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Scraps and |arts. ? Hon. Harvie Jordan, of Monticello, Ga.,president of the Southern Cotton Grower's protective association, has issued an address to the cotton producers of the south in which he calls upon them to hold for 12 cents. He argues that the ginnera' report indicates a crop of only 11,000,000 bales and he insists that if the farmers will market judiciously they will get not less than 12 cents for their holdings. ? A well known Russian correspondent of the Associated Press has sent news from Mukden that General Kurokl, supreme commander of the Japanese forces in the field is dead. He was struck in the breast by a splinter from a shell at the battle of Liao Tang and died on October 4. There is no reason to doubt the cor rectness of the news, but it is regara' ed as somewhat strange that the fact of Kurokl'8 death did not become known until so long after its occurrence. General Nodzu is now in command of the Japanese forces in the field. ? Upon the arrival of the Wallace circus at its winter quarters at Peru, Ind., last Thursday, five big elephants went on a rampage. They first got after a crowd of negroes and made them scatter. Then crashing through wire fences as if they were barriers of cobwebs they attacked a village of Miami Indians. The Indians resisted with tomahawks and made the elephants go on their way. Leaving the Indian village the elephants swam the Mississippi river and went over Into Illinois where they rushed upon and scattered a crowd of people In attendance on a public sale. Finally the keepers of the elephants, accompanied by a crowd of workmen from the circus overtook the skylarking brutes and captured them without much difficulty. The elephants had had their fun and were tired. ? The Baltic squadron will proceed to the far'Ease regardless of the fate of Port Arthur. This has been definitely determined on by the Admiralty. If It is found that Stoessel can hold out until Rojestvensky can reach the Yellow sea, the fleet will proceed at once and without delay to Port Arthur. If, however, Nogi succeeds in capturing the Manchurian stronghold within the next month or six weeks. It Is the purpose to have Rojestvensky spend the time until Vladivostok Is free of ice in cruising in the Indian Ir,? Klo man In the WOrk I uvcau, icvmi? mo Mv ? ? of handling their vessels and guns and practicing fleet evolutions. He will then proceed, with Vladivostok as his objective, Join Skrydloff there, refit and then make an attack on Togo In the hope of destroying the Japanese naval power. The general staff in St Petersburg professes confidence In Stoessers ability to hold out for two or three months longer. ? New York Tribune: In the opinion of those who have visited the great world's fairs of recent years, the Louisiana Purchase exposition is In many respeots the greatest ever held. In the matter of attendance, however, It has fallen far below the Columbian exposition of 1893. From April 30 to October 30, the total attendance at the St. Louis fair was 15,993,295, while from May 1 to October 30, the attendance at the Chicago fair was 27,539,521. This great difference In the number of visitors may be due to a number of causes, but the chief ones probably are the more favorable climatic conditions at Chicago, the greater advertising that fair received, the greater population within a radius of one hun dred miles and the fact that expositions were then a new thing to the Mississippi Valley and the great west, which naturally furnished the majority of the visitors. The fact, also, that the St. Louis fair was contemporaneous with a presidential campaign may have had its influence, especially in decreasing the attendance in September and October, the months best for sightseeing and traveling. ? Sensational reports of a threatened Boxer uprising came from Pekln, China, In a letter from Chas. F. Gammon of the American Bible society, to his father, E. M. Gammon, of Beloit, Wis. Mr. Gammon says that a second Boxer outbreak is inevitable and states that United States Minister Conger is alive to the danger and has notified the Chinese officials that unless the movement is suppressed at once he will request United States troops to be sent to Pekin. Mr. Gammon's letter reads in part as follows: "I find the situation in some parts of the north very unsatisfactory, particularly in Shantung and Honan. Dates have been set for the slaughter of all foreigners and the general symptoms resemble those of 1900. Several secret societies, including the Boxers, have united in one great society, the purpose of which we do not understand. The officials are helpless because many of their underlings are members. In fact, the officials are forced to obtain information from missionaries. The cause of the trouble I do not know wholly, but heavy taxation is one of them. This is being laid at the door of the foreigners." ? Boston Journal: Like a knife through a new cheese the good ship Swanzi pushed her steel prow through the body of a monster whale while in midocean a week aKO. bound from Cal cutta and Bombay for Boston, with a cargo aboard worth $1,250,000. The Impact with the whale caused the ship to quiver from stem to stern, several of the Lascars, who made up a part of the crew, were hurled to the deck, and the entire crew was badly frightened for a moment, as it seemed as though an unknown sunken reef had been struck in mldocean. There was no grating sound of keel on rocks, and the steamer proceeded on her way, changing terror to amazement. At that moment the lookout shouted, for all about the steamer the sea was tinged blood red. Then appeared the great halves of the divided leviathan. Captain Doobs and the crew, who arrived in Boston yesterday, could scarcely talk of anything else, and all seafaring men