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Scraps and Jarts. ? A dispatch of last Saturday from Orayson county, Texas, says: Tre-mendous rises In the creeks of Grayson county, from a flve-lnch rainfall In seven hours last night and this morning, have caused the flooding of twenty thousand acres of rich bottom cotton lands all under cultivation, and the destruction of much stock. The losses are estimated at a quarter of a million dollars. Dead hogs and cattle by the dozens have been found. Two families named Griffin and Weber, tenants on the Reed Davis plantation, were driven to trees and house-tops and were rescued with difficulty in boats. Fifteen per cent of the Grayson potato crop is under water and believed to be a total loss. R. E. Smith, a planter on a large scale, of alfalfa, Is one of the heaviest losers. ? Toklo, May 22: Imperial army i?. ?ha fnllnwlnv an ucauijuai reia umuc ?>?v nouncement today: "In the direction of Changtu, on May 20, a force of the enemy consisting of over a battalion of infantry, a regiment of cavalry and two guns, made a detour to the eastern height at Santoakou, eight miles east of Changtu, and from the vicinity of a coal mine ten miles east of Changtu, at 11.30 o'clock in the morning, commenced a bombardment. Subsequently another Russian force, with four guns appeared on the northern height of Chlnyangpao and at 4 p. m., two battalions of the enemy advanced from the eastern side of the village but ware repulsed. Another mixed force of the enemy entered Erhshilipao, where they set flre to the village and retreated. A body of the enemy's - cavalry dismounted, attacked Tangs lied, on the right bank of the Liao river, 13 miles southwest of Fakoman, on the morning of May 20. After an engagement lasting two hours the enemy retreated In disorder toward the southwest, abandoning 300 men, killed and wounded. Except these collisions between small forces, the situation is otherwise unchanged." ? St Petersburg, May 22: There is an air of expectancy at the admiralty which indicates that news of importance regarding Admiral Rojestvensky's fleet is awaited at any moment. Officially no information regarding the admiral's whereabouts is volunteered, the officers making no concealment of the fact that they are not In the secret of Rojestvensky's plans, but the majority entertain no doubt that the Russian fleet is now steaming towards its ultimate destination. While there is no official confirmation of the Hong Kong report that the fleet has passed through the Bashee channel, it is credited by those who have insisted from the beginning that Rojestvensky will give the island of Formosa a wide berth to the westward. The admiral, it is claimed here, has had ample time to reach the Pacific since he left the waters of Indo-China. The dispatches received from the front are meagre, but there are some Indications that Gen. LJnevltch has taken a leaf out of Field Marshal Oyama's book at the Shakhe river and at Mukden, and that he is about to advance himself and undertake a counter offensive, meeting the Japanese pressure against his left by advancing his right. It is too early, however, to determine whether the moves thus far are more than feints. ? Warsaw, May 19: A workman who was trying to avoid the observation of two detectives on Miodowa street at noon today stumbled on the curb of the sidewalk, and a bomb which he was carrying in his pocket exploded, killing the workman and both the detectives, and wounding 23 persons. It is thought the bomb was intended for Governor Maxlmovitch, who was expected to pass the spot on his way from the cathedral, where he was attending the service In honor of the czar's birthday. The bodies of the victims were literally blown to pieces. A cafe near the ' scene of the explosion was entirely demolished, all the windows in the neighborhood were smashed, and a lamp post was turned up out of the ground. The number injured by the explosion included three women, one student and two school boys. One of the latter is detained at the police station, having been noticed warning people against going Into Miodowa street. Tlje man who was carrying the bomb has been Identified as a Polish shoemaker, named Dobrowskl, a member of the violent section of the Socialists. Many arrests have been made since the explosion and the police are busy making domiciliary searches. ? Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement Issued last Friday shows: For the 19 days of May an increase over last year of 358,000 and an Increase over the same period year before last of 254,000. For the 261 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days last year 2,398,000 and ahead of the same days year before last 1,771,000. The amount brought Into sight during the past week has been 155.649 bales, against 44,826 for the same seven days of last year and 36,528 year before last. The movement since September shows receipts at all United States ports to be 8,984.400, against 6,959,179 last year. Overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 985,398. against 890,554 last year. Interior stocks In excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 295,380, against 144,1??1 last year. Southern mills takings 1,746,000, against 1,618.718 last year. The total movement alnno SuntumhlT 1 la 12.010.918 bale8. against 9.613,312 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 148,559, against 28,843 last year, making the total thus far for the season 7,399,844. against 5,631,485 last year. The total takings of American mills, north, south and Canada, thus far for the season, have been 3,817,414, against 3.675,994 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leuding southern Interior centres have decreased during the week 84,227 bales, against a decrease during the corresponding period last season of 25,877. Including stocks left over at ports and Interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought Into sight thus far from the new crop, the supply to date Is 2,172,885, against 9,781,111 for the same period last year. ? Johann Hoch, the notorious Chicago Bluebeard, who by his own confession is a bigamist and who, during the past fifteen years has married no less than forty women, many of whom he no doubt murdered, was convicted last Friday of the murder of Marie Welcker-Hoch, the second to the last wife he married. Hoch had been married to Mrs. Welcker only a short time when she took suddenly sick and died. He then formed an alliance with the sister of the dead woman, and securing the sister's money ran away from Chicago. The deserted woman told the police and two weeks later Hoch was arrested in New York, and brought back to Chicago where he was confronted with a number of alleged wives. He confessed to several of them. During the trial the state offered expert testimony to show that Mrs. Welcker-Hoch had been poisoned with arsenic. The trial lasted for more than a week; but the jury returned a verdict within half an hour after receiving the papers. Three ballots were taken. The first ballot was unanimous as to Hoch's guilt, and then a ballot followed as to the punishment to be inflicted. This ballot showed ten in favor of the death penalty and two for life imprisonment. A third ballot resulted in the twelve Jurors voting for the death penalty. "Well, I guess it's all off with Johann," groaned Hoch as the verdict was read in court. He was greatly, affected. He had satin a stooping position, but when the word "death" was read, he turned pale, stared hopelessly at the jurymen, and then fell limp in his chair. TT?