Scraps and .facts.
? Chicago dispatch: Negro students
at the Northwestern university are
having difficulty in securing rooms.
No one having rooms to rent in Evanston
wishes to let apartments to the
Negro men because, they say, no white
student wishes to room in the same
house with a Negro. In vain have the
few Negroes who go to the university
tried to secure lodgings, and they report
to the university authorities that
there are no rooms for Negro students
in Evanston. The Negroes formerly
roomed at the college dormitory. When '
the college dormitory was given over
to the football men the Negro students
were ordered to seek other quarters.
? News and Courier: Two towns in
North Carolina, it is reported, have
entered in earnest in the proposed
boycott of the tobacco trust. At Kinston
"no merchant has bought anything
of the trust since the boycott was decided
upon." Washington was visited
ten days ago by the regular salesman
of the trust and the merchants refused
to buy his goods. The district manager
of the trust and another salesman followed
him and the three spent a week
in the town, but "sold practically no
goods." The district manager threatened
to give away some of his stuff as
a bonus with the sale of others, and
the merchants met the threat with the 1
assurance that "they would boycott any 1
jobber or wholesaler who handled any
product of the trust." The trust
agents went away, saying they would 1
return with a proposition that they 1
"would make things warm," and the
town is waiting to see what they will
do next. '
? Edna, Texas, dispatch of Septem- {
ber 13: Three men were shot and '
killed here this Jifternoon at the city
jail. Sheriff George F. Wharton and '
Deputy Frank Brugh arrested a man 1
known as McCagle of Philadelphia, but
believed from papers found on him to
be W. T. Lander of Atlanta, Ga., on '
a charge of attempted swindling. Lan- 1
der was taken to jail without trouble,
but when the officers attempted to 1
search him the prisoner drew a revolver
and opened fire on the two offi- '
cers. The first bullet struck Sheriff 1
Wharton and the second mortally
wounded the deputy. The "sheriff in
falling, drew his revolver and fired 1
point blank at the prisoner, killing him (
instantly. Wharton when picked up '
was dead and Brugh died an hour lat- '
er. The police at Atlanta have been
notified of the tripple tragedy, but no '
information has been received from
them. The prisoner has been making
a tour of southeast Texas seeking rice |
lands. ,
? A dispatch from Bloomington, 111., <
to the Chicago Record-Herald says: :
Colonel William Jennings Bryan talked
to several thousand farmers scattered
over DeWitt county at the annual fair 1
at Clinton today. By a unique con- 1
nection through means of a megaphone
attached to a telephone, and
which was connected with the rural
exchange in Clinton, Mr. Bryan not '
only addressed 6,000 persons at the
grounds, but all those who desired to
take advantage of the opportunity at
the telephone. The exact time when
the speaking was to commence had
been duly announced and the farm
lines were made at that time. The
scheme proved very satisfactory and '
the speaker's voice was distinctly audible
over every wire. Mr. Bryan's '
topic was "The Value of an Idea." He
related some of his experiences on the
farm and in his farm work, and advised
farmers by all means to remain
upon the farm, where healthy bodies
and ideals can be developed and where
the temptations of the ctfy do not intrude.
He said that he was a farmer
himself, that he liked farmers and also
liked their business.
? Washington Letter: There is another
item of expenditure that must
be reckoned with in the future. No
branch of the government that comes
in direct contact with the people is so
popular as rural free delivery. Twelve
million dollars were appropriated for
this service by the last congress. That
sum has proved insufficient to meet
the clamorous demands for routes in
every section of the country. A few
years ago rural free delivery was in
the experimental stage, and expendif
t r\ V? rx thnncon^o I
Now millions are required, and rural
free delivery promises to become one
of the most expensive bureaus of the
great postal system of the United
States. The onward progress of rural
free delivery is irresistible. Although
the estimates have not been completed
at the postofflce department, it is believed
that an appropriation approximating
$20,000,000, and possibly more,
will be required for this service in the
next year. Of course, a part of this
sum will be used in the maintenance
of routes already established. It is apparent,
therefore, even at this early
day, that the coming congress will be
of consequence to those who are interested
in appropriations for rivers and
harbors, rural free delivery and public
buildings. That the officials can discuss
with equanimity the great cost of
the improvements which these measures
entail is a striking instance of the
general prosperity now prevailing in
the United States.
