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Straps and |arts. ?The Russian auxiliary cruiser, Lena, put in at San Francisco last Monday, and there has since been some little controversy as to what should be done about her. The Japanese representatives at Washington have demanded that the Lena be required to leave San Francisco within 24 hours. The Russians claim this is impracticable, as the ship's boilers are out of repair and they cannot be gotten in reasonably safe condition ror several weeks. Officers of the Russian vessel are quoted as having said that they will probably ask that they be allowed to remove their guns and remain in port until the end of the war. ? The census of the Indian empire for 1901 has just been published. It was one of the enormous tasks of the age. It has taken four years to gather and complete it. The census shows that the 1,254,612 square miles of the Indian empire has a population of 117,459,193. There are 2,923,241 Christians, of whom 2,664,312 are natives, a little over two-fifths are Episcopalians, two-fifths are Roman Catholics and the remainder non-Conformists. In 1872 the Christians numbered 1,506,098, of whom 1,248,288 were natives. The growth of Christianity is shown to be much greater than that of the general population. ? Col. Younghusband, head of the British mission to Thibet, and the Thibetan officials signed a formal treaty on' last Friday, in the apartments of the Dalai Lama at Potala. The ceremony was simple and was conducted amid quaint and picturesque surroundings. The terms of the treaty were read out only in the Thibetan language, and its details will be published later by the foreign office at Simla. The proceedings closed with a short speech by Col. Younghusband. The Dalia Lama is now supposed to be well on his way into Mongolia and the officials insist that his action amounts to abdication. The administration is now carried on by a council of regency. It is believed that the Tashi Lama will eventually be recognized as the supreme religious head. The arrangements for the return of the British mission are complete. ? Census statistics just published show that, despite the opposition from various sources, child labor in the United States is increasing. According to these figures every fifth child in the country between the ages of ten and fifteen years is a bread winner. Of these juvenile wage earners every third child is a girl. There are 1,750,178 children regularly employed. This is an increase of 33 1-3 per cent in ten years. Alabama has the highest percentage of child labor, finding work for 27.2 per cent of her children, while Massachusetts has the lowest, having only 5 per cent of her juvenile popu^ lation at work. Of all the children employed, 26.1 per cent, are boys and 10.2 per cent are girls. In all of the southern states the percentage of children employed is high. It is also high in the western states and remarkably low in the east. The number of children employed in 1880 was 1,118,356, or * - a!-- ** ??? lb.5 per cent 01 me enure vunu ulation. but in 1900 the percentage was 18.2. ? Says a Lexington, Ky., dispatch of September 2, to the New York Herald: Because he has accumulated a fortune in dealing in real estate in Oklahoma the Rev. Julius E. Wright was refused membership in the Kentucky Methodist Episcopal church today. The. Rev. Mr. Wright was for thirty years a member in good standing of the Kentucky conference. He went west and invested in real estate and his transactions made him a great deal of money. He desired to be transferred to the Indian Mission conference, so that he might be nearer his business interests, and he obtained a letter of credentials and transfer from the Kentucky conference a year ago. Mr. Wright applied to Bishop Foss for admission to the Indian Mission conference, but the Bishop would not present the matter to the conference and Mr. Wright was left without a charge. He asked today to be readmitted to the Kentucky conference and was refused. His letter was ordered expunged from the minutes by a vote of 52 to 46. ? Louis Deibler, who directed the guillotine of Paris for twenty years, died at Auteuil, France, last Friday, at the age of 81. Deibler was one of | the quaint figures of the city owing to the large number of executions he had successfully conducted. He came from a family of executioners, succeeding his father, who was chief executioner and then surrendering the office to his son, Anatole Deibler, who is the present executioner. Louis Deibler, or as he was generally termed "Monsieur de Paris" when he retired in December, 1898, in favor of V*lo onn trova qo hie rOQCrtn fnr <so fin ing that he was getting too old, that his hat. i trembled when he was called to execute a criminal, and that his long and extensive service gave him the right to rest. During thirty-nine years of service, Deibler guillotined 327 criminals, and he boasted that he never had a mishap. It was said of Deibler that he exercised a strange, almost supernatural power over his intended victim and it rarely happened that he met with any resistance. ? On last Saturday. Chairman Hunter, of the Savannah cotton exchange information committee