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Scraps and Jacts. ? The proposed issue of $200,000 of road bonds in Mecklenburg county, N. C., was defeated last Tuesday by the stay-at-home vote. The law requires the casting of a majority of the vote of the county to make a bond issue legal. While a majority of the votes cast was for the issue and while the country vote was almost solidly in the affirmative, the issue was defeated because the returns did not snow tnai a majority of the vote of the county had been cast. ? The Island of Jamaica was swept by a terrible West Indian huricane last Tuesday. -Port Antonia, on the north coast, was completely overwhelmed, only six houses being left standing, and the southeastern, portion of the island was almost completely denuded of crops. The loss of life is estimated at about fifty, which is very small, considering the tremendous property loss, which is put down as being hardly less than 110,000,000. The storn swept over Cuba with less severity; but did more or less damage in the eastern part of the island. ? The Macedonian insurrection is increasing in strength and volume daily. Turkish trooris have been sent into the country in large numbers, and they have already committed many excesses. In some localities of the province the Turks are in the majority while in other localities the Macedonians outnumber the Turks. The Turkish army is operating against the localities where the Macedonians are strongest and where the Turks are strongest it is understood that they are preparing to massacre their Christian neighbors. A dispatch of Wednesday from Sofia, Bulgaria, represented the Turks as gathering at their mosques in large numbers, and that is taken to indicate a general uprising. The dispatch had it that widespread massacres might commence within a few days and certainly within two weeks. ?Paris and France are interested in " ? ^ Atroi? Ka trio 1 nf tho Wlim CLl IU CACliCU UtCl iitv wtitM v?. bert swindlers, which trial was commenced this week. Than that worked by Mrs. Humbert, the present generation has not seen a more remarkable swindle. About a dozen years ago this woman represented that a rich American named Crawford had left her a fortune of twenty million dollars for some alleged service, and by shrewdly manipulating a counterfeit will she managed to borrow some ten million dollars from many hundreds of people. The fraud was kept covered up first one way and then another until it could be concealed no longer, when Mrs. Humbert ran away. She was arrested in Spain about a year ago, and now the French people are trying to punish her for the hoax she put upon them. Her victims range from poor laborers up to high government officials; but she still has some money with which to fight to the last, and as to whether or not she will be convicted of her clever swindling remains to be seen. ? There is a feeling of confidence here, and on the part of some of elation, over the situation in cotton, says a New Orleans special of Tuesday to the New York Times. The men who have engineered the bull movement and cotton dealers generally throughout the south are satisfied that the situation is perfectly legitimate, and that it benefits the south and will inure to its prosperity. Furthermore, they believe, that high prices will continue, or, rather, that the period of low prices for this great staple has passed never to return. The bull movement has the svmDathv of nine-tenths of the peo pie of the south generally. It Is estimated that a good crop at present prices is worth $200,000,000 more to the south than at former prices. The people generally must have been benefited, for evidences of prosperity are apparent on every hand, and the changed sentiment of the people is even more apparent. The prevailing opinion is materialized in the undertaking of many improvements, such as new office buildings, schcolhouses, storehouses, electric light and water plants, street railways, etc., and the general sprucing up of private property. Values of bank stocks and other securities on southern enterprise have also increased. All this is so contrary to the poverty ana lassituae mamrest wnen the bears in cotton are in the ascendant that the satisfaction is widespread that the market has been wrested from New York influences, and it is hoped and expected that the latter have been permanently dethroned. ? President Roosevelt has granted a pardon to a man under peculiar conditions. Bill Follis of Texas, is the man, and his pardon is granted so that he may convict his own nephew of murder and bring about the execution of the latter. About twelve years ago Bill Follis was convicted in the northern district of Texas for having counterfeit money in his possession and passing it. