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and Jarts.
? No action, says a Washington dispatch
of October 21, will be taken by
the authorities of the war department
in the case of Private John T. Smith,
of the hospital corps, who has married
a negress, until after the election.
This fact has been definitely ascertained
at the war department. The
authorities at the war department intend
that the race issue involved in
the Smith case shall receive no official
action before the election on November
8. The case has l>een referred
by Major Gen. F. C. A nsworth, the
military secretary, to Judge Advocate
General Geo. B. Davis, wno win noi
consider It with a view to a definite
decision for several weeks. The question
is regarded as of too great political
significance to be decided at this
time, when race equality has been
made one of the principal Issues before
the American people.
? General Gripenberg, the new commander
who is to lead the Second
Russian army in Manchuria, is a Finlander,
blue eyed and blond haired.
His name and color indicate German
lineage, which is possible, because
Finland has been subject to conquests
by her southern neighbors in the past.
The general is sixty-six years old and
won his spurs in the Crimean war
when he was in his teens. He served
in Poland in 1863 and commanded a
regiment In the Russo-Turkish war,
He is a brave soldier and also a good
strategist Having come up from the
bottom of the ladder, he should be
popular with the soldiers and at the
same time have the art of war at his
fingers' ends. General Gripenberg is
a splendid type of the young old man.
He looks and acts like a man in his
prime. Besides, he is younger than
Lord Roberts when he smashed the
Boers.
? Caracas, October *22: Signs are
not lacking that another revolution is
brewing in this country. President
Castro has heard of plottings in the
Andean provinces and along the Orin
ocan pampas and is acting with his
usual promptness. The rallying cry
of the dlssatlsfed is that the country
is taxed to death to pay the indemnity
imposed by The Hague tribunal and to
support the extravagance of the Castro
administration. It is also alleged
that the president, following the precedent
Venezuelan presidents, is accumulating
a great personal balance
in Paris and New York against the
time when a revolution would be successful.
The general opinion here,
however, is that the American asphalt
companies are at the bottom of the
unrest. This view is held by the government
and it is not at all unlikely
that Castro will make strong representations
to the United States government
on the subject.
? Col. D. B. Dyer of Augusta, Ga?
has presented his collection of Indian
relics, valued at $200,000, to Kansas
City, to be incorporated in the public
library there. The collection is considered
the most valuable in private
ownership in the countiy and it has
required thlrty-flve years to gather it.
The number of articles is something
over 2,000, comprising prehistoric remains
from the American Continent,
a lot of pottery and Indian relics from
Old Mexico, a collection made by Dr.
Irwin Bachmann, and the entire collection
of the late Rear Admiral L. A.
Beardslee. U. S. A. Some of the most
famous Indians in history owned articles
in the collection. There are relics
from the Gen. Custer massacre,
Wounded Knee, the battle of Wichita,
the chiefs, including Sitting Bull, Little
Chief, Black Kattle. Dull Knife,
Wild Horse. Chief Joseph and Capt.
Jack, chief of the Modocs. The entire
lot will be exhibited in the Kansas
City Library Annex, and will be known
as the Daniel B. Dyer museum.
? So far as the dispatches from the
far east show, there has been no
change in relative positions of the
hostile armies confronting each other
on the line of the Shakhe river.
There is an unconfirmed report that a
Russian force of 20,000 men has been
concentrated at Kauta pass, twenty
miles northeast of Llao Yang, which
may be indicative of the direction in
which Gen. Kuropatkln is likely to
strike his next blow. Upwards of 20,000
of the Russian soldiers wounded in
the battle of the Shakhe have reached
Harbin. Cold weather is causing suffering
to the armies In the field, although
it has wrought rfh Improvement
in the conditions for the movement
of troops. A report has reached
St. Petersburg, but lacks confirmation,
that the Port Arthur fleet has left its
anchorage in the harbor and has taken
up a position in the roadstead. There
is still no certainty as to the extent of
the losses on either side during the re0
cent 11 days battle. Japanese claim
that the Russians lost 40,000 men and
they put their own losses at less than
10,000. Russian reports, however, indicate
a belief that the Japanese losses
were nearly as great as those of the
Russians. That the battle was not decisive
of anything is evident. Both
^rmles continue to occupy the positions
they occupied at the cessation
of the fighting last week, and the battle
is liable to be renewed at any moment.
? The Russian Baltic fleet made an
unexplainable attack on a British fishing
fleet out of Hull, England, in the
North Sea at midnight last Friday.