received a letter from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson asking for the name of the "prom inent wire house" in that city that bulletined the government's cotton figures recently thirty minutes before the report was officially released. Mr. Hunter wrote to the secretary in reply: "I am directed by the committee on information and statistics of the Savannah Cotton exchange to say that at 12.45 p. m., on Sept. 2, Messrs. Heyward, Vick & Co.. who have an office in this city received the following telegram: 'Government looks like 84.1." signeu tsacne. wnicn was posieu in men office for the Information of the public generally. I am informed by Messrs. Heyward. Vick & Co. that Messrs. J. S. Bache & Co. of New York are their correspondents and author of the above telegram. The writer, together with several others, saw the telegram in question." This letter was signed by Capt. Hunter as chairman of the committee. Secretary Wilson has made no statement so far as is known there as to what line his investigation will take. ?he fotkrille (fhujuim. YORKVILLE, S. C.s TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,1904. T.he recent killing of Ote Mace, the cotton mill operative at Greenville, with a beer bottle suggests the propriety of revising the title of a wellknown old drama so as to make it read, "Ten Days In a Dispensary." Colonel Boyd has published a statement to the effect that the First South Carolina regiment did not instigate the raid on the provision store at Manassas; but only participated with several other regiments, including at least two from the north. Ordinarily by this date in presidential years, the campaign is In full swing, and everybody, even in the neutral south, is interested and excited. But the campaign of this year seems to be an exception. There is no excitement even in the so-called doubtful states of the north and west and apparently but little interest. In fact, it | is about the slowest campaign the country has ever experienced. Southerners need not worry about the Dick law. We have as much right to profit by national aid to militia as has the pi.st or west: we have as much right to have and maintain our prejudices?which are, by the way, by no means peculiar to us?and to have them respected by the powers that be. For the object of the Dick law is to prepare the country for sudden war and if the sudden war comes the southern fighters will be in great demand and ;t is inconceivable that any bureaucrats in Washington would do anything to discourage southerners from preparing to fight the country's battle. This bugaboo about the Dick law is in the same class with the story of "Before Day" clubs.?Columbia State. This is all to the point and correct. The Dick law is not exactly what the people of tnis state would like to have. , nor what they would have if they could help themselves. But a militia organization is necessary, and an independent state militia is about as impracticable under existing conditions as would be an independent issue of state bank currency. The way some of the newspapers are roasting Senator Tillman for giving expression to his rough and ready views on the Brice bill will please him immensely. He is the shrewdest advertiser who ever put his hoof in South Carolina and yet he has never employed a press agent or ad writer or paid a cent for the thousands of columns of advertising he has received.?Sumter Item. Although The Enquirer is one of the papers referred to, we do not hesitate to say that in our opinion what the Item says is not only to the point; but it is true. Tillman is both smart and sharp. His career shows that he cares less about the people than any politician who has attained prominI J. 1 Or. a r?t {_ I eiire UUI III^ limiijf J cai o j;aoi. A t?v?. cally everything he has ever done has {been done with motives that were J manifestly selfish and narrow. But still his power over the people cannot be denied. They know him as well as the newspapers know him, and their opinion is not very different from that which has been expressed by the most thoughtful newspapers. They seem, however, to have an inherent admiration for his, perversity, and it is for that, in our opinion, more than anything else that they cling to him. It is no doubt true, that if the newspapers would drop him, and ignore in him the things that are generally considered reprehensible in others, he would slowly pass out of public notice. But most newspaper men consider the publication of the truth their especial calling and duty, and regardless of the results, they have to continue to advertise Tillman just as they have been doing. Down to Business. Now that the county campaign is over and the voters have made their selections, let everybody acquiesce in the expressed will of the majority, and get down to business. This matter of selecting public officers is a necessary public duty that cannot be escaped. The work is more or less demoralizing, too, and it cannot be attended to properly except at the expense of ordinary business. But after the work is done it is well enough to leave it alone. There is more or less personal feeling engendered in every county campaign. Silly campaign lies