Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 09, 1903, Image 2

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Straps and Jattj>. ? Of course. If Russia concedes to b Japan the right to establish a foothold si in Korea there will probably be an end if to the disturbing attitude of these two tf powers in the far East, and we shall hear little more of opposition to Rus- ei sia's hold of Manchuria. Japan has if feared that Russia intended hedging u her about and that the czar's govern- >> ment had designs upon Korea as well r( as upon Manchuria. If Japan is given ? prior rights in the hermit kingdom, she will probably be well enough satisfied to leave Russia in possession of Man- churia?particularly as it is perfectly ' *,,n fallnniiifih evident tnat ttussia wm nut M that without war. ? A press censorship has been estab- * lished at the war department. Lieut. Col. H. A. Greene, secretary of the | army general staff, who at one time | was press censor in Manila, P. I., has been given similar duties at the war department. General staff officers have determined that nothing appertaining to the work of the general staff shall be printed without having first been scanned by Col. Greene. All general staff officers at the war department have been ordered by Lieut. Gen. S. M. B. Young, chief of staff, not to give tl information to the press, notwithstand- o! ing the fact that this is supposed to be If a period of profound peace. tr ? Taking the estimates used at the si Chicago stock yards as the rule, a steer tl weighing 1,200 pounds will be divided te as follows: Waste matter, 340 pounds; tl sides (330 pounds each), 660 pounds; tl liver, 10 pounds; heart, 4 pounds* tal- si low, 60 pounds; tongue, 5 pounds; hide, al 84 pounds; fertilizer material, 14 is pounds; dry blood, 4 pounds; horns, 4 m pounds; brains, 2 pounds; hoofs, 5 ai pounds; sinews, 4 pounds; tail, 2 n< pounds; sweetbreads, 2 pounds. Some blood, bone and waste meat go into the fertilizer materials and are in- Cc eluded in that estimate. The condi tion of the animal affects the weights C? of the parts, a fat steer having more 01 tallow than a lean one. ai ? Salisbury, N. C., dispatch of Oc- rn tober 8: A man giving his home as tt New York city, but declining to give tl his name, was driven out of town at t\ Lumber-ton, N. C., at the point of pis- P tols because he was trying to place or- p( ders for whisky to be delivered in si packages by express. Lumberton re- w cently went dry in an election and the J; town administration is in sympathy ni with the prohibitionists. Chief of Police Sirpey and two officers with some prohibitionists went today to the ho- ntel where the man was and surrounded a] it. The man attempted to escape by a tj back way, when guns were presented a( to his face. He was given a lecture, and he begged to be allowed to go, S( and upon a promise never to return n again he was escorted out of town by ? armed men. dl ? The United States court of appeals a for the eighth circuit has handed down p, a decision In the suit of Mrs. Thomas p J. McAdam against the United Com- c] mercial Travelers of America, sustain- ti ing the lower court in awarding Mrs. ^ McAdam the full amount of an insur- t] ance policy of $6,300 carried by her late husband, Thomas J. McAdam of East Grand Forks. North Dakota. The deceased was killed by an explosion of g gas in a cellar, and Mrs. McAdam settled with an agent for $1,000 upon the latter's recommendation that the case g1 showed contributory negligence on the e] part of Mr. McAdam. Later on, being d informed that she had a valid claim, ^ she returned the check of the company, c, and in a suit recovered the full amount ^ of the policy. 0, ? The resignation of a member of the Biltmore estate, owned by George W. Vandelbilt, says an Ashevllle dis- w patch, and the well founded reports t( to the effect that the office is short the tl sum of nine thousand dollars created a big sensation here. Mr. Vanderbilt tj is here looking after the matter per- T sonally. The defalcation is said, on ex- ir cellent authority, to oe omy too reai. C( A combination of two or three of the office force made the steal. This is the b second or third time Biltmore funds have been stolen or misappropriated since Mr. Vanderbilt commenced the n improvement to this, the finest country p estate in America, Mr. Vanderbilt is n said to be greatly worried and hurt jt over the matter, but is is understood 0 that he will not prosecute the parties g suspected of the misappropriation. C( ? A new plant from Japan, called gi mitsumata, is being experimented with t( by the department of agriculture to CJ test its qualities for paper making. s. Trips were made to Japan and other w countries by D. G. Fairchild, foreign c, agent of the department, and Barbour xv Lathrop of Chicago, with the purpose s; of finding plants that could be applied c to this industry. In mitsumata the de- t] partment believes that a valuable crop can be added to the agricultural indus- a try of the southern states and the pres- it ent experiments are being conducted j, with that end in view. The plant is a largely cultivated by the Japanese and ^ is adapted to warm climates, but does 0 not require a fine soil, clay having been j, found to be the best for the purpose. It will grow well on land that is too t( poor for rice, and from 600 to 2,000 nAim/le r\f hn rlr oro npf a PT*P J/UU'.UL, VJ In Japan the bark pulp sells for 15 p cents a pound, gold, which is four a times the price paid for American wood 0 pulp in Yokohama. e ? The 60-foot steel-built flying ma- ri