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Scraps and Jacts. ? An important meeting of hard cotton yarn spinners of the southern states was held in Charlotte last Tues- J day for the consideration of grave matters affecting the trade. The meeting was in session for four hours, during which time the yarn business was discussed in all its details. The spinners present, representing 477,494 spindles, unanimously raised the prices of yarns. A schedule was submitted and adopted. An advisory committee was appointed to assist in carrying out the objects of the meeting. The spinners decided that it would be better for a mill to have only one selling - J 41 * baiumo- hnneo hp re nouse ana mat mc sciuii6 ..v... quired to enter into an agreement to not speculate in the mill's products. The meeting was harmonious throughout and the gentlemen who participated believe that good results will follow. ? In some correspondence received in Washington from an unofficial source news has come of a recent narrow escape of Captain March, of the United States artillery, who is one of the American military observers with the Japanese forces in Manchuria. At the battle of Motienling Captain March and Captain Vincent, one of the British attaches, each climbed a tree in the vicinity of a Japanese trench, hoping to obtain a better view of the operations. But they had not made any allowance for the erratic shooting of the Russian infantry. They had barely seated themselves astride a leafy branch when bullets began to whistle about their ears, lopping oft the twigs in proximity to their heads. It was a distinctly hot corner, and each was glad to quit his elevated perch for a position less exposed to stray volleys. ? Charleston Post: It is said that some years ago, upon the publication of Theodore Roosevelt's reflections up on the administrative integrity 01 jetferson Davis, made without a shadow of authority and utterly untrue, the former president of the Confederacy wrote a courteous letter to the young author, citing his error and giving proof of the falsity of the charge, requesting that he make retraction of his statements. To this, according to the accepted version was given this reply: "Mr. Theodore Roosevelt desires to have no communication with Jeffersoa Davis." Now the Democrats of New York state have nominated and the people of New York state will elect as lieutenant governor this year, Francis Burton Harrison, whose father was secretary to President Davis during the great war. Perhaps President Roosevelt will not permit" Mr. Harrison to be seated at Albany. ? Albany, Ga, Sept. 27: The trial of Chief of Police Westbrook, on the sensational charges first preferred by Dr. L. G. Broughton of Atlanta, in a sermon here three months ago, and following which the preacher was cowhided by the chief, was concluded late mis aiiernoon. tutr seven opcvuiv charges preferred, the chief is found guilty of two, viz: Drinking while on duty and in uniform, and visiting bar rooms while on duty and loitering at such places. The commission imposed a fine of $25 for eaph of these offences and exonerated him on all other charges. Of the charge of assault on the minister the commissioners said: "We find Chief Westbrook guilty of this charge, but in our opinion the peculiar circumstances justified him as a man in pursuing the course he did." The verdict is regarded by Westbrook's friends as an exoneration, as he was not found guilty of either of the most serious charges. A feature of the trial was development of the fact that Dr. Broughton did not have affidavits to sustain his charges, as he claimed to have at the time he made his pulpit attack. ? The Southern Cotton Growers' association held the concluding session of its convention at St. Louis last Tuesday. With a view to maintaining a staple market and fair prices for the cotton crop of the south the association adopted the plan of organizing a corporation to be composed of the cotton growers, the business men and the bankers of the cotton growing states, which corporation should build warehouses wherever feasible for the purpose of storing the product and prevent a glutting of the market. The plan adopted is what is known as the Waco plan. The association also adopted a resolution urging cotton growers to withhold from the market all cotton of the middling grade unless 10 cents a pound can be secured for it. Also that the cotton crop be marketed as slowly as possible during the months of October and November. The officers elected by the association follow: President, Harvie Jordan of Monticello, Ga.; secretary and treasurer, John R. Allison of Concord, N. C. An executive committee composed of one member from each cotton growing state was appointed. ? The city of Lee, Massachusetts, has ordinances against driving automobiles along the streets beyond a specified speed. On Sunday last the police arrested a swell stranger on the charge of violating the ordinance. When brought into court, the stranger looked insolently at the judge and refused to plead. The judge fined him $25 for contempt. The stranger then condescended to explain that his name was Gurney, a representative of King Edward VII, of Great Britain, holding the position of third secretary of the British embassy at Washington. Entirely unabashed at the information the judge imposed a fine of $25 for violating the city ordinance. The fine was duly paid; but that was not the end of the affair. Next day the lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, acting as governor, received