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Scraps and Jacts. ? Articles of incorporation of the American Bicycle company were filed with the New Jersey secretary of state last Friday. The authorized capital is $80,000 000, and the company has permission to manufacture and sell bicycles, automobile vehicles and electric and other motors. The incorporators are: James C. Young, Charles W. Piereon and A. Gordon Murray, all of Jersey City. ? Frank W. McCarthy, one of the moat nrnminent Necrnea of southwest r*" ?----* ? ? Georgia, died at his home io Albany last week. The fuDeral occurred from the A. M. E. church, Wednesday afternoon, and was attended by an immense concourse of both whites aDd blacks. For the first time in the history of Albany, a town of 8,000 inhabitants, every store and office was closed in honor of a Negro, no business being transacted while the funeral was in progress. McCarthy never dabbled in politics, but was probably the most influential Negro in the county. His death is deplored alike by white and colored people. ? Secretary Long said last Saturday that the navy department would not seek to influence Admiral Dewey in any way in the selection of the route by which he will return to the United States. By an old custom of the department, an admiral is allowed to return to the United States at the end of his tour of service on a foreign station in his own flagship, and in the present case Admiral Dewey may choose bis own course; coming either by way of Suez or directly across the Pacific. The department now expects that he will reach this country early in July, though it is stated that be will not leave Manila until he has completed his functions as one of the Philippine commission, at least to the extent of terminating hostilities. ? Charlotte Observer : From what a representative of The Observer was able to learo through conversations with old veterans at the reunion just closed in Charleston, he is encouraged to believe that Charlotte can secure the reunion in May, 1901. There was a very strong sentiment to hold the next reunion at some point in North Carolina ; but our own delegation deferred to the wishes of Kentucky, and the North Carolina friends in other delegations, of course, acquiesced. North Carolina could have secured the reunion next year by working for it? she can secure it year after next by simply asking for it. If our people will bear this in mind, and act properly, the patriotic scenes of the present week in Charleston may be repeated in Charlotte in May, 1901. The Confederate Veterans' reunion in connection with the 20th of May celebration, would make a great occasion for Charlotte. ? The Russian government has decided upon exceptional measures against the JewB, doubtless owing to the intense feeling against them prevailing in many parts of Russia at the pressent time. The first anti-Jewish measure was promulgated Saturday, under which the stay of all?even foreign? Jews, are prohibited in St. Petersburg. No exception will be made in the case of French Jews. There have been serious outbreaks against the Jews at NicolaiefT in connection with the Easter festivities of the Greek church. The Jews there number 30,000 out of a total population of 100,000. The viatoro wKa wa ro mncflv 1Q hnrPTfl umbered 5,000. They wrecked hundreds of Jewish bouses and shops, desecrated Jewish graves and killed aDd iDjured a large number. About 400 of the rioters were arrested after several furious conflicts with Cossacks, several of whom, it is reported, were stoned or beaten to death with heavily weighted slings with which the rioters attacked the police. ? An exchange publishes the following very interesting statement concerning Mrs. Thomas E. Watson : "Discoveries of babies amid tbe scenes of war and death are by no means uncommon. During the American war a notable instance occurred. A baby, beautifully dressed, was found by tbe Confederate troops in the debatable region along the Potomac during the hpat of the strife. There was nothing to identify the infant or tell tbe side to which its parents belonged. Eventually a Confederate soldier obtained leave to adopt the girl?for girl it happened to be?and at the earliest opportunity she was sent by means of a mule transport corps to his wife's home in Georgia. After the war advertisements were inserted in northern newspapers regarding the child ; but nobody came forward to claim her. She grew up into a handsome and clever woman, and a few years ago married Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, who was the Populist candidate for the vice presidency in the last election. Mrs. Watson believes tbat ber parents were Confederate sympathizers, and that they perished during the war." ? The First Regiment Nebraska Vol unteer infantry, is taking the usual step of respectfully petitioning the division commander, Major General McArthur, to temporarily relieve them from duty at the front, says a Manila dispatch. The regiment is badly exhausted