? Washington special of Saturday to
the News and Courier: Senator Clay
paid a Hying visit to Washington today
to consult the postmaster general
relative to the feeling of alarm prevailing
all through the south owing to
the threatened curtailment of the rural
free delivery service. In the abs?
nee of Postmaster General Payne
the senator had a long conversation
with Acting Postmaster General Bris
tow. senator Clay stated that the
feeling existed all through the southern
states that the rural free delivery
routes, already established, which do 1
not have a hundred or more patrons,
are to be abolished. He explained how
convenient and satisfactory the present
service is. and as a member of the i
post office committee he desired to en- :
ter his solemn protest against such a
proceeding. Senator Clay stated that i
he was entirely familiar with the spir- 1
it and the intent of the existing law i
relative to the rural free delivery ser- |
vice, and it was not contemplated by <
the framers of that law that the ser- <
vice should be denied one locality and I
given to another. After going over 1
the subject Mr. Bristow gave the senator
his personal and official assurance
that the postoffice department would
riot interfere with any of the rural
fiee delivery routes already established,
even if such routes do not serve a
hundred patrons. The routes now in
operation will be continued, all reports
to the contrary notwithstanding. This
information and assurance from Mr.
Bristow was very gratifying to Senator
Clay, and it will set at rest much
unauthorized and wild speculation
now prevalent relative to the abolishment
of hundreds of small routes
throughout the United States.
flu Horkvillf (puquirrr.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15,1903.
Judge Advocate General Davis, says
i dispatch, has decided that Washington
was "the front" during the civil
war, and that volunteer soldiers who
were stationed there are entitled te
pensions. The judge was probably in
the city during the Bull Run battles.
There is no appreciable change in
the Macedonian situation. Massacres
continue as of daily occurrence, and
there is talk of increasing danger of
war between Turkey and Bulgaria.. It
is impossible, however, to get an intelligent
idea of the true situation.
Although it was at first understood
otherwise, it appears that the order of
the governor appointing Judge Benet
to preside over the Kershaw circuit,
Joes not atfect the arrangement
whereby Judge Townsend has been
chosen to preside over the Tillman
trial. The attorneys for the prosecution
object to Judge Townsend and
went before Chief Justice Pope with
regard to the matter yesterday. The
>bjections they urged were based up>n
technical grounds. The defense had
nothing to say. Chief Justice Pope
ivill withhold his ruling until after he
tias investigated the matter.
A torpedo shaped airship, about
thirty feet long and containing two men
passed over Indianapolis this afternoon.
It came from the northwest, circled
over the southern part of the city
it a height of 700 feet and disappeared
in an easterly direction. Several hundred
people watched it, many of them
with field glasses.?Indianapolis, Ind.,
Jispatch of September 13, to the Associated
Press.
We reproduce the above in order that
we may take the opportunity to remark
that the production of practicable airships
is a small matter to the imaginative
liar, who happens to be short
nn salable facts. A genuine airship
will no doubt be produced some day;
but we are likely to hear of it before
it is seen.
The daily papers of this morning
contain the information that Chairman
C. W. Garris, of the board of railroad
commissioners, has engaged Colonel J.
H. Averill as an expert to examine the
railroad trestles between Camden and
Blacksburg. The statement is that
Colonel Averili's fee will be $100 and
will nov tho nmnnnt Ollt of
his own pocket because there is no
available appropriation. We see no
harm in the proposed examination;
but beg to suggest the pity of its not
having been made several weeks ago.
An examination by Mr. Garris himself
even, would have been better than no
examination at all.
The free pass sometimes serves other
than transportation purposes. After
taking a meal in an Indiana restaurant
the other day, Senator Albert
J. Beveridge discovered that he had
no money, and sought to bolster up his
credit by announcing his name. The
clerk stated that "Senator Beveridge"
had beaten the place before and threatened
to call the police. The proprietor
was appealed to and he also was
in doubt as to the identity of the moneyless
customer. Finally the senator
pulled out a bunch of free railroad
passes and made clear the fact that he
was the real and only "Wasp of the
Wabash." Senator Beveridge, however,
is not on record as having ever
charged that all other people except
himself could be bought with free
passes.
King Edward, of England, is now
conceded to be the most popular monarch
of Europe. He is putting in his
time making it pleasant for the common
people, and using his political influence
in behalf of peace. A year or
two ago the royal family of Great Britain,
and in fact all that was English,
was very unpopular throughout Europe:
but now it is said that King Edward
has even conquered the Irish
with his kindness, and almost every
country of Continental Europe is resounding
with his praise. Among the
stories, told of the king during his re
cent visit to Austria is one to the effect
that while rolling along the
road in his automobile, he came up
with an old peasant woman bending
under a load of fuel wood. He stopped
his automobile took the woman in and
carried her to her destination. When
he set her down he gave her a gold
piece. This is only one of hundreds
of similar stories that are being told of
the kind hearted king, and there is
no wonder at his growing popularity
either at home or abroad.