agreed it was one of the most unusual adventures on record. All sorts of fish seem to be well aware of the danger of ships and give them plenty of room. It is believed that whale was asleep just below the surface when struck. The huge crimson spot on the surface could be seen for a long while as the steamer went on her way. ? The wide-spread storm which swept over the entire east last Saturday night has caused enormous damage and has cut off New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore from the rest of the country. All telegraph and telephone wires were carried down, and much damage is believed to have been done to the property of shipping along the lower great lakes. Many vessels had narrow es capes. The Buffalo-Cleveland steamer Somer City, from Buffalo, reached Cleveland, Ohio, several hours late and with her bulwark stove In. The tug John Gregory foundered off Cleveland harbor and Captain Kinney, of Buffalo, was drowned. The storm started off the Florida coast Sunday night and gained strength as it swept northward. A hurricane wind, accompanied by rain, which turned to snow, swept north of Hatteras. The damage to telegraph and telephone lines is the greatest since the blizzard of 1888. It is feared that there has been great damage to shipping, but it is impossible to learn anything until the wires are repaired. Up to noon yesterday New York was still tut off from the rest of the country. It is reported the loss by the sleet storm will reach millions. llortu'illc (inquirer. YORXVUXE, S. C_i TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1904. Thomas Taggart is reported as saying that men were the only issues in the recent campaign and that Roose velt's victory was a personal one. That is about right; but the two candidates were not the only men at Issue. The personality of that New York crowd and of Mr. Taggart himself cut more or less figure. After all, the people of the south do not appear to be very much concerned at the election of Roosevelt. Some of the newspapers have been trying to talk as if they considered the event a calamity; but they do not seem to be able to make out the^r case even to their own satisfaction. It Is really a fact that Mr. Roosevelt has been inclined to be a little headstrong, and that he has chafed under the restrictions of the constitution; but there is teason to hope that he has learned something as the result of past experience and maybe he will give us a good safe administration during the next four years. In a letter to a law and order meeting held in Aiken a few days ago. Hon. D. S. Henderson credited the Institution of the primary In South Carolina to the Tillman movement. The News and Courier takes occasion to remark that Tiilman first appeared in South Carolina politics with his Bennettsvllle speech In 1885, and goes on to point out that the primary had been instituted in many of the Piedmont counties as eirly as 1880. Most of the middie-aged readers of The Enquirer are able to corroborate the News and rvmHer's! statement. esDeclallv so far as York county is concerned. We had our. last nominating convention In 1878, an.l since then all of our county officers have been nominated in primaries. It is true that the primary was extended as the result of the Tillman movement to the state as a whole; but it had already been used to nominate congressmen in some of the districts. Under the rules of the county primary as originally Instituted, only a plurality of the votes was necessary for a nomination. With the changed conditions instituted by Tillman, the majority plan was adopted. We are inclined to agree with Mr. Henderson that the primary plan has come to stay; but we will not be willing to answer for it a great many years longer unless the right to vote in primaries is restricted to the people who are qualified to vote in general elections. The Columbia State which, for reasons of its own, has all along been opposed tc the constitutional amendment providing for biennial sessions of the general assembly. Instead of annual sessions, is not disposed to accept the result even after the people have spoken. In its issue of last Saturday it publishes, in evident good faith, a mare's .lest editorial, full of rabbit eggs. It holds that because of alleged bungling on the part of the general assembly and the ignorance of the people with reference to what they were trying to do, the biennial sessions amendment cannot have the force of law at least not until all the work that has already been done has been done over again. Construing the proposed amendment In connection with other provisions of the constitution the State points out with great assurance, to its o -n satisfaction that annual sessions of the general assembly are to be held until 1906 and that after that the sessions will be held every two years. This will make the sessions fall on even years. Under the constitution as it now stands, the governor, state officers and members of the legislature are elected in even years. The elections are required to be reported to the meetings of the general assembly "next ensuing." These reports now go to sessions held in odd years. If the proposed amendments, so the stats says, go into effect as they have been proposed, there can be no reports of elections for governor and state officers, etc., until two years after the elections have been held. If this were the way, it would be bad; but it is hardly the way. The constitution provides that the general assembly itself shall fix the time for the holding its meetings after 1906, and the general assembly may begin whenever it sees proper, just so it does meet biennially thereafter. That is our construction of the situation; but we will suggest to the State that this is not all there is to it. In the construction of acts, the supreme court has a rule