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Straps* and Jartj>.
? Joseph N. Perkins, a veteran coin
collector and relic hunter of Syracuse,
N. Y., is arranging to publish a work
of eight volumes, containing the biographies
of nearly fifty thousand centenarians
and photographs ot 600. He
has been collecting them all his life.
He says that there are at present 4,000 j
centenarians in the United States. The
oldest man in the world, he says, is
Manuel del Valle, a Mexican living:
near San Francisco, who is 157. All
parts of the world are included in this
collection.
? The rivers of the southwest have
gotten high out of their banks within
the past few days. A dispatch of Friday
from Houston, Texas, reported a
steady rise in every river of the state.
The Brazos, Trinity, Colorado, San
Marcos, Guadaloupe and Leonare were
already high out of their banks at various
points and cattle were being driven
to places of safety. The Mississippi
river was above the danger line at
Memphis, and the levees were showing
signs ot weakening. To the Arkansas
shore across from Memphis, the distance
was more than a mile, and at
lower points down the river, the water
extended miles inland.. Many houses
and cabins are under water.
? According to a report to the state
department, vessels loaded with cotton
are~frequently reported as having fire
aboard caused by the self-ignition of
the cotton. Experts have come to the
conclusion that cotton, being of the
same composition as wood, cannot of itself
become ignited. One of the highest
courts of Prussia recently decided
upon an important case of this nature,
by declaring that there was no such a
thing as self-ignition. Experts from
Bremen and Hamburg were asked to
submit their opinion also. The Breslau
court's decision was "self-ignition of
cotton" is entirely out of the question,
according to the universally acknowledged
opinion of men of science and
experience. It is a peculiarity of cotton
that it may conceal combustible material
within it for weeks, and longer,
as was seen in this very case, for several
bales of cotton that were saved
from the Are and lay in a pond for
some time during the following winter
suddenly burst into flames late in the
following spring without any cause, as
was proved by competent witnesses."
? Out of the multitude of terppests In
teapots at the congress of the D. A.
R. has come a tempest large enough
for a tea kettle at least, says a Washington
dispatch. The South Carolina
Daughters blew it up. Mrs. Fairbanks,
the president general, in her annual
address included the names of all the
states she had visited and gave at
some length the courtesies extended to
her. But Mrs. Fairbanks spoke so low
that only a few tiers of delegates heard
a word she said. Everybody applauded
Just the same. After it was all over
a little South Carolina woman piped
, up: "What did she say about the way
we all entertained her down at Charleston?
We were so far back we couldn't
hear a word she said." She got a typewritten
copy of the address. South
Carolina did not appear in it. Then the
South Carolina delegates hunted up the
president general. She explained that
the typewriter had got things mixed,
and had left out a "splendid" notice
of the "magnificent" courtesies extended
at Charleston. Notwithstanding the
explanation the South Carolina delegates
felt hurt, and at the reception
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Congressional Library no daughter of
South Carolina appeared with a badge
on. Only two were there at all. A
meeting of the delegation was held and
it was decided not to attend Mrs. Fairbanks'
reception.
? Richard Jordon Gatling, the inventor.
died in New York last Thursday
of heart failure. He had been troubled
with this ailment for about three
years; but death came without warning.
He was born in Hertford county,
N. C., on September 12, 1818. As a boy
he assisted his father in perfecting a
machine for sowing cotton seed; later
he invented a machine for sowing rice,
adapted it to sowing wheat and patented
it. Dr. Gatling graduated at the
Ohio Medical college in 1850, but never
practiced the profession. His most
notable invention, or at least the one
which perhaps did most to make him
famous, was the Gatling gun, which he
perfected in 1862, and which is still
among the artillery equipment of the
United States army. By its use thousands
of shots may be fired per minute
out of a pepperbox cannon barrel controlled
by a crank arrangement. In
1866 Dr. Gatling invented a gun metal
composed of steel and aluminum. He
also invented a hemp breaking machine,
a steam plow and other machines.
Some years ago congress voted him
$4010 R.r proof experiments in a new
method of casting cannon. It has been
said of Dr. Gatling that the horror of
,var as shown by the return home of
wounded and dead soldiers early in the
civil war induced him to attempt the
invention of a gun which would take
the place of a .umber of rifles and require
or iv a lew men to operate it, and
that t". death-dealing machine affair
which bears his name is the result of
this effort.
? Rumors of hostilities in Macedonia
if not premature, are not confirmed
with adequate authority, says the New
York Tribune's London correspondent.
The efforts of the powers to restrain
both Servia and Bulgaria are increased
rather than relaxed. Since the sultan's
unconditional acceptance of the proposals
for reform. Russian pressure has
been steadily applied to Bulgaria and
me guvei iiiueiu ui ouwtL ima urrcn
warned that nothing must be done to
encourage a Macedonian uprising. It
is reported that Austrian officers are
already employed in secret service on
the Servian and Bulgarian frontiers,
through Vienna and Belgrade to Nisch
and are watching the situation closely.
