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Scraps and John Hyde, chief statistician of the department of agriculture has returned from Europe and is assisting the secret service in the investigation of the alleged leakage in the crop reports. Secretary Hester's weekly cotton report of last Friday says: Including stocks left over at the ports and interior towns from the last crop, and the number of bales brought into sight thus far from the new crop, the supply to date is 12,806,702, against 9,056,661 for the same period last year. Louisville, June 18: Andrew Jackson Cogar, a famous sharpshooter of the Civil war, was found dead In bed at the South Carolina Reunion headquarters in this city yesterday morning. Mr. Cogar had been attending the reunion, and when the attendants reached his cot they found that ha hurt naaaari nwnV Mr.

WE8 seventy years of age and his home was at Midway, Ky. He served In a Virginia regiment during the Civil war, and on many occasions boasted of having killed twenty-three Federal soldiers at the battle of Manassas. St. Petersburg, June 26: The Ruasky Invalid, the army organ, supplies an argument for peace In an estimate of the strength of the Japanese armies, which it places at from 550,000 to 600,000 men, including the forces operating In Korea. In the flvg Japanese armies opposing General Llnevltch, exclusive of cavalry and artillery, It estimates that there are from 430,000 to 450,000 bayonets, which gives Field Marshal Oyama a decided numerical superiority over the strength usually allotted to Linevltch's army.

The Japanese forces, It says, are divided as follows: Gen. Kurokl, 115,000 to 120,000 bayonets; Gen. Oku, 110,000 to 115,000 bayonets; Gen. Nogi, 85,000 to 90,000 bayonets; Gen. Nodzu, 45,000 bayonets, and Gen.

Kawamura, 73.000 to 80,000 bayonets. The City of Lodz, in Russian Poland, has been the scene of wholesale bloodshed during the past few days. Lodz is a manufacturing town, and has been the scene of great confusion since last February. Stirred by Revolutionists, the workmen struck for shorter hours and more pay. Things went from bad to worse until last week, when bloodshed began in earnest.

There was fierce fighting between the troops and strikers during ceveral days, and hundreds of people, Including many soldiers were killed. The strikers barricaded themselves in their homes and stretched wires across the streets to prevent cavalry charges. Then they fired into the troops. The troops killed young and old, women and children all alike, without discrimination. Quiet has not yet been restored.

David Lamon, a Jeweler of Denver, according to a dispatch, has just received patents on an Invention for tempering copper, that lost art of the ancients which scientists have been trying for ages to again bring to light. Exhaustive tests made by Mr. Lamon's process, which is secret, show that It will. Indeed do what he claims for it. He has Interested local capitalists in his invention and now that the patents have been accepted at Washington his company will at once proceed with the erection of a mammoth plant which will employ 500 men.

The new concern will manufacture copper wire and all sorts of electrical devices. Lamon discovered the art by accident while working at his trade, and he already has been offered $500,000 for full possession of his secret. The offer was refused. Toklo, June 25: The following dispatch has been received from the Japanese army headquarters in Manchuria: "The enemy holding the northwest eminence of Manchuria was attacked and dislodged on the afternoon of June 22, but a portion of the enemy holding the hills to the west offered a stubborn resistance and the hills were finally taken by assault. Another force of the enemy holding the hills due north was attacked from the front, and we strenuously resorted to a turning movement from the northwest, intercepting his retreat and causing him heavy loss.

The enemy in confusion hoisted the Red Cross flag, but this did not stop our firing, and he fled north in disorder. His strength in cavalry and Infantry was some 3,000 men and several guns. Fifty corpses were left oil the field. The enemy's loss was fully 200. Our loss was Insignificant." There has been no cessation In the sensational developments In the Equitable Life Assurance society.

Within the past few days It has come to light that the Equitable has been carrying the name of a dead man on Its salary list for $25,000 a year. Three ex-employes have been drawing salaries of $20,000, $15,000 and $3,500 a year, respectively, for doing nothing. Mrs. Hyde, widow of the founder of the society is still receiving an annual pension of $25,000. These include only a few of the revelations that have been made as the result of Investigations made by Paul Morton, the new president.

The business of the Equitable has fallen off to such an extent within the past few months that hundreds of agents have found It advisable to resign. District Attorney Jerome of New York, has taken occasion to say that he proposes to bring criminal proceedings against some of the Equitable officers within the next few days. Manufacturers' association of Covington, was organized mainly for the purpose of suppressing the filing of suits for damages for personal Injuries on frivolous grounds, and it appealed strenuously to the Kenton Bar association for aid and comfort and assistance In the work. The Bar association has made response to the appeal. In the response the regret is expressed that the complaint of the Manufacturers' association Is only too well founded.

It Is admitted that lawyers against whom complaint Is made not only solicit businckaa thomwlvpti "hut kppn one or more solicitors, whose duty It Is to visit the scene of an accident and obtain employment for their principal. So energetic are these solicitors that they often arrive at the bedside of the Injured person before the physician gets there." The Bar association regrets the state of fact, believing that It affects the standing and the reputation of an honorable profession vastly more than It affects the manufacturer against whom the suit Is brought, and. having duly gives the following legal Roland for the Oliver of the manufacturers: "We suggest that, perhaps, the best remedy for the bringing of personal Injury suits without merit Is for the manufacturers and business men to cease avoiding Jury service. If disreputable lawyers who bring these suits felt assured that they would find in the jury box. when their causes came on trial, twelve sensible, solid, reputable business men thev would be less arduous In searching and bringing such suits." Paris.

June 24: For the first time since the Fashoda Incident, the French public is in the throes of the war fever. Whether It will result In anything serious depends on Germany's response to the French note on Morocco, but without considering the exact status of the diplomatic negotiations a considerable element of the public and press seriously discuss the possibilities of a resort to arms. Army circles are particularly active and at the military clubs the ofdeera are mainly engaged in making comparisons of the forces of France and Germany. While the financial leaders scout the idea of war, yet the speculative element has been quick to seize the opportunity to raid French rentes, which, when they closed tonight, showed a fall of 1 franc. 8 centimes within the week.