Ai.tiiocgii Senator Tillman affects to
make light of the matter and wants
other people to think lightly of it, the
story of the famous free pass No. 1.
if it were fully investigated, would no
doubt be interesting. It is remembered
that very shortly after he had
taken his seat as the result of a campaign
in which he had claimed that his
opponents had been bamboozled and
lebaticheii by free passes, it developed
bat lie held free Pass No. 1. Bunch
McBee issued that Pass, and Bunch
McBee afterward turned informer.
But that did not end the story. After
Mr. Tillman went to the United States
senate, Bunch McBee lost his job with
the Southern railroad. It was given
out generally that the reason of his
dismissal was because he was objectionable
to Senator Tillman. Later
McBee secured a position with the Seaboard
Air Line, and in the course of
time he lost this position also. There
has been no explanation as to the reason
of the loss of this last named position;
but it is not improbable that
the cause is also traceable to the famous
free pass No. 1, and if this be
true, as we do not iioubt, It occurs to
us that it would be very interesting to
know iust what influence Senator Till
man may have brought to bear on
these two big railroad corporations in
order to make them parties to his revenge.
Was it because of something
he was to do for them in case they acquiesced,
or because of something he
threatened to do in case they declined
to acquisece? The subject is interesting
in the extreme; but of course, there
is no possibility of further light except
as the result of some accident like
that which disclosed the senator's possession
of the free passes over the
Burlington and Quincy and other railroads.
The Trestle Disaster Again.
While it is not the purpose of The
Enquirer to try to fix the responsibility
for the recent disaster at. Fishing
creek trestle, we desire to go on record
as holding that the South Carolina
railroad commission is not to be held
entirely blameless in the matter.
In making this assertion, we do not
want to be understood as minimizing
even in the slightest degree the responsibility
of the Southern railroad.
If it is a fact that the accident was due
to rotten* timbers, and this we have
every reason to believe, -then there is
no question but that.the railroad has
been criminally negligent; but still this
does not excuse the commissioners, as
we shall endeavor to show.
To assert that the Southern railroad
wilfully contributed to this catastrophe
would be silly. However, shortsighted
some of the railroad people
may be in some things, they are not
fools, nor do they lack more than any
of the rest of us in their regard for
human life. Nobody realizes better
than they the cost of Just such a disaster,
and nobody dreads it more, either
from the standpoint of the suffering
and death Involved or of the financial
loss.
But we must remember that the interests
of the railroad are to be considered
from another standpoint. Whatever
sentiment, etc., there may be in
the business of carrying passengers, it
cannot be denied that its basis is profit.
Probably it would be unfair to
assert that the sole object of the business
is profits. We think such an assertion
would be unfair; but at the
same time we are quite positive that
if there were no hope of profit the
business would not be run.
These points having been made reasonably
clear, let us assume that this
old trestle appeared to be rotten and
worn out, and that it had been reported
by the employes as dangerous, does it
seem remarkable that the higher officers
should have been Inclined to take
some risks in postponing the repairs,
possibly in the interest of some other
work that appeared to be more pressing?
We do not think- so. There is
more or less risk and speculation in all
other businesses, even when the safety
of human life is involved, and why
should there not be in a business like
this? If that be the case here, the
railroad company lost and that is about
all there is of it; but here is where
the responsibility of the railroad commission
comes in.
The general assembly knows full well
that railroads understand the terrible
expense of disasters of this kind, and
it knows also that railroads understand
best how to guard against such
disasters. At the same time, however,
the general assembly appreciates that
element of chance which enters into
the proposition?how a railroad company
may be tempted to take risks for
the sake of profits and that is probably
why it set the railroad commission as
a guard over the railroads. The commission
is not supposed to be interested
in profits, and there is no reason
why it should take any chances. On
the contrary, because it may be held
to account by the people for such accidents
as this, it is not unnatural to
assume that It would compel the railroad
to constant care.
By way of illustration, suppose the
railroad commission had, three weeks
ago, or even six months ago, made
such an examination of Fishing creek
trestle as the York county grand jury
last week made of Bullock's creek
trestle, it would have, in all probability,
been condemned then and there, and
the commission would have forbidden
the running of any more trains over it
until it was fixed. Of course, it is easy
for the commissioners to say they have
not got time; but that is absurd. Their
office is the softest snap under the
state government and if they haven't
got time for this, it is difficult to
conceive of what they are good for
anyway.
In what we have said, however, we
hope the reader will not gather the
idea that we are trying to make of
the commissioners a scape-goat for the
railroad. We have no such intention.
That the railroad is entitled to its
full share of responsibility and that it
will be sufficiently punished goes without
saying; but while the railroad is
paying for its negligence, it is just as
well that it should not serve as a
scape-goat for the railroad commissioners.
