Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 17, 1906, Image 2

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Straps and .facts. ? The report of the division of the dead letters for the month of June shows that 834,352 pieces of unclaimed matter were received, against 761,373 in the same month last year. The number of unmailable letters received was 135.625 against 121,780 in June, 1905; number of letters returned to senders, 106,092 against 81,621 in 1905. As compared with June, 1905, the number of letters received containing money decreased from 6,736 to 6,360 but the amount of money contained in the letters increased from $4,646 in 1905, to $5,557.78 in 1906. ? At a picnic on the river at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, last weea, eigni cuudren went wading. The smallest one slipped into a deep hole and in trying to rescue her six others were drowned. Ruth Klersey, the only) survlver said they were wading when j little Lucile Sweeting slipped into a| hole. Hazel Sweeting rushed after i her, slipping into the hole, then the next girl after her and so they kept trying to save each other until all the girls except Ruth Klersey had been drowned. She gave the alarm and four bodies were quickly removed from the water, but too late to resuscitate them. One body is still missing. ?Vermilion, South Dakota, July 13: For some unknown reason the steamboat North Alabama. which struck a snag and sunk in 1870, six miles below here, suddenly reappeared on the surface of the Missouri river last evening, and today hundreds of people are viewing the spectacle. The boat was bound from Sioux City to the Yellowstone district with flour and whisky when it sank. It is supposed a change in the current washed away earth deposited above and around the boat, allowing it to rise again. There were fifty barrels of whisky aboard and already a hunt has begun to locate the liquor, which has had thirty years of ripening. Owing to the fact that mud and sand have tilled up much of the interior of the boat it has been impossible to get at the whisky as yet. When it is reached South Dakota's prohibition laws will undoubtedly be very severely tested. ? Custer, S. D.. dispatch to the New York Herald: Held an entire .night by a mountain lion, and her life saved by singing to the beast, was the terrible experience of Mrs. John Underwood of New York, who was attacked while going to meet her husband, who is looking after mining property here. Knocked down by the lion, the woman screamed In terror. The echoes appeared V* onimal Qntl t ho tl'rt man, remembering that beasts are sometimes calmed by music, began to sing. This she kept up throughout the night. Faint from fear and exhaustion, Mrs. Underwood faltered again and again, only to be reminded of her plight by the restless movement of the lion. Her songs were mostly prayers intoned for her safety. Daybreak was quickly followed by Mr. Underwood's discovery of her whereabouts and dilemma. He is a good rifle shot, but to Are with his wife's head only about a foot from that of the Hon was to take desperate chances. It was the only alternative, however, and the bullet pierced the eye of the beast, which rolled across the body of the woman, who fainted at the rifle shot. ? Oreensboro. N. C.. Julv 14: One of the most terrible tragedies in the history of Rowan county occurred near Barber's Junction, about forty miles from this city, this morning. Between the hours of one and two o'clock an unknown person or persons entered the home of Ike Lyerly, a well known farmer, while its occupants were asleep, killing Mr. 'Lyerly, his wife and two of the youngest children and fatally wounding the third. The parents and the three children were sleeping in the front room on the first floor, there being two elder daughters sleeping up stairs, who were unmolested and were awakened by the smoke and flames from below. The girls descended the stairs to awaken their father and mother. On reaching their room they beheld their father and mother and the three youngest children lying on the bed, their heads were crushed and their faces badly disfigured. The two older daughters. Mary and Addie. aged fiicrhtonn o irl rocnpntivplv managed to carry the dead bodies from the house and extinguish the flames. Then they ran to the nearest neighbor, W. B. Barbers, and told the story of the awful tragedy. There being no officers of the law at the place, R. R. Mulliken, train dispatcher on duty at that hour, was notified and promptly wired the news to the sheriff at Salisbury, who started at once to the scene with bloodhounds and a posse of armed men. Bloodhounds were also sent from Winston-Salem to assist in the pursuit of the guilty. Mr. Lyerly was a highly respected citizen and well connected and it is inconceivable that any one should have anything against him or his family. Three negro men and a negro woman?George Krwin, Jack Dillingham and Mitchel Graham and his wife?were arrested and put in jail at Salisbury on suspicion of complicity in the case. One of the younger negroes made a clean confession and it was necessary to take the entire party to Charlotte to avoid a big lynching bee. ? Washington. July 13: The monthly report of the superintendent of the rural free delivery of the postofflce department shows that during the month of June. 133 new R. F. D. routes were put in operation in South Carolina. distributed among the various congressional dis triets as follows: first district, seven; second district, five; third district, thirteen; fourth district, eleven; fifth district, thirty-four; sixth district, three; seventh district, twenty. There were in all during this month 1,211 petitions filed for routes in South Carolina; 649 of these were acted on adversely, and ninety-three are still pending. There were no routes discontinued in the state. Concerning the discontinuance of rural free delivery routes much has been said and written during the past session, but the report for June at least shows that the announced . determination or disposition to discontinue routes, especially in the southern states, is not materializing Very few routes were discontinued at all during June in any of the states, but the southern states have not fared worse than any others, in fact the largest number of routes discontinued in any one state was in the state of Kansas, in which twelve routes were discontinued. In Vir-> ginia five were discontinued, in North Carolina, two; in (ieorgia, | three; in Tennessee, six; in Florida, none; in North Dakota, nine. The district having the largest number of rural routes is the tenth Iowa, which has now In operation 280. The next largest is the first Tennessee, Mr. Brownlow's district-?Mr. Brownlow is a Republican. In this district there are 277. The third district is the seventh Kansas with 272, hut ten of the twelve discontinuances are in this district. The Kansans have been trying to overdo the thing. There are in operation in South Carolina, in all districts, now 369 rural free delivery routes, with a daily delivery. By districts, they are as follows: fifth (Rep. Finley) 137; third (Rep. Aiken) 132; fourth (Rep. Johnson), 109; seventh (Rep. Lev er), 83; sixth (Kep. caieruej o*, second (Rep. Patterson), 36; first (Rep. Legare) 21. 