Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 28, 1903, Image 2
Scraps and Jactr..
? The weather bureau's weekly summary
of the crop situation as the same
relates to cotton is as follows: "Cotton
has suffered materially from heavy
rains and lack of sunshine over a large
part of the central and eastern districts
of the cotton region, where, as in the
previous week, rapid growth and, in
some localities, too much stalk, excessive
shedding and rust are reported.
The plant, however, is generally well
fruited throughout the belt. In Texas
the boll weevil is doing much damage,
except in the northern counties, and
boll worms are more numerous and destructive.
A little picking has been
done throughout the southern portion
of the belt, but this work is not yet
general.
? Constantinople cable of August 26:
The government has decided to call to
the colors all the remaining European
reserves belonging to the second
and third, army corps and a num
ber of other reserves which will
bring the total of the Turkish
soldiers in Macedonia up to 350 battalions
or almost double the force utilized
in the Turkish-Greek war. The
enrollment of such large bodies of
troops indicates the seriousness with
which Turkey views the situation and
her determination to use all the means
at her disposal to repress the rebellion.
Ibrahim Pasha, the new commander of
the troops, is a young man and capable
officer. Seven battalions have been dis
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The valis of Monastir and Salonlca
telegraph that they are now able to
guarantee the maintenance of order in
their respective towns.
? Hamlet, N. C., special of Monday
to the Atlanta Journal: "United States
Senator A. O. Bacon and a party of
prominent Atlanta people went without
breakfast yesterday morning at Hamlet,
N. C., while Booker T. Washington
and a number of Negroes were feasted
in the dining room in the depot. The
main dining room was given oyer entirely
to the colored delegation, while a
small table in the side reading room
was cleared of the books and a few
plates laid where the white gentlemen
were invited to partake of their morning
meal. Some consented to eat at
the little side table. Senator Bacon
and the members of the Atlanta party
refused to satisfy their hunger under
the circumstances. When they had
finished their meal the Negroes walked ,
out, seated themselves, lighted cigar3
and cigarettes, and waited for the train ,
to depart. The Atlanta people walked
up and down the tracks and nursed i
their hunger." ,
? The total recorded immigration in- <
to the United States since the organization
of the government is, in round
numbers, 20,000,000 persons. This ]
statement is in a report just made pub- <
lie by Mr. Cortelyou, secretary of com- ]
merce. The number of foreign-born 1
persons now residing in the United I
States is more than 10,000,000, and the i
number of persons of foreign parentage i
exceeds 26,000.000. The total recorded i
arrivals of immigrants during the year ]
just ended is 857,046, and exceeds the
figures for any preceeding year. Even i
these figures, however, are incomplete.
Owing to the great difficulty in obtaining
accurate statements of the immigrants
from the contiguous countries of ]
Canada and Mexico, no statistics of im- i
migration into the United States of
citizens of those countries are gathered i
by the government. The fact that the .
census of 1900 shows the presence of ?
1.183,225 persons in the United States
born in Canada, and 103,445 persons
born in Mexico, shows that the number
of arrivals from these countries, proper
to be considered as immigrants, must
be large. Indeed, Canada ranked third
as the birth place of the foreign-born <
population hi the United States in 1900,
Germany being first with a total of 2,669,064;
Ireland second, with 1,619,469, ,
and Canada third, with 1,123,255. ,
? Lisbon letter of August 22 to St. <
Louis-Globe Democrat: Now that the I
United States fleet has departed, the <
censor allows some news regarding the ]
American invasion to leak out. There i
was not a day during the entire visit i
that the Yankee sailors didn't invite the i
"Dagos" to street battles. At first po- t
licemen tried to interfere, but a few ]
sample pummelings they got scared <
them out of their wits, and they de- I
cided to let things run their course, i
That the American officers tried their i
best to keep the men within the bounds i
of decency, is not denied, but Lisbon is !
a big city and full of Dagos?and the i
lieutenants, captains and ensigns could ]
not be everywhere. When the Portu- i
guese naval engineer, Senor Mesnler,
pussed the Brooklyn in a launch, he
was promptly fired upon with ancient ]
apples, whereupon the unbridled pride <
of his race moved him to stand up ;
boldly in the boat, demanding satisfac- t
tion. The captain, or commander of 1
the Brooklyn, happened to be on board, (
and came out to see about the trouble, 1
and Mesnier immediately sent his card
to him. challenging him to mortal com- (
bat. Now, the commander lowered his ,
. own sloop to bring the Portuguese on
board. Arrived there, he was plied {
with excuses, cocktails, courtesies, cigarettes
and luncheon, and went away
smiling, having forgotten all about his
intention to spill Yankee blood.