*-?? **r<ii ?oLr fAf a naw nutll S aiiui lirjo WUI uon 4V? M trial, although the condemned man declared he was ready to die and would be better satisfied If they did not make an effort to save him. "I wish they would hang me tonight, now that I have been found guilty," declared Hoch. "I am not afraid to die and the sooner It Is over with the better." ?hf ^lorbi'illr (Inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.t TUESDAY, MAY 23,1905. If the Isthmian canal commission stands to Its proposed policy of buying canal supplies wherever they can be bought cheapest, we have no Idea that foreigners will come In for a very large share of the trade. Americans compete with foreigners In their own home markers and they can do It In. Panama. It Is given out that President Roosevelt will hereafter accept no more free transportation at the hands of the railroads. Heretofore, like other presidents, he has been accepting all the courtesies the railroads have been so anxious to extend but he has deemed It advisable to establish a precedent along this line and In the future he proposes to pay hls own way. Bully for that. ?????? ?- m ? Why. certainly York county can vote out the dispensary, Just the same as Cherokee and Pickens have done If she wants to. Cherokee has not missed the so-called dispensary profits; but has seen the benefit of retaining for legitimate purposes the money that would have otherwise gone for state whisky. That the people of York are In a frame of m^nd to drive out the dispensary there Is little reason to doubt. All they want Is the opportunity. News comes from China to the effect that the Chinese propose to boycott American goods because of the renewal of the operation of the Chinese exclusion law. If this news Is true, as It very probably Is, the effect will be especially burdensome on the south, because most of the American exports to China consist of raw and manufactured cotton. However, the United States has no Just cause for complaint. If we are unwilling to allow the Chinamen to come Into this country we have no right to expect them to buy of us goods that they can ?- ?< ooollv from nnmphodv else. B*-l jUOl _ ? 0 m - In a cotton acreage estimate issued May 20. Messrs. Latham. Alexander & Co., place the reduction at 11 1-5 per cent. These figures include the entire south, and are arrived at through 3,298 replies to 4,400 letters, addressed to bankers, cotton commission ? chants and large planters. The total acreage of last year is put down at 31,730.000, and the estimated acreage of this year is 28,171,130. The South Carolina reduction is put down at only 9 per cent while the Texas reduction Is put down at 12 >er cent. The South Carolina acreage .ost year was 2,573,000 and this year it is estimated at 2,341,430. The latest advic es on the Venezuela question 'ndicate that the administration has decided to slow up somewhat in the pace it started out on some time back. The ultimatum that this country Issued a few weeks ago seems to have been based on the assumption that there was no doubt of the fact that President Castro was deliberately preparing to confiscate the property of the New York and Bermudez Asphalt company, owned principally by Americans. Now, there Is more or less doubt as to whether the New York and Bermudez Asphalt company was not really trying to confiscate the Venezuelan government. In the light of Bowen's charges against Loomls, it looks as if the administration would do well to thoroughly review the whole controversy, otherwise it may put itself In the position of going to war for no other purpose than to boom asphalt stock. It is beginning to be generally recognized that what is known as the damage suit industry is becoming a serious menace to the welfare of wellordered society, and thoughtful people everywhere have begun to give more or less earnest .onsideratlon to tne necessity of applying remedies. There is no disputing the fact that when one citizen suffers injury through the carelessness of anotner citizen or of a corporation, he Is entitled to redress In the way of damages from the person or corporation by whom he may have been injured, arid the person or corporation inflicting the injury ought to be punished for its carelessness. But it Is hardly to be denied that under the existing system, the legal adjustment of such matters is often more damaging to society than were the matters calling for adjustment. The existing system is calculated to encourage bogus claims of all kinds, and as a matter of fact a bogus claim is established about as easily as a just one. There are lawyers who make a business of scouring the country for clients with claims against corporations and individuals, and who prosecute those claims for a percentage of the proceeds. There are individuals, both men and women who, after having informed themse! ?'es as to the state of facts necessary to establish damage suits, manage to create just sucli facts for the profits to be had. They have no genuine grievance; but that makes no difference to them so long as they are able to secure what appears to be a legal sanction of their fraud. Cases of this nature take up much of the time of the courts, and cost the taxpayers both time and money; but the evils referred to seem to be growing rather than diminishing, and the time when the people will probably undertake the terrible tight that will be necessairy to secure their abatement is not yet in sight. THE CROP SITUATION. Farmers Who Overplanted Have Grassy Rows to Hoe. Editor Yorkville Enquirer: Those who read what I am going to say will probably be Inclined to think I am pessimistic; but the reverse is true, for no matter how gloomy the prospect, I am always optimistic enough to look for a bright side and silver lining. It is raining this morning and it has been raining for four weeks. In fact the ground has not been dry enough to plow since the 25th of April. Consequently very few farmers finished Diamine cotton and I know of several who have not planted any. The Btands of cotton are, or were, perfect, and came up unusually healthy and vigorous looking; but alas, General Green has invaded the fields, and now they look like meadow lands Instead of cotton fields. There has been very little cotton harrowed, and less chopped out. On cold, sandy lands, it has died from the excessive moisture. Some has been plowed up and replanted, and what Is left Is almost hidden from view by the grass, and has become pale, stunted