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Scraps and Jarts. ? The New York assessment books opened to the public last Wednesday show that Andrew Carnegie leads the list of personal property assessments, with $5,000,000.* The list includes; Russell Sage, $2,000,000; John Jacob Astor, $2,000,000; J. D. Rockefeller, $2,500,000; J. Pierpont Morgan, $600,000; Howard Gould, $750,000; Cornelius Vanderbllt, $250,000; Reginald Vanderbilt, $350,000. The real estate assessed vaulation of the greater city shows an increase of $1,425,452,387, over 1902; personal property, $.939,969,248 increase. Among those who are not taxed by reason of havJntr Oivnrn nff thair taxes On the fiTOUnd of being non-residents are Richard Croker, William Waldorf Astor and George J. Gould, of Lakewood. ?Opinion seems about equally divided among army officers in regard to the utility of the sword and the question of abolishing it as a weapon to be worn in active service, says a dispatch from Washington. In the recent military manoeuvere at Fort Riley, Kan., Colonel Wagner, of the adjutant general's department, who acted as umpire, says the sword was a positive detriment to the success of and plans of operations, as it was the means of revealing the presence of troops whose position it was desired to conceal. "In many cases," said Colonel Wagner, "the first indication of the opposing force was given by the flashing of a bright scabbard in the sunlight. The sword is a picturesque adjunct for mysterious officials of secret societies, a convenient and comparatively harmless weapon for the duelists of the German universities, and a darling accessory for a dramatic star, but in the hands of military men under the existing conditions of warfare it is simply an antiquated nuisance, retained solely because of sentiment and conservatism that might as well retain the cuirass, the morion, or the spontoon." ? General Leonard Wood has applied for service in the Philippines and his request has been granted, says a Washington dispatch. He will go to Manila in April and it is expected that he will be assigned to command in Mindanao. General "Wood will become a major general in August and it is quite likely that he will soon thereafter be assigned to command the division of the Philippines. A number of important army changes will occur soon in the Philippines, the chief of which will be the assignment of Gen. James P. Wade, now commanding a department in the archipelago, to the supreme command of the military forces of the islands, to succeed Major General George W. Davis, who will retire for age on July 26, next. General Wade will be made a major general. Generals Davis, Sumner and Baldwin will be relieved from duty in the Philippines during the summer, and General Wood, either General Carter or General Bliss, of the war college board, possibly both, and Colonel Francis Moore, of the 11th cavalry, will be assigned to the command of departments there. Colonel Moore, who is now in that country, will be made a brigadier general. ? Atlanta Journal: Governor Aycock, of North Carolina, wants Governor Terrell, of Georgia, to pardon a North Carolina man, who is now in the Georgia penitentiary and in return for the favor says he will pardon any Georgia man in the North Carolina penitentiary. The man that Governor Aycock wants released is Fred Chestnut, who was sent to the penitentiary two years ago for robbing an express car near Macon. The chief executive of the Tar Heel state says that Chestnut comes from a highly connected family, and if pardoned he will come home and make a better citizen of himself. He attributes the express robbing proclivities of the youngster to bad companions, and thinks that his term in the penitentiary has been a lesson to him. Governor Terrell will take the matter up with the prison commission at once, and will see what can be done with the case. He says, however, that he does not know of any Georgian who is in the confines of the North Carolina penitentiary, and that he will not be able to ask a return of the courtesy, which he proposes to extend to Governor Ay^-cock if Chestnut is pardoned. The request from the executive at Raleigh is a very unique one, and although many letters have been received by Governor Terrell since he took the oath, the one which Governor Aycock wrote he considers the most unique of all. The chances are that Chestnut will get his release. ? President Roosevelt's southern policy, says a Washington dispatch to the News and Courier, has brought about an unexpected revival of sectionalism, which is not relished by some of the Republican leaders, who realize there is already trouble enough in the Republican household to render the reelection of a Republican president exceedingly doubtful. They do not relish the independent course taken by the New York Herald in