Many correspondents have passed into
Sofia, which is the chief center of
news. The district between Salonica
and Nisch is in a state of suppressed
excitement, but the correspondents are
allowed to ride through it to watch the
first preparations for carrying out the
proposed reforms. Optimism prevails
in official circles in Vienna and St. Petersburg.
but the energy with which
the Balkan states are kept under rigorous
restraint implies apprehension of
a coming: storm. There are no signs
that the reforms have excited enthusiasm
either in Macedonia or Bulgaria.
Public opinion in Bulgaria unanimously
condemns the proposed reforms for
Macedonia as entirely .inadequate. The
Macedonians themselves declare they
will not accept the reforms, which, even
If much more extensive, would require
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I The extremist newspapers denounce the
project as Internationa! Cynicism and
maintain that a Mecedonian uprising
is now all the more certain. They declare
that the Macedonians should
break with Austria and Russia and
seek the support of other powers.
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YORKVXLLE, S.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4,1903.
There has been a steady advance of
late in the price of manufactured goods
land those merchants who were fortunate
enough to buy early, are rejoicing
in profits already accrued with the
goods still on their shelves.
The Aldrich currency bill under discussion
in the senate provides for the
horrowing of money from the govern
ment at 1} per cent. Interest on state
and county bonds coming' up to certain
requirements as to unquestionable
stability of value. The Republicans favor
the bill; but the Democrats are
divided on it. Senator Bailey said he
would vote for it on the ground that it
would tend to relieve the' treasury of
Ita surplus, while Senator Blackburn .is
afraid that a man Jike J. P. Morgan
might thus.be enabled to withdraw the
whole government surplus at will. The
proposition of Mr. Aldrich has its advantages
and its disadvantages; but
the principles involved in it are so farreaching
in their probable effects that
there will be no definite action for some
time yet.
The senate adjourns today by reason
of the expiration of the constitutional
limit; but from the latest information
the probability is that the presdent
will lose no time in re-convening
it in extra session. The extra session
will be for the purpose of disposing of
the isthmian canal treaty. Senator
Morgan, who has never given his con
sent to the substitution of the Panama
route for the Nicaragua route, has been
filibustering in executive session for
several weeks to prevent ratification of
the treaty now under consideration. He
got the floor on the subject and has
held it until the senators were ready
to let it go over until another day, and
has continued the tactics. At one time
three other senators threatened to prolong
consideration until Senator Morgan
concluded his speech; but the senator
gave them to understand that he would
hold the floor until he dropped in his
tracks, and as many of them were
afraid that they could not hold out for
that development, they decided not to
make the attempt. As to whether Senator
Morgan can accomplish anything
by filibustering except delay, remains
to be seen.
A Tragedy and Its Lesson.
In the killing of the schoolboy, Foster,
at Inman, Spartanburg county, last
week by his teacher, Pitts, the public
has for serious consideration not only
a homicide of a most deplorable nature;
but the soundness of the conditions under
which such a tragedy might become
a natural consequence.
Taking the circumstances as theyl
have developed in this case, there is |
presented a situation that is familiar j
to all who have had an average experience
with public schools under the system
as it is now established. We would
not be understood as suggesting that
the conditions in this school were the
same as in all other public schools; but
we do mean to say that while such
tragedies are fortunately rare, the conditions
which made this one possible
are only too common.
From the testimony of his friends, it
appears that young Pitts was a man of
fine family, high character and good
education; but notwithstanding all this
the developments have shown that he
was not fit to teach school. He was
lacking in another essential requirement
that a first-class school teacher
must possess along with the qualifications
mentioned?good common sense.
Although this element Is not generally
taken into account In the examinations
under which would-be teachers
are authorized to pursue their profession,
without it the practical value of
all the other qualifications exacted under
the laws are as nothing.
The management of school boys is
largely a matter of tact. Force will do
where there Is plenty of it available;
but even then it cannot be used to good
practical advantage without plenty of
tact. But in no case should a teacher
ever attempt to use force where his
boy pupils are his equals in spirit and
out-class him in physical strength. If
a boy has been properly brought up at
home, force is unnecessary, and if he
has not had effective home teachihg,
the tactless teacher who is less than his
physical equal will do well to let him
alone.
This tragedy seems to have been
merely the culmination of a familiar
crisis. The larger boys of the school
had about persuaded themselves to the
conviction that they were too many for
the teacher. The teacher had seen it
coming, and he realized that he was
too small for his position. There can
be little doubt of the fact that he had
begun to feel his incompetency, and
the feeling stung his pride. Otherwise
he could not have been Induced to undertake
the maintainance of his supremacy
with a deadly weapon.
Although this tragedy was most deplorable
and although we find it absolutely
impossible to Justify the action
of this young school teacher in carrying
his revolver to school, or in taking it
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out of his pocket under the circumstances,
still we do not think that the
case calls for unusually severe punishment.
There was no element of murder
in the killing so far as we are able
to see, and we do not think that itcomes
within the terms of a strict definition
of manslaughter for it is probable
that there was not even an instantaneous
desire to inflect serious injury.
The worst that can be said of the
teacher's offense probably is that he
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was guiuy ui grave inuuvniiiv..,
such punishment as may be inflicted
might very properly be measured out
on thiB basis.
