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Scraps and Jacts.
? Assisted by his colleague. Dr. Mueller,
Prof. Lorenz, the famous Vienna
physician, performed an operation on
6-year-old Ethel Godman for congenital
hip joint location, in Baltimore,
last Saturday. Prof. Lorenz, as explained
recently, has discovered a
means by which this misfortune can
be corrected without the use of a knife.
The patient in this case had been
operated upon unsuccessfully with the
knife; but the professor said he
thought he could effect an improvement
and made the attempt in the
presence of 800 physicians and students
gathered to learn something of his
methods. After he had manipulated
the bones of the little girl's hip with
his hands, he expressed confidence that
the operation would be successful.
? Thomas Brackett Reed, former
speaker of the house of representatives,
died at the Arlington hotel, in
Washington, last Monday morning at
i <? -1-1 1- M. DdoH
10 minutes past 12 u t-iwn. mi.
had been seriously ill for about a week,
but his condition was not regarded as
critical until a short time before his
death. His malady was Bright's disease.
Mr. Reed was born in Portland,
Me., on October 18, 1839. He served
through the war as a paymaster in the
navy. He first went to congress in 1876
and afterward became speaker. During
his service as speaker he dominated
congress completely. He was a
candidate for the presidency; but defeated
for the Republican nomination
by Mr. McKinley, retired from congress
and devoted himself to the practice
of law in New York city.
Throughout the country Mr. Reed was
regarded as one of the ablest Americans
of his day.
? London Mail: There are now several
outlaws at large in different parts
of Italy, and especially in Sardinia and
Sicily, for the apprehension of whom
dead or alive, the government offers
substantial rewards, varying from ?40
to ?600, the latter being the price
placed on the head of the Sicilian brigand,
Varsalone. It will be remembered
that a reward of ?1,200 was offered
for the capture of Musolino, although
the gendarmes who caught him only
* ~ OA o a If xUfl fl
received a present ut ?*o ?v .. ?
considered that they had done nothing
but their duty. It Is reported from
Rome that a group of young English
sportsmen, tired of the comparatively
mild emotions of big game shooting,
propose to take up brigand stalking as
a novel and- more exciting form of
sport. The financial proceeds of their
"bags" will be devoted to partially reimbursing
the victims of the outlaws.
The police authorities, regarding this
new departure as another instance of
English originality, have reminded the
sportsmen that they will incur a very
great risk, but, while declining all responsibility,
they have promised every
support and encouragement in their
power.
? The Sanitary Conference of American
Republics was in session in
Washington last week from Monday to
Thursday evening, inclusive. Among
the most important papers read. was
one on "Uncinariasis, With Microscopic
Demonstration," by Dr. Wardell Stile,
of the marine hospital service. Regarding
this parasite, popularly known
as the hook-worm. Dr. Stiles made the
interesting statement that to it was
responsible the condition of the socalled
poor whites in the sand districts
of the south. The presence of the hook
worm, he said, was the cause of their
poor physical and mental state, the
parasite in the human system producing
a condition Of extreme anaemia,
similar in its symptoms to a severe
attack of malaria. He said that any
generation of people, placed under like
conditions, must deteriorate. The condition
of the children in the factories
of the south, of which so much had
been said of late, Dr. Stiles added, was
not due so much to the work, but to
the effect produced on the system by
the noxious hook worm. Its eradication,
he declared, was the only solution
in the matter of bringing about better
conditions among these people.
? Premier Balfour announced to the
British house of commons on Monday
that an ultimatum had been sent to
Venezuela and that in the event of a
satisfactory reply not having been received,
the British and German governments
would take measures to enforce
their claims against that country. Mr.
Balfour when questioned on the Venezuela
situation by the liberal leader.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, said:
"For the past two years we have had
grave causes for complaint on various
occasions of unjustifiable interference
by the Venezuelan government with
the liberty and property of her subjects.
No pains have been spared by
the British government to obtain an
amicable settlement of these questions,
but in none of them have satisfactory
explanations been forthcoming. Latterly
the representations of the British
minister have been practically unnoticed.
There are also causes on
which British subjects and companies
have large claims. We have been acting
in conjunction with the German
government, which also has large
claims against Venezuela. A final
communication has been made to the
Venezuelan government by our minister
and the German charge d'affairs.
If no satisfactory reply is received the
governments have decided to take such
measures as are necessary to enforce
their claims." Replying to a supplementary
question, Mr. Balfour said he
understood the communication to Venezuela
was neither joint nor identical.
? The National Guard Bill, which
passed the house at the last session,
was favorably reported by the senate
committee on military affairs last
week, without amendments. This bill
provides for an organization to include
every able-bodied male citizen of the
ITnited States, the organization to be
divided into three classes?the National
Guard, the National Volunteer Reserve,
and the Reserve Militia. The
11 rat of these classes may be given
any other designation by any state or
territory, so far as that state's part
of the organization is concerned. In
each state, territory and District of
Columbia, an adjutant general is to be
appointed, and make returns as to the
condition of the militia to the secretary
of war. The secretary is empowered
to issue new arms, accoutrements,
equipments, and ammunition to the (
militia. The usual practice marches 1
and of instruction are provided for, to 1
last at least five consecutive days, ]
along with drill instruction, target i
practice, etc., not less than twenty- ]
four times a year. For the purpose of ]
providing a force of trained men ready :
for immediate service whenever called
for, the secretary of war is authorized 1
, to apportion among the several states i
and territories and to enroll not ex- i
l ceeding 100,000 men, who shall have 1
. served in the regular or volunteer '
, armies or the militia. This force is to i
be designated as the National Volun- ]
teer Reserve, and when called by the <
i president shall serve wherever order- 1
j ed, within or without United States <
territory. In time of peace, except in
< case of threatened invasion, this reserve
is not to be required to perform |
military duty more than ten days a ,
vear. j
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YORK^ILLE. s. c.t tfJ
WEDNESDAY, DECK. 10,1902.
