th of last July, but they preferred
to run all risks and came to the
jollege for examination. Had they
stood the examination conducted in
:heir court house towns in July, they
would have been spared the expense of
Miming to Rock Hill, the purchase o!
jniforms as well as the mortification
>f being turned away after arriving
lere because they could not stand the
examination authorized by the board
if trustees?a test that is necessary and
enforced in every college. Seventy
/oung ladies stood the examination' at
:he college at the opening of the session
snd of that number, as stated above,
53 failed to pass and returned to theii
lomes. The number of students whc
ipplied at county examinations in July
was 444. Of that number 212 were
'turned away." What does The Journal
think of that? President Johnson
informs us of a fact that The Journal
nay not know or knowing may not appreciate?that
is, that at least seven ol
the young ladies who were "turned
lway" from Winthrop had the oppor:unlty
of attending accredited graded
schools whose certificates of graduation
would have entitled them withoul
further examination to enter_the Fresh
nan class at wmtnrop. *rne graded
school at Greenwood is such a school,
The number of students who were admitted
upon certificates of accredited
schools was 48. The Journal would nc
loubt be very severe In its criticisms ol
the Winthrop board and faculty if girls
not entitled to graduation in a graded
school should be admitted to the college
as college students. What, Indeed,
would The Journal think of such an Institution
that would do so calling ltseli
i college?
HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN.
tv" The Southern railroad is now operiting
through freight trains from
Charleston over the Camden and Marion
division.
Of course it is only a guess; bul
iome of the farmers are estimating
that more than a third of the cottor
mop of this section has been put or
the market. Cotton seems to have beer
moving quite freely this year.
tif The ladies of the Floral society an
working industriously on the details ol
the aproaching competition, and art
meeting with considerable encouragement.
They have information of manj
choice flowers in different parts of tht
county, and the assembling of tht
choicest of these In a single display
will be worth a long trip to the mort
enthusiastic growers. The matter ol
ludges for the contest is now undei
consideration and will be arrangec
within the next few days.
Jti) Mr. W. S. Wilkerson has madt
tiearly 2,000 gallons of molasses up t(
late and is still making. A dealer visited
him recently and offered to take
10,000 gallons, or as much less or more
is |^:ared to furnish, at 30 cents pei
jalloiT free on board the cars at Hick)ry
Grove; but he did not trade.
.tv' The last meeting of Presbyterj
it Beersheba, previous to the meeting
>f this week, was held twenty-twc
r'ears ago, and of all the ministers and
;lders present at the meeting this week
Rev. W. W. Ratchford is the only one
,vho was present at the meeting tweny-two
years ago. Although quite an
)ld man now, Mr. Ratchford still enjoys
rood health and has lots of vim and
nergy.
The county board of commission's
is after the railroads, trying tc
nake them fix up their grade crossings
iVhile many of these crossings are arranged
as they should be, others ars
insafe. The regulation manner of conducting
an ordinary crossing, calls
'or planking on either side of the rails
ilmost flush with the tops. Under such
in arrangement a wagon can pass ovei
vithout a severe jar. In the case ol
nany of the crossings, however, there
s nothing but naked rails, which are
lot even protected by a reasonable
tmount of ballast. When a wagon
itrikes such a crossing at right angles,
here is necessarily a heavy jolt, and
vhere the approach Is at an acute anrle,
the wagon frequently slips several
'eet before the wheels Jump the rails,
Sometime back a wagon was caught on
he track at a crossing of the latter
cind and smashed by the train. Accllents,
even more severe than this, are
iable to occur at any time, and the
ommissioners do well to try to guard
igainst them by requiring railroads
o put crossings in proper condition.
?uch grade crossings as are allowed in
his section would not be tolerated furher
north, and there is no reason why
tur people should be required to put
ip with them.
PRESBYTERY AT REERSHEBA.
The report of the stated clerk in anither
column, gives a comprehensive
iccount of the business transacted dur
ng the session of Bethel presbytery at
3eersheba this week, from Tuesday
norning until Thursday afternoon; but
Msltors and delegates have a great deal
o say in addition, about the social
'eatures of the occasion.
It seems that, as usual, the people
>f the neighborhood turned out in large
lumbers, and the congregations ranged
n size from 400 to 500 people. The
veather was delightful and dinner was
ipread during recesses on a long table
lutside. Of course, almost everybody
arried dinner, and the duty of setting
he table was delegated to a commitee.
There was an abundance of good
hings for every individual in the great
rowds and lots to spare, many of the
>oxes and baskets having been left unouched
by the committee.
The delegates to presbytery were enertained
during their stay at the
tomes of the people of the surroundng
country, and those who passed
hrough Yorkville on their way home,
lad much to say about the royal treatnent
they had received. Some of them
onfessed a little surprise. They had
>een going to presbytery for years;
>ut had never before been the guest of
l more prosperous or hospitable congregation.
They had not been led to
ixpect anything extraordinary of
ieersheba, and what they saw and ex>erienced
was just a little beyond anicipations.
Rev. W. G. Neville, of Yorkville,
mows Beersheba congregation, of
ourse, and in reply to a comment with
egard to the apparent prosperity, he
aid: "You won't find any considerate
individual wealth in that section;
iut take Beersheba congregation as a
rhole for well-to-do, solid, substantial
itizenship, and I do not know of its
uperlor. The people out that way
work. They do not depend so largely
| on Negro help. They do their work
themselves, and they" evidently do a
. lot of It. Yes, Beersheba is a splendid
congregation, and I am pleased to re
mark that there is no immediate prob,
ability of the race dying out. You
. would judge this from the numerous
' happy, healthy children you see among
them."
