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J&ftaps and Jatts. ? Scotland has an area of 19,062,482 acres, of which 4,984,466 acres are under cultivation. One hundred and twelve persons own one-half of the total area and eighteen persons own onefourth of It. ? The trust companies of New York, on December 31, 1902, owned $193,044,837 of stocks and bonds; state banks on May 23, 1903, owned $9,720,400; and the national banks (exclusive of bonds held to secure circulation and United States deposits), owned on June 9. 1303. $106,412,000. Here is a total of more than $300,000,000 of securties owned by the banks and trusts companies. ? Both the Republican and Democratic members of congress held their res pective party caucuses last Saturday looking to the organization of the house on Monday. The Democrats selected John S. Williams of Mississippi, for speaker, and the Republicans selected Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois. Cannon, of course, will be the next speaker, and Williams will be the floor leader of the minority. Representative Baker of New York, offered the following to the Democratic caucus: "Resolved, That regardless of the practice of the Republicans, it is the sense of caucus that its members do not accept passes or favors from the railroads." The resolution was referred to a committee. ? There is a man in New York who wants to pay $5,000 for a healthy right ear. He is a rich mining prospector from the west. He lost his ear in an accident, and the doctors have told him that they can graft a new one on if he can only get it from some healthy subject. He has been wearing his hair long on account of that ear for several years and now he wants to get married. He is afraid to undertake the venture without two good ears, and that is why he is so willing to pay S5.000. The New York doctors went among the paupers at the poor house for a man who was willing to part with an ear; but all preferred to remain poor rather than accept the price. An advertisement for an ear is now running in some of the New York papers. ? William J. Bryan will not get the $50,000 that Philo S. Bennett, the New Haven millionaire, intended to leave for him in his will. The provision of the will was as follows: "Twelfth, I give and bequeath unto my wife. Grace Imogene Bennett, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in trust, however, for the purpose set forth in a sealed letter, which will be found with said will." The letter directed that the amount be given to Mr. Bryan to be used for educational purposes, etc. After a long hearing, Judge Cleaveland of the probate court, decided that the letter was not a part of the will and the request, therefore, was invalid. The judge took occasion to exhonorate Mr. Bryan from having exercised any undue influence in the matter. Mr. Bryan's attorneys have given out that the case will probably be appealed. ? Ex-President Cleveland has expressed himself on the result of last Tnooilov'o oloptinnc ns follows; "As an old-fashioned Democrat and a thorough believer in the time-honored principles of my party and in their potency to win the favor of our people when honestly presented, a survey of the field after the battle of last Tuesday cannot fail to afford me the sincerest gratification. Passing by the minor results accomplished and viewing the consequences in the largest sense, the outcome seems to indicate a long step taken in the direction of sane Democracy and party unity. With these fully secured. I believe that all those who love our party for the sake of its principles may look for renewed party triumphs with such hope and confidence as has not been justified during the years of our wandering and forgetfulness of party integrity." ? Angered beyond his powers of control. Walter E. Bassett. eleven years old. of Taunton. Mass.. on last Saturday, shot an instantly killed Peter Clark a school mate of about his own age. The tragedy was the outcome of a quarrel between the two little fellows. Bassett was arrested on the charge of homicide, admitted his guilt, and later in the evening was released on bail. It appears that the Clark boy, with two companions, called this afternoon at a cobbler's shop situated in a barn in the rear of the Bassett house to get a pair of shoes and that the Bassett boy ordered them to leave the yard. Becoming enraged at their lin gering in the yard, he seized an old cavalry sabre, which was in the woodshed and tried to draw it from the scabbard, but the blade was too firmly rusted in its sheath. He then went into the house and reappeared with his father's shot gun, which was loaded. Pointing the weapon at the Clark boy. who stood ten feet away, he fired. Young Clark dropped to the ground dead, the top of his head being blown off. On account of his youth. District Attorney Swift permitted his release on $1,000 bail, but not before Mr. Clark, the father of the dead boy, had called at the police station and expressed the hope that the slayer of his son would be set at liberty. ? A bulletin issued by the census bureau last Saturday on the cotton ginned from the growth of the present vour 11 rv trv Hctohor 18 tiIuppq thp amount at 3,839.625 commercial bales, as against 5.935,872 bales ginned up to the same date last year. The complete returns on production for 1902 showed that 53.5 per cent of the total crop had been ginned prior to October IS of that year, but the percentage of the ginnage prior to October 18 of this year cannot be known until the final report for the year is made. Meantime two other reports will be submitted, on November 18 and December 13. The static-tics for the present year were collected by 631 local agents, who found that 27.723 ginneries had been operated prior to October 18. while to the corresponding date last year 29,314 had been operated. The only comment made in the bulletin on the falling off of this year's production is the following: "In comparing the statistics of the two years due allowance must be made for the different conditions of the two seasons." The following figures show the production ginned in the various states for the present year up to October 18: Alabama. 