Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 18, 1903, Image 2
Scraps and .facts.
? There was a prize fight between
James Corbett and James Jeffertes in
San Francisco last Friday night. Jeffertes
is the champion, having won
the belt from Bob Fitzsimmons who
conquered Corbett. The fight lasted
ten rounds, and Corbett was knocked
out. The gross gate receipts, amounted
to $65,000, of which Corbett got
$10,900 and Jefferies, $33,700.
? Joseph Pulitzer, principal owner of
Columbia university, has given $1,000,000
for the establishment of a school
of journalism in connection with Columbia
university. The proposed
will he the first of its kind ever
established in connection with a great
university as a strictly professional
school. It is expected that the institution
will be in operation by one year
from next fall and Mr. Pulitzer, says
that if it is working nicely three years
from now he will give it another million
dollars on condition one half shall
go for maintainance.
? A cablegram was received in Washington
on Monday, stating that the
Colombian senate had rejected the
Panama canal treaty. The principal
reason for the rejection was a fear
that as the result of the building of
the canal, this country might eventually
assert sovereignty over Colombia.
Section 4, of the Isthmian canal act pro-1?
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viucs uiai in itiv wvw??% v* ?
of the American proposition by the Colombian
government, the president has
the authority to go ahead and treat
with the authorities of Costa Rica and
Nicaragua for the Nicaragua route.
? The Jury in the case of Curtis Jett
and Thomas White, charged with the
murder of James B. Marcum, at Jackson,
Ky., some months ago, on last
Friday returned a verdict of guilty
and fixed the punishment of the two
men at imprisonment for life. The
verdict, although much better than an
acquittal is - not exactly satisfactory
to the prosecution as it was hoped that
the two men would be hanged. The
defendants made a motion for a new
trial, which was refused, and they will
now appeal to the supreme court. If
they fail to get a new trial they will
rest their hopes on ultimate pardon.
? On the day of his death, which
occurred recently in Moscow, Prof.
Phillipoff addressed a letter to a pa
per of that city, stating mat iur yeaia
he had been experimenting with a view !
to evolving a death-dealing instrument
of such power that war would become j
Impossible, and had found a means for
transmitting the effects of an explosion
over a distance of thousands of
miles. The professor announced that
he would shortly impart his discovery
to the St. Petersburg Academy of
Science, and it is being questioned in
scientific circles whether he has taken
his secret to the grave. His death
was due to poisoning from prussic
acid.
? Postmaster General Payne has had
prepared a statement showing the status
of the rural free delivery service
throughout the country. It shows that
during the month of July, the first
month of the present fiscal year, almost
3,000 new routes were established.
The appropriation made for the
entire service for the year was $12,000,000,
or a little less than $3,000,000
more than necessary to maintain existing
service. This is sufficient to justify
the establishment of only about 6,000
new routes. It will therefore, be imr>?c?{hie
to locatf- morp than 3.000 ad
ditional routes without a further appropriation,
notwithstanding there are
now on file petitions for about 11,000
more routes.
? Caleb Powers took the witness
stand in his own defense at Georgetown.
Ky? last Monday. He told the
story he has repeated on the stand
on each of his preceding trials, but
denied the story told by Frank Cecil of
Bell county, that he was seeking some
one to act the role of assassin. Powers
denied that he had any motive in
bringing the mountain army to Frankfort
other than to show the Democratic
majority of the general assembly the
intense feeling of the Republican voters
of the state, and said it had nothing
whatever to do with the Goebel
murder. It is evident that Powers' defense
this time will be that Henry
Youtsey fired the shot that killed Wiliia?v*
nriov>oi Pnhprt Nriflkes. a. state
witness, said that one time Charley
Flnley, former secretary of state, said
to him that the best way to settle the
contest was to pay James Howard
$2,000 to kill Goebel. The witness said
arrangements had been made to kill
Goebel on January 25, 1900, but they
then miscarried.
? Seven persons are now dead as the
result of the maniacal deed of Gilbert
Twigg, who fired into a crowd at a
band concert at Winfield, Kan., last
Thursday night. Twigg and three of
his victims, died within a short time.
Those who have since succumbed to
their injuries are Port Smith, a farmer;
Dawson Bellitier, a carpenter, and
Roy Davis, a school boy. Elmer Farnsworth
and Otis Carter are dying,
while Claude Reed, Charles Thomas
and James Clarkson are in a critical
condition. A score of others are badly
hurt. A letter has been found
among the effects of Twigg, which indicates
that he Dlanned the deed some
days ago. It appears that Twigg was
disappointed several years ago in a
love affair, and that he had brooded
over it to such an extent that he was
convinced the citizens of Win field were
making light of his troubles. He wrote
that he had harmed no man and had
never violated the laws of his country,
and that the deed he was about to perpetrate
was for the purpose of "get
ting even" with those who had shunned
him and interested themselves unnecessarily
in his affairs.
