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? Great Britain and Russia have
agreed on a statement of facts of the
North Sea incident to be submitted
to The Hague conference. The convention
is to be composed of six members.
Five of them are agreed upon, one
each from Russia, Great Britain, Amerce,
Germany and France. These are
to select the sixth man. It is said that
Russia claims to be able to prove that
she had positive information of the purpose
of the Japanese to attack the
fleet, this information having been secured
through an intercepted telegram
from the Japanese minister.
? A Manchester man, finding that he
could not get some goods delivered the
other day for home trade on account
of the pressure of Chinese orders, took
steps to discover the nature of this in
crease In Far east activity. He had
good reason to believe no boom In general
Chinese trade had set in, and his
Inquiries showed -that the new orders
were of a very special character Indeed,
Including one placed by the Chinese
government for a half a million
yards of cotton duck for tents. This
Is taken to mean either that China has
made up its mind to take part in the
struggle between Russia and Japan, or
that it is supplying Japan with war
material. Well Informed Britons are
Inclined to accept the first theory as
the more probable of the two.
? St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 1: For a second
time Aeronaut A. Roy Knabenshue
made a successful ascent today in the
Baldwin airship. The first attempt a
week ago was not an unmitigated
success" owing to the breaking of
a rope attached to the propellor,
and the ship was carried over Into
Illinois by the wind. Today, however,
the dirlglbillty of the airship was
demonstrated beyond question. The
ascent was made at 3.16 o'clock and
for fifty minutes the ship soared over
the world's fair grounds and then was
brought back to Its starting point after
having attained an altitude of 3,000
feet The ship answered the helm
readily and was sailed to every point
of the compass, rising and descending
at the will of the aeronaut. Knabenshue
was warmly congratulated when
he brought his ship to earth Inside the
concourse and but a few feet away
from the point at which the ascent was
made.
? Quiet continues at Mukden. The
Japanese are still working hard enA
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look like a continuous fort. It is believed
that they are preparing seriously
to advance, making their front strong,
possibly in order that it may be held
by a comparatively small force while
the heavier force is engaged in flanking
movements. The Japanese have learned
by bitter experience not to expect
much from a frontal attack. They are
obliged, however, to maintain a strong
front to prevent Gen. Kuropatkin from
breaking through their line and carrying
the war to their rear. There is
considerable evidence to indicate that
the Japanese will make every effort to
force the Russians out of Mukden, not
only for the moral effect on Europe,
but upon the Chinese as well. Mukden
Is extremely important to them as
winter quarters. The Japanese continue
to receive re-enforcements and it
is believed by Russian military men
that their advancing depends only upon
accumulating sufficient men.
? Porthos, the dare-devil chasmleaper,
fell from his track at Shelby
and came near breaking his neck. The
Forepaugh-Sells circus was at Shelby,
N. C., last week. Porthos' daring act,
was, as usual, to be the climax, the
fitting close to a stupendous exhibition
of all that is difficult and extraordinary.
He mounted to the top of his sloping
track, up near the roof of the tent,
and prepared to go down the narrow
way again on his wheel, at the speed
of a cannon ball, shoot up a sharp incline,
and then through space, fifty feet
in the air, over the backs of ten great
elephants?and land safely. But perhaps
Porthos will do the act no more.
Down the track he did go to the beginning
of the incline, and then, with
a sharp crash, all in a minute, rider
and wheel went to the ground, in a
tangled mass. Attendants rushed to
the rider and succeeded in extricating
him from the wheel. He regained
consciousness after a minute and
limped away on an attendant's arm.
The audience turned pale at the accident,
and thought the rider was dead.
It was simply a case of the pitcher
that went to the well once too often. ?
? Wilmington, N. C., special of November
5: Two days and a night
without food or shelter from a northeast
storm sweeping down the coast,
half dead from exposure and only
semi-conscious, N. M. Hunt, 40 years
old, a foreman in a Wilmington cotton
mill, was accidentally found by R. A.
Barnette late yesterday afternoon, lying
on his back, in a reed marsh at the
mouth of Brunswick river, three miles
below the city. Barnette was in a
boat duck hunting' and heard a groan.
He had paddled his canoe "near the
spot whence came the sound, and mistaking
the half-submerged form for an
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he recognized the man with whom he
had formerly worked. Hunt was
brought to the hospital here, where he
died this morning, of congestion of the
lungs. Hunt went down the river
Thursday morning on a gunning trip,
and it is presumed that his canoe was
capsized by the storm and that he
swam to the marsh, but was unable,
because of his exhaustion, to get
ashore. He was a member of the Odd
Fellows and Masonic fraternities, by
whom he will be buried.
? J. Samuel McCue. late mayor of
Charlottesville, Va., was convicted last
Saturday of the murder of his wife.
The trial consumed more than a week.