invariably leave their stings in their victims and not infrequently in the public. To clear them up even after an election, is wellnigh impossible, and the best that can be done is to forget them, however difficult that may be. But at any rate tne campaign is over now, and let us get buck to the ordinary duties of life. Let us devote ourselves to preparing for the coming winter, to discharging our obligations to our families and our fellow citizens, and trying to bring about as much general prosperity as possible. The Seaboard Wreck. The alleged cause of the Seaboard Air Line wreck at Catawba Junction last Friday, according to some of the railroad authorities, was the felonious removal of fish plates and spikes from the rails by miscreants who sought to rob the dead. This story was common talk at the wreck and our representative got it from injured members of the train crew who had gotten it from Chief Detective Oeo. S. Fltzwater, of the Seaboard, who represented to them that he had found the pinch bar with which bolts and spikes had been removed. Our representative had but little time in which to analyze the situation, and in hurriedly writing the story after his return last Friday afternoon confined his recital to manifest facts, making no attempt at suggestions of any kind. But now, since there has been more time for reflection, it does not seem right that the Seaboard people should be allowed to escape so lightly. There is reason to doubt the malice story, especially in view of certain other facts that were more apparent at the time. While it is true that broken fish plates were in evidence on the trestle after the wreck, it is also true that the broken timbers showed as much evidence of decay as was to be seen even at Pishing creek last year. The breaking of these fish plates was a very natural consequence of the giving away of the rotten timbers under the ponderous weight of a flying train. There was no regular flagman on the passenger train, that duty having been left to a negro porter. And the freight train that was following the passenger was less than five minutes behind when, under the law it should have been fully fifteen minutes. It was a terrible catastrophe, it is true, and the railroad people have our sincere sympathy on account of the heavy loss they have sustained; but nevertheless those killed and wounded are entitled to no less consideration, and by all means the blame and responsibility should be fixed exactly where it belongs. THE RUSSIANS AND JAPS. Bloody Battle of Liao Yang Not Very Decisive. The belated details of the fighting around Liao Yang and the Russian retreat to Mukden are coming in and they show that while the Russians were aeieaieu aa aei iu> m m uic u><? reports their defeat was not nearly so overwhelming and decisive as there was reason to believe. After the battle of Liao Yang there commenced what was described as the race for Mukden. According to the dispatches it appeared that the Russians were literally fleeing to save themselves without regard to what might be in their rear and that the Japanese were pursuing like hounds after a rabbit, picking up stragglers and Immense quantities of war munitions. But the facts as they are now coming in do not represent such a situation to have existed. Kuropatkln had to abandon a few of his wounded, and he also lost quantities of supplies that could not be destroyed; but only a few of his guns fell into the hands of the Japanese, and he got into Mukden, where he now is with practically the whole of his army. Military experts in Europe seem to be agreed that the advantage is with Kuropatkln rather than with Kuroki. Unless they could completely annihilate Kuropatkin or capture him, the Japs could not count on material practical results. It is true that the Japanese sent out flanking forces, with the intention of getting in tne rear 01 the Russians, but the effort is described as having been rather too> timid. The forces were not strong enough and they failed to come together in time to accomplish anything. There has been no official statement of the losses on either side from August 26 to September 5; but they are estimated to have been not less than 60.000 or 70,000 men. The Russian losses are generally believed to have been considerably less than the losses of the Japanese. The statement has been made within the last day or two that included as a part of the Japanese army there are 70,000 or more Chinese and Koreans. Both armies rested for several days after the fighting at Llao Yang, and there are no indications that extensive activities have yet been resumed. The reasons assigned, are the torrential rains, which have made the roads impassible, and also the fact that the Japanese have gotten somewhat out of touch with their base of supplies. The question of Intervention is being discussed in Europe; but nobody expects anything to develop for the reason that neither Japan nor Russia would be willing to agree to anything at this stage of the game. While'Russia is willing to concede that she has been getting the worst of it so far she has not yet begun to feel in the least discouraged. She would not think of giving up until she has made at