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Scraps and iacts. ? Says a Washington dispatch of Tuesday: The Republican managers state that after a careful canvas of the country they feel certain that their party will elect a majority of sixteen 1 in the next house. The thirteen southern states are only expected to return seven Republicans, with three districts in doubt. Senator Jones, chairman of the Democratic National committee, ' stated this afternoon: "Reports from all parts of the country indicate that this will be a Democratic year. There Is dissatisfaction everywhere with the Republican administration. We have an excellent cnance to eievi a iimjui u; in the next house. ? The New York Herald's non-partisan poll of 45 states, which will elect 386 members of the houBe of representatives for the 58th congress next Tuesday, shows that the Republicans will probably be able to control the organization of that body, but by a narrow majority. To win the control the Republicans must elect 194 members. The Herald returns give them 200. They ' also show that there are 171 reasonably certain districts for the Democrats and 15 districts doubtful. A general Democratic drift in the east, with a particularly heavy vote for Coler in Greater New York?approaching that of Cleveland in 1892, when he carried what afterward became the greater city by 111,000 plurality?would not only wipe out the slender indicated Republican majority in congress, but would sweep most of the doubtful districts to the v Democrats. ? Washington special of October 29: The contest that has been on for many years between the registry and money order branches of the postal service for the patronage of the public, who send money through the mails, has been declared off First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne and Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden have had a conference on the subject and have decided to withdraw all circulars, placards and other inscriptions posted in postoffice8 throughout the country extolling the respective merits of each system of transmitting money. Each of these bureaus in the past has issued cards advising the public that it is the safest means for sending money, and the competition has reached the stage of posting cards with a variety of "don't" warnings. Hereafter the policy will be to work together in the Interest of all branches of the service. ? Inquiry in official quarters in regard to the reports from the west about the Doukhobors, says an Ottawa, Canada, dispatch of Friday, elicits the information that there are a number of them, < probably a thousand in all, affected with the religious mania. They are going from village to village among their own people, and it is said they are likely to arrange to meet in some central place, probably at Yorkton, to decide upon what they are going to do. ] The Doukhobors believe it to be a sin ,i to hold domestic animals in restraint, and they have therefore turned their i cattle and horses loose upon the prairie. They will not wear leather shoes or. any clothing produced from animals, and the men and women have been yoking themselves to the plow and wagon. A large number of the horses and cattle have been seized by the government and sold at public auction?the amount realized, about $20,000, will be used to take care of the fanatics when the winter sets in. ? Reports from Washington indicate a vexatious delay in the negotiation of the Panama canal treaty. The alleged reason of the delay was dissatisfaction on the part of the Colombian government with the action of the United States government in interfering with Colombian sovereignty on the isthmus. It will be remembered that 1 the United States read the riot act to < both the Government and Revolutionary forces, giving them to understand that trains across the isthmus must 1 not be interferred with. The Colom- 1 bians liked this kind of thing, as applied to the Revolutionists; but thought the Colombian government should have been allowed to do as it pleased. The real reason of the hitch in the negotiations. however, is believed to be dissatisfaction on the part of the Colombians at the price they have agreed to take for the concessions desired by the United States and the smallness of the annual rentals agreed upon. It is ( thought in this country that the Colombians think that by holding out, they can drive a much better trade than they at first considered to be entirely satisfactory. ? Numerous publications in this country of late have indicated serious disagreement between the authorities at Havana and Washington over the Cuban reciprocity treaty. A semi-official statement from Washington, however, has it that there is really nothing serious about the matter. The United States has demanded a remission of duties amounting to from 20 to 80 per cent, on American goods entering Cuba, while allowing a remission of 20 per cent, on Cuban sugar and tobacco coming into the United States. The Cubans are of opinion that as the treaty is now drawn, the Americans have the big end of the bargain, and they are unwilling to sign until they can get what they consider a better deal. There is also a slight hitch on the matter of coaling stations. Sometime ago Admiral Bradford selected for the United States Havana Nipe, Cienfugos and Guantanamo. Outof consideration to the Cubans, claims to Havana have been abandoned; but it is likely that the Washington