The official view is that the situation, while delicate. does not present any aspect of danger or a crisis involving a rupture of relations. It is pointed out in diplomatic quarters that the worst aspect of the Moroccan question does not present a belli. An analysis of the controversy shows that the sultan of Morocco Invited the powers to a conference. Germany urges the powers, including France, to accept.

Premier Rouvier's latest note shows the willingness of France to consider a conference if Germany explains her purposes. but even should France decline to accept this, refusal of the invitation not constitute a cause for war. The controversy serves to call atten tion to the complete state of readiness of the French military system to meet any emergency. The present peace footing of the army is 530,000 men. This force is organized on an elastic basis, whereby the doubling and tripling of the strength of each company doubles and triples the aggregate army.

The first and second reserves are made up of trained men, who heretofore have completed the military sendee which the state requires all citizens to complete. The equipment of the reserves is always kept in readiness at the barracks. Military experts say that the calling of the first reserves to the colors would probably furnish an immediate force approximately of a million trained men and thereafter the second reserves and the territorial militia would permit of much further expansion. La Liberte tonight began the publication of a series of articles from the frontier showing the excited state of public feeling and the activity of the military forces, which are alleged to be constantly drilling and undergoing inspection. The diplomatic situation remains unchanged, as Germany has not yet presented her answer to the French Iioie.

umciius nay uie taking the usual normal course without at present any indication of a marked change. inquirer. york s. c.i TUESDAY, JUNiE 27, 1905. Commenting on the Installation of a second Linotype machine In this office, the News and Courier is kind enough to refer to The Enquirer as being "In many respects the leading semi-weekly and county newspaper In America." While this Is rather more than The Enquirer would care to say of Itself, at the same time It does not hesitate to acknowledge that such talk Is extremely pleasant.

The people of the state will watch with no little Interest the efforts of W. Boyd Evans and others Interested with him, to overthrow the verdict of the people with regard to the Pickens dispensary. As to the right of Mr. Evans and others to take the matter Into the courts If they see proper, we make no question. And If the Pickens proceedings have beer essentially illegal.

It Is proper for the court to Interfere. But some how, we can hardly bring ourselves to the idea of considering the Boyd Evans proceedings as bona fide. Of course, If the supreme court says that the Brlce law Is unconstitutional. that may settle the matter to all Intents and purposes; but there are thousands of good people, Including many lawyers, as able as any on the supreme court bench, who will still believe that the supreme court could have just as easily and a little more honestly, decided the other way. As to whether the Pickens petitions actually contained the names of onefourth of the quallf ed voters, we do not know.

It Is quite possible that they did not. We do not concede this to be a fact until It Is shown. However, even If the petitions did not contain the names of the requisite number of qual ifled voters, the supreme court Is not bound to nullify the election. The time to have attaci vd the petition was when it was still the hands of the supervisor, or at least before the holding of the election. The election could have been restrained without difficulty until the whole atter could have been investigated, But when the people spoke, their action might very well be construed as having cured such technical defects as may have existed previously.

If any mistakes had been made, it was certainly not their fault There may be some differences of opinion on the question as to whether the people of South Carolina are'really sovereign; but if there are those who will Insist on bringing this matter to a test, we are of opinion that It will finally be decided in the affirmative. Telegram has just been received that James Wood Davidson died at Chattahooche hospital this morning. He was a resident of this section, having come to Lake Worth i- 1884. and was elected as a member of the legislature from Dade county in 1886, going from Tallahassee to Washington where he held a government position till falling health obliged him to return here. He was born In Newberry county.

South Carolina, In 1829, making him 76 years of age at the time of his death. He leaves a widow who is at present a resident of this city. The body will be Interred at the hospital till further and more definite arrangements can be made for its final resting Palm Beach, News, June 23, 190L Mr. James Wood Davidson will be remembered by many of the older readers of The Enquirer as a former contributor to this paper. For several years previous to the war he was a member of the faculty of the South Carolina college, and each week he had a column In The Enqhrer especially devoted to the literary developments of the day.

He was a particular friend of the poet Timrod, and was on very intimate terms with all the ante-bellum writers of the day. He was the author of several books, "The Living Writers of the South," and the "Poetry of the Future" among them. His books were characterized by much ability and patient research, and had it not been for the changes brought about by the war they would have no doubt become Recognized masterpieces of southern literature. As it has been their sale has be-jn confined principally to the north, especially since the war. Mr.

Davidson was also the author of the first school history of South Carolina, and subsequent authors of South Carolina history have followed his work closely. At one time Mr. Davidson was the American correspondent of leading London newspapers, including the Times, and was for several years as sociate editor of the New York Evening Post. He was one of the editors of the Standard Dictionary, and from whatever standpoint, was one of the most scholarly South Carolinians of his day. MERE-MENTION.

A passenger train on the Rock Island Pacific railroad was wrecked near Iowa City. Iowa. Saturday, killing the engineer, and injuring the fireman and one passenger Two steamers collided and sank in the St. Clair river near Detroit. Friday, drowning two persons Frank R.

Lubbock, former governor of Texas, and a member of Jefferson Davis's staff, died in Austin, Mexico, Friday, aged 90 years. Judge Stephen Beale, author of the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution, died at Lebanon. in the business portion of Nashville, Sunday, destroyed over $500,000 worth of property A Danish cadet training ship collided with a British steam er off the coast of Denmark Sunday night, and sank, drowning twenty-two cadets In a duel which was the outcome of the feud between the Curtis and Hiil families of Burke county, two men were killed and one fatally wounded at Waynesboro yesterday $100,000 worth of property was destroyed by fire in Cleveland, yesterday The president has named the first day of August as the date of the meeting of the peace plenipotentiaries Secretary of State Hay is seriously ill at his summer home on Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire The first bale of cotton of this season's growth was marketed on the Galveston, cotton exchange yesterday. It came from Roma. Starr county, I and was classed good middling.

The bale came seven days later than last year and is the first bale of cotton raised In Starr county in five years. It was auctioned off and sold for 30 cents per pound. DISPENSARY SCANDAL8. Looks Like Committee May Unearth Something. The dispensary investigating committee, says the Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier, is apparently quietly plodding along.