by which it seeks to get at the ' intent" of the general assembly. This rule is manifestly proper, and it seems that it is still more proper as applied to a n atter affecting the expressed will of the people with regard to an amendment to the constitution. Whatever the legislature may have done or intended to do there is certainly no doubt of the fact that the people of South Carolina intend that that body shall meet only once every two years instead of once every year as now, and however this arrangement may conform to the desires of the .Columbia State or anybody else, we would suggest that it would not be a real good idea to try to thwart the will of the people. The people of South Carolina, have been deceived once or twice in matters of this kind; but they have never become fully reconciled to such deceptions. M ^representation. As a result of the Cherokee election Senator Brice is quoted as being in favor of abolishing the wholesale dispensary altogether and having each county -manage a local dispensary. The proposition offered was published In The York yii.i.k Enquirer, and was shown several men prominent in public life this morning. All of them are of the opinion that no measure of max Kind WUUIU ever pass. "Even those opposed to the dispensary," said one, "would not care to have an entirely new element introduced Jn their county politics." The matter, however, is regarded as one of' the issues which will be thoroughly discussed in the political campaign of 1906, and may result in a candidate for governor on a new platform.?Columbia Record. If there is one paper in South Carolina that is more than any other to be regarded as an organ of the state dispensary machine? the central establishment of the big Richland distillery?that paper is the Columbia Record. We make this observation not out of a feeling of hostility to the Record; but as a fact about which we do not think there is a reasonable doubt, and in order that the remarks we propose to make in connection with the above may be the more clearly comprehended. Following the introduction quoted above the Record reproduces a portion of the interview that was published with Senator Brice in The Enquirer; but we note that it was careful to eliminate from that interview no less than three very important propositions. These were: 1. The speaker's unalterable personal opposition to the liquor traffic under any cir A A TT1- A# tho CUITiBiance. l. nio icwguuivu v& ? <?. right of the majority to govern. 3. His belief in the rottenness of the big central establishment But this is not all. Not satisfied with holding back a part of Senator Brlce's clear and concise statement of his staunch and uncompromising position, the Record seeks to represent the senator as desiring to establish county dispensaries. Taken in connection with the observation we made above, all this Is very significant. It is recognized throughout the state that Senator Brice Is the leader of the opposition to dispensary corruption and debauchery, and nobody fears his leadership more than the members of the state board of directors and the owners of the big Richland distillery; for they fully understand how the senator is in a fair way to put them all out of business. We can easily imagine how, when The Enquirer containing Mr. Brlce's Interview reached Columbia, there was a more or less anxious conference among those most interested in preserving the existing status, and whatever else may have been decided upon, The Record prepared a garbled and incorrect version of the Interview in the hope that not only its own readers might be temporarily deceived as to facts; but that some of the coi.r papers might be misled into reproducing its production as coming practically straight from Senator Brice. We say that we only imagine all this; but It might easily be a fact. Everybody almost who reads mis nas read Mr. Brlce's interview as published last Friday. Those who may not have read the interview are Invited to look up their papers and go over it carefully. Then, admitting that the senator is in favor of abolishing the state central machine in Columbia we would ask anybody who may be able to do so to point out where the senator said he was in "favor of having each county manage a local dispensary." In words that admitted of no possible misconstruction, and in the clearest of clear English he said that he was in favor of abolishing the state central machine and leaving counties that insist on selling liquor to handle their business as they see proper, under constitutional limitations. And after all, what is the matter with this arrangement? Couldn't Dispenser Snider, for instance, order his liquor in bottles from the big wholesale dealers direct as well as from the state central establishment. The central establishment gets its liquor from the wholesalers and has it shipped to Columbia from whence most of it is shipped In the very same cases to the county dispensers. If the county dispensers should buy direct they would not only save the freight to and from Columbia and other expenses incident to the conduct of the big central business; but this arrangement would clear the central establishment of all suspicion of receiving rebates, commissions, etc. The county dispensaries might fall under more suspicion it is true; but the people being closer to them, would be able to regulate all that much better than now. Yes, Senator Brlce is right. Prohibition is the best thing for any county in South Carolina but where the people of a county are not educated up to prohibition let them run their own liquor business under constitutional limitations. And whatever we do, let us wipe out the absolutely unnecessary central state establishment. Note?Since the foregoing was put in type, we have received a copy of the Spartanburg Journal, containg