The Baltic fleet having started on its
way to the far east, fell in with the
fishing fleet. Several of the war vessels
threw their search lights out at the
Englishmen and passed on. After a
while, one of the war vessels opened
fire on the fishing boats and the other
vessels Immediately joined in, using
their rapid fire guns. The steam fishing
boat Crane was sunk, after the
heads had been shot off her captain
and mate. Every member of the crew
was wounded. Another vessel was
sunk with all hands. The firing continued
for twenty minutes before there
was any let up and great damage was
done. In all eighteen men were
wounded. The affair has created great
excitement throughout England and
the common conviction Is that there
must be prompt apology and compensation
from the Russian government
or speedy declaration of war on
the part of Great Britain. There has
been a suggestion to the effect that
the Russians will claim that they mistook
the fishing fleet for some kind of
a disguised Japanese enterprise and
the matter will wind up with the
cashiering of the Russian commander
who commenced the firing and the
payment of idemnity to the owners of
the vessels and the families of the
killed and wounded fishermen. However,
the situation is very grave and
it may easily develop into something
more serious.
Jhe t|oriu'iUr (Snquiw.
YORKVILLE, 8. O.t
TUESDAY,OCTOBER_25^1904.
Judge Watt's charge to the Lancaster
grand Jury is as full of Btraight
judicial wisdom as an egg is of meat,
and is worthy of the most careful
reading througnout. Men wno are
capable of comprehending the truths
laid down by Judge Watts are not apt
to encourage a resort to mob law for
anything under any circumstances.
So apprehensive was Senator Till- j
man las" Saturday that his expose at
Gaffney might be taken as a personal
reflection on somebody connected with
the dispensary, that after reaching
Spartanburg he got Mr. August Kohn
to telegraph the News and Courier a
statement in which he disavowed anything
of the kind. It is certainly a
fact that in the absence of this disavowal
the people who heard his speech
were warranted in concluding that he
believed there was something decidedly
rotten somewhere.
The total value of last year's cotton
crop?the crop of 1903-4?was
3613,797,339. The largest amount received
for any previous crop was
$492,402,263 for the crop of 1902-03.
The crop of year before last amounted
to 10,727,559 bales, while last year's
crop was 716,285 less than the crop of
the year before. The largest crop ever
made was that of 1898-99. That year
the crop was 11,274,840 bales, and the
amount received for It was only $282,772,
974. The crop of 1884-85, which
Included only 5,706,165 bales sold for
$289,245,503. These figures would go
to show considerations other than supply
and demand enter largely into the
price of cotton.
Citizens of Oconee county to the
number of 112 have signed a request
for the resignation of Governor Heyward
because of the commutation of
the sentence of Hoyt Hayes, and the
paper has been forwarded to Columbia.
There ore a great many level
headed men in the state who have
doubted the wisdom of the governor
in commuting the death sentence of
Hayes, but the ill-considered action of
these Oconee citizens is well calculated
to make them hesitate more
than ever. No reasonable man is go,ing
to ? uestion the integrity of the
governor's motives in this matter, but
this Absurd paper seems to give a
very good idea of the judicial poise of
the men who may have signed it.
A copy of the thirty-first annual
edition of Latham. Alexander & Co's.
Cotton Movements and Fluctuations
came to hand a few days ago. This
volume which is gotten up for gratuitous
distribution among the customers
and acquaintances of the old
established firm that sends it out, is
one of the most valuable compilations
on cotton to be had anywhere. It includes
a review of all manner of cototatvotlpo
c\t Amarififl sinpA this
staple began to take Its place as the
leading article of American commerce.
It contains exhaustive and reliable
information as to cotton production,
receipts, consumption, stocks, exports,
fluctuatk as, etc., along with special
articles if interest and value. To say
that the last edition is better than
any of iLs predecessors, would hardly
be correc t for each issue has been perfect,
and this last comes up to the
high standard of the others.
Father-ship of the Dispensary.
The old saying that "the child is the
father of the man" contains a truth
that is too self-evident to need elaboration.
When Senator Tillman was running
for renomlnatlon to the senate without
opposition four years ago, and Col.
J. H. Hoyt was running for governor
in opposition to the dispensary, Senator
Tlllinan Justified his interference
with the claim that "his baby was in
danger."
At Gaffney last Saturday, Senator
Tillman admitted again that he was
the "father of the dispensary;" but
claimed that he is not responsible for
the characteristics that have been developed
in his child since its care and
control have been Intrusted to others.
At the cotton picnic at Harmony, in
this county a year ago, Senator Brice
attributed the dispensary to "Ben
Tillman and the devil," and in the
light of developing testimony it would
appear that Mr. Brlee has It about
right, the only need for further evidence
being on the question as to
where the responsibility of Senator
Tillman ends and the responsibility
of the devil commences.
The avowed object of Thomas W.