government will insist on the other ports. The Washington authorities claim that although the treaty matter has not yet been closed, it does not involve any questions so serious as not to admit of amiable and satisfactory settlement. ? Harper's Weekly: The Spanish court has in the last few days supplied a bouquet of extraordinary stories of that peculiar luridness and improbabil lty that we are accustomed to oniy in dispatches from Vienna and Shanghai? the two centres which since the death of the late Ananias, hold the record for fertility of invention. The point of these stories is the startling new light in which the king and queen mother of Spain are set forth to the world: yet, when one reflects on the wild possibilities of the Hapsburg blood, und its past vagaries, one is led to pause before discrediting the whole tale as a mere piece of sensational nonsense. First, we are told that the queen mother, Maria Christiana, whom we have been accustomed to look on as a shy pietest of a somewhat sour inhuman type, is really a heroine of romance who would have won the heart of Alexander Dumas. The good lady is declared to have fallen deeply in love, when she was a mere girl, with a certain Count de la Escosura, the two fervent hearts plighting an eternal troth. Then dire necessity overtook them; for the princess was compelled to make one of those reluctant marriages of state that take so much gilt off the royal gingerbread; and the bitterness of separation had to be endured. After a long interval, it is said that the two severed hearts are once more joined; the queen, having discharged' her state duties in producing and rearing an heir to the throne, has decided that it is her turn now and has morganatically married her count, so the story says, on her recent visit to Austria. If this be true " <=> mnct oJrifor^lv wish them all the happiness, according to the tradition of similar fairy tales. &lir \|otlu'iUc (Snqmm. YORKVILLE, S. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1902. York county should cast at least 2,000 votes for Finley next Tuesday. It really does not matter much about the state and county candidates; but unless Finley gets a good vote, there may be some trouble. Except in South Carolina, the people of the whole United States are looking forward with great interest to the result of next Tuesday's election. In this state, hardly one man out of 20, thinks any more of next Tuesday's election than of a last year's bird nest. The editors of the Laurensvllle Herald and of The Yorkville Enquirer should be summoned to appear at the bar of the State Press Association to make answer to the charge of the greatest ability and activity in publishing papers which are so superior to the standard which is generally adop ted by the press or tne siaie. xnesc editors do more work than should be allowed, and then they print their papers so well that most of us are simply not "in it."?Abbeville Press and Banner. A delicate compliment this, and all the more appreciated because of its high source. However, it is more than probable that if the accused should turn state's evidence, conviction and punishment might fall on the accuser instead. The Spartanburg Journal says. "It is creditable to the South Carolina club that the intention to serve quail at the supper following: the state Dan nas Deen abandoned. Such a wholesale slaughter of game birds In the closed season would be an outrage on the laws of the state." We fall to see where the South Carolina club deserves any credit whatever for obeying the law.?Orangeburg Times-Democrat. It is a fact that obedience to the law Is only a matter of duty, and It' has been commonly held that in the performance of manifest duty the Individual deserves no cr^lt for the simple reason that he could rightly do nothing else. We agree to this proposition; but still we take the action of the South Carolina club in the quail matter as encouraging rather than otherwise. There are still thousands of prominent people in this state who do not consider themselves liable to the laws that govern other people, and to them the South Carolina club's example ought to prove wholesome. Ah to Texas Mobs. Eagle Lake, Texas, Oct. 27, 1902. Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer: In your issue of October 25, 1902, you spoke of "a mob" taking possession of two Negroes fiends of Hempstead and lynched them. Now, sir, with all kindness, allow me to correct you in the use of the word "mob." Instead, it was the best citizens of Waller county, Texas, (outraged by the actions of two Negroes) assembled together to give a sign to others of their kind. The day has past when "mobs" take the Texas laws. It was the best citizens only. Trusting that you will not err again against Texas, I am very respectfully, P. H. Rogers. The statement to which our indignant correspondent objects, was as follows: A telegram of Tuesday from Hempstead, Texas, tells of another mob outrage in that state. On Sunday. October 12, Mrs. Newton Lewis, aged 63, was outraged and murdered by two Negroes ?Jim Wesley and Reddick Barton. The Negroes were duly arrested and the trial was hurried along as rapidly as possible. Both Negroes plead guilty, and the evidence of witnesses corroborated their plea. While the trial was going on, a mob of men entered the court house and tried to take the prisoners. The mob was at first repulsed and the trial proceeded with. In the