Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Scraps and .facts. ? The department of agriculture has undertaken a series of experiments intended to answer, if possible, the old question: "How long can seed remain burled in the soil and still retain their power of germination?" In 1901 Dr. Beal reported that he had found seeds which responded to germination tests after having been buried twenty years. The seeds buried by the agricultural * of A nlIno-tnn form flTP packed with dry clay in porus clay pots, covered with saucers and placed at various depths, from six inches to three and a half feet. There are thirty-two complete sets in 3,584 pots, representing 109 species, eighty-four genera and thirty-four families. Tests are to be made at the end of 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40 and 50 years. ? Recent developments in the city, says a Pittsburg dispatch, have established the fact that the free transportation furnished by the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads to the two big political organizations during the present year will amount in value to no less than $250,000. This estimate is as accurate as can be made. It is known that the executive head of one of the organizations will have secured, if the present rate keeps up until the last of the year, from one of the two trunk lines to the east no less than $70,000 worth of transportation. The - - * 4 county campaign or iasi ran naiuly over before the requests for transportation to the seashore, to be used this summer, began to be entered. Suem cessful candidates and their managers were literally held up on the streets and asked to make a note of the wishes of their constituents. Every applicant carried at least one district for the ticket and all he would ever ask was a pass to the seashore. ? Cable dispatches published last Saturday corrected the report of the day previous to the effect that Wm. C. Magelssen, the United States, vice consul at Beirut, Syria, had been assassinated. It developed that Mr. Magelssen had been shot at, but was not hit. The shot was fired by some concealed assassin whose identity is not known. The Associated press explains that its error was due to the improper translation of a word in the cipher cable. This development gave the case a new turn in that it was less serious. It is represented now that immediately after the shooting, the Turkish authorities at Beirut expressed their regrets to Mr. Magelssen and assured him that every effort was being made to secure the arrest of the party or parties who fired the shot. But the fact that the vice consul was not killed made no ^Vianca rm the nrrtars that had been is sued to Admiral Cotton's squadron. The admiral continues at some point close to Beirut. Other developments are in progress. ? Gen. Riccotti Garibaldi, a prominent Italian soldier, who fought on the side of Greece in her war with Turkey a few years ago, has given out an interview with regard to the situation in the Balkans. He has no sympathy with the Macedonian uprising for the reason that it contemplates assistance from Russia and Austria. In his opinion, if Russia should have a hand in the affair, then she would assume the same relations to the Macedonians as Is now occupied by the' Turks, and he is doubtful as to whether the Macedonians would be the gainers. He thinks that Italy Is threatened in the present situation, and proposes that Italy, Greece and Albania, enter into an agreement with Turkey as against the Austrians and Russians, and that Boris Sarafaff appeal to Europe in healf of an independent government for Macedonia. Garibaldi says that if Saraffoff will renounce his hope of Austro-Russian intervention, he, Garabaldi, believes he can take twenty thousand Italian volunteers across the Adriatic to the assistance of the Macedonians. ? Thomasville, Ga., dispatch to New York Times: Senator Mark Hanna's bill to pension the ex-slaves of the south has been taken advantage of by smarc Negroes from the north to "work" the ignorant blacks of this section of Georgia for thousands of dollars. Some time ago a Negro named Mitchell came to this place representing himself as Senator Hanna's-person*al agent. This Negro spoke to large assemblies of Negroes and organized societies in over a dozen counties for the purpose of pushing the bill. Initiation fees and monthly dues were charged, and all this money poured into the pockets of Mitchell and his associates. The Negroes simply went wild over the scheme, and it is esti mated that Aiitcneu has received more than $G,000. Last week Mitchell left, stating that he was going to consult with Senator Hanna. In the meantime N. B. Wilson, an old Negro of this place, had grown suspicious and he wrote a personal letter to Senator Hanna. telling him of the way Mitchell was working the Negroes. Today Wilson received the following from Senator Hanna: "Senator Hanna has authorized no one to collect money to aid in securing the passage of this measure, and any effort being made along that line with the representation that it is done with his sanction is fraudulent. Senator Hanna introduced the bill by request, and on investigation, finding the senate committee had reported unfavorably on a similar measure in 1900, he withdrew the bill. It is not