7hc ilorhrillc <?nquirrr. _YORKVILLE, S. C.i TUESDAY, JULY 17, I90(i. Why certainly those editors have gone down to the Isle of Palms for business. They have a printed programme that is as business-like as anybody could ask Tor. we ve seen u. We reproduce In another column what the Abbeville Press and Banner has to say of Mr. Fraser Lyon. Notwithstanding the fact that the Press and Banner has all along been a dispensary paper, we are not surprised at what it says. We know it also to be an honest paper. We are often at disagreement with it, but years of acquaintance have confirmed us in the belief that whether right or wrong, the Press and Banner is always just what it professes to be and the fact that it occupies a given position is evidence that it believes that position to be right. Mr. Lyon was also a dispensary man until aftei* he became a member of that Investigating committee. He was accustomed to defend the dispensary in public and in private against all comers, and he was honest in it too. It was not until he got In a position to see the truth for himself that he changed his position, and now he knows that the dispensary won't do. The only thing strange about the whole proceeding is that entertaining sucn an opinion as it has of Mr. Lyon, it is not convinced with Mr. Lyon that the dispensary won't do. However, we think that the Press and Banner will come around all right after a while. It is too fair minded to cling to error after it has been convinced that Its position is untenable from the standpoint of right. "Grrat as is the satisfaction all honest men must feel that a shameful judicial wrong has been set right at last," says the New York Sun. "The decision of the highest court in France in the matter of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus is even more gratifying as showing the return to sanity of the French authorities and the French people. The court of cassation does not merely declare the innocence of the unfortunate officer and direct that amends be made; it declares that the crime of which he was accused never existed, a conclusion that was reached long ago by most disinterested foreign observers of the case. That the decision cuts off the opportunity for another spectacular trial, with its recriminations, digressions into irrelevant matters and general hysteria, is something to be thankful fur. France has uuieted down, and is likely to accept the decision without disturbance, though the believers in the guilt of Dreyfus will be unconvinced, as that is a matter of faith and not of evidence or reasoning. Like the Salem witchcraft or the Popish plot, the Dreyfus case passes to the alienists of the future as a curiosity in popular delusions. It has taken courage on the part of the French government to bring the case to a final settlement, and courage in the judges to render the decision they have. For this they deserve all honor." Mr. W. D. Grist, editor of Tub Enquirer, left last night to attend the annual meeting of the South Carolina Press association which convened on the Isle of Palms this morning, and which will continue its sessions until Thursday afternoon or Friday morning. The trip. In so far as Mr. Grist is concerned is something unusual. He has been editor of The Enquirer since 1891, and has done practically all of the editorial work on every issue that has been gotten out during the past sixteen years, with never a vacation and only one absence from Yorkvllle extending over as long a period as four days. While we are not prepared to speak authoritatively on the subject, we are probably safe in saying that there is not an editor in the state who can match such a record for steady, continuous drudgery. In spite of these facts. Mr. Grist was still reluctant to avail himself of the pleasure of this trip and probably would not have done so except but for the insistence of his colleagues who, perhaps, better than any on' else, realize how many times over he has earned even a much more extended outing. It is hardly probable that Mr. Grist will be back in time to 5l>f a Klfill U?ill til USSISlilOCe III lllf preparation of the n.-xt issue of Tub Esgi'iKKit, an<l if there should happen to be any unusual shortcomings, we hope that they will only be of such a nature that will admit of their being forgotten in the issues that will follow. In the meantime we trust that Mr. Grist will thoroughly enjoy his welldeserved breathing spell. '/. ? - % % Tiibrb have been some remarkable developments in connection with the letting by the government of the recent contracts for furnishing armor plate for the battleships Michigan and South Carolina. The bidders were the armor trust people. Carnegie and Bethlehem on the one hand and the Mid vale Steel company on the other hand. The figures of the Mid vale people were $f?0 a ton lower than those of the Carnegie people and it was supposed that that should settle the matter. On Hnding themselves underbid, however, the armor trust people went to Washing ton ?nul had a round with the offidals. They represented that the Carnegie company had originally gone into the armor plate business on an implied guarantee that they would have a continued share of the government patronage. This they claimed because of the great expense they had incurred in establishing plants and of assembling expert workmen from Germany, France and England. They also claimed to have to pay heavy royalty on the secret process used in the manufacture of Krupp plate and asserted that the Mid vale people were using these secrets in violation of the patent laws of (he United States. The contracts involved about $2,500,000. After listening to the Carnegie company's arguments the president finally decided to order that the contract be divided and that each bidder get an equal share at the price bid by the Mldvale company. The excuse given is that ihe arrangement would facilitate a more speedy delivery of the armor. j VINDICATION OF DREYFUS. Res jit of Painstaking Labor of an Old Schoolmate. As a fitting epilogue to the acquittal of Alfred Dreyfus. M. Philip BunauVarilla, former Panama minister at Washington, on Saturday gave the Paris correspondent of the Associated Press a remarkable story of how he lirst discovert d positive proof of Dreyfus' innocence and the guilt of Major Count Esferhazy, a story heretofore known only to a few intimates, including Dreyfus, who said during a recent dinner here that while the establishment of his innocence was attributed to many causes, M. Bunau-Varllla's chance detection of the counterfeit borderau, or the main document on which the prosecution relied, was the real cause of the triumph of justice. "Yes." said M. Bunau-Varilla, "a document among those old records was the basis of the whole Dreyfus agitation and was instrumental in his final acquittal. Dreyfus and I entered the polytechnic school together in 1878. I recall his very characteristic Jewish look, which was rather unprepossessing. But he was a good fellow and a companionable student. "Our ways parted on our graduation, he going into the army and I becoming a government engineer. It was !" ??' *Ko* ti*aa ar suriit jrais laici mai J^. ^ J ??