by the campaign, in which it has taken an active part, and not many more than 380 men of the organization are at present fit for duty. On Sunday last, 160 men of this regiment responded to the sick call. The men, in view of these facts, have prepared a respectful memorial to General MacArthur, asking that their regiment be withdrawn for a short time from the fighting line in order that they may recuperate. The memorial states that the men are willing to fight, but are in no condition to do so, owing to the straiu of long marching, continual fighting and outpost duty in which they have been engaged. It is argued that many of the men have been unable to have their clothing washed for months past, having been compelled during all that time to sleep in their uniforms, to be in readiness for fightiug. The memorial adds that since February 2, the regiment has lost 225 men in killed and wounded, and 59 since the battle of Malolos. ? Prof. S. P. Langley, secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, the inventor of the aeriodome, who was given $25,000 by the board of ordnance to experiment with bis flying machine for war purposes, made his first test at Quautico, Va , last Friday. Prof. Langley, with the amount of money placed at his disposal, built a new and larger machine than that with which he experimented two years ago. The machine was launched from the top of a house-boat anchored in a broad sweep of the Potomac, about threefourths of a mile from the island owned by the Quantico Rod and Gun club. The result was not so successful as were Prof. Langley's former experiments with the smaller machine. The machine soared aloft to a height of 500 feet: but descended after a borirnntnl flicht of 800 feet. His former machine, which was propelled by a small steam engine, flew three-quarters of a mile and only descended when the steam was exhausted. It was understood that Prof. LaDgley was to overcome the limited power capacity of the former machine by the use of a condensing engine which could repeatedly utilize the condensed steam from the boiler. ?he |JorbriUe ?nquiw. YORKVILLE, S. C. s WEDNESDAY, MAY17, 1899, ? In speaking last winter of the approaching Confederate re-union, The Enquirer took occasion to say the kindest things it knew bow to say about the hospitality of Charleston. It was prompted in what it said by information that was based on facts. Of course we were aware that Charleston and Charlestonians are not perfect in the estimation of the whole world or in the estimation of the whole state. Thev disagree with other people and other people disagree with them. Certainly. But on the question of hospitality, taken as a whole, Charleston has nothing to learn from any city in the United States. There was good reason to fear that the resources of the old city might be overtaxed last week, for there was a tremendous crowd to provide for and the test was something extraordinary. But nothing of the kind occurrred. If it did occur nobody will ever know the difference, and that will make it all the same. All that was promised was fulfilled, and more. Charleston bus fairly proved her claim to the kindest feelings of the old Confederacy, and especially of the state of South Carolina, and every individual who contributed in anyway to the success of the great occasion last week is entitled to feelings of the liveliest gratification. ? The discordant echoes from the Charleston reunion concern Governor Chandler and staff, of Georgia; General Joseph Wheeler and young Robert E. Lee, Jr. The Chandler discord seems to be principally of newspaper manufacture. The committee failed to assign to the governor and staff a place in the procession of Wednesday that was in keeping with their rank and dignity. It develops that the committee did not have sufficient previous notice of the coming of Governor Chandler, and besides the governor and staff were present as civilians rather than as veterans. The commit tee did its best as soon as the matter was brought to its attention, and the incident furnished no real cause for remark. By some oversight, General Wheeler was not assigned to a place in the procession. He was the guest of Judge Brawley, and while the procession was being formed was waiting for a carriage to take him to his place. The carriage never came, and General Wheeler did not appear in the procession. General Walker, who was primarily responsible, is inclined to lay the blame on bis committee, and the committee throws it back on General Walker. The Robert E. Lee, Jr., incident with the Sons of Confederate veterans, is easily explained. Young Lee is not very well-known, and the Sons of Confederate veterans were not disposed to elect as their commauded a young man whose only claim for the position was based on the fact that he is a grandson of his grandfather. It is not improbable that at the next reunion young Lee will easily be elected commander-in-chief. ? From his home on Hungry Hill, I. Li. liamx wriies 10 me opariauuuig