446,102: Arkansas, 129,833; Florida. 23.436: Georgia, 619,644; Indian Territory, 66,823; Kentucky, 211; Louisiana., 241,000; Mississippi, 497,103; Missouri, 8.027; North Carolina, 232,625; Oklahoma, 40,526: South Carolina, 414.709: Tennessee, 69.74S; Texas, 1,065.229: Virginia, 2,511. $hc flotfcvillf (fnquivrt. YORKVILLE, S. C.: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10,1903. Some leading: Republicans have started a presidential boom for Mark Hanna and the fact is giving- the most astute leaders of the Democratic party grave concern. They believe there is a chance of defeating Roosevelt provided they put up the right man against him: but the nomination of Hanna would almost be equivalent to his election. The Ohio senator stands well with both capital and labor and was in closer sympathy with the late President McKinley than any other man living. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier states that Senator Tillman went before the Georgia prison commission last Friday to beg for a pardon for Robert A. Keith, a young Edgefield man who is serving a life sentence for the murder of a man named Jesse Wall, in Atlanta in the summer of 190L The senator knew Keith when he was a boy and was in* *? - um Q IrP auceci oy me uu> o iciau*^ *.w ? an attempt to secure his pardon. It happens, however, that the Georgia prison commission does not recommend pardons because the applicants had been good fellows In their time and the senator's mission was, happily, a failure. The people of York county will do well to give serious and intelligent consideration to the movement looking to the encouragement of Scotch immigration into this country. There are thousands of acres of valuable lands now lying idle in this country, and the idle acreage is increasing, rather than growing less. There Is no question of the fact that Scotland is capable of furnishing immigrants of the right kind?men and women with generations of training in orthodox religion, industry and thrift. These people can be induced to come to South Carolina with proper encouragement, and the immigration will result in benefit to them and to the state. Every good family that settles on a York county farm will add to the value not only of that farm, but of the lands adjoining. We need not, however, look for these people to push themselves on us. If we get them, it will only be by means of liberal encouragement: but if we go at the matter intelligently we may expect a liberal reward in more ways than one. We sincerely hope that the people of York county will give this subject earnest consideration. In Charleston some time ago a dispensary constable undertook to slop a dray load of whisky belonging to Vincent Chic-co, the notorious tiger, and was run down and badly injured by the Negro driver of the dray. The constable had been instructed not to shoot and there was no recourse for him other than to have the Negro arrested. When the case came up before the Charleston grand jury recently, that body refused to find a true bill against the Negro. On top of this incident. a few days ago, some constables raided the illicit groggerv of a German named Weiter, and Weiter conducted himself in such a manner that the constables had to chunk him a little. He had them arrested on warrants sworn out in the United States court, and they were thrown into prison in default of bonds of $5,000 each. Weiter's complaint was based on the allegation that he is not a citizen of the United States. Along in the same connection it is of interest to know that Vincent Chicco has just been drawn as a member of the petit jury, and taken all in all. it looks as if there is but little show for enforcement of the laws in Charleston. Thbrk is something in the suggestion of Railroad Commissioner Garris that something should be done to hold railroad employes as well as railroad managers responsible for fatal accidents. Of course, it is easy to argue that the management is responsible for ~ w. 1 WW .r. ? ?