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jpftaps and Jarts. fbe news of the past few Jays 0P Mukden indicates that another _|2at battle has been commenced i>e^een the Russian and Japanese armies that have been confronting ich fiber at that city for some weeks, preliminary fighting was reported on 0unday. The Japanese began an nsgault on the Russian entrenchments, but were repulsed after heavy loss. ? Both armies are strongly fortified in i \ i dugouts, and the battle will prohab'y I be long and severe. / ? ? The trial of Nan Patterson, the f * actress, for the murder of Caesar | Young, the bookmaker, was commenci ed in New York yesterday, several * f days of last week having been spent in securing a jury. Young was a X married man ana tsan Patterson had M ? ? for some time been his mistress. He g f was on his way to take a steamer for ? * ? Europe and she was riding to the wharf . ---y with him in a cab. A pistol shot was t heard and investigation showed that ! Young had been killed. Nan Patterson claims he shot himself. The profecutIon claims that the shot was Pred B ^if Nan Patterson. The case Is a very ' 'igly one and the evidence promises to be extremely sensational. ? Julius Brown, a son of the late Joseph M. Brown, who was Georgia's war governor and also United States senator for years, is out in a card proposing that the electors of all southern states vote for Roosevelt and make his election unanimous. Ho makes this proposition because, he says, Roosevelt has been unjustly atp |( tacked on the negro question, about the Philippines, and, in fact, on all public questions, Mr. Brown says: "Now, I honestly believe, as a Democrat, that the best thing for us. the south, to do. Is for Judge Parker and the Democratic executive committee to request the southern electors to cast their votes for President Roosevelt and make his election unanimous. He is a good man, half southern, and we of the south ought to be able to trust him." ? Washington, November 19: Hailed by a military blare, of 20 trumpets, whose prolonged note of welcome rang out sharp on the crisp November air and was echoed far down the Potomac, the bronze statue of Frederick the Great, presented to the American people by Emperor William, was unveiled this afternoon by the Baroness Speck von Sternburg, the wife of the German ambassador. This beautiful American woman was the central figure In an elaborate ceremony, which was marked by great military aid official display. The statue was presented on behalf of the emperor by his personal envoy, the German ambassador, who made a brief address. The president made the chief address of the day and accepted the gift on behalf of the American people. Remarks were made by Lieut. Gen. ChafTee, chief of the staff; MaJ. Gen. Gillespie of the general staff, master of ceremonies; Lieut. Gen. von Loewenfeld, one of the special commissioners sent to the unveiling by the emperor, and Charlemagne Tower, American ambassador to Germany. ? There Is a very threatening state of things in Colorado in consequence of the recent election. The returns show the election of former Gov. Adams, a Democrat, to be governor, over Gov. Peabody. the present executive, the Republican candidate for re-election. The Republicans charge wholesale and , outrageous frauds by the Democrats, and are preparing to contest the declared result of the election. Gov. Peabody says he will not give up his office until he Is convinced that his opponent was justly elected and he does not think he will be convinced. The Democrats say they will seat their man. There is much incendiary talk, some even threatening 10 mow up the state capltol, and one wild Democrat predicting that If Pcabody i tries to hold his office there will bean1 other Goebel affair. One proposition Is I \ that Governor Adams take the oath * ' before a justice of the supreme court, demand his office of Governor Peabody and If he Is refused, appeal to President Roosevelt to employ Federal troops to establish him in his rights. That would be a radical proceeding, and one very embarrassing to the president. Altogether the outlook is exceedingly stormy and it will be surprising if the situation is adjusted in Colorado without violent upheaval and J some bloodshed. /V ?Joel A. Smith, formerly editor of the Monticello (Fla.) Constitution, was last Thursday acquitted on the charge of fraudulent use of the mails. In 1901 Smith devised a scheme for the extension of his circulation. He began to advertise that he would give bicycles and watches for subscriptions, the general offer being that tor 25 subscriptions at one dollar each he would give a bicycle and in addition he would pay soliciting agents $20 a month for their work. For ore year this scheme worked admirably, and it is estimated that during that time Smith gave out $8,000 worth of premiums. At the trial there were eight witnesses who swore that they had engaged to work for Smith at $20 a month, and they had given practically all their time to their work ard that Smith had not lived up to his agreement with them. It was this that caused the action to be brought. On the other hand. Smith, testifying in <?that he had no inn own ucnau, smwu fraudulent Intention and that he was forced to give up his business on account of bitter attacks of other newspapers on his methods and, too, on account of failing health. Judge Boarman charged the Jury to base their verdict upon the defendant's intentions in the scheme, and the Jury brought in a verdict of acquittal. At a former hearing the case resulted in a mistrial. ? The story of Port Arthur, distressing as it is, says Collier's, has at least the merit of showing what a cargo of heroic virtues the old world still carries. Slaughter has never been more shocking, but bravery has never been more abundant. Never In all its history has been shown greater defiance of death than has been shown In the terrible months of struggle for the citadel which has been for years the key of the Eastern situation. We cannot wonder at the price Japan would pay for the fortress, since as long as Russia owns that fort the purpose for which this war is fought will not have been accomplished Japan. If the war should be settled without depriving Russia pei^*'*nently of the fo^ress. u would still be pointed at Japan's he#rt. The control of Korea by Japan would be nn strongest position In Manchuria was held*by her enemy. Russia needed to tress for the same reasons that Japan needed to take It. Additional motives for both sides were furnished by consideration of prestige and by the bearing of the Port Arthur situation on the immense struggle further north. The talk about whether all this desperate courage and destruction about Port Arthur has been well Invested, therefore, seems to us beside the mark. If the war was to be at all, Port Arthur was a necessity to each of the combatants, and time was an essential consideration to both, especially to Japan. It being something vital, therefore, to their country's welfare, Russians and Japanese alike have fought for the stronghold In a manner to prove that man still retains the virtue* of the bulldog. Effeminacy, for the great modern nations, is an Imaginary bogy. Let a danger, as vital a s has confronted Japan, threaten Germany, France, England or the United States, and we im agine that they also would still be found capable of fighting desperately in the last ditch. lilt \|orknUc (gnquirrr. YORK VILLE, 8. C.i TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1904. Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co. have sent out a circular letter in which they estimate the cotton crop of this year at 11,300,000 bales. Last year's crop was 10,011,000. The largest crop on record was that of 1898-99, when the figures were 11,274,840 bales. The average price per pound that year was six cents. The claim that prohibition cannot be enforced has been repeated until it has become nauseating. That it has not been very well enforced in this state we will admit; but at the same time we submit that prohibition laws were enforced about as well as have been the dispensary laws, and that is not all. If it is a fact that prohibition has not been enforced, is it the fault of the law or of the people? Prohibition is enforced up in North Carolina ail right. It Is a difficult matter to buy whisky in Gastonia for Instance, and it is the same in all the dry towns of the state. This goes to prove that the trouble is with th > people rather than with the law. South Carolina is all right on the divorce question we think. There are cases where divorce is justifiable and for the best interest of all concerned. We would not be understood as holding otherwise. Put divorce laws are always abused, and the South Carolina plan is the best. But we should have a record of marriages, births and deaths. This is necessary for the best interest of society generally, and the okeonoo r\f rppftrHs nf this char" acter frequently furnishes serious embarrassment to Individuals. Such records could be kept In the probate court without considerable expense. The matter has been pending before the general assembly for a good many years past and It is about time for this body to give the subject serious consideration. The eleven years' experience that the state of South Carolina has had in the liquor business has failed to demonstrate even the slightest need for the central establishment in Columbia. It is a fact, as Senator Tillman intimated In Gaffney recently that the state dispensary buys its supplies from numerous wholesalers whose [ separate businesses are smaller than that conducted by the state of South Carolina, and it is unable to buy whiskies any cheaper than county dispensaries could buy them. The central institution is maintained at large expense and that expense is clearly unnecessary. There would be no advantage In the state central institution even if it were maintained entirely without expense?that is if all its employes would serve without nav Th?? rountv disDensaries could transact the business Just as readily with the houses that supply the central institution. This Is a case where the middleman Is absolutely unnecessary, and can be knocked out to grreat advantage to the state at large. REFORM OF THE DISPENSARY. State Central Institution Should be Abolished. The dispensary should be abolished. It has a record of 11 years of failure. Its history Is offensive. Its purchasing and distributing methods are cumbersome. Its expenses are high. Its profits are small. Its political Influence Is deleterious. Its moral Influence is damaging and destructive. It has Just one good feature?the manner of selling. This promotes temperance because It removes the temptation to drink and bars convivial drinking. It does not sell at night. These features should and can be preserved. In fact, they cannot be disturbed because established by the constitution. The state should get out of the. whisky business. It should license the right to sell whisky, where the counties want It, to private parties under heavy bond and high license. They should be required to dispense whisky just as the dispensaries do. In sealed vessels containing not less than half a pint, not to be drunk or opened on the premises where sold and not to be sold between sunset and sunrise. The state could then withdraw Its capital from the wholesale liquor business. It could remove the dispensary Influence from politics. It could reduce the constabulary force because those who paid lor licenses would cooperate with the local authorities in preventing: the illicit sale of whisky in competition with themselves. Give every county the right to determine by vote whether its people want whisky sold at all. This plan would preserve every good feature of the dispensary and would abolish every bad feature except the sale of whisky itself and even this could be abolished by any county that objected to it. This is practical common sense and local self-government.?Spartanburg Journal. The Only Remedy.?The state of South Carolina must get out of the whisky business. The counties should have the privilege of local option and Wfctjre any whisky is sold at all it shoula^be by i rlvate parties under heavy ar!(j bond and In sealed vessels containing not less than a half pint, not to be drunk on the premises and not to he sold between sunset and sunrise. What do we want with cumbersome, corrupt dispensary when greater benefits may be enjoyed under a simpler system??Spartanburg Journal. AN IMP OP SATAN Was This Small Negro Incendiary. Running With the Hare and Barking With the Hounds, He Burned Right and Left Until the Overdoing of His Deception Led to His Capture. Correspondence of the Yorkvtll# Enquirer. Rock Hilj., Nov. 22.?The country surrounding Newport was thrown Into a high state of excitement from Sunday afternoon until an early hour Monday morning because of several incendiary fires on the plantation of Mr. W. J. Miller. A large forest on the place was fired three different times; a crib filled with corn belonging to Walter Patton, a colored tenant on the place, was burned, and two unsuccessful attempts were made to burn a large barn on Mr. Miller's own premises. A searching party was organized, consisting of a hundred or more men of the neighborhood, some on foot and others mounted and all well armed. They scoured the woods and fields In search of the supposed fire bug from about dark Sunday evening until 6 o'clock Monday morning. At 6 o'clock the most of the searchers went home for breakfast, after which they reinforced their numbers and renewed the search. Several times during the night the blood hounds that had been brought from the chalngang to assist In running the culprit down, seemed to be giving some one a hot chase; but they evidently were on the trail of some of the searching party, as it now turns out that the one who did the devilment was then at his home on Mr. Miller's place. A small negro boy named Alec Joseph, apparently not over twelve years old, and a step son of Walter Patton, a colored tenant on the place, was caught almost in the act of firing Mr. Miller's barn Monday morning, and after being arrested he acknowledged that he had done all the burning; but said his step-father, Walter Patton, had forced him to do It at the point of a revolver. The boy told a right plausible story about the