Lawson's articles in Everybody's magazine
on Frenzied Finance, and those
articles are scorchers, is to down
Standard Oil, which Mr. Lawson calls
the "System." In the November Installment
Mr. Lawson predicts that
the "System" desires the defeat of
Roosevelt and the election of Judge
Parker, and this the writer claims,
means the destruction of the hopes of
the American people. We have been
reading Mr. Lawson's articles with
a great deal of Interest, and we have
been Impressed with the fact that the
writer is an Intellectual giant; but
as to whether we sympathize with him
is another matter. From his own story
it Is very clear that his only object
in pulling down the "System" is to put
himself in its place. He is not willing
to wear the collar of the system, so
he claims; but he has already confessed
the satisfaction he feels at having
his collar about the necks of others,
and if the people are to be owned
and controlled by either party, there
is little difference to them which of
the two must be acknowledged as
master. Under the circumstances
therefore, while it may be true as
Lawson charges that the "System"
may have arranged to elect Parker by
the purchase of a few doubtful states
a day or two before the election, it is
Just as probable that Mr. Lawson and
friends are entertaining exactly the
same object Again it may be that the
declaration of Mr. Lawson is a shrewd
effort to prejudice his hundreds of
thousands of readers on his side of
the question. When dealing with such
a man as mis, 11 is mipussiuic iui vhc
to decide what he should think.
Holding For 10 Cents.
That cotton growers are holding for
10 cents seems to be evidenced by circumstances.
As long as the price was
10 cents and over cotton came in freely,
and when the price fell below 10
cents the receipts fell ofT with a sharp
Jolt.
Ten centR Is a good price for cotton
and that the farmers should be anxious
to realize that figure is natural.
That they should be reluctant to take
any less Is not at all surprising.
The Enquirer would not like to be
understood as trying to say what the
price of cotton Is going to be. There
are so many elements entering Into
this proposition that under ordinary
circumstances all attempts at prediction
are worse than foolish.
We believe, however, that there Is a
good crop this year. There Is certainly
a good crop In York county. Reports of
a bale to the acre are common and there
are many authentic cases of still larger
yields. It does not necessarily follow
that because there is a good crop
In York county, the same condition
prevails throughout the south; but still
it must be admitted that all of the
more reliable reports so indicate.
A great many people are of opinion
that it is good policy to try to conceal
the size of the crop. The idea would
be good if its execution were possible;
but It is not possible. The people who
make it their business to know have
a way of getting pretty close to the
facts, and while they have to depend
to some extent on speculation the
margin of doubt is not wide.
The leading cotton men of New
York and New Orleans have estimates
varying from 11,000,000 to 12,000,000
bales, and if the correct figures are
anywhere within these limits 10 cents
is probably a good price for cotton.
We would not be understood as advising
anybody to sell at less than 10
cents, because we would not be willing
to assume the blame if the price
should shortly go higher; but to us It
seems that the man who can get 9|
cents under present conditions and
who will not sell runs about as much
risk of having to take 9 cents as he
does of getting 10 cents or more.
TILLMAN AT GAFFNEY.
Senator Tillman Speaks In Behalf of
the Dispensary Law.
Several hundred people gathered at
GafTney last Saturday to hear Senator
Tillman speak in defense of the Cherokee
county dispensaries, the continued
operation of which is to be decided
in an election to be held under the
emasculated Brice law on November.
8. The election has been called on a
petition signed by about 1,200 of tne
2,400 voters in Cherokee county, and
Senator Tillman was present on an
Invitation, signed by about 200 people;
but Just how gotten up does not appear.
The senator spoke about two hours,
and was listened to with close attention.
He invited interruptions as usual
but did not succeed in getting any
except from Editor DeCamp. During
the course of his speech the senator
took occasion to pitch into Editor DeCamp
for having invited him to come
to GafTney in behalf of the new county
movement, and for criticising him for
coming in defense of the dispensary.
Editor DeCamp claimed that the senator
was misrepresenting him and
asked him to stick to the record. The
senator secured some diversion at the
expense of the editor; bilt the incident
was pleasant rather than otherwise.
The senator's speech was for the
most part, if taken at its face value,
on broad lines. It was a shrewd effort
too, well worthy of its author, and
calculated to leave a strong impression
in the direction he desired. He
recognized that the enforcement of
the dispensary law rests under a cloud
of suspicion and declared that unless
this cloud could be dissipated, he was
in favor of killing the law. He was
very careful, however, to call the attention
of his audience to the revenue
the county is receiving from the dispensary,
and to Impress it with the
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It will not only have to give up this
revenue; but will have to pay an extra
tax "to enforce prohibition."
