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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
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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
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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
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PRECINCTS.
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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.
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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.
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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
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205 113 253 178 187 147 220 367
198 131 171 166 137 137 165 303
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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.