/ ! V, I C tkonm' if ic me ciii^iu^ en, ci:ivi iiuo iiiwi ,* *?. *-> a very nice thing to make the management pay large sums to the heirs of people killed through the carelessness of employes; but that does not seem to get at the root of the question. The cash that satisfies an heir who may have really suffered but little loss is not worth anything to the man decedent. through whose misfortune the cash may have come, and as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, it is well to give employes to understand that they may expect to suffer the consequences of incompetence or carelessness. Take the case of that wreck in Chester the other day. There is no doubt in the world that it was caused by die carelessness of employes, and yet. veiy likely the railroad management will have to pay cash on account of consequences for which they are not directly liable. We do not forget, of > ourse, that the management of the railroad is responsible for employing help that forgets; that it ought to have reliable men only: but it must not be forgotten that this time of progressive prosperity, when every man who is willing to work, has the refusal of hundreds of different places at which lie can get good wages, it is lifiicult to be too strict with him. This is a time when the criminal court should step in and hold careless employes responsible for all the losses they cause. The public certainly has a right to be protected and this is about as good way to furnish such protection as can be devised. The Seizure of Panama. From the dispatches so far published. it looks as if the Washington government, having failed to negotiate the Panama canal treaty by peaceful means, is now proceeding deliberately to carry out its ends by force. Under the Spooner bill passed at the last session of congress, the president was authorized to negotiate a treaty with the government of Colombia for a right of way and to then proceed with the construction of the canal. The treaty as agreed upon by Secretary Hay, representing the United States, and Minister Herran, representing the United States of Colombia, was submitted to the Colombian con gress, and after a long fight rejected. Various considerations entered into the Colombian side of the problem; but the main one, probably, was that if the United States should be allowed to dig the canal this country would eventually assume sovereignty of the country through which it runs. It must not be understood that the . Colombians were a unit on the question. While a large number of influential representatives were opposed to ratification, still the people of the isthmus itself, were favorable almost to a man. They were sensible of the benefits they would necessarily derive from the expenditure of so many millions of dollars right at their doors for labor, and they realize also the tremendous development that will follow the opening up such an important highway for the commerce right through their country. In this land of turmoil and strife the outbreak of a revolution is not so uncommon as to cause surprise, and if it were not for the close association of the United States, this one would be of but small importance. But there is every reason to believe that the present revolution was deliberately planned by the administration at Washington, and that the United States intends to accomplish by force that which it failed to accomplish by diplomacy. The dispatches from Panama have not given the development down there in very satisfactory detail. For some reason, it appears that the newspapers were not anticipating the things that are taking place and they were not fully prepared. But from what is known, it appears that a few men have set up the banner of revolt and declared for the establishment of an independent republic. The Colombian troops and warships in the vicinity made an effort to bring the insurrectionists to terms; but the American warships in the same vicinity landed marines on pretense of preserving order in accordance with treaty obligations, etc., and the Colombian forces had to withdraw. News comes from Washington to the effect that the junta government, set up by the insurrectionists has been recognized, and that a dozen warships have been ordered to Colon on one side of the isthmus and Panama on the other side to preserve order. This really means that the Washington government is furnishing such force as is llcucasai > IU triiduitr me iijauiicuuuinoia to stand the Colombians off. It is reported that the Colombians have sent an army of 7,000 men to march to the scene of the trouble overland; but that is not definite. It is claimed that for such an army to reach Panama overland would be impossible, and as it is the evident purpose of the United States warships not to permit the landing of troops at either Colon or Panama, the revolutionists have a right to consider themselves safe from interference. The Panama junta has already taken occasion to publish the fact that the United States can have whatever it wants with reference to the building of the canal, and although the Spooner bill took cognizance only of the Colombian government In the matter of the then pending treaty, it is not thought that the administration will stand back on technicalities unless congress takes a hand and demands 1 that the whole thing be done decently and in order or not at all. DEFIANT TO THE LAST. The Dying Safe-Cracker Showed No Signs of Remorse. Editor of The Yorkville Enquirer; The shooting of that safe-cracker in , our community and his sad death has created no little excitement in the whole surrounding country; and many wild stories are afloat concerning it. So you have done the people a real service in giving so promptly through the columns of The Enquirer a full, and in the main a correct, account of the whole affair. But that part of it which sets forth my connection with the sad tragedy is so thoroughly contradictory to the facts that I think it due to you and the public to state the ' case as it