Free Lance as follows : "I cannot imagine a more delightful life than to live upon a little farm, free of all debt, to do your plowing by proxy, 8nd have an income sufficient to meet your monthly expenses. I would not exchange such an existence with Henry Crews, the great New York financier, with Yanderbilt and all his millions, or with President McKinley and his honors. The other day I was looking at my friend Crowder, of the Bee Hive, and thought of the cares and trials be had daily to meet, and I thought to myself that I had rather have a little farm aud a mule than to have Crowder's large business interests and vexations." The sentiment is fine and the philosophy fairly good ; but who is going to agree with Mr. Gantt in either as a practical proposition ? It is true that Henry Clews aud Vanderbilt work for their board and clothes; but if they wish to they may retire and take things easier, l'resideut MeKinley's honors are liber ally spiced with trials and disappointments, and maybe he constantly feels that the sword of Damocles is hanging above his head, ready to drop at the slightest jar ; but there are numer ous reasons why he would not be willing to swap his job for "a mule and a little farm." We do not know the Mr. Crowder referred to ; but assume that he is some local business man of comparatively large affairs. If this be correct, then Mr. Crowder would not think of muking an exchange for the farm and mule, because among other things his business experience has already taught him that the cori crop might fail, cotton might drop to three cents a pound or the mule might die. .No, to consider eartniy conienimeni, is all very pleasant; but the consummation is something that exists only in the imagination of the dreamer. As a practical proposition, it is equally beyond the reach of Vanderbilts's millions or of the labors of the one mule farmer. ? We have received the first number of The Free Lace, a new paper that is being published in Spartanburg with Mr. T. B. Thackston as editor and proprietor and with T. Larry Ganbt as a regular contributor. In his salutatory Mr. Thackston takes occasion to say that reports to the contrary notwithstanding, The Free Lance is to be conducted only as a fair, honest newspaper ; that no one but himself is interested in it financially, and that it is not to be the organ of any man or set of men. Colonel Gantt says that from his voluntary retirement on "Hungry Hill," he proposes to deal out wisdom and justice to friend and foe alike in liberal weekly installments, and to say nothing that he cannot prove. According to the publisher, the paper starts out with a full Hedged circulation. He says: "The Free Lance is, of course, a new paper, but in this initial issue I claim for it the largest circulation in our nf upiinn T hi)VA nreserved the mailing list of The Headlight when that paper was at the flood-tide of its prosperity with a list of more than 6,000 names, and I shall seod each of these old patrons and friends a copy of The Free Lance and ask ihem both to subscribe and to work for my new paper. This list has been supplemented with about 4,000 names of representative citizens and taxpayers, taken from the auditor's books by Mr. L. P. Epton, and for the use of which I am greatly indebted to that gentlemen, and I shall continue to flood the country with each issue of The Free Lance until my subscription list is built up." The first issue of the paper is a*very interesting one that gives promise of pretty lively times ahead if the Spartanburg field is not already full, and even if the field is full, the old adage about there always being "room at the top," is as true today as it was when it was first uttered. THE U. C. V. The Convention Adjourned Friday to Meet Next at Louisville, Ky. Last Friday's session of the U. C. V. at Charleston was a very busy one, and practically all remaining matters of importance were disposed off. Early in the session a delegation of Bono nf Pnnfpdpratft Veterans. headed by General M. L. Bonham, came before the convention to pay the respects of the junior organization. General Gordon introduced several of tbe sons to tbe convention personally, and tbe presentation of Robert E. Lee, a grandson of tbe general, was greeted with tremendous applause. Miss Larendon, a granddaughter of General Beauregard, was accorded an enthusiastic reception. When the convention resumed the regular order, the following was adopted without division : Whereas, the government of the United States has undertaken aud is pushing forward the work of permanently marking the lines and positions of the troops of both the contending armies on several great battlefields of the Civil war, among them Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Sbiloh, Vicksburg and others, with the design of making these battlefields permanent memorials of the prowess of American soldiers without respect of section : Resolved, That we, as Confederate Veterans, sympathize with and commend this