J&rrajjs aud Jartis.
? A week or two ago Henry Wafterson
"came out strong" in the Louisville
Courier-Journal for Joseph W.
Folk as an available candidate for
president on the Democratic ticket, and
some of the newspapers have been
seriously considering the nomination.
Mr. Folk has made a remarkable record
in the prosecution of the St. Louis
boodlers, but we doubt that this
achievement would justify his selection
as the Democratic standard-bear
er In the next presidential contest, it
would be far more to the purpose If
Mr. Watterson should nominate Mr.
Cleveland, with the understanding
that he would put Folk at the head
of the department of justice in case of
his election. If that should be done,
Mr. Folk would find a great* opportunity
for the exercise of his undoubted
talent as a prosecuting attorney. All
the boodlers in Washington would go
to jail if Cleveland were president and
Folk his attorney general.
? Secretary Hester's statement of the
world's visible supply of cotton, issued
last Friday, shows: The total visible,
2,295,432 bales, against 2,374,599 bales
last week, 2,514,259 bales last year.
Of this the total of American cotton Is
1,192,432 bales, against 1,270,599 bales
last weeK, ana i,ooi.io? uaics nu<. j,
and of all other kinds, including Egypt,
Brazil, India, etc., 1,103,000 bales,
against 1,104,000 bales last week, and
857,000 bales last year. Total world's
visible supply of cotton shows a decrease
compared with last week of 79,157
bales, and a decrease, compared
with last year, of 218,827 bales. Of
the world's visible supply of cotton
there is now afloat and held in Great
Britain and Continental Europe 1,282,000
bales, against 1,506,000 bales last
year; in Egypt, 34,000 bales, against
78,000 bales; in India, 677,000 bales,
against 472,000 bales last year, and in
the United States, 302,000 bales,
against 458,000 bales last year!
? The Brown cotton concern is
bringing a great deal of queer cotton
to New Orleans, says a dispatch of
June 27, from that city. Cotton has
become so valuable that the owners
of gins are scraping me uwib mm
have made up several bales of waste
cotton. Perhaps the most extraordinary
bale, however, is one that arrived
here today from Georgia. It is of the
crop of 1872, and is consequently 31
years old. Its owner held out for 16
cents that year, but when the market
broke and cotton went down, he swore
he would never sell It for less than 16
cents. When cotton went up to 14
cents in New Orleans he shipped it
here, to be ready for the 16 cents he
pledged himself to, with orders to his
agent to sell whenever that figure was
reached. The cotton has been stored
in a room for thirty-one years and is
thoroughly dried out, having lost fifty
pounds in the process of drying. Experts
declare the staple to be as good
as ever.
? Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch of June
27: Harvey Logan, the alleged Montana
train robber, under sentence of
twenty years, escaped from the Knox
county Jail this afternoon at 5 o'clock.
While his guara s oacK was lumcu,
Logan threw a wire over his head and
lassoed him, tieing him tight to the
bars of his cage. Having one entire
floor of the jail to himself, Logan
next secured two pistols placed In the
corridor of the jail for use by officers
if needed. When Jailor Bell appeared
in answer to a call from Logan the
prisoner passed out a bottle, saying
he wanted some medicine. As the
jailer put out his hand Logan covered
him with a pistol, forced him to unlock
the door and take him to the
basement of the Jail. He then forced
Bell to take him to the sheriffs stable
and saddle the sheriffs horse. This
done. Logan mounted and rode away
in the direction of the mountains. A
posse started in pursuit of the desperado
within one hour. Sheriff J. W.
o rnu'Or/1 t\f JKfiO
r UA ll/lilgiu Vlltltu U T"""
for the capture of Logan, dead or
alive.
? New Orleans dispatch of June 26:
The movement started in several parts
of the south to get rid of the disorderly
Negro element responsible for
most of the recent crimes in this section
is gaining strength, and it is likely
to become general instead of spasmodic,
as formerly, and unload a large
number of Negro gamblers, confidence
men and other criminals on the north.
The towns In southern Mississippi
are following the example of Ellisville
and Laurel in this matter, and
ordering out all Negro criminals,
tramps and dangerous characters.
Cooper, in Delta county, has started
the movement in Texas. The Negro
loafers, Negro sneak thieves and pet
ty criminals of that town have been
taken out by the regulars, whipped
and ordered to leave town. Taking advantage
of the excitement caused by
the whipping, the houses of some of
the better class Negroes were placarded
with notices to leave. They
complained to the authorities, and at a
Joint meeting held at the court house
the whites pledged their support to all
orderly Negroes, the Negroes on their
part promising to do all in their power
to keep down the lawless element and
to report all violators of law among
the Negroes to the authorities. An
investigation disclosed the fact that
the warnings on the houses of the Negroes
were placed there by mischievous
boys.