? If reports be true, there is promise
of a naval battle on the waters of Lake
Erie soon. The boundary line between
the United States and Canada
runs through the centre of the lake,
and the laws of the United States prohibit
Canadians from fishing on our
side while tin* laws of Canada prohibit
Americans from fishing on their side.
One day last week the Canadian revenue
cutter Petrel caught the American tug
Silver Spray on the Canadian side of
the lino, and fired on it. The Canadian
tried first to get the American to halt:
but when the American undertook to
run for it the firing commenced. The
Silver Spray was hit in a number of
places and members of the crew narrovvly
escaped with their lives. The
captain explains that his nets, set on
the American side, had drifted to the
Canadian side: but he dared not run
the risk of remaining to explain this
to the Canadian for the reason that he
believed the Canadian would have
quietly taken his tug on to Canada
as a prize. Under the circumstances,
he deemed it best to take chances and
run. An American ship had been captured
under similar circumstances a
short time before. There are sdVne
twenty or more American fishing tugs
on Lake Erie and it is said that they
are arming themselves so as to be
ready for the Canadian captain next
time he tries his smartness. They
say they will grive him shot for shot
and it is their intention to send him to
the bottom of the lake.
?hc Korb'illt (Inquirer.
yorkville, s. c.j
tuesday. ATJGUST 18.1903.
Austria seems to have forgotten the
time, only a short time ago, when she
too was under the heel of the Turkish
oppressor.
It seems to us that the great Issue
with regard to the state dispensary is
not whether stealing is going on; but
as to whether the people of the state
are willing to sanction that stealing.
It would be interesting to know
whether or not the state of South Carolina
is still paying large bonuses for
credit in the matter of whisky purchases.
If such be the case, it is time
the dispensary business were put on a
cash basis.
To tvioro wpr<? still alive today a
spark of the spirit of the Crusaders, or
there existed in the courts of Europe
any spirit other than sordid selfishness,
the unspeakable Turk would be hustl
d out of the country he is oppressing
so quickly as to make him wonder
why he had been permitted to remain
there so long.
The recent election, in Mecklenburg
county showed a majority of the country
people in favor of the issuance of
road bonds, while citizens of Charlotte
allowed the bonds to fail because
of their neglect to go to the polls.
That* is a very good index to the genT
eral sentiment on this subject. The
country people are alive to the importance
of better roads, while with few
exceptions, the people living in the
towns have, not given the subject as
much intelligent thought as it deserves.
That is but a lame excuse of the
South Carolina representative who
would seek to hold that the state law
against the use of free passes does not
apply to them when outside of the
state. They may as well argue that
as members of the Federal congress
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llicy IIU lUII^Ci ur?c autgiuiiv^ w
Carolina. Not only this, if such a rule
should apply to members of congress,
members of the general assembly could
come under it as well. If a member of
the general assembly could be Influenced
by a free pass, and with regard
to the legislator who would accept one
we so hold, how much more would
he do for a pass from the North Carolina
or Georgia line to New York or
San Francisco, than for a pass from
some point within the state to and
from Columbia. The man who would
hold that any public officer could accept
a pass or any other favor from
the railroads without violating the
laws of South Carolina, evidently takes
the people for a lot of ninnies.
The most common objection to the
issuance of bonds for road purposes is
Viof 11-Q Viaira nn flirhf tn ImnftQC Slirh
a burden on posterity. The objection
has a certain light foundation in sentiment;
but not in practical business
considerations. The greater portion
of such a burden will rest upon those
who have to take the responsibility
of negotiating the loan, and these people
will mortgage property that belongs
not to posterity, but to themselves.
If there are to be any considerable
benefits, these benefits are to
come after a lapse of time and will go
in a still larger measure to posterity
even than to ourselves. We will have
to pay more than posterity; but we
will not pay out of proportion to our
benefits. But that is not all. Since it
is reasonable to assume that If we do
our full duty to ourselves at this time,
posterity ought to have more education
and progress than we have, and it
will have the same right to complain
at us for not having fixed the roads as
we have to complain of our slow plodding
progenitors. As a matter of fact
tho /"rkmnlnlnt r\f nAQtarlfv iifrninQt US will
be more justifiable even than our own
complaint, for as a matter of fact our
progenitors have been so busy with
other things of more pressing importance
that they have not had the opportunity
or ability to improve the
roads?certainty not so much opportunity
or ability us the present generation
possesses. It is certainly not becoming
to us to try to excuse ourselves
of our negligence in this matter at the
expense of posterity?not when we all
so clearly feel that such negligence only
lays us open to the reproach of the
unborn generation behind which we
are trying to hide.
