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Scraps and .facto. ? The number of Russian prisoners In Japan at the end of May was, says the Japan Chronicle, 60,419, including ten admirals and generals, sixtyeight colonels, 896 captains, lieutenants and ensigns, and 8,640 petty officers. By June 10 the above total had been Increased by the addition of 7,282 officers and men taken in the battle of the Sea of Japan. ? Portsmouth, N. H.. Aug. 30: A series of distinct earthquake shocks, the most severe ever experienced in this section, were felt here late this afternoon. Buildings trembled perceptibly, dishes were shaken from shelves, and in many cases people rushed in terror from their houses into the streets. There were three distinct shocks, and in each instance the tremor was accompanied by a sound like a distant explosion. The first impression was that the powder magazine at the navy yard had exploded, and hundreds of queries along this line were received at the yard. There had been no explosion, however, and the shocks were felt along the entire New Hampshire coast line. ? The weather crop bulletin for the week ending last Tuesday related to cotton as follows: In some northeastern counties of Texas, in Arkansas, and In portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia improvement In the condition of cotton is indicated, and in Oklahoma and Indian Territories and aflssourl, the crop is in fair to good condition; elsewhere cotton has not made favorable progress. Complaints of shedding are received from every state, ' of rust from the eastern districts, of premature opening from Texas, Arkansas and North Carolina and of rotting of bolls in South Carolina, 1 Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. ] The bolls are opening rapidly gener- < ally throughout the belt and picking i is in progress in all but the northerly i districts. ? City Policeman F. J. Murphy, acting as quarantine officer, was killed outright. Flagman Geo. J. Lott so badly Injured that he dted at the hospital shortly after, and three others were slightly injured in a wreck of a Southern railway passenger train on its way to Charleston within the city limits of Augusta, Wednesday morning. After the engine, baggage car and second-class coach had passed the crossing, the rear wheels of the first-class coach, owing to a defective switch, took a siding and the car was thrown completely over. Officer Murphy, who had Jumped and was trying to dodge, was mashed beneath the wreck. Flagman Lott's legs were cut nearly off and he died while they were being amputated. The Pullman in the rear of the train did not leave the track and- none of its occupants were hurt. The injured were passengers in the overturned 1 coach. * ? The kaiser has been making gunnery experiments based upon the fact that the Japanese torpedo boats in, flicted serious damage on Russian ironclads in the course of the battle of Tsushima, says a Berlin cablegram. His majesty wished to ascertain how far it was possible to hit with small calibre guns torpedo boats passing quickly in the darkness. On Thursday night while at Sassnitz he put to sea aboard the cruiser Prinz Adalbert to watch practice upon six old torpedo boats. The torpedo boats were attached by towing tinao i i on vnrrls lone to cruisers which passed at a speed of twentyone knots. The Prinz Adalbert was steaming nineteen knots and the shooting was so good that one torpedo boat sank and was towed into |\ port with great difficulty. The other four were hit, and in the case of three the torpedo tubes were destroyed. The kaiser expressed complete satisfaction with the trials. ? The census bureau has published as a bulletin an analysis by Prof. Walter F. Wilcox of Cornell University, of the census statistics relating to teachers. The report finds that taking the country as a whole there is an average of one teacher to every 71 pupils, that the supply of teachers in proportion to school population has more than doubled in the last thirty years; and that teachers exceed the total number of clergymen, lawyers and physicians. The proportion of teachers was smallest in the southern states. The bulletin continues: The proportion of teachers in Continental United States is smaller than in England and Wales, but greater than in Germany, France. Canada. Mexico or Cuba. The immigrant population con tains proportionately fewer teachers than the negro population. The children of immigrants, however, have engaged in teaching to such an extent that the proportion of teachers among adults of this class exceeds the proportion among white children of native parents. ? Col. E. S. Peters, vice president of the Southern Cotton association has Just returned to Texas from an extended sojourn in the east, says a Dallas, Texas, dispatch of last Tuesday. He found a letter from President Jordan of the association, dated August 14. which contains what Col. Peters says is the first formal notice that he had been "suspended." In his answer to Mr. Jordan he says: "As I wired you on receipt of your telegram I will not resign the office of vice president, and you have no authority to suspend." The letter contains also a specific denial of the charge made by President Jordan that Col. Peters used his influence against the Southern Cotton association in Its effort to press the investigation of the bureau of cotton statistics. He declares he was sent for by District Attorney Beach, to whom he gave information and promised to assist him in every way in his power. Col. Peters says: "Now the whole trouble comes from my not approving your action In asking the resignation of the Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, which you asked on your own volition. I suggest that you apologize for your action in this matter in as public a way as you gave It out." ? St. Petersburg. August 30: me peace news was received here without any manifestation of Joy. The city shows absolutely no evidence of the receipt of the tidings. It can safely be said, however, that the general feeling among the mere intelligent classes is that Justice has been done at Portsmouth. Expressions of relief are heard that there will be no further bloodshed. but the "Inglorious peace" Is a disappointment to many. The suddenness with which the Japanese finally accepted the Russian ultimatum makes many people believe that the cession of the Island of Sakhalin would have been premature, while a large element of the people seem of the opinion that another trial with arms with its chances of victory would have been preferable to the present peace. The reception of the news here today shows plainly that the war has been foreign to the masses who in no sense have been In sympathy with the objects. The more intelligent classes of the population have never shown any capacity for appreciating the plans and ideas of the government and seem to have lost sight of the vital interests of the state because of the revelations of official corruption discovered in connection with the Yalu enterprises, and as a result of the un pre pa redness and incapacity of the army and navy to cope with the problem, and also because they have been fully occupied at home with the struggle to obtain