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jSrraps and Jaftjs. ? Centervllle dispatch of September 15: William Williams, colored, was lynched on Main street here today by a mob of several hundred people. Williams, who was a labor agent, had been here several days employing Negroes for contractors in other sections of the state, and it is alleged that he enticed several employes to leave. James H. Germany remonstrated with him about his conduct. A quarrel followed and Williams drew a revolver and shot Germany dead. The Negro attempted to escape, but a mob was quickly on his heels and he was captured and shot to death. ? The weather bureau's weekly crop ronnrt issued last Tuesday, relates to cotton as follows: "Further deterioration in the condition of cotton is very generally reported throughout the cotton belt. Shedding and rust are extensive and quite general complaints of premature opening are received from the central and eastern districts. The greater part of the cotton belt is now suffering from drought and boll weevils are destructive in localities. Boll weevils continue to destroy nearly all new forms in the southwestern, central and eastern portio'ns of the cotton area in Texas. Cotton opening fast in all districts and picking is progressing rapidly. ? The slayer of F. G. Simmons, father of Senator Simmons, is in jail at Trenton, N. C. He is a Negro named Alfred Daniels. It develops that Mr. Simmons had sold several bales of cotton in Newberne, and left town with about $400. The Negro was in town with him and was also with him the last time he was seen alive. When caught, Daniels was some thirty miles away from the scene of the murder, but he had on his person $200 for which he could not account, and he would not tell what became of the remaining $200. A crowd of infuriated citizens gathered around the Negro for the purpose of lynching him, and were dissuaded only by eloquent appeals from Senator Simmons that the law be allowed to take its course. Mr. Simmons was seventy-seven years of age and very feeble. ? The north Atlantic coast was swept by a West Indian hurricane last Wednesday. It came without warning -s -ts i : .lornnoo nt Atlantic aim uiu *1111iiruoc uuiuuq%. ? ? ? City, Jersey City. Philadelphia, New York and other points. The city of New York suffered especially. The storm struck with full force in the centre of the city, tore off street signs and broke plate glass windows. Many ships were wrecked in the harbor. President Roosevelt was enroute to New York from Oyster Bay in the naval yacht Sylph and entered New York harbor while the hurricane was blowing its hardest. The yacht passed several floundered vessels; but made the port in safety. It is said that the skyscraper Flat Iron building in NewYork rocked perceptibly and a great many people left it through fear of a collapse. ? Boston special to Philadelphia Record: It is almost certain that the Massachusetts Democratic state convention. when it is held in about two weeks, will formally propose Richard Olney as the most logical candidate of the party for president in 1904. The Olney boom that was started over a year ago by the Tennessee Democrats was especially pleasing to the Massachusetts leaders. They said little, however at that time, but watched the boom for Parker, which faded so quickly j as well as those of other party leaders. Now the Massachusetts leaders are becoming more active, and such men as Charles S. Hamlin, assistant secretary of the treasury in the second Cleveland administration: Congressman Jno. A. Thayer. John A. Sullivan and John A. Kelliher, Robert McBurnett and Jno. W. Coughlin are outspoken in their indorsement of Mr. Olney. ? Pensacola, Fla.. dispatch of September 16: While firing a revolver at a hog which was eating up a brood of youngr chickens at her home at Gull Point late yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Louise E. Tideman accidentally shot and killed the little daughter of William Douglass, a neighbor, the bullet entering the back of the head of the little girl, passing through the brain. The two houses occupied by the families are about fifty yards apart. In the rear of the Douglass home the children had constructed a playhouse of boards and canvass, and they were playing there when the little girl met death. The bullet passed through a board, entering the back of the little girl's head. Mrs. Tideman was not aware of the presence of the children. When the bullet struck the little girl she fell forward. Her playmates, although hearing the shots, at first did not know what had occurred until their efforts to make her rise prove fruitless. ? Memphis. Tenn., dispatch to the Chicago Tribune: United States Senator Carmack explained last night that his purpose in proposing to introduce a bill at the next session of congress for the repeal of the fifteenth amendment, thus disfranchising the Negro, is simply to open up a discussion which will contribute to a solution of the race problem. To Senator Carmack's mind the surest plan of solving the Negro question as it affects the white race, both socially and politic ally. lies in the Negro's elimination from politics. Should the fifteenth amendment be repealed the question of treating with the Negro would be left to the states. Another