^ ? rested and convicted before a secret courtmartial. I first thought he was a victim of the prevailing anti-Semitic sentiment, but the conviction appeared to establish his guilt. Happening to dine afterwards with my brother, Maurice, proprietor of The Matin, he spoke of having a photographic reproduction of the bordereau, constituting the only proof upon which Dreyfus was convicted. All the official photographs of the bordereau had been scrupulously traced and returned to the court, but some one had ingenuously photographed one of the photographs, and this was delivered to my brother with the Idea that its publication would prevent further assertions that Dreyfus was innocent. However, Maurice decided not to publish it as he did not wish to again call public attention to Dreyfus, who was then considered to he a vile traitor. "When my brother spoke of the bordereau the idea flashed across my mind that I might compare the document with something written by Dreyfus during our school days at the polytechnic school. I finally fou >d an old unanswered letter in which Dreyfus asked for information relative to the Congo. "I began a careful comparison of the bordereau and Dreyfus' Congo letter," he continued. "The first glance gave ' ?K.i* K a\' u'oro in Ill** III*" 11111*1 raaiun inai incj i' v. 11 ... the fame handwriting. But suddenly I observed something which caused me profound astonishment. In Dreyfus' letter to me the words having a double 'S' were written with a long 's' first and a short 'a* second, whereas in the bordereau it was just the reverse. The short 's* was first and the long 's' second. My brother made an independent comparison of the bordereau and the letter, and reached the same conclusion, namely that the handwriting of the letter ahout the Congo was not that of the bordereau. As together, we realized this discovery we felt as though an earthquake had shaken us. "Maurice immediately announced his determination to pubiish the photograph of the bordereau, so that every one possessing letters written by Dreyfus would he able to make comparison, and the following day the people generally, and the Dreyfus family in particular, saw for the first time, what has since heen known as the bordereau. From the appearance of that photograph of the bordereau dates almost everything known as the Dreyfus affair. Everything of importance which followed was in consequence of that discovery, and the publication of the photograph of the bordereau. But the three capital consequences were: "First, the Dreyfus family were enabled to see the mysterious and only proof on which Dreyfus was convicted and they were thus enabled to make comparisons establishing the innocence of Dreyfus. "Second, the appearance of the pho'Ograph of the bordereau led M. <> tro. a stock broker, to recognize it as being in the handwriting of one of his clients. Count Esterhazy, thus precipitating Esterhaz.v's trial and the publi cation of Zola's famous 'I Accuse' letter. "Third, the appearance of the photograph of the bordereau permitted Col. Picquart, head of the intelligence department. to break his silence and become the most powerful witness in establishing the innocence of Dreyfus." EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. We do not think that Senator Tillman's attack on Mr. Lyon will do the latter any injury. The Herald and News had hoped to see Gen. Youmans succeed himself and we still have that hope, but such attacks as that by Senator Tillman can but help the one at whom it is aimed.?Newberry Herald and News. In another direction Senator Tillman may transgress too far. The tragedy - * T?:il 1 I.,1 nf Worlo UI 1 111 lllct II1MII lilt- Iicicai ui ?? uv.v Hampton. Even should history record that Tillman was a reformer and a benefactor, that sacrifice is ever in the records to confront him as needless as well as impious. Cannot the senator see the folly of allusion to it? Though he may not, cannot understand the affection in which the immortal^ Hampton's name is held by his friends and those friends of the state who believe that his defeat is an indelible stain, it seems that the living senator, having no part nor lot with them, might respect the silence which they preserve about an episode that wrote "Ingrate" on the shield of South Carolina. Let the senator harangue and let the mob shout: let him rant and let the wise tolerantly smile and think upon his better side; hut let him beware the sin of desecration, let not his tongue name Hampton! Let him not trouble the sleeping: let a South Carolina which lie never can know he alone with its dead.?News and Courier. William I). Heyward is the socialist candidate for governor of Colorado, and lie is said to he making a spirited race. His running, however, is somewhat handicapped by reason of the fact that he is in jail at Caldwell, Idaho, charged with being one of the assassins of ex-C,ov? rnor Frank Steunenberg. of that state. Heyward was iMiiniiiat) <1 after he hinl been locked up on the murder charge. Voting f?'" ?ip" ill jail is sntnetliiug of a novelty i i this country.?Savannah News. True; but voting for men who ought to he in jail is not a novelty h.v any manner of menus.? Anderson l>ail.v Mall. The Stale tines not agree with Mr. Manning's views regarding the dispensary. We do not agree with Mr. Marconi's notion that he can establish communication with the people of Mars. According to our belief it is about as practicable to conduct a fraudless. graft less state dispensary in South Carolina as it is to converse with inhabitants of the canal planet. Hut our disagreement with Mr. Manning and our sincere regret that he lias what we believe to be chimerical ideas about the possibility of reforming tlie South Carolina gin mill, do not warrant us in entertaining the least sympathy for attacks on the honesty or sincerity of his legislative record. That w ill stand the noon-day light, and it is but fair and hoin st to say so.?Columbia State. ? Spartanburg. July 14: The farmers met here today and adopted resolutions urging farmers to continue to hold their cotton for higher prices. The local market is now several points higher than New York spots, a condition never known before in the history of the cotton business in this county. i LOCAL AFFAIRS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. S. N. Johnson?Is announced as a can candidate for reappointment as mag istrate of York township. J. L. Duncan?Is announced as a can didute for' reappointment as magis trate of Bullock's Creek township. R. L. A. Smith?Is announced as i candidate for reappointment as mag Istrate for Broad River township. James E. Beamguard?Is announce< as a candidate for re-election to th house of representatives. Dr. J. H. Saye?Is announced as a can didate for re-election to the house o representatives. York Drug Store?Has another ship ment of Lowney's candies and say It is best by every test. J. J. Keller & Co.?Want you to writ them about what you want in con struction work, building material, etc First National Bank?Advises you i deposit your money with it. where 1 will be safe from burglars and fire. Yorkville Hardware Co.?Tells yoi about Its line of pocket knives, ra zors, scissors, etc. M. W. White?Says belief In sell should teach self confidence In buy ing stocks and bonds. Glenn & Allison?Have just receive! two car loads of buggies and wan you to see them before you buy i buggy wagon or mowing machine. Foushee Cash Store?Will have a spe clal sale of table damask and pant jeans, Saturday and Monday. Thomson Co.?Invites you to visit It store during the remaining days o its clearance sale. Dogs days begin tomorrow and con tinue forty days. The Clemson exhibition car will be ii Yorkville Friday. Now, that the farmers are prett; well sold out of the cotton they ha< been holding so long, prices will prob ably take an upward spurt. The county executive committee hai about five or six hundred dollars to campaign purposes last year; but thi year it is going to be rather hard u] for funds. The law providing fifteen days an nual leave, with