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Scraps and Jacts. ? Agoncillo, personal representative in Washington of Aguinaldo, the Philippine leader, has made himself the subject of considerable ridicule hecause of the high and mighty airs he assumes. He and his retinue of servants and interpreters ure liviug in style at the Arlingtou hotel. He only sees newspaper men one hour each . week. ? Eight thousand and three hundred shares of stock, a controlling interest in the Seaboard and Roauoke Railroad company, parent company of the Seaboard Air Line, were transferred last Tuesday by Louis R. McLane and Leigh R. Watts, pool managers of the majority stockholders, to the syndicate headed by J. Skelton Williams, the Richmond banker, and president of the Georgia and Alabama Railroad rr? ; J *000 company. 1 ne consiueroiiuu ? as v^vv per share, as agreed upon several weeks ago. The consummation of the deal was delayed by a temporary injunction restraining the transfer, secured some days ago by Thomas F. Ryan, of New York, but Judges Wickes and Stockbridge dissolved the temporary injunction. ? A curious case of complicated relationship exists in Oakland, Cal., as a result of a father and sou marrying two sisters. Alimo Tolentiuo de Figuereda, aged 50, married May Carmyu, an 18-year-old girl, aud Wilfred A. de Figuereda, aged 18, married Katherine Carmyn, 23 years old. Thus the boy will be his father's brother-in-law ; the two sisters will be sisters-in-law ; the father's wife will be a stepmother to her brother-in-law ; the sou's wife will be the old geutlemau's daughter iulaw as well as sister-iu-law. If children be born to the wife of the sou, the grandfather will be their uncle, and should there be children iu the father's home the sou will be uncle and stepbrother. The old man's wife will be aunt and step-grandmother to her sister's little ones. ? Robert W. Olmsted, of Orunge City, la., makes a comparison bet wee u the number of trainmen on the railroads of the Uuited States who were killed and injured during the last year and the number of soldiers who were killed, wounded, or died of disease during the war. Duriug the year ended June 30, 1898, 162,873 trainmen were employed. Of these 1,073 were killed while in the performance of their duty, aud 15,936 were injured, which gives a percentage of .0065 killed and .097 injured. The whole number of soldiers iu the army did not exceed at s\r r> on a any time zt>o,ouu. vi mese ,rs,u^t \>cic killed or died of disease, which number was .0099 per cent, of the whole, and 1,560 were wounded, which was .0058 per cent, of the whole. In other words, one out of every 152 trainmen was killed and one out of every ten was injured, while iu the army one soldier out of every 101 either was killed or died of disease, while one out of every 169 soldiers were wouuded. ? Senator Butler, of North Carolina, presented to the senate last Tuesday, a petition from 55 ex-Confederates of ? Muscogee couuty, Georgia, asking him not to abandon his bill for pensioning ex-Confederate soldiers. They saythat they are citizens of the United States, aud that while they participa" ted on the Confederate side of the war between the states, this war was not a rebellion. They refer to President McKinley's recent expressions favorable to the care of the southern dead as the expression of a "true patriot," and conclude: "We, therefore, hope you will press your bill and that congress will pass the same, and by so doiug show the world that we are a reunited people. We desire this, not as mendicants for a pension ; but in response to the graud and patriotic seulimenis OI our prtrsiucui, auu aa voiciug the sentimeuts of every true patriot who loves his couutry and respects the valor of the dead Confederate soldiers." ? Chicago Chronicle : General Fitz bugh Lee, it is quite safe to predict, will resign bis military command if he is much longer subjected to the bullyragging of General Brooke aud that officer's henchman, General Ludlow. Nominally in command of Havana province, General Lee has been shorn of his authority in the city of Havana, and Ludlow has been installed as lord high executiouer with a detachment of troops which are not subject to Lee's orders. There might be some excuse for this sort of thing from a regular army standpoint, if General Lee were "a mere volunteer," ascertaiu regulars call it. But he is a West Pointer, and so far as military service is concerned his name is mentioned in every history of the Civil war. Who ever heard of Brooke or Ludlow before they were pitchforked into publicity by the Spanish war? General Lee is an eveu tempered man, as he demonstrated iu his dealings with Blanco; but he would have to be angelic in order to eudure the nagging aud swaggering of the two dromios whom Major McKinley allows to bungle affairs at Havana. 