a reproduction of the Record's version of Senator Brice's interview and without any credit whatever. This circumstance goes to confirm our suspicions of the purpose of the dispensary people to deliberately misrepresent Mr. Brice, and all we have had to say of the Record applies with equal pertinency to the Journal. ? The Spartanburg Journal announces that a Salvation Army post is to be established in Spartanburg. ? The authorities of Cherokee county have lost no time in closing the dispensaries at Gaffney and Biacksburg. County Supervisor J. V. Whelchel tabulated the votes cast in last Tuesday's election on Thursday and immediately notified N. H. Llttlejohn, chairman of jthe county board of control. On receiving the notice Mr. Llttlejohn or dered the closing of the dispensaries at both Gaffney and Blacksburg, and now no liquor can be sold in Cherokee county except 1n violation of the law. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Entertainment by the King's Daughters?Cold Weather and the Wood Piles?New R. F. D. Routes?Approaching Marriage?Railroad In Need of Side Track Facilities? Change of Venue In Thomasson Case?Case of J. R. Parrish?Theo McGraw Located In North Carolina. Correspondence of the Yorkrtlle Enquirer. Rock Hill, Nov. 15.?The King's Daughters* presentation of "Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party," at the opera house Friday night, made a fine hit. There was a large . crowd present to see the play and none were dlsap pointed with what they saw. The Jokes too, were all new and very catchy. The entire caste was made up of home talent and each one of the actors played their part exceedingly well and were liberally applauded. When the snow began to fall thick and fast Sunday morning there were many anxious glances toward the wood pile, or rather where the winter's supply of wood should be, for Rock Hill is still on the verge of a wood famine. Numbers of families have not wood enough in their yards to last them over a week. Neither do they know where or when they will be able to get any more. They have the money but cannot get the wood at any price. A few farmers are hauling wood from the country; but they cannot begin to supply the demand. Very little wood is being shipped in by railroad, as cars cannot be secured in which to haul it. Consequently a heavy snow followed by freezing weather would cause a number of families to suffer unless they get relief from some source. There was a second light fall of snow here about 10 o'clock Sunday night, I accompanied by a very heavy wind. The flurry did not last long, however, and I have heard of no damage being done beyond the blowing down '?f some sign boards and awnings in the city. An examination was held in the.postofflce in this city Saturday morning fof R. F. D. Carriers for the new route fef cently granted from Ogden, and a, I route from McConnellsville. There were four applicants for the former place and two for the latter. It will'be some time yet before the result of the examination is known. Since Rock Hill has been made the headquarters for all freight trains on the Charleston division, there is hardly side tracks enough to accommodate the trains. I learn that a line has been surveyed from the Rock Hill buggy shops to Ashe's brickyard, with a view to laying some tracks at that nlnr?o Invitations have been Bent out announcing the marriage of Miss Janie Hope Ratteree to Mr. Charles L. Cobb, on Tuesday evening, Nov. 22d, at 8.30 o'clock at the' . First Presbyterian church. Mr. Cobhr is quite a popular young man of line business qualities holding quite a responsible position in the National-Union bank of this city*, and the bride to be is one of Rock Hill's most charming young ladies. In conseqyence of the afore-mentloned wood famine, a number of citizens have bought coal stoves and others are putting grates in their fire places preparatory to burning coal instead of wood this winter. Although the sweet potato crop generally has not been up to the average this year, we. have heard of some fine yields. Mr. E. P. Drennan of the Mt. Holly section, says he will get at least one hundred bushels from one fourth of an acre of ground. A number of Rock Hilllans are in Yorkville this week attending court. The arguments for a change of venue in the preliminary hearing in the case of the State vs. R. F. Thom- j asson, charged with three violations of the dispensary law, were heard before Magistrate T. C. Beckham Friday morning. W. B. Wilson,_Jr., represent ed the defense and w. m. uuniap, Esq., the State. The change was granted and the cases will be heard before Magistrate A. L. Nunnery, of Bethesda township one day this week. The defense asked for a change of venue on the ground that the defendant could not be given a fair and Impartial trial before Magistrate Beckham as he had already expressed his opinion in the case. These cases were all worked through State Constable J, H. B. Jenkins. Constable Mills, of Fort Mill township was in the city Friday afternoon with J. R. Parrlsh, white, of Fort Mill in custody, enroute to Yorkville to commit him to Jail. Parrlsh is charged with breaking into a trunk of a Miss Patterson in Fort Mill some time ago, and taking therefrom some $25 or $30 In cash. It appears that Parrish and the young lady boarded at the same house and he was aware that the money was in the trunk. Parrish unexpectedly left the house one Sunday night and nothing more was seen of him until he was arrested in Charlotte last week where he was passing under an assumed name. As the money was missed on the same night of Parrish's sudden departure, suspicion at once rested upon him and the fact that he had assumed a new name in Charlotte was considered as further evidence of his guilt. The prisoner did not look to be over thirty years old, was very well