a representative government. ? New York, August 30: Separated by 1,000 miles distance Mrs. June Johnson and her husband, a Little Rock, Ark., banker, met death almost simultaneously yesterday. At the precise hour when Mrs. Johnson's body was taken from the bathing waters of Coney Island a telegram reached here to Inform her of the death of her husband. The wife was a magazine contributor, who wrote under the nom de plume of Helen Dixie Johnson, and her husband was president of the National Ex change bank of Little Rock. The telegram bore the sending time of 1 p. m. At that hour a friend of Mrs. Johnson was giving an alarm because of the woman's tardiness at a luncheon, to which she had been Invited. Mrs. Johnson had gone bathing during the forenoon In spite of the cool weather, and as there were few other persons In the water no one noted her disappearance. Her body was found some distance out to sea about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Up to that hour the telegram had not yet been delivered owing to the delays In transmission through the city. The body had Just been placed in the morgue at Coney Island, when a messenger boy rushed In with the dispatch. He did not know that Mrs. June Johnson, for whom he was searching was there, but was following her hostess, who had Just heard of the drowning. iFhc \iorbvillr (fnquirrr. YORKVIL3.E, S. C.i FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1905. If the Russian-Jaaanese representatives at Portsmouth had only realized In advance what a quarrel their action was going to create among the newspapers. they would have probably de? , mo Isln tr nt noar>e Indefinitely. in 1 CU llic maniiiQ w? |/xwwv ...... . 9 + 9 Dir. Wm. Anderson has been chosen to represent Cherokee county in the house of representatives, defeating Kimsey Huskey last Tuesday by a vote of about two to one. Dr. Anderson is one of the best and cleanest men in the list of our acquaintance, and he will be an honor to Cherokee in the general assembly just as he has always been at home. Mr. Huskey, out of whom the papers have been having a lot of fun on account of his unusual name, is a deserving young man, who will probably go to the general assembly at another time. We have seen it several times stated that there is very little interest in the eastern side of the county as to the approaching Brice law election. Just where this suggestion had its origin we have no definite idea, but we desire to say that we will not believe there is any truth in It until the vote shows the contrary. The petitions asking for an election and pledging the signers to vote for the removal of the dispensary were signed as numerously in the eastern side of the county as elsewhere, and we have not yet seen any reason to believe that the voters of the eastern side are not as dependable as are the voters of any other side. When Editor Caldwell of the Charlotte Observer fired his broadside of vitriol at Editor McKelway of the Presbyterian Standard some weeks ago, we were just a little surprised, and said so. We were surprised that the ablest journalist of North Carolina should say such things as Mr. Caldwell said. We thought that if the things said were true tha: was the best reason why they should not have been said. We have not changed our opinion in the matter in the least; but we have no hesitation in saying that had we fully understood Mr. Caldwell's provocation we would not have made any comment on the controversy. The things that Mr. Caldwell says Mr. McKelway said, as we have already remarked, did not warrant Mr. Caldwell in flying off the handle to such an extent. But, if Mr. McKelway said these things first, we do not see how or where he has a right to complain at anything that was said in reply. Tillman at Tirzah. In another column is published a card from Mr. J. C. Wllborn giving Information as to a freight train that will be run from Rock Hill and return on the occasion of the meeting at Tirzah next Thursday, and also denying that there Is on foot "an Ill-concealed effort to pack the meeting with people who will root for the dispensary." We are glad to publish Mr. Wllborn's information and also his disclaimer as to the effort to pack the meeting with dispensary rooters; but at the same time we are not prepared to admit that we have totally misinterpreted the purpose of the recent Invitation to Senator Tillman and the circulation of petitions in various parts of the county to back the Invitation up. It came to The Enquirer not long ago that while one of the Tillman invitation petitions was in circulation in Bethel township, a gentleman to whom it was presented declined to sign it on the ground that he had just signed a petition looking to the removal of the dispensary from this county, and under those circumstances he certainly did not feel warranted in joining a request to Senator Tillman to come here with an attempt to persuade the people that they did not know their own business in this matter. Mr. Wilborn, in his card, says that had the senator not been attacked in the "Prohibition" convention, he "could not have been induced to come to Tirzah at this time." We assume, of course, that Mr. Wilborn knows whereof he speaks; but somehow we are unable to appreciate the logic of the situation. At the so-called prohibition convention, Senator Brlce only repeated language that he had used publicly before he had been allowed to run as an unopposed candidate for the senate, and he said it again from different stumps in the county. It seems to us that if this were the real grievance of Mr. Wilborn. he might have managed to arrange this proposed Joint debate a long time ago. under such circumstances as would have enabled Senator Tillman to secure such satisfaction as he may have desired without danger of interfering In York county's local affairs. It was Mr. \\ ilborn himself who told a representative of The Enquirer that upon the receipt of the first letter to him on the subject of coming to York county. Senator Tillman wrote back suggesting that he be asked by an extensively signed petition. This may be taken as reluctance to come except in compliance with a widespread demand; but there are those also who look upon the circulation of the petition as a shrewd means of being assured of a large crowd. However, no matter which view may be taken of the petition expedient, there are those who do not find it difficult to appreciate the propriety of the senator's coming without any invitation at all. if his only object were to defend himself. All this will be fully developed next Thursday. If the senator shall devote his time to defending himself, we shall be very much surprised, so much so In fact that we will be ready to apologize for having entertained any doubt or misgiving as to any part of the whole curious proceeding. The Terms of Peace. Japan and Russia have agrreed to terms of peace and although the world is naturally a little jarred at such a sudden coming of the unexpected, there is cause for general congratulation. The newspapers, which have been fighting this war In their editorial columns almost as aggressively as have the opposing forces on land and water, seem to be thoroughly dissatisfied