? Washington dispatch of Aug. 24: (
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson refuses
to budge from his position with refer- ]
ence to the cotton corner as expressed ;
lust week in which he said that the :
operators were common gamblers. In
an interview in the New York Sun this i
morning from ex-Senator M. C. Butler
of South Carolina, was shown the secretary,
who made a satirical reply, :
conceding nothing. General Butler ob- ;
served that Secretary Wilson did not
know what he was talking about and
remarked that Payne and Brown, the
bull operators, "had done more for
the producers of cotton, the farmers, in i
a few months than the department of
agriculture had done in ten years."
Commenting on the Butler interview 1
todav. Secreturv Wilson said: "I have
read ex-Senator Butler's criticism on \
my interview regarding the corner in <
cotton and its effects upon the country
generally and the cotton growing and
manufacturing industries particularly.
I hope the business men of whom he J
speaks will see to it that these prices
continue until the cotton grower sells j
the coming crop. If that should be ;
done, I will make a trip to South Carolina,
find General Butler, if he should
be there, take off my hat to him and
say to him that I regard him as a great
public benefactor who had been able to
see further ahead in the future than
we poor fellows of the department of
agriculture. But if, on the other hand,
it should occur that the price of cotton
is dropped, when the farmer gets
ready to market his new crop, down to
S cents, or 7 cents, instead of 15 or 12,
then, of course, I shall still adhere to
mv rininum that the maniDulation of
the present cotton corner by the gamblers.
of whom I spoke. Is doing infinite
mischief."
ihr HorkviUr (Inquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. O.I
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28,1903.
A race between the Shamrock and
Reliance with an exchange of crews
would be interesting. The country
would like to see if seamanship does
not count for as much as boat building.
It is pretty generally agreed that
the perversity of Great Britain alone
stands in the way of the expulsion of
the Turks from Europe. Russia
would be glad to undertake the job
for the sake of .the Turk's possessions;
but Great Britain is not willing to allow
her great rival such an Increase of
prestige.
Cotton promises to be a good price
this fall; but it is just as well not to
count on over ten cents for October
and November. We do not pretend to
have any inside information on the subject:
but we look for a repetition of
history, and we have a feeling that
much of the present crop will sell for
less than ten cents.
The fight between New York and
New Orleans for the control of the cotton
market Is not an unimportant feature
In the present situation. Although
cotton raisers are very much Interested
In the fight, they will hardly be the
gainers by a settlement in favor of
either city. They should prefer an indefinite
continuance of the struggle.
Secretary Wilson may be correct in
his belief that a large part of the new
cotton crop will sell below present
prices; but somehow we are unable
to see anything in his claim that there
Is danger in the prevailing high price.
Of course, foreigners may be stimulated
to raise cotton; but that is not so bad
as that the southern people should
have to raise it without profit. It would
be better to let the foreigners have a
complete monopoly.
The Greenville Mountaineer points out
that the newspapers are doing lots of
harm by alleging incompetency against
the management of the Southern railroad,
and we agree with the Mountaineer
at least to the extent that no
such charges should be made without
some show of proof. In the Southern's
list of employes are hundreds of able
men who have had years of experience
in the service of this road and who are
certainly not incompetent. To accuse
these men of employing incompetent
help is equivalent to charging them
with being Incompetent themselves.
Whilj: there is no doubt about the
responsibility of the Turkish government,
it has not yet appeared whether
Turks or Macedonians are guilty of
the assassination of the American vice
consul at Beirut. In the absence of
positive information, it is reasonable to
issume that either Turks or Maceuo
nians may be guilty. The Meceaonians
have shown themselves equal
to almost any expedient that would
promise to embroil Turkey with a foreign
power, and but little discretion
Is to be expected from the no less
Fanatical Turks. But no matter where
the guilt may lie, the Washington administration
has an opportunity to
show the quality of its metal in settling
the affair in a manner that will
properly comport with the prestige and
dignity of the United States.
The real leader of the Macedonian
revolution is Boris Sarafoff who is described
as being only thirty years of
age. and the story is that his hatred is
a matter of heredity, coming down
through special prosecution of his ancesters
during a period of more than
two hundred years. When, in 1648,
the Turks undertook to make the BulL'jirltins
mlnnt the> Mnhfimeririn rplie"ir>n
one Damlan Sarafoff took the position
that death would be better, and organized
a formidable revolution that
resulted in much bloodshed. There
was no surrender and the Sarafoffs
were prominent in every subsequent
uprising that occurred during the
eighteenth and nineteenth century.
Young Sarafoffs father was banished
by the Turks some fifteen years ago,
and he has been spending all his time
since early youth preparing for the
revolution that has now fully broken
out. He has a good military education
and has been an officer in the
Bulgarian army. His organization is
said to extend throughout Macedonia
and Bulgaria and his word is law with
his people. For several years past the
Turks have had a reward of $20,000 on
his head but this has never served as
the slightest hinderance to his operations.
The Newberry Herald and News
credits this paper with an editorial
paragraph expressing sentiments regarding
the state fair which we do not
entertain. The views are those of one
of our local contemporaries doubtless.
We have long thought the state fair a
hoax so far as the fair itself is concerned.
