Straps and .facts. ;
? A Sofia dispatch of Tuesday gave 1
meagre details of serious fighting in the '
vicinity of Monastir, Macedonia, Three '
Turkish battalions attacked about
1,000 Macedonian Insurgents and the
fighting continued for three hours. >
The story is that the Turks were de- f
feated and withdrew from the field 1
with a loss of 210 dead and wounded. '
The insurgents held their ground, and '
at last accounts were receiving re-in- (
forcements pending the return of the '
Turks.
? Secretary of Agriculture Wilson *
will within a few days Inaugurate an (
industry which he believes will afford 1
employment to a large number of peo- 1
pie in the United States. It Is the
manufacture of raw silk from the native
cocoons. Beginning next week this
industry will be put into practical
operation. Failure to obtain motive
power to run the machinery last Saturday
resu'teu in postponing a trial.
The machinery for the manufacture of
silk has only recently been established
at the argicultural department. It was
purchased in France and two expert
cocoon reelers from that country have
~T- IX.J Ou*AO tr*
been brought to tne unueu Oiaico wv |
start the industry. As soon as they
have instructed four young women employed
at the department to operate
the machinery these experts will be
replaced by the latter. This industry
will be under the immediate charge of
Dr. E. O. Howard, chief entomologist 1
of the department. The machinery is
provided with four reels and each reel 1
will be operated by one person. The
machinery has a capacity for the manufacture
of four pounds of the raw
product a day, and each reel will turn ]
out at least one pound a day. t
? Cheyenne, Wyo., dispatch of August
19: Albert Ecklund, alias George ;
""ohri. m, who?was captured at Rawlins i
a:?u was being taken back to Chicago
to answer to the charge of grand larceny,
effected a remarkable escape f
from Detective William Marsden. j
"?Rawlins last nierht with <
iuaisuca ? _
Ecklund. and to make sure of his man |
shackled him to a seat in the smoking i
compartment of a chair car. While (
Marsden was sleeping beside the pris- i
oner, Ecklund went through the de- ?
tectives pockets, secured the keys to
the shackles, released himself and then
shackled the officer to the steam pipes.
Having received the officer's weapons j
and other property, Ecklund left the ,
train at Laramie. Marsden was not
awakened by the conductor until
Cheyenne was reached, when he called ,
for assistance. As Marsden had absolutely
nothing on his person to prove
that he was not a prisoner, the trainmen
would not release him. The railroad
authorities telegraphed to Chi- .
cago for instructions, and when the
train reached Sydney, Marsdeen was
Anally released from his predicament.
Tonight he passed through Cheyenne
enroute to Laramie to try to effect the
recapture of his prisoner.
? John Keenan, an old miner of
Wharton, N. J., on last Monday deposited
in the National Union Bank of
Dover the sum of $2,800, representing
the odd hoardings of years of his
wife, who was buried last Thursday,
A day or two after the funeral Keenan,
happening to call to mind a habit
his wife had of helping herself to the
cash she could find in the pockets of
her sons' trousers whenever they came
home intoxicated and hiding it in all
sorts of out-of-the-way places about
the house, took it into his head to see
if he could find any of these queer
hoardings of hers. His search was rewarded
beyond his most sanguine expectations.
Coin and bills of all denominations
were found in almost
every nook and corner he poked into
and when he had, as he supposes, completed
his search found himself actually
unequal to the task of counting
them all. So he tied them in a big
handkerchief and carried them to a
friend, who counted them for him.
The total was an even $2,800. By the
advice of his friend, Keenan hired a
rig and drove with him to Dover, where
the money was deposited in Keenan's
name in the National Union Bank.
? Brooklyn Eagle: The announcement
comes from Germany that a
Frenchman, Edward Mollard, has reported
to the state department the discovery
of another metal. This new
metal is called selium and is both lighter
and stronger than aluminum. Its
hardness is not quite equal to iron,
but is greater than zinc, and its power
of resistance ranks between iron and
steel. The greatest advantage of the
new metal is its cost of production,
wnicn is uiny uuuui uuc-iwcuiiciu mai
of aluminum. Selium does not corrode
and is capable of a very high polish.
The former quality is an important requisite
in ship building, while the
latter makes the new metal exceptionally
suited for cooking utensils. Numerous
experimenters have tried to
obtain a metal as light as aluminum,
but one which would possess greater
rigidity. At first maglanium, which is
a combination of aluminum and magnesium,
seemed to fullfil these conditions,
but a few trials proved that it
possessed a very short grain which
destroyed all elasticity. In other
words, the metal was capable of sustaining
a strong pressure, but breaks
easily. Such a metal, therefore, as
selium. possessing the good qualities
of aluminum, together with strength,
rigidity and the quality of receiving a
high polish, can scarcely help becoming
a strong commercial factor, especially
when the low cost of production
is considered. It is to be hoped
that selium possesses all the advantages
claimed for it.