actually occurred, i When I heard that the poor fellow could not live. I went at once to carry , to turn tne oner ot salvation through a crucified Redeemer. When I entered : the room where he was lying. Mr. Russell said to him: "The preacher has come to see you: do you want him to pray for you." He replied, "Yes, if he wants to." I sat down by his bed, i took his hand in mine, and assured him of my sympathy for him in that condition, and my interest in his soul's salvation: that in a very short time ' he must die and appear before his God; that Jesus was a merciful and Almighty Savior, and that if he would confess his sins and trust in Jesus, God would have mercy upon him and save his soul. When I urged the importance of confession, he said he would confess to himself. I told him as he must soon die, if he had any loved ones to whom he wished to send any message, I would be glad to receive it and send it for him. To this he made no answer. In answer to questions he said his father and mother were dead, and that he had no wife. When I asked him if he wished me to read from God's word and pray with him, he replied, "No. I do not want to be worried." So I did not pray with him at all. He died in about a half hour or three quarters after my arrival. During that time he did not manifest the slightest emotion or concern for his soul's salvation. Not a single tear moistened his defiant eye. He continued to the very end in his right mind, but as brazen and unfeeling as it is possible to conceive. It is sad indeed to make this record, but it must be made in the interest of truth. W. B. Arrowood. Bethel Manse, S. C., Nov 9th, 1903. UOCAX. AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. A. S. Clarke and W. F. Bray, Agents? Publish a notice of Interest to receivers of freights over the Southern and C. & N.-W. railways. Probate Judge McCorkle?Gives notice that D. R. Bird has applied to him for letters of administration on the estate of Cynthia Bird, deceased. R. J. Davis, S. J. Clinton and others? Give notice to all parties against riding, driving, hunting or otherwise trespassing on their lands, under full penalties of the law. R. A. Bratton?Offers a reward of $25 for the conviction of the thieves who have stolen two blankets from his buggy within the past ten days. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of the sale of certain lands on salesday for December, involved in the suit of Harry E. Neil et al. vs. W. S. Neil et al. J. Q. Wray?Says he is running a hot race for your clothing business ar. talks about the good tilings he has to offer in this line. He has some special offerings for clothes wearers. Foushee Cash Store?Has called off Its nrize offer of last Friday and talks about a lot of rich bargains on its 10 cents counter. C. P. Lowrance & Co.?Say that their new crop Georgia cane syrup and hot pancakes will make a most appetizing breakfast. Just try "em. T. W. Speck?Tells you that watch perfection is reached in the Waltham or Elgins movements fitted in a good case. He is ready to supply you at prices from 90 cents to $40 in ladies' or gentlemen's sizes. York Drug Store-^Says that hog raisers who raise big hogs say that Pratt's animal food makes the raising of big hogs easy. 12 lb, 85c. G. H. O'Leary?Tells you to be just to yourself when you buy anything in the way of furnishings for your office or home. See him and get his prices and see his styles. Riddle & Carroll?Invite you to see them for Oliver chilled plows, Hoosier grain drills and other farm tools. They have fertilizers for wheat. G. W. Sherrer, The Butcher?Prints a little poem that contains some pertinent facts relating to his meat market. ta- A -v Cava hp will he JL/r. A. i. v>aunii6ii(. absent from his office next .Thursday, and requests his patients to govern themselves accordingly. Hickory Supply Co.?Calls on its customers and all parties who owe the firm to pay up before December 1st. They also announce special Saturday and Wednesday afternoon auction sales. J. M. Heath & Co.?Have fertilizers for wheat. They want you to see them before buying flour. They are also offering some attractive prices on clothing 'and overcoats for boys and men. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Says that you do not have to die to win if you carry life insurance in the Mutual Benefit. He tells you how you win by living. First National Bank?Says the pleasure of doing business through the bank is more appreciated the longer you do business that way. The "We Fix It Shop"?Is repairing, repainting and overhauling buggies and wagons at the right prices. Strauss-Smith Co.?Announce a sale of clothing for tomorow and Thursday. men's and boys' suits and pants at 50 per cent discount. They are determined to get out of the clothing business and make you this offer for two days. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. T. M. Whisonant of Hickory Grove, is in town today. Messrs. W. S. and T. F. Lesslie of Lesslie, are in Yorkville today on business. Congressman Flnley left for Washington last Saturday. He was accom ?