1 11 . .1,1 : ? juage nooeri rowen, auuressiug the graud jury in Jackson, Miss., on Monday last, said: "Some weeks since I read in a newspaper 'that the only thing in Mississippi which was cheaper than four-cent cottou was human life.' It was a fearful commentary upon the law and order of a great state. We are accustomed to boast that we live at the close of nineteen centuries of Christian civilization, and that Christ and Him crucified is preached from Greenland's icy mountains to India's coral strand to a believing world. We are proud of the fact that our Anglo-Saxon forefathers wrested from the hands of a reluctant king the great Magna Charta of Euglish liberty, in which every man, however humble, is guaranteed an open aud fair trial by a jury of his peers. And yet strange to say, hardly a week passes that we do not hear of the murderous work of some infuriated mob, until finally, to cap the climax of our sbame, a mob actually takes possession of the jail in our capital city aud threatens to storm the stale penitentiary itself. Surely the time has come to call a halt; or else to admit that organized murder is the supreme law of the land. Surely the time has come to strike this representative of anarchy with the mailed haud of law before the Jaw itself, yes, our very civilization goes down in wreck aod ruin. It is to you, geutlemen, clothed as you are with the majesty and power of the law, that the people look to vindicate the law and bring the guilty to punishment." ? A dispatch of Tuesday to the New York Herald from Hong Kong, says: The Herald's Manila correspondent reports a strict censorship upon dispatches. The latest advices, dated January 13, stated that the situation in the Philippines is still acute. Aguiualdo is holding bis force in check with difficulty and natives have been arrested for smuggling arms into the I tnnlla/1 niftr Aiv nnn nnnocinn u nnffin ?T ailCtl V1VJ Vu vuv vwtawtvu m ^v ? ? was found full of arms, and on auother six Mauser rifles and a stock of ammunition was discovered bidden in a load of straw. The natives residing in the city predicted an attack on Manila Sunday, the 15th, but the foreigners maintained that there would be no attack if the Americans do not precipitate oue. The position of the Americans is very unpleasant. Their Spanish prisoners are uufriendly, and the hostile natives are numerous and well armed, both inside and outside of Manila. In lloilo the situation remains the same, except that the natives are intrenching themselves. The native troops outside of Manila are most insoleut and it is hard work to restrain the Americans. The Filipino soldiers come out of their lines close up to the American outpost, load their rifles, deliberately point them at the American soldiers and then derisively walk back to their own lines. Under such conditions there might be a fight at any moment. She ||orlmUe ?uquircr. YORKVILLE, S. C.: SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1899. ? Senator Tillman's present term iu tbe senate expires on March 4, 1901. The sensatorial primary, therefore, should take place next year. As yet there are no formidable candidates in sight. ? Sergeant Augustus Deal seems to take life with considerable philosophy. After such an experience as be has passed through; but few men would attempt to describe it. Nine out of ten could only swear. ? Although Senator McLaurin's last speech was one of tbe best that he has delivered, we have not yet heard of its having been claimed by that Alabama humbug. Wonder what they will get up against Senator McLaurin next? ? Senator Love, introduced on Tuesday, a concurrent resolution fixing Tuesday, February 10 as the day of adjournment. According to the correspondent of The News and Courier, the resolution was the occasion of some merriment. ? The Republicans bad to keep Lee in Havaua after the accession of Mc Kinley for the reason that affairs were in such shape that a new man could easily make a botch of the situation. Now that matters are in such shape that almost any kind of a gawk can manage in some way, General Lee, though still retaining the rauk to which through necessity the president appointed him, he is deprived of power and not permitted to take much of a hand in the affairs of Cuba. Lee has not been treated right; but the victors get the spoils. ? It is reported that when a bill to license horse-shoers was introduced in the house, the other day, the members Tun* niUft laiinpVtor] if to IttUgliCU. JU91 W (Ij IUCJ lau^u^vt IV to not stated ; but the presumption is that it was because they considered the proposition ridiculous. Possibly license is not the proper remedy, and for instance a law that could prevent a man from shoeing his own horse, if he desires, would he a hardship. But the idea is not altogether ridiculous. Many good horses and mules are