? A private dispatch received at Austin.
Tex., last Tuesday from Chehuahua.
Mex., reports the death of Pedro
Alvarado, the .millionaire miner, who
was one of the most spectacular characters
of Me'xic-o. Six years ago he
V was a barefooted peon working in a
mine at 30 cents per day. He discovered
the wonderful prospect now known
as the Palmillo mine and developed it
by degrees until it is one of the greatest
producing properties in the world.
Alvarado kept an armed guard at the
mine and no one but his workmen was
aliowed to enter it. How much it has
produced is not known, but it is conservatively
estimated that Alvarado's
wealth aggregated fully $25,000,000,
most of which is in cash. He had no
faith in-the banks, and it is said that
millions in silver bars are locked in a
strong steel cage at his home near Parral.
This cage is constantly guarded
by a large force of men. Alvarado recently
offered to pay the public debt
Df Mexico, but his offer was refused by
Finance Minister Limanteur. A year
ago Alvarado chartered a special train
and made his first trip on a railroad to
the city of Chihuahua. He took a
bodyguard of about 200 men and all
af his family and relations along. He
distributed charity with a liberal hand
an this trip, and among other things
donated a large sum for the building
of a Catholic: church. He gave hundreds
of thousands of dollars to the
poor at Parral.
$hc \lorkrillr (fnquivrr.
YORKVILLE, S. C.s
nmronn Ol lAAQ
Mil DAI, AUUUOl fii, lijvu.
Senator Tillman has returned from
his lecture tour and the Charlotte Observer
advises us that we may now
expect some hand primaries on the
pass-toting habit.
It is believed that if Russia gets
mixed up with the affairs of southeastern
Europe?that is to say at war
with or about Turkey, Japan will not
hesitate a moment to push her contention
in the east.
? ? -
It will be remembered that even after
the final action of congress on the
subject, Senator John T. Morgan said
that the isthmian canal would never
be built by the Panama route. It is
begining to look as if the senator's prediction
was a little more than an empty
boast, and that he knew whereof he
spoke.
Just what the trouble with the
? " J 1 ~ ''ifflnnlt tn ar
Southern ranroau is, ia uiu>vu? ? ?
rive at; but as precaution for public
safety, it might be a good idea to sjspend
operations until track and rolling
stock can be overhauled, and the
operating forces can be disciplined up
to a higher standard of efficiency.
We fear that the big men like Morgan,
who devote attention only to the financial
aspect of properties like this
are too prone to lose sight of the im- [
portance of first-class labor and equipment.
The powers of Europe can very v/ell
agree that the Turk should be driven
into Asia; but they cannot agree as to
who shall fall heir to his European
possessions. If there could be a compromise
on the basis of erecting some
new and independent governments,
like unto Greece, Roumania, Bulgaria
and Servla, the problem would be
solved. But to the balance of Europe
the possibility of Russia establishing
herself on the Dardenelles is a greater
bugbear than the outrages tnai are
being committed on the Christian subjects
of the sultan.
Beoavse all of the locomotive works
of the country are from one year to
eighteen months behind with their orders,
it is impossible for the railroad
corporations to provide power in proportion
to the requirements of their
traffic. In many cases the railroads
have had out orders for a year or
more, and are still waiting at great
loss and inconvenience. It is claimed
that the locomotive builders fully appreciate
the situation; but they are
not disposed to prepare themselves for
the leason they fear that such preparation
will be accompanied by a drop in
price.
It is beginning to Took as if Sir
Thomas Lipton, the wholesouled English
sport, who is seeking the America's
cup, is to again be disappointed.
The race between the Reliance and the
Shamrock III was commenced on last
Thursday, and although it was 1101
practicable to finish within the time
limit, because of unfavorable wind, the
Reliance showed up to the best advantage.
When the attempt was declared
to be "no race," the Reliance was leading
the Shamrock III at least sixteen
minutes. The second attempt at a
race will be made tomorrow.
The Virginia-Carolina Chemical
company is temporarily embarrassed;
but according to a statement issued
by S. T. Morgan, the president, it is
not on account of any fault of its
own so much as on account of the inability
of the railroad companies to
handle its products, and the Inability
of the banks to take care of its paper.
The statement" represents that the
company actually sold 26 per cen.
more goods during the past season
than during the previous season, and
still has on hand 100,000 tons tnat couia
not be delivered because of inadequate
freight facilities. According to
Mr. Morgan, the paper of the company
has always been considered the best to
be found in the south and the New
York banks have heretofore been handling
it without question; but this year
the New York banks have had their
hands full in other lines, and because
of the peculiar financial situation the
company has been hard pressed. As the
result of these circumstances, there will
be no dividend this year, and the efforts
of the management will be directed
to raising cash necessary to conduct
the business of the big combination
without having to be so entirely
dependent upon the banks.