MERE-MENTION.
Rev. J. Henry Duckrey of Cambridge,
Mass.. is engineering a movement as
the result of which he claims that he
will settle fiOO.UUO Negroes in various
northern localities within the next
three years News from Vancouver
is to the effect that a tribal
war has broken out in Alaska between
the Chilkot and the Kulkwan Indians.
...The bubonie~Rlague is killing many
people in Peru... .There is great suffering
in Jamaica on account of the
recent hurricane Steamers arriving
at New Orleans within the past
few days reported that they encountered
the West Indian hurricane on the
way from Honduras. They had a
rough time..... .Frauds by which the
New York city, water department has
been swindled out of several million
dollars have been discovered.
TROUBLE IN THE BALKANS.
Looks as If Unspeakable Turks May
Be Called to Account.
News of the past few weeks, and especially
of the past few days seems to
Indicate that the long threatened outbreak
in the- Balkans is close at hand.
From the general appearance of things
at least, it is fair, to assume that if
there is no serious outcome of the
present situation It is hardly worth
while to speculate on possible further
developments.
It is the same old trouble that has
caused so milch turmoil and bloodshed
in Southeastern Europe?the oppression
of Christians by Turks, and the
desire of the Macedonian and Bulgarian
Christians to throw off the Turkish
yoke.
Of course, the reader understands
that all of the Turkish empire in Europe
as well as a great portion of that
in Asia is conquered territory. Little
by little some of the conquered provinces,
such as Bulgaria, Servia, Rou- J
mania, Monte Negro, Greece, etc., have
from time to time became independent
with thousands of Turks still mixed
in the population, just as Christians
still compose a large per centage of
the population of that territory yet
occupied by the Turkish empire.
Although all of the countries specifically
named are independent, the different
races, the ancient conquerors and
the conquered have never harmonized.
There is bitter feeling in Bulgaria between
Bulgarians and Turks and constant
strife for race ascendancy, just
as there is in Macedonia which is still
completely under Turkish government
and control, between Macedonians and
Turks.
It was because of Turkish outrages
against Mecedonians and impatience of
Macedonians at Turkish supremacy
that the last ill-fated war between
Turkey and Greece was fought. Greece
hnned to drive the Turks from Europe;
but failing to secure the hoped for assistance
from other powers, only got a
terrible trouncing for her efforts.
Because of the result of the Greek
war the Turks became more tyrannical
over the Christian Inhabitants of their
country than before. The conditions
grew worse instead of better until
about a year ago. it looked as if the
Macedonians were ready to inaugurate
another general uprising. This was
prevented by certain action on the
part of Russia and Austria, which
governments united in a demand on
the sultan for the inauguration of certain
reforms intended to improve the
relations between the Christian and
Mohamedan Inhabitants of Turkey.
The sultan agreed to the reforms; but
never made any honest effort to carry
them out and #the condition of his
Christian subjects did not become
more bearable than it had been.
Conflicts between Mohamedans and
Christians have been of almost daily
occurrence during the past few weeks,
especially in Macedonia, and the Bulgarian
government has felt so out
raged at the situation as to be on the
verge of declaring war.
The murder of M. Rostkowski, a
Russian consular agent, in Macedonia,
last week by a Turkish soldier, has
stirred the Russian government considerably.
The czar demanded the immediate
execution of the Turk who
fired the shot, and that was done; but
the czar was not satisfied with that.
He gave the sultan to understand that
the Turkish governor of Monastlr,
where the crime was committed must
be banished and that certain Turkish
military officers should be punished.
All of this has been backed up, so
dispatches have it, by the mobilization
of the Russian Black sea fleet for
a demonstration against the Turkish
coast. >
The Bulgarian government on last
Sunday published an official statement,
guaranteed to be correct setting
forth hundreds of specific violations by
Turkey of the reform agreement entered
into with Russia and Austria.
The statement mentions many cases
of imprisonment of Bulgarians and
Macedonians by Turks for the purpose
of robbery, and of cases where Christians
have been forced to sell their
lands at nominal prices in order to
escape violence. There are also-recited
hundreds of murders and cases without
number of violence to women.
It is the general opinion throughout
Europe that if it were not for Russia's
attitude and operations in the far east
she would not hesitate to precipitate
war with Turkey at this junction; but
because of the situation in the far east,
it is believed that if war comes now,
the insurgent Macedonians and Bulgarians
will be more responsible than
Russia. However, no man can tell
what might happen, or how soon
Southeastern Europe may become the
scene of a general European war.