Whatever may have been the cause
of the tragedy, and whatever may be
the disposition of the case in so far as
Teacher Pitts is concerned, it certainly
seems that from a development like
this there should be some practical
lessons. In our view, there are at least
two lessons that may be learned with
profit. One is that there should be
greater care than customary in the selection
of the teachers who are to be
vested with authority over the youth
in the public schools, and the other is
that the slightest assault on a school
teacher in a school room should be defined
by law as a most serious misdemeanor,
punishable by a public flogging
or in such other way as might best emphasize
the gravity of the offense, and
Increase the necessary authority of the
teacher.
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MERE-MENTION.
. Some of the Republican papers are
?n Vwim PnnoAVPlt and Rev
eridge as the next Republican nominees
A Pekln, China, report states
that 500 Imperial troops were killed In
a battle with rebels recently The
Venezuela revolution has not yet been
brought to a close. The revolutionary
forces, however, are getting the worst
of it A Southern passenger train
was wrecked near Knoxvllle, Tenn.,
last Saturday by running into a landslide.
The engineer, fireman and a mall
clerk were killed Gen. John B. Gordon
had an attack of acute indigestion
at Jackson, Miss., one day last week,
and as the result of it, his friends have
given out that he will retire from the
lecture stage......It is reported that
twenty-three sailors have deserted from
the battleship Maine since that vessel
has been lying in the dry dock at
Newport News, Va. One sailor was
killed by a marine guard one day last
week while attempting to escape A
Dallas, Texas, dispatch of Saturday
says that Trinity river, reached the
highest point on that day it tfiad reach
ed in thirteen years While in a
state of intoxication and crazed by
drink, Win. Farmer, deputy sheriff of
Clayton county, Ga., on last Friday
night killed his father-in-law, mortally
wounded his wife and committed suicide
The president on Monday issued
a proclamation calling upon the
senate to convene in extra session tomorrow,
(Thursday) It is reported
that J. P. Morgan has bought the
Flagler railroad interests and hotels in
Florida for J50.000.000 Lewis Nixon,
the former Tammany leader has declared
himself for Judge Parker as the
next Democratic nominee for the presidency
Terrific storms have swept
the coasts of Great Britain during the
past few days and a number of lives
have been lost in the British channel.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Another Killing In Greenville.
Greenville special of Saturday to the
News and Courier: Gilliam Willbanks,
a 12-year-old boy, at 7.30 tonight, at the
home of his mother, on Fall street,
shot an Instantly killed Tow Wilson, a
well-known character around town.
Shortly after the shooting Willbanks
surrendered to Chief of Police Kennedy
and is now in the county Jail. To your
correspondent he tells the. following
story: "Wilson was beating mamma,
and when they came home, as I slammed
the door, Wilson struck me in the
eye, and I grabbed a pistol from a bureau
drawer and shot him." The bullet
entered Wilson's head just behind
the right ear, causing instant death.
Wilson has served a term of two years
on the chaingang and was a tough
character. He leaves a wife and two
children. Mrs. Willbanks, mother of
the boy, is a widow with four children.
The Wounded Student Dead.
Edward Foster, the 17-year-old student
who was shot by his teacher, Reuben
E. Pitts, at Inman, Spartanburg
county, last week, died on Friday
morning at 11 o'clock. He made the following
anti-mortem statement which
was duly sworn to before a trial justice.
Personally came E. L. Foster before
me ana maae uam mat ue is ? ivmdent
of this county and being badly
wounded by pistol in the hands of one
Reuben Pitts on February 24, 1903, and
realizing that his wound is considered
dangerous and might prove fatal,
make this his ante-mortem declaration:
First, That Reuben Pitts is principal of
Inman Graded school and that on the
afternoon on the 24th of February, 1903,
the said Pitts caused me to "stay in"
after school was dismissed. After he
called me up to him and said he was
going to whip me (he sent three other
boys out of the room,) he asked me
why I did not "stay in" on the day before.
I said I did not miss but one
word and would not take a whipping.
He then ordered me to get up and said
he was going to whip me. Brought
two switches from rostrum and laid one
on a bench. lie gave me two licks. I
then grabbed the switch and told him
I was not going to take it. ' He changed
switches from right to. left hand and
put his hand on hip pocket and drew a
pistol. Threw it up in my face. I then
grabbed pistol and tried to knock it
off. He then fired it. It did not weaken
me at first. I did not know that I
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He again threw pistol up. I then began
to get weak and fell back on the
rostrum. Fred Ballenger, Jesse Ballenger
and Raymond Wolfe, who were
kept in, who were in an adjoining
room, came in when the pistol fired.
Pitts said (as I fell down,) "Just as I
expected you are all on me." He jumped
up two or three times, saying he
was awfully sorry of it. About that
time Jesse Ballenger had my clothes
unfastened. Pitts came up and wanted
to know where 1 was shot. He then
left the room saying he was going to
give up. There was no one in the
struggle with Pitts but myself.
