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Scraps and .facts. ? Charlotte Chronicle: "The Southern is losing no time in double-tracking its line between Washington and Atlanta" said a railroad man to a Chronicle reporter today. "One of the principal objects of the recent tour of President Spencer and the directors was for the purpose of inspecting this work, and the boys in the general offices say that the officials were highly pleased with the progress they observed. The greater part of the work of double tracking the line between WashPkohn_Q hppn accom plished, and trains are running daily over much of the double track. Comparatively little work has been done between Charlotte and Atlanta, although satisfactory progress is being made, and it is probable that Washington and Atlanta will be connected within the next eighteen months. Then the Southern will have one of the finest lines in the entire country." ? Richard Dixon, a negro, was shot to death by a mob at Springfield, O., last night, for the murder of Charles Collis, a policeman. Collis had gone to Dixon's room on the negro's request. Dixon said his mistress had his clothes in her possession. Collis accompanied Dixon to the room and in a short time the man and woman engaged in a quarrel which resulted in Dixon shooting the woman, who is variously known as Anna or Mamie Corbin, in the left breast, just over the heart. She fell unconscious at the first shot and Collis jumped towards the jiegro to prevent his escape from the room. Dixon then fired four balls into Collis, the last of which penetrated his abdomen. Dixon went immediately to police headquarters and gave himself up. He was taken to jail. By 10.30 o'clock, 2,500 men had collected in the vicinity of the jail, and they broke in by using cold chisels. Af ter dragging tne negro to me uum Steps, there was a suggestion of possible interference by the police, and a volley was fired into his body. Afterward the body was swung to a telegraph pole and further riddled with bullets. The lynching was as quiet and orderly as such an affair could well be, and there was no effort whatever at any kind of a disguise. ? Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court, was the principal speaker at a service that was held in Washington last Sunday in commemoration of the one-hundredth anniversary of the organization of the British and Foreign Bible society. Among other things he said: "It is scarcely necessary before this audience to enter upon an eulogy or defence of the great Book of Books. But this is the age of the iconoclast, when destructive criticism runs rampant. Some criticism, indeed, is reverent and useful?that which seeks simply to correct wrong translations and arrange in chronological order the matchless truths of Scripture. It is striving to remove from the sacred volume the dust that careless centuries have strewn upon it. But there are other critics, without such lofty aim, who strive to destroy the faith of other men, simply because it is held. The Iconoclast is a popular man today. To him the Bible appears merely as a sort of crazy quilt of untrue history, distorted science, weak poetry, impracticable morality and vague foreshadowings of the unknown and unknowable. Yet we who believe know there are passages in the Bible unsurpassed in solemn beauty in the literature of the world: that its ideals of morality are those to which the best within us is always aspiring: that its promises are the sweetest and most comforting that have ever come to the tired hearts of men." Justice Brewer declared that the greatest glory of this nation lies in the fact that ever and always it has striven to translate into the vernacular of international law the parable of the good Samaritan and the golden rule. ? Says a London dispatch of March 5: A world wide war, which will drag into its vortex five great nations and involve the expenditure of millions of human lives and billions of dollars, is the spectre which haunts London in these days of battle in the far east and which has caused a feeling of terror among the money magi of Lombard street. Only the most superb generalship prevented another panic far greater than that recorded two weeks ago. Paris is the very heart of the sound developed by the war between Japan and Russia. France is ready now to aid Russia and the first great defeat suffered by the Russians, the first great loss sustained, will fire a mine which is ready. London knows this and fears the result. The first overt act by France will drag England into the conflict and the greatest navies of earth will be forced to battle against each other. Lombard street is the delicate thermometer that marks the changes in feeling in Great Britain and nothing could be more significant than the condition existing in London's financial world at this time. A great financial panic is imminent, and it hangs only upon the continuance of the conservative faction in power in Paris. To London the war in the far east has become a mere prelude to a far more serious affair; a curtain raiser to the greatest war drama that has ever been played in the history of the world. The matter of real importance will be the menace of the clash between England and France. Just what position the United States will occupy in this {treat conflict of the powers is occupying 110 little part of the attention of the diplomats of the old world at this time. Russia has always counted on the United States as a friend. Great Britain looks to the United States as a bloody ally. Russia needs France's aid and has