The house of representatives adjourned
at 12,50 p. m. Monday, out of
respect to the memory of the late
Thomas B. Reed. Adjournment on account
of the death of a former member
is an unusual proceeding, such a
tribute having occurred only three
times previously in the history of the
country. The other adjournments
were out of respect to Thomas H. Benton,
Alexander H. Stephens and Jas.
G. Blaine. The adjournment was by
unanimous consent.
A Washington dispatch represents
the Panama canal negotiations as having
been re-opened. The Colombian
representatives have been holding out
for a 100-year lease with the privilege
of renewal, rather than grant perpetual
ownership, and also more money than
the United States originally offered.
It is probable that the United States
representatives will acceed to the demands
of the Colombians, and it is
stated that an agreement will be
reached that will prove satisfactory to
both governments.
9 + +
We can get good government only
upon condition that we keep true to
the principles upon which this nation
was founded, and judge each man not
as a part of a class; but upon his individual
merits.?President Roosevelt
in his recent message.
That is good, sensible doctrine and
there is nobody in the south who is
going to try to raise serious objection
to it. We will only hope that the president
will endeavor to practice what
he preaches, in whicli "event we will
hear but liitle more of the proposed 1
appointment of Negroes to high and
responsible offices. If the president
will be guided alone by character, fit- j
ness and ability, there will be no objection
to such Negroes as he may find, '
who actually measure above all their
white neighbors in these respects. i
The Washington correspondents of i
the South Carolina papers have been j
sondinc stories to the effect that Micah ,
Jenkins will probably be transferred
from the office of collector of internal j
revenue to that of United States mar- ^
shal, in order that Dr. W. D. Crum j
may be provided for in the office of
collector of internal revenue, and an 1
unjectionable white man may be made
collector of the port a* Charleston. As
to whether there is any probable foundation
in fact for this suggestion, of
course, is a mere matter of specula- *
tlon; but it would seem that if the j
reasons given out by the president for 1
failure to anDoint Crum collector of the 1
port for Charleston, (alleged treachery
to Blaine in the Republican National
convention) were true, they ought also
to be sufficient to bar him from any
other appointment. If the alleged reasons
were untrue, then it is difficult
to see, from anything the president
has had to say, why Crum should be
made collector of internal revenue instead
of collector of the port of Charleston.
The appointment of Crum to
anything will give the public satisfactory
confirmation of a suspicion already
being entertained by the public,
that the president is considering the
case rather more with relation to its
bearing on the next Republican nominating
convention, than from the
standpoint of Crum's indispensibiiity
to the public service.
It is out of the question, of course,
to give a rational explanation; but no
1 doubt many newspaper readers have
frequently been struck with what
seems to be mysterious recurrences or
! co-incidences in everyday happenings.
Take the case of big fires, railroad accidents,
murders, lynchings and other
such events that occupy so much space
in the daily papers, and while it is not
! infrequent that they occur singly, it is
1 noticeable that they also occur in
f groups. Who has not seen, in a single
daily paper, accounts of half a dozen or
f more big fires in different parts of the
country on the same day. It is the
same with suicides. For days at a
i time, there may be no mention of a
, suicide in any part of the country.
? Then, all at once, we read accounts of
: three or four, all recorded in the same
1 issue of the paper, and occurring mayf
be in widely separated sections. Some>
times we see nothing of bank robber;
ies for a month, and then we see seve
ral in the same week. The Associated
Press dispatches of last Sunday told
( of only three fires all over the world,
i One of them was at Ridgeway, Pa.,
' another at Athens, Pa., and the third
: at Buffalo, N. Y. This is a very large
i country of ours, and there is nothing
' remarkable in the fact that three fires
? should be recorded in a single day;
but look at the matter a little further,
and we will find something bearing on
the curious speculation under consid,
eration. The two Pennsylvania fires
destroyed tanyards, and the New York
fire destroyed a large warehouse used
for storing green hides. We do not remember
to have seen an account of a ,
tanyard fire for months before; but
here are two together, with a green
hides warehouse so close akin as to almost
suggest something uncanny.
We shan't attempt to explain this
hhine- We fin not even entertain a
reasonable theory on the subject. In
fact, we do not even mention the matter
except with a vague Idea that the
whole thing may be more than half
absurd; but still, to say the least,
many of these coincidences seem to
purious as to suggest the possibility
that they may be governed by some
liscoverable law.
Referring to the marked attention
that the leading northern newspapers
and magazines are giving to the south
tiow-a-days, an exchange intimates
that the people of this section will do
well to be on the lookout for important
developments in the direction of
progress and prosperity soon. Although
not disposed to be oversanimine
on the strength, of mere promses,
however bright, The Enquirer believes
. that the time when the south
will come to her own, is near at hand,
it believes also that it is from the
north that our horn of plenty will be
filled. By this we would not be understood
as suggesting that we are under
sbligations to the north or that we will
;ver be in such a condition. The fact
)f the business is that commencing after
the war with practically nothing
to assist us beyond our own energy,
intelligence and pluck, we have devel>ped
at least to the point of thorough
sxploitation, resources that were previously
dormant, and shown to the
satisfaction of intelligent people everywhere
that we have not only a country,
but a citizenship of unlimited possibilities.
The people of the north, as
8 generally understood, never lost
much by the war. Not only did the
wealth that they had acquired since
the first settlement of the country remain
Intact; but they have since been
ible to plunder the south of a large
per cent, of its recuperative energy by
means of unjust taxation! This is not
3aid in a spirit of complaint; but merey
stated as a fact, because it is a fact.
By their own efforts the people of the
south have become comparatively rich;
jut as compared with that of the
jorth their wealth is nothing. Bemuse
of the- abundance of capital
n the north, the matter of saf^ j
ind profitable investment has grown
:o be a more difficult problem than fornerly.