ruiued by the incompetency and ignorance of jackleg farriers, and an effort to raise the standard of efficiency among these people should be commended rather thau ridiculed. TAXES IN CHEROKEE. A citizen of Yorkville, who owns a small tract of land in Cherokee township, paid taxes on it year before last, ana last year he was required to pay ?1. That is doing very well for a young county just growing up.?Yorkville Enquirer. The above naturally would cause comment by The Enquirer's Yorkville friend, and The Enquirer would naturally give publicity to it and add a little. The Enquirer and its friend both live in Yorkville, a town that 76 years ago had a population of 451 people, of whom 52 were mechanics, 2 were doctors and 1 a preacher; one male and female academy ; one printing office, which issued a semiweekly paper; eight stores, five taverns, eighty houses. Also a fine courthouse and jail built by the people of York county. Yorkville has in those76 years? fully 40 of which have been under the progressive influence of The Enquirer? continued to improve in population and property until now it is nearly half as big in both as the new town of Gaffney. a it neb Hill man would have seen in this small advance in his taxes, the benefits of the new county hi the enhancement of the value of his property, and gone to bust lint; it for all it was worth.?Gaflney Ledger. The statement quoted at the outset of the above clipping, was originally published merely as an item of interest. The reporter had gotten his information from a number of gentlemen who, when the subject was broached by someone else, began to compare notes in the post office. Nothing was "added" to the information except the suggestion that the increase did very "well for a young county just growing up." There was no malice in this remark ; but we confess that we did hope that it would call to the minds of some people our warning of a few years ago, to the effect that it would be unwise for them to listen to the siren promises of the new county advocates, who were goiDg to reduce taxes, make the wilderness blossom like a rose, and perform other wonders. And it was not from a feeling of revenge that we desired to call the matter to mind ; but merely from a very pardonable desire to show that while others?The Ledger among them? were engaged in a game of deception for their personal benefit, The Enquirer was telling the truih. But for our pains, we have received a terrific bolt from our highly esteemed contemporary the Gaffney Ledger^a paper which gives all the news from all the world?except Cherokee and Gaffney City. Unfortunately, we failed to wouud a conscience; but the reason, however, .is obvious. However, we did succeed in bringing forth some remarkable irony, a considerable amount of brass, and apparently to make the irony fit better, a little lying. There was no semi-weekly paper in Yorkville 76 years ago. The authority our contemporary misquoted says: "There are 8 stores, 5 taverns, a male and female academy, post office and printing office, which issues 2 papers weekly ; one devoted to agricultural subjects." It was taxation that was being discussed. Since the remarkable eruption of our Gaffney City contemporary, a reporter went to one of the gentlemen who had mentioned the matter in the postoffice?not the $3 and $4 man ; but another, and got exact figures. He showed the reporter his books and lax receipts, relative to a piece of land lying in Cherokee township, of Cherokee county. When the land was in York county, the taxes ther.-on amounted to $5.21. The first year in Cherokee county the amount was raised to $6.33, and this year the gentleman has a receipt for $11.20. There have been no improvements wbaterer on the land. Last year it rented for only $10. The owner is anxious to sell, and should well be considering the idea of giving the property away. In view of this illustration, it is i II- a ?L:I_ .? ?< ,.? in u*! ;i uaruiy wuriu wuuc i>u icici w ? lustration about the Rock Hill mao. Rock Hill men are not fools. If we had time, space and inclination, we might also have a few words to say about the magnificent courthouse and jail promise aud the highly honorable manner in which it was fulfilled. We might go still further and point out the commendable manner in which The Ledger stood by its out-oftown constituents and saved them from being hoodwinked and swindled after they were no longer in a position to help themselves. But these things wilt keep for another time. STATE OFFICERS INAUGURATED. What Governor Ellerbe Had to Say to the General Atmembly. The governor and other state officers were sworn into office last Wednesday. Governor Ellerbe's inaugural address was as follows: Fellow Citizens?Two years ago 'I was called by an almost unprecedented majority to the highest office within your gift. The