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Straps and |atts.
? Capt. William Van Schaick, who
was in command of the steamer General
Slocum, when it went down in
New York harbor in June 1904, with
the result that 1,000 excursionists lost
their lives, has been sentenced to ten
years imprisonment. The United
States government took the matter
up and prosecuted Van Schaick on the
charge of criminal negligence in failing
to have Are drills on his boat regularly
and in not having life preservers
that were fit for service. The
Jury disagreed as to the life preservers
but based their verdict on the
Are drills count of the indictment.
? Grady Miller, the 16-year-old son
of Dr. R. L. Miller, of Florala, Ala.,
was killed there last Thursday night
in a Aght with a negro porter of
Lakeview hotel. Tnere are no musfactory
particulars of the tragedy, as
nobody saw it. Shots were heard
outside the hotel and investigation
resulted in the finding of Miller dead
and the negro in a dying condition.
The negro lived long enough to say
that he and Miller had fought a pistol
duel, and that Miller was a student
at Wofford college, Spartanburg,
until a few weeks ago; but went home
because his parents were not able to
support him in school.
? It has come to be generally recognized
as a fact that the alcohol
habit is one of the main factors in
determining the length of life, says
Pearson's Magazine. Figures furnished
by insurance companies in
England show that the average life
of the total abstainer is nine years
longer than that of the drinker, and
one of our own concerns in the same
line of business, the Equitable, has
published a -statement to the effect
that the death rate among "moderate"
consumers of liquor is 23 per
cent higher than among teetotalers.
Some of the companies on both sides
of the water, indeed, put abstainers
in a separate class among policy
holders, making them a special allowance
of 5 per cent or more on premiums.
? Boston Globe: But a few years
ago, as it sometimes seems, the war
ships of the Oregon class of the navy
of the United States were hailed as
the most powerfully armed and armored
battle ships afloat. Among
thfcm were the Massachusetts and
the Indiana, sister vessels of the Ore
gon. Now. alas, the Oregon must
pans from the first to the second line
of defenders, and hereafter do duty
in home waters, having been superseded
by the more up-to-date type
of battle ship. This news will be received
by the American people with
sentimental regret, as they recall the
prowess of this magnificent vessel under
her splendid commander, Capt.
Clarke, in the war of 1898 with Spain.
The wonderful voyage of this battle
ship from the Pacific coast to Cuba,
and when the brilliant part which she
played in the chase of the Spanish
squadron on its flight from Santiago
harbor, are imperishable parts of the
most glorious record of the American
navy.
? Mrs. Clara Hay, widow of John
Hay, has received a memorial address,
signed by 2,363 Jews in America
and Great Britain, commending
the services of the late secretary of
state in behalf of the Hebrew people,
says the Boston Transcript. The address
in part says: "In the pressure
and stress of this busy age even the
greatest benefactors of mankind are
forgotten, but Israel, who has suffered
through the long centuries, never
falls to remember deeds of kindness
and righteousness wrought in her behalf.
Therefore the Kaddish prayer,
which sixty rabbis recited in Cleveland
in honor of the memory of John
Hay on July 3. 1905, while his mortal
remains were being borne to their
last resting-place, will be permanently
adopted by the synagogues, both in
this country and beyond the seas, as
a part of our divine service on our
days of judgment and atonement,
when according to the teachings of
our faith, the books of accounts
are open before the Lord."
? The Canadian Pacific Short Line
is to be subjected to a big transportation
test by the government. In
consequence of the new alliance with
Japan, in which both nations pledge
themselves to support each other in
case of an attack, even though it be
single handed, the British government
has decided to discover in just
how little time it could send a considerable
body of men from the shores
of Great Britain to Queen Charlotte
Island, which lies to the north of
Vancouver. Up to the present the
plan has been closely guarded in the
admiralty. The scheme is to call
upon the Canadian Pacific railway to
transport 10,000 marines and sailors
with boats and all equipment from
New England to Vancouver and then
by coasting vessels to Queen Charlotte
Island. This will involve the
chartering of extra vessels and running
twenty trains, each loaded with
500 men and camp equipment across
the continent. The experiment will
take place in about two months. As
the terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific
will be on the coast somewhere
inside the Charlotte group of islands
the assumped strategic value is of
great importance to Great Britain.
? Norman Haueood. editor of Col
lier's Weekly, has been acquitted of
the charge of criminal libel brought
against him by City Magistrate Deuel,
because of the publication in Collier's
Weekly of paragraphs commenting
upon Deuel's connection with Town
Topics, a very dirty publication of
New York. It developed at the trial
that Town Topics was published principally
for the purpose of blackmailing
rich people in New York and
throughout the country. The editors
made It their business to gather and
preserve all kinds of scandalous and
discreditable facts about men and
women of wealth and to publish the
stories or not according to whether
their victims would pay. District Attorney
Jerome prosecuted Hapgood;
but it also developed in the trial that
Hapgood's statements were made on
the strength of information furnished
by Jerome. The principal scheme
of the Town Topics people, it developed.
was in the publication of a
book called "Fads and Fancies."
Copies of this book sold at f om
$1,500 each on up. It was supposed
to contain Haltering sketches of the
subscribers, the sketches making the
subscribers appear as citizens of ex-1
traordinary distinction and of international
importance.
? Central office detectives of New J
York arrested Friday night a man
for whom the police of the world have)
been searching for more than four
years. The prisoner, who was picked
up on the streets by a mere
chance, is declared to be James
Manes, formerly an American book
- -
maker, who is wanted In connection
with the famous Bank of Liverpool
robbery of November 22, 1901, in
which the English institution, through
forgery and conspiracy, was defrauded
of more than 1800,000. Subsequently
$380,000 of this amount was
recovered from the conspirators, the
bank having sustained a net loss of
more than $400,000. While admitting
hia name to be Jamey Manes, the
man under arrest asserted that he
Is entirely ignorant of any plot by
which the Bank of Liverpool was robbed
and had no part in the affair.
After being taken to headquarters
and examined Manes was locked up.
He will have a hearing tomorrow and
probably will be held to await word
from the English authorities, who
have been apprised by cable of the
arrest. The local police claim there
is no question as to the identity of
Manes, who now is 55 years old and
walks as though a victim of locomotor
ataxia. His condition, the police
declare, aided the men to identify
him.
