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Scraps and Jarts. ? Savannah's first bale of new cotton was sold on the Cotton Exchange at auction a few days ago at 17j cents. The first bid was 10 cents and the next 15. The price continued up until the bale was knocked down to Mr. Murray M. Stewart, who paid the price quoted. Mr. Stewart labeled the bale Parker and Davis and shipped it to New York, where he said he would have it sold again with the understanding that the proceeds go to the Democratic campaign fund. ? Wilmineton. N. C.. July 27: In the municipal election here today, under the Watts state law, upon the question of the establishment of a dispensary in the city and the operation of distilleries within the corporation limits, the anti-dispensary advocates won by a majority of 690 in a total vote of 1,912, and on the operation of the distilleries there was a majority of 461. The ladies took an active part by serving refreshments from improvised booths near the polling places to all dispensary workers. In the morning there was a parade of boys by the polls, carrying banners proclaiming against the saloon. ? The weather bureau's weekly crop bulletin, issued last Tuesday, was as follows .as the same relates to cotton: Cotton has suffered to some extent from lack of cultivation and too rapid growth in points of the central districts, and while shedding and rust are reported in places elsewhere, the crop generally has done well. Bolls are opening in the more southerly portions and picking has begun in Texas, where ample rains have relieved the droughty conditions prevailing at the close of the previous week. Boll weevils have appeared in two border parishes of Louisiana, adjacent to the area affected in Texas, but, as yet, are causing no ipaterial injury. ? Fire broke out in tne iara remiery of Swift & Co., at Chicago Wednesday, causing a loss of about $100,000. At first it was thought the fire was of Incendiary origin, but examination developed the fact that an overheated dynamo had caused the blaze. The building, which was three stories high, and 150 by 250 feet, was filled with tierces of lard, many of which exploded, spreading burning grease in every direction. Three hundred nonunionist laborers were in the building, but all escaped. Thousands of strikers attempted to get near the burning building, but the police stretched ropes blocking the streets for three squares away. A number of buildings nearby were threatened, but the firemen under the direction of Louis Swift, managed to keep the flames from spreading. ? M. Plehve, the Russian minister of the interior, was assassinated at Warsaw station, St. Petersburg, yesterday by means of a bomb thrown under his carriage. The minister was arranging to take the train for Peterhoff palace to have a conference with the czar. Two men overtook and passed him in an automobile. As they passed the minister's carriage they threw a bomb in front of the horses. A terrific explosion followed the bomb, and M. Plehve, his coachman and several spectators were killed. The minister's body was badly torn and lacerated. Immediately after the explosion the police surrounded the railroad station -1 nniAmrtKilo ill iu liter iwu men &u me uukvutvwtiv were arrested. The assassination is believed by the police to have been the result of a conspiracy by the revolutionary party. ? Fall River, Mass, July 26: The cotton mill strike attained unlooked for proportions today. Every mill in the manufacturing agreement, 71 in number, operating 2*300,000 spindles has shut down. Mill men have adopted a policy of waiting and silence, but are uneasy. They stand to lose not less than $25,000 weekly, besides the possible earnings from contracts or new orders. The 24,000 operatives are beginning to change their feelings of exultation manifested last night, and now realize that they must take immediate measures to support themselves. There is no likelihood that manufacturers will attempt to open the mills before Labor day. The State board of arbitration has left the city. A large order for loom harness was received today by a local concern to be made at once for a southern mill which is to take advantage of the trouble here to fit up machinery to manufacture Fall River goods. ? The evidence in the famous W. E. Breese case, which has been occupying the United States district court in Charlotte, X. C., for two weeks, came to a close last Wednesday. Breese, who was president of the First National bank of Asheville, is charged with having embezzled $114,000 from that institution. He has been tried twice on the charge and this is the third effort to secure his proper punishment. The# evidence shows that he continued to solicit deposits after the bank had become insolvent. Much of the bank's assets were frittered away by him and others on straw loans. For instance the testimony has developed one case where Breese loaned money to himself on a note endorsed by his negro coachman. Among the people who were victimized were several widows, including the widow of the late Bill Nye. Yesterday was devoted to speech making by the lawyers, and it is probable that there will be a verdict today or tomorrow. ? A terrible fear of the unseen inherent in humanity came upon James Barrett and drove him mad as he lay in a twenty-four inch water main 