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Scraps and .facts. ? New York, May 9: An unknown man, who walked down the main street of Hoboken today, kicking an American flag along in the dirt, was mobbed by indignant citizens, clubbed by a policeman, sentenced by a court and put to work breaking stones in a penitentiary before the day was over. The man refused to disclose his identity when questioned by the court, but said he was the "King of Bums" and came from "Nowhere." When Recorded Stanton read a lecture to him in court for abusing the flag, he interrupted, declaring, "That Is all it is good for." The recorder imposed a sentence of six months. ? A bequest of one dollar in cash and a swarm of bees to sting her to repentance is the way William Erroll took to express his bitterness toward his sister, Mrs. Sophia Simpson, before he died recently in Williamantic, Me. Erroll was well along in years, and possessed considerable money. But he was exceedingly hard of hearin* so that it was almost an impossi billty to converse with him. His infirmity grew on him until his sister, with whom he made his home, complained that it drove her nearly to distraction, and she asked her brother to leave. Unable to find another place to board in the village, and being too old to go elsewhere. Erroll took a room at the town farm, and grieved sadly over the hard-heartedness of his sister. He spent his last days in the poor-house, although he paid a goodly sum for his board and was independent of every one. ? Jacob Luckestone, chief clerk in the registry department of the New York general postoffice, and for eighteen years an employe there, tried to kill himself last Monday night in the postoffice building under extraordinary circumstances. The postoffice inspectors yesterday had been given orders to find out where $2,000 in bills sent to the First National Bank of Tallahassee, Fla., had gone. The inspectors kept nine postal clerks including Luckestone for eight hours In a room In the Federal building and told them that they could not go until information was forthcoming as to what had become of the money. Luckestone said he was weak from hunger, got in another room by excuse and tried to end his life by cutting his throat and wrist. He did not. seriously injure nimself and was placed under arrest. The Chemical National Bank Is the loser through the disappearance of the money. ? Boston, May 8: Thos. W, Lawson has sent letters 10 uovernor uunu and District Attorney Moran bearing on the legislative bribery charges and bucket-shop bill. In the letter to Governor Guild, he says: "The present session of the legislature has been most basely corrupt:" and he adds that while the district attorney of Suffolk county is putting the thumb screws on the grand Jury room, "you sent a special message to the legislature saying in substance that you, the governor of Massachusetts, demand that the backet-shop bill, which has Just been killed by bribery be again introduced under supenslon of rules, and passed. So that in time x to come there will be no repetition of the damnable deeds, which for fifteen years have done more than all else to create anarchists in the most law abiding community in the whole world." Lawson also offers $25,000 to be placed at the disposal of the district attorney for rewards for information and urges him to go to the bottom of the bucket-shop scandal. ? For the fourth time since the Olympic games were revived In 1896 the strong men of the United States have triumphed over the athletes of the rest of the world says the New York Sun. The games ended yesterday in the Stadium at Athens, and the team that displayed the shield of this nation for an athletic emblem carried off the greatest part of the honors. In 1896'at Athens.'In 1900 at Paris, in 1904 at St., Louis and In 1906 at Athens once more the United States has been triumphant. To this victory in great measure the athletes from New York have contributed. Hahn, the inimitable Lightbody. Leavltt and a few others are from other cities; but the names of Pilgrim, Sheridan, Ewry, Bonhag, Prlnstein. Daniels and other champions grace the rolls of the New York Athletic club, or of the Irish American Athletic club. Perhaps it is cause for regret that the United States failed to carry away the trophy for the Marathon run. Anyhow, It fell to a neighbor of ours, ? TT-?* ~ /vf nQ?_ tut nrrnug ui uic uuiiiiuiviu v-un ada, was the fastest man over the historic course. ? At Polk county superior court. Betsy Sims, a notorious female moonshiner, a real beauty, twenty-two years old, oppeared, says a dispatch from Raleigh. For six years she has sold whisky in North Carolina and Spartanburg county. South Carolina. Three deputies chased her. She fled across the South Carolina line. They followed and caught her. She gave a peculiar signal, whereupon her confederates, five moonshiners, appeared and prepared to shoot the deputies, who were intimidated. The moonshiners put up a cash bond for Betsy's appearance. They then sold a horse for $15 and gave her the money. She bought whisky with it. which she sold for $500. Judge Justice, hearing of her performance had her rearrested and sentenced her four months in the jail at Columbus. The jail is three stories high. There was one other inmate, a white man, sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for manslaughter. Betsy set fire to a trap door at the head of the stairs on the second floor and through the hole burned In the trap door the man who was on the third floor, made his escape. The noise of the fire awakened the Jailer, who caught Betsy as she was attempting to get out through the opening. She turned on him and cut him severely with a knife. He overpowered her and put her back in her cell. She will be tried for assault with Intent to kill. ? Berlin, May 7: Relatives and advisors of Emperor William are becoming alarmed concerning him. Never very cheerful, the kaiser is becoming more gloomy than ever. His mood is never the same for long, but is sometimes morose and often melancholy, tvhile his happiness when he condescends to reply are characterized by what appears to be deliberate rudeness. At times he endeavors to shake off this manner and men is pieasani anu anaoie. uui the reaction follows and then he Is more self-centered than ever before. One who has met him recently describes him as inordinately vain; as supremely conscious of the power he wields by virtue of his position; as a firm believer in the divine right of kings in general and himself in particular. and as tinding his sole gratification in posing by virtue of his divine right, as the arbiter of Europe. It is this sense of his own personal Importance which causes him never to tire of showing that he appreciates to the full the knowledge of his political strength. He appreciates himself personally no less highly. He is firmly convinced that there Is on earth no such clever diplomatist as he; that as a cavalry leader he Is without a peer; that there is no question under the sun on which he is not competent, unasked, to say the last word; and that no man exists In Germany or out of it who has more martial bearing than himself. ? London, May 7: The British ambassador at Constantinople yesterday presented a note to Turkey demanding the prompt withdrawal of the Turkish troops from Egyptian territory. The note Is practically an ultimatum. and constitutes Great Britain's last word on the encroachment of Turkey on the Sinai Peninsula. The French and Russian ambassaa# t V ? ?i u f i ?? t I ?i? 11111> (i ?'i? ulllilwirt. inK the British contentions. Should the ultimatum fall to have the desired effect. the British Mediterranean fleet will take the measure so often employed by the powers In recent years as the result of disputes with the sultan, and a naval demonstration. It Is anticipated, will quickly brinR about the evacuation of the Tabah territory, which Great Britain contends is unquestionably Egyptian territory. A cabinet council was held late today to discuss the eventualities which may possibly arise as a result of the ultimatum presented to Turkey. The sultan was given ten days In which to comply with the British demand for the withdrawal of his troops from Tabah and other points on the Sinai Peninsula pending the delimitation of the frontier by a commission. The Pall Mall Gazette states that the ultimatum is brief and does not mention Indemnity. This newspaper says that unless the terms of the ultimatum are acceded to within the prescribed time. Great Britain will make a naval demonstration in the Aegean Archipelago. (Hir ^jorltviUr (6 ?