at all probable that favorable a? tion can be secured on such a measure in the future." ? Baltimore Sun: The growth of the cotton manufacturing industry in the l"nited States is noted in Europe as one cause of the present scarcity of cotton and its high price, with the result that the French, Germans and English are ' making redoubled efforts to grow their own cottoBjjr-S^je French have raised money and formed a "Colonial Cotton association." to exploit the cottongrowing capacity of the French colonies. Consul Schumann of Mainz, reports German cotton plantations in Togo. Katnerun. German Southwest Africa and German East Africa. The Togo crop of 1902 was 50.000 pounds of excellent quality. The industry is being pushed, in the hope, says the consul. of being "independent of American cotton, especially as Germany manufactures at present about $200,000,000 worth of cotton goods yearly, giving employment in its cotton industries ol all kinds to over 1,000,000 workmen. It is claimed that America is unable tc supply the world's demand for cotton thereby causing cotton to become, not a staple article of commerce, but one of speculation, and therefore greatly detrimental to the cotton textile industry." The English are also giving much attention to the cultivation oi cotton in Nigeria, and has formed associations to extend the production there In the West Indies, particularly in Montserrat, Antigua and Barbados, efforts are being made by offers of free ginning, free baling and free transportation, to induce planters to engage in cotton growing. In view of these efforts to become independent of the American supply of cotton the speculative manipulation of its price is hardly in the interest of the American planter STIic \|or)u'illc (guquiw. YORKVILLE, S. C.: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1903. Wailing In Wall Street. Frequently, during the past thirty 01 forty years, the country has witnessed periods of business and industrial depression that have seemed to envelop everybody in gloom and discouragement. Whatever may have been the cause of these periods of depression, a large percentage of the people have been disposed 4o lay the blame on the gamblers of Wall street, New York. Of course, Wall street has been held responsible for many sins of which it was innocent; but still the gamblers there have never been too severely abused. That is, they have escaped just condemnation about as often as they have received it. and generally speaking they have fared pretty well. Again, while there is unquestionably much evil in the street, there is undoubtedly much good and it is not the habit of the public to discriminate between the good and evil; The legitimate traders and upbuilders of prosperity are too often put in the same category with the non-producing gamblers anl leeches on the body politic. But the gamblers have overdone the thing during the past seven or eight months, and are feeling the effects oi the medicine they have so often administered to the country at large There has been a shinkage of something like four thousand million dollars in the value of paper securities and a half a dozen big gambling houses have gone down with losses aggregating about 520.000,000. A few years ago it would have beer deemed incredible that such a thing could occur without creating a condition of panic throughout the entire country; but since the balance of the country was never more prosperous than it is now, there is reason to hope and believe that it is no longer so completely under the dominition of this great financial centre. The Price of Cotton. Although cotton is higher than il has been for years, the question as tc whether it is too high or still too low is as much of a problem to the greal business world at large as when the price was down to its lowest record ir the early nineties. There is a common impression thai *' 9 - - * ' ? ? 1?\/1 V? it t V-\ t tne price 01 conon is cuuuuueu uy m? gamblers, and it would be a difflcull task to eradicate this impression frorr the public mind. There is no doubt ol the fact that the gamblers frequentlj exert a tremendous temporary influence on the price of this staple; but thai any influence that could be exerted b> the gamblers should be permanent hardly seems reasonable. It is certainly not reasonable If it is conceded that cotton has a definite value as compared with other products. The terrible depression that existed in the price of cotton during the earlj nineties is a nightmare that will nol soon be forgotten. The exact causes ol that depression have never been madt clear to the producing world. It is well-known, however, that the causes had but little relation to the natura laws of supply and demand. In th( first place, it will be remembered, thai the prices paid to producers were fai below the cost of production. This would not have been unnatural had the supply exceeded the demand; bul no such claim can be sustained because of the wide margin that then existed between the price of raw materia and manufactured products. Tht manufacturers of cotton made greatei profits than they are making today The abnormal depression therefon must have been due to speculation. As compared with the cost of production, there is as much profit in rav cotton today as there was