LOCAL AFFAXR&
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
\V.-Brown Wylie and others?Give notice
of the opening of books of subscription
of the Yorkville Building
and Loan association on March 5th.
at Witherspoon & Spencers' office.
Opera House?Announces the appearance
of the Lehr & Williams comedy
company, March 5th, 6th and 7th.
G. H. O'Leary?Calls attention to mattresses
in particular .and about his
lines of housefurnishinfc goods in general
and also says a word about his
prices.
Riddle & Carroll?Want to sell you the
barbed wire you' will need to pui up
that pasture fence that you are figuring
on. They also want to sell you
red Bliss seed potatoes.
York Drug Store?Has a fresh shipment
of Lowney's candies (name on
every piece), and wants you to come
and see about It.
W. B. Moore & Co.?Say that they are
making a clearance sale of a fine line
of crockery, and are making clearing
sale prices that will interest you.
T. W. Speck?Says that when you get
his prices on chinaware and crockery
you have as low a price as you will
be able to secure anywhere.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Have Bliss triumph
red and white seed potatoes,
and also have the Goodrich, peerless
and early rose seed and Bay that they
will make the price just right.
Sam M. Grist?Tells you about tornadoes
and how you can protect yourself
from financial loss Xrom these
forces. He says the cost is low and
Invites you to investigate.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?TeH' you that their
fertilizers pay dividends, and publish
a letter from Jas. W. Moore to back
up the claim.
J. Q. Wraj'?Asks that you Bee his hats
if you want the latest things that are
out In the way of headgear.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-^Invlte your attention
to their selection of seed Irish
potatoes, including Bliss, Hebron, etc.
Heath-Elliott Mule Co.?Was disappointed
at not receiving their carload
of mules on time, but are expecting
them every hour now,' and Invite you
to see them about mules.
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WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The county registration board did
business Monday as usual in accordance
with law. There was but little
registration, however.
? People who have been Accustomed
to calling it the "Narrow. Gauge," can't
geX accustomed to saying Carolina and
North-Western, and as Narrow Gauge
is no longer strictly correct, some of
them have contracted It Into "The
Gauge."
? The advertisement in another column
giving notice of the opening of
books of subscription to the capital
stock of the Yorkville Building and
Loan association Is a new event of
more than ordinary locall?. interest. It
is a fact that while but few local people
have ever made anything by In
vesting in a ioreign uunuuig qhu man
association, there is hardly a case on
record in this state where home enterprise
of this character has failed to
make money for the shareholders. This
undertaking promises to have the best
of' management and it will furnish a
fine opportunity for the. profitable investment
of spare savings qf our home
people.
SALKSDAY.
As was predicted last Saturday, there
was a large crowd of people from all
parts of the county on ai^.kipds of business,
and they made a lively day of it
for the merchants,.stockmen and others.
During the day the reporter made it
a point to look into the various stores.
There was lots of business. The dry
goods men had their hands comfortably
full and the supply people were liter^
ally overrun with people who sought to
make arrangements for the coming season.
ftew Hens were opened and contracts
were entered Into for several
hundred tons of guano. In addition to
the large sales already made. ^
But it must be confessed that the
stock men?the regular dealers and the
swappers did the lion's share of the
business that was done during the day.
Every salesday from early fall to late
spring brings its crowds of horse traders
and its droves of trading stock;
but Monday seems to have made a record.
The trading stock began to ar-<
rive Saturday and Sunday and continued
to come In during Monday
morning. There were as many as adozen
traders in with more than a half
dozen plugs each, and it is not possi
ble to make a satisfactory estimate oi<
the number who brought -two or three.
The trading commenced early and It
continued brisk throughout the day up
to 9 or 10 o'clock at night, under the
electric lights. ' "
That the dispensary and hip-pocket
dealers did a good business goes without
saying. There was lots of liquor
afloat in the crowds in the back lots;
but because of the vigilance of the po-,
lice, good order was maintained, especially
until late in the afternoon. During
the day the police made a half dozen
arrests on account of disorderly
conduct; but upon the whole the crowd
behaved itself very nicely, and the day
was no doubt one of general pleasur^.
and profit.
Binder the southern cross.
| There -was a downpour of rain last
Friday night and the weather was
disagreeable otherwise; but nevertheless
the ladies of the Winnie Davis
Chapter U. D. C., having in charge the
presentation of the Southern Cross
drama, decided that the entertainment
be given in accordance with public
announcement, and in spite of the
weather.
"Under the Southern Cross" Is a very
pretty love story of war times. The
scene is laid principally in North Carolina.
The Warringtons, who are the
leading characters, are loyal southerners;
but they had neighbors, who were
moved from considerations of envy
jealousy, and hate to give a lot of trouble
and annoyance, and the story of
the play is woven out of contending
interests of love, duty and patriotism.
The cast of characters included
soldiers, citizens, spies, slaves, etc., and
was made up as follows:
General Dering, Mr. Brooks Inman;
Gordon Beverly, chief of staff, Mr.