It has been remarked more than
once that the heroism and moral couruire
Hvhihlted <lailv in the cab of the
locomotive is of as high an order as is
ever seen on the field of battle. There
is no reason to doubt this statement:
but still cases in point are always interesting.
Ret ween Spartanburg and
Asheville the railroad crosses Saluda
mountain up a murderous grade on|
one side and down the same murderous
incline on the other. There have
been numerous wrecks and much loss
of life at this place. Only two weeks
ago, Engineer Averlll, a brave young
man lost his life in a terrible wreck on
one of these grades, and on Tuesday
Engineer Bob Dougherty gave a less
tragic illustration of the stuff that
finds its home in the cab. Dougherty
was running the lead engine of a double
end freight train, which stalled
just before it reached the top of the
cri?>Ha Thftn if heernri to roll slowly
backward. Everybody on the train
was aware of the fact that there was
another train behind and everybody
but Dougherty and two or three of the
crew jumped from the train. Gaining
slowly but steadily the train went
down the grade at a terrible rate, and
it looked as if wreck and collision
were the only possible outcome. But
because he did not jump, Dougherty
averted the disaster. He succeeded in
checking the train so soon as it recovered
from the momentum of the grade,
and when it came to a standstill, the
freight that was following was only a
hundred yards away. Dougherty, of
course, would have been justifiable in
leaving his' post. Because so many
engineers have been killed here it
looked like suicide to stay; but had he
jumped there is no reason to doubt
that the bloody grade would have added
other names to its list of victims.
NOTES FROM CHEROKEE.
Plenty of Rain and High Water?Good
Roads Meeting?Operations at Brown
Gold Mine.
Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer.
Etta Jane, August 19.?The farmers
have got an abundant supply of rain
and they are wishing for It to stop
awhile. As yet there has been not very
extensive damage done to crops on the
low lands, though water has been over
most of them, but not high enough to
injure the corn to any great extent.
Cotton Is generally late, about two or
three weeks behind what it usually Is
at this time of year. The plant is
rather small but the fruit is on It all
the same. Some fear that a continuous
wet spell will soon damage it.
The Wilkinsville Oil company Is
going ahead with its mill and machinery
and they expect to work up the
present crop.
The telephone line has been extended
from Hickory Grove to Sarratt's in
this county.
A good roads meeting will be held-at
Gaffney next Tuesday. 25th instant, at
which a number of distinguished
speakers are expected to be present
and address the people.
In the work of completing its rolls,
York county stands at me neaa ui me
list, and we hope the others will soon
follow her example.
The Cherokee county road machinery
and chaingang is at work near Draytonville,
macadamizing the road leading
to Gaffney.
Quite a number of York county people
have settled in Cherokee county
since the organization of the new county.
and they are worthy useful citizens.
We are proud of them, and wish
we had more of the same kind.
We hear that they are shipping large
quantities of gold ore from the Brown
mine near Hopewell. Wagons are
hauling it to Hickory Grove for shipment.
From what we learn it is very
valuable.
MERE-MENTION.
A number of southern and western
railroads have formed a combination
to fight the provision of the Elkins
law which prohibits the allowance ol
rebates A large portion of Kansas
City has again been under water
during the past few days A story
comes from KlefT to the effect that a
Russian captain has been condemned tc
death for refusing to allow his men tc
fire on striking workmen... .The state
department at Washington denies that
the recent action of the Colomtdan senate
at Bogota is to be taken as a final
rejection of the canal treaty The
Democrats of Ohio are claiming a
strong probability of a victory that will
defeat Senator Hanna for re-election.
The war department is considering
the building of a system of railroads
in the Philippine Islands
There is talk of nominating Gen. Nelson
A. Miles as the Democratic candidate
for governor of Massachusetts....
A Chinese cruiser went down as the
result of a collision with the passenger
steamship Empress of India. The captain
and thirteen members of his crew
lost their lives.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Incendiarism Too Common.
Columbia Record, Wednesday: The
governor today offered a reward of $10C
for the apprehension and conviction ol
the parties who burned the house oi
Francis Marion in Laurens county. Incendiarism
seems to be all too common
in the state nowadays. In the last
week or two the governor has offered
eleven rewards.
Chicco a Candidate.