NEWS FROM CLAY HILL.
Good Rains at Last?The Protracted
Meeting?Personal Mention.
Clay Hill, August 17.?The plantations
of this section now have a fair
season for the first time in quite
awhile. There have been ruins around
us to the north, east, south and west
for two weeks, but it was not until the
past few days that we got our share.
The meeting at Allison Creek closed
on yesterday. The preaching, except
on Sunday, was by Rev. M. R. Kirkpatrick.
He had to leave Saturday to
get back ?to his own charge.
Mr. Paul E. Barron has sold his
plantation to Mr. R. B. Bigger of Bethel,
who will move to it with his family.
Mrs. M. J. Siinril has decided to
move to Rock Hill, and is now building
a residence in that town.
Miss Maggie Lee Glass of Rock Hill,
is visiting her friend. Miss Helen Bigger.
in this neighborhood.
Miss Mary Lee Riddle of Bowling
Green, is visiting friends in this vicinity.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8.
Good Roads In Cherokee.
There is to be a good roads convention
in Cherokee county on Tuesday,
August 25. Congressman Finley, Senator
Latimer and Hon. F. H. Hyatt
are to be among the speakers.
Bishop Capers III.
Brevard, N. C., special to Columbia
State: A telephone message from Cedar
Mountain, where Bishop Capers is
spending the summer, says that he has
a well developed case of pneumonia,
his right lung being badly affected,
while his left lun^ is nartiallv con
gested. He rested well last night, and
as his temperature ts being kept down
his condition is not considered really
alarpiing yet.
"As Good as Any White Man."
Charleston special of August 17 to
Columbia State: Edward Mikell, a colored
barber, setting himself up as good
as any white man and pressing the
proposition in an offensive way upon
J. A. Storer, alderman from ward 12,
was given a hard punch in the face by
Mr. Storer this morning while the two
were riding on a trolley car. Later
during the day Mikell sought Mr. Storer
at his store on King's street and
attempted to renew the discussion,
drawing a razor. He was knocked
down, remaining unconscious for some
time.
S. C. College Scholarships.
Columbia correspondence News and
Courier: In several counties where
the normal scholarships in the South
Carolina college have not been
awarded, examinations will be held by
the county superintendents of education
on Friday, August 21. This
scholarship pays $40 in cash, besides
remitting to the holder $58 in fees. It
is good for one session, and the holder
has the chance for a renewal of it.
The faculty of the college has arranged
a course specially for the teachers, and
it has yeen made up .with reference to
the needs of the public schools and
more particularly the- country schools
of the state. It is preferred that applicants
for this scholarship should be at
least nineteen years of age, and that
they should have some experience in
teaching.
Right of Trial By Jury.
The supreme court on last Thursday
decided a case in which the right of
trial by jury was involved. The case
originated in a magistrate's court in
Charleston, being entitled Pinckney
against Green. It seems that claim and
delivery proceedings were instituted
against Green, . whose attorney demanded
a jury. The magistrate refused
to summon a jury upless. Green paid
the costs, which amounted to $3.
Whereupon Green's attorney refused
to proceed further In the case and the
magistrate decided against him. The
matter was taken to. the circuit court,
but the magistrate's decision was upheld
and the case went on up to the
supreme court, in deciding tne case
the court stated that It was simply
a matter of the right of trial
by jury in a civil case, the question of
costs not entering into the case. This
right is given by the, constitution and
the decision of the ciacult court and of
the magistrate is reversed and the
case ordered back to the magistrate's
court for a new trial, this time by Jury.
GUTHRIESVILLE NOTES.
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Drought at an End?Cotton Planted
June 1 Promising Good Yield?Personal
Mention.
Correspondence of the Yorlcville Enauirer.
Gkthriesville, August 17.?We have
had an abundance of rain during the
pa^st few days, and in view of the long
dry spell, this is a considerable relief.
Crons are looking fine and the pros
pects are much better than they were
a mom ago.
The >oung cotton that was planted
after the hailstorm is promising a fair
yield. It was planted about the first of
June, and now looks as if it ought to
make as much as eight hundred pounds
of seed cotton to the acre, if the conditions
are favorable in the fall.
There was quite an enjoyable party
at the home of Mrs. K. B. Williamson
on last Friday night. The following
guests were present: Misses Marion
Harshaw, Marlon Logan, Bessie Sandifer,
Jessie Black, Kate Black, Nora
Williamson, Janie Barnett, Kathleen
Crawford, Berta Smith, Maud Anderson,
Lillie Love. The gentlemen were
Messrs. Roy and Bert Williamson,
Ross Clinton, Hamlet Carroll, C. E.Williamson,
W. O. Harshaw, W. C.
Elder, Robert Love, Walker Moore,
Logan Moore, Palmer Williams, Jim
Crawford, Palmer Moore, Leon Moore,
Arthur Bell, josepn Rose.