chine, the climax of years of exhaus- A: live study in the efforts of Prof. Sam- a uel P. Langley, secretary of the Smith- b sonian Institution, to solve the problem o of mechanical flight in mid-air, was V launched last Wednesday at Widewa- tl ter, Va.. and the experiment carefully v planned and delayed for three months, ii proved a complete failure. The im- A mense air ship sped rapidly along its a 70-foot track, was carried by its own t] momentum for 100 yards and then fell y gradually in the Potomac river, whence w it emerged a total wreck. Prof. Chas. w M. Manley. who has been Prof. Lang- t< ley's chief assistant in the work pre- w liminary to the attempted flight, made tl the ascent in the aerodrome and escaped with a ducking. At no time was o there any semblance of flight, the ini- si tial momentum, the lightness of the o machine and the sustaining surface of I the wings furnished the conditions n which account for the hundred-yard si transit of the air bird from the 60-foot ci levation to the water. An official .atement made after the test, admitted lat the experiment was unsuccessful, ut asserted confidence in the ultimate iccess of the invention. The launchig took place at 12.15 o'clock in the af;rnoon from the superstructure of the ouse boat moored in the Potomac riv\ two miles from Widewater. Secreiry Langley did not witness the failre of his machine today, but remained i Washington, where lie awaited the ;sult. <?hr \|orhi'iUr Gruqtiim. YOBKVILLE. S. C.s FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1903. T.hef;b is no question about the fact iat the State has made a strong case f murder against Col. J. H. Tillman. ' the story of the State's witnesses is ue. nothing that the defense can low will exhonorate him. Some of ie evidence that is now being submit>d has an extremely curious look to lose who were well acquainted with ie deceased; but none of It is at all jrprising. It is in line with what has 1 along been anticipated, and nobody looking for a conviction of even ianslaughter. However, predictions re not safe in such cases and we do at care to make any. Wb have endeavored to send out a >py of today's Enquirer to every imily in York county, and in some ises single families will receive two more copies. These sample copies re sent out in order that the recipients iay have an opportunity to examine ie paper and decide whether or not ley would like to have it as a regular vice-a-week visitor to their homes, eople who are not now taking the pasr, if they will give their names and -v*?.-v siluHrrtQlrora ? f nnCft. JUM'I ipuuiic? IV VlUWiitu?iv. ~ ?- , ill receive a copy, twice-a-week until muary 1, 1905 for only $1.75?14J lonths for the price of a single year. The feeling that cotton is worth lore than it is bringing is widespread, ad nobody seems able to account for le falling prices. Among the theories Jvanced is the general depression in /all street, and the fact that the juthern mills are unable to borrow loney with which to carry- supplies. : is said to be a fact that it is more ifficult to borrow money in New York t this time than it has been for years ast. Whatever the reason, it is quite robable that a large portion of the rop is going to be sold cheap within te next month or two, and after that te probability is prices will go up to le right figures. TRIAL OF JAMES H. TILLMAN. ummary of Testimony Being Offered by Defense. Although Juror Milton Sharp was till quite ill Wednesday, he was strong aough to make an attempt at his uty, and considerable progress was lade in the defense, enough to indlate very clearly an elaborate effort to lake a showing of self-defense, based n alleged verbal threats of the debased. Mr. Nelson renewed a motion that as made previously asking the court ) strike from the record, or to instruct le jury to disregard certain testimoy relative to the carrying of pistols by le defendant previous to the shooting, he matter was argued at length durlg the absence of the jury, and the Durt finally ruled that it would let le evidence stand for what it might e worth. There followed a controversy on the uestion of admitting Into the testllony certain editorials in northern apers, reflecting on B. R. Tilman, but ot on J. H. Tillman, and reproduced i the State. These editorials were bjected to by the prosecution on the round of irrelevancy. During the ontroversy Mr. Bellinger took occaion to accuse the defense of trying > make a political trial out of the ase, and Mr. Nelson denied the accuation with heat. For a while there as quite a tense situation in the ourt room, and it looked as if there ere to be serious developments outide later on: but both lawyers dislaimed personal reflections and the -ouble was dissipated. T. D. Mitchell, who said he was contractor painter and formerly lived l Columbia, but resided now in Brooktnd, Lexington county, said he had speaking acquaintance with the late Ir. Gonzales. He had never had but ne conversation with the deceased, leeting him on the street one day af?r the appearance of one of his edi trials, he asked if he did not think ; was time to "let up on Old Jim?" lonzales. according to the witness relied: "No, I don't: he is a cur and 1 m going to fight him as long as he ffers himself for public office. 