patriotic purpose of the government, and will lend our influence and aid towards its full realization. Resolved, That we trust the people of the southern states will take early and effective steps to erect upon these battlefields suitable monuments in honor of our glorious heroes in grey, who fought and died for what they believed to be right. The report was unanimously adopted. A resolution was adopted permitting the District of Columbia to organize camps tbat will be admitted to all tbe privileges of a division of the U. C. V. It was resolved that at future re-unions conveyances be provided for maimed veterans to enable them to participate in parades. This also was Resolved, That the quartermaster general, U. C. V., is hereby requested to select a shade of gray suitable for uniforms for United Confederate veterans, and also adapted for ordinary wear, and to ascertain if the manufacture of cloth of various grades of such shades and of a regulation uniform coat, with exchangeable buttons, can be provided for, so that the same may be found upon sale in clothing stores generally. There was no opposition to the reelection of all the old officers, and they were chosen as follows : Commander-in-chief, J. B. Gordon. Commander Department of Army of Northern Virginia, Wade Hampton. Commander Department of Tennessee, Stephen D. Lee. Commander Department of the Trans-Mississippi, W. L. Cabell There were only two candidates for thehonorof entertaining the next convention. They were Louisville, Ky., and Norfolk, Va. Louisville won by an overwhelming majority. Before adjournment the committee on resolutions presented the following in behalf of the Tennessee delegation with regard to certain stories in refer- c ence to the famous Hampton Roads e conference that have gained currency : v Whereas, in relation to the celebrated a historical event, the false allegation has t been and is being industriously circulated that the Confederate authorities were re- = miss in not improving the opportunity at A this conference to secure terms of peace c much more favorable than those that j finally befell our arms; and Whereas, there is no authority in the c official record for any such assumption p or assertion that President Lincoln, of the s United States, offered to write Union at , the top of the paper and to allow the Confederate commissioners to underwrite r whatever terms of peace they choose; and t that he proposed to pay $100,000,000 indein- c nity for the slaves of the south, for the immediate restoration of the Union ; now, ? therefore, t Resolved, That this Convention of a u nuea conieaeraie v eierans nereDy ueny . and set our seal of condemnation upon * both these allegations as the merest fiction, * and as having no foundation and fact. 1 The record precludes the possibility of the truth of these assertioDS. The Confederate commissioners in their official report to President Davis show 1 the utter absurdity of any such charge against our authorities. In their report of February 5, 1865, made two J days after the cc-nference, tbey show c that President Liucoln refused at the 1 outset to hold any but the most in- I formal conference with the Confederate 1 commissioners; and in the informal 8 talk that ensued he gave them to understand that no termsof peace would ^ be offered or entertained by him other 1 than those of unconditional surrender, < absolute submission to the authority of ' the United States by the armies and 1 people of the south. Not even would 1 a truce or temporary suspension of c hostilities be allowed. 1 Mr. Lincolu sets forth the same facts t in a special message to the United 1 Stated, in which he reports the occurrences and conclusions of the confer- 8 ence. 8 In a semi-official way, Mr. Seward, ( secretary of state of the United States, 9 in a letter to Mr. Adams, the United 1 States minister to England, makes the 8 same report. c And, besides, on Che very face of the 8 case the absurdity of the assumptiou > is shown. At that time, when the 1 Federal arms were in full tide of sue- * cess, and final victory was so near at t hand, the northern people would not ' have tolerated either propositon for a 8 moment, and none knew it better than Mr. Lincoln. 8 Moreover, the north, nor her repre- ? sentatives in the great sectional contro- 1 versy, had ever manifested any such < disposition toward compromise or t peace as is implied in these alleged pro- i posals of Mr. Lincoln. The truth of > these assertions would reverse the re- ( lations of the parties to the great con- t troversies. It was the south that bad i always been the party of compromise , and peace. 1 We hereby adopt that part of Judge ? Reagan's address to this association, at 1 Nashville, relating to this subject, and ' a paper prepared by Captain Wm. P. t Toliey, of Tennessee, and adopted by t the Tennessee division, published in the Confederate Veteran, July, 1898, f covering more fully the recorded facts t in the case, as embodying the truth of 8 the history of this affair, and the cor- 8 rect conclusions therefrom. ? This conference was held on the 3d c day of February, 1865, on board a c United States steamer in Hampton 8 Roads, Va., between Messrs. Lincoln c and Seward od the one hand, and the r Confederate commissioners, Messrs. 