? The Rev. Montrose W. Thornton,
colored pastor of First A. M. E. church
of Wilmington, Del., preached a sensational
sermon to his congregation
last Sunday night. The church was
crowded in the expectation that the
Rev. Mr. Thornton would have something
to say of the events of the past
week. He said in part: "The white
man in face of his boasted civilization
stands hefnrp mv ovps tru-iip-ht
the demon of the world's races, a monster
incarnate; and in so far as the Negro
race is concerned seems to give
no quarter. The white man is a
heathen, a fiend, a monstrosity before
God and is equal to any act in the
category of crime. I would sooner
trust myself in a den of hyenas as in
his arms. With a court of law and
officers of the law in his hands the
despised Negro can expect no mercy,
justice or protection. The Negro is
unsafe anywhere in this country. He
is the open prey at all times of barbarians
who know' no restraint and
will not be restrained. There, is but
one part left for the persecuted Negro
when charged with crime and when
innocent. Be a law unto yourself.
You are taught by this lesson of outrage
to save yourself from torture
at the hands of the blood-seeking public.
Save your race from insult and
shame. Be your own sheriff, court
and Jury, as was the outlaw Tracy.
Die in your tracks, perhaps drinking
the blood of your pursuers. Booker
T Washington's charitv. humanity.
advice of forgiveness, love, industry
and so on will never be reciprocated
by white men."
l|orkvitk (fnquirrr.
VAllgWIITT B n
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1,1903.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans is
confident that trouble will develop in
China again soon and he wants the
force of marines that is now stationed
in the Philippines largely increased for
the emergency. The authorities at
Washington are so much impressed
with the views of Admiral Evans that
they are arranging to send 500 additional
men to the Philippines.
The New York Evening Sun said
that Mr. O. W. Buchanan had a revolver
in each hip pocket during the
hearing of the motion for a change of
venue In the case of Mr. J. H. Tillman
in Columbia last week. If this be tru?,
it is to be taken as a circumstance
showing that there is very little Justice
to be had in Richlqnd county. Otherwise,
Mr. Buchanan would have been:
prosecuted for carrying concealed wea
pons.
It is a pity for some of the parties
interested that Mr. Ossy Buchanan
could not be judge instead of attorney
in the case of the State vs. J. H.
Tillman. The supreme court once
said of one of Ossy's rulings, "How
the court below could so And without
one particle of evidence to sustain
that finding is beyond our comprehension."
With a recommendation like
this, Ossy would suit the occasion
splendidly. In his own immortal
words, slightly paraphrased, "By grabs,
I'd make the most of it."
Twenty-seven feet an hour before
high water with .four feet to spare
was the record made by the ship Rancagua
yesterday. It is a record that
ought to mean, great fleets of deep seagoing
ships for the port of Charleston
in tha near future.?News and
Courier, Saturday.
We congratulate Charleston on the
depth of the water over her bar; but if
the News and Courier will pardon us
we will ask what are these great fleets
to bring and what are they to carry
away? If they can be loaded either
coming or going, they will certainly
be on hand.
The Columbia State was provoked
one day last week to about the first
utterance that it had made with refence
to the trial of J. H. Tillman since
the murder of Mr. Gonzales. What
the State said was perfectly proper
and to the point; but our contempora- |
ry should not lose sight of the fact
that much of the buncombe that has ]
been indulged in hy the defense was 1
for the purpose of making the State .
break its silence, and it should be exfromaltr
nornfnl Q a tr\ hrtW If nlfiVQ ln_
to the hands of the enemy. Of course, '
nothing that the State can say will af- ]
feet the main issue, the guilt or innocence
of Tillman; but it can easily j
say enough to enable the attorneys ;
for the defense to secure an adjudi- i
cation of the case on trivial and ir- 1
relevant grounds.
According" to' a newspaper report
three young students of Converse college
have filed suits against the Southern
railroad because of their being 1
left over at Spartanburg recently. ,
They allege that the train did not stop ;
long enough at the station to give
them an opportunity to board it. The
railroad company answers that the
young ladies had plenty of time In
i/N iU/N 4.^1. U..4
?uitu iu uuaiu uic irttui uut nicy
wasted that time In hugging and kiss- '
ing good-by's. The young ladies want
damages in the aggregate sum of
$1,999, and it is presumed that they
will get what they are asking for. The
railroad, however, can very well afford
to pay the sum and congratulate
itself on not having laid itself liable
to being mulcted in much larger
amount by through passengers who
would have probably claimed damages
for delay had the train waited until
the girls had gotten through with
their kissing.
Those are grave charges that have
been made against Senator A. C. Latimer
with reference to his implication
in a conspiracy intended to drive First
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne
from office by means of false accusations,
manufactured out of the whole
cloth. The charges are rather more
than semi-official too, and there has
been no denial. The people of South
Carolina are entitled to a full investigation
of the matter: but as to wheth
er they will ever get it is extremely
doubtful for the reason that the offense
is purely moral and the courts
take cognizance of such matters only
in exceptional cases. But just think
of the idea of a dozen."honorable gentlemen"
deliberately arranging among
themselves to cause the downfall of
an objectionable official by means of
well-corroborated lies. We do not
want to be understood as saying that
Mr. Latimer is guilty of this for we
know nothing of the matter except
from what we have seen in the newspapers;
but the friends of First Assistant
Postmaster General Wynne make
the charge and they say they can furnish
the proofs.