1 ould slap his face and he would not esent it." Witness suggested that Ir. Gonzales might find otherwise nd Mr. Gonzales said: "If he ever ats his eyes at me, I'll fill him so full f lead, he wont be able to tote it off." Witness said he related this conversaion to Tillman. On cross-examination itness admitted that after the shootig he expressed his sympathy to Mr. .. E. Gonzales, brother of the deceased, nd said that he had been a friend to tie defendant; "but if Tillman shot our brother in the back I am done ith him." On cross-examination the itness was more or less confused as i his statements, and claimed that he as not at the time informed as to lie manner of the shooting. A. J. Flowers, a former street car onductor. claimed that one day last ummer while the deceased was riding n his car, he overheard him say: "If don't succeed in defeating Jim Tillmn for governor, he will never be >uted for I will kill the rascal." The ross-examination developed that the witness had no definite recollection as to the time or place of this remark, and that he did not know the three men who he claimed was with the deceased at the time the remark was made. P. W. Hughes, a truck farmer, who was formerly deputy sheriff of Edgefield county, swore that he went to Columbia one day to visit his daughter. Witness said he was with two other men. Stroud and Gaultman. Mr. Gonzales stopped the party and asked Stroud about the mill vote. "I asked Mr. Gonzales if he did not think that he was doing Col. Tillman injustice, whereupon Gonzales replied:. "'The blackleg gambler will get greater injustice than that after the election and it ought to be with lead.'" On crossexamination Hughes said he had never seen Gonzales but once previously, and vno res a trfi IIJUL WOO UUUUL ill ICCl 1 JVUIW uDw, when he went to Edgefield to report a murder trial. Witness admitted that he had been prosecuted in the United States court for selling liquor; but was acquitted. Angus Black, son-in-law of Hughes testified in about the same manner. V. B. Chesshire, an Anderson printer, who served under Tillman in the First Regiment, swore that on one occasion, on a railroad train, Mr. Geer, the traveling representative of the State, said that Mr. Gonzales was carrying a pistol with the intention of shooting h?11 out of Tillman. Chesshire swore that he told Tillman about the conversation and Tillman "looked hurt." Henry S. Head, an Augusta saloonkeeper, testified that he drove around Columbia with Tillman one day last fall, and after they separated, Gonzales came up to him and asked him which way Tillman had gone and followed in the direction indicated. Crossexamination developed that the State newspaper office is between the point where the alleged information was given and the transfer station where Tillman was said to have been. Major R. S. Anderson, an employe of the United States senate from Edgefield, denied being present at a conversation in a livery stable where a witness for the prosecution, had test! fied that he overheard Tillman say with reference to the deceased, "If there was any way to get at him." Thursday's Proceedings. Rapid progress was made on Thursday, nine or ten witnesses being examined in all. The testimony was of the same general nature as on Wednesday, all going to show the mannar in which the deceased had aggravated the defendant, and alleged threats and circumstances showing that Tillman had a right to consider his life in danger at the hands of Gonzales. The defendant took the stand late Thursday evening, and testified in his own behalf for about an hour; but did not reach the actual killing, etc., before the hour for adjournment arrived. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Cotton Market Dull?At the Opera House?Bell Telephone Matter. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, October 9.?This week has been a dull market for cotton. The falling prices has undoubtedly influenced the farmers to "hold over," with the expectation of better future prices. Our cotton mills, too, are only purchasing what is actually needed for consumption from week to week. Mr. W. J. Caveny has heard from Washington. The agricultural department experts report that the specimens submitted them are not the dreaded boll weevil, but a species of acorn weevil that has no natural propensity to attaric rntton. SusDense in conse quence, has been gTeatly relieved. So far, our city has been particularly fortunate in the class of entertainments that the opera house lessees have provided. With the exception of "Thelma," (Marie Correlli's best work, perhaps), the amusement-loving public has been satisfied. The Boston Ideal Opera Co. gave their splendid exhibitions last Friday and Saturday. It was a well-balanced company, the singing and acting being very creditable?far better than the traveling companies usually present, and were well attended. Mr. W. I. Leftwich was here on Monday night for the benefit of the old veterans, but the "White Rabbit Foot Co." proved a strong counter attraction. Mr. J. H. B. Jenkins has received his commission from Governor Heyward. He will consult with his chief and in all probability will make Rock Hill his headquarters. The Commercial club has opened up for the winter months its restaurant. This is a privilege the members are not 1 slow to appreciate, and from now a t thriving business will be carried on. The Bell Telephone Co., through its attorney. Mr. W. B. Wilson, Jr., has requested the city council to defer aci tion for the present, looking to their establishment of a local system here. , Meanwhile the council has passed an ordinance "regulating the digging of 1 holes and the erection of poles on the i streets, highways and alleys of the city of Rock Hill." This ordinance is very binding. Mrs. Buist, who was injured at the i Fishing creek bridge disaster, and who has been at the Parish Hotel at Yorkville ever since, arrived in