Because of the opportunity for
stealing under the administration of
the dispensary, the senator clalmefl (
that It was natural that people should
assume that there was stealing. People
had accused him of stealing when
he had the control of the dispensary. (
They could not prove thaf he stole but
argued that he stole because they
themselves would have stolen If they |
had been placed In the same position, i
He referred to rumors about members
of the board of control to the effect j
that poor men had gotten rich on sal- j
aries of $400, and that a certain com- I
missioner whose property was covered '
by mortgages when he went into offlee,
died recently and left his family \
a lot of money. He took care to say 1
that he did not believe that there Is
any corruption in the administration }
of the dispensary; but frankly admit- j
ted that there is no question of the
fact that dispensary officials of almost
all grades have the opportunity to
reap dishonest gains from their positions.
Referring to rumors to such effect,
he admitted that members of the state
board of control are in a position to
secure rebates from liquor houses on
purchases of whisky. He stated that
he had heard It charged that county
dispensers frequently received from
the owners of certain brands of case
goods, a bonus of 50 cents on each
case of such goods sold. This, he was
kind enough to explain, was to influence
the county dispensers to push
these special brands of whiskies to the
exclusion of other brands whose proprietors
do not pay the dispensers such
bonuses. All this he admitted could
be done; but he did not believe there
was a dispenser in the state who
would do such a thing.
To make the thing perfect, the senator
suggested a return to the practice
inaugurated by himself while he
had control. He had four grades of
whisky, which he called 1, 2, 3, and
4 x. These grades about covered the
range. All the whisky of a particular
grade was purchased in bulk from the
same house and packed In identical
bottles. If the state would arrange to
buy a year's supply at a time, delivn?"
nnoHoH narlr If aa ho nacked I
it and require the use of request
blanks, there would be no chance for
rebates to the purchasing officers and
no chance for dispensers to make
money by pushing certain brands, or
refilling bottles and selling on their
own account.
On being asked the direct question
by one of his friends as to whether
there was any authority of law for the
so-called beer privilege arrangement
that has sprung up, the senator said
no. He said he did not have any beer
dispensaries when he was running the
business and he did not see where the
board got Its authority for this Institution.
He admitted that the screws
of the dispensary machine generally
are getting very loose and declared
that they need a tightening up all
around.
Admitting that he was the "father
of the dispensary system;" that he
had Instituted It In the face of the
fact that 35,000 voters had asked for
prohibition, against 25,000 for the continued
sale of whisky, he claimed that
the object of the law was to restrict
the sale of liquor rather than to Increase
It; but since then the law has
been changed so as to emphasize the
profit Idea, and that the remedy for
the bad state of affairs Into which the
machine has fallen lay In a return to
original principles. He said that the
state board of control should be composed
of the governor and other state
officers and If necessary all the supreme
court judges.
Upon the conclusion of Senator Tillman's
speech. Rev. F. C. Hickson
spoke for about thirty minutes. Mr.
HIckson's position was that Senator
Tillman's proposed remedy Is Impracticable
for the reason that the best
people of South Carolina are not willing
to engage In the whisky business;
that In fact It is impossible to find a
set of honest men anywhere who will
consent, to have anything to do with
such a traffic.
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Death of Miss Litchenwanger?End of
a Well-known Negro?Cotton Selling
Freely?Scarcity of Firewood?
R. F. D. No. 6 in Operation?Mana- |
gera of the Farmera' Co-operative
Union?Personal Notes.
Rock Hill, Oct. 25.?Miss Anna
Litchenwanger, teacher of Latin at
WInthrop, and who was taken very
suddenly and seriously 111 with heart
trouble about a week ago, died at the
Infirmary . Sunday afternoon. Miss
Litchenwanger was from Knoxvllle,
Tenn., and her brother and sister arrived
from that city last Thursday, accompanied
by a specialist In diseases
of the heart, and remained at the college
until the end came. For several
days the life of the young lady hung,
as It were, on a brittle thread. Her
condition was pronounced as very serious
from the beginning, and while
she received every care and attention
It was possible to give, only the barest
hopes of her recovery were enter
tainea rrom ine aay sne wtuj uwcn
sick. The remains were taken to
Knoxville Sunday night for interment
Richard Hacket one of the oldest
colored residents of this city, dropped
dead in the law office of Wilson &
Wilson Monday morning while sweeping
and cleaning up the office. Death
is supposed to have been due to heart
failure. He was found only a few
minutes after he fell to the floor, but
life was already extinct. He was familiarly
known as "Uncle Dick" to everyone
in the city and the surrounding
country. He was quite a respectable
and honorable old darkey.
Farmers report that the bulk of the
cotton crop has been gathered on red
and sandv lands. There was a big
"run" of cotton on this market Saturday.