In past years the south has
Deen overlooked because of various
-easons that are so familiar that
:hey need not be recounted. But
ill this is now passing away. The
lorthern people are learning more and .
nore of the splendid opportunities that
ire afforded by this part of the coun:ry,
and it seems impossible that our ;
lay of plenty and prosperity should be
nuch longer postponed. All of the in^J f
lications are that the time is now
ibout ripe.
? _ BIQ P1HK IN ATLANTA.
I
Half Million Dollar* Worth of Property
Destroyed?Five Liven Sup- i
poned to Be Lout.
By telegraph to The Enquirer. j
Atlanta, Ga., December 9.?What ,
las proved to be the most disastrous (
Ire in the history of this city, broke ,
>ut at ten minutes after 4 o'clock this ,
norning.
The fire originated in that portion
>f the old National Hotel building
vhich fronted on the Whitehall vialuct,
and burned up to and including
:he Williams hotel and Jacobs' phar- <
nacy buildings on Marietta street.
It is rumored at this hour, 11.43 a. <
n., that five people have lost their
ives; but it has not yet been practica-">
* " * ,-/i ? ALA AAw*lOnt_ 4
Die to estaonsn aennueiy mc ,
less of this report.
The property, loss is estimated at not >
ess than $500,000, and from all appear- *
inces this estimate is conservative.
MERE-MENTION.
This year's pension bill carries an apiropriation
of $139,000,000 There ?
vas a free fight in the French senate (
ast Saturday, the senators using fists, i
nkstands and sticks The depart- i
nent of agriculture has isued an or- <
ler for the destruction of New Eng- 1
and cattle afflicted with hoof and
nouth disease. The cattle are to be '
ippraised, condemned, killed, buried or 1
jurned and paid for The war de- 1
lartment has issued an order provid- .
ng for the return of the fifteen reginents
of soldiers now in the Philip- 1
Dines, and the substitution of fifteen j
egiments now in the United States.... J
The business failures throughout the
LJnited States last week numbered 185
is against 237 for the same week of
ast year...Winter seems to have set In
n earnest throughout New England 1
ind the northwest....Alfred E. Buck, :
)f Georgia, United States minister to :
Tapan, died suddenly last Friday while
>n an Imperial duck hunt. His death
vas probably caused by appoplexy.... ,
There was complaint all over the
jountry last week that information 1
xbout the agricultural department's '
:otton crop estimate leaked out in ad- '
ranee of general publication. The offl- '
lials of the agricultural department !
leny that anything of the kind occur ed....Gen.
Linares, who was in command
of the Spanish army at Santiago,
has become minister of war in the !
Spanish cabinet Thomas Nast,
Drobably the most famous cartoonist of j
lis generation, died in Guyaquil, Equalor,
last Sunday, with yellow fever, af:er
an illness of three days. He had
aeen consul general of the United
States at Guayaquil since July 1st J
British and German warships are 1
gathering on the coast of Venezuela as '
i preliminary to certain demands the
British and Germans are preparing to
make against the Venezuelan government
The Atlantic fleet of the ]
United States is now engaged in a war
game m west mciian waters. it is
convenient to the British and German (
vessels now demonstrating- against
Venezuela Thousands of people are i
eaving London because of the unusual
severity of the winter and because of i
the prevalence of a very malignant
type of grip It is estimated that
throughout England, at the present ;
time, there are at least 500.000 unskilled i
laborers who are unable to find em- <
ployment Booker T. Washington i
has instituted an experiment in goat
raising at Tuskegee Dispatches of
Monday report zero weather through- i
3ut the northeast and northwest.
Presidency of Furinnn.
The board of trustees of Furman 1
university have elected Rev. Lewis (
Murphree Roper to the presidency of 1
that institution. The election seems to I
give pretty general satisfaction.
C'ollllllltiil WillN.
By a vote of 120 to 94. the South
Carolina conference, on last Friday,
decided to allow the female college to
remain in Columbia. Delegates from 1
HSreenwood and Laurens were trying
hard to have the college transferred
to their respective towns. i
LOCAL AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
T. F. McDow?Announces that th
Wilson residence property on Mai
street is for sale. The property ha
been divided into lots. See plot a
his office.
Probate Judge McCorkle?Gives notic
that Robert T. Allison has applied t
him for letters of administration o
the estate of Rufus M. Allison, d<
ceased.
Weekly News and Courier?OlTers t
send you 104 eight-page papers dui
ing the year for $1. Sample copie
on request.
S. A. McElwee?Offers 33 1-3 cents fc
geese and the top of the market fc
turkeys delivered at his house o
December 16th.
Opera House?Announces the Bratto
Comedy company as its next atrac
tion, on Thursday, Friday and Sal
urday nights of this week.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Say that yo
need visiting cards and ask you 1
call and see samples of cards an
card cases. They have an elegar
line of lamps that they want to tur
in to money at reduced prices. The
expect a shipment of "Flinch" carc
today.
W. B. Moore & Co.?Are offering man
articles suitable for Christmas pre?
ents at cost to close out. They te
you about heel plates, carpets z
cost, crockery, sewing machines, fui
niture and stoves. R.
E. Montgomery?Wants all partic
who accounts at the "We Fix It
shop to pay what they owe on or b<
fore December 20th.
W. B. Moore & Co.?Undertakers.Announce
that it will be to your ir
terest to see them before buying col
fins or caskets when in need.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Want you t
see them for Christmas groceries z
correct prices.
York Drug Store?Has-received a nc
stock of perfumery and calls espet
ial attention to "queen of violets.
H. C. Strauss & Co.?Talk about the
December determination sale an
quote a large number; of prices to 1<
you catch an idea of what they ai
doing.
L. M. Grist & Sons?Have somethin
to say in regard to engraved wee
ding invitations, announcements an
cards. See fourth page.
ililARD, THOUGHT AND SEEN.
KB' Up to the present, since the inai
guration of the new schedules over tli
Charleston division of the Southen
the trains between \ Rock Hill an
Blacksburg have been very well pi
tronized. As to whether or. not the
carry enough passengers to pay e>
penses cannot be learned.