already shown that country diplomatically that a few cahnges in the cabinet are necessary before hope of support can be expected. These changes are likely to be made at any moment, however. Russia needs it new navy, and will look to France to supply it. She needs a chain of coaling stations from the Baltic to the YellowSea, and France has these. The great army that is being massed by Russia is useless unless great sections of it can be transported by water, together with the enormous amount of supplies needed. With her own navy crippled and useless she must have the aid of France's great fleet to guard her trans- s ports. France will be willing to lend t her navy for this purpose very shortly. I It is known in Paris that the Combes I cabinet cannot retain control of the s chamber of deputies much longer. The Combes cabinet has heretofore been i the only assurance of French neutral- j ity, but Its power is waning. It is \ known that it is torn by internal dis- c sensions. Preparations are already be- \ ing made by the politicians of Paris t aided by the newspapers to create a s new cabinet. In order to do this, M. t Pellatin's administration of the navy is to be attacked and his resignation j will shortly be demanded. M. Pellatin f is not popular in the cabinet and his t fellow members would be glad to see c him raked by an investigation, even t though such an investigation should I lead to the dissolution of the whole t body. The cabinet of M. Combes is to t be dissolved within a short time. This 1 is reearded as certain and London fears i the worst. $hc \(orliviUr (Pnquivtr. , YORKVILLE, S. C.: ' TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1904. j Several of the newspapers have 1 been urging the desirability of doing , away with a useless and expensive ( campaign this summer. We are un- ] able to see a great deal of necessity for ' such a campaign, and hope the state , committee may at least see proper to i curtail it. Its curtailment would be in ' the interest of the candidates and of , the voters. ( ? ? j The Smoot investigation is develop- j ing that since the admission of Utah \ as a state, the Mormons have hardly made a pretense of obeying the laws against polygamy, and although the , defense may seek to give a different < coloring, there seems to be no doubt about the fact that Smoot owes his j first allegiance to the Mormon church, . rather than to the state or Federal government. While we have taken occasion to argue against the injustice of depriv- 1 ing communities that refuse to participate in the liquor business of any share in the profits made by the state out of the business in other communities. we would like to have it distinctly understood that we care nothing for such profits. If the schools cannot be kept open except with the aid of dispensary funds, we prefer to see them closed. If children can be educated only through the debauchery of their fathers, they had better not be educated at all. The penalty the legislature seeks to impose on York county for voting out its whisky nuisance. in the event it should exhibit the necessary manhood, amounts to more than the profits received for the maintenance of the nuisance, and yet all those who are directly or indirectly interested in the rake-offs connected with the horrible business, seek to maintain that this is just. We did not receive that issue of the Newberry Herald and News, but find it quoted in the News and Courier as follows: "The legislature gave the right to the people of every county to vote in or to vote out a dispensary, and the election can be held whenever 25 per cent of the electors petition for such , an election. That is local self-government by counties and the rule of the people. What else do you want?" How does that sound to the man who knows that instead of giving the "UU4 ***"? nntrnmmollrafl VfttP On this question, the legislature has arranged to fine every man who votes against the dispensary fifty cents a year for each one thousand dollars that he returns for taxation? "Local , self-government by counties," the idea. Wonder whom the Herald and News, published under the shadow of the chairman of the state board of dispensary directors, hopes to deceive with a statement like that. To us it looks more like government *by the dispensary and the rule of vicious despots. Such a thing would hardly be tolerated in any other civilized country on earth, except Russia. The Yellow Peril. That people should feel and express sympathies on one side or the other, as between two warring nations, is very natural: but it does not always follow that these sympathies are well found- j ed. * The enterprise and courage of little ' Japan in grappling with a giant nation j like Russia, necessarily commands ad- ( miration wherever courage and enterprise are held in esteem: but in the , light of a comprehensive knowledge of ] the possible outcome of the success of i either of these belligerents it is well ' enough not to become too enthusiastic j for one or the other, for beyond the | mere question as to which of these powers might be victorious in this j - " f.r,?ielflorntinns , Struggle inure aic that are of tremendous consequence to the present future of the world. The nation that wins in this struggle will at once become more powerful than either of them has ever been. The possible outcome, of course, is beyond comprehension: but there are , probabilities that leave but small room t for speculation to the contrary. These probabilities include the domination by ^ the winner of the millions of fierce people in China