from Secretary Hay a polite note advising him that a mistake had been made; that the British ambassador is not amenable to the laws of the state of Massachusetts. and that there should be not only a remission of the fine but a suitable apology for the arrest. The governor was reminded that there are other ways for dealing with such cases. ? The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop conditions, issued last Tuesday, referred to cotton as follows: Cotton opened rapidly In all sections, prematurely in Georgia and Mississippi. and picking is being pushed, but was delayed somewhat by rains in Florida, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas, and scarcity of pickers is reported from localities in central and eastern districts. Reports indicate that a very light top crop may be expected. The salient features of statements from the principal cotton producing states are summarized as follows: Georgia, bulk of crop gathered and marketed in central and southern sections; Alabama, continues to rust and shed, but these adverse conditions are not so general as previously reported; Mississippi, open cotton injur? ? *-* art/1 Hnll eu 111 CcW L uy ucavj mwm worms are causing- damage in southwest; Louisiana, worms and caterpillars damaging, boll weevils locally numerous In one parish and spreading in another, crop deteriorated; Arkansas, very light shedding but the crop made only slight improvement; Texas, little injury to staple by showers and the crop too far advanced for further damage by boll weevils. She IjorkviUc (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. O.i FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1904. Next Monday Is the last day on which registration certificates may be secured until after the November election. Op course Tom Watson may be able to take a few votes from the Democratic party in the south; but he will not be able to get enough to do any harm. Senator James K. Jones, former chairman of the Democratic party has resumed his old song of victory, and even the most loyal and hopeful of the southern newspapers can hardly repress their amusement. Poor Jones commands hardly more confidence than does John Alexander Dowie. The Spartanburg Journal criticises Judge Parker for failure to refer to the negro question in his letter of acceptance; but we are unable to see the justice of its position. The whites of the south are so much one way on the negro question as not to stand in need of counsel or advice from Judge Parker or anybody else, and the whites of the north care but little about the matter one way or the other. What Judge Parker could gain by resorting to clap trap of this kind we are unable to see. Senator A. P. Gorman is said to be very well pleased with the political outlook and is quoted as saying that the campaign this year reminds him very much of the campaign of 1892. In that year there was much apathy on both sides, the candidates being Cleveland and Harrison, and the politicians were all at sea as to the outcome of the selection. Cleveland was elected by a large majority after a very quiet campaign. The senator says that the peoI pie this year are quietly studying the iconac -hint no in 1892. and he feels that the politicians will be surprised by the outcome. A report comes from Augusta to the effect that Georgia farmers are picking cotton by moonlight. In the western part of this state efforts are being made to popularize cotton picking among the school children. While there is a scarcity of labor of the kind that has been utilized in the fields heretofore, there is still plenty of people to pick the cotton if they can just be gotten into the fields. The idea of utilizing school children, we think is good. Even those to whom the money they earn is no special object may get valuable experience, that will stand them in good stead all through life. A novel strike was instituted among Chicago school children on last Wednesday. It was against a new kindergarten teacher who was supposed to be a negro. Within a short time after the appearance of the teacher, the next morning in fact, about fifty boys, wearing union badges and armed with clubs, appeared around the school grounds and warned the other children to stay away. Children gathered to the number of 700 but they made no effort to enter the ground as they were in full sympathy with the "strike." They all joined in hooting and jeering at the teachers who looked on through the windows of the school building. The trouble was finally settled by the police but not until after the children were convinced that they were mistaken and that the new teacher was as white as any of them. All of the children who participated in the novel strike were under fifteen years of age. The yarn and cloth commission men of the north constitute the greatest drawback with which the southern cotton mill industry has to contend. All the mill people thoroughly understand this fact; but as yet their combined wisdom has not been sufficient to secure relief. The trouble is this. The commission men have established themselves as go-betweens between the manufacturer and the consumer. They handle the great bulk of all the products of all the cotton mills. Just what they have to do with establishing prices cannot be definitely stated. So far as the manufacturers are concerned, that is largely a matter of suspicion. But it is a fact, nevertheless, that the commission people, or most of them have become very rich at their business, and that they are organized into a