pay, for rural carrier: only applies after the carrier has beei in the service one year. Carriers wh have been in the service a year ar narmltteH tn tflkp off as manv davs a they desire up to fifteen and the pa; goes on all the same. Mr. John Starr on yesterday showei the reporter an invitation that was is sued on account of a ball that wa given on the occasion of the completioi of the King's Mountain railroad b Yorkvllle in 1*852. It was the first in vitation that Mrs. Starr had received t a social function of this nature. O the members of the various committee who had charge of the affair. Dr. J. M Dowry and Major B. P. Rawlinson ar the only two who are still alive. The conference yesterday seemed t be made up for the most part of **oi< timers," that is, men who have beei more or less conspicuous In politics fo years. Among them were some wh arc conceded to have large influence a their respective precincts but th majority were men who do not seem t< count for a gr< at deal. Fort Mill prob ably had a larger representation thai any single township, except York Bethel was not represented so far a the reporter was able to see and ther were but few representatives from th western or southern part of the coun ty. There are numerous politicians wh< seem to have nothing to harp on othe than protestations of their loyalty b Senator Tillman. They insist that th senator is still an issue and that ever; man who assumes the right to hav vIou-q nf his nwn is trvine to dowl Tillman. Their attitude is suggestiv of the fellow who prevented the over turning of Stone Mountain, a solii boulder of granite, some four or fiv hundred feet high, a mile or tw round, and located about twenty mile from Atlanta, Oa. The story is tha one day a visitor who was walkini around the base of the mountain cam upon a fellow who had stuck a fenc rail in a hole In the rock near th ground and sitting on the end of it h was bobbing up and down, gruntini away as If his life depended upon il "What is the matter," asked the visi tor, "trying to break that rail?" Th man at the rail paid no attention untl the question was repeated, and thei without for a moment relaxing hi efforts he explained between gasps a catching his breath: "Trying to brea' this rail nothin'?there is a fellow 01 the other side trying to turn thl mountain over and I am not going t let him do It." Now, nobody neei gather the idea that Senator Tillmai is quite as permanent as Stone Moun tain: but so far as this campaign i concerned he is not needing the assist ance of anybody to prevent his defea for re-election. He cannot be defeate without opposition and even Mi Lumpkin has gotten entirely out of hi way. FIRE AT CLOVER. The two-story building in which th Masonic KIUKP ruuill tt? ^luvci >1 a., .w cated, was destroyed by fire at 2.3 o'clock lhis morning, as was also i warehouse, which was in close prox imity. Both buildings were the pro erty of Mr. W. B. Smith, and wer valued at $800. The first floor of the two-story build ing was occupied by Mr. S. M. Falrei magistrate, as an office and also as warehouse for grain, feed, hay, et< The upper floor was occupied as lodge room by the Masons, Woodme of the World and Jr. Order Unite American Mechanics. The losses are as follows: W. I Smith, two buildings $800. insuranc $400; Masonic lodge, loss $150, insur ance $75: Woodmen of the World, los $200, insurance $100; Jr. O. U. A. M loss $225. no insurance. S. A. Falrie: loss $100, no insurance; J. M. Smltl and Lynn Hogue, lumber and tools I building, about $115, no Insurance Clover Hardware Co., fertilizers an heavy hardware, in warehouse los $450. no insurance. The C. & N.-W. depot, which is clos in- th? humeri buildings. was slight! damaged. The cause of the fire is unknown, an' is supposed to have originated In th Masonic lodge room. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The soda fountains are doing splendid business these days. ? The court house well has been ar ranged so that no more cats can get ir ? The prospect for more cement side walks this summer seems to be fading ? Therp was quite a large crowd o people in Yorkville last Saturday an' trade was good. ? Some thirty or forty bales of cot ton came to Yorkville last Saturdaj most of it without any previous sale. ? Dollars are going a long way ii the dry goods business just now. Ther is no fake about the sacrifice offers o the local merchants. ? Mr. J. B. Woods of the Unioi church neighborhood, had two teams o mules hauling cotton to Yorkvill yesterday morning. As the teams wer coming up East Madison street towan Main at the C. & N.-W. railroad, botl bams became frightened at the dum| car. which was going north in charg of Section Master Summitt, and rai away. The I earn of which Mr. J. C Woods was in charge, made a shor turn and threw Mr. Woods over i wheel to the ground, severely bruisini him in the face about the right eye. 01 the right side and right leg. The tean continued its run to and across Mail street at a good speed, the tongue of thi wagon striking an arc light post at th' Pnbson corner, throwing the mule down, and knocking the arc light loosi from its fastening. Mr. Nelson Wood.' in charge of the second team, manage* to get his mult s stopped, without mon serious damage than a broken coup ling tongue. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. R B. Lowry has taken a positioi in Mr. R N. Moore's cotton office. Mr. Tscharner DeOraffenreid of Co lumbia. was in Yorkvilie on Sunday. Mr. Titos. II. Rludworth is with tin Yorkvilie It. & M. Co., as salesman. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Speck left thi: morning for Atlanta for a few days. Mr. Harry C. Smith of Charlotte spent Sunday with relatives in York vllle. Miss Josie Carroll spent several days In Cheraw last week visiting her broth er, Mr. J. F. Carroll. Mrs. D. E. McConnell of Oastonla spent Sunday In Yorkville with he - mother, Mrs. Trawick. Miss Kate Cody left yesterday morn Ing for Banners Elk, N. C., where shi " will spend several weeks. Supt. and Mrs. J. P. Redmond re ? turned Sunday morning after a visit o - two weeks to northern cities. Mr. Mason L. Blair of Chester, 1 J spending a week with his parents, Mi e and Mrs. J. C. Blair, at Blalrsville. Miss Margaret Ormand left yester - day to accept a position as book-keep f er in Gastonia, with the Singer Mfg Co. " Mr. and Mrs. John F. Youngblooi S; spent Sunday with Mrs. Youngblood' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gattis in Gas tonia. S-; Mr. W. E. Herring, who is wel ol known in Yorkville, is now engaged ii P draining a large tract of timber lam near Charleston, u Mrs. T. B. Ke-11 and daughter, o - Fort Lawn, Is In Yorkville, on a vlsi to Mrs. Kell's parents, Mr. and Mrs f, Geo. T. Schorb.. Dr. D. L. Shleder received a telegrar Sunday morning, announcing the deatl * of his mother on Saturday night, age< 1 seventy-two years. 