and sickly looking. From the present prospects It appears to me that it will be impossible to produce more than 50 per cent of a normal crop. But let me go a little further and take another view of the situation. In the first place when the' Southern Cotton association was formed, about 99 per cent of the farmers pledged themselves to reduce the acreage planted In cotton 25 per cent, and about 75 per cent of them have stood squarely by their pledge. About 15 per cent have planted the same as last year, and the remaining 10 per cent thought It would be a good time to beat the other fellow, and have Increased their acreage from 10 to 33 per cent. I believe this view will apply to the whole of the cotton belt and here Is where the "silver lining" appears. It is conceded by all intelligent and thinking men that a small crop brings more money to the cotton planter than a large one. In view of the fact that there is a surplus of from two to three million bales, above the need of the manufacturers for the cotton year. If there was a normal crop or say 11,000,000 bales raised this year, the price would unquestionably range very low. The action therefore, of those who remained true to their pledge, aided by a kind Providence in dispensing the weather, has brought about a condition wherein it will be Impossible, (I think) to produce more than 50 per cent of a full crop. How much less depends on the weather conditions from now on, and I think that those farmers who had the nerve to take the bears by the tall, with a double and twisted grip, and held on to their cotton, ought to feel congratulated now, and will have occasion to rejoice next fall that they did so. The corn crop Is not in very much better condition than the cotton crop. There Is not more than half a crop planted, and I am afraid It will be neglected in trying to save the cotton. But there Is time enough yet to make a full crop. It may be pilanted until July 1st, and with favorable seasons and the proper cultivation will make good, sound, hard corn. And what a chance to make peas! So I say plant peas, peas, peas, and then plant more peas. The wheat crop promises to be fair, with more sown than last year. Oats are fine, with the acreage considerably Increased over last year. So now, brother farmers, cheer up, and let us hope that the end of the year 1905 will find us in much better condition financially than the present gloomy prospect would lead us to expect. M. S. Carroll. Filbert. No. 1, May 22. 1905. THE WILKER80N SCHOOL. Programme or xne Closing exercise* Last Friday Night. Correspondence of the Yorkrllle Enaulrer. Hickort, May 20.?Last night the entertainment came off at the Wllker'son school house. It was a perfect success. The school building has a seating capacity of perhaps 150, but every inch of space was occupied and some didn't get into the house. The teacher. Miss Clara Fleming, and her pupils deserve great credit for the manner in which they acquitted themsetlves, and, by the way, It Is not out of order to say that the patrons came to her assistance in such a way as to make its success certain. The stage was most elaborately and tastefully decorated with native and exotic flowers and evergreens, together with a number of pictures of our greatest men, both in peace and war. To this was added the national colors of red, white and blue and the reader has a mental view of the Interior of the school building, as It presented Itself. The children?some very young? were dressed to suit the respective parts they were to perform. And it's a source of great pleasure to know that these children are those of the laboring yeomanry of the country, and not those who have been brought up in ease and luxury In the towns. The whole proceedings go to show what can be done by a people who are so determined as those of this section of Western York. The exercises were Interesting from start to finish. Mr. J. J. Robinson and Miss Bessie Sandlfer of Yorkville, gave the audience some choice music on the violin and piano. The very best of order prevailed and everybody Is loud In their praises of the manner In which the entertainment was carried out. The following la the programme: 1. Prayer?Rev. W. H. Arlail. 2. Song?"Happy Greeting to AH"? School. 3. "Words of Welcome"?Lena Wllkerson. 4. "Vacation Time"?Walker EdI wards. 5. Recitation?"Her Reply"?Jemima Robinson. 6. "The Bell Wether and Deacon"? Fred Brown. 7. "Little Tommy's First Smoke"? Sam Wllkerson. 8. Song?"Baby's Lullaby" ? Little Girls. 9. Music?"Red Bird"?Miss Sandlfer and Mr. Robinson. 10. Dialogue?"A Pain In the Side." 11. "A Boy's Lecture"?Beattle Wllkerson. 12. Speech?"Stick a Pin Dere, Brother Hiram"?Grover Brown. 13. Recitation ? "Aunt Jemima's Courtship"?Eula Wllkerson. 14. Speech?"S. C. In the Revolution"?Will Roach. 15. Speech?"Seize the Moments as they Fly"?Wade Bulce. 16. Recitation?"An Incident of the War"?Mary Robinson. i 17. Music?"Chevalier's Waltz"?Miss Sandlfer and Mr. Robinson. 18. Dialogue?"Ivery Inch a Gentleman." - * - UTf ri lf|nn 13. MUSIC? lOUllg nruruu ??nr>r> Sandifer and Mr. Robinson. 20. Speech?"The Black Valley Railroad"?Claude Wllkerson. 21. Song?"Little Bo-Peep" ? Little Girls. 22. "Floral Drill"?Ten young Girls. ( 23. Recitation?"The Mariner's Dream" ?Ola Wilkerson. 24. Recitation?"Experience With a I Refractory Cow"?Barbary Brown. 25. Music?"Peek-a-Boo"?Miss Sandlfer and Mr. Robinson. 26. Dialogue?"A Rumpus In a Shoemaker's Shop." 27. Tableau?"The Reaper and the | Flowers." 28. Dialogue?"Restraining Jotham." ' 29. Drill?"Ten Little Injuns." I 30. Pantomime?"Nearer My God to | Thee"?Nine young ladies. 31. Music?"Dixie"?Miss Sandifer and Mr. Robinson. ' 32. Chorus?God Be With You Till i Meet Again"?By the school. , Today there will be a basket picnic on the school grounds; several speak- ' ers will be present. 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Sam M. Grist, Special Agent?Says that six years ago he made his first contract with the Mutual Benefit, and that his business has increased steadily since that time. First National Bank?Tells you that those who spend all they make and a little more have no use for a bank. It solicits the deposits of savers. Carroll Bros.?Have special Ice cream salt for cream freezing. It is more economical than ordinary salt because It can be used repeatedly. Star Drug Store?Asks you to bring. It your prescription work. It promises the most skilled service, the purest of drugs and the fairest of prices. J. Q. Wray, The Leader?Invites your attention to the fact that you can save money by buying your spring or summer suit this week. He Is offering special prices to close out certain lines. Victor Cotton 041 Mill?Tells parties Interested that next Saturday will be the last day on which they will exchange meal. and hulls for cotton seed at present rate. Loan and Savings Bank?Wants you to know' that its policy'Is to extend to its patrons and depositors every reasonable accommodation. It invlteB you to call or write when you need the services of