the city on last Tuesday afternoon. Dr. R. A. Bratton, her medical adviser, came along with her. Mrs. Buist is still confined to her bed, but it is to be hoped that her removal home my have a 1 speedy and beneficial effect. Her ; friends gladly welcomed her back to the city. Mb. Finley's Brattonville Speech. : ?York county is full of historic interest. and its people are awake in the matter of preserving this heritage from : their ancestors. Last week there was ! an occasion of unusual interest at ; Brattonsville, which was the celebra: tion of Huck's defeat and unveiling a ; monument to the heroes who won the - victory. The Yorkville Enquirer gives a full and interesting accounts of I the celebration, which was under the auspices of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the speech of ! Congressman D. E. Finley, which is descriptive of the engagement and the military situation of the times, is worthy of preservation. The battle was i fought on the 12th of July, 1780, and the number engaged was quite small, Americans 350 and British 900, but the i defeat and death of Huck was followi ed by the victory at Musgrove's Mill, which led up to the battle of King's Mountain, October 7, 1780. Mr. Finley says: "Without Huck's defeat the battle of Musgrove's Mill would hardly have been fought, and without these victories there is little likelihood that the battles of King's Mountain and Cowpens would have taken place, and without these battles it is improbable that the war of the Revolution would have been successful."?Greenville Mountaineer. LOCAL AFFAIRS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. M. L. Thomasson and Ida Hamel, Executors?Give notice to the debtors and creditors of the estate of John Hamel, deceased, to make immediate settlement. L. M. Davis, White Front Grocery, Rock Hill?Invites county officers and other citizens of upper York to visit his store when in Rock Hill. &I. L. Thomasson and Ida Hamel?Give notice of the sale of personal property and real estate belonging to the estate of John Hamel, deceased. The Enquirer?Wants to recover a gold pin lost on the streets of Yorkville on last Wednesday afternoon. The Enquirer?Publishes its annual prospectus to clubmakers, and makes a special offering to people who are not now subscribers. See fourm page. W. B. Moore & Co.?Announce the appearance on October 16 of the Bullock Vaudeville and Elite Comedy company. Jackson Bros., Clover?Tell you that if they are to Judge by the quantity of furniture that they are selling they must be right in line with the trade. Heath-Elliott Mule Co.?Want you to know that the Summers buggy Is sold by them strictly on its merits. They can suit you In a cheaper buggy If you want It. J. Q. Wray?Says you will be proud of the goods you buy there, because you will get the best qualities and at the lowest prices. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Have a large line of stationery, which includes everything included under the name. If you want a good pocket knife they have it. Nunnally's candles fresh. T. W. Speck?Has an elegant line of parlor lamps that he is showing to his customers who are looking .for the lamps that are out of the ordinary at ordinary prices. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Has fat, new catch mackerel at 10 cents each. Also have choice full cream cheese? it's good. York Drug Store?Tells you that between the seasons is a good time to renovate your house and recommends plastico for the walls. Call for color card?it's free. J. M. Heath & Co.?Have a full stock of all kinds of goods and call your especial attention to dress goods, clothing, underwear, hats and caps. Riddle & Carroll?Are offering their customers another shipment of the choice Moss Rose hams that please nartieular DeoDle. Foushee Cash Store?Says "prices below competition and quality above suspicion." Strauss-Smith Co.?Says that your dollars will do their best work with them and tell you why this is so. NOTE AND COMMENT. Mr. W. J. Caveny of Rock Hill, has knocked the bottom out of the boll weevil scare in his neighborhood. Recently he sent specimens of the insect under suspicion to the department of agriculture at Washington and the entomologists there say it is what is known as the acorn weevil and has no connection with cotton whatever. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The county board of commissioners held its regular monthly meeting in the office of the supervisor on Wednesday, all of the members being present. A lot of routine business, including the consideration and payment of accounts, was transacted, and a considerable portion of the board's time was taken up in hearing testimony on the Rutherford road right of way case, involving a slight change in the location of the road at Mr. P. B. McAfee's. Mr. McAfee objected to the change in the road because of the location of his house, which would be left further off from the new highway, and fought the matter of giving up the right of way for that reason. The board, however, condemned the land, and the testimony Wednesday was as to its value. This the board decided to be $5, but Mr. McAfee declined to receive the amount, unless it should come off of the individuals who were working for the proposed change. Mr Harrv Wvlle aDDeared before the board in the interest of the Catawba Power company, seeking the privilege of stretching the wires of that company along various highways. The company has no immediate intention of going anywhere except to Fort Mill and Rock Hill; but desires the privilege of going elsewhere should It see proper to do so. The application was not acted upon during the day for lack of time; but it is not understood that there is any opposition to the granting of Mr. Wylie's request. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The statement that the Negro woman, Belle Watson, who was killed last Saturday night by Lee Hardin, was buried at the expenses of the town, was a mistake. The woman's father came down from Gastonia and paid the expenses incident to her burial. ? The prize committee of the chrysanthemum show composed o^ Mrs. W. G. Neville, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Mrs. B. N. Moore and Mrs. R. T. Stephenson, met with Mrs. Moore on Tuesday afternoon and arranged the following list of prizes to be offered at the coming show: For the best collection of mums not less than ten varieties, $2.50 in gold; second best collection, a table cover in linen?drawn work; for the hr.ct ?(v vvhito hlnnms rmt vet DrOVld ed for; for the best six pink blooms, piece of sterling silver; for the best six yellow blooms, tapestry sofa pillow; for the best single bloom, $1.00; for the best collection of potted plants, a pair of Centemeri gloves; for the best single plant, a framed picture; for the best collection of roses, a box of handkerchiefs; for the best rose of a single variety of rose, a piece of sterling silver; for the best collection of cut flowers other than chrysanthemums and roses, a piece of dainty China. There being other matters calling for attention, the president, Mrs. J. J. Hunter, met with this committee. The arrangements are being completed, and it is probable the show will take place about the twenty-fourth of this month. ? The Shakespeare club met in regular session on Thursday afternoon with Mrs. G. H. O'Leary, Mrs. R. T. Stephenson directing. It was an unusually full meeting, and a very interesting one. The first Act of Othello was read and analyzed as to its characterizations, dramatic construction and general plot. The impersonations were unusually good, and the especial features supplementary to the regular work, notably the current events and ( the pronunciation of words, added to the interest of the meeting. Instead of I br inging in a word at the next assemb- I ling, each will come prepared to give a quotation from Act 1 of the play < from memory. The current events < will be continued in answer to roll call, Act II being the lesson for the after- \ noon of October 22nd. Several new t memebers were received. Those pres- l ent were, Mrs. O'Leary, Mrs. W. H. j Herndon, Mrs. Jas. F. Hart, Mrs. M. i J. Walker, Mrs. B. N. Moore, Mrs. S. 1 M. McNeel, Mrs. H. A. C. Walker, Mrs. ? R. T. Stephenson: Misses Margaret Daniel, Margaret Hart, Bessie Barron, t Sudie Allison, Ella Neely, Elizabeth !. Hunter, Frankle Clawson, Alma Walk- j er, Stokes, Whisonant, Ida de Loach, t the secretary. 1 THE NEW SCHEDULE. As mentioned in the last issue of * Tub Enquirer, Mr. W. H. Tayloe, as- . sistant general passenger agent of the . Southern railroad, was in Yorkville on Tuesday. He came for the purpose of . publishing information about the new ^ schedule which goes into effect next . Sunday, and for the purpose of finding , out how these schedules will probably , meet the needs of the people of this section. Mr. Tayloe arrived Tuesday morning; but he was feeling unwell on account of the large amount of extra work that had been piled on him during a week or two previous, and he kept his room at the Parish hotel until the afternoon, which he spent in meeting the Yorkville people personally, and trying to impress them with the attitude of the Southern toward the people of the territory covered by this big system. "Some of you people have thought a little hard of us for not looking after you more closely," said Mr. Tayloe, in a conversation with a leading citizen; "but the honest fact is we have had you in mind all the while. We have only Just been able to get to you, that is all. Our vice president, Mr. Finley, is a great believer in building up local interests. He is constantly urging that . idea on the administrative department , and we all understand that he is in ( earnest about it. The Camden and Marion division has come in for no , little study at the hands of all of us, J and I'll tell you frankly that we were about ready to move even before your ( Commercial club took the matter up; but we will have to admit that you hurried us somewhat. The schedule we are giving you is the result of a great deal of painstaking labor, and we sincerely hope that it will fulfill all of your requirements; but if it does not, why we'll just have to keep at it until we get it right." During his stay in Yorkville, Mr. Tayloe met more than a score of lead- J ing citizens, and made a most agreeable impression upon all with whom he came in contract. Everybody felt that he was in dead earnest as to what he j said, and they were especially pleased at his assurances of the friendly inter- 1 est that he management of the Southern is taking in the comfort and con- \ venience ?f its local patrons. i LIVES ON BUTTER. "No, sir; I am not counting on a cot- j ton crop for support of myself and fam- j ily any more. I am still raising some cotton; but what I make is now pretty j nearly all surplus. I look to the sales ! of my butter, as my principal source of income." The speaker was Mr. J. W. Betts, of t Lesslle. He was in Yorkville Wednes- ' day, having come up after Mrs. Betts, J who has been spending some time in ( this vicinity with relatives and friends. I Mr. Betts called in This Enquirer on 1 business and