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment in the Detroit house of correction. He served his full term and was discharged from prison just twelve years ago. He went back to Texas, and so far as known has been a good citizen. He has not been able to exercise his rights as a citizen, however, and his pardon was granted by the president so that his testimony rmght be used in bringing about the conviction of Jim Follis, his own nephew. Jim Follis has confessed to the butchery of Hamp McDonald, an old and well to do farmer and ferry tender in Henderson county, Tex. He knocked the old man in the head with an axe and then sunk his body in Trinity river. Two weeks alter the murder there were floods iti the river and the body rose to the surface and lodged in a drift. Jim Follis tusked his uncle to go with hint to get a skirt" that had lodged in the drift. They went to the drift and Jim Follis pulled the body of old man McDonald out. saying, "This is the skftf I tokl you about. I want you to help nte put a large piece of iron around the old man's body and sink him into the river again. I don't want anybody finding his body around here." Bill Follis knew McDonald and recognized the body as that of the old man. From information furnished by Bill Follis the nephew was arrested and confessed to the murder. Under the laws of Texas, however, there can be no conviction upon the confession of a defendant. Furthermore, what is called the corpus delicti must be proved by other evidence than the conlession of a defendant. As Bill Follis was the only person who could testify that the body was that of McDonald his testimony is needed to convict his nephew. $hr KorfcriUc (fnquircr. YORKVILLE, S. C.J FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1903. It does not cost much to plant and grow fruit trees; but they can easily be made a source of considerable wealth. If the price of cotton will hold at present figures or thereabouts for two or three seasons, the south will not be asking any further odds of the high protective tariff or any other draw whir>h shp has heen subjected. uuv rv IV ( ? ? _ A good solution of the asylum problem, probably, would be a reduction of the dispensary stock. If the liquor sales were materially decreased, there would be less need of enlarging the asylum. We venture the suggestion that Mr. T. Y. Williams of Lancaster, would be a good man to raise the banner of reform against dispensary rottenness. Mr. Williams is an honest, fearless man of ability, and he has already been forced to cry out against the rising stench. Among all the absurd propositions that intelligent men are called upon to swallow, none is so absurd as that capable men of character would be willing to incur all the doubt and suspicion that is involved in superintending the gigantic whisky business of this state for only $400 a year. There is certainly no honor in such an office as that of dispensary director, and the salary allowed by the state is not sufficient to tempt any competent man. Booker Washington's doctrine that the Negro should eschew politics and confine himself to efforts to acquire property by habits of industry and economy is meeting with much opposition from the race in the north. That is said to have been the real cause of the riot at the Washington lecture in Boston recently. The northern Negro has the idea that he should be placed in a condition of wealth, and authority at once, and he is not willing to brook anything that is contrary to this notion. But the spirit evidenced on the subject is not necessarily racial. It would be better described as anarchistic. The Mexican boll weevil has appeared in the cotton at the United States agricultural department experiment station at New Orleans. The discovery was made a week ago, and the officials were very much surprised as they had no reason to believe that the weevil had yet gotten within several hundred miles of New Orleans. An investigation is now being made for the purpose of determining whether or not the weevil is to be found in the cotton plantations adjoining the experiment station. If there are no weevils in the plantations adjoining, all of the vegetation on the experiment station lands will probably be destroyed. The Seaboard Air Line railroad has formed a community of interest with the Rock Island, St. Louis and San Francisco system. The consummation of this new deal was officially announced in New York on Wednesday last. According to statements of controlling officials in the two great properties, there has been no sale of one to the other; but merely an alliance, and it is given out that the object of this alliance is co-operation rather than competition. J. P. Morgan & Co., will have general control of the policy of the new combination as well as of the Southern system. As to what effect this new deal is to have on the south remains to be seen. It is all right to run down escaped convicts with bloodhounds. It is even lawful to shoot them under certain conditions. It is not lawful however, to shoot an unresisting: fugitive from justice, no matter what his offense may have been, and it would seem that there is just as little warrant for putting a fierce bloodhound on the track of such an individual. According to the story published in the Times, the fugitive, Norman, lost his life the other day solely through fear of the bloodhound that was following him, and the practical result is virtually the same as if he had been shot down. It might be well to have some proper legal regulation of the use of bloodhounds in such cases. The rapid elevation of Leonard Wood from the position of army sur geon to major general, has created no end of dissatisfaction In the army. It is remembered that when the Spanish war broke out Wood was stationed in Washington. He is not a West Pointer, but was appointed by President Mckinley to colonel of the Rough Rider regiment that was raised by Roosevelt and himself and of which Roosevelt was made lieutenant colonel. There is no denying: the fact that Wood did very good service as also did Roosevelt: but neither of thein did any more to win especial distinction than did hundreds of other regular army officers, and the idea that Wood's rapid pi amotion from one grade to another up to ranking general of the army on a basis of superior merit is absurd. It is true that the kite President McKinley was responsible for a part of this favoritism: but