reasons for my overwhelming victory are not far to seek. We had just passed through four years of the bitterest partisau warfare that had ever shaken the KorJ flft'otrorl Krnthor otrninct. StilLC. ll uaw onajvu ui wuv* brother and friend against friend. It had engendered the bitterest feelings betweeu the different classes of our population. Town aud country were at war, instead of working harmoniously for a common good. The Reform movement brought many substantial gains to the people; bui, like every other social revolution, it brought with it the concomitant and inseparable ills of which I have spoken. The good remains ; the evil in time disappears. The people, especially the people of South Carolina, are generous and in their hearts the passions of partisan hate soon die out, self-consumed. " 'Twas thus, after four years' strife, the people now, in mutual, well beseeching ranks, marched all one way, no more opposed against acquaintance, kiudred and allies. Ignoring party lines, they turned with characteristic generosity to me; not because of special worth or fitness on my part, for I had done nothing to merit such marked esteem ; but because they who knew me best believed that as governor, I would not serve a faction, but the whole people, aud strive to bring iu an era of peace and good fellowship. Thus was I able to launch the ship of state under favoring breezes. Knightly and 1- r? A ..:.u generous souis came icmwuiu mtu pledges of co-operatiou. The press, with scarcely an exception, promised support and prophesied a huppy voyage under favorable skies. With many misgivings I undertook the task to which I was called, scarcely daring to trust my ability to meet the expectati^J^of the people. Would that it had been possible ! ''The scant majority, however, recently accorded me after a stubbornly fought fight, is iu sharp contrast with the overwhelming victory of two years ago, aud yet I have no reason either to complain or whine. My duty I have performed to the best of my ability. My mistakes I shall neither attempt to condone, nor to shift the burden of their responsibilities on others. With deep gratitude to the friends who have uever wavered in their support, with malice towards none and good will towards my fellow citizens, with a profound appreciation of the great honor conferred, I enter upon my second term as governor of this historic commonwealth. To the citizens, let me repeat, whose votes were cast for me I can never express my gratitude, but, while deeply grateful to my friends, I shall endeavor never to forget my duty to the whole people and to treat with fairness and consideration even the bitterest political enemies. "I repeat what was said two years ago. I assume this office untrammeled by a single promise inconsistent with the welfare of the people. To discharge my duties faithfully and well, to win the approval and to merit the confidence of alL patriotic citizens, shall be my highest ambition. In my former inaugural was outlined a policy, itiKinll in t Via mnin T nUnll nf*11 anrlnniraf* nuivu in iiic iuqiu i suaii otii 1 cuucavui to pursue. Id conclusion, my couutryraen, I bespeak for myself, during the two coming years, if my life be spared, 'the utmost stretch' of your generosity aod charity. "AH good citizens are struggling, though over different roads, for the same goal, the highest welfare of our beloved state. Let us vie with each other not to^ engender wrath and bitterness of speech; but to allay passion and prejudice, and to enkindle in the hearts of the risiug generation a deeper love for our grand old state. With confidence in the iutegrity of our people, with faith in a God, who favors aud protects the righteous, I shall take up the burdens of this high trust with fresh hope and strong courage." THE CONFEDERATE RE-UNION. Captain Iredell Jones Calls Upon the Generosity of the People. Captain Iredell Jones, of Rock Hill, has written to The News and Courier, a letter in which he shows what a handsome thing it will be if every county in the state will contribute to the success of the Confederate reunion in Charleston. Here is what he says: The following resolutions were adopted by the executive committee of the United Confederate Veterans at their meeting in Columbia, November 16, 1898: "Kesolved, That the members ot the executive committee and the commanders of the local camp, U. C. V., in each county, be appoiuted a committee to solicit assistance in provisions for the entertainment of the Confederate Veterans in Charleston duriDg May, 1899, aud that in each county the committee shall use the best means in their judgment to interest the people to contribute to this laudable undertaking. That the committee in the respective counties communicate by February 1, 1899, to the chairman of the executive committee iu Charleston what their county