The Watts law, which makes the
distilling of whisky outside of incorporated
towns in North Carolina illegal
after today, July 1, is likely to be
tested by the distillers and the test
will probably bring complications between
the state and Federal governments.
The North Carolina law Imposes
heavy penalties for violation, and
as Federal storekeepers and gaugers
are the real distillers they, of course,
will lay themselves liable under the
penalties. Many of the distillers have
already had their bonds renewed, preparatory
to continuing their business,
and of course the storekeepers and
~ 111 V? /% AM V% o M f A l-VAt?^A?i*V*
ftdUgCI S ? III UC UlI uauu IU Li/i in
their office. ; .Just what the outcome
will be, of course cannot be predicted
with any certainty; but the probability
is that by the time the issue is sifted
to the bottom, it will be found that the
state of North Carolina has not a great
deal to do with the matter; that the
Federal government will Insist upon its
privilege of running its liquor business
wherever It desires.
; The state department has received
a dispatch from Minister Beaupre at
Bogota, saying that canal discussion
had been opened in the Colombian
house by a representative opposed to
the canal treatyi who began by calling
for the documents relating to the
treaty. The government objected on
the ground that it was not ready to
present the- treaty to the house, but
would do so later. The government's
position was sustained by a vote of
38 to 5.?Washington dispatch of June
27.
This sounds very well; but we shall
be agreeably surprised if the Colombian
government finally ratifies the canal
treaty. Somehow or other, we
have never believed that the Republican
party has- been really in earnest
\Vith regard to the matter, and we
have all along entertained a suspicion
to the effect tb?*t the reason for adopting
the Panama canal route lay In the
belief that the Colombians could be depended
uj>on,. through bribery and otherwise,
to indefinitely postpone the
whole project'. '"*
In discussing the matter of the educational
qualification for voting and
the spectre that is always conjured up
of an uneducated white man and an
uneducated Negro, it has not occurred
to our contemporaries in this state to
second our motion to apply the Florence
idea ifi -the state primary. Let
us apply the educational qualification
strictly to the registration and
then limit the franchise in the Democratic
party to the registered voters
and let us do it at once. This will
have the desired effect. What white
man would be willing to confess that
he is disfranchised through illiteracy?
That his own carelessness or neglect
of -the opportunities afforded him by
his state through general taxation
had deprived him of the right to Join
in the selection of the officers of his
county and state? We want to see
the Florence idea pushed. We believe
it will do more than the Ogden movement
and all the other educational influences
combined to fill the white
school houses and raise the standard
of the schools and the pay of the
teachers and relieve the necessity Tor
a compulsory education law.?Florence
Times.
All the foregoing is sensible and important;
but it is useless to look to
the politicians to carry it into effect.
The good hard sense of the masses
will h&ve.-to take the initiative. The
longer the matter is neglected, the
greater will be the harm, and we think
something should be done at once?
In the next state Democratic convention.
NEWS FROM CHEROKEE.
Sunday School Convention?How the
Mill Men Help the Operatives?Other
Notes.
Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer.
Etta Jane, June 20.?The North
Pacolet Interdenominational SundaySchool
convention met at Corinth i
church yesterday. Although the morn
1115 " ao 51UUUI/ quiic a uuiuuci wt ptv .
pie gathered at the church by 10
o'clock, and the exercises were carried
011 with a great deal of interest mani- ,
tested In the cause. The convention
will hold its next quarterly meeting
with Mesopotamia church on the 27th 1
of September. <
Rev. W. H. White will preach at Salem
next Sabbath, July 5th. '
Quite a number of people have gone
from the Pacolet and Clifton mills to 1
Gaffney, Cherokee Falls, Union and |
King's Mountain, where thev can find ,
employment and make a living until 1
the destroyed mills have been rebuilt. 1
I have been told that the mill men '
are making all arrangements to take ,
care of the flood suffering operatives '
until they can take care of themselves.
In order to do this I understand that 1
Mr'. H. D. Wheat of Gaffney, says he
will run his mills on double time in
order to give them employment, pro- '
vided he can get the cotton to do so. 1
This is very kind in him and will be '
appreciated by the operatives and
their friends. Its seems that for the
present, house-room is an item with
them. The mills haven't the houseroom
to accommodate many more than
they have without "doubling up" and
putting two or more families in the
Bame house. I learn from a man who
works in one of the Gaffney mills that
many of the mill people there object to
this way of doing and Mr. Wheat has
announced that if they cannot help 1
him to care for their unfortunate co- '
laborers in dividing room with them
they can leave and he will look after
those who are not so independent.