withdrawing its editorial support from President Roosevelt and fearlessly denouncing his course in dealing with the race problem in the south. Republicans and Democrats in Washington are rapidly becoming convinced that if President Roosevelt is the candidate of his party for president in 1904, Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York, will be pitted against him as the Democratic candidate. Roosevelt will probably run on a strong anti-trust platform. Judge Parker is being groomed to run also on an anti-trust platform. Republicans are convinced that it is the Demo cratic plan to pledge Judge Parker to the destruction of the trusts by taking the tariff off all trust-made goods. The understanding of the Republicans in congress is that the great trust promoters. if they cannot beat Roosevelt for the nomination, will be very glad to get behind Judge Parker and take their chances, in case he is elected, of shaping any anti-trust legislation so that it cannot do them much harm. ? "We acted like the greatest set of chumps the world has ever known when we let the island go," says the Hon. Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, last Monday afternoon in speaking of Cuba. Mr. Howell, accompanied by his wife, had just re turned from Havana. It was Mr. Howell's first visit to Cuba in eight years and he was surprised at the changes that have been wrought. "We let a great opportunity slip," said Mr. Howell, "when we gave that island up. The Teller amendment was a great mistake. No one can visit Cuba today without seeing its immense possibilities. In letting it go we simply acted as superlative chumps. Havana today is the cleanest city in the world, I believe. I never saw anything like it. Miles and miles of streets, just as clean as one's front yard. They have not had a case of yellow fever there in eight months. The people are showing their ability to govern themselves. The country is free from debt and has $2,500,000 in the treasury. The government has been established in the is ? * 4 land oniy since mai .nuj, icunwimi Of course, the American occupation started the improvements. I still think the island will "oe ultimately annexed to the United States, but no one can say when it will come. I believe now this will result from the Americanization of the island. American money is the recognized standard there now, and Americans are invading the lBland in every field." <forkrillc (Enquirer. YORKVUXE, 8. C.t SATURDAY, JANUARY 17,1903. Senator Tillman Is about even with the president In the matter of social amenities. He received an invitation last Friday to attend a musicale given by Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House. The invitation included the senator's family. It was declined without special thanks, however. The senator still remembers the dinner incident of last spring. Although offered a position on the United States supreme court bench, Governor Taft prefers to continue in his present position in the Philippines. He is getting along nicely with his work, and thinks that he can probably carry out the policy the government has inaugurated with regard to the Philippines more effectually than could some other man with less experience. The leading Filipinos are delighted with his decision. The contest for speaker of the house last Tuesday was short and sharp. There were only two candidates, Hon. T. Y. Williams, of Lancaster and Hon. M. L. Smith, of Kershaw. The matter of choice was decided on the first ballot by a vote of 97 to 21 in favor of Mr. Smith. The York, Chester and Lancaster delegations voted solidly for Mr. Williams. Mr. Smith is a young man with a legislative experience of only two years; but he Is very popular with the members of the house, who concede to him unusual ability. If the feelings of the workers on The Enquirer could be consulted there would be no issue of the paper today. All who have to do with the making of the paper are oppressed with grief on account of the passing away of one whom they considered the grandest man they ever knew. We refer to Captain Lewis M. Grist, father of the surviving publishers. But the workers on The Enquirer are not consulting their feelings. They know full well what would have been the wishes of the noble and beloved deceasd in the matter and are only trying to carry out those wishes. There was a lively political debate in. the house on Tuesday between Gen. Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Champ Clarke, of Missouri, on the subject of the virility of the Democratic party. General Grosvenor claimed that the party was dead. Mr. Clarke denied this proposition indignantly. He argued that the Democrats lacked only a few thousand votes in each of enough states to give them the presidency. "And while you are getting these votes, where will we be?" asked General Grosyenor. "With your hands in the treasury up to the armpits, where they have always been!" replied Mr. Clarke triumphantly amid Democratic applause. M. B. McSweeney has made a good governor. He has not been popular with the politicians since he succeeded to the gubernatorial chair on the death of Governor Ellerbe. How he has been able to make the political progress he has since made, in spite of them, is a proposition we are unable to elucidate in detail. It is a fact, however, that he owes more to the good sense of the people than to any other consideration. He was a good man for the place, the sound sense and judgment of the voters were too much for the politicians, and this accounts for his elevation. All of his state papers have been able and unequivocal, and for wisdom, fairness and conservatism his administration will compare favorably with that of the best governor the state has had since tne war. xt is 10 De nopea mai the state will not be permanently deprived of the services of so valuable a citizen. We cannot say that we were surprised by the news of the shooting of Editor N. G. Gonzales by Colonel J. H. Tillman, in Columbia last Thursday afternoon. People who kept up with the campaign of last summer can easily appreciate how Colonel Tillman was goaded to insane desperation by the jibes and taunts of Mr. Gonzales. Conservative people were not disposed to approve Mr. Gonzales's course in the matter. It is true that bijt few of I them had any doubts as to the truth of the damaging charges that were [brought against Colonel Tillman; but still they had reason to believe that I the voters of the state could be trusted to properly adjudicate the case, and they did not consider that the persistence of Mr. Gonzales was warranted by good taste, to say the least of it. Many of them thought also that Mr. Gonzales was showing about at much personal feeling as zeal for the public welfare. It will be remembered that Colonel Tillman protested several times that his hands were tied by reason of the high office he held, and the constitutional oath he was under. Mr. Gonzales made light of this, and that Colonel Tillman, considering the nature of the man, should resort to violence after feeling relieved from the restraints of his official position, does not seem surprising. But none of this justifies Colonel Tillman in his violence. On the contrary they tend to show up a case of premeditated murder. What will be done remains to be seen. We hope that the law of South Carolina will be vindicated for once; but in view of the long string of recent precedents, that hope has but little foundation for realization. ACT OP AN ASSASSIN. Col. J. II. Tillman Shoots Editor N. G. Gonsales. Lieutenant Governor James H. Tillman has just shot Mr. N. G. Gonzales, editor of the Columbia State. Too early for full particulars, as there has been no time for information to develop. This was the purport of a telegram received by The Enquirer from Columbia last Thursday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Inquiry as to further particulars since then has developed the tragic story about as follows: At about 1 o'clock Lieutenant Governor Tillman, accompanied by Senator Tallbird, came face to face with Mr. Gonzales at the corner of Main and Gervais streets. Tillman and Tallbird were on their way from the state house and Gonzales was coming in the opposite direction. No word was said. Tillman drew a 44-calibre revolver and %-ed. Gonzales fell on the sidewalk in a swoon and Tillman stood over him with a smoking revolver ready to shoot again. After an interval of a few moments Mr. Gonzales recovered consciousness, and looking at Tlllmsn, said: "Shoot again, you coward." At this Tillman put up his pistol and a moment later he was put under arrest by a policeman. Mr. Gonzales was assisted up by Mr. J. E. Norment and others who came up to the office of the Columbia State, a few hundred yards away. There is a report, not fully substantiated, to the effect that when Tillman flred, he said to Gonzales, "Now you will stop." It is also stated that Tillman's remark was, "I got your message." The bullet struck Mr. Gonzales in the left side, about the location of the vest pocket, ranged across his body and came out at his vest pocket on the opposite side. It fell to the ground on the sidewalk, where it was subsequent* ly picked up by one of the curious people who went to survey the scene of the shooting. Mr. Gonzales is said to have maintained the utmost composure throughout the nerve-trying incident. He talked rationally and coherently with the people who assisted him to his office, and upon bis arrival in his office gave directions as to business matters connected with the publication of the State. He made a statement to the effect that he had never sent Tillman any message, threatening or otherwise, and was