will probably do towards assistance in entertaining the veterans." Having been appointed chairman of the committee which reported the above, I feel it incumbent on me to cull public attention to the resolutions, aud to urge the citizens of the various counties to assist in making the occasion a grand success. I am sure it is only necessary to properly advertise and mauage this appeal for assistance to secure the most ample contributions. It would he a most becoming and appropriate tribute to the patriotism of our people if they should now offer help to the citizens of Charleston who have so geuerously taken upon themselves the burden of providing for this] mammoth entertainment. Thousands of veterans, many of them battle-scarred in service of their couutry, will assemble in the "Old City by the Sea," gathered together from every quarter of the south. Charleston can be relied on to do her purt, and more than her part, and if every county in the state will give a helping hand iu this patriotic celebration, South Caroliua will have cause to feel as proud of her benevolent, charitable and hospitable spirit in 1899 as she does of the chivalrous, selfdenying and heroic deeds of her sons aud daughters during the war between the states. PHILIPPINES FOR WEST INDIES. An Interesting and Plauulble Story Froui London. A subject which will engage the attention of Ambassador Choate immediately upon his arrival in Englaud is one which liuks the political fate of the Philippines aod that of the British West Indies, says a London dispatch. Several public hints have been made within the last few weeks as to the great natural advantage that, would accrue to the United States and Great Britain from thelatter's relinquishment of her principal possessions iu the West Iudies iu exchange for a foothold in the Philippines. The suggestion has not met with the outburst of opposition which might have been expected. This is perhaps due to the fact that it is not tuken seriously by the English public. The idea of the surrender of a foot of soil anywhere which has long been under the flag, is deeply repugnant to the British heart, no mutter how obvious the advantaged of an exchange might be. British opinion, however, has undergone some radical modifications in the past few months; the desperate, almost hopeless, linaucia) and commercial conditions of Jamuica and other !..i 1,. i i r.. 11.. i.mj 1 K.. ikn isiuuus uas iiceu luny expwuueu uy iuc English newspapers, and, in fact, it has been admitted that the only way to re-establish prosperity is through a political union with the United States. On the other hand, the enormous political and material value of- the Philippines had been clearly pointed out. The grave difficulties of administration on the basis of liberty and free institutions will in no way discourage British statesmen or laymen. It is probably true, therefore, that if a proposition of an exchange of the British West Indies for the Philippines is made after these considerations have fructified in the public mind it will not cause the uproar with which it would have been greeted six months ago. I will not venture to assert that there have already been important pourparlers on the subject and that consultations and an exchauge of papers bearing thereon betweeu the foreign aud colonial officers have taken place this week, because such an assertion would probably call out i a prompt and official denial. I will, however, go so far as to affirm that J such a project will encounter no serious opposition in either of these departments of the British government. , It would be premature to say more. I will add only that this is one of the possible solutions of the Philippine j problem which are within the range of practical politics. GERMANY IS ANGRY. The Kalaer Wauls Congressman Berry to Apologiae. Washington Special to Atlanta Journal. Representative Berry, of Kentucky, ' has irnf.fen himself mixed nn with the ' German emperor for his remarks re- , garding Germany made in his receut speech on the navy persounel bill. The German ambassador, in an unoffi cial way, called attention of the state ] department today to the statement made on the floor of the house last Thursday by Colonel Berry, that "he believed in a stronger navy to protect our newly acquired territory ; but that ' we would not be hurried by any nation 1 on earth, even if it involved the fact ( that it would he neeessary to whip j Germany as we did Spain." Simultaneously with the complaiut j of Germany's ambassador, camo dis patches from Berlin to the effect that 1 the press is urging the emperor to { demand an apology from this govern- ' ment for Colouel Berry's remarks, and | in failiug, to make it an international < complication ; that the home of the reichstag should seek satisfaction from ' the Keutuckian ; that Germany