view entertained by Carmack is for the separation of tiie races. But how to proceed or how long it will take he does not attempt to say. He believes, however, that the * races would be better conditioned if they were separated. He believes the Itiai-K rate is a ratiure, mat u owes what little it has achieved to its association with the white race. As to the enfranchisement of the Negro immediately after the war between the states, the senator regards that as a mistake, for which the repeal of the fifteenth amendment would be only partial reparation. ? Asheville Citizen: Rev. R. C. Pearson has decided to move from Asheville and he and Mrs. Pearson will leave on the 29th. They go to Lebanon. Tenn.. where Dr. Pearson has accepted the chair of the English Bible in the the ological department of Cumberland university. His duties begin Octobei 1st. I>r. Pearson has sold his residence in Victoria to Mr. James O. Wynn who purchased the adjoining residenct of R. U. Garrett several months ago and he and Mrs. Pearson are at Mis.< Moore's on Victoria road. Naturallj great regret will be felt by every on< at Dr. Pearson's "leaving, because foi many years he has been endeared t( the people and the constantly increasing reputation of the distinguished evangelist has been a matter of prid< to the city, but his leaving is really i matter of necessity ana not or cnoice For twenty years, Dr. Pearson has labored Incessantly in the evangelica field and this trying work has so affected his heart that Dr. Burroughs ha.' peremptorily forbidden his patient tc continue longer in this service. II was at this time that the chair of Bibl< teaching in Cumberland was offered tc Dr. Pearson ar-d as he is peculiarlj fitted to fill this and cannot be content to be idle, he accepted it. She ^Jorhrillc (fuquivn. YORKVILLE, S. C.s FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1903. A postoffice named Balloon, in YorV county, this state, has been discontinued. Did the gas give out??Andersor Daily Mail. No; punctured by R. F. D. Senator Beverage denies that h< identified himself at a restaurant recently by means of railroad passes. H< claims that the identification was bj means of addressed envelopes and th? frank of a social club of which he waJ a guest. Maybe the senator's story ii true;, but whether true or not. it is evident that he does not want hi! constituents to think that he is running around the country with free passe.' in his pocket. Associate Justice Pope has selectee Mr. F. B. Gary of Abbeville, to preside at the Lexington court, which is tc convene next Monday, and at whicl James H. Tillman is to be tried, unless [there is another postponement. Mr Gary was formerly speaker of the house of representatives and has the reputation of being an honorable anc high-toned gentleman. People whe know him feel that he will be fair t< the state and fair to the defense, notwithstanding the fact that his politica association with the Tillmans is close. The duilies and a number o: we(a)kly papers of the state have beer kicking themselves all over with gle< at the expense of Senator Tillman ovei the free pass incident. In their hast< to hold Senator Tillman up to publii ridicule and censure, these papers hav< completely lost sight af the fact tha Mr. Tillman holds a dual position. H< is, in the first place, senior Unitec States senator from South Carolina ii which position only a small portion o his time is demanded in the disehargi of his official duties at Washington, an< in the second, he occupies the positior of plain citizen. B. R. Tillman, as sucl the major portion of his time in devot ed to his farming interest at Trenton omr Athaf mirCllH Vl'hll'h hp TTlflV SP1 fit to follow. As United States sena tor it would be manifestly wrong foi him to use free passes going and com' ing from Washington or on any officia business, because the laws of his stat< forbids such use. As citizen Ben, then is nothing wrong in his accepting anc using free passes on railroads. Now when Mr. Tillman lost his passes hi was traveling on purely private busi ness. He was upon a contract lecturi tour in conjunction with another sena ator. His time was paid for; theatre; or other public halls were rented ii which to speak, and admission fee; charged. He then represented nobodj but citizen Ben Tillman of Trenton South Carolina. He had just as mucl right to travel on free passes as thi lawyers and newspaper men, members of our state general assembly hav< to travel on theirs, and in doing so hi would be entirely consistent with hi; utterances on the use of free passe; by public officers when he was knowi to fame only as plain Farmer Ben This is the long and short of the incident.?Lexington Dispatch. From the foregoing it apears tha Senator Tilman is not without his de fenders in the matter of accepting frei passes: but that any newspaper shoulc think so little of the intelligence of it; readers as to put up an argument liki this is certainly surprising. That "dua position" argument is rich indeed. I is true that Mr. Tillman's official du ties require only a small portion of hi; time; but it is also true that he i; hired for a six year term, and he i; paid by the month. He receives $416.7! from the government every thirtj days. All his time belongs to the government. and