with the result. Most of the newspapers that come to us have been so strongly Japanese In their sympathies as to lead us to as sume almost that they believed Russia was to be entirely wiped from the map, and that they would be satisfied with nothing less. But somehow or other, we have never been able to escape a suspicion that many of our editorial friends have been allowing their sentimental enthusiasm to run away with their better Judgment and knowledge of stubborn facts. It Is quite true that Russia has gotten much better terms than she expected, and It is probable that the world at large Is even a little more surprised than Is Russia: but at the same time It Is safe to say that Russia Is no more jubilant over this matter than Is Japan. Russia's surprise arises not at having secured terms so much more favorable than she had expected Japan to grant: but at the fact that Japan had the wisdom and moderation to grant these terms. At the beginning of the late war the Confederates met with success after success. Man for man they were twice too many for the Federals. That was because of various considerations. In the first place we were more earnest in our cause and In the second place we were more military In our characteristics. But when the Federals began to appreciate the situation and get down to earnest business they made the final result a foregone conclusion. They knew they had the means in men and money with which to overpower us and that they finally did. We do not care to detract one lota from the magnanimity of the Japanese. They were magnanimous enough maybe and their magnanimity may have had something to do with the outcome of the peace conference. The splendid manner In which they pushed their campaigns, however, shows, that they are not lacking In good hard sense, and In our judgment they used as good sense at Portsmouth as they did at Liao Yang, Port Arthur and Mukden. Of course, It is easy enough to speculate on what might have been, and therefore such speculation Is never especially impressive, but we are not able to account for the action of Japan on the theory of her desire either to please the nations or to give the world a most remarkable exhibition of magnanimity. We believe she thoroughly understood the seriousness of the proposition with which she was confronted, and we believe also that she has reason to congratulate herself on having gotten out of her predicament with such splendid success. Many of our editorial friends are claiming a diplomatic victory for Russia. They may be right; but we do not see it that way. We are Inclined to the oDinlon that Russia never had the slightest idea of making peace at Portsmouth, and we believe further that she would have never put herself in a position that would have made peace possible had she entertained the slightest idea that Japan would have probably come to her terms. As we see it, it was Japan that won the diplomatic victory, and we have an idea that even now she is more pleased over the situation than is Russia. PEACE AT LAST. Conferees Come to Terms With Susprising Suddenness. To the surprise and joy of the civilized world Russia and Japan on last Tuesday reached an agreement that has put an end to the war and established peace. It Is hardly fair to say that anybody was looking for peace, for if they were they kept their own counsel. They failed to let the world in the secret. And there is no wonder. Russia had let it be known in no uncertain terms that she would not surrender one foot of territory or pay a kopeck of tribute. In view of the tremendous achievements of Japan and the advantage she is supposed to have, there was at first a common belief that Russia was bluffing: but her representatives put the matter In such a way as to dispel this Idea. Japan and the world were made to believe that she meant Just what she said. It was Japan which made the concessions or most of them. After the conferees had gone as far as they could go. there remained the questions of Sakhalin, the interned war ships, limitation of Russian sea power in the Pacific and Indemnity. These had been passed over because the Russians were unwilling to agree to them. Sakhalin originally belonged to Japan; but Russia had secured possession of a part of it and the Japanese had practically regained possession of that part. The Interned warships are those that had been forced to neutral ports by the Japanese and dismantled In accordance with a provision of international law. Japan was rightly entitled to demand that they be turned over to her. Everything having been settled but the matters Just mentioned. M. Wltte went Into the conference Tuesday morning declaring tnat ne naa gone as far as he could, that the czar's Instructions would not permit him to dot another 1 or cross another t. That was figuratively speaking, of course. He was willing, however, to reimburse Japan for the care she had been taking of Russian prisoners. Satisfied that he had from Russia all that she was willing to give Baron Komura unexpectedly announced the withdrawal of all the demands that were still at Issue, and the problem was solved so quicklv that It was difficult to realize what had happened. Before leaving the conference building. M. Witte exchanged felicitations with President Roosevelt and gave the -i*. <j|df nt credit for the glorious result. He frankly admitted that had it not been for the friendly Interest that the nresldent had shown in the whole affair. no agreement would have ever been reached. The Russians around Portsmouth were jubilant. They had made up their minds that there was no other way for It than that the war must be renewed and they were Jubilant. The Japs, with the exception of those actually engaged In the conference seemed very much cast down at first: but when the word went out that the arrangement had been made In strict accordance with the win or rne emperor they appeared to be satisfied. Absolute loyalty to and confidence In their emperor is the most distinguishing characteristic of the Japanese people and their loyalty and confidence are so strong that if it had been announced that Japan had agreed to surrender hack to Russia everything that had been gained as the result of the war. the probability Is that there would not have been a murmur. Since peace was agreed upon there has developed a belief that Russia and Japan are arranging a treaty of alliance that will brine the two nations closer together than they have ever been and ensure the continued control and enjoyment of the whole northeastern part of Asia on terms alike satisfactory and beneficial to both. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. B. Smith?Offers to sell 120 acres of land near Clover at $20 per acre; easy terms. W. B. Smith & Sons?Offer their "Bigger" plantation for sale at $20 per acre; easy terms. Miss Maggie Lee Glass?Invites the public to the picnic of Shady Grove school, Sept. 8th. Robt. L. GolT, Prln.?Gives Information regarding the Hickory Grove High school which opens for the fall session on next Monday. B. N. Moore, Prop.?Says his warehouse Is the proper place to store cotton to protect It from Are and weather. He buys cotton and seed. Star Drug Store?Calls your attention to the benefits of using violet ammonia In the bath. It is also a good cleaner for silverware. 