<)Mirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: FRIDAY, MAY II, I90G. Why there is nobody after Senator Tillman. They are only concerned about the naughty people who are taking pap from his baby. Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., secretary of the Historical Society of South Carolina, has favored Thk Enquirer with a copy of the pamphlet he prepared some time ago on the subject of the "True Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence." In this pamphlet. Mr. Salley submits what appears to be very good evidence that while the Mecklenburg people did pass some very Independent resolutions on May 31, 1775, the alleged declaration of May 20, Is a myth based upon a subsequent amplification of the resolution referred to. This pamphlet has aroused very considerable resentment over In Charlotte; but*absolutely certain as to the correctness of his position, Mr. Salley Is standing his ground and gathering additional facts. In York county the effort to defeat ~~ * ?-?_? ? fuUlirp Senator once a vuui)>i?e Before the election opponents spoke in great confidence of their coming success. but it is quite apparent that they had made a miscount of the strength of their force, for not only was Mr. Brice re-elected chairman, but an antidispensary delegation was sent to the state convention.?Columbia Record. There Is nothing the matter with the statement that the effort to defeat Senator Brice was a failure; but surely the Record must be mistaken about any claim having been made along that line. Gentlemen up this way, supposed to have been Implicated, says they never thought of such a thing. We would like the Record to be more explicit, and give us some names. In the meantime we will give it the gratifying information that the York county convention did not elect anti-dispensary delegates to the state convention. The understanding Is that- the delegates are half and half. As a matter of fact there was no special efTort to elect anti-dispensary delegates. The convention preferred to be generous and allow the delegates of each township to select a delegate from that township. THE COUNTY CONVENTIONS. It Was Generally the Programme to Endorse Tillman and the Dispensary System. Information from the various county conventions throughout the state last Monday indicate that the programme which developed in this county was pretty general. The voters had showed but little interest in the re-organization of the clubs and in most cases a pre-arranged plan on the part of the dispensaryites to take charge and run things as they chose was successful. Resolutions endorsing Senator Tillman's course were adopted pretty generally, and the senator was elected a delegate from Edgefield county. Cherokee elected anti-dispensary delegates without instructions. Lancaster did not mention the dispensary or pass any resolutions, but elected a half and half delegation to Columbia. Kershaw endorsed Hon. M. L. Smith for governor, and sent a delegation of five to one to Columbia in favor of the dispensary. The liquor question was not consid ered in Greenville. Horry passed resolutions condemning the illicit traffic in liquor. The Laurens convention was dominated by W. C. Irby, Jr.. and he secured the passage of a resolution declaring for government ownership of railroads. telegraph and telephone lines and declaring for the establishment of county banks throughout the whole United States, and the issuance by them of paper currency, and further the ownership and operation of county banks and other enterprises as the5 people might Indicate by their ballots that they desire to control. Lte county endorsed Senator Tillman and Instructed her delegates to use their influence against the adoption of a rule requiring the exhibition of registration certificates and tax receipts as a pre-requisite to voting in a primary. Barnwell opposed efforts to induce immigrants to settle in this state and Newberry commended such efforts. A resolution endorsing the Brice law was voted down in Marlboro. Summarizing the work of the conventions generally there is no reason to doubt that Senator Tillman will dominate the state convention and be able to do pretty much as he pleases. MERE-MENTION. The German police have discovered and frustrated a plot to assassinate Kmperor Wiiliam. The emperor had arranged to spend some time in his castle at Urvllle, near Metz, and In getting things ready for him the people so engaged found enough dynamite to dtstroy the whole place. An anarchist named Seal Hey, said to be the most dangerous leader of the persuasion in the world, has been arrested in Zurich, Switzerland, and there is reason to believe that he knows all about the plot United States Senator Gorman is desperately ill at his home in Washington The Federal government has commenced proceedings in the United States circuit court for the district of Indiana against what is known as the drug trust....The house of representatives on Wednesday passed a resolution providing for the investigation of the agricultural department. The imperial limited on the main line of the Canadian Pacific railroad was held up by robbers twenty-five miles from Vancouver last Wednesday. The robbers made tlie engineer uncouple the mail car and run a mile up the road hoping to rifle the express; but when they found only mall they did not have the nerve to go back to see about tlie express... .An infernal machine was found under the window of Governor Joe Folk's office at Jefferson City Mo., last Thursday The Mississippi bankers' association convened at Meridian last Wednesday Sam Sims, a negro, was lynched six miles from Jackson. Miss., last Wednesday for trying to kill a constable The whites of Washington are agitating in favor of the enactment of a local Jim crow car law. They want to put whites and negrots in separate coaches. Representative Hetlln of Alabama has Introduced a bill looking to the inauguration of such an arrangement and it will be up to the Republicans to pass or rej< ct It. Tim.mak and Penrose.?Friends of Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, and those of Senator Tillman differ somewhat in their versions of the clash between the two men in executive session of the senate recently, but the re port that the Pennsylvanian called Senator Tillman a "donkey" Is not generally corroborated. What Senatoi Penrose is quoted as saying is, "I don') consider the stnator from South Carolina a mule; I consider him an ass.' But If Senator Penrose said that. Senator Tillman did not hear It, and nc blood was shed. Senator Tillman was talking at the rate of a mile a minutt at the time of Penrose's Interjection Several senators near Tillman sprang to their feet the moment Penrose mad* his utterance, ready to Intervene in tht fight they expected. A moment later as Tillman still dashed on in his speech they perceived that he had not heard Penrose's words, and sat down with looks of relief. Penrose has a rathei guttural voice and his words frequentlj disappear in his heavy mustache. Thai was the case here. He seemed disappointed that Tillman had not heard his comments.?Washington correspondence of the News and Courier. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY. iVirrespondenoe ot the Yorkville Knauirer. 