8 Stephens, Hunter and Campbell, on the other. i The resolution looked as if it was going to be defeated, or excite much r debate, and so General Carwile sug- . gested that it be referred to the com- | mittee on history, which was agreed t to. r a SONS OF THE VETERANS. a They Get Themselves Into a Snarl Over the ? Election of Commander. The United Sons of Confederate ^ veterans elected officers in Charleston t last Friday and adjourned the re-union a of 1899. Walter T. Colquitt, of At- ^ lanta, son of Ex-Governor Colquitt, c was chosen commander-in-chief; M. ? L. Bonham, of South Carolina, com- ' mander of the Army of Northern Yir- a ginia ; W. N. Bankhead, of Alabama, J commander of the Division of Tennessee, and H. B. Kirk, of Texas, com- v mander of the Trans-Mississippi divi- v sion. The election was a spirited one, 8 and considerable feeling was manifest- 1 ed in the nominating speeches. ! Mr. Colquitt's only opponent was ' Robert E. Lee, Jr., of Washington, D. 0 C., who was solidly opposed by the 0 Virginia delegation, while his nomina- ? tion was made by a Charleston dele- ' gate, and supported by the solid South r Carolina contingent. Mr. Smyth, the e retiring commander, was nominated ? by Delegate Mann, of Virginia, and k developed a strong backing; but be 1 positively refused to again allow his ' name to go before the convention. J This left the contest between Lee and Colquitt. The vote stood 144 to 119, ^ and, on motion, Mr. Colquitt's election ? was made unanimous. The opposition h to T.pft was hased on the fact that he 0 was not a member of the association until Thursday last, when be was ad- C mitted to Camp Moultrie, of Charleston. The session was a stormy one, v and personal feeling ran high, and t once, when the vote of a state was an- h nounced solid for Lee, a hiss was r heard, followed by protests, and.cries i< of "Shame!" V Prior to the election the Sons held v memorial exercises for Miss Winnie s Davis. Eloquent eulogies were pro- v nounced by C. L. Coon, of North Car- ]i olina; W. F. Jones, of Georgia; H. B. C Kirk, of Texas ; M. L. Bonbam, of c South Carolina ; B. H. Mills, of Ala- b bama; J. J. Stockton, of Florida; Jas. ii Mann, of Virginia, and George B. Mey- c ers, of Mississippi. fi The next reunion will be held at fi Louisville. A committee was appoint- i? ed to consider the matter of erecting a ]\ monument to the women of the Con- ]i foiiorapu nnH rpnnrf, tn the next con- n v. v. v.. -~r ? r veutiou. t Roman Catholic Jubilee Year.? o The papal bull issued in Rome within u the last few days decreeing that the o year 1!)00 shall he a jubilee year v throughout the church, is expected v here shortly and will be anuouuced in b all churches throughout the country, n The issuance of a bull on the subject I gives it solemnity. It has been the ji ustom to hold jubilees of the church very 25 years, aud at one time these vere the occasion for the gathering of i vast concourse at Rome to receive he special dispensations and indul;encies allowed during jubilee years, t is said, however, by the highest :hurch authorities here, that the juhiee next year will be quite generally :elebrated throughout the world, thus giving it a more universal aspect, intead of beiug centered at Rome, hough doubtless it will lead to many lotable pilgrimages to Rome, and be gathering there of distinguished shurchmen. The jubilee next year is :oosidered more important man mat leld every 25 years, as it ushers|in a i new century aod comes at a time vben Pope Leo is old and very feeble, lis 90 years having been completed in darcb. OUT IN THE PHILIPPINES. 'eace Negotiations Still Dragging Along Slowly. The news of the past week from the Philippines is not of a very sensational :haracter. Most of it indicates a suajension of energetic operations on the >art of the Americans, and a willingless on the part of the Filipinos to ob lerve the status quo. A dispatch of Saturday says that Vguinaldo has issued orders providing bat all foreigners must leave territory :ontrolled by bim within 48 hours. The foreigners iu the territory in quesion are principally English and Gernan, and the supposed object of the irder is to force the British and Ger an governments to recognize Filipino >elligerency in order that they may reat for the safety of their subjects. Lieutenant Reyes, a young Filipino, iccompanied by a native bugler, preented himself before General Lawton >n Saturday under a flag of truce and tated that he had been sent by Aguitaldo to make a request for passes for i military commission tbat desired to ;ome into the American lines with ad litional proposals of peace. The Filpiuos were escorted to Manila, where bey were taken before General Otis, vbo told