That is a true spirit and we think Mr. 1
Wheat ought to be commended for it. i
It is true we wouldn't like to live as ,
neighbors to anv and all kinds of Deo
pie. But there are times and circumstances
which make all the world of i
mankind akin,' and this is one of them, i
No great uprising will be caused by ,
those people not wishing to share
their house-room with their unfortu- '
nate neighbors.
The mill men generally have shown
by their actions since the great catastrophe
that they are better men than
some people try to make them. They 1
have made it possible for all who will ,
do so to get employment, and those
who needed actual help got it. They '
have to put up with some of the con- :
trariest people in the world among the i
operatives, who do nothing but find
fault with their employers. Mr. Victor
Montgomery, of Paeolet mills, who 1
has been himself one of the greatest !
losers by the Paeolet river and Gaines- ,
ville, Ga., disasters, has done and is '
still doing all he can to help the operatives
to bridge over the chasm and '
get settled down to work. There Is a
time, says the Scriptures, when "every I
man's work shall be made manifest," i
and to the mill men this is a time to i
test them and their work, and we find
more than one of them equal to the i
emergency. i
Dr. L. R. Black of Blacksburg, is I
boarding at Mr. C. F. Inman's and I
practicing medicine in this community.
Farmers are getting on with their '
crops now very well, though they have 1
had many serious drawbacks this '
year. Cotton <s unusually small for i
the time of year and corn in many '
places is late on account of its being: 1
planted over after the high waters. <
While in Columbia during the United 1
Confederate Veterans' reunion, your i
correspondent was shown through the 1
new A. K. P. church, recently built in <
that city. The work was begun by
Rev. J. G. Dole, but finished by that
indefatigable worker, Rev. Jv P. Knox,
who was most ably assisted by his noble
wife. The church building is "a !
daisy." It is not only a monument
to its promoters but to the city of
which it forms a part it is an ornament.
Mr. and Mrs. Knox have a host of
friends among The Enquirer's read- ]
ers who will rejoice to know that they
have succeeded-in so grand a work as
to build the first A. R. P. church in
our capital city.
I
A THINKER IN CHICAGO.
What He Has to Say About Lynching '
From Another Point of View.
"I am no advocate of lynching or of
mob law, but I would rather see a
community wrought up to the highest
pitch over the cHmes that would seem
impossible this side of hell than to remain
apathetic," was the declaration 1
of the Rev. W. A. Bartlett at the First
Congregational church of Chicago last
Sunday, in a prelude on -"Lynching <
from Another Point of View." Dr.
Bartlett said among other things:
"I have seen so many sermons, editorials
and resolutions denouncing
lynching and mob law, that one would
get the impression that the citizens
who hang or burn the destroyer of life,
home and all that is held sacred by
womanhood are the real offenders,
rather than the monster whom they .
destroy.
"We seem to be so absorbed with the
majesty of this vague term 'law' that
the notion appears to prevail that the
real criminals are those who do not
wait for legal processes, and the violator
of womanhood is the abused
party. ,T
"We shudder at the torture of the (
criminal who is burned, but apparently (
forget to shudder for the innocent girl,
whose mental and spiritual agony is
ten-fold greater than that of the fire.
This is not a race problem, except so
far as one race are the offenders. The i
white man who commits' ihe same .
crime is Just as guilty.
"The Indignant uprising of q. community,
and some of the Best men in ,
it,, to avenge a wrong of such awful I
magnitude may be technically lawless,
but the spirit which causes the uprising
is the reflection of a higher civili- \
zation. There are crimes so dreadful
that the pure and chivalrous and the 1
3trong find It well-nigh impossible to
endure the thought that such a degenerate
should pollute the earth by his ]
presence. It is easy to theorize about
the anarchy of mob law, but the same j
hand which penned the ctjlm editorial
might be the first to grasp Ihe torch If '
It was a mother, wife or daughter who ,
was the victim. ?
"I say that when you look at a
lynching from another view point it is '
simply the bursting forth of an lndig
nation ana loatning mat win nui ue
checked. In the Old Testament days j
they made short work of such an offender.
"Lynching is certainly a bad method -t
and forms the habit of disorder, and
1
makes men bloodthirsty. But if it is <
to be avoided there certainly is called
for a more sure and speedy trial of
these wretches who often brazenly j
deny (jrime amid red tape tf legal processes';
but confess abjectly when con- ^
fronted with determined men. It is 1
useless to bring to trial good men who
rise up to protect their firesides. The
community will not bear it. If men
object to being burned let them cease '
from crimes which make a nation {
sick." 1
MERE-MENTION. J
One man was killed and another was
badly wounded in Breathitt county, (
Ky., last Sunday as the jresult of a
feud fight growing out of the recent
trial of Curtis Jett Colonel V. E.
McBee has resigned the h^gh position 1
he has been holding with the Seaboard 1
Air Line railroad The American (
Jews are considering the question of
changing their day of rest from Sat- ,
urday to Sunday Street cars crossed
the Kansas river between the two *
Kansas Cities last Sunday for the first
time in four weeks..,... .Between
thirty, and one hundred people were
killed in a railroad wreck in Spain last
Saturday. The train went through the
trestle over the NejerJUa river.