<?hr ^jorbviUr <?uquirrr.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30. IL0G.
Senator Latimer Is busy Just now
denying the justice of a reference to
him in the New York Herald as a
"White House Democrat." The senator
says It is not so. It Is said to be a
fact that an increasing number of
Democrats are seeking favors from
the administration and the party leaders
are considering ways to put a stop
| to such conduct.
Senator Butler of Cherokee, has
introduced a bill to revoke the charter
of the Richland Distilling company
and the bill has been favorably reported
by the committee to which It
was referred. The reason given by
Senator Butler Is that the distillery has
been debauching the state by Its
methods. If the matter is pushed
there will no doubt be a thorough and
complete investigation of the Richland
Distilling and that will be worth some
tnmg.
Notwithstanding the fact that cotton
has dropped about $3.50 a bale
since the publication of the last sinner's
report of the government, Harvie
Jordan insists that the market is
purely speculative and that the staple
is easily worth fifteen cents a pound.
He says that the spinners bought fully
half the crop below 10 cents and that If
they are made to pay 15 cents for the
not more than 1,500,000 bales remaining
in the hands of the farmers the
average price will still be under 12
cents for the whole crop.
As to whether or not Wlnthrop
should have a Christmas holiday does
not seem to be nearly so important as
the interference of the general assembly
with the business of the trustees
in such a small matter. We agree with
Senator Tillman in the suggestion that
maybe the legislature will do about as
well to turn the trustees off and run
the college through a committee
of Its own. It will come to that
later on If this thing of allowing the
students to appeal to the general assembly
from the rulings of the trustees
continue.
Mr. John g. Capers has secured
satisfactory vindication of his character,
which he thought was questioned
by the action of the president In giving
the office of district attorney to
Mr. Cochran Instead of himself. The
vindication Is in the shape of the following
letter signed by the president.
"I have decided to appoint Mr. Cochran
district attorney in place of yourself.
This is not to be taken as a
reflection upon you. The facts are
simply that in looking over the ground
I came to the conclusion that better
work could be done by Mr. Cochran
and that on the whole the interests of
the service would be best met by his
appointment." Some of Mr. Capers's
friends think that Judge Brawley is
responsible for the Cockran appointment.
It is claimed that Mr. Capers
will continue as referee in the matter
of Federal patronage in this state.
A bill to repeal the act providing
for special terms of the court was debated
in the senate yesterday and killed
by a vote of 20 to 12. Senator McGowan
quoted from the constitution to
show that such special sessions must
be provided for and argued that the
senate had no right to repeal this act.
Senator Blease favored the bill. Senator
Blake saw no necessity for extra
terms. He freely scored the lawyers
for neglecting to prepare their cases
and bring them to trial. Although opposing
the bill on the ground that it
would nnt nornmnllsh the end desired
Senator Hudson "declared that Judges
were entirely too lenient with lawyers,
too accommodating, and often seeking
the good will of the bar rather than
looking after the real business of
court. The dilatory methods now a
custom are a shame to the state and
the profession. So long as judges indulge
lawyers in long-winded speeches
and dilatory tactics, so long will business
be delayed."
Joe Wheeler.
The death of General Joseph Wheeler
occurred last Thursday night; but
because the news did not reach us until
Friday morning was well advanced,
we were unable to say about this
splendid old Confederate some things
we had long had in mind and which,
we believe, in Justice to him. the south,
and the soldiers of the Confederacy
should be said.
General Wheeler was a native of
Augusta, Ga., having been born there
in 1836. He was graduated from West
Point in 1859, and continued in the
United States army until the breaking
out of the war, when he unhesitatingly
resigmd his commission and tendered
his services to the Confederacy. He
went into me v,omeueraie army us a
lieutenant, and went through several
grades of promotion until February,
1865, he was made a lieutenant general.
The greater part of his service
was in command of cavalry, and his
record throughout was one that gave
him undying fame as a fit leader for
the best cavalrymen the world has
ever seen.
L I
At the breaking out of the SpanishAmerican
war, the late lamented President
McKinley, seized with an inspiration
from heaven no doubt, conceived
the Idea of putting an end to the sectional
bitterness still lingering as the
result of the civil war, by appointing
a number of distinguished Confederates
to important commands In the
volunteer armies, and In this way Gen.
Joseph Wheeler was made a major
gt neral.
As to whether the president's purpose
contemplated anything further
than the idea of reconciliation; as to
whether he placed any value on the
military experience of these old Confederates
we do not know. There is
no way of telling. West Pointers had
no doubt assured him that the regular
army officers would be easily equal to
the occasion, and they no doubt
thought so. The president may have
thought so too, and then again it Is not
difficult to see how so wise a man as
was Mr. McKinley, might have had a
[ very strong conviction, that it would be
a good idea to use these ojd Confederates
not alone for reconciliation purposes;
but also because of their well
established reputations, and unquestionable
knowledge and experience in
the art of war.
Anyhow, there is little reason to
doubt that the appointment of Joe
Wheeler as a major general proved a
great blessing, not only along the line
of healing sectional breaches; but also
from the standpoint pf military ability.
We believe firmly that had not
Gen. Wheeler been in high command
before Sar.tlago, thQ history of the
Spanish-American war would, have
been written very differently from
what it Is.
It will be remembered that fat old
General Shafter was in command of
the American forces. The powers that
were deemed him the most available
man for the place. Either that or he
had a better pull than anybody else,
and his pull may h^ve given him the
position. But anyhow, General Shafter
devoted his attention principally to the
direction of operations, and in the advance
on Santiago, it happened that
General Wheeler was the ranking officer
with the line.
The Americans had rushed forward
with impetuous enthusiasm before they
were half prepared for the advance.
They had failed to carry with them
from the landing a sufficient quantity
of ammunition much less supplies of
food, blankets, tents, etc., and while
they drove the enemy quite easily at
first, it was not a great while until they
came to barbid wire entanglements,
trenches and other obstacles that compelled
a halt.