not looking for the attack. He was taken completely by surprise. At about 3 o'clock Mr. Gonzales was taken to the hospital and put on the operating table. Investigation showed that the bullet had torn the traverse colon about 1J inches and that it had almost severed the intestine. The doctors considered his condition extremely critical. The affair of course created intense excitement in Columbia and throughout the state. Hot heads in Columbia talked of lynching Tillman; but no demonstration was attempted. The> authorities had ample protection around : the Jail to prevent any such thing had there been an effort to carry it out. When Senator Tillman was advised of the occurrence, he immediately left Washington for Columbia, arriving there yesterday. The latest news about the condition of Mr. Gonzales is con tained in the following telegram from Mr. August Kohn: Columbia, S. C., January 16, 2.08 p. m.?Gonzales's condition grave. He holds on better than his physicians expected. He has, physicians say, about twenty chances out of a hundred for recovery. His strength surprises doctors. No new developments. Will wire later. Second Act of Sn?l Tragedy. Greenville News, Tuesday: The following dispatch from Baltimore, Md., will be read with interest here: "Mrs. Mary Benedict,. 34 years old, shot and Instantly killed herself today at the home of her brother-in-law, Dr. Frank Martin, in this city. Since the disappearance of her husband, John Benedict, from Athens, Ga., three years ago last May, Mrs. Benedict's mind has been afTected. She had been treated in sanitariums In Philadelphia and was thought to fcave been cured. A year ago she was brought to Baltimore. Her nervous trouble became more pronounced a week ago, and arrangements had been made to take her to a sanitarium in Philadelphia today. It was while dressing for this trip that the fatal shot was fired." There is a Greenville end to this sad tragedy. John Benedict in May, 1899, registered at one of the Greenville hotels, and later went out on the street, leaving his baggage in his room. He has never been seen since. He disappeared completely. There was great excitement at the time, as his relatives claimed that it was a case of foul play. They came here and for a week kept the citv and county authorities in a fer ment dragging every body of water and searching in all manner of places. There was a semi-authenticated rumor that a man of his description had joined a handsome blonde woman at another hotel and left for the north on the same day disguised, but nothing was ever proven, except his disappearance, which has been added to the many unsolved mysteries. His wife, who was Miss Mamie Coales, was one of the beautiful women of Baltimore, and the shock to her refined and delicate nature was too great, as the tragedy of Thursday showed. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. D. Alexander?Wants to do your repair work when you have a broken wagon or buggy. He also wants to shoe your mules and horses. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Say for you not to worry about the future. Save your money and buy your drugs and medicines from them. They want you to use Starr's liver regulator. Strauss-Smith Co.?Tell you that they are filling in their stock and enumerate a large list of goods that they have received. They also quote some prices that will interest you. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice that an extra or special session of the court of common pleas will be held in the York court house LUIlllUCIIWlUg Ull 11IC 111 SI lUV/UUUj lit February next. Yorkville Buggy Co.?Wants you to know that they have wagons. That wagons are now going up In price, and that now Is the time to buy. They will sell you on terms to suit you. They say that their buggies are alright and are made of good stuff. John R. Logan, S. Y. C.?Gives notice of sale in the case of Johnson Bros, against B. F. Briggs, of a lot of land, located In the town of Yorkville, and containing one and one-quarter acres. Opera House?Announces the reappearance of the K. M. M. A. minstrels on next Wednesday evening. A large audience should turn out. J. M. Heath & Co.?Are offering their customers some "between-season pickups" and tell you why they are offering them. They call especial attention to clothing and shoes. They have two cars of flour on hand that is of high quality. , \ FIRST WEEK JURORS. The following venire of petit Jurors was drawn yesterday tor' serve during the first week of the approaching extra term of the court of common pleas, to convene In Yorkville on the first Monday in February, his -honor Judge C. G. Dantzler, presiding: W. J. Jones York. ~" J. Hope Adams Bethel, W. D. Dunlap Bethesda.? J. Brown Nell York.? R. B. Phillips Catawba.? J. N. Benfleld York. W. S. Henry Kinfc's Mountain.