W The Commercial Club of Roc
Hill, in behalf of the city and on it
own account, has invited the facult
and students of the South Carolin
Military academy to spend its annut
summer encampment there next suit
mer. It is practically certain that
the invitation is accepted all coneerr
ed will have a delightful time of it.
In connection with the raising <
subscriptions for the York Count
Confederate monument, Capt. W. I
Moore offered to the schools, on certai
conditions, copies of the well-know
picture of Gen. Robert E. Lee on h
famous horse, "Traveler." At tli
time the offer was made there seeme
to be no reason to believe that thei
would be any difficulty in procurin
the pictures; but afterward it wa
found that they were hard to ge
Last week, however, Captain Mooi
found a source of supply, and tt
schools that are entitled to the picture
can get them by calling at his store.
The case of Messrs. J. W. and T.
J. Patrick, the brothers who served te
gether on the second-week jury receni
ly is not altogether without paralle
it seems. Mr. J. E. Burns, of the Beei
sheba neighborhood, called the atter
tion of the reporter em Saturday to th
fact that he and his brother, Mr. R. I
Burns, had a sifriilar experience las
spring. Both were drawn on the sec
nnd w<?ek venire, and like the Messr:
Patrick both were empaneled to hee
the first case that was called. Both (
the Messrs. Patrick have seen a gref
deal of jury service^ but in the cas
r?f the Messrs Burns, neither has evs
sat on a circuit court jury before.
ABOUT PEOPLE. y
^Alr. and Mrs. R. J. Love, of Clark
Fork, were in Yorkville Monday on
shopping expedition.
Miss Lizzie Hunter has taken a pc
sition with Speck, the jeweler, and wi
be- glad to see he? "TTTehfls.
^IJncle Robin Love is spendin
frwhile with his son, Mr. R. J. Love, i
the Clark's Fork neighborhood,
i^lr. J. A. Tate, irf charge of th
fo>rt Mill Graded school, has been 1
Yorkville this week on business.
Mrs. M. J. Clark returned to Yort
ville Monday everting after a week
visit to relatives in Gaston county.
tf'Miss Annie Lou Abell, of Lowrys
Pille, has been on a visit to friends i
Yorkville during the past few days.
VMr. William E. Faulkner, of Ale>
andria, Va., is visiting friends and re
ativee in Yorkville, the guest of M
Geo. W. S. Hart's family.
Mr. George L. Riddle and granc
daughter, Miss Helen Riddle, of Zen<
spent Friday and Saturday with re!
atives and frient in Yorkville.
Mr. William n!. Bell, formerly c
Yorkville, but for several years pas
connected with the Plant System rail
road in Georgia and Florida, has bee
In Yorkville for several days on a vis
to relatives and friends.
Dr. W. M. Steinmeyer has returne
to Clover, after an absence of severs
weeks in Hampton county, on accour
of the death of his father. Dr. Steir
meyer spent several days with friend
In Yorkville last week.
yMr. C. F. Gordon took charge of th
Mr. August Kohn, of the Colurr
bia Bureau of the News and Courle:
has been engaged for several yeai
past in collecting old books and pan
phlets by South Carolina writers. H
procured quite an armful during hi
recent visit to Yorkville.
chaingang on Monday as successor t
Mr. W. J. Whitener, who resigned t
take Mr. C. B. Mendenhall's place o
the Yorkville police force. Mr. Goi
don has been with the Heath-Elllo!
Mule company for two or three yeai
past. He had charge of the chalngan
for a year or more shortly after the ej
tablisnment of that institution, ana i
thoroughly familiar with the duties c
the position. Mr. J. C. Elliott is noi
on the lookout for a competent man t
take the place left vacant by the resig
nation of Mr. Gordon.
EXTRA TERM IN FEBRUARY.
Unless the governor sees proper t
refuse a practically unanimous petitio
from the members of the York bai
there will be an extra term of th
court of common pleas for York count
in February. The matter was arrang
ed during the latter part of last weel
Although the entire bar was agree
as to the necessity of an extra tern
there was some difference about th
time that it could be most convenient
ly held, and it began to look as if th
project had fallen through. The prir
c-ipal trouble was because of the nec
essary absence of Congressman Fin
ley. Senator Rrice and Representativ
McCain during January and Februa
ry, the only two months in which 1
seems practicable to hold an extii
term.
Recause of this difficulty, there wa
about to be an agreement that instea
of an extra term in the winter, ar
rangements would be made for th
prolongation of the regular sprin
term. It really seemed that this wa
about the only way out of the trouble
but the plan was highly objectionabl
in that it would interfere so seriousl
with the farm operations at a tim
when the farmers could least affor
lo he interferred with.
Hut. last week, a plan was hit upo
that removes all difficulties. It wa
figred that Governor McSweney bepe
titloned to call a special term of two <
weeks beginning the first Monday In i
February, with his honor, Judge Chas. :
Q. Dantzler presiding, and that the
ie lawyers who are unable to be present
n on account of official duties elsewhere,
,s be not forced to go to trial in any of
Lt the cases in which they are interested. 1
The petition Is signed by James F.
:e Hart, Geo. W. S. Hart, W. W. Lewis,
o Wilson & Wilson, John R. Hart. Spen!n
cers & Dunlap, Witherspoon & Spen?.
cers, Thos. F. McDow, Wm. J. Cherry,
J. S. Brice, Finley & Brice, Frank P.
o McCain, Wm. B. McCaw.
> Under this arrangement, if the spe>3
cial term is called, as there is no reason
to doubt it will be. Judge Dantzler
)r will practically open the Sixth circuit
>r at Yorkville on the First Monday in
n February, and then, after making the
round of the other counties as usual,
n will return here on the third Monday
in April.
t_ Jurors will be drawn for both weeks
of the special term: but no sessions
u business will be transacted until the
;o regular term in April.
?t WITHIN THE TOWN.
? ? Santa Claus has begun to lay in his
iy Christmas supplies.