whole affair, giving his father's reason for wanting to burn the crib and other buildings, and a part of his story, at least. Is evidently true, as he repeated things that had passed In a conversation between Patton and Mr. Miller when the boy was not present. He, nevertheless, did more or less lying all the way through and there is still some mystery about the afTair, giving rise to a difference of opinion as to whether or not Patton had anything to do with the burning. The boy is In the lock-up in this city and will be given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Anderson of Ebenezer township today. Patton has not been arrested at this writing. Fire was first discovered In a large body of woods near Patton's house, about two o'clock Sunday afternoon. A few neighbors gathered and put the fire out; but had hardly reached their homes again when fire was discovered In another port of the woods. Another party gathered and fought the fire out the second time. Then the fire broke out again, this time as before, in a new place. Burned match sticks were found at each spot where the fire originated, and it was evident that there was no accident about the repeated blazes; that some one was setting the woods on fire appeared certain and the crowd began to look for the fiend. The boy who was arrested Monday morning, and owned to doing the burning, was with the crowd in the woods and took an active part in fighting the fire and several times pretended to see some one running through the bushes with a convict's suit on, and at one time after a hot chase he brought back a piece of an old pair of suspenders, claiming that he had gotten close enough to the fleeing negro to grab him and tear his suspenders off. But at that time no one suspected him of being the guilty one. The crib of corn was fired as the crowd was returning from the woods the third time and just after they had passed the building. It was after this that the search proper for the fire bug began and was not given up till five o'clock yesterday morning. After the search had been renewed yesterday morning, the negro boy. Alec Joseph, ran into Mr. Miller's yard and announced that his barn was on fire, and that the negro they had been hunting was in the barn. Mr. Miller and several hands that he had purposely kept around the house, ran out and extinguished a small blaze in the barn, and some went up on the loft searching for the negro; but found no one. During the excitement Alec went on the loft and came down, announcing a few moments later that the fire was upstairs. Mr. Miller and 'his hands rushed upon the loft and found a blaze making good headway in a lot of fodder, stover and peavine hay. When they went on the loft the first time there was no sign of fire and they were then convinced that the boy was doing the mischief. They had a hard fight to save the barn as everything was dry and burned so readily. ! The boy was held until a warrant for his arrest was procured from Magistrate Anderson and he was brought to Rock Hill. In the meantime something over a hundred men were still scouring the woods determined to find the guilty party. When the crib was discovered on fire, this same boy pretended to see some one run Into the woods near by. Others also thought they had j seen some one run away and the searching party was still under the impression that the object of their ! search was in hiding somewhere m the woods. The boy at first denied being guilty and said that he had seen an old negro man who lived on the place, set fire to the barn; but afterwards acknowledged that he had done all the burning and that his father made him do it. He explained that his father had said Mr. Miller wanted to take his corn for what he owed him, but that he would burn it up before he would lot < him have It. When he was told to go and set fire to the barn he did not want to do it; but his father pointed his pistol at him and gave him two minutes to go or be killed, so he went. He also told a story about his father going to Mr. Miller for some money last week and getting only $2 and saying after he came home that he would have more, for he knew Mr. Miller had It and knew where he kept it and ( he would get It If he had to burn the house and pick the money out of the ashes, or something to that effect. It appears that Patton had sold all his cotton; but was still in debt to Mr. Mill'-T, and that he had also decided not to stay on Mr. Miller's place next year and when he so Informed Mr. Miller the latter told him he would have to pay what he owed him. The inference was that it would have to come out of his corn as he had nothing else to pay it with and likely enough Paiton made some threats about burning the corn, In the presence of the boy. The theory advanced by some Is that the boy was seized with a mania to burn something from hearing his father talk of burning his corn and when , he fooled the people by repeatedly setting the woods on fire, he was seized with a desire to keep up the excitement and just went on burning, at least that Is what he did. The manner in which he told his story, how- , ever, of being forced against his will to do the work. Impressed one as being the truth and It Is hoped that the true facts In the case may be brought out in the preliminary today and the guilty one brought to justice. Patton was present when the boy was arrested and advised him not to talk to anyone about the burning. He also wanted to Join the searching party on Monday morning, but was not taken along. Harvie Jordan's Hot Air.?People < who will take the trouble to Investigate the record of the Hon. Harvie Jordan of Montlcello. Oa.. will not bo swept off their feet by his demand j that the farmers of the south hold 1 their cotton for twelve cents. i Mr. Jordan is a good sort of fellow, ] and thoroughly well meaning, but he 1 Is Impractical. Moreover he is fond of ! notoriety?in fact he loves it. His ! long suit Is delivering addresses and < writing letters for the papers. i He has been In the limelight now for a dozen years or so, and has been at the head of different organizations, but he has never yet accomplished anything for those who organized with him. The farmers of the south undoubtedly need an organization, but they want a practical, successful man at the head of it, and successful, practical men to manage it Fellows who fan the air, and that is all that Mr. Jordan ever does, will not accomplish anything for the farmers or for themselves.?Anderson Mall. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. Thanksgiving Services?Rev. W. H. Ariail Has a Runaway?Shifting Engine to Keep Up With Increasing Business?Carnival Week Passed Off Satisfactorily?Mr. Barber Had the Wrong Negro. Correspondence ot the Yorkvlllo Enquirer. Rock Hill, Nov. 22.?Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, will be observed here by a general suspension of business of all kinds. The postofflce, banks, schools, stores and all places of business, with but very few exceptions, will be closed. Union services will be held at St. John's Methodist church at 11 a. m. Rev. J. C. Johnes will preach the sermon and a special nV?Alr will fnrnlah mnolr far Ihp nrm slon. Everybody la cordially Invited to attend this service. Rev. W. H. Ariail had a very narrow escape from serious injury in a runaway scrape Saturday afternoon. He had started to the country, accompanied by his little daughter, Kathaline, to visit one of his members and when opposite the home of George Laurey, on Ebenezer avenue, he noticed that his dog was following the buggy and got out to run the animal back home, leaving his little girl in the buggy alone. The horse became frightened and dashed off. Mr. Ariail ran at once to the rescue of his child and grabbed the lines, but as he did so he was struck by one of the wheels and knocked down. Two of the wheels passed over his body after he fell to the ground; but he held on to the lines until some one ran up and stopped the horse. He received several very painful bruises on the head and face and was used up very roughly in general; but after having a physician to dress his wounds he continued his journey and filled his usual appointment at Adnah and Antloch on Sunday. Owing to the increase in the business of the Southern railway at this place, the officials have been forced to send a shifting engine here to do regular work on the yards. The crew is in charge of Captain Dobson. They went to work Monday morning ana they will very likely find work enough to keep them busy all the time. The shifting engine was removed from here last summer because the Charleston division would not pay half the expense of keeping it here. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. W. L. Lingle, who preached at Clemson college last Sunday, Rev. Dr. W. M. McPheeters of Columbia, filled the pulpit at the First Presbyterian church Sunday morning. Dr. McPheeters also preached at Wlnthrop college Sunday night. The Dreamland Carnival people concluded their engagement here Saturday night and left Sunday morning for Walhalla. S. C.. where they will exhibit next. Great crowds visited the show the last three days of their stay here and although there was some drinking on the grounds Friday and Saturday, there was not a great deal of rowdyism or disorder. The mayor had to call down the proprietors on one or two "crooked" games; but on the whole the carnival was a success and the people seemed to enjoy the occasion. Still there is a feeling of relief since the show has gone and everybody has got down to business again uninterrupted by the beating of drums, tooting of tin horns and the yelling of those who cried the wonderful and mysterious things to be seen at the various tents and booths. The negro held by Jas. A. Barber, 8 us pec ted of being the murderer of Allen Heathington, turned out to be the wrong man. A deputy sheriff from Colleton county, accompanied by a white boy who worked at the mill where the crime was committed, arrived in the city last Thursday night, and were taken to the chaingang camp by Mr. Barber at once to see the negro. After seeing the negro both the officer and the boy said they were positive he was not the right man, although the resemblance in part was rorv atrllrfnc WORK FOR THE MISSION8. Successful Picnics at Bethel and Bethel Chapel. Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Enquirer. Bethel, Nov. 19.?Bethel congregation is supporting a missionary in Korea at a salary of $600. In order to enable the children to take a more active part in this good work, and to stimulate and increase their interest and zeal in the extension of Christ's kingdom, the session last spring directed that a quart of cotton seed be given to every child who would agree to plant it and cultivate the cotton for the cause of missions. For this purpose 125 quarts were distributed. Quite a number of the grown people united with the children In this plan of work for Christ. Nov. 16th at the Chapel and Nov. 17th at the church were Bethel's Missionary Cotton Picnic days. The Lord gave us ideal November weather. Everybody came, of course, with full baskets of dinner and full bags of cotton, the faces of the children as bright as the day, and the older people happy in the freshness and happiness of the young, themselves looking young, and no doubt feeling so because they could not help it. How could they help it with all those baskets and bags and happy children in sight? The cotton was weighed that it might be known how much each one made out of the quart of seed. It all amounted to 3,824 pounds, enough for three good bales. Of this the Chapel brought 1,800 pounds, and the church section 2,034. At the Chapel Glenn Brandon took ?*? '? *'? '?not ?lold f mm me prize ior uic laigcm j one quart, 188 pounds, and Isaac A. Bigger, Jr., fell heir to the second prize, his quart yielding 96 pounds. At the church the first prize fell to Arthur Bfirnett, 96 pounds, and the second to Jenny and Lula Hand, 90 pounds each. After the cotton weighing, all gathered In the church and enjoyed a short song service, and then had the pleasure of hearing an Interesting, earnest address on the subject of missions. At the Chapel Dr. J. H. Thomwell was the speaker, and gave one of his characteristic, Inimitable, Impressive talks, which could not fall to Interest, Instruct and edify old and young alike. At the church Dr. W. G. Neville made a strong address, Impressive and earnest, which went straight home to the heart and conscience of the hearer, and made every one feel more determined than ever to obey the command of Christ, "Go." After these most excellent addresses then the baskets and their contents, the picnic dinner. How shall I do the subject justice? One must be present at a Bethel picnic with a good appetite to understand and appreciate all Its Incommunicable significance. To all who ever enjoyed that distinction In the past. It Is enough to say, at both the Chapel and the church It was a Bethel picnic. Aren't you sorry you were not there? Well, begin to get ready to come next year, for every one was so well pleased with the experiment this year that they all with one consent say, "We will do It again." ? t ? Hugh Smith Thompson, former governor of South Carolina, died at his home In New York last Sunday night after a brief illness. Governor Thompson was born in Charleston on January 24. 1836, ana was rearea in flreenville county. He served through the war and In 1876 was nominated for.' superintendent of education on the! Hampton ticket. He served three C0n4l secutire terms^and escaped a fourth! term because the trustees of the South1 Carolina college desired to make him president of that institution. In 1882 tioweve, he was unexpectedly noml-' aated for governor. After he ha<t served one term and a part of anfj >ther President Cleveland made hlntP assistant secretary of the treasury. J, He was afterwards appointed to a position on the civil service commission, and later accepted a position with the New York Life Insurance company. The funeral and interment of Governor Thompson are to take place In Columbia tomorrow. CLOVER CULLING8. Outcome of the 8torm Cotton?New Charter Election?The High School ?