1 Mr. P. M. Grimes arrived In Yorkvill Sunday morning from Conyers, Ga., t ~ attend a meeting of the stockholders o the York Cotton mill this afternoor s Mr. Grimes will leave for home thi ? afternoon. CROP CONDITIONS. Taking advantage of the fact tha the entire county was pretty well rep resented In Yorkville last Saturday, th n reporter made a number of inquirie as to crop conditions in the respectlv y neighborhoods and the result was any a thing but discouraging. Cotton gener - ally is good, and corn everywhere 1 better man it nas Deen iur yeara. j Mr. W. S. Wilkerson of Hickor r Grove, speaking for his neighborhood 3 said that he does not remember a yea p when crops were better at this tlmt "We've had just enough rain and no too much," he said. "The evidence o that is good crops in the bottoms an ' good crops on the uplands. Too muc! 11 rain, you know drowns out the bot 0 toms, and too little leaves the upland e dry. Just enough makes it right fo 8 both and that is what we have had u ^ to this time. I don't remember bu one previous year In which we ha 3 about the same conditions, and I can' - tell you what year it was." s Mr. J. P. White, who has been ou f into the Hickory Grove country say o that Mr. Wilkerson has two acres o - cotton that are promising four bales, o A farmer from Bethel says the crop t of his neighborhood are very good. <n s peclally corn. He says Mr. S. J. Clin ' ton has the finest corn patch he ha e ever seen. "There are only three acre of It: but It is certainly fine. There I o one row about 200 yards long tha j looks like it is good for not less tha n fifteen bushels." r Crops In the Ramah neighborhood o o the plantations of Mr. Jno. J. Matthew t and others are good, e Mr. J. B. Barron of Tlrzah, says th o crops In his section are rather smal - but they are coming along all righ n and if nothing happens there will be :. big yield. He says most of his neigh s bors are laying by. e < Mr. J. Q. Howe of Newport, say e there are good crops throughout hi - section; but he understands that th country to the southeast over towar _ Rock Hill and beyond Is not faring s r well. He did not think that laying b 0 would become general around Newpor in than a week or ten days. The people in the Gold Hiill countr p are generally in a good humor ove their crops. e Mr. J. R. Gettys of Roddey's, gave th most discouraging report. Re say j that some of the farmers of his local Ity are In very good shape; but other have had a hard fight with the grass o s account of too much rain and are sti , badly In the grass. _ Dr. J. H. Saye, Mr. J. L. Rainey an * Mr. J. M. Burris are agreed that every e thing Is all right in the Sharon an p Ulalrsville country, and reports fror e McConnellsville are quite satisfactory. The reporter talked with severs ? farmers who are trying patches of cor In accordance with the Wllliamso g method; but they are not yet in a con II dition to discuss the results. n * s TILLMAN AND THE DISPENSAR\ k In answer to the recently publishe a call, about fifty or sixty people fror 8 different parts of the county assemble j in the court house yesterday mornin n for the purpose of "suggesting a legis - lative ticket in the coming primary 3 and discussing such other matters a t might be brought up for considers d tion." The court house was named as th S ' place for holding the conference; bu about half hour before the hour fixe for the meeting some nrteen or iweni of the leaders of the movement, Includ * Ing various signers of the call, assem 0 bled in one of the upper rooms of th a Allison building, presumably for th purpose of blocking out and agreeln e upon a general plan of operations. The conference convened In th " court house shortly after 11 o'clocl ^ with fifty-three people present an ?. \yas called to order by Mr. J. R. Hail a of Fort Mill township. Mr. S. R |j Epps, Sr., of Fort Mill was nominate chairman and Mr. W. Thompson Jack 5. son of Yorkville was elected secretarj e On taking the chair, Mr. Epps too g occasion to thank the conference fo ., the honor bestowed upon him and t say that if the body were a conventio he would be at ease in the chair; bu In the case of a conference he wa d somewhat at a loss to know how t 8 proceed. However, with the asslstanc p of the gentlemen on the floor h y thought that there would be no troubl in securing satisfactory transaction c p such business as might be presented. Mr. Stewart read the published cal down to the signers, and moved tha the chair appoint a committee of flv on platform and resolutions. The mo tlon was adopted unanimously and th committee was appointed as follows i. W. H. Stewart, J. C. Wilborn. J. F - Haile, W. Thompson Jackson and M > S. Carroll. f The chair announced that the confer ^lence would be at ease during the dellb eratlon of the committee, and while th r, committee was retiring, Mr. Jacksoi took occasion to say: "It looks to m n that under this call, I do not beloni t In here. I am a friend of Senator Till f man and I am in favor of the dispen n sary law as it was originally; but i f this convention was called for the pur pose of nominating a ticket, I have a ? part in it for I am opposed to that, h Somebody said that the object of th P conference was not necessarily to nom e inate a ticket but merely to discuss th . advisability of so doing and in tha t view of the matter, Mr. Jackson decld 1 ed that there was no reason why h H should not serve on the committee. ,n 1 rt.'vt*! m S t I AO eoni on f a hnil f) 1 IIP LUium.im iciiiuimcu vn i ten minutes and Anally reported th p following: s We the committee on platform am p resolutions, beg leave to submit thi ' following: 1. We favor education and believe i mild compulsory law will be a blesslni to our people. 2. We believe in good roads an< think a great improvement can bi made in our present, public road sys tern. 1 3. We believe the great question o taxation should receive more consider - at ion at '.he hands of our legislators li the future than in the past. e 4. We believe in the dispensary sys tern in controlling the great liquor evil but we believe further that It has beer s in the hands of its enemies for the pas few years; but should now be placet in the hands of Its friends, and honest " ly administered. Resolved, That the sense of this con. 3 ference is that the chair appoint a com' - mittee consisting of one member from each township whose duty it shall be to elect a chairman and serve as an ,1 executive committee in the coming campaign. 2nd. That we invite candidates for the house to make announcement on B this platform. Mr. Stewart took occasion to say - that the committee had had but a short f time in which to consider the many important matters that might have res ceived attention and assured the audi . ence that any suggestion which any member of it might make would be kindly received. Mr. Carroll also said ~ in behalf of the committee that he ~ would be glad to hear from anybody '' who might have a suggestion to offer. Mr. R. R. Allison wanted to know d what was meant bv a mild compulsory 8 education law, and Mr, J. C. Wllborn - took the floor to make a speech on the importance of education. In brief his II remarks were to the effect that after n the war the state was overrun by a d horde of Ignorant vicious blacks the whites were too impoverished to estabt llsh proper educational facilities at t that time, and there was a terrible , struggle to regain supremacy. Now the whites and blacks are on an equal footing as to their educational advan" tages, at least to a certain extent; the h blacks have no other ambition than to govern the whites and they are going about the fulfillment of that ambition e by getting alf the education they can. o Thousands of whites are giving their >t sole attention to making dollars In the l. mills and elsewhere, to the neglect of s proper, attention to education. The people must be encouraged, and forced to education else there Is danger of an eventual return to negro supremacy. This, Mr. Wllborn said, is the great t burning question overshadowing all - other questions. Mr. Wllborn's ree marks were received