The Charleston correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle says that Vincenl
Chicco, a famous blind tiger keeper
and a bitter enemy of Senator Tillmar
and the dispensary law. Is a candldatt
~ J* O
for alderman-at-iarge iroin waru o
Chicco has announced his candidacy
;.nd he says he is going to mak; the
fastest run of any of the candidates
. >m his ward for a seat on the aldermanic
board of Charleston. The
only political office ever held by
Chicco was that of a private on the
police force, though it has been years
since he carried a policeman's club
When the dispensary law was enacted
and went into effect, Chicco resigned
from the police force and opened uf
an establishment on Market street
He has given the state constables more
trouble than all the other blind tigei
keepers together. Several months age
Chicco called on Governor Heyward
and asked him not to be hard on the
illicit liquor dealers in the city. During
the course of the conversation
Governor Heywarci asKeu cnicco wnj
he did not go out of the blind tigei
business, and Chicco replied that he
would stop selling liquor if Governor
Heyward would appoint him on the
state board of dispensary control.
Chicco has made considerable money,
and he declares that he is going to
spend some of it in politics. When
Senator Tillman was governor of
South Carolina he had occasion to visit
Charleston, and one day, while strolling
through the market, directly in
front of Chicco's establishment, he was
accosted by Chicco and invited to come
in and have a drink.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. Edgar Poag, Rock Hill?Makes you
a proposition in buying, selling or
exchanging your real estate. No
business?no charges.
B. N. Moore?Solicits the storage of
your cotton in Moore's Standard
warehouses. Warehouse receipts are
acceptable at banks at regular rates.
W. B. Moore, Captain?Gives notice to
members of J. L. I. to meet in the
armory next Tuesday night at 8.30
o'clock.
I.. M. Grist's Sons?ftake a special offer
of $1.10 for 50 engraved calling
cards?script letter?good until Sep(omhfr
10. next.
Strauss-Smith Co.?Give additional
facta In regard to the Harlem sewing
machine, which they offer at S15
cash. They print the certificate of
warranty, which guarantees the machine
for twelve years.
Riddle & Carroll?Have just received
a supply of best quality full cream
cheese?best they can buy?good
enough for their customers. They
also have maccaroni.
W. G. Stephenson, Supt.?Invites a
thorough investigation of the K. M.
M. A., by parents who have sons
whom they want educated and trained
under best influences.
T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Has a large
stock of clocks of all kinds on hands
and invites you to see him for what
you want. He will sell you good
goods at correct prices.
J Q. Wray?Says he pays particular
attention to the good qualities and
latest styles in gentlemen's furnishings
and invites you to call and see
what he has to show you. He says
he has an elegant line of gentlemen's
half hose of good qualities and
latest styles.
Jafi. M. Starr & Co.?Have received a
shinment of fresh turnip seed of sev
eral varieties. They offer prizes aggregating
$2 for the largest turnips
raised from seeds they sell.
L. M. Grist's Sons?Say they will be
pleased to receive your next order
for commercial printing, folders, etc.
See fourth page.
Foushee Cash Store?Offers several
varieties of turnip seeds at 2 cents
an ounce. Also says its new fall
millinery has been bought and asks
you to compare its prices and qualities
with others.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? The First National Bank of Yorkville
has received a telegram from the
comptroller of the currency authorizing
it to commence business.
? The stores of J. M. Heath & Co.,
and the livery stable of the Heath-Elliott
Mule Company, which were closed
on account of the death and burial of
Mr. J. M. Heath, were re-opened today,
and will continue business as usual.
? Mr. W. B. Moore has taken a trip
? ~ ?* 4-V*/* ofofo fnr fho
lO ine western pan ui me
purpose of investigating the cheese industry
in that section. He believes
that the profitable manufacture of
cheese is possible in Yorkville and he
wants to look further into the matter.
? It was thought that when the
Southern railroad should get control
of the South Carolina and Georgia Extension,
Yorkville would get the benefit
of the same freight rates that are
enjoyed by Rock Hill, Chester and oth,
er towns. People who are directly
concerned, however, claim that there
! has been no improvement in the situa;
tion in this regard and that the town
is discriminated against as heretofore.
' The matter is important and the peo
pie are entitled to. know the reason of
this condition of affairs.
i DEATH OF MR. HEATH.
i The interment of Mr. J. M. Heath,
t whose death was announced last Tues'
day, took place In Camden, the home
of Mrs. Heath's people on Thursday,
' the remains being accompanied to that
place by a large delegation of relatives
i and friends from Lancaster.
Mr. Heath did not die under a suri
gical operation as was assumed on re>
ceipt of the first news of his death;
; but died before the operation was attempted.
Upon his arrival in New
I York, it developed that the surgeon
i who was to have charge of the case
. wus away, "and upon his return the
I sufferer had passed beyond the reach
, of his skill.