Rev. Marion Dargan of Orangeburg,
is on a visit to this place. He is a
large holder of the land of this section.
Mrs. N. B. Bratton and Mrs. R. M.
Bratton have been to Rome, Ga., to attend
the marriage of Dr. C. S. Bratton.
Mr. Calvin P. Sandifer, the efficient
postmaster of this place, who has been
spending quite a while in the mountains
of North Carolina, has returned
home.
Miss Ollie B. Elder, who has been
on an extended visit to different parts
of Alabama, is expected home next
Saturday. Mr. M. L. Elder who Is with
the General Electric company at
Schenectady, N. Y., will probably be
home in September.
Negro Defends Watermelons.?A
special of Monday from Heflin, Ala.,
to the Associated Press, says: News
has just reached here that f<*ir men
have been killed and nine wounded in
Randolph county by a Negro named
Sledge. The sheriff and posse are now
in pursuit, but have not yet captured
the murderer.
The trouble started over a difficulty
in a watermelon patch last Saturday.
A party of white men were working
the public road at Beaver Creek, near
I<amar, and when they finished work
they asked permission' to eat a few
melons in the Negro's patch. They
were told to help themselves. The men
began to cut and slash melons and
vines, while Sledge looked on. The
Negro warned them to stop and thep
went for his gun. Returning he emptied
the weapon into the crowd, wounding
nine out of eleven.
Immediately Sledge fled. A posse,
headed by the sheriff, overtook the
Nt ,ro near a bridge over the Tallapoosa
river, five miles from Wedowee.
He was ordered to surrender, but replied
by firing his shot gun, Instantly
killing Thomas Kbbett and Robert
Ford.
Sledge was accosted on the road today
by James Moore and Bud Wilson.
Without warning the Negro raised his
gun and tired, instantly killing Moore
and mortally wounding Wilson. No
further details have been received here,
but at last accounts the posse is still
in pursuit.
LOCAL AFFAIRS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Fou8hee Cash Store?Offers corsets at
25c, 50c, 60c' and up to $1.25. They
also say they offer grldles at 50 per
cent less than the usual prices.
J. O. Walker?Wants to sell a residence
on easy terms and at a low
price.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Has a
few strong claims for your attention
regarding the good qualities of the
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
of Newark, N. J.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Have anoiner say
that is short and snappy as to why
you should buy the Harlem sewing
machine at $15 In preference to any
other.
J. M. Heath & Co.?Have some between
the season bargains to offer
their customers in shirts, shoes for
gentlemen and ladies, clothing, etc.
They have received a new shipment
of fruit jars and jelly tumblers.
T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Has another
special bargain for your consideration
in a 105-piece decorated
Carlsbad china set for $17. He says
it is as dainty and pretty as a June
bride.
J. Q. Wray?Takes an optimistic view
of the approaching fall season and
has prepared for a large business by
buying an immense stock of goods
in .the best qualities and varieties.
J. R. Lindsay?Offers a second-hand
ginning outfit for sale cheap for
cash. Outfit was in use last season.
W. G. Stephenson, Supt.?Says that
the comrades of your son at the K.
M. M. A. will be what you would
have them be.
Loan & Savings Bank?Again calls attention
to their system of saving,
and emphasize the good results that
are sure to come by having a "little
saver" in your home.
Riddle & Carroll?Say that to get the
best results you should feed your
oon/1 V111IIn onH mAfll.
They have the stult.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Say that even the
name Nunnally implies all that is
best in candies. . They received a
fresh shipment last Friday and invite
you to call for what you want.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Say there is a
difference in teas, and invite your
attention to the good kinds that they
sell at 50 and 60 cents a pound.
York Drug Store?Has -several kinds
of shoe polish and tell about the advantages
that result from the use of
good shoe dressings. The prices run
from 10 to 25 cents a bottle. L.
M. Grist's Sons-r-Say that they are
at your service and will be glad to
fill your orders for all kinds of printing.
"Will give you good work at a
fair price. See fourth page.
Sam M. Grist?Wants . information . of
a company that will write a life insurance
policy containing the peculiar
and special features of those to
be found in Mutual Benefit policies.
W. B. Moore, President?Will apply to
the secretary of state next Saturday
for a charter for the Commercial
Club of Yorkville.
John E. Carroll, Co. Supt.?Gives notice
of election of three trustees for
Tirzah school district, No. 35, - on
Wednesday, September 2d.
DEATH OF J. M. HEATH.