dressed and seemed somewhat embarrassed by the crowd that gathered around him at the depot as he sat handcuffed by the constable. The Dreamland Carnival company arrived in the city from Yorkville yesterday morning and began at once to erect their tents and get every thing in readiness for their first exhibition at 11 a. m. today. There were some who were bitterly opposed to bringing the carnival here. The same opposition arose when the Jones carnival visited this city last fall, but it was quite liberally patronized both by the town and surrounding country, and this company will very likely get the same liberal patronage. Theo McGraw who is wanted by the authorities here for shooting young Walter Adklns several months ago while they and several other young men from the city were fishing on Catawba river, has been located in Cleveland county, N. C., where he is serving a sentence for an offense committed in that state. When his sentence expires there he will be brought back here for trial. The shooting it will be remembered took place in the night time. McGraw, without warning, cause or any provocation, suddenly began to fire on his comrades. Adkins was shot in the head and seriously, though not fatally wounded. Other members of the party barely escaped being shot also. Prf.vioits Landslides.?Great as Mr. Roosevelt's majority in the electoral college Is, It is by no means unprecedented. In 1820 James Monroe received 231 electoral votes to one cast for John Quincy Adams, a majority of 230. In 1840 William Henry Harrison received 244 votes to 60 for Martin Van Buren, a majority of 174. In 1852 Franklin Pierce received 254 votes to 42 for Winfield Scott, a majority of 212. In 1864 Abraham Lincoln received 212 votes to 21 for George B. McClellan, a majority of 191. In the election of 1872 Grant received 286 votes, while 80 Greeley electors were chosen, whose votes were divided when the college met by reason of Greeley's death, Grant's majority being 206.?New York World. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jas. R Gettys, R. F. D. 4?Wants Information in regard to an overcoat lost Saturday in W. R. Carroll's lot G. W. Sherrer?Calls your attention to the fact that he supplies his customers with meat every day in the year. He is the Corner market man. R. D. Alexander?Has all kinds of gun and revolver repairs on hand, and is making a specialty of restocking guns. He offers M. & W. inner tubes for 75 cents cash, Wednesday. Sam M. Grist?Informs the public of a recent reduction in insurance rates and solicits a portion of the public patronage. Foushee Cash Store?Announces the arrival of a miscellaneous lot of seasonable goods and quotes prices tor the information of the buying public. Riddle & Carroll?Sell the famous Oliver chilled plows and say that this is the best plow. You should have a turn plow if you have two mules. R. J. Herndon?Sells anything in th? >.!****** on/I nrcon Una OlinUtV ill hifl I first consideration and price comes next. W. Brown Wylle, C. C. C. Pis.?Gives notice of sale of certain lands Involved in the suit of W. Brown Wylle, Admr." of R. K. Seahorn, deceased, vs. J. N. McDlll and Rufus Nichols. Also bf the sale of certain real estate Involved In the suit of Kettle M. Black et al., vs. Sumter L. Black et al. Mrs. Ann Clinton and Others?Give warning to all parties not to trespass In any way upon lands owned or controlled by them In York county. Disregard of this notice will be followed by prosecution. Miss Daisy Williams?Says that her work at present requires that she reserve Friday of each week for toning. No photos will be taken on Fridays. Ferguson & Clinton?Have received a lot of fresh raisins, citron and currants and advise you to do your cake baking early. They have Fulcaster seed wheat and R. R. P. seed oats. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you of the merits of syrup of white pine and tar ?It removes the cause and thus cures all coughs. Fertilizer for oats and wheat will be received this week. Keene Dobson?Says that after this date he will be unable to deliver laundry packages, but will gather It up on Mondays and Tuesdays as usual. Deliveries will be made at Dobson Bros.'s store. Terms cash. Opera House?Announces the appear ance on Saturday night?one night only?of the famous Christy Minstrels?good singing by good singers and many other high-class features. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Christy Bros.'s Minstrels are billed for the opera house next Saturday night. They come with the reputation of being up-to-date and with a show that is first-class In every particular. ? Superintendent Allen Is arranging a programme for Arbor Day exercises to be held in the Graded school auditorium on Wednesday before Thanksgiving, beginning at 12 o'clock m. The public will have an invitation to participate. NOTE AND COMMENT. Of course Mr. Bailee can continue his marriage office if he sees proper to do so, and he will so long as he can get customers; but the legislature can fix all this after a while by saying who shall have authority to perform the marriage ceremony and how. The first snow of the season fell last Sunday morning. There had been more or less rain during the night, with gradually filling temperature. The rain began to change Into snow at about 8 o'clock and the flakes continued to fall for two hours or more. Be-, cause of the dampness of the ground, however, the snow melted almost as rapidly as it fell. There was a strong wind Sunday night, and' It developed yesterday that it must have had more or less connection with a terrific storm that swept the Atlantic coast during Sunday afternoon and night. DISPENSARY SALES. An attraction like a street fair, bringing crowds of people to town every day naturally helps business at the dispensary, and a comparison of the sales of the dispensary during carnival week this year and carnival week last year is possessed of a certain interest. The dispensary was closed one day of each week. Last year it was on account of Thanksgiving and this year it was on account of the general election. Here are the figures: 1903. 