? The cold snap has helped the trade
in ready-made clothing.
y ?Cotton receipts were rather heavier
iT last Friday and Saturday than for
lt some time previously.
" ? Eggs are scarce ana nma iu gci
just now, the ruling price at retail being
20 cents a dozen.
7; ? The corps of cadets of the King's
Mountain Military academy are ar*"
ranging to give a reception and hop at
the barracks on the evening of Decernber
22.
? ? The Columbia Daily State has
reached Yorkville several times during
0 the past few days on the same mornIt
ing of publication, by way of the Carolina
and North-Western freight.
? The next attraction at the opera
house is the Bratton Comedy company,
presenting high class vaudeville. The
, company will he here for three nights
d ?Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
lt ?The local complaint at Inability to
* get daily papers from the south, especially
the Columbia State and News
and Courier, is still loud. The people
_ here are hopeful that the trouble will
j be remedied soon.
? The K. M. M. A. cadets are arranging
to give a minstrel entertainment
in the opera house next Tuesday
night. Fifteen boys will participate.
i- They have been rehearsing for a week
[e or more under direction of Captain
i, Schneider, and there is no reason to
d doubt that they will make the occasion
t- interesting and enjoyable. The proy
ceeds of the entertainment are to be
[. set aside for the benefit of the K. M.
M. A. Athletic association.
It./?The "Tennyson club," so pleasant
^ a feature of Yorkville's social and lny
tellectual life, has re-organized for the
a winter's work. Miss Maggie Gist will
il ably direct it as in the past: Mrs. S.
i- M. McNeel will give it a meeting place
it in her delightful home. The "Idylls of
i_ the King" will be resumed, beginning
with "Enid." The meeting Friday was
)f informal. Miss Gist had arranged two
y readings. Lowell's "Vision of Sir Loun3,
fall," beautifully read by Mrs. W. F.
n Marshall, and Mrs. Browning's
n "Rhyme of the Duchess May." by MYs.
is R. T. Stephenson, both of which were
ie enjoyed. The club meets twice a
d month.
e "Perhaps the most charming featg
ure of the last D. A. R. meeting." said
LS one of its members to the reporter,
t. "was the paper written and read by
e Miss Jennie Hart on 'The Early MiHie
tary Service of Benedict Arnold.' It
;g purported to have been a letter writton
hv n fntr mnlden nf the Onnker
r. City to a friend in Charleston and
>. was filled with information about this
t_ gentleman, who was soon to wed Philip
adelphia's belle, the beautiful Pegfcy
"i Shippen. There were. also, an interi_
esting paper on 'Arnold's Treason, and
ie the Causes Thereof," written by Miss
2, Rosa Lindsay and read by our fair regent,
and a very pleasant reading of
?. "The Black Horse and His Rider," by
3. Mrs. Thos. F. McDow."
ir
)f CONFERENCE APPOINTMENTS.
|g Tt gives The Enquirer especial
.r pleasure to .lay before its readers the
Methodist conference appointments for
next year, as announced by Bishop
Duncan at Newberry last Monday
night. The northbound Southern was
s an hour and a half late at Chester
a yesterday, and there being no mail by
the freight train, the only means
)i available for securing the appolnt11
ments was to bring them through the
country from - Rock Hill. This means,
g although involving additional expense,
n was promptly resorted to in order that
our readers might have today import,e
ant information for which they would
n otherwise have to wait until next Saturday.
The list follows complete
Charleston District.
8 W. H. Bays, presiding elder. Allendale,
W. C. Kirkland. Beaufort, W. S.
Stokes. Black Swamp, A. E. Holier.
n Charleston?Trinity, J. W. Daniel:
Bethel, E. O. Watson: Spring Street,
?" J. C. Roper: Cumberland and Mt.
Pleasant, J. L. Harley. Cordesville, C.
r- W. Ray. Cypress, C. W. Burgess.
Ehrhardt. E. M. McKissick. Hampton,
W. A. Betts. Grover, W. S. Goodwin.
Harleyville, S. D. Vaughan: Hendersonville.
E. P. Hutson. McClellanvllle.
O. N. Rountree. Pinopolis, W. T. Patrick.
Port Royal, P. C. Garris. Ridgeland.
W. R. Buchannan. Ridgeville,
J. W. Humbert. Round O, J. C. Da"
vis. Summerville, J. L. Daniel. St.
George, P. L. Kirton. Walterboro station,
Henrv Stokes. Walterboro cir?
cult, W. H. Murray. Charleston Port
society, P. A. Murray, chaplain.
h Cokesbnry District.
Is John O. Wilson, presiding elder. Abbeville,
P. B. Wells. Antreville, J. A.
ie Peeler. Butler, J. C. Counts. Cokes- i
i- burv. C. W. Creighton. Donalds, J.
r, W. Elkins. Greenwood station, W. A. ,
's Massabeau. Greenwood and Abbeville
i- Mills, J. H. Graves. Klnards, J. R.
e Copeland. Lowndesville, R. W. BarIs
ber. McCormlck, S. T. Blackman.
Mt. Carmel, R. C. Boulware. Ninety
o Six, M. M. Brabham. Newberry?
;o Central, S. H. Zimmerman; O'Neall
n street, G. E. Edwards. Newberry cir>
suit, D. P. Boyd. Parksville, J. T.
tt Miller. Phoenix, R. W. Humphreys,
s Princeton,- S. W. Henry. Prosperity,
g G. R. Shaffer. Saluda, H. W. Whitai
ker. Verdery, E. W. Mason. WaterIs
loo, A. S. Leslie. i
if Columbia District.
q J. S. Beasley, presiding elder. Ai- <
ken, B. R. Turnipseed; Batesburg. E.