tbem that passes would be innecessary, as unarmed commissions vere free to go and come as tbey might ee fit. The main body of the Filipino forces ire now entrenched close the city of Jan Fernando which is held by the Vraericans. The Filipinos are close tnough to the city to make it rather incomfortable; but they are not tryng to do anything of the kind. Tbe American army has advanced far mough away from its base of supplies o make transportation an important tern, and it is not likely that there vill be any further movement against be main body of tbe Filipinos untH ifter the bridge over the Bagbag river ias been repaired. Eugineers and vorkmen are now doing all tbey can o get this bridge in shape to admit of be crossing of trains. The Filipinos generally profess riendliness; but they are not to be rusted implicitly. American soldiers ire frequently fired at from ambush, ind they find it best not to trust themlelves far away from headquarters exsept iu squads. Up until tbe past few lays natives were not allowed on tbe treets of Manila after night; but tbe irders enforcing this law have been evoked, and people are allowed to go ind come pretty much as they please. ^ork of tbe Pickpockets. Charleston Sunday News: Further eports regarding the work of the pick>ockets continue to come in. At a ate hour last night a young Cbarlesonian came into The News and Couier office with a dreary smile and in advertisement. He had lost $152 ind did not know where to find it. 'robably he never will. Some dastard iad the meanness to steal some of the liamonds of Miss Minnie Agatha Vright, hoDoriDg maid of honor for he South Carolina Division of Vetertns. While South Carolinians were ieing with each other in deferentiall lourtesies to this specially honored ;uest this miserable thief was stealing.! i detective has the case in charge, nd it is sincerely hoped that this paricular miscreant will be captured. Colonel Robert Aldrich was another ictim of these sleek gentlemen. He /as relieved of $56, a $50 check and ome valuable papers. Payment of he check was at once stopped, but terhaps the thief is moving yet. Judge Valsh of Sumter, was fined $9 by one >f these lawless itinerants. Mr. Rbame, f Sumter, was also relieved of so much ash that his fellow sufferer, Judge Valsh, had to loan him some of his emaining ducats to pay bis traveling ixpenses. Mr. Charles B. Simonton, >f Nashville, was another sufferer. 5ome of these thieves have been capured, and it is hoped that the wretch vho stole from our honored guest, liss Wright, is among this number. 'Judge" Reed has been on duty at the Charleston Hotel as a special officer luring Reunion week, and Bays he las never seen a more orderly crowd f people in his life. Iharged With; Robbing the Malls. Columbia State, Tuesday: News /as received in the city last night that he former postmaster at Ridgeway n ^ orfootoiJ n tn t Ko n K n rrro n f ou ai i voucu uu vuv> vuaigv vi obbing the mails. The ex-postmaster } J. C. P. Williams, brother of Sheriff Viiliams, of Kershaw, aod a man yell-known in Fairfield county. It is tated that the arrest was made upon warrants sworn out before Judge Brawsy at the United States court at Jreenville. It was stipulated that he ould be released on $5,000 bond ; >ut Williams was unable to secure bail a such a large amount. The alleged rime is that of abstracting money rom letters in the mail. The class of unds upon which inroads were made i pension money. It is said that Wiliams would abstract the money from etters and forge the signature of the >arty to whom the money was directed. It is reported that white people nd Negroes alike were thus deprived f their pension money. One iudividiu 1 theft is said to have amounted to ver $500, while the supposed shortage rill aggregate $2,000. It seems that then Williams heard of the warrant eing issued, he left, but was arrested ear Camden, whither he had gone, le was placed in Kershaw county til yesterday. LOCAL AFFAIRS, t rj INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. W. B. Moore <k Co.?Tell you that they have just received three car-loads of tl farm machinery, including draw-cut b Champion mowers, wabble-gear Champion mowers, Champion binders, Tiger C self rake, Tiger dump rakes, Tiger disc f, barrows, ana Tiger aisc plows. They can furnish you with sewing machine * needles for any machine. e Grist Cousins?Can furnish you with pure Georgia syrup at 40 cents a gallon, d Queen's Taste canned corn, olives, three ^ pounds of soda for 10 cents and Paris green to kill potAto bugs. . ' ' Sam. M. Grist?Offers you the Buckeye frameless and Deering Ideal binders, _ and says that he knows they are the * best. b J. M. Starr & Co.?Talk to you about soda water and ice cream, and can supply v you with ice and lemons. They invite their friends and customers to call and get a drink of ice water without charge, D Brooks Inman?Offers 1,000 bushels of 8] pease for sale, embracing Mixed,'Whip- . poorwill and Wonderful, or Unknown tl varieties. D