least one more campaign, and while the fighting may be about over for this year, with the exception of continued assaults on Port Arthur and another battle at or near Mukden, there is every reason to believe that both belligerents are making arrangements to come into the field again next spring with still larger armies than have yet been figuring. Battle Near Hickory.?A bloody affair took place near Hudson in Caldwell county, about fifteen miles from Hickory, N. C., Sunday, and as a result one man lies mortally wounded and two others are suffering from injuries more or less serious. The origin of the trouble was the published account of Miss Abbot's lecture in Cincinnati reflecting upon the people of Hudson and vicinity, where she has been conducting a mission school. She met with a warm reception upon her return this fall and threats to drive her out were freely indulged in. J. F. Bollinger, at whose house she boarded, took her part. He summoned reinforcements from Hickory and on Sunday a party of five left Hickory in a surrey for Bollinger's home. During the afternoon, a general fight occurred between a dozen men led by one Lingle, and Bollinger's party, in which the latter got the worst of it. John Martin, a brickmason who lives in East Hickory, was shot between the shoulders, the bullet lodging in his backbone. J. F. Bollinger and John Bollinger were also wounded, the former seriously, the latter slightly. The lower part of Martin's body is paralysed and his chances for recovery are slight. tioniiiger n pui ij l'iuiiii mui nicj fired on without warning. The Lingles say that Bollinger's crowd began the attack and that Martin fell shot by his own men before the Lingles opened fire. It is difficult to learn the truth. No information has been received as to the casualties in the Llngle party. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. S. N. Porter?Wants to sell a few fine pigs at J 1.25 each. L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Calls the attention of administrators, executors, etc., to the statute requiring them to make annual returns. L. A. Dodsworth & Co., Rock Hill? Solicit orders for stocks, grain and provision to be handled on margin. Miss Lesslie D. Wltherspoon, Pres.? Announces that Dr. Neville will make an addrass on Scotland next Friday afternoon at 4.30 at residence of Mrs. R. J. Herndon. Dobson Bros?Announce the opening of a millinery store in the building I next door to Dr. Bratton's office, in charge of Mrs. T. M. Dobson and invite your patronage. C. E. Spencer, Attorney?Has money to loan on improved farms in York county, in sum to suit borrower. B. N. Moore?Says he will pay the highest cash price for cotton seed in large or small quantities. Miss Rosa Lindsay?Says.that photo[ graph work finished on platinum will give you entire satisfaction, j R. J. Herndon?Talks about high grade pianos and organs and says he can please any one in high quality instruments. He does repairing. First National Bank?Prints a picture of the safe that protects your funds from fire and burglars if deposited i with it. Your business is solicited. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Invites parties interested in life insurance | to call or write for a booklet just issued giving the opinion of "Those who know." Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Have tablets, pencils, etc, for school children. Also have Campbell's Anti-ferment, field seeds, chill and fever remedies. They sell guaranteed pocKet Knives. J. Q. Wray?Gives a few pointers on the new fall styles in men's clothing and lays special emphasis on the good qualtlties to be found in the "Superb" brand of clothing for men. Loan and Savings Bank?Invites you to open an account with it, and offers every convenience and accommodation to depositors. R. D. Alexander?Is prepared td repair furniture in a first-class manner. He has a few bargains in bicycles, and wants to sell a second-hand buggy and set of harness. Strauss?Smith Co.?Says that its buyers are back and tells what you may expect to see when its goods are all received and displayed. Foushee Cash Store?Has a large lot of brooms of good Quality that it Is selling at low prices. Also offering special values in percales and cotton flannels. J. M. Heath & Co.?Are receiving their new fall goods of every description which are being placed on exhibition as rapidly as possible. They have also employed an expert milliner to look after the wants of the ladies. Riddle & Carroll?Have a half dozen Hoosier disk grain drills which they say they will sell at bargain prices. NOTE AND COMMENT. That is an important notice to administrators, executors and guardians that Probate Judge Williams Is publishing today. The law provides that such fiduciaries make settlements at 1 * ? ?,non and In PVPnt of fall iCttai unv;c a j v??, ... ~ ? -ure to do so they lose their commissions. There are lots of fiduciaries who neglect their settlements Indefinitely, and all such will do well to see where they are at once. A dispatch of September 10 from Knoxvllle, Tennessee, tells of the secret marriage of Gen. John T. Wilder to Miss Dora Lee. daughter of John Lee, a farmer of Alexander,- N. C. * General