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?mp$ and Jatts. ? Russian newspapers say that a man In the hospital at Tomak is 200 years old. They say this statement is supported by documents. The man has been a widower for 123 years. He had a son, who died in 1824, aged 90 years. He remembers seeing Peter the Great. He is bed-ridden, but mentally sound. ? The New Hampshire legislature's committee on liquor laws has been holding interesting hearings on the . proposed local option law. One of the suerestlons presented before it was that, If the state decides to grant licenses at all, the proceeds from the sale should be put in a separate fund and used to support the families of drunkards. As a precedent some of the advocates cited the laws allotting: the proceeds of dog licenses to pay the damages of sheep killed by the dogs. ? The president on Saturday signed Jthe bill creating the department of commerce, and providing for a new cabinet officer to have supervision of the same. It is understood that Geo. B. Cortelyou, at present private secretary to the president, will be made secretary of commerce, and that William Loeb, Jr., will succeed Mr. Cortelyou in his present position. The department of commerce will have charge of various bureaus that are now being administered under other departments. ? The Southern railroad is coming in for a considerable amount of criticism on account of its action last week in sending the Palm Limited train back twenty-flve miles after Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Mrs. Vanderbilt and party had presented themselves at the flag station of Pineland. The train failed to stop; but went on to Hardeevllle. From there it wsb sent back to Pineland. People claim that this unusual deference was because of the great wealth of the would-be passengers, and one man who was delayed has been talking of bringing suit on account of the Inconvenience. The railroad people claim that Plneland had been bulletined as a flag station for the Palm Limited, and that the engineer had either forgotten the bulletin or failed to see the flag; that under the circumstances the train would have been ordered back even for a Negro. ? Washington special of February 8, to New York Sun: The disclosure printed this morning of an alleged attempt by John D. Rockefeller to put a stop to all trust legislation tends to the confirmation of a story current in high political circles at the capital that a compact has been entered into between some of the great "captains of industry" and certain distinguished Republican leaders to accomplish the defeat of President Roosevelt. The story comes to me from a source entitled to the highest consideration, and it is said that the president's trusted friends are fully cognizant of the facts. J. Pierpont Morgan, Senator Mark A. Hanna and Senator Nelson W. Aldrtch are mentioned as leaders in the movement, and several other very prominent heads of corporations and Republican senators are referred to by name as being in co-operation with them. ? St. Paul special of February 12, to Chicago Chronicle: John Tillman, aged 70 years, great-unde of Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, was found dead in a chair at his home here yesterday noon. There was a bullet wound in his forehead and the indications pointed to suicide. Mr. Tillman lived like a hermit in a one-room hut, and his bed was a sort of cupboard with straw and old clothing. For many years he M&d traveled the streets Ar ??i ?in? i 1 ^ oi or. ruui scums icuu pcucus aim shoestrings and was believed to be rich. He was r depositor in the German bank at tl i time of the failure and since ther had shunned banks. He was " nown as the "miser of red town." At. Tillman was supposed to have thousands of dollars hidden in the house and the news of his death attracted a crowd of curious people. The police and the coroner searched the small hut from top to bottom, looking for the hidden treasure, but none could be found. ? This story of how a New Poundland dog saved a Patterson, N. J., family from being burned in a fire is from the New York Sun of last Sunday: At 2 o'clock the dog ran into the room where the 5-year-old son, who is a cripple was sleeping. The dog is very fond of the boy; but he caught the bed sheets in his mouth and dragged the child out of bed. The boy was alarmed and ran to his father's room. Mr. Coppersmith wondered at the * strange action of the dog and went through the house. When he opened the door of the parlor the room was In flnmps Thp onpnine of the door allowed the flames to spread rapidly and Mr. Coppersmith had scarcely time to get his family out of the house before all avenues of escape were cut off. The dog had remained by the side of the crippled boy until he was carried to a neighbor's house. He had not seen Mr. Coppersmith get the other children out and it Is supposed that he then went back into the burning building to save the other children. His body was found in the ruins today and Mr. Coppersmith and his family mourn his loss more than that of their home. ? Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, according to a Washington dispatch, is considering making a call on the national banks for part of the government money on deposit with them as a matter of necessity, to put the treasf ury in readiness to meet the payments to the Panama Canal company, and to the republic of Colombia upon the ratification of the Panama canal treaty by the senate. These payments will amount to J50.000.000, of which $40,000,000 will be to the Panama Canal Co., j aaa aa ia paiaiyikiq tho nrpo auu f AV,UVV,VU IV VVtvutviu. A (IV |/?VV ent working cash balance of the treasury is about $82,000,000. It is an unwritten law that in no circumstances the working cash balance must be allowed to fall below $50,000,000. If the secretary were to pay out $50,000,000 on account of the canal, the working balance would be brought down to $32,000,000, which Mr. Shaw will not permit. Aside from the apparent necessity for making a draft on the $142,000,000 of government money held by the national banks on deposit, Secretary Shaw Is understood to be In favor of drawing out at least 15 per cent, of this money and putting it into the treasury vaults as a matter of principle. The deposits of government money with the banks have been increasing steadily for the last three or four years, and Mr. Shaw believes that with the present ease of the money market he can withdraw 15 per cent without causing the least trouble. $he Ijorkvilic (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, 8. 0./' . WEDNESDAY, FEBR'Y. 18, 1903. When the Hampton monument bill came up In the senate last Monday, Senator Johnson offered an amendment providing that instead of building a column of granite and marble, the general assembly provide a number of Hampton scholarships for Winthrop. There is sbmething practical In this idea, and if carried out it will likely prove a more worthy memorial to the dead soldier and statesman. The dispensary investigation by the senate committee has not amounted to a great deal yet, and it is not expected that it will amount to a great deal. The committee has not gone about the matter in a way that would indicate that it is really trying to find any rottenness. The idea seems to be that the investigation is another whitewashing job intended to satisfy that portion Of me pu one wnicn reany warns 10 oelieve that this institution is all that Its management represents It to be. According to reports from Washington, President Roosevelt is not exactly satisfied with the action of the commerce committee in the Crum case; but wants the senate to vote on the matter. He says he will be governed in this further action in this case by the vote of the senate. It is possible that if the senate has to vote on the question, Crum may be confirmed; but this is by no means a certainty. There are not a few Republican senators who are of opinion that the president has gone just a little too far in this matter. From the daily papers of yesterday, it appears that the rough weather of Monday and Tuesday covered pretty nearly the entire country. Traffic was paralyzed in New York. In Chicago the mercury went down to zero and the ground was covered with a thick carpel ui anew, cumna, r?eu., reporio the mercury at 7 degrees below zero and the coldest weather of the winter. Dallas, Tex., reports the heaviest snow in Beven years. Mobile, Ala.; reports unprecedented wind and rain, and a dispatch from Rawlins, Wyo., says that thousands of sheep have perished in what is known as the red desert. The thermometer there is reported as registering 32 degrees below zero. All of the south Atlantic and gulf ports were warned of approaching gales, and it is quite possible that later advices will bring news of serious disasters. ^ EXPOUNDS NEGRO QUESTION. Tillman Delivers Characteristic Address Before the New York Press Club. Senator B. R. Tillman was one of the speakers at the banquet of the New York Press club in New York last Saturday night. His subject was the Negro question and in part he spoke as follows: "I cannot understand why I should have been the only representative of the august body of which I am a member to receive an invitation to be with you tonight. Now I have no message which I have come to deliver to you. In my experience I have found that the better acquainted the gentlemen of the press become with me the better they like me. But I ask no favors of you. I come from a state where the people do their own thinking and their own voting. "I think this is an occasion on which I ought to get even with the press. You have 365 days in the year in which to make and unmake public men but you don't make and unmake them in the state of South Carolina." Referring to the Negro question, he said that President Roosevelt had raised a subject that will not easily down. It had brought forth a number of comments from prominent men of the north and had raised a storm in the south. After mentioning a number of these comments and the men wno inaue mem ne Barn: "You have had this subject Roosevelted, Hannaed, IrelanQed and finally Smooted, and now it seems to me it is about time that we had some one who knows something about it, say something. What are my qualifications?" First, he said, he had been nursed by a Negro mammy. Then although he had not served in the Confederate army, he had tried to join it, and had been prevented only by an accident that deprived him of his eye. Lastly he had been upon the ground and seen the ravages of the war. "I know something of what this race question has cost this country. Many of you who write so flippantly about it, know nothing