-?on{orl Yw "MVa T?inlPV Miss Gerald Lowry of Winthrop college, spent Sunday and Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lowry. Mr. R. M. Carroll and daughter, Miss Marie, have moved into their handsome new home 011 North Congress street. Mr. W. H. Wylie of the Catawba Power company, was in Yorkville yesterday on business. He expects the power to be available within the next few months. Mr. L. P. MrClain of Rockton, S. C., was in Yorkville today 011 business. Mr. McClain Is now engaged in running a locomotive for the Winnsboro Granite company. Miss Lottie Belle Slmril is home from Winthrop. having been compelled to stop work for a while on account of her health. She intends to return as soon as she feels strong enough. AWAITING THE SESbiONS. The following prisoners are In jail awaiting trial on the charges named at the approaching term of the court of general sessions, which convenes next Monday, November 16: Harry Ward, assault and battery with intent to kill: M. M. Turner, attempting to wreck train; Tom Moten, disturbing religious meeting: John Anderson, burglary and larceny: Eph Leech, murder; Amzi Vance, keeping and storing contraband liquor; William Hampton, murder; John Wltherspoon, housebreaking and larceny; Pnh Withsrsnnnn hoiisehreakine: and larceny; Lee Heath, housebreaking and larceny; Charles Stokes, housebreaking and larceny The following are out on bond: Bishop Shiff, carrying concealed pistol: James Mason, assault and battery with intent to kill: R. G. Johnson and M. L. Dillard, murder. All of the foregoing are c '"ored except M. M. Turner, R. G. Johnson and M. L. Dillard. Turner is the man who attempted to wreck a freight train at Catawba river last August by breaking a lock on the switch. He is .generally conceded to be of unsound mind. Mr. Johnson is charged with causing the death of Mr. Hoke Norman by chasing him with a bloodhound and Mr. Dillard is charged by the coroner with responsibility for the Fishing creek wreck. NOTE AND COMMENT. There is still quite a large quantity of cotton in the fields to be picked. Mr. J. S. Jones, carrier on rural delivery route No. 5, says that the people along his route get almost twice as much mail now as they did when the route was established. We know of a Yorkville man who bought a tract of land about three years ago for $1,200, put $400 of improvements on it and is now hesitating as to whether he should sell it for $3,200. The coming of the street carnival Is being awaited with much interest. It is an entirely new thing for Yorkville. It will no doubt draw great crowds from all parts of the county, and the week will be a lively one. The Rock Hill Journal has passed under the control of Mr. C. D. Wilkie of Rutherfordton, X. C., Mr. Barron having retired to devote his attention o to the law. The new management o promises to improve the paper very t much. t Mr. Robert Witherspoon of Guthrles- c vtlle, lias leased the shooting privileges s on several thousand acres of land and t had the land posted against trespas- F sers. The matter is of especial inter- l est in that for almost the first time in F the history of this country the prop- I erty right In shooting privileges is em- 1 phasized. And the principle is Just, v The owner of land should own the game und everything else on it. He 1 should have the right to keep every- e body else off or let anybody go on as ti he may choose, and the sooner it comes s to that the better for all concerned. s Deputy Sheriff Sandifer has been t taking in the county during the past \ week, summoning the jurors drawn to f serve during the first two weeks of s the approaching term of the circuit f court. He covered all the townships c but three?Ebenezer, Catawba and I Fort Mill, and Sheriff Logan has been t working up these yesterday and today. < Mr. Sandifer found all the jurors on t his list save one "W. L. Erwin." t Somebody had made a mistake in the < name and written an "L" for an "F," 1 and Mr. Erwin. stood on his rights and < declined to accept service. He could have accepted if he had seen proper to do so; but inasmuch as he did not care to serve, he was entirely proper 1 in refusing. t ? < TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE. The'following transfers of real es- , tate were recorded in the office of the j county auditor during the month of October: BETHEL. Mrs. M. L. Watson to B. Neil Watson. 251 acres; consideration nominal. BETHESDA. W. Norman Elder and wife to John A. Harshaw. 105J acres; consideration $1,650. J. Leonidas Moore to Jesse M. Moore. - - - ? 1J At o 1 rrox? or 1103 acres; consmeranun *1,100.^1. A. & J. Freidheim to W. D. Dunlap. 55 acres; consideration $385.75. M. M. M. Estes to J. Lyles Glenn and Samuel E. McFadden. 109 acres; consideration $5 and premises. BROAD RIVER. J. C. Leech to John Young. One acre; consideration $10. John R. Hogue to Wm. A. Carroll. 49 acres; consideration $200 and assumption of dfebt of $200. CATAWBA. Iredell Jones, Jr., to Mrs. M. A. Hammond. One acre; consideration $75. W. L. and J. E. Roddey to Ezeklel Brown. One acre; consideration $75 R. L. Sturgis to J. R. Gettys. 214} acres; consideration $1,700. Sarah Francis Moore to Mary D., Eunice L. and Eva Moore. One lot; consideration building of a residence. W. L. and J. E. Roddey to Kate Alston. One lot; consideration $75. A. & J. Freidheim to W. Blackburn Wilson. One lot; consideration $81.20. John R. Walker to Mary B. Walker. One half interest in one lot; consideration $700. 1 Charlie Ramseur to Katie J. May. , One lot; consideration $10. J. B. Johnson to Martha A. Hill. One lot; consideration $682.50. J. A. Garrison to F. G. Allen. Two 1 lots; consideration $40. EBENEZER. W. B. Fewell to T. A. Barron. 