300 feet from its mouth, says a Derby, Conn., dispatch of Wednesday. Barrett was foreman of a gang of pipe layers engaged in laying 1.000 feet of G4-inoh main pipe from Beaver Lake to the Beaver reservoir, in course of construction between Derby and Ansonia. Barrett, though tired mentally and physically, decided to inspect the join.ts in the pipe from the inside. Working himself forward on his stomach he succeeded in reaching a point about 300 feet from the opening, where he halted to rest. He was instantly in darkness and the pipe, coated with a clammy moisture, was cold. Not a sound from the street above reached him. For an hour his workmen waited for his return. Then fearing something had happened to him, one of them started through the pipe. Three hundred feet in the pipe the workman touched the shoes of the unfortunate foreman. Barrett, his clothing twisted and torn, lay unconscious. By a rope attached to his feet he was hauled to the street. Five minutes later, with a physician bending over him, Barrett became conscious only to leap to his feet and attempt to throttle those nearest him. It took eighteen men to restrain the man. There is little hope of his mental recovery. f bt IjorbviUt inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.i FRIDAY, JULY 29,1904. The newspapers are throwing: the searehligrht on Thomas Taggart, the new Democratic National chairman, and they have made it appear that he is largely interested in one or more gambling houses. The United States government has filed a protest with Russia on account of the seizure of 100,000 sacks of American flour on board the British steamer Arabia by the Russian Vladivostok squadron. The American owners of the flour say that it was not intended for Japanese and could not be held to be contraband of war. The authorities at Washington decline to say what course they will pursue with regard to the matter. News of the assassination of the Russian minister of the interior yesterday is calculated to still further intensify our conceptions of the anarchistic character of the Russian people; but it is just as well not to forget that assassinations of this kind are about as common in the United States as in Russia. We have lost three presidents at the hands of assassins within the past forty years, and quite a number of less important officials. Measured by results, America is hardly better off in this respect than is Russia. Commendation From a High Source. Although maybe not so rare as are the oases of the desert, purely voluntary and unselfish -testimonials to the hardworking newspaper makers are few and far between, and when they do come they are treasured as priceless jewels. This one is to be regarded as a diamond without flaw: Lancaster, S. C., July 26, 1904. To the Editors of The Yorkville Enquirer, Yorkville, S. C. Gentlemen?I hereby take pleasure in expressing my opinion of the value of your paper. I have been a subscriber since the war, say 35 years, and I have never seen a copy of the paper that was not worth perusing. It is a pleasure and a pride to bear testimony to its worth. When I am behind with the daily papers and get hold of a copy of yours, in a synopsical way, after an hour's reading, it gives me information that is contained in no other paper. I give this testimonial, as I feel it a duty, and commend your paper to every one of my fellow citizens. Yours very truly, Sami'et. E. White, Fort Mill. S. C. So far as the average citizen of York county is concerned, any attempt on our part to say who Capt. White is, would be a waste of space. He is known not only throughout York county; but throughout South Carolina and the south as a citizen, soldier, churchman, patriot, and uncompromising southern gentleman. He fought through the war from first to last and has never surrendered a single one of his principles. He has been a father to the people of Fort Mill township in that he gave the best years of his life to promoting their social, religious, educational and industrial welfare. He caused the erection of the first monument that was raised in the upper part of South Carolina to the Confederate soldier. At his own exnense he erected a monument to the Confederate women, and another to the "Faithful Slaves of the South." Without requiring him to leave his home or even express his views t"he people of York county chose him as one of their representatives in the constitutional convention of 1895, and felt honored that they had such a man to send. Now, in the noontide of life, with his eyes still fixed as intently as ever at the welcome shade of the trees on the other side of the river, his desire to promote the happiness and well-being of his fellowman, continues as strong as ever. Such a letter from such a man arouses in us feelings higher and more sacred than mere pride. We esteem this testimonial as being but little short of a benediction. Fruit Culture. Although there are exceptions to the rule, of course, as a general thing the farmer population of York county has not paid as much attention to fruit growing as would have been profitable. Here and there is to be found a promising orchard, indeed a veritable little Eden that has been developed within the past few years; but it is not uncommon to find otherwise well managed farms without a really valuable fruit tree