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Cuovbr, Nov. 22.?It will be remembered that there was considerable speculation as to what was the best course to pursue by the victims of the. haJl storm which visited this section last June; whether It would pay best to plow up the cotton and replant, plant some other crop, or cultivate the portion left?bare stalks. The majority. If not all, pursued the latter plan. Of course it will never be known : what would have been best, but it is certain now that all were heavy losers by reason of the storm am ?ha rnllnirtnir results show: Mr. A. B. Currence had two croppers, one In the storm belt and the other outside, both working one-horse crops within a halt mile of each other. The one damaged by hail gathered two bales of cotton, and he Is through, while the other has had thirteen ginned and will have another. Mr. Robert Turner, on his one horse crop in the storm strip, harvested 200 pounds of seed cotton; Mr. Joe Matthews made practically nothing, while J. Meek Smith has gathered about three bales where he should have had eight or ten. Mr. S. M. *>lres has recently commenced to operate a corn mill here. The motive power is an eight-horse gasolene engine. The mill is a great convenience to the public and it is to be hoped will prove profitable to its owner. The present town charter will expire by limitation during the next two years. An election has been ordered to be held on next Saturday, the 26th, for the purpose of deciding whether or not the town shall at once be char- j tered under the general Incorporation act applying to towns of from 1,000 to 5,000 population, or wait until the old charter expires. Services preparatory to communion on Sunday were commenced in the Presbyterian church last Friday. The pastor, Rev. S. H. Hay, was assisted by Rev. I. E. Wallace of Heath I Springs. A special service for children was held on Sunday afternoon, and was well attended. Three persons united with the church. So far 110 pupils have been enrolled in the Clover High school. There are three tepchers. The daily session commences at &30 a* m., and ends at 4 p. m. The school was In session last Saturday to make up for next Friday, and will, therefore suspend from tomorrow afternoon until next Monday morning. Mrs. D. A. Matthews, who has been sick for several months?part of the time seriously?is now rapidly recovering, much to the delight of her numerous friends.* Miss Pansy Traywlck of Gastonia, has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. W. Campbell. Miss Frankie Falres of Wlnthrop college, was in town Monday visiting her father, Mr. S. M. Faires. Service will be held in the Presbyterian church Thanksgiving Day. MERE-MENTION. The crew of the French steamship Provlncia, on Its way from Sabine Pass, Tex., to Hamburg:, Germany, were so disabled by an encounter with a swarm of mosqultos In the Gulf of Mexico, Friday, that the ship had to stop at Norfolk, Va., where the crew received medical attention The pay car of the Forepaugh and Sells Bros.'s circus was entered and robbed of $30,000 on the railroad somewhere between Greenville and Tarboro, N. C., Saturday morning early William C. P. Breckenridge died at his home In Lexington, Ky., Saturday night, after an illness of four days with paralysis. ? ....Three election officers at Denver, Col? were on Saturday adjudged guilty by the supreme court of substituting ballots and wrongfully swearing In an election clerk, and were fined $1,000 each, and sentenced to one year's Imprisonment ;Flre destroyed $700,000 worth of property in Cincinnati, O., Sunday The Missouri State building at the World's Fair In St. Louis, was destroyed by fire Saturday. One fireman was killed, and a number of persons were injured. The property loss was about $250,000 Fire in an Italian tenement house in Brooklyn, Sunday, caused the death of twelve persons, and a property loss of $10,000 Fourteen miners were killed as the result of an explosion of coal gas in the Carbonado mines near Morissey. British Columbia, Friday.... The Mohawk, a freight steamer, burned to the water's edge off Horton's Point, Long Island sound, Friday. Twenty-one persons, including two women, were rescued. A Swedish watchman is believed to have perished in the flames Taylor Delk, a Confederate veteran, aged sixty-two years, died at the state prison farm near Milledgeville, Ga., Friday, where he was serving a life sentence for the murder of Sheriff Gwynn of Pike county, Georgia, eight years ago Luther Conant, for several years financial editor of the Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin of New York city, has been appointed special examiner in the bureau of corporations, department of commerce nnrt lahor Four emoloyes in the plant of the Dover, N. J., gas company, were asphyxiated Friday by gas escaping through a broken valve in a pipe in the meter room Two policemen were killed by burglars whom they caught In the act of entering a store in the business part of Detroit, Mich., at midnight last Friday Stephen Putney, a fourteen-year-old boy of Richmond, Va., disappeared from the home of friends with whom he was stopping in St. Louis, Wednesday, and has not yet been found. He had money and jewelry to the amount of *500 on his person and foul play is feared A feud between the Curd family and the Durham family in Cumberland county, Kentucky, culminated in a duel at Cumberland Falls, Friday, in which George and Thomas Curd and Emma Durham were killed Twenty-two gas tanks at a gas-charging' station in Chicago exploded Friday, killing eighteen employes, and breaking windows and throwing walls of buildings out of plumb within a radius of half a mile. Secretary Shaw has announced a call upon National banks holding government deposits, to the amount of 25 per cent of their holdings; 10 per cent to be paid on or before January 15 next, and 15 per cent on or before March 15 next. 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Latham, Alexander & Co. estimate South Carolina's cotton crop at 950,000 bales this year, against 825,000 last year. ? Judge Gage was at Greenville yesterday to fill his regular appointment to preside over the court of general sessions. ? A number of Germans and Poles have arrived at Greenville to work in the cotton mills there. They are fresh from Europe and the understanding is that more are coming. ? Gaffney special of Saturday to The News and Courier: Cherokee is getting on well without the dispensary and the improvement for the better Is very noticeable to the most casual observer. The express company brings in some liquor, and we suppose will contihue to do so, but it brought ' 1 KoJ fHo ^lo. wmsity ncrc wucii **c uau mv u?w pensary. ? The state board of canvassers will meet on Wednesday to hear the protests of John B. Noland on the election of Congressman Legare, and any othe; protests that may come up. Unoffuially the members of the board have been told that there are others, and all of the congressmen have employed attorneys to represent their Interests at the hearing. On account oI previous experience the DetiKi uiMMu I MnigVnflmen are better prepared to go before the congressional committee on elections than ever before. They have obtained affidavits from citizens who were turned down, showing that the election laws of the state are enforced Impartially and other