about it," he continued, "and if you write about so grave a subject when you know nothing of it you are no less than criminals. "Mr. Roosevelt was very wise in saying it will take the best thought of both sections of this country to solve the problem." After an impassioned recital of the trials of the white population of the south, threatened by the increase of the power of the Negroes in the past few years he said: "We were compelled by the exigencies of the situation to use the shotgun and the tissue ballots, and we used both. Why? Because in the state of South Carolina there were 30,000 more Negro voters than there were white voters." He said that they in South Carolina had established their free schools and that ever since there have been more Negro children in those free schools than white children. "Do you think it was our purpose to raise these Negro children to a condition of enlightenment in order that they may govern us?" he asked. "By the Holy God no!" he cried. "Three months ago," he continued, "the president wrote a letter in which he said that when a Negro showed himself qualified to fill public office he was unwilling to shut the door of hope in his face. Commenting on this Senator Tillman said that if the present condition of education continued and the Negro is to gain control of the state of South Carolina and the whites become subordinate, the deplorable result would be that in a hundred years, the population would be half mulatto. He had no practical solution of the problem, he said, unless it be that the north take its share of the 'blacks, if you love them so well." His address grew more impassioned as he continued. At first only applause greeted his utterances, but toward the end an occasional hiss was heard, and finally he was interrupted by a voice crying, "What about your nephew?" Senator Tillman was at the moment defending the summary measure adopted in the south for the punishment of Negroes guilty of crime, especially against women. After the excitement caused by the interruption had subsided, Mr. Tillman said thei* was much more he could say and would like to say, but that he regarded it as highly inappropriate to refer in public to family affairs. Before concluding his address he took occasion to assert that if the policy of raising the Negro into power In the south is carried too far, the result will be bloodshed and its flow will oe upon the heads of those who have tried to force the white population into subjection to the black. This was not a threat, he said, but simply a statement of what he knew from his acquaintance with the conditions in the south, would be the inevitable result. -?; ? ? ? WITH THE LAWMAKERS. Notes and Comments Relating to Work of House and Senate. The general assembly will adjourn sine die next Saturday. The session could continue longer; but the perdiem of the members will not continue after that day. A bill of some general interest that has been passed by the house, which : will no doubt pass the senate also, is one that will require railroads to keep : would-be passengers informed by bulletin of the probable time of arrival of trains, at least within half an hour. The bill requires that within half an hour of the time at which the train is due a. bulletin be posted, and that this bulletin be changed every nair hour until the train finally arrives. A penalty of $20 Is Imposed for each offense. Hereafter, the governor will have nothing to do with the appointment of dispensary constables except Indirectly. A bill that has passed the house and which had a second reading in the senate on last Saturday, provides for the appointment by the governor of one chief constable who shall have a salary of $1,500 a year and whose duty It shall be to appoint as many assistants as may be necessary. The chief constable shall give a bond of $1,000 and the assistants bonds of $500 each. The chief will be able to make appointments only with the advice and consent of the governor. MONUMENT TO HAMPTON. State Will Contribute $120,000 If In dividual* Will Contribute flO.OOO. In the house of representative last Thursday a bill was passed to provide for a monument to Wade Hampton, which is prefaced by the resolutions adopted by the State Democratic convention last Mayt recommending that; a suitable statue be erected by the state on the capitol grounds in honor of "one of her greatest citizens and most distinguished soldiers." . The following is the text of the bill as it passed the house: Section 1. That the sum of 120,000 be appropriated, to be used In connection , with $10,000 to be raised by voluntary * contribution. Said $20,000 shall not become available until the sum of $10,000 shall be raised by voluntary contributions, and the same shall have been deposited In some bank within the state, to the credit of the commission to be^. appointed by the governor, as is provided for in section 2 hereof. The total amount shall be used for the purpose of erecting upon the capitol grounds an equestrian statue to the memory of Wade Hampton. Sec. 2. That a commission of five citizens be appointed by the governor^ to take charge of the funds appropriated in section 1, when available, and aiuu 01 an vuiuinary cuim iuuliuiio which may be contributed to them, and they shall take charge of the location, ; inscription and erection of the monument THE WILSON