and Southern Asia? about one-fourth the population of the ^ globe?and therein lies the great ul- j tiinate consideration of present (level- . opments. j Japan is the leading representative , of the Mongolian or yellow race, and < Russia is composed of a mongrel half 1 and half breed?half white and half J yellow, half European and half Asiat- <. ic. The sympathies of Russia are : more Caucasian than Mongolian: but f more Russian, more selfish than eith- x er. Japan is apparently an under- i itudy of the Anglo-Saxon branch of he Caucasian race; but really an am)itious self-confident force that beieves itself to be naturally superior to my other power on earth. Which ever side wins will be in a josition to dominate and unite the ellow races of the world against the vhite races, and to eventually assert lominion over the earth. That is a dew that has long been held by able hinkers in Europe and in America, ind this view is well backed up by he past history of the human race. Of course, it is possible that the jresent issues may be settled without ar reaching, consequences; but tKat here is great danger otherwise there "* ?? J a. koof V*orofnro :an oe nu uuuuu inc um, hat the Auglo-Saxon race can hope rom the struggle is that both sides ,vlll exhaust and cripple themselves o such an extent as to be of but little uture consequence as dominating >owers. ? ^ * ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS. Woman Impostor Arrested?How Merchants Are Interesting Their Customers?Bad Boys Give Trouble. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, March 7.?A woman imposter was "spotted" by Chief of Poice Partlow last week. She interested Lawyer W. J. Cherry in her nefarious schemes, although quite unwittingly, by getting him to draft up a petition, to solicit subscriptions for a mythical Mrs. Adams of Smith's Turnjut, who was a widow in feeble health, with a large family entirely depend?nt upon her and her exertions. She had enlisted the sympathies of the Dommunity quite generally, and wae ivell on her way to amass a "little fortune" from the charitably inclined until the stern officer of the law put a quietus on her little game. Investigation proved her story a pure fabrication. She was compelled to disgorge tier "earnings," which were subsequently handed back to their rightful possessors and was quietly escorted oul uf town. The Smith-Fewell company inaugurated an ad. competition among the students of Winthrop college, which might be advantageously followed uf by our local merchants. Several entered the list, and a number of verj desirable advertisements was the result. The winner of the first prize was Miss Reynolds, Miss Henderson taking the second and Miss Brown the third. The display windows of A. Friedheim & Bro., have this week been attracting much attention, the sidewalks being thronged with an interested crowd of sightseers. On one sid? is a miniature bridge of laces, spools and thread?a splendid piece of artistic workmanship, and on the other is a large and magnificent picture of th< "Home of the Queen Quality shoe,' with its 2,800 employees. Lighted uj at night it conveys a vivid and lifelike appearance of the large factories where this evidently popular brand o; shoe is made. It has recently developed that Rocl Hill is not immune from the "Bac Boy" epidemic. Several depredations of a more or less wanton nature hav< been reported, such as breaking o windows, etc., and some of a more se rious nature, and bordering on th< brutal, to say the least, as cutting i calf's throat and hog killing. The Associate Reformed church had severa of its stained glass windows wreckec by rock throwing. Two of the youth ful depredators were caught and fines by the mayor $15 apiece, but this spir it of recklessness was not confinec to these two and the others, if not ac tive participants, ought to be made ai example of, as the conduct of all con cerned was disgraceful and meritec severe chastisement. The Catawba Rifles, Major W. W Boyce. commanding, have been sum moned from their winter somnolency into active spring practice. The reason?the near approach of the inspection of the company. The Rev. W. H. McMaster or tn< United Presbyterian church of Penn sylvania, preached last Sunday nigh at the local Presbyterian church to s large congregation. His remarks deal mainly with the observance of th< "Sabbath." Lenten services are held in the Episcopal church on Wednesday, Thursdaj and Friday afternoons at 5 p. m., anc are being well attended. LOCKHART LINKLET3. The Band to Be Rejuvenated?Exodui to the Cotton Mills Shows Materia Falling Off. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Lockhart, March 7.?Prof. Herndor was at Lockhart last week teaching the band, which has been reorganized At one time it was considered a verj fine organization, but it dwindled dowr like the "Ten little Indians until then were none." Of the old organlzatior there is not one left. Mr. Herndon is a very enthusiastic worker in his avocation. He speaks good words about the Springstein band at Chester. A small per cent of the cotton mil operatives who came from the surrounding country, are moving back t( the farm. It is supposed that the high price of cotton is the cause. A few years ago at this season of the yeai we were crowded with recruits fron the country and almost every experi hand had one or more of these recruits learning from him some part of the process of manufacturing cloth fron the raw material. This year very few if any families, have come to Lockhari from the country. MERE-MENTION. A large contingent of Boers that are to give exhibitions during the World's Fair at St. Louis, left Pretoria lasi Saturday for the United States Count Von Waldersee, the famous Serman field marshal, died last Saturday The Juniata and Susquehanna rivers have been doing lots ol damage within the past week in theii respective courses through Pennsyl.