with applause. s At the conclusion of Mr. Wllborn's e speech, Mr. Stewart caJled attention to - the fact that the committee had neg lected to incorporate in the platform a s plank declaring in favor of a ten hour labor law. The matter was discussed V and such a D'ank was finallv adonted 1, to apply to textile Industries, r At this stage a resolution was adopted providing that the different items t in the platform be taken up and con>f sidered separately. Item one having d already been approved, items two and h three were adopted without discussion. When the dispensary item was s reached Mr. Stewart took the floor, r He began with the declaration that p this was a burning question, too. As it Ben Tillman had said at Columbia, d that so long as grass continues to t grow and water runs down hill, liquor will be with us. He was willing to t admit that there had been corruption s and graft. He could not specify; but f with so many rumors of such things over the state it was useless to deny s it. However, he had time and again - challenged anybody to show where - there had ever been any corruption s or graft in York county. He was not s concerned about how the state at s large had been doing; but the quest tlon was how it had been in York, n Then he proceeded to argue that the dispensary had fallen into bad repute n because it was In the hands of its ens emies and the enemies of the reform movement. The enemies of the dise pensary had brought discredit upon I, the Institution in order to bring disit credit upon the father of the institua tion. As proof of what he said he re ferred to the manner in which the May convention had tabled with a s whoop the resolution endorsing Tills man. Next he argued against the e county dispensary and high license d ideas, claiming that if the whole state o could not control the liquor evil, how y could a county Or art Individual be ex t pected to do it? Mr. Stewart was applauded. y Mr. Jackson differed with Mr. r Stewart as to the propriety of emphasizing the dispensary as the most e important issue. He said that so long s as the government permits liquor to - be made and the express companies a are permitted to deliver, individuals n whn rtpsirp it will have no trouble in II getting enough to kill them. He agreed with Mr. Wilborn- that educad tlon Is the burning question. When the resolution providing for d the appointment of an executive comn mittee was reached, Mr. R. R. Allison desired to know what the duties il of this committee were to be; he was n unable to see any necessity for it as n the party already has an executive - committee. Mr. Haile explained that this committee would not conflict with the f regular executive committee; but he thought it would be necessary to have d the conference party properly represented at the polls. Mr. M. S. Carroll said that the othd er side, the anti side, Is already thorg oughly organized and it is necessary _ for our side to organize also. What we want is to get things like we used to have them. We have been negs lecting our business?plowing on, . and the other side has slipped in and taken the control from us. What we now want to do is to get it back e again. What we want is for four it candidates to announce on this plat? form and then we want to be in a position to take care of them. y Mr. Jackson said that from what - he had seen going on during the past . week we are up against a slate ticket. The other side have out five men with the understanding that if four e of the five run the fifth will be taken g down. If that is not a slate I don't know what it Is. I would like to have four men on each side and let the e strongest side win. I am not in favor c of making nominations in this cond ference; but as I see it we would be perfectly justified in so doing as that e Is what the other side has done. Mr. t- Jackson was applauded, d Mr. Blankenshlp said he stood ready to pledge a candidate from Port Mill. r' Mr. T. V. Boyd?I nominate Mr. S. k H. Epps. r Mr. Blankenshlp?I did not mean to make a nomination; but was only 0 going to make a suggestion, n Mr. W. H. Stewart?I want to sugit gest Mr. T. M. Allen of Harmony, as a suitable candidate. He is as good a man as there is in the county, o The chair called attention to the e fact that the resolution had not yet e been adopted. Somebody suggested the name of e Mr. H. E. Nell of Filbert, if Mr. Stewart went on to say that Catawba township had another good .. man for the legislature?Mr. Johnson. t At this stage the question was put e on the adoption of the resolution and . the resolution was adopted. Following a suggestion from the floor, the e chair declared a recess of five -min: utes while representatives from various townships agreed upon fitting , executive committeemen. The list was made up and announced as follows: - Bethel L. B. Brown. . Bethesda W. L. Hinson. Broad River ....John D. Whltesldes. Bullock's Creek H. J. Sherrer. n Catawba W. P. Crook. e Ebenezer T. M. Oates. Xfill r P Rlankenshin. S King's Mountain j. A. C. Love. York M. S. Carroll, j After the appointment of the exef cutive committee, Maj. W. B. Moore . moved the re-conslderation of the action whereby the ten-hour labor law ? was recommended. Mr. R. R. Allison was opposed to e the ten hour labor proposition be_ cause he feared that It might come home to the farmers. It is not praee ticable to work farm laborers on a t ten hour basis, he said, for the reason _ that it was difficult to get ten hours In the winter. Messrs. Stewart and Halle both held out for the ten hour proposition; t Mr. Jackson, Major Moore and others e opposed it. Mr. Jackson suggested that they were after the manufacturers warm enough on the compulsory 3 education proposition; that If the e manufacturers would agree to that, he was willing to concede them the right to manage their hours of labor i as they pleased. ? The hours of labor plank was reconsidered?ten to no further count, i and the plank was stricken out of the e? platform. Mr. Stewart took occasion to say that It would not be the business of f the committee to nominate candidates; - but it would no doubt see to It that ^ the field does not get too full. He also suggested that there would be no - need for action until after the meetI Ing at Filbert. i The chair was requested to call a t meeting of all the members of the 1 executive committee present to be - held immediately after the adjournment of t.ie conference, and there be; ing no furjhpr business the confer ence adjotfrned. X EXECUTIVE.COMMITTEE MEETING The York County Democratic Executive committee met In the court house last Saturday morning pursuant to the call of Chairman Briee for the purpose of arranging a campaign schedule, fixing a basis for the assessment of candidates and transacting such other business as seemed to require attention. Upon a call of the roll of the duly elected executive committeemen, by Dr. J. H. Saye, the following answered to their names: R. M. Barnett Bethel. J. M. Russell Blalrsvllle. J. E. Beamguard Clover. J. R. Gettys Coates's Tavern. C. P. Blankenshlp Fort Mill. Tnhn \1 Prater . Forest Hill. I J. E. Leech Hickory Grove. P. M. Burris McConnellsvi.le. J. Q. Howe Newport. R. M. Wallace Piedmont. W. B. Wilson, Jr Rock Hill No. 1. R. W. Whitesides Smyrna. J. B. Barron Tlrzah. J. S. Brice Yorkville No. 1. M. B. Jennings Yorkville No. 2. After the roll call had been completed, Chairman Brlce called attention to the fact that the re-organizatlon had not yet proceeded beyond the election of a chairman and called for nominations for secretary and treasurer. Dr. J. H. Saye was re-elected secretary and M. B. Jennings was elected treasurer. A committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. C. P. Blankenship, P. M. Burris and R. M. Wallace, to consider and report upon a proper basis for assessing the various candidates for campaign expenses. After a thorough canvas of the situation, the committee re|)orted as follows: Probate Judge 116 00 Auditor 10 00 Treasurer 10 00 Superintendent of Education.... 