25c bottle. Adickes' Emporium?Wants all kinds country produce except butter and awpot notatoes. Goods at bargain prices. Summer cheese, etc. I. W. Johnson?Has Quaker oats, nutrlna, shredded wheat, cream of wheat, bianco cero. teas, coffees, fairy, polo and octagon soaps, etc. Yorkvllle Monument Works?Are ready for business, and are In position to meet all competition in their line. York Drug Store?Has a full supply of school supplies, and Invites school children to give it a call. J. Q. Wray?Makes his last call on summer dress goods and offers unparalleled bargains to quick buyers. Strauss-Smith Co.?Announces the departure of Mr. Strauss for the markets to complete buying fall and winter goods. Foushee Cash Store?Will have a sale of embroidery at bargain prices on next Monday morning beginning at 9 o'clock. York Drug Store?Refers you to the advertisement of D. D. D. for skin diseases on the fourth page. First National Bank ? Publishes a statement of its condition at the close of business Aug. 25th, 1905. Loan and Savings Bank?Publishes Its statement of condition at the close of business Aug. 25, 1905. The rural route carriers will be off duty next Monday on account of Labor day, which is a legal holiday. Painted houses are becoming a little more common In the country than they have been. There are not so many, however, as there ought to be. In the prohibition election of 1892, York county declared against liquor by a vote of pretty nearly two to one. The exact figures were 1,468 for prohibition and 793 against it. The total vote of the county that year was 3,444. Mr. B. N. Moore's warehouse ad. tells of the advantages of that Institution in concise and comprehensive form?out of danger of fire and weather, close to the market where it can be sold at any time, and available as security for money from the banks. Unless the farmer plans 10 lane nm cotton from the gin to the market he should place It In the warehouse. We are proud of the fact that York county has all along had the cleanest and most decent dispensary In the state: but that speaks well for the county rather than the dispensary. The York county dispensary has never been entirely In the hands of Its friends. Every board of control has had one or more hostile members, and the thing has been watched closely. But the dispensary was making headway. It Is only necessary to give John Barleycorn a little time and he will get on top at last. If the thing Is allowed to run on there will happen first one thing and then another until whisky is enthroned in York county as elsewhere. While at the Bethany picnic last Wednesday the reporter gathered the Idea that although, a majority of the people will vote for the abolition'of the dispensary from York county, there are a number of citizens who are not especially enthusiastic on the subject. They have not forgotten the terrible experiences through which they had to pass when there were so many distilleries along the North Carolina border, selling liquor to the drunken rabble from Yorkvllle and elsewhere. Of late years they have been relieved from this annoyance and there are many who give the credit to the dispensary at Yorkvllle rather than to the Watts law, which does not permit the operation of a distillery In North Carolina outside of an Incorporated town. There Is still some whisky being sold along the border In the vicinity of Bethany: but not a great deal and It Is a matter of common knowledge who the offenders are. Well Informed citizens of the Bethany neighborhood are of opinion that In view of changed conditions, there Is no danger of a renewal of the former traffic. They are quite sure that with North Carolina laws so favorable to decency, and a little determined effort on their own part the objectionable traffic need never be allowed to develop again. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Next Monday Is salesday for September. ? The county board of commissioners will hold their next monthly meeting on Monday Instead of Wednesday. FISH IN THE CATAWBA. There are thousands of fish In the big pond of the Catawba Power company, and the Indications are that they are Increasing In numbers and size at a ratio that Is almost Incomprehensible. The fish Include all kinds, all species common to the waters of this section, and especially carp, which are found in both the scale and leather side varieties in Immense quantities. Mr. Charlie Blalock, game warden for the Catawba gun club reports that he went over on the Island above the dam a few days ago, expecting to catch a large cooter or so In the lake there and while Investigating about threw in a dip net, which he pulled out full of small carp two or three Inches In length. He discovered that the lake * 00 Htoroliv full r\t thooo fl?h nnri thnt It would not be unreasonable to estimate their number as running up Into the millions. Mr. W. H. Wylle states that a few days ago he telephoned to Mr. Blalock requesting that the fish traps be baited and that night he took twelve carp measuring from 6 to 8 Inches and that next morning he got twenty-one of the same size. There is a fisherman on the McCawBratton place at the mouth of Allison creek, who gets from $3 to J5 worth of carp from his baskets every day. The understanding Is that the entire lake above the dam Is literally teaming wl'h fish, of all kinds, especially carp, and that It Is an easy matter for a fisherman to get as many as he wants within a few hours by merely baiting a convenient , spot and throwing In a basket. THE POLE LINE. The pole line of the Catawba Power company Is coming to Yorkvllle as rapidly as possible; but still it Is Impossible to say just when the work will be completed through. Up to this time the line extends only about two miles west of the power house, where work has been temporarily suspended on account of the opposition of property owners. Prom such information as the reporter has been able to get from the most reliable sources, some of the property owners are willing to give rights of way on the terms offered by the power company. According to these terms the power company pays $1 a pole and binds itself to give compensation for damage to crops, timber, etc. The landowner, however, retains the perpetual right to work the right of way up to and under the wires, and the power company Is forever bound to make good any damage that may be caused to crops and land during the work of making repairs. Some of the property owners refused to give rights of way on the terms outlined and there are a few who demand that the power company buy their entire plantations. The power company people Insist that It Is their intention to pay all that can reasonably be expected of them; but Inasmuch as they really do no actual damage to land, especially if It has been cleared, they cannot afford to buy a plantation for the privilege of running a line through the air overhead. It Is quite probable that some rights of way will be condemned. In case they have to Institute condemnation proceedings, the power people will ask for a strip 80 feet wide. NEW IN8URANCE COMPANY. The Carolina Mutual Insurance