-? J. M. Caldwell Broad River.? Jno. W. Gladden Bethesda J. B. Davis I...Bethesda, Leslie Smith Yorkc?L. A. McGill King's Mountain? J. G. McKeown Broad Rlver4 H. P. Stowe Bethel M. L. Thomasson York.? W. G. Palmer Bullock's Creek.^_ W. J. Roddey Catawba.? J. B. Roach Bullock's Creek W. C. Whltesldes Broad River? Samuel McCall... King's Mountain.? J. P. Darnell Fort Mill*? Woods N. Steele Catawba R. B. Bigger Bethel. ? B. F. Bennett ?...Fort Mlll.^ A. L. Neely Bethesda.? W. P. Locke Catawba? J. B. Cook .-. Bethel.? H. A. Falls King's Mountain. W. R. Biggers King's Mountain."? S. H. Hay, Jr Catawba. J. E. Lowry York. ?W. G. Duncan Bethesda..? J. C. Harper Bethel.*-' W. M. Kimbrell Fort Mill_ C. H. Sandlfer York. R. G. Shillinglaw...., York. ? ABOUT PEOPLE. ^Messrs. R. T. Castles iand Livingston Flaxico, of Smyrna, were in Yorkville on Thursday. - v. Mr. Edward Thomas, of Sharon, attended the funeral of.Captain L. M. Grist yesterday. Mrs. D. W. Hicks sons, Master Duke and Ollie, of ttgwberry, are in Yorkville for a few days. - Mr. C. H. Smith, carrier on rural route No. 4, is now doing his work In a handsome new mail wagon. Mr. T. Howard and Miss Helen Riddle, of Zeno, attended the funeral of their grandfather, Captain L. M. Grist. Mr. John T. Grist, of Lenoir, came down on Thursday evening to attend the funeral of his brother, Captain L. M. Grist, yesterday. ? Mrs. Jerome Wood, and Miss Annie Hardin, of Chester, spent last Wednesday in Yorkviiie, the guest of Mr. E. B. Beard's family. Mr. Edward Thomas, of Sharon was amor.g the out-of-town people who came to Yorkviiie to attend the funeral of Captain L. M. Grist. Mr. D. M. Costles and family leave next Monday for Lakeland, Fla., where they expect to spend the remainder of the winter. They will be accompanied by Miss Daisy Williams. 5 Mr. John E. CarroH has been selected by the local camp of Woodmen of the World as its representative to the annual meeting of the Head Camp of Jurisdiction I, to be held at Pensacola, Fla., on the second Tuesday In March. Sheriff Logan will serve as alternate. J^Cards are out for the marriage of Miss Nannie Roe Ferguson to Mr. James Marvin Youngblood. The ceremony is to take place at the residence ' of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Ferguson, of Bandana, at 2 o'clock p, m., on Wednesday, January 28. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Rev. O. Y. Bonner, of Due West, was ' in Yorkviiie last week in the interest of the Twentieth Century Fund that is 1 to be raised by the Associate Reformed 1 synod. He preached in the Associate 1 Reformed church last Sunday. The total subscription here amounted to ' about $500, payable within the next five 1 years. Mr. Bonner has also been quite 1 successful in his canvass of other con- 1 gregations throughout the county. ? The K. M. M. A. minstrels have arranged to reproduce in the opera house next Wednesday night the delightful entertainment that was presented by them on the evening of December 17 last. Because of a postponement on account of the weather and a confusion of dates the attendance at the first presentation was disappointingly small. The people who witnessed the show, however, were delighted with the whole performance. Every effort is being made to make a complete success of the reproduction. ? The announcement of the StraussSmith company in the last issue of The Enquirer carried gratifying news to the numerous patrons of the Yorkville dry goods market, as well as to the numerous friends of Mr. Strauss throughout a wide scope of territory of which Yorkville is the centre. That Mr. Strauss was sincere in his recently expressed intention to close out his business, no one who knows him has doubted for a moment. The reasons he gave were logical and were based upon a statement of facts that made such a purpose very natural. He is in the very fortunate position, to which all ambitious men are aspiring, where he does not have to work hard, and where there is no necessity for his contin ulng to risk his fortune in the uncer- c talnties of trade. After the long years h he has devoted to hard work and care- p ful attention to business he has a right e to consider himself entitled to a rest, f But the community will be the gainer a by the fact that his plans have not p worked out just as he Intended. There \ was no lack of prospective purchasers t of his valuable busihess. Local men c tried for It, and quite a number of c prospectors from abroad Investigated li the situation. Some of the offers that t ? - ? ?? ' J- Kaqm l/lorocl 1 were uittuc wuuiu nave uccn tvuoiu^ivu * handsome in the case of a forced sale; t but they were not up to what Mr. a Strauss held his property to be worth, 1 and he was not disposed to make any i unreasonable sacrifices. That is why c he will continue business as already a announced. Mr. Charley Smith, the e junior