47 , acres; consideration $500. Rock Hill Real Estate and Loan Co. 1 to W. B. Wilson, Jr. One lot; consid- 1 eration $150. Rock Hill Real Estate and Loan Co. tp W. B. Wilson, Jr. One lot; consideration $350. i FORT MILL. < T. B. Belk to Osmond Barber. One 1 lot; consideration $800. ! C. B. Kimbrell to L. S. Nlvens. 63 acres; consideration $300. ' C. B. Kimbrell to W. E. Kimbrell. 1 Two acres, consideration $100. king's mountain. i S. M. Faris to Clover Cotton Manu- 1 facturing Co. 2.92 acres; considera- ( tion $438. C. M. Parrott to A. J. Parrott. 296 acres; consideration nominal. C. M. Parott to W. J. Parott. 292 1 acres: consideration nominal. C. M. Parrott to D. M. Parrott. 312} j acres; consideration nominal. C. M. Parrott to H. G. Parrott. 312} 1 acres; consideration nominal. ' C. M. Parrott to J. C. Parrott. 166 1 acres; consideration nominal. 1 Edward Lewis to J. J. Matthews. 179} acres; consideration $691 (quit claim). W. B. Smith to Mary A. Pressly. ' One lot: consideration $75. YORK. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis. to W. 1 G. White. One lot; consideration $300. B. S. Summit to D. E. Finley. 32} ] acres; consideration $650. ] Mary L. Adickes, Executrix to Walter B. Moore. Lot of 50 feet front off ] western side of H. F. Adickes resi dence lot; consideration nominal. 1 J. J. McDonald to J. T. Howell. 5} < acres; consideration $50. < Mary Jane Mulholland to Wm. M. j Gettys. 69 acres; consideration $750. , A. E. Gettys to M. A. McFarland. j 1263 acres; consideration $650. , J. B. Rawls, as attorney in fact and 1 individually to Claud Inman. 643 acres; consideration $400. , 1 WITHIN THE TOWN. J ? The court of eeneral sessions con- 1 venes next Monday morning, the Honorable D. A. Townsend, presiding. ? The Carnival company which is to be in Yorkville during the week beginning November 23. expected to have its advertising paper up last week, but was delayed on account of circumstances beyond control. A letter from the management says the paper will be posted this week unless other unavoidable delays interfere. ? Mr. J. Lytle Watson, second son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Watson, died at his home in Yorkville Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, of consumption. He had been seriously ill but a few weeks. Mr. Watson was aged 25 yrs., 5 mos., and 25 days, and was a member of the Presbyterian church of Yorkville. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from the Presbyterian church, the services being conducted by Rev. W. G. Neville. ? Dr. R. A. Bratton has been very much annoyed of late by the loss of buggy blankets at the hands of thieves. He has lost two blankets within the past ten days, both at night. The thieves stole the blankets from his buggy standing on the street while he was visiting patients in their houses a few yards away. In the hope of ( teaching some of the thieves a lesson i the doctor has offered a reward of $25 t for proof to convict them. The matter a is really of interest to the entire town r and it is honed that somebodv will be 1 able to get a flue to the identity of the F thieves. F ? The King's Mountain Chapter of the D. A. R. met with the regent, Mrs. a B. N. Moore last Thursday, and spent II iiuite a pleasant two hours. Mrs. R. a M. Bratton gave an interesting account s if the proceeding's of the recent state onvention in Columbia, and the chaper was very much entertained there?y. Refreshments were served, and hrysanthemums were distributed as ouvenirs. The following members of he chapter were present: Mrs. R. M. *ratton, Mrs. S. M. McNeel, Mrs, R. J. lerndon, Miss Daisy Gist, Mrs. D. E. '"inley. Mrs. C. G. Parish, Miss Bessie Jarron, Mrs. B. N. Moore. Mrs. W. G. Seville and Mrs. Withers Adickes vere present as visitors. ? Mr. C. H. Allen, an employe of the Tavora Cotton mill, has a hog that is (xciting a good deal of local interest imong people who pay attention to mch matters. It is aged only twentylix months and twenty-two days, and :ompetent judges estimate that it will veigh between 500 and 600 pounds. The mimal is a cross between the Berckihire and Jersey. It measures 5J feet 'rom the tip of the nose to the root >f the tail. Mr. J. J. Wallace who lives n the house next to Mr. Allen has wo hogs that look like they will weigh 100 each. They are of a Jersey-Berck>hire-Polan-China cross, and are less :han twelve months old. Mr. Wallace :alculates that in addition to the waste from his tables they cost him about 20 :ents a week. EXTRA TERM JURORS. The following venire of petit Jurors :o serve during the first week of the lpproaching extra term of the court of 'ommon pleas, which convenes in Forkville, on Monday, November 30, tvith the Hon. Joseph E. McDonald woo Hrown thfa mnrninc: J. W. Brown Bethesda. H. L. Wright ....King's Mountain. A. L. Purcell Bullock's Creek. W. A. Aycock Bullock's Creek. Fred Nlms Fort Mill. R. L. Quinn ..Bethel. T. J. Strait Bethesda. E. L. Garrison Ebenezer. T. E. Whitesldes ....Broad River. I. C. Grayson King's Mountain. J. S. Currence' ...King's Mountain. Li. T. Woods Bethel. R. E. Fewell Ebenezer. J. W. Love York. J. E. Edwards Ebenezer. R. M. Dulin King's Mountain. J. R. Comer York. A. T. Neely Ebenezer. Felix Quinn King's Mountain. R. W. Roach Bethesda. R. R. Clinton Bethesda. A. B. Fewell Ebenezer. D. M. Benfleld Bethesda. D. L. Long Ebenezer. G. R. McCarter. .King's