News was received here early this
morning of the death of Mr. Jarhes M.
Heath In New York;. The dispatch did
npt say at what hour the sad event occurred;
but It Is presumed that It was
only a few hours before the receipt of
the dispatch.
Mr. Heath had been In bad health
for sometime, and last week his case
was diagnosed as one of gall stone,
and It was decided that he should go
to New York for an operation. He
left on Wednesday, accompanied by his
physician, Dr. J. F. Mackey, his brother,
Mr. Chapman Heath of Columbia*
and Mr. O. P. Heath of Charlotte. He
was taken to Dr. Whyte, the eminent
gall stone specialist.
The dispatch of this morning did
not say whether or not the operation
had been performed. It merely gave
the news that Mr. Heath was dead.
Mr. J. M. Heath was only thirtyeight
years of age. He began business
In Lancaster In 1884, wonting ror nis
uncle, Mr. O. P. Heath, and afterward
became a member of the firm of O. P.
Heath & Co. Later the firm became
Heath, Springs & Co., and continued
under this name until 1899, when Mr.
J. M. Heath organized and Incorporated
the Heath Banking and Mercantile
company with stores at Lancaster and
Kershaw. The next year, on his own
account he bought the stock and good
will of the Ganson Dry Goods company
of Yorkvllle, and organized the
firm of J. M. Heath & C6., at this
place.
Mr. Heath was married about ten
years ago to Miss Shannon of Camden,
who with five children" survives him;
No definite news of funeral Arrangements
has been received in Yorkvllle;
but the understanding Is that the-Interment
will take .place at Lancaster
tomorrow.
WRECK AT GASTONIA.
There was another serious wreck at
Gastonia last week. The Charlotte
Observer, of Sunday, gives the particulars
as follows:
A collision between two freight trains
on the Southern and the Carolina and
North-Western railways, at Gastonia,
last night at 12.15 o'clock resulted in
the serious injury of Fireman Sam
Grier, of the Carolina and North-Western,
and painful injury to Engineer
Walker, of the Southern. Half a dozen
Southern freight cars are torn up,
the engine is damaged and off the
track and traffic will be blocked for
several hours. The train of the smaller
road also sustained material damage to
the engine and several cars.
HOW tne acciaeni occurreu uu vuc
was able to explain last night, but owing
to the mistake of somebody the
two trains?No. 72, of the Southern,
and No. 70, of the Chester road?were
allowed to be headed, at fairly rapid
speed, for the crossing at the same
time. The engine of the Carolina and
North-Western railway had just passed
the crossing, going west, when the
Southern's freight, carrying a large
r imber of cars, dashed into the Carolii.a
and North-Western train. The.
Southern engine struck the tender of
the other engine, smashed it and then
ploughed through the train, making a
wide gap. Half a dozen cars from No.
72 piled up on top of one another, badly
demolished. Several cars of train
No. 70 were also badly damaged. The <
forward cars of both trains were derailed.
The full extent of Crier's injuries
could not be ascertained last night, but
it Is thought he will recover.. The
telephone message received by the Observer
stated that it was considered a
miracle that either of the engineers or
the firemen escaped with their lives.
The crossing of the two railroads is
almost in the center of Gastonia. Such
a thing as a collision between the i
trains of the two roads has never been
heard of before, and because of the
carefulness exercised in guarding the
crossing, was deemed almost an Impossibility.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. O. E. Wilkins went to Gaffney
on Monday.
Mr. John R. Ashe is visiting friends
in Kershaw.
Mr. W. Brown Wylie spent Monday
In Rock Hill.
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A1ISH Agnes jviuure is vimuug Iiicnuo
at Lowrysvllle.
Miss Anna McCaw has returned
from a visit to Chester.
Major John F. Jones of Blacksburg,
was In Yorkville on Monday.
Capt. W.. W. Boyce of Rock Hill,
spent Monday In Yorkville.
Messrs. Bob McClaln and R. D. Alexander
are visiting In Shelby.
Mr. Wm. M. Allison of Henrietta, N.
C., spent Sunday In Yorkville.
Miss Annie Leitner Shirley has returned
to her home at Old Point.
Mr. Jas. F. Glenn of Sumter, is visiting
friends and relatives In Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Shannon and children
are visiting relatives near Rock
Hill.
Mr. C. G. Parish has arranged to take
charge of the Central hotel at GafTney
again.
Miss Grace Stokes has returned from
a visit to friends In Lowryvllle and
Chester.
Miss Lottie McFadden of Rock Hill,
spent Friday night with friends in
Yorkville.
Mr. Brian Floyd of Spartanburg, is
visiting the family of Mr. D. M. Hall
near Yorkville.