meantime, troops had been sent for, and while the judge and sheriff were waiting for the troops, the mob made a second attack. This time the attack r., 1 A w its suutcssiui. -ni Ltri <a 011U551C, uuiing which Sheriff Lipscomb was badly injured, and Sheriff Sparks of an adjoining county was also hurt, the mob got possession of the Negroes. The struggle was in the presence of the presiding judge. The Negroes were taken to a telegraph pole near by and hanged by the necks until they were dead. According to the usage in this office, any kind of an unlawful assemblage is a mob. Webster defines the word as referring to the "lower classes of a community," but to give a clearer idea of his conception of the term, quotes from Madison this observation: "Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob." This quotation easily covers the generally accepted usage. We are not prepared to deny that the people implicated in the perpetration of the outrage described above are the "best citizens of Waller county, Texas," nor that the best citizens of Waller county, Texas, are as good as the best citizens of any other county in the Union; but the fact remains that on this occasion these citizens constituted a lawless mob of the most disgraceful character Imaginable. They had no J more respect for law and order than would have been expected of so many wild beasts. T Were the Negro fiends deserving of death? Certainly; but only at the hands of the law. Had the law proved inadequate or inefficient, there would j have been good excuse for the mob. But had the law proved inadequate or inefficient? It does not seem so from the facts. On the contrary, it appears that this mad mob overpowered it in the very act of fulfillment, intimidated and wounded its representatives, and j; committed an outrage as dangerous to the well-being of society even as was the outrage committed by the Negro fiends. Surely our correspondent does not think that it was in defense of those Negroes that the two sheriffs were T hurt. Ask them and they will saiy it was in defense of the law. It was certainly not the law that hurt them, and, therefore, it must have been the "best citizens of Hempstead," otherwise the -j "mob." We give our correspondent credit for the best of good intentions and we hope he is correct when he says "the day is past when mobs take Texas laws." Rut if he is correct, the change has ta 'lert effect since October 21, for the mob was certainly supreme in Hempstead p on that day. MERE-MENTION. O Two naval officers have resigned dur- * ing the past few days because they find the work too hard....The miners of the p anthracite regions celebrated last Wed- & nesday as "Mitchell Day," and no coal w was mined Several volcanic erup- tt tions have occured in Nicaragua dur- G ing the past few days, and it is said ^ that the Nicaragua government has e been trying to suppress the news be- h cause of Its probable effect upon the *1 canal negotiations A train load of " cotton valued at $100,000 was burned in 0 Louisiana last Tuesday It is re- d Woaklnapfnn thot thPrP P pui iCU Willi TV MOIilliQkVti V<IM? ??? ? have been 75,000 caseB of cholera In the ^ Philippine islands since last March, b and that the mortality has been in the f neighborhood of 75 per cent.A spe- * cial train, in which W. J. Bryan was 0 stumping Colorado, was wrecked at F Cripple Creek last Tuesday. Nobody^ P was seriously hurt There has been & a heavy fall of volcanic ashes on the a southern part of Mexico during the past b few days Bank robbers dynamited a safe at Prairie City, Iowa, last Tues- ^ day night and secured $4,000 Gen- tl eral Uribe-Uribe, leader of the Revolu- ? tionary forces in Colombia, was cap- ^ tured by the Government troops on o Tuesday, and it is believed that the cap- a ture will put an end to further trouble. ? It is reported from London that the Prince and Princess of Wales will probably visit the St. Louis exposition In 1904 There is a good deal of riot- j. ing going on in Porto Rico as the result h of registration of voters. Several people ^ were killed during the past week The Republicans of New York are confldent that Odell will be re-elected governor next Tuesday....A United States P gunboat has been completed in Japan for service in the Philippines. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Dangerous* Curiosity. .. Is Orangeburg Times-Democrat: Several t) of the up-^auntry papers have recently noted the fact that former residents in d Texas are sending to this state the wee- g vil insect which has wrought millions ^ of dollars' worth of destruction to the jcotton crop in that state. These in- t] sects are sent in bottles as specimens, jj but it is an exceedingly dangerous prac- ^ tice on account of the liability of their i( introduction Into this state. A New- a berry farmer who received a bottle of ^ specimens promptly Durnea tne insects ^ in the presence of witnesses, so that if n they ever become an evil in this state he coukl not be held responsible. His e example ought to be followed by every- j; body who receives any of the pests. Mrs. A. C. Haskell Dead. pi Mrs. A. C. Haskell died at her home C in Columbia last Wednesday morning, a She seemed to be in her usual health n on Tuesday before, and her death was unexpected. Mrs. Haskell's maiden tl name was Alice vanYeveren Alexander, n and she was a daughter of Adam Leo- o pold and Sarah Hillhouse Alexander, o of Washington, Ga., being a