This body is also blamable
to a greater or less extent and if it is
not to be held to a reasonable accountability.
it is just as well that the office
be abolished.
? Boston dispatch of September 10:
Grieved because the'silk American flag
in which she put thousands of stitches,
something like liiO.OOO of them, was refused
as a gift by President Roosevelt,
Miss Marie Costeau. of 1205 Washington
street, is wondering whether patriotism
pays. For more than a year
this twenty-two-year-old-girl has been
working over the flag, and from the
finest materials she could obtain she
made a beautiful banner. Every thread
with which the silk of the stripes were
sewed was chosen with care, and the
forty-five stars embroidered on their
field cost $1 each. When the flag was
finished, Miss Costeau placed it in a
satin box and sent it to the president
with best wishes and the hope that he
might find it available for his personal
use. "I worked on my poor flag so
hard," said Miss Costeau, "and thought,
of course, he would take It. I wrote
that I was a French girl, but had lived
under the Stars and Stripes long
enough to love the flag and the noble
institutions it represented. Then I sent
it away, but it came right back. A
note from his secretary said he could
not accept it. He says it's a rule that
he can't accept presents. But I read
that he takes other things. A paper
last night said he took railroad passes
and champagne. Why not then, my
flag? It is because the people who
gave him the other things were rich
and he did not wish to honor a poor
girl who only wanted to show her patriotism?"
MERE-MENTION.
The physicians who had charge oi
the case of the late Pope Leo, now assert
that they understood the true nature
of his illness from the first; bul
the information was suppressed because
Cardinal Rampola refused absolutely
to allow it to go on the bulletir
board Russia has consented tc
evacuate Manchuria but is asking foi
delay until October 8 The $50,00(
prize offered by the state of Texas
for an effective remedy for the extermination
of the boll weevil has nol
yet been awarded Six persons hav?
been indicted by the Washington granc
jury in connection with the postal
scandals: They are Gee 3 W. Beavers,
August W. Machen, James W
Erwin, Geo. H. Huntington, Isaac S
McGiehan, Eugene G. Scheble Th<
Montgomery, Ala., legislature has passed
a bill prohibiting the importation ol
cotton seed infected with the Texas
boll weevil A band of eight robbers
attacked the to^n of Valley
Springs, S. D., last Sunday, and robbec
the bank of between eight and ter
thousand dollars... .The launching ol
the Langley flying machine has beer
delayed by a series of accidents
The French government Is sending
warships to Turkish waters It if
probable that congress will be caller
in extra session on November 9
W. C. Bowles, a deputy mall clerk or
the Washington and Greensboro division
of the Southern, w%s arrested last
Saturday for systematically robbing
the mails. He was caught with markec
money in his possession and was unable
to explain how he got it A
dispatch from Yellowstone Park, Wyo.
says that six inches of snow fell then
last Saturday The first bale of cotton
packed in Porto Rico during th<
last forty years was exported last Saturday
to a Porto Rican concern ir
New York city Furnifleld G. Simmons,
father of Senator F. M. Simmons,
was assassinated at his hom<
near Newbern, N. C., last Saturday
He was 75 years of "age. A Negrc
named Daniels has been arrested foi
the crime South. Florida wai
swept by a terrific hurrjcane last Friday
and Saturday. There was considerable
damages Reports from Venezuela
are to the effect that President
Castro is preparing to make wai
I against the United States of Colombia
Two men were instantly killed
[ another was fatally wounded and twc
| others were badly hurt by the explosior
of a barrel of alcohol on the crulsei
Olympia, at the Norfolk, Va., navj
yard last Saturday. '
Sam Jones Has Another Fight.?
Rev. Sam P. Jones and Postmastei
Walter Akerman had a fist fight 01
Bank block in Cartersvllle, Ga., yesterday
morning, says a dispatch to th<
Atlanta Journal.
The difficulty arose over remark!
made by Mr. Jones at nis taDernacn
during his meeting.
Mr. Jones denounced Akerinan foi
selling wine and threatened to repor
him to President Roosevelt if he die
not stop.
Mr. Jones said he had rather have i
decent Negro to hand out his mai
than to have a white man for post'
master who was engaged in deallnj
out damnation to the boys and pool
Negroes in this community.
Mr. Jones called at the postofflce this
morning and asked Mr. Akerman ifh<
would stop selling wine. Akermai
agreed to do so except when needec
for medicinal purposes.
Later on Mr. Akerman met Mr
Jones and told him he understood tha
he called him a "dirty dog" and othei
names, which he did not propose to pu
up with.
With these words Mr. Akerman hi
Mr. Jones in the mouth. Mr. Jones re'
turned the lick on Akerman's eye.