Mr. Chas. H. Smith is visiting relatives
and friends at Spartanburg,
Greenwood and Cokesbury.
Mr. and Mrs. James White of Chester,
spent Sunday and Monday with
the family of Dr. W. G. Wliite.
Mr. John A. Neely and family, of
Rock Hill,, are visiting Mr. Neely's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. D. Neely.
Mrs. W. H. Darden and children of
Spartanburg are spending awhile with
Mr. D. M. Hall's family near York-,
vllle.
Mrs. W. A. Hafner and two children
of Bowling Green, are visiting Mrs.
Hafner's mother, Mrs. Shannon, at
Lomlnack.
Misses Eva and Ethel Ross of Gaffney,
Bessie Adams and Mattie Caldwell
of Clover, spent Saturday in
Yorkville.
Mrs. Lowry Bolln, who lives with
her husband about three miles east of
YoTkvllle. is quite ill. She ts nearly
eighty-two years of age.
Mrs. M. W. White accompanied by
her infant daughter, Catherine Lesslie,
has gone for a two weeks' visit to
friends and relatives at Riverside.
Mrs. N. T. Draffln of Riverside, who
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
M. W. White, for the past month or
six weeks, has returned to her home.
Mrs. Estelle Chapman, wife of Mr.
H. R. Chapman, a ministerial student
of Furman university, died at the residence
of Mrs. N. P. Whitman, on University
Hill, Greenville; on Sunday, after
a long and distressing illness.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The dispensary does more business
on Saturdays than any two concerns in
town.
? The stores of J. M. Heath & Co.,
have been closed today on account of
the death of Mr. J. M. Heath. They
\vlll remain closed until after the funeral
tomorrow.
? The Commercial club is to occupy
quarters in the Wltherspoon building,
including the entire second floor over
the store of the Strauss-Smith company.
The rooms are .to be considerably
improved and the quarters will be
both convenient and comfortable. At
this time tne ciud nas aooui im.y members.
? Although 'the death of Mr. J. M.
Heath comes as a sad. blow to the
many Yorkvllle friends of that gentleman".
It is understood that this event
will not immediately afreet the conduct
of the business with which Mr. Heath
was connected In Yorkvllle. Messrs.
O. P. and S. W. Heath and Mr. J. L.
W/lllamS all have large Interests In the
firm of J. M. Heath & Co., and the
business will go on as usual.
? Although the reporter has not seen
It, he Is reliably Informed of the. circulation
of a petition looking to the removal
of the local dispensary. There
is no provision in the law for the re- j
moval of dispensaries after they have
once been established; but there are
those who believe It will be worth while
to see what can be done. Their plan
is to ask the town council to call and
conduct an election at which the people
may express their desire, and If It
develops that a majority of the voters
favor removal, the matter will become
the subject of the representatives to the
general assembly. Each signer of the
petition for an election pledges himself,
in the event the election Is called to
vote for removal. As to what will be
the outcome of the petition, cannot be
predicted with certainty; but nevertheless
it is an indisputable fact that
there has been considerable change of
sentiment on the dispensary subject in
the light of actual experience, and this
change has all been one way. While
not a single individual who was originally
opposed to the dispensary has
changed his views, it Is a notorious
faet that finite a number of those who
did most to establish the institution,
are now frankly confessing their error.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Mr. D. M. Hall has forty acres in
peas and the crop is looking fine.
The Fort Mill Times says that a
man of such eloquence, firmness and
ability as Mr. J. W. Ardrey would be
a worthy addition to the York delegation
in the general assembly.
It is admitted that valuable fruit of
till' kinds is uncertain; that crops are
lighter some years than others, and
tViQt onmotimoa thpra Is n pnmnlptp
failure; but then the full crops generally
make up for all this.
People from the neighborhood say
there is still enough wreckage on the
deLoach plantation, brought down by
the' Pacolet flood, to build a small village.
The wreckage consists of debris
of almost every description, and it is
possible that there may be some
corpses mixed up in it.
There ie a notable difference of opinion
among the farmers as to the value
of the general rain of the past few
days. Some seem to think that the
rain will be of no benefit to either cotton
or old corn, while others say that
it will be worth a great deal to both.
The opinion seems to be general that
the rain would have been better had It
come two weeks ago; but all - are
agreed as to the great benefit It will
be to the pea crop. . It
is not practicable to give an Idea*
of the amount of blind tigering that
may be going on about Yorkville; but
judging from the declarations^of people
from the surrounding country,' It is
worse in the outlying districts than,
it has ever been. It is. said that, the
two barrels of whisky recently captured
in Bethel township were being
taken to the Catawba dam for tigering
purposes; but the contraband Is not
unusual in other localities.