T. Hodges. Columbia?Washington j
Street, M. L. Carlisle; Main Street,
W. I. Herbert; Green Street, R. S. i
Truesdale. Granby, A. R. Philips. (
o Brookland, F. Speer. Edgewood, J. i
n L. Mullinix. Edgefield. G. W. Davis. ]
r, Fairfield, W. W. Williams. Fort
e Motte, M. M. Byrd, supply. Granite- i
y ville, C. D. Mann. Johnston, W. S. i
Martin. Langley, J. E. Strickland, i
c. Leesville, W. B. Justus. Lewiedale, <
d W. S. Henry. Lexington, W. E. Barre. i
i, Lexington Fork, J. L. Ray. North |
e Augusta, W. A. Kelley. Ridgeway, |
> M. F. Dukes. St. Matthews, J. E. Ma- |
e haffey. Winnsboro, J. R. Campbell, i
i- Epworth Orphanage. W. B. Wharton.
:- Superintendent of Paine and Lane, ,
i- Geo. W. Walker. President Columbia e
Female College, W. W. Daniel. <
;T Florence Diatrlct.
It <
a A. J. Stokes, presiding elder. Cades, ,
Wm. Ruff. Cartersville, J. E. Carter. ,
t Txr.ilf Chprniv
,S V-?IICiaVV ZfLclLluii, vv . ?j. vt cliii v^..??. ..
d circuit, O. L. Durant. Clyde, J. A.
- White. Darlington?Trinity, P. F. Kil- 3
e go: Ep worth and Lumber, W. C. Kel- 1
g ley. Darlington circuit, T. J. Clyde, i
s Florence station. J. G. Beckwith. 1
>; Georgetow , W. M. Duncan. George- '
e town Mis* on. W. C. Smith. Greeley- l
y vllle, L. L. Inabinet. Harpers, H. L. I
e Singleton. Hartsville, J. J. Steven- I
d son. Johnsonville, T. B. Owen. Kings- <
tree station, H. J. Cauthen. Lake I
n City. .T. E. Bushton. Lamar, J. B. t
s Trnywick. Liberty, R. W. Spelgener. 1
i- Rome, J. F. Way. SaIters, J. B. Wei- <
Ion. Sampit, W. M. Hardin. Scranton,
J. O. Carraway, supply. South
Florence, D. ?A. Calhoun. Tlmmonsville,
L. P. McGhee.
Greenville District.
R. A. Chllds, presiding elder. Anderson?St.
John's, M. B. Kelley; Orrville,
B. M. Robertson; West End, D. W.
Keller: Easley and Bethesda, W. E.
Wiggins. Fountain Inn, R. R. Dagnall.
Greenville?Buncombe Street, S.
B. Smith; Hampton Avenue, J. W.
Speak; St. Paul's and West .Greenville,
T. G. Herbert and G. T. Harmon,
Jr. Greenville circuit, T., J. White.
Greer's, G. T. Harmon. Liberty, D. A.
Lewis. McClure, R. G. Martin. North
Pickens, C. L. McCain; J. P. Attaway,
supn'y. Pelzer, T. B. Reynolds. Pendleton,
J. E. Beard. Pickens. O. M.
Abney. Piedmont, Peter Stokes. Reldville,
J. W. Shell. Seneca and Walhalla,
G. F. Clarkson. Starr and Iva, J.
W. Bailey.; Lowndesville, M. L. Prince.
Travelers Rest, J. R. Sojourner. Victor
and Batesvllle, A. E. Drlggers.
Walhalla circuit, J. I. Spinks. Westminster,
R. M. Dubose. Wllliamston
and Belton, A. J. Cauthen, Jr. Wllliamston
circuit, J. M. Rogers. Wllliamston
Female college, S. Lander,
president.
Marlon District.
E. P. Taylor, presiding elder. Bayboro,
I. N. Stone; Bennettsville station,
A. B. Watson. Bennettsville cirsuit,
J. W. Alrlal. Brownsville, S. J.
Bethea. East Blenheim, W. B. Baker.
Brightsville, F. H. Shuler. Brltton's
Neck, J. N. Wright. Bucksvllle, F. E.
Hodges. Centenary, J. A. Graham;
Clio and Beulah, A. T. Dunlap; Conway,
Jno. E. Carlisle. Conway and
Cool Springs, Jno. Manning. Di'lon
station, J. D. Crout. Dillon Mills, J.
M. Gasque. Latta, D. Tiller. Little
Rock, G. C. Leonard. Lorls, S. J. McIf
Atilrkn nfo flnn "D T7! Qtonlf.
v_/Uiiiici ji xuai ivu oiakivii,
house. East Marion circuit, W. C.
Power. Marlon circuit and mills, E.
F. Scoggins. McColl and Bennettsville
mills. J. C. Welch. Mullins, F. C.
O'Dell. North Marlboro, T. L. Belvin;
North Mullins, B. J. Guess. Waccamaw,
G. W. Gatllng.
Orangeburg District.
Marion Dargan, presiding elder.
Bamberg, M. W. Hook. Barnwell, K.
S. Enochs. Branchville, S. A. Nettles.
Cameron, J. C. Yongue. Denmark, E.
H. Beckham; W. H. Wroton, supn'y.
Edisto, A. J. Cauthen, Sr. Elloree, J.
L. Tyler; Norway, W. H. Thrower.
Orangeburg, St. Paul, J. A. Clifton.
Orangeburg circuit, W. A. Pitts.
Orange, B. H. Rawls. Providence, B.
M. Grier. Rowesville and Orangeburg
city mission, D. A. Phillips. Smoaks,
T. T. Macfarlane; Springfield, R. A.
Yongue: M. M. Ferguson, supn'y.
Swansea, G. W. Dukes. SoutnAlken,
J. K. Inabinet. Wagener, J. C. Holley.
Rock Hill District.
W. P. Meadors, presiding elder.
Blacksburg, N. B. Clarkson. Blackcock,
W. A. Fairey. Chester?Bethel,
O. P. Watson; Grace and New Bethel,
B. G. Murphy. Chester circuit, J.
M. Friday. East Chester, J. W. Neely.
Enst Lancaster, W. C. Winn. Fort
Mill. W. A. Wright. Hickory Grove,
P. R. Ingraham. Heath Spring. J. C.
Chandler. Kershnw, R. E. Turnipseed.