W. M. Kennedy, Agent?Offers peas for sale and is prepared to supply you with fresh meal and grits, hams, sugar and C coffee at the right prices. W. H. Hicklin. Gutbriesville?Tells you about his fine cattle and lets you know a that he has females and males on band v for sale at all times and invites inquiries. I Pel ham Morrow, Manager of the York- Q ville Roller Mills?Announces that he has secured the services of Mr. Lagree t Carson, an experience miller, to take g charge of the mechanical department of the mills, and that before harvest the o machinery will be thoroughly over- j hauled. o THE GRADED SCHOOL. b The teachers and pupils of the York- rj ville Graded school are now busy with D their summer examinations, preparato- <] ry to the close of a very successful g year's work. i The examinations will be closed to- t morrow, (Thursday) afternoon, and a tomorrow night there will be an inter- s esling exhibition in the courthouse by i members of the ninth grade. The exercises, which are to consist princi- t pally of declamations, etc., are to be I followed by an address from President r Hartzog, of Clem9on college. The " friends and patrons of the school and c the public generally, are invited to be r on hand promptly at 8 o'clock. t On Friday there will be a basket picnic at Sutton's Spring, lasting from F eurly in the morning until late in the r afternoon. Transportation to and ~ from the spring is to be provided for p the teachers and children by the trus- 1 tees. c fc THE PENSION LIST. ? The York county veterans, who are I entitled to receive pensions are no I doubt ready for tbeir money ; but tbeir ? money is not quite ready for them. The time of payment is approaching, 0 however. \ The county pension board has com- n pleted its work with this year's pen- u sion list and sent the result to the ? comptroller general. This happened c some time back, and about two weeks c ago the list was returned to Chairman \ Wallace for revision. He and Clerk p of the Court Wylie went over it care- ^ fully and sent it back to Columbia, v since which time it has not been beard t from again. The News and Courier says the t comptroller general's office is still engaged in the work of revising the lists ? from the various counties. As usual, 11 ' Q some of the county, boards have been somewhat tardy about attending to t tbeir business, and it is probable that t this has something to do with holding back the checks which ought other- i' wise to have been in the hands of the v various county clerks. . Clerk Wylie saidr on Monday, that he expected to receive the pension money for York county along about the first of June. It is possible that the c money may be received before that j time; but not likely. r OPERATIONS OP PICKPOCKETS. Pickpockets swarmed to the Char- ? leston reunion last week from all parts 0 of the couutry and did a thriving 8 business. The newspapers report that . . , ii about a dozen or more were arresiea by the police; but the proportion of arrests was quite small. Returning veterans tell of their ex- 1 perience with pickpockets. All of them either saw or heard of visitors who were victims of the light-fingered * gentry to the extent of being relieved of watches, railroad tickets and cash. . Some three or four York county vet- ^ erans were robbed along with the rest, and, of course, feel bad over their ill 1 luck. 8 From several sources the reporter has heard of an interesting incident v that is said to have occurred on the 6 northbound S. C. & G. E. passenger train Friday afternoon or night. The ^ story is that a pickpocket was detec- ^ ted in the act of robbing a veteran from North Carolina. Quite a commotion was raised, and as the upshot of it, the thief was thrown out of the c car window. It is possible that the story is true ; but the most careful inquiry has so far failed to develop evi- a Hence that eoes to establish, to the en tire satisfaction of one who is disposed to be at all incredulous, that the story v is not true. . a WITHOUT A FIREMAN. V* The northbound S. C. & G. E. train, E loaded with Confederate veterans, did S not reach Yorkville last Friday night L until after 10 o'clock. The trou- c< ble was due to the late start from Cam- u dem and the delays incident to the ol handling of such a crowd on the way. al But in addition to the other dilfi- ts culties, there occurred an incident at pi Rock Hill that contributed to the re- it sponsibitities of the conductor and en- C gineer. Those on the train were not gi acquainted with the exact nature of a the trouble; but if the story that the rs reporter picked up is true, it illustrates w an independence and determination on at be part of the trainmen that is admiahle. It seem9 that for some distauce along be home trip the Negro fireman had een sulky aud not disposed to disbarge his duties. At Rock Hill be raised pointblank to obey an order from Ingiueer Phelps, and jumped oflf the ngine in somewhat of a hurry in orer to avoid a monkey wrench that r'as