As to whether or not there is a general
movement the reporter Is unable
to say, not having a great fleftlbf information
on the subject; but it is a
fact nevertheless that of late quite a
number of farmers of this vicinity have
remarked a tendency of cotton mill
operatives back toward the farm.. In
a conversation on the sublent last
Monday a well-known farmer made
observations like this< 'Tye had
white labor and I have had . Negro
labor, for wages, for part of the crop
and for standing rent. I have /had experience
of all kinds and have run
across some good Negroes and good
whites. As a general thing! niy experience
is that white labor and white
management is the best; but It has
never been here in sufficient, supply..
For several years past the landowners
have been having pretty hard lines
because of Negro families going out. of
the country and whitp families going
to the cotton mills. But I am' beginning
to see signs of changes.; The
whites have a disposition to come back
to the farms and all the landowners'.
have to do in my opinion to-: bring',
them back in still larger numbers, Is
just to provide them with suitable
houses. Landowners. never ;h4ve been
disposed to .improve . their property as
they should, and that is one reason
why many plantations have been allowed
to run down for lack of labor.
The thing to be done now la. to provide
good, houses at least as good as
are provided by the cotton mills, and
I am of opinion that there will be a
new era for agriculture-in this section.
LOCAL LACONICS/
Wa Will 8end the Enquirer..
Prom now until January 1, 1994, for
74 cents.
Death-of J. W. Tempieton.
Mr. Jos. W. Tempieton a well-known
citizen of this vicinity, died at his
home a mile south of Yorkville yesterday
morning, aged about seventy-four
years. The interment took place at
Beersheba cemetery this morning.;.;
Should Be Investigated.
Columbia State: The York county
grand Jury might do well to investigate
the drowning of that young man
near Fort Mill, who. it seems, was
chased into the river by bloodhounds.
The deceased, was charged with no
more than a breach of the peace and
the pursuing officer had no warrant
foe his arrest. It is an ugly case, as
the facts now appear. ; ..
Military Picnic.
Arrangements are on foot for the
holding of a military picnic at Cornwell.
in Chester county on or about
September 3, to be participated in
by the Jasper Light Infantry. Fort
Mill Rifles, Catawba Rifles, Lee Light
Infantry and the Cornwell company.
The soldiers are to be. in command of'
General Frost, Colonel J. C. Boyd, Major
J., H. Marion and Captain W. W. .
Lewis.
York's Confederate Roll.
Columbia correspondence of.. the
News and Courier: Some time ago
the Confederate veterans of this state
adopted a plan of township enrollment,
with the hope of securing a complete
list of the soldiers who .went into the
Confederate army from this state. In
every township of the state, committees
have been appointed to secure
these names, with the command they
served in, and everything connected
with their service. The people of York
county have taken a great deal of . interest
in this matter, and a full and
complete roll of that county has been
gotten up. The Yorkvtlle Enquibu
has been publishing these rolls by
townships, and published in its last Issue
a roll of over 200 names of sol
diers enlisted from Bethel township.
If every county would take the same
Interest In completing its rolls, Mr. M.
P. Tribble, commissioner of Confederate
rolls, would be greatly aided in
perfecting the rolls that he now has
on hand.
AT THE CHURCHES.
BAPTIST.
rev. w. b. hurt, pastor.
Prayer meeting Thursday afternoon
at 5 o'clock.
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
rev. j. l. stokes, pastor.
Prayer meeting in the Sunday school
room this (Wednesday) evening at 8.30
CHURCH OP THE GOOD
SHEPHERD.
rev. j. c. johnbs, rector.
No services this afternoon.
PRESBYTERIAN..
rev. w. o. neville, pastor.
There will be no prayer meeting this
(Wednesday) evening.
ffpwial jjjoiitts, v
Picnic at Piedmont Springs. .
There will be a picnic at Piedmont
Springs, Saturday 22nd instant. Refreshments
served on the grounds.
The public is invited.
Belle Plaxico,* v
Maud Whitesides.
It* Committee.
To Clean the Cemetery. -?_
All able-bodied male members ot.
Beersheba church are requested
meet there on the morning of August
21 at 7 o'clock, with such tools as may
be most convenient, for the purpose oV
cleaning off the cemetery.
Jambs E. Burns,
For Board of Deacons.
Aug. 12 w.s. 2t
Picnic at Blairsviile.
The annual Blairsviile picnic will be
given In J. C. Blair's grove, on Thursday,
August 20. Prominent speakers
wijl be present to discuss the . good
roads question. The public is Invited,
to come with well filled baskets.
J. H. Saye,
S. L. Blair, ;
W. O. Blair, ' <
Committee.
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