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Scraps and .facts. ? While King Edward and Queen Alexandra were being entertained by the citizens of Dublin, Ireland, last Wednesday, Maud Gonne, the "Irish Joan of Arc," wife of Major McBrlde, the Irishman who served with the Boers in South Africa, hung out block bunting at her home as a sign of mourning for the pope. The police tore the bunting down, but more was hung out, and again the police tore this down. Mrs. McBrlde then armed - i .?-? ...t? k nerseir ana several ui ner inenua mui pokers and boiling water and hoisted another black flag which remained cn the house. ? The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions, issued last Tuesday, are as follows in so far as the same relates to cotton: Further Improvement In the condition of cotton is general throughout the cotton belt although it Is grassy over a large part of the eastern districts. Cool nights were somewhat detrimental In the Carolinas and need of rain is beginning to be felt in Oklahoma. While rapid growth is reported from nearly all districts and the crop continues late, it is well cultivated In the central and western districts. Boll weevil are reported as doing very little damage in Texas. ? Capt. B. J. Ewen, the. principal witness in the Hargl8-Marcum feud case, rode from Lexington, Ky., to Jackson last Monday in a large express chest, and in an express car. He took this novel method of traveling as a precaution. Ewen was a witness in the case of Curtis Jett, charged with the assassination of Marcum. The friends of Judge Hargis tried to bribe him and he gave them away. In revenge they burned hip hotel, and openly threatened his death. He left Jackson and went to Lexington. It was understood that his enemies would undertake to kill him on his return to testify before the grand jury against the bribers and Incendiaries, and although it had been arranged that he make the trip under military' escort, he chose to go it alone in an express chest. It is pretty cer tain that his enemies were on me lookout for him; but he had actually given his testimony before the grand Jury at Lexington before his presence was generally . known in the town. Two men named Joe Crawford and Ed Sharp are being tried for the burning and the Hargis faction is backing them up the same as they backed up Curtis Jett. ? Bar Harbor, Me., dispatch of July 20: The race feeling which exists in the navy against the colored men has been cropping out here since the fleet of seven United States warships arrived. The white sailors have been making it hot for the colored men, so that the Negroes have kept aboard most of the time, rather than risk abuse on the streets. On last saiuraay mgni. u number of them came ashore. At about midnight a number of jackies got into the tent which the naval branch of the young Men's Christian association has erected on the towri lot and drove out the Negroes who had come there for a night's lodging. Two colored men were knocked down on Main street by a crowd of jackies, and after getting a few kicks and punches, scrambled to their feet and ran. One colored man was thrown over a fence into the street. He then made his escape. Another found his way to the police station, where he was locked up to keep him away from the angry sailors who had been chasing him. Still another rushed Into a drug store, where he was put into the cellar to avoid the mob, and remained there for some time, after which he was smugft' o Konlr Hnnr fiinrA Rntlir day night no colored men have come ashore from the ships after dark. ? General Casslus M. Clay, known as the "Lion of White Hall," died at his home In Lexington, Ky.t last Wednesday, aged 93 years. This remarkable old man belonged in a class to himself. In the stormy days that developed the great civil war he distinguished himself as a man of iron and blood, and that reputation clung to him to the day of his death. He was once minister to Russia and in the Metropolitan museum in New York there is a painting of the Russian court of that time. The scene is one of unusual brilliancy, and portrays the czar in his imperial robes, with feathers flying from his headgear, while around him are stationed all foreign ambassadors attendant upon his court. In the picture, Clay and the czar are the only two standing with their heads covered, v It is said that Clay was requested to remove his hat in deference to being in the presence of the czar, but this Clay refused to do saying: "I only take off my hat to those who take off their hats to me." Had the Czar uncovered his head, it is to be presumed that Clay would have followed suit, but so long as the Russian monarch kept his head covered before Clay the latter would not uncover before him. For many years past the old man has been in retirement, but has never been tamed, He always stood ready to shoot or stab, up to the hour of his death, and few there were who dared to run counter to his imperious temper. ? The city of Chicago was visited by a terrific storm last Wednesday. A little girl named Bessie Jilvoc was killed in Emma street by a piano which was blown over upon her. Near Humboldt park a runaway horse attached to a laundry wagon, crashed into a funeral procession causing a panic. * Henry Trun, a hodcarrier, was struck by