Friends interfered and separatee
them. Akerman, when seen b> th<
Journal correspondent, said that Jones
had said more about him than h<
could stand.
Mr. Jones denies that he callec
Akerman a dirty dog. He said that hii
words at the tabernacle were as follows:
"Will we good people of Cartersvilh
let these dirty dogs sell their win<
from year to year and ruin our child
ren?"
When asked if he was hurt, Mr
Jones replied "that the only thlnj
about him that was sore was his fist.'
Benet Instead of Townsend.
Columbia special of Saturday t<
Greenville News: Gov. Heyward this
morning commissioned former Judg<
W. C. Benet as a special judge to holt
court at Kershaw, for the week begin
ning Monday. The appointment is mad<
because of the sickness of Judge G. W
Gage, who is the regular circuit judge
Two weeks ago. Chief Justice Pope appointed
Judge D. A. Townsend to preside
at the Kershaw and Lexir.gtor
courts* and the criminal business o:
Kershaw has been wound up wltl
Judge Townsend presiding. The Fairfield
court opens on September 21. however.
and Judge Townsend is due then
on that date, this being his regulai
sitting. Today Col. U. R. Brooks, clert
of the supreme court, received a lettei
from Chief Justice Pope, asking him tc
ascertain whether or not Judge Benel
would accept the appointment to succeed
Judge Townsend. Judge Benel
has accepted and the appointment was
accordingly made. This means thai
Judge Benet will hold the Lexington
court instead of Judge Townsend, at
which J. H. Tillman will be tried.
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LOCAL AE^AXRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Will Anderson?Has lost two ten dollar
bills, and requests the finder to
notify him through The Enquirer office.
First National Bank?Publishes an official
statement of Its condition at
1 the close of business on September
9th.
, Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Say that now is
a good time to pay for the fertilizers
bought last spring. They offer a
discount to those who pay before the
account is due, November 1st.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Publishes
a conversation he recently had
with the agent of a life insurance
company.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Want to pur
chase all kinds of country produce
> and promise the top of the market.
They also want to sell you a supply
, of full cream cheese just In.
. York Drug Store?Asks you to think
of it when In need of anyklnd of
1 school supplies. It has everything
i needed In this line.
. G. H. O'Leary?Has a few pertinent
remarks to make in regard to handmade
and machine made harness,
and invites you to call before you
buy harness.
T. W. Speck, The Jeweler?Asks what
It shall be that you will give the
' bride and suggests different articles
In cut glass and sterling silverware,
and offers to duplicate the prices of
mall order houses,
t J. Q. Wray?Announces the end of the
sewing machine contest and quotes
a number of interesting prices on
staple goods.
' Fousiiee Cash Store?Says it will have
1 no formal opening, but will have a
millinery exhibit on Friday, SepI
tember 18th, and you are invited to
come and see the exhibit.
1 W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Has his new
fall style book of Lamm & Co., and
I Invites you to see the styles and let
, him take your measure for clothing.
' Strauss-Smith Co.?Says that the most
I stylish, comfortable and durable
I shoe for ladles' wear is the wellknown
Reed shoes, of which they
have a full supply.
; PICNIC AT BETHANY.
There were four or five hundred
^ people at the educational rally at the
Presbyterial High school last Saturday,
and the people enjoyed themselves
' thoroughly listening to good music and
I good speeches and in eating the good
things of that hospitable section.
^ The exercises of the day were opened
with prayer by Rev. Mr. Jeffcoat.
Prof. J. D. Huggins presided, and there
'r were speeches by Congressman D. E.
' Flnley, Representative J. E. Beamj
guard, and Prof. Clapp. All of the
speeches were entertaining and instructive.
Music was furnished by the King's
t Mountain cornet band, and dinner
was served in family groups to which
J all strangers were invited. The day
was spent most pleasantly and profitably.
The new school building, which IS
[ nearly completed, is a commodious and
roomy structure, and is ready for occupancy,
except for a few finishing
touches on the inside. Dormitory
accommodations have been provided
for pupils from a distance, and the
prospects for a good opening seems to
| be quite encouraging.
It was understood on Saturday that
the picnic held on that day was only
thp first of a series of much larger
gatherings to be held from time to
time in the future.
ACTING ON RECOMMENDATIONS.
The recommendations of the special
committee of the grand jury which
were served on the Southern railroad
last week have been treated by the
railroad- company with the most commenable
consideration. The suggested
repairs are well under way.
Through a telephone message from
Hickory Grove this morning, The Enquirer
learned that the rebuilding of
the Bullock's creek trestle has almost
been completed. An entire set of new
benches had been framed up to Monday
night, and before the close of the
week the trestle will be almost, If not
quite as good as new.