The officers of the German cruiser Ga- 1
zelle, who called on Crum when he
was absent from his office, declined
to call on the Negro collector at Sa- ^
vannah; Ga., at all A' Yokohama, ,
Japan, cable has It that the Russians
have actually Invaded Corea ,
The National Colored Immigration and ^
Commercial association, in session in J
Montgomery, Ala., adopted resolutions ^
A o tr 1 r* of ti-aob- oal/lnfr nAncrrOQQ fft
l/IIC uaj mow ? tciv uonuig vw
appropriate $100,000,000 to aid in securing
transportation for Negroes who
desired to go to Liberia..., King Peter,
of Servia, has issued, a proclamation
in which he grants amnesty to
all political prisoners.... .Sir Thomas
Lipton dined with the president last
Friday There are now 11,000 acres
of land in cotton in Porto Rico. Five
cotton gins were sent to the island
from the United States a few days
ago ..There has been rioting In
Wilmington, Dei., almost every night
since the recent burning of the Negro
rapist. Detachments of the state militia
are on the ground to keep down
disorder.
Gambler Hunting With Axes.?
More than 600 prisoners were taken
this afternoon in the largest and most
spectacular raid on pool rooms ever
executed in this city. One hundred
policemen, armed with axes, crowbars,
sledge hammers and ladders, and
led by Inspector Smith and the cap- {
tains of five precincts, swooped down (
simultaneously on six places In Sixth (
avenue, West Fourth street, East j
Twelfth street, East Thirteenth street t
and Mercer street. ?
"The" Allen's place at 80 Sixth avenue,
was one of those raided. Five ^
heavy doors had to be forced open (
there, and more than 200 prisoners t
were taken. The watches of the captains
had been set by the same time,
and exactly at 4 o'clock when business A
In the pool rooms was at its height, 1
the raids were started. ^
The patrolmen who took part in
them had concealed themselves in ^
buildings near the ones raided, and I
waited until the patrol wagons drove g
up. A plain clothes man was in each
wagon, and by-standers were told that
be was a prisoner. When 4 o'clock I
:-ame the police rushed from their hid- a
Ing places and attacked the doors si- c
nultaneously, using axes from the
wagons.?New York dispatch to PhilaJelphia
Ledger. 1
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
3am M. Grist, Special Agent?Says he
can and will give you the proof that
the Mutual Benefit is the best insurance
company if you will give him .
an opportunity.
Heath-Elliott Mule Go.?Has added a
lot of new rolling stock to its livery
plant. They invite you to see them
if you want a wagon or buggy. Big
shipments just received.
P. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Calls the
ladies' attention to something new
which he has in the way of hat pins
and blouse sets In sterling silver.
Poushee Cash Store?Talks about a
cinch which it offers to buyers of
towels and handkerchiefs. You are
invited to come and see the bar-:
gains.
York Drug Store?Says the 4th of July
will probably be a warm day and invites
you to. come and get cooled
off at its fountain.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Have choice
white fish and suggest that you let
them send you some and then you
will send for more.
I. Q. Wray?Wants you to know that
the claim that he sells the best qualities
of goods is unquestioned by the
people who look around and see for.
themselves, and he says that his
prices are about right, too.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Is taking stock'
this week, and promise some lively
bargain days when this work is oven
They have several thousand dollars
of seasonable goods which they propose
to turn loose at astonishing figures
for the cash.
J. M. Heath & Co.?Announce a special
stock taking sale which is to last
during the month of July, and are
offering some very attractive bargains
to people who are watchful of
bargains. They have especially 'attractive
offerings in clothing and
shoes. ?
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The following transfers of real estate
were recorded in the office of the
county auditor during the month, of
June:
BROAD RIVER. . 1
J. W. Castles to W. M. and J. D.
whitesides. Lot and building; consideration
$200.
Jonathan Buice to Calvin and Elis;a
Parker. 4J acrea; consideration $20,
BULLOCK'S CREEK. - ;
S. M. McNeel to Andy MoCluny et
il., trustees. Two acres; consideration
nominal.
CATAWBA.
J. C. Sandifer to Lucy' J. Barton.
Dne lot and building; ' consideration
(225.
Oliver Johnson to J. R. Gettys. One
lot; consideration $75.
J. R. Gettys to Oliver Johnson. 41
icres; consideration $900.
A. L. Locke to Oliver Johnson. One
lot; consideration $100.
Rock Hill Land and Town Site Co.
to Mattie E. Alexander. Lot; consideration
$150.
Susan E. Hull to J. J. Hull. Lot and
building; consideration $2,090.'
J. J. Hull tq Rock Hill Land and
rown Site Co.' Lot and buildlhg; consideration
$2,077.50. .
A. M. Black et al. to So. Ry. Co. 4
lores; consideration $2,750.
EBENEZER.
W. L. Roddey to Rufus Williams et
il.. trustees. 4J acres; consideration
(106.25.