-niiin The French court Of cas -ation has at last decided upon a fair trial for Dreyfus The form of .a mastodon has been found frozen in the Ice of Alaska. The hair and skin .are said to he in perfect condition: but the flesh is decomposed. The specimen is said to have a market value of $50,000 The Democrats of conjress are trying to secure a thorough investigation of the postal scandals: aut the Republicans are inclined to consider that the matter has gone far ?nough....An American named Riehirdson has offered to deposit the sum )f $2,500 with the Cuban government is a guarantee of good faith in his ?fforts to remove the sunken battleship Maine from the harbor of Havma. Richardson must deposit the noney within twenty days, or the conxact is off. 3uaint Old Fisherwoman. Fort Mill special to Charlotte Observer: Of all people in the world vho make a business of fishing. Fort Mill probably possesses the quaintest. . n ,.1,J lere, who is more than ninety years >lil. may be found winter or summer >11 the banks of the river probably sev ral nights during the week. What is nore remarkable than her age is the act that she is a woman and yet will tpend the darkest night of the year done, mutely coaxing and patiently ishing for catfish, at the tender mercy if the hoot owls and whippoorwills, vith no human being within a half nile of tire sound of her voice. LOCAL AFFAXXfcS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I J. Q. Wray, C. C.?Requests full attendance of the Woodmen of the 1 World at the meeting next Friday 1 night. Important business. D. F. Willis?Tells you that he has bought out the shaving parlor of 1 Mr. J. A. Howe, and will be glad to I have you call on him. i John F. Gordon?Is announced as a ' candidate for the office of sheriff of York county, subject to the Demo- ' cratic primary election next August. | W. B. Moore, Captain?Gives notice , that the annual Inspection of the Jasper Light Infantry will be held 1 on March 31st. ' R. R. Mccorkle, Administrator?drives notice to debtors and creditors^of the estate of Col. W. H. McCorkle. deceased, to make Immediate settle- 1 ment with him. 1 W. F. Jackson, Tirzah?Has small lot i of Florodora cotton seed for sale at $1 per bushel, delivered at Tirzah. 1 Strauss-Smith Co.?Is receiving new I goods of all kinds for the spring trade and enumerates a number of articles for your consideration. G. W. Sherer, The Butcher?Wants beef cattle and will buy milch cows and calves. He furnishes nice fresti beef and sells tallow. J. Q. Wray?Announces a special sale of prints and percales and tinware for tomorrow and Thursday. He name3 interesting prices. First National Bank?Says the principle of saving monev grows into a habit after a beginning. It advises you to make a beginning by depositing your funds with it. D. E. Boney, Manager?Calls your at1 tention to the special offer of the 1 Farmers' Mutual Life Insurance company. New applications are be' ing received daily. [ Jas. M. Starr & Co.?Are wanting to | exchange some of the, many differ! ent brands of tobacco which they | have on hand for money, and offer J inducing prices. - Ferguson & Clinton?Say that now is 1 the time to build up your horses and mules, and Magic food is the best builder. They sell magic food. .. : Miss Rosa Lindsay?Is absent from Vior ctn^in fVilo nn nrnfoqalnriill \ business. 1 W. B. Moore & Co.?Want you to furnish your home, and they have | a full line of house furnishings with f which to do this. They sell for cash ' or on credit. } Foushee Cash Store?Says new spring poods are arriving, and that it has doubled the capacity of its store room. i I FREE SEED DISTRIBUTION. The big lot of. seeds that was sent | to this office last week by fongress. man Finley for the benefit of his con stituents has been distributed. There were about 200 advance appll' cations by mail and otherwise, and s during yesterday personal callers got ) the balance of the lot. 5 The second lot of seeds promised . by Senator Latimer has not yet ar3 rived. It is probable that the govern^ ment nas not yet caught up with its c orders, or it may be that the senator's 1 quota is exhausted. 3 Congressman Finley sent over 400 j packages in all, and they were dis. posed of in short order. * NOTE AND COMMENT. "l The total tax collections up to March 1 1. amounted to $96,786.92. This was included in 8,700 receipts. | It was Special Judge McDonald in] stead of Judge Townsend who granted - the new trial in the case of Martin vs.' 1 Allen. j Is it not strange that a vote of a bare majority of the people of York ville can fix upon the people of the enl tire county a situation from which they ! cannot escape without having to sub mit to an annual tax of J mill on all their property? This is strange; but "m not nearly so strange as the fact that t there can be found people who will i say that there is justice in the propo| sition. ABOUT PEOPLE. j Mrs. W. G. White spent Tuesday in Charlotte. Mr. P. G. McCorkle of Chester, is in Yorkville today. Mr. Sam L. Latimer's family will j leave Thursday for Camden. I Miss Alice Lee McConnell of Rock Hill, visited friends in Yorkville this week. , Mr. Robert Clinton of Bethel, is with ; the firm of Ferguson & Clinton for a few weeks. j Miss Kitty Blair spent