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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06
LOCAL LACONICS.

NO safes.
There were no auction sales last Mon
day, salesday for April.
A Well-Known Citizen.
Mr.. J. A. Hope, a well-known citizen
of Sharon, died at his home yesterday of
paralysis. He was aged about 20 years.
Verdict of Guilty.
There is a little joke on the grand jury.
Instead of true bill" on the first present.
ment on Monday, they wrote the endorse
ment guilty"
Until january LIST, 1899, For Sl.42.
The TwICE-A-WEEK ENQUIRER, filled
with the best and most reliable up-to date
news, will be furnished from the date of
this issue until January lst, 1899, for SLAP.
For Three Months.
People who are not able to take THE
ENQUIRER for Il whole year, should SUBJ
scribe for three months. The price is
only so cents. 1t is the only paper in this
section from which they can hope to get
both the local and general news;
The Bicycle Matter.
The town council has the bicycle mat
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

The Washington correspondent OF
The News and Courier corroborates the
statement that was made in THE EN-
ou1RER last Saturday to the effect that il
had been decided to intercept the Span
ish torpedo fiotila. Captain Crownin'
shield, Captain Barker and Commander
Glover all recommended such move
and it was practically decided upon; but
afterward there was a change Of plans
and the Associated Press dispatches only
refer to the matter as "rumor."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

population of $4,000. Like Cuba,
Porto Rico has high hills or mountains
in the interior. The population is
about 100000, half that Of Cuba. If
the new government of the republic
shall adhere to the present subdivision
of the six provinces into as many
states, Porto Rico may be considered
large enough for two or three states.
Porto Rico is almost as productive as
Cuba. Its foreign trade had reached
nearly s3O,OOO,OOO when the war IN
the neighboring island disturbed con-
dilions. There will be a revolution in
Porto Rico within a week after Spain
evacuates Cuba.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

The patent outsiders have learned
that the Maine report has been submit
ted to congress with message from
the president. They all had the full
text of these documents last Saturday,
and our Negro contemporary, The Mes
senger of Rock Hill, was abreast with
the best of them. The news business,
by c. o. D. express, is thriving; but
somehow most of the more intelligent
white readers are becoming too far ad-
yanced for that kind Of thing. They
appreciate up-to-date news great deal
more.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

- The only important news item relative
to war developments in the papers OF
last Saturday morning not published in
THE ENQUIRER Friday evening, was the
statement that the Spanish torpedo flotil-
la had reached Porto Rico. The state
ment was made at II O'Clock Friday
night and was alleged to have come from
Madrid but a dispatch to THE ENQU1R-
Err on Saturday afternoon said the story
was not true; that the tiotilla had not
gotten further than the Cape Verde is
lands. The statement is corroborated in
the morning papers of Sunday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06
ABOUT PEOPLE.

The condition Of Treasurer Neely is
slowly improving. He is now able to sit
up; but does not hope to get to work yet
for several days.
Columbia State: Mr.. G. G. Garland,
who has for quite long time been the
efficient representative Of the Columbia
Water Power company in this city, leaves
today for Rock Hill, where he expects to
remain for several months. Mr.. Garland
has during bis residence in Columbia
made many friends here. He took
lively interest in everything pertaining to
the material advancement of the city.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

The Colum bia State has a correspon-
dent in Rock Hill who was evidently cut
out for newspaper man. The average
country correspondent has not got much
of a nose for news. When something
really startling or sensational happens,
he is usually so excited that he forgets to
send it to his paper until maybe it is too
late to be available as news. But it is not
that way with the correspondent referred
to. The fire at Rock Hill broke out at
about 1890 Sunday morning and contin-
ued until about 5 a. IN. The State of Sun
day has the full progress Of the disaster
I'D to a. M. Had the correspondent
been trained newspaper man, there
would have been no occasion orsurprise
but since he is only an amateur, there is
evidence of the fact that he certainly
keeps his wits about him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

- THE ENQUIRER received on last Sat
urday, a copy Of the Message of the
president transmitting the report of the
naval court of inquiry upon the destruc-
ton of the United States battleship Maine
in Havana harbor, February ID, 1888, to-
gether with the testimony taken before
the court" The message is in the shape
of a book of 800 pages, and includes not
only all ofthe testimony; but photograph
ic plates of the wreck of the Maine from
every possible standpoint. The message
of the president has already been pub
lished in full, and there has also been
published a statement which gives
fairly good idea of the contents of the
testimony.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