1904. Monday $ 255 24 $ 351 36 Tuesday 185 60 Closed. Wednesday 340 05 187 49 Thursday Closed 150 52 Friday 229 15 196 53 Saturday 356 74 423 35 Totals $1,366 78 $1,309 24 JURORS NOT FOUND. Of the Jurors drawn to serve during the first and second weeks of the present term of the circuit court, Deputy Sheriff Sandifer has reported eight? three of the first week's venire and five of the second week's venire, "not found." Arthur Young, of Fort Mill, drawn to serve during the first week, has been dead for several years, and from the best information that Mr. Sandifer could get there are no such persons as J. L. Allen and W. A. Gordon, also drawn to serve during the first week, in the county. Of the five "not found" second week jurors, W. D. Shurley lives in Gastonia, N. C., R. L. Bennett lives in Lancaster, J. L. Johnson lives in North Carolina, S. W. Anderson is in Arkansas and A. W. Whitesldes is in Texas. The present jury law, requiring that such a large number of names be put in the Jury box, causes no end of confusion, and lots of unnecessary trouble and expense. END OF THE CARNIVAL. The Dreamland Carnival company left for Rock Hill yesterday morning after a week of fairly prosperous business in Yorkville, and taking with it the good will of the people generally. The carnival crowd came to Yorkvillp with the burden of sentiment against it. The first carnival was a novelty; and got the benefit of that I fact. There were some toughs along, however, and they left a bad Impression. The second crowd did a very good business for Itself and behaved very nicely until the last day and night, when there was more or less gambling and robbery. The Dreamland people therefore came under suspicion, but it must be confessed that they conducted themselves in a manner calculated to win general good will. There are some sharps and grafters in the lot, and some people were swindled by skin games. Mayor Lowry learned of what was going on and notified the management that on the first complaint he would take action that would not be pleasant. After that there was very little more trouble. Saturday Is always the big day with the carnival people. On that day the skinners among them are out for all they can get. But if there were a number of blacklegs among the Dreamland people, the fact did not develop. Saturday was a bad day, on account of the rain, which made things disagreeable, and the attendance was not nearly so large as It would have been otherwise. There was some gambling, dead sure things for the proprietors of the tricks; but the num ber of victims taken In was comparatively small. There was a pretty rough house about the carnival grounds Saturday night. Because of the weather the better element remained at home, and the toughs were in a large majority. There was a lot of drunkenness, and disorderly conduct and the police made more arrests than during all of the five days previous. None of the carnival people were arrested. Messrs. Finnegan & Smith, the proprietors of the company, were very well pleased with the business they did, and stated that they hope to bring another aggregation to Yorkvllle next year. ' ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. W; P. Hobbs leaves this evening for Tampa, Fla. Miss Lottie Belle Simril came home from fWlnthrop last Saturday. Miss Webb Stanton of Bethel, visited the Misses Hunter Friday and Saturday. Mr. Wm. J. Jones and family^ who have been residents or the YorK cotton mill village for some time past, left this morning for Lockhart, where they will make their future home. Mr. W. S. Gordon lost his overcoat at the Nicholson hotel in Chester on circus day and was very much gratified a few days ago to receive It by express from the hotel people, who had been on the trail of the coat from the time they were notified of Its loss. Mr. Pink Hlnson of Lincoln ton, passed through Yorkville last Saturday afternoon on his way to visit relatives and friends in the McConnellsville neighborhood. He was accompanied by his daughter and had driven through from Llncolnton In a buggy. Since his return from St. Louis on the 6th instant, I)r. W. G. White has been confined to his bed with pneumonia. His family and friends were quite uneasy about him during several days last week; but information from him this morning is to the effect that he is getting along very nicely, and there is reason to hope that the critical period has been passed. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Lowrance have decided to remove to Albemarle, N. C., to live with their daughter, Mrs. R. A. Crowell, the change being necessary on account of the condition of Mrs. Crowell's health. Mrs. Lowrance has been in Albemarle for several weeks; but Mr. Lowrance does not expect to get away until about January. This highly esteemed couple have been liv* nK/Mit tklrtv VAflffl Illg III X UI aviuc IUI auv/uk fcuit k/ /VM?W| and have hundreds of friends who will regret their departure. N. W. Hardin of Blacksburg, is in Yorkville on professional business. Speaking yesterday about the recent dispensary election, he said he was looking for an overwhelming vote against the dispensary; but he was not expecting as big a majority as was actually rolled up. He said that it is an error to suppose that the dispensary people allowed the election to go by default. There was dispensary money on hand and plenty of it. Where It came from he does not know; but certain it is that on Sunday before the election, men were riding the county trying to hire people to go out to the polls