John R. Hart; Jack Warrington, commanding
cavalry legion called Warrington's
Light Horse, Mr. Paul McNeel;
Lieut. Forrest, aide-de-camp to
Gen. Dering, Mr. H. A. C. Walker;
Capt. Porter, U. S. A., Mr. Frank Dobson;
Mrs. Warrington, mother of Jack,
Mrs. R. T. Stephenson;. Marion Warrington,
Miss Marie Carrojl; Kate Conyers,
her niece. Miss Mary Hunter;
Ned, a young Negro of the ante-bellum
type, Mr. W. P. Harrison; Mauma Elsie,
a faithful family servant, Miss
Hulda McNeel; Scout, Mr. Quinn Wallace;
Sergeah't, Mr. H. Clarence Glenn;
Surgeon, Dr. W. L. McCarty; First Soldier,
Mr. Bert Smith; Second Soldier,
Capt. John R. Ashe; George Stone, a
neighbor of the Warringtons, Mr. IIlion
Johnson.
The proper production of this play Is
generally recognized as rather beyond
the capacity of the average amateur
organization. The young ladies and
iranflamon nartlplnatlnfl' WPrp aware Of
this fact and they took care to provide
for it with unusually careful and pains,
taking advance practice. They had
quite a large audience, and the general
verdict was that the play, as presented,
was a complete success. The gross
proceeds amounted to about *<>0, all
of which over and above expenses will
go to the York County Confederate
Monument fund.
WRECKED BY A STORM.
As the result of a storm which
swept over Gastonla last Saturday
morning, a large section of the wall of
the Avon Cotton mill was blown down
and a number of operatives were injured.
Two of the injured, girls 12 and
15 years of age, were dangerously hurt
and may not recover. The mill was
damaged to the extent of about $5,000.
Other less serious-damages also result-?
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lotte Observer tells the story as follows:
The storm, In Its greatest force,
struck the Avon Cotton mill. In the
eastern part of the town. The operatives,
whose ears were filled by the
din of spindles and thunder of looms,
were unaware of the storm that raged
without until it crushed the southern
wall of the eastern half of the mill
and lifted one side of the roof and
folded it over on the other half. The
destruction came In a moment. One
hundred and fifty feet of the wall enclosing
the second story collapsed without
warning and fell Inward upon the
operatives and machinery, as the roof
with its enormous rafters and beams,
shafts, countershafts, belts and pulleys
went flying off like so much paper.
The water connections with the tank
in. the tower were torn and twisted
like green withes and torrents of water
pouring in from above were added to
the confusion of the awful wreck, th?
darkness and the roaring storm.
Only four or five operatives were
hurt. Of these two little girls are dangerously
injured and may not recover.
One is Sadie, the 12-year-old daughter
of Jeff Beatty, and the other is Bessie,
the 15-year-old daughter of John Lay.
The little Beatty girl worked on the
shift and had just come in to clean up
her sninnimr frames. She was found
crushed against the frame by the fallen
wall. Her hair was twisted on the
spools and blood was flowing in Jets
from her nose, mouth and gashes on
her head. Miss - Lay's jaw and one
hand were broken and the back of her
head was crushed. A little girl named
Smith and other operatives were hurt,
but none so seriously as the two named,
whose chances for life are painfully
slender. The reason more were not
caught in that fatal wall alley is that
the mill was short of night hands.
The. damage to the mill by wreck,
wind and water is about $5,000 and it
will likely be six weeks before it is running
to its full capacity. The workmen
are removing the debris and the contractors
expect to put in time day and
night and Sunday until the exposed
machinery is protected against harm
from the weather. Messrs. Gray and
Love, the chief owners, regard their
loss but lightly and with characteristically
humane feeling are mostly concerned
for those who were injured in
the wreck.
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ABOUT PEOPLE.
Dr. C. F. Williams is spending a few
days in Rock Hill.
Superintendent James, of the Tavora
mill, spent Sunday in Charlotte.
f Dr. W. M. Kennedy has decided to
locate In Chester and will soon open his
office there.
Mr. J. Lon Thomasson, of Gastonia,
is visiting' relatives and friends in
Yorkville.
' Mrs. Robert T. Allison and Miss Josie
Carroll, left yesterday for a visit to
friends in Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. J. J. Keller, left last Saturday
on an extended visit to friends and relatives
at Durham, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss will return
home this week, after spending
the past month in Florida.
< Mr. Jas. E. Lindsay, of Gastonia, has
J been down this week on a visit to
friends and relatives near Yorkvllle.
Mr. E. P. Moore, of Chester came to
Yorkvllle last week on account of the
Illness of his son, Mr. B. N. Moore.
' Cadet Paul N. Moore, of Bingham Institute,
Asheville, was called home last
week on account of the illness of his
father, Mr. B. N. Moore, who Is now
much better.
(' 'Squire W. S. and Mr. J. S. Plaxlco,
of Bullock's Creek township, were In
Yorkvllle on business last Monday.
4 Mr. E. B. Lowry, of Charlotte, spent
Sunday with relatives In Yorkvllle.
5 Mr. W. J. Anderson, of Enquirer,
stopped over In Yorkvllle Monday on
his way to Blalrsvllle, where he will
probably purchase a farm If he can
find one to suit him. Mr. Anderson recently
sold his farm on the river to the
Catawba Power company.