A delegation of a half dozen Yorkville
citizens started to Lancaster
Wednesday to attend the funeral; btlt
on reaching Rock Hill they learned
that the train upon which the body
was to arrive, could not be expected
. until late in the night on account of a
wreck up the road and several members
, of the party returned. Messrs. J. L.
r Williams, J. C. Elliott, B. N. Moore and
W. B. Moore, Mrs. T. M. Dobson and
Miss Maggie McFadden went on to
Lancaster.
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP.
, Mr. Dudley C. Sturgis of Rock Hill,
I has been awarded the New Normal
> scholarship in the South Carolina col>
lege for this county. This scholarship
, exempts from tuition and other fees,
( amounting to $58 and also pays $40 in
money towards living expenses. The
j scholarship is for one year with the
chance of one or two more years, if
desired, according to the following regulation;
After the first year the incumbent
may be reappointed, provided that, in
, the judgment of the faculty, his apti
ness to teach, his progress in study,
, and his general character, indicate
that he is a suitable person to fulfill
the purpose of the scholarship as pro,
vided for by the general assembly.
, The purpose is to help worthy young
men to fit themselves better for teach1
ers. The course of study is arranged
with a view to the needs and the work
i of the country schools, and is an evo,
lution of the summer school idea?
nine months instead of a one month's
! course in the school subjects and with
5 the school books. This short course in
the essentials (to be followed by higher
instruction of those who remain
for a second year) is a new developl
ment of the normal department of the
) South Carolina college, and is probably
the most practical and distinctive
teachers' course offered by any college
' or normal school in the south.
Special attention is given to the
, methods of teaching the different sub,
jects, and thus the matter of each subject
is mastered as in no other way.
The students will take turns in teach.
ing before the instructors and will be
criticized and aided to better methods,
ana oeuer unaerstanaing vine uaaia ui
' all methods). The subjects will be
thus studied and taught and studied
, again, and the instructors are:
English Grammar?Dr. E. S. Joynes.
English Composition and Literature
( ?Dr. G. A. Wauchope.
History and Geography of South
Carolina and the United States?Prof.
' R. Means Davis.
1 Oral Reading?Prof. R. Means Dai
vis.
> Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry?
Prof. Patterson Ward law.
Elementary Physics and Physiography?Instructor
Carson.
Nature Study?Prof. A. C. Moore.
Ureelland Drawing?Instructor Cordon.
.
Special Pedagogy?Prof. Patterson
Ward law.
An effort will be made to add Instruction
In sight singing.
By an act of the legislature no tuition
or other fee is charged to any
teacher pursuing a special teacher's
course in South Carolina college.
Hence this attractive course is within
easy reach of teachers other than the
scholarship holders. Women teachers,
who are conspicuous in every teachers'
gathering and who in professional enthusiasm
and ambition have set a pace
for the men to follow, will doubtless
avail themselves of this opportunity.
The course is similar to that of the old
Winthrop Training school in Columbia.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The crops between Yorkvllle and
Rook Hill look better than for years.
There is some good cotton and also
some good upland corn. The people
over that way have no occasion to feel
discouraged.
Maybe there is hardly enough clover
hay in this section to make this particular
piece of information of value;
but all the same it is interesting. A
farmer from a clover country said to
this writer a few days ago that while
it is a notorious fact that clover of a
seccnd cutting almost invariably salivates
horses, if fed too soon after the
cutting, it is really as good as the first
cutting if kept until the next year.
According to this farmer, the discovery
was made in his neighborhood
quite by accident; but now the fact is
looked upon as established.
The announcement of Mr. J. Edgar
Poag, as published in another column
Is of especial and peculiar Interest to
a large number of York county farmers,
in that Mr. Poag has entered a
field that has heretofore been practically
vacant; but which needs attention
throughout this whole section. As
briefly explained, Mr. Poag's business
is to bring into touch sellers and buyers?to
find buyers for wouldbe sellers,
and sellers for wouldbe buyers. His
method of operation is something like
this. Say an Individual has a piece
of real estate that he is willing to dispose
of at a certain price; but is unable
to find a purchaser. It may be
that the property is worth the price
fixed all right; but that is of no consequence
so long as the wouldbe seller
does not come in touch with the
wouldbe purchaser. Mr. Poag proposes
to find purchasers for all such property.
He does not guarantee any
sales; but he does agree to advertise
at his own expense and make no
charges unless he makes a sale within
a given time. In the event he makes
a sale within the time agreed upon, he
takes out of the proceeds, a certain
commission provided for in .the contract.
He has made quite a number
of deals in this manner already, to the
satisfaction of both sellers and buyers,
and his clientage is developing in a
way that is entirely satisfactory. People
who have real estate to dispose
of should communicate with Mr. Poag
at once.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Fannie Parish is visiting friends
in Fort Mill.
Mr. J. T. Qulnn of Bethany, is sawmilling
at King's Mountain.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Neely have returned
to their home in Rock Hill.