Saturday and > Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blair at Blairsvllle. ' Mr. J. L. Williams, manager of J. t M. Heath & Co., left on Monday for New York and other markets. ' Mr. S. Ross Clinton left last night, , accompanied by Dr. I. A. Bigger, for i Baltimore, where he will enter Johns f Hopkins hospital for surgical treat( ment. t Mr. W. B. Carpenter and family left ! this morning for Gastonia, Mr. Car pemer nas accepted a position ai ow' lsbury, N. C. t Misses Kitty Stewart of Rock Hill, and Omie Saunders of Beaufort, spent Sunday and Monday with Miss Lyl Parish. The young men of Yorkville > gave a dance in the opera house last J night complimentary to them. SALESDAY. Although considering the fact that there was a heavy rain Sunday night, making it too wet for farm work, especially plowing, in all parts of the county, the salesday crowd yesterday , hardly came up to expectations, still i it was cjuite large. 1 There were people in Yorkville from ' all parts of the county, on all kinds of ' business and altogether it was quite a representative aggregation that filled the streets and made business more or , less lively from the middle of the morning until the middle of the afternoon. While there was only one auction sale from the court house steDS. and only a few people interested In the two small tracts of land that were being offered, still the auctioneer had quite a good sized audience to talk to. There is an attraction about auction sales, especially of land, that generally draws a crowd if there are enough people In reach to make a crowd. It was the last day of the season for the traveling horse-traders, the people who go from market to market, and they made the most of it. Among them they had a large number of animals, good, bad and indifferent, and they did a thriving business throughout the day, selling, trading, biting and being bit. ! The Kolliott butter separator, on exhibition in the old Craven store room was a feature of interest to quite a number of people. Mr. R. Latta Par |Bq} pmqnop oq.u aidood am oj pa.vojd jq pub 'aS-reqa uj auiqoBiu am pBq qs| t would do all that was claimed for t. All who witnessed the exhibition vere very much impressed with this remarkable Invention. Of course, the candidates were on land. They generally make It convenient to be in Yorkville on salesday, and yesterday was not an exception. The lumber of candidates who will be out, however, is as yet an unknown quantity. Rumors as to avowals and disavowals, are so numerous as to leave but small basis upon which to satisfactorily size up the situation. Taken altogether, good behavior and. good order prevailed throughout the day until late In the afternoon when a r\f nrrtu'/l Kao?n r-? f r\ trof nrof _ ty lively; but there was not a great deal of misconduct that seemed to call for the interference of the police. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Rents are too low in Yorkville. ? The question of erecting a municipal building is still under consideration; but no definite steps have been taken. ? Capt. W. B. Moore of the Jasper Light Infantry has been ordered to have his company in readiness for inspection on March 31. < ? Yorkville now has banking resources that aggregate <350,00, and this sum would seem ample for the stimulation of business and Industrial activity. ? Mr. D. F. Willis announces that he has become the owner of the Howe shaving parlor next door to the First National Bank and promises to continue the business in accordance with the very satisfactory standard that has been heretofore maintained. Mr. Willis has been In Yorkville for several months, and has made quite a favorable impression upon all with whom he has come in contact, both as to knowledge of his trade and as to personal conduct. That he will continue the highly creditable service that been rendered by his shaving parlor, there Is no reason to doubt, and the many friends he has made since his coming to Yorkville will see that he does not lack tor patronage. BACK WATER IN THE CATAWBA. . The Catawba dam has been full for the past week and Mr. W. R. Thomasson, ferryman at Wright's ferry reports that the water at his place stands nine feet above the ordinary low level. This is with alt the gates of the dam closed. When one or more of the gates are xn, the water is a foot or more lower. The reporter had a conversation with Mr. Thomasson yesterday over the telephone. His ferry is about six miles above the dam. In the conversation, it developed that the back water extends all the way to the confluence of the South Fork of the Catawba, six miles further up the stream. Mr. Thomasson said he had not been to that point since the filling up of the dam; but has his information from other parties. The ordinary banks of the river between the dam and Wright's Ferry are high enough to keep the water within their limits, and the average width is only from 150 to 200 yards. At certain points, where small creeks and branches empty in, the river extends its arms of back water for a half a mile or more. At the mouth of Allison creek the back water runs up something like a mile. The current of the river is hardly noticeable at Wright's now, except when the river is in a swollen condition. Sometimes the water looks as If it were perfectly still; but when the flood gates of the dam are open the current becomes swifter. BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN. Judge. W. A. Henderson of Washington, D. C., delivered an address in Columbia last night on the subject of the battle of King's Mountain. The