loss in it i few years ago; but it does not follow that the situation is as much out 01 joint now as it was then. The faci that it was too low then does not argue that it is too high now, and although such a charge is being emphasized by bear speculators and manufacturers north, it does not follow that th< present situation is entirely due to th< operations of the option gamblers. The history of the present higl prices is entertainingly related in th< current issue of the Saturday Eveninj Post. According to this story W. P Brown, and. friends of New Orleans were the first who figured out to theii entire satisfaction, that last year's croi was not nearly sufficient to supply th( demands of the mills and of the trade for the year. They commenced lasl October to buy contracts for July anc August of this year, and although their operations were conducted on u large scale, they made no unnecessarj noise. Theodore H. Price of New York was the first bull speculator tc make a big noise. During last fall h< entered into a campaign on Januar> options. He bought largely, interested ! his powerful friends and they succeedt ed in cornering January. They made > tremendous profits:-but Price had the , idea that the top had been reached and : declined to go further. He had been ! obliged to take a large amount of ac> tual cotton and ;this he sold to Mc Fadden, the Philadelphia cotton trader. : Daniel J. Sully, who had been a cotton ' buyer for New England cotton mills, stepped in where Price left off, and . ran cotton still higher, in spite of the i fact that Price had turned bear. Sully also had to take a lot of cotton and > when he reached a point where he dared go no. -further, like Price, i he sought the help of McFadden. When Sully laid down, ^it" looked as if > the bottom had dropped out, and prices would fall; but it was then that ' Brown and his crowd who had all the . while been buying .under cover, came i out In the open. The appearance of Brown was the signal for an enthusiastic assault of the bears. They were - convinced that prices were out of reason, and they hurried to sell him cotton that they did not have. He took it all. Brown went to New York and entered the pit. The frenzied mob of bears pitched hundreds, thousands and -ten of thousands of bales at him, until they became alarmed, when they found him coolly bidding for more. When settling day came for July contracts, the bears delivered all the. cotton they could. They had bought back from Europe and had it shipped to New York from New England and other mills. They sought to overwhelm Mr. Brown; but Mr. Brown took and paid for every ' bale that was offered. I As the situation now stands, Brown and his crowd have about 90 per cent > of all the cotton in the country out of the mills. In July it was calculated that the total visible supply was 200,* 000 bales and that the average con> sumption was about 80,000 bales a i week. It would be six weeks before the hew crop could come in, and the Brown DeoDle fieureci that they jvere l safe, especial^' since;'the greater part of their bottori fiad been bought around i nine cents. JHow much cotton the Brown people now have is not known; but they made i no secret that they" have sold a lot of it and that they are prepared to sell the balance at figures less than the cost of the highest of it. They maintain however, and with reason^ that they have ! bought but few bales at prices less than actual value, and with equal appearance of reason they claim that their operations are not properly to be i classed as gambling; but, as legitimate ; speculation. How it will'all turn out is a matter of idle guess'work to all except a man s like Mr. Brown; but somehow it seems : quite certain that the operations of the ' New Orleans people must necessarily affect the value of the present crop, , and make prices higher than they would have been otherwise. MERE-MENTION. i The first bale of new cotton was sold at Memphis, Tenn., last Saturday for 30 cents a pound One thousand i insurgents were killed In a battle with f the imperial troops of Morocco one day last week The third trial of ex! Secretary of State Caleb Powers of i Kentucky for the murder of ex-Gov' ernor Goebel, resulted last Saturday in ! a verdict of guilty, and Powers was sentenced to be hanged on November ' 25....The war game between the army and the navy on the coast of Maine has resulted in a victory for the navy. James K. Vardman has been nominated for governor of Mississippi as ' the result of the primary election held * in that state Six masked men [ looted the depot of the Rock Island " railroad at McFarland, Kan., last Sat! urday Fifteen soldiers and their ' captain were killed and over sixty were injured in a railroad collision t wreck in Italy last Tuesday The ' first bale of new cotton was sold in Charlotte, N. C., last Friday by Mr. J. J A. Blakeney of Providence township, Mecklenburg county, for 15 cents a pound. The b:\le brought $93.30 ' The Ada Manufacturing company of "r Charlotte, N. C., has been reorganized t under the name of the Fidelity Manufacturing company with $500,000 capi| tal At attempt to launch Prof. j_.angiey s airsmp last r riaay at wiaewater, Min., tvas prevented by a storm. ....Lindsay E. Sisson of Floyd county, N. C., has left his