Dr. D. L. Sheider of St George's, has
accepted a position with Jas. M. Starr
& Co.
Mr. J. M. Rawllnson has returned
from a visit to his daughter in Charlotte.
Mrs. A. G. Hart and children, of
New Orleans, are visiting the family of
MaJ. Jas. F. Hart.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Williams and Infant
son, left Thursday for a visit to
relatives at Riverside.
Misses Hattle, Mary and Kathallne
Moore of Rock Hill, are visiting Mr.
Jas. M. Starr's family.
Mrs. A. S. Clarke, Is convalescing
from an attack of typhoid fever, contracted
in Marlon, N. C.
Miss Bessie McConnel has returned
home after a three weeks' visit to
friends at Plnevllle, N. C.
Miss Pearl Clarke of Statesvllle, N.
C., sister of Mr. A. S. Clarke, Is In
Yorkville, the guest of Mr. Clarke.
Miss Ossle Jeffreys, after spending
, some time with her aunt, Mrs. Janle
i Parish, left on Thursday for Ashevllle.
Mrs. J. B. Lyles of Chester, is In
Yorkville, on a visit to relatives and
A ? criioaf nf Mrs .T_ M. Starr.
II icuun, viiw guvob w* .?. ? ? ?
1 Mr. Geo. W. S. Hart and two sons,
Masters Arthur and Oliver, have returned
from a visit to Wadmalaw Island.
Misses Marlon Logan and Bessie and
Maggie Sandlfer have returned from a
pleasant visit to friends at McConnellsville.
Miss Josie Fewell has returned to
her home in Rock Hill after a pleasant
visit to Misses Bessie and Mary
Williams.
Mrs. J. M. Brian and son, Barr,
spent Wednesday in Clover. Little
Miss Julia Williams came back home
with them.
Mrs. E. B. Williams of Meridian,
Miss., is visiting in Yorkvllle, the
guest of Mrs. O. E. Wilkins and Mrs.
R. C. Allein.
Mrs. W. W. Miller, after spending
sometime with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. R. Williams has returned to
her home in Rock Hill.
Miss Hattle Boat wrlght of Steadman's,
is in Yorkvllle with relatives
and friends, the guest of her sister,
Mrs. C. P. Lowrance.
Mr. Joseph A. Alexander of Waverly,
O., arrived in Yorkville last Thursday
on a visit to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Alexander.
Miss Mary Sehorb is at home after
a pleasant visit to friends at Landsford.
She was accompanied home by
her friend Miss Dora McFadden.
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Thomasson
and two children, of Florida, are visiting
Mr. M. L. Thomasson and other
relatives near Yorkville.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Moore and child,
after spending several weeks with relatives
in Yorkville, have returned to
their home at Clarksville, Tex.
Mrs. J. G. Burris, nee Miss Lona
Parker, and child of Chester, is in
Yorkville with relatives and friends the
guests of Mr. H. H. Beard's family.
Miss Mamie McConnell arrived in
Yorkville on Thursday from Philadelphia,
for a two weeks' visit to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCon- {
nell.
Misses Ella and Eva Robinson of
Lancaster, are visiting relatives and
friends in this county, the guests of
the families of Messrs. J. B. and R. N.
Plaxco.
Mrs. H. J. Bratton and Miss Rita
Witherspoon of Brattonsville, and Mr.
A very Lowry of Yorkvllle, left Thursday
for Cleveland Springs.
Mrs. W. J. Dawkins, who has been In
Yorkvllle with her sister, Mrs. E. B.
Beard for the past week, left via Columbia
for her home In Asheville, on
Wednesday.
Mr. W. P. Smith, from North Carolina.
recently with the Bell Telephone
company, has accepted a position with
the Bedford Telephone company, and
haa charge of the lines.
Messrs. Furman and Lon Quattlebaum
of Steadman's S. C., have been
spending several days in Yorkvllle,
the guests of their aunt, Mrs. Aionzo
Rose, returning to their home on Wednesday.
Mr. T. M. Whisonant of Hickory
Grove, was In Yorkvllle on Thursday,
and stated that in consequence of the
death of his partner, Mr. T. H. Lesslle,
he would wind up the affairs of the
Hickory Supply company, without unnecessary
delay.
Little Johnsle, the seven-year-old
daughter of Mr. J. L. Stacy of Clover,
sustained a severe fall from a platform
at her father's home last Tuesday.
She fell a distance of eight feet and
was rendered insensible for a few
minutes; but has since recovered without
permanent injuries.
OVER IN MECKLENBURG.
The farmers of Mecklenburg county
were very much disappointed at the
l*_ii ?? nmnnaoH hnnd
ittn urc ul me i uij |/?
issue for road purposes, voted on some
days ago, to carry. They are not discouraged,
however, as they propose to
keep up the agitation and win out before
they quit. They are satisfied that
a bond issue is the right thing and
there are not a great many country
people opposed to it.