History has not emphasized the facts
and maybe it never will; but the correspondents
told at the time how the
American forces after driving the
Spaniards for nearly two whole days,
suddenly found themselves out of ammunition,
and without food or water.
rpUA cj??wio^o woro at rnnclv en
X lie opaiuaiuo n V? V v..a.v
trenched In front, and were not only
able to hold their ground before a
practically helpless foe; but If they
had known it, could have advanced
with but little opposition. The American
commissary and ammunition
trains were in hopeless confusion, and
for hours it looked as if the entire
army was in danger of destruction or
rout the moment the Spaniards
should squeeze up the courage to try
a charge.
The West Pointers all realized the
situation, and so did the volunteers.
All the officers began to grow shaky,
and they figured out that there was but
little hope of safety except under the
guns of the warships that had convoyed
the transports to the landing. Some
officer, probably a West Pointer, high
up in rank suggested the wisdom of a
retreat. A council of war was held,
and everybody was in favor of sending
word to General Shafter suggesting
that the lines be withdrawn and
that the ground that had been won at
the expense of so much valor and
blood be abandoned until thorough
preparation could be made for another
attempt.
This was the shape in which the
whole matter was presented to General
Wheeler; but the little old Confederate
hero would not think of such
a thing. He declared that he would
hold the ground until the Spaniards
??~ tr, tolro It and thp officers
?ci c auic iv iui\v v >*?v> v.o
under him went back to their respective
stations, not altogether satisfied
with the orders of their superior officer.
In the course of a few hours more
the ammunition and commissary wagons
began to roll up to the firing lines,
and the necessity of considering a retreat
soon passed away.
It Is not difficult to understand how
to raw volunteers or even to West
Pointers who had not seen a great deal
of active service the situation may
have seemed desperate enough; but to
Joe Wheeler the whole thing was
child's play. He had been in the same
fix or worse a hundred times before,
and the men he commanded never
thought of retreat for lack of something
to eat or blankets to sleep on.
But this is only an incident in the
career of General Wheeler. He was a
loyal patriotic southerner. He proved
equal to every trust that was reposed
in him and he measured up to every
responsibility. He was a good Confederate
and a good American. His
life and career represent a rich heritage
to the people of whom he was
one.
Castiio Preparing For War.?Much
amusement is expressed in military
circles in Washinton over the announcement
from Caracas that Venezuela
is preparing to resist a possible
French attack. It is recalled that
during a tit of anger last summer
President Castro not only defied the
United States, but threatened to lead
an army across Central America to
attack New Orleans. That is very
amusing, if true; at any rate it will
convince our French friends that
Castro is a dangerous man and to
conquer him will not he u holiday
diversion. If he is once thoroughly
aroused he may give hi's army the
command "on to Paris" and strike
the French capital by way of the
Andes. The Venezuelan president is
considered very much of a joke in the
United States, and possibly he ought
to be held in derision. There is no
glory in making war upon him, however.
and this is appreciated in official
circles in France. There is a suspicion
that the French republic would
gladly transfer the duty of thrashing
Castro to any power which is longing
for a little excitement. For the present.
at least, there seems to be no
desire in Washington to undertake
any new commission for extending
the operation of the Monroe doctrine.
Ambassador Jusserand has conferred
with Mr. Rposevelt, but the signs of
the times indicute that Uncle Sam
is taking a rest and that powers having
business with South America must
attend to it themselves. France
might well wish to be rid of the job.
It is not one from which any satisfaction
can be derived.? Baltimore
Sun.
LOCAL AFFAIRS. ?j
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. p
York Supply Co.?Has a full stock of e
heavy and fancy groceries and In- w
vlles you to get its prices. It asks ei
you to see it about fertilizers.
York Drug Store?Has a word to say
ubout Its prescription department,
which It says is constantly growing
in popularity. g
Robert J. Love, Executor?Gives notice
to the debtors and creditors of
Robert Love, deceased, to make settlement
with him.
Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Has Just
received two shipments of early
spring millinery and invites the ladles
to call and see it. '
Star Drug Store?Says to use electric t
liehts. It will keep a full stock of ?,
lamps on hand at all times, and will
be glad to supply your wants. 2
Fidelity Trust Co., Chester, S. C.? \
Does a general banking, trust and 8
fidelity business and solicits the pa- f
tronage of the public. W. W. Lewis,
Esq., Is its representative in this r
county.
Barkoot Amusement Co.?Will give a 1<
street fair and county exhibition on t
the Smith lot, February 5th to 10th, t
inclusive. Numerous shows and a Ji
number of free acts. d
Foushee Cash Store?Announces a s
special sale of curtains for next t
Monday. Watch next ad for par- v
ticulars and prices. t
Geo. T. Schorb-?Wants to recover a t
ladles' crescent broach, lost Sunday 1
afternoon. Reward to finder.
J. L. Sanders, Chief of Police?Is
seeking owner of a hog which he a
has taken up. ii
J. C. Wilborn?Has two good mules n
for sale. j.
Enquirer Office?Has a ladles' handbag,
found on streets of Yorkvllle. r
Owner can recover bag by paying a
fpr advertisement. t
Thomson Co.?Announces a special
clearance and removal sale to take 11
place in its new store rooms in the r
O'Leary building. The sale is to be- r
gin Monday morning and continue
for ten days. See fourth page.
Loan and Savings Bank?Wants every o
man and woman to feel at perfect p
liberty to open an account with It.
It promises the best banking service
obtainable. q
J. Q. Wray?Is receiving new spring n
goods and Is putting them on sale
as fast as they arrive. Calicoes at
4c to 6c a yard.
Messrs. S. J., S. R. and F. E. Clintj
ton are arranging to establish a general
merchandise business at Clover 8
under the firm name of Clinton Com- ^
pany.
So far as The Enquirer has been c
able to learn, there have been no fur- ^
ther developments In the. matter of the p
Southern freight depot . at Yorkvllle. a
It Is presumed that the railroad com- 1
mission has served notice on the rail- *
road company in accordance with the
announcement made here last Thurs- a
day, and there is reason to expect that ^
there will be something to report within
a few days.
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POLICE FOR PICNICS. *
A bill introduced by Representative
Beamguard providing for the policing
of public gatherings has passed to a
third reading in the house as follows:
Section 1. That after the approval of F
this act the magistrates are empowered,
whenever In their opinion the a
public interest and peace demands It, p
upon the petition of at least five tax- u
payers of any county, to appoint on the ..
occasion of any picnic, camp meeting,
or other public assembly or gathering, v
outside of an Incorporated town or n
city, such suitable and discreet per- t
sons as special constables to police the
said public assembly or gathering. a
with same powers and duties as pre- ii
scribed for peace officers and deputies 3
by sections 833, 834, 835, volume 1.