The gathering of the people of
the state, however, is a pleasant event
mid will probably continue from year to
year. The people of Columbia, who
get all the material benefits of the
gathering, ought to pay the cost of
advertising the show and the news
papers of the state ought not to be expected
to do so gratis. Sending the
premium list to Ohio to be printed was
a surprising piece of ingratitude to
those newspapers which operate job
printing departments.?Spartanburg
Journal.
The Enquirer * endorses all this.
The state fair owes us nothing, and we
do not feel that we owe it anything.
But we have been Impressed with the
cheek of its management in year after
year requesting a lot of advertising
matter, with suggestions as to how the
enterprise might be benefitted by gratuitous
publications. It has been our
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our waste basket, and if other papers
of the state would do the same thing,
they would eventually either compel
recognition or secure relief from annoyance.
Unless the fair can live on a
fair business basis, we would like to
see an end of it.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Shortage of Treasurer Campbell.
The Richland grand Jury reports
that the shortage of the late James F.
Campbell, former county treasurer,
amounts to $10,256.60.
Sues For $50,000.
Mrs. Jane E. Boyson, the Chicago
woman who incurred suspicion of having
been guilty of theft at White Stone
Lithia Springs has brought suit
against the hotel company for $!?<
Somacos fr?r humiliation and degra
dation, etc.
Cotton In the Pacolet.
Of the 7,000 bales of cotton lost In
the Pacolet river by the flood of June
6, only 3,000 bales have been recovered,
and It Is estimated that there are still
about 4,000 In the river. The cotton Is
scattered down the stream for a distance
of twenty miles or more. Experienced
cotton men say that this cotton
can remain in the water for a period of
six or eight months without damage
beyond the outer rim.
Cannot be Cancelled.
Columbia State: In 1899 the legislature
pfllsed a law which was intended
to fteep young men from getting their
education at the Citadel at the expense
of the state and then refusing to repay
the state for its generosity. This law
requires that each Citadel graduate
shall teach two years in the free
schools?as had been the law for a
generation?and that to guarantee the
fulfillment of this contract a bond of
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pears that after being educated, boarded
and even clothed at the expense of
the state some parties try to get out of
the contract by waiting until two years
have elapsed and then declaring that
they tried to get a school and couldn't.
This is the only school in the state,
male or female, which gives everything
to the beneficiary scholar, even clothing,
and the only return asked is that
that beneficiary will teach two years
in the free public schools. The state
superintendent of education has had
occasion to ask the attorney general's
office if a Citadel graduate is exempted
from performing his obligations if his
term of teaching be deferred for a period
of two years after his graduation.
Mr. Townsend, the assistant attorney
general, has handed in an opinion to
the effect stated above. The law says
very distinctly that every beneficiary
cadet upon reporting for duty shall ex
ecute a bond for the faithful perofrmance
of his duty. That he is to teach
two years if he graduates, and if
he is honorably discharged before
the end of his four years he
must teach a period of time proportioned
upon the length of his
stay in the academy. Unless the cadet
pays his obligation with two years of
service sis teacher in the free public
schools of the state, he shall be deemed
guilty of violating a contract and may
be sued in the courts of the state. The
law is very explicit and the only exception
noted is that the graduate, with
permission of the board of visitors, may
teach in the schools and colleges of the
state as in the free public schools.
This is done so that men of talent will
not be confined to the rural schools.
The J. H. Tillman Trial.
Lexington special to Spartanburg
journal: aboui a muuui ucuw >>.
expected that this little town will be
entertaining the largest number of visitors
ever known In its history. The
trial of J. H. Tillman for the murder
of N. G. Gonzales In Columbia is set
for that time, and it is generally believed,
will be delayed no longer. Almost
500 witnesses have been summoned
to appear in this case by the
opposing sides. Ail available space in
the hotels has been engaged weeks
since by interested parties, and how
the immense number of spectators,
sure to be on hand, will be accommodated,
is an interesting problem. The
last census gave the town something
over 900 inhabitants. It is thought that
at least 5,000 will be here during the
trial. Meantime the prisoner occupies
his cell in the Lexington county jail.
Sheriff Caughman has made him as
comfortable as possible, putting him on
hp shsidv ship of the buildine: on the
first floor near the sheriff's own quarters
and occasionally permitting him to
exercise himself by walking up and
down the corridor. As a rule the sheriff
does not lock the cell from the outside
but leaves the lock for Tillman to
turn if he so desires. Three times a
day, Mr. Marks, who keeps a restaurant
just behind the jail, can be seen
bringing the prisoner his meals. Tillman
states that he finds his quarters
here pleasanter than those in the Richland
jail, where he was imprisoned
during the warm days of May and
June. Many visitors attracted by curiosity
or other motives go to see the
noted prisoner. Sometime since his
wife and little daughter spent several
days in Lexington with relatives and
made frequent visits to the jail. Others
of his kinsfolk have been here from
time to time. Tillman's little nephew,
a handsome boy of seven or eight summers.
is staying in the jail to wait upon
his uncle and is said to be a general
favorite with the prisoners. Speculation
as to the verdict in the case is almost
useless. As stated above, Mrs.