about to start iu bis direction, 'here was no other available man at be station, and "Yankee," as Engineer 'helps is nicknamed by his friends, rougbt the train on through to Yorkille without a fireman. At Yorkville Conductor Boxtell lade arrangements to get up a subtitute, and the balance of tbe trip brougb was made with comparatively lore comfort. lOOD TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENT. There has been a great deal of talk bout tbe embarrassing position in /bicb tbe Soutb Carolina and Georgia Extension company baa been placed n account of tbe recent absorption of be Soutb Carolina and Georgia by tbe outbern. Ostensibly tbe Soutb Car* Una and Georgia Extension is now inependent; but as to tbe actual status f tbe situation opinion differs. Noody on tbe outside knows anything efinite to tbe effect tbat things are ot exactly what tbey seem. At best, lifferent theories can only be based on uspicion, at least for tbe present, rbe South Carolina and Georgia Exeusion, however, is not going to be in a bad way as has appeared, as is bown by tbe following from tbe Coumbia State of Sunday : Things do not look so gloomy for be people of the state who live on the ine of the former "Three C's" raiload. Great uneasiness was expressed is to the future when it became known bat the Southern system, in taking barge of the S. C. & Ga., was debared by the constitution from touching be property. An official statement is made that in >ureuance of the policy recently outined before the railroad commission if South Carolina regarding the interhange of traffic between the Southern tailway company and the South Caroina and Georgia Extension Railroad ompauy, there has been a conference >etweeu the executive officers of the louth Carolina and Georgia Extension lailroad company operating the Ohio liver and Charleston railroad and the kmtbern Railway company; and an inderstanding has been mutually eached, under which the interchange if traffic between the Charleston division of the Southern Railway (foraerly operated as the South Carolina ,nd Georgia Railroad company), and be Soutb Carolina and Georgia Exension Railroad company will be fully DaiDtained, and a basis for the interhauging traffic betweeu the other diisious of the Southern Railway com?any and the South Cah)lina and }eorgia Extension Railroad company rill be inaugurated to the advantage if tbe South Carolina and Georgia Exension Railroad company. A gentleman interested, speaking of bis announcement, said: "The broad policy pursued by tbe loutbern Railway company in this natter is in line with its general poliy and will be gratifying to the peotie of tbe state served by tbe lines of be Soutb Carolina and Georgia Exension Railroad company." Tbe rates, on a basis of which the nterchange of traffic will take place, rill be in accordance with tbe national nd state laws and without discriminaion either as to persons or localities. THE C. A N-W. STOCK. The question of tbe sale of York ounty's stock in tbe Carolina and forth-Western railroad, is assuming ather more importance than was indicated by the option that was recently ;iven to Mr. W. R. Carroll. The ounty board of commissioners held a pecial called meeting yesterday at be request of Messrs. Barber & Mar* 3D, of Chester, and received from Mr. L H. Marion, who was present, a cash >ffer of $2.50 per share for the couny's holding of $100,000. To the commissioners the meeting cas in the nature of a surprise. 8u* tervisor Culp was summoned to York* ilie by telegraph and Mr. Wilkerson >y telephone. Neither knew the obect of the meeting until be arrived in forkville, and to all three the speech hat was made by Mr. Marion on the ubject was perfectly fresh. ? Mr. Marion prefaced his proposition vith a lengthy statement in which he mtered into the history of the Chester ,nd Lenoir railroad, and discussed the resent condition of the property, ihysical and tinanciai. tie cauea attention to the fact that York county's tock now had no value, and is not ikely to have any. He pointed out hat the only hope of the road is to bange it into a broad gauge, and to ztend it into Tennessee, thus securing n opening to the coal fields of the ortbwest. He pointed out that the ixable value of the road is only $2,00 per mile. With development this aluation would he greatly increased, ud represented the advantage that 'ould thus be secured to the county, [e said that be did not represent the outhern railroad, the Seaboard Air line or any other railroad having a ampeting line in this state. He was nable to state positively the iutentions f his people, or to make any promises long that line ; but to a moral certiuty be knew that bis principals bad lenty of money, and be believed that was their intention to develop the ? ^r?al nr?4.? aroiina ana ixorni-ntaiei u, h iuojt >t possession of it, into a main line of great system that already owns much lilroad property in the south and est. He said that bis firm bad been tsured by their clients that in the