1-1 * * * "1 A rP Vwi rocrnlni spring communion service of thf Associate Reformed Presbyterlar church of this city, began Wednesday evening. Rev. James Hursl Pressley of Statesvllle, N. C., will asslst the pastor, Rev. Arthur H. Rogers. Mr. W. Wilkinson of the postofflcf department Is here this week. Inspecting the rural free delivery routes out of Rock Hill, measuring the distances and taking notes of the number of people being served. Ebenezer Presbyterian church, thf parish over which the Rev. Jas. H Thornwell, D. D., ministers, has lonj been and continues to be one of thf "salt of the earth." They still hold to the good old custom as to the time of the spring communion, which Is the first Saturday In May, of having an all day, or rather morning anc afternoon service with an Intermission of one hour for dinner. At thf morning service past Sabbath day the collection for foreign missions amounted to one hundred and fortythree dollars. In the afternoon 01 children's service an additional twenty-three dollars was collected, making the total for the day 5166. There was a large crowd at thf Memorial day services both at Ebenezer and Rock Hill. The programmt at both places was carried out as originally published In this correspondence. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Greene havt returned from a visit of two weeks to New Orleans their former home. SOLLTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Spartanburg, May 8: Pittsburg capitalists will invest a million dollars ir developing water powers in Spartanburg and Cherokee counties and ir Cleveland county. North Carolina. Tht general offices will be located in this city. Operations are expected to begin within a year. ? The old Congaree hotel of Columbia was destroyed by fire last Monday morning at about 4 o'clock. The building belonged to the estate of Mrs. W E. Rose. The loss Is thought to havs been in the neighborhood of $12,000 and the Insurance was only $3,000 The hotel was located in a very desirable part of the city, close to the Capitol, and it will probably be replaced by a more substantial structure. ? The state board of railroad commissioners in session in Columbia last Wednesday raised the assessments against railroads from $29,467,000 tc $54,024,154, or to 72 per cent of the actual property as shown by the reports of the railroad commission. If thest figures are permitted to stand the increase in taxes to be paid the state or a basis of 5? mills will be something like $350,000. The railroads, however will have an opportunity for a hearing before the board- and the general ruk has been to give to them a reductior from such figures as might have beer fixsd. Mr. Gantt, a member of tht board by virtue of Ills office as secretary of state, protested against raising the figures over 60 per cent, and filed a statement of his position in writing as follows: "The report of the railroad commission for 1905, page 10 shows that the actual commercial value ol the railroads of South Carolina on Jun< 30th, 1904, was $75,500,000. This assessment, aggregating $64,024,154, is according to this report 72 per cent ol the actual value of this property, whlcl assessment I believe to be unfair and unreasonable and in excess of ths assessment of other classes of property in this state. As a member of this board for three years. I have been endeavoring to have these corporations raised to an assessment aggregating 6( per cent of their actual value, but havs 1 lrnr Irk o m Innrl U' T fpp uccn griicanj *n c* w. ?*.7 . - It incumbent upon me now to protest against any assessment exceeding 6( per cent of the actual commercia value of this property." ? Columbia special of Tuesday to tht News and Courier: The citizens of Columbia are making great preparations for the coming Confederate reunion beginning next Wednesday, and all ol the committees have their work wel in hand. The indications are that this will be, in many respects, the greatest reunion ever held in the state. Tht programme contains several novel and interesting features which will delight not only the veterans but the largt number of friends who will accompan> them to the reunion. This morning tht erection of the big reunion assembl> tent was started and by Saturday night everything will be in readiness. All meetings and theatrical performances will be held in this tent, which will seat i r? 000 people. The dining hall, whicli will be conducted by the ladies of Columbia, and the lunch room of the reunion commissary committee are botii being nicely equipped and will be read> in a few days. The reunion quartermaster committte has obtained permission to erect on the capitol grounds a fully equipped and up-to-date camp which will be used for those veterans who are not entertained in prlvatt homes. The camp will be equipped with all conveniences, and the veterans who are assigned to "Camp Hampton' will no doubt greatly enjoy anothei three days of camp life. The receptior to the veterans and citizens of tht state by Governor and Mrs. Hey ward will be one of the most pleasant features of the Reunion. This receptior will be held at the governor's mansion on Friday afternoon, from f> p. m. ti 7 p. m. All of the committees art working diligently and everything points to this btlng the greatest reunion ever held in the state. ? Columbia State. Thursday: Whether the dispensaries should or should not remain open in Laurens county after the election there is a matter ol dispute between counsel representing both sides, and the settlement of tht question will be of general interest ir all of the counties where a propositioi has been advanced to vote out the dispensary. It will be recalled that al an election held last year the figures showed that the dispensary had beer voiea out in Laurens county. aii appeal was made to the state board ol canvassers but after hearing the testimony the election was declared legal M? ssrs. Bellinger & Welch, as attorneys for those opposed to prohibition argued that the election had been illegal in that the returns had not been properly Signed and that vottrs were not required to show their tax receipts and registration certificates. This was held by the state board of canvassers not to be of sufficient showing to warrant declaring the election illegal. After this decision by the board the attorneys for the dispensary people secured from Judge Hydrick at Edgefield a writ of certiorari, which meant thai the evidence in the case was to bt gone over for any error that the statt board might have made on the decision. A decision has not yet been made on ibis by Judge Hydrick, and Mr. O. C. Fiatherstone, who has lead the fight for the anti-dispensary people, claims that this does not act as a stay of proceedings and that the dispensaries should be closed. O.i the other hand the attorneys for the dispensary people claim that the writ obtained acts as a stay and that until a decision is rendered the dispensaries should remain open. Mr. Featherstone, who was in the city yesterday on legal business, said that he had written the attorney general about the matter and had not yet given up the fight. The attorney general has not yet given a written opinion concerning the question and It is probable that the prohibitionists will take other steps to have the dispensaries closed, pending this decision by Judge Hydrick. > LOCAL AFFAIRS, t b \ t NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. p I D. B. Gladden, Grover, N. C.?Don't j want you to forget that cancers can _ | be cured. J, , R. T. Stephenson, Gainesville, Ala.? , Wants to rent house in Yorkvllle to v be occupied June 1st. ^ L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives c [ notice that J. Lesslle McGill has ap- c ; plied to him for letters of admlnis- v tration on estate of J. L. McGill, de- >;) ' ceased. [ Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Has just r> received a big shipment of sailors, chltTon, etc. a \ Bank of Clover?Publishes its statet ment of condition at close of busl-' v ness, May 4th. i' , L. R. Williams, Probate Judge?Gives ( notice that J. B. Bigger has applied n to him for letters of administration a on estate of Mrs. Fannie V. Bigger, j deceased. c Yorkvllle B. & M. Co.?Reminds you, f of Its 50 per cent discount on shoes, ? and 10 per cent discount on clothing. ~ Yorkville Hardware Company?Has full line of refrigerators, Ice boxes, ? freezers, etc. , Thomson Co.?Announces special sale d of men's shirts and half hose Saturday?tomorrow. J v t Sam M. Grist?Says that on life's sea there is no better protection than v a Mutual Benefit policy. J. Q. Wray?The Leader?Tells you |i you where to buy dry goods to best v ! advantage. Special sale Saturday and Monday. * Loan and Savings Bank?Publishes j statement of condition at close of business, May 4th. 