The murder was committed on the
night of September 4. The people of
Charlottesville were aroused by a telephone
message from McCue's house informing
them that there had been a
visit from burglars and Mrs. McCue
had been seriously hurt. Investigation
developed that Mrs. McCue hud been
shot to death in a bath-tub and knocked
on the head with a club. The
shooting was done with a shot gun
and was sufficient to cause Instant
death. McCue himself had a bruise on
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his forehead; but It did not amount to
a great deal. He claimed that burglars
had entered the house and that
the shooting was done by them. There
had been Intimations to the effect that
McCue and his wife had not been getting
along very well, and there was
good ground for the suspicion that he
had murdered her. After hearing the
testimony and arguments, the Jury returned
a verdict within thirty minutes.
McCue's attorneys promptly gave notice
of a motion for a new trial and
every effort will be made to save the
man's neck. There is no reasonable
doubt, however, of his guilt.
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YORKVILLE, 8. C.i
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8,1904.
However today's election may result.
we are heartily glad of the fact
that the doubt, suspense and demoralization
incident to the campaign is
about over.
The Yorkviiae Enquirer endorses
the suggfstion of this newspaper that
the dispensary be abolished and that
licenses be issued to private parties
to sell liquor under the dispensary regulations,
but wishes to know what is
meant by the statement that the only
persons adversely affected by this
change would be the members of the
purchasing board. Some things are
too obvious to require explanation.?
Spartanburg Journal.
We take pleasure in acknowledging
that our question was asked only out
of a spirit of fun. We can readily
understand why the Journal cannot
afford to explain, and its assertion
about some things being sufficiently
obvious without explanation is entirely
satisfactory.
The prediction of some weeks ago
that there would be a whirlwind finish
of the campaign has been realized to
a greater or less extent at least. The
charges that Judge Parker made with
reference to the alleged action of the
Republican party in blackmailing the
trusts for campaign funds, were published
last Friday. On Saturday President
Roosevelt gave the press a long
signed statement in which he denounced
Judge Parker's charges as false,
slanderous, etc. He devoted especial
attention to the allegation- that Cortelyou
had been appointed chairman of
the Republican national committee because
of the knowledge of the inside
affairs of trusts he had gained as secretary
of fhe department of commerce
and labor, and had been making use
of the information thus gained to
blackmail the trusts out of handsome
contributions. Mr. Roosevelt, in his
reply, claimed that the question as to
whether the Republican party had gotten
contributions from trusts was not
the issue as the Democratic party had
also received contributions from the
trusts. He also denounced as outrageous
the accusation that he could be
influenced to hold off the trusts by
their contributions. Immediately on
the appearance of Mr. Roosevelt's denial,
Judge Parker came back with a
reply. He said that if the Democratic
party has received any contributions
from the trusts it has been without his
knowledge or consent as he had given
the Democratic managers to understand
that he would certainly not
stand by any promises that might be
made to the trusts on account of campaign
contributions. What effect, if
any, the controversy may have had on
today's balloting cannot be determined;
but that the Republican party has
been getting most of its campaign
money from the trusts is quite evident.
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
Building of the New Postoffice Delayed?R.
F. D. Examination Next Saturday?Courts
Refuse to Keep Down
Competitors of the Dispensary?
The Case of R. F. Thomasson.
Correspondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer.
Rock Hill, Nov. 8.?Postmaster E.
E. Poag has received information that
all of the bids for the construction of
the new postoffice building in Rock
Hill were turned down, consequently,
no contract was awarded. New plans
and specifications will be drawn before
bids for the contract are called fbr
again. This will delay the work of
erecting the building, which would
have commenced at an early date if
the contract had been awarded, for
several months, at least and probably
until next spring. It appears that the
plans and specifications as drawn called
for more money than had been appropriated
for the building, and the
bids were all too high, or else there
was not as much money reserved for
the work as was originally promised.
The examination for a carrier on the
new R. F. D. route No. 1 from Ogden,
will be held in Rock Hill on Saturday
of this week. In addition to Mr. Dun
lap, who worked up the route, the following
will stand the examination:
M. B. D-inlap, W. B. Roach and J. B.
McCants. Route Inspector Arnold
granted the route on condition that a
new postofflce building be erected at
Ogden. "his Mr. W. H. Dunlap agreed
to do at his own expense providing
he was appointed carrier. The inspector
positively refused to grant the
route under any other conditions and
the route will not be established until
this is done. The building now in
use is quite small and unfit for a
postofflce building.
Constable J. H. B. Jenkins had
several whisky cases tried in the
Chester court last week. Each one
seemed to be a plain case beyond
any doubt and although Solicitor
Henry went after the accused
with gloves off, and his usual
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of not guilty in each case?four in all.
These officers receive very little encouragement
from the courts in their
efforts to enforce the dispensary law
and to bring violators of it to justice.
Really the courts, or rather the jurors,
are the greatest stumbling block in
their way and until they begin to do
their duty the constables are seriously
handicapped. Mr. Jenkins although
very much disgusted with this failure
of duty on the part of the courts, is
not discouraged by any means and
says he will continue to bring violators
of the law to trial, whether the courts
and juries convict them or not.