a bank. Foushee Cash Store?Is offering some special values In men's millinery, In straw, wool and fur. Next Monday's special will be parasols for ladies, and hats for mien. Woolson Spice Co.?Calls your attention to the fact that facts are stubborn things, and then tells you of the merits of Lion coffee. See 4th page. NOTE AND COMMENT. According to tablo compiled by the census department from the ginnera' reports, York county has grinned of the 1904 crop 36,930 bales of cotton. It is practically certain now that there will soon be two new rural routes out of Clover, giving that territory four routes Instead of two as now. The survey last week demonstrated that the new routes were necessary to fully cover the territory, and that they would be sufficient to reach practically every home. Both of the old routes will be re-arranged; but the carriers will still be known as Nos. 1 and 2, while the carriers on the new routes will be known as Nos. 3 and 4. The new order of things will be instituted about July 1. Champerty is a term of more or less frequent use In these parts during the past week or two. The dictionary definition of champerty is as follows; "The prosecution, or. defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, In consideration of an agreement that he shall receive In the event of success, a share of the matter In suit." Champerty is a common law offense, and has been so regarded from early times. There Is no statute against It, and prosecutions are rare. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The Bell Telephone people are arranging to come - Into Torkvllle and will establish their booth in the Star, Drug store. ? Yorkville is to have a new enterprise jn what is to be known, as the York Monument works. ' Application has already been made for a commission to organize with a capital of $10,000. The board of corporators will include Messrs. W. Brown Wylle, W. B. Moore, B. N. Moore, O. E. Wilklns, W. I. Witherspoon, S. W. Heath, E. B. Blakeney. Mr. Wylle Is to be secretary and treasurer and will have the( general management of the business,* The old Methodist church and the lots adjoining the cemetery have been purchased for the purposes of the works. The company proposes to put In the latest Improved machinery, and operate the same by electric power. ? The closing: exercises of the Yorkvllle Graded school will take place In the auditorium Thursday and Friday evenings. Thursday evening will' be devoted to the exercises of the graduating class,'; which will be opened with jirayer. Miss josle Carroll will preside and Miss Helen Lowry will deliver the salutation. Miss Olive Walker will read "A Fashionable School Girl,". Master Willie Jenkins will read an essay on the "Progress of English Freedom." Miss Fredrlca Lindsay will read an essay on "A Girl's Ideals." Miss Julia Smith will' read a selection, "My First Recital." Miss Winnie Crawford will read a paper giving the "Class History." Mr. Arthur Hart will prophesy as to the future of his fellow-classmates. Miss Leon White will deliver the class valedictory. The tenth grade graduates are Misses Josie Carroll, Helen Lowry, Leon White. ; The ninth grade graduates are: Misses Olive Walker, Margaret Sandlfer, Julia Smith, Wllmore Logan, Bessie Pegram, Kittle Blair. Fredrlca Lindsay, Winnie Crawford, Masters Willie Jenkins, Edward Flnley, Clarke Adlckes, Arthur Hart. The feature of Friday evening's exercises will be the annual address by Dr. J. I. McCain of Ersklne college. . ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Joseph Wylle of Rlchburg was In Yorkvllle Friday. Miss Pansy Traywlck Is visiting friends In Gastonla. Mr. M. C. Willis spent several days last week In Barnwell county. The condition of Rev. W. C. Ewart is very much Improved; but he is not yet able to be up. Mr. Sam M. Grist returned Saturday night from the Southern Baptist convention at Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. James Drennan of Rlchburg, left for her home yesterday after several days' visit to Mrs. T. C. Dunlap. Mrs. W. H. Smith and child of High Point, N. C.. are In Yorkvllle on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Woods. Miss Grace Whisonant, who has been teaching In Lancaster during the past session, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. P. White. Mrs. E. Blair Mitchell returned to her home near BlalrsVllle' Saturday, after several weeks visit to relatives at Rlchburg. Mr. W. Lee Hart who la a medical student at the University of Maryland, In Baltimore, Is at home for the summer vacation. V^...nra Fin Morvn tirWa n?n o I uuiir nuuaiu Vyai nuu, ?? 1 iu nun badly Injured a few weeks ago by being thrown from a mule near the residence of his father, Mr. J. F. Carson, of the Delphos neighborhood, is getting along nicely and Is considered to 1 be out of danger. Mr. Howard Caldwell has been up from Columbia for a few days on a < visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. 1 J. Caldwell of Yorkvllle. Mr. Caldwell 1 Is now giving his attention principally < to Columbia reai estate and is mak- 1 Ing business in that line hustle, hav- | Ing brought off an auction sale of lots 1 last week that was not only a new ] thing to the Columbians but a great I success financially and otherwise. His 1 many friends up this way have good I :ause to congratulate him on the i progress he is making. t I \ I I V. I. Masters in Kansas City letter to Baptist Courier: Back in Torkvllle, South Carolina, . sixteen years ago. I knew a bright little fellow In knee pants named Reginald Grist, son of Lewis M. Grist The first person who greet. . me when I got oft the train In Kansas City the other day, was a handsome yoUng man whom I did net know. It turned out to be Reginald Grist, who Is succeeding nicely In business in Kansas City these days, and Is a married man. After the glad greetings which . such a meeting evolves, Mr. Grist Immediately went to lauding Kansas City. The bustling anc, virile town cannot well have a more ardent champion than is he. I tell, you, a Carolinian may expect to catch this "Western fever," If he comes out here. DEDICATION AT BETH-8HIL0H. The new church building Just completed by the Beth-Shlloh congregation, four mUes east.of Yorkvjlle, was solemnly dedicated to the worship of God on last Saturday, and the sacrament of the "Lord's Sapper was celebrated by the congregation on Sunday. The dedicatory exercises of Saturday consisted of a sermon by Rev. Mr. Mays of Blackstocks, and a dedicatory prayer by Rev. W. A. Hafner, the pastor. There was some unusually line music by the choir, and the exercises generally were both Instructive and Impressive. 