Code of Laws of South Carolina. 1902
and the acts amendatory thereto. Pro- t!
vided that not more than three con- e
stables shall be appointed on any one g
occasion.
Sec. 2. That such special constables 11
shall serve during their appointment f
and receive 31.50 per day as compen- ^
sation, to be paid by the county supervisor
upon certificates of the appoint- 8
ees approved by the appointing mag- N
istrate. e
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ABOUT PEOPLE. I'
Miss Florence Cody left last week a
for Tampa Fla., where she has a posl- t
tlon as stenographer.
Mr Quiller Jackson of Manning, arrived
in Yorkville Saturday on a visit
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. o
Jackson. a
Mr. Jos. W. Smith, who has been t,
confined to his bed about four weeks ^
with grip, is improving slowly. Mr. *]
Smith has been a very sick man. tl
Mr. J. F. A. Smith has been confln- a
ed to his bed for several weeks with i<
measles. He is better and hopes to
be about again within a few days. tl
Miss Cora Tall of Baltimore, Md., e'
o
came down to Yorkville last Sunday g
on a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. D. g
Grist, and expects to return home to[
morrow afternoon.
Rev. V. I. Masters, formerly located L
at this place, now one of the editors of p
j the Baptist Press, published at Green- S'
wood, preached in the Yorltvllle Bap[
tist church last Sunday morning.
Rev. McElwee Ross and family are b
| visiting relatives and friends of Mr. w
Ross in Yorkville and vicinity. Mr s,
Ross is a son of the late Rev. Dr. R. t<
A. Ross and a brother of Mrs. W. C. b
Ewart. He is a native of Sharon and ?.
was a citizen of this county until tl
about ten years ago when he went X
north to become a minister in the ?
United Presbyterian church. He has t]
been pastor of a large congregation in f(
Newark, N. J., until recently; but has t<
just given up this charge to accept a
call to Pennsylvania. Rev. Mr. Ross ?
preached in the Associate Reformed
church here last Saturday and Sunday b
mornings and again Sunday night,
His sermons were very much enjoyed e(
by those who heard them. His many o
? i,, r. In ?K1q tflnlnllu ri orloH tA TP- h
new their acquaintance with him.
ROCK HILL VS. CHESTER. ?'
The Washington correspondent of ^
the Spartanburg Journal gives that g
paper the following as to the status of cl
the controversy between Rock Hill and ^
Chester with reference to being named t,
in the pending bill as places for hold- c<
ing terms of the Federal court: a
It can now be reliably stated that the a
judiciary committee of the house will '
at an early date hear delegations from
Rock Hill and Chester concerning the c,
question of those towns being chosen b'
as the place for the holding of the
Federal courts after the passage of the b
new court bill, should the bill pass. t|
Friends of this bill look upon this t)
move as being inimical to the interests
of all the South Carolina towns that u
are clamoring for the creation of new b
courts, for the reason that when the
Rock Hill delegation and the Chester C]
delegation meet before the committee, Q'
opposing each other there will be a
good opportunity for the committee to
sidetrack the whole matter until the a,
numbers of the South Carolina delegation
come together on the question. t(
A nroinine.it South Carolina man who l(
had a conversation with a member ^
of the committee said today: "I have y
just talked over the question of the
South Carolina court bill with a mem- g
ber of the Judiciary committee and he jj
informs me that dates have been made H
for delegations from Rock Hill and g(
Chester to appear before them. He
also stated In very plain terms that he
did not expect any benefit to come to ^
South Carolina out of this bill until the )r
question of some place had been deflnitely
settled. This gentleman told me
that the committee did not seem over
anxious to create the new court under
the most favorable circumstances, and p
that the way the matter stood now
there was scarcely any possibility of
anything being accomplished. He told Ci
me that In his state practically the tl<
ame situation faced the people some- '
ime back and that nothing was done ,
ntll the delegation united on some one
lace. I was further told that we
ould not secure the passage of the bill
,ith Rock Hill and Chester fighting ,
ach other."
FOR BETTER ROADS.
The postofflce department has beun
to give more particular consldration
of the condition of the public 1
oadvi on which the R. F. D. carriers
lave to travel and the outlook is
hat unless the patrons of the R. F.
). routes begin to show some interest
n the matter, it Is quite probable
hat the splendid service that Is now
elng enjoyed may be curtailed. Miss
ilaggle Moore, postmaster at Yorkille,
has received from Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General P. V. Mciraw
a letter on the subject which
eads as follows:
If. upon the receipt of department
etter of December 29. you did not
ake up the matter of bad roads with
he patrons of the routes, and others
nterested, you are now directed to
lo'so and to say to them that unless
ome action is taken by them looking
o the repair of the roads In question,
irlthin the next thirty days from date, '
he department will seriously consider
he withdrawal of service therefrom, i
fou will report results to this office. ,
From the foregoing letter It would
ppear mai me pusiumcc ucptiiinic.u
9 not In humor to trifle with this ,
natter any longer, and it is seriously
loped that patrons of the various
outes will begin to move at once to
ecure an improvement in the eondilon
of the roads. There Is no reason
o believe that a discontinuance of a
ural route would be followed by the
estoration of the old horse mall, and
he people can get a very good idea
f the predicament they would be
n by making their calculations as ,
o how much trouble would be retired
to get their mail from the
learest railroad poutofflce, as now esabllshed.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Chief of Police Sanders caught two
Igers last Saturday, both of them neToes,
He saw them make sales and
ass the money.
? The Barkoot Carnival company Is
oming to Yorkvllle during the week
eginning next Monday. This comany
has been in Gaffney, Greenville
nd other neighboring towns. Its atractions
are set forth in the adverIsement
published in another column.
? The Yorkvllle Building and Loan
ssociation continues to grow in mem
ership; but since the recent action of
he members in increasing the capital
tock, the association is prepared to
upply a still larger demand for memership.
There Is no better way to inest
small savings, especially where
ne is able to lay up only a few dolirs
each month.