Mr. J. S. Jones, the R. F. D. carrier
on Route No. 5, passes Turkey creek
every day. He reports that large
quantities of cross ties and other timbers
were thrown off on both sides of
Turkey creek several days ago, and
that the old ties along the top of the
trestle have been replaced with new
ones. Also fche curves that were referred
to by the grand jury are receiving
especial attention.
In this connection, however, It is
only fair to state, that these very improvements
have been under consideration
for several weeks. Mr. Jones
says that the bridge experts had been
at Turkey creek some time previous
making estimates as to the repairs that
were necessary. Still, there is no reason
to doubt that the recommendation
of the grand jury has caused expedition
of the work.
COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE.
Acting on the recommendation of the
chairman, C. W. Garris, in his report on
the wreck at Fishing creek, says the
AAMMnnnnM/lAnl /V# \T /^TTTCI
* IsUiUIUUlct UUI I COpUJIUCIlL ML ttlC i^cno
i and Courier, the board of railroad com3
missioners on Saturday addressed a
: letter to Superintendent J. A. Heether,
superintendent of the Charleston dl1
vision of the Southern railway, order3
ing him to appear before the board on
" September 21. This being the most
disastrous ' . the state in the
J last few years the board is determined
5 to investigate the causes fully and then
" they will be able to act intelligently in
the matter. The correspondent con'
tinues:
' Witnesses will be heard from the
' railroad authorities and the chairman
of the board, Mr. Garris, stated Saturday:
"That he had addressed letters
to the editors of The Yorkvii,le
j Enquirer and the Rock Hill Herald,
3 asking that they furnish names of a
few responsible parties in York coun:
to to testify in the case. He also
1 stated that these gentlemen were under
. no obligation to furnish the names,
; but that they had a greater opportunity
a 1/iiah' tha naanlo nf that1 nnnntv \%rVm
. could give the best information possl.
ble. Both of these editors, Mr. Garris
. stated, have been disposed to deal
i fairly with the Southern railway and
f with the commission, and for this reai
son they were asked to furnish names
. of witnesses to the commission."
The letter written to Superintendent
^ Heether ordering him to the hearing
c on the 21st instant is as follows:
Mr, J. A. Heather, Superintendent
> Charleston Division, Southern Rallt
road?Dear Sir?We find that it is nec
essary in order that the law of the
t state may be carried out, that the board
i make further investigation into the re:
cent wreck on your division of Fishi
ing creek, and in order that we may
; be able to make inquiry into the case,
we ask that you appear in person on I
the 21st day of September, and that Ji
you have present with you your super- j.
Intendent of bridges, roadmaster and
section master, whose duty It was to
constantly observe the bridge at Fish- I
ing creek. It is the law that this r
board, on occasions of this kind, subpoena
you regularly, but we presume 1
that you will require no legal formal- 1
ity, and we content ourselves to ad- t
dress you informally, but you will do j
us the kindness, however, to advise us
at once, whether you can be present on '
the date named. k
By order of the board. a
C. W. Garris, Chairman. j.
NOTE AND COMMENT. J
The corn yield of this section prom- ^
lses to be fairly good this year. ^
Mr. A. W. Bradford has sent The j.
Enquirer a sweet potato vine that
measures fourteen feet in length. It
came from a potato patch belonging
to Mr. T. M. Whisonant of Hickory c
Grove. . t
Sinoe last Saturday trains have been
running over Catawba bridge at the 1
rate of ten miles an hour and over c
Bullock's creek trestle at the rate of t
only four miles an hour. This is because
of the recent caution from the t
grand Jury. t
The King's Mountain chapter, D. A. t
R. is making great preparations for
the unveiling of their monument to the t
heroes of the field of Huck's defeat on i
October first. An attractive pro- <
gramme has been arranged, and it is <
expected that It will prove the redletter-day
of the chapter's life and 1
work since its organization. The chap- 1
ter will be the guests of Mrs. R. Moul- I
trie Bratton on this occasion. <
The grand jury of York, says the
Charleston Post, seems to have pro- i
ceeded without regard to the dictum I
of Railroad Commissioner Garris that I
the only legal method of fixing the <
responsibility of a railroad company !
for dangerous condition of its trestles
1 1 A? ? -1 o /\# tKrvoo !
IS uy SUllS lui uamagco ui LIIVOV HI^M*
ed in an accident. The grand Jury !
hasn't waited for a disaster at Bui- '
lock's Creek trestle, another railroad I
bridge in the county, to prove the bad
condition of the structure, but has <
made an inspection on general report
of its inefficiency and has found that it l
is in unsafe condition. This finding
has been brought to the attention of <
the railroad and warning has been
made against it. The grand Jury has 1
acted within its province and shown a !
proper regard for the public safety,
which It may well undertake to guard i
before as well as after a horrible ex- :
ample. t
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Kate Blair of Blairsvllle, is attending
the Graded school.