the above remark was in reply to a question as to how he is | coming on with his dairying interests. < "Last year," Mr. Betts continued, "I J J ? L ? - - A AAA Kllttlir Q 11/1 SOIU clUU UI 0,UVU puunuo Ui UUUV1 j I received 25 cents a pound net for every pound of it. I am selling all the 1 butter I can make in Wilmington, N. C.t and I could sell a good deal more, if I < could only supply it. I am arranging ; to produce more, and I feel pretty sure j I will be able to increase the output . considerably before a great while." ] Mr. Betts now has about thirty head 1 of fine Jersey cattle. He has been pay- 1 ing especial attention to Jersey stock ] for ten years or more, and is quite an < enthusiast on the subject. He thinks j that the Jersey is the greatest butter , cow in the world, and he is satisfied i that his own cows are of the finest '< blood to be found anywhere. Asked as to how he managed his i milking and butter making he said: < "Why we do it all ourselves, my boys and I. We milk the cows, separate the ( cream and do the churning, every bit of ] it. There may be some cow hairs in 1 our butter; but I'll tell you right now J you will never find a nigger hair it it. < No, sir; we have a first-class reputa- ] tion over in Wilmington, and in fact J wherever else we have sold butter, and j we intend to hold on to it." i Mr. Betts has a half a dozen or more pens of chickens, all of the very finest strains and most perfect feathers. He i has been selling lots of eggs in differ- '< ent parts of York and surrounding J counties, and has built up a reputa- < tion with fanciers for furnishing ex- i actly what he sells. He says his busi- 1 ness Is growing satisfactorily, and he J is confident that he will be able to de- j velop it to much larger proportions. 1 i ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Wm. W. Blair of Blairsvllle, has matriculated at Clemson college. ' Miss Jessie Latham of Guthrlesvllle, j spent Wednesday with friends In j Yorkville. ? Mrs. James M. Starr went down to J cnester on v\ eunesuay evening ior a j short visit. t Mr. W. M. Grier, traveling agent of 1 the News and Courier, was in York- J ville on Wednesday. t Miss Janie Neville of Walhalla, is on < a visit to the family of her brother, ' Rev. W. G. Neville. Mr. Paul T. McNeel has taken a po- 1 sition in the Loan and Savings bank * temporarily as bookkeeper. I Mr. H. C. Strauss went to Columbia t last Tuesday night to attend the quar- 1 terly meeting of the board of trustees ^ of the Epworth orphanage. Mesdames Sarah C. Ashe and J. M. r Brian and Miss Annie McPheeters are ? (] in Lancaster attending the Ladies' Missionary union of the Presbyterian ^ church. Mr. Henry W. Thompson of Spartan- ^ hurg. has the thanks of The Enquirer p for a copy of a hondsomely illustrated ^ write-up of that city, recently publishid by the Spartanburg chamber of t commerce. q Mrs. W. E. Faulconer of Charlottes'ille, Va., and Mrs. N. B. Bratton of Ji.thriesvllle, and Misses Zalda Engish of Richmond, Va., Emily Elliott of Alexandria, Vu., Allie Hart of Wardralaw Island, and Mr. Frank Jenkns of Wadmalaw Island, S. C., are the quests of Mr. Geo. W. S. Hart family. Mr. R. C. Johnson, who has been >ook-keeper at the Loan and Savings ;ank since last spring, has resigned lis position to take a similar one with he First National bank of Charlotte. Je left for Charlotte this morning, during his residence of about three ears in Vorkville, Mr. Johnson has ,\on the respect and esteem of everybody, and it Is with no little regret hat his many friends give him up. Columbia State, Thursday: Friends hroughout the state of Col. A. Tripp, ho has been a prominent railroad of leer in south Carolina ror nearly roureen years, will learn with regret that le is to leave the south. He is regardHi as a big-hearted, manly fellow with i kindly, cheerful disposition. Colonel Tripp has made many friends wherever ie has met people. Hundreds of South Carolina men and women know him ind like him and the news that he is to make his home in another part of the country will be received with regret in various sections of the state. Col. Tripp leaves today for the southwestern part of Nevada, where he goes to construct and operate a narrowItuage railroad opening up one of the rich gold mines in that section. His two sons, who are also fine railroad men. Mr. John Tripp, living in Florida, ind Mr. Herbert Tripp in Blacksburg, ?o with him to assist in the work. They will leave in a short time. Col. Tripp was for twelve years superintendent of the Ohio River and Charleston road, 4nd served one year as assistant superintendent of that property ifter it was acquired by the Southern, resigning his position last July to beome superintendent of the terminals at Jacksonville. Col. Tripp has made a ;ood and useful citizen since he has made South Carolina his adopted home, and personally he is a delightful gentleman whom it is always a pleasure to come in contact witn. WANTS $75,COO DAMAGES. Mrs. Dorothy H. Brickman, widow of Mr. Henry C. Brickman, who was killed in the Fishing creek trestle disaster an September 3 last, is suing the Southern railroad for $75,000 damages. Her complaint was filed In the office of the clerk of the court for York county on last Wednesday, by Messrs. Legare & Holman of Charleston. The text of it, exclusive of the caption, is as follows: The plaintiff above named, complaining of the defendant, alleges: Flrsr.. That the Southern railway, South Carolina division, is now, and was at the time hereinbefore mentioned, a corporation duly chartered under the laws of the state of South Carolina; having been organized under an agreement of consolidation or merger between the Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad company, the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad company, the South Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad company and the Carolina Midland Railway company, as allowed by the act of the general assembly of South Carolina. Second. That the Southern Railway company is now, and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, a corporation July organized and chartered by and under the laws of the state of Virginia, and is now, and was at such times op sraung ine oouinern rumvaj'?