? The recent sale by Mr. L. B. Fouhee
of the building occupied by the
'oushee Cash Store has given rise to
rumor that Mr. Foushee contemlates
leaving Yorkville, and it gives
8 pleasure to correct the rumor. Mr.
'oushee bought the property as an inestment
and sold because he had a
ice profit. That was all there was to
he transaction, except that immeditely
after the sale he leased the bulldig,
and expects to continue to conuct
his very nice business in it.
? The action or rather the inaction of
he town council in allowing the old
taptist church building on South Main
treet to stand as it has stood for many
nonths past seems to be a fit subject
or criticism. The building has been
ut little better than a fire trap for a
ood many years; but since a part of
t was torn away leaving an open gable
nd it has been a menace to surroundng
property. If fire should break out
o the building during the progress of
high wind, a considerable portion of
he town would be endangered.
WINTHROP HOLIDAY.
The WInthrop girls are about to win
ut in their fight with the trustees for
Christmas holiday. The matter was
aken to the general assembly, and
oth houses are disposed to side with
he girls. The senate proceedings on
tils subject as reported in the News
nd Courier of Saturday are as fol>ws:
Argument, which was postponed, on
tie Christmas holiday bill, was resumd
and Senator Wells spoke In favor
f the bill, saying that he was opposed
enerally to the penitentiary system of 1
overning girls.
Among others debating the bill were (
enators Bates, Brlce and Blake
gainst and Senators Hudson and Cole (
.. Blease for. The senate refused to ,
ostpone the bill by a vote of 20 to 17, j
o the WInthrop girls and students of ;
11 others colleges will get ten days
ollday Christmas hereafter. i
Senator Bates objected to the bill <
ecause of its dangerous interference (
rlth discipline In the institution.
Senator Hudson favored the bill. He
aid he did not know the board of trusses,
but he knew this, that there is no
oard of trustees that knows anything i
bout conducting literary institutions,
f they flourish they flourish in spite of
hese boards, and that is the case with
Vinthrop, he declared, which statelent
brought forth general laughter,
.et all colleges have fixed holidays, |
hen there will be no more trouble or
rlction. It was suggested that trusses
would resign if this bill is passed.
"Trustees resign?" he asked. "Not (
ne of them. If they do better men
ill take their places." (Laughter.) Senator
Brice argued against the !
ill, holding that a great many of the
Iris are not able financially to go
ome on Christmas, and It was believd
best for discipline and for the esprit
f the student body that none should
ave the holiday. It is a matter which
ertainly ought to be left to the faclty.
Senator Blease of Newberry, spoke
1 favor of the bill saying that he obicted
to one man favoring Clemson
hristmas holidays, getting on the train
oing to Winthrop and casting the deIding
vote against the Christmas
ollday, when that man holds the posion
of trustee contrary to the consti ltion
of the state?the reference, of
ourse, being to Senator Tillman. He
rgued that parents, guardians and
tudents had petitioned for the holiday
nd he saw no reason why their reuest
should not be granted.
Senator Blake opposed the bill beause
of the demoralization it would
ring about in the work of students.
Senator McLcod favored the bill,
oldlng that it was entirely proper for
ae students to petition the legislate.
Objections thut the holiday
ot be healthy because of exposure
hile traveling home are puerile in his
jdgment.
Senator Mauldin opposed the bill beause
it would mean nothing less than
verrullng the will of the trustees.
The senate refused to Indefinitely
ostpone the bill by a vote of 20 to 17,
s follows:
w--~ (Vipncn.
1 i Jin DiUfn, niti rvr, uutr, ^u?pv..
>r, Davis, Douglass, Earle, Hood Hoi- (
day Hough, Manning, Mauldin, Me- 1
owan. Peurifoy, Raysor, Staekhouse, '
/illiams?17. '
Nays?Blvens, C. L. Blease. E. S. '
lease, Brooks, Brown, Butler, Car- s
sle. Christensen, Eflrd, Hardin, Hay, |
[udson, W. E. Johnson W. J. John- ^
>n. Marshall. Mclver, McLeod, Tal- '
?rt. Von Kolnitz, Warren?20. ^
This bill is Senator C. L- Blease's S
>11 and differs from that in the house, *
i that it gives ten days' holiday in- >
ead of two weeks, *
e
LOCAL LACONICS. r
ort Mill Municipal Election. v
Fort Mill special of January 26 to v
olumbia State: At the second elec- v
on held Tuesday for mayor and one a
warden, Mr. W. L Hall was elected
mayor and Mr. E. R. Rodgers warden.
Mr. W. B. Meacham, who, with Mr. 0
Hall received a tie vote at the first
election, withdrew from the race and
Mr. Hall received practically the
whole vote. o<
He's From South Carolina.
The following letter, from Mr. Har- "
ry T. Prevost of Bramwell, W. Va., ex- *
plains itself: "Yorkvilijc Enquirer: ^
Enclosed find express order for $2.00 h
for which please send me Thk Enqui- si
cuor for one year beginning with the
copy containing the first instalment of b
Lathan's History of South Carolina, f
I saw your advertisement in the great
and glorious Daily Mail. By this you ^
will readily see that I am a. South h
Carolinian and hall from the .Garden
spot of the Old Palmetto state, Ander- ?
son, of course." ?
mmmmammmmmmmmmm e
LEGISLATIVE NOTE8. *
d
Some of the More Interesting Proceed- e
ings of House and Senate. ?
Resolutions of sympathy at the death h
of General Joe Wheeler were adopted P
last Friday and the clerks of the house *
and serate were Instructed to send H
copies to the family of the deceased. E
There was a warm debate in the
house last Friday on a proposition to jj
exempt members of the state militia 8i
from Jury duty. The bill carrying the w
proposition was killed by a vote of
60 to 41. > ?
A bill was introduced last Friday c
providing for the repeal of statutory t
provisions for the holding of extra
terms of the court by special judges. a
The special term Idea was a kinu or
makeshift gotten up to avoid the.prea- tl
tlon of additional circuits. Since the ?
creation of the additional circuits, j,
however, it would seem that there is p
no longer any need for the special 8
terms. - ?