member of the new firm has r been with Mr. Strauss for something c over a year. He has familiarized him- r self with the business, and he is com- i petent to do his part toward carrying t it on. Mr. Strauss does not expect to i give his personal attention as closely t as heretofore; but still the influence of c his long and valuable experience, to- c gether with his ample means, will con- ? tinue in the business as heretofore, and ? so far as the patrons of the firm are i concerned, it is not likely that they r will notice any appreciable change in the satisfactory service they have all * along been getting. c DEATH OF CAPTAIN L M. GRIST. c Captain L. M. Grist died at his home a in Yorkville last Thursday morning at r 4 o'clock of apoplexy. His death, al- s though sudden, was not unexpected, i He had been in feeble health for more t than a year past, and since the death 1 of his wife on June 27 last, his decline 1 has been more marked. During the ? past few weeks he suffered a great 1 deal from a pain in his breast. The r pain kept him up much at night; but f he insisted on doing his work as usual t until last Monday afternoon, when he c r v AmSSf* 8bh5M^ ^ LEWIS MAS( ? was. forced to take his bed. Because of c a difficulty in breathing, he found it I necessary to get up at Intervals, and t it was while he was sitting in a chair 1 that death put an end to his sufferings, t He passed away calmly and peace- \ fully with no sign of fear. 1 Lewis Mason Grist was born on Cane J creek in the southern part of Spartan- r burg county, on November 4, 1831. His a ancestors on both sides of the house 1 had lived in the same section for at \ least two generations back, and had l participated as active patriots in the a war for American independence. His f parents were John E. and Betsy Law- g rence Grist, by whom he was brought f to Yorkville on April 10, 1833, when about seventeen months of age. He j. was reared in Yorkville; but because j his parents were poor he had but few v educational advantages at school. His v father put him to learning the printer's j trade in May, 1840 before he was nine r years of age, and he continued a hard v worker the balance of his life, finding j, time, however, in later years to ac- j quire considerable knowledge of books r as well as of men and things. c He continued to work for his father 1j until he was grown and shortly after a attaining his majority took a journey- "V man tour through Georgia and Ala- ii bama, working at his trade wherever t be could find employment. It was on this trip that he first met the lady who s afterward became his wife, Miss Fran- a zis Vienna Vise. Her people had moved I from Spartanburg county some years A before, along with relatives of his own. d During his stay in Alabama he be- a :ame engaged to Miss Vise, and as 30on as this step was accomplished he s, returned to Yorkville and began to y work out plans that had been previ- b ausly agreed upon. Nothing was said p to the parents or anyohe else on either s 3ide. Mr. Grist, who had previously t( bad no special object in life and appar- b ;ntly but little ambition, buckled down t] to steady work, and began saving his y money. At the end of about a year he jave out a contract for a small house; b put still kept his own counsel as to his A plans. It was not until the end of an- ^ )ther year that his secret became com- ^ mon property. He deemed It necessary ^ :o divulge it to his father to secure a oan, and in his joy the old gentleman :old it to all his friends. The marriage P :ook place on July 2, 1854, and the poung people at once settled in York- 0] /ille, where they worked together in 0] |oy and sorrow, each proving a tower a, >f strength to the other until the hap- lr >y union was dissolved by the death of C( :he wife a few months ago. They lived ^ ogether nearly forty-seven years. bl Mr. Grist first became a newspaper vi >roprietor In 1851, when he purchased m he interest of his father in the York- es ,'ille Miscellany; but he was not sue- tc essful. He had never learned to trua ilmBelf to express his thoughts ii irlnt, or even to chronicle passinj vents. For his original matter there ore, he was dependent upon outsld< ssistance, and his assistants were dis losed to write about things as the; k'ould like them to be rather than a hey were. His ever predominant sens* f what was right could not be recon lied to this way of doing things, am le finally gave up the effort to continu he paper. It was at this time tha ["he Yorkville Enquirer was abou o be established and he sold the plan ind good will of the Miscellany to th ate Messrs. John L. Miller and Sam lei W. Melton. He was the publlshe tf the new paper from the first Issue md in March, 1858, he became its own tr. With more experience and mor neans than ne haa Deiore, ne starie' tut on new lines and won what