behind it all was no doubt the personal friendship of Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt is certainly responsible for the present situation and it is not at all creditable to him. He has passed all along as a civil service champion, advocating promotion by merit alone, and this one incident is easily sufficient to prove the hollow sham that lay in all his professions along that line. There is justice in the complaint of the regular army officers and to some extent, at least, this complaint will no doubt be sustained by the people of the country. THE PROBLEM OF THE RACES. John Temple Graves Argues That It Can Be Done Only by Separation. Unique among all summer gatherings is the "mob conference," now in progress at Chautauqua, N. Y. The increase of the mob spirit so noticeable throughout the country, gives great importance to this conference. The leading speech of last Tuesday was made by John Temple Graves of Atlanta, Ga. "" Mr. Graves spoke on "The Mob Spirit of the South." He defended lynch law as a remedy for the crime of rape, holding that though lynching is a crime it is justified by the crime which provokes it and will never be discontinued until that crime is eliminated. The remedy for lynching must be the elimination of the crime of rape, and this, he maintains, could be done only by the separation of the two races in La TTrklf/vl j 11IC U11UVU I.JVMVVW. "The problem of the hour Is not how to prevent lynching in the south but the larger question: 'How shall we destroy the crime which always has and always will provoke lynching?' The answer which the mob returns to this vital question is already known. The mob answers it with the rope, the bullet and sometimes, God save us, with the torch. And the mob is practical; its theory is effective to a large degree; the mob is today the sternest, the strongest and the most effective restraint that the age holds for the control of rape." "The lyncher does not exterminate the rapist," Mr. Graves contended, "but he holds him mightily in check." As a sheer, cold, patent fact, he said, the mob stands today as the most potential bulwark between the women of the south and such a carnival of crime as would infuriate the world and precipitate the annihilation of the Negro race. The masses of the Negro, he held, are not afraid of death coming in a regular way. iney iove display aim the spectacular element of a trial and execution appeals to their Imaginations. Expediting the processes of the law would not be adequate to eliminate lynching. The repeal of the amendments and the establishment of the Negro's inferiority in law and society, said Mr. Graves, though desirable, are not sufficient, "for the Negro," he added, "is a thing of the senses and with this race and with all similar races the desire of the senses must be restrained by the terror of the senses, if possible, under the law." No influence of supression so mighty and effective could be brought to bear as a law making amputation the penalty for the crime of rape. But this, like curfew edicts, separate laws for white and black or the treatment of the crime of rape as separate and outside of all other codes are but expedients, he maintained; there is no real remedy but one. No statute will permanently solve this problem. Religion does not solve it. Education complicates it. Politics complicates it. "The truth which lies beyond and above all those temporizing expedients," he concluded, "is that separation is the logical, the inevitable, the only solution of this great problem of the races." EARLE AND TILLMAN. What They Did When the Railroads Sent Them Free Passes. It seems to be the custom when a man lands in the United States senate or house of representatives for various and sundry railroads, telegraph and express companies to present him with passes and franks. Why do they do this? Because they love, honor and admire the recipients of these favors? Not by a jugfull. They are not in business for their health. When they give one man something for which they charge others coin of the republic it is safe to bet your last cent that they expect returns. When they gave Tillman passes and franks they expected returns in the shape of favorable legislation. He has sense enough to know this, and, knowing it, if he took the passes and franks with no intention of favoring the givers, he was guilty of receiving goods under false pretences. But the Southern railway, at least, has no cause to complain that it has not received adequate returns for the celebrated "Free Pass No. 1," and the others which followed it into Tillman's possession, for Tillman has been a consistent advocate of payment of a big government subsidy to this railroad, and on one occasion forced payment of the subsidy when, but for him, the senate would have cut It off from the Southern. Tillman cannot complain if he be measured by the same yard stick he applied to others, and all remember how he said those in public life in this state before 1890 had been "bribed, bamboozled and debauched" by gifts of free passes. Their disclaimers he brushed aside, why should not his be? One of the highest types of ante-1890 statesmanship in South Carolina was Joseph H. Earle. He was of those whom Tillman abused to get into office. But in 1896 the people of South Carolina sent him to the United States senate. Temptation came to him, as it did to Tillman, in the shape of offers of passes and franks, but, unlike Tillman. he did not accept them. He returned them to the givers, with short and simple letters, to the effect that ac ceptanee of such favors would in