'There was a large crowd present on Sunday on account of the celebration of the Lord's Supper, people coming from the surroundlna neighborhood and from various parts of the county. The seating capacity of the church was taxed to Its utmost, many people having to remain outside. Rev. W. A. Hafner preached the communion sermon and administered the sacrament unassisted except by his elders. The sermon is said to have been an unusually helpful one and the people present enjoyed the entire service. Beth-Shlloh congregation was originally organised about eighty years ago, at first, the reporter understands, as Independent Presbyterians. The first church building was constructed of logs and is Atill doing service in the neighborhood as a barn. This was followed by a shell of frame structure, which was afterward made reasonably comfortable, and which was u- 1 up to a few months ago, when it gave place to the present handsome little building just completed at a cost of about $1,500. j The officers of Beth-Shlloh are: Pastor?Rev. W. A. Hafner. Elders? L. R. Williams, John M. Hughes, Col. W. J. Bowen, B. R. T. Bowen, Robert barroll, E. M. Williams. Deacons? Milton Jackson, M. H. Jackson, Wm. Fewell, Andrew Jackson, F. H. Youngblood. Rev. Mr. Hafner glveh Beth-Shlloh practically half of his time, preaching there two Sunday afternoons each month. THE R088 TIN MINE. ) .The Charlotte Observer of last Sunday contains the following interesting information from a correspondent, about the Ross tin mine on the outskirts of Gaffney: Accompanied by Mr. D. C. Ross, the Courteous president of the Gaffney National Bank, whose father, Capt. S. S. Ross, is the discoverer and owner of the Gaffney tin mine, we drove in a Isurry to the place where the mining 'operations are being conducted gbout a mile' west of the town and perhaps three-quarters of a mile from the main line of the Southern Railway. The shaft Is being put down by the side of the vein and as soon as a depth -of 235 to 250 feet Is reached? which has perhaps been accomplished by this time?tne worn or sloping?mm Is of driving horizontal tunnels from the shaft to the ore vein?is to commence, and .the ore will be taken out fn large quantities. I. was told that It. was not thought best to commence 8toplng until a sufficient depth was obtained to avoid the danger of a cave-in, which would likely result if stoping were started too early. The depth of the shaft at the time of my visit was over 100 feet and three shifts of men working eight hours each were engaged in sinking it as rapidly as the work could be done. The mine has a new and well equipped plant. Machinery, boilers, hoisting engine, dynamo, battery, and electrical appliances for firing the blasting charge, etc., are all of the best modern pattern. The dirt excavated from the shaft yields 40 per cent of high grade ore, about a quart of it being panned for the writer's Information while at the mine. In addition to the operations where the shaft is being sunk, placer mining In the immediate vicinity is being conducted most successfully. I was shown three medium feized boxes of tin ore, assaying over 70 per cent pure tin, in all about a ton of ore, valued at $800. The ore so far obtained has been shipped to the smelters at Cornwall, England, and the most flattering results obtained. I was informed that a smelter would probably be erected at the mine which will do away with the necessity of trans-ocean shipment of the ore to the Cornwall smelters. The ore vein dips downward strongly. In a slanting chimney-shaped form, which Is of volcanic origin. At a time so long past that we might reckon It by the thousands of centuries and ages upon ages before the earth was habitable for man, nature by some great upheaval of Imprisoned forces formed this volcanic chimney. The superheated metal?perhaps volatilized?thrown upward from profound depths, was moved In among the baser matter forming the sides of the cone and there remained. Perhaps a million years afterwards, for no one can measure geologic time with certainty, this mineral treasure has been brought to light. The accidental discovery of a nuggett clinging to the roots of a tree blown down by a storm, placed South Carolina on the list of tin-producing countries of the world. PROBING IN THE DARK. There Is very little doing among the New York brokers In the cotton business Just now, either as to ifuture contracts or as to spots. It Is because the trade Is entirely at sea both as to the acreage question and as to crop conditions. Mr. A. M. Grist was In New York , last week on business, and shortly after he had registered at the Astor | House, he received a polite note from | the well known firm of Haven & Clement, asking him to call at his ( convenience ana leu mc nun wna.i he knew of the situation In his part of the state. ' \ Finding: a little spare time on his hands and as curious to learn about i the situation up In New York as the ! brokers were to learn about It down i here, Mr. Grist accepted the Invitation, I and spent a quarter of an hour or so | with Mr. Sterrett Tate of the firm. i "We spend a grreat many thousand < dollars every year," explained Mr. Tate, "trying to get as accurate lnfor- l matlon as possible about constantly i changing conditions In the cotton crop ! ind cotton traue; and I have no hes- 1 Itatlon In saying that In all our expe- 1 rlence the situation has not been so < puzzling as It Is now. We have men I that we have always regarded as rell- 1 ible and possessed of good Judgment, I telling us that there have been heavy i -eductions in acreage and fertilizers, i md others In wham we have Just as i much confidence saying that unless ! Providence Interferes, the cotton crop will be fully as large this year as It < was last year." Mr. Grist replied that he could not < speak of his own knowledge except as i to York county; but he felt quite sure that there had not only been something like 20 per. cent less acreage planted In this oaunty this year as compared with last year; but the production on what has been planted will be cut from five to fifteen per cent on account of the most unfavorable weather conditions that the county has known for years. Sizing up the situation as he saw It among the brokers. Mr. Tate claimed that while everybody In his line would prefer higher priced cotton. Improvement Is Drevented bv the Drevalling uncertainty. Spinners are certain that last year's crop was greater than their requirements, and except for the uncertainty as to the acreage and con* ditlon of the present crop, prices would be lower. If the spinners felt reasonably certain of a decreased acreage, they would be buying right now; but in the light of such conflicting advices as are being received by all of the leading cotton dealers it is not likely that there will be anything doing until after the appearance of the government's acreage report on June 3. If the government report shows a reduction of the acreage, Mr. Tate is satisfied that there will be an Immediate stiffening of prices, and if this report does not show a reduction then prices will at once begin to fall. BEFORE THE REVOLUTION. The following from Rev/ Dr. Latvian's sketches of the early settlement of South Carolina, published in The Enquirer during 1876, and included in an account of Tarleton's retreat from Cowpens, will be of more than passing Interest to the people of the