Wilder is eighty years -of age, and his bride Is only 18. The marriage was performed In secret and General Wilder was annoyed when the facts became public. General Wilder will be remembered throughout this section on account of his connection with the building of the Three C's railroad. He was one of the original projectors of that undertaking. He commanded Wilder's brigade during the civil war. THE IMMIGRATION MOVEMENT. From the reports that are being published in the daily papers from day to day, Commissioner Watson seems to have gotten a stream of immigration started toward South Carolina, and the outlook is most promising. Up to this time, the commissioner has found no trouble in placing all the immigrants he has been able to pro cure, and there is no reason to rear that such trouble will develop for some time to come, because there is hardly a county in the state that cannot easily provide for thousands. It is a noticeable fact that most of the immigrants have been placed in the vicinity of Columbia, and while there is no objection to this, it will be just as well for the people of this locality to realize at once that if there is anything good going and they desire a part of it, they will have to reach out and make some efforts for a share. If they are expecting anything desirable to be forced on them, they may as well abandon such expectations in time to avoid disappointment. York county needs hundreds of desirable immigrants. It has thousands of acres of desirable lands that are literally begging for intelligent and energetic care, and all that is needed to make them attractive to immigrants of the right kind are improvements in the shape of comfortable dwellings, outbuildings, etc. If the people of York county are to sletsp over the|ir interests, they will wake up some day and find that all the good things have been appropriated by other localities: but if they will only take the trouble to reach forward after what is now within easy grasp, they will keep abreast of the fore? io /lonhf thnt thpv IllUOl. 1 IICI c lo UU UVUU? ?* < * -"-rf have as much to offer and as much to gain as anybody. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Those who enjoyed the intensely interesting letters that Rev. Dr. Neville wrote from abroad recently will no doubt be pleased to learn of the announcement that the Willing Workers of the Presbyterian church are making in another column. The ladies have prevailed upon the doctor to tell some additional stories, especially of his visit to Scotland, and while he has been careful to caution them against promising too much it is safe to say that people who allow themselves to expect something unusually entertaining will not be disappointed. The ladies are looking for a large audience, and their preparations will be made accordingly. ? A large crowd of the representa ivonnlu t tho firkPnlne? 0X0F cises of the graded school, which took place In the school auditorium yesterday morning. The exercises were opened with an Invocation by Rev. Dr. W. G. Neville, of the Presby- i terian church, and the singing of America by the school. Maj. James i F. Hart, in a few well chosen words, then introduced to the pupils and patrons of the school, the new superintendent, Mr. John C. Allen, who out- i lined his proposed aim and methods i of school government, etc. Mr. Alien made it quite clear that, while he proposed to work for the patrons of the ; school, and asked their hearty cooperation. and invited their criticisms and suggestions on his school work, nevertheless his first duty was to the pupils, and he felt himself quite master of the situation. He congratulated the board of trustees, the people of the town, and himself and his corps of assistants upon the comfort and beauty of the school building. It testified, he said, to the high educational spirit of the people of the town and he felt that if he did not do his full duty as superintendent of the school he would be trampling this spirit under foot. He thanked the people for, their presence and encouragement, and then asked the ministers of the churches present, as representatives of all the people to make a few remarks. Rev. W. C. Ewart of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church and Dr. J. L. Stokes of the Methodist church, responded with short talks, expressing their commendation of Mr. Allen's on/1 tViolf intoroot QnH uuillltcu plan auu niti. nikviM... co-operation In his work. At the close of their remarks, the school sang "Maryland, My Maryland" after which the visitors were dismissed by prayer by Rev. W. E. Hurt of the Baptist church. RESULT OF 1 Brown Will Be Sherif and Hunter W in the second primary held throughoi left unsettled in the election of two wee polled. There were four races, one for for sheriff, clerk of the court and audito good lead over John H. Earle for rallr Brown for sheriff over Captain E. A. Cr W- Brown Wylie and John J. Hunter to ina incr ia the detailed vote for the variot ' RR( !: PRECINCTS. ' a t K -as I ; Bethel 73 Bethany 62 Blalrsvllle 52 Bullock's Creek 14 Clover 100 Coatea's Tavern 21 Piedmont I 34 Ebenezer I 33 Fort Mill / 136 Forest Hill 33 Hickory Grove 142 McConnellsvllle- * .. 