address was delivered under the aus pices of the Columbia chapter of the D. A. R. in the interest of a fund for a proposed monument to be erected on the State House grounds to the soldiers who served under Sumter, Marion and Pickens. The Columbia State of this morning contains an outline of the address as follows: Judge Henderson began with, an impressive .word picture of the birth of the American Revolution, holding among other things that the Stamp act?the taxation without representation?and the tax on tea and the various other things which were ascribed as causes, were not really causes but merely cracks in the shell which indicated the hatching of the great war for independence. The time for independence had ripened by the will of God, and nothing could stay the birth of the new nation. Developing his contention that the victory at King's Mountain marked the beginning of the end of the Revolution, wrested success from what at that time seemed certain failure and doom when Washington himself had all but given up in despair, and made the surrender of the brilliant Cornwallis at Yorktown possible. Judge Henderson vividly pictured the work of the new system Inaugurated to surround and crush the colonists by sea and land movements in the north, east and south and inciting the Indians against the colonists of the west, giving interesting nnd entertaining sketches of different works of Marion, Sumter, Washington, Green. Gates and others as he went. He gave an interesting sketch of the great soldier. Ferguson, who was defeated and slain at King's Mountain, and told how, in endeavoring to keep the western people at home by sending them a note that he would be In their country in a short time to lay it waste unless they surrendered to the crown, his strategy had brought a party of D00 without commissary and clad in buckskin and coonskin caps to surround his apparently impregnable position on a knob near King's Mountain and to route his force of 1,200 well drilled, veteran soldiers. His description of the battle itself was rapid and inspiring, and was given the closest atten- j lion. He accounted for the death of Ferguson. whom some historians had said met his death in a sword duel?although there were none but bullet marks on his body?in this way. He was pointed out on his charger to a western private named Jones, who mid, "Well, we'll see what 'Sweet Lips' ?an do for him." Raising "Sweet Lips." which was the name of his flint-nnditeel rifle, Jones fired and Ferguson Tell from his horse, his foot catching n a stirrup. A negro woman campfolower attempted to right him, but be'ore she could do so a volley was fired nto his body. The next in command if the British ran up a white flag in i few minutes after Ferguson was tilled. The wounded colonists, some if them dying, were taken up by their omrades to see the body of Ferguson. "Sweet Lips," which is now in possession ol the government, was on exhibition at the state house last night, the old rifle having been sent to Columbia at the request of Judge Henderson by the commissioner of pensions for last night's occasion. The speaker said that the owner of the rifle at (he age of 66 married a 17-year-old girl, and raised seven children, some of whom served in the war between the stages. Speaking of the educational Influence of monuments. Judge Henderson contended that one good monument was worth a hundred books. He read a splendid inscription which had been put on Sevier's monument, explaining how efforts similar to those now being put forth by the D. A. R. here had rescued this great man's history. He said that only a few days ago a New Yorker whom he had met told him that Lilt; uiaci ipiiuu uii uic v^uiucuciait i monument here in Columbia was the prettiest bit of English he had ever come across on a monument, and the New Yorker repeated It word for word. Judge Henderson was frequently interrupted with applause, although he did not often leave his notes and made no effort at oratory. THE DISTILLERY PETITION. Senator Brice has received a copy of the alleged petition asking for the establishment of a distillery in King's .Mountain township, the same having been sent in by Mr. H. H. Evans, chairman of the state board of dispensary directors. The copy and the alleged original are by no means Identical. During the debate on the local self-government bill in the senate, the whiskyites Haunted at Senator Brice, a statement to the effect that eleven hundred free holders of King's Mountain township had asked for the establishment of a distillery in that township, and it is a fact that the paper which was exhibited to substantiate the statement contained quite a long list of names. But it happens that there are nothing like eleven hundred free-holders in King's Mountain township, and the copy of the petition just received contains less than three hundred. Ana tnat is not all. Tne auegea copy is not a true copy. The original that was shown to Senator Brice contained the name of W. Meek Faulkner for instance. Senator Brice is willing to qualify to that fact. This name has been left off the copy, as have also a number of other names that were on the original. In connection with this alleged petition it has also developed as a fact that the names were furnished from the office of the auditor, virtually in the shape of a transcript of the free holders. The auditor was not at the time advised of the use to which the list was to be put. Some time afterward there was a return in the shape of a copy of the list previously furnished, and this list was duly certified, not as