MURDER CASE. ; Bishop Intruded a House and Killed the Owner. The case of Arthur L. Bishop, on trial for the murder of Thomas J. Wilson has been of all absoring interest in Charlotte during the past few days. The case of the prosecution was conducted Saturday afternoon. The prin^ r cipal witnesses was Ada Wilson, daughter of the deceased. According to her story, corborated in most of its details, she and Lena Shultz, had been members of a party of carousers, the night of the killing. Bishop was also-j one of the party. There was some wine and whisky drinking. When the party broke up, Ada Wilson and Lena Shultz, started to the Wilson home. Bishop went with them, without being invited. Arriving at the house, the party entered the parlor and Bishop bolted the door. He then produced whisky and wine. About that time Mr. Thomas J. Wilson appeared and demanded admittance. Miss Wilson unbolted the door. Mr. Wilson ordered his daughter to her room, and told Miss Shultz and- Bishop to leave the house. Bishop protested; Wilson insisted, and Wilson had a stick in his hand when he first appeared but put it down. Bishop was offended at being ordered out of the house and shot Wilson, killing him almost Instailtly. The testimony of the defence was to the effect that when Wilson came into the parlor he assaulted Bishop with his stick, and continued the .assault until Bishop had to shoot in self-defense. The latest advice was to the effect that no verdict had been rendered; but that the Jury would probably reach a conclusion today. Murder In Walhalla. 1 Christopher T. Kunsinger, formerly .of Lockhart, was killed at Walhalla last Friday night by a Negro named Bud Priestly. Priestly made his escape. Cnwrlit and Jailed. William King, the man who so brutally murdered James Rogers and his son in Florence county recently was captured at Denmark last Thursday, and he is now in Florence county jail. ; LOCAL AKKAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. R. W. Hunt, D. P. A.?Announces half rate fare for the mardi gras at New Orleans, Mobile and Pensacola. See . fourth page. W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Has onion sets, and the best varieties of garden seeds for this climate. He also has seed potatoes. He tells you to use Magic horse and cattle powder. Jas. M. Starr & Co., Druggists?Invite your attention to their prescription department, and assure you of the very best service if you will take your prescriptions to them. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Say that MacmiirrvV?tf JPr Pft noa *?/* motorlfll w, w. uot iiv Lliua>/ 1V?* in the manufacture of their fertilizer and make no low grade goods. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Ask you to try Lowney's cocoa, and say it is a most delicious table beverage. York Drug Store?Calls your attention to a pleasing picture that is on exhibit in their south window. Strauss-Smith Co.?Make some pertinent remarks abopt tailor-made garments, and say that they represent one of the biggest and best tailoring concerns in the United States. Glenn & Allison?Inform you that the car of mules advertised last week, is here. They put an ironclad guarantee on every thing-they sell, and want you to come and see them if you are wanting a horse or mule. W. O. Guy, Chester?Wants the attention of farmers to O. S. long staple cotton seed which he is offering to sell at $2 a bushel. He sold his product for 133 cents a pound. J. M. Heath & Co.?Let you know that they are not considering profits now, but say thlt their one point is to turn goods on hand into money. They also have some attractions for the Jobbing trade. FACTS AND FANCIES. xsr The Rock Hill Herald says there is a good deal of dissatisfaction over the case of Mr. W. G. Duncan{ who was recently non-suited in his claim acAlnnt the Southern railroad for cap turing and convicting a Negro for rocking the train near Ogden. From what this writer understands of the case, there Is no doubt of the fact that Mr. Duncan was entitled'to the amount claimed and he ought to have it. Still it Is hardly prope* to lay the blame on the courts. If the case of Mr. Duncan was not properly brought, the court could do nothing but throw it out. However, this writer and the Herald are not the only people who hold to the idea that Mr. Duncan should be paid. Mr. C. P. Sanders, attorney for the Southern, thinks so. This writer Is reliably Informed that before he left Yorkville, Mr. Sanders expressed himself to the effect that he fought the claim only on the ground that Mr. ^Dvncan- did not make it in the right way and through the proper channels; ttyat he brought suit before the proper authorities had been given an opportunity to say what they would do. This does not clearify the situation a great deal. The average individual does not know a great deal about how to And the proper channels for the collection of a claim against a railroad company, uui me understanding is that Mr. Sanders went still further in this matter, and stated that it was his intention to recommend that this particular claim be paid. It is to be hoped that he will do so. The railroad will certainly not lose anything by such actUm. ? ? o ABOUT PEOPLE. ' Mr. John G. White, of Chester spent Monday in Yorkville. Mr. D. C. Boyd, of Balloon, was in Yorkville Saturday. Mr. W. O. Guy, treasurer of Chester