he is bound to give hi; services whenever the senate shal be called in session?regular or extra Of course, nobody is going to seek t< criticize him for making all the monei he can by means of lecturing, when hi has nothing else to do: but to clain thut ho hnc n ritrht tn aonont froo tiacc. es for use in the lecturing tours, is to( absurd for consideration. Lawyers ge passes sometimes in lieu of retaining fees, and newspapers get them in re ciproention of advertising: but if Mr Tillman gets his because he is a "plair farmer." we would be glad to have th< Dispatch tell us why other "plain far mers" are treated less generously. The Rural Police Idea. Because of the natural conservatisn of our people, and their aversion to at tempted improvement of governmenta systems that have seemed to answer we are not looking for any immediat* changes: but at the same time we ar< persuaded that this matter of the establishment of a rural police force i: worthy of the most serious consideration of the lawmakers of South Carolina. Of coyrse. the need for such a system does not occur to the averagt individual at tirst thought. This whoh country is reasonably quiet and orderly. It is only occasionally that there is an outbreak of a nature that threatens the public peace. But still it musl be admitted that from time to timt 1 there are outbreaks of a more or less r serious nature that \fould not have oc? eurred had there existed anything like , an adequate system of prevention or ; repression. Crimes against women are not frei quent in this section, we are gratified r to be able to say; but a principal reai son for it" ts probably the fact that the whole country has constituted itself a ) rural police in this particular matter. However, there are not a few incendil ary fires in the aggregate, and theft i and burglaries are also more frequent i than they ought to be. Then again rows at picnics and other public gath erings outside of incorporated towns 1 are not infrequent, and this is largely because there are no adequate police 3 arrangements. ? It has occurred to us that it might be t a very good idea to establish a rural ; police system throughout the state on > a basis of one mounted man for each 4 ttnttlAna AAimfv ovQtamQ ( lOWnsiIlp. X lie > ai ivuo vvuiiij oj wvv***w might very well be put under the control of the respective sheriffs, and the r sheriffs might be charged with the responsibility of organizing their respective forces so as to keep them employed individually or collectively and always ready for effective service in whatever emergency.' Of course, such a system would cost something; but we have an Idea that if the whole matter were carefully studied out it could be established without a great deal of extra expense to the present machinery. For instance, for one thing the rural police men might be required to do constabulary work for the magistrates, and then again they might be required to serve all legal processes that now pass through the hands of the sheriff. There are still other duties for c which the public has to pay that may | be transferred to them, and we have no doubt that the whole thing can be worked out without additional expense to the taxpayer. ? We have an idea that if such a sys. tern were established It could be made ? to give greater security to life and T property, and we believe that the peo; pie would be pleased with it. How3 ever, we do not want to be understood 3 as even advocating such a system. 3 These ideas are merely thrown out for , the consideration of those who may r have given more or less thought to the , rural situation as it now exists and us to how it may be improved. ? ? , REV. WM. BLACKSTOCKS. ? , Some Interesting Information About j Famous Pioneer Preacher. . To the Editor of The Enquirer: Your correspondent from Etta Jane ? Jane, is making, enquiry coneernlhg ; Rev. VVm. Blackstocks who preached in I the Waxhaw settlement'. His last serj mon was preached at Sardls church, , six miles south of Charlotte, N. C. He stopped with my father in Providence I township, Mecklenburg county and died here in this house. Before he died my father asked p him where he would be buried, and 1 he answered, "Wherever I fall, there ? let me lie." His brother who lived in [ Chester county came here expecting to j take the remains to Hopewell, but be2 fore he arrived, the Waxhaw people t had taken the body to Tlrzah, one of \ the churches in the Waxhaw settlei ment. f Rev. Wm. Blackstocks came from | Leggygowan near Salntfleld, in the j county of Down, Ireland. i Just before making a visit to Ire land, in 1791, he went to where 'the * workmen were building the first church 1 at Sardls. It was,a rude iog structure r and no doors had be?n cut. He lay j down and crawled under saying that j he wanted to tell.his people that he had 2 been in a church in America which was 1 Dum ror mm. ^ After returning to this country, he I preached at Sardis and Blackstocks in i Lower Steel Creek, until about 1804. " He then took up his work at Waxhaw 3 a and other places where he labored 3 faithfully until his death. f R. R. Peoples. Matthews, N. C., R. F. D. No. 17. a ; SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. i Skipped With a Shortage. G. Ramond Berry, superintendent of ^ education for Marion county, left last . week, leaving behind a considerable shortage, alleged to have been created by forgery. Telephone Rates Too High. a Piedmont special to Columbia State: I Our merchants and business men generally have about decided to cut out the 4 Southern Bell telephone. They can't j agree to the increase in the rate. The t telephone people, it seems, want everything?want Piedmont subscribers to pay the same rate as Greenville for a , service from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. without 5 r , Sunday hours, and extra for all out of . town connections except Greenville, ' Pelzer and Williamston. f . Trial of Reuben Pitts. 