The house had the Morgan local y
option bill under consideration last n
night. Morgan, the author, took up
the bill. He first said there was no ^
political move in this bill against anyone
or in his favor. Six years ago jjj
he advocated exactly the same ^
scheme he has presented except that h
it Is now amplified. He had seen ?
his county vote for prohibition; he ?
came here as the advocate of local t
option and was so elected. Some of li
his coast friends were allied with ?
e
him and others were opposed. He ?
regarded this as a question of prln- p
clpie and gave all the right to differ. P
It is not his purpose to attack the ?
state dispensary but he wanted' the J
abominable liquor question taken C
out of the football arena. The disr
pensary was given the people under g
police privileges but it is a recog- F
nlzed evil. Mr. Morgan said his bill d
a
may be imperfect but the dispensary ^
law had to be re-enacted and patch- y
ed up from year to year. His plan a
may not be perfect but it was the ?
best that could be gotten up to settle t
the issue at this moment. It is not a
necessary to attack the state dispense- 3
ry because out of the restlessness there ^
has erown ud a demand for purity f
and change so as to bring the state t
peace and prosperity and happiness; j
all he wanted was peace and let every 5
county have such a settlement of the C
liquor problem as it thinks best suited ^
to its needs. All he wanted was a j
decision of the people, county by p
county, because that is what the peo- A
pie wanted. They knew what they E
wanted. He had heard the sugges- J
tlon time and time again to send the h
matter to the people. In 1892 the t
people voted for prohibition and yet A
the dispensary was put on the peo- A
pie, consistency ought to stand. "If b
you are Republican In principle then A
stand by the central dispensary, if a
populistlc, then vote for the referen- F
dum. but if Democratic, act for your J
people here and now and let each A
county have what it wishes." Air. E
Alorgan then took up the license fea- C
ture of this bill. If this meant a Ic
return to the old bar room system F
he would withdraw the old bill and F
efface his name from the records.
He forcibly quoted the constitution
and insisted that there can be no
old bar room system and It was all
rot to talk that way. Air. Alorgan
explained by the -small vote under
the Brice Act and said it would-be a
little short of a crime to force the tl
whole question back into politics.
There are from five to six thousand
registered votes in his county and the n
trouble is that the men who may fa- tl
vor liquor have not the nerve and p
the backbone to a large extent to .
go to the poles and vote for the re- 11
tention of this damnable traffic. His .
bill abolishes the state dispensary.
Provision is made for closing up the '
dispensary business, the petitions are "
to determine whether there shall be o
an election. The license man is at a js
disadvantage because the prohibltiqnist
and the county dispensary voters
are both against a license system, a
Under his bill incorporated towns n
may have county dispensaries.
Counties that have dispensaries can
continue them as county establish- "
ments and counties that have no dispensaries
continue without thepn. .
Mr. Pollock of Cheraw, made the
principal speech in opposition to the H
bill. The discussion was postponed fi
uniu luuaj. n
JOE WHEELER. &
t<
New York's Southern Society Pays
Tribute to Confederate Cavalryman. e,
After everybody had sung "Dixie" C)
ind "My Old Kentucky Home" at the
second annual dinner of the Kentucky a;
society, at Delmonico's last Saturday ei
night, former United States Senator g
William Lindsay, toastmaster, arose o;
ind said: ]j
"In the city of Greater New York d
there sleeps tonight in a last sleep,
iwaiting conveyance to his final rest- w
Ing place, a man personally friendly to .
many of us, admired by all of us, a
man who represented not only the 10
south, but pure, unadulterated Ameri- w
:anlsm as no other man has represent- fc
id it. I refer to Gen. Joseph H. Wheel- p
ir, and I suggest that we drink in sience
to his memory." T
A pin drop could have been heard ol
tvhile the diners rose and complied
vlth the request. Another tribute to
:he dead soldier of the Confederacy, n(
ind later of the Union was uttered by th
Vlarion J. Verdery, president of the tli
Southern society, who was the first
ipeaker.
"Four or five years ago," he said,
'when I saw John B. Gordon, who wore es
jrave badges of honor, touch the o'.d
lag and wrap it around himself, I said
surely now all the country's chivalry m
s made one again. But the most dra- th
matic climax to this scene was pre- in
sented to my vision only a few nights re
igo, when Gen. Fred Grant, in full
LTnited States regalia, arose at the S'1
Confederate Veterans' dinner and _
ipoke to the memory or KODerc u.. i^ee,
ind then at the very finish of the dinter
said: 'Mr. Commander, one word
nore, phase, I offer a resolution to the Pi
fleet that this Confederate Veterans' js
amp and all others, a id every G. A.
ft. post eo-operate to make January as
9 next, the hundredth anniversary of n<
he birth of Robert E. Lee a national ed
loliday." Again only a night or so .
igo, I heard Gen. Stewart L. Wood- J
ord, at the sheriffs dinner, make in Sc
lis speech an eloquent tribute to the ti<
hen dying hero of our Lost Cause. Joe q|
Vheeier. And to this tribute to the .
treat soldier of the Confederacy and
he Union alike, I want to repeat to pr
ou the words of President Angell of si<
he University of Michigan, on Genral
Wheeler.
"A great man has gone. It was my ,n
?rivilege to call him my friend. He gl<
ras brave and soldierly in time of stj
rar: in peace sweet and gentle as a .
roman; one in whom the elements
rere so mixed that all the world might vli
rise and say, 'here was a man.'" on
ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. i
1
n Meckltnburg Chaingang?The Den I
of a Tiger?Marriage of Mr. Howard <
Neely to Miaa Corinna Barry?The '
Hop at Friedheim's Hall. 1
irrespowleiu-e of the Vorkville (inquirer. 1
Rook Hill, Jan. 29.?"Babe" Wll- ?
ams, now about 22 years old, is or i
as a resident of Rock Hill at one |
line. Since he began his life of <
rime at the age of ten years or less .
e has resided almost all the time
luce then upon the York and Meek* <
inburg county chain gangs. He i
rem last sentenced to the Mecklenurg
gang for a term of 22 months
w.?~1 U? o I
LI I UUI ftiai iic ICV-CIH.J vo\ upvvi rom
there and coming here was capured
by the police of this city. His .
lother lives here and Is a respectable
iard working woman.