67 Newpor* . .......... ,43 Ogden 23 Rock Hill, No. 1 152 Rock Hill, No. 2 162 Sharon . 66 Smyrna I.. I ,10 Tlrzah I 37 Yorkvllle No. 1 142 Yorkvllle No. 2. _78 totals .. .. ...... ,...1......111480 ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. J. H. Miller, of Old Point, Is visiting Mrs. D. E. Flnley. Miss Cora Wllkins of Gaffney, Is the guest of Mrs. a. a. uaines. Mr. J. L. McGIU of Bethany left yesterday for Baltimore on business. Miss Margaret Hart returned Saturday from an extended visit north. Mrs. Pelham Morrow, of Gastonia, is visiting the family of Mr. D. T. Woods. Mr. H. Q. McElwee arrived in Yorkvllle this morning from Albemarle, N. C. Miss Llda Smith of Yorkville No. 1, is visiting relatives and friends in Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. McClain of Lincolnton, are in Yorkville on a visit to relatives. Mr. L. J. Davidson has taken a position in J. M. Heath & Co's. dry goods department. Mrs. A. F. Woods is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. H. Smith, at High Point, N. C. Mr. J. L. Williams of the firm of J. M. Heath & Co., has returned from the northern markets. Mr. Charles E. Commander of Columbia, spent Monday and Tuesday with Mr. R. L. Parish. Mr. R. A. Patrick, of White Oak, Fairfield county, passed through Yorkville today on a business visit to Sharon. Mr. Harry Clawson of New Orleans, arrived in Yorkville Sunday night on a visit to his mother, Mrs. T. W. Clawson. ?J ? !*? nt T onnlr Air. n. u iviti!mi auu nuv, v> ? . N. C., have been spending several days In Yorkvllle, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Clark. Mr. Aaron Howell of Columbia, passed through Yorkvllle yesterday on his way to Bethany to visit his father, Mr. Lawson Howell. Mr. Tseharner DeGraffenreid returned home this morning from Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he has been for several months past. Miss Leila May Gill, of Laurlnburg. N. C., an assistant teacher in the graded school, arrived Saturday, and will make her home while in Yorkvllle with Mrs. H. H. Beard. I ' Dr. W. M. Love of McConnellsvllle, left today for Pantops Academy at Charlottesville. Va., having been sum- | nioned there by a telegram bringing the information that his son, Robert, ' has developed a case of appendicitis. Mr. John W. Metts, formerly of , Vnrkville: but for many years past in ( the railway mall service between 1 Charleston and Jacksonville, spent ! several days in Yorkville last week visiting relatives and old friends. Mr. Metts is a son of the late W. B. Metts, [ and was born in Yorkville about 45 j years ago. This was his first visit < back to his old home for more than < twenty years. He is now a chief clerk in the railway mail service. ( Washington special of Saturday to 1 the Greenville News: Representative Finley of South Carolina, was a caller at Congressional headquarters today. I Mr. Finley was one of the real original Parker men. He said that he would probably do some speaking In debatable states in the campaign. Two years I ago in the congressional campaign Mr. Finley, next to John Sharp Williams, ! placed more of his time at the dispo- , sal of the congressional committee 1 than any other member of the house, j LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date- until January 1st, J 1905, for 64 cents. , Back From Manassas. ' The Jasper Light Infantry re- , turned home from Manassas this ] morning at 4 o'clock, arriving on a special train over the South- 1 em. The boys were hungry, tired and sleepy, many of them being about ready to drop off their feet from exhaustion. Quite a number, however, were still in ' good shape, and have been up all day. ; Those with whom the reporter has < talked Insist that they had a good time generally, and that they consider their experience to have been very valuable. Picnic at Bethany. There was quite a pleasant picnic at Bethany last Saturday, given In celebration of the opening of the Bethany High school, and attended by people of the surrounding country, Including many patrons of the school. The features of the occasion were an address by M. B. Jennings, Esq., a good dinner and pleasant social Intercourse. The equipment of the Bethany High :he primary. f, Tate Will Be Clerk ill Be Auditor. it the county today to settle the issues ks ago an unexpectedly heavy vote was railroad commissioner, and the others - r? ' T/>w? a Mnhipv a r, i lie tuunij uvim ^ ? oad commissioner, nominates Hugh G. awford, J. Andrew Tate for clerk over r auditor over Wm. B. Williams. Foils candidates by precincts. pom. j Sheriff. I! Clerk. Auditor. i i ? . . . ? ' . >> i e o> s t. ? ?! 1 it V ~ >. ? ? II I \* | i| ! " o 1 2 Si ? i ? 1 * *, : o ! 0 o I ? ; g , r, < ; ? I x i H ll ^ | ? f ? i " H , "^20 58 36 66 30 53 43 97 i 64 132 4 76 60 76 60 136 < 20 22 50 28 43 34 38 72 34 15 34 27 29 22 27 49 114 178 51 147 82 136 88 224 ' 34 20 35 16 39 35 20 55 5 33 6 21 18 22 17. 