county, spent Monday in Yorkville. i Lieutenant James B. Allison is to go to the Philippines within a few weeks. Master Eugene Elliott is quite sick, having been confined to. his bed since Monday. Mrs. John B. Williams has been down to Riverside, Lancaster county, on a visit to her parents. Mr. Geo. L. Riddle i and grandson, Master Joe Riddle, of Zeno, spent last Saturday in Yorkville. i Mr. Eugene Waters, of Henrietta, N. C., came down on Sunday night and spent Monday with his friend, Mr. W. M. Allison. ^Mr. and Mrs. E. R. McElwee, of Columbia, have been up this week on a visit to Mr. McElwee's father, Mr. S. A. McElwee. j- Mrs. Sam W. Guy, of Lowrysville came up to Yorkville last Saturday, on a short visit to her sister Mrs. J. B. Pegram, who is quite ill. Mr. A. T. Hardin, son of Mr. Ira Hardin, of Blacksburg, has been appointed engineer of maintainance of way of the New York and Hudson River railroad. A telegram received here last Saturday night from Dr. C. Fred Williams, announced his arrival in San Francisco. He is just from the Philippines, and is expected to arrive in Yorkville within a few weeks. ?Supervisor Boyd, who was in Yorkville yesterday, reported that the condition of Mr. Sidney Robinson, of Edgmoor, who has been down with pneumonia for some days, is entremely critical. His relatives and friends fear that he will not recover. Mrs. S. C. Ashe was called to Camden last Thursday by news of a frightful railroad accident in which one of her brothers lost his life and another was seriously injured. The brothers, Messrs. John and Joseph K. Niles, were employed on the G. C. & N. railroad, one as a fireman and the other as a flagman on freight train. The accident was in the nature of a rear-end collision. Mr. Joseph K. Niles was killed and Mr. John Niles was badly hurt. Mrs. Ashe returned from Camden Satupday afternoon, but was called back again Monday by news to the effect that the condition of her brother John was more serious than was at first supposed. "DOG BILL PASSED. The house has Anally passed a dog bill, the Arst that has ever met the approval of that body. Of course, the bill is not yet a law and It may never be: but the action taken by the house Is some encouragement to those people who have for years been working to secure some reasonable regulations along this line. As the matter is of especial interest in this part of the state, we reproduce in full the News and Courier's report of what was said and done. The action was taken last Friday: The perennial dog bill was taken up in the shape of Mr. Forde's bill to provide a capitation tax on dogs. Mr. Dennis wanted the bill promptly killed. Mr. Wingo favored the substitute bill and insisted that it was high time to pass some law on the dog question. The great number of dogs was the : cause of the failure of the poultry Industry. He did not want the dogs kill- i ed with guns and strychnine. Let the dogs be killed out In a legal way. He saw no possible excuse for this supposed sentiment in favor of 'the dogs. , This was no laughing matter and he pleaded for the suffering farmer against cur dogs. Mr. Mauldin proposed an amendment that one male dog be allowed each person and each female dog be taxed $2. Mr. Eflrd favored the bill and said it was becoming a necessity. ' The trouble is that most dogs are kept by those who are least able to keep them. He kept dogs and was willing to pay the small tax for the support of the schools. Mr. Hollman said one dog could suck two or three dozen eggs. There would be more eame if there were not so many poor dogs. He was the poor man's friend and was himself a poor, man, but the poor man did not need so many dogs. The poor men elected him here. Mr. Mauldin, of Greenville, said he realy thought there were too many dogs in the state. He was opposed to so many dogs. Other folks do not have so many dogs. Mr. Dorroh proposed an amendment that no dog that is so reported for taxation shall be regarded as property. He wanted to clear the law. The house refused to kill the bill. Mr. Mauldin's amendments were killed and the bill was ordered to its third reading as reported by the committee. Mr. McCain wanted the fund used for road purposes instead of for school . purposes. Mr. Dorroh's amendment making section 6, was adopted. A string of other amendments were lost. The bill as finally ordered to its third reading provides: Section 1. That there shall be imposed and assessed on all dogs in this state a capitation tax of fifty cents annually on each dog, the proceeds of which tax shall be expended for school purposes in ?the several counties in which it is collected. Sec. 2. That dogs shall be returned in the same manner and at the same time that other property is returned for taxation. Sec. 3. That the capitation tax on does nrovlded for in this act shall be collected at the same time and In the same manner that other taxes are now collected. > Sec. 4. That > the eapitation tax provided for In this act shall be and constitute a first lien in favor of the state of South Carolina on all the property owned by any person who owes any such capitation tax. Sec. 5. That the collection of the capitation tax provided for in this act may be enforced against any property owned by the debtor of such tax in the same manner as if it were a tax assessed on that specific piece of property. Sec. 6. That no