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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
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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
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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*
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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.