testimony of a nke nature that makes their case*; in LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI3EMENT6. Enquirer Office?Has a bunch of keys which owner may have by complying with conditions. J. L. McGlll, Executor?Gives notice of sale of certain personai property belonging to estate of Alexander Moses, deceased, on Dec. 1st. A. S. Clarke, Depot Agent?Wants to employ strong white man for porter at Southern depot. Opera House?Announces the appearance of Louis Salisbury's moving picture exhibition two nights?Friday and Saturday of this week. A. Y. Cartwright. D. D. S.?Tells his friends that he will be absent from his office Thursday and Friday. R. J. Herndon?Advises you that organs and pianos will stand usage better If properly tuned and repaired. He will trade with you. First National Bank?Tells you how to save money?how to make a beginning1 to be wealthy. Your business is solicited. J. Q. Wray?Is offering some attract* ? ? >w?n l?n (n *wnn,a nlftfVlIn T Q111 fr Q IYC uaigauio 111 high o viv?.m?i.0 that bear the "Superb" brand. He will sell thirty pounds of rice for $1 next Saturday. T. W. Speck?Makes you some promises about holiday shopping that will be certain to interest those who expect to do holiday shopping. T. M. Heath & Oo.?Talk about their immense stock of cold weather goods. They call special attention to shoes, blankets, underwear, gentlemen's hats, the grocery department, buggies, wagons, and mules. Foushee Cash Store?Advertises new bargains and quotes attractive figures on various goods. Calls special attention to a lot of men's and boys' pants. Tells you to watch for next advertisement. Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Have received and are now showing a most elaborate line of pictures in all sizes, shapes and prices. They say they can't describe them, so you are Invited most cordially to come and see the beautiful array for yourself, j They say their pictures are worth coming miles to see. Strauss-Smith Co.?Announces that its store will be closed Thursday? Thanksgiving Day. THIRD WEEK JURORS. The following petit Jurors were drawn yesterday morning to serve during the third week of the present term of the court They will be expected to report for duty next Mondays 1 S. H. Hay Catawba. H. E. Johnson York. T. S. Lesslle .^..Catawba. A. B. Currence .Bethel. O. M. Carroll York. Sidney Freldheim Catawba. G. B. McCarter. King's Mountain. J. W. Sherrer York. J. R. Spears Ebenezer. W. C. Dunlap Bethesda. F. E. Hull Catawba. W. B. Stroup King's Mountain. J. C. McKnight Bullock's Creek. J. E. Harshaw Bethesda. J. M. Leech Broad River. A. B. Lindsay Catawba. F. P. Love Bethesda. J. M. Smarr Bullock's Creek. B. M. Johnson York. J. L. Wright Catawba. W. G. Turner York. G. T. Allen Catawba. M. L. Dickson King's Mountain. W. G. Hayes Bullock's Creek. Sam Carothers Ebenezer. R.- J. Mackorell York. S. P. Sutton Fort Mill. J. C. McGill King's Mountain. J. F. Ford.. King's Mountain. J. L. Kimball Fort Mill. C. L. Moore Bethesda. W. B. Fewell, Jr Ebenezer. L. J. Lumpkin Ebenezer. E. R. Shannon Broad River. E. D. Thomson, Jr. Bethel. Saxby Chaflln Catawba. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The dispensary is to be removed to the store room formerly occupied by J W. B. Moore & Co. ? Arbor Day is to be observed at the Graded school tomorrow with appropriate exercises. The public is invited to participate. ? There will be union Thanksgiving services in Trinity church Thursday J morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. W. C. Ewart will preach. ? Messrs. W. B. Moore, J. M. Starr and Dr. W. I. Wltherspoon have secured a commission for the incorporation of the "York Knitting Mill" with a capital of <20,000. Subscriptions are now' being solicited to the capital stock of the proposed company. ? There was a large audience at the Christy Bros.' minstrel show at the opera house last Saturday night and everybody was pleased with the entertainment It was a flrst-class show? as good as the best that comes to Yorkville. ? There will be a pretty general suspension of business Thursday on account of Thanksgiving. Court will jid Jo urn tomorrow afternoon until *nday morning. The banks will be closed. The postofflce, telegraph and express offices will observe Sunday hours. The telephone exchange will be closed entirely, and there will be but little business of any kind during the day. . ? The Junior Order American Mechanics, In pursuance of a custom of that organization, has arranged to present the York Cotton Mills school with a flag and Bible Thanksgiving afternoon at 4 o'clock. The presentation Is to be made with appropriate exercises, Including speeches of presentation and acceptance. The Woodmen of the World, the Masons and the public generally have been Invited. ? Louis Salisbury's moving picture exhibition Is to be the attraction at the opera house next Friday night. Mr. Salisbury carries all of the most successful moving picture productions and gives a thoroughly enjoyable and Instructive entertainment. He is accompanied by Mr. Frank Roe, who has a wide reputation as a soprano soloist, and who scores successes everywhere In the presentation of his illustrated songs. CIRCUIT COURT. The court of common pleas, which was convened on last Wednesday, began work on Calendar 1 yesterday morning. The following petit Jurors were in attendance: E. T. Galloway, Qulnn Wallace, W. W. Shlllinglaw, A. R. Kimball, W. P. Boyd,. W. G. Plexlco, George Revels, J. L. Clemer, G. A. Wilkerson, H. E. Moore, N. A. Howell, J. H. Bankhead, P. E. Barron, W. B. Moore, T. G. McGlll, Kelly Inman, Z. G. Walker, G. A. Gettys, J. P. Moore, J. C. McElroy, D. M. Ford, Sr., W. I. Brlson, C. T. Brandon, J. A. Harshaw, J. A. N. Glenn, B. C. Adams, J. M. Mcllwain, T. A. McFarland, J. F. Smith, M. L. Carroll, C. M. McKnight Messrs. M. L. Carroll and C. M. McKnight were excused and the following additional jurors were drawn from the seven mile box to complete the venire: George Hedricks, W. R. Latimer, H. E. Burns, J. L. Watson, W. R. Conrad. E. M. Dixon, L. H. Cas ties, M. C. Willis. The first case taken up was that of Lillian S. Adams, administratrix of Ernest L. Adams, deceased, against the South Carolina and Georgia Extension railroad. The plaintiff is the widow of Ernest L. Adams, who was employed by the railroad as a flagman, and who was killed at Catawba Junction, on Nov. 24, 1900, while assisting in "cutting out a car." The case was commenced In March, 1901, and came on for trial in February. 