sister of Gen. E. P. Alexander, of Savannah, and n also of Mrs. E. Boggs. She was born a on July 21, 1848, and married Hon. Al- is exander C. Haskell on November 23, h 1870. She leaves surviving, besides her w husband, ten children?four sons and ei six daughters as follows: Misses Louise. s< Mary, Marlon, Frederika, Alice and Susie, and Messrs. Alexander, Porter, tl Charles and Adam Haskell. b Texan Fever at Wllllamiiton. ri Williamston special of Wednesdey to sl the Columbia State: Considerable un- e easiness and anxiety has been caused ^ here within the last few days on ac- ^ count of the death of a number of fine ? cows from what appeared to be a very " mysterious cause, and in order to give a the case a thorough investigation. Dr. v J. R Foster, the state assistant vet- s eriarian from Clemson was summoned, ? and came down this morning. After a e post mortem examination he pronounced the disease "Texas fever," which he says is incurable, the best ^ remedy being to separate all cattle ^ which are infected from the others. He n says the disease is communicated by what is commonly known as the "tick." ^ and after a cow comes in contact with g ?? ? - 1 ? % A _ -V ? - 1 C me aisease mrougn xnis meaium, anu is taken sick, nothing can save her ^ from death, which follows within a few a hours. d The Real Issue.?The strike at the seven collieries of Coxe Brothers & Co, the four mines of G. B. Markle & Co., it the Silver Brook operation of J. S. Wentz & Co., was officially renewed 10? fs day through an order issued by District v Secretary Gallagher, of the United Mine Workers, upon Instructions from C President Mitchell. fj The strikers at those mines were not permited to return to work in a body, f{i the Coxes Insisting that tneir employees o make personal application for their former positions, and G. B. Markle & Co., tl requiring that each man, before going 1 back to work, promise to abide by the decision of the arbitration commission, a The mine workers allege that the ef- tl feet of this requirement is discrimination against men who were prominent n in the strike.?Hazelton, Pa., dispatch n of Thursday. ^OCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. he Opera House?Announces the appearance on Tuesday evening, Nov. 4, of the Who, What, When minstrels, claimed to be the best in the country. [. C. Strauss & Co.?Talk to you about their stock of fall and winter clothing, and quote a number of interesting prices, along with descriptions of the goods. They can also furnish you with tailor-made garments, and call attention to bed blankets and comforters,^undershirts for men and hats for men and boys., [eath-?Elliott Mule Co.?Have half a dozen good mules which they want to sell for cash or on credit. They also have a lot of wagons and buggies on which they will give close prices. They say their livery is up-to-theminute. 'hos. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Makes a very plain talk about the prices at which he sells all his goods in com parison witn me prices juu wju nave to pay elsewhere. He tnvites you. tc see him and get his prices before buying any goods In his line. 'ork Drug Store?Wants you to know that It has a large stock of hah combs and brushes, tooth and nail brushes, and ail kinds of toilet articles. It calls especial attention tc tooth powders and pastes. THANKS OP THE NATION. The president's annual thanksgiving roclamation was issued last Wednesay. It reads as follows: "According to the yearly custom ol ur people, it falls upon the presldenl t this season to appoint a day of fesival and thanksgiving to God. "Over a century and a quarter hat assed since this country took its place mong the nations of the earth, and uring that time we have had, on the 'hole, more to be thankful for than has alien to the lot of any other people, leneratlon after generation has grown o manhood and passed away. Each as had to bear its peculiar burdens, ach to face its special crisis and each as known years of grim trial, when lie country was menaced by malice, dolestlc or foreign levy, when the hand f the Lord was heavy In it with drouth r flood or pestilence, when in bodil> istress and anguish'of soul it paid the enalty of folly and a froward heart, Ve have struggled onward and upward Ve now have abundantly enjoyed well elng, and under the favor of the Most [igh we are striving earnestly tc chleve moral and "spiritual uplifting "he year that has just closed has beer ne of peace and of overflowing plenty, tarely has any people enjoyed greatei rosperity than we are now enjoyig. For this we render heartfelt and rvlomn thanlra tn tho filvPP of flnnd nd we seek to praise Him not by words ut by deeds also. "Now therefore, I, Theodore Rooseelt, president of the United States, dc ereby designate as a day of general hanksgiving Thursday, the twentyeventh of the coming November, and o recommend that throughout the land he people cease from their ordinary ccupations and in their several homes nd places of worship render thanks una Almighty God for the manifold lessings of the past year." IMPORTANCE OF VOTING. General Wilie Jones, chairman of the >emocratic party in South Carolina, as issued the following urgent address 3 the Democratic voters of the state: "The election for state and county ofcers and for congressmen will take lace in this state next Tuesday, Noember 4. I feel it to be my duty as hairman of your executive committee 3 urge upon you the great