THE ENQUIRER is in receipt of copy
Of Senator Tillman's tribute to the late
Senator Earle; but the paper is rather
too lengthy for publication in full in
THE ENQUIRER, especially in view OF
the present demands upon our columns.
However, the tribute is magnificent
one, well worth reading, and those who
care to have the full text of it, can get it
in full by writing to Senator Tillman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

,Snpx tn NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
H. C. Strauss-Requires the space of three
columns to tell you about the portion OF
his stock of goods which has arrived.
Grist Cousins-Talk to you about pearline,
Heinz pickles, onions, new crop cab
hage, California oranges, buckwheat
flour, and hoecake soda.
Mrs. r.. NJ. Dobson-Announces that mat
ters i'm the spring millinery department
at her store are booming, and that she
is prepared to supply the ladies with
hats of the most correct styles, trimmed
in the handsomest manner by Miss
Rhea, whose fame is not confined to this
immediate locality.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06

ings, though all quite creditable, will be
replaced by others more modern, con-
venient and imposing, and before the
summer is over, the city will be hustling
along even at more lively rate than be-
fore the fire.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-04-06
The atorkrille enquirer.
YORKVILLE, S. c.:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1898.

- That was mean trick that somebody
played on the Associated Press about the
alleged arrival of the Spanish torpedo
tlotilla at Porto Rico. The whole coun-
try was startled by the statement, and it
might have done serious harm. 1t would
be well if there were some legal means of
furnishing such offenders.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
WAR.

Europe, Judging others by Itself,
believes that the United States is
actuated by selfish motive in taking
up arms against the Spaniards. and
that we desire to possess ourselves of
Cuba. We know pretty we'll just why
We are interfering, and the nations
conscience is easy about it.
We want to put stop to the in
human and uncivilized warfare being
waged by the Spaniards against the
Cubans. We want to be relieved of
the horror and the injury and the
expense of such a war carried on
within a few miles of our coast. We
want Cuba freed for all time from the
tyranny Of power second in all bar
barous cruelty only to the Unspeak-
able Turk. And we want vengeance
for the treachero,ls destruction of the
Maine and the foul murder of two
hundred and sixty-six of our seamen,
so that the world may know and be
warned that such a crime against our
citizens and our property and our flag
cannot 20 UNPUBLISHED.
No, we do not want Cuba. rich in
resources though she be. for good and
sufficient reasons. We do not think
her inhabitants desirable to come
under the folds of our flag Winston
IObnccO Journal.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
To Give is to Receive.

We must bless if we would receive
a blessing. We must pour the water
from the cup if we would have it filled
again. Life is an exchange of boun-
ties, transfer from one hand to an
other. Earth gives her portion to
the flowers, they send their fragrance
unto man and man gathers them,
decks the path of friendship and
makes hearts sweeter with their rich
fragrance. The sky is mellower for
the passing cloud that lowers be-
meath it. The cloud receives the
glory from the orb of days. All
things are tributary to one another.
The glow worm lights travellers
path; the pebble turns the tide. Rills
fill the river; rivers send their vapors
forth and again fill the rill. If love
flows our soul unto our neighbors,
something must be dislodged within
the breast. 1t may be envy, pride or
hate-what matter-or it may be
sweetest strain of gratitude that will
gladden. some ear, though not our
own. We are but workers, but not
like earthly laborers waiting for our
pay. 1t comes in Gods time and
ALWAYS at the needed moment Keep
the waves in motion, Roll the ball
of love heavenward. 1t will strike
many hearts and gather accelerated
speed. Pass the cup around. Bid
the thirsty drink. for dust will gather
on the cup that stands unmoved, and
the water it holds will become unfit
for our own or anOther's use.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
The Need of a Navy.

Should this Cuban question be
settled without actual war, Stron-
ger argument will be presented
than we have yet seen for a power
full navy and well organized militia
because we can better otford to keep
splendid but inactive navy for
twenty years without war than by
saving the cost of the navy to have
a war thrust upon us without any
preparation for it.-Richmond Times.
Has not this same argument ex-
listed all the time? The present situa-
ton is only a vivid proof of the
soundness of the argument, that is
all. Our country has simply driven
with amazing stubbornness in the
face of the worlds experience, refus-
ing to read the lessons of history and
needless to the warnings so often
and earnestly uttered. Mr.. Randall
pleaded vehementlv for coast de-
fences. Mr.. Whitney did his best to
inaugurate Il spirit in favor of con-
structing creditable navy.
Congress has either turned a deaf
ear to all warnings or has carried
out recommendations with such a
niggardly hand and with such a
labored slowness that our chronic
unreadinesS for war has become q
spectacle for the diversion of powers
of the fifth and sixth rate. There is
nothing new about the necessity fol
navy. The necessity has existed
all the time. Richmond Dispatch.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
Correct, We Think.
(NorfOlk I.andmark.)