'j Foushee Cash Store?Will have a a 5 basket picnic next Monday. Orders wanted for sewing. , 0 [ W. O. Guy, Chester?Offers limited \ 5 amount of Excelsior Prolific cotton ' seed for sale. j 5 York Drjig Store?Has all the May ,c ' magazines as well as the June \ [ Scrap Book. 1 First National Bank?Wants you to know the U. S. mint is the only 5 place money can be made, but it ' will help you save it. It ' J. C. Wllborn?Offers additional prop- e " erty for sale. e J. J. Keller & Co.?Tells you why It v is to your Interest to use Devoe f when you paint. t J. C. Comer, Magistrate?Publishes 'J 1 service in ease of Louis Roth vs. [ Will Adklns and his wife, Kate Ad- j | kins. The fishing is said to be very good , at the mouth of Allison creek, and pec- S i pie living further up the river are enJoying very good sport when the wa- <3 ter is clear. > f The Catawba Power company is now able to deliver about 10,000 horse pow- 1 . er continuously. Later on when the i river falls to summer conditions, it 1 . will be able to deliver only about 6,000. i The Enquirer has heard several intii motions recently to the effect that , the . > negroes, through their societies, which societies we are unable to designate, have decided to demand $1 a day for . . day labor. It is a fact that it is dally r becoming more difficult to get an . honest day's labor at almost any price, r An incident of the recent county ? convention that was omitted from our . . report and which should go on record. occurred during certain interruptions to Senator Brice's speech. It was wnue ( the senator was referring to his fight I against the corruption of the dispensary system. He said that he had been hitting the dispensary a lick at every [ opportunity. Delegate R. H. Cowan asked, "How many licks have you hit j the blind tigers." The question brought forth exulting applause from the dis' pensary side; but it died away when , Mr. Brice replied: "I have been flght; ing the blind tigers day in and day out. | I have prosecuted them in the magls, trate's court and I have prosecuted ' them in the sessions court, givl lg m c 'r time and efforts free of charge." [Ap- v | plause from the anti-dispensary side]. t t The first edition of the "All through I i the Year" cook book brought out by the [ ladies of the First Presbyterian chunch t . of Yorkville last Christmas inclqded f j 700 copies. Of these more than five I hundred copies have been sold and t r there are less than 200 copies on hand- a I The ladies in charge are, of course, j i filling all applications; but they are c f making no effort to force sales and r > there Is no reason to expect that they t ^ intend to do so. But at the rate the i books have been going, and as yet t \ there is no appreciable falling off In l i the demand it is safe to say that t | within a few months more the entire J ? edition will have been exhausted, and 1 . after that it will be difficult to secure ( i copies at any price. This Is not In- I . tended as an advertisement of the cook s i book; but as a friendly tip to people | ( who, if they act upon It now, will frel > grateful to us later on. v \ WITHIN THE TOWN. \ ' ? There Is only one Jone prisoner in v jail, Tobe Burris, the negro charged a ? with burning the GuthrlesvIIle depot, 1 ? The Carolina and North-Western's J i "Ninety-Seven." Nos. 7 and 8, will j. , run daily, beginning next Sunday, and t r if it can only get some assistance from |( I the government ror a man car 11 win j i become a permanent Institution wlnt ter and summer. f ?The dowers In the cemetery are ' simply beautiful and there are lots of a L them. Thr Enquirer has the honor to \ ' acknowledge the receipt of a handsome r r waiter filled with the choicest speci- a i mens and presented with the compll- c r ments of the Ladies Auxiliary of the t ' Cemetery association. Ii 1 , t OUR SOLDIER DEAD. J 1 Following is a list of the soldier t . dead buried in the Yorkvllle ceme- r i tery, as prepared by the Winnie Davis ^ ' Chapter of the Daughters of the Con- r | federacy and read by Rev. Dr. J. L. ' , Stokes yesterday: Confederates?S. H. Barron, J. T. j ? Barron, J. H. Bludworth J. H. Barry, t ? Jack Beard, T. J. Bell. Col. Leroy Mc- 0 1 A fee, B. F. Brlggs, J. L. Clark, R. F. a i Clark, J. H. Clawson, Calvin Conner, P ' J. J. Coward, T. J. Eccles, R. J. Fosr ter. J. J. Garvin, Sr., J. J. Garvin, Jr., i i R. H. Glenn W. D. Goforth, F. Hap- r pertleld. Dr. H. G. Jackson. D. A. t I James, Foster JefTeries, T. S. JefTeries, v John O. Kuykendal. S. J. Kuykendal. t i J. T. Dowry, Sam'l C. Dowry, Dr. John P i May. W. B. Metts, Jas. Mason, N. H. d ? McPheeters, W. D. Miller, Frederick ^ f Moore, R. Springs Moore, E. M. Mur- ^ r |>iiy N. Mcii. Palmer, J. R. Parish, R. u W. Ratchford, Edward Rose, G. R. n Shillinglaw. George S. Sherrer, Wll- n . liam Smith. Thomas A. Smith, J. B. t I Smith, J. J. Snyder. Deroy Tomli ison, c . James B. Tate, J. B. Williams, W. B. f Wilson, S. H. Williams, M. Whitt, Jas. h ; Wright, J. A. Wltherspoon, J. S. Dew. is J. E. JefTeries, W. A. JefTeries, D. s i A. Johnson, J. A. Ratchford, Richard v i Hare, Dr. J. F. Dlndsay, Jas. E. Smith, 'v J. D. McClain, E. R. Stewart. W. M. v t Walker. A. Hawkins. W. Stewart. D. i Harrison, n. noumson, i. u. wuneri spoon, Thrash Allen, John Allen, L. M. r . Grist, T. C. Dunlap I. T. Parish, R. n r M. Wallace. S. A. McBlwee. Col. W. t . H. McCorkle, J. R. Witherspoon, W. a B. Williams. L. B. Sherrer, J. A. Wat- i< . son, J. A. Barron. Major James R o Hart, A. J. Hughes, A. R McConnell, v ! J. A. Jackson. ? i War of Revolution?Capt. James B. ji . Fulton. Jno. Dennis, Sr. i s Mexican War?Jerome B. Carr. o s IT. S. Regular Army?Capt. Geo. D. o ; Wallace. IT. S. Volunteers. Spanish-American l . War?Col. Jos. K. Alston. n Dr. A. 1. Barron, one of the signers |] . of the Ordinance of Secession. b I u DESTRUCTIVE FROST. a > e Reports from different parts of the l> country indicate that there was wide- h i spread damage from frost. Tender r> I vegeta'tion, especially cotton, in many w I cases corn, and garden crops, such as n bt a lis, Irish potatoes, etc.. suffered very d i severely, and the loss cannot he satis- |t factorily estimated in dollars and s cents. Ii Mr. James T. Quinn of King's H Creek No. t. came down to Yorkvllle it Wednesday after a load of lumber, and tl reported that he had seen signs of 11 much damage to cotton on the way; fi but was not then able to say whether eor not the crop had been generally killed. Later Mr. J. Lesslle McOIII of Bethany telephoned that there had been great damage throughout his entire neighborhood; that many people would tl have to replant their cotton crops and a that cotton seed were scarce. a Mr. J. J. Oaulden of the Delphos e< neighborhood, reported that he had no- hj Iced lots of cotton that would have to e replanted. Mr. W. H. Herndon of rorkvllle, noted some cases where recanting would be necessary and othrs where there had been no serious arrage. Where the cotton was Just lushing its way out of the ground it ,'as not hurt much. He heard of some ields that had just been chopped out rhich had suffered severely while unhopped cotton escaped, and in other ases he heard of the killing of chopped otton and the escape of crops that rere ns yet unchopped. Numerous ilaekened cotton stalks were brought nto Rock Hill on Wednesday. A posal card from Filbert says that the lamage along R. F. D. No. 1, will mount to only about' 3 per cent. The crop of Mr. S. W. Inman on the restern outskirts of Yorkvllle had ieen chopped out and worked over, and f was practically ail killed. Mr. Innan at once went to work to replant, nd the understanding is that replantng Is In progress In ail sections of the ounty, but In very many cases the armers are finding it very difficult to :et seed, ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. John A. Metts of Charleston, was n Yorkvllle Wednesday. Mrs. Jane A. Thomas of Sharon, is Isiting in Bowling Green. Mr. J. T. Thomasson of Lancaster, i'qo In VnrkvillA vpatprdnv Col. R. E. Allison of Lancaster, vlsted Dr, J. B. Allison's family this week. Miss Isabel and Master William Gorlon of Rock Hill, are the guests of Mrs. 3. A. Crawford. Mr. D. T. Woods and son. Master Tom, are visiting Mrs. W. H. Smith, t Andrews, N. C. Misses Florence and Ethel Radcllffe if Charleston, are In Yorkville on a islt to Mr, and Mrs. G. T. Radcllffe. Mr. R. C. Allein of the National lank, attended the meeting of the 5tate Bankers' association at Greenllle this week. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. There being practically no contest ast Tuesday, the Yorkville municipal lection did not create as much interst as would have been the case otherwise, and the vote though small was ully 75 per cent of the registration, the otal number of votes cast being 92. The election resulted as follows: Mayor?John R. Hart, 86 -votes; W. J. Moore, 2 votes. Alderman for Ward 1?Dr. A. Y. ?artwright, 12 votes. Alderman for Ward 2?James M. Jtarr, 18 votes. Alderman for Wc.rd 3?W. H. HernIon 3 votes; J. P. White, 12 votes; A. lose, 4 votes. Alderman for Ward 4?H. C. Strauss, 4 votes; W. H. Snyder, 9 votes. Alderman for Ward 5?W. C. Latlner. 4 votes; Frank Tiddy, 6 votes. Alderman for Ward 6?I. W. Johnon, 5 votes. Commissioner of Public Works?J. 1. Wray, 73 votes. Two Trustees of the Graded School -John E. Carroll, 80 votes; Dr. J. D. ifcDowell, 78 votes. Messrs. Moore and Herndon gave lotice at the commencement of the lection that they would not serve If lected. None of the gentlemen voted or gave evidence of especial concern ls to the outcome further than they renerally expressed themselves as not leslring the places, for which they were being named. Mr. Hart, of ourse, was an avowed candidate for nayor, and Mr. Strauss said that if lected he would give the best service within the limits of his capacity. It is xpected that all will do this, and it is air iu tiiai mc scictuuuo gcuciilly are quite satisfactory to a very arge majority of the people. MEMORIAL DAY. The thirty-second annual observance >f Memorial Day took place In York llle yesterday under the auspices of he Winnie Davis Chapter United daughters of the Confederacy, and was artlclpated In by a large majority of he people, including representatives roin practically every family. The beating of the assembly call of he Jasper Light Infantry was taken is the signal for the gathering of the >eople, who followed the march of the company to the Graded school auditoium and soon' tilled that spacious {iall o overflowing. Captain M. C. Willis presided, and he exercises were opened with prayer >y Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber, after which o a piano accompaniment by Mrs. W. I. Fowler, Messrs S. C. Wood, John ?V. Barnwell, W. P. Harrison, M. L. Carroll, Mesdames J. D. McDowell, M. j. Carroll, H. C. Glenn and Miss Panly Traywlck, sang "Maryland, My Maryland." The next feature of the programme vas the address of the day, by Col. W. >V. Lewis, who upon being Introduced ?y Captain Willis, delivered a most ible and carefullly prepared address ehich, being a complete constitutional ind moral vindication of the cause of he south, was not only singularly ap>roprlate for the occasion but is deerving of publication in full for the leneflt of the generation now growing ip. Col. Lewis's address was as folows: dr. Chairman, Members of the Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D. C., Veterans, Ladies and Gentlemen: ' More than forty-one years have come ind gone since that memorable day on rhlch the shattered and battle worn emnant of a once great and glorious irmy laid down Its arms, and the men omposlng that valiant band sadly, but ravely turned their faces toward a and, once blossoming as the rose, but hen laid bare and almost desolate, rhose have been memorable years In ImliU'i./l unuthlun^?mpmnmhlp in he building up of the waste places? nemorable In the wonderful commerlal and industrial strides that have teen made within her borders, but nost memorable in the courage and ortitude with which our fathers, these plendld veterans, have met and overome the obstacles that have beset hem from time to time, and have built ipon the resting places of all that was ither, if possible, better, and higher, ind grander than any the world has ver known. But with all the many changes that lave come with the years, and the iroblems that have engaged the attenlon of the minds of our citizenship irlth each recurring spring, the hnughts of Our people have ever turnd to loving remembrances of our hero lead, and fair women and brave men lave met together, and with bowed irads and saddened heurts have laid ipon the resting place of all that was aortal of our Immortals, nature's riost beautiful and tender tribute to he goodness and mercy of a loving Creator. O'ice again we find ourselves assemled upon an occasion of this kind, and s It not well that we stop for an Infant in the performance of this sad, et ever sweet duty and inquire why i*e thus hold in loving memory those L'ho are hound to many of us by only entimental ties. True that mflny of them were comades of those I see before me but is t because of Comradeship altogether hat we honor their memory, or Is It lone because they fell as soldiers of a st cause? Rather Is it not because f the principles for which they were rilling to endure hardship and death. l,<i I wo hmmr th?-lr rrwmnrv most? Is I not true that "righteousness exalteth a nation?" And can we not on an oc- j as on such as this, learn something a f the righteousness which exalted that 7. storm cradled nation" which went i own to a most glorious yet perchance l r<n cnrlv death, to the end, that we, of t his new nation, as It were, may be s rtler prepared to assume the toga left a s hv those who have gone on before. ( nil to wear it worthily? It would seem t reim ntlv fitting just now that we fc He fly review some of the events lead- 11 ig up to that great conflict, and the t rineiples underlying the struggle, not a Itli a view of justifying the conduct ji f our fathers, for history has already i one that, nor with a vl< w of awaken- c ig painful memories, we trust, long a ince soothed by th? hand of time, but k i order that we who knew not these k hings. may learn them, that our chll- t re < mav understand the reasons for r hot terrible strife, and that those of a s whose heads are whitened with the j rosts of many winters may be able to |i ifdaim: t "Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, 1 Lest we forget, lest we forget." If the casual reader were asked for tl ie causes of the civil war one would n nswer "slavery" and another would f< nswer "secession." and both would be s lually in error, for the first was only g II incident in the attempt to solve cor- c ectly a great constitutional question, vhlle the other was a result flowing rom the south's attempt to settle It >y peaceable means, both, however, >eing used as pretexts by our brethren >f the north?the one to inflame the lorthern mind against us, and the oth>r to Justify an invasion of our terrlory. The true cause which eventually irought on that awful conflict is to be ound In the deep seated determination >f the northern states to rule this ;ountry according to their own ideas ind for their political interests, wheth>r those ideas should conform to constitutional rights and limitations or lot. Sufficient is it for present purposes to refer to the almost universal ipposition offered by the north to the idmisslon into the Union as a state of iny territory that seemed to add poitical strength to the south. The realon assigned for this opposition was a ieslre to prevent the spread of slavery, iut the true reason is to be found as I lave Just stated. I know of no more satisfactory way to bring this home o our hearts and minds that by quot-. ng from