Mrs. Lacey L. Little is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. W. H. Herndon.
. Mr. R. J. Mackorell and family, returned
home from Lancaster Monday.
Mr. George T. Schorb, went to Charlotte
Monday night on a business trip.
Mrs. Paul R. Bratton and son, Master
Paul, are visiting friends in Yorkville.
Messrs. John and Robert Jenkins,
left on Monday morning for Erskine
college.
Mrs. J. S. Jones and children, visited
friends and relatives at McConnellsvlIle
this, week:
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss are expected
home from the north, the latter
part of the week.
Misses Emma and Lula Ford of
Bethel, are the guests af Misses Mary
and Rose Hunter.
Miss Nellie Schorb has returned to
Due West, where she will continue her
studies at Ersklne college. /
Misses Sallle and Mattle McConnell
of McConnellsvllle. spent several days
In Yorkvllle with friends and relatives
this week.
Mrs. Edward S. Reeves of Murfreesboro
Tenn., Is the guest of Mrs.
M. C. Willis.
Miss Bessie Willis of Lynchburg, Va.,
Is in Yorkvllle on a visit to the family
of Mayor Willis.
Representative P. D. Barron succeeds
Mr. Jennings K. Owens as editor
of the Rock Hill Journal.
Miss Emma Clinton of Bethel, will
leave tomorrow for Greenville, where
she will enter Chlcora college.
Mr. and Mrs. John Davidson spent
several days last week with friends
and relatives In Bullock's Creek.
Mrs.'W. A. M. Plaxco and son, Mason
of Clinton, have been visiting relatives
and friends in Sharon neighborhood.
Miss Clio Lesslle has returned to
her home at Hickory Grove after
spending several weeks with relatives
at Clover.
Mr. Walker Latimer left on Monday
for Sumter where he has accepted a
position with the Sumter Telephone
company.
Mr. Jennings K. Owens has given up
his position as editor of the Rock Hill
Journal, and gone to Owens, Miss. He
left last Saturday.
Mrs. J. B. Mackorell of Lancaster,
and Miss Lizzie Mehan of Chesterfield,
are visiting In Yorkvllle, the guests of
Mr. J. C. Elliott.
Misses Daniels and Whlsonant arrived
In Yorkvllle last Saturday and
commenced their work In the Graded
a/.hnnl An MnnHa \r
Rev. J. C. Johnes passed through
Yorkville this morning on his way to
Rock Hill. He is Just returning from
his summer vacation.
Colonel J. D. Maxwell, special agent
of the London, Liverpool & Globe
Insurance company is in town today
looking after the interests of his company.
Mr. Lytle Watson, second son of Mr.
J. A. Watson, is seriously ill at the
home of his father. He has had several
hemorrhages from the lungs during
the past few days.
,^Ir. James H. Spann left this morning
for Cokesbury, where he will resume
his work in the school at that
place next Monday. Mr. Spann will
spend several days with his aunt, Mrs.
George Foster at Verdery.
The following young ladies will rep- '
resent the town of Yorkville at Winthrop
this session: Misses Mary Wil- J
liams, Mary Bryan, Nannie Grist, Mary
Eunice Grist, Strauss Walker, Agallee 1
McCaw, Ethel Latimer, Lottie Belle
Slmril, Carrie Beard, Geraldine Lowry. !
Mr. John L. Thomasson and family, '
who have been spending some time 1
with relatives and friends in this sec- 1
tlon. left last Thursday for their home I
at Rlverview. Fla. t They were accompanied
by Mr. Thomasson's father, Mr. l
M. L. Thomasson, who has been in bad 1
lealth nearly all summer and who
topes to be benefitted by the change.
Rock Hill Herald. Saturday: Mr. J.
i. B. Jenkins has tendered his resigtation
to the mayor as first assistant
tollceman of this city, to take effect on
Tuesday next. He has arranged to go
o Charlotte and will remove his famly
about the 20th instant. Rock Hill
s a loser in the departure of Mr. Jeh- .
;ins and his excellent family. They
ire good citizens. Mr. Jenkins, as we
lave said before, Is a conscientious,
irudent officer and a most excellent
,'entleman. We very much regret his
leterminatlon to leave. Our best
rishes and highest esteem go with
ilm.. #
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Business has been unusually good
luring the past week or ten days,'doton
receipts being beyond expectations.
? The local camp of Woodmen of the
World has been having no little sport"
>f late, in the Initiation of'new mem>ers.
? Cord wood Is bringing from $1.60
o $1.75 per cord, the latter price being
he most common. Good pine fuel
leems to be very scarce.