1903; but after the testimony of the plaintiff had been heard Judge Dantzler granted a non-suit. This was based on the fact that the plaintiff had alleged that the deceased had come to h|p death, while trying to make what igknowfi ail a '"flyh.g sVrlWh, and that such was not the case. The plaintiff appealed to the supreme court, which reversed the court below, and granted a new trial. The testimony was very much the same as in the first case. The deceased had gotten on the cow catcher of the locomotive as a point of vantage from which to make a coupling. As the result of a sudden reversal of the locomotive he was i thrown off and run over. The plaint- I Iff charged negligence on the part of i the railroad. The Jury took the case i yesterday afternoon, and this morning 1 brought In a sealed verdict giving the plaintiff damages in the sum of S8.000. I The plaintiff was represented by W. i W. Lewis, Esq., assisted by W. B. I Wilson, Sr., and the defendant by Messrs. G. W. S. Hart and N. W. Har- I din. * 1 The next case was that of Mrs. Isa- i bella Scott et al. vs. W. L. Hill, suit for i accounltng and $500 damages. Plaintiffs claimed that they stored with Hill some rent cotton In which tenants had an Interest, and told him that they would hold the cotton for a higher price. When plaintiffs decided to sell at 10.10 they learned that defendant had already sold the cotton at 8 cents and paid himself the amount due him by the tenants out of their part of the proceeds. He claimed that the cotton was being damaged and he wanted to sell before It had suffered further deterioration. Plaintiffs claimed the difference between the value of the cotton at 8 cents and 10.10, and also $500 damages on account of the defendant's alleged high-handed disregard of their rights. The Jury re tired with the papers at ahout 12 o'clock. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Louthlan spent Sunday in Rock Hill. Mr. R. Haskell Dobson has taken a position as salesman with J. Q. Wray. Dr. James L. Hanahan of Columbia, spent Sunday with relatives In Yorkville. Miss Mattle Ford of Gastonla, has taken charge of the school at the York Cotton Mill. Dr. D. L. Schelder of Jas. M. Starr & Co.'s drug store, is visiting relatives at St. George's. Miss Maggie McFadden spent Sunday and Monday with relatives In the Smith's Turnout section. Miss Florence Cody left yesterday morning to take charge of the Piedmont school at King's Creek. Miss Mary McCullough, art teacher at Jones' Seminary, All Healing, visited Mrs. J. P. White this week. Mrs. Geo. W. S. Hart returned home last week after spending several weeks with relatives in Virginia. Cherokee News: Miss Susie Brian of Yorkvllle, has accepted the Grassy Pond school. She will board with Captain Magness. E. Earle Thornwell, Esq., leaves tonight for Newberry, where he is to act as groomsman at the marriage of Mr. L. T. Mills of Camden to Miss Margaret Johnson of Newberry. The marriage takes place tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. Mr. R. Sidney McConnell left Yorkvllle last Saturday afternoon for Spartanburg, where he is to take a position as machinist-operator on the Journal, one of the best and most prosperous afternoon dkilles in the state. Mr. McConnell has been living in Yorkville about fifteen years, and nine -years of that time he has been in the employ of The Enquirer. While we are very reluctant to give him up, still we take pleasure in advising the Journal that it can very well afford to congratulate itself, on having been able to secure the services of such an efficient, reliable and painstaking workman, for under any and all circumstances Mr. McConnell Is to be depended upon absolutely. Mr. McConnell is well thought of in Yorkville, and takes with him to his new field of labor the best wishes of everybody. NOTE AND COMMENT. There was quite a lull in cotton gina nrulr ni> tan Havi Am: but since then the sins have become busy again. There are those who estimate that the rural free delivery system has added not less than one dollar an acre to the value of the farm lands of York county. Messrs. C. F. James and J. B. Nell are soliciting subscriptions to a knitting mill to be built at Filbert. They want $10,000 capital and have so far secured over $5,000. Mr. W. H. Stewart writes that the reporter misunderstood what he had to say about the cotton crop recently. He referred to the crop of year before last instead of last year. In his opinion the crop of this year is not so { large as that of year before last. Reports from different parts of the county Indicate that wheat sowing is I progressing rapidly. The ground is a little wet In many localities; but where farmers have the seed they are not ; deterred on this account The Outlook is that the acreage to be put in wheat this fall will be much larger than last year; but still not as large as it would be if the necessary seed were easier to obtain. Chicken and oyster suppers have been coming into vogue throughout the country surrounding Yorkvllle of late. There was quite a big affair of the kind down on Mr. J. B. Scott's place, in the Delphos neighborhood last Friday night, given by Mr. Scott ana otners, complimentary to uicu friends. In all there were about thirty people present, and the affair was a great success. While The Enquirer has not taken the means necessary to get the exact figures, which are easily obtainable, it feels safe in saying that the local bank deposits show as large an increase compared with last year, as was the increase of last year compared ( with the year before. Both of the local . banks have creditable lines of deposits and both.include in their list of pa- . trons many who, up to a year or two i ago, had never before had bank accounts. People who used to keep their money about their homes are now depositing it in the banks and checking on it as suits their convenience. It is a fact also that the banks furnished a larger amount of money than usual to the farmers during the past summer to assist in the making of their crops. Taken all in all there has been a noticeable increase in the public appreciation of the value and utility of the banks in business and industrial life. LOCAL LACONICS. Death of Mrs. C. M. McKnight. ( Mrs. Clemmie McKnight, wife of Mr. C. M. McKnight, died at her home in the Zadok neighborhood last Satur- , day, as the result of complications brought on by malaria. She was a daughter of Mr. P. L. Pursley and at the time of her death was aged thirty-eight years and twenty-three days. , She leaves a husband and seven children?five daughters and two sons. The funeral took place at Beersheba on Sunday, the services being conduct- i ed by Rev. S. H. Hay, her pastor. Mrs. McKnight was highly esteemed throughout her neighborhood. A Successful Fruit Grower. Mr. Harvey Hamel of the Allison . Creek neighborhood, Is not only a good farmer but one of the most successful fruit growers in York county. He was in Yorkvilie one day last week and left at The Enquirer office a bunch of fully matured second crop June ap- s pies, which, in all but size seemed to * enual the first crop. There were not * so many on the trees, of course. Mr. * Hamel has been giving attention to J fruit of all kinds and especially to * apples for half a dozen years. In all ' he has as many as eighty growing i trees, Including fifty that he has set | out himself and on last Friday carried home fifty more. He Is paying more attention to apples than to any- 8 thing else. Already he has a number 8 of fine young trees that give him ap- 8 pies that come up to all reasonable 8 commercial requirements. He has 1 given his trees a lot of close attention 8 and has spent considerable money on * them; but he is encouraged to be- I lieve that he will be fully repaid In 8 the course of a few years. I Stewart Not Guilty. r The case of John Stewart, charged s with violation