Importance f casting a large vote in this election. / "In the Second ditrict W. S. Dixon, a Tegro Republican, has been nomlna?d against the Hon.. George W. Croft, tie Democratic nominee; In the Third istrict a white man by the name ol <^tt, a Republican, has been nominaW against the Hon. Wyatt Aiken, out iemorratic nominee; in the Fourth dlsriet, L. W. C. Blalock, a white Repubcan, has been nominated against the [on. Joseph T. Johnson, our Democrat! nominee, and in tlje Seventh district Negro Republican by the name ol tantzler has been nominated against tie Hon. A. F. Lever, our Democratic oniinee for that district. "I have heard of no opposition whatver to our state ticket headed by the [on. D. C. Hey ward."I have heard of no opposition to any ounty ticket, except in the county of leorgetown, where Negro Republicans re running against our Democratic ominees. "If you will turn out and vote at ie election next Tuesday there can be 0 doubt whatever of the election ol ur entire Democratic ticket throughut this state by handsome majorities. There seems to be little doubt that the ext house of representatives will have large Republican majority, and there 1 danger that our congressmen may ave their seats contested, and unless re can show that they have been electd by a large majority they may have ?rious trouble in retaining their seats. The iniquitous Crumpacker resoluon is now before congress, and it is ased upon the official returns of the epresentatives in the house. If we hould cast a very small vote in this lection for congress it would give aditional reasons to the Republicans for sllowing out their nefarious schemes f disfranchising our people In cutting own our representation in congress nd in the electoral college. The light ote in previous legal elections In this tate is caused by the feeling amongst ur people that the primary settles the lection. "In previous elections a representaIve from the state of Massachusettts as had more votes cast for him in the ?gal election than all of our congresslen put together in South Carolina, 'his state of affairs will be very emarrasing to our senators and conressmen. The Democrats of South larolina have always done their full uty whenever necessary in the past nd T nm sure thnt thev will do their uty on this occasion." / ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. S. N. Stacy, of Clover, is vlsitig the state fair at Columbia. Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal, of Rock Hill, j visiting relatives and friends in Yorkllle. Mr. and Mrs. John Sandifer are In 'olumbia this week, visiting the state air. Mrs. A. E. Willis, of Lynchburg, Va., ? in Yorkville on a visit to the family f Mayor Willis. Mr. and Mrs. W. Bonner McGill, ol he Bethany neighborhood, left on last Hiesday for Columbia. Miss Mamie Hall, of Filbert, has been pending the week In Yorkville with he family of Mr. J. Q. Wray. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Burris, of McConellsville, are spending their honey10011 in Columbia this week. Miss Mary Jackson, of Newport, has been spending several days in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. S. A. Weber. Mr. Brice McCaw, of Newport, spent several days in Yorkville this week with his mother, Mrs. Fannie B. McCaw. ^SMiss Lizzie Lowry returned home on ; Wednesday morning, after spending a few days with Miss Julia Titman, at Lowryvllle. Mr. T. K. Thomasson, of the Wright's I Ferry neighborhood has been employed at the "We Fix It shop." He Is a skill1 ed wood-workman. , fclrs. Walter W. Miller and little > daughter, Miss Margaret Virginia, of 1 Rock Hill, are in Yorkville visiting the 1 family of Mr. L. R. Williams. Mr. W. B. Aiken, of Tucson, Arizona, is in Yorkville on a visit to Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Williams. Mrs. Aiken and ' daughter have been in Yorkville for i several weeks. 1 Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber leaves today for Heath Springs, where he will preach - tomorrow. He is to perform the cere' mony at the Thomasson-Carter wed' ding in Lancaster on next Wednesday, , and Mrs. Weber will go down Tuesday to be present also on that occasion. K Shortly after their marriage at Gas"tonla, by Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, last Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Moss took the southbound Carolina - and North-Western train, and proceeded on ; through to Columbia. Upon their re: turn, they will take up their residence ' at Mr. Moss's pretty little home about , two miles southeast of Yorkville. > There is now good reason to hope that 1 Mr. J. B. Long, who was recently in: Jured in a gin accident, will recover , without the necessity of amputating i his arm. Mr. Long is still being cared 1 for at the residence of Mr. H. P. Thom! asson. His mother, Mrs. M. E. Long, i of Simpsonville, Greenville county, and his sister, Mrs. J. P. Stezer, of Pomarla, , Newberry county, are with him. njT Among the York county people who > visited the state fair this week were > the following: Dr. J. H. Saye, of Shaj ron; G. A. White, L. C. Harrison, V. B. ; McFadden, T. C. Rawlinson and Jas. > H. Beckham, of Rock Hill; Messrs. J. Ernest Lowry, J. R. Lindsay, W. D. 1 Glenn, T. H. Bludworth, P. T. McNeel, W. B. Wylie, Louis Roth, J. Q. Wray, C. P. Lowrance, Harry Neil, Wilbur ' Neil, Jno. W. Miller, Avery Lowry and ; Dr. W. G. White, of Yorkville. , THE C^UUNTHEMIM SHOW. I nkMiDonthnmiim