present generation: During the Revolutionary war there was no such place as Yorkvllle. The ground was covered with native forest. The cross street near the court house was a stand for deer hunters. A man by the name of Henderson regarded It a favorable place to kill deer. Much of the ground upon which the town of YorkviMe now stands was a kind of a swamp. No road ran through the town. The Charlotte road inclined to the right at Dobson's two miles from town, and passed through the plantation of Thomas W. ClawBbn. A road leading from Crowder's creek sett!. .ent' passed through the eastern edge of where the tdwn now stands. The traces of It can be seen between the preseWt Charlotte ' and Lincoln roads, on the plantation of George H. O'Leary. It ran near the gate of Richard J. Withers, through the lot of W. B. Steele, and near the residence of J. A. Ratchford, two miles from town. We. have in our possession a petition directed to William Wynn, the King's commissioner at Rocky Mount, Tryon county, N. C., asking his excellency to grant permission to open a road from Matthew Blgger's, on Catawba, to Talbot's ferry on Broad river. This document Is dated April 21st, 1772. On the 9th of August, of the same year, the petition was granted by Wll114m Wynn. Evidently the part of this road, which was east of the present town of Ybrkville, was what is now called the Charlotte road. Talbot's ferry was twenty miles above f'usnaam icrry. mieuirr mr iuou niK-. opened at this time or not, we are unable to say positively. We think, however, it was not; for on the 28th of Mrach, 1778, the general assembly of South Carolina passed a law establishing a ferry on Matthew Bigger's land on the Catawba, and opening then a road from the ferry to Talbot's ferry, on Broad river. This Is the same road for the opening of which a petition was sent, six years before, to William Wynn. The NationfoTd road ran about two miles south of the site of Torkvllle. It passed the residences of A. J. Devlnney and J. T. Lowry, out into sybat is now called the Pinckney road at Coker's old field. The only house within the present corporate limits of Yorkville, at the time of the Revolutionary war, stood near the King's Mountain road in the northwestern corner of the lot on which stands the King's Mountain Military school. A large hickory marks the place. The first settler was man by i the name of Matthew Dickson. On * - * nJ n TXT 11 the lot now occupied Dy bugar r. II ? llama, Matthew Dickson kept a store in which he and a relation sold whisky, treacle (molasses) salt, delft and other articles. Matthew Dickson came to the region with the Crowder's Creek Scotch-Irish Immigrants, perhaps before Braddock's defeat. He married a Miss Carson, a relative of the Carsons in the neighborhood of Plsgah church In the lower edge of Gaston county, North Carolina. The marriage of Matthew Dickson and Miss Carson took place In Gettysburg. When Tarleton and his men passed from Blgger*s ferry to Cravens's (the Boss's) mill, they went by the house of Matthew Dickson, who was .with Sumter's army. Mrs. Dickson wad at home. They had several negroes. Two of the men left their families and followed the British. Mrs. Dickson, when she heard that Tarleton was at Nation ford, set out to recover the negro men. She rode one horse and led an- | other, causing a negro woman to do . the same thing. The led horses were for the negro men to ride back on. ( When she arrived at the British camp, i she made known the object of her vis- , It. Tarleton told her that her negroes were In camp, but remarked, "you ' have four fine horses, I think the best I thing for you to do is to return; for i If you remain here long you will have i to walk home." The good woman, ( anxious to save her horses, took his ad- i vice and returned leaving the negro men j with the British. When she returned < home, she found her husband there, ] and after a consultation they decided ; that because of a probability that the t neighborhood in which they lived ; would long continue a seat of war, it 1 would be better to move to Salisbury, ( N. C., which they did. < . i FAIRMAN VS. THE SEABOARD, j After listening to a most thorough ] presentation of all the testimony bear- , Ing on both sides of the case and | some able speeches by counsel repre- < sentlng plaintiff and defendant, the j entire proceedings consuming over ( four days, the jury In the case of Waverly Falrman vs. the Seaboard < Air Line railroad on last Saturday af- j ternoon returned a verdict against ] the defendant In the sum of (5,000. 1 The principal points In the case, as ' already stated, were first, the physical J condition of the trestle that went j down under the ill-fated passenger train ? last September, and second, the phy- 1 steal condition of the plaintiff who j sought damages for alleged injuries, i wKol aaamo tf\ hflVP hppn the I consensus of opinion as expressed by j those who, as disinterested auditors, ( kept up with the proceedings, and from statements made after the trial by certain of the Jurymen, It would ' seem that the condition of the trestle c had more to do with the verdict than t did the condition of the plaintiff, there J being a pretty general opinion that if ^ he was hurt at ail. he at least stands t i pretty fair showing for an ultimate t complete recovery. f The railroad people took the postLion that the physical condition of a their trestle was perfect: that It had d neen constructed within two years of " new timbers and that these timbers ^ ivere sound at the time of the acci- a lent. There was lots of testimony on ' this point and all of this testimony ^ tended to a presumption of sound 0 :imbers. Tne defendant undertook to c iccount for the accident as the re- *' iult of the act of a malicious person, 8 ind proved that a money-wrench was ti found In a tree near the scene of the wreck. The Inference was that this wrench had been left In the place where it had been found, by the Incendiaries. Witnesses for plaintiff corroborated the witnesses for the defendant as to the general .condition of the timbers In the trestle; but several of them testified specifically as to certain of the piling that was more or less decayed at the ends. Plaintiff also showed that there was a crop of peas In the bottom where the wreck occurred and that a portion of these peas had been cut with a mowing machine, which was still In the field. The inference was thai the monkey? kn^ kun iiimI hv the ODSra WICI1VII unu WVVl. _r ? tors of the mowing machine. The plaintiff claimed a serious rupture as having been caused by the wreck. Physicians testified to his condition and gave their opinio ,i to the effect that he would probal ly not again be able to perform heavy manual labor. The defendant showed that the plaintiff's rupture was of congenital origin; that he had been treated at the age of seven, and whether he would or not had performed heavy labor for many years afterward. Defendant also had witnesses to testify that they had seen and talked with the plaintiff Immediately after the wreck and at that time plaintiff did not appear to consider himself seriously hurt. After all of the testimony was In Friday afternoon, counsel for the railroad suggested that the Jury visit the scene of the wreck, offering to bear the expense of the trip. There was no objection to the arrangement, and a train that waa standing at the C. Jk N.