Mr. Wirt Pegram of Shopton, Mecklenburg
county, was in Yorkville last
Thursday accompanied by his mother
on a visit to the family of his half
brother, Mr. J. B. Pegram, and while
here he spent a half hour or such a
matter at The Enquirer office discussing
affairs generally over in Mecklenburg
and in the northeastern part
of this county. Mr. Pegram is a farmer,
a flije specimen of manhood physically,
well developed intellectually
and altogether a creditable representative
of the splendid citizenship that
makes up the population along both
sides of the Catawba between Mecklenburg
and York.
"Yes, wt were defeated on the bond
proposition," he said in reply to the' re
porter's suggestion of the suoject. rne
bonds failed by a narrow margin and
the good roads movement has a backset
for a year or two?some say ten
years or more; but I am hopeful that
it is not quite so bad as that. But it
was not the fault of us farmers in the
country, I'd have you know. We gave
it a majority, and it died only because
of lack of interest on the part of its
friends. Over our way, you know,
bonds can be issued only on the approval
of a majority of the qualified
voters. Every vote cxst irt an election
for bonds may be favorable; but unless
a majority of the qualified voters register
their ballots, the issue fails.
"Now, of course, I would not have
you understand, that our farmers were
unanimous on this question," continued
Mr. Pegram. "We have some who
are not willing to pay the tax, and still
others who already have macadamized
roads by their doors. This latter class
is not unanimous in its opposition; but
a good many of them take the selfish
nnsition that since they already have
all the benefits of good roads, they
do not care to pay extra taxes that
their neighbors may enjoy the same
benefits. They do not put the mattei
so plainly as that; but that is about
the size of it."
"You can hardly have any idea ol
the benefit our people have already derived
from macadamized roads. Let
me tell you of a country merchant near
my house. He used to haul out his
fertilizers about four sticks at a time
with two mules, and now he sometimes
hauls as many as twenty or thirty
sacks, and makes two or more loads
from Charlotte ten miles distant in a
day. And as for cord wood, they are
hauling it to Charlotte from a distance
of twelve or fifteen miles and
getting $2.50' a cord for it. I live
twelve miles from Charlotte and two
miles from the beginning of the maca
damized road, yet at almost any time
you can see wagons from below me on
their way to Charlotte with cord wood.
Why, it Is a fact that people over in
York county, even are hoping for the
completion of the road to the river,
and the building of a bridge so they
also can haul wood to Charlotte."
Mr. Pegram says cotton Is fairly
good in his neighborhood; but corn
does not promise a great deal. There
has not been nearly so much rain over
on his side of the river as on this side
and crops are not so promising.
LOCAL LACONICS.
We Will Send the Enquirer
From now until January 1, 1904, for
72 cents.
Good Work at Union.
As the result of the series of meetings
that has been In progress at Union
this week, under the direction ol
Rev. John Bass Shelton of Chester,
there were twenty-two conversions up
to Thursday night. There were eleven
conversions at Clover during last
week.
Freshet in Catawba.
Catawba river has been high this
week, but not nearly up to some of the
record marks of recent months. On
Tuesday the authorities at the works
of the power company received a dispatch
from Morganton saying that a
rise of thirteen or more feet was to be
expected by Wednesday afternoon; but
happily the warning proved ill-founded.
The water began to fall about the time
it was to have commenced to rise.
Discrimination Against Yorkville.
Columbia correspondence News and
Courier: Mr. W. W. Lewis, president
of the York Cotton mills, has written
to the railroad commission, making a
complaint on the rate of coal to Yorkville.
The rate charged by the railroads
from Tennessee to Yorkvllle is
$2.90 per ton, while coal can be shipped
from the same point In Tennessee to
Lancaster for $2.60. Although this is
an Inter-State matter It will be taken
up by the commission and a satisfactory
rate will be made If possible.
The Drowning of Mr. Norman.
It is possible that there may be a
civil suit against the town of Fort
Mill for damages on account of the
drowning of Norman, who was recently
run into Catawba river by a bloodhound
that was put on his trail by Policeman
Johnson of Fort Mill. The information
of the reporter Is limited to
the fact that relatives of Mr. Norman
have been getting legal advice on the
subject. As to what conclusion the
attorneys consulted may have arrived
at, has not been made public. No papers
have been filed with the clerk of
the court or with the sherlfT.
Justice at the Oam.