no way affect his vote upon questions in which interests of the givers were on stake, but that the people of South Carolina, through their general assembly, had expressed their will that their public servants should not accept passes, and while that law was not operative outwide' the state limits, still he respected the will of those whose servant he was too much to disobey even the spirit of a law passed in accordance with their will. That was all, and he said nothing of it. Had Tillman done such a thing the letters would have been given to the public and political capital made of them. Our information as to Earle's course tries vesica siftec his rlenth from :i South Carolinian who happened to see his letters.?From the Columbia Record. Whv Was This??Orr's Ritles, of this state, was a Confederate regiment of which every loyal southern man must be proud. At the battle of Gaines's Mill the regiment carried 537 men into action. Of these 81 were killed and 134 wounded, making a total loss of 215 men. During the war 334 officers and men were killed or died of wounds. 201 died of disease and tlie total of deaths amounted to 535. Wounded, but not mortally, there were 791 oflicers and men, and the total number of casualties in battle was 1,125. The egiment was in line of battle or engaged in the following places. Mechanicsville. Gaines's Mill, Fra/.ier's Farm. Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Ox Hill. Harper's Ferry. Shurpsburg, Bottler's Ford. Fredericksburg, Ohancellorsville, Gettysburg, Hagerstown, Funkstown, Fall ing- Waters, Bristow Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, May, 1864; Spottsylvania Court House, May 12; Jerico Ford, Cold Harbor, Riddle's Shop, Petersburg, Deep Bot torn. Gravelly Run, Dutch Gap, Fussell's Mills, Ream's Station, Jones's Farm, Bellfleld, White Oak Road, Southerland Station, Amelia Court ! House and Appomattox. And yet the chairman of the board of trustees of Clemson college refused to allow this honorable command to meet in annual reunion at the college, in connection with the Farmers' Institute, to be held there this week. Heroes in thirty-seven of the bloodiest engagements in history, and yet the denial comes from a South Carolinian.? Rock. Hill Herald. * ! SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. The First Bale. The first new hale of South Carolina cotton was sold last Wednesday by H. C. Folk of Bamberg, to an Augusta firm. Columbia Mills on Short Time. Columbia correspondence of the News end Courier: Mr. W. A. Clark, , vice president of the .Olympia, Granby and Richland mills, of this city, stated today that the directors of these mills had decided to begin with this week and run on three days' time; that is operate the mills the first three days of each week, and shut down for the remainder of the .week. The authorities of the Whaley mills, by close calculation have found out that by running three days a week until the new nnmao In fhpV Will hl> V_ I up Ut VUltVl I WU1VO ?? > ... ? ? able to get along without buying more cotton. Mr. Clark does not anticipate any trouble with the mill operatives, as three days' pay will be sufficient to , provide for their wants, and this being the hottest season of the year, the operatives are glad to get a rest. By using this schedule of time,'the cotton now on hand, will enable these mills to get along until the first week in September, when the new crop of cotton Will begin to come in. ' After it With Searchf Warrants. I The Pacolet ManuYacfuripg^cDmpany i is stiil. recovering property... that was i lost in the flood of several,.weeks ago. For the last several Jdays pie company , has had a wagon going through the country gathering up cloth .that waa j carried from along the river banks eln' ? thu .TnnA .flnnds bv the peoDle. 11 It seems that, many people went to the j river and helped themslves, says the ] Journal, both white and colored, to i cloth and other things from the wreckage, all of which was entirely wrong and now they are having to give up their booty or be prosecuted and brought before the majesty of the law. The company is prepared to Issue search warrants for all houses where they are refused admission. They have a magistrate with their wagon ready ; to issue warrants when they meet re- | sistance. They bring a wagon load, , anywhere from 40 to 125 bolts of white j cloth, every day. This cloth Is found ] in many houses where it would be , least expected. It is a little funny to hear how some people have the goods hid away. The cloth is returned to the . mills and what is not damaged is re- 1 arranged and sold and the damaged Is | worked over and disposed of with the , other damaged good*. ( Drowned In the Catawba. < Winnsboro special of August 11. to 1 News and Courier: This community < was startled and horrified to hear on 1 Monday that Fred Habernieht had been 1 drowned in Catawba river. The story < is short, but a very sad one. Early Monday morning a party of young men 1 and boys left town for Catawba river, I intending to spend the week camping. As stated, the sad story is brief. The i boys had gone in the river near a place called Point Rock. Edwin McDonald { and Fred HabernlcWt had walked some distance into the river and the former, I being the better swimmer, suggested I that he would swim across the water 1 immediately in front of him and That < Fred would remain where he was until ' he was called. Edwin swam nearly 1 across, finding the water very deep and rough. Just as he was about to warn his friend not to attempt to cross he looked back and saw Fred about halfway across, calling