lightning and instantly killed while working in a building at 1220 North Forty-fifth avenue. Thousands of windows were broken, skylights in big buildings shattered and shade trees in the parks and on the streets wrecked, awnings blown to shreds and signs broken from their fastenings. Scores of horses, frightened by the pelting of the immense hailstones, stampeded in the downtown streets, endangering the lives of pedestrians. Vehicles were dashed against the curbing and hitching posts and collided with one another and became tangled in the more crowded streets. Wheels were torn off and the vehicles smashed in many caies. In many of the taller office buildings the elevator service was tied Uf>.,by the storm. Windows along the elevator shafts were open when the storm broke and such a deluge of rain c N and hail poured into many of the buildings that the elevators were put out of business. The rain began to fall gently at first and soon a few small hailstones fell. Suddenly they began to fall In great quantities. Stones fully an inch and a half in diameter filled the air and covered the pavements. Ihr \lorkvillc (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.z SATURDAY, JULY 25,1903. Although the election of a pope is supposed to he above politics as a matter of fact it is not, and the logrolling that is now going on at Rome and throughout the Catholic world is on a much larger scale even than on the occasion of an American presidential nominating convention. Accordinq to the cables it appears that notwithstanding previous stories to the contrary, the Manchurlan question is still far from settlement. It was announced last week that Russia had given the United States to understand that certain Manchurlan ports would be opened to American commerce. Following this, it was announced that the promise came from China rather than Russia and now it is stated that China has gone back on her assurance. Just what may com6 of the whole matter cannot be guessed with a great deal of satisfaction; but it is nevertheless quite clear that Russia still has control of the situation. People who have to depend upon the Associated Press dispatches for information as to the attitude of the state department with reference to the Manchurian question, and for that matter, all other questions relating to the foreign policy of the United States, are at a serious disadvantage. It is evident that . the Associated Press dispatches, In so far as they relate to such things, are edited at the state department, and It is frequently the case that the department send out as facta hypothetical situations that are Intended only as feelers of public sentiment. Several times of late the Associated Press has led the country to believe that certain lines of policy have been, decided upon, and later it would deveiop that entirely new arrangements were in order. The Associated Press, of course, is generally held responsible for this vaccilation, and it is making for itself a reputation for unreliability, while as a matter of fact its principal offense seems to be subserving to th.e doubt and hesitancy, not to say the incapacity, of the administration at Washington. juuuimi liuiu mc icj;ui 10 anu winments of the Rock Hill papers and what our own correspondent says, there seems to have been a great deal of dissatisfaction in the outcome of the case of Home vs. McFadden. The issue was over the confirmation of the report of the homestead commissioners and the defendant won. One of the papers expresses sympathy for the defendant; but suggests that he should be more careful about his methods of getting money, while the other paper makes the rather remarkable assertion that the case of the plaintiff was established by the "preponderance of the testimony," which allegation, if true, would be a very serious reflection on the integrity of the presiding Judge. We profess to be absolutely, disinterested as to the outcome of the case, but at the same time we beg to suggest that unnecessary feeling has been shown. It was a fair and square flght on the part of the plaintiff to get what he could and on the part of the defendant to keep what he had. The questions involved were of law and equity. The whole thing was largely technical and very suggestive of a game at chance. Had the defendant lost he would have been expected to take his medicine without squealing, and it would be becoming on the part of the plaintiff to do the same thing. Although there was and is lots of feeling on the part of the players, the game was and is a fair one in so far as the law is concerned, and there is not the slight est ground for any charges of you cheated." That the average newspaper knows all about everything about which there is anything to know, is a fact of such general acceptance that there are to be found few who would have the temerity to suggest a challenge. Just how all this knowledge comes about nobody ever tries to explain. They do not seem to consider it a legitimate subject of inquiry or investigation, but an incident of the past week, seems to throw light on the subject. A contemporary concluded an editorial on the death of the pope with the following lines which it described as prophetic of the last hours of that individual and ascribed the authorship of the lines to the pontiff himself: Vital sparks of heavenly flame! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame! Trembling, hoping, lingering, dying! Oh the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond nature! cease thy strife. And let me languish into life. Another contemporary which was evidently impressed by the profound knowledge of the first, stole the editorial in its entirety, and gave the additional interesting information that the lines were written while Leo XVII was still a young man. Another contemporary with information that is solid rather than superficial, has taken occasion to call attention to a fact that is potent to the recollection of all people whose reading has extended beyond the current popular novels, viz: that the lines were written not by the pope of Rome; but by Alexander Pope, the British classic. Since then some of the editors who exposed themselves so ludicrously have been trying to explain and apologize, while others have not yet realized their predicament. Yes, most editors know all there is to be known about everything, if there is anything to be known about, and many of these who are less firmly established in the range and character of their knowledge are not at all concerned about their misfortune. YORKVILLE TO BALLOON. Interesting Round Among the People and Crops of Bethel. Correspondence of tht Yorkville Enquirer. Yorkville, July 23.?I accompanied Congressman Finley to the Point on Tuesday last, he having legal business In that section of Bethel. We went by Wright's ferry and found the roads very good, with the exception of the Gardner hill, six and one-half miles from Yorkville. This Is in a bad fix. The crops on this road are not as good as they usually are at this season of the year. The best corn I saw on this road was that on Mr. M. L. Thomasson's place, and the best cotton on Messrs. G. R. Wallace and John F. Williams's places. The other crops along the route are small; but with good seasons, the farmers we talked with said, would make fairly good crops. Our objective point was Balloon, the residence of Mrs. Shields Harper. Here we were cordially received by Mr. Peyton Currence, Mrs. Harper and a host of others, the sons and daughters, son-in-law and daughter-in-law of Mr. Peyton Currence. Mr. Currence, as soon as we had cooled ofT, handed round the jug. The nice sweet cider was most refreshing, and we enjoyed it very much. Mr. Finley was made to feel at home at once, and your correspondent was like the rabbit cast In the briar patch. "Hi dis de place I was born at." We spent a most enjoyable day, had a sumptuous umucr. tu uic auciuuuii Mr. Harry Wylie, W. B. Wilson, Jr., Esq., of Rock H1U, and Mr. Flnley and the Currence family attended to their legal business, while your correspondent had a merry time with the ladies and children. We came home a different route, crossing Crowder's creek at the bridge, Just at Craig's mill. The crops on this road that we saw are very good, that of Mr. Berry Brown being especially deserving of notice?especially the cotton crop. The crop that deserves most notice is that of Dr. Isaac A. Bigger. I do not allude to any part of his crop except that which we haw on the road. His cotton is fine for this year, and he has three and one half acres of corn, that surpasses anything I have ever seen. It is planted on fresh land?not new ground; but land that has not been cultivated for four or five years. The land was well prepared and fertilized broadcast. Then the corn was planted by a planter, two' rows being about two feet apart and then one row about four or five feet from them. The corn was dropped in the drill about fourteen inches apart. It was guanoed at every plowing, and Dr. Bigger says that the three and one-half acres have on them now 3,250 pounds of guano. The corn iooks luce ncn river Douom corn, although It Is on upland. The fodder Is long, like that on river bottom corn, and green to likeness. The corn Is now silking and If the seasons are favorable from now on, Dr. Bigger can reasonably expect one hundred bushels to the acre. He Informs me that he gathered from the same piece of land last year 300 bushels and In his opinion the corn Is better this year than it was last. But if it turns dry and stays so, all the doctor can expect is a lot of nubbins. I was amused at what an old Negro we met had to say about it. I said, "Uncle that's a fine piece of corn of Dr. Biggers." ."It i am for shore, boss." "It lacks a good deal yet of being made, Uncle. You know the good Book says, 'Paul may plant and Appollos may water; but God alone can give the Increase.'" "Tlot'o on hftoo ond It npfl rq flat Paul rudder got it on Pollis right now; but wait til de moon change next Friday, and mebby Pollis, will turn de tables on Ole Paul, and gib us a good rain what wont raise de crick, and if 4ie do, de Lawd sure gwinter gib de increase on dat co'n of de doctor's." Mr. James Brandon has a field of very fine cotton; but his corn that we saw was poor, Mr. N. B. Campbell has a nice field of .cotton, and informed us that his crop though small, was doing very well. He has one of the best orchards in the county, and if the weather permits I am going to eat some of his horse apples before they are all gone. Mr. Bud Nichols has the best large body of corn that we saw?I