3 The trial of Reuben Pitts, the Spar1 tanburg school teacher, who was in? dieted for the murder of Edward Fosj ter, one of his pupils, was commenced / at Spartanburg yesterday. The testi? mony for the defence tended to show i that Foster and other pupils had ar . ranged to run over Pitts, and he had 3 the revolver in school for the purpose t of protecting himself. Pitts was on the j stand this morning. No verdict is ex. pected until tomorrow. ' Revenue Yields to the Dispensary. 1 Columbia eorresdonpence Spartan2 burg Herald: The commissioner of in ternal revenue, J. W. Yerkes, has rendered a decision in regard to the seizure of contraband whisky by revenue officers. Packages containing less than l five gallons have no government stamp - attached and recently contraband li1 quor in these small packages, taken by , the dispensary constables, would be i seized in turn by the revenue officials ? on the ground that' no tax had been - paid. Several large seizures of these * packages were made and as there is no - means of proving that the tax was paid - the dispensary lost considerable contraband. Finally at a conference be. tween Coventor Heywird, Attorney ? General Ounter, Collector of Revenue > Mienh Jenkins and Chairman Williams . it was decided to lay the matter be fore Commissioner Yerkes and accord. iiigl.v Mr. Williams went to Washingt ton and laid the matter before the de; partment. The decision in brief Is that revenue officers hereafter shall seize only these packages wtien It is apparent on the face that there has been an attempt to defraud. On larger packages there Is never any question as the stamp Is or is not attached and If It Is not it Is seized at once. There has never been a question like this before the department before and the decision was rendered after consulting many authorities. It is not known yet what will be done with the whisky seized before the decision and now in the hands of the revenue officers. Lexington Will Be Crowded. Columbia Record: Despite the fact that it is not known yet whether Jas. H. Tillman will come to trial, every preparation is being made for the case, and the material witnesses have been served with summons to appear next Monday. The town of Lexington has a population of about 900, and the question of accommodations for the hundreds of witnesses is a serious one. There will be at least a dozen newspaper correspondents present, also, and there has been great difficulty in securing rooms. Those who have been wise enough to write and secure quarters in advance have been Informed that with two in a room the price is $2 per day, and with four in the large rooms the price is $1.50. Those who have not written will on their arrival find themselves in a serious fix, and as a result there is talk of requesting the Southern railway to put on an evening train from Lexington to Columbia, so that parties interested in the case can come over to this city every night and go back to Lexington on the early morning train. The present schedule of the train makes the idea impracticable, but it would undoubtedly pay the railroad to put on this train. This was discovered yesterday by those Interested, and it is believed that the Southern will run the train if requested. The fare would only be'about forty cents each way, and mfiny would rather pay this in addition to-' the price of rooms in Columbia than pat up-yvith crowded conditions in Lexington. She Took Chances. Columbia State, Tuesday: A Winthrop girl in boarding a passenger train moving out from the union station yesterday at a lively clip for Rock Hill, showed grit and determination worthy of a better cause. A large crowd at the station at the time expected to see her little figure crushed beneath the cruel wheels, but she "got there" in good shape. When the train started out from the station, carrying two coaches crowded with the fair young students, the herolne of this story was upstairs in the wait'fngroom. The run she made ncross' the upper veranda, down the rather long flight of stairs and across four or five sets ?f tracks to the moving train'was not quite as graceful as it might have been had she rehearsed the thing, but it was businesslike, if somewhat spectacular. Everybody seemed to recognize fully that the girl would board that train, even if she got seriously Injured in the attempt. Four or five young men, none of them daring to Interfere with her plans, qafetly and quickly drew near her to be ready to snatch her from under the wheels when she fell. As the engine moved past her, increasing its speed, she waved frantically to the engineer' to stop. That "horrid man" only