on Tuesday and work for the dispensary. Mr. Hardin says that the opposition to the dispensaries was greater in the country than in the towns, the country people betng especially bitter against the liquor selling establishments. THE WILD HORSE 8ALE. The wild horse sale advertised by Mr. S. J. Kimball last week, took place at Walter L. Jackson's livery stable yesterday and furnished lots of interest to people who were seeking horses, and considerable entertainment to the people who attended for the sake of seeing the fun. It was an auction sale, fair and square with no by-bidding. Mr. Ferguson, a professional auctioneer from Atlanta did the selling, and he helped to make the occasion interesting, creating frequent bursts of merriment with his declaration that "Kiirtball might lie to you; but Til swear I won't." He also declared that there were people in tne crowa ~wno aia nui know enough to chew after somebody had put bread in their mouths." Mr. Kimball represented his stock as unbroken; but sired by thoroughbred stallions, and containing all the qualities of first-class horses. He told of animals that he had sold on the block to different people in this county at from $40 to $50 a head, and which are now held at from $175 to $200. He warned the crowd that the animals then being offered were wild; that he would deliver to the purchasers a rope with a horse at the end of it and that there his responsibility would cease. In all twenty-seven head of horses and three Jennys were offered. The bidding was quite free, the buyers showing but slight hesitation in backing their judgment to the limit. The Jennys brought from $17 to $25 each and the horses brought from about $40 to $87.50, the average being in the neighborhood of $60 per head. After all the horses had been sold they were turned out in the lot, lassoed one at a time, drawn to a post, choked down and haltered. Then they were delivered over to the purchasers. The lassoing and choking down process was attended with lots of excitement. The horses jumped and reared regardless of the crowds, and one of them smashed against a buggy, containing several spectators and badly Injured one man, Mr. J. J. White. At first it was reported that his leg was broken in two places; but it afterward developed that his injuries were not so serious. He is badly hurt, however. The animal that hurt him belonged to Mr. W. W. Auten. It got away and is still at large. The purchasers of the horses had lively times getting their purchases home. The most common method was to use two ropes around the neck of each animal, with a man at the end of each rope. As the horse would struggle to one side, he would be Jerked by the rope on the opposite side, and thus held pretty well in check. But the process was slow and tedious, and the people charged with the task of getting the animals home were no doubt pretty well worn out before they got through with their tasks. CIRCUIT COURT. The fall term of the circuit court for York county convened yesterday morning, Judge R. C. Watts presiding, Solicitor J. K. Henry representing the State, and Stenographer H. I. McCaw taking testimony, and promptly got down to the pending sessions business. The following grand jurors answered their names as called: J. O. Walker, foreman; W. L. Black, J. R. Williams, W. C. McLure, R. E. L. Ferguson, R. S. Hanna, W. B. .Ardrey, J. E. Plexico, W. J. Moorhead, V. B. McFadden, A. F. Plexico, J. E. Castles, V. C. r w t owpv h E. Johnson. I N**s7*Black. The following: petit jurors were present either in person or with proper excuses for non-attendance: W. M. Caldwell, John Law Jackson, W. M. Steele, D. H. Cobb, R. Campbell Caveny, W. H. Matthews, J. D. Hope, A. L. Lineberger, W. A. Watson, M. G. Bryant, T. M. Parks, R. R. Clinton, W. D. Moore, N. W. Shannon, W. L. Williams, W. H. Curry, J. P. Brown, J. B. Love, J. D. Blanks, J. B. Plaxco, J. N. Qulnn, John E. Clinton, W. M. Campbell, A. J. M. Burns, Sam H. Love, W. N. Ferguson, W. E. Smarr, J. M. Barnett, Jr., J. B. Smith, John H. Steele. The following petit Jurors were excused by the court from further attendance: R. D. Sealy, R. R. Clinton, J. D. Hope. Judge Watts gave the grand Jury clear and comprehensive instructions as to its duties, and after listening to his honor's charge the grand Jury proceeded to give its attention to such business as was pending. The first Jury case taken up was that of the State agalnnt James Bnnnon, charged with houaebreaking and larceny. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty and Brannon was sentenced to twelve months at hard labor on the public works of the county. Green Allison plead guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature and was sentenced to hard labor on the public works of the ^ county for a period of ninety days or to pay a fine of $35. Paul Welsch plead guilty of assault with Intent to ravish. Dub Davis pledff guilty of assault and battery with intent to kill. Emanuel Williams was tried on the charge of resisting an officer aha acquitted. . :"A ; V James McMackin, charged with the murder of Jake Froheyberger, near King's Mountain battle ground, on. April 27 last, was able to make out a clear case of self-defense and the Jury returned a^ verdict o( not guilty. John R. Hart, Esq., represented tne aerenaant. In the case of Ei^iest Wood and J. Baxter Whltesides, charged with as* sault and battery with Intent to kill, the solicitor, agreed.to accept a plea of guilty from Mr. Woods, with the understanding that he was to receive a sentence of $100 fine or twelve months on the public works. The fine was paid. The case .against Mr. Whltesides" will probably be nol pressed. Mr. Parks Jackson was the prosecutor. Thos. F. McDow represented the defendants. Rody Jackson was acquitted oh the charge of violating the dispensary law. William