R. F. Thomasson will bring action
today before Magistrate T. C. Beck
ham for the recovery of the horse and
buggy seized and sold by Mr. Jenkins
some weeks ago and on Wednesday
Thomasson will be tried on several indictments
for selling whisky. Much
interest is being manifested in these
cases and there is much speculating
as to what the final outcome of the
matter will be.
Last week's rain did not come too late
for wheat sowing and as the weather
has been quite favorable since the rain
there will very likely be a good acreage
sown in this section. Neither is it
too late to sow some fall oats and a
few acres sown in oats might prove a
paying investment to the farmer.
There is a great deal of building
going on in Rock Hill and a number
of carpenters were out of work last
week for a few days in consequence
of the rain; but all have resumed work
again now and the musical sound of
the saw and hammer is heard in every
direction.
'Mr. G. W. Jordan received intelligence
Sunday afternoon of the death
of his father, G. W. Jordan, Sr., which
occurred on Wednesday of last week at
his home near Jefferson, Chesterfield
county, after an illness of only a few
days. He had been in somewhat feeble
health for some time. The deceased
was about 84 years old, but
was remaricaDiy sxronif iwr ?. uia.ii ??.
that age and did a great deal of work
on his farm this year. He is survived
by his wife and a family of nine
children, the youngest of whom Is 24
years of age. It is a rather remarkable
fact that of this large family,? the
death of the aged father last Wednes#
day was the first death to occur in
the family.
Yesterday was Winthrop day at R. H.
Howell's Crystal Palace Glass blowers'
tent. Quite a number of the girls
in blue visited the show In the afternoon
and all were delighted with the
exhibition, and the beautiful glass
souvenirs which were given away free
to each visitor. The children of the
graded school were taken in on Saturday
afternoon. Yesterday was their
last day here. They gave two exhibitions
here daily for one week and
were well patronized by the leading
citizens of the city.
Deputy M. G. Bryant and other
members of Oakland Lodge K. of P.
are .quite busy arranging for a meeting
to be held on Thursday of this
week, composed of Pythian delegates
from district No. 6, which Includes the
lodges in York, Chester, Lancaster and
Fairfield counties. Three sessions will
he held, one at 11 a. m? one at 3 p.
m. and another at 8 p. m. The public
is cordially invited to attend the morning
session. The address of welcome
will be delivered by Rev. W. E. Thayer
with response by J. W. Hamell, of
Kershaw.
The King's Daughters did not give
their play on the night of the 7th instant
according to announcement. The
performance was postponed until Friday
night of this week, when they will
present "Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party."
All who attend are assured of a
pleasant time besides contributing to
a good and worthy cause.
Mr. James T. Willlford, a very popular
young man of the Mount Holly
section, and Miss Annie Garrison, will
be married tomorrow at 2 o'clock p.
m. at the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac P. Garrison, Shopton,
N. C.
While there seems to be considerable
interest manifested in the presidential
election to be held today, we
have heard of but very little betting
on the result and while some are sanguine
of Democratic victory, others
shake their heads doubtfully when
broached on the subject.
There is a decided improvement in
the condition of Mrs. I. S. Kldd of Ogden,
who has been seriously ill for the
past two weeks.
Mrs. E. J. Gordon, an aged and invalid
lady, died in this city Saturday
night at the home of her son-in-law,
R. L. Gordon on East Black street.
Funeral services were conducted from
the home of R. L. Gordon Sunday afternoon
by Rev. W. L. Lingle and the
remains were interred in Laurelwood
cemetery. Besides Mrs. R. L. Gordon
the deceased is survived by an unmarried
daughter, with whom she
had made her home near this city for
a number of years.
MERE-MENTION.
Burglars dynamited a private bank
at Warsaw, New York, Friday, securing
nearly $30,000 and made their
escape Fire destroyed almost the
entire town of Marion, Michigan, Friday
Two French steamers, the
Glronde and the Shiafflno, collided in
the Mediterranean sea about twentyfive
miles from the Algerian coast
Friday night. The Gironde went
down, drowning nearly one hundred
persons In a speech at Hendrix,
West Virginia, Friday, Henry G. Davis,
Democratic candidate for vicepresident,
characterized Roosevelt's
action in recognizing the secession of
Panama as Inconsistent with the past
record of the United States Two
ferry boats collided in a thick fog in
Now Vnrk harbor Fridav nierht. one
going: down. Eight or ten horses were
lost, but no human lives....One man
was killed and three fatally injured in
a riot between some Italians working
in a trolley track construction gang
and the foreman of the gang, near
Rochester, N. Y., last Saturday A
freight train loaded with marble, on
the Atlanta, Knoxville and Nashville
railroad fell through a forty-foot trestle
near Ball Ground, Ga., Saturday,
instantly killing two men and seriously
injuring several others Forty
persons were injured in a rear-end
collision between two electric cars at
Los Angeles, Cal., Saturday Jesse
J. Findlay, formerly brigadier general
of the Confederate army, died at Lake
City, Fla., Sunday, aged ninety-two
years A Norfolk and Western
freight train ran into a derailing
switch near Radford, Va., Sunday,
causing the death of the engineer and
fireman.