dog which is not returned for taxation as provided in this act shall be held to be property In Any of the courts of this state. (/ \- ? , a WITHIN THE TOWN. he Tennyson club met again with Mrs. G. H. O'Leary on Friday afternoon. The reading of the second half of "Lancelot and Elaine" was given by Mrs. R. T. Stephenson. Miss Maggie Gist furnished questions for the next lesson, the first part of "The Holy Grail," to be distributed. Those present were, Mrs. W. G. Neville, Miss Margaret Daniel, Mrs. W. B. Moore, Miss Hulda McNeel, Mrs. W. G. Ste phenson, MIbs Annlce O'Leary, Miss Frankie Clawson, Miss Fannie Wardlaw, Mrs. G.. H. O'Leary, Mrs. R. T. Stephenson, Mrs. J. K. Alston, Mrs. W. H. Herndon, Mrs. R. J. Herndon, Mrs. J. F. Hart, Mrs. B. N. Moore, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Mrs. M. J. Walker and Mrs. W. B. McCaw. ? The town o'f Yorkvllle caught Its full share of the wind and rain storm that spent Its force throughout this section Monday afternoon and night. The wind was unusually severe and the water came along with It In a volume that seemed to suggest a cloudburst. It has not been practical to gather full details of all the damage that was done; but a few circumstances are sufficient to give an Idea of the force of the storm. A cap spire on the north corner of the Presbyterian church tower was lifted off Its base and thrown Into the church yard. A fire wall on the north end of the residence of Dr. A. Y. Cartwrlght fell Into the lane, crashing some fifty or sixty telephone wires and leaving them In a broken tangle. A part of the roof of the cotton seed oil mill was riped off and the York Cotton mill store was seriously damaged. Fences were blown down, and numerous window lights were shattered. The wind came from the northeast and came In a steady gale, Its greatest force lasted for five minutes or more. This was at about 4.30 o'clock in the afternoon. During the night at about 10 o'clock, the gale again Increased In velocity until It was almost as severe as In the afternoon. "?Mr. Thomas C, Dunlap, a wellknown and highly esteemed citizen of Yorkville, died at his home on East Jefferson street last Sunday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock of pneumonia. He had been ill but a short time, having been at his desk in the bank up to the previous Monday. His death, therefore came as quite a shock to the whole A# In. ouiuiiiuiilljr, uikiuuiiig many ui mo intimate friends. Mr. Dunlap was a native of Tennessee. He served through the war on the Confederate side, and settled in Yorkville with his family in the early seventies. His first work here was as a salesman for Mr. T. M. Dobson. He afterward went into business for himself in partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. J. J. Smith, now of Clover, and the late H. W. Hope. Later he has been employed principally as a book-keeper, in which calling he was a past master. For several years past he has been bookkeeper for the Loan and Savings bank, He has always been ready and willing to discharge to the best of his ability whatever duty he was called upon to perform for community or church, and was generally regarded as a most useful citizen. He was a member of the town council. He leaves a widow, three sons and one daughter. The sons are Mr. Wm. T. Dunlap, of Charlotte, N. C., Dr. Charles Dunlap, of Houston, Texas, and Mr. T. C. Dunlap, Jr., of Yorkville. The daughter is Miss Sndie Dnnlan. The funeral took place from the house yesterday morning at i 11 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. W. G. Nevville. ? The Flinch club of Yorkville, gave a valentine reception to the K. M. M. A. cadets at the opera house last Friday night. It was a delightful affair. The hall was beautifully decorated with pink and white hearts and evergreens. Refreshments were served, and the entertainment consisted of games, contests, dancing. Those present were: Annie McCaw with Keene Dobson; Ellse Latimer with J. H. Blackwell; Mary Walker with G. M. Trammel; Hattie Elliott with Joe Hart; Lenora Wllliofrd with W. A. Searson; Kate Hunter with D. Wyatt Neville; Geraldine Lowry with Bedford Moore; Virginia Neville with Helvetlo Boschettl; Leon White with T. H. Adams; Marie Moore with R. Ramirez; Helen Lowry with M. Moses; Ollie Walker yvith Clark Adickes; Mary Dodson with George Cartwright; Marion Logan with M. Morrow; Bessie Sandifer with S. E. Jacobs; Maggie Sandifer with Philip Hunter; Marie Crosby with Roe Willis; Ella Carroll with Philip Huna u Lcr, rjiuauciu uumci nnu au. Rhodes; Cornelia Elliott with Charles Moore; Mamie Lee Grist with A. B. Hammond; Lyl Parish with J. H. Morrow; Mary Schorb with A. E. Bennett; Emma Nell with Philip Hunter; Mary GUI with A. Freidheim; Lizzie Lowry with J. W. Powell; Louise Lowry with Capt. Wolfe; Amanda Clawson with W. M. Patrick; Margaret Daniel with W. F. B. Johnson; Bessie Williams with A. B. Sinkler; Hattie Hunter with Joe Heath; Mary Starr with H. Boschettl; Bessie Gilbert with James Fulp; Fredrica Lindsay with Arthur Beale; Frankie Clawson with Sam Miller; Mary Eunice Grist with Frank Riddle; Misses Mary Hunter, Rose Hunter, Maggie McCorkle, Josle Carroll, Ethel Latimer. Chaperones: Mesdames W. G. and R. T. Stephenson, W. B. Moore and Miss Maggie Moore. LOCAL LACONICS. Tax Returns. People who have not yet made returns of their property for taxation are reminded that they must do so on or before next Friday; otherwise the penalty will attach. For the Beat Drilled Cadet. ^ Mr. S. L. Miller, of Columbia, has presented to the King's Mountain Military academy a handsome gold medal to be won by the best drilled cadet of the corps. The right to the medal is to be determined by quarterly contests. Cotton Picking In February. ^ Mr. John F. Gordon stated a day or two ago that he picked something like a bale of cotton from his farm, four miles north of Yorkville, last week. He went on to say, however, that the Cotton could have been picked as readily during the latter part of November had he been able to get to it at that tlme.