Some months ago the general committee was sub-divided into special committees. From what can be seen and heard the sub-committee, of which Messrs. Frasier Lyons and Neils Christensen, are members, have been up and doing and this special sub-committee will most likely have things to report. The other members of the committee are Messrs. J.

T. Hay, Cole L. Blease, Arthur L. Gaston, Thos. B.

Frasier and Col. D. A. Spivey. They may be doing something, but the general public has not heard near so much about their activity.

They may be engaged in other lines of state board, the purchases, the handling of the liquor in bulk, the early history of the system or the like, which would not bring about such publicity as dealing with the sub-dispensaries. Of course it is not now, nor has it ever been expected, that information would be handed to any of the committees on a silver pallet, but if the committees want there is any to be has to be dug for. This seems to be the plan of the sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Christensen and Lyons, which is charged with the examination of the ups and downs of the sub-dispensaries of the state. It is understood that this committee has visited various parts of the state and that it has derived considerable interesting information.

The committee. for instance, spent considerable time in Charleston, Spartanburg and Beaufort. It is rumored that there were two sessions in Spartanburg and that there was some real lively testimony heard in that city. The talk around Columbia is, but it may be mere rumor, that it was found that one of the dispensary officials has acted as special agent to collect a fund with which to fight the anti-dispensary movement in that county. It is rumored here that the sub-committee has the list of contributors to the fund, and that on the list are the names of dispensary officials, liquor houses and others.

But the strange part of the whole story, if rumor be true, is how the money was expended, and on this phase the sub-committee, it is also alleged, has testimony. Then it Is suggested that the subcommittee has testimony to show that one of the dispensaries, where is another matter, has been persistent in refusing to sell single liquor. He does not think it good for his customers, but he has been selling two TMq hp did bv anu mi rc A ftuvuu, the simple process of substituting two and three labels on one goods. The liquors were sold to him as one and he resold them two and three goods. The sub-committee Is said also to have had lively times In Charleston.

When the committee first approached Mr. J. S. Farnum. of Charleston, to examine his letters, books and records, he being a beer dispenser, Mr.

Farnum It Is said, refused to allow the committee to see his papers on the ground that he had his private letters and napprs mixed with his official business. He said he was willing to let the committee see his beer dispensary records. The committee did not see the papers. Then they went to Chief Justice Pope and obtained an order, requiring Mr. Farnum to show the books and papers connected with the beer dispensary business or to show cause.

On the last visit of the committee to Charleston. Friday. Mr. Farnum, It Is said, told the committee the books and papers were at the service of the committee. he having in the meanwhile taken from his flies such papers as ne regarded as purely personal, and of no Interest to the Investigating committee.

It Is not known If the committee will go over the books and papers that have been offered by Mr. Farnum. who said he did not question the order of the chief Justice or the right of the committee to look Into the beer dispensary business, but not his own affairs. It Is also sugested that the sub-committee Is on the track of a little book, which will give some light on how much It cost to do a "tigering" business In Charleston In former days. This little book.

It Is said, will have'a tendency to open up some previous hlstorv In that community. The subcommittee Is naturally averse to lettine anything get out In connection with Its work, as the deslr? Is to reserve all Information for the general assembly: therefore all that leaks now Is more or less Incomplete. Has There Been Big Stealing? What peonle are now looking for Is what Investigation Is to be made ar. to the "big things" about the business, and not the transactions of the dollars and cents but of the thousands, 01 to have the prevailing rumors set at rest bv positive statements once and for all time, or to get down to business and see what Is In these rumors. This Is what the state board, the system, the Investigating committee and everyone else ought to Insist uoon, and no petty Inquiry ought to satisfy.

TWO NEW LINES FOR SOUTHERN. They Are to Accommodate Growing Timber Business. Plans are already under way for the construction of two new lines for the Southern railway, both of them running In a northwesterly direction from Western North Carolina to Eastern Tennessee. Samuel Spencer, president that thp ui mt; i uau, oaiu jcomunj bi.t*. lines were Intended to accommodate the growing business, especially in timber, in that territory.

"The Johnson City Southern Railway," said Mr. Spencer, "is intended to shorten the line from Johnson City, to Marion, N. C. The company which will build the line has Just been incorporated. The second line is to make a connection between Marysvllle, to Bushnell, N.

C. This route will not penetrate Rabun Gap as reported. It will pass through another gap in the mountains." Mr. Spencer said that the Southern Railway are among the incorporators of the Johnson City Southern Railway company. The road will run from Marion, N.

in a northwesterly direction along the north fork of the Catawba river and then down to the Tennessee boundary, a distance of seventy-one miles to Johnson City, Tenn. The incorporators, and directors are A. B. Andrews, Henry W. Miller, F.

H. Miller. Alfred P. Thorn, Fairfax Harrison and H. C.

Ansley. Mr. Harrison is Mr. Spencer's assistant, while Mr. Thorn and Mr.

Ansley are respectively counsel and treasurer for the Southern Railway. The contract has already been let for the building of the forty-six miles extension from Marysvllle to Bushnell. Bushnell, N. is on the same division of the road as Marion, but about one hundred miles further west. Another phase in the development cf this part of the country, which is rich in timber and coal lands, is the extension of the Caldwell and Northern railroad, which may ultimately be acquired by the syndicate owning the valuable Clinchfield properties.

The road runs from Lenoir. N. to Mortimer, a distance of nearly twenty-five miles, and is now being extended toward the direction of Tennessee. This road is controlled at present by the Carolina and North-Western Railway interests. There is talk of running the line to Spruce Pine, N.

to connect with the South and Western York Herald, July 24. LOCAL AFFAIRS. NEW ADVERTI8EMENT8. Winnie Davis Chapter, U. D.

present "Aunt Jerusha's Quilting Party" at the Opera House Thursday night, benefit Monument fund. J. O. Walker, Tampa, 36 acres of land for sale, lying southwest of King's Mt. street In Yorkvllle.

John R. Hart, notice to members of Co. regarding drills on Tuesday and Friday nights. J. R.

Comer and Others, notice that the Jr. O. U. A. M.

will have a picnic on July 4th In Mr. O'Leary's grove. The public Is Invited. J. C.

Comer, service by publication In case of L. G. Grist and F. M. Sandlfer, partners In trade, against W.