looked at her and shook his head. The baggage man succeeding him solemnly followed suit, The porter, appearing next oft the front platform or tne coiorea coaen, gruiucu. A look of resolve settled In the Wlnthropitre's gentle, brown eye^s and the corners of her Cupid-bowed 'mouth straightened with determination. When the platform of the first Wlnthrop coach came to her she deliberately threw an armful of impediments aboard and crawled up those train steps like she was going up San Juan Hill with Colonel Roosevelt and the boys. She swung on without lost motion and without a mishap or a misstep. Arriving upon the coach platform she smiled a nervous little smile and walked on in among her schoolmates triumphant. straightening her hat as she passed the mirror. An experienced male traveler would have . hesitated and calculated fully before attempting to board that train just in that place. A couple of box cars were standing fifty feet ahead of her on' the next track, adding to the already great danger of the thing. After she was comfortably seated the train came to a standstill. Looks Like Hocus Pocus. . Columbia correspondence News and Courier: The matter of the appointment of a judge for the Lexington court, at which the Tillman case is to be tried, is very much mixed. The Winnsboro News and Herald has this statement from that end of the line: "On account of Chief Justice Pope's error in appointing Judge Townsend to preside over the court at Lexington, when he had already been assigned to preside over the court at this place, there is a very unsatisfactory condition of things here in regard to the couri inai is iu ue neio next wee*. il is not yet known who is to preside, or even whether there is to be a court at all. On account of the illegality of Judge Townsend's presiding over the court at Lexington, when he already had a previous assignment, the prosecution in the case made a motion before Chief Justice Pope at Spartanburg Monday to have some one else appointed in the place of Judge Townsend, as they did not care to go to trial with the question of the legality of the presiding judge still unsettled. The decision has not yet been announced, and so we are not able to Inform our readers as to who is to preside over the court of general sessions here next week, if the said court is not postponed in compliance with a petition from the Winnsboro bar, as reported in the State yesterday morning?a matter about which several members of the bur are ignorant." In the published statement regarding the hearing as to Judge Townsend's appointment for the Lexington court this sentence occurs in the Spartanburg Journal: "The chief justice stated that he had received telegraphic and other notification to the effect that the Winnsboro bar requested a postponement, and that a special term lie given; he said that the entire bur had joined in the petitldn." The statement is now made that the bar did not ask for a special term of court and that the bar did not intend asking for a postponement of the Fairfield court. It is stated that Chief Justice Pope was advised, or that it was so intended, that if Judge Townsend was not to hold court for Fairfield then it was decided that a special term of court be arranged for. The bar at Wlnnsboro was of the opinion, so it Is said, that it would have been of questioned legality to have another Judge at Wlnnsboro than Judge Townsend, who was duly assigned to that court, and that if Judge Townsend was to be transferred to Lexington when due to hold court at Wlnnsboro the bar there wished to run no chances of invalid judgments and orders, and preferred to have a special term of court; but that this was simply because of the fear of a regular term, without the regular judge, being Invalid. It would be satisfying and proper for all of the correspondence and telegrams in this whole matter to be published, so that the representations that were made to the chief justice might be fully known. It is firmly believed that his intentions and statements are entirely correct. MERE-MENTION. The Ohio Grocery company has been incorporated under the laws of Ohio with a capital of $11,230,000.... A dispatch of Tuesday from Laramie, Wyo., reports a fall of fifteen Inches of snow in the preceeding twenty-four hours, A dispatch from Pittsburg, says that the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company has 6,000 cars tied up around that city because of failure of consignees to unload them "Pay dirt." worth from 2 to 16 cents a pan has been found in the streets of Dawson, Alnalrn and there is much excitement there In consequence of the find Washington Negroes are arranging to organize for the purpose of trying to protect their interests in the disfranchisement debates that are expected during the next session of congress, ..The British steamship, Mexicano, foundered off Norfolk, Va., last Wedday in the big hurricane. Of the twenty-four souls on boafd only one escaped Joseph Chamberlain, who held the portfolio of secretary for the colonies, resigned from the British cabinet on Thursday A seining schooner was dashed on the coast of Maine, near Demarisco on Wednesday and went down with all on board. Fifteen men lost their 'ives Sir Thomas Llpton has developed a case of appendicitis. He is now in