Judge about twenty-five acres. It is certainly good, and if seasons continue good I would say that he will make 500 bushels of corn on the land. We stopped to speak to our old friends, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Youngblood. They greeted us cordially, being friends of both Mr. Flnley and myself. They gave us some delicious peaches. After spending an hour pleasantly with them, we came on to Yorkville. Mr. Finley's thoroughbred Harry carrying us at a rate that we were afraid might hurt him. We are satisfied that although the crops will not be as good as they generally are, that there will be at least two-thirds of a cotton crop and half a corn crop made. x. The R. F. D.'s Must be Patronized. Greenville Mountaineer; Congressman Jos. T. Johnson is spending this week among his constituents In Greenville county for the purpose of urging upon them the necessity of increasing their patronage along the rural free delivery routes, which is caused by re cent action on the part of certain officials In the postoffice department at Washington. The Indictment against A. W. Machen, who had special charge of this service, has caused the transfer of his duties to Mr. Brlstow, who Is not at all friendly to the rural delivery system, and the rumors that have gone abroad In regard to his opposition are arousing the Indignation of the people In some of the northwestern states, notably in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, when it became necessary to make a statement to the effect that routes will not be disturbed unless it is manifest that they are unnecessary. Congressman Johnson does not wish any of the work in this district to be curtailed or disturbed in any way, and hence he intends to visit a number of points at once, so that the people will be apprised of the danger that may ensue from lack of patronage along the routes. The department has not fixed a standard as yet, but it is apprehended that Mr. Bristow will so arrange the standard that rural routes in the n A?*IV\iirnnf i<> 111 a a f V\ A /I 1 of i i r?K A/1 V* A I1U1 til w COl ?> 111 11UL UC UWIU1UCU, UCcause on account of a dense white population they could reach any reasonable requirement. On the other hand in sections of the south where the white population is scarce, the requirements could not be met, and some of the routes would be discontinued under an order that was seemingly fair and impartial. The only remedy to prevent such a calamity is for the people to subscribe for more newspapers, and thereby raise the standard of the routes by which they are now supplied. Mr. Johnson proposes to urge the people that they take time by the forelock, and secure additional families as patrons of the rural routes, while at the same time increasing the list of subscribers to the newspapers. The routes are estimated according to the number of families and the amount of mail handled, and when a standard is fixed there might be danger of losing some of them. UOCAL AFFAIRS. ? < NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. , Foushee Cash Store?Invites you to a j basket picnic and talks about a large ( stock of baskets which It has. Louis Roth?Says he has Just opened ' a barrel of choice mackerel?June i catch?10c each, and a half barrel of smaller size at 5c each. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Say that for 1 the choicest edibles in cans, bottles i and cartons you should go to them. McDow & Lewis, Attorneys at Law? ! Offer their professional services to the public and assure your business prompt attention. . Heath-Elliott Mule Co.?Tell you some things that they "know" in regard fVi 4 Thov InvltP | IU UU55ICO Uiiu 1.1111150. you to call and see them. L. M. Hull?Announces his "Skyland" special excursion to Ashevllle, N. C., on August 6th, and gives very low rates for the trip. 1 York Drug Store?Wants you to make your old house new and tells you how to do the trick by using Longman & Martinez paint. Riddle & Carroll?Say that their Moss Rose and Magnolia hams are pleasing particular people, and If you are particular they Invite you to see them about hams and compound lard. Strauss-Smith Company?Is talking of seasonable goods at reasonable prices and print a long list of goods with descriptions and prices that are calculated to be of interest to buyers. York Cotton Mills Store?Announces a grand slaughter sale, to commence on next Monday, throughout their dry goods department, and make some attractive offers to close buyers. J. Q. Wray?Wants you to know that he is determined to make room for new goods by cutting the prices on summer clothing to the bottom line. DEATH OF T. G. CULP. Mr. t. u-. cuip aieu at ma numc m Fort Mill last Tuesday afternoon at about 5 o'clock, of paralysis after an illness of about four days. He was in Yorkville on the preceding Monday apparently in his usual health, and the news that he had sustained a stroke of paralysis on the following Thursday morning came to his many friends and acquaintances as a profound shock. He was unable fo speak again after he was stricken. ' Mr. Culp was the oldest resident of Fort Mill. He settled in the town in 1856, when it was a village of less than fifty inhabitants for the purpose of establishing a wagon factory. His plant was destroyed by fire a few years later, and