6 00 County Supervisor 6 00 County Commissioner 2 00 House of Representatives 4 00 Magistrate for Broad River Township 3 00 Magistrate for Bullock's Creek Township 3 00 Magistrate for Bethesda Towniihln 3 00 Magistrate for York Township.. 6 00 Magistrate for King's Mountain Township 3 00 Magistrate for Bethel Township. 3 00 Magistrate for Fort Mill Township 4 00 Magistrate for Ebenezer Township 3 00 Magistrate for Catawba Township 8 50 After some little discussion the foregoing was adopted without change. Dr. J. H. Saye, Mr. J. E. Leech and M. B. Jennings. Esq. were appointed a committee to arrange the campaign schedule which, upon recommendation of the committee was adopted as follows: Tlrzah, Wednesday. Aug. 15. Forest Hill, Thursday, Aug. 16. Fort Mill, Friday, Aug 17. Rock Hill, Saturday, Aug. 18. Clover, Monday, Aug. 20. Bethany, Tuesday, Aug. 21. Hickory Grove, Wednesday, Aug 22. Blairsville, Thursday Aug. 23. McConnellsville, Friday. Aug. 24. Yorkville, Saturday, Aug. 25. It was decided that as to whether the meeting to be held in Yorkville on August 8, for the benefit of the state campaign party, should be in the court house or in a grove should be deter' * " 41 ?1 *?? ? ? ? ? ?v? (1 minea oy me cnairnmn us nc miaui. think best in the light of future circumstances. The chairman was also authorized to have such printing done as he might deem necessary. A resolution was adopted closing the doors to new candidates after 12 o'clock, m., August 15. There being no further business the committee adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st. 1907 for 92 cents. Chester Candidates. The following candidates have been announced for the various offices in Chester county: Senator?P. L. Hardin. Legislature?J. W. Means, B. A. Ragsdale, J. Henry Gladden, A. G. Brice, Paul Hemphill, S. A. Rodman, S. T. McKeown. Auditor?I. McD. Hood, W. J. Waters, John F. Oates. Supervisor?J. O. Darby, T. W. Shannon. Judge of Probate?J. R. Culp, R. L. Douglas. Treasurer?W. O. Guy. Superintendent of Education?W. D. Knox. Attirlrarl hv a Bull. The fifteen-year-old daughter of Mr. Tom Alexander, of the Point neighborhood, wa9 badly injured on Monday of last week by being attacked by a Jersey bull. The young lady was engaged In milking a cow when the bull, which previously had the reputation of being gentle came upon her and knocked her down. She was unable to get out of the way and the bull kept charging on, rolling her a considerable distance until she fell in a ditch. The bull went on over. Help arrived about this time and the young lady was rescued. Her thigh was broken, a hip dislocated and she was otherwise bruised. Dr. T. N. Dulin, who was called to look after the case, was at first fearful that the young lady would be crippled for life; but since he is encouraged to hope that she will make a satisfactory recovery. Death of R. S. Hope. Chester correspondence Columbia State, July 16: Mr. Robert S. Hope, a well known and most highly esteemed citizen of this county, died at his home near Lowryvllle this morning, aged eighty-five years. Mr. Hope was a life-long resident of that community, having been born witnin a mne or me place where he died. His college life consisted of two years in South CaroUna college and one year In the University of Virginia, completing the course of study in 1840. All of Mr. Hope's life was spent on the farm and he made an emphatic success of his business. He was a man of extensive and accurate information, high-toned and honorable in all his dealings. For nearly half a century he was a elder in the Bethesda Presbyterian church, where he will be Interred tomorrow. He Is survived by two sons, Rev. S. R. Hope, missionary for the last fourteen years in Japan, and Mr. John A. Hope of Lowryville. Mr. Hope was a member of the convention which organized the Southern Presbyterian church in August in 1S61. The Clemson Car. Referring to the visit of the Clemson car to Spartanburg, the Herald of Sunday had the following: The Clemson College Extension car arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and was shifted on the side track in front of the Southern passenger station, where the agricultural exhibits will be shown Monday. The traveling exhibit Is in charge of Prof. C. L. Newman, who is accompanied by Professors Brackett, House and McSwain, and Mr. Hale, a Southern railway official. The party has two cars, which are fitted up for the tour through the state. Most of the space is occupied by the exhibits, a small space being set apart for cooking and sleeping, and those In charge of the exhibits live in the cars. Prof. Newman said yesterday that they had been out since July 2nd. when they held an institute at Liberty, and they have been greeted by large crowds at nearly all of the points visited. They came from Pacolet here. They visited Jonesville and West Springs Friday and had large crowds, especially at West Springs. They go from here to Gaft'ney and Blacksburg where they exhibit on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. The cars are rigged up with a large number of exhibits, all of which are the products of different departments of work of Clemson college. The agricultural exhibit consists of cotton, of which there are sixty-seven varieties, wheat, twenty-five varieties, cowpeas, forty-five varieties, Irish potatoes, thirty varieties, oats, alfalfa. grapes, pecans and other products of the farm. The object of these exhibits is to show how these farm products can be produced, not only in large yield, but to best advantage to the farmer. The mechanical departments show instruments and machinery made by the students of Clemson, ranging from the department of forging, to the highest attainrmnts in machinery which is a steel turning lathe for turning out rods, bolts, etc., of steel and iron. The textile department contains a loom fitted up by the students and a varied array of textile fabrics. There are to be seen more than a hundred varieties of cloth, from coarse sheeting to silk fabrics. Beautiful patterns of table linens and counterpanes are among the cloth exhibits. Bottled samples of dyes, extracted by the students, are on exhibition. The Dewey's Trip to Manila. Washington, July 13: With the safe arrival 01 the arydock Dewey at Alangapo, P. I., comes the news that the paymaster aboard her?B. M. Dobson, a York county boy?has stood the perilous voyage ot thousands of miles in excellent shape and that he will shortly return to tne United mates and probably be granted a short leave of absence by the navy department. Paymaster Dobson is one of the youngest members of the pay corps, and entered the service from South Carolina about eighteen months ago. When the crew or the Dewey was being assembled for her perilous trip to the Philippines he was chosen by Secretary Bonaparte as a man without fear. Me was also the choice of Commander Hosley, the man that has carried the Dewey safely across the waters to Manna. wueu it was proposed that this Immense steel structure be towed half way around the world many x>f the wise old .