Ginners Report Worthless.?That
the ginners' report issued by the census
bureau of the national government
for the period extending from the
first of the season to October 18, is
not interpreted alike by all members
of the trade is shown by a statement
made by a cotton man yesterday. He
said:
"The ginners' report as published
today is of little value in making an
estimate of the ultimate yield of cotton
for this season, but as an Item
of information it was interesting. The
leaders of bull 'polls' and of the 'bear
cliques' seized upon it, however, and
each according to their own method
of calculating, made it favorable to
their side of the speculative futures
market.
"The report shows In round figures
that some 6,500,000 bales have been
ginned up to October 18, this season
against 2,800,000 bales to same date
last year. This indicates an enormous
yield for it is a well known fact that
there is still a very.large portion of
the crop to be picked, as we have had
continuous complaints of a shortage of
labor from all sections of the cotton
belt, and these complaints are still
heard.
"Reports from the interior do not indicate
that ginning is more than half
completed; glnners visiting Savannah
during this week have reported in particular
instances that the number of
bales handled thus far is away ahead
of year before last, not to mention last
season's short crop. Although new
ginneries have been working in competition,
they say that the work is not
near through.?Greenville News.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8.
Dreamland Carnival Co.?Telia you to
hurry If you would see Its numerous
shows which it Is exhibiting in Yorkvllle
all of this week.
Southern Railway?Will sell roundtrip
tickets to the World's Fair, on
Tuesdays and Thursdays, at a rate
of one cent a mile, plus arbitrarles.
See fourth page.
John E. Plexlco and Others?Give notice
to all persons not to tresspass
on lands owned or controlled by
them.
W. R. Carroll?Offers W. J. Jones'
farm of 30 acres, together with mule,
wagon and farm implements for rent
L. R; Williams, Probate Judge?Gives
notice that John T. Latham and
Wesley Shannon, named as executors
In will of Thomas Rartln, deceased,
have filed their petition in
the probate court to have said will
proven. Summons is answerable on
22nd day of December, 1904.
J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Calls your
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which extends throughout this week.
He offers special discounts of 10 per
cent on certain goods for Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Hickory Live Stock Co.?Gives notice
to parties interested that its mules
and horses can be seen at Jackson's
stables tomorrow and Thursday. '
Miss Rosa Lindsay?Advises you to
have photographs made of the little
tots. Such photos grow in value as
the children grow older.
York Furniture Co.?Says it is prepared
to serve you with a full line
of house furnishings from cellar to
garret. The best goods at the lowest
prices.
R. J. Herndon?Offers a new mahogany
piano, full size and high grade at
a reasonable price.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Asks you
a number of pertinent questions relative
to yourself that have bearing
on your future.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Sell pocket knives
that are dependable in quality. The
knives are guaranteed to give satisfaction.
They have grain fertilizers.
Eye glasses from 25 cents to (2.25.
G. H. O'Leary?Calls to the attention of
horse owners that he has a line of
the well-known 5-A horse blankets,
and tells of their good qualities. He
also has a nice line of buggy lap
robes in plain and fancy designs.
Foushee Cash Store?Has another
supply of "underwear?underbought
and undersold" that it is offering
at low prices. Also has a line
of men's and boys' dress shirts.
SOUTHERN 8CHEDULE3.
The new schedules that went into
effect on the Charleston division of the
Southern bring the various trains by
Yorkville as follows:
No. 135, going west, passes Yorkville
at 6.30 a. m.
No. 114, going east passes Yorkville
at 8.41 a. m.
No. 113, going west passes Yorkville
at 3.29 p. m.
No. 136, going east passes Yorkville
at 9.54 p. m.
The freight schedules are as follows:
No. 167, going west passes Yorkville
at 11 a. m.
No. 166, going east passes Yorkville
at 5.10 p. m.
EXTRA ENQUIRER.
Because we prerer noi 10 aemy u?
regular edition of The Enquirer and
because our readers will be anxious
to hear something- from today's election
at the earliest practicable moment,
we have decided to give them an
extra edition of The Enquirer tomorrow
morning.
This regrular edition of the paper
will go to all our subscribers as usual,
and the extra will be printed at
about 4 o'clock tomorrow morning.
This extra will contain all the election
news obtainable up to the hour
of Its publication, and will be sent to
all our subscribers Without extra
charge.
In addition to election news the
proposed extra will carry all the advertisements
that appear In our regular
edition, and such other important
news as may develop between 3 o'clock
this afternoon and 4 o'clock tomorrow
morning.
CROPS IN WESTERN YORK.
The people of Western York are re
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cotton than they have had for years
and the people over that way are not
unused to good crops.
The corn crop on Broad river this
year has been unusually good and not
an ear of It has been lost by high water.