Jas. H. Tillman has relatives in town
and also in the county and people feel
much real sympathy for her. It is
/imihtfnl If the same fpeliner exists for
her in her husband's case. The belief
of almost all those who have read the
newspapers and who care to express
themselves is, that the act was genuine
murder and should be punished. At
the same time it should be remembered
that Senator Tillman has always
had a large following in the county,
whatever, his nephew's following was,
and this fact Is almost sure to influence
some jurymen. So far sentiment
does not seem to have crystalized, but
it will be a surprise if Tillman Is either
acquitted or sentenced to be hanged as
a result of this trial. Not a few look
for a mistrial and then another application
for bail.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Col. W. G. Stephenson?Says that K.
M. M. A. cadets have sat at the feet of
masters and learned that there is
more to be learned. Send for catalogue.
W. H. Adams?Tells his friends and
customers that his shop has been removed
to the. Allison building.
The Enquirer?-Wants information as
to a gold watch lost at Tirzah on
August 12 th.
W._ R. Dillingham, Deputy Collector?
liives nouee or seizure or one iwohorse
wagon for violation of Sees.
3452 and 3453 R. S. U. S.
T. W. Boyd, Supervisor?Gives notice
to road overseers to call out hands
on road sections and place same in
good traveling cohditon..
Probate Judge McCorkle?Gives notice
that W. D. Lesslle has applied
to him for letters of administration
on the estate of Mrs. Ida I. Lesslie,
deceased.
Longman & Martinez?Say that 10,000
churches in the United States have
used Longman & Martinez paints,
and every church will be given a liberal
quantity when they paint.
Loan & Savings Bank?Tells you that
it does a general banking business,
and is supplied with all the conveniences
and appliances necessary for
the equipment of a modern bank.
Foushee Cash Store?Wants you to
fan and be cool, and has fans at 5
and 10 cents. Also has. celluloid collars
and cuffs at 5 and 10 cents.
W. B. Moore, Captain?Gives notice to
members of Co. L, that the company
will attend the picnic at Cornwell on
September 3rd.
York Drug Store?Invites the ladies'
attention to the good qualities of
pearls of violet talcum powder. See
the south window.
[ Strauss-Smith Co.?Make a plain talk
to prospective sewing machine buyers
and tell why it is to their advantage
to buy the Harlem machine at
Jij> in preierence 10 uinc? iiiakiuuca
at higher prices.
L. M. Grist's Sons?Invite your attention
to an elegant line of sample calendars
and will be glad to show you
the goods and quote you bottom figures.
See fourth page.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? New fall and winter goods are beginning
to arrive in considerable quantities.
[ ? The rooms of the Commercial club
are being prepared as rapidly as possible
for occupancy.
? Mr. W. J. Whitener has found the
bloodhound for which he advertised in
the last issue of The Enquirer.
? The offerings of cord wood have
been more plentiful this year as compared
with last. The standard price is
about $1.75 per measured cord.
? Dr. J. J. Hagins the eye specialist
was in Yorkville on Thursday and
treated a number of patients. He has
quite a good practice throughout the
county.
? Thursday was the hottest day of
the year so far, the mercury reading 99
degrees in the shade. There was more
complaint of the heat on Tuesday and
Wednesday when the mercury regis
tered from one to two degrees less.
BETTER MAIL SERVICE.
In accordance with the recently
adopted policy of the postoffice department,
outlined In The Enquirer
some time ago, to create additional
mail trains, and to commission train
men as employes of the postal service
to provide additional facilities for the
carriage of newspapers and second
class mails demanded by the growing
rural delivery service, Postmaster
General Payne on last Tuesday issued
the following order:
Paragraph 5, section 1,488, postal
laws and regulations, edition of 1902, is
amended to read as folows:
"5. Whenever delivery of outside
newspapers' packages cannot be made
by the regular railway postal clerk, because
of there being no postal clerk on
the train used for the transportation of
such packages, the baggageman on the
train will deliver the newsdealers'
nHfifuFPs outside of the mail sack, and
while In his custody they shall be considered
as mail matter. Baggagemen
shall deliver such packages at the
place shown In the address.
"h. Baggagemen are not permitted
to receive second-class mail directly
from the publisher on postmasters'
certificates, unless specially authorized
by the department through the division
superintendent to do so.
"c. Packages for delivery outside of
the mail, when handled and delivered
by railroad baggagemen, will be duly
weighed and credited to the railroad
company carrying them, the same as
other mail matter.
"d. In order to distinguish packages
for outside delivery sent by mail from
those sent by express companies or by
railroad service, it is required that
publishers shall have printed in bold
type on wrapper of mail packages for
outside delivery the words 'U. S. Mail
for outside delivery at publishers'
risk.'"