^aiunua division, under and by virtue of a lease thereof, allowed and sanctioned by an act of the general assembly of the state of South Carolina. Third. That Henry C. Brickman departed this life intestate, on the 3d day af September, A. D., 1903, leaving as his heirs and distributees at law, his tvife, the said Dorothy H. Brickman, and the following named children, towit: B. P. Brickman, George H. Brickman, A. M. Brickman, Ethel Brickman and Wm. H. Brickman. Fourth. That heretofore, oh the 1st day of October, A. D., 1903, the said Dorothy H. Brickman was by an order and determination of the probate court for Charleston county, duly appointed administratrix of the estate of the said Henry C. Brickman, deceased, and is now the duly and legally qualified administratrix of said deceased. Fifth. That the said Henry C. Brickman came to his death on the 3d day of September, A. D., 1903, by and through the wrongful act, neglect and default of the defendants above named, md hereinafter more particularly set forth, and this action is brought by ind in the name of the administratrix pf the said deceased, for the benefit of bis said wife and children, as allowed by the statute of said state of South Carolina in such cases made and provided. Sixth. That heretofore, on the 3d day of September, A. D., 1903, the said Henry C. Brickman was in the employment of the defendants above named, is engineer, and on said day was in charge of and operating a locomotive jf the defendant's, drawing one of its passenger trains, operated over the line pf road known as the South Carolina ind Georgia Railroad Extension company, as aforesaid, between Camden, 5. C., and Blacksburg, in the county of YorK in tne saia state. Seventh. That heretofore, on the 3d lay of September, A. D., 1903, when :he locomotive and cars so operated as iforesaid, reached a point on the line )f the defendant's road, on a trestle constructed over Fishing creek, In the county of York, the said trestle gave ,vay, and the locomotive so operated jy said Henry C. Brickman, together ivith the coaches attached to same, ivere precipitated Into the depth below, ind in consequence thereof, the said Henry C. Brickman was crushed and nangled and otherwise injured; that ie then and there died from the effects thereof. Eighth. That the said Henry C. Brickman came to his death in the ;ame manner and by the means aforesaid, caused by and through the negli;ent, wanton, willful and reckless acts md conduct of the defendants in prociding, maintaining and keeping over he said Fishing cresek, on the line of ts said road, an unsafe and defective restle, in that the timbers were rotten ind decayed, and insufficient to sup>ort the weight of the said locomotive ind cars and in consequence thereof, he same was precipitated into the said reek, thereby causing the immediate leath of the said Henry C. Brickman, is aforesaid. Ninth. That the said Henry C. Brickman was forty years of age, and >y reason of his death the parties, for vhose benefit this action is brought, lave been deprived of his support, and lave been greatly wounded and disressed in their feelings to the damage if seventy-five thousand ($75,000) dolars. Wherefore the plaintiff prays judgnent against the defendants for the uni of seventy-five thousand ($75,000) lollars, and the costs of this action. ixtra Session of Court. Mr. J. E. McDonald of Winnsboro, las been appointed as special judge to reside at an extra term of court in ,'ork county, beginning immediately fter the adjournment of the regular November term. Court will be in con- j inuous session for one month, retiring the services of 144 petit jurors. LOCAL LACONIC8. Clover No. 2. Mr. W. M. Matthews has been appointed carrier on rural route No. 2, Clover, vice Mr. F. E. Clinton, who recently resigned to take a position with the Clover Drug company. Mr. Clinton was very popular on the route, and there are many who are loath to give him up. Mr. Matthews, however, is thoroughly efficient and reliable and will fill the position to the satisfaction of all concerned. Burns-Smith. "* Mr. James E. Burns and Miss Annie Smith were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Smith, in the Beersheba neighborhood last Wednesday evening at 6.30 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. S. H. Hay of Beersheba and Clover, who is the pastor of both of the young people, a numoer ui reidiivco turn friends were present. The bride is a pretty and accomplished young lady and has many friends in Yorkville, where she lived during most of her school days. She is also well-liked throughout the neighborhood in which she lives. The groom is a son of Mr. W. A. Burns, a substantial citizen of the Beersheba neighborhood and is an energetic, intelligent and prosperous young man, who enjoys the highest respect and esteem of all who know him. Both of these young people have hosts of friends who congratulate them