H. McLure, defendant. W. Long, C. C.

W. O. the public to a Woodmen of the World unveiling and picnic at Antloch church on July 4th. J. Edgar Poag, you to transact your business where you can be served with the least trouble and expense.

He offers many valuable pieces of York county real estate for your consideration. He Invites 4a Kit Af Qol 1 yuur pi u(AiDuiviio wv wuj wt Foushee Cash about a few odds and ends In boys' caps, straw hats, white quilts, lace curtains, etc. Summer pants will be next Monday's special. Ferguson fresh summer flavored and mild. Twenty cents a pound.

J. Q. Wray, The most attractive bargains in summer coats, men's two-piece suits, children's sailor hats, ladles' white duck hats, etc. Prices quoted are for cash only. Glenn received five carloads of buggies and surreys this year and want you to see them before buying anything on wheels.

Sam M. Grist, Special that the only wcy the present excitement about Insurance companies has affected the Mutual Benefit has been to make it stronger in public confidence. Star Drug Malto-Iron tonic, a guaranteed remedy for nervousness, dyspepsia and indigestion. It is a flesh and blood builder and sells for $1 a bottle. The first cotton bloom of last year was sent to this office by Mr.

Meek Williams on June 27. This year's first bloom was plucked on June 19. In letter enclosing his first cotton bloom. Mr. T.

V. Boyd of Fort Mill, wrote that there had been no rain in his neighborhood for four weeks. The time for holding competitive examination for Winthrop scholarships has been fixed for July 7th, at 9 o'clock a. m. The examination will be held by the county board of education.

The track of the Southern railroad between Yorkvllle and Blacksburg, is now In better condition than at any time previously In the history of the road. All of the trestles have been renewed, and the roadbed Is In first class shape. There is widespread complaint of scarcity of labor, not only in the mills; but on the farms. This Is not nearly so serious a condition as an overabundance of unemployed labor; but still It is a condition that calls for correction. What Is to be done? We have reproduced in another column a communication, in which Rev.

J. F. Jacobs of Clinton, seeks to make sure that none of the towns which would bid for the location of Clinton college are deceived. This communication is more or less timely; but entirely unnecessary so far as Yorkvllle is concerned. It is very well unfho mono mPnf Of uersiuuu nri mat vn? Thornwell orphanage was "foreslghted" enough to locate the college buildings on orphanage property, and that these buildings cannot be converted into cash.

However, it Is not cash that the Yorkvllle people want. They want the name of the college and Dr. Neville, and for these they are willing to give about as much property as the college now has at Clinton. The Yorkvllle people also understand that Mr. Jacobs is In error in assuming that the college could not afford to move for no more property than It now has.

Control of the college grounds carries with It control of the college buildings, and unless the Thornwell orphanage people give up control or me r-reuuyterlan college buildings, the college will certainly leave Clinton. It will be compelled to do so. And If the college does leave Clinton, It cannot find anotier cation in the state that otffjrs more advantages and fewer disadvantages than does Yorkvllle, ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. and Mrs.

W. E. Herring are at Mr. T. P.

Moore's. Miss Lucy Smarr spent Sunday at her home near Hickory Grove. Miss Charlotte Erwln Is the guest of Mr. W. B.

Steele's family on East Liberty street. Misses Florence Powe of Cheraw, Louise Brownlee of Due West, and Strauss Mills of Rock Hill, are the guests of Misses Alma and 3trauss Walker. Miss Mary Alexander of Charlotte, arrived In Yorkvllle Sunday to spend a few days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Alexander, before leaving for a visit to Portsmouth, O. Columbia Record, Saturday: Miss Daisy Elizabeth Smith left this morning for Yorkvllle, where she will Join her sister, Mrs. Geo. W.

Kunz. and go with her to the mountains for the summer. GREAT CATAWBA FALLS. The prospective early development of the tremendous water power at Great Catawba Falls, makes that splendid natural resource a subject of particular Interest at this time, and the following from The Yorkville Enquir.br of May 14, 1890, will probably be read with a little more satisfaction now than It was then: "These Falls are situated In the southeastern corner of Chester county, forming the boundary between It and and a few miles north of Fairfield. On a bee line they are thirty-five miles from Yorkvllle, twenty from Chester and fifteen from Richburg.

Taking the public road at this latter point, one proceeds along an elevated and almost level ridge, until within less than a quarter of a mile of the Falls. Here the ridge ends In an abrupt promontory, holding Its crest several hundred feet above the river. and is descended by means or a tortuous defile, opening into the gorge though which rushes the cascade. "At this point the scene which meets the eye is grand. The mighty Catawba, ordinarily from 175 to 200 yards wide, Is hemmed in on both sides, by precipitous walls of granite, and having its channel narrowed down to considerably less than one-third Its usual width is precipitated over the rocks with fearful velocity.

Dashing over the masses of stone, the seething waters are lashed into a sheet of foam extending across from shore to shore and above and below as far as the eye can reach. The cascade is more than a mile and a quarter long, and descends over 20 falls a depth of very little less than 110 feet, before it subsides in tranquil waters, with channel expanded to 318 yards. Nor Is all this tumult accomplished without a tremendous roar, which goes to in-1 crease the sublimity of the scene. "But has no attempt been made to utilize this magnificent power? Tes, to a small ago. Near the head of the Falls are to be seen a few iron bolts sticking out of the rocks.

They once held in position the foundation timbers of Dolg's grist mill; but the closest observer would not now be able to see even these bolts were they not especially pointed out. Further down, not more than two hundred yards, is the site of what was once McCullock's cotton mill. The mill was in operation for many years, until the close of the war, and manufactured principally cotton yam; but Sherman's army passed that way, and a few broken cog wheels are all that is left. The Tenth census puts the number of horse power to be developed at these shoals at the confessedly low estimate of 67,000. A more recent survov rpsults in an estimate of over 65.