' Mr. G. W. Foster, of McConnellsvllle,
was in Yorkvllle last Monday for the
first time for more than a month. He
cut himself badly with an axe some
weeks ago and came near bleeding to
death before tbe arrival of the doctor.
Since then he has been confined to his
bed with the mumps.
5 Mr. Robert L. Pursley, of Sharon, has
been appointed United States deputy
marshal to look after the distillers in
the western part of York county and
the eastern part of Cherokee. Mr. Pursley
has had some experience along
'this line and is about as good a man
as could have been selected for the
place.
Mrs. J. S. Piersall, of New York, Is
spending a while in Yorkvilie, the guest
of Mrs. W. Adickes. She came south
on the recommendation of her physician,
and at first went to Tryon, N. C.,
but found the climate there rather too
severe for comfort. She has been in
Yorkvilie for about two weeks and
feels very much benefitted by the
change, as well as considerably Interested
in her surroundings.
Mr. W. H. Stewart, of Rock Hill,
cotton crop enumerator for this county,
was in Yorkvilie Monday. He said
that his report of the output of the gins
during February would be ready to
send in to the department on March
7; but he was unwilling to give any
specific Information for the reason
that he is forbidden by the census department
to do so. He said, however,
that there are more than a hundred
cotton gins in the county and later on I
he will probably publish a list of them.'i
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following transfer of real estate
in the various townships of York county
were recorded in the office of the
county auditor during the month of
February.
BETHEL.
John h. Moore to D. J. Moore. 42
acres; consideration $420.
David J. Moore to Jno. L. Moore and
others. 122 acres; consideration $1,225.
J. L. Johnson to D. J. Moore. 83
acres; consideration $75.
; S. Catherine and Q. J. Hoke to J. Mil
ton and Jas. R. Stewart. 51 acres; consideration
$550.
BETHESDA.
W. B. Wylie, C. C. C. Pis. to Annie
H. Dargan. 250 acres; consideration
$3,700.
Samuel Huey to Maggie Huey, et al.
290 acres. . Consideration $400. (Quit
claim).
J. M. Byers to W. B. Byers. 207 and.
9 acres; consideration $2,000.
D. L. Black to Jno. R. Logan. 13$
acres; consideration $395.50.
Mary Jane Boggs to Julia M. N. Neely.
50 acres; consideration love and affection.
Amanda Adkins to R. H. Neely. 9j
acres; consideration $63.13.
S. M. Jones & Co. .to Ed Miller. 25
acres; consideration $375.
Margaret Steele to Henry Allen. 111$
acres; consideration $1,000.
Harriet J. Bratton to Ella Wilson.
55 acres; consideration $1. (Quit claim).
Jno. R. Logan, S. Y. C. to R. T.
Fewell. 170 acres; consideration $246.
BROAD RIVER.
Mary Martin to D. C. Behela. * 12'
acres; consideration $55.
M. E. Howell and J. J. Foster to W.
L. Hill. 60 to 65 acres; consideration
$200.
W. B. Wylie, C. C. C. Pis. to Jno. E.
Neelands. 75 acres; consideration $225.
W. B. Wylie, C. C. C. Pis. to J. F.
Wallace. 75 acres; consideration $210. .
BULLOCK'S CREEK.
Mary E. Shannon to H. W. Shannon.
127 acres; consideration nominal.
H. W. Shannon to J. A. Shannon. 192
acres; consideration $800.
CATAWBA.
J. L. McCorrie to Sallie J. Allison.
105& acres; consideration $10.
Martha M. Rawls and Elizabeth E.
Heffly to R. L. Fergruson. 25 acres;
consideration $1.
Martha M. Rawls and Fergruson to
E. A. Heffley. 73 acres; consideration
$1.
S. N. Barber to J. E. Roddey. 1 lot;
consideration $58.52.
Samuel Freidheim to E. L. Barnes.
2 lots; consideration $1,630.50.
J. B. Johnson to Mary Jones. 1 house
and lot; consideration $425.
W. B. Fewell to C. E. and W. H.
Barber. 94 acres; consideration $515.74.
W. B. Fewell to Francis Hull. 107
acres; consideration $660.25.
EBENEZER.
W. B. Wylle, C. C. C. Pis. to W. B.
Wilson, 424 acres; consideration $2,323.05.
J. Q. Howe to S. M. Jones. 2J acres;
consideration $50.
W. B. Wylie, C. C. C. Pis. to SmithFewell
Co. 400 acres; consideration
$1,850.
J. C. Wllborn to Sarah J. Williams.
232 acres; consideration $3,600.
a a nw.eii to Sfllllo R. Fewell. 53
acres: consideration 1375.
' FORT MILL.
Elian R. and A. M. Savllle to L. B.
Glover. 89J acres; consideration $650.
KINO'S MOUNTAIN.
J. M. Peeler to H. L. White. 55
acres; consideration $350.
YORK.
G. H. O'Leary to Jno. P. and W. S.
Gordon. 50 acres; consideration $600.
J. M. Starr to Marie Carroll. 1 lot;
consideration $50.