he engaged in saw milling, ginning, etc., up to the breaking out of the war, when he gave his services to the Confederacy in railroad work, after the war he continued his former occupation and also devoted more or less attention to farming. TT- 1 ntf uct'tiiiic ii mi jusucc iui a vtv Mill township in 1881 and held the position until 1888 when he was elected, county commissioner. He served in this capacity for several terms, and was afterward elected county supervisor, the duties of which office he discharged with commendable Intelligence and ability. ^ Mr. Culp was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church of Fort Mill, and held the office of ruling elder for a period of nearly forty years. He was always ready and willing for whatever service and usually represented his congregation at the various church courts and conferences. Mr. Culp was tbreje fcnes married, apd leaves a widow anfl several children. The funeral took place last Wednesday afternoon, the services being conducted by Rev. Dr. J. H. Thornwell, and being attended by a great majority of his fellow citizens all of whom held in .deservedly high esteem. NOTE AND COMMENT. The supply men have been taking care of their lien customers for nearly a month longer this year than usual, and there are many crops that are not quite worked out yet. Mr. J. F. A. Smith has complimented The Enquirer with a basket of unusually fine peaches. They are as large as an orange, ripe to the seed, of delicious flavor, and beaV testimony of the fact that this splendid fruit is still capable of reaching perfect maturity in this section. News from the Jasper Light Infantry boys Is to the effect that they are all down to real hard work. Capt. Poster, a United States army officer, has charge of the discipline in an advisory capacity, and his "advice," which really amounts to command, is in the direction of really serious soldiership. The encampment is no holiday. The boys are expected back home next Monday. About two months ago there was a reference in this column to what appeared to be a promising crop of wheat on the' farm of Messrs. John F. and W. S. Gordon. The crop looked as if it might yield fifteen or twenty bushels to the acre. As a matter of fact it yielded only about an average of six - ' * rt TTT T*>mnn Dusneis 10 me acre. jyir. o. **. iimnui, \vho lives on the outskirts of Yorkville, reports that he sowed five and oneharf bushels of wheat and harvested seventy bushels. Mr. Inman says he used an 8J-2-2 guano. One of his croppers sowed wheat on the same kind of land over 10-2 acid, and his yield was only about half as good as was that of Mr. Inman. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The tennis court on the Graded school grounds is being used almost every afternoon. ? Eli Latta and Jeff Williams the local well doctors cleaned out the public well in the court house yard during Thursday. ? Mr. n. n. nearu iouk irum ma &? ? den yesterday, two Pondorosa tomatoes that weighed an aggregate of two ' pounds and seven ounces. ? Mr. W. M. Bigger of Clay Hill, made a large shipment of game cocks to Mexico last Thursday. He is receiving orders almost daily. ? There has been no report yet from the Clemson college expert as to the condition of the public water supply. Mayor Willis will cause the report to 1 be made public upon its receipt. ? The announcement of the partner- 1 ship of Messrs. Thos. F. McDow and 1 W. W. Lewis under the firm name of ( McDow & Lewis is a bit of business iiewn ui mure man urumai^ uucicou Both of these gentlemen are so well- 1 know that any words of attempted 1 introduction would be superfluous, and ^ people who know them well will be 1 generally inclined to concede that their { partnership forms a peculiarly strong combination. * ? The young men of Yorkville gave t i dance on Wednesday night in the spera house. The music was furnished by Misses Sarah Adickes and Mary Schorb. Those present were: Miss Cornelia Elliott with John Cunningham, Miss Pansy Traywlck with Geo. Cartwright;. Miss Fleda Steele with R. A. Chandler, Jr., Miss Meta Faulkner with W. L. Hart, Miss Nellie Schorb with F. G. Dobson, Miss Lottie McFadden with Robt. J. Herndon, Mlas Elise Latimer with Arthur Beale, Miss Hattie Elliott with M. C. Willis, Jr., Miss Jennie Hart with T. J. Ashe, Miss Laura Parish with M. Morrow, Miss iva withers witn j. ?1. spann; stags? Job Carroll, Qulnn Wallace, J. H. Morrow, Mack Schorb, Clark W. Adickes, W. B. Moore, Jr., Robt. Johnson. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. J. Q. Wray spent Wednesday in Blacksburg. Miss Sadie Fewell of Old Point, is visiting Miss Rosa Steele. Mr. R. A. Chandler, Jr., has returned to his home in Mayesville. Miss Josie Oates of Chester, is visiting Miss Mary Williams. Mr. C. F. Gordon has returned from the encampment at Columbia. Mrs. C. E. Spencer and Mr. H. C. Moore, are at Blowing Rock. Miss Sadie Kendrick of Rock Hill, is visiting Miss Bessie McConnell. Mrs. J. Q. Wray and children, are visiting relatives In Shelby, N. C. Mr. J. Holland Morrow of Gastonla Is visiting Mr. Bedford Moore. Chief of Pollcee P. W. Love, spent several days In Columbia this week. Mr. M. Morrow of Gastonla, came down for the dance Wednesday night. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moore of Sumter, are visiting -relatives In Yorkvllle. Miss Estell Thomas of Charleston, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. B. Williams. Misses Anna Bell and Sarah Gladney have returned to their home In Kershaw. Miss Annie Witherspoon is visiting her sister, Mrs. Herbert Dunlap in Rock Hill. Mr. J. C. McDow of Charleston, visited his brother, Mr. Thos. F. AIcDow this week. Mrs. Wm. H. Herndon and children are visiting. Mr. S. L. Davidson at BulIcck's Creek. Miss Fleda Steele of Rock Hill, spent a few days this week in -York ville with relatives. Messrs. J. A. Tate and Marlon ?* frAm tha CMim mPT oiuivca, ai c ai uvmc &i wm ? school at Rock Hill. Miss Maggie McFadden has returned to Yorkvllle, after a visit to relatives at Smith's Turnout. Mrs. Carj' Cox and son of Johnston, are visiting in Yorkvllle the guests of Mrs. J. P. White. Misses Beulah and Bessie Barron passed through Yorkvllle on Thursday on their way home from Clover. Mrs. E. D. Hobbs and children of Tampa, Fla., have been visiting the family of Mr. G. H. O'Leary. Captain and Mrs. W. W. Lewis left yesterday for Columbia. Capt. Lewis Is judge advocate of the militia. Mrs. R. G. Radcilff and son Charleston, are visiting In Yorkvllle, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Radcilff. Rev. J. C. Johnes has returned from Columbia, where he has been attending the decennial celebration of Blshfonaro'o oopvIpp in the EolscoDacv. Mr. D. C. Clark, carrier on rural route No. 1, has been laid up for several days with rheumatism. He was In Yorkvllle Thursday for the first time in a week. Rev. Dr. J. H. Thornwell and Mr. John M. Spratt of Fort Mill, came over to Yorkvllle Thursday afternoon, their object being to revive the local lodge of K. of P. Captain H. S. Ross, the genial passenger conductor of the Carolina and North-Western railroad, was a welcome visitor In Yorkvllle last Wednesday. He Is off for a month's rest, th6 first holiday he has taken in quite a long while, and he started out by making a brief round among his Yorkvllle friends. He had numerous Invitations to stay a while; but left on the afternoon train promising to spend some day in Yorkvllle later on. Captain Summerrow is running the passenger train during the absence of Captain Ross. LOCAL LACONIC8. We Will 8end the Enquirer From now until January 1, 1904, for 88 cents. Death of Mr. J. A. Devin.ey. Mr. James A. Devlney, a native of York county and a son of the late A. J. Devlney, died at his home In Spartanburg county on Friday of last week, after an Illness of about twentyfour hours. He was 41 years of age and is survived by a widow and Ave children. Costs of the Nevins-Kirby Row. The reporter has procured actual figures as to the cost of the NIvens trial In the court of general sessions. The aggregate made up from the various detailed expenses, amounts to {627.20. This is the cost to the coun ty, and of course does noi inciuue mei various other expenses to which the defendant or the prosecuting witness may have been put to on their own account. The Road Convention. Everybody who Is Interested In the subject of good roads should again be reminded of the fact that delegates to next Wednesday's convention are to be selected today, Saturday. Each Democratic club Is requested to elect D.ne delegate for each twenty-five votes it cast In the first primary election of last summer. The committee sincerely hopes that every club will 3end a full and representative delega tion, In order that the convention rr.ight be one of the most important that has ever been held In the state on tliis subject. , The Educational Rally. It is not probable that Governor Hey ward will be at the educational rally to be held at Tirzah on August L3 and 14. He has so many engagements that he cannot promise so far ihead. It is understood that Senator rillman will be one of the speakers, md Mr. M. F. Ansel has been invited, is has also Governor Aycock of North Carolina. Colonel R. W. Hunt, division passenger agent of the Southern, is figuring on reduced rates from all parts of the state and Superintendent of Education Martin has given the occasion his official sanction. The various committees are still at work perfecting all kinds of details. Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack. Charlotte Chronicle, Wednesday: Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack of Fort Mill, S. :C., passed through this city yesterday en route to Alabama, where he is evangelist of the same Presbytery of which Rev. Dr. J. W. Stagg of Birmingham, Is now a member. This is the last trip which Dr. Mack will make to Alabama, however, for he has accepted a call for his services as pastor from Providence and Banks churches in Mecklenburg presbytery and in Mecklenburg county. He will continue to live at his home' in Fort Mill, and drive to his churches to preach and visit the congregations. These churches were last served by Rev. W. H. Davis. Dr. Mack is a strong thinker and preacher, and is one of the best known ministers of the Southern Presbyterian church. He has been anxious for some time to devote himself to closer study than his evangelistic labors permitted and will be able to do this when he enters upon his new field. Excursion to Ashevills. Mr. L. M. Hull of Shelby, N. C? was in Yorkville yesterday making