about the house or elsewhere. We would not be understood as blaming anybody for this situation. We very well understand how for many years the bread and meat question has been an all absorbing one with many of our best people, and how after that the debt problem has been of such pressing importance as to leave but little time to consider improvements that did not promise practically immediate returns. Rut now. with large numbers of people, the situation is different. The bread and meat question no longer occupies their thoughts and instead of being pressed by debts, many of them have money ahead. They are free to devote their efforts to things that promise more comfort and enjoyment than they have been having. The principal considerations about the development of an orchard are time and Intelligent effort. Anybody can get all the trees, bushes and vines they want, of whatever kind, at insignificant cost, and there is nothing to prevent their successful cultivation except a disinclination to embark in the undertaking. While we very well understand that in the immediate past the fruit orchard has not been seriously considered either by buyer or seller, as affecting the value of a plantation, we feel pretty well assured that this condition will not last much longer. There is a growing appreciation of the almost immeasurable satisfaction that is derived by its owner from a good orchard, and as people grow wiser they will put a proper dollar and cents value on sucn property. From present indications it seems that Great Britain and Russia have reached a friendly understanding with reference to Russia's action in capturing British ships in the Red Sea and sinking the British ship Knight Commander in the Pacific. The Knight Commander was captured by the Vladivostok fleet and after taking from her? what they wanted, the Russians unable to get her to port, deliberately sunk her. This raised lots of excitement in Great Britain. As a principle of international law, there is no question of the right of a belligerent to search a suspicious neutral vessel, but under no circumstances has the belligerent a right to sink such vessel. The only lawful course is to take the vessel into a neutral port and have the case properly adjudicated by a prize court. If this cannot be done, then the belligerent must leave the vessel afloat. It is understood that Great Britain has demanded that Russia pay all damages and salute the British flag. This, it is said, Russia has agreed to do, and the situation is calming down somewhat. There is still reason to believe, however, that the trouble will soon break out in a new place. NATIONAL POLITICAL NOTES. ? Senator Tillman and other South Carolina politicians, will take part in the spell-binding work in behalf of Parker and Davis. ? A story was started last week to the effect that Senator Davis is contemplating matrimony again. The old man is more or less indignant about it, because it is absolutely false. ? At its meeting in New York last Tuesday, the National Democratic executive committee unanimously selected Thomas Taggart of Indiana, for the chairmanship, and Urey Woodson of Kentucky, was elected secretary. Mr. Taggart has a wide reputation as a politician of unusual ability. ? President Roosevelt was officially notified on Wednesday of his nomination as the Republican candidate for president, by a committee appointed for the purpose. Hon. Joseph G. Cannon delivered the notification address. In it he claimed for the Republican party credit for all the blessings that are now being enjoyed by the people of this country. He congratulated Judge Parker on his famous telegram, and sarcastically said that it was "better to be right late than never." President Roosevelt answered Mr. Cannon very much in kind. The burden of his speech was on the danger of changing rulers under conditions that were satisfactory. The president will publish his views more fully later on. MERE-MENTION. W. F. Kain, .a fireman of Savannah, Ga? lost his life in attempting to save the inmates of a burning boarding house in that city on last Friday morning Renaldo Walco, a British subject from San Jose, Costa Rica, has reached St. Louis after a walk of 6,000 miles, only to find that he has been deluded as to a $15,000 prize which he had heard had been offered by the exposition company to the person walking the longest distance to attend the fair. Walco left Costa Rica on the 27th of last December 1,300 Japanese laborers on the Ohau sugar plantation at Waipahu, Hawaii, went on a strike on July 23 A fire in St. Petersburg last Friday destroyed a large quantity of cable and wires for torpedoes and mines intended for the Baltic squadron. The loss was about $1,250,000 Rear Admiral H. C. Taylor of the United States navy, who commanded the battleship Indiana at the battle of Santiago, died at Copper Cliff, Ont., Friday night of peritonitis According to the schedules which were filed In New York Wednesday, the estate of the late William C. Whitney is estimated at $21,334,101 Herbert Swift of Swift & Co., Arthur Meeker of Armour & Co., and Dr. Rudolph Konkontsh of Small & Co., all millionaires, took striking teamsters' places in Chicago this week and drove teams for their respective firms Frank Holme, one of the best newspaper illustrators in the country, died at