Lancaster. W. H. Hodges. Lanraster
circuit. J. M. Lawson. North
Bock Hill, W. H. Airinl. Richburg, D.
M. McLeod. Rock Hill?St. John. W.
T. Duncan: Laurel Street and Highland
Park. M. Auld; Manchester and
fount Holley. E. A. Wilkes: Van
Wyck, J. H. Noland; Yorkville, J.- L.
Stokes: S. A. Weber, supn'y. York
circuit, O. A. JefTcoat. York Mills, L.
T. Ligon.
Spartanburg Dintrict.
J. W. Kilgo, presiding elder. .Belmont,
E. Z. James. Clifton and Cowpens,
W. J. Snyder* Cherokee, J. N.
Tsom. Clinton. G. M. Boyd. Campohello,
J. C. Fowler. Enoree, C. B.
Burns. Gaflfney, J. M. Steadman.
Gaffney circuit, J. B. Wilson. Jonesy.ille,
D., Hucks. v Kelton, A. H. Best.
Laurens. First church. W. B. Dupcan.
Laurens Mills. J. G. Huggins. Monarch.
North Laurens, J. K. McCain.
Pacolet Mills, S. T. Creech. Pacolet
circuit. J. D. Frierson. Santuc. E. M.
Merrltt. Spartanburg. Central, J. E.
Grler. Duncan. M. L. Banks. East
Spartanburg. R. L. Holroyd. Union
Grace church, T. E. Morris: W. H.
Afiller supn'y. Union and Buffalo. E.
S. Jones and L. L. Wagnon. Whitrnlre.
.T. F. Anderson and W. L. Gault.
Southern Christian Advocate?W. R.
Richardson. editor; G. H. Waddell,
assistant editor: W. A. Rogers, flnanslal
secretary Wofford college.
Sumter District.
,-H.,B. Browne, presiding elder. Bethany.
S. D. Bailey. Bishopvllle, A. C.
Walker.. Camden, A. B. Earle. Camden
circuit. G. A. Penney. Foreston.
G. H. Pooser; Jefferson. T. F. Gibson.
Jordan. E. K. Moore. Chesterfield. N.
L. Wiggins. Lynchburg, T. M. Dent.
Manning. A. N. Brunson. New Zion,
G. R. Whltaker. Oswego and Magnolia.
J. H. Thacker. Plnewood, S. O. ,
Cantey. Richland, S. M. Jones. San- "
tee, C. C. Herbert. Sumter, R. H.
Jones. Sumter circuit, W. C. Gleaton.
St. John's and Rembert's, L. L. Badenbaugh.
Wateree. R. E. Mood.
Secretary of education, J. W. Kilgo; .
assistant Sunday school editor, L. F. i
Beatty. transferred: E. T. Adams,
frt Qrtll t Vl WOOt M'lunOllH PHTl
ference: Jno. A. Rice, transferred to
Alabama conference: W. H. Kirton, to ;
North Carolina conference.
Spartanburg and Greenville asked
for the privilege of entertaining the
conference next year. Greenville's invitation
was accepted.
LOCA^LACON'CS.
Big Radish.
Mr. J. Webb Moore left at The
Enquirer office on Saturday another
unusual product of the mild fall weather
in the shape of a radish weighing
five pounds.
The Chalngang.
The chaingang is now working on
the recently opened public road connecting
the Charlotte and Armstrong
Ford roads. The gang is located about *
four miles northeast of Yorkville, on
the plantation of Supervisor Gordon.
Episcopal Bnsoar a Success.
Rock Hill special of Friday to Charlotte
Observer: The bazaar held by
the ladies of the Episcopal church,
proved quite a success, and the managers
deserve high praise for the delightful
manner in which everything
was conducted. The booths were well
supplied and most tastefully arranged.
Refreshments of all kinds were served,
and proved a source of profit. Several
voting contests were conducted. Little
Miss Carolyn May, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. S. May, was voted the
most popular child under 12 years and
received a beautiful bride doll. Mr. J.
E. Parker, in the pumpkin seed contest,
guessed nearest the number and
received a handsome quilt, made by
the ladies of the church. A superb 1
chair was awarded to Miss Mae ,
0'Bryan, the most popular young lady
In Rock Hill. Miss Elizabeth Lumpkin,
as the fortune-teller, was kept 1
busy. In fact her tent was crowded
nearly all of the time. Besides this
work, Miss Lumpkin delighted the au:lience
with two splendid readings, 1
winning- for herself a high place as an
jlocutionist in the opinion of those so
fortunate as to be present. This was
sne of the most pleasapt features of
the bazaar.
The Pare Stuff. / \
Mr. Robert J. Love, or the Clark's ,
Fork neighborhood, was in Yorkvllle ,
last' Monday with a lump of yellow 1
metal which, after being subjected to i
various tests by Mr. Thos. W. Speck j
md Dr. J. B. Bowen, proved to be i
practically pure gold. It weighed 1,125 ,
grains or 58 4-5 pennyweights. The
mmp was picked up one day recently
in the surface of a cultivated field be- <
a. "* r- T -../x A ? .
long'ing' lO IV! I". J-iUVC. ^VS5 IU w UCIIICI
;here is any more of the same kind i
:here, Mr. Love is not miner enough I
:o say; but the locally has been Doted '
for gold production for generations,
and similar finds have been made from
time to time In the past.
South Carolina Iron.
Manufacturer's Record: The Bessemer
Iron Ore company, of Blacksburg,
S. C., has been organuized under the
laws of New Jersey, with a capital
stock of $500,000 for the purpose of developing
the well known Bessemer ores
of Blacksburg under a lease recently
made by W. W. Rushton, of New
York. In the prospectus of the company,
just issued, it Is stated that this
deposit of ore is almost identical with
the famous Swedish ores, and that it
has been estimated by competent mining
engineers that there are 20,000,000
to 40,000,000 tons of ore available. Prior
to the war this property was worked on
a large scale, and it is estimated that
half a million tons were taken out,
only the soft ore being removed. The
analyses given with the prospectus
show ores running from 49 per cent, to
65 per cent., free from sulphur and titantlc
acid, with only a slight trace of
phosphorus. R. M. Gilmour, of New
York, is president.