will uot permit herself to be insulted in speech as Spain was. I I saw Colonel Berry. He said that the press dispatches had been shown [ him. "I have the greatest respect for Germany," he said, "but I do uot like 1 the attitude of the government or its emperior towards this country. I have ; no reason to retract any statement | that I have made. If I had no fear of the government, I certainly have no fear of the individual, but should a member of the reichstag desire to call me to account for my utterances as an American citizen, I am willing to treat the matter with him in any way be may name. My postoifice address is Newport, Ky.," he concluded in a jocular way, familiar to Kenluckians. The German emperor is doubtless ignorant of rbe fact that Colonel Berry is b ieet 1 incnes, una weigDs ziu pounds. Finding of the War Commission 1 Forecasted.?The Washington cor- ' respondent of the New York Herald says: Briefly put, the commission to investigate the conduct of the war will place the blame as follows : Secretary Alger?For weakness, especially in bis relations with Major General Miles. For permitting Geueral Miles to go to Santiago. General Miles?For his conduct be- i fore, during and after the war. For his selection of certain army camps. , For telling Secretary Alger he was in the habit of making out bis own orders. For bringing unfounded charges that bad beef was supplied to the troops in Porto Rico. General Shafter?For certain points which he admitted in his testimony. General Breckinridge?For leaving bis department to take part in the Santiago battle. For not making more inspections. General Brooke?For conditions at Camp Thomas. Medical Department?For lack of inspections. For failure to carry out proper sanitary regulations. Congress?For failure to make appropriations for smokeless powder. ' President McKinley will have in his possession the full report of the war I commission within the next ten days. , This report, it is asserted, will not be a whitewash of the army administration. It will be unanimous on all ' essential points. It will declare that the primary trouble is due to the lack i of proper military organization. .< I He Only Set 'Em Up.?R. S. Aus- j tin, of Lancaster county, was carried < before Judge Urawley yesterday on a ( bench warrant. He was tried at the last term of the district court in Greenville, on a charge of violatiug 1 the liquor laws aud a sealed sentence was brought in. He was arrested the < other day and came to Charleston j with a deputy marshal to have sen- j tence passed. Austin went into court yesterday to bear his sentence. He took a seat and waited quietly for what Judge Brawley might say in the way of a senteuce. He was asked if he had anything to say against the result of the trial. "VVal' hit's this way, jedge," said Austin ; "I had been keeping some liquor at my place, and when my friends called around I always wanted 1 to treat them right. So one day I c gave them all a drink. I gave them j the liquor, and they didn't pay me a cent. It was a treat, and it was on me, jedge." * The man was dismissed without a * sentence.?News arid Courier,?Tburs- 1 day. 1 ? Jerry Simpson, the Kansas Popu- t list, does uot look with favor on the proposition to secure a pension for General John M. Palmer, of Illinois. He says that in the winter of 1890-91 ? there were close senatorial contests in Illinois aud South Dakota. In the former state the Populists and in the latter the Democrats held the balance h of power. An agreemeut was reached I that if the Populists would support Palmer in Illinois, the Democrats Q M unfa f/?r T?Tu)t> in Snnf.h llxknfn Jerry says he went to Springfield, and with two of the three Populist mem- ^ bers held a conference with Palmer, g who said he was not only a silver man ; s but a greenbacker. They took him at b his word, and Palmer was elected on the 154th ballot, and Kyle was successful in South Dakota. Since then Pal 1 mer became the candidate of the gold Democrats for the presidency, and it Kyle has practically deserted the e Populists. For this reason Jerry says s] he feels be was sold out in both stales, e aud hence he proposes to get his re- , venge by depriving ex-Senator Palmer in his old age and afflictiou of the pen- 31 sion he earned during the war for the I Union. b LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1. S. Brice, Clerk?Gives notice that a county physician will be selected on January 25, 1899, and asks for bids for the po'sition. Louis Roth?Has in stock ginger snaps, fresh mackerel, buckwheat tiour, prepared buckwheat, maple syrup, and a full supply of canned goods. [. D. Witherspoon?Appoints persons in the severai townships to solicit contributions in aid of the Confederate re-union to be held in Charleston on the 10th of May, 1899. Vlartha Lathan, Administratrix?Gives notice to