KINO'S MOUNTAIN.
Milas Jackson to A. B. Sandsing. 9
icres; consideration $335.
Mary F. Jackson to M. L. Smith arid
W. E. Morton. 41.6-100th acres; consideration
$2,572.80.
YORK.
Hazard Powder Co. to Tavora Cotion
Mills. 1 lot; consideration $35.
John and Adeline Wheeler to C. &
S*.-W. Ry. 1 lot; consideration nomilal.
;
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Mr. W. B. Moore is arranging: to
Ight his store and opera house with
icetylene gas to be generated on the
iremises.
? After services conducted by Rev.
5V. G. Neville at the York Cotton mills
ast Sunday evening, Mr. E. H. Rooney
lelivered quite an interesting address
:o the congregation.
? Although the fact does not seem to 1
De generally appreciated, it is a fact
levertheless that the York Cotton
Tiills here is one of the most extensive
exclusively spinning plants in the
state.
? There Is one vacant scholarship for
fork county at Wlnthrop this year,
ma tne compeuuve examination iui
:he same Is to be held In the court
louse on Friday, July 10. These scholirships
are In very considerable denand
and the probability is that the
:ompetition will be strong.
? The physicians in charge of the
:ase of Eliza Neely, the woman who
vas run over by the engine of the
northbound Carolina and North-West?rn
mail train last Friday morning,
'ound it necessary to remove her foot.:
rhe operation was performed by Drs.
PV. G. White, J. D. McDowell and EVI.
Law. She is now getting along as
a ell as could be expected. The rail oad
company is doing all it can to
r.ake her as comfortable as possible.
? The York Cotton mill members of
:he United Junior Order of American
Mechanics entertained a number of
!i lends at their lodge room last Saturday
night. Ice cream and cake
>vere served, and there were short
jpeeches by Congressman Flnley, Superintendent
Grimes, F. P. McCain,
Esq., Mr. E. H. Rooney and several
>thers. The evening was spent
r.ost pleasantly. The order at the
i'ork Cotton mills Is in quite a flourishing
condition. Its aims are principally
for the mutual benefit of Its
r embers in case of sickness or other
i.lsfortune. The lodge subscribed $25
lor the benefit of the Pacolet valley
mfferers recently.
? The reporter was Informed on
Monday by a local physician that he,
:he physician, had heard that there
ivas a case of typhoid fever in one of
:he Negro houses that border the upper
end of the watershed from which
:he public water supply comes and
without taking the trouble to investijate
whether or not the story is really
:iue, It is not Improper to say that it
;ould very easily be entirely correct,
^nd whether or not the story is true,
he situation Is deserving of the most
serious consideration. Although this
\atershed is now reasonably clean, it
?ould very easily be contaminated. If
lie theory of the medical profession
vlth regard to bacteria Is correct, it
,\ould be no difficult matter for bacili
from up the branch to find their
vnv Into the reservoir at the water
vorks and from there Into the stand)ipe,
and a single bacillus In the
r.andpipe might speedily multiply itlelf
into billions. The thing has hap)ened
frequently. Only a few weeks
igo the newspapers reported the case
if a Michigan city In which thousands i
if cases of typhoid fever resulted from
i cause unknown, and after investiga 4~
'
tlorw the disease was traced to a case
that had occurred several miles away
on a little stream that emptied into
the stream from which the city gets
its water supply. The Enquirer does
not like to pose as an alarmist; but
this situation Is certainly serious. It is
important that the town of Yorkville
own and control the watershed from
which the public supply comes. Then
it will be possible to take effective
steps against contamination with typhoid
fever or other germs. As long,
however, 'as the present situation continues;
the people have to look only
to their lucky stars for the immunity
that they are now enjoying.
1
NOTE AND COMMENT. j
. The present cotton crop is at least a
month later than the latest crop on
record. Except for Its lateness, however,
the crop appears to be getting ;
along very well.
The Confederate rolls of all the
townships save three (York, Catawba
and Bethel), have been filed with the
clerk of the court. Unless these are
filed without much more delay it is
possible that they will be left off the
record.
. While there is no doubt of the fact
that the cotton crop as a whole is at
least a month later than has been
known for years, there is no cause for
uneasiness on that score. An experienced
and thoroughly reliable farmer
of the Bethel neighborhood said to the
reporter a day or two ago that last
year he had a large field of cotton
.which did not come up until after the
15th ' of June; but nevertheless he
gathered from this field an average of
- 4^ 4Ua
n utile iu uic atic.
The Tirzah people are considering
the idea of changing the character of
their annual picnic this year and making
it educational rather than political,
as heretofore. Several prominent citlr
sens of the Tirzah neighborhood have
iconferred with Superintendent of Education;
Carroll about the- matter and .
the', idea meets with general favor. In
!an informal manner, those who'.will
have the afTair in, charge, have dis- ,
cussed suggestions to invite at least
two or three speakers and to have a
special feature in the shape of popular
vocal music from an immense choir
of the best trained voices to be had.