of the dispensary law, 8 which was in progress when The En- a quirer went to press last Friday, re- e fujuj&.ljfc* verdlovod not guilty. The c general presumption Is that the "Jo bilee" distillery belonged to John r Stewart, or at least that he was the 1 responsible head of the business that \ was conducted there. The testimony ? showed that the place was certainly a c nuisance; that large quantities of 11- 1 quor were being sold dally; that peo- r pie came from all parts of the coun- f try, on foot, on horseback. In buggies and wagons and carried away whisky In b ttles, Juka and kegs. John Stewart ./as to be seen about the place at all times; but nobody was willing to testily that they had ever bought any whisky from him, and nobody was certain that he ever sold any. He himself claimed that the establishment be- w longed to another Stewart and that he was working for a dollar a day. The members of the Jury felt morally certain that Stewart was guilty as charged; but there was no direct testimony against him and they saw no other way for It than to And a verdict of not irullty. ? C olumbia special of Sunday to The New* and Courier: Governor Heyward tonight received a telegram from the chief of police of Georgetown, stating that he had captured Sam Brown, the murderer of Allen P. Heathington, at Meggett's, S. C., some time ago. There Is $500 reward for Brown, and it was twice thought last week that he had been caught, onoe at Rock Hill, and another time in Savannah. ^ ? The state board of canvasser* spent yesterday, tabulating toe returns from. the recent general election. The returns from all the counties except Abbeville and Pickens were In. The total vote for* Democratic elector* was aboi.t 55,000 and the total vote for Republlcan electors was lees than 2,S00. Jm The proposed biennial sessions amendment to the constitution has carried JLq all the counties except Abbeville, Clarendon, Edgefield, Greenwood, Lee and Lexington. The majority for biennial sessions Is quite large. ? Commissioner of Immigration Watson has issued a Primer on South Chr- , olin.i for distribution over the state and in the north. The Primer is from an article prepared for the Encyclopedia Americana by Major Harry Hammond, and published with permission of the editor of the Scientific American. There are a large number of notes In the back of the Primer complied by Mr. Watson. The booklet gives In a short space the complete description of South Carolina, dividing the state Into sections and considering each section so far as re- c gards Its climate, soil and principal . resources. Accompanying the Primer Is another booklet entitled "The Clematology of South Carolina," prepared by Section Director J. W. Bauer of the weather crop service, and re- ; printed by permission of Willis L. Moore. ? August Kohn in News and Courier: I caked Senator Tillman what he 4? thought about the confirmation of Dr. Crum, about which considerable has fn/wsntlw Knom ao M (n tVlA fl AWatMt iVtTflL He I* of the opinion that there Is practically no good to come from continued fighting of the confirmation of Dr. Crum and he Is disposed now to leave the matter to the Republican majority of the senate. He feels that ho has' done all that he can do and that his position and that of this state are weli known. He Is somewhat Inclined iM to think that President Roosevelt may s be so thoroughly gratified with the H flattering vote that he . received that he may decide to let up on the south, and the president also must appredate that the south alone stood out aga.net him more on account of the " race issue than anything else. Senator Tillman thinks that if the president: Insists upon the confirmation at Dr. Crum that the senate will con- , firm him, and that there will be . practical unanimity on the part of the Republican majority, *nd that it will be entirely in deference to the president. Whatever is done In this * matter he thinks will be done at the I instance of President Roosevelt, and there is no use to do any further fighting. A Bun, and a Bear.?Within a couple of days two of the most prominent men in the cotton business have visited Charlotte, namely, Mr. Theo FL Price of New York, and Mr. A. J. Vlclc of New Orleans. Mr. Price is understood to be estimating the cotton crop at 13,000,000 bales or over. Mr. Vick estimates it at 11,000,000 bales or under. If Mr. Price is right cotton is now selling too high. If Mr. Vlclc is right It is selling too low. This promises to be & year of good demand for goods and whatever crop _ is made will bring good money to the sou :hern farmers.?Charlotte Chronicle. AT THE CHURCHES. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. rev. w. c. swart, pastor. Prayer meeting Wednesday after-., noon at 4.30 o'clock. TBINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. OZV. J. L. 8 TO ICES, D. D., PASTOR. Prayer meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. lUTV. W. O. NITILLI, D. D., PABT08. There will be no prayer-meeting tomorrow evening. jtyetial Jtoftos. "* Supper at Hickory Grove. The Ladles' Society of the Hickory : Grove A. R. P. church will serve a turkey supper in the Woodmen Hall, beginning at 4 p. m., Thanksgiving Day. Price for full supper, 25 cents. The proceeds will go to the church Improvement fund. J. L. Oato*. ? 8upper at 8haron. The Children's society and Y. P. C. U. will serve fish and oysters at the A. R. P. Manse, Sharon. S. C., on Thanksgiving Day?Thursday, Nov. 24tii. from 6 p. m. to 10 p. m. 21 J. S. Gum. To Dodicats Church at Tirxah. The M. E. Church at Tirxah, which was completed recently and all indebtedness paid, will be dedicated on , the first 8unday of December at 11 o'clock, by Dr. S. A. Weber. C. W. Peeler, P. C. Nov. 15 t 4t 5he gorbuillf potion Jflarbet. Corrected Semi-Weekly by Messrs. Letts Bros. Yorkville, Nov. 22, 12 m.?The lo:al market stands as follows: Middling 91 Strict Middling 9| Good Middling 91 Latta Bros. HYMENEAL. Married?At the residence of Mr. ind Mrs. C .S. Moorhead In Hickory 3rove, S. C., on Nov. 19th, 1904, by *ev. W. R. Lambert, Mr. ALONZO E. ? JO LIN of Hickory Grove, and M1m MINNIE LEE FARMER of Charlotte, C. HOLIDAY SHOPPING Will begin now In a few days md when it opens It will be a busy iea:?on with the shoppers. I Just deilre to tell my friends and customers ina those who haven't been my cusoirers in the past, that within a very ihort time?in plenty of time for the toliday trade?I will open no and disilay the largest lot of H< .day goods ind novelties that it has ever been my Measure to show the public. In buying my Holiday goods I have an sacked the markets of the world, o to speak, for the latest novelties in fold, silver, china, and other wares, ind have gathered together the . most 1 lahorats, I might say . n.aiv Mfcre ~ '.'/s -f icnidVy goods ever brought M ec'.ion. It Includes wares fron^^H* |hBh| nost every country on the map, and ^ t will be delight to the shopper to rislt this store after my stock Is on lis May. Don't buy anywhere, by mall L SB ?r otherwise, until you see what I jflDR lave to show you. If you do you may egret it, as I have the goods and the - wFrnW >rices to please all shoppers. 1HH T. W. 8PECK, The 1H