company, with headquarters at Columbia, has been chartered. Mr. S. L. Miller, formerly of Yorkvllle, for a number of years held agent In South Carolina for the Equitable and subsequently general agent for the Mutual, and now for the Home Life, is president and treasurer. The directors are T. K. Elliott, president of the Bank of Wlnnsboro and of the Fairfield cotton n.llls; E. H. Sparkman, vice president of the People's_Natlonal bank of Charleston; F. M. Farr, prestaem 01 i-ie Merchants' and Planters' bank 'A Union; J. W. Simpson, cashier of the First National bank of Spartanburg; WUle Jones, vice president Carolina National bank of Columbia, and Dr. W. M. Lester of Columbia, medical director. The plan Is a level premium rate. Policyholders are to be divided Into divisions, no division to exceed 1,000 policyholders in number, and every loss to be paid in the number of dollars equivalent to the number of policyholders in the division in which the deceased was a member. The company will begin to write business at once. Mr. Miller has stated that he will devote his whole time to the management of the new company. He expects it to be an entire success or he would not thus give It his entire attention. The general agency of the Home Life Insurance company will be turned over to Wilson Bros., Messrs. E. W. and J. V. Wilson. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Mary Qlenn of Bethel, Is visiting Mrs. W. M. Allison. Miss Emma Kennedy has returned home from Spartanburg. Mrs. J. M. Ferguson is spending a few days at Lowryvllle. Rev. Dr. W. Q. Neville was in Yorkvllle last Wednesday. Miss Alice Adams of Sharon, spent yesterday with Miss Bessie Mason. Mr. Cass Grist of Lenoir, spent several days In Yorkvflle this week. Mr. W. B. Steele, Jr., of Anderson, Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Steele. Mrs. Walter Cudberson of Charlotte, N. C.. is the guest of Mrs. S. A. McElMr. D. J. Mitchell of Hickory, has taken a position with J. Q. Wray as salesman. Miss Alle Ross of Gaffney, Is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. Meek Smith, In Clover. Mrs. Josephine Taylor of Spartanburg, Is the guest of Mr. J. R. Connolly's family. Mrs. M. L. Chi8tmast of Columbia, Is visiting Mrs. J. O. Allison, on Cleveland avenue. R. A. Dobson, Esq., of Kershaw, came up Sunday on a visit to Mr. Wm. Dobson's family. Mr. John Jenkins of Stanley Creek, N. C., spent yesterday with Mr. L. E. Dameron's family. Mr. Luther Davidson of Delphos, will be with the Victor Oil Mill during the coming season. Miss Amelia Kennedy will leave tomorrow afternoon for Morganton, N. C., to resume her school work. Miss Lena Robinson of Columbia, Is visiting In Yorkvllle. the guest of her sister. Miss Janle Robinson. Mr. W. R. Carroll and family, and Mrs. S. A. Carroll, returned Tuesday from a visit to Waynesvllle, N. C. Mr. Connor Hobbs has returned to San Antonio, Tex., after spending the summer with relatives In Yorkvllle. Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Grler and children returned to Sharon yesterday after a visit to relatives at Griffith, N. C. Mr. William Cloyd of Lancaster, assisted Miss Carrie Beard at the Western Union office a few days this week. Mr. J. R. Stewart of Hot Springs, ? * * ? Joeo In Vnrlr. IV. d.i is spending a ic? ua;a ... . ville with his sister, Mrs. Horace H. Beard. I Mlas Mildred Smarr of Hickory Grove, is spending several days with her sister. Miss Lucy Smarr, at Mr. J. W. P. Hope's. Miss Nannie Grist will leave tomorrow for Bennettsville, where she goes as one of the teachers in the graded school of that town. Messrs. J. L. Williams and Ernest Heath left Thursday for the northern markets to buy fall and winter goods for Messrs. J. M. Heath & Co. Mrs. S. R. Moore and Mrs. Jas. M. Starr and children, Misses Alee and Sarah Meek, returned this morning after a visit relatives In Chester. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Bratton and Mrs. Jane Love have returned to their homes in Bethesda after a stay of several weeks at Cleveland Springs., Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Bratton and son, have returned to Yorkville after spending a month in Western North Caroll- I na and are at Mr. J. C. Wllborn's. Misses Pansy Traywlck, Emma Clinton and Isabelle Arrowood returned to their homes Tuesday afternoon af- I ter a stay of six weeks In New York. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Strauss left this morning for Staunton, Va., on a visit to Mr. Lamartine Strauss. Mr. Strauss will visit the northern markets while away. Mr. J. L. Williams left for the north- I ern markets yesterday to buy fall and I winter goods for the firm of J. M. Heath & Co. He will be gone about ten days or two weeks. Prof. J. D. Hugglns, principal of the I Presbyterlal High school at Bethanyl Is a cousin of Rev. J. D. Hugglns, pas-1 tor of the Fort Mill Baptist church, and! is also a Baptist by the way. Mrs. R. A. BurrlB and child, returned to their home In Charleston a few days ago after spending several weeks wl'h relatives In Yorkville. They were accompanied by Miss Jessie Baber. Mr. P. Avery Lowry, for several I years past with Latta Bros., has ac-1 cepted a position with M. C. Heath & I Co., of Columbia. Mr. R. H. Dobsonl has taken a position with Latta Bros. I Miss Ethel Latimer left on Monday! via Chester, where she spent several! days with Mr. G. Carl Latimer and I wife, for Douglassvllle. Ga.. to take! charge of the primary department of the college at that place. Prof. R. J. Herndon left yesterday on his anticipated trip to the Pacific coast. He expects to go by way of St. Louis. Kansas City, Denver. Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and San Francisco to Portland, Ore., and returning will come by way of Bozeman and Helena, Mont., Minneapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati and Asheville. In all he will travel about 8.000 miles and will be gone six weeks. He has kindly consented to drop an occasional note to The Enquirer during his absence. Fort Mill Times: It Is with pleasure that we announce the anticipated return to Fort Mill of Prof. J. A. Boyd and family of Pinevllle. Prof. Boyd I visited Fort Mill the past week and) closed the deal with Mr. C. H. Belk fori the Belk home place, on Confederate! street, which Prof. Boyd and family will occupy upon their return here within a short time. Prof. Boyd Is well-known! 