As yet nothing has been definitely settled
with regard to any part of the
proposed arrangements; but there will
be a meeting at Tirzah within a few
Jays for the purpose of deciding first,
Whether or not the proposed picnic
shall be held, and second as to its
chbfactfer. * The annual picnics at Tirzah
have always been more or less i
successful and. if the people of the
county who are especially interested in
education take hold of it this year, j
it will no doubt be more successful i
than it has ever been.
. Although cotton is being quoted In |
this and neighboring markets at from
;1;2J cents to 13j cents, it is just as i
'well that people do not deceive themselves
on account of these prices.
While there is no doubt of the fact i
that cotton is high, compared with I
\yhat it has been for many years past, i
it, is also a fact that not a great many
mills either in this country or Europe
are really hungry for the staple. As a !
rule those mills that are short of cot- '
ton are very well content to shutdown I
rather than buy their supplies off the 1
market. This Is because the price of
raw material is far out of proportion
to the price of manufactured products, i
If- a York county farmer had 1,000 ]
bales of ordinary cotton today, he ]
would really And difficulty In getting ]
12 cents for it, and it is probably a J
fact that if a number of mills holding !
a large quantity of cotton should suddenly
offer as much at 100,000 bales <
the price would quickly drop to 10 i
Ann nf fKo nr(nf>infll Pfl llflP.Q
UCIIIO. vy I IV- VI ViiV |/?lltv*|n*a
of the high range of the artificial mar- I
ket at this time is the fact that there i
is very little cotton in the hands of ]
others than spinners and the spinners ]
are not supposed to be willing to part i
with their holdings. i
BIG FLORIDA RATTLER. (
Dr. E. M. Law, of Bartow, Fla., who '
is spending a while in Torkvllle, is
showing his friends here the tanned
skin, of a diamond back rattlesnake, a
trophy of a surveying- expedition on
the Catoosahatchee river, in southwest
Florida last year. . ..
The skin, which was taken off entire,'
is beautifully tanned, without a
break from one end to the other. From
thi tip of the nose to the end of the '
bunch of rattles on Its tall, It meas- 1
ures seven feet and eight Inches and 1
across at the widest place the meas- 1
urement is a fraction over ten Inches.
The skin was taken off by ripping the *
snake from the under side, and the J
tanning process completed, the back (
shows a row of large yellowish dla- *
mond8 running Its entire length. 1
From a few inches below the neck to 1
about the snake's middle, the diamonds ^
are perfect, at the middle there Is a <
large double diamond and from there i
to the end of the tail the single diamonds
continue. On the tail there are (
thirteen rattles. ]
Dr. Law killed the snake one even- J
ing about sundown. He left camp for ,
a drink and near the water hole he j
saw what looked like the head of a i
turkey sticking up above the low un- 1
derbrush and swaying from right to 1
left. On a second look he recognized |
the object as the head of a rattlesnake 1
and after a moment's hesitation he
went back to camp after a gun. The
rattler was in the same spot on his (
return and he shot it In the head. Be
fore skinning it, ne pui it on me scaies (
and its weight was exactly forty-five 1
pounds. '
There are thousands of rattlesnakes
in Florida, Dr. Law says, and during 1
his different surveying expeditions he 1
has learned a great deal about them. I
He says that the prevalent idea that J
a rattlesnake always gives warning (
with its rattles before striking its vie
tiin is falacious. He rattles only when <
calling his mate, or when he is angry (
or disturbed. He is not disposed.to 1
strike without provocation; but if you >
should happen to step within reach of
him, you are in danger of being bit
without the slightest warning. If he r
can do so. however, he will always ?,
move away on your approach, with- I
out rattling, striking or making his r
presence known. "But if you hear the t
indescribable whir of his rattle once," c
?ays Dr. Law. "you will never forget
t so long as you live." . .
Dr. Law says that another common
'ajacy with regard; to the rattlesnake
s the idea that he has a rattle for each
^ear of his age. There may be a new
attle every year;" but they do not
serve as an Index to the snake's age,
'or the reason that , the rattles wear
)ut and drop off. He .showed where
the sixth rattle on the snake in question
had worn nearly through, Indicating
that the big snake would have
some day lost the entire bunch beiow.
l'he snake that wore the skin Dr. Law
is exhibiting must have been at least
twenty years old "and it is quite poA
sible that he had been crawling about
Lhe Catoosahatehee swamps for a full
lialf century. ,
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. S. E. Boney is visiting In Rock
Hill.
Mr. J. M. Spann has returned to his
home in Sumter. \
Miss Mamie Lee Grist spent Sunday
with friends in Rock Hill. ? '
Prof. H. A. C. Walker is 'spending ;a
few days in Asheville, N. C. ' .v
Mr. W. M. AllisOn has returned to
his home at Henrietta, N. C." :
Misses Laura and Rosa Kee have
returned to their home in Rock H11L
Miss Rosa Lindsay has - returned
from a visit to friends in Rock Hill.