-W. depot In readiness for the purpose, was used to make the trip to Chester. A Seaboard train took the party from Chester to the trestle and back. The round trip was made In a short time. The Jury was unaccompanied except by the sheriff. Saturday was consumed by the speeches of the opposing counsel, two hours being allowed to each side, and the charge of the court. The Jury took the papers at about 4.30 o'clock, and returned within less than an hour, with the verdict already stated. Defendant's counsel gave notice of a motion for a new trial. LOCAL LACONIC8. We Will 8end The Enquirer From now until January 1, 1906. for $1.22. Court Tomorrow. It Is understood that Judge Gage will be in Torkvllle tomorrow to hear motions for new triials In some of the cases tried last week and also to transact pending equity business. Death of Mr. Calvin Briee. M- shoi> a. well-known and highly esteemed citizen of Woodward, Fairfield county, and father of Mr. J. M. Brice of Yorkville, died at his home last Saturday, and was buried at New Hope Associate Reformed church on Sunday. ? The deceased leaves a widow and five children, Mrs. Brice being a daughter of the late Hon. A. 8. Wallace of York. Mr. Brice was a Confederate soldier. After'the war he devoted himself to * farming and merchandising, and during many years was one of the most prominent citizens of his neighborhood. He was about seventy years of age. Shooting at Wilkinsville. Gaffney Ledger, May 23: There was a deplorable shooting affair at Wilkinsville Saturday night, in which two- j brothers-in-law,' Sam Kennedy and i Sam Sander! In, were the participants. ' Ail that can be learned as to the cause of the shooting is that a dispute arose between the two over some farm worn, when 8anderl!n drew hi* pistol and shot Kennedy, the ball entering the bladder. Drs. Bratton of Yorkvllle,' , Leech of Hickory Grove, and Jefferles and Nesbit of this city, were sent for to .attend the wounded man. Kennedy was badly wounded, but up to yesterday afternoon he was still alive. Both men stand well In their community and the affair Is deeply regretted by their friends. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. i Distressing Experienoe of a Child? Clemson's Farmers' Institute Collooting the Dog Tax?Baseball. OoiTMpondeec* of the Yorkrlllo Knquiro. Rock Hilu May 23.?The little two- . year-old daughter of Mr. ajid Mrs. B. i W. Creed, met with an accident last Friday afternoon, which came very j near ending the life of the little one. The child picked up a tobacco tag, and ' attempted to swallow It The tag be- ' came lodged In her throat and the child at once began to show signs of ! suffocation. Mrs. Creed, who was 1 alone with the child, In attempting to , extricate the tag with her fingers i lodged It more firmly In the child's < throat. By the time the condition of the child was becoming critical Indeed , and fears were entertained that a phyBlcian could not arrive In time to save her, the mother becoming almost erased over the accident, cried out for help and her cries were heard by Mrs. D. W. Davis who happened to be pas- ' sing by Mr. Creed's home at the time, Mrs. Davis ran In and finding out i what the trouble was and realising at I once that something must be done 1 without delay If the child was saved, I she grabbed the suffocating child i from the arms of the almost distracted J mother and holding her up by the i feet, head down, gave her a luick | slap on the back, and the tag dropped < from her mouth. In a few minutes ( the little one was all right A physi- | :lan arrived a few minutes later, but I the heroic means resorted to by the I noMor.hv no doubt saved the little t jlrl's life. The secretary of the Commercial :lub has received a letter from Presiient Mell of Clemson college relative to holding a Farmers' Institute in Rock Hill this summer. Rock Hill ias been selected as a desirable point tor holding an institute, and the secretary is instructed to present an appllmtion for an institute to be held here, irovided Rock Hill desires it, and also itate what topics it is desired shall >e discussed at the meeting. The seiretary has already taken up the mater and no pains will be spared to nake the gathering a pleasant and irofltable one for Rock Hill and viclnty. The' institute will be held the atter part of July or the first of Aurust. Messrs. W. J. Roddey and Ira Dunap, president and cashier respectively >f the National Union bank, and Atord Albertson, cashier of the Bank ?f Rock Hill, are in attendance upon ' he South Carolina Banker's assoclaion at Anderson. Mr. Roddey has >een selected to respond to the adIress of welcome. A strong effort will >e made to have the next meeting of he association held in Rock Hill. Mr. E. M. Robblns has been employ- I* d by the school trustees of this school d llstrlct to canvass the entire district n tnd take a census of the number of o logs and polls in the district Unless h lmllar methods are used in every dis- d rlct or township, nothing like all the r logs In the county will be returned $ ,nd the dog tax fund will not be as a arge next fall as it should be. is The Y. M. C. A. baseball team from tl Charlotte defeated the C. M. A. team a f this city Saturday afternoon in a rl losely played game. They succeeded n n crossing the home plate one time ti lore than the home team, the score w tanding 8 to 7 in favor of the visiting cl earn. n 80UTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The next annual meeting of the Genera,! Assembly of the Presbyterian church, now in session at Fort Worth, Texas, will be held at Greenville. ^ ? Mr. Victor Montgomery has given out a contract for the erection of Pacolet mill No. 5 to take the place of" Pacolet mills Nos. 1 and 2 destroyed by the flood of two years ago. ? The directors of the Orr Cotton mills at Anderson, decided at their annual meeting last week to appropriate the sum of 91,000 to erect a monument +* to the late James 1* Orr, first president of the company. ? By an almost unanimous vote the congregation of the first Baptist church of Spartanburg on last Sunday night expressed itself in favor of a rule requiring ladies to remove tneir hats In church. The movement result* ing In the vote originated with lady u members of the congregation. ? The election in Pickens csunty last Saturday on the.question as to whether or not, the dispensary should be retained resulted In an overwhelming victory for the party opposed to that institution. In all the county only one small box gave a majority for the dispensary and that box was in the moonshine district. The vote there ^ was 14 to 7. The town of Pickens voted against the dispensary 