000 horse power, to be developed at only four eligible sites, and the engineer believes that fully 100,000 horse power can be made available if necessary. In the whole United States there are only about 1,250,000 horse power used In all kinds of manufacturing, developed by water power, and the full significance of these figures can be better appreciated when it is reflected that they represent a possibility of development equal to nearly one-twelfth of all the utilized water power In the United States. If all this power were used in the manufacture of cotton it would give employment to over 50,000 operatives and support a city of more than 100,000 Inhabitants." SCIENTIFIC DRAINAGE. The people of York county now for the first time have at their disposal, for the asking all the scientific information that could be desired on the Subject of ditching, terracing, deep plowing, etc. Mr.

W. E. Herring of Washington, D. an expert connected with the experiment stations of the agricultural department's drainage Investigations is here for an indefinite stay. He is boarding with Mr.

T. P. Moore's family on north Congress street, and he is at the command of farmers who may desire to avail themselves of his services. Mr. Herring's business is to give exact Information as to the drainage needs of any particular piece of ground.

Where terracing has been attempted without success, he points out the trouble. He also shows where terraces can be used to advantage and where tiling is better. He shows the farmers how to run their terraces, and also gives them information as to how to underdraln bottoms. The services of Mr. Herring are to be entirely gratuitous.

The government only seeks in the first place the privilege of helping those who desire help along this line, and in the second place, It asks that later on people who may have tried such experiments as have been suggested by Mr. Herring report the results to the agricultural department. Mr. Herring expects to remain In this section as long as the farmers show by their Interest that they appreciate his presence; but that should not be taken to mean that Just any time will do. Farmers should proceed to make engagements with him at once.

WITHIN THE TOWN. Mr. Q. H. O'Leary's proposed new building on the Dobson lot is to include two large store rooms down stairs, and sixteen rooms upstairs.

The upstairs rooms may be used either as offices or living rooms. At the company election last Saturday. Mr. John R. Dickson was elec.ed second lieutenant of the Jasper Light Infantry, vice Mr.

Paul Neely Moore, resigned. Mr. Dickson Is now at the South Carolina Military academy but will be with the company during the summer. From the notice In another column it will be seen that the Jr. O.

U. A. have arranged to celebrate the Fourth with a big picnic, on the outskirts of Yorkvllle. Messrs. D.

E. Flnley, J. C. Wilborn and other gentlemen will speak and the occasion will no doubt be most Interesting. The coming of the electric power from the Catawba will have no little effect on the local water supply.

While it is a fact that the town has not yet suffered any inconvenience on account of scarcity of water. It Is also a fact that serious scarcity might easily have been a contingency In the near future, with the consumption of the Neely Manufacturing company and probably two or three other steam plants added to the consumption of the Tavora mills. With the coming of the electric power, however, there will be but little If any demand for public water for manufacturing purposes, and the supply of water for domestic purposes Is likely to continue abundant almost indefinitely. The reception that the Commercial club of Yorkvllle gave the visiting school teachers last Friday night was quite a pleasant affair. The following names were entered on the club regis- ter during the evening: Miss Hutchison, Rock Hill; Miss Horton, Heath Spi-ings; Miss Humphries, Gaffney; Misses Mobley, Mobley, Moore, Chester: Misses Dobson, Richards, Ratteree, Yorkvllle: Messrs.

K. O. Husky, Gary Husky, Raitteree, I. B. Davidson; Miss Pansy Traywlck, Yorkvll'e; Misses Maggie Walker, Annie Alderson.

Emma McGlll, Eva Culp, Maggie Porter, Cornelia Blackmon, Lancaster: Miss Emma Parks, Baltimore, Miss Dunn, Miss Susie Brian, Miss Mary Brian, Yorkvllle; Mrs. Bowen, Yorkvllle; Miss Farls, Fort Mill; Miss Triplett, Chester; Miss Nannie Grist, Yorkvllle: Mr. J. A. Tate, Yorkvllle; Mr.

D. L. Bramlett, Slmpsonville; Miss Annie Bateman, Columbia; Mr. f. McNeel, Yorkville; Mrs.

W. H. Herndon. Yorkvllle; Mrs. B.

F. White, Yorkville; Miss Estelle Cornwell, Miss Edna Castles, Miss Mary Castles, Miss Jessie Wilkes, Chester; Miss Rosebud Brown. Miss Bessie Connelly, Mr. and Mrs. W.

D. Grist, Mrs. S. C. Ashe, Yorkvllle; Mrs.

R. E. Dunlap, Miss R. E. McCluny, Gaffney; Miss Posy Hardin, Chester; Miss Daisy Horton, Heath Springs; Miss Bessie Gryder, Lancaster; Miss Marie Crosby, Sharon; Miss Hattie Mayfleld.

and Miss Maggie Mayfleld, Chester; Miss Fannie Good, Yorkvllle; Miss Emma Glascock, Harmony; Mrs. M. B. Jennings, Yorkvllle; Miss Bessie McConnell. Yorkville; Miss Kittle Blair, Mr.

A. M. Grist, Yorkvllle; Messrs. I. W.

Johnson, Q. R. Wallace, R. S. McConnell, J.

W. Miller, Ytfrkvllle; Miss Elizabeth Hunter, Miss Bessie Sandlfer, Miss Nell Schorb, Miss Carrie Beard, Yorkvllle; Miss Leila May Gill, LaurInburg, N. Miss Kittle Stewart, Rock Hill; Mrs. J. H.

Wltherspoon, Yorkvllle; Miss Darby, Lowryvllle; Misses Addle and Bessie Moore, Dr. J. B. Bowen, Miss Johnson, Miss Lee Williams, Miss Willie Williams, York vllle; Mr. W.

H. Hand. Chester; Miss Marion Logan, Mr. and Mrs. J.

P. White, Miss Anna Spann, Yorkvllle; Miss Nettie Pack of Greenville; Miss Grace Whisonant, Cherokee; Miss Eunice Long. Lancaster; Miss Rosa Steele, Yorkville; Miss Minnie Caskey, Mrs. Delia Flynn, Lancaster; Miss Strauss MlUs, Rock Hill, Miss Strauss Walker, Miss Maggie McFadden, Yorkvllle; Miss Meliabelle Crawford, Ogden; Miss Louise Guy, Lowryville; Mr. and Mrs.