J. R. Lindsay to Loan and Savings
Bank. 321 acres; consideration $5,124.
Emmie H. Beard to Marie Carroll. 1
house and lot; consideration $450.
THE LENTEN SEASON.
Last Wednesday, February 25, was
Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the
Lenten season, the observance of which
was formerly confined to the Roman
Catholic, Episcopal and Lutheran
churches. Of late years the observance
of this season has extended very generally
to the religious public, and in
this connection the subject is very interestingly
discussed in a recent Issue
of the New York Sun as follows:
This extension of regard for the Len
ten fast has been coincident witn an
actual or supposed loosening: of the
hold of religious doctrines on a large
part of Protestantism, more especially.
Whether there has been a diminution in
the attendance on religious services
generally during that period of declension
we have no comparative statistics
to enable us to determine, though it
seems to have been proved that in New
York at present the great majority of
the population do not go to church on
Sunday?something like two-thirds. A
similar census in London shows that in
twelve of the boroughs, with a population
exceeding two millions, only about
one in Ave are church attendants,
counting the number at both the morning
and evening services, and only onehalf
of them at the Anglican churches.
In New York, out of a total attendance
of about four hundred and fifty thousand,
nearly three-fourths were found
in Roman Catholic churches: and of
the rest of the attendance, about 30 per i
cent, was on Episcopal and Lutheran
churches.
It appears, therefore, that of the people
of New York who pay heed to religious
observances, something like
four-fifths frequent the churches
which hold to the Lenten fast. But, as
we have already suggested, some special
regard for that season is beginning
to be paid by Protestant denominations
which used to look on it as a
dptpstnhle relic of "Ponery." For ex
ample, we find In the Christian Intelligencer,
of the Reformed church, an appeal
by the "National central committee
of the Twentieth Century Gospel
campaign," a distinctive "evangelical"
enterprise, that Ash Wednesday be observed
by the churches as a special day
of humiliation and prayer. "That the
praying may not be general and Indefinite,
the committee suggest the following
topics:
"1. For a return of absolute faith in
the Bible, as the inspired, authoritative
Word of God, and as furnishing the
churches their only credentials and
message: and for an immediate revival
of. earnest and systematic study of that
word in order to learn what God would
have us to do in the present conditions.
"2. For a quickened sense of the sinfulness
of sin and of man's lost and
hopeless condition as a sinner in time
and eternity.
"3. For a new vision of the greatness,
sufficiency and efficacy of the atonement
of Jesus Christ wrought on the
cross, and to be universally proclaimed
as tffe only hope for lost man.
"4. For an overwhelming sense of the
obligations and responsibility, on the
part of every professed follower of
Christ, for witnessing to the lost soul
nearest him?and to all lost souls he
can reach?of the dying love and saving
power of Christ, and urging the Immediate
acceptance of salvation by His
blood.
"5. For an immediate entrance of all
Christians upon a campaign of personal
u/nrlr In applrlnc and winnlne- lost
souls, 'beginning at Jerusalem'?at home
?and reaching out to the 'outermost
parts of the earth.'
"6. For a mighty outpouring of, and
endowment with, the Holy Spirit, that
the church throughout the entire nation
may, by His enlightening influence,
be brought to understand these
life and death truths and be guided in
meeting these awful and inescapable
responsibilities."
This Lenten season is to be used, accordingly,
as a time peculiary fitting for
stirring up a great religious revival,
and Protestants will Join with Catholics
in exhorting the people during its
continuance to turn from material ambitions
and earthly aspirations to fix
their thoughts on eternal spiritual verities.
Meantime, fashion will abstain from
its more elaborate social functions, under
the pressure of social convention,
if not of religious obligation; the
churches will be filled with worshippers
at daily services, and religion will demonstrate
imposingly its continued power
over the minds of men even at a
time when it is said to be losing its
hold op Christendom.
FAUTS AHU rAnwus<
As illustrative of the financial condition
of the county Just at this time, a
stock dealer said Monday that during
the past sixty days he has sold nearly
fifty head of mules at from $125 to $200
each, and that he had taken only two
chattel mortgages. The other trades
were on a strictly cash basis. He said
that he had been in the mule business for
years and has never seen the like
before.
Although it is not practicable to
give exact figures at this time, it Is a
fact that quite a number of pretty
large taxpayers waited until last Saturday
before taking off their receipts.
This means that they .esteemed two
months of time as of more account than
the 2 per cent, penalty; but were not
Willing to incur the additional 7 per
cent imposed between March 1 and
March 15. The collections without penalty
under the new system are about
t^e same as under the old system. ' /.
There is talk of the organisation
in Rock Hill of another National bank
with a capital of $100,000; but as to
whether there is any real good foundation
for the talk, has not yet fully
developed. Although there is no good
ground for complaint against the
methods or accommodations offered bythe
banks of this section, there is awidesDread
belief on the part of many
good business men, that an increase of
banking capital is very necessary to
healthy progress of our rapidity devel-1
oping business and industrial Interests.