Johnson was tried on the charge of resisting an officer and was convicted of resisting arrest. John Robbins, charged with larceny, plead guilty and was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or po to the chalngang for twelve months. The case of Dixie Hill, the horse ? trader, charged with larceny of live stock, has been continued. In the case of John Westmoreland, charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, the Jury returned a verdict of guilty of airnple assault and the court Imposed a sentence of $25 or twenty-five days. Judge Watts has consented to remain over for the third week in order to help relieve the overburdened civil dockets, and jurors for the .third week will be drawn next Monday The grand Jury will be discharged this afternoon or tomorrow; but the sessions business will consume several lays yet. '. LOCAL LACONICS. Just Walked Away. John Allen Parriah, alias J. Y. Dover, made a sensational escape Jrora ' the court house yesterday. He wga awaiting trial on the charge of housebreaking and larceny, and the g-and Jury had returned a true bill. The -heriff was called to his office down stairs and Deputy Sheriff Sandlfer had been summoned to the grand Jury room. The court constables wer;i all busy summoning witnesses. Fin ling himself unguarded Parrlsh quietly walked out of the court house and * kept going. His absence was discovered a few minutes later, and the sheriff and constables instituted a live- ? ly hunt for him, all to no purpoge. He is gone, and the sheriff has offers, a reward of $10-for his recapture, - t:f Accident at Winthrop Laundry. Miss Nellie Russell, who has for some time past been employed In the laundry at Winthrop college, got her right hand caught between the rolls of a mammoth clothes dryer last 3aturday, with the result that the rrem-i ber was so badly injured that It may' have to be amputated. The machine was stopped very shortly after the accident; but the young lady had to stand for some minutes with her hand cooking between the rolls until she could be released by means of erowbars. All the bones were broken and * the flesh was literally baked ad* if in ' an oven. Miss Russell stood the terrible ordeal with remarkable pluck, not even making an outcry during the interval when her fellow workers were trying to find means to release her from the dreadful position in which sne was piaceu oecuu?e ui iuc owiient. Miss Russell is a daughter of Mr. R. S. Russell of Yorkvllle. and is about nineteen years of age. Asha-Bird. The marriage of Miss Rebecca Phil- " ^ ips Bird of Charleston to Mr. Thomas Jeffreys Ashe of Yorkvllle, was solemnized in Grace Episcopal church, Charleston, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The church was elaborately decorated with garlands of smilax and clusters of white chrysanthemums. The bride's maids, who wore gowns of white silk mull with girdles of pink satin, were as follows: Miss Meiora Duncan of Union; Miss Louise Tiieus of Savannah; Miss Katharine Murrell of Pennsylvania; Misses Edith Evans, ^ Emma D. Schirmer and Annie Shirtgler of Charleston. The groomsmen were, Messrs. George Hart of Yorkvllle; Edwin Allen of Florence; G. S. McDowell, Pickens Anderson, S.' S. Rlggs and Robert Rlggs of Charleston.. Mrs. W. G. Willard of Spartanburg was dame of honor, and Miss Mary Clawson Ashe of Yorkvllle, maid of honor. The best man was Mr. John R. Ashe of Yorkvllle. Mrs. Wlllard's gown was of white satin with trimmings of pearl passementerie, and Miss Ashe wore pink chiffon over taffeta silk. The bride's gown was of white satin and Duchesse lace. Her veil was caught up with orange blossoms and pinned with a diamond crescent. After the ceremony, which was performed by the rector of Grace church, Rev. William Way, a reception was tendered the bridal party at the home of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ashe left immediately after the reception for a bridal trip to St. Louis. Mrs. Ashe is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Bird and is quite popular In Charleston's social circles. Mr. Ashe is the eldest son of the late John R. Ashe. He has recently finished a course in electricity at Cornell university and has a remunerative position in New York city, where he and fain hridp will make their home. MERE-MENTION. Rev. J. Knox Montgomery, D. D., ~a formerly of Charlotte, was on last Friday inducted as president of Muskingum college at New Concord, O A cotton killing sleet occurred In Arkansas last Friday Emperor William of Germany congratulated President Roosevelt on his recent election, and the president returned thanks.... A report from Mukden is to the effect that the Russian and Japanese outposts before that place, last week exchanged cigarettes and other luxuries. It is estimated that more than $l,000,l?i0 changed hands in New York last weeh as the result of the election. Tht Republican majority in Indiana war, about 80,000 The German government has found it necessary to make an appropriation of >20,000,000 to pay the expenses of the little war it is conducting in South Africa. It now looks as if Parker gets seven of the eight presidential electors in Maryland and Roosevelt gets the other. The matter can be decided only by the official count....W. W. Touvelle, United States consul at Belfast, Scotland, died at his home in Wauseon, O., Saturday All grades of refined sugar were advanced ten cents a hundred pounds Saturday Two students of the Asheville, N. C., Farm school, were arrested in Asheville Saturday, on the charge of attempting Friday night to burn the school dormitory, in which about sixty students were sleeping. They will be tried for their lives Eight persons were killed and five injured In a head-on collision between a Union-Pacific passenger train and an extra freight near Azuma, Wyo., last Saturday.