Mountain. J. E. Marshall Catawoa. T. H. Drennan Ebenezer. E. W. Kimbrell Fort Mill. J. R. Hunter Catawba. C. P. Lowrance ;...York. H. M. Kimbrell Fort Mil. J. B. McCorkle Catawba. J. L. Crawford. .King's Mountain. D. F. Lesslie Catawba. S. A. Sifford Bethel. J. C. Kirkpatrlck. .Bullock's Creek. MONEY IN FARMING. There was a long period In this country when the farmers were very much discouraged. That was when they had to sell their cotton for less than the cost of production, and when they once got in debt there was no way to get out again. But that has been changed somewhat within the past few years. Daylight began to dawn last year, and this year the sun nf prosperity is still higher. Every farmer who worked hard last year, and who had no bad luck, has been reasonably prosperous, especially, as compared with the dark period beginning in the early nineties, and there is abundant reason to hope that next year promises still further prosperity. The following interesting story which the Yorkville correspondent of the News and Courier sent that paper a few aays ago seems to furnish a very good Illustration of the situation: Occasionally stories come out of the west as to how farmers receive cash equivalent to the value of their farms Tor a single crop of wheat or corn, and as a result of reading these stories it Is probable that many thousands of farmers living in other sections of the country have been induced to sell out ind go to the states where the phenomenal results were attained. Yesterday your correspondent learned nf a somewhat similar experience by a York county farmer this year, the only Jifference being that his crop was not wheat or corn, but cotton, and has de :iaea 10 leu ine aiury iui mc uuvi matlon of any who may not already know that no section of the United States surpasses South Carolina in opportunities for the energetic, intelligent farmer. For more than twenty-five years, Mr. G. Scott Cobb cultivated land which he rented from Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, near Hickory Grove, in this :ounty. He always made good crops pf corn, cotton, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, etc., and raised all the pork necessary for himself and family and usuilly, after paying the rent and meeting pther obligations, had a cash balance :o lay aside. Last year what was considered a very ordinary farm in the neighborhood was offered for sale. There was something over 300 acres in the tract and the owner agreed to divide it into three parts. Although Mr. Cobb had been pn Mr. Wilkinson's place for many fears and was a most valuable tenant, Lhe latter felt that so good a man and pitizen should be a land owner and pot a tenant, and, after much persuasion, succeeded in Inducing Cobb to purchase one of three parts of the :ract above referred to. There were about 145 acres and the price paid was $7.50 the acre. Cobb ind his family moved to the farm at :he beginning of the present year. All :he family are workers and they are ible to cultivate a two-horse crop. 1 ne conon crop mis year was twenty arge bales, averaging 500 pounds each, ind was sold for $1,000, and the seed s worth $125, making a total of $1,125, .vhile the cost of the farm was $1,>87.50. In addition to the cotton, 300 bushels >f corn, a fine crop of sorghum, an ibundance of potatoes, meat, forage, ind in fact everything necessary for :he material comfort of man and beast )n a farm was raised, the actual cash ralue of the whole being considerably >ver $1,500. It is needless to say that Mr. Cobb s pleased with his venture, especially n view of the fact that since he bought lis farm one year ago, it has actually loubled in value, as he has recently jeen offered $15 the acre for it. but it s not for sale. THE OLD EQUITY RECORDS. The action of the county board of onimissioners in providing for the rendexing of the old equity records, in he office of the clerk of the court, is i subject of much gratification to the nembers of the York county bar, and teople generally will be very well satsfied with the selection of Mr. Joseph \ Wallace as the man to do the work. As to what the old equity records re, a large portion of the general pubic is at sea, and probably there is lso need for light on the circumtances that have made re-indexing necessary or desirable. A few words of explanation, therefore, will no doubt be generally acceptable. Previous to 1868 there were three circuit courts of general Jurisdiction in this state. There were the court of general sessions, the court of common pleas and the court of chancery. The court of general sessions had Jurisdiction in all criminal business, and the court of common pleas had Jurisdiction in all civil cases involving questions of law and fact. The machinery of these two courts was practically Identical in personnel. The court of chancery dealt only with matters of equity, and was separate and distinct from the other two as to the composition of its circuits and the personnel of its officials. The presiding officer was known as a chancellor, and the clerk was known as the commissioner in equity. The Jurisdiction of the court was confined mainly to questions arrising out of the foreclosure of mortgages the partition of estates, and sometimes out of the construction of wills. The constitution of 1868 did away with the court of chancery as a separate establishment, and