Denver, Colo., Tuesday of tuberculosis The historical elm tree at Morristown, N. J., under which Gen. Washington's tent was placed during the winter of 1779-1780, and under which Lafayette made an address in 1S24, was cut down last week Ten persons were killed by lightning in the vicinity of Hazleton, Pa., Wednesday night George F. Hammond, one of the bandits who dynamited the express train on the Northern Pacific railway at Bearmouth, Mont., on the night of June 6, has been arrested at Spokane, Wash., and has made a full confession I to the sheriff there, and guided the officers to a hole in the ground from which they dug 350 diamonds, and $225 in money....For holding a street fair, the Grand Lodge of Elfcs has closed the quarters of the Peoria, 111., local I lodge of Elks, and suspended the members for three months In the supreme court of the District of Columbia Tuesday, Justice Gould signed an order giving Admiral Dewey and his men who fought the battle of Manila one half of the prize money sej cured by the capture of the Dan Juan de Austria, and other Spanish ships. The other half will be placed to t"he credit of the navy pension fund I The Peninsular and Oriental Compa ny of London, has received a cablegram stating that their steamer, the Formosa, which was captured by the Russian volunteer vessels In the Red Sea and taken to Suez, has been released and Is now proceeding to Yokohama. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? There are thirteen candidates for supervisor in Chesterfield. ? In a dispute over a share crop, R. V. Woodham shot and killed Tom Neal, Tuesday. Both are white farmers of Timmonsville. ? Lieutenant James Wilkinson Clement, of the United States battleship Kearsarge, died at Trieste, Austria, on Wednesday or rever. ne was irum Charleston, and had been In the navy since 1895. ? Upon recommendation of the army officers in charge the war department has agreed to the construction of a sea wall on Sullivan's Island to protect Battery Logan from wind and water during tropical storms. ? At the meeting of the Southern Cotton Manufacturers in Greenville Tuesday, a resolution that production shall be reduced 25 per cent during the months of August and September, was unanimously adopted. ? Charles Steele, a young white man, aged twenty-three years, shot himself through the brain, in Vaucluse Sunday afternoon. His recovery is hopeless. Disappointment in love, and excessive use of cigarettes are said to have been the causes of the deed. ? H. H. Crum, who suffered a stroke of apoplexy at his home in Denmark Monday, died Tuesday at 11 o'clock. Mr. Crum was forty years old and had been a member of the house of representatives from Barnwell and Bamberg counties several times. In 1900 he was elected by the general assembly to manage the state dispensary. ? Candidate James Cansler scored a point at Orangeburg last Thursday as ?Vio ronnlt nf an assertion that but few people In the crowd knew the name of the candidate for railroad commissioner who is running for reelection. Somebody questioned the statement and Mr. Cunsler called upon all who knew the name of the retiring commissioner to rise. Nobody stood up. ? Mrs. Mary Blocker, wife of Joshua Blocker, and the mother of ten children, died in a fit of religious ecstacy during services in Taylor's chapel in Richland county last Wednesday. The pastor asked "Who will meet me on the other shore?" She responded and commenced falling; but was sustained by people near by. After a few moments she fell in a swoon and died without returning to consciousness. ? Dr. Thomas B. McDow, the slayer of Capt. F. W. Dawson, late editor of the News and Courier, was found dead at his home in Charleston last Tuesday morning. Judging from the state of the body, death must have taken place Saturday night or Sunday morning. Dr. McDow's family was out of the city and his neighbors supposed he was also, and no one missed him until a friend called at the house, and made inquiries of the negro driver, who, not having seen the doctor since Saturday feared something had happened to him. The friend forced an entrance to the house, and found Dr. McDow dead. Heart disease, from which Dr. McDow had suffered, was the cause of his death. ? Madison McCloud of Star, N. C., the tramp who was shot by M. W. Hudgens at Eureka, Aiken county Saturday afternoon, died in the jail at Aiken Tuesday. McCloud went to Mr. Hudgens* house, and demanded something to eat from Mrs. Hudgens. Mrs. Hudgens was frightened at the roughness of the man's appearance and laneruaee. and taklne her children, slip ped off to a neighbor's, and sent for her husband, who was at work in ai. orchard near. When Mr. Hudgens heard how the tramp had frightened Mrs. Hudgens, he borrowed a gun, and went to the house. On his approach, McCloud who had been sitting on the steps ran in and got behind the door. Mr. Hudgens fired twice, wounding him both times, and then sent for a buggy and carried McCloud to Eureka, where his wounds were treated, and then he was taken to jail at Aiken. ? The ghost walked In Columbia tonight, says August Kohn in a special of Wednesday to the News and Courier. It was not pay day, as they say in newspaper offices when the "ghost walks." The ghost however, expects pay day to come soon, and that, perhaps, largely accounts for the walking