The river farmers make It a rule
to remove their corn crop as soon as It
Is sufficiently matured, and they have
gotten It all safely housed.
Mr. W. S. Wllkerson told the reporter
yesterday that the river crop Is
probably the largest and best that has
been made within his recollection, and
he has been familiar with the situation
over that way all his life, having been
born and raised within a few miles of
the river.
Mr. Wllkerson also remarks the phenomenon
recently referred to by Mr.
James Biggers about the yield of lint
being so much larger this year than
usual. He remembers that one year
when the yield of lint was from 31 to
32 pounds to the 100 pounds of seed
cotton, the cotton mill men noticed
that the staple was rather longer than
the average and another year when
the yield of lint averaged from 36 to
37 pounds the staple was shorter.
This year the average of lint is about
37 to 38 pounds to the hundred pounds
of seed cotton, and the staple Is rather
shorter than the average.
What produces a lighter or heavier
proportionate yield of lint, Mr. Wllkerson
Is not prepared to explain, but he
no-rApq with Mr. Bieerers In the sueges
tion that maybe the weather has something
to do with it. He also quoted an
observation from Mr. C. S. Moorhead
of Hickory Grove, to the effect that
when the lint is thicker and heavier
on the seed it is necessarily of shorter
staple than when it is thinner on the
seed, because in one case the conditions
are more favorable to length than
in the other case.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
Rebecca Armstrong, a colored woman
of the Bethel section, reports having
sold from one cow during the past
year, 333 pounds of butter at 15 cents
a pound, and 532 gallons of milk at
8 1-3 cents a gallon.
In compliance with a recently published
general order, Southern Railway
conductors have donned a prescribed
uniform consisting of navy blue suits
with frock coats and brass buttons.
Captains Boxtell and Graham appeared
in their suits for the first time last
Sunday, and had to put up with lots
of guying from their friends all along
the line.
Mr. Ed 8hannon haa found the lost
heifer for which he had been advertising.
It had strayed Into the woods,
where it took sick and was unable to
get up for a week. Searchers had
passed within a short distance of It
without noticing It. Mr. Shannon
feared that the animal had been stolen
and had determined to spend as much
as It was worth to satisfy himself. The
supreme court has handed down
a decision in which It reaffirms a former
ruling to the effect that a policeman
has no power to make an arrest for
an offense less than a felony without
a warrant, unless he either witnesses
the offense himself or comes upon the
scene while witnesses are still on the
ground. The policeman has the right
to pursue an offender who commits a
violation of law in his presence; but
if the offender gets away for the time
being, he cannot afterward be arrested
except upon a warrant.
The New Ere is the name of the latest
aspirant to favor in the Journalistic
field. It is a six column-folio to
be published weekly by Mr. E. G. Sandlfer,
late of Columbia but now of
Yorkville. The first issue made its appearance
last Saturday. It contains,
local and general news along with a !
liberal amount of miscellaneous matter,
and makes quite a creditable showing
both editorially and mechanically,
considering the difficulties that have
been in the way of the publisher in
launching the enterprise. Advancement
of all the best Interests of Yorkville
and community is the announced
purpose of the new paper. The subscription
price is $1.25 per annum.
CALENDAR I.
Wednesday was what is known as
"Calendar day" at the clerk's office.
The law provides that all civil cases to
be tried at a succeeding term of thej
court must be docketed 14 days before
the first day of such term. Wednesday'
was the fourteenth day before the first
day of the next term and hence the
last day on which new cases could be
docketed. There were already 58 cases
on Calendar 1, the docket on which
the Jury cases are entered. They have
been on from two to a half a dozen or
more terms and some of them have
never yet been called for the first time.
In addition to these ten new cases
were docketed up to and during Wednesday.
They are as follows:
Dorothy H. Brickman, as administratrix,
vs. the Southern railroad, Carolina
division. Suit for damages on
account of the death of the husband
of the plaintiff in the Fishing creek
wreck. Legare & Holman and W. B.
McCaw for plaintiff; B. L. Abney,
Witherspoon & Spencers and G. W. S.
Hart for defendant.
Mackorell Bros. vs. Pilcher & Co.
James F; Hart for plaintiff; McDow,
Lewis & Thornwell for defendant.
Merchant's Grocery Co., vs. V. H.
and J. T. Kendall & Co. James F.
Hart for plaintiff; McDow & Lewis,
Finley & Jennings for defendant.
Longman & Martinez vs. J. B. Bowen.
McDow, Lewis & Thornwell for
Dlalntiflf; McCain & Witherspoon for
defendant.
B. B. Quick vs. Mllfort Mill Co.
Aug. M. Deal and G. W. S. Hart for
plaintiff; Wilson & Wilson for defendant.
W. G. Riggins and Bessie Rigglns
as administrators of J. Meek Riggins,
vs. the Southern Railway. J. S. Brice
and W. B. McCaw for plaintiff.