Chicago. His physicians hope that he will not have to be operated upon It is reported from Washington that the labor organizations intend to" fight Roosevelt on account of his attitude in the .government printing office case. Miller, a non-union inan, is being retained in the government printing office under civil service rules, much against the wishes of the members of the union. Another Turkish Massacre.?The foreign office at Sofia, Bulgaria, says a euble of yesterday, has received reliable . information that the Turks have destroyed the town of Kastoria, thirtysix miles south of Monastir, and have massacred the population. The report of a massacre at Kastoria comes from sources admitting of little doubt though the details are lacking. It was received with the gravest concern by the officials here. The population oi Kastoria numbers about lOjOOO persons and the massacre of such a number in one place, if the report is true, exceeds anything which has yet occurred in Macedonia. At the present critical moment when popular feeling is intense, the effect of the report of such stupendous slaughter may be most serious. The press is assuming a bellicose tone. The Dnevnik tonight complains that the government's partial mobilization of three divisions is utterly inadequate and urges the immediate mobilization of the whole Bulgarian army. The government, while steadily proceeding with the partial mobilization plans, is endeavoring to avoid unnecessarily exciting the people and, consequently, has resolved not to mobilize any part of the Soda garrison. The war office has re-called the Bulgarian officers who are studying in the military schools of Russia, France Austria and Italy. a Large Crop Or a Small One?? Cotton bull leaders do not hesitate to state that this year is to see a crop disaster, says a New York dispatch ol Wednesday. There is a great deal ol exaggeration in this statement, bul there has been a great cutting down ol crop estimates, and there is now little talk of a bumper crop. W. P. Brown has been offering for some time to wager that the crop will not be over 11,500,000 bales, but as yet he has found no one to take the other end. There is no one who does not admit that a crop of 11,500,000 bales will fall short of the demand of the mills. The mill men are grabbing up cotton very greedily all over the south, but ol course they are only buying from hand to mouth at this time. It seems very probable from the present outlook that if cotton remains high there will be nothing but hand-to-mouth buying by the mills all season, even if they have to risk being caught without cotton next summer. When he was asked if he was buying any cotton now, a prominent mill man said he was not, and that he could get along until December and would do so. It was suggested that in December every one would be buying, and that prices might be up. "I have no fear of that," said he, "for next year is a presidential year and mills are not going to stock up with December." Yesterday's Cotton Market.?With a touch of the western cold wave, spot cotton got frisky yesterday and jumped up forty points, at which announcement there was general rejoicing throughout business circles here. When frost hit Corsicana, Texas, cotton got busy going up and didn't seem to get tired at any time in the game. The weather man had this to say about the cold wave situation: "The cold wave advanced rapidly eastward, causing decidedly lower temperatures from Texas to Michigan. The minimum temperatures in the western cotton belt were generally below 50, except on the immediate gulf coast. Light frosts occurred at Corsicana. Texas, and at points in Minnesota arid freezing weather continues in Kansas and Nebraska and the Dakotas. Moderately high temperatures continue along the Atlantic coast."?Columbia State. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW. ADVERTI8EMENT8. H. A. D. Neely, Treasurer?Gives notice that the tax books will be opened. for the collection of taxes on the 15th of October, and gives the dates on which he will meet taxpayers at various points in the county. W. 3. Peters, Lawful Constable?Gives notice of sale under execution of certain goods seized as the property of J. E. Eelew at the suit of the Tavora cotton jam. J. S. Brice, Plaintiffs' Attorney?Publishes a summons to the defendants in the case of W. W. Jenkins, James Jenkins, and others, plaintiffs, vs. B. O. Jenkins, Sallie Jenkins and others,, defendants?Complaint not served. Probate Judge McCorkle?Gives notice that John W. McElhaney has applied .to him for letters of administration ; on.the estate of Ulysses Smyre, deceased. Louis Roth?Has bagging and ties and Is In position to offer close prices to cotton ginners. , J. Q. Wray?Has a fine lot of trunks, ' suit cases and hand bags, and he Invites you to come and see him and get prices before buying. He says to remember his prices on staples. Riddle & Carroll?Want you to know that they have fresh home-ground corn meal that is of the best quality. Foushee Cash Store?Says of all days this is its busiest?millinery opening day. The opening will be continued i during tomorrow, Saturday, for the benefit of those who cannot come toiday. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Today received a fresh shipment of Nunnally's candies by express, and they say that it is | the best on the market. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The Commercial club expects to be "at home" In the Wltherspoon hulld( Inb about October 1, or pretty soon thereafter. ? The fall examination of candidates for teacherships In the public | schools has been in progress in the t court house all day. The number of candidates Is about as usual. ? There is no reasonable ground on u.-hJr?h tn rilsnute the nronosition that Yorkville now has one of the handsom' est and best equipped graded school , buildings in the state, and on top of , that, there is a thoroughly competent ( corps of teachers, fully qualified to get , the right kind of results. The people living within the limits of the school district have a right to congratulate themselves, and those living without [ the district; but near enough to avail | themselves of the benefits of such an , excellent school stand in their own light when they fall to do so. ! ?Policeman W. J. Whltener had a , narrow escape from a bullet fired by a Negro boy last night. In company with J. J. Keller, he went to the wood-working shops of J. J. Keller & Co., in search of a Negro vagrant who was supposed to. be making his , headquarters at that place. Mr. Keller went1 around the building to find t' the watchman and Mr. Whltener started back toward the railroad. The boy suddenly stepped out from a dark place and fired at him, point blank, the bullet missing his body but a few Inches. Before Mr. Whltener could draw his pistol the man had disappeared. Further investigation developed that the shot was fired by one John Robbins, a Negro, who claimed to be assisting the night watchman in looking after the lumber mill property. Robbins j was arrested and committed to Jail. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. D. T. Woods, left on Thursday night on a business trip to High Point, ' N-: Miss Kate Ratchford is visiting the family of Mr. R. S. McConneli at Rock > Hill. Mr. Donom Witherspoon of Mountvllle, Laurens county, is visiting the family of Dr. J. H. Witherspoon near Yorkville. Miss Mayme Burke arrived in Yorkville on Thursday to take charge of J. M. fleam & to. ? millinery uepai mieni during: the fall season. Mrs. L. W. Louth Ian returned home this morning from a visit to relatives and friends in Bethel township. She 1 was accompanied by Miss Helen Bigger. Mrs. R. E. Heath arrived from Mon' roe this morning. She and Mg. Heath will board at the Lin-Dai House for the present. They expect to go to : housekeeping later on. ' ; ' Qn account of the serious illness of her brother Lytle, Miss Virginia Watson has returned home from Richmond, Va? where she has been attending a 1 business college. ' R. B. Russell of Charlotte, N. C., is to buy cotton for Messrs. J. M. Heath & Co., this season. He arrived in Yorkville yesterday morning, and ' will be found at J. M. Heath & Co's. ! store. 1 Mr. R. A. Burris, formerly of the ' York Cotton mills, but more recently of Winnsboro, has moved with his 1 family to Charleston, where he has a position with the Royal Bag and Yarn company. ' Mr. J. L. Williams arrived from New ' York yesterday morning. He has been buj'ing goods for the firm of J. M. Heath & Co., and says he has bought ' largely, especially in dry goods, shoes and millinery. Rock Hill Journal: Misses Jennie ! Linn and Fannie Moffett of Due West, who have been spending sometime ! with their uncle, J. J. Haglns, left 1 yesterday to spend a few days at the home of Hon. D. E. Finley in Yorkville, after which Miss Moffett will return to I Due West and take a special business course. Miss Jennie Linn will take a business course in the Yorkville school. Rock Hill Journal: Mr. David Garri; son, who is well advanced In years and for a long time has been a familiar ob ject on our streets, met with a right painful accident in his home a few days ago. He had a fainting spell, to which he is subject, and fell across a trunk breaking three ribs. The following from the News and Courier of Wednesday, relates to a daughter of Mr. G. T. Radcliffe of Yorkville: "Miss Mary G. Radcliffe, one of the delegates from South Carolina who attended the summer school of the south at the University of Tennessee, Knoxvllle, Tenn., has recently been notified by Prof. Richard Wyche, "Ring of Story Tellers," that at the organization of the American Story Tellers' league she was made vice-president, Mr. Wyche being president, and Mrs; Robert D. Allen of Louisville, Ky? secretary and treasurer. During Miss Radcliffe's attendance at the summer school she was constantly requested to tell stories and her stories, original and otherwise, were received with much applause and appreciation. During the . . session her entire time and attention., were given to clauses and lectures along lines of kindergarten and child study, with dally observation Qf two hours in the model kindergarten. Miss Radeliffe cannot fail to be benefited after being constantly in touch with the leaders in kindergarten Fri the south, together with inspiration frbm Miss Mari Ray Hofer's musical instruct tlon in children's songs and rhythms." ' NOTE ANO COMMENT. The rains of the past few days have done considerable damage to.'cotton, especially In the way of lowering the grades. The