for help. He swam to him. Fred, not physically strong, and known to have a weak heart, and exhausted, caught Edwin around the neck, sinking him: In some way. Edwin got loose, but again: Fred grabbed him around the neok for the second time, sinking him. -..Again releasing Fred's hold, Edwin succeeded then in, catching him by the hair, but, after the desperate struggle, being himself almost exhausted, he watj unable to save his friend's life. . Governor Heyward on Lynching. In reply to a request for his opinion on the president's letter to Governor ^ Durbin of Indiana, Governor Heyward today said: "Now that it is an admitted fact that lynching is no longer con- i fined to the south, but has become a national evil, I am glad to see that the . president has taken such a strong ' stand in opposition to it. The views of the highest official in the land will have ] great weight in all sections of the country. I feel sure, prompt, speedy trials will go further than anything 1 else to check the reckless purpose of an irresponsible mob and in my judg- i ment it is the duty of all states to provide for such trials. In cases of rape, I realize the fact that a speedy trial i will not totally eradicate the evil, but I feel sure they will greatly minimize | it. There is force in the suggestion of Mr. Roosevelt that when colored people throughout the country appreciate ' more the horrors of the commission of 1 certain crimes and exercise every possible measure to prevent the occurence and bring the perpetrators to immediate justice, this will have a tendency to ' prevent mob violence, for it is well known that the offender is usually ( made a martyr by his own race. That there are more Negroes than whites 1 lynched in the south, is because of the obvious reason that they are by rar ; more frequent offenders and not on ac- , count of their color, for it is the crime that is so repugnant to people and not the color of he who commits it." I Cash Raimioaij Fares.?The Southern railway has just issued a new cir- ( cular. dated August 1. and regulating the collection of cash fares by the conductors. The table given is as fol- ' lows and is, as will be seen, based on fractional miles: < (Rie and one-tenth miles or less 3 cents. One and one-tenth to one and five- i tenths miles inclusive, 4 cents. one and six-tenths to one and eight- . tenths miles inclusive, 5 cents. One and nine-tenths to two and one- ' tenth miles inclusive. 6 cents. 1 Two and two-tenths to two and fivetenths jniles inclusive, 7 cents. , Two and six-tenths to two and eighttenths miles inclusive, S cents. 1 Two and nine-tenths to three and t one-tenth miles inclusive, 9 cents. . ( Three and two-tenths miles and over, same as now shown in current local passenger tariffs. 1 LiOOAX* jyj?r iVIRSv NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. Q. Wray?Gives the standing of the four leaders In the sewing machine contest and tells the gentlemen of a nice line of shirts he has in stock. Strauss-Smith Co.?Makes some short,crisp remarks to users and buyers of sewing machines, setting forth the merits of the Harlem machine, which they sell at $15. York Cotton Mills Store?Offers another lot .of bargain values that are to be had next week at their store. The goods offered are seasonable ancl will no doubt be attractive to careful buyers. Loan and Savings Bank?Makes some more suggestions regarding their methods Of saving the dimes and Invito > you to come and let them talk the .natter over with you. w. u. Kawis, une PiumDer?warns 10 know if his ad is for you and has a few remarks to make to people wl^o owe him for work or supplies. W. D. Lesslie,' Administrator?Gives notice to the debtors and creditors of the estate of T. H. Lesslie, deceased to make settlement and present claims at once. T. w;. Speck, The Jeweler?Has a very special offering to make to anyone who is looking for a bargain in Hav-. elind chinaware. He offlers a $34 set of china below cost?$25?offer is good until Tuesday. York Drug Store?Announces the arrival of Mr. Turnipseed with .aH the family. It gives the name of the family and will sell you what you want at 5 cents an ounce. Jackson Brothers, Clover?TeH their friends that they will open up a furniture and undertaking business on about September 1st, and invite your patronage. Foushee Cash Store--Has received another bargain shipment and has a number of "rich, rare and racy" values for your consideration. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you about pocket knives and razors, which they have in slock. They sell these articles under a guarantee as to quality. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? There was an unusually large attendance on the funeral of Mr. E. B. Beard last Tuesday afternoon. Business houses were closed and--people generally turned out to pay trihuite to the deceased and show respect for his bereaved family. The religious services were conducted in Trinity- Methodist Episcopal' church by Rev. Dr. J. L. Stokes, who also took occasion to make some very appropriate remarks touching the life and character of.the deceased. Practically the entire congregation accompanied the remains from the church to the cemetery, and the whole attitude and bearing, of all present was such as to indicate the profound impression that had been made by. the uhtimely taking of one who stood in such high estimation of the entire community. . .. NOTE AND COMMENT. From such information as is obtainable, it is hardly probable that- the first bale of this year's crop of York county cotton will be put on the market before the 15th