*.ea dogs shook their heads and predicted that the expedition would meet with disaster. As It was the trip was marked with several mishaps, but none of them was so serious as to endanger ihe big craft. The tow lines were broken several times in the heavy weather encountered in the eastern wattrs of the Atlantic, and on one occasion the dock was lost for almost thirty-six hours. The towing machinery became wrenched and part of it had to be replaced with sections sent on from the United States. The expedition started from the plant of the Maryland Steel company of Baltimore, at Solomon's Island, Chesapeake Bay, Decemter 28, last, a.id 196 days have been consumed in making the trip. It was thought at the navy department that the trip could have been accomplished in from four to Ave months, as doubtless it would* have been, had it not been for stress of weather en route. The Dewey cost |1 124,000; is 500 feet long and is capable of docking the largest battleship now owned by the United States, in about four hours. The department has cabled its con gTaiuiauons 10 uormnanuer nuoic; unu the other officers of the Dewey, congratulating them on their successful voyage and complimenting them on being brave enough to do their duty against what at times seemed almost certain destruction to both life and property. Upon his return to the United States Paymaster Dobson will doubtltss be granted his leave of absence, as stated, and will have excellent stories to tell the people of his native state concerning the long and perilous voyage that he has Just taken. ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. The Chamber of Commerce Organized ?Death of Mr. Crawford Brown?Almost a Serious Accident?Personal and Other Notes. -orrranoudeice ot tin York rill* Knaulier. Rock Hill, July 17.?The organization of the Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce was completed Friday evening. There was a Very favorable show of enthusiasm in the meeting, although many of those who have signed the roll and are Interested, were not present. Mr. John O. Anderson, who for many years has been one of the city's foremost business men and organizers, was -J~ ?>?ao1/I/V?I Tha ftthor Afflonra org Iliauc pi COIUCIIU Alic Wiiv * vu?w* ? ? ? as follows: J. B. Johnson and Ira B. Dunlap, vice presidents; C. K. Schwrar, secretary; Jas. S. White, treasurer; E. T. Fewell, J. M. Cherry, EI H. Johnson, J. B. Barron. C. W. F. Spencer, J- 8. White, W. J. Roddey, EI E. Poag, W. L. Roddey, governing board. The organization starts out with a large membership of fine personnel and with a splendid corps of officers.' It is confidently believed that they will even increase the pace which the "Magic City of the Piedmont" has been setting for her sister towns. Mr. Crawford Brown, aged about twenty-three years, whose Illness has been noted, died at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. 8. Brown, in West Main street, FYiday night after an illness of several weeks with typhoid fever and complications. He was brought home from Chester, where he ,j had been for some time, and for a time seemed to be getting along favorably. Pneumonia set in last week and ever since his recovery has been very doubtful. The remains were taken Saturday morning to Richburg for interment. The deceased was a half brother of Dr. Willie Wylie of that place. He is survived by his parents, two sisters and the brother mentioned above. He has been for several years a student at Clemson college. People walking along Railroad ave., between Main and White streets, Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, witnessed a small wreck on the Southern main line just as though it were a "stage affair." A coal car on the Charleston division's track got loose in some way and came scuttling down the grade toward the main line while a north bound freight was pulling by. The car had gained considerable speed and although the engine of the freight had gotten well past the point of danger, the spectators were holding their breath awaiting the crash. It came when the freight was about half way past the intersecting point, a loaaea car was pretty badly torn up but the gondola was not badly injured. Speaking of accidents?an Incident of great Import to the citizens of Rock Hill occurred at the passenger station Thursday night, as the street car loaded with people, who had been to the Manchester-Powell recital at Wlnthrop college, reached that point A serious accident with the probable death of & car full of people was only narrowly averted. The trains on the Charleston division came into the station on this Y switch track, those going east backing in. At 10.30 Thursday evening the train from Marion was backing down to the station just as the car from the college was nearing the point at the station, where it?the car?runs on the rails of the Southern track. Some seeing the train coming at a pretty lively clip, with no apparent Intention of stopping and the street car too far on to get out of the way, yelled to the people to jump. A small panic ensued and many of the passengers failing to note that the train had come to a stand still did jump. A number of those who jumped were more or less bruised up and it Is said by some pres eni mat me scene was seriu-cunnv w quite a degree. It is believed by many people here that an accident at the point mentioned is only a matter of time. The Southern's Charleston division track mentioned above is laid on the "right of way" of the street railway, or vice versa, and the two tracks converge immediately at the side of the station platform. Something ought certainly be done to remedy the situation before a wholesale slaughter of passengers occurs at that place. Mrs. Moore, widely known over the south as "Betsy Hamilton," will next Monday evening give one of her very interesting entertainments, reading selections from her own book, at Winthrop college, Superintendent Martin having secured her for the occasion. Mrs. Moore, whose home is in Talladega.. Ala., is the step-mother of Mrs. J. W. Willis of this city. Mr. A. P. Lineberger of this city has been appointed district deputy of district No. 6. I. O. O. F. of South Carolina. The district embraces the lodges in York, Lancaster, Chester and Fairfield counties. Dr. Thos. A. Crawford, one of Rock Hill's best known and most popular physicians, has been confined to his home for the past week with an attack of indigestion. Miss Sidney Gage of Union is visiting her aunt Mrs. D. P. Steele, near the city. Mrs. C. E. Peele of Columbia, is visiting her, parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hall. Mrs. Kirk of Columbia, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M. G. Bryant, whose infant child has been very sick. Mr. Eugene Hutchison of Eastover, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Hutchinson, this week. His sister. Miss Annie Clare, accompanied him on his return. Miss Lydia White of Charlottesville, Va., is visiting Miss Carrie Adams. Mrs. P. A. Neal has returned from a visit to relatives in Steele Creek, N. C. Mrs. W. B. Wilson has returned from Birmingham, accompanied by Mr. William Wilson, who has been quite sick ? there. Miss Ada O'Bryan left Saturday for a visit to friends in Greenville. Mrs. C. S. May with her little daughter. Carolyn. Is visiting her former home in Reldsville N. C. Mrs. Lewis O'Bryan and little son, of Georgetown, are visiting Mrs. Ada O'Bryan.