J. J. Keller, Miss Marie Moore, Mr. Bedford Moore, Mr. J.

R. Lindsay, Miss Rose Lindsay, Miss Annls O'Leary, Mr. O. E. Grist, Yorkvllle; Messrs.

Arthur and James Darby, Lowryville; Mr. J. W. Thomson, Rock Hill, Mrs. W.

Adlckes, Yorkvllle; Miss Mayme Devinney, Miss Annie Scott, Delphos; Mr. W. R. Carroll. Mr.

J. H. Carroll, Hon. D. E.

Finley, Mrs. D. E. Flnley, Yorkvllle; Miss Mcllwaln, York; Miss Ella Love, McConnellavllle; Miss Lyl Parish, Mr. J.

E. Lowry, Yorkville. LOCAL LACONICS. We Will The Enquirer From now until January 1, 1906, for S1.02. More Blooms.

Mr. I. H. Norris plucked a cotton bloom on his farm near Sharon last Friday, and Messrs. Haskell Q.

Thomasson and Noah Klser of R. F. D. No. 1, Yorkvllle (King's Mountain township) sent In their first blooms yesterday.

Cotton Is now blooming quite generally. The Allison Creek Bridge Matter. The county board of commissioners met at Newport yesterday to further consider the Inconvenience occasioned to the farmers living north of the mouth of Allison creek by reason of the destruction of the crossing by back water from the dam of the Catawba Power company. As Is now pretty generally understood a practicable and durable bridge would cost something like five or six thousand dollars, and the commissioners and power company people have not been able to get together on the question as to how the expense should be divided. As the result of the meeting yesterday, It was decided that the best thing to do, Is to change the location of the road so as to cross the creek higher up.

It is understood that the change can be made at considerably less expense than will be entailed In the construction of the bridge that has been the cause of so much perplexity, and most of the people interested will find this arrangement entirely satisfactory. As yet, however, the matter has not been finally and definitely settled. Outrage Near Smyrna. Rock Hill special of June 26 to the News and Courier: E. L.

Dowdle. a white section master, living at Smyrna, twenty miles above here, on the Charleston division of the Southern railway, was badly Injured last night by a rock thrown from an embankment Just this side of Smyrna. He was a passenger on the eastbound train, which reaches here at 10.30 p. and elf tin? with his head Dartlv out side of the window and leaning against it. A heavy rock, thrown with considerable force, crashed Into the train from the top of the embankment and although It was too dark to see distinctly, a form was seen running from the place.

The train was going too rapidly for any thought of stopping In the dark and so Dowdle was brought here and turned over to Dr. T. A. Crawford, the railway surgeon. He operated on Dowdle, finding the outer plate of the skull fractured, but with proper care he will be able to go to work again In three or four weeks.

Rocks have been thrown into the train near this point before, and every effort will be made to find the guilty parties. Motor Car Accident. Mr. E. Brooks MendenhaJI came near losing his life and Col.

L. T. Nichols, general manager of the C. railroad, had his nose broken as the result of a motor car accident at McConnellsvllle last Friday afternoon. The reporter has not been able to secure absolutely accurate details; but according to such Information as has been obtainable, it seems that Colonel Nichols was rolling along In his motor car at a pretty rapid rate, and Mr.

Mendenhall attempted to cross the track In front of him. Mr. Mendenhall was looking In an opposite direction from the approaching car, and being quite deaf, failed to hear the signal horn. Assuming that the track would be cleared, Colonel Nichols made no effort to stop the car until It was too late and Mr. Mendenhall was struck quite a sharp blow that knocked him high In the air.

He fell agrfinst Colonel Nichols, breaking the tetter's nose. Mr. Mendenhall was seriously bruised about the legs, arms and head and for a time It was feared that he had been killed; but at last accounts It was understood that he was getting along very nicely. Married In Oklahoma. The following notice of the recent marriage of Mr.

Dennis Hartwell Boyd, a son of Mr. W. F. Boyd of Fort Mill township, and a former citizen of this county, will be of Interest to the many friends of the groom and of his family. It Is from the Dally Oklahoman, Oklahoma City: On Wednesday evening.

June 14. Miss Ethel Neafe was united In marriage to Mr. Dennis Hartwell Boyd, of the J. B. Garrison company, at the home of the bride's father, Mr.

W. G. Neale. The marriage was solemnized by Dr. Henry Alford Porter, pastor of the First Baptist church, In the presence of the Immediate relatives and a few Intimate friends.

The young couple entered the room to the strains of the wedding march played Dy Mrs. neaie ui sister-in-law of the bride, who continued playing softly "The Flower Song" during the ceremony. bride was charming In her white gown and the groom wore the regulation black. The rooms were prettily decorated In green and white, which color scheme was also carried out In the refreshments. The number of elegant wedding gifts of cut glass and silver evinced the high esteem In which the young couple are held.

Mr. and Mrs. Boyd will take up their residence at 26 East Third street. THE TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY. Plans For the Work In This Immediate Vicinity.

Washington, June Charlotte and Matthews quadrangles will be topographically surveyed by Mr. V. H. Manning, assisted by Mr. F.

H. Moncure. The Saluda, Yorkvllle and Rock Hill quadrangles will be topographically surveyed by a party of which Mr. W. L.

Miller has charge. Primary control will be extended In this vicinity by Mr. C. B. Kendall.

The streams of the state will be measured by Mr. M. R. Hall, assisted by Messrs. W.

E. Hall, B. S. Drane, and others. ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.

Ladiss Threatened By County Medical Attempta Killed by Fall From a the Tigers New Thayer's of Peter Garrison. (JoiTaspondence of the YorkviUe Enquirer. Rock Hill, June Incident occurred Saturday night on Oakland avenue, one of the principal residence streets of the city, and another near the Crusaders' tent, that have caused considerable excitement In the city. A party of Ave young ladles were twice attacked on the above-named street by an unknown negro. Owing to the excitement Incident to such occurrences, reports of the affair have been somewhat conflicting.