of the ghost?not the ghost in a newspaper office, but the ghost of the lately deceased Farmers' Alliance. The walking of the ghost will be a veritable run when the J 17,000 now held by the trustees of the Alliance Exchange is distributed to the various trustees, and they in turn distribute to the subAlliances, and the sub-Alliances return the money to the original subscribers. The undistributed $17,000 is holding things together yet for a while. After the ghost walks at the distribution of the Alliance fund he will probably take an eternal rest. Strange, indeed, is the fate of the Alliance. Ten years ago it numbered its members by the tens of thousands in South Carolina alone. It was a tremendous power. It was said to eschew politics, but all sought the seal of its approval, and its disapproval was regarded as blighting and killing to political ambition. To attend its conventions was the pinnacle of glory and the budding of political prospects. Newspaper men followed the conventions from pillar to post and did not hesitate to climb trees or glue their ears to sounding walls, so eager were they to catch a whisper from the councils of the Alliance. Its mandates were politically supreme, and to fail to measure up to the Alliance yardstick was fatal?politically. Today the Alliance is a ghost, and no one has reason to be afraid of the ghost?politically. What made its grip powerless is not now discussed. Many say it has done its work: others that it was politics. Tonight the annual meeting of the Alliance was held in a room at the City Hotel. How different to the conclaves at Spartanburg and Walhalla and elsewhere. There were six duly accredited delegates from that number of counties. Ten years ago every county was represented, even if by Belgian block farmers. President D. F. Eflrd is keeping the organization alive as much as he can. He is a live and energetic officer and is doing his best. In about six counties there are from one to six sub-Alliances that are fairly active; but in the other counties they are dormant to the point of an eternal sleep. At tonight's convention there were about fifteen present. About half a dozen represented their counties and the others attended In their individual capacity upon the payment of a year's dues?thirty-five cents. Most of those attending were trustees of the Alliance Exchange fund and wished to be understood and to hear what are the views of the remnant as to the fund of $17,000. At present the trustees of the fund have Given bonrl for the distribution or fit,000 and the court has authorized the trustees to go ahead, and Master Verner has been instructed to report to the court what debts, if any, are to be charged to the fund. Several claims have been made for large sums. These claims have been distributed and the trustees' plan is to distribute the fund first to the county trustees and so on down the line until the money gets to the original contributors. There are ?ome who still urge that the fund ought to be kept Intact, and that fhe time may come when this money, If kept together, may be used to advantage in some interest and some contest. and that to distribute it would mean so little to the original contributors as to amount to almost nothing, especially if there are to be many costs and much more litigation. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Foushee Cash Store?Has arranged another 9 cents sale for next Monday, August 1. Richard W. Hutson, Clerk of the United States District Court?Publishes text of a petition and order in the case of V. Brown McFadden, Bankrupt, Finley & Jennings, attorneys. First National Bank?Tells how to avoid unnecessary waste of money. J. L. Ralney, President?Gives notice of the annual meeting of the Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance com? at m pcuiy u> uc uciu ucAi x ucouuj ?*v *? o'clock a. m. J. Edgar Poag, Broker?Offers the valuable Dargan property at Guthriesvllle. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Agent Clark sold thirty-seven tickets on account of the Southern's Charleston excursion last Tuesday. ? All of the court house officials except Judge Williams have been out of town this week in attendance on the "Tlrzah picnic" at Rock Hill. ? There was another good rain over Yorkvllle Wednesday afternoon. It lasted about 15 minutes without doing any harm. ? Messrs. J. M. Heath & Co., are arranging to use the upper room3 of their store for storing and displaying merchandise. They have about outgrown their formerly ample quarters downstairs. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Susie Brian Is visiting friends at Smyrna and Gaffney. Mrs. W. G. White and W. G. White, Jr., are visiting in Monroe, N. C. Mr. J. O. Walker, Jr., of Columbia, la visiting relatives In Yorkville. Mrs. J. F. Blodgett and little daughter of Atlanta, are the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Allison. Mrs. W. T. Dunlap and children of Charlotte, are visiting relatives in Yorkville. Misses Estelle and Murna Crowell of Albemarle, N. C., are visiting their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. G: M. Lowrance in Yorkville. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Moore, who have been visiting friends and relatives in Yorkville for the past several weeks, left yesterday for a visit to the north, after which they will return to their home in Clarksville, Texas. Rev. R. L. Grier, who has for several years had charge of the Associate Reformed church at Elizabeth City, N. C., is spending a short while In Rock Hill with the family of his father-in-law, Capt. J. W. Marshall. ^ ? TT #A?? oAmn tlmp IVir. VjCU. XI. H9IICUC1, 1V1 ov*i?v ...... past employed at Willis's barber shop, leaves next Monday for Gastonia, having accepted a position at that place. Mr. Sherrer has been quite popular with a large patronage in Yorkville and will be missed not only as a barber but as a citizen. Mr. Robert Beck of Shelby, will come down next Monday to take the place he vacates. Laurens Advertiser, July 27: Mr. J. D. Witherspoon of White Plains, near Mountville, and Miss Maude Gaines of Gainesville, Ga., were married in Augusta, Tuesday evening, July 19. After a visit of several weeks at some of the mountain resorts, Mr. and Mrs. Witherspoon will be at home at the elegant country home at White Plains, which was built before the war by Col. John D. Williams, grandfather of Mr. Witherspoon, who was a large slave owner and one of the most prominent men in upper South Carolina in his day. Mr. Witherspoon is a son of Dr. J. H. Witherspoon of Yorkville. He is a successful young planter and is a popular gentleman throughout this section. 1/uring a stay of several hours in Rock Hill Wednesday, the reporter had the pleasure of seeing several old landmarks of the place In as good health and spirits as ever. These included Capt. W. L. Roddey, Mr. Arnold Frledhelm and Capt. L. M. Davis, all members of the old guard. Capt. Roddey is supposed by some to be out of active business life; but that is really very much of a mistake. His rino tudernent and long experience exercise as potent an Influence in the affairs of the town and surrounding country as ever and he still counts for much that Is good. Mr. Friedhelm is the same old Freld of twenty-five years ago, with a pleasant word for everybody and as full of business as an egg Is of meat, and if Capt. Davis is growing any older he does not know It. He won his commission when about twenty-three, and belongs to the Confederate service yet. There is no more faithful or loyal survivor In the land. Along with Capt. W. B. Smith, John J. Smith and N. B. Bratton, he continues to represent his colors and to answer every call of the U. C. V's at all Its reunions, whether county, state or general. NOTE AND COMMENT. The blackberry crop, which was rafher short this year, seems to be about exhausted. R. F. D. carriers are getting their full share of all the nice things to be had at this season. Mr. C. H. Smith carrier on R. F. D. No. 4, came in yesterday with his wagon well-stocked with delicious pears, peaches, grapes, etc. The crops along the railroad between Yorkville and Rock Hill look better than they have looked for years at this season. The showing, however, ? ?- 11-- --3 lon^o is noc especially guuu, mc ?u^ through which the railroad travels not being of the best. Back from the railroad on either side the crops are said to be much better. Both the cotton raisers and the mill men are all at sea as to the probable price of cotton this fall. The cotton dealers as a rule seem to think that prices will be better than would seem to be indicated by present conditions. The mill men generally seem to be banking on cheaper cotton and the raisers, of course, are hoping for the most favorable conditions possible. Mr. J. R. Barron, president of the Manchester Cotton mill ?>t Rock Hill, said to the reporter Wednesday that the condition of the mill business Is more discouraging than he has ever known it in all his experience. He makes cloth as well as yarn and as the cloth market is not so badly demoralized as is the yarn market, he has been able to make back in one department the losses of the other; but he rather thinks his mill will have to close down within a week or two. Mr. st Barron has* been fortunate In the pur- Q, chase of cotton not yet having paid gc over lOj cents. He says, however, he ce has bought cotton at 6j cents and sold tr the yarn produced at a better price tli than he can get now. lo There ia no let up In the Improve- vl ment of the roadbed of the Southern, ty especially between Blacksburg and to Camden. Mention was made a month til or two ago of the fact that the condition of the track was then better a m month or two ago than It had ever c\ been and It Is better now than it was la then. The work of putting In new it ties, and surfacing Is going on con- rs tlnually. A As the result of an oversight the ct names of C. P. LowTance and M. S. di Carroll re-appeared In our announce- la ment column lasi issue, me lormer iui the house of representatives and the tl latter for county commissioner. In t? justice to these gentlemen we desire to w say that the re-appearance of their n< announcements was inadvertent. For g reasons sufficient to themselves, both lr gentlemen have regularly withdrawn g> from the race. w It will be remembered that about w the first of May two children named , Klzer, living In the Bethany neighborhood, were bitten by a dog supposed 11 to have had hydrophobia, and that the a public was solicited to contribute ? money for the purpose of sending them to a Pasteur institute for treatment. Mr. J. E. Bigger solicited