Mrs. Hanahan, of Columbia, is visiting
the family of Mr. E.B. Beard.
Mrs. W. W. Miller, of Rock Hillr is
visaing ner parents, Mr, ana mrit u
H. Williams.
Miss Georgia Charlton, of Savannah,
Ga., Is visiting the family of Mr.
Joe Witherspoon. : r
Congressman Flnley went down, to
Chester on Monday morning to attend
the sessions court
Messrs. J. A. Tate and . J. B. Ken*
nedy are attending the State Summer
school at Rock Hill;
Dr. C. F. Williams returned from
Baltimore last Saturday morning. - He ;
will remain in YorkvHle for a Jew
days. ' ; V;, :j .;.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey WitherspoOn .
went to Lowryville last Saturday - . >
evening to spend a few days with relatives.
i: *
Messrs. Tscharner DeGraffenried,
Wllden and Marshall,'played ball .^vith
Charlotte against the Citadel,, on last
Friday. .
Miss Ossie Jeffreys, of Spartanburg,
Is in Yorkvllle on a visit to relatives
and friends, the guest of her .mint,
Mrs. Janie Parish..- _ .,
Mrs. W. E. Dendy, of Pickens,, arrived
in . Yorkvllle on Saturday on a .....
visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs, W- . ,
C. Latimer.
Rev., Lacey L. Little;, -J?8*de $n adJress
before the Presbyterian Sunday
school last Sunday afternoon on bis.
rnlaolnnurv urnrlr In Phlna
Colonel W. H. McCorkle expects to
leave for Cleveland Springs nejft Sat?
urday morning and he will remain ^
there about 10 days or two weeks. .
Mr. R C. Allein, cashier of the First
National. Bank of Yorkville, has arrived
with his family. Mr. E. O. Wll- ,
kins is expected to arrjve with his
wife and daughter this week.
Mr.- F. H. Dover of Grover, was In ' " *|v"
yorkvllle yesterday on business. He
3ald that the annual picnic at Antioch
would be held this year on July 18, and
the people up that way are looking
forward to a big time of It.
Among those whe went over to RockHill
last Friday, for the ball game
and dance, were Misses Birdie Bird,
Mary Ashe and Mattie Thomas, and
Messrs. J. B. Bowen, Geo. Heath, Paul
McNeil, Latta Parish, John and Jeffreys
Ashe, Keen Dobson and Harry
Spann. All report an enjoyable time.
Rev. and Mrs. Lacy Little, who recently
returned from Klangiitg, China;
ire in'Yorkville the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Herndon. They have been
In China for some years as missionaries.
Mr. Little was formerly of Little
Mills, Richland county, N. C., and Mrs.
Little, nee Miss Ella' Davidson, is a
native of this county and well-known
md highly esteemed all through this
part of the state^ They have returned
to America more especially on account
)f Mr. Little's health, which has been
failing for some months past, and Will
remain" in America until ' he gets
stronger.4' ^ ..
Mr. E. B. Beard, who lias been' Suf- :
fering for sometime past with h dlsor- < *
ier suggestive of appendicitis, but
ibout the exact nature of which* thelocal
physicians were unable to agree,
eft last Saturday for Baltimore to secure
the advice of experts. Mrs. Beard
received a telegram on Monday an
flouncing that an operation would be
necessary, and she left for Baltimore
yesterday morning. Mr. H. H. Beard
ilso left for Baltimore later in the day.
Mr. Beard's many friends are very uneasy
as to his condition, and because
pf the probable nature of the case are
iwattlng further news with much apprehension.
Sally special of June 27 to Columbia
State: On Wednesday last, Mr. J.
r. Sawyer and Miss Eula Dobson were
married at the home of the . bride, )n
iforkvllle. The happy couple returri?d
to Sally on the 2.50 train Thursday.
A. reception was given at the home of
Mr. A. L. Sawyer, father of the groom,
that evening. The bride is one of
Forkville's charming young ladies.
She taught in the high school . here
last session, and had been re-elected
for the next scholastic year. Mr.
Sawyer is one of Sally's young business
men, and is to be congratulated
an winning such a charming young'
lady for a helpmate. They have the
best wishes of their many friends.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send the Enquirer 4
From now until January 1, 1904, for
11.00.
3ack From Mississippi.
Jim Coot and wife, two Negroes who
vent to Mississippi last fall with the
aarty that left here at that time, are
>ack in Yorkville. They remained in
Mississippi but a short time, starting .
>ut for home so soon as they learned
hat there was little else for them to
lo besides cotton picking.' They walked
the greater part of the way back' to
^nrlfvlllo " .....
Occident at Catawba Dam.
Rock Hill Journal, Tuesday: Friday
vening a very serious accident occtjr'ed
at the dam of the Catawba Poirtriv
.'ompany's plant. Isaiah Gadsenr "a
fegro man, was switching for tbft'
light force who were engaged In filling
he coffer dam. Standing on the front
if the car, he lost his balance and