debtors and creditors of A. T. Xjatnan, deceased. Dr. C. M. Kuykendal?Talka about antiferment. lohn R. Logan,.S. Y. C.?On the 7th of February, at the residence of W. G. Finley, in Bethel township, will sell certain agricultural products belonging to C. G. Parish, to enforce agricultural lieu. Mrs. C. H. Smith?Offers for sale Wyandotte roosters suitable for breeding purposes. ABOUT PEOPLE. Rev. T. M. Lowry, of Shelby, has ieen in Yorkville this week. He returns today?Saturday. Mrs. W. Brown Wylie received a iispatch last Tuesday night annouucng the death, in Warren, Ark., of Miss Nannie, youngest daughter of J. R. S. Meek. | Mr. Pelham Morrow is at Dr. W. G. White's recovering from the effect of a surgical operation performed on last Thursday. He will probably be conSned to his room for two or three weeks. rHE CONFEDERATE RE-UNION. In another coluinu, Judge I. D. Witherspoon, a member of the executive committee for York county, calls upon the citizens of the respective townships for voluntary contributions to assist the Confederate veterans who will attend the re-uuion in Charleston next May, iu having au enjoyable time. Judge Witlierspoon's call sets forth fully the objects sought, and also gives all necessary information as to the proper method of procedure; but to it, it might be well to add one suggestion. The various committees can pursue their work still more effectually if they will now appoint sub-committees to canvass the different seclions of their respective towusbips, and thus give everybody the opportunity to contribute. It is hoped that York county will be able to make up at least two or three car loads of the kind of contributions described by Judge Witherspoon, and it is understood that arrangements will he made to transport them to Charleston in ample time for disposition by the committees there. DID HE DO IT ? The slory recently published from the Statesville, N. C., Landmark about the young farmer?F. W. Brawley? who claims to have raised a crop of cotton at an average of 2.97 cents a pound, is pretty bard to believe. It was published in The Enquirer, not because we did nor did not believe it; but because the story from one standpoint or another is interesting. It has attracted considerable attention among the York county farmers; but the reporter has not yet run upon one who believes Mr. Brawley's story exactly. "Say," said Mr. G. C. Ormand, to the reporter on Wednesday. "I have been intending for several days to write The Enquirer a letter; but have not yet finished what I had to 9ay. It is about that North Carolina farmer who claims to have raised 24 bales of cotton on 28 acres at an average cost of 2.97 cents a pouud." "And you don't believe him ?" asked the reporter. "I did'nt say that," said Mr. Ormand, smiling; "but I don't understand how he did it. Now here," be continued, drawing from bis vest pocket a sheet of paper that was covered wilh-.figures. "I have made a lit Lie calculation, and with the best I can Jo I can't get the cost down as low as :bat claimed by Mr. Brawley." On the paper was an estimate of the lifferent items of cost that go into the production of a single acre of cottou. Mr. Ormand had these items as follows: Picking 1,510 pounds at 35c $5 281 Breaking lana 1 00 Fertilizer, 4 00 Putting in fertilizer, 75 Cost of seed and planting, 25 Plowing four times, 100 Chopping out twice, 80 Ginning, bagging and ties, 1 50 914 581 "Now, here is the cost of cultivating L acre. To cultivate 28 acres would :ost $407.38, and l he entire yield, 9,600 pounds, would be at an average cost >f 4.24 cents per pourd. The only vay I can see to get the price down to 1.97 is to allow a pretty liberal estimate or the value of the seed." "Theu you don't believe Mr. Brawey did what he claims?" again asked be reporter. "I did not say that," retorted Mr. )rmaud, smiliugly. "I said I cau't igure it out that way !" PASSING ON TH E ltOAD. "What do you think of that bicycle it i. u.. ill! unruuutcu in hi c i^isiaiuic u) tepresentative McCraw, of Cbero ;ee?" asked one Yorkville wheelman f another, a few days ago. "You mean the bill providing that a licyele rider caunot pass a horse, bug y, wagon or carriage without permision ?" asked the bicyclist who had een addressed. "That is the fool bill to which I efer." "Well, I can hardly say that I think , a fool bill. You know, by experiuce, that horses and mules, especially leek, well fed mules, are easily fright- < ued by bicycles on the country roads. ] t is not so bad in town, for the mules oon become accustomed to the wheels, t seems then that it is very well to ave some regulation that is calculated to make the bicyclists more careful." "But then is it a proper subject of legislation ? Don't you think it looks kinder small minded ? Suppose the bill was a law arid next summer you had occasion to go into the