Jane R. Wilks, doing business under
the name of the Mecklenburg Iron
Works, vs. Wm. C. Latimer and M.
Alice Latimer. Witherspoon & Spencers
for plaintiff and W. B. McCaw for
defendants.
Thomas J. Boykin and others vs. W.
A. Youngblood and Samuel W. Barron.
Spencers & Dunlap for plaintiff, and
P. D. Barron for defendants.
Folansbee Bros. Co., against J. W.
Westerland. Spencers & Dunlap for
plaintiff; Wilson & Wilson for defendant
.
Walter B. Kerr vs. Southern Railway,
Carolina division. Spencers &
Dunlap for plaintiff; C. P. Sanders for
defendant.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Court convenes next Monday.
? The dispensary was closed today.
? The bucket shop has resumed operations
after a suspension of several
days.
? R. D. Alexander recently purchased
the entire stock of an Augusta, Ga.,
bicycle repair concern, and now probably
has on hand the largest supply of
bicycle supplies to be found in this
part of the state.
? Hannibal Beaty, the colored sexton
at the Associate Reformed church
had a narrow escape from death or
serious injury last Sunday morning
while ringing the bell. The heavy tongue
of the bell, which had been doing
service since 1855, fell suddenly
and passed close to the sexton's head.
There was no serious harm from the
accident; but it was necessary for Mr.
Ewart to announce from the pulpit
that the congregation must assemble
for the afternoon service without waiting
for the ringing of the bell.
? Sneaking of the recent exhibit of
roses by the Ladles Auxiliary of the
Yorkville Cemetery association, the
reporter wrote Inadvertently that the
flowers were cut from private lots.
This was a mistake. They were cut
from lots that have not yet been taken
up. The ladles of the association
do not interfere with private lots except
upon request of the owners, or
In cases where there is no one left to
give such attention as may be needed.
But a wonderful amount of work has
been done by the auxiliary association
within the past year. It has been done
along broad lines with skill and intelligence
and with proper support from
the people most interested, they will
make of the cemetery a most beautiful
place.
? Rev. Oliver Johnson, the able pastor
of Neely's Creek church preached
five sermons in the Associate Reformed
church, beginning last Friday night
and concluding Sunday night. Because
of Mr. Johnson's wide reputation as a
man and a pastor the Associate Reformed
people had high expectations
and they were not disappointed. Mr.
Johnson's sermons are notable for
their clearness, soundness and brevity.
He seldom speaks over 20 minutes, and
sometimes not more than 15 minutes;
but he wastes no words. There is
food for thought in every sentence,
and in each of his well rounded discourses
enough plain gospel truth for
no end of profitable reflection. Everybody
who heard this most excellent
preacher feels better for the experience.
DREAMLAND CARNIVAL CO.
The "Great Dreamland Carnival
Company" arrived In Yorkville yesterday
and at once set to work getting
Itself In shape to entertain the public
in accordance with the previously
announced programme.
The midway Is located on the "Bell
lot" on South Congress street. The
town council had assigned East Madison
street between Congress street and
the railroad for the use of the carnival
people; but on the arrival of the
contracting agent last Saturday, It developed
that the space allotted was
far too small, and the two acre lot was
selected Instead.
Yesterday was a very busy time
with the show people. They had lots
to do. Besides securing board and
lodging for their stay, they had to
erect their tents and booths and get
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tlon today. The board and lodging
question-was not a matter of so much
difficulty as with the two previous
street fair aggregations. The people
along with the present company are a
superior lot all round and but few if
any of them have found the slightest
difficulty in securing as good accommodations
as are to be found in the
town.
The task of putting up the various
tents and booths was not a small one;
but the show men seem to have their
work reduced to thorough system and
they have but little trouble. Most of
them know themselves how to handle
saws, hammers, etc., and they showed
yesterday that they were willing,
shucking their coats, they tackled the
undertaking with energy and soon had
everything in good shape. The lot
which yesterday morning could show
up nothing more attractive than the
butts of corn stalks, is now occupied
by a bright and attractive little village,
and Congress street, from, the
Jefferson street crossing down past the
old Wheeler coach factory lot Is alive
with streaming banners.
Although at this writing, the midway
is not nearly complete, it is evident
that the attractions will prove
well up to the highest standard of
these shows. Advertising exhibitions
were given last night of the "Great
Train Robbery" and of the "Great
Bank Robbery," and both were quite
creditable. The Hindoo Brothers, proprietors
of the "Streets of Bombay,"
gave exhibitions of their mysterious
basket and handcuff tricks, and the
audiences were very much pleased.
The "Ferris Wheel" Is In operation and
& "Merry-go-round" Is expected to arrive
today. The management, announced
yesterday that additional
phows would be open tonight,, and of
course me wanting suck anu
drawing: people are already in full
swing. The Axtec Girls who were here
last fall, arrived last night, and will be
on exhibition tonight.
The proprietors of the Dreamland
Carnival company are Messrs. Finnegan
& Smith, both very clever gentlemen.