It is proposed to put the new policy
into effect as soon as possible.
In addition to the payment" to railroad
companies of weight rates for this
"outside mail" carried, trainmen employed
by the postofflce department
will receive nominal salaries.
REMEMBERED BY HIS FRIENDS.
Col. W. H. McCorkle, probate Judge
for York county, was the recipient of
a handsome bronze clock last Tuesday
afternoon. The clock, which was one
of the prettiest and most expensive to
be found in Speck's Jewelry store, was
a present from the members of the bar
and the various court house officials
in commemoration of Judge McCorkle's
eighty-second birthday.
It was an impromptu affair, but nevertheless
an Interesting one. Somebody
remembered that Judge McCorkle was
eighty-two years old that day, and
somebody else suggested It would be
the right thing for the members of the
bar and the courthouse officials to commemorate
the event with some fitting
tribute. The suggestion was a popular
one, and a canvass that was instituted
at once developed that everybody
concerned was anxious to have a
hand in the proposed tribute.
There was no business doing that afternoon
and the colonel was just arranging
to take a nap, when the members
of the bar and the court house
officers presented themselves at his
door in a body. He was taken by such
complete surprise that he had no intimation
of the meaning of the visit,
until Major James F. Hart stepped
forward with the clock in his hands,
and addressed him as follows:
"Judge McCorkie: Your friends, the
r><.en-,he?c> nf the ho. onH thp COUrt
house officers, have learned that this
day 82 years ago, the good Lord gave
you to the people of your county and
state, and we have come to congratulate
you and to thank Him for what has
proved to be a blessed gift.
"Your long and useful life has endeared
you to the people of the county
and to ail who know you, and we desire
to honor ourselves by making this
visit to you and tendering to you an
expression of our affection and regard.
As a memento of the occasion, we ask
you to accept this time piece, along
with the fond hope that it may mark
for you many months and years of continued
usefulness and happiness.
When you have done with it, we know
that your children and grandchildren,
will continue to prize it because of your
acceptance of it in memory of your
friends."
Before Major Hart had fairly commenced
his short address, Colonel McCorkle
began to appreciate the meaning
of it all, and although he made a brave
effort at control, he could not prevent
his eyes from betraying the depth of
his feelings. He tried to speak; but 1
after one broken sentence grave it up
in mute helplessness more eloquent
than words. But the colonel was not
the only party to the touching little
circumstance who shed tears.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Cotton is opening rapidly and it begins
to look as if the September sales
will be much larger than has been expected.
Supervisor Boyd remarked on Thursday
that if Policeman Johnston's bloodhound
really did what it is alleged
to have done?that is, if it actually
ran its quarry to cover?he would like
to have it. He Intimates that bloodhounds
of that kind are rather scarce.
There have been several interesting
games of tennis recently between
members of the Yorkville club and those
of the neighboring towns. Wednesday
there was a good game at Clover between
Messrs. Marion Stokes and
Tscharner DeGraffenried of Yorkville,
and Messrs. Arrowood and Smith of
Clover. Three sets were played resulting
as follows, 6-4 and 6-3 in favor of
York and 6-4 in favor of Clover. Quite
a crowd witnessed the game,
Th? rhainnana is Still WOrkinEf On
the road between McConnellsville and 1
Rock Hill. At this time the camp is 1
near the residence of Mr. S. C. McFad- 1
den. During the two months in which 1
the gang has been operating in this (
locality, it has done about eight miles
of grading and ditching on the "lower" *
road and about two miles of the same J
kind of work on the "upper" road. J
There has been no hauling of rock, '
and therefore no macadamizing. ]
Mr. J. F. Wallace, pension commis- (
sioner has been sending out notices 1
during the past few days calling for 1
township meetings to be held on the '
first Saturday in September for the 1
election of delegates to a meeting of the
pension board to be held ln-Yorkvllle
on September 14. Each township is i
entitled to one delegate. At the county
meeting the delegates wil elect ;
a pension board consisting of four
members and a physician who will '
complete the organization by electing
a pension commissioner.
ABOUT PEOPLE. ]
Mr. W. B. Chandler Is visiting rela- tives
in Yorkville.
Miss Lutie Jenkins is spending a
few days in Rock Hill.
Mrs. W. B. Cauthen has returned to
her home in Blackstock.
Mr. Tscharner H. DeGraflfenreld has
left for Davidson college.
Miss Lucile DeLorme of Sumter, Is
visiting Miss Grace Stokes.
Miss Kate Latimer of Chester, spent
today in Yorkville with relatives.
Miss Lizzie White of Chester, Is visiting
her brother, Dr. W. G. Whit;e.
Mr. C. H. Dickson of Columbia, Is
visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville.
Mrs. G. W. Foster of Verdery, Is visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Steele.
Mrs. J. P. White and children. Dare
and Miriam have returned from a visit
to relatives at Wilkinsvllle.
Col. R. E. Allison of Lancaster was
in Yorkville Tuesday on business.