mos nen consider fair success. He contin led to conduct the paper as proprle or until March 29, 1895, when he too] nto partnership several of his sons au urned over the publication to the Unit L. M. Grist & Sons. From that tim in it became his policy to put mor md more responsibility on his som ilways standing ready with his expe ience and means to guard against se ious mistakes. Although exempt by reason of hi rade, that of a publisher, and althoug loubtful as to the wisdom of the wai le did not long hold back after th :ommencement of hostilities. Tog'Jthe vith Mr. W. H. McCorkle, then a youn: nan, looking at the matter very muc is he did himself, they raised a com rnny of York county men and went t he front. The men chose Mr. McCor cle as captain and Mr. Grist as fire ieutenant, and the organization sub lequently became Company A, of th 2th South Carolina volunteers. Th egiment saw a great deal of sever Ighting as did other regiments. Upo he promotion of Captain McCorkle t l colonelcy, Lieutenant Grist becam I )N QRIST. ^ aptain, and as such participated wit lis company in a number of hot bat les. At the second battle of Manassa ie received a bullet in his right arr hat shattered his elbow and left hit vith a stiff elbow for the balance of hi ife. After recovering somewhat fror lis wound, he continued during the re nalnder of the war in the conscrip lervice. He has often said since tha lad it not been for Mrs. Grist, wh vent to him as soon as possible afte ie was wounded, he would have die it Manassas. He also gave her credl or saving his arm, in spite of the sur reons, who would have cut it off bu or her opposition. Since early manhood, Captain Grls las been a believer in the Christian re igion. His first church connection wa vith the Independent Presbyterlani vhen this organization united with th 'resbyterian church he remained oui lot because of any special difference i: lews; but more because he had to i arge extent become lukewarm in re igious matters. He next became i nember of the Associate Reformei hurch under the ministration of th ate Dr. Robert Lathan, and has beei n active member of the church a 'orkville for about thirty years. Dur ng the latter twenty years or more o his time he has been a ruling elder. Captain Grist leaves seven children ix sons and one daughter. The son: re Sam M. Grist, L. George Grist, W )avidson Grist, Oliver E. Grist, Alber f. Grist and Reginald M. Grist. Th< aughter is Mrs. D. W. Hicks. Then re twenty-four grandchildren. The funeral took place from the As oclate Reformed church of Yorkville esterday, the services being conducte< y Captain Grist's friend and formei astor, Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, as Isted by Rev. W. G. Neville. The In jrment was in the Yorkville cemeterj y the side of Mrs. Grist and three 01 ieir children, Willis Miller, Helen anc Irs. M. Fannie Grier. The following gentlemen acted as pal earers: A. F. McConnell, A. Cody, Jas .. Watson, H. C. Strauss, L. R. Wilams, G. H. O'Leary, G. W. S. Hart I. J. Walker, W. W. Lewis and W. R arroll. oaK-HnrMliaw. The marriage of Miss Ida Harshaw C Guthriesville, to Mr. Robert S. Poag, f Ebenezer, last Wednesday evening t the family residence, was an event i which much interest centered. The iremony was performed by the Rev. K. Hall, of Bethesda, pastor of the ride, in the presence of about 100 inIted guests. The bridal pair left imlediately after the ceremony for Ebenser, where a reception was tendered > them by the mother of the groom. t LOCAL LACONICS. 1 New Depot at Clover. * The Carolina and North-Western " railroad Is erecting a new depot on its e right of way in the town of Clover. " The structure will be similar to the Y one at Yorkville. 9 Senator Brlce's Committees. e Upon the reorganization of the sen" ate last Tuesday, Senator Brice of York, was appointed on the following ? committees: Claims and Grievances, t Finance, Federal Relations, Railroads t and Internal Improvements. g Fort Mill's Municipal Election. ^ Fort Mill Times, January 14: The r town election last Monday was one of !( the quietest ever held in Fort Mill, only _ 26 of the 46 registered voters taking e part in the election. There was but one 3 ticket out, and of course it carried. ;t This ticket was as follows: For intendant?T. O. CuId: for wardens?W. B. Meacham, J. M. Spratt, L. A. Hark ris, L. N. Culp. Of these gentlemen, (j the first three named were re-elected n The new council waa sworn Into office e yesterday, Immediately after which a e meeting was held for the purpose of electing a chief of police for the year. There were a number of applicants _ for the position, but for a reason not given out the election was postponed. 