consolidated Its functions with the court of common pleas, giving to circuit Judges Jurisdiction In matters of law as well as In matters of equity. When the clerk, of the court of common pleas assumed the duties of commissioner in equity, at least to the extent of preserving the records, he, in compliance with the Instructions of the law, began to carry transfers that were made on account of partition and foreclosure along with those that were made by sale and otherwise, and in the course of time the proceeding of the chancery court became distinctively the "old equity records." Until the burning of the court house, these old equity records were all In good shape; but on that occasion they became mixed and scattered. It Is only occasionally that anybody has to go back so far now-a-days, and for that reason there has never been any really serious effort to re-arrange them. When these records are needed, however, they are needed very badly, and during the last ten years there has been no end of trouble on account of their disordered condition. Different lawyers have complained, the clerk has complained and the grand Jury has made recommendations; but for some reason no positive action has been taken until now. Some of these old records are badly defaced and It Is quite possible that others may have been lost; but this is not certain. Certain of them have been hunted for long and persistently; but still they may be hidden in the piles of confusion that have never been straightened out. The task of rearranging and reindexing the records is quite a formidable one, so much so that for an inexperienced man to attempt it would almost be useless. But If anybody can develop order from this choas it looks as if Mr. Joseph F. Wallace should be the man, and the county board of commissioners is to be congratulated upon his selection for the task. LOCAL LACONICS. Snagged Itself to Death. Mr. Walter Rose lost a .* valuable mule last Friday morning. The team had been taken to the woods for a load of wood. While the driver was attempting to back, one of the mules caught Its foot In underbrush and fell, striking on the stump of a tree that had Just been cut. A great hole was pierced In its side and It died within a few minutes. Immigration Convention. At a meeting of the Commercial Club last night, it was decided to telegraph Mr. W. B. Moore, who is in Columbia, to represent Yorkville at the State Immigration convention that is being held today. The object of the convention Is to consider ways ' and means to induce Scotch immigration to South Carolina. The matter has been under consideration for quite awhile, and it is the general concensus of opinion among land owners that if the movement is entered into a proper manner the result will be o'f great benefit to the state. Death of Mrs. B. H. Grier. Mrs. B. H. Grier, died at her home at Ora, Laurens county, yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. The sad news came in a telegraphic dispatch to Mr. W. B. Wylie of Yorkville, yesterday. Mrs. Grier resided in Yorkville during the time her husband was pastor of the A. R. P. church of Yorkville and Tirzah, and was greatly esteemed by many people in this section. Her death was due to typhoid fever. She uma o /ia norVitor? nf Prnf T qq nf "Hiift West. She leaves four children. The funeral takes place In Due West this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. A Cotton Picnic. The people of Harmony congregation are looking forward with pleasant anticipation. to the developments that are expected at a general gathering at the residence of Mr. John T. Latham. The occasion Is to be known as a "Cotton Picnic." During .last spring Rev. W. G. Neville, who serves the congregation, distributed among the members about seventy-five quarts of cotton seed with a request that the same be planted and the proceeds turned over to the church on November 14. Most of the recipients of the seed have entered into the spirit of the idea, and on next Saturday the various crops are to be ginned and weighed for the purpose of ascertaining results. Senator Brlce and Mr. Thos. P. McDow are to make speeches on the occasion, and Rev. W. G. Neville will, of course, make some remarks. Mr. Neville said this morning that there would be nothing exclusive about the affair; that everybody who chose to go would be welcome, provided they carried dinner, and if anybody wants to take any cotton along the church will be able to make use of it. MPRE-MENTION. Emperor William of Germany, has undergone an operation that necessitated the opening of his throat. He hopes to be entirely well within a few weeks Col. W. T. Blackwell, the original Durham Bull tobacco man has suffered a stroke of paralysis at his home at Durham, N. C., and is not expected to recover A denial has been sent out from Berlin of a rumor to the effect that Germany and Russia are allied in matters pertaining to the Fai East A Bangor, Me., dispatch of Saturday, reports ten inches of snow during the previous twenty-four hours. Three midshipmen were dismissed from Annapolis last week for hazing new cadets. For Drunkenness In Office. The grand jury of Newberry county has presented John M. Schumpert, the supervisor, for drunkenness in office. The supervisor Is charged with various acts that are not considered exactly what they ought to have been and he will be investigated thoroughly.