most powerful close corporation. When not satisfied with prevailing prices, manufacturers frequently consign their goods, and get ! advances from the commission men. i This process usually puts that particular mill in the commission man's power" and the system has its effect in the depression of the price of yarns. In various ways the commission people have managed to maintain their power, and no effort that the manufacturers have yet been able to make has weakened their vice-like grip. The action of the southern spinners at Charlotte a few days ago in endeavoring to fix prices below which their yarns shall not be sold, looks as if it is along the right line; but if the commission men are not able to show that they are much stronger than the spinners there will be much cause, not only for gratification, but also for surprise. Louis Fleischman died at his home in New York last Sunday. His name was a household word throughout the world on account of Fleischman's yeast, which is used everywhere. But this remarkable man is still better known to fame as a philanthropist especially on account of his famous "bread line." He came to America from Austria, shortly after the Austro-Prussian war in which he rendered distinguished service, and established in New York what was known as the "Vienna Bakery." His purpose was to furnish to his countrymen and others the same kind of bread to which they had been accustomed at home. The venture was a- success from the start, and a tremendous custom was developed in all parts of the city, fresh bread being delivered every day. For a while the left over bread that was brought back by the delivery wagons at night was sold at half price; but one day Mr. Fleischman gave orders that it be distributed free to all who would wait for it, and from that day dated the establishment of the "bread line." Every night a line of men, women and children would form at the bakery and the left over bread would be divided among them. If the line was long and the supply of bread was short, the loaves would be divided; but if the line was short and the supply long the bread would be equally divided all the same. All kinds of people were included in the gatherings, hoboes, unfortunates, "busted rich," etc., and continuing night after night, week after week and year after year this curious philanthropy gained a reputation throughout the world. Mr. Fleischman was often criticised for what seemed to be encouragement of idleness; but he always held that any man who would stand in the bread line until his time came was entitled to all he would get. Of course the famous Vienna Bakery will continue and the bread line remain one of its institutions, and whatever men may say of the old Austrian down here, it is not difficult to imagine that his work has met with approval where acts like his are interpreted at their actual value. THE FIGHTING AT PORT ARTHUR Both Sides Menaced by Odor From Putrefying Bodies. Russians residing at Chefu claim to have received information that the Japanese losses in the last assault on Port Arthur which began Sept. 19, were 7,000. A Chinese who lert the fortress on Sept. 26 says that the Russian losses were between 500 and 600. This Chinaman says that the Japanese were unable to remain in the three supplementary forts which they captured and that they retired at 4 o'clock on the afternoon of Sept. 26, after enduring several days of tremendous firing from the inner forts. He adds that the Russians attempted to bury the dead on both sides at night because the decomposing bodies seriously menaced the health of the garrison. The Russians allege that it is the deliberate policy of the Japanese to undermine the health of the Russian troops by means of the odors from the decomposing bodies and that for this reason they fire on the burial parties. One Chinese who was a member of a burial party says that the Japanese fired when he and other Chinese attempted to bury the dead. He adds, that when the wind carried the odors towards the Japanese the latter retired. Chinese say that the most severe attacks were made on the supplementary forts of the Itz and Anshu mountain forts. The Russians had undermined the ground and several hundred Japanese were blown up on Sept. 23. Reports received from the Miaotao islands mention a terrific report which shook the houses there on tnat aate. The Russian ships, says the report, took no part in the battle. From 30 to 50 shells fell daily in the Chinese new town. One shell tore the rudder from a torpedo boat destroyer. The Russians are now building a new fort on Liaoti promontory bearing on the island side. Its construction indioates that five large guns will form the nucleus of the battery. CLOVER CULLINGS. Death of Miss Addie Jackson?Serious Illness of Rev. B. J. Woodward? Personal. Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. Clover, September 2S.?Miss Addie Jackson, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. W. T. Jackson, died at the home of her parents in this place on yesterday 1 morning of typhoid fever, complicated with heart trouble, after an illness of about one week, aged about twentyone years. The death of Miss Jackson cast a gloom over the entire community. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, and while of a retiring disposition demonstrated to the world that her love for her Master was as unselfish as it was genuine. She was the organist, a teacher in the Sunday school and an active member i of the Ladies' Missionary society, and < was always at her post, discharging her various obligations in a faithful and efficient manner. The funeral was conducted yesterday afternoon from j the Presbyterian church by the pastor, Rev. S. H. Hay, assisted by Rev. R. M. Stevenson of the Associate Reformed church, and was attended by one of , the largest congregations that has as- J sembled on a similar occasion in years. , mary grades in the Clover High j school, and out of respect and esteem , for her memory the entire school at- \ tended the services at the church and cemetery in a body. During the first part of September ' the announcement was made in The 1 Exqi-jrer that on Monday, the 19th, i a protracted meeting would be com- 1 menced in the Baptist church here in I which the pastor would be assisted by I Rev. B. J. Woodward. Mr. Woodward i was at one time the pastor of the i church and is held in high esteem not i only by its members, but the en- 1 tire community, and his coming was s looked forward to with pleasure. On I Sunday, the 18th, the pastor, Rev. W. i E. Hurt, received a telegram from Au- s gusta, Ga.. Mr. Woodward's home, to I the effect that he was dangerously ill, i and would not be able to fill his ap- I polntment. The meeting was postponed. It has since been learned that Mr. and Mrs. Woodward had been poisoned from eating canned meat, and that the latter had died from the effects of it on last Sunday. The latest information is to the effect that while Mr. Woodward is not as yet considered entirely out of danger, strong hopes are entertained for his recovery. Dr. Ike Campbell expects to leave in a day or so for Baltimore where he will complete his last year in the prescribed medical course and receive his diploma. Mr. M. Li. Smith left a few days ago for Charlotte for the purpose of attending the meeting of Southern Cotton Spinners, called to perfect an or ganlzation intended to protect tne interests of the industry. He went from Charlotte to Philadelphia for the purpose of looking after business interests. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Cotton Coming In Freely?Express Company Promises Better Service? Dr. Wylie Talks About Typhoid? Mr. A. H. Green Improving; Also Mr. McFadden's Family. Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. Rock Hill, Sept. 30.?The nice weather continues and the work of gathering: and marketing the cotton crop is being pushed as is rarely done In this section. The two ginneries at this place are kept busy every day. The wagons begin to arrive by 4 o'clock a. m., and continue to come in through the day. The drop in the price this week slightly checked up the run on the market, but not to any very great extent. Our citizens are delighted to know that the Southern Express company will put an express wagon on the streets at an early date for the collection and delivery of express packages to all parts of the city. Rock Hill has long been in need of a better local express service and several efforts have been made through the Commercial club* to have the service improved. The matter was finally taken up by the state railway commission the past week. In the mean time, however, the express company took action in the matter themselves and in a few days will have their new wagon on the streets. The express company have all along expressed their willingness to improve the service Just as soon as the business would Justify it. Dr. W. Gill Wylie of New York city, made quite an interesting and instructive talk on the importance of pure water, the causes of typhoid fever, etc., at the Commercial club's monthly smoker last Tuesday night. Dr. Wylie was present by invitation of the club and his talk has aroused the people on the subject of pure water * " * "" - * ? * ana tne aanger ui uuiiim^unt ij fever by using impure water. The local physicians and the board of health have at different times had water from Rock Hill wells analyzed and taken every precaution possible to protect the health interests of the city. But it is evident that something further must be done in order to meet the demands of a rapidly growing city and the general opinion is that nothing short of an up-to-date sewerage system will meet this demand. His many friends will be glad to know that Major A. H. Green who has been in John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore for the past few weeks is improving in health. The family of J. H. McFadden are all improving also. There have been several cases of fever in the country near this place, but all are reported as recovering. W. T. Hollis of Ogden, is reported quite sick. MERE-MENTION. H. C. Cash, town marshal of Oliver Springs, Tenn., was shot and killed by William West, a citizen of the town, Wednesday night. Cash had several times arrested West, and West killed him in revenge Up to Sept. 24, the Atlantic Compress company of Savannah, Ga., has handled 232,000 bales as compared with 111,000 up to the same date last year An explosion of gas in the Mount Jessup colliery near Peckville, Pa., Wednesday, caused the death of two miners, and severely injured five Russian official reports give the number of Japanese killed during the night attack on Port Arthur, Sppt. 18, at 1,300.... Reports are being,circulated that the Boxers of Shantung, China, have decided upon October 17 for a general extermination of all foreigners in that place An east bound freight train on the Grand Trunk railway collidwith another freight train near Eastwood Ontario. Wednesday, killing four trainmen Thirty persons were injured in a wreck on the Iron Mountain