on their happy union and wish them a heaping measure of prosperity. , The Trains and Their Connections. By the new schedule, which goes into effect on the Southern next Sunday, trains will run as fellows: Morning train leaves Columbia 7.20 a. m. and Kingvllle 11 a. m., reaching Camden at 12.30 p. m.; leave Camden 4.15 p. m., airive Rock Hill 7 p. m.; leave Rock Hill 7.35 p. m., arrive Yorkville 8.16 p. m.. and Blacksburg 9.30 p. m. The afternoon train leaves Columbia 3.10 p. m.t Kingville 4.30 p. m.; arrive Camlen 6.05 p. m., Sumter 5.45 p. m., Rock Hill 9.15 p. m. A new train will be put on to leave Rock Hill 5.45 a. m., arrive Vorkville 6.25 a. m., Blacksburg 7.40 a. m. and Marion, N. C., 10.45 a. m. Returning this train will leave Marion, N* C., 5.40 p. m., Blacksburg 8.30 p. m., Yorkville 9.51 p. m., and reach Rock Hill 10.30 p. m., connecting for Columbia. The morning train will leave Blacksburg' 6.50 a. m., Yorkville 8.11 ? . *>?.**!Drtnlr 17(11 Q KK a m a. ill* ( at 11*1115 ikvv*n 11111 u*vw cm *?> making connection with train arriving at Columbia 1.35 p. m. This train will wait at Rock Hill until 10.65 a. m., for the train which leaves Columbia 6.10 a. m., which reaches Rock Hill at 9 a. m., and train which leaves Charlotte at 9.45 a. m., and arrives at Rock Hill 10.47 a. m.; leaving Rock Hill 10.55 a. m.. this train passes Kershaw 12.33 p. m., Camden 2 p. m.; arriving Klngvllle 3.45 p. m., connecting with afternoon train for Charleston and Columbia. The early morning train will leave Rock Hill 6.35 a. m., passing Camden 9.20 a. m., reaching Klngvllle 10.45 a. m., connecting with the train which arrives at Columbia 11.40 a. m. Fire at Tirzah. There was a big fire at Tirzah this morning. It broke out under the store of Mr. W. M. Carothers, (building formerly owned by P. H. Brown) at about 1 o'clock, and destroyed that building and contents along with the W. T. Massey storehouse and goods and a warehouse in the rear. Mr. W. M. Carothers and several others were sleeping in the up-stalrs of the store, and had a narrow escape from' death. When discovered the fire had already made sufficient headway to be beyond control. While assisting in getting some box cars on the Southern railway out of danger, Mr. Floyd Jackson had his right foot badly crushed. The wound was dressed by Drs. J. D. McDowell and Lynn Campbell. The Carothers store building belonged to Mr. Jasper Thomasson, who lives about four miles north of Yorkville and was insured for about 3500. The stock, which belonged to Mr. Carothers, was not insured. The .other buildings belonged to Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Massey. The reporter learns that they were insured; but has no definite information as to the amount. The total loss was in the neighborhood of $2,500 or $3,000. The people in the neighborhood of Tirzah are satisfied that the fire was of incendiary origin and they have a welldefined conviction as to how it came about; but developments have hardly been sufficient to warrant a public statement at this time. Death of Mrs. James Fitchett. Mrs. Isabella Patton Fitchett, widow of the late James Fitchett, died at her home near Clover last Tuesday night, after a brief illness. The end come suddenly. She had been slightly indisposed for a week or more; but her condition was not considered serious. Shortly after she laid down to rest, and when it was thought she was asleep, a visitor at the house noticed that her eyes were open and investigation developed that her life had ended. Mrs. Fitchett was born on Allison creek, in the same neighborhood where she spent her long life, on November 11, 1822. Her father, Henry Carroll, was a son of Joseph Carroll, a Revolutionary soldier, and a brother of the Thomas Carroll, who killed Colonel Christian Huck, leader of the Tories who were defeated at what is now Brattonsville, on July 12, 1780. She was married to her late husband on January 27, 1845, and survived him about eight years. When she married Mr. Fitchett, she was a member of the Associate Reformed church, but changed her membership to Bethel Presbyterian church, and afterward to the Presbyterian church at Clover. She leaves five children?two sons and three daughters. The sons are Messrs. David and John Fitchett, and the daughters are Mesdames J. W. Pursley and J. L. Pursley of King's Mountain township, and Mrs. C. G. Parish of Yorkville. Her other descendants include thirteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Her brother, Mr. Zimri Carroll, of Clover, is the only surviving member of her father's family. The funeral took place at Clover on Wednesday, the services being conducted by Rev. S. H. Hay, her pastor. AT THE CHURCHES. ASSOCIATE REFORMED. Kev. k. L. KODinson, win preacn Sunday morning at 11 and in the evenat 7.30 o'clock. Sunday school at usual hour. BAPTIST. rev. w. e. hurt, pastor. Sunday Services?Sunday school In the morning at 10 o'clock. Services each second and fourth Sunday at 11 o'clock in the morning and 7.45 o'clock in the evening. PRESBYTERIAN. rev. \v. g. NEVIIiLE, pastor. Sunday Servicest?Morning services at 11 o'clock. Sunday diool in the afternoon at 4 o'clock, evening services at 7.30 o'clock. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. rev. j. c. johnes. rector. Sunday Services.?Morning services at 11. Sunday school at 4 o'clock p. m. Evening services at 5 p. m. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. rev. j. l. stokes, d. d., pastor. Sunday Services?Morning services at 11 o'clock. Sunday school in the afternoon at 4 o'clock. Evening services at 7.30 o'clock.