177 to 87 and although the vote of the entire county has not yet been reported, or 810 votes so far heard from 191 are in favor of the dispensary. It Is stated that a majority of the cotton mill vote was in favor of closing the rum mill. The town of Pickens has only 700 inhabitants and owes $10,000 -for a graded school building that has just been completed. ? Columbia special to the Greenville News: Superintendent of Education x Martin has received from the state school commission of Georgia a letter asking for information as to the progress made in school work in this state. Mr. Martin has replied at length setting forth his plans and giving some Interesting figures, of which the following is a part: During the last five years, our public schools' enrollemnt has Increased from 269,876 to 292,11$: the average attendance from 194,411 to 214,133; expenditures from $724,779 to $1,191,943; average salary of white teachers from $162.40 to $$26.8$; receipts from local taxes from $93,088to .. > *' $186,541; expenditures per child from $2.69 to $4.05; rural libraries 0 to 620. Our legislature taxed the dogs 60 cents . each last year for the benefit of the schools. ? Greenwood special of May 22, to Greenville News: This afternoon at the Grendel mills, one of the operatives In the machine shop, 8. A. Anthony, was drowned In the large pond used as a reservoir. The accident oc- Jfc-V curred while Anthony, In company with 8. 8. Hale was repairing a bridge over the lake. . After completing the work the two attempted to swim to 4 j the 'shore, but Anthc \y gave out. Hale did' all in his power to save tne drowning man but was unable to reach Kim. President McKieslck was notified and at once went to the scene of the accident Jumping lni;o the pond and after hard work, secured the body. Physicians were called, but the body had remained in the water too long to be resuscitated. Mr. McKlsslck*s prompt reHponse, together with his success In securing the body deserves indefinable ' praise. Anthony was from a Spartanburg mill, and his remains will be taken to Spartanburg tomorrow. ? Lancaster special of May IS: Distressing -eports continue, to be received here iVom the eastern section of the county, which was visited by such a destructive hall storm last Saturday evening. The storm started about four miles from Lancaster, at Camp Creek church, and passing through the Dixie, Flint Ridge and Dwlght sections, finally exhausted Itself in Flat Creek township, about Tench's river. The hail stones were the largest ever seen ^ I-i this oountry. One of them alone filled a quart cup. Some idea of their size may be gathered from the fact that holes made where they struck the ground measure from four to five Inches In diameter, and they Ml with onstltutlon and by-laws for the same -and the election cannot be nullified. t is quite likely that there will be ome litigation. An Interesting feaure of last Saturday's developments vaa the attitude of the mill operatives. fhey knew what was going on and * lad arranged to walk out of the mill n a body in the event of Milllken's lection, news of which they were to ;et through a runner from the meetng. ? Columbia correspondence of the lews and Courier: The defeat of the Ispensary in Pickens county means lore as an Indication of the sentiment f the people than It does In a moneary way. The sales of the Pickens Ispensary, which is to be closed as a esult of the election, only aggregated 20,300.19 for the past year. That la comparatively small Item, when it * stated that the annual business of ?7 fie dispensary is three million dollars year. When the Cherokee dlspensales were voted to be closed It meant lore from a financial standpoint The ivo elections recently held, In both 6f hlch the dispensaries were ordered losed, mean an annual loss In bust, ess of 171,000. When Spartanburg - j Bucn lernnc luice uuti u mcj mt w? earth by building* they splashed mud on the weatherboardirig ten feet high. Damage to crop* is even greater than at first reported. Cotton, where It had been chopped out, corn and vegetables were literally ruined. Orchards and ?' vineyards were also badly damaged. Numbers of farmers had their windows smashed and shingles knocked off their roofs. The storm seems to have been heaviest about Dixie, and the greatest sufferers In that locamg*^ igjS were Messrs. John W. A. Porter, W. A. Hunter. W. Oh A. Porter, B. F., Adams and J. E. Porter. ? Columbia special of May 22, to OreenvlUe News: About live years U ago under legislative direction, the attorney general brought suit to disrupt the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co., and appointed a receiver for the separate properties that went to make up the corporation. The oase descended from Gen. Bellinger to Attorney General Gunter and has been pushed by both of these officers. The Virginia-Carolina Co., has, through Its counsel, Henry A. M. Smith and his associates fought ' very Inch of ground and the ca*v Is just about wHefe It started, more than four years ago, exoept that the state courts , have held that they had Jurisdiction In the case and the lower courts have held that the anti-trust act under which the suit was brought Is constitutional. The state supreme court today decided that the state anti-trust law is valid and constitutional. It previously sustained the lower court In overruling a demurrer. If the Virginia-Carolina Chemical company does not Interpose some new point the master will take testimony at Columbia and the real Inquiry will begin. The ** case is likely, in the end, to And Its way to a jury, and if the state courts decide against the company, then it will likely go to the United State* supreme court. In the meanwhile the company finds business competition on the part of Independent concerns that ?row because of the vast business opportunities. ? The stockholders of what Is known as the Watts mill at Laurens, have t>een having a mther warm annual meeting. Tne issue was Deiween imr- ties led by W. E. Lucas of Laurens, md Q. H. Mllliken of New York. Mllliken is a member of the commission Arm that has been selling the product of the mill. The firm owned ind controlled a large portion of the capital stock. It has been getting two per cent commission the while; but, t Is alleged, wanted four per cent, and :hl8 is said to be the secret of its derlre to control the directorate. When :he stockholders' meeting convened < ast Saturday there was reason to beieve the Mllliken people had a majorty of the stock, but before the meetng commenced the Lucas people lerved on the Mllliken people a ters>orary Injunction restraining them 'rom voting. The Mllliken people relred from the meeting, and the Lucas >eople proceeded to elect officers. It h understood that the Mllliken people vlll claim that the election was not egal because they allege a majority >f the stock was not represented. The L.ucas people will claim that not only vas a majority of the stock reprelented, but this was the regular aniiinj election?the time fixed in the