wife because she put half a dozen rotten eggs in his f whisky jug The New York Evening Post is trying to bring the leading Democratic politicians out on the Negro question. Mr. Cleveland says he is | unwiling to take time from his vacation to discuss the matter. The others * have said nothing. J McCONNELLSVILLE MATTERS. ' Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enauirer. McConnkllsville, August 31.?The McConnellsville High school with Prof. J. M. Moore as principal and Mrs. L. R. Smith as assistant will open this morning. The protracted meeting of Olivet church will begin Wednesday evening, September 2nd. The pastor will be assisted by the Rev. G. C. Brown of Catholic Grove. Mrs. Jane Love and Mrs. W. M. Love returned last week from a visit of ten ' days to Cleveland Springs. Miss Ella Love will leave within a few days for a visit to friends in Spartanburg. Messrs. Walker Moore and Robert Love will leave this week for Davidson college, the former to begin his sophomore year, the latter to enter the freshman class. Miss Lillian Crawford is visiting friends in Lincolnton, N. C. Mrs. E. P. Love and family are, r spending a lew uays witn relatives in ' Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. MeConnell spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. J. S. r Jones in Yorkville. ) i The Boat Races.?The third of the ? series of five races between the Shanit rock and the Reliance is still pending. 1 There was a storm last Saturday and i the boats did not venture out, while on t Monday the wind was not sufficient to r warrant a finish within the time limit. r Sir Thomas Upton has given up the > fight, and says he will n6t challenge ; again until Great Britain produces a ' designer who might prove equal to I Herreshoff. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. D. E. Boney, Manager?Wants agents to work for the Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance company. Liberal prices paid to good men. John E. Carroll, Supt. Education?Announces the fall examination of applicants for teachers' certificates to be held in Yorkville on Sept. 18th. Strajss-Smith Co.?Announce the departure of Mr. Strauss,'accompanied by Mrs. Strauss, for .the northern markets, where Mr. Strauss will buy a big stock of dress goods and novelties and promise an attractive line of fall goods for their customers. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Asks if it ever occurred to ybu that it would be poor business policy for him to make the unconditional claim that' the Mutual Benefit is the best insurance company if he could not prove the claim to be true. Heath-Elliott Mule Co?Says there are some things they" knotv and some they don't know, but say they know they can give you better value in a buggy, surrey, etc., than anybody else can and will. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Have fresh farm seeds including barley, rye, crimson clover, lucerne, etc., and tell why it is to the advantage of farmers to sow these seeds. First National Bank?Says it is one of the best equipped banks in upper South Carolina, and offers every safeguard for the protection of its depositors' money. It solicits your business. York Implement Co.?Has purchased a solid carload of Oliver chilled plows, and says that if you want to know about how good these plows are ask your neighbor who has one about it. They are also offering Hoosier disk drills at low prices. G. H. O'Leary?Makes an interesting talk about floor coverings, and calls CSpCL'Icll aiLCIlllUII lu lliaikiitgo Mitu rugs. J. Q. Wray?Tells about the prices that will rule this year at his store on staple goods and makes an Important announcement regarding the voting contest, which ends on September 15, at 12 o'clock, noon. G. W. Sherrer?Will pay the highest market'price for fat-beef cattle, and Is ready to serve his customers with good beef, and Is still selling ice at 1 cent a- pound. *. FousheeCash Store?Tells its friends that it is hard at work; making room for fall millinery, and asks you to get its , prices b.ef ore., purchasing. K. M. M. A.?Wants to know if you have filled out and "'forwarded that entrance certificate? " Do it now. York Drug Store?Offers fresh turnip seed of best varieties and purest seeds and tells you to sow now. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Have received a choice selection of Armour's meats, such as Vienna sausage, potted ham, potted tongue, lunch tongue and veal loaf. , W. M. Kennedy, Agent?rHas rye and barley seed and crimson, clover, and says to insure the best crops you -should sow the. best seeds. Loan & Savings Bfante^thiblishes a statement ofw. its-/condition. ..at the, close of business ..August Sl'sft-' ls03. It solicits your businS^s. ' NOTE AND COMMENT. In the case of the State vs. Parham last week, the question of jurisdiction was raised by Mr. McDow for the prosecution instead of Mr. McCain, for the defense. There was not sufficient evidence to secure a conviction and the question was raised for the purpose of securing time. Magistrate Comer secured several revolvers from participants in the riot at the Negro picnic last Friday and each Negro from whonvfa revolver was taken claimed that the weapon belonged to Eph Leech. Nobody seems to know what became of Leech's pistol. It is commonly understood that the weapon contained but a single oartridge at the time of the shooting; but as to what became of it afterward has not been learned. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Rev. D. G. Caldwell of Due West, preached two excellent sermons in the Associate Reformed church last Sunday. '?Mr. T? N. Moore has moved his cotton office Into the rg&n formerly occupied by the Exchange bank, Messrs. J. R. Lindsay and W. I. Witherspoon are also occupying the same room for the present. ? The Jasper Light Infantry Is now provided with the Krag-Jorgensen rifle of the regular service. The new guns arrived last Saturday. There are sixty of them and they are beauties. The Krag-Jorgensen is lighter than the old Springfield and of smaller calibre. .It is provided with a magazine and may be used as a single shot weapon or as a repeater. The range is 2,000 yards and at a distance of two or three hundred yards a bullet will penetrate about forty inches of solid oak. It is much more complicated than-the old Springfield and must be taken care of more particularly. ? The Blackmore Art company, which has \>een in Yorkville for a week, most of which time it has been in process of organization, expects to leave for Blacksburg tomorrow. The company is engaged in giving lessons in crayon and pastel enlargement work by means of the pantograph and a number of pupils have produced some highly creditable work. The company advertises principally by means of high class entertainment, and although it has been at a serious disadvantage in Yorkville for lack of patronage, those who took occasion to investigate are convinced that the company is composed of high class artists. Each member is a specialist who understands his business as an entertainer. Considering the fact that his fiist entertainment was free, Mr. Blackmore was very much disappointed at the comparatively small patronage he received, and complained about the matter Monday night with considerable show of disappointment. Those who patronized the art school have no occasion for regret. ? "I have a warrant for you and you will consider yourself under arrest!" Magistrate J. C. Comer was the speaker. and he made the announcement to a Negro named Sam Ervin, as the latter drove up to the cross street in a buggy last Saturday. "All right sir," the Negro replied, and as he was getting down from the buggy, he called to :in JiecmaintMnee nmnntr the Negl'OeS near by with the request: "Take dis mule back home for me." It looked to the bystanders as if the arrest had been effected without trouble; but Ervin did not intend it that way. The instant his feet struck the ground he was off, and when the magistrate tumbled to the situation he followed at his best, shouting, "Catch him, catch hint." Magistrate Comer put up a surprising race, and held on well, but he was no match for the Negro in that kind of a contest, and was soon left behind. Several young men about the corner who had witnessed the whole incident joined in the chase, and for a little while it looked like an old time game of fox and hounds. Mr. Frank Sherrer proved the swiftest runner. He was handicapped in starting behind the others; but soon passed them all. Ervin undertook to cut across lots and got caught in a barbed-wire fence; but got away just as Mr. Sherer came up and got caught In his place. By the time the Negro had gained what he had lost, Mr. Sherrer was again free to continue the pursuit, and after about another hundred yards overtook him. "I caught him by the arms so he couldn't use his pistol," said'Mr, Sherrer, and as several others were coming right along behind, he gave up. Ervin was wanted by Magistrate Comer, for having participated in a disturbance at n fril inri Alio m nnt I n rr n f It a U111 Ortl - " ICIIglVUO UIVCIIU5 Ub Tf IlliC lllll VWIored church. . HOMICIDE AND RIOT. There was a homicide at a Negro picnic on the J. A. Latta place, two miles west of Yorkville last Friday afternoon, and the successful efforts of a half dozen law-abiding Negroes to arrest the slayer came near bringing about a bloody riot. Alexander Lee was killed by Eph Leech. There were more than a thou- ' sand Negroes on the picnic grounds, and probably a hundred or more witnessed the shooting; but It is impossible to get at the facts. No two of the Negroes with whom the reporter talked, seemed to be able to agree as to any of the main details. Lee was a member of the committee on order, according to one story, and told Leech to put up a pistol that he was flourishing in a reckless and. threatening manner. Leech declined to put up the pistol and when Lee took hold of It, the weapon was fired, the uunei erucniiK ucea auuuuicn. another story has It that Lee's wife complained to him that a Negro had stepped on her toe, and ..while Lee was talking to the alleged offender, Leech, s.tepped up and took part in the controversy. Suddenly a concealed pistol was fired from Leech's coat pocket and Lee went down. Still another version has it that Leech and Lee rolled to the ground in holts and the shot was fired while the two men were in that position. The first news of the disturbance was brought to Yorkville by a Negro boy who oame'to Magistrate Comer for assistance. He explained as well as he could that one man