8 Dnnoan-Blalr. " / h The marriage of Mft^ Sallie E. Blair, r? of Bullock's Creek and Mr. M. F. Dune can, of Blacksburg, which took place r at the home of the bride on last Wed5 nesday morning at 10 o'clock, was an h event of much interest in the Bullock's " Creek section. The ceremony was 0 performed by the Rev. J. S. Grler. The " home was *astefully decorated with cut flowers and evergreens. After the ceremony and congratulations to the e newly wedded pair, a sumptious dinner e was served to the thirty-five Invited e guests who were present. Immediately n after dinner, the bridal couple left ? amid a shower of rice and good wishes, ?- tnr niaplfahitrir fiteip flltlIPP hnmA. - The best wishes of hosts of friends will follow Mr. and Mrs. Duncan through life. ' Another Big Mill. Charlotte Observer, Tuesday: At a meeting of the stockholders of the Highland Park Manufacturing com4 pany yesterday, the following named were re-elected directors: W. E. Holt, C. W. Johnston, J. S. Spencer, R. H. Jordan, Frank Johnson, D. H. Anderson, of Charlotte, and J. E. Prior, of New York city. The directors re-elected these officers: W. E. Holt, president, and C. W. Johnston, secretary and treasurer. The directors of the company have decided to build a new cotton mill, which will have 1,000 looms and will cost $450,000. The mill will be located either at Charlotte or Rock Hill and will hp built this summer. The Park Company owns two large prosperous cotton mills?one in Charlotte and the other In Rock Hill?and a cotton seed oil mill at Rock Hill. Mr. John Peoples Killed. Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: "Mr. John Peoples, a son of Mr. R. R. Peoples, of Providence township, was run over by a freight train on the Southern yards in Salisbury yesterday afternoon and injured so badly that he died last night at 8.30 o'clock. Peoples was 27 years of age and had lived in this county until three months ago, when he took a position as flagman on the Southern. He was working on a through freight train, which was on the Salisbury yards at the time No 97, the fast mail, came through. Peoples was standing on the main line and stepped over to a side-track as the fast ~ mail came up, and did not see the slowh ly moving cars of the freight trairi, > which bore down on him. He was s struck by the end of the car, knocked n down, and the wheels crushed his n rieht arm above the the elbow and his s right leg from the thigh to the knee, n The Injured man was taken to the s- Whltehead-Stokes Sanitarium, where >t the physicians stated that It was use-t less to attempt an operation as death o was certain and Imminent. Peoples r never lost consciousness while under d the car and was conscious to the last. It [The deceased was a nephew of Mr. / j - W. Brown Wylle, of Yorkvllle.] / ^ it Rock Hill'* Smallpox Experience^/ Rock Hill special of January 1* to it News and Courier: It takes a good i- deal to induce the colored brethren s and sisters to accept a new Idea as of j. force. Some years ago, without cone sidering the matter at all, Rock Hill t, furnished the state with the first case n of smallpox, after years of Immunity a from this disease. The resulting panic - will not be forgotten by any who lived a through It. No pluck, no cool judg& ment or cynical unbelief could stem e the tide. There was a panic, which a pervaded all ranks and classes, and t only a few held on the even tenor of - their way; there were some who did f so, but not many. Then came compulsory vaccination. This produced an. other era. By the time all arms and s limbs were insulng condition again the fright from the one case of smallpox t had passed away. There was no sece ond case, and the only original had not - died, while many of the vaccinated ones had feared that they would and - in their misery seemed indifferent about , the matter. The result was that there 1 was a sudden slackening of activity in r the vaccination line, and the Negroes - specially, who had escaped from harm - in the first visitation, have been dilir gent in evading any subsequent effort f of a health officer for their welfare in 1 this particular. But as usual over-confidence brings disaster and ignorance I on the part of some citizens is apt to . bring trouble on all. Some weeks ago, . a Negro woman, a mile or so out from , Rock Hill, was taken sick. She was at, tended by a physician of her own color, approximately, and in time?not a long time either?slept with her sisters. If the physician knew she had smallpox professional courtesy or something , kept him from making the fact known , to any one. In this section "the wake" ; is still recognized as a proper social : celebration by the friends of the dei ceased in colored society. On this oc, casion they enjoyed a great wake. The ! first real waking came when it was found that the three friends who had prepared the body for burial all hftd smallpox; then others who had "waked" to a great degree developed the same disease. Some died and some