The meeting of Presbytery has still
' further emphasized the necessity for a
larger church building. Only about ?
1 two-thirds of Thursday's congregation
\ was able to get into the house. The
[ question of enlarging the building has
[ been under consideration for quite
. awhile, and it is probable that the work
[ will be commenced soon.
.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
! ' Mr. Wade H. Hicklin, of Greenville, -t
f was in Yorkvllle on Wednesday.
Mr. Herbert Wright, of Clover, was
I in Yorkvllle Thursday, on business.
Miss Daisy Hart has returned to
Gaffney to resume her school work.
1 ^Mr. N. J. N. Bowen has taken a posi[
tion in the grocery department of J. M.
Heath & Co.'s store.
l^^xMiss Mattie Caldwell, of Clover, is In
I Yorkvllle on a visit to the family of>
, Dp. A. Y. Cartwrlght.
*Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thomas and
\ Miss Mollie Thomas, of Sharon, were
J in Yorkvllle yesterday.
'^Miss Mary Simmons, of Greenwood,
| arrived in Yorkvllle Thursday morning,
on a visit to Miss Marie Carroll.
| w. L. w iiiiariin nae reiunieu iv?
Yorkvllle after a short stay In Baltimore,
Md? and is again at his old post
at the York Drug store.
, John M. Spratt, of Fort Mill, was
^ In Yorkvllle Thursday. He said there
were no further developments In the recent
Fort Mill bank robbery.
. 'air. Geo. W. Williams who went to
, the Pasteur hospital In Baltimore, on
| account of a dog bite several weeks
, ago, has returned to his home in York,
vllle.
Mrs.. J. D. Blvens, of Albemarle, N.
, C., arrived In Yorkvllle Thursday even?
ing on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. S. A.
, McElwee and other relatives and
friends.
, tMr. J. Mason Ferguson has accepted
, aposltion at the York Cotton mills %t
, store. He will be in the grocery department,
and will begin his work there
| next week.
^ Mr. G. C. Ormand was home this week
. on a visit from his place of business at
I Middendorf, S. C. He and Mr. Reuben
Horton are operating a large sawmill
, at Middendorf.
\ /*Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Cain, who have
been visiting the family of Rev. J. S.
, Grler, at Sharon, for several months,
, left on Tuesday for their home at
' Memphis, Tenn.
i /"Little Paulain and Edna Walker, of
Chester, who have been spending
f sometime with their uncle, Mr. W. E.
, Sanders, at Guthriesvllle, returned to
| their home last Friday.
I Rev. J. Meek White, of Unity, Lancaster
county, assisted Rev. J. L. Oates
, with communion services at Smyrna on
last Sunday. Mr. White returned to
, Lancaster county on Wednesday.
, ^Mrs. Paul R. Brattbn and Bon,' Mas-*
I ter Paul, who have been spending the
summer in Yorkvllle, left this week for
Columbia, and will visit friends there
( for several weeks, before returning to
Charleston.
'^Gaffney Ledger: Frank Carson, who
, for a long time was connected with
the clerical force of the Gaffney Manu(
facturing company's store, has severed
his connection with that concern to accept
a more lucrative position with a
. large dry goods firm in Rock Hill, Mes- *
, srs. A. Freidheim & Bro. Mr. Carson
( was a genial and gentlemanly young
man, and during his stay In our midst
he made himself popular with the other
young men of the city and won the respect
and esteem of the older ones. We
| regret. very much to have him leave
Gaffney, but hope the change will be
! beneficial to him; and we certainly wish
him great success in his new' position.
| LOCAL LACONICS.
. We Will Send The Enquirer
, From now until January 1, 1903, for
. 44 cents.
1 York Baptist Association.
i The thirty-fourth annual session of
the York Baptist association will-meet ^
i with Flint Hill Baptist church In Fort
Mill township on next Thursday, Octo'
ber 16, and continue in session until the
: Sunday following. V/
Lumber Kiln Bnrned/N
Mr. Preston Goforth, of Bethany, lost
a dry kiln, together with 3,000 feet of
lumber, by Are, last Thursday after1
noon. The lumber was being dried for
the Presbyterial school building that is
to be erected soon.
To Incorporate Antloch.
Columbia State, Thursday: Yesterday
a most unique application for a
charter was filed in the office of the
secretary of state and the charter will
be issued. It is for the Antioch Baptist
church to be established at Antioch, in
Cherokee county, one and a half miles *
south of Grover, N. C. The purpose of
the corporation is thus set forth: "To
promote and extend the gospel and religion
of the Lord, Jesus Christ, and to
nrovpnt the making and selling of
liquors with the lawful limit prescribed
by law." J. R. Dickson and others are
the corporators. ^
Explosion at the Dam. .
There was a tremendous shake-up M
at the dam of the Catawba Power com- A
pany at about 2 o'clock Wednesday
morning, caused by the explosion of
one of the magazines. The magazine
contained a number of boxes of dynamite
and ten or twelve kegs of blasting
powder. The noise of the explosion
was heard in Port Mill, Rock Hill and '
the surrounding country for a distance
of many miles. In Fort Mill the people
thought it was another safe blowing
enterprise and many people got out of
their beds and made an investigating
tour of the town. In Rock Hill the explosion
caused numerous conjectures. ^
Winthrop college was shaken as if by .
an earthquake. There was a deep hole
blown in the earth under the magazine;
but fortunately nobody was hurt and
the property loss, except of the powder
and dynamite, did not amount to a
great deal.
The Cherry Tree Swindlers.
Greensboro special of Tuesday to the
Charlotte Observer: The book was
closed at chapter two of the Amos
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