signers but as free-holders. The copy of the petition as furnished to Senator Brice undoubtedly contains the names of a large number of people who did not sign the paper or authorize it to be signed on their behalf. A petition was circulated in King's Mountain township a few days ago asking the state board not to grant the petition for the establishment of a distillery. This petition was forwarded tp the state board of dispensary commissioners last week. LOCAL LACONICS. New Rural Route. A representative of the rural free delivery branch of the post office department was here recently and made a survey of a proposed new route from Yorkvllle to take in a scope of territory to the south and east of the town not already supplied. The route will be established without unnecessary de-r. - lay. Auction Sale of Land. The only auction sales of land yesterday. salesday for March, were two small traces In Bullock's Creek township by P. A. Thomas, agent. One tract contained 79j acres and the other contained 123 acres. Both tracts were bought by S. B. Pratt at $2.80 per acre. The 123 acre tract Is said to be well timbered in original forest. Death of Dr. W. B. Fewell. Dr. W. B. Fewell died at his home in Ebenezer yesterday afternoon at about 4 o'clock, of gastritis, after an illness of several weeks. He was In the 77th year of his age. His surviving children are Mr. A. B. Fewell, Mrs. Green Steele, Mrs. Ed Barron, Mr. Brevard Fewell and Miss Sadie Fewell. The funeral Is taking place at Ebenezer this afternoon. Smallpox at Smith's. A case of smallpox Is reported at Smith's Turnout It developed yesterday morning, the victim being Amos Hoyles, a negro who has Just returned from work on the double tracking of the Southern railway In Virginia. The people of the neighborhood are very much stirred up about the matter: but as to what arrangements have been made for taking care of the patient, the reporter has not been informed. Death of J. Ran Warmoth. Mr. J. Ran Warmoth, a well-known citizen of Hickory Grove, died suddenly at that place last Friday evening. He had been ill for a short time only. Mr. Warmoth was a native of Concord, N. C., and was In the 68th year of his age. He was a saddle and harness maker by trade, and was a good workman. He leaves a widow and four children. The children are Mrs. J. A. Hames of GowdySville; Mrs. C. S. Morehead of Hickory Grove: Mrs. Cameron Littlejohn and Mr. Logan C. Warmoth of Gaffney. The deceased was a member of the Associate Reformed church, and the funeral, which was largely attended, was conducted bv Rev. J. L. Oates, assisted by Rev. P. B. Ingraham of the Methodist church, and Rev. W. R. Lambert, of the Baptist church. The Great Catawba Dam. Fort Mill special to Charlotte Observer. One would think that now that the Catawba Power company's dam has been completed, after four years of vicissitudes, during which they have been overflowed by high water more than thirty times, entailing a loss each time of from a hundred to more than a thousand dollars, that they would be anxious to reap some benefits from the fruits of their labors, especially so since the interest on a million-dollar investment is no trifling matter. However, one cause of the delay may be that the mills have been delayed in receiving their electrical machinery. The equipment for the two mills here will cost about $10,000 and they have just begun to install it. The placing of machinery in the power house at the ( dam is dragging along slowly, while the right-of-way for transmission wire to Charlotte is being secured. The river has been raised to a higher point than anticipated by the engineers and the company has been called upon to build a 700-foot bridge over Allison Creek, where the county road crosses. 1 Since a large part of the dam has been hidden front view by the water and dirt embankment, the immensity of a I few figures will be entertaining. The dam was begun May 4th, 1900, and finished January 15, 1904. Average num- . ber of hands employed about 500. cost 1 about one million dollars, length about one-fourth of a mile, depth eight feet at the top and thirty-five feet at the bottom, height twenty-one feet aDove average low water. Sixt/ thousand cubic yards of masonry are embodied ? in its construction; 50,000 barrels, or more than 400 carloads of cement were consumed, which alone would appar- c ently build the dam. There were forty carloads of water wheel machinery and sixty cars of electrical machinery. Sixty thousand dollars was spent for equipment machinery for erecting the lam; 8,600 horse power will be develtped. The two cotton mills here have ontracted for 800 at a cost of >15 per lorse power, and the work of equlp)ing the two mills for this power Is low going on. It Is said that the exlense for the two mills will be about 110,000. Fort Mill Is expecting great hlngs by reason of her being the nearest railroad point, the distance being hree miles from here. Taxes are extremely low and splendid sites for nanufacturlng enterprises can be had 'ree or at extremely low prices, according to size of Investment. Property prices here have already Increased . onsicieraDiy recently, a movement, la in foot to establish a bottling factory Here. Messrs. James T. McGregor, C. H. Haley and other mill men here are behind the scheme. It Is their purpose to buy the Spratt Machine company building and enlarge for a location for the new mill. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Hydrophobia In Charleston. Charleston dispatch of March 5: For twenty-four hours a little cur dog, suffering from rabies, ran at large through the streets of Charleston, biting several citizens, two children and numerous dogs before it was killed. Among those bitten are Dr. Edward Rutledge, a prominent physician, who was attacked by the dog while he was attempting to beat it away from a lady: a young son of E. T. Dawson and little Louis Goldman. Immediately after being bitten. Dr. Rutledge and the Goldman boy left for New York to be treated at the Pasteur institute. The dog has been killed and its brain and spine have been forward to New York for examination. In addition to biting citizens, the beast bit a number of dogs and the entire city has be^n thrown into a great state of excitement over the mad dog scare. Ladles are afraid to walk on the streets and the public play grounds are deserted, parents being afraid to send their children out for fear they will be attacked by dogs. Mayor Rhett issnp.l a nroclamation this morn lng requiring ail dogs in the city to wear a muzzle for the period of ten days. All dogs found running at large without a muzzle will be caught, impounded and if not redeemed after fhree days will be killed. Emasculated Laws. Columbia special of March 7 to the Atlanta Journal: In the past ten days the attorney general, the secretary of state and \he comptroller general have together discovered that in every act passed by the general assembly relating to corporations there is some phrase which renders the enforcement this year almost out of the question. The general assembly passed several important bills and It is now a question whether the third house which was so active at this session had influence enough to insert these phrases or whether it was carelessness on the part of the general assembly. The very tirst error discovered affected the finances of the state to the amount of J 100,000. The attorney general is now endeavoring to see if the franchise tax law similar to the one now in force In Georgia can be enforced. It was discovered that although there was a certain tax on all Incorporated companies and a franchise tax on all railroads, the law fixing the returns to be made by February 20, the law does not go into effect until March 15. On account of this there will be a deficiency of $150,000 in the receipts this year, as the legislature increased the appropriations, thinking that the law would go into effect. Upon examination it has been found that the law putting the telephone companies of the state under the control of the railroad commission and giving that body the authority to fix the rates was so general in its terms that there could be no reduction in the rates without the unanimous consent of the subscribers. There have, been several other mistakes, but these will do for example and serve to show the necessity for slow legislation. What the Mesdames Smith Think About It.?Joseph Smith, president of the Mormon church, says a Salt Lake City dispatch, is known to have been married six times. He married two of his wives at once. He still lives with five. All the Mesdames Smith declare they are happy and they resent the public feeling against their husband. They are outspoken In defense of him and hope he will tell the United States senate a few more things before he returns to their firesides. Mrs. Mary T. Swartz Smith Is the mother of President Smith's youngest children. She declared today that all of her life she has been a believer in polygamy and accepted the revelation of Joseph Smith as the work of God. Referring to the testimony of President Smith she said: "He's giving It to them straight and strong and I hope he will keep it up. Something will happen to these people who are always interfering with other people's business. I'd like them to get it behind both ears. They will, too. "They drove us out here Into this valley when there was not even a sage brush here and now It is possible that they want to drive us out of this place." tv The most important development reported from the war in the east within the past few days, was the bombardment of Vladivostok by a portion of the Japanese fleet on Sunday and this was of but little importance. The ice covered ships of the Japanese approached to within about five miles of the city and kept up a bombardment for nearly two hours. The damage was quite small, as but few of the Japanese shells exploded. One woman is said to have been killed and five sailors were wounded. The Russians did not attempt to reply to the bombardment because in the first place there was but little chance of hitting the Japanese ships at so great a distance and in the second place it was not thought desirable to expose the position of the Russian batteries. Although it is known that forces of Russian and Japanese soldiers are operating along the Yalu river, there is no definite information as to the whereabouts of either army. The outside world is still looking for an Important battle. AT THE CHURCHES. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL. REV. J. L. STOKES, D. D., PASTOR. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN. rev. w. g. neville, pa8t0r. Prayer meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. REV. W. C. EWART, PASTOR. Prayer meeting Wednesday afterloon at 4.30 o'clock. CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. ^rev. j. c. johnes, rector. Services this (Tuesday) evening at '.30 o'clock. gorhmlle Bolton Iftarhet. Corrected Semi-Weekly by Messrs. Latta Broa. Yorkvllle, March 8, 12 m.?The loal market stands as follows: Middling 15 Strict Middling 15 Good Middling 15 Strict Good Middling 15 Latta Bros.