of September; but it will no doubt be offered within a few days of that date. The time worn custom of bleeding "candidates" at picnic gatherings seems to show no signs of abatement. There are people who evidently think that the candidate is lawful prey for every subscription pa.per, and if It ever occurs to tnese people tnat candidates" are frequently men of-small means, unequal to such unreasonable demands, the fact does not deter them from inflicting their unjust impositions. The practice of bleeding "candidates" should come to an end. It Is ill right that these gentlemen should toe required to pay their way on a business basis; but that they should be subjected to a species of blackmail is all wrong. The publication today of. the roll of Confederate soldiers who went to the war from Bethel township completes the list of York county veterans with the exception of one township--Catawba. Although these rolls are complete, none of them being '^effect, we do not think there is any doubt of the fact that they are fuller than have been prepared by any other county in the state. In fact so far as we have Information, but few of the other counties have paid any attention to the matter at all. As to the real value of the work present or prospective, there lo lIHla tn ho oafri ovoont tliflt it fnrms the most complete record now in existence as to who served in the war. But at any rate there is some satisfaction in the fact that the York veterans havUig started out to prepare these rolls, will have soon carried the work to a creditable completion. ' ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. J. J. Keller spent Wednesday in Rock Hlil. Mr. John Youngblood is visiting relatives in Columbia. Mr. a^id Mrs. R. A. Dobson are visiting relatives in Yorkville. Mr. C. E. Spencer is down from Blowing Rock for a few days. Mr. Irving B. Cairnes and son, visited friends in Gastonia last week. Mr. Ed Hanahan of Birmingham, \la.. spent Tuesday in Yorkville. Miss Kate Blair of Blairsvllle, visted friends in Yorkville this week. Miss Dollie Ford of Gastonia," is visiting Misses Willie and Lee Williams. Mr. Robert. Carson of Spartanburg, is on a visit to friends in Yorkville and vicinity. Messrs. Harry Ruff and John Gelzer )f Rock Hill, spent Wednesday night In Yorkville. Miss Elise Stokes has returned from Lhe convention of Epworth Leaguers it Detroit, Mich. Mr. J. C. Elliott and daughter, Miss Hattie, areVisiting relatives and friends in Lancaster. Miss Josle Fewell of Rock Hill, is :he guest of Misses Bessie and-Mary Williams on Kings Mountain street. Mrs. W. F. Bray and children, left in last Wednesday night, for a visit to relatives and friends in Montgomery, ^la. Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown Wylle, and laughter, Miss Rachel, are at home lfter spending several weeks at Blowng Rock. Mrs. Rudolph Brandt and son, Maser Rudolph, of Athens, Oa., are spendng the month of August with Mr. John L. Rainey's family near Sharon. Cards are out for the marriage of Dr. D. G. Thompson and Miss Effie filouise Culp of Fort Mill. The bride dect is a daughter of the late T. G. Htlp. Misses Lottie McFadden and Lillian '""lowers, .and Master Ralph McFadden i of Rock Hill, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John F. Cordon of the Fodder neighborhood. Mrs. J. T. Sawyer of Salley, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. . Dobpon, near Yorkville. Fort Mill Times: At its meeting Monday night the Fort Mill Graded school board elected Miss Minnie Garrison of Pineville, and Miss Wren Harris of this place, as teachers of the prl niary department ot tne scnuui uuriug the approaching session. Miss Garrison -"takes the place of Miss Maud Marion, who was recently elected but declined the position. Miss Harris will hare charge of the classes formerly taught by Miss Mary Young, who is attending school hi Savannah, Ga, Prof. ,J. A. Tate was sometime'ago re-elec,tad principal of the school with' Miss Nan Thornwell teacher of the intermediate classes. .' jBtey. B. H. Grler, formerly pastor of . Yorkvilje and Tirzah churches, but now oi Ora, Laurens county, was in Yorkville last Tuesday and Wednesday having come up from Tirzah, where he pleached on Sunday. He met quite a number of his old friends here, all of whom, were pleased to see him. An effort was made to have him consent to remain over until Sunday and preach; but he was unable to remain away from home for so iong a time. Mr. Grier is very pleasantly situated in Laurens and is pleased with his charge; but he still has a kindly interest in the people of this section, and he remarked during his stay here: 'T would lust liko to loin von neoDle in a fight for the removal of that old grog shop. I believe the people have seen enough of It to be willing to put it down." THE EDUCATIONAL RALLY. The "educational rally" at Tirzah on Wednesday and Thursday, was an unusual success, especially In point of attendance which, according to people who have been at every gathering at this place since the first, breakp all previous records. They estimate the crowd of Wednesday at fully three thousand, including not less than one thousand children. The attendance was hardly so good on the second day; but the same well qualified judges have it that the falling off was hardly more than one-third. Good feeling and good order prevailed during both days, and there was no untoward incident to mar the pleasure of the occasion. It was a typical York county crowd, Willi repieaciuaiiicis ul cvcij uvibu><v> hood between Broad and Catawba rivers, and between the Chester and Gaston