ahnnr ndvertis ' ed so extensively by the Ladies' Floral I society of the Presbyterian church, dur-. ' ing the past few weeks, was opened in 1 the court house this morning and is still j in progress as The Enquirer goes to press, as it will be also until perhaps 11 o'clock this evening. The show is not more elaborate than . was to be expected; but it is highly creditable in every particular, and is i proving a revelation to most lovers of flowers, especially in the number and . excellence of the exhibits. The specl> mens seem to include every known varity of chrysanthemum, most of them dei veloped to the highest state of perfecs tion, aB well as a number of pretty, ! rare and interesting ferns. The most elaborate displays are those , of Mrs. R. T. Stephenson and Mrs. W. G. White. They are tastefully arrung, ed in the jury boxes on either side of I the judge's bench, one on the right and ' the other on the left, and both are receiving a great deal of enthusiastic ad' miration. The potted plants, including geraniums, ferns and some extra fine chrysanthemums are displayed over * and against the Judge's bench, and sev eral other handsome chrysanthemum collections decorate the auditorium portion of the hall. The following is a list of the exhlb! itors, with the flowers being exhibited by each, as made up this morning: Mrs. W. B. Wylie, Yorkville?One fern; one yellow chrysanthemum plant with ten blooms, in pot; one vase chry8anthemus. Mrs. W. G. White, Yorkville?Sixteen varieties of chrysanthemums; i roses; fern. Mrs. W. S. Neil, Yorkville?Pink and yellow chrysanthemums. Mrs. D. A. Johnson, Rock Hill?Thirty-five varieties chrysanthemums. . Miss Rose M. Lindsay, Yorkville? , Ten varieties chrysanthemums. Mrs. R. T. Stephenson, Yorkville? Twenty-four varieties of chrysanthemums. , Miss Claude Moore, Yorkville?Two varieties chrysanthemums; ferns; begonias. i Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Yorkville?Ferns. palms; roses. j Mrs. W. G. Neville. Yorkville?Ferns; begonias: oxalis; apple geranium. Mrs. B. N. Moore, Yorkville?Ferns; > begonias. Miss Rosa Lindsay, Yorkville?Nine potted plants. At the time this is being written, 1 o'clock p. m., the judges, W. W. Lew| is, Esq., Prof. H. B. Buist and Mrs. R. i M. Bratton, have just concluded a critical examination of all the exhibits, but have not announced their awards. The names of the prize winners will be made known during the afternoon. The attendance has been very good during the morning; but is expected to | be much larger during the afternoon and evening, when in addition to the flowers there will be too especial entertainments, one from 3 to 4, consisting of vocal and instrumental music and the other beginning at 8 p .m., and con! sistlng of a pretty cantata, entitled ! "Peggy's Dream," to be presented as follows: Peggy Miss Frankle Clawson. Fairy Goodheart....Miss Anna McCaw. ' Sir rnumas unmumcii Elizabeth Finley. Lady Bunny Mary Fant Herndon. 1 Bo-Peep Frances Finley. : Little Boy Blue Sam Latimer. Mother Hubbard Rita Beard. King Cole. ;.Quay Williford. Little Miss Muffett Anna Cherry Schorb. Brownie James Grist. Jack Robert Herndon. Jill Annie Ashe. The price of admission to the whole ' entertainment, Including the cantata is only 25 cents. After having secured admission, visitors are at liberty to go and 1 come at will. WITHIN THE TOWN. ' ? The local dog tax is due and payable today. ' ? The county board of commissioners : holds its regular monthly meeting in me omce 01 mc au^ci ?u., ..v?. i Tuesday. i ? The "Mr. Bob" entertainment at the opera house last Wednesday night was largely attended, and the audience enjoyed it thoroughly. All of the actors acquitted themselves handsomely and i the promise of "two hours" of solid fun was fully complied with. The door re celpts amounted to something1 over $50 and the net proceeds make a handsonv nucleus for the graded school musii fund. ? Mr. S. M. McNeel, president of thi Loan and Savings bank, is in a bette position to judge of the business o Yorkville than is any other citizen o the town. The bank is really the hear of the busines of Yorkville and vicinity and Mr. McNeel watches the pulse o the subject closely. He says that "ther is right sharp business being done." T< people who understand Mr. McNeel': way of looking at such matters, thi; statement will prove encouraging. ? A protracted meeting is to be com menced at the Yorkville Baptist churcl on November 17, during which the pas tor, Rev. W. E. Hurt, will be assisted by Rev. John Bass Shelton, of Chester Until recently, Mr. Shelton has beei pastor of one of the leading Baptis churches in Montgomery, Ala., bu resigned his charge there to tak up his present work. He has i fine reputation as an energetic an< effective Christian worker and th Baptist congregation is looking for ward to the approaching meeting wlti a great deal of interest. ? There is to be a' first-class min strel show at the opera house on nex Tuesday night. When this company ap peared in St. Paul, Minn., recently, th Pioneer-Press noticed it as follows: I is an old saying, that to see one min strel show is to see them all; but Th Who What When Mintrels, that openei for a week's stay at the Lyceum las night, certainly disapproved of th above saying. Prom the rise to the fal of the curtain the large audience wa treated to a succession of surprises an< were unstinted in their praise. In th olio were seen some of the most distlnc