road, near Vulcan, Mo., last Tuesday, none of them were seriously hurt Tom Watson admitted at Jackson, Miss., the other day that the principal object of his campaign is to draw votes from the Democrats Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, died at his home at Worcester, Mass., this morning at 1.35 o'clock. Parker's Letter of Acceptance. ?Judge Parker's letter of acceptance, while not lacking in any element of the decorous dignity befitting his position, possesses all the qualities that should characterize an address calculated to whet the zeal and inspire the energies of his political brethren. It is positive, direct, candid and courageous. It has been asserted by the opposition that his acceptance speech was lacking in these respects; that it resembles a judicial deliverance, a decision, or dissenting opinion from the bench, too closely to serve as a campaign rallying call. But they will make no such criticism on this effort. It will put some animation and vigor into this hitherto incomparably dull campaign by enthusing the Democracy, not less than by challenging the Republicans to fresh assaults on the Democratic lines. No deliverance that has marked the progress of the canvass has commanded more prompt and interested attention than will be accorded to this virile letter, and if activity does not displace indifference, if excitement does not supplant the unusual calmness of the scene, no part of the responsibility will be chargeable to the Democratic candidate.?Washington Post. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? As the result of the heavy movement of cotton toward Charleston within the past few weeks the railroads have had to press into service all available cars and are even using express cars in which to haul cotton. ? Governor Hey ward has written to Solicitor Sease advising him that he had read in the newspapers that there had been a lynching in Greenwood or Laurens county, and that he wished him to make a careful investigation into the facts of the reported lynching and make a report to him upon the ease. Governor Heyward Impressed Solicitor Sease with the gravity of the report and the seriousness of such lynchings going without punishment,, and begged him to do everything possible to get at the facts. ? Columbia State: Colonel M. P. Tribble has finished the work of collecting and collaborating the Confederate rolls, and yesterday forwarded them to the war department at Washington. It is the purpose of the national government to publish these records, which are the original rolls, and every care will be taken of the rranuscript. The rolls will be pubished in the alphabetical order of the states, and it may be some time before South Carolina is reached. This vork has occupied Colonel Tribble several months, and the publication of foe records will be a matter of gratfication to the people of South Caroina. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Claude Inman?Wants Information as the whereabouts of an estray Berkshire sow pig. Geo. W. Sherer?Will pay $1 for the return of a Jersey bull calf that left the pasture about two weeks ago. William Powell?Has a medium-sized bay horse that he took up last Sunday. Owner can have same by proving property and paying expenses. J. E. Lowry, Mayor?Publishes an ordinance relating to the licensing of emigrant agents within the town of Yorkvllle. Also an ordinance relating to assaults, etc. Louis Roth?Has white and yellow onion sets for fall planting. Loan and Savings Bank?Offers, In Its safety deposit vaults, absolutely reliable protection for valuable papers, jewelry, etc. J. M. Heath & Co.?Are exhibiting an immense line of all kinds of fall and winter goods, including clothing, millinery, shoes, dress goods, etc. J. Q. Wray?Calls especial attention to an elegant line of dress goods which he Is now showing to the ladles. He says that better qualities and larger varieties have never been shown in Yorkvllle. Dobson Bros.?Say that their hats are still In the ring. New hats and ribbons have Just been received. New hats for children. Laundry taken. Foushee Cash Store?Advertises a Job lot of hats for girls, boys and men to be put on sale next Monday. Strauss-Smith Co.?Have received big shipments of hats for men and boys, underwear for men, women and children, and have a complete line of furnishing goods for men and boys. J. Edgar Poag, Broker?Advises you to buy York county real estate before prices advance. He will either sell you property or sell your property. First National Bank?Advises you to put your surplus money in a firstclass bank, and offers Its services. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you that eggs are in demand and tells you how to make your hens lay more eggs. They also have other articles that are calculated to make poultry, hogs, horses, mules, cows, etc., feel better and do better. They have a full supply of goods usually sold In a drug store. LOWEST ON RECORD. The water in Broad River is lower than it has been before within the memory of the oldest citizens along its banks in York and Cherokee. Mr. James L. Strain of Etta Jane, was in Yorkville yesterday on business, and discussing the river said the sandy ridges along the bed of the stream are showing above the surface all the way across. It has been necessary to remove the flat boats at Howell's ferry and Lockhart, and the crossing is done by fording, the most serious inconvenience being the steep banks on both sides of the stream. The Cherokee Cotton mills have been able to operate only