But it appears that the young ladles, who are members of the most prominent families of the city, were returning to their homes In Oakland from the Crusaders' tent In the Hutchison grove, wnere iney imu attended services. As they crossed the street railway bridge across the Southern railroad, they saw a negro, rather under medium height and wearing a cap and tan shoes, standing on or near the bridge, and he appeared to be watching them. As they passed on they noticed that the negro was following them, and shortly afterward he sprang forward and attempted to seize one of the young ladles; but she eluded him and the party hastened on up the street toward their homes. As they hurried on the same negro passed them 'walking rapidly and disappeared ahead of them. A little later as they reached a very dark place In the street, the negro sprang at them again from the darkness and attempted to grab one of the young ladles.

The young lady upon whom the attack was made, screamed and freed herself from the negro's grasp and they all ran Into a house near by. The negro did not appear to be frightened and stood on the street until the party reached the house and went In. He disappeared, however, before any male person reached the scene. The police have been working hard to find some clue or trace of the negro, but have not met with any success so far. One arrest was made Sunday morning.

The negro was taken before the ladies but they failed to identify him and he was released. Owing to the fact that the ladies are able to give only a very vague description of the man, it is a matter of much doubt as to the guilty party ever being apprehended. On the same night and about at the same time a similar attack was made upon another young lady only a short distar 2e from the Crusaders' tent. A party of young ladies had just left the tent for their homes when a negro sprang from the darkness and grabbed one of the party, but was frightened away by the young lady who screamed and tore away from him. In this, as In the other case, there is no clue to the guilty party.

Much excitement has been occasioned by these occurrences and a determined effort Is being made to hunt down the guilty parties. A called meeting of Bethel presbytery was held In this city Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock for the purpose of dismissing Rev. T. H. Spence to Concord presbytery, and receiving Rev.

E. E. Gillespie from Orange. (N. presbytery and making arrangements to Install him pastor of the First PresbyI torin.n church of Yorkvllle.

The fol lowing1 members were present: Rev. S. C. Byrd of "Winnsboro; Rev. James Russell of Chester: Rev.

E. E. Gillespie and Mr. G. H.

O'Leary of Yorkvllle, and Rev. W. L. Lingle of this city. The installation services will be held in Yorkvllle on the third Sunday In July.

Rev. Dr. W. G. Neville will preach the sermon and propound the constitutional questions.

Dr. D. J. Brlmm will deliver the charge to the pastor and Rev. Dr.

T. R. English, a former pastor, will deliver the charge to the people. A meeting of the York County Medical association was held in this city Monday from 10 a. to 2.

p. m. There were about twenty-five members in attendance, also several visiting physicians from adjoining counties. No business of special Interest to the public was transacted, the most of It being of a routine nature. After the meeting adjourned, dinner was served the visitors at the Carolina hotel by the resident physicians.

Miss Ida Draflln, 30 years old and daughter of Mrs. N. J. Draflln, died Saturday morning at 9.30 o'clock at the home of her sister, Mrs. Ned Simpson In this city, after a protracted illness.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday morning at 10 o'clock at Neely's Creek church by Rev. Oliver Johnson and the remains laid to rest In the cemetery at that place. Mrs. Ann Henry GUI, the aged mother of Mr. W.

W. GUI of this city, died very suddenly Friday night at her home near Lewis Turnout. She sat up rather later than usual Friday night reading a book and did not retire until 10 o'clock. She had not complaining of feeling unwell 'and appeared to be in her usual good health when she retired; but about half an hour later she complained of a severe pain in her breast and in ten or fifteen minutes she had breathed her last Heart trouble is supposed to have been the cause of her death. The deceased was 80 years old, but enjoyed good health and was remarkably hearty for a lady of her age.

She leaves three sons and two daughters, viz: Messrs. R. R. and T.J. Gill, Miss Maggie Gill and Mrs.

John Caldwell of Lewis Turnout, and Mr. W. W. Gill of this city. A white man giving his name as Roland Rich, was found in an unconscious condition by the roadside last Friday afternoon near Smith's Turnout.

Dr. W. G. Stevens of this city, was summoned and found that the man had taken an overdose of laudanum. The physician administered antidotes and the man was finally aroused to consciousness.

According to his own statement, he has no home and was just wandering about without any particular object or destination In view. He had served In the Spanish-American war and carried In his pocket an honorable discharge from the 46th U. S. infantry, and is drawing a pension from the U. S.

government. He ed that he took the laudanum foi chronic diarrhoea, which he contracted while In Cuba. He was first seen early In the afternoon lying In the shade of a tree by the roadside. Neighbors went out to see him toward sunset and as they were unable to arouse the stranger a physician was summoned. A negro fell from an excursion train at Southfork trestle, just below Smith's Turnout Saturday morning and was killed.

Another negro was found between Ogden and Smith's, but he was not badly hurt. Three more were reported killed between Chester and Winnsboro. The excursion was returning from Salisbury, N. having gone up Winnsboro Friday morning and the pegroes either fell off or were knocked off the train In a general fight that was In progress on the train nearly all the way on the return trip. State Constable J.

H. B. Jenkins, assisted by Ccnstable J. F. Wingate, searched the name of Mllas Cash, white, near the Highland Park mill, for whisky Monday morning and found thirty-three pints.

When the officers arrived. Cash objected to the search on some little technicality In the spelling of his name In the warrant and while Mr. Wingate returned to the city for a new warrant, Henry McGraw, white, and a negro woman attempted to slip some of the liquor from the house and carry It off, but were detected by Mr. Jenkins. McGraw and the negro woman were held on the charge of transporting and Cash will have to answer to the charge of storing and keeping in possession, contraband whisky.

The hearing was to haveyiome off before Magistrate Beckham Friday morning. Postmaster E. E. Poag has received a letter from Mr. T.

R. Maul, superintendent of construction of government buildings, stating that he will be hfre not later than the 10th of July, for the purpose of having work commenced on the government postoffice building. It Is expected that work will begin Immediately after Mr. Maul's arrival. The work of digging out the foundation for the Carnegie library was beeun last Friday and the first brick were laid Monday morning.

Rev. W. E. Thayer closed his ministry In Rock Hill Sunday and will leave city on Friday of this week, but will not go to his new field In Kentucky for a couple of months yet. Mr.

Thayer preached the sermon at a union service at the Baptist church on Sunday night. All the ministers of the city were present and made short talks. Mr. Thayer's leaving is regretted very much, not only by his own people, but by the people generally of Rock Hill, as all have become very much attached to him during his five years' ministry here. The venerable Peter Garrison is still corflncd to his bed and is gradually succumbing to the infirmities age.