Dr. and Mrs. D. L. Sheider are
boarding at Mrs. Mary Mason's, on
East Liberty street.
Misses Mary and Ethel Harrison of
Rock Hill, are the guests of Mr. Thos.
T">iinlan's familv near Delnhos. f
Rev. James Boyce of Due West, t
spent Wednesday night In Yorkvllle, I
the guest of Mr. W. Brown Wylie. I
Misses Marlon Logan, Bessie Sandl- \
fer and Elizabeth Hunter are visiting s
Miss Emma Clinton In Bethel township, s
Mr. R. W. Love and wife and Mrs. v
W. F. Love and children of Crawford, t
Ga., are visiting In the McConnellsvllle I
neighborhood, the guests of Mr. W. B. p
Love. t
Miss Roberta Muldrow of Florence, t
and Miss Alta Fewell of Rock Hill, t
spent several days this week in York- f
ville, the guests of Miss Bessie Mc- [
Connell.
Misses Jessie and Mattle Carson of j
the Delphos neighborhood, gave a de- j
llghtful lawn party to quite a number a
of young people of the surrounding q
country last Wednesday night. f
Congressman Finley made a good t
roads speech in Gaffney on Tuesday, ^
and went down to Chester county to (
be at the good roads gathering that Is g
being held at Fort Lawn today. p
Mr. Dewey F. Schorb of the Bryan t.
Printing company, Columbia, Is taking a
a week's rest In Yorkvllle, the guest c
of his cousin, Mr. Geo. T. Schorb. He j
1 ? Ktf Ula onH j
is UULUIH puiucu uj mo ovii, hvmvh ~..v u
his little daughter Sarah. n
TRANSPORTING CONTRABAND. C
Mr. Columbus H. Parham was before v
Magistrate J. C. Comer last Wednes- c
day on the charge of transporting tl
whisky in violation of the dispensary tl
law; but was dismissed for lack of f,
jurisdiction, the alleged offense having f,
been committed in Bethel township. a
The attempted prosecution grew out o
of the recent seizure of two barrels of u
whisky, just across Crowder's creek o
in the northern part of the county by d
Constable Rose. Policeman W. J. a
Whitener and Magistrate S. N. John- u
son, the story of which was published a
in The Enquirer shortly after the oc- a
currence. a
As the result of further investigation
of the matter, Constable Rose got information
that led him to believe that
the seized whisky was the property of h
Mr. Parham, and acting upon this in- u
formation he swore out a warrant for V
Mr. Parham's arrest. When the case ^
was called, Mr. Thos. F. McDow appeared
for the prosecution and Mr. F. ei
P. McCain for the defense. Mr. Mc- h
Cain raised the point of lack of jurisdiction
and as there was no question w
as to the location of the alleged of- tl
fense, the point was sustained.
In the story of the seizure of the e|
whisky, referred to as published at the O
irne, it was stated that the stuff was
)eing taken to the works of the Caawba
Power company for retail to
he men employed there. Since then,
lowever, the reporter has been advised
jy people who claim to know that this
vas a mistake; that the whisky was
jeing taken to the town of Clover,
vhere most of It had been previously
uigaged, and where thirsty customers
,vere waiting with jugs and money for
:he filling of their respective orders.
'I know of one Negro," said the reaorter's
informant, "who was waiting
A-ith the money in his pocket to take
116 worth."
Aimougn ine party mat maue me
;eizure had reason, at the time, to beieve
that It had struck quite a handjome
prize, subsequent developments
Droved otherwise. The whisky was
jnstamped, and so soon as it arrived
n Columbia it fell into the hands of
;he internal revenue officers, who took
t all for taxes. Not only this, a deputy
marshall came up to Torkvllle
Wednesday to also make arrangements
'or the sale of the wagon.
But after all the question as to who
should get the confiscated property
kvas of but little concern to the people
svho were really responsible for the
seizure. That responsibility lies with
certain citizens of the vicinity who
lad been laying for the blockaders for
:iuite a while. One of them said to
[he reporter on Wednesday: "The
thing had been going on until #we decided
to put up with the nuisance no
dnger. We laid for the tigers and so
soon as we got on to this expedition
kve put out word that resulted in the
:apture. We have reason to believe
that the whisky was made at a moonshine
distillery not a great distance
icross the Gaston line; but of course
ive are not certain that some of It did r
not come from other stills. Anyhow '
ive are all very much gratified at the "
capture. c
Among the witnesses summoned by I
he state to appear against Parham on j
the charge of transporting were ,
Messrs. R. M. Dulin, J. W. and T. J. '
Patrick, W. B. Riddle, J. R. Howe and J
Marshall Ford. None of them were j
.ailed upon to testify; but the under- c
standing is that another warrant will t
ie sworn out before Magistrate John- *
son, and the case will probably come
ip again.