two or three days a week on account of low water and Lockhart has also been inconvenienced considerably. The water was very low in the river in 1881; but the impression of most of the people best in a position to know is that it was not so low that year as it is now. THE COTTON MARKET. The price of cotton has been going down steadily during the past week, and the local market has declined from 10} on Tuesday to 93 this morning. The trouble is generally believed to be due to the unusually heavy receipts during the past few weeks. Here is the comparative record for yesterday: Receipts at ports 68,696 This day last year 32,065 Same day year before 44,481 Receipts since Sept 1 993,413 This time last year 597,742 Same time year before 987,542 The principal hope of the immediate future is the next bureau report due next Monday. This Is likely to affect the market materially one way or the other. The opinion has been expressed quite freely that there would be a droDDing off of local receipts when the market fell below 10 cents; but as yet the receipts do not seem to show any appreciable decrease. On this day one year ago the local market stood at 9i. NOTE AND COMMENT. The state board of control Is sending out instructions to dispensers to be more careful about the law requiring liquor purchasers to file requests, and requiring that such requests be kept on record In the office of the auditor. When the lavf was first enacted, dispensers required every purchaser of liquor to make out his request regularly; but later on this regulation was neglected until now it Is observed only to a very limited extent. The dispensary at Yorkville, however, has been observing the law closely all the while and there are thousands of requests filed up In the office of the auditor. It is generally understood that the southern cotton mills have not yet gone Into the market except for such cotton as they actually need for dally consumption. The present demand is from exporters principally. The mills think cotton Is too green and then they have an Idea that they will be able to buy It cheaper. Many of them thought the same thing last year, and they paid a big price for their notions on the subject. Just at this time, it lr?rvb-o qo if thfncrg firo P,nlnPr the WRY the mills would like. THE COCAINE HABIT. It came to the attention of Mayor Lowry a few days ago that the cocaine habit has spread to an alarming extent among the negroes of Yorkville and he took occasion to make some investigations. Upon inquiry at the local drug stores the mayor learned that there ( are frequent calls for cocaine in small amounts, from 10 cents to 25 cents worth at a time, and altogether there are no less than 80 regular users of the drug in the town and immediate vicinity. So far as is known, the habit is con- , fined entirely to negroes. They buy < cocaine in a dry powdered form, and snUff It up their noses. The drug J seems to have a soothing, quieting ef- f feet that makes them oblivious to what ta cnln? on nrnnnfi them. From such Information as the may- ] or has been able to gather, the cocaine habit was introduced here about two 1 years ago by a couple of straggling ^ negro railroad han#s. Both were cocaine fiends. They taught the habit to ' other negroes, and since then It has been spreading steadily, until now It numbers not less than 80 votaries, probably more. The mayor has requested the druggists to keep a list of all their cocaine customers together with the sales to each, and later on he will lay all obtainable Information before the town council with a view to considering whether or not anything can be done to secure an abatement of the habit. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Next Monday is salesday for October, and the opening of the season In horse trading. ? Althoueh It will be a week or two yet before the building can again be occupied by the congregation, the work on the Interior of the Presbyterian church continues to progress steadily. The most noticeable changes are the removal of the side galleries and the location of the choir Immediately to the rear of the pulpit The wood work of the interior Including the pulpit and pews is being finished in oak as formerly. ? A trio of negro medicine venders, composed of one woman and two men, that has been doing business on the court house corner for several nights was arrested last night on a warrant issued by Magistrate Comer, charging them with doing business without a license. The woman, who gave her name as E. L. Monsze and who was In charge of the outfit, put up $25 bond for her appearance before the magistrate this morning. ? From the official publication In another column, It will be noted that Yorkville has followed the example set by neighboring towns and adopted an ordinance to restrict interference with mill labor. "When all the cotton mills are running at full capacity, and this will probably be the situation before a great while, there Is much difficulty about securing full forces of operatives, and there has developed what Is known as the mill labor agent. This individual works In various ways, frequently on commission and gives the mill management a great deal of trouble without any corresponding benefit to the operatives he succeeds in entic' Kaav* a orroot Hafll flf ing. i acre uoo uccu a trouble and In some cases more or less violence on account of the operations of these labor agents, and that there should be restrictive ordinances Is very natural. ANNUAL SETTLEMENT. Comptroller General Jones was In Yorkville