hits ever seen in minstrelsy. The must cal team of Goldsmith and Hoppe wa one of the best ever seen in this city while "Le Bar" certainly proved him self a master of ambidexterity. Other deserving of notice were Weaver am Donna, Frosto and Wardo, Hogai Bros., and Sherwood and Pox. As i whole the show was the best seen ii St. Paul in many years. ? The home of Mary White, colored on the southwestern outskirts of York ville, was destroyed by fire last Thurs day morning. The fire broke out a about 10.30 o'clock, and had made con siderable headway before It was dis covered. A Negro man living nearb; reached the scene in time to rescu Mary, who is old and infirm, rrom tn flames. An alarm was sent in as sooi as possible; but because of the dis tance to the nearest telephone and fron the court house, there was a considera ble time before the fire bell was sound ed. The entire fire department res ponded promptly; but as it was no practicable to get within a quarter of ; mile of the blaze with the hose, onl; the fire wagon went to the spot. Th fire had already done its work complete ly, and nothing of the contents of th house was saved except a few article of furniture and bedding that had beei carried out by the nearby people wh first arrived. The loss amounted I Ojbout $150. ? The promptness with which the fir department answered the alarm of las Thursday, is no doubt a source of satis faction to the people of YorkvilU There was nothing to Indicate the loca tion of the fire at the time of the sound ing of the alarm except the directioi being followed by a number of peopl who were running toward it from th lower end of town. There was an ex ceptional absence of excitement, toe Interest seemed to center on the ap -pearance of the fire wagon which every body had reason to believe would sooi be out at full tilt. The streets wer pretty well filled with cotton wagons and people devoted themselves to clear Ing a right of way. The work was ac complished in a very short interval am with a precision and thoroughness tha was remarkable under the circum stances. It was hardly more than thre minutes before the wagon made its ap pearance, and the spectacle it present ed as it swept down Main street a furious speed was splendid. Whateve the town may think of the matter, th< whole thing was highly creditable t the firemen. HEARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN. t5T The open-season for partridge and other game birds commences to day (Saturday). From now on it wll be lawful to shoot partridges and othe birds, except on lands which hav< been posted In accordance with law In the case of posted lands, it will b well for the hunter to have the consen of the landlord. * Just why it should be so no on< can give a satisfactory reason, but it i a fact, nevertheless, that the worthies stray cur still has the right of way 01 the lands of sheep-raisers even in pri ority to the property of the land-owner Mr. B. B. Whitesides, who lives fly miles north of Yorkville, was in towi Wednesday and told of the slaughte Monday night of three fine Shropshire sheep out of a flock of a half a doze) in which he is taking a great deal of in terest. He thinks that the sheep wer killed by the dogs of 'possum hunter who were making free with his lands li pursuit of 'possums. Besides the sheep the dogs also killed a calf. Mr. White sides thinks, and very properly, toe that there should be some protectioi for sheep against dogs. He suggest; that ever dog in the state should be re quired to wear a tax paid tag on a col lar, the tag costing something like flvi dollars per annum, and leaving the pub lie free to kill every dog found wlthou a tag. X'T Whether the conclusions that wil be natural from this story are saf< to follow, the reader must find out fo: himself. This writer is not in a po sition to speak with authority. However, the matter is of some interest t< people of an inquiring turn of mind The story referred to came to the re porter like this: One peighbor had i laree field of corn and peas, and th< other had, in addition to corn and peas a flock of pigeons. The pigeons fed ii the fields of the owner until they begai to prefer the fields of their owner'i neighbor, when they changed theii feeding grounds. The neighbor didn' like it. He thought the pigeons wen after his peas and he was not raising peas with which to feed somebody else'i pigeons. The owner of the pigeons wa: a good citizen who would not think o - imposing on a neighbor, and so no fuss ?, was made about the matter. The nelghe bor stood it all quietly for several c weeks. He had been aware all the while that the chinchbugs were plene tlful In his corn; but he was counting r on a few peas. After a time he went f into the field to see how things were f coming along, especially if there were t any peas that had escaped the pigeons. ' After a careful search he was unable to f find where the peas had been Interfere red with, and his curiosity caused him 0 to go further and investigate the corn. s The corn had not been attacked either.' i? On the contrary, it was carrying more numerous and more healthy ears than - had been counted upon. This was h somewhat surprising, and there follow ed a search for the chlchbugs. None 3 could be found. They had disappeared ' entirely. Prom the evidences at hand, 1 the neighbor decided that the pigeons 1 had been in his fields after chinchbugs * and chinchbugs alone. He found where e the" birds