Mr. Finnegun is the executive
head of the aggregation, and every
man along with the show seems to
have absolute confidence in his ability
to do things exactly right. He is a
show man of long experience, and has
been connected with amusement enterprises
at various northern resorts as
well as in the south. Nearly all of
the people with him have been in the
show business for years.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Carrie Beard spent Saturday
and Sunday in Rock Hill.
Mr. Jeffreys Ashe of New York, arrived
in Yorkville Sunday afternoon.
Mr. C. P. Lowrance and family, left
yesterday to make their home in Camden.
; Miss Clara Flemming, who taught
the Wilkerson school with such great
satisfaction to the patrons during 1902
and 1903 has charge of that institution
again. She has been teaching in Tennessee
for some time past.
Mr. Joseph M. Marx, who has been
in Yorkville for a week as the general
representative of the Dreamland Carnival
company, will leave tomorrow
probably for Laurens, where he will
spend another week telling of the coming
of his shows. Mr. Marx is a Baltimore
man, who was raised in the
show business. He has lots of pride
in his profession, and although still
quite young ranks high in his special
line, looking after the property and
keeping things in shape for good service.
He met quite a number of people
during his stay in Yorkville, and made
a good impression on everybody who
came in contact with him.
, Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Norrls, of Princeton,
111., have definitely decided to locate
in Yorkville for at least one year.
Mr. Norrls on yesterday took a lease
of Mr. C. P. Lowrance's cottage on
East Jefferson street, near the graded
school building and will move into it
within the next few days. He will not
get possession of his farm four miles
west of Yorkville until about January
1, after which time it is his purpose to
commence experimenting with agriculture
and stock raising under southern
conditions. He was raised a farmer
and thoroughly understands Illinois
mothniia which he has very aood rea
son to believe will apply, with certain
modifications In this locality. The
principal purpose of Mr. and Mrs. Norris
in coming to the south was a
question of health for the children, and
this more than anything else, will
probably determine the matter of their
stay. Both of these excellent people
have already commenced numerous
pleasant acquaintances in Yorkvllle
and vicinity, and the news that they
have definitely decided to locate for
at least a year will be received with
general satisfaction.
Rev. S. A. Weber, D. D., of Yorkville,
writes the Southern Christian Advocate
as follows: The Rev. W. G. Neville,
D. D., who for the past eleven
years has been the able and successful
and eminently useful pastor of the
Yorkvllle Presbyterian church, announced
to his congregation on last
Sunday morning (Oct. 23rd) that he
had finally, after long consideration,
accepted the presidency of the Presbyterian
college at Clinton, S. C. Dr.
Neville commenced his pastorate here
In Yorkville about the time of my
first appointment to our Yorkville
station. We became good friends at
[ sight and have remained such till
now. My love for him personally and
my respect and admiration for his fine
qualities as a man and a minister of
the gospel have constantly increased
from our first acquaintance. In my
candid and sober judgment, the man
and the place meet in this new departure
and with the blessing of Provi- i
dence large success is inevitable. I i
have no thought of minifying and understating
the work that has already i
been done at Clinton college?and yet
I do believe that Dr. Neville's presidency
means speedy improvement and
increasing success in the work of this
young and much-needed institution of i
learning. ji
Speaking of his recent visit to the
World's Fair, Rev. W. C. Ewart says
that the Boer war is probably the
most entertaining amusement feature
on "the pike." This is presented on a
large scale in an amphitheatre of several
acres, with several hundred men
on a side. The grounds have been laid
off artificially to represent conditions
that existed at actual battles in the
Transvaal. For Instance there is a
river running across the battle field,
and the ground is broken with bluffs,
depressions and ravines. Many pieces
of heavy ordnance are used, and the
charging of the fighting British Shd
Boers to the accompaniment of the roar
of cannon and thejrattle of mahhbi# '
guns with men and horses falling on
all sides makes the scene wonderfutty ^
realistic. The horses Ire admirably
trained and each one acts its part 'with '?
intelligence that seems almost human.
There are three distinct battles oh the
programme and in one of them almost
every horse and rider is killed. "I wad
beginning to experience a sense of
awe at the horrible sight," explained
Mr. Ewart, "and there is no telling
where my feelings /night have carried
me, had I not noticed one of the 'dead'
horses, slowly and stealthily raise his
head to see how things were pro greasing
and then lie down asraln." In one
of the Transvaal battles ar Boer made
his escape from pursuing British by
jumping his horse - from a high bluff
Into a river. This scene is reproduced
with splendid effect, the audience approving
with tremendous cheers. Mr.
Ewart says that the audiences at these
exhibitions frequently include morethan
60,000 people, and there are geo- erally
three exhibitions each day. He
saw lots of other big shows; but thl^
was probably the biggest.
LOCAL LACONICS.