lines, and _the polite hospitable element was represented In large proportion. There were hundreds of baskets of good things to eat, and although there was no pretense -of a common spread, everybody was properly taken care of at meal time. The Gold Hill band, under the leadership of Mr. C. T. Crook, furnished the instrumental music, and the large choir of trained voices under the direction of Mr. W. M. Stowe, was a most successful feature of the entertainment. It received many compliments from appeciative members of the audience. There were six educational speeches during the rally?three on the first day and three on the second. All of the speeches were of a high order containing much that was of practical value to the audience; but unfortunately the crowd contained few good listeners. Most of the young people preferred to seek entertainment that was more to their liking, and the crowd around the speaker's stand was discouraglngly small. Hon. O. B. Martin, state superintendent of education, was the first speaker. He.'explained the working of the common school system of the state briefly and intelligently, and told of the efforts that were being made for its improvement. He is a strong believer in the benefit to be derived from rural libraries, and advocated their establishment in every neighborhood in order that both young and old might have easy access to helpful books. He argued the advantage of stronger scnoois over wetuvei unco a.nu out?cated the policy of consolidation, showing the benefits that were to be expected,and how. He also deplored" an objectionable tendency that is to be seen in almost every school district of the state in the shape of short sighted smallness on the part of individuals, who without good reason, would raise embarrassing questions as to the location of schools and as to the fitness of teachers, etc. He characterized such people as clogs on the wheels of progress, and stated with emphasis that there could be no first class schools in c ? ?*? Xla olan lilt* lace Ul 9ULU UUOiatlCOl iiv. aiov gave his hearers to understand that it was foolish to expect anything good without cost and told them that they should,, by all means, suppliment the local school funds by special taxation. Prof. A. G. Rembert made an able scholarly address in which he discussed the possibilities of the child with reference to what could be done by means of education. He did not underrate the importance of the common schools; but looked upon them only as a means of attaining to higher things. He gave his hearers to understand that in his opinion a little education is a good thing; but no parent should ever be content with the idea of allowing the education of the child to stop with the common schools. Prof. J. G. Clhikscales; although he came last and contended with the disadvantage of speaking after dinner, made the hit of the day. He illustrated a good speech With amusing Jokes and anecdotes, and had not proceeded very far until the scattered crowd began to collect around iiim. His evmaral thpmp was the industrial habits of the people south as compared with those of the north. His argument was that the northern people had earlier appreciated the practical value of thorough education, and had devoted more attention to preparing themselves for the requirements and responsibilities of-Jife. He drew an amusing picture of the energy and thrift of the average yankee in converting all kinds of apparently worthless raw material into articles of value and showed how this characteristic was a development of educational rather . than of ' superior natural ability. ' He reproached the southern people for- their unwillingness to deny themselves in behalf of their children, and also condemned a short sighted policy which sought to make children work for a present 50 cents, which labor, if properly directed through the channels of education, would yield incomparably greater- returns in the future in the shape of greater happiness and more material wealth. : President Lee Davis Lodge of Limestone college, was the first speaker of Thursday, and his address'was of an unusually high order. He treated education from the standpoint of profit? mercenary and otherwise. He showed how the educated man is better fitted to get along In the world than was the man who Is uneducated; but he made It clear that mercenary considerations are of secondary importance. The object of education, he declared, is not to make money; but to make men?men of the highest order. He is confident that the natural ability* of the southern people is not inferior to that of any other people in the world, and he is also confident that the development in the south of literary, scientific and mechanical giants is only a matter of time. His entire address was prepared with the most thoughtful care, and his delivery was highly pleasing to his hearers. Hon^ M. F. Ansel of Greenville, followed the president of Limestone in a nice, smooth, carefully prepared' address on the general subject of education and in conclusion, at the request of the audience repeated his famous "Brother CroiTord" story. Hon. D. E. Finley followed Mr. Ansel in a short, well-considered speech that was also along somewhat general Mnes. He referred to the fact that soutn Carolina is irequemiy neiu uui as an example of illiteracy. He explained that the state's low rating came from the fact that the large number of former slaves pulled down the average; but showed that . there had been wonderful improvement during the past ten years; and argued that the progress of the past ten years was a promise of still more satisfactory progress In the future. He devoted himself for a few moments to the question of Negro education. He was of opinion that Negro education in the south had been misdirected. This is evidenced in the fact that even a limited common school training seems to unfit him for the labor that he is best qualified to perform. Superintendent of Educational Carroll presided over the exercises during both <lays of the rally, and the other members of the committee did their full share in providing for the comfort and entertainment of the big crowd. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will 8end the Enquirer ... > From now until January 1, 1M4, for 76 cents. _ IYIr. mcuuire s nonasnn buiiwu The residence of Mr. J. T. McGuire, who lived just across Catawba river in Mecklenburg county, N. C., was destroyed by fire last Monday night. The fire is thought to have been caused by rats, and matches and it had made such a* headway by the time it was discovered that practically everything in the house was destroyed: Big Whisky Capture. State Constable A. Rose, assisted by Policeman W. J. Whitener of Yorkville, and Magistrate S. N. Johnson of . Bethel township." captured'two barrels . of moonshine whisky a few miles east of Bowling Green last Thursday afternoon. A Negro woman advised Magistrate Johnson of the presence of the moonshiners in the neighborhood, and he immediately reported the matter to Constable Rose who - secured the assistance of Policeman Whitener and lost no time in getting on the trail. The moonshiners took alarm-on the approach of the officers, cut their mules loose from their wagon and ran for it to North Carolina. The wagon was found to contain two barrels of unstamped corn whisky, about one hundred gallons in all and some other articles of more or less value. The wagon itself was comparatively new and worth $30 or $40. The whole outfit was brought to YorkvlUe .without delay, and the whisky was put In the county jail for safe keeping. It will probably be turned over to the U. S. revenue authorities, who claim all unstamped liquor that may be seized by the dispensary officials^ Constable Rose and Magistrate Johnson had quite a dangerous experience in Crowder's . Creek during the chase. The creek had been very much swollen by a heavy rain a short time before, and when they drove into it they found much * difficulty in getting out again. ' Watson-tsratton. Rome (Ga.) Tribune, 13th: The wedding of Mra. Laura Seay Watson and Mr. Clarence Stuart Bratton yesterday on the lawn at Illahee, was a beautiful and impressive ceremony. Canvas was spread from the porch to the great tree beyond, and beneath that shade the vows were assumed. The two little nephews of the bride, Myron and Seay Sandlfer, bore the ribbons. Little Madge Harrison passed down the Improvised aisle bearing on a silver waiter the wedding ring. Following came the bride, leaning on the arm of her father. The groom, with his best man, Mr. McCants, awaited their coming; stepping forward he Stood with his fair bride before Rev. CI B. Huggins, who in the beautiful language of the Episcopal church pronounced them man and wife. The bride' never looked handsomer than in her exquisite wedding gown of moussaline, trimmed with elegant real lace. All about the lawn were floral tables and Just near the centre the bride's table, simply ornamented with rich Battenberg ornaments and a vase of bride's roses was placed. At the table with the bride and groom were seated the groom's mother and sister, the bride's parents and the best man. At 7.15 p. m., Dr. and Mrs. Bratton left for Lookout Mountain, where they will spend a few weeks before going to Texas. Legions of friends extend congratulations to Dr. and Mrs. Bratton, and wish for them all the happiness that can be crowded into a lifetime. Hounded to His Death. Fort Mill Times, Wednesday; The dead body of J. R. Norman, whose marriage of last Sunday is noted In another column, was found floating in Catawba river yesterday evening at 8 o'clock. The ghastly find was made by Mr. W. H. Jones and others at a point a fau- hiinHrpH vnrrts nhrvva thf? .Tnnes ferry. Upon Inquiry It is learned that after his marriage Sunday, Norman returned to the home of his bride's parents, who had bitterly opposed the marriage, and a row ensued in which Norman abused and cursed the old people in a most violent manner. The matter was reported to the town authorities, and Monday morning Officer R. G. Johnson went In search of the young man, but learned that he had just left, going In the direction of Rock Hill. Loosing his bloodhound, Officer Johnston gave chase apd striking the trail of the fleeing man there began an exciting contest of speed between the man and brute. Catawba river was soon reached and here the dog hesitated not a moment, but plunging In, swam to the west bank and endeavored to again strike the trail, but failed. Johnson had reached the river by this time, according to reports, and failing to find the young man along the bank, the officer felt confident that he was hiding behind a cliff of rock about mlddleway of the stream. The chase .. 1 a i a ...nn \\ uuaiiuuneu iinu iiuimug >vtw iitraru of Norman until yesterday when his dead body was found. Gorman was about thirty years old and had lived here only a few weeks. He came to this place from Belmont, N. C., and had been at work in the mllU He Is said to have a brother living in this place at present. The dead body was brought to this side of the river at a point near the home of Mr. Harks Jones, where It still lies at this writing, pending an inquest.