arrangements preparatory for the big excursion which he proposes to run from Lancaster to Asheville, N. C., on August 6. The excursion is for white people only, and at a remarkably low rate will furnish to those who have so !???? ^1 ka/1 11 n AnvwM^iinlfv tn aoa IWII5 UC014CU A b| cut vyjArivuiiik/ wv ?w the moat noted of the beautiful mountain and river scenery of western North Carolina, the magnificent Biltmore estate and other wonderful sights. Mr. Hull is a well-known business man of Shelby, who is thoroughly responsible and who can be depended upon to fulfill all the liberal promises he is making with regard to the proposed trip. Further and more particular information is to be found in the advertising columns elsewhere in this issue. MERE-MENTION. There is a small diplomatic controversy on between the United States and Great Britain over the ownership of several small islands on the coast of Borneo. The United States has taken possession of the islands and they are held to be British territory A shipment of California fruit left New York last Thursday for London. It consisted of 7,061 boxes of pears, 2,284 boxes of plums, 10 boxes of peaches and 645 boxes of prunes A. F. I Youngston has succeeded to the position of chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, vice P. M. Arthur, deceased The Seaboard Air Line . Ofl11 mllao Mysieui nun 111V.1UUC0 u,\i u. The state troops that were sent to Richmond on account jf. the great street car strike, have been removed. The bookbinders employed In the government printing office are making trouble because of the refusal of the -public printer to discharge a bookbinder, who has been turned out of t|ie union. The public printer is restrained because of the civil service rules. Charles Hedges, the new superintendent of free delivery of the post-j office department, has been removed from his office on the charge of falsifying his records and of lending his traveling commission A man and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Gordon, attempted suicide in New York a few days ago by drinking laudanum. They were starving The Federal government is'still trying to secure the ovtrartJtirtn of John F. Greene and W. B. Gaynor from Quebec Fall River spindles to the number of 500,000 are now idle and It Is expected that 500,000. more will be Idle within a week or two. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. Fire at Heath Springe. Kershaw special of July 22 to Newa and Courier: The little town of Heath Springs, six and one-half miles from Kershaw, was partially destroyed by Are last night. About 11.40 o'clock the alarm was given, and it was discovered that a range of wooden store buildings was too far gone to be saved. Four stores, one livery stable, several oooH hmiBAs and the denot were de stroyed. These are some who lost: Springs Banking and Mercantile company, store and livery*stable, estimated loss $25,000; only half Insured. H. W. Mobley, stock and store, loss about $4,000; partially insured. A. Cauthen, stores and printing outfit, totally destroyed; no insurance. Seed houses, valued at $600; no insurance. The fire started In Mr. Mobley's store. The cause of the fire is unknown. Heath Springs is an unprotected town, and it was impossible to stop the raging flames. Spartanburg Negroes Go North. Spartanburg Journal: The exodus of Negroes to the north, which has been in progress for several years is showing a very marked increase this summer. This morning three carloads of Negroes passed through'on No. 36 going north. The Negroes had been picked up at points south of here and were going north as laborers. In the country this summer much complaint is being made by the farmers on account of the lack of colored labor, which in some cases is so scarce that the farmers have to do their own work with the aid of their families, women in many instances going Into the fields to labor. It is hard for the country people In many sections to secure house servants as the Negro women seem unwilling to do this kind of v.ork. The situation in many places is as a matter of fact a grave one, which the farmers are now facing. The Murder of Dennie Head. Governor Heyward has given out the following interview with regard to the recent murder of Dennis Head in Aiken county: "The recent killing of Dennjp Head by a mob in Aiken county is the climax of a spirit of lawlessness which means danger and disgrace to South Carolina. I shall administer to the perpetrators of such an inhuman outrage as stern a rebuke and as condign punishment as are afforded by the laws of the state of South Carolina. I fully realize that nothing can be done until the Identity of the slayers has been re vealed. That those who committed 9 such a deed keep in the dark is self acknowledged guilt. Every aid that the law affords to apprehend and punish the guilty parties will be invoked and I shall do my utmost to see that the law Is vindicated. In order to further this to the very best of my ability and for the additional reason that a determined effort shall be made and kept up I have offered a reward of $E00 for the apprehension and conviction of the parties who committed this deed. "I have written to Solicitor Davis informing him of the situation as I have gathered It from the newspapers. I regret to say