For 8hootlng His Father-In-Law. v
Frank Carter,. wf|o shot S. C.- Robbins,
his father-ln*law, in an altercation
near the Highland Park mills,
at Rock Hill several weeks ago, was
arrrested at Fort Mill last Saturday
night and will bf tried at the -ap- proachlng
term of. the ccurt of general
sessions on the charge of assault
and battery with intent to kilt.
Death of Mr. 8am Waliaoe. '
Mr. Sam Wallace, son of Mr. Jack
Wallace, died at the home of his father
In 'the Zlon % neighborhood last
Thursday night of fever after an Illness
of several weeks. , He wgs about 24..
years of age and leaves a widow. The
funeral took place at Smyrna on Saturday
under the auspices of the Woodmen
of the World, of which the deceased
was a member. The religious
services were conducted by Revs. J.
L. Oates and P. B. Ingraham. There .
was a large concourse of people lp at- v
tendance. An infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Wallace was also burled
at the same time.
Accident at Crossing.
There was a serious accident at the
crossing of the Carolina and NorthWestern
and the Southern railroad In
Qastonia last Friday evening. The f
roads cross each other on a level In the
southern part of town and under the
law every train on either road must
come to a dead stop before it gets to
the crossing. The rule was observed
last Friday night as usual; but Just
as it was getting well under way agaitt
the C. A N.-W. locomotive ran its
nose into a train of freight cars that
was passing along the Southern. The .<
C. & N.-W. locomotive was thrown
over on its side and several coal cars
were knocked off the 8< uthern track. .
Nobody was hurt seriously; but the
damage to the C. A N.-W. locomotive
was considerable. The responsibility
for the accident has not been definitely
fixed. The engineer of the C. 4k N.-W;
say8 he stopped as required by law;
but did not see or hear the Southern's
train urltil he was about to run Into it
80UTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? There Is to be a meeting of the
county superintendents of education in M
Columbia during December. The exact
date has not yet been decided upon.
? J. M. P. Young, a well-known mechanic
of Spartanburg, was shot and
killed In that city last Saturday by
J. L. E. Jones, a machinist
? Dick Hardin, colored, was convicted
in the Chester court of general
sessions last Saturday of murder and
sentenced by Judge Watts to be
hanged on December 16. Hardin
murdered his father-in-law, Henry
Sanders, on August 16, hist
? The Memorial Dini ig Hall at .:
Thorn well orphanage, was destroyed by
Are last Thursday night The fire Is
supposed to have originated from an
oven and the flames spread so rapidly
as to be quickly beyond control. There
were no facilities for fighting fire. The
building was almost completely destroyed.
Its original cost was about
$10,000. The money was raised by private
subscriptions. . a
? Columbia State, Monday: The
muddy Congaree is getting back to its
own self again. The drought is brok
en and now the river by the government
gauge lacks only one inch of being
up to the zero mark. Speaking of ,
the zero mark, what is it? A zero
mark was established some years ago, '
but during the months Just gone the
stream has fallen three feet below this.
Now what is the *ero mark, the old
mark or the new ohe?
? Columbia Record: Mr. p. W. a,
Holloway has returned from Blacksburg,
where he went at the instance
of the comptroller general to Investigate
an alleged incendiary Are, October
23. The barn and contents and
some animals belonging to Mrs. Dye
were burned. As a result of his Investigation
Mrs. Nancy Duncan and
her two sons, white tenants, were arrested
charged with the crime and
they were turned over to the court
? The South Carolina conference of ?
the M. E. church, South, will hold its
annual meeting in Darlington in December.
Bishop A* W. Wilson of
Baltimore, will preside. This has been
a prosperous year along all lines with
t)he Methodists of South Carolina, and
the reports will doubtless be in advance
of those of previous years. The
citizens of Darlington are busily at
work making arrangements for the
entertainment of members of the
conference: and this is no small undertaking,
as provision will have to
be made fdr over 300 membera
? Darlington special of Monday to
the Columbia State: A colored man.
named Ed Brown died here on Sunday
night from the effects of poison
taken by mistake. He was in the em
ploy of the Atlantic Coast Line here,
at the station as an extra hand. It'
seems that a jug was round unaer wc
platform of the station and he thinking
that It was whisky took some of
it. It was really an acid which is poisonous.
Every effort was made to re- t
lleve the man, but nothing availed to
save his life, though It was thought
by the physician at one time that he
had a little chance to recover. Brown
was a good negro and stood well with
his superiors and fellow laborers at
the depot.
? It is understood that the Travelers'
Protective Association, organized in
this state and composed of Jobbers,
wholesale and traveling men, will, at
the next session of the legislature,
urge the passage of an important law
In regard to the shipment of goods
and the selling out of firms that do a
credit business. The lav/ would require
merchants in all lines of trade
to notif*' every creditor to whom they
owe money when they conduct a sale
or advertise that they are going out
of business. This does not, of course,
apply to those In bankruptcy, when,
of course, all creditors are notified
by the receiver or referee, but to
those that voluntarily close out. It
Is understood that the law has been
drawn up by the association's branch
at Spartanburg and will be published