The writer counted sixty-three
bales at one time on Main street Saturday
morning. For some time a majority
of the farmers were not willing
to sell for less than 10 cents, but a
great many who have been holding for
10 cents, sold last week for fear that
the market would drop still lower.
The work of gathering the corn crop
Is well under way in this section, and
If the weather remains favorable for
a week or ten days longer the bulk of
the crop will be cribbed. Some claim
that the com crop is better this year
upon a whole than It has been for fifteen
or twenty years.
There is quite a scarcity of wood in
this city. But very little is being
hauled in from the country compared
with former years. A number of people
who have been buying all their
wood from the country every year and
having enough delivered by this time
to last them through the winter
months, have been unable to get any
at all yet Some who would have
hauled wood were unable to get hands
to cut it and others were so rushed
with farm work that they could not
afford to lose time hauling wood.
The Neisler ginnery, which has been
overrun with work all fall, has been
unable to secure wood enough to run
regularly and has been compelled to
close down on several occasions with
a number of wagons standing in the
yard loaded with cotton. Coal is also
scarce and is about as hard to get as
wood.
The first delivery of mail was made
on R. F. D. No. 6 on Saturday the 15th
Instant. J. Maxey Roach is carrier.
Mr. Geo. A. Cowan was elected manager
of the Farmers' Co-operative Union
of Eastern York at a meeting of
the executive committee held last
Friday. The duties of the manager as
sot forth in the constitution of the
Union are to handle and market all
the cotton and any other produce delivered
to him by members of the
Union and under direction of the executive
committee.
There was a heavy frost and ice of
considerable thickness Monday morning.
Owing to the lack of moisture,
however, it is not thought that the
cotton crop will be damaged to any
very great extent. Farmers report
that cotton Is ginning out better than
usual this year. Some report getting
500 pound bales from 1,300 pounds of
seed cotton.
C. C. Oates, bookkeeper for J. W.
O'Neal, wholesale grocer, and who has
been at the private hospital for the
past month, with typhoid fever, Is able
to be out again and Is now at his
home near Tirzah.
The J. H. McFadden family have all
recovered and been discharged from
the hospital except Mrs. McFadden,
ivho Is also Improving.
W. S. Percival of Ogden, has been
;onflned to his bed with fever for
iearlv three weeks. W. D. Dunlop has
lust recovered from an attack of fever.
LOCAL AFFA1R8.
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8.
J. S. Brlce, Plaintiffs' Attorney?Publishes
summons for relief In the
case of W. Banks Good et al. vs.
Kate McGowan Good et al.
Mrs. Jane A. Thomas, Sharon?Will
sell her household and kitchen furniture,
garden tools, etc., at her
home next Saturday morning at 11
o'clock.
L. M. Grist's Sons?Want to buy a
quantity of oak or pine wood and
will pay highest market price for
wood promptly delivered.
Hickory Live Stock Co., Hickory?Announce
that Messrs. T. M. and W.
H. Whlsonant are In the west buying
mules and horses for the trade and
Invite inspection when they return.
J. M. Heath & Co.?Tell about the
immense stock of goods they have
on hand, and call especial attention
to clothing for men, for boys, overcoats,
blankets, millinery and their
wholesale department.
Ferguson & Clinton?Have new crop
New urieans molasses, a rresh lot
of choice hams, and mill feed.
Foushee Cash Store?Has large stock
of low priced millinery and will
trim hats to suit your taste. Also
have men's woolen sweaters at low
prices in plain and fancy colors.
G. H. O'Leary?Has a full stock of
heating stoves for coal and wood
and also has the popular old style
box stoves.
Dobson Bros.?Have received a large
line of veils in all the popular colors
and shades at low prices.
SOLD HI8 PROPERTY.
Mr. J. O. Walker has sold his house
and lot on King's Mountain street,
Yorkville to Mr. R. J. Caldwell, of
Guthrlesville. The information comes
from Mr. Walker, who told the reporter
about it last Saturday.
"Well. I have sold my house and
lot," he said, "and that last advertisement
Is what did the work."
"Why not give the first advertisement
a part of the credit also?" the
reporter inquired, following the question
with the suggestion that such
sales usually require time; that people
don't usually Jump into such transactions
hurriedly, and in this case the
purchaser may have been considering
the matter from the beginning.
"No," asserted Mr. Walker, "it was
this way. The first advertisement
brought a number of inquiries and I
ti-nc oovppqI Hmoct nrettv rlnsp to a
trade; but in each the deal was left
unclosed. However, reports got out
that I had sold to this party or that
party, and these reports discouraged
further Inquiries. The last advertisement,
you remember said 'my house
and lot are still for sale,' and that is
what did the work."