His son, R. G. Garrison of Newport, is sorely afflicted with carbuncles and is not able to be up. Another son Is seriously ill in Pilot Point, and a third son in Arkansas, is quarantined on account of smallpox. ALONG THE RURAL ROUTE8.

Life Among the People ss Reported By the Mail Men. King's Creek No. 1. There was a good shower of rain Monday night, the first in a month; but as to how general it was cannot be stated at this time. Miss Mary Faulkner, who has been sick with malarial fever, is better.

Mr. William Caldwell, who has been quite ill for some time past. Is getting along nicely. 1UC Ul CMC liVi vilcouraging just now. Yorkvills Np.

4. The work of chopping out cotton has about been finished. During the past few days, some twenty or thirty acres of cotton have plowed tip and the land has been rtsown in peas. Cotton which was worked out early Is looking nicely; but where it stood so long in the grass the plant is quite small. Rain la very much needed to bring up corn that Is now being planted, and alBo to push late cotton along.

There was a good rain from the fork of Little Turkey creek on down toward Lowryvllle on the 22nd instant Miss Rhoda Smith, Miss Sallie Atkinson and Mr. L. L. Smith, from near Lowryville. are at Mr.

C. H. Smith's until after the annual picnic at Smith's pond on July 4. Yorkville No. 6.

The crops on this route are very poor. Where cotton has been worked out it is looking fairly well; but because of the scarcity of labor only a few of the farmers have been able to work out their crops. Rain is badly needed, and it looks as if but little more can be done until there is a good season. Some of the farmers are laying by their old corn. Messrs.

J. F. and W. S. Gordon, have the best average cotton crops on this route.

They got it worked out early, as they generally do, and have kept right along with It Mr. D. E. Jackson killed a blue crane on his flsh pond last Saturday which measured 4 feet 9 Inches from tip to tip and which was 4 feet 7 inches high. Mrs.

J. B. Miller has been quite ill with chills. She is some better. Mr.

Walter Thomasson has been quite sick for several days. Mrs. Jennie Glenn, from near Yorkville, is spending the week with the family of Mr. S. A.

Glenn. f4 Mr. and Mrs. Leeslle Hunter and children, from near Charlotte, N. spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mrs.

J. B. Ford, Mrs. Hunter's sister. Mrs.

Ford returned home with Mrs. Hunter. Several farmers have let loose their cotton holdings during the past few days. They were satisfied with 9 cents and were Just a little afraid that the price would not go any higher. Mrs.

D. E. Jackson has been Quite ill for a week; but Is now able to be up again. 5 The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was celebrated at Union last Sunday. There was a large crowd In attendance.

Mrs. Julia A. Sherrer, of YorkvlUe, Is visiting her granddaughter, Mrs. George Turner, who has been quite 111, but who is now some better. Mr.

G. R. Turner says the first katydid'was heard on June 23. 1 "BIDDING FOR WHAT." Rev. J.

F. Jacobs Would Diseourago the Competition For tho College. Rev. J. P.

Jacobs of Clinton, has requested the publication of the following in Thb Enquirer, In order "that towns now bidding for the Presbyterian College of South Carolina may not be deceived as to what they are actually bidding Several enterprising Jowna of South Carolina appear to be in eager competition to secure the location of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina, now located at Clinton, S. C. It is probable that the bids for the Institution are being made in Ignorance of the facts of the case which are as follows: The college is worth about $30,000, Invested In lmptpved real estate in three blocks. Two of these pieces of property are owned by the Clinton College-association and are held in trust for the board of trustees of the Presbyterian College of South Carolina for their use in conducting the Presbyterian college so long as that instltion remains at Clinton. These two pieces of property have all the public buildings together with the entire equipment of library, laboratories.

society halls and college furniture of all kinds. On this property is included one professor's residence, the dormitory, the mess hall, the recitation hall and the athletic grounds, total 21 acres. This property cannot be moved and cannot be sold by the board of trustees. The third block of property is owned by the board of trustees, and may be sold and the proceeds removed to any other locality. This block consists of eight acres of land and two professor's residences on which rests a mortgage of several thousand dollars.

If the property were sold, It would net, above Indebtedness, not exceeding $2,000, which is the total sum of valves which may be moved from Clinton to a new location. In other words, any town bidding for this college can secure Just as much property by adding $2,000 to their bid and establishing their own college de novo without causing any injury to the college at Clinton. These facts may be disappointing to enterprising gentlemen who are working to secure the location of the col- lege. But they should not be, as 'they indicate a method wherel.y all the contesting towns can be successful, if they are willing to add a couple of thousand dollars in each case to the amount of the bids and establish their own col iCKrn. The above statements can be verified by reference to any of the directors of the Presbyterian College of South Carollra, or any t.

fiber of the Clinton College association. The fact Is that Clinton college will remain where It Is even If the name, Presbyterian College of South Carolina. Is taken to some other town. (Signed) J. P.

Jaoots, Ex-Director of the P. C. of S. C. -s.

SOUTH CAROLINA NEW8. Gaffney Is arranging to have big picnic and barbacue at Limestone Springs on July 4. Greenville special of June 26 to Columbia State: C. J. Hurt, a white mill operative, about thirty-five of age, was arrested by a police olflcer yesterday afternoon on the charge of drunkenness and was piaceo ceu In the guard house, where he trltd to commit suicide later In the dayjby attempting: to cut his throat with the top from a sardine can.

His plans were frustrated before he succeeded, and the man was so boisterous that It was necessary to bind him, hand and foot. It Is said he was suffering with delirium tremens. He was cared for during the night at the city hall and was sent to the county Jail this morning for safe keeping. Says an Ashevllle, N. dispatch of June 26: Judge J.

C. Prltchard of the United States circuit court today continued until July 26 the hearing In which the Southern Railway company hid been ordered to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed for the South Carolina and Georgia railway. The continuance was granted on tlie request of counsel for the Southern railway that the defendant might have more time In which to file its answer to the complaint. The request for a receiver for the South Carolina and Georgia railway was by Henf i.