^ There is still some cotton in the fields but not a great deal. The top cotton did not amount to much. Most of what there was, was gathered by the cattle. Blew the Barn Down. ^ The barn of Mr. W. M. Campbell, who lives about seven miles northeast of Yorkville on the Charlotte road, was blown down by the hurricane of last Menday afternoon. As it happened, there was only one horse under shelter at the time, the other animals being loose in the lot This horse was caught under the falling timbers and its -leg was broken. The contents of the barn, such as roughness, were pretty well scattered about the place. Mr. Campbell's loss amounts to some $300 or more. . .... The Osler-8terne? Cotton Seed. / ' The advertisement In another column of the Ozler-Sternes cotton seed is calculated to prove of more than passing interest to the farmers of this locality, especially to those who take the trouble to Investigate the matter thoroughly. Mr. W. O. Guy, tne advertiser, Is the treasurer of Chester county, is known throughout this whole section as an unusually intelligent and progressive farmer, and a man who is entirely reliable. Mr. Guy was in Yorkvllle on last Monday, on some other business, and after he had handed in the advertisement referred to, the reporter took occasion to make some inquiries of hii^i concerning the cotton seed he is advertising. In effect, he said that he had information of this new variety of cotton for some seven or eight years; but did not begin a practical investigation of It until a year or two ago. Last year he planted his whole crop with the improved seed, and from 45 acres got 29 bales, including two bales of stains. The staple was extra long, and it averaged 1J inches in length. He was at some little trouble finding a market, because none of the mills in this section would use so long a staple. At length he shipped the 27 bales of white cotton to Boston, where he received for it 131 cents per pound. The two bales of stain cotton he sold on the Chester morlfOt of Q wnt?. TTp RflVH that this long staple cotton will grow on any kind of land that any other cotton will grow on and that the yield per acre is fully as great. He made a bale to the acre last year on four acres, and his entire crop turned out as heavy a yield as did the ordinary short staple cotton planted by tenants and croppers in adjoining fields. From Charleston to Lenoir. Charlotte Observer: It has been learned that as soon as the Carolina and North-Western railroad completes its broad gauge track to Chester a through train, to be known as "the Charleston and Blowing Rock Vestibule Limited," will be put on between Lenoir and Charleston. The plan is to operate a train of Pullman cars?one or more sleepers and a dining car?from the City by the Sea to the mountain town, "which the angels named Lenoir," via Columbia, Chester and Yorkville. The Southern will deliver the train to the Carolina and Northwestern at Chester, and the latter will convey it to Lenoir. According In ?1 1 lu nic piupuacu otiicuuic 111c kiaiu win leave Charleston about 8 a. m. and arrive at Lenoir at 1 o'clock next morning. The passengers on the sleepers will occupy their berths until breakfast time, when they will be served that meal in the dining car in time to take the stage line for Blowing Rock. Returning the train will leave Lenoir at 8 p. m., after the arrival of the stage from Blowing Rock, reaching Charleston early next morning. It is estimated that within three years the Carolina and North-Western will land passengers from Blowing Rock at Butler, four miles from the Rock proper, this being the nearest that the roadbuilders can approach the noted resort. The contest over the passage through Wilson's Gorge, I am informed, has been settled in favor of the Carolina and North-Western. At least the other two contesting roads have apparently dropped out of the fight, while the Carolina and North-Western has done sufficient grading to lay claim to that favorite expression of railroad builders?"the right to eminent domain"?whatever that means. At any rate the constructors claim that they have blazed a trail sufficiently plain to hold the gap against ah intruders. The plan of the promoters of the line, the Observer correspondent is further Informed, is to let the contract for construction to a point near Boone, via Coffey's Gap, with the idea that in three years trains can be run over the line. A railroad man says that, while a comparatively good route has been established, the work will be very heavy, and that much time will be required to make way for the iron horse. THE YORKVILLE DOG LAW. Editor of Enquirer: While it is not my desire to pose