ABOUT PEOPLE.
M. B. Jennings, Esq., left last night
for Columbia,
Mr. H. T. Williams was over from
Lancaster last Saturday on business.
Dr. and Mrs. W. G. White left this
morning for a visit to the World's
Fair, St. Louis.
Mrs. W. Mason McConnell Is spending
a few days with relatives In Chester
and Fairfield counties.
Capt. W. B. Moore went before the
State Board of Health a few days
ago, passed an examination as an
emhaJmer and received a certificate
of .efficiency. He la now authorised
and prepared to practice embalming.
Cards are out for the marriage of
Miss Rebecca Philips Bird of Charleston,
to Mr. Thomas Jefferys Ashe of
Yorkvllle, on Wednesday, November 9.
The ceremony is to take place In
Grace church, Charleston. The bride
to be Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Styles Bird. The groom is a son
of the late Mr. John R. Ashe, a recent
graduate of the South Carolina Military
academy, and has Just completed
a course In electrical engineering in
New York. He has many friends in
Yorkvllle and is well thought of by all
who know him.
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY.
The following venire of petit Jurors
was drawn by the board of Jury commissioners
this morning to serve during
the first week of the approaching
term of the circuit court, which convenes
on November 14, his honor,
Judge R. C. Watts, presiding:
Sam H. Love Bethesda.
W. L. Caldwell York.
John Law Jackson ....King's Mt.
W. M. Steele Catawbd.
D. H. Cobb Broad River.
W. M. Ferguson York.
R. C. Caveny Bethesda.
Arthur Young Fort Mill.
W. H. Matthews King's Mt.
J. D. Hope Broad River.
A. L. Lineberger King's Mt.
R. M. Wyatt King's Mt.
W. A. Watson York.
R. D. Sealy Catawba.
M. G. Bryant Catawba.
G. M. Parks Fort Mill.
R. R. Clinton Bethesda.
W. A. Gordon York.
J. L. Allen King's Mountain.
W. D. Moore ....King's Mountain.
H. W. Shannon Broad River.
W. L. Williams York.
W. H. Curry Bethesda.
W. E. Smarr Broad River.
J. M. Barnett, Jr Bethel.
W. C. Hutchison Catawba.
J. P. Brown Catawba.
J. B. Smith Broad River.
John H. Steele Bethesda.
J. B. Love York.
t r> Rianir n?tawha.
J. B. Plaxco York.
J N. QuJnn Broad River.
John E. Clinton Bethesda. |
W. M. Campbell ..Bethel.
A. J. M. Burns.. .King's Mountain.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Gentry Bros', dog and pony show
brought a big crowd of people to
Yorkvllle yesterday, and their big
tents were crowded during the afternoon
performance. The audience was
smaller at night. There were no skin
games connected with the show and
as the dispensary was closed good order
prevailed throughout the day.
? There was an alarm of Are this
morning at about 3 o'clock on account
of the burning of some fencing in the
yard of Thos. F. McDow, Esq. The
fire department responded promptly;
but the danger was over before Its arrival.
The origin of the fire has not
been definitely ascertained; but Mr.
O. E. Grist, chief of the fire department
thinks It was probably accidental.
? The dispensary sold $421.85 worth
of whisky last Saturday. Upon inquiry
of Dispenser Snider yesterday
It developed that the sale for the corresponding
Saturday in 1903 amounted
to $343.45, and for the same Saturday
in 1902, $336.02. The sales of last
Saturday were materially stimulated
by the information that developed in
the afternoon to the effect that the |
dispensary would be closed Monday
on account of the show. Dispenser
Snider calculates that during two ,
hours and forty minutes he sold whls- |
ky at the rate of $1.53 worth per
minute. '
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LIFE OF COLONEL LACY. ,
At any early day, sometime within
the next few months, The Enquirer
will begin the republication of the life
of Colonel Edward Lacy, written by 1
the late Dr. Maurice Moore, and Is- '
sued by him In pamphlet form In 1859.
Edward Lacy was a Revolutionary
hero, who emigrated to Chester county
from Pennsylvania a short time
before the war for American independence,
and who did his full duty
in that most notable struggle. He
commanded York and Chester men In
many notable conflicts with the British
and Tories, and played a leading
part In the battle of King's Mountain.
The author of the pamphlet to which
we refer lived in the days when there
were still numerous surviving participants
in the campaigns and battles
that made this country free, and had
the advantage not only of the Information
that came directly from the
mouths of those patriotic men themselves;
but also had access to many
old letters and manuscripts that have
since passed out of existence.