a letter written about the time liscusslon was being had upon the adnission of Louisiana as a state of the Union. This may be taken as a true ft# tKft nftpf Kam mlnH a t tlfot :ime and the letter from one Massachusetts statesman to another, (Cabot :o Pickering) reads as follows: "That the influence of 'our* part of he Union must be diminished by the icqulsition of more weight at the othr extremity." However all thin may be, the quesions of slavery und secession are so ntlmatejy connected with the causes >f the war that a brief study of those :wo questions will for this occasion, five a sufficient Insight Into the other. [, therefore, ask your indulgence for a crief period while we review: (1) The attitude of the south with rerard to slavery from the Federal or Constitutional standpoint. (2) Secession. (1) The attitude of the south with rerard to slavery from the Federal or Constitutional standpoint. It shall not be our purpose to discuss :he question of the moral right of the ndividua) to hold slaves, for the issue svas not and could not have been fought >ut along that line, the north being, certainly, equally as responsible for :he existence of slavery as the south. In support of this we have only to cite the fact that at the time of the idoption of the constitution every state, ivith the possible exception of Massachusetts, recognized the right to hold daves. About 1790 there were in the United States about 700,000 slaves dlsrlbuted, it is true, more largely through the south than the north, but when we understand that environment has largely to do with the habitat of the negro, and further, that the north had most to do with the Importation of slaves Into the United States, the fact nf the larger holding In the south can nffer no argument that the south was esponslble for slavery. But on the Jther hnnd. whrn we consider that as >arly as 1827 there were In the United states 116 anti-slavery societies with 5,625 members of which 106 societies ivlth 5,150 nvmhers were In the south, jnd further that as a colony Virginia petitioned the Crown to prevent the dave trade, and that Georgia under Oglethorpe prior to 1752 prohibited the mportatlon of slaves, and again that 3outh Carolina had a similar law prior to 1801, we have affirmative evidence >f the fact that the south was never wedded to the institution of slavery. \nd a train when we see South Carolina repealing her law prohibiting the slave trade In 1803 because of the Impossibility of enforcing the same against the violations of the law by northern slave traders, w^ also have evidence of the If termination of our northern friends to ignore the moral Issue so long as the huslness of dealing In human lives should prove profitable. Indeed so unanimous was the south In Its desire to abolish the trade that snly three southern votes were registered against the proposition when a bl'l was offerer! In congress In 1807 to prohibit the same. But. however, the south favored the abolition of the slave trade and the eventual abolition to slave holding, at the same time, they claimed (1) the right to settle the question for themselves. each state for Itself and for Its awn citizens only, under the rights guaranteed and reserved to the several states by the constitution. 2) That slavery being recognized as property by the people at the time of the adoption of the constitution and by that Instrument Itself, a citizen of the Unlot had the rleht to go Into any of the territory of the Union (the common propprty of all) with this property and be and remain secure In his possession and ownership of the same, and (3) that the other states were In duty bound to afford the same protection to the citizens of slave-holding states temporarily within their bounds. This and this alone was all the south contended for an how well that contention was founded let the facts of history and the constitution demonstrate.The right of each state to settle the question for Its own citizens only. Certainly before they became states of the Union that was their right and their only right for they were all, as It were Independent nationfe, with control over their own affairs only and they so declared In that great declaration affirming "that they of right are and ought to be free and Independent states." Now can It be claimed that this power was either curtailed or enlarged by the terms of that great compact, the Federal constitution? Let us see. When the constitution was first submitted to the states for ratification the greatest opposition presented Itself in the fear that too much power was granted by implication to the general government, and only after the most absolute assurance that an express reservation of the undelegated rights of the states woud be preserved was It possible to get the requisite number of nine states to adopt the 'ame. Foremost of the states In expressing: themselves along: this line may 5e noted Massachusetts. New York. Yorth Carolina. South Carolina, and Rhode Island, this discussion led to the idoptlon of that provision of the constitution which declares: "The powers not delegated to the [Tnlted States by the constitution nor nrohiblted by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to he people." Certainlv. then, the right of a state o maintain or abolish slavery within ts own borders and as to Its own cftl'.ens onlv, was reserved to the states n express terms, unless some other provision of Ihe constitution de'egated hat right to congress or prohibited the xerclse thereof by the several states. Clearly this proposition admits of no avil. Art. I. Sec. 2. apportions representsion In congress from each state by aiding to the number of free persons ' * three-fifths of al others. A certain recognition of the right to mid slaves and to be represented in he conere>-s by reason thereof. Art. IV Sec. 2. provides: "No per on held to service or labor in one date under the laws thereof, escaping nto another, shall In consequence of my law or regulation therein be disharged from such service or labor, but hall be delivered up on c'alm of the arty to whom such service or labor r.ov be due." With these provisions of the constiutlon staring us In the face, how can t be contended that congress could bollsh slavery or that any state could ass any law that would operate to innul the rights of property of citl-1 ;ens of other states. Hut further still, n view of the fact that the Federal Jnlon was formed for mutual protecion, was It not the duty of all of the tates by affirmative measures and In II good faith to seek to preserve to the itlzens of all of the states those things hat it was hoped and believed would ie preserved to them by the establlshnent of the Union? A due regard for * Dula" ru? ODServHIltP III me uuiucn ?uic , .side from the solemn obligation Imposed upon all state officials are legslat ors by their oath to support the onstltutlo i would answer the question fflrmatively. But did our brethren ;eep the faith? No sooner had con:ress iissembled In Its first session han a petition was offered by two lorthern societies praying congress to Polish slavery, but to the glory and ustlce of that body see how they disposed of the matter. They hold "that he congress have no authority to tnprfere In the emancipation of slaves, r In the treatment of them within any f the States." A deliverance as auhorative as a deliverance of that law mklng bodv could well be to the efect that this matter was left to the everal states to settle for themselves, tut alas for consistency, we find the ongress thirty years after this pass Ing the famous Missouri Compromise and denying to the slave-holding clti- e zen of the Union the right to go into y certain common territory of the Union, tl the common property of all, as we have tl heretofore remarked. And thus we see, p as the voting power of the northern b states Increased, the evidence of their G determination to curtail southern rights a despite the terms of the agreement b binding the states. " Again, see the injustice done the ? south in the settlement of the matter g of the admission of Texas and Califor- a