LOCAL LACONIC8. t
yVe Will 8end the Enquirer ^
From now until January 1, 1904, for \
i0 cents. J
Death at McConnellaville. *
Mr. Lionel Love, died at the home of ?
lis mother at McConnellsvllle last c
Monday. He was a son of the late E. i
O T jm'o onH uraa acoiS r?nlv plchtppn ^
"O? ' ?O g
('ears. His death was due to typhoid s
'ever, contracted at Greers, where he $
lad been clerking for several months. r
e
(fork's First Bale. v
The first bale of new cotton marketed r
n York county this year was sold in '
lock Hill on Wednesday for 141 cents
i pound. The cotton was raised on a
'arm belonging to Mr. S. M. Jones of c
Chester, and situated about five miles i
'rom Bock Hill. , .. . , s
Murdered In Davie County. f
Fort Mill special of August 27, to Y
Columbia State: Ed. Brewer, who a
lometime ago resided in Fort Mill and ^
vas employed in the mills, was mur- \
lered and his body thrown in Yadkin v
iver in Davie county, N. C., on or J
ibout July 30th, though his body was c
lot recovered until the 14th Instant, a
3rewer had been living at Concord, but *
vas on his way to Cooleemee to work r
n the mill, having left Concord July
10th. The last time he was seen alive t
vas in Salisbury the afternoon of that s
lay. Death was caused by a blow f
rom a club or other blunt instrument 1
>n the head.
<ilied by the Freight Train. 1
A Negro boy named Len Powers fell
rom the Southern freight train be- J1
ween Lesslle and Roddey stations last s
Monday and died as the result of his n
njurles. He was mashed under the
wheels of the train. Messrs. W. S. Leslie
and J.. W. Simpson found him a
hort time after the accident and did
vhat they could for him; but he was so
>adly mangled as to be beyond all aid. o
le was taken to Rock Hill as soon as c
iracticable and died on the operating
able. The coroner's inquest developed
hat the boy was stealing a ride, and
hat he had several times been ordered
rom the train.
)eath of Mrs. Elizabeth Smith.
Fort Mill Times, Wednesday: Mrs. e
Elizabeth Smith died Saturday mornng
at her home in Steel Creek of parlysis,
by which she was attacked on
Thursday. Mrs. Smith was seventyour
years of age, and is survived by 11
wo children. Mrs. P. K. Mull of Fort q
1111, and Mr. John. Smith, of Steel h
,'reek, besides a number of grand and
reat-grandchildren. The funeral took
lace Sunday morning at Flint Hill
liurch, of which deceased had been
mpmhpr fnr manv vears. and was e
onducted by Rev. A. L. Stough, of 11
Mneville, assisted by Rev. W. M. GorT
on of this place. The burial was
lade in the church cemetery,
lounty Home Farm. K
It is pretty generally conceded by all o'
,ho have seen it, that the crops on the ounty
home farm are as fine as are
he finest anywhere in this section,
he cotton crop consists of about aurteen
acres, and every acre is good
ar a bale or more. In all there are ^
bout ninety acres of corn, thirty acres ir
f which were planted by and for the J;6
se of the chalngang, and sixty acres
f which were planted by Superinten- 8
ent Gaulden. This crop is a little late
s compared with last year; but those
ho have seen it say it is fully as good al
s has ever been seen on the place, H
nd they estimate the probable yield
t about 1,500 bushels. _
MERE-MENTION. 0I
Secretary of War Root has tendered o'
is resignation to take effect in Janary
and it is announced that Gen. .
I'm. H. Taft will be his successor,
en. Luke Wright will succeed Taft as J
overnor general of the Philippines.
Senator Mark Hanna was strick- Z
n with sudden serious illness at his q(
ome at Cleveland, O., last Tuesday,
h the result of the unusually hot
eather Three million dollars
orth of certificates of indebtedness of lo
:e Philippine government were sold
i?t Tuesday at $102.2 The boll
eevil is reported to be at work in
ghty-one Texas counties The
hio Democrats have nominated Tom
... Johnson for governor. He stands
or Bryanism Mt. Vesuvius openid
about one thousand feet below the
op of the crater last Wednesday and let
>ut a stream of lava The Public
5rlnter of the United States has relulred
all .: iployes of the government
>rinting office to take the oath of alegiance
to the United States A
)Owder mill exploded at Carthage, Mo.,
ast Tuesday, killing three men and Inuring
a dozen others Because of
he scarcity of cotton there are more
nen out of employment at Bolton,
Sngland, than has been known before
or fifteen years.
TURKEY AROU8ES UNCLE 8AM.
American Vice Consul Assassinated at
Beirut. Svra.
And now it looks as if the United
States government is to become activey
mixed in the disturbance that is
roing on throughout Turkey, and that
mless Turkey acts with much discreion
there will be something doing
vlthln a few days.
William C. Magels8en, United States
ice consul at Beirut, Syria, was assassinated
last Sunday. The story is
hat he was killed while riding In a
:arriage. The matter was not reported
in the United States until yesterlay,
and as yet there are few partlcilars
for the public.