country. On the road you overtake a Negro driving a load of wood, and wbeD you ask for permission to pass he pays no attention to you; would you jump down and follow him on foot, or would you " "I'd just knock him off the wagon with a rock," replied the apoligist for Mr. McCraw. * "Yes, and you would get into more trouble," continued the first speaker. "I think the bill is a silly attempt to . do something wbefe there is nothing to be done?a kind of a 'would if I could' effort. It is true that country muies are easily frightened by bicycles, and this fact is generally known. But most drivers know enough about mules to control them without the assistance of silly statutes, and most bicyclists have enough gentlemanly consideration to not only prevent tbein from attempting to pass without warning mules that are liable to be frightened; but to get down and out of the way when they happen to meet such teams. However, it is hardly worth while to consider this proposition seriously. Even if it should become a law, nobody would pay any serious attention to it?neither wheelmen or teamsters." POORHOUSE DINNER. The county board of commissioners was eutertaiued last Thursday at the Couuly Home with a royal dinner that was teudered with the compliments of Superintendent Gauldin. All the members of the board were present with the exception of Major A. H. White, of Catawba township. The' invitation had beeu extended to the county board some weqks previously, and it was arranged that the members would go out to the County Home after they bad completed the transaction of their regular business. The dinner was a sumptuous affair, prepared under the direct supervision of Mrs. Gauldin, assisted by her daughters. It cousisted of turkey, bam, partridge pie, tread, cake, pies, pickles, preserves, sauces, etc. In fact there was at hand everything that is required to make a good dinner complete, served in a mauner that helped to add to the enjoyment of the occasion. After the dinner came oranges, apples and cigars. At the invitation of Mr. Gauldin, the board took occasion, during the afternoon, to make a geueral inspection of the premises, including the quarters of the paupers, the barn and stables, the condition of the farm generally, etc. Everything is said to show up.in firstclass style. This is the second time Superintendent Gauldin has taken occasion to compliment the board of commission- . ers with a sumptuous dinner, and this time he kindly extended his invitation to the reporter of The Enquirer ; hut, as it happened, circumstances were such that the latter invitation, although highly appreciated, could not be accepted. local. laconics. Price of Cotton. The price of cotton continues to range from 5? to 6 cents, with the average slightly above 5$. Receiver For the Rock Hill Factory Co. Mr. R. Lee Kerr, cashier of the Commercial and Farmers bank, has been appointed receiver for the Rock Hill Cotton Factory company. He filed bis bonds and took charge of the affairs of the mill on Thursday. Couuty Commissioners. The county board of commissioners ! met on Wednesday and Thursday for the purpose of transacting various items of business that were pressing. The principal work disposed of was the preparation of the jury box for the year 1899. The Monazlte Industry. The monazite boom is rising again. The Shelby Aurora says that L. A. Gettys, manager of the Carolina Monazite company, has contracts for 100 tons of sand at 5 and 5} cents per pound. The American tariff of 6 cents and Brazil's export duty have brought the "yellow sand" into demand aguin. Cotton In the Country. "There is considerably more cotton in the country than you might think for," remarked a well-known cotton buyer in the presence of the reporter last Wednesday. "It is true that some large farmers who have heretofore beeu in the habit of holding their cotton, sold the last crop early ; but still there is lots of cotton stored away. I know of one township in which I believe theie are at least one thousand bales, and scattered about there is a right smart more." Manchcuter Mill Dividend. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday : A mpptimr of t.hp directors of the Man Chester mill was held last Saturday, when the report of President J. R. Barron showed a very satisfactory profit; a semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent, being declared. The directors decided to put in 720 additional spindles, when the total number will be 9,600 spinning spindles and 1,440 twistiugspindles. The mill is also equipped with 300 looms. The mill is operated night aud day and employs a very desirable class of help. Manufacturing Company Almoot Ready. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday : The Fountain Inu Manufacturing company, of which our former townsman, P. C. Poag, is secretary, has completed its