There are a few cop'les of this old
pamphlet to be had; but not many,
and their owners generally prixe them
so highly as to be unwilling1 to sell
them at any reasonable price or even
loan them. The Enquirer has been
able to get a copy through the kind
Interest of Mrs. Celina E. Means of
Columbia, the daughter of the author,
and she was able to secure it
only by transcribing It from an original
that she borrowed from an acquaintance.
The pamphlet Is not very lengthy.
It will make only about fifteen columns
of The Enquirer; but it will
give the present generation much in
formation about Revolutionary nappenlngs
in York and Chester counties,
and it will go far toward reviving a
wholesome and well founded interest
and pride In the highly creditable
traditions of our people.
WILL GO TO CLINTON.
Rev. Dr. W. O. Neville is to leave
Yorkvllle. He has accepted the presidency
of the Presbyterian College of
South Carolina at Clinton, and will
probably enter upon the discharge of
his new duties within a month or six
weeks.
Dr. Neville announced his proposed
change from the pulpit last Sunday
morning. There had been whispers
of the matter for some time; but there
pras nothing definite so far as the
Presbyterian congregation was concerned
until Dr. Neville broke the
news himself.
At the close of his morning sermon
Dr. Neville explained the situation.
He told how the presidency of the college
had been offered to him before he
started on his European trip. He declined
the offer at once; but yielded
to an earnest request to withhold a
final decision until he reached New
York. There came another request after
he reached Liverpool and the college
authorities continued to persist
after his return home. He had given
" * ?n-M^ratlnn
me muiier iiiubi i_tuciui wugiuc?uv..
and had at last decided that It was
his duty to accept, notwithstanding
the personal sacrifice involved.
-Rev. Dr. Neville has had charge of
the Yorkville Presbyterian church
since August, 1893, and during his
residence In Yorkville he has endeared
himself not only to his own people;
but to all of the Christian people of
the country surrounding. His influence
for good has been great and
news of his intention to leave will
cause widespread regret
During Dr. Neville's pastorship the
Yorkville Presbyterian church has increased
its membership more than a
hundred, there now being nearly 350
names on the rolls.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
A correspondent of the Columbia
State reports that Mr. R. M. Anderson,
who lives near Rock Hill, has already
picked forty bales of cotton
from forty acres and is not yet done
picking.
It is currently reported that people
are shooting partridges out of season
In all parts of the county. It Is a case '
of "they say" however, and it is not 1
practicable to get anything more definite
than that the reports of guns are 1
to be heard in all directions. The open
season does not begin until November
1st.
It is gratifying to note that the I
flower show Instituted by the ladles of <
the Yorkville Presbyterian church a
few years ago, has developed into a <
permanent institution. It has been I
well patronized heretofore, and the 1
probability is that its success this year '
will be greater than ever. '
Reports from Rock Hill are to the
effect that the sales of cotton have i
been larger there during the past week 1
than in Yorkville, notwithstanding the \
fact that Yorkville buyers have been I
paying higher prices. A Yorkville i
- it?i utu ua 1
buyer said yeaieraay mat wnue ?*
was paying- 9.60 on this market last ?
Saturday he bought fifty bales on a
neighboring market for 9.50. The explanation
of it was that 9.60 was really
above the legitimate market; but
for some reason some of the buyers
got the price up to that figure and
(others followed.
There are some Japanese acrobats
with the dog and pony show that exhibited
here yesterday?father and
son. The father borrowed a daily paper
from the reporter and immediately
began to devour the war news. He
appeared to be very much interested,
but when asked if he would not feel
better satisfied if he were in the Japanese
army, frankly admitted that he
prefers to remain where he is. He
expressed the conviction, however,
that his countrymen would be able to
finally get the better of the Russians;
but expected the war to last at least
three years.
Next Meeting of Synod.
The next meeting of the South Carolina
synod is to be held In Rock Hill, fi
commencing at 5 p. m., Oct. 6, 1906. n
LOCAL LAOOMICS.
Homicide In Fort Mill
Jake Dunlap killed Monroe Jonjss at
Fort Mill laat Sunday In a difficulty
about a woman. Coroner Louthlan
held an Inquest yesterday, and the
|ury seemed to think that the killing
was justifiable. The reporter has
been unable to gather toe facts. Both
parties to the homicide are negroes.
Result of a Family Feud.
There was an unfortunate shooting
affair in the neighborhood of Union
church, about five miles north of
Torkville last Friday afternoon. Mr.