? Secretary and Treasurer Wither
ipoon Is ready to receipt for Comnercial
club membership fees. His receipts
are in shape of stock certificates
>f the par value of ten dollars each.
? The second floor of the Witherspoon
jullding on the corner of Congress and
Liberty street Is being remodeled for
;he accommodation of the Commercial
flub, which is to make its home there.
? Mr. Louis Roth has remodeled bis
jtore room so as to permit the use pf
he up-stairs for additional goods. He
ntends to handle clothing, shoes and
;ertaln lines of dry goods more extensively
than heretofore. '
? Yorkville buyers paid from $1.60 to
(2.00 more per bale for cotton last
3aturday than did the buyers of surrounding
towns. They not only
Dought everything they could from '
wagons, but took the receipts' of several
surrounding buyers. ,
? A very pleasant entertainment was
?lven In the opera house on Friday
evening by Mr. W. Bedford Moore,
complimentary to the cadets of the K.
M. M. A., and the young ladles who are
leaving tl.Is week for their respective
schools.
? In another column is an announcement
of the result of Mr. J. Q. Wray*s
sewing machine contest, which closed
at noon today. The contest has been
In progress since last summer and has
excited much Interest. Miss Wilma
O'Farrell of Yorkville, carries off the machine
with 930 votes to her ere jt
? The Yorkville Graded school com
a ?n4Al?/lnTf ntUV n orr?Q Hfv.
nienccu wuiii. ycoiciuo-j nun ?.
Ing attendance, including a number of
pupils from without the school' district
limits. The day was taken up
with the organization 6f classes and
other preliminary work. The outlook
for an unusually prosperous session is
good. Superintendent Walker announces
this afternoon that the enrollment
Is 149.
? If the story told by Will Anderson,
colored is correct, there ought to
be but little difficulty in locating the
twenty dollars advertised by him in
today's Issue of The Enquirer as being
lost. He says that a Negro woman
saw a white man pick the money up
and heard the white man remark, "that
he wished he knew of some way of
finding the owner." It Is very likely,
therefore that the advertisement will
come to the notice of the finder of the
money. Anderson had received the
money only a short time before it was
lost in part payment for a bale of cotton.
? At a meeting of the Floral* Society
of the Ladies of the Presbyterian
church, the president, Mrs. J. J. Hunter,
was in the chair. It was decided
that the coming chrysanthemum show
should in no wise fall shon: of the excellent
standard established last year.
Committees on refreshments, decorations
and entertainment were appointed.
In a general way the arrangements
and character of the show will
be the same. The date, of course, must
be fixed later according to the development
of the flowers. It is hoped
there will be more exhibits this year,
and all growers are urged to strain
Kwinop tVialr miima tf\
ever)' uci ve tu Mt 1115 vuct*
the highest point of perfection between
now and the time for the show.
LOCAL LACONICS.
W? Will 8?nd the Enquirer *
From now until January 1, 1904, for
60 cents.
Installed Pastor of Tirzah.
Rev. J. S. Grier of Sharon, was installed
as pastor of Tirzah church last
Saturday. Rev. Oliver Johnson of
Neely's Creek, preached and propounded
the constitutional questions. Rev. J.
S. Moffatt of Chester, addressed the
congregation and Rev. A. S. Rogers of
Rock Hill, charged the pastor. Communion
services were observed on
Sunday.
Monument to W. B. Thomusson.
The Filbert camp of Woodmen of the
World, J. Brown Neil, consul commander,
unveiled a monument to the
late W. B. Thomasson at Beersheba
last Sunday. The ceremony took
place immediately after the regular
preaching service and was attended by
about four or five hundred people. Mr.
J. D. Clark acted as master of cere
monies, ana rnos. * . mcoow, c.aq.,
delivered a brief eulogy of the deceased.
Mr. D. C. Clark read a poem.
There were about sixty Woodmen in
the procession and the whole ceremony
was quite impressive.
Killed in the Fly Wheel.
A bird dog belonging to Mr. P. "M.
Grimes, superintendent, was killed in
the big fly wheel at the York Cotton
mills one day not long ago. Mr. Grimes
was trying to catch the animal for the
purpose of putting some kind of a disinfectant
on it, and in its efforts to escape
it ran into the wheel. Its skull
was crushed; but holding it by the legs
at the time, Mr. Grimes was able to
Jerk it out before Its body could be
carried around. A frightened cat
lumped into this same wheel one day
several years ago, and Its dead body
remained plastered against the inner
rim until the engine was .stopped for
loon.
Bell Company Coming to Yorkviile.
The Bell Telephone company Is arranging
to stretch their long distance'
ine to Yorkviile from Rock Hill. A