had actually stripped off the I blades of fodder in search of these In3 sects, and furthermore, he concluded e that had it not been for the pigeons, the corn would have been literally ruined. II Now, as already suggested, this story must not be taken with too much confl- * " dence. The pigeon has not got a flrst1 class reputation for utility in this coun" try. He is suspected of having a greate er fondness for good, sound corn and ' 4 peas than for insects; but it is Just pos" slble that he may consider the chinch e bug an especial delicacy, that is prerer* able to all other kinds of food, and if * this be true, It is interesting. The sube ject is worth a mor^ thorough Investl- i 1 gation. s 1 REAL KSi'ATE TRANSFERS. . e The following transfers of real estate t were recorded in the office of the coun ty auditor during the month of October: 8 BETHEL. , M. J. Dulin to T. N. Pulln. 47J acres; . consideration $547.50. (Land of John Dulin, deceased). M. Rose Lee Costner to Thomas N. . a Dulin. 106 acres; consideration $750. a (John W. McCully home place). a BBTHBSDA. n Jesse R. McFadden et al to W. J. Caveny. 42 acres; consideration nomii nal. (Quit claim). Adger Huey et al to Maggie Huey et - al. 290 acres; consideration $1,200. * (Quit claim in estate lands of James 2 t Huey). f. BROAD RIVER. John Gilflllen to B. Frank Scoggins. " 38 acres; consideration $165. y John G. Black to Emil Warth. Lot e at Hickory Grove: consideration $40. John G. Black to Emil Warth. Two lots: consideration $80. 1 Clementine Hardin to F. D. Hardin. - 92 acres; consideration, love and affecn tion. * C. M. Whisonant to T. M. Whisonant. " Half interest in lot and building; con slderatlon $325. - - . * T. M. Whisonant to C. M. Whisonant. t Lot and building; consideration $650. BOLLOCK'S CREEK. D. H. Carroll to R. M. Carroll. 104 Y acres; consideration $800. e Elijah and Mary Nix to W. R. Car. roll. 66 acres; consideration $250. ^ e CATAWBA, s R. T. and B. M. Pewell to Mrs. Lula M. Cork. Lot; consideration $500. Mrs. D. A. Johnson to Nancy D. Beck? ham. Lot; consideration $125. o W. Frank Strait to Thomas A. Crawford. Half interest in house and lot; consideration $850. ' John A. Black to Frank De Graffent reid. Lot: consideration $85. White & Springs to W. B. Meacham. , Lot; consideration $75. . * George W. and J. C. Wltherspoon to * .Tames H. Wltherspoon. Quit claim in - 201.6 acres: consideration nominal. (Es. tate of A. R. Wltherspoon). J. C. Wltherspoon and J. H. Wlthere spoon to George W. Witherspoon. Lot e in Rock Hill; consideration nominal. (Residence lot of A. R. Wltherspoon, deceased). Mrs. D. A. Johnston to Daisy D. John ston. House and lot; consideration _ $2,250. Ella Bovd to C. L. and R. D. Delhi. 1 House and lot; consideration $1,100. e W. B. Wilson, Jr. to Margaret A. Neli, son. House and lot; consideration $550. Alice L. Anderson to Margaret A. Nelson. House and lot; consideration - $600. 3 Eliza Carter and Lizzie Hart to Biaht op Hall. Quit claim in lot; consideration $34. e BBBNBZBR. A. nnd J. Freldheim to T. A. Barron. " 242 acres; consideration $3,500. (Capt. - W. J. Farls tract). t George W. and J. H. Witherspoon to J. Crawford Witherspoon. Quit claim, 169 acres; consideration nominal. 5 KINO'S MOUNTAIN. 0 Robert Bryan and Emma Deas to J. J. Bryan. Two-sevenths interest in 99 acres; consideration $236. (Emily Whitaker lands). a W. M. Faulkner to E. A. Bird. 129 acres; consideration $1,250. E. M. Walker to J. M. Templeton. 6J 1 acres; consideration $60.25. r Sally J. Berry to E. G. Price. 73| p acres; consideration $266,66 2-3. E. G. Price to Sally J. Berry. 281-5 acres; consideration $266.66 2-3. e YORK. 4 Sarah B. Williams et al to Geo. W. Williams. Lot and building; consideration $900. a e T. A. Barron to M. L. Thomasson. s 200 acres; consideration $3,000. s Maud Metts to L. G. Grist. Tract of land 2J miles south of Yorkvilie; consideration $1,740. L. G. Grist to L. B. Grist. Tract of land 25 miles south of Yorkvilie; conp sideration nominal. * - xi x- TIT r nrtiUA^nAAM W. L'. j^ainner 10 vv. i, ??unci apuun, 1 agent. Store house and lot adjoining r residence; consideration nominal. e James M. Burris to Mrs. Helen B. Adickes. Lot and building; consideration $75. (Located on Gabby's Ford - road outside incorporate limits of York- * e ville). 9 LOCAL LACONICS. 1 Five to Five. '* The King's Mountain Military academy football team played the Charles' ton college team a close game in Columg bla on Thursday. The score was 5 to 5. Came Second. _\ Messrs. Glenn & Allison's young ^ B ^mare, Julia Dean, ran second in a threez quarters of a mile heat at the State t Fair on Wednesday. There were five starters. The mare was entered for a j mne race on rnursuay ana ran iourin. ? .IlaTn Darned. r \ A barn belonging to Mr. Bishop /Ta^ore, who lives near Guthriesville^ . was destroyed by fire last Saturday. In. 5 the barn there were several thousand bundles of fodder, a lot of harness, some . agricultural machinery and other artij_ cles of value. The family was away s from home at the time, and have no _ definite information as to the cause of 3 the fire. i Committed to Jail. 3 Martin Stevenson was committed to r Jail by Magistrate Beckham on Wedt nesday, charged with assault and bati tery with intent to kill. He attacked f Matilda McNinch in Rock Hill oil Mon3 .day, with a razor. Nat Craig was com- 4 3 mitted from Bullock's Creek township f on the same day by Magistrate W. S.