sub- 11 scrlptlons in Yorkvllle and was here 1 on Tuesday for the first time since n that occasion. He reported that the a children were sent to Atlanta and af- h ter remaining about three weeks were discharged as cured. The total cost K of the treatment, including board and s' railroad fare, was $297, and of this ^ . -rr 1 111. l , ] ft' amount xuritviiie uuiunuuicu auuui $75. The total contributions by the 0public amounted to about $250. " e; THE TIRZAH CAMPMEETING. tl Although the attendance on the tl Tirzah campmeeting at Rock Hill on Si Wednesday and yesterday, was hardly to be compared with what it used to & be In the heyday of this familiar In- u stltution in its original home, it was E nevertheless quite satisfactory, and taken altogether, the experiment of transplanting promises every reasonable hope of continued success. V It was the effort of the committee in charge to preserve all the distinctive f< features of the old farmers' picnic, es- F pecially as to the character of the speeches, the dinner and the freedom tl of intercourse, and the idea was car- E ried out as completely as possible, the w only serious drawbacks being the close o proximity to town, which tended to t< distract and scatter the crowds in a fi manner that was somewhat discour- is aging. But even this drawback was T not without Its compensations, and of N these compensations the committee a availed itself by instituting a trades' ei display and a series of amusing games T and exercises very well calculated to engage and hold the interest of the 91 visitors. tl The leading feature of Wednesday's cj exercises were addresses by Hon W. ri Jasper Talbert, Mr. D. W. Daniel, a Mr. Joseph L. Keltt, Mr. W. A. James d; and Hon. E. J. Watson. These ad- b dresses were delivered to an audience a of some seven or eight hundred people, p seated around a suitable rostrum .that p had been erected In what Is known as pi White's grove, just within the north- <j( eastern corporate limits about a half tr mile from the centre of the town. ' q Hon. J. J. Hull presided as master of ceremonies and after an appropriate G speech of welcome Introduced as the tj first speaker the Hon. W. J. Talbert, G who entertained his hearers for about c, thirty minutes. q, Col. Talbert started out by explain- b lng that he would have very much preferred the committee to have assigned him a subject; but since it had failed t( to do so, like a certain old negro V| preacher, he would say that "his text jj would be found somewhere between y generations and resolutions, and more j, especially about where the Apostle Paul p'inted his pistol at the 'Phesians." Then following up this Idea he proceeded to congratulate the people of Rock Hill on their splendid record f* for social, educational, commercial and Industrial prosperity. Then he passed ^ reminiscently over the war period and the reconstruction period and referred c] to the Kuklux organization, which he p said had its origin within a mile of c] where he was speaking, as an instftu- R tion which may have made mistakes; d but which deserved the credit of havlng put in motion the forces that final- ^ ly put an end to so-called reconstruc- ^ tlon. He reviewed thfe 1876 movement n on nn to the Alliance movement, which he held to be the grandest movement T that was ever Instituted. The work of . la the Alliance he claimed was going on and on, and its results are to be found ^ in the Democratic and RepuJ lican platforms of today. He insisted that it B was with the Alliance that the cry w against monopolies and trusts orlgi- r< nated. The Alliance he declared, had ^ done more to educate the people of h: the south along the lines of independent thought and action than all the b schools of the country put together. bl He declared his belief that Parker and Davis would be elected in No- ' N vember. During the course of his talk, Col. Talbert told a number of good jokes and the audience listened to w him with great interest from start to ? finish. w Col. Talbert was followed by Prof. B D. W. Daniel of Clemson college in quite a clever and entertaining speech t? at the conclusion of which the meeting T took a recess for dinner. Many of the farmer visitors had ? brought dinner with them; but the K greater portion of the crowd had to make other arrangements. Many went w to the Carolina hotel and others to the Si restaurants and grocery stores. The oi committee of arrangements and the ^ Rock Hill people generally, however, ai were quite hospitable and entertained la many of the visitors at their homes. st ! oS. in i_/Ul 1IJ? rr cuucouaj (uiciuvwit u-v. dresses were delivered by Mr. Joseph cc L. Keitt of Newberry county, Hon. E. ai J. Watson, commissioner of immlgra- si tion and Mr. W. A. James a prominent or granger of Blshopville. B: Col. Keitt devoted himself mainly to v? an explanation of the status of the w funds of the Alliance Exchange now th in process of liquidation. The sub- it ance of his speech was that Col. T. , Donaldson and others are trying to >bble the funds by receivership proedings and he and other trustees are ying to save everything possible to le people to whom the money bengs. The long and short of his adce to the stockholders of York counts not to listen to anybody except i Mr. J. Frank Ashe, who represents le cwners of the funds in this