39 16 23 26 25 23 27 22 * 49 175 218 117 229 105 177 158 334 31 29 35 32 32 40 24 64 65 69 134 87 120 131 76 207 24 23 68 65 26 57 34 91 16 27 23 27 23 26 24 50 53 32 42 57 19 34 42 76 205 113 253 178 187 147 220 367 198 131 171 166 137 137 165 303 8 37 36 26 49 37 39 76 68 54 28 41 41 29 53 85 18 31 24 28 27 22 32 54 218 260 116 215 164 209 170 379 193 143 _144| 151 136 137 151 288 115791 1649 1435j|1710|1390| 1588 1504| 3095 school consists of?a good school building and two flrst-jblass dormitories, one for tne Doys ana one iur Bins, the boys' dormitory Is full and the girls' dormitory Is almost full. There are four efficient teachers and the prospects of the school are first-class. McConnell-McElroy. , A telegram was received here last j Saturday announcing the marriage of I Mr. W. Mason McConnell and Miss j Margaret Clyde McElroy. The cere- j mony took place In Columbia at noon ( Friday, and was performed by Rev. \ W. C. Lindsay, at his residence. The j news was something of a surprise to ( Mr. McConnell's family and friends In l Yorkville. They were aware of the coming marriage; but were not ex- ] pectlng It to take place for some weeks ] yet. Mr. McConnell Is a popular sales- 1 man, for some time past with Messrs. J J. M. Heath & Co., with many friends j In Yorkville and the country surround- 1 lng. The bride, whose former home . was Barrettsvllle, Tennessee, has rel- , atives In York, Chester and Fairfield < counties, and as the result of visits ' during the past few years has many , friends In these localities. Mr. and | Mrs. McConnell arrived In Yorkville < last Saturday morning, and for the , present will make their home with Mr. , McConnell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. i H. McConnell. ' ( Death of Mrs. H. F. Adickes. I Mrs. Mary W. Adickes died at the i home of her daughter, Mrs. W. B. ] Moore, In Yorkvllle last Friday even- , Ing at 8 o'clock, after several months < of failing health. Mrs. Adickes was a j native of York county, having been j born near the present site of Win- ( throp college on April 8, 1821. She < was the widow of the late H. F. ' Adickes, for many years a leading business man of Yorkvllle, and who died some twenty years ago at an advanced age. She leaves seven living ] children as follows: Mr. H. F. Adickes 1 of Raleigh, N. C., Mrs. Alexander of 1 St. Augustine, pia.. Miss Sallie Adickes, Mrs. T. W. Clawson, Mrs. J. R. j Lindsay. Mr. Withers Adickes and Mrs. J W. B. Moore. Her descendants, in- i eluding children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, number about 80. < The funeral services took place at the j residence on Saturday afternoon at 5 ^ o'clock, and were conducted by Kev. ? Dr. Neville, pastor of the Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Adickes was a j member. There was a large number ( of people in attendance. The inter- ? ment took place in the Yorkville cem- j oferv the remains beine followed to T the grave by a long procession of sorrowing friends. s ?Harry Wright, a ten year old white r soy, was accidentally shot and killed r Dy Edgar McCoy, a negro boy, at \ Bennettsville, Friday. McCoy was ( carrying a gun out of the front door \ >f the residence of T. I. Rogers, and t Harry Wright was on the doorstep, r McCoy endeavored to take the shells \ )ut of the gun, when It exploded, the c oad striking the child In the face. c ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Robbers Crack Mr. McFadden's Safe and Make a Good Haul?Ate Their Breakfast Leisurely Before Leaving Town. Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Enquirer. Rock Him., September 13.?Burglars entered the meat market of V. Brown McFadden Sunday morning about 3 >'clock, battered open the safe with a leavy railroad hammer and secured ibout 3500 In cash, and checks to the imount of |25 or 330, and then made good their escape. They, however, lid not appear to have been at all apprehensive of being detected as they stopped on the freight depot platform only a very snort distance irom tne meat market, and broke open a tin box which contained a part of the money they secured. The box and several empty sardine cans were found the next morning. The wholesale houses of J. W. O'Neal and B. N. Craig were broken into the same night, but no attempt was made to break the safe at either place. Some Ave or six suspicious looking characters were arrested Sunday, some of them in Rock Hill, others in the vicinity of Fort Mill and near Smith's Turnout, but they were all released as no evidence could be found against them and as yet there is no clue as to who the guilty parties are. The burglars entered the building by tearing a wire screen away from a window of the second story on the rear side of the house, the glass window having been left up Saturday night. After securing their boodle they unbolted a back door from the Inside and made their escape. McFadden's Market is situated at Main street railroad crossing, the most public part of the city, and the robbery Is the most bold and daring ever attempted in this city. Some are of the opinion that the robbery was committed by local green horns, but there Is a pretty general opinion that it was the work of professional safe crackers. Inexperienced, hands would hardly have attempted so bold an act. Policeman R. M. Langley heard a noise In the direction of the market about 3 o'clock Sunday morning and accompanied by night policeman, Gus EUbanks went and examined the building , but