11 ? vi?o- fnr I throughout mis sa-uun, no.?.i.e many years superintended the local graded school, and his many friends In this section will be gratified to know that he and his excellent family nr^ to nealn take up residence here. Mr. Robert L. Goff, the new principal of the Hickory Grove High school, was In Yorkville this morning on business. He came down from Hickory Grove on one train and returned on the next. Mr. Goff Is a graduate of Newberry college and Is a professional teacher of long experience, having been engaged In the work for about eight years. He had charge of the school at Reldvllle, Spartanburg county. last year. He proposes to give the Hickory Grove people a first class common school, and It Is his purpose to furnish exceptional high school facilities at a reasonable charge. He will be assisted by Miss Nellie Schorb. a most accomplished young lady of Yorkville. Mr. Goff comes well recommended and he Is no doubt fully competent to do the work that he has undertaken in a manner that will be creditable to himself and satisfactory to the community. THE RALLY AT BETHANY. The educational rally at Bethany last Wednesday drew the usual big crowd from the country surrounding, and the enthusiastic Interest that was manifested In the occasion was well calculated to delight the hearts of the generous patriotic people who are doing so much for the cause of education under the shadow of old King's Mountain. The rally Is a unique affair?an Institution that Is peculiar to Bethany. It originated with the Presbyterlal High school; but Is not especially for or a part of that institution. Its object Is solely for the purpose of awakenings keener Interest In the cause of general education. Several such rallies have been held here, and the effect of each has been similar to that of a political meeting or rather more like a religious revival. On each occasion the seal of the people has been aroused to a still higher pitch, and they have been stirred to more and more endeavor In the advancement of the cause of education. Tfie programme or iasi vv euncnun; a meeting consisted of an address by Professor J. O. Cllnkscales of Woftord college, a talk by Superintendent of Education Carroll in explanation of the special supplementary school tax law, a talk by Prof. J. D. Hugglns, principal of the Presbyterial High school, a picnic dinner and a baseball game. Each division of the programme was carried out In a manner that was creditable and enjoyable to all concerned, and the day throughout was one of Interest and profit. The exercises were held in the large roomy church which was comfortably filled, and were opened with prayer by Rev. R. M. Stevenson, for eighteen years the beloved pastor of the Bethany congregation. After prayer, there was some good music by an especially selected choir led by Mr. W. M. Stowe. and then Superintendent Carroll presiding Introduced Prof. Cllnkscales, the especially Invited speaker of the day. Prof. Cllnkscales is one of the happiest speakers on educational subjects in the state. He has been heard several times In York county, and always with Interest and profit. He does not affect as dry as dust theoretical emptiness, so characteristic of educational addresses. He is practical and Instructive and has a seemingly Inexhaustible store of clean wholesome humor that Is subject to tap whenever the circumstances seem to require. Prof. Cllnkscales's address Wednesday was Intended to literally taunt his audience into an appreciation of the necessity of education, and he used his knowledge of facts, etc., with splendid success in that direction. After an inspiring reference to the circumstance that Rev. Dr. Wm. Qrier was born within a few miles of Bethany, and some pleasant remarks about Due West, and Bethany as a second Due West, he got down to his real subject which was a comparison of the progress of the north and south from commercial and industrial standpoints. It Is hardly practicable to give a complete outline of the address; but its scope will be understood in connection with the statement that the commercial and industrial supremacy of the north is due almost entirely to the fact that the northern people from the earliest settlement of their country gave a larger share of their attention to matters educational. He told how the pilgrim pioneers built school houses of the logs off the fields that they had cleared for their crops, and how notwithstanding the privation and suffering It entailed for themsertves, they saw to it that their children were given the oportunlty to get all the education that was possible under the circumstances. The history of the cotton Industry was reviewed to show how the southera people did most of the work while the northern people reaped most of the rewards, the rewards coming through the superior knowledge of the latter, and the superior knowledge coming through superior educational advantages. He todd with much humor how cotton was formerly separated from the seed by hand, and how It was the cusiom for each member of the family to separate enough cotton to fill a shoe full of seed before bedtime, etc. Here his fun came in the shape of a personal allusion to the trying time, Mr. Carroll would have before he could get to bed. An educated yankee observed this custom, thought the whole matter out and finally produced the cotton gin. After bringing the history of the cotton gin down to the present time with special reference to the benefits the yankees had been enabled to get out of the business, he next told how the superior knowledge of the yankee first enabled him to get the oil out of the seed and to use the seed and hulls for cattle feed. He had considerable fun here at the expense of the southern man who knew little about cotton seed except that they would kill hogs, and finally did blunder on the fact that they made a good fertilizer. Having exhausted the cotton subject he next took up the subject of the horse and told how we abused the animal In life and threw his carcass out to the buzzards, while the yankee took the carcass and from it made leather, gelatine, charcoal for refining sugar, pin cushions and other useful articles. The point of the whole discourse was that there are literally acres of diamonds under our very feet, and all that we need to enable us to pick them up and utilize them Is education. Following Prof. Clinkscales, Superintendent Carroll made a clear explanation of the law as to special additional school tax. It seems that theire is a proposition on foot to levy a 3-mill tax In school district No. 2 which Includes the schools of Cross Roads, Falrvlew, Santiago, Hambrlght, Battleground and Hero. An election will be called on a petition of one-third of the free-hold voters, and the extra tax will go to the school which each tax?? ??" Hooiomoto T-Tp. oxnlained pa.vr-l ma; uvotD..Mtv. that the Presbyterlal High school would not be affected one way or the other. He took occasion to say that although he would be delighted to see the people of the district vote the tax. this was a matter that he left entirely to their own inclination and Judgment It was all the same to him one way or the other, and he did not want to be understood as Interfering with the matter at all. Prof. Hugglns followed Supt. Caroll and still further explained the benefits to be derived from the proposed extra levy. While the present teachers were worth every cent they were getting. it was impossible to pay a good teacher anything like what he or she was worth out of the funds now available. The teachers get less for their work than do the negro laborers for shoveling dirt on the railroad, and It is unreasonable and wrong to expect such service as is being demanded at the price that is being paid. With an apology for the personal allusion and aa an Illustration of his own appreciation of the value of what the . good competent teacher has to give, as well as his appreciation of the value of an education, Prof. Hugglns gave an outline of his own struggle for an 1 education about as follows: Eleven years ago, after having been an Inva- j lid for four years, I began attending i the common schools of the neighbor- 1 hood, as best I could when I could. At j twenty years of agre I managed, to get . a third grade ceftlflcfte and began < teaching. I ought not to have' been 1 allowed to teach, but I was and I am J thankful for It. Next I assorted tobac- ; co at 40 cents a day, the only work I < could get, and at the best wages. 