Henry Brown, colored, was accused
y Will Kimball of having stolen a
air of rubber boots and when the
fllcers went to the home of his mothr
to search they came upon dlscovrles
which were not altogether surrislng
to tb'jT. They found a trap
oor arrangement, which, when opr nd
revealed a couple of dozen pints
f corn whisky snugly ensconced,
aura Brown, the mother of the boy,
j at present away from home, suposedly
to recover fro'.n a beating
hlch was given her by "Willie" Joran,
the beloved "Willie" for whom
he forsook her lawful spouse. Josh
Irown. Willie Is also in retirement
ince he Inflicted punishment on his
idy love. He skipped Immediately
nd has not been seen around here
Ince then. It was only Christmas
reek last that this couple were
caught with the goods" in the shape
f two fat Ave gallon kegs of booze,
rhlch they were conveying from
>gden, Ave miles below here, to Rock
1111 by buggy. "Willie" had gone
9 Salisbury and made the purcnase
rhile Laura met him with a buggy |
t the station named.
Mr. J. V. Murray, who came to
his city from Charleston two years
go as manager of the Life Insurance
Company of Virginia, has been made
fispector of agencies for his comany
and will consequently spend the 1
reater part of his time hereafter on
he road. He will probably make (
'olumbla headquarters as he has the
.'hole state as territory. He will be
ilssed In Rock Hill, where he has
nade many friends. His successor |
rill be Mr. E. B. Johnstone of New
CI I jr.
Miss Corinna Barry, the charming
aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jno. H.
>arry of Ebernezer, was married
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
ler parents, to Mr, Howard Neely,
on of Mr. John Neely. also of Ebenzer.
The ceremony was performed
y the Rev. Dr. James H. Thornwell,
he pastor of both the young people,
n the presence of only the families
f the contracting parties. In the i
venlng at the home of the. groom's
larents a reception was given the
iopular young pair at which were
iresent a large number of guests.
Ir. Neely, who is one of the progresIve
farmers of the county, will take
ils bride to his new home on the
larothera farm near Newport.
Complimentary to the newly mar- i
led couples. Dr. and Mrs. James R.
tokes and Hon. and Mrs. Jno. T.
toddey, the German club gave a
ance In Friedheim's hall Thursday
venlng. The hall was appropriately
ecorated. In the centre a large
rhite wedding bell was suspended
nd from this to the green bell
haded lights were radiated garlands
f white and green. At the back of
he hall a dining room had been
rranged and refreshments were
erved by Mesdames Thos. L. Johnon
and Wm. L. Law. Richardson's
rchestra, a first class organization,
rom Charlotte furnished the music
or this delightful occasion. Among
hose present were: Dr. and Mrf.
ames Richmond Stokes, Hon. and
Irs. John T. Roddey, Mr. and Mrs.
!has. L. Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. Ward
Llbertson, Mr. and Mrs. J. Morrow
vy, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Landers,
Ir. and Mrs. Joel W. Rawlinson, Miss
'auline Davis and Dr. T. L. Davis,
liss Ada O'Bryan and Mr. Armstrong
Everett, Miss Nona Sanders and Mr.
ay McMurray, Miss Amelia Beckam
and Mr. Phifer, Miss Bleka
.InHanv and Mr. Tom Crawford. Miss
larie Fewell and Mr. Morris Cobb,
liss Lottie McFadden and Mr. Peer
Ihrie, Miss Madge Johnson and
Ir. Fletcher Ruff, Miss Kittle Stewrt
and Mr. Sam McDaniel, Miss
tyder and Mr. Julian Johnson, Miss
ennle Owens and Mr. Joe Gaston,
liss McCardel of Lancaster and Mr.
Irnest Robinson; Dr. Robinson of
loncord, N. C.; Mr. Clark of Char>tte;
Messrs. Eugene Mills, Harry
luff, Fred Poag. Rufus London, John
L London, Louis Reid.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? A horse was killed in Spartanburg
ist Friday by coming in contact with
telephone wire that was dangling to
le ground from an overhead trolley.
? Dispatches from Anderson report a
otable decrease in drunkenness since
le voting out of the dispensary. The
olice court work is not nearly as
eavy as it was.
? H. Clare Dickinson, a white citizen '
f Bamburg, has been arrested on
le charge of poisoning B. F. Reld, anther
white man, with arsenic adminitered
in a drink of whisky. The
tost Important witness is Eliza Bunch,
white prostitute, and from her testl- 1
lony it appears that Dickinson comlitted
the crime because Reld held a
lgh place in the woman's favor.
? Spartanburg. January 27: Owing (
i his continued ill health, Rev. G. ,
t. Waddell has decided to retire ]
rom active business, and has sold j
is interest in the Southern Christian s
llvocaie. intr uuiumi urgau ui uic
outh Carolina Methodist conference,
) Rev. S. A. Nettles, who with Mr.
/addell was elected to publish and
dit the paper at the recent annual
inference held In this city. Mr. Netes
now assumes charge as editor
nd publisher, and will expend his
nergles In making the Advocate a
reater power than ever In Its sphere
f usefulness and advancement of regious
and moral work, as well as
evotion to the denomination of
hlch it Is the organ.
? There seems to be no doubt any s
nger of the fact that the woman who
as arrested at Kansas City last week
>r masquerading In male attire Is j
auline Webster, formerly of Cbwpens. t
here was a disposition on the part f
' some of the woman's relatives to }
?ny her Identity at first; but that has t
it affected the situation. It turns out c
lat the woman still has an Interest in j
le estate left by her father and that \
?cause of this there Is a cloud on the 8
tie of various pieces of Gaffney real
itate that were supposed to be clear ?
' possible question. Some Gaffney ?
en have been to Kansas City to see *
te woman and try to buy her Interest t
property now held by them; but she
fused to sell. The outlook Is that 1
le Is going to make trouble.