everything was perfectly quiet then and they saw no signs of any one having entered the building. The officers were also confused by a number of negroes passing in wagons, just at that time, returning from a campmeeting in the country. Mr. McFadden does not usually keep so much money In his safe, but in this case he had neglected to deposit it In the bank. The safe is only - medium size and it would not be hard to batter the door open. MERE-MENTION. The Japanese rice crop this year is said to be the largest on record, promising over 250,000,000 bushels... .General Oyama, the Japanese commander-in-chief, is reported as having announced that he would try to engage the Russians again in one more battle before winter sets in Blaine Hoffman, aged 19 tfears, of Harrisburg, was killed in a game of. football at Lykens, Pennsylvania, Saturday David P. Leibhart, the superintendent of the dead letter office, was found dead in his office in Washington^ Sunday night, with every indication that his death was due to suicide. .Great destruction of property has been caused at Presidio Del Norte, Ojlnlto and oth- . er points in southern Texas by a- flood in the Rio Grande river Viceroy Alexleff is said to have resigned his commission in Korea, but the czar has not officially accepted the resignation yet The bank at Murphy, N. C., was robbed of $4,600 dollars Friday night. There is no clue to the identity of the robbers A steam launch containing twelve persons collided with a river steamer in~ the Delaware river Sunday between .Philadelphia and Bristol, Pennsylvania. Eight persons on the launch, all Phlladelphlans, were drowned....A train on the Georgia Central railroad from Savannah to Atlanta was derailed at Ogerechee, Ga., killing the fireman and severely wounding1 the engineer and express messenger. The Wreck is attributed to the work of train-wreckers A westbound express on the Canadian Pacific railroad: was: held up by four masked men Saturday night,., at Mission ' Junction, Manitoba. The robbers se-f cured $6,000 from the express safe and made their escape The natives of Serman New guinea attacked a esthetic mission at Queensland, last week, and murdered two priests, three laymen and Ave sisters of mercy. Sixteen natives were captured and executed for the crime $1,000,000 worth of property was destroyed by Are at Proiresso, Mexico, Friday Walter Stevens and ' Luther Townsend, of Hazelhurst, Mississippi, fought a duel with shotguns Friday. Townsend was killed The first shipload of new cotton was sent from Brunswick, Ga., to Liverpool on the steamer Belfast, Friday Incendiary ' proclamations from anti-Russian revolutionists abroad ire said to have been smuggled across the Russian border and distributed, in . Russian cities and towns, especially Jewish centers, calling upon the people to take advantage of the government's preoccupation in the east for an upr rising. .The comptroller of the currency has issued a call for the condition cf national banks at the close of business September 6 There are said to be more than a hundred carloads of rexas oats, feared so on account of the boll weevil, In Augusta, Ga. .The office >f the treasurer of Pomeroy county, Ohio, was entered by two robbers Saturday, one of whom covered the treasurer with a revolver, while the other went through the safe, securing $14, 300 In a fight on an excursion train >n the Georgia Southern railroad near Valdosta, yesterday, a negro' and a white man were killed eund- several white men were wounded.. .\. .12,000 union men applied for work at the Chicago stock yardB Monday; . . .Maine elections, held Monday, give the Republicans 30,000 plurality;'- which is a slight gain for the Democrats over previous returns Reports of a short wheat crop have sent prices soaring upward. There was an advance of four :ents a bushel on Monday The London Morning Post has a telegram stating that General Zassalitch, who tiad command of a portion of the Russian rear guard, south of the Hun riv?r was wounded a few days ago and 1,000 of his 5,000 men were captured. 80UTH CAROLINA NEW8. ? Henry Granby who killed Ote Mace with a beer bottle in a Greenville dispensary recently, has been reeased frorp Jail on a bond of J2,000. ? Hon Martin F. Ansel Is presiding it the term of the court of general sessions of Greenville county which ?onvened Monday. There are four nurder cases to be tried. ? J. Vand Smith, aged flfty-flve, committed suicide, by shooting himself through the heart with a rifle, at lis home in Spartanburg, Friday. Long continued ill-health is assigned is the cause for the deed. ? Six immigrants, two from Scot<11-1 throo from the Transvaal, and >ne from the West Indies have arrived md been assigned to work in the state >y Commissioner of Immigration iVatson. ? W. H. McCaw, a reporter of the Columbia State, was attacked on a itreet in Columbia last Saturday light by two men for publishing the lame of one of them in connection vith police court proceedings. Mc?aw's report was true; but the men vant?.j to teach him a lesson for "puting them in the paper." The two nen, Leon Stone and Charley Shull, cere arrested by the police and bound iver to the mayor's court In the sum if $20 each.