last Tuesday, according to appointment and made his annual settlement with the auditor, treasurer, supervisor, school commissioner and foreman of the grand Jury. The books of the officials named were gone over In a business like manner and checked carefully. After the settlement was finished, the comptroller general complimented the various officers and assured them of the pleasure It gave him to find their business in such satisfactory shape. The only criticism of special importance that the comptroller had to make was with reference to the manner In which the law requiring magistrates to file their monthly reports with the county auditor is observed. The law requires that each magistrate file with the auditor each month an itemized statement of all the business transacted with him during the preceding month. The statement must include the titles of the cases tried, the amounts of the various fines collected and the names of the defendants by whom these fines were paid. It develops that except in the case of the magistrate for Bullock's Creek township, the law has not been observed. Magistrate Duncan has all along been filing monthly reports giving the titles of the cases in which fines were entered and the amounts of the fines collected. The other magistrates have . merely been filing the treasurer's receipts for the moneys they have Been paying over 10 m??. official from month to month. Comptroller General Jones called the attention of Mr. J. O. Walker, foreman of the grand Jury to the delinquency of the magistrates in the matter and suggested that hereafter full and complete reports should be required. REAL ESTATE TRAN8FERS. The following transfers of real estate were recorded in the office of the county auditor during the month of September: BETHEL. M. E. Adams to T. J. Bradford. 77 acres; consideration $770. BROAD RIVER. Joseph Barnett to John F. Greer. 20 acres; consideration $117. Thomas Barnett to Joseph Barnett. 10 acres; consideration $250. S. B. Lathan to C. M. Whisonant. 1 lot; consideration $300. John H. Simpson et al. to Cleo Lesslie, et al. 1 lot; consideration $800. BULLOCK'S CREEK. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis., to Jonas and L. Schiff. 100J acres; consideration, $250. 0 CATAWBA. E. L. Barnes to Mary L. Barnes. 4 lots; consideration, love and affection. W. L. Roddey to Sarah Ervin. 1 lot; consideration $250. David P. Steele to W. M. Steele. 64 acres; consideration $1,200. Sue D. Hutchison to J. Claude Crowell. 1 lot; consideration, $525. R. E. Barron to Margaret B. Stevens. 2 lots; consideration $250. H. B. Buist to Eliza F. Buist. 1 lot; consideration $300. Mrs. Sarah e. Murpny to j. u. u?vls. 46 acres; consideration J100. Pride Ratteree to Charley McCaw. 1 lot; consideration $10. Wm. T. Sturgls to Elwell M. Sturgis. 40 acres; consideration $40. Geo. D. White, et al. to Ella M. Toole. 1 lot; consideration $35. E. L. Murphy to J. A. Thomas. 1 lot; consideration $700. Rebecca C. Isom to Cy Cureton. 1 lot; consideration $15 EBBNE3BR. P. M. Berry to Catawba Power Co. 40 acres: consideration nominal. Rock Hill Land and Town Site Co. to J. D. Verner. 1 lot; consideration $125. kino's mountain. Isaac L. Faires to S. Monroe Faires. 12.2 acres: consideration $90. W. B. Smith to C. T. Thomas. 1 lot; consideration $125. Andrew L. Jackson to Mrs. Mattle Jackson. 79 J acres; consideration $1,000. James A. Childers to M. Jackson Wallace. 51 acres; consideration $400. YORK. Alice O'Leary to Mrs. Mattle E. Nichols. House and lot; consideration $1,500. Isaac Wright to Victor Cotton Oil Co. 1 lot; consideration $125. Eugenia Miller Drakeford to Glenn Xr Allison, l lot: consideration $150. Harriet J. Bratton to P. Avery Lowry. 1 lot; consideration $ 100. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. C. E. Spencer and family re- I turned last night, after a stay of several weeks at Blowing Rock, N. C. Mrs. A. N. James and two chil3ren of Mt. Pleasant, N. C. left this morning for their home after a visit to the family of Mr. C. F. James. Mrs. James M. Starr, accompanied ! ey Miss Alice Perry of Heath Springs, eft yesterday for a visit to the World's Pair, St. Louis. Miss Mamie McConnell who has >een spending the summer In Yorkville with her parents, returned to 1 Philadelphia Thursday. ( Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss left on < ruesday for White Stone Llthia t Springs. Mr. Strauss went to attend a meeting of the Shriners. Miss Harriet Henry of Washington, D. C.. Is visiting relatives in Yorkville, the guest of the families of her nephews, Messrs. W. H. and R. J. Herndon. Mr. Roy Williamson, salesman in J. M. Heath & Co.'s grocery department, Is seriously ill at the home of his father, Mr. J. L. Williamson, near Oglen, with typhoid fever. Miss Eunice McConnell left Thursday morning for Springfield, Ohio, to accept a position as assistant superintendent of the City Hospital Training school for nurses. Cadet John R. Dickson left for the Citadel academy this morning, to enter upon his final year at that institution. Cadet Dickson is now first ser geant of Company B. Mr. John W. Miller, carrier on Yorkvllle R. F. D. No. 6, Is ill at the home of his father, Mr. J. B. Miller, of the Union neighborhood with fever. He has been sick for about two weeks. News from him this morning was to the effect that he is getting along very nicely; but he Is not yet clear of fever. Mrs. G. M. Lowrance went to Albemarle, N. C., last Tuesday, having been summoned there by information to the effect that Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Crowell, her son-in-law and daughter, were seriously ill from the effects of ptomaine poisoning. They had eaten canned flsh of some kind a day or two before and both shortly afterward became ill. At first it was feared that heir illness would prove fatal; but "ince the departure of Mrs. Lowrance It is learned that all danger is about over. Mr. William O. Harshaw and Miss Marian Harshaw entertained quite a number of friends at 'heir home five miles south of Yorkville on last Friday night, Sept. 33. Dancing was enjoyed by many, while others preferred strolling on the lawn. Music was furnished by the Yorkville band. Those present were: Misses Iva Withers, Haael Grist, Anna Spann, Mary Ashe, Annie Scott, Mary Scott, Estelle Davidson, Lena Moore, Sue Moore, Ina Ashe, Clara Clinton, Kate Love, and Lou Love. Messrs. P. W. Love, John R. Hart, Will McCorkle, Ross Clinton, John Ashe, Hamlet Carroll, Lee Hart. Tom Bludworth, Roy Carroll, Will Stevenson, Rob Love, Prof. Garrell, Luther Ashe. John Lindsay, Luther Davidson, Rodney Scott, and Cleveland Dunlap. Chaperones?Mr. J ,, T.I A TT If. on<1 anu mrg. juiiii a. naioiun, iu>. Mrs. Thomas F. Dunlap. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 1904, for 54 cents. How Is This For a Record? A responsible citizen of Sharon telephones The Enquirer that on last Friday, three young men of Bullock's Creek township, Messrs. John McAlliley and Mason and Walter Latham, picked 1,665 pounds of cotton. Death of Mrs. Martha Mitchell. Mrs. Martha Mitchell, widow of the late J. P. Mitchell, died at her home near Blairsville last Tuesday night, aged 86 years. She leaves six children, four sons and two daughters. Her funeral took place at Sharon Wednesday, the services being conducted by Rev. J. S. Grier. Monument to James K. Polk, A monument to James K. Polk, eleventh president' of the United States, was unveiled near Plneville, N. C., last Monday by the Mecklenburg Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. The monument Is supposed to stand on the identical spot occupied by the house In which Polk was born. There were addresses by Dr. J. B. Alexander and Capt. W. E. Ardrey. The unveiling was done by i Miss Julia Robinson of Charlotte.. Death of John M. Caldwell. Mr. John M. Caldwell, a well-known citizen of York county, died in Yorkville at the residence of his son-inlaw, Mr. John N. O'Farrell, last Tues day morning1, aner an exieuueu imicuo. Had he lived until November next he would have been 82 years of age. Mr. Caldwell was twice, married. His first wife was Miss Nancy Howell, who died about fourteen years ago and his second wife was a Mrs. Huddleston, who _ has been dead about two years. As the result of his first marriage there were eleven children of whom six are living. They are as follows: Mrs. Win. Caldwell, of King's Creek; Mrs. J. N. O'Farrell, of Yorkvllle; Mrs. Isaac Campbell, of Gastonia; Mrs. Palmer Tllton, of Westminister, Conn.; Miss Agnes Caldwell, of Baltimore, and Mr. W. G. Caldwell of Waco, N. C. The deceased devoted the greater part of his life to farming. He served one term, however, as coroner of York county. The funeral took place at Beersheba on Wednesday morning, the services being conducted by Rev. W. C. Ewart The First A. R. Presbytery. Charlotte News: The congregation of the Central Steele Creek A. R. P. church are making extensive preparation for the meeting of the First Presbytery of the A. R. P. synod, that Is to meet at that place October the 11th. The church has been newly covered, and quite a number of Improvements made in the Interior of the building. The following comprising a committee from that church were In town this morning: Mesdames Nannie Grier, Edgar Peoples, Anna Bell, and Messrs. W. A. Grler and Frank Gallant This committee purchased a handsome new carpet and a table for the church. By the time of the meeting of presbytery the church will be made most attractive both without and within. The Steele Creek people are very much interested in the coming meeting. The presbytery Is composed of all the A. R. P. churches In North Carolina and quite a good many In upper South Carolina. If every congregation Is represented there will be more than seventy delegates present. The coming meeting will be a very imporuuu que, as the question of union with the United Presbyterian Church North will be voted upon. The ministers of the first presbytery are almost all In favor of this union, but quite a good many of the members In the various congregations are opposed to It AT THE CHuRCHES. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. rev. j. l. stokes, d. d.p pastor. Sunday Services?Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 4.30 o'clock in the afternoon. Evening service at 7.30 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. rev. w. c. ewart, pastor. Sunday Services.?Sabbath school at 10 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock. Evening service at 7.30. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. rev. w. o. neville, d. d., pastor. Sunday Services?Morning service at 11 o'clock. Sunday school at 4 p. m. No evening services. All services In the court house. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. rev. j. c. johnes. rector. Sunday Services?Lay services at 11 o'clock In the morning:. Sunday school at 4.30 p. m. BAPTIST. rbv. w. e. hurt, pastor. Sunday Sdrvices?Sunday school In :he morning at 10 o'clock. Services >ach second and fourth Sunday at 11 j'clock in the morning and at 8 In he evening. <1