Magistrate Anderson of Ebenezer
township, holds court at the works of
the Catawba Power company every
Saturday. He tries all manner of petty
offenses, such as selling liquor,
gambling and assault and battery. It
is said that on one occasion recently
he fined a Negro the full limit of the
law?$100 for selling liquor. The Negro
had the reputation of being a regular
offender and the limit was imposed
in the hope that he would have to
go to the chalngang; but the Negro
put up the money. As the result of
the efforts of Sheriff Logan and Magistrate
Anderson, the crowd at the dam
Is much more orderly than it has been.
The Blairsville Picnic.
There were about 250 or 300 people
at the Blairsville picnic last Thursday,
and a pleasant time Is reported. The
speakers were Major James F. Hart,
Mr. J. K. Henry and Mr. R. M. Carroll.
Good roads was tile subject of discussion.
Major Hart argued the benefits
of good roads and showed how they
might be expected to contribute to the
general prosperity of the country. He
also told how the money could be
raised to build them. Mr. Henry Is anadvocate
of good roads and he beUeves
i ntaxation for road purposes; but Is
opposed to "burdening posterity with
bond issues." Mr. Carroll is not disposed
to spend much money on the
roads. He thinks that the roads
should be kept up as they now are at
the expense of labor rather than of
property. There was plenty of good
things to eat; good order prevailed and
the occasion was a thoroughly enjoyable
one to all present.
Western York Gold.
There Is a revival of interest In the
gold deposits of Western York and
there is promise of considerable development
soon. Two large companies
are operating in the neighborhood of"
Hickory Grove, one under the management
of Mr. W. E. C. Gustus, and the
other under the management of Mr.
Robert A. Lewis. Mr. Gustus is shipping
considerable quantities of gold
ore to Norfolk, Va., by way of Hickory
Grove, and his company contemplates
more extensive operations as the prospects
later on may appear to warrant.
Mr. Lewis is superintendent of the
Magnolia Gold Mining company, recently
organized as successor to the
Louise Gold Mining company. He now
has a force of about thirty hands operating
on a property about two and
a half miles west of Hickory Grove,
where he is erecting a ten stamp mill.
It is reported that the company contemplates
the early erection of a large
smelting plant, and If present plans do
' not miscarry, within a year or such a
matter the company will give employ
ment to 250 or more hands. Both
1 companies are making Hickory Grove
their shipping point.
LANGLEY'S FLYING U ACHin K.?r i ui>
Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian
institution, whose experiments down
| the Potomac with the aerodrome or flying
machine devised by him have attracted
wide public interest, in order to
, correct certain public misapprehensions,
on Wednesday issued the followIng
statement:
"The present experiments being
made In mechanical flight have been
i carried on partly with funds provided
, by the board of ordnance and fortifications
and partly from private sources
and from a special endowment of the
' Smithsonian institution. The experli
ments are carried on with the appro- {
val of the board of regents of the
' Smithsonian institution.
! "In my previous trials, success has
only been reached after initial failures,
oinnp havp taueht the way to It,
and I know no reason why prospective
( trials should be an exception.
"It Is possible, rather than probable
that It may be otherwise now, but
Judging them from the light of past
! experience, It Is to be regretted that
1 the enforced publicity which has been
given to these initial experiments,
t which are essentially experiments and
nothing else, may lead to quite un1
founded expectations.
, "It is the practice of all scientific
1 men, indeed of all prudent men, not to
make public the results of their work
till these are certain. This consideration,
and not any desir^ to withhold
i from the public matters in which the
, public is interested, nas aicutieu uie
| policy thus far pursued here. The
fullest publicity, consistent with the
> national Interest (since these recent
experiments have for their object the
development of a machine for war purposes),
will be given to this work
when it reaches a stage which warrants
publication."
Fortune In Fruit.?Col. R. B. Watson.
the veteran orchardlst of Ridge
Spring, offered a valuable hint to
peach growers in this section In his address
at Clemson college on Wednesday.
He said: "Beware of the borer.
We are removing dirt from around
( the trees and putting sand around
them. This is a great aid against
the borer." It will serve as well also,
: of course, to protect young pecan trees
from the same secret destroyer. The
same authority made some further remarks
on the same occasion, which
i South Carolina farmers generally
would do well to heed. They are worth
money to the men who are wise
enough to act on them. He said:
"There are thousands of acres of land
in South Carolina that will grow
peaches, and I state from experience^
that you can make more money on
peaches than on cotton on ianus wiai
produce two bales per acre. If I had
plenty of money I would buy thousands
of acres of such lands as those In
Chesterfield and grow peaches. The
best peaches grown at Rtdge Spring
this year were on land that you would
hardly have?poor, sandy land, that
looks very worthless."?News and
Courier.
? A Paris cable tells of a remarkable
experiment in the French navy a few
days ago. The object of the experiment
was to determine whether or not
a cruiser could actually withstand the
impact of a full size service shell,
fired with service guns against its turA