Ernest Wood shot Mr. Paries Jackson
with a revolver. TJie bullet entered
in one side and was cut out at the
other side. The understanding is
that although the wounded man had
a very narrow escape, he will probably
be on his feet again within a
few days. Although Mr. Wood and
young Mr. Baxter Whlesldes, a relative
who was with him have been arrested
and put under bond, there has
been no legal investigation of the
matter, and it Is impracticable to
state facts further than that the
shooting was the result of mutual bad
blood growing out of trivial family i
differences. Messrs. Wood and Jackson
are brothers-in-law, the former
being the husband of the latter's
sister. It is understood that while
Mr. Wood probably fired first, Mr.
Jackson also fired at Mr. Wood, and
Mr. Whitesides was present as a
partisan of Mr. Wood,
MERE-MENTION.
In an encounter in SL Louis Friday
between five detectives and three men
suspected of implication in a train
robbery several weeks ago at Centralis,
111., two of the detectives were
killed and one fatally wounded, and
one of the suspects was killed and the ,
other two seriously wounded '.The
town of Gordon, Ala., one of the most
important shipping ports of the Ch&ttahooche
valley, was destroyed by fire j
Friday The courtmartlal to In- j
vestigate the conduct of the militia |
at the Statesboro, Ga, lynching, ad- 1
Journed Friday after being in session
in Atlanta two weeks. It recommended
the dismissal of Captain Hitch, in
charge of the state troops at Statesboro,
for gross neglect of duty, and
the public reprimanding of Lieutenants
Mell and Griner, who left their
commands without ai hority 172
Russian officers, Including one major
general and seventeen field officers ^
were killed in the fighting of October
11th *A 1 A' OTAAIOI hAOfd nn?
pointed to appraise the damages suffered
by the farmers f * the neighborhood
of Manassas at t hands of the
militia during the September manoevers,
has fixed the approximate amount
at $13,000 Three men were killed
and two severely hurt in a head-on
collision between a northbound pas- ^
senger and a southbound freight train J
on the Yaxoo and Vhwisslppl Valley M
railroad near Natches, Miss., Sunday.
The plant of the Mobile, Ala., W
Lumber company, including offices f
and sawmills and nearly a million J
feet of oak and cypress lumber, was <,
destroyed by fire Sunday morning.
The loss is not yet estimated, but it *
will probably be several hundred
thousand dollars.
80UTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? Dr. Von Telberg Huffman, a prominent
citizen of Sunuer, committed
suicide yesterday by blowing his head
off with a shotgun.
? Hon M. P. Ansel of Greenville, has ^
announced himself as a candidate for
governor in the primary of 1306. He
says he expects to be the next governor.
? The grand Jury of Lancaster coun. .
ty has presented the Southern railroad A
trestle over Bear Creek as unsafe, and
the railroad commission is investig&t- \j
lng the matter. 1
? Col. James H. Tillman is said to
be studying for the ministry, and It
is being reported that he will probably
apply for admission to the Ylrtrlnla
pnnfeponrc
? The Spartanburg negro, Dogan,
who haa been working a pension fraud
on the negroes of Spartanburg, was
convicted in the United States court
at Greenville last week and sentenced
to eighteen months, imprisonment *
? Clarence ThraJlklll, who, with his
father was charged with the murder
of Benjamin Burton, w as tried at Saluda
on Monday and! convicted of
manslaughter. The elder Thaiiklll had
aleady been convicted and sent to the
penitentiary.
? The office of the Columbia State
had a narrow escape from destruction
by lire last Saturday night. The fire
originated In the btsement of the
building and had been smouldering in
a large stock of paper for several
hours before it was discovered. The
Bre department mastered the flames
after a hard fight. The damage in in
the neighborhood of $8,000.
? Believing that Aaron Williams
should not be hung at Camden on November
4, a large number of the
prominent citizens of Kershaw county
have petitioned the governor for a
reprieve for thirty days. Aaron
Williams was tried for criminal assault
on a Mrs. Langley, a white
woman, some months ago, and was
convicted and sentenced to be hung
?n November 4th. Those who have
petitioned for the pardon tell a very
peculiar story of the conditions ex
isting In the matter. The nusoana
>f Mrs. Langley committed suicide
lust after the alleged ?ccurrence and
here was a lynching threatened at
:he time, the affair taking place at
3oykins, not far from the home of L.
iV. Boykin, the member of the state
joard of dispensary directors. It
vas argued by some that the negro
vas entirely Innocent and that there
vere hints of blackmail on the darcey
if he did not tell where he had a -c
ertain amount of money hidden,
lev. W. B. Gordon, L. W. Boykin and
J. T. McDowell have appeared before
he governor and asked that the relieve
be granted until certain facts
ould be brought to hlu attention that
vould convince his excellency of the
legro's Innocence. As the statements
vere not supported by affidavits, howver,
the governor refused to consider
he petition and those interested re- j
urned to Camden to prei>are these afIdavits
in order that some action
night be taken in the matter.