The first report came from Minister
L.Ieshman at Constantinople. He called
the state department that he had
jeen advised of the assassination; but
vhen he went to make inquiries at the
rurkish foreign office, he was told
hat no Information had been received
>n the subject and it was all a misake.
>
Upon receiving the report of Minis- . ,
er Lieshman, the president greeted
hat Admiral Cotton's European
iquadron be ordered to hold itself in
eadiness to go at once to Turkish
vaters. The squadron is now off the
?oast of France. Admiral Cotton has
eceived his orders and signified his
eadiness for further instructions.
The state department has lnitructed
Minister Leishman to demand of the
l uriwsu guvernnieiii ine immediate arest
of the assassins, and further inductions
will depend upon further
levelopments.
Beirut is a city on the eastern shore
>f the Mediterranean sea, and is a
>lace of considerable commercial imjortance.
As to whether or not the .
European squadron will be sent there
vill depend upon the action of the
rurklsh government with regard to
tuch demands as the United States
jovernment may 'see proper to make,
n the event the squadron should be
irdered to Beirut, it is estimated
hat the Brooklyn can make the trip in
ilx days; but the other vessels will re[uire
ten or twelve days.
Worth Knowing.?Recently a reallent
of Spartanburg was arrested and
ried and fined for violation of the posal
laws and regulations. The fine,
vhich was paid, was $10. The party
iolated section 484 of these laws,
rhe following is the clause of the secion
which was violated: "Any person
vho shall knowingly conceal or en:lose
any matter of a higher class in
hat of a lower class, and deposit or
ause the same to be deposited for conveyance
by mall at a less rate, than
vould be charged for both such higher
ind lower class matter, shall for every
uch offense, be liable to a penalty of
10." The fine was paid. There are
nany people who do not know of the
existence of such a law. The offense
vhich occasioned this fine was the
nailing of a photograph and a letter
nslde a wrapper of a newspaper,
vhich bore a one cent stamp.
Victory For Reliance.?1The second
if the Series of cup races between the
leliance and the Shamrock III. was
ailed on Tuesday and resulted in anither
victory for the Reliance, the deender
beating the challenger to the
lome line by the narrow margin of
ibout two minutes. Another unsucessful
attempt at a race was made
yesterday; but there was not enough
vlnd to enable the boats to finish
vithin the time limits. The Reliance,
lowever, had the Shamrock by about
wo miles, and lacked only 100 yards
if winning the race. The Reliance has
ilready won two races out of five and
las to win only one more. The next
ace will be attempted tomorrow.
Referred to an Expert.?It Is esimated
that two of the big railroad
lystems entering Philadelphia have
urnlshed the two political machines of
hat city not less than 1260,000 worth
if free transportation since the first of
ast January. Are the railroads doing
t for love??Springfield Republican.
Respectfully referred to Hon. Benjariln
Tillman, of South Carolina, who,
n view of recent events, ought to
peak feelingly on this subject.?Rlcbnond
Times-Dispatch.
AT THE CHURCHES.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED.
Services Sunday morning at 11
'clock and in the evening at 8 o'clock,
onducted by Rev. D. G. Caldwell.
Sunday school In the afternoon at 6
Vlftplf
CHURCH OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD.
REV. J. C. JOHNE8, RECTOR.
Sunday Services?No morning: or
vening services. No Sunday school. m
BAPTIST.
rev. w. e. hurt, pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school In
fie morning at 10 o'clock. Services
ach second and fourth Sunday at 11
'clock In the morning and 8.30 o'clock
i the evening.
PRESBYTERIAN.
REV. W. G. NEVILLE, PASTOR.
Sunday Services?No morning or
vening services. Sunday school In
le afternoon at 6 o'clock.
RINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
rev. j. l. stokes, d. d.f pastor.
Sunday Services?Sunday school at
) o'clock. Morning services at 11
clock. Evening services at 8 o'clock.
JSjfwiaJ jgofiqgs.
Winnie Davis Chapter,
. D. C., will hold Its regular meetig
at the residence of Mr. J. J. Hun>r,
Friday afternoon, August 28 at
o'clock. A full attendance is dered.
Mrs. Jas. F. Hart, Sec.
Communion at Mt. Vernon.
There will be communion services
t Mt. Vernon . Methodist church ai
ickory Grove next Sunday. The
istor, Rev. P. B. Ingraham, will of?!ate.
Preaching at Hebron.
There will be .preaching at Hebron
i next Sabbath, August 30, at 3.30
clock by Rev. J. S.' Grler.
t&f e. B. Carnes.
3rL - if)autim.11. nf am mut.t
ggui'if.wur upuiiuii <ajHainn.
orrected Semi-Weokly by Messrs.
Latta Bros.
Yorkville, August 28, 12 m.?The
cal market stands as follows:
Middling 121
Strict Middling 121
Good Middling 121
Fully Good Middling 121
Latta Bros.