as' a critic or a kicker, still I am persua-r ded that it is the duty of somebody to enter a protest at the failure of the town council,to enforce the dog law enacted last fall. I am informed that although the tax is only fl.OO, less than 100 licenses have been paid, and It Is estimated that there are not less than 300 dogs?the four legged kind?in the town. It strikes me that the council should either enforce the law against every dog in the town or refund the tax to those who have paid. I am aware of the fact that the enforcement of the law is a difficult proposition, but each member of the council was aware of that fact before the law was -passed, and If It was not the purpose of the law-makers to see to its enforcement, they should not have passed it One Who Has Paid. NOTES FROM CHEROKEE. Phone Service Being: Installed? Yorkvilie Cltlnens of CherokeeOther Matters. Oomoondeix* of the forkville basher. Etta Jane, February It?Our people have at last gotten telephone connection with the outside world, aud It is, as yet, much of a novelty. tfhe phone fever has been raging in this section for sometime. Mr. W. 8. WI1kerson says the only remedy for it is to get a phone, and we think he is about correct. .. . . We learn this morning that Mr. H. F. Horton's child, which was so badly burned somettme ago, is still living, and some hopes are entertained of its final recovery. Mr. Horton and his family have the sympathies of this entire community in their great trou ble. We note with pleasure the fact that some of the most useful and prosperous of Cherokee county's men are from York county, and still they come. To say nothing of Cherokee township, with Blacksburg and Cherokee Falls Manufacturing company, Tork county gave Cherokee county a" valuable territory filled with good, honest, hard working and intelligent people. Besides J. B. Bell, Esq., is one of the leading members of the Cherokee county bar, and has a constantly increasing law practice as he becomes better and better acquainted with the people. Mr. Bell was raised in Yorkville, and has many friends in the old county who will note with pleasure his success in his chosen profession,. He is a son 6t the?late Ttibmas J.' Bell, Esq., and his wife is a member of one of the best families of York county, and these, of course, may be counted , by the hundreds if not by the thousands. An inspector was around last week looking out for rural delivery routes in this county. We haven't heard his report yet as to how many he will rec- , ommend. To Congressman Fin ley we are indebted for an abstract of the twelfth census, together with other congressional record*.. Mr. J. F. Wallace was down in Bullock's Creek last week looking after his farm. m<>caw nnwm.n dead. ^ Well-Known Cltlaen of Bullock's Creek Township Passed Away Last Thursday. Correspondence of the Yorkrffle fnarrirer. Bullock's Creek, February 16:? On last Thursday evening about B o'clock, the soul of Mr. William McCaw Dowdle quietly passed away. The funeral was preached at Bullock's Creek church on Saturday at 11 o'clock, by Rev. P. B. Ingraham, assisted by Rev. J. B. Swann, and the body was laid to rest In Bullock's Creek cemetery In the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. In the death of McCaw Dowdle this community loses one of Its best citizens. He was a true friend and kind neighbor. The deceased has been a member of Shady Grove Methodist church for a number of years, and said In his last hours that he was ready and willing to die. lie was ? years uia; uui weld never married, and leaves but one sister, Miss Pennle, to mourn for him. The sympathy of this entire community go out to her in her sorrow. Mrs. W. B. Good has been sick for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Duncan, of Blacksburg have been visiting relatives here. MERE-MENTION. Dr. J. L. M. Curry, former ambassador to Spain, died at Asheville, N. C., last Thursday night of Brlght's disease Mr. Wm. J. Bryan suggests Governor Garvin, of Rhode Island as a suitable man for the Democrats to nominate for the presidency next year. The Democrats of Delaware have A introduced a bill making forty lashes on the bare back the statutory punishment for bribery Revolutionary bands of Macedonians have been in conflict with Turkish regulars during the past few days and the indications of unrisinsr in Bulgaria and Roumanla are more marked than ever Senator-Elect Reed Smoot, of Utah, says he will certainly present his credentials to the senate and that he has no other idea than that he will be permitted to take his seat A movement has been started In Washington to bring the body of James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institute, to x America and give It a permanent resting place in the grounds of the Institution. Smithson's body is now buried near Genoa, Italy...:.;The Virginia legislature has passed a bill providing for an appropriation to place a statue of General Robert E. Lee in the Capitol at Washington A member of the Texas legislature has Introduced a joint resolution to thank Mrs. Roosevelt for the cotton handkerchief that she sent to the Free Kindergarten association of Dallas Miss Blanche Boies, who distinguished herself last year by publicly horsewhipping Ifiayor Parker, of Topeka, Kansas, smashed seven liquor saloons in Topeka last Saturday night, and was arrested