that, though I have waited several days for official notice regarding this lawless act,' not one report has reached me through the officers of the law. I am very Indignant about this killing. There -seems to have been no reason whatever for such a crime and the action of the guilty parties is entirely indefensible." The Farmers Allianee. Columbia special of Thursday to the News and Courier: Thirty members of the State Farmers' Alliance met here last night at their annual meeting. The members present were all in favor of keeping the organization alive and to put new life into it. Mr. D. F. Eflrd, president of the exchange, delivered an interesting address on points of vital interest to the farmers of the state. Mr. A. C. Lyles of Union, stated to the members that the funds of the association were now in the Palmetto Bank, of Columbia, and that under the resolution adopted at the last meeting the funds would be divided among the sub-Alliances as soon as the court could dissolve the injunction restraining them from dividing the funds. The following officers were installed by lfr. W. N. Elder, the retiring vice president: President, J. C. .Wiiborn, York; vice president and lecturer, D. F. Eflrd,. Lexington: secretary and treasurer, J. T. Nesbitt, Lancaster. Negro Cooks In the North. Charlotte Observer: . There was somewhat of an exodus of colored families from Charlotte to New York last . night, good colored people, who urere doing well here, but who had listened to the stories of big wages and eadjy life in the north and took the bait They are leaving the best friends they ever had to locate among & people of whom they know nothing and who know nothing of them. The Observer o fom nrnnlro QffA I CillCIUUCI a ICOUUI5 a icn nvvn* wqv of the experiences of a colored womaxi who went to New York to better her condition. She- was promised $15 a month wages as cook. When she ,got there she waited a month before the employment agency could locate her In a family and then the price of her ticket to New York and other expenses which the employment agency had advanced had to be deducted from her wages before anything was coming to her. She was in a strange placp, among strange people, without employment for a time and after she got employment her wages were not her own until she had earned enough to pay Off the people who took her to.New York. By the time she had satisfied these claims she was ready to return south. It took a month's ..wages and a little over Jto buy a ticket home. She was compelled to spend a little cash, but ' by saving closely she managed to accumulate the price of a ticket in the ' nf two months and then she shook the dust of New York from her feet. The experience of this colored woman may not be that of all who go to New York under seductive promises, but it Is sure to be that of a majority of them. The colored woman who cooks in a southern home at $12 a month, gets plenty to eat, Inherits the family's cast off clothing, gets a comfortable home at a monthly rental of $4, lives happy and always has some spare money for the church aid fund and the parson's salary. This is a life she cannot be separated from for any length of time. Those that can raise the ways and means always come back. The typical southern cook Is out of her element In the north and simplv cannot exist there long. Those who have so far resisted the temptation-are advised to wait and read the letters that will be coming along soon from those who have gone north. These < letters may give the stay-at-homes a feeling of contentment with their lot. At any rate, they will not be likely to excite in the darkles a desire to break up their southern homes and rush | north. at the rnimcmsi. ASSOCIATE REFORMED. Sundat Services?Sunday school in in the afternoon at 5 o'clock. BAPTIST. REV. W. E>. HURT, PASTOR. Sunday Services?Sunday school in the morning' at 10 o'clock. Services each second and fourth Sun lay at 11 o'clock in the morning and 8.30 o'clock in the evening. .. . PRESBYTERIAN. RBV. W. a. NEVILLE, PASTOR. Preaching this Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. Communion services or Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 5 o'clock p. m. No evening services. .* TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. rev. j. l. stokes, d. d., pastor. ; Sunday Services?Sunday school at 10 o'clock a. m. Rev. A. C. Walker of the S. C. conference will preach at. 11 o'clock a. m. Evening services at 8.30 o'clock. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. rev. j. c. johnes, rector. Sunday Services?Morning services at 11 o'clock. Sunday school in the afternoon at 6.00 o'clock. No evening service. fecial jgoticts. Preaching at York Cotton Mills. Rev. W. G. Neville will conduct serof Vrt*?ir PnttAn Tallin phnnpl to* morrow evening at 8.30 o'clock. Services at Tirzah. There will be no services tomorrow (Sabbath) afternoon because of the absence of Rev. A. S. Rogers, the pastor. W. J. Miller. July 25 s tf Harmony Church Yard. Owing to the picnic near Harmony today, the church yard will not be cleaned off until one day next week. * Communion at Ramah. Rev. W. B. Arrowood, from Bethel, will hold communion services at Ramah Presbyterian church the fourth Sunday of July, 26th instant, meeting to begin Thursday night, July 23rd. 2t