- Says a Gaffney special of January 8
i, to the Spartanburg Herald: It has *
?en disclosed this afternoon that
reyor Scruggs, the white youth, who a
in jail here charged with criminal 1
isault and shooting a negro woman '
>ar this city some time ago, attempt- t
I to end his life on Wednesday night, I
r hanging himself with his blanket. e
>me surprise is evidenced at his ac>n,
especially when the woman. Lois
over, who was shot, is doing well and ?
thought to be recovering. The sur- jj
ise is made greater when it is con- f
Jered that he made three attempts to ^
mmit suicide by hanging, and failing "
that ate a generous quantity of u
iss. His escapes in the four in- a
inces from death were truly remark- ^
le. One time his blanket or impro- c
u'd rope broke with his weight and tl
the other two occasions he was un- s
Ftble to accomplish his purpose on account
of lack of height, the fall not
jelng sufficient to break his neck. His
scupe when eating the glass was marvelous
as the amount consumed must
lave been fully two inches of glass
'rom a lamp chimney, however, he
Joesn't seem to be suffering any 111
effects from the swallowing of the
glass. He alleges that he shot the
Slovtr women In self-defense, sheh&vl.ig
drawn a pistol on him. The terra of
court at which he will be tried con
renes in Gaffney, February 26th.
? Columbia special of January 29 to
the News and Courier: The coming
week in the house promises to be very
busy. The dispensary, compulsory education,
the proposed ten-hour law,
regulation of the primary and election,
systems, taxation and regulation of the
sale of patent medicines, biennial sessions,
the two and a half-cent passenger
rate, the state bank examiner, are
only some of the many Important matters
that are scheduled for consideration
in the house this week. On Saturday's
calendar there were thirty-six
sptclal orders alone scheduled for consideration
during the next six days;
other measures were added to the list
of special orders on Saturday. This
does not take Into account the hundreds
and huhdreds of other bills that
have not been placed as special orders.
The prospect is that the dispensary
situation will consume the greater
part of the week. The outlook just
now is that there will be a discussion
of the various bills for several days
&ud that therfc will be a decisive vote
by Wednesday night This condition,
however, may be changed, and it la
possible that the house will get impatient
and vote without much argument;
as a matter of fact pretty much
every memoer now Knows now ne expects
to vote and discussion will
change but few votes. There are fifteen
various and conflicting propositions
relative to the dispensary on the
house calendar, and some of these
touch only oh minor phases of the
general situation. The outlook today
Is that the real fight will be on two
bills. First, on the bill proposed by
the dispensary committee?this committee
is largely composed of pronounced
friends of the system?and
then on the Morgan local option bill,
it will be on these two bills that the
chief Are will" be centered. The former
bill proposes to patch up the pres.
ent system and provide for a alight
change in the methods of doing business.
The Morgan bill, on the other
ha..d. starts out with the abolition of
the state dispensary. The corner-stone
of the entire flght Cp the state dispensary,
and it is on this that the flght
la to be made.
MERE-MENTION.
The trial of Greene and Gaynor in
Savannah is being retarded because
of the illness of a juror. The funeral
of General Joseph Wheeler took
place at St. John's Protestant Episcopal
church, Washington, yesterday
afternoon at 5 o'clock and the interment
was at Arlington." President
Roosevelt attended Col. William
D. Mann, editor of Town Topics.
New York, was arrested last Saturday
on the charge of perjury, alleged
to have been committed in testimony
given in the trial of the criminal libel
caae against fcgrman Hapgood. editor
of Collier's Weekly. He gave
bond in the. sum of 1*0,004
Three nennle lost their lives in the
burning of Richardson's : hotel In
Lowell. Mass., last Saturday
The Isthmian canal commission has
accepted the report of the- board of
consulting engineers recommending
the construction of a lock canal
across the Isthmus of Panama... .ExPresldent
Cleveland has decided to
move with his family to Lot Angeles,
Cal., and will make that plaoe his future
home Father Matthew
O'Keefe, pastor of Mahone's famous
brigade in the Confederate array and
personal friend of Jefferson Davis and
Robert E. Lee, died in Baltimore last
Sunday, aged 82 years.
MYSTERIOUS MURDERESS.?One Of
the strangest criminal cases on record
In France was brought to trial in
Paris last Saturday, according to a cablegram.
The , defendant is a woman,
Jeannle Weber, thirty-five yeara old,
who is charged with killing three children
and attempting to murder a
fourth, all within the space of five
weeks. The circumstances under
which the children were killed are so
mysterious, however, that it has been
Impossible to establish the guilt of the
woman. In each instance where death
occurred, the same circumstances were
noted. The woman was found holding
In her arms the corpse of a child under
two years of age, who but a few moments
before had been laughing and
playing. No sign of violence was observed
except that the faces of the
rlctims were contorted. Autopsies
showed no trace of poisoning and the
ieaths were thought to be accidental
mtil the woman was found with a
'ourth child in her arms, which was
laved from suffocation. The other
jases were then recalled and the wo
nan was arraigned and charged with
possessing a mania for child murder,
rhe defendant stolidly protests her inlocence
and says the deaths of the
:hree children were mere colncilences.
Specialists who examined the
voman failed to find any trace of inanity.
Edison Wins Bio Suit.?Thomas A.
Sdlson did not know until Informed
>y a reporter, says a New York dis>atch,
that Judge Hazel, in Buffalo,
>ad handed down a decision against
he Goulds and In favor of the lnvent?r,
In a suit which has been slumberng
In the courts thirty years, and
vhich although originally specifying
ibout $300,000 damages, may now involve
nearly fifty millions.
The "Wizard" expressed immense
latisfactlon over the winning of the
ase as for ten years he has been ex>endtng
something like $1,000,000 anlually
in one project alone?the reducion
of low-grades ore in New Jersey,
Tremendous Importance attaches to
he victory of Edison financially, and
lecause It Is a direct blow to the great
nterests of the Western Union Telegraph
company, which for thirty years,
he inventor says, has been employing
levices owned and patented by him.
Judge Hazel has ordered that an
ccounting be made. This is a huge
ask, entailing tedious work over the
looks of the company for three deades
back. It is highly probable that
he company will have to pay Mr.
Sdison high percentage for the illegal
mployment of his inventions.
Tubman's Influence.?If rumors
looting around the state house lobbies
re true Senator Tillman is doing a
Ittle work on his own account to depat
the bill allowing the students at
Vinthrop college holiday on Chrlstias.
It ia said on the best of authorty
that the senator from South Corona
today wired two of the state sontors
to vote against the bill as * faor
to himself. The rumor was heard
ite this afternoon and could not be
onflrmed. The bill, which has passed
he house, comes up in the senate
hortly.?Columbia Record, Monday.
i