A certain rural dellveryman who
carries the mail out from a railroad
point not far from Yorkvllle, is pretty
good at a horse trade, judging from a
transaction of Monday. While in the
business office of The Enquirer settling
for some of the names on his
club, he remarked: "I would not have
been here today except that I got bit
in a horse trade last salesday and I
wanted to get even." "And you got a
second dose worse than the first?" bantered
the reporter. "Not much I did
not," replied the dellveryman. "I got
$50 dollars to boot, and I'll bet the fellow
I traded with don't get home on
the horse I gave him." "Wellr maybe '
you won't get home on yours either,"
suggested the reporter. "I rather guess
I will," replied the dellveryman, as he
slowly closed his left eye. "It is the
very same horse I got swindled out of
last salesday." ; ..
Speaking of the Foster killing in
Spartanburg a day or two ago, a gentleman
who has had considerable experience
as a school teacher said to the y
reporter: "If I had been In charge of .
that school, it occurs to me that so
soon as I saw evidences of intended insubordination
in those larger boys, and*
being unable to handle them otherwise,
I would have expelled them from, the.
scnooi ana reiusea 10 recognize uiem
again." of course, this disposition of
the case would have been far better
than a killing, but it does not seem to
get at the" root of the matter. The object
of education is not only to substitute
knowledge for ignorance; but
to discipline stubborn children who have
been spoiled In the raising, and make
them do as they should do rather than
as they would like to do. It is not rash
to assume that everybody, even chil- dren
want to do what is for their best
interest; but it Is often the case
that children, larger boys and even
young men are lacking in the judgement
and discrimination necessary to* ?
proper conduct. Teachers must use the
influence necessary to make children do
as they should. It hardly looks right
to deprive a child of the advantages of
an education merely because he is disposed
to be refractory?certainly not
until every reasonable effort at correction
has been exhausted. If a boy
were capable of realizing the consequences
of his acts, or the full significance
of the punishment, It would bs
different. Expulsion would be about
the easiest way of getting rid of them
that could be devised.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Buy Dsy In Rock HilL
Supervisor Boyd came over to yotkviJle
last Monday evening from Rock
Hill, where he had spent the greater
part of the day. He says he does not
remember to have ever seen a larger
crowd in town. All of the supply dealers
were busy, and business generally
was brisk.
Clover No. 2.
The record of Clover Rural Free Delivery
No. 2, F. E. Clinton, carrier, during
FebiHiary is as follows: Delivered
two registered letters, 413 first-class letters,
60 postal cards, 1,693 newspapers,
153 circulars, 70 packages. Collected
one registered letter, 20 money orders,
399 first-class letters, 29 postal cards, 15
packages. The total number of pieces
of mail collected was 443 and the total
number delivered was 2,389.
Plenty of Moonshiners.
A citizen of the King's Creek neighborhood
who was in Yorkvllle one day
last week on business, stated that
moonshinlng is more common in his
neighborhood now than he has ever
known before. He told of finding a
spot on his own plantation where a
still had evidently been operated for
weeks without his knowledge. He
says it is common to see people passing
to and from moonshine stills witn jugs of
new liquor; but it is rarely the case
that one of these will ever tell where
the moonshiners are located. Although
the moonshiners are quite numerous,
they are not disposed to stay long in
one place.
Death of Mrs. Mary M. Heath. \ .
Charlotte Observer, Sunday: Affier
a brief illness, Mrs. Mary Morrow
Heath, mother of Messrs. B. D. and O.
P. Heath, of this city, died yesterday
morning at 3 o'clock at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Amanda Belk, at
Fort Mill. Mrs. Heath was 94 years old
on February 19th. She is survived by
six sons and one daughter: Messrs. B.
D. and O. P. Heath, of Charlotte; J. P.
Heath, of Georgia; A. W. Heath, of
Waxhaw, N. C.; M. C. Heath, of Kentucky;;
E. J. Heath, of Matthews, and
Mrs. Belk, of Fort Mill. Messrs. B. D.
and O. P. Heath and members of their
families and other relatives of Mrs.
Heath, left last night for Fort Mill to
attend the funeral services, which will
take place at Six Mile church, near
Fort Mill, this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Many Charlotte people knew and ad-l-A'l
UU JnAxr
IIIIICU 11119 vcneiauic VllllDllail lauj,
whose life unto the last was so full of
energy, sunshine and good works.
ColllMlon Near Newton.
Newton, N. C., special to Charlotte
Observer: A wreck occurred on the
railroad between Newton and Hickory
Saturday afternoon. Between these
points the C. & N.-W runs over the
Southern's track. The work train of
the former going south became disabled,
and before a flagman got back a
proper distance a Southern freight train
came along and being unable to stop
ran into the rear end of the work train. .
The engineer and fireman on the
freight jumped. No one was hurt. The
smokestack and other fixtures -on top
of the Southern engine were battered up
a little, while three of the Carolina and
North-Western cars were demolished.
Some of the hands on the work train
tanked up before leaving Hickory, and
after the accident got into a dispute
about the wreck, which ended in a
fight. One of the participants after examination
was bound over to the superior
court, while the other left before
the arrival of the officer.