county. The trades' procession of Thursday orning, was carried out under diffllltles. Because of the desire of the rge number of ladies taking part In to avoid the hot sun it had been aringed for 9 o'clock in the morning, heavy rain came up Just as the provision was ready to start, and the rapery of the floats as well as of the dies was soaked to such an extent lat It was deemed best to postpone le event until later. A new start was iken at 11 o'clock, and the programme as carried out as previously anouneed. The trades' display was a rand success, many of the floats belg highly creditable to the taste, inenulty and liberality of the people ho got them up. Everybody was ell pleased in spite of the inconven(nt rain. Miss Alma Izard won the prize for ie most beautifully decorated carriage nd Miss Grace Houston won the prize ffered for the prettiest bicycle. There was to have been a meeting of le York County Good Roads associaon on the encampment grounds at 1 a. m., Thursday; but because of the tin, this arrangement was changed nd the meeting was held in Friedeim's hall at 2.30 p. m. instead. Speeches were delivered by F. H. [yatt, president of the Good Roads asDciation; Senator A. C. Latimer and Ir. M. V. Richards, land and industrial gent of the Southern railroad. According to the programme, the xercises were to have been closed by ie unveiling of a monument in LaurIwood cemetery by the Woodmen of ie World: but because of the rain tiese exercises were postponed until jme ruiure aaie. Music for the occasion was furnlshil by the Sprlngstein band of Chester, nder the leadership of Prof. R. J. [erndon of Yorkville. * LOCAL LACONICS. Ve Will 8end The Enquirer From now until January 1st, 1905, )r 86 cents, ire at Blacksburg. GaiTney Ledger: We regret to learn hat the dwelling house of Mr. J. B. >uncan, two miles west of Blacksburg, as burned Wednesday night about 12 clock. Mr. Duncan lost in addition > his home all his furniture, bedding, imily clothing and pictures. His loss i over $500. He had no insurance, he Are caught In the cookroom, and [r. Duncan thinks it must haarebeen ccidental, for he says if he has an nemy in the world he doesn't know it he Picnic Season. The picnic season is now on in full wing. The Ogden people, who had leir campaign meeting called off beluse the date did not suit have ar mged to anticipate the canvass with big picnic to be held next Wednesay. The annual Gold Hill picnic is to e held on August 19, and is to be 3 big an affair as usual. The Tlrzah eople are considering the idea of a icnic on the occasion of the camaign meeting there, and there will no oubt be picnics at Forest Hill, Pledlont Springs and Blairsville. apital Stock Inc.-cased, Columbia special of Tuesday to the reenville News: Notice was given le secretary of state today by the atawba Power company of an inrease in the capital stock from $760,')0 to $860,000. This company is uilding an enormous plant not far om Rock Hill that will supply the >wn of Charlotte and the surrounding MTitory with light and power for arious enterprises. Dr. W. Gill Wye is president, and the directors are 7. J. Roddey, W. H. Wylie, W. S. Lee, r., and F. C. Whitner, eligious Awakening In Fort Mill. Fort Mill special of July 28, to the olumbia State: Probably the greatst religious awakening this communir has seen for many years is now in rogress at the Baptist church. All le local ministers have Joined in the leetings and all the busines% houses lose for morning and night services, our services are being held daily, inludlng a sunrise prayer meeting. The :ev. John Bass Shelton of Chester is oing the preaching. He is one of the trongest ministers that has visited ere for many years. He is a "plat>rm prince," very dramatic and a lagnetlc orator. Large crowds are in ttendance and the interest is intense, here were more than 50 for prayer ist night and many converts, oath of Mra. D. W. Barron. Mrs. Sarah R. Barron, wife of Mr. >. W. Barron, whose critical illness as mentioned in our Clay Hill cor?spondence last Tuesday, died on Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock. She ad been in bad health for many years le trouble being a disorder of the lood that baffled the skill of all the est physicians in the country. The eceased was a daughter of the late 7. N. Simril, and a sister of Messrs. . A. and J. W. Simril and Mesdames ?ff Lumpkin, V. S. Glenn and Ida [atthews. She was 58 years of age. he leaves a husband and three sons, [essrs. Campbell, James and Archie arron, all of whom were at her bedde at the time of her death. The in;rment took place at Ebenezer on hursday morning, the funeral serIces being conducted by 1. v. J. S. rler of Sharon, iiled by Lightning. A negro boy named Curtis Davis as killed by lightning on the Ely tewart place, about three miles west ! Yorkville last Wednesday afternoon, fhen the storm came up, Davis and lother negro took refuge under a rge oak tree. Shortly after, the orm the two negroes were foutid lyg under the tree in an unconscious .n/iinnti r?avl? cssn?l once or twice id died. The other negro showed gns of returning consciousness. Corler Louthian, accompanied by Dr. ratton, went down and made an instigation of the negro's death. There ere no signs of abrasion or burns on le negro's skin, and Dr. Bratton gave as his opinion that death resulted