1 Spent next wlnfer at house of his &th-; , er; but felt that It was an Imposition. 1 Afterward taught Ave months. Then 1 took the money he had saved In ten 1 montns ana went 10 coiiege. Au?r iwu , and a half months met with an accident that came near making him a 1 cripple for life. As he began to recover. walked a mile every day on crutches to teach school. Got back to college. Didn't have enough money and served as janitor about the building. rang the bell, swept the floors, cut wood and catered for the student's mess. During holidays went back to teaching. Finally a friend lent him a little money, not much and after a time he got through. If they had a mind to do as he had done he had an Idea tha* almost anybody could get an education. He took occasion to say that he had no regrets In the matter and was ready to do It all over again If necessary. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Huggins's talk, which was a very interesting one, there was an adjournment for dinner. It seemed as If everybody had brought baskets and those who neglected to do so were Invited to share with those who had provided an abundance. The dinner hour was spent most pleasantly by all. In the afternoon there was a game of baseball between the Bethel and Cotton Belt nines, and the Bethel nine came out the victor. From Prof. Huggins the reporter learned that the prospects for the Presbyterial High school are better than they have ever been before. Both dormitories will be Ailed to their capacity. Many applicants have been turned away, and the probability Is that there will be a strong demand for board in the homes of surrounding families?If not now certainly later on, unless the dormitory capacity Is greatly increased In the meantime. From the Bethany people It was learned that everybody has the highest respect and admiration for Prof. Huggins. He has proved to them that he Is a man of the highest worth and they have unlimited confidence In him. He has begun to talk of a three story brick building as a home for the school, and he Is meeting with no little sympathy. There Is a feeling that if he has made so much out of what he has had to work with under such disadvantageous circumstances, he is capable of almost . nythlng and they are willing to help. There may have been some skepticism about the matter a year or two ago:! but there Is none now. Unless something happens to rror. nugguiB, the Bethany High school Is an established Institution that Is bound to grow in prosperity, usefulness and power with each succeeding future term. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From now until January 1, 1*06. for 72 cents. Warehouse For Fort Mill. The Warehouse association of Fort Mill township has purchased the building of the Spratt Machine Co., with a view of converting it into a warehouse. A few changes will make the building fireproof and it will hold probably 1,000 bales of cotton. The capital stock of the company is divided into shares of 125 each, and' in all there are about fifty shareholders. Trse to Raftsrs In Four Hours. They are rushing work on an addition to the girls' dormitory at the Presbyterial High school at Bethany. It developed last Tuesday morning that there was scarcity of timber for rafters. This was at 12 o'clock. Workmen were immediately set to felling some trees, the logs were hauled to the nearby saw mill and at 4 o'clock the same afternoon the newly sawed rafters were being put in position. Eclipse of the 8un. There was more or less local Interest In the eclipse of the sun, which occurred last Wednesday. The eclipse was not total at this point, but about half the sun's disc was obscured as the moon passed over the great orb of day. The path of totality began in Manitoba and passed over Labrador, the Atlantic ocean, Spain, the Mediterranean, the northern edge of Africa, the Red Sea and Arabia. Numerous parties of scientists and astronomers are located along this path equipped with apparatus and instruments for observing the eclipse. While the eclipse here was nothing like so Interesting as 11 was at points where It is total It still served to attract much attention and was viewed by many persons through smoked and colored glasses. The eclipse from beginning of first contact to the end lasted about two hours. Ths Gold Hill Picnic. Fort Mill Times: The annual Gold Hill picnic was held at Brown's Shop Friday. Quite a large crowd assembled but owing to The Enquirer's mistake In announcing the date, the crowd was not as large as usual. Addresses were delivered by Capt. Edwards of Chester: Capt. J. W. Ardrey of Fort Mill, and Mr. Breedin of Rock Hill. The crowning features of the day were the excellent speeches of Prof. S. E. Boney, the new principal of Gold Hill Academy, and Prof. Jackson Hamilton, former principal of the school, but now of Sinks Grave, W. Va. The extreme Interest In these speeches was shown by the marked attention and stillness of the crowd. One could almost hear a pi.1 fall on the leaves, so to speak. Gold Hill, while keenly feeling her loss of Prof. Hamilton, Is proud to have secured such a man as Prof. Boney to fill the vacancy. Genuine Horned 8nake. Mr. James Moore of Bethesda township, sent to The Enquirer office Wednesday a horned sngke about two feet in length, which he had shot on his farm Tuesday afternoon. The Crown Encyclopedia says of this reptile, its zoological name being Cerastes: "A genus of African vipers, remarkable for their fatal venom, and for two little horns formed by the scales above the eyes. Hence they have received the name of horned vipers. The tall Is very distinct from the body." Mr. Moore's bullet had torn the top of the snake's head oflf, leaving only a small portion of skin about one eye, and Just above this could be seen the white horn or scale. The tall for about three Inches from the tip was yellowish In color and hard. The back of the snake was brown in color with a distinct black line running from the head to the tall. On each side the marks were alternately black and white stripes. The snake, when discovered, quickly colled Itself, holding the tip of its tall In its mouth and emitted a distinct buzzing noise, not unlike thunder. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. John T. Roddey Elected Mayor With* out Opposition?The Veteran's Pic- ? nic?Condition of Cotton?Other Matters. >irrui>ji?l?rHt ol the VerfcvlUe Rogulrer. Rock Hill Sept. 1.?There was no >xclteinent at all over the election here Thursday for a mayor to fill out the unexpired term of the late J. J. Hull. There being only one candidate, Jno. T. Roddey, a great many lid not go out to vote at all. There r were . 