had been killed; that the man who did the shooting had been arrested and another b'ig crowd was trying to take the prisoner away from his captors. Constable* Peters hurried to the scene as soon as he was able to saddle a horse, and found a great crowd of Negroes clustered together and seething with excitement, and threatening to exterminate each other. It developed that Eph Leech" was in the centre of the crowd, firmly held by three or four determined Negroes, and that the mob around was flourishing knives and pistols. "I drew my pistol," says Constable Peters, "and told them to open the way for me. About this time two <jr three of the men who had been guarding Leech helped to make the crowd stand back, and as soon as Leech saw me, he said, "Now I am surrendering to this white man; you niggers turn me loose.' We SUDmmea wunoui any iuiuici trouble, and made no objection to my putting the handcuffs on him." from statements that seem to be reliable, it appears that shortly after the shooting of Lee, Leech left the scene and went to the house of Henry Jones, about 300 yards away. He got a shot gun here and stood at bay against a half dozen or more pursuers. As the pursuers came up he presented the gun; but somebody grabbed it from behind and the other Negroes closed in on him. He fought desperately and made wicked threats as to what he would do when he regained his freedom. Wrenching loose one hand, he struck John Wheeler, one of his captors, a stinging blow in the face. As Wheeler drew back to return the blow, John Smith drew a big knife and said, "If you hit him I'll cut your heart out." Other Negroes surged around with baseball bats, knives and pistols and for a time it looked as if the- half dozen men who were trying to hold the prisoner would be annihilated. Presently quiet was partially restored and some of the leaders among the rescuing party held a conference as the result of which a dozen of them left the ground and stationed themselves at a convenient point on the road to Yorkville. They had decided that the captors of Leech would finally attempt to take him to town and it was their intention to fall on the party from ambush on the way and effect a rescue. It was only the timely arrival of Constable Peters that put an end to further trouble. He saw some of the ambushed Negroes on his way to the picnic grounds, and was on the lookout for them as he proceeded to Yorkville with his prisoner. He had no trouble, however, the would-be rescuers evidently deciding it best not to attack the constable. Leech was quite talkative on his way to Yorkville. He did not appear to be much concerned about the killing; but explained it to Constable Peters about like this: "That nigger caught hold of the barrel of my pistol, and white man you know I ain't going to let loose the handle while any nigger has hold of the barrel." Leech went on to say that he gave up the shot gun at Henry Jones's because it was not loaded. "And if I had only had two more pistols," he asserted, "I would have cleaned every nigger off that hill." He appeared to be very proud of the manner in which he had acquitted himself throughout the whole affair and ob served "that if these niggers don't quit having picnics they will all get killed." There is no doubt that the disturbance was due largely to too much whisky. Leech was drunk at the time of the shooting, and quite a number of others who were mixed up in the disturbance were also drunk. Leech has a reputation as a bad Negro. ' He has for years been a terror to picnic and religious gatherings among his race. He has been mixed up in a number of shooting scrapes, and it is rumored that he has other killings to his credit. He was arrested with two other Negroes about three years ago for breaking into the store of Mr. Dysart at Clover. He plead guilty and was sentenced to only seven months, while the other Negroes went to trial and got about fourteen months each. As a rule, however, he is very deferential to white men. Among the Negroes who assisted in the arrest of Leech and who helped to stand off the would-be rescuers were Joe Reid. George Hymes, Adam Chambers, Hogan Bryant. Press King, John Wheeler, Paul Crawford, Little John Chambers. Leech is reported to have spld that he will make it warm for some of these if he gets down on the ground again. Magistrate Comer, on Friday issued a warrant charging the following Negroes with complicity in the affair: Howard Gardner, Walker Wylie, John Smith, John Chambers, Chas. Chamber, Dan Jones, HarVey Thompson. The first three have been arrested and committed to Jail. The others are still dodging the officers. ABOUT PEOPLE. : Dr. R. T. Shumate left Saturday for Atlanta to' spend a few days. MlSs Eunice McConnell is visiting friends and relatives in Rock Hill. Rev. P. B. Ingraham of Hickory Grove, was in Yorkvllle yesterday. Miss Mary Alexander has accepted a position with the Foushee Cash Store. Mrs. Geo. W. Sherrer left on Monday for'a visit to friends in Spartanburg. W. B. Wilson, Sr., of Rock Hill, was In Ybrkvllle today on professional business. Mr. Marsh Morrow of Gastonia, is spending a few days In Yorkvllle with friends. Mayor M. C. Willis and family are spending the week at Piedmont Springs. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright and family returned from Piedmont Springs last Saturday. -* Miss . Bessie Gilbert has returned from afl extended visit to relatives In .Chicago, III.. Miss Jennie Hart has returned to Yorkvllle, after a pleasant visit to relatives in Erie, Pa. Mrs. M. W. White and child, returned home Monday after a two weeks' visit to relatives at Riverside. Miss Jessie Leltner Porter of Lank-aster, is in Yorkvllle on a visit to the family of Mr. J. C. Elliott. L Miss Carrie Belle Slmril of Newport, is visiting Misses Daisy and Lottie Belle Slmril near Yorkville. Capt. H. D. Wolff of the K. M> M. A. faculty, arrived in Yorkville last Saturday after a summer vacation. . ^ . Mr. R. E. -Montgomery and family, Mrs. Hattie Berry and Miss Ella Cody spent Sunday at Piedmont springs. Mr. J. L. McGill and son, J. Lesslle McGill of Bethany, left today for Baltimore and the northern markets. Misses Emma and Amelia Kennedy spent several days last week at Hickory Grove with relatives and friends. Mr. W. S. Dickson has taken a position with Mr. J. Q. Wray, where his friends will find him in the future. ' Mr. Paul Neely Moore of Charlotte, spent {Sunday in Yorkville with bis parents,. Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Moore. Dr. W. M. Kennedy and Mr. Carl Latimer of Chester, spent Sunday in Yorkville with friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Reld of Rock Hill, were in Yorkville today, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. D. Neely. Mrs. E. B. Williams who has been visiting Mrs. R. C. Allein, returned to her home in Meridian, Miss, last Saturday. Mr. J. L. Williams of the firm of J. M. Heath & Co., will leave for New York this week to buy fall and winter goods. Miss Mamie McConnell, left today ? ? ? TlUtl? T")n a Tirrt iur X~ IIllcLUCi (JiiicVf ru., anci a. www weeks' visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McConnell. The condition of Mrs. G. W. Williams has materially Improved, and there now seems to be every reason to hope for her early recovery. Rev. T. M. Lowry Is In Yorkville from Knoxville, Tenn., on a visit to relatives and friends. He preached In Trinity church Sunday night. Mr. Herbert Dunlap of Rock Hill, came over Sunday to spend the day with Mrs. Dunlap, who Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wltherspoon. ....... : Mr. J. L. Wilson and family, spent Monday night In Yorkville on their way home In Rock Hill,.after spending a week In the mountains of North Carolina. There was a delightful lawn party at the home of Mrs. A. J. Dunlap, three miles south of Yorkville, last Friday night, and quite a number of young people had a very pleasant time. Mrs. W. B. Cauthen and children, after spending several days with relatives and friends In Yorkville and Tirzah, returned to her home in Blackstock on Monday, accompanied by her brother, Master Jefferys Parish. Mr. Robert Adams who has had charge of the Tavora Electric Light plant for several months past, has resigned to accept a similar position at his home in Gastonia. He is succeeded at the Tavora plant b.v Mr. Barnwell. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss left last night for a visit to Virginia Beach, Washington, Baltimore, Atlantic City, Philadelphia and New York. They will be gone about fifteen days and Mr. Strauss will buy his falls goods while away. Rev. G. C. Williams, rector of the Episcopal churches at Blacksburg, Gaffney and Lancaster, has been spending a day or two in Yorkville, the guest of Mr. O. E. Wilklns. Mr. Williams and his bride have recently returned from a tour of Europe. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Davidson arrived in Yorkville last Friday and are the guests of Mrs. W. H. Herndon. Mrs. Davidson was Miss Nellie Pierce of Pickens. Ala. They were married on August 25. Mr. Davidson is traveling for a Charlotte commercial house. Mr. A. W. McFarland returned to his home near Yorkville last Saturday from Charlotte, where he had gone for treatment of his eyes. Mr. McFarland's friends will regret to learn that the sight of both eyes has gone and the specialists hold out but little hope. He is free from any pain or phvsical suffering. Mr. W. Meek Faulkner was in Yorkville yesterday on business. In a conversation with the reporter he said that the crop outlook was about as fine as he has known it at this season for many years past. His corn crop on Clark's Fork, (not King's Creek, as erroniously stated in a previous reference) is still looking fine. If there is no high water, and Mr. Faulkner is not very uneasy, he will make one of the finest crops he has ever gathered. Alexandria. Va., Gazette of August 27: The engagement is announced of Miss Jennie Hart of Yorkville, S. C., to Mr. Arthur Snell of Rochester, N. Y. Miss Hart, niece of Mrs. Heniy Robertson, is one of the brightest and most popular young ladies who hts ever visited Alexandria, and her many friends unite in their best wishes fir her future happiness. The wedding will take place in Yorkvllle on October 21, and Miss Emily Elliott, of this city, who visited Miss Hart last winter, will act as maid of honor. Mr. George Heath who has been with the Yorkville firm of J. M. Heath,,fc Co. during the present year, left today for Lancaster to assume the manage ment of the Heath Banking and Mercantile company in that town. During his residence in Yorkvllle Mr. Heath has made many friends who will te sorry to lose him and who will wish him every success in the larger respoi sibilities upon which he is now. enter- . ing. The Lancaster branch of tie Heath Ranking and Mercantile company is one of the largest busineus concents in the upper part of the state. Dr. Barnard E. Baker, who will 1* remembered here on account of his teutimony as a medical expert in-the cane of S. W. Mitchell vs. the Woodmen of the World, died at his home In Charleston last Friday morning. Tie Charleston Post says of him: "Hewjis thirty-seven years of age. 