OF DOUBTFUL VALUE.
The Modern Method of Teaching
Children to Spell.
Editor of The Enquirer:
T knpantlfh an aHltnpla) thftt
X cucivoc ucicnibu uii m*. ??appeared
In the Washington Post
about ten days ago. It refers to a
matter upon which I have been for
some time convinced?that the new
method of not teaching a child the alphabet,
but forcing it "to catch a word
by its sound," is a very unsound method
of teaching a child to* spell. And I
have been more than once annoyed by
the fact that the teachers themselves
needed to learn to spell, and that few
of them taught the children under them
what was meant by the syllabic division
of a word. Whatever the cause,
there has certainly been a "Decline in
Spelling." Geo. W. S. Hart.
Yorkville, Dec. 8th, ld02.
the decline in spelling.
A professor in a well-known college
recently advocated the establishment
of a national -language for America. It
was not to be Yolapuk or phonetics, or
anything of . that sort. It was Just to
be an improvement on the good old
English language, and everybody
would be furnished with a short cut to
intellectual development. Spelling
would be so much easier under his
method, he said.
This is an excellent idea?that of
making spelling easy. If we are not
mistaken that is what they are trying
to do in all our public schools, and,
further, it is not hard to find in this
same educational trend.the reason why
children of today spell so much more
poorly than did those of forty or fifty
years ago.
There is no royal road to proficiency
in spelling. It simply takes good hard
work and plenty of it. The public
schools of today, or rather those who
are at the head, are imbued with the
spirit of innovation and experiment.
Too much time is spent in hunting for
new and easy meinoas ror imparling
knowledge. It may be all right to try
the power of suggestion and comparison
In certain lines of work. We do
not-dispute that there Is a sort of Juvenile
psychology that may be fathomed
by the pedagogue whereby history,
botany, and even grammar may be
taught with the minimum of effort on
the part of both teacher and pupil.
But there is serious reason to doubt If
any Improvement can be made on the
old style of learning to spell.
Certainly the parent who hears his
12-year-old boy mutilate a word of
two syllables will have his suspicions
concerning the new systems of orthography
in the public schools. Spelling
is a subject for the memory, and the
memory alone. The child should not
be forced to catch a word by its sound,
nnd then be expected to recognize it
when he sees It in print. ,
A return to the old method is in'order
and It cannot come too soon.
. W 1IOODTOWN NOTES.
A Confederate Veteran Aged 70,
Rides a Bicycle?Personal,
norrecpondence of the YpHnrille Enquirer.
Hoodtown. December 4: Thanksgiving
was observed by the school with
appropriate exercises Friday evening
following. Most of the children took
part in the programme, which consisted
of recitations and declamationshistoric
and humorous?bearing on
Thanksgiving day. The closing feature
was a dialogue in which seven pump- :
kin heads, lighted within with candles,
figured prominently. Nearly all the
patrons of the school were present, besides
others, all of whom enjoyed the
novel entertainment
Mr. A. F. Plexlco and family recently
moved to Sharon.
v'Messrs. W. Q. and Jno. J. Plexlco
moved to their new home near Lominnrlr
Inst Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bankhead, Jr.,
are making: their home at Lockhart for
the present
yur. T. M. Grant, one of our oldest
citizens, is lying: very low from the effects
of kidney afflctions, together
with the infirmatlves of age. His condition
now is very critical.
f'Mr. A. E. Feemster's family have
een quite sick with grip. The fourweeks-old
babe has been quite sick
with bronchitis. Several of Mr. J. E.
Bankhead'8 family have also had grip.
Misses Daisy and Mamie Plexlco, of
Clay Hill, visited relatives In this and
the Bullock's Creek neighborhood for
several days last week.
During the inclement weather recently,
the farmers did not get quite
through sowing grain.
There was no preaching at Shady
Grove Sunday, the 30th ultimo, on account
of the downpour of rain.
Bullock's creek has been quite high
again from the effect of heavy rains.
A few pokers have been killed. Most
of the larger ones have been kept over
awaiting colder weather, however.
>r^Mr. M. F. S. McCullough, one of our
oldest citizens and a veteran of the
civil war?now three score and ten?
rides a bicycle, and is apparently more
active than many a man at half his
age. Voce. **
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
New Mill For Lockhart.
Spartanburg special of December 6:
Yesterday and last night the city was
visited by a number of cotton mill
capitalists who came to attend a meeting
of the stockholders of several mills
in this section. The stockholders of
Lockhart mills met in the afternoon
and decided to build another factory
at Lockhart Shoals, Union county.
The capital stock will be increased ?
from $500,000 to $1,000,000 for the purpose.
All former officers of the mill
were re-elected. John C. Cary is president.
Three per cent, semi-annual dividend
was ordered paid January. 1st.
The stockholders of the Spartan mills
met last night and Walter S. Montgomery
was elected president to succeed
his father, the late Capt. John H.
Montgomery. No other change in personnel
of the board of directors was
effected. Victor Montgomery succeeds
Capt. Montgomery as a member of the
board of directors. Semi-annual dividend
of five per cent, was ordered
paid January 1st. At a meeting of the
directors of the Pacolet mills and
Gainesville, Ga., mills, Victor M. Mont- *
gomery was elected president to succeed
his father, the late Captain Montgomery.
Ben S. Montgomery was elected
assistant treasurer of the Pacolet
mills. Reports were satisfactory and a
semi-annual dividend was ordered payable
in January 1st.
Their Purpose Must Be Right.
During his charge conferring deacon's
orders at the South Carolina conference
last Saturday, Bishop Duncan
said in part: "I wish to say, in the
first place, if you have undertaken this
work and propose to continue it, being
i