109 votes oast J In ]tha last ' slectlOn for may or, whan there tere two candidates in the race, 460 votes were polled. Mr. Roddey is the first man elected to the office In Rock Hill without opposition. He will take the oath of office at a meeting of the city council next Monday night. Mr. Roddey Is n young man of fine business capacities and the city's interests will no doubt be well looked after under his administration. The term of office of the city police force expires the first of September, and the * election of these officers will take place at the meeting of the council next Monday night. No intimation as to w nether the present force will be ? retained or not has been given, but It Is understood that the names or some new applicants will be presented to the council. The veterans' picnic last Tuesday was n great success. The day was an v ideal one and there was quite a large crowd present and all spent a very delightful day. Capt. Iredell Jones acted as master of ceremonies and Introduced the speakers in his usual happy and genial style. The speakers were MaJ. Thomas W. Carwlle of Edgefield, and Capt. W. H. Edwards of Chester, both of whom made short but very appropriate addresses, the latter speaking principally on the proposed home for old- veterans in South Carolina. The farmers of this section all agree that the cotton crop will not be as good this year as last. There Is a very good July crop; but on b count of the excessive rain there was scarcely any August cotton made at all. Some claim .that the crop , will be $0 per cent off as compared with last year; but others think it will not be so bad as that. New cotton has been coming in nearly every day this week, 10} cents being the price paid for the most of It. Dr. A. 8. Lynn, who has been very 111 for some time and has been in a Charlotte hospital, was brought to Rock Hill Thursday and is now in i the private hospital here. He is very much improved and is able to walk about some; but It will be some time yet before he can resume. his practice. Mr. P. A. Neal of this city, who has been very ill at the home of a relative in Gastonia, has returned to his home here very much Improved. Mr. Edwin Moore is seriously ill at the home of his mother in this city. He has been sick all year and there ' was a decided change for the worse In his condition a few days ago. Mr. P. H. Picket, an employe of the Rock Hill Buggy Co., and who has * not been able to work any for the past twelve months on account of ill health, is very much Improved. CLOVER CULLING8. Baseball?The Eaatern War?First New J Bale?Negroes Unwilling to Work. A Oorr-wpondsnoe of the TorkvlQs kaquliw. JAM Clover, September 1.?A game of '? jK baseball is . oheduled to take place on the local diamond this afternoon be tween the Bowling ureen ana vnosrt teams. The Clover cranks have for several days been trying to induce the Oaetonia team to come down and meet the local team, but they come not. They are evidently hesitating for reason of their past experience. Quite a number of our citizens who have been Jap sympathizers since the beginning of the war with Russia are not at all satisfied with the peace terms. They feel that Japan has been w too magnanimous, and the outlook now is that the only way in which Japan car satisfy them is to take it all back, salt in and completely annihilate Russia and take everything that is left One or more bales of new cotton have been sold on this market. The first bale was sold by Mr. A. P. Currer.ce at 10.50. He will have two or three more ready for market in a few da:* v It is likely that quite a number of Clcverlie8 will go to Tirzah Thursday to hear Senators Brlce and Tillman. The school here will open for the fall session on September 18. A protracted meeting has been in , progress at the Baptist church during the present week. The pastor is being assisted by Rev. J. D. Hugglns of Port Mill. Services are being held twice each day and the attendance is large. There is lots of complaint here on account of the inability of those who have work to do to induce the negroes * to work. There are a number of able boiled negroes in and around Clover who refuse to work regularly, regardless of wages offered. South Carolina needs a stringent vagrant law, and it would be much better if one could be devised that would work automatically. It is said that the Catawba Power Co., will construct a line direct from this place to the dam another from here to Torkville, and still another from Yorkvllle to the dam, the idea being that if one line fails they will have another to fall back on. The lines will be connected. *' THROUGH THE COUNTY. Gleanings of Interest to Dwellers Along the Rural Routes. ? 1*^-1 fll^ kl. ^ YorKvin* n?. # Mr. H. H. Hughes will re-enter school at Chapel Hill, N. C., about September 6. Mr. A. J. Hughes Is quite sick. There are a good many chills re- * ported on this route. Yorkville No. 1. Taken all In all the crops along this route are good. There is quite a lot of cotton to be seen from the roadside that will make a bale to the acre; but of course, there is much that will not turn out so well. Some fodder has been lost and much has been saved. A lot of corn has been cut and stacked , with a view of shredding. This Includes some of the best com to be seen along the whole route. Yorkville No. 4. Mr. Hi. R. Merrltt, overseer on the York and Chester road from Jones's Mill to Yorkville, Is doing some fine work along his section, opening the ditches and throwing the dirt well to the centre of the road. The com crop is a complete failure in the bottoms along this route. There Is some good upland com on the route, Mr. J. M. Brice having a held that is * especially fine. Mr. C. H. Smith has commenced the erection of a first-class barn that is to be flfty-flve feejt long by sixty-two feet wide. "S A negro named Will Davison died at Ms home on Mr. C. H. Sandlfer's place Wednesday morning as the result of injuries Inflicted the Friday previous bv another negro named Will Currenee. The facts of the case seem to be like this. Davison's cow had been in Cur- ? rence's cotton and Currenee complained. Davison's mother joined in the quarrel, and as the outcome of the squabble. Currenee hit Davison in the head with a hoe. One story has it that Davison was advancing on CurJence with a knife. Davison was takn to Yorkville for surgical attention; but his skull had been crushed so badly as to make his case hopeless. MERE-MENTION. Three cases of yellow fever have developed In Pensacola, Fla A passenger train on the Southern railroad was wrecked at South Boston. Va.. Wednesday, by spreading rails caused by the removal of spikes, by wreckers. Two trainmen were Injured Three persons were killed and more than a hundred injured, and much property destroyed by an earthquake at Palena and Sultana, Italy, Wednesday A case of bubonic plague is reported from La Boca, Panama There are two cases of yellow fever at Vicksburg, Miss Governor Doug- f lass of Massachusetts, has announced his determination not to be a candidate for re-election next year The new battleship. Vermont, was launched at Qulncy, Mass., Thursday... Two boys were killed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, Thursday, by the explosion of a box of dynamite which they had stolen and were shooting at as a target i