'He was adjunct professor of pathology and htntology and lecturer on phystcal diagnosis at the Medical College of Soulh Carolina. Dr. Baker was former y treasurer of the South Carolina Medical association and belonged to the local medical societies. He was high y thought of in the fraterpity and had a wide circle of warm friends. He wns in Mexico about three years ago as ?n expert on yellow fever." LOCAL LAC0NlC8. We Will 8end the Enquirer From now until January 1, 1904. f'>r 68 cents. Case of Diphtheria. A child of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lilly it Filbert developed a case of diphtheria last week; but was quickly relieved by means of the anti-toxin treatment. Bethel's First Bale. Mr. R. B. Riddle telephoned from Zeno this morning that he had Juit finished ginning his first bale of this year's cotton. There were 1,276 pounds of seed cotton and the bale weighed 4 10 pounds. -Tiger# at White Hill. ' ' Sheriff Logan, Deputy Sheriff Saudlfer and Constable A. Rose went o at to' White Hill Negro church, four mil is east of Yorkville last Sunday afternoon to arrest 'some blind tiger'dealers alleged to be doing business the re The story was that Charley Pinley and other Negroes were on the grounds with a buggy load of whisky and tbit they were selling to all comers and with but little effort at concealment. When the officers arrived on the scene the liquor sellers had gone. Committed for Murder. ; Policeman R. G. Johnson of 'Fort ? Mill, who is accused of having recently caused the death of ohe J. R. No rman by running him into Catawba river with a-bloodhound^ was committed to jajl last Friday/on > the charge.: of triur-' '.-Vf der. The warrant in the case was iJsued by Coroner Louthian,'and the arrest was made by Sheriff Logan. Mr. Johnson has employed Major Jam>s F. Hart to manage his case and w .11 make an application for bail as soon as the necessary arrangements can l?e made. He will probably go befo *e Judge Gage at Chester. AT THB CHURCHES. BAPTIST. REV. W. B. HURT, PASTOR. Prayer meeting Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. REV. J. L. STOKES, PASTOR. There will be prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 8.00 o'clock. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. REV. J. C. JOHNES, RECTOR. I^o services this afternoon. T3TJ TraTJVmiTTJT A M rev. w. a. neville, pastor. There will be no prayer meeting: this (Wednesday) evening. Picnic at Bethany. - There will be an educational picnic at Bethany High school on Saturday, September 12. There will be addresses by prominent speakers and good music. The public is Invited to come out. Respectfully, J. D. Huooms. z gor&riUe Cotton JjRarhfl. Corrected Semi-Weekly by Meter i. Latta Bros. Yorkvillb, September 1, 12 m.?Tie local market stands as follows: Middling - 12j| Strict Middling 12ji Good Middling 12ji Fully Good Middling 12|i Latta Bros. WANTED?AGENTS. AT ONCE?Ten hustling men to work for the Farmers' Mutual Lite Insurance Co. Liberal prices paid 10 the right men. The company is grow ing and gaining confidence. Entrance fee will be raised to $4.50 on and afte r Oct. 1st. Call or write to D. E. BONEY, Manager, Yorkville, S. C. Sept 1 t3t King's Mountain Military Academy, YORKVILLE, S. C. Have you filled out and forwarded 1o the superintendent that entrance ceitificate? DO IT NOW. Session opens -September 9. WANTED?BEEF CATTLE. I WILL pay the highest market price for Fat Beef Cattle, and I want all 1 can get. We are now furnishing our customers with the best domestic refrigerated beef and solicit your orderi, which will receive prompt attention. We are still selling Ice at 1 cent a pound in any quantity. Let us have your orders. G. W. SHERRER. t# The Enquirer is fully prepared with the best of materials ana skilled workmen to execute your orders for all kinds of Commercial Printing. Can we have your next order? TEACHERS' EXAMINATION. m HE reeular TFAPWRRS' RXAM. jL 1NATION will be held at Yorkvills on FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 18TH, fron 9 o'clock a. m., until 4 p. m. White applicants will meet In Court House. Colored applicants in the Colored Graded School building. Teachers will provide themselves with pencils and Legal Cap paper, and be on hand promptly at the appointed hour. This will be the LAST OPPORTUNE TY to get a certificate until May, 1904. JOHN E. CARROLL. County Supt. Education. Sept. 1 t 3t JASPER LIGHT INFANTRY. General Order No. ? > All members of Co. "L" iteapw who expect to attend th<? vSHReL Military picnic at Corn\ well, will assemble in tho Armory at 5 o'clock in V the morning of Thursday, September 3rd. W. B. MOORE, Captain.