nla Into the Union as states. g Realizing that the application of the s doctrine of rule of the Missouri Com- t< promise would enure to northern gain f< In the case of Texas no trouble was o found in the settlement of that ques- e I ?I/VM (n AQQO f\t Pflllfnr- I nun, uui mien nt me v??wv w. nia, the south as a matter of equity h and in order to ' ensure a period of c peace to the country proposed the c adoption of the sartie rule, the north li was opposed to it for the simple reason a that she would be the loser by reason a thereof. Despite the plain provisions of Art. h IV. Sec. 2, to which we have referred, a how can we view with anything short a of amazemant the enactment of four- u teen non-slave holding states of the e notorious "Personal Liberty Laws," by e which the officials of those states were a prohibited from rendering assistance y in the reclaiming of fugitive slaves. Contemplate for a moment the storm f of abuse that almost overwhelmed that f august tribunal when the supreme t court of the United States, the final ar- r biter under the constitution of all the e questions at issue, rendered the famous b "Dread Scott" decision by the terms of which they declared the famous Mis- t souri Compromise unconstitutional, v that a slave did not obtain his liberty u by being taken by his master Into the o common territory of the Union, and b tha't the constitution distinctly in " terms recognized the right of property t in slaves. Nearly every proposition for a which the south had so long and vig- e orously contended we see thus af- J firmed and confirmed by the highest ; court In the land, and yet in spite of j this we also see the Republican party ? In Its platform of 1860 declaring that t decision heresy and expressing Its most r profound contempt for It. d Further and again, what of the pro- r tection of our rights was the south to e expect when we hear the great leader f of that party, Lincoln, declaring that p "the Union cannot premanently en- fc dure, half slave and half free," and 1 again when he denies to the south the I' right to peaceably withdraw from the t Union? The answer Is plain?that the a north proposed to abolish slavery, right I or wrong, and that the south had to I stay in the Union. Be it said to their s credit conservative men in the north c used every influence to a peaceable solution of the many problems that darkened the political horizon, and that t seemed to lower as a dark cloud threat- f ening at any moment to break in a I torrent of blood and carnage. But it t seemed that the fates were sealed, and at last the south realized it naa me choice of three things, either to submit to wrong, to seek the enforcement of her rights within the Union by force of arms, or else to withdraw from the Union. The first alternative being utterly repugnant to Anglo-Saxon civilization was not considered for a moment, the second was repudiated by the south as in plain violation of the very spirit that prompted the formation of the Union, so that nothing was left for the south but withdrawal from the Confederation of states. Doe j not the adoption of this latter course by the south commend itself to the wisdom and love of liberty and justice and peace which every man hopes for and longs to see obtain? Do not the laws of Ood commend that course? Did not the rights of the states under the constitution commend the action of our fathers in this respect? The first effort to organize a national government found its consummation In the "Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union" adopted by leven of the original thirteen colonies s in 1778, and we see from the terms of this ugreement that this agreement ? "and the articles thereof shall be in- t vlolably obstrved by the states we res- i pectlvely represent; and that the Union a shall be perpetual." Now in the face ? of this plain and unequivocal declaration and agreement, the states in part t realizing that this union did not pro- a mote the general welfare and secure to c themselves aid their posterity the bt?S8lngs of life, liberty, and property t (the purpose of all government) dellb- c erately set about to establish another c government with the concurrence of nine of the thirteen original states. Will we not agree that such a course was not only right, but entirely proper under the circumstances, and can it be said that if nine of the states could thus withdraw from a perpetual union, that the southern states, when the purposes for which the government had been formed had been utterly subverted, might not do likewise? The answer is to be found in the broad doctrine that when one of two I irties violates a contract the other is a o solved from further performance thereof, and If there be no higher arbiter of the question of a violation of the agreement than the parties themselves each must then decide for himself. This doctrine was held so dear and essential to the liberties of the people that had It not been distinctly understood by the various parties to the adoption of the Federal constitution and the right of state sovereignty preserved to the states, it is doubtful If the present government would ever have been organized. Just at this point it might be well to understand that this principle was adhered to by states in all parts of the Union, and we find that prior to 1860 the night to secede was declared seven times, six times by northern states, and once by South Carolina. Listen to what the great Webster said on the subject In 1851: In a speech at Capon Springs, Va., in 1851 he said in part: t "I have not hesitated to say, and I | repeat, that If the northern states re- ( fuse, wilfully and deliberately, to carry t Into effect that part of the constitution which respects the restoration of fugl- ( tive slaves, and congress provide no ? remedy, the south would no longer be t bound to observe the compact. A ( bargain cannot be broken on one side, t and still bind the other side." Could language be more simple and j logic be more forceful, and coming as c It did from that great statesman does 3 it not carry great weight? But observe, if you please, how the national government was practically ^ committed to this principle. An exam- # ination of that splendid work: "Rawle * on the Constitution" taught to Jeflferson Davis at the National Military academy at West Point, lays down the ^ following doctrine: "If a faction should attempt to sub- !j vert the government of a state for the , purpose of destroying its republican form the national power of the Union . could be called forth to subdue It. Yet it Is not to be understood that Its Interposftlon would be Justifiable if a state should determine to retire from . the Union. v "It depends 011 the state Itself whether ft will continue a member of the Union. To deny this right would be Inconsistent with the principle on which all our political systems are founded, V which is, that the people In all cases have the right to determine how they j shall' be governed. e "The state may wholly withdraw from, the Union. The secession of a state from the Union depends on the E will of the people of such state." ? Instances of the adherence to this n principle might be multiplied and the V argument continued, but time forbids, Y antLthe occasion does not demand it. ci After exhausting every effort at rec- T onclliation and hoping against hope, with saddened hearts and reluctant ^ action the southern states were forced y to resort to this last alternative and D from Dec. 20th. 1860 to May 20th, 1861. ? the cotton states quietly yet resolutely p, withdrew from the Union and undertook the formation of a new govern- sl ment. pi I know of no more fitting words with 0, which to express the feelings of the _ south at the parting than were used by c Jefferson Davis In taking leave of the (senate of the United States upon the ai announcement of the secession of Mis- M sissippi from the Union. He said: C "I am sure there is not one of you, ol whatever sharp discussion there may c< have been between us, to whom I can- e( not now say, in the presence of my ai God, I wish you well: and such, I am ai sure. Is the feeling of the people whom el 1 represent toward those whom you 01 represent. I. therefore, feel that I but vi express their desire when I say I hope, di and they hope for peaceable relations ol with you, though we must part. They c? may be mutually beneficial to us In the ct future, as they have been In the past, tl if you so will It. rt "The reverse may bring disaster on very portion of the country, and, if ou will have It thus, we will invoke tie God of our fathers, who delivered lem from the power of the lion, to rotect us from the ravages of the ear; and thus, putting our trust In , tod and in our Arm hearts and strong rms, we will vindicate the right as est we may." To the glory of the south and the outhern statesman, be it said, his uidlng star was the principle of truth nd right and justice, and just as his lory shines forth in the realms of tatesmaii8hip just so the south gave o the world in the great conflict that ollowed, the highest type of soldier f which the poets of the nations have ver sung. * Fighting as he was for principle, ome and country, no mean nor mer ?iiar>- uiuugiiiB uuuiu ciucr iiuu xiis onduct; although raised, as he was, n- the lap of luxury and ease, willingly .id gladly did he give himself to toil nd hardship. ( In the hour of triumph and rejoicing, ie always had a tear for the wounded nd fallen enemy; in the hour of defeat nd disappointment, his courage was nshaken and his trust secure. Whethr on the march or bivouac his thoughts * ver turned to home and loved ones, id his heart became as tender as a toman's. In the face of danger he knew not ear, and in the hour of death he went orth into that great unknown with he same char consciousness of the ighteousness of his cause as witness- < d his fagerness to take up arms for ils beloved country. How our hearts sadden as we conemplate how many brave young lives l ent down in that fierce struggle to an intlmely grave, but as we cherish in ur In arts and memories that gallant >and of our departed heroes who have crossed over the river, and rest under he shade of the trees;" and as we feel .round us and about us on this solmn occasion the spirit of Lee and of ackson, and of Stuart, and of Beaure- / ;ard, and of Wheeler, and of our own enkins and Hampton, how our hearts well with pride at the priceless heriage that has been left to us by their loble lives and heroic deaths. How lear to us, then, should the remaining nemb< rs of that once valiant band be ver held and cherished. They have ought a good fight they have sustaind us of the yqunger generation, they lave guided us they have almost Unshed their course, and we confidently ook to the day when they shall receive he crown in store for them. Oreat hall be the day, and great the rejolc- .. ng when those valiant bands passing n review before the great white throne thai! receive from the lips of the God if battles the "well done good and althful servant." My young friends, theirs has it been o exemplify in their lives the great irinclples for which they fought, ours t Is to learn of them and be worthy of hem. But my friends, the soldiers of the Confederacy were not alone the heroes if that great strife. We often hear of he pow< r of "the man behind the gun" ind feel that he It Is who makes or nars the success of the arms of a :ountry, but if.we would look for the eal inspiration, the heart and soul and trf ngth of the "man behind the gun," give you the "woman behind the man >ehlnd the gun." Delicately nurtured, tenderly cared or, and loved and adored as no other / t'Amu n Ho a ntrar honn thn onilthpm voman with delicate fingers and a irave but breaking heart buckled on he sword of husband and son and iweetheart, and with a smile on her ips bade him go forth and acquit hlmlelf as a true son of the south. What ihe suffered during those times that rled men's souls no one knows nor can tnow save her alone, who with a smile >n her lips and with death in her heart, itterly forgetful of self, gave her whole ife in encouragement to those at the 'ront, and in soothing the last sad tours of him who, perhaps, too soon tnswered his last roll call. The wounds on these grizzled vetertns have long since become smoothed >ver with a halo of glory, but the 5 vounded hearts of the women of Dixie ire yet tender and bleeding, for th^ offerings of love ones. Ask these mothers In Israel for a ale of those times and the story is toon lost In the moistening eye and the ihoklng sob. She it is who with loving hands on his day as we visit the resting places >f our beloved dead and who with tears >f the purity of an angel's breath will Cover them over with beautiful flow* , j Deck them with garlands, those broth. ers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day, Sleeping the years of their manhood away, Years they had mark'd for the Joys of the brave, Years they must waste In the sloth of the grave; Cover them over, yes, cover them over, Parents and brother and husband and lover, Shrine in your hearts these dead heroes of ours, J And cover them over with beautiful . flow'rs! 'Cover the faces that motionless lie, Shut from the blue of the glorious sky; Lipd that are silent and bosoms all ' cold, Hearts tried and true resting now in the mold, dive them the chaplets they won in the strife, Give them the gat lands they lost with their life; v Cover them over, yes cover them over. Parents and brother and husband and lover, ~ * : . Shrine in your hearts these dead heroes of ours. And cover them over with beautiful flow're." Ask me. If you will, who kept the alars of our patriotism .burning brighty in the dark hour of disaster and deVat and I answer, "the girl who wore he homespun dress" in Dixie. Ask me who is keeping the memory >f our hero dead, alive and green, ind who It is that teaches our children o reverence the history of our^beautl'ul lancl, and I have only to point you o the mothers and daughters of Dixie. Would you know to whom we of the few South should pledge "our lives, >ur fortunes, and .our sacred honor?" I inswrr, the women of Dixie. Col. Lewis was listened to with the !!osest attention throughout his ad- ? Iress, and at its close the audience rave expression to its pleasure in lib ral applause, and the choir rendered Tenting on the Old Camp Ground." Dr. Stokes read the list of soldiers lead in the Yorkvllle cemeteries as tubllshed elsewhere in this issue and ifter closing prayer by Rev. W. C. Swart, Capt. Willis "formed a procesion' with the Jasper Light Infantry ommand of Capt. Hart at the head nd marched to' the cemeteries where rreaths were placed over the graves of ach of the soldier, dead, and after this ribute had been completed salutes k'ere fired by the military over both emeterles. LOCAI^1LACONIC8. Ve Will Send The Enquirer From this date until January 1st, 907, for $1.32. Educational Rally. There was a big educational rally at >elphos today. The speakers were rof. W. H. Hand of the South Carolla university, Prof. J. W. Thomson of Wnthrop, and Rev. E. K. Hardin of orkvllle circuit. There was a large rowd of people in attendance, he County Commissioners. The county board of commissioners eld Its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday and all the members were resent. There was no business, howrer, of especial importance except the ayment of a large number of acjunts, most of them comparatively ? nail except the bill for court exposes, which amounted to something rer Jl.OOO. herokee's Earning*. Charlotte Observer. Thursday: The nnual meeting of the Cherokee Palls lanufacturlng company was held at herokee Falls., yesterday. This Is one r the best equipped and most sucpssful mills in South Carolina. The julpment consists of 26,000 spindles nd 600 looms. The waste products re utilized in the making of rope, * tc. While the capital is but 1200,)0, the property presents an Insstment of more than half a million allars. During the past year a profit f approximately thirty-three per ?rt has been earned. A handsome ish dividend was ordered paid to le stockholders yesterday, and the >st will go to the surplus, fund.