Southern freight train left 860 cros8tics at Yorkville last night. There were five carloads Qf them. It is the evident Intention of the ' Southern to put the old Three C's in flrst-class fix: Chairman Garria, of the railroad commission and Col. J. H. Averill,' special expert, went up and down the Southern railroad yesterday, examining trestles between Rock HIU and Blacksburg. ?. In compliance with a request from the Columbia Chamber of Commerce the Southern railroad has arranged to put on a special local passenger train between Chester and Columbia, leaving Chester at " a. m., and returning the same day. There is more or less criticism of the Woodmen of the World, in the Beersheba neighborhood, and around through the country generally for holding their unveiling exercises* on Sunday. Some people are disposed to condemn the use of Sunday for the purpose while others do not see any harm in what the Woodmen have done. When the Southern railroad completes the overhauling of its Camden and Marion division, it would seem that this line ought to bp. avallp&le fer; ../ much of the heavy traffic that now has to go by way of the almost Impassible Saluda mountain grade., Of course, the railroad people know more about such things than we do, and it la fair to assume that they are managing their business to the best advantage; but still the.Camden and Marion route seems to be practicable. The letter which Chairman Qarris of the railroad commission, told the correspondent of the News and Courier that he had mailed to the editor of The Enquirer, was received on. Wednesday. It was dated September 11, and asked particularly for the names of the witnesses who had been ex? r amined by the grand Jury with- reference to the Fishing creek wiOck. In reply to the letter the editor of Th? Enquirer sent copies of the last Tour Issues of the paper, containing all (he information that has been published on the subject, and he also wrote that the grand Jury had examined no witnesses with reference . to the, Fishing creek wreck; that this wreck had been investigated by the coroner's jury only; that it was not- practicable to give the names of witnesses examined by the grand Jury for the -reason- that-the .>><? r proceedings of thac body are very properly held to be secret, and that the foreman has not seen proper to make public the names of the witness- ' es examined. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will 8end the Enquirer From now until January 1, 1904, for 58 cents. . ; .. Special Term of Court. Although as yet 'nothing has been definitely decided, it is understood that the Tork bar will ask for a special term of court this fall in addition to the regular term. The special terr that was held by Judge Dantzler lasv spring relieved the calendars someU.U lo of lit rvandlno a crroot ? 11 a. I , UUl 11ICIC AO Ollll |A2llUIIie Hp o* *< * deal more business than will likely be disposed of at the next regular term. Negro Homicide. Coroner Louthlan went down to the "district line" near Lowrysville last Tuesday to hold an Inquest over the body of Squire Lewis, a Negro who died from the effects of a gunshot wound inflicted a few days before by another Negro named Wm. HamHton. Hamilton ran .away shortly aifter the.: , shooting, and has not been arrested,. It .. is understood that he claimed that the shooting was accidental; but from such facts as could be developed this is not altogether clear. Verdict For Plaintiff. In the case of R. M. Harrill, administrator, vs. the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad, tried at Rutherfordton last week, the Jury found damages for the plaintiff in the sum of 110,000. Harrill is administrator of the estate of Engineer Jake Metcalf, who lost his life by the fall Ing of Buffalo trestle about eighteen months ago. This is the second trial of the case and the second verdict, for the plaintiff. It is probable that the case will again be appealed to the supreme court of North Carolina. Burned With Creosote. Master Glenn Dulin, the little threeyear-old son of Dr. T. N. Dulin of Bethel township, was seriously burned . with creosote yesterday morning. Dr. Dulin's family was spending the day with the Misses Brown, and in some way the little fellow got hold of a bottle containing the fiery fluid and spilled It -on his hands, legs and body. Dr. Dulin happened to be present at the time, and at once administered such relief as he could think of. At first there were serious doubts as to whether the child could recover; but he was getting along.very nicely this morning. Mr. Haile In Pistol Duel. Fort Mill. Times: Representative J. R. Halle was one of the principals In an exciting shooting affray at his store near the Catawba dam Saturday afternoon. Several volleys of shots were tired at close range by Mr. Haile and his antagonist, Joe Pope, white, and It seems a miracle that neither was injured. Pope had been working on Mr. Halle's farm, but recently had neglected his work and was called upon by Mr. Halle to account for his action. A few words were passed, but Mr. Haile, thinking the matter closed, turned to walk away, whereupon Pope pulled his revolver and began firing. Mr. Haile rushed Into his store, and, se- . curing his revolver, returned to the yard only to find that Pope h?d taken _ '