President Mckinlev's message in
vlted Congress to instruct him to
take strong measures in favor of Cuba
Is whole. and we understand it as
arguing for the independence of the
island Just rs soon as it becomes APP
parent that independence is practi-
cable. Senators complain that the
President has taken no emphatic
stand. He has taken an emphatic
stand against Spanish domination of
Cuba. he has also declared in the
most vigorous words that the war
must stop. He cannot advise the
recognition of Cuban independence
until there is Cuban independence to
recognize. The President has taken
another emphatic stand which every
Senator must acknowledge. He has
forciblv recommended that there be
No recognition of the so-called Insur-
gent Republic. which exists more on
paper than in reality and exercises no
perceptible authority. Ii Senators
admire an emphatic stand, why did
they not admit the force of the Presi-
dents argument on this point? The
truth Is Congress regards anything
that ruShcs with the current of Con-
@resS'> own impetuoSity as strong
and laudablc: while il considers any
| exercise of strength in the opposite
direction-any effort at restraint. anv
resistance to the impetuous current
As an evidence OF pitiable weakness.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
Read This, Young Man.
(NeW York .JOurnal.)

Dear young men, you are ambl-
tious in u vague sort of way. You
would all like to be recognized as
great, and you would really do a
great deal in the way of self-sacrilice
to achieve fame But do YOU know
what the situation is9
In twenty years from now, or in
thirty years, some man will be the
big boss of this country. He will be
in the white house, aftcra hard fight,
and all the country will be looking at
him in admiration and envy.
The individual is Young man
now, do you know where he is, what
he is doing? He is out on a farm
somewhere, feeding pigs or building
fires a four in the morning, or he is
selling trash on train, or working
in a machine shop, or trying to learn
law in some little one-horse town.
Wherever he is, and whatever he is,
he is living a life that prevents his
wasting his vitality on nonsense.
He is saving up his strength and
growing all in one direction, not
dividing his fine energies between
clothes. cigarctts, neckties, photo
graphs of girls and looking glasses.
He is at the bottom of the ladder.
He hasn't one-half your chance or
advantages. He has perhaps very
imperfect education, and you would be
shocked at his clothes and his coarse
ness if you could see him in his pres
ent crude condition. But he will
beat you all, and thirty years from
now your boast will be that YOU
slightly know the great So-and-So,
and you will hang about. telling how
he used to feed pigs and is not too
proud to admit it. And YOU will be
asking the pig feeder for favors.
You know that this is the fact.
don't you? 1t ought to encourage
and not discourage you. You ought
to say to yourself:
Il am ahead of that country Jake
now, and I'll keep ahead. | know
more than he does this minute. and
I'll keep on studying, so that he can
not catch up with me. | shall Civ,
up the company of fools and cultivate
men from whom | can learn some
thing. ] shall study events and not
my growing muStache. | shall de-
vote to books the time that my riva
must devote to his pigs. shall &C
to bed early and get up early. l have
the start and I'll keep it,
The young men of the city ar,
always beaten by the young men o
the country in the race for ife's bis
prizes, and simply because they fai
to keep the start with which thew be
gin life. 1t is time for them to real
ize that the country boy tortoise i
racing AGAINST them while they Sleen
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
THE REBEL YELL.
No North, No S0uth-5,OOO Persons
Engage in a Demon stration When
the Band PLAYS s'Dixie.'
New York Herald. }

There have been lively scenes in
the theatres of late when the .'Star-
Spangled Banner" was played. but
none of them equaled the extraOrdi-
nary demonstration of last night at
the Metropolitan Opera House when
Susa's Band played the National an
them and then swung into ':Dixie.'
1t was Susa's last night concert,
and the house was packed with an
audience that made even the top gal
lery black with a dense crowd. 1t
had been announced that Susa's The
Stars and Stripes Forever would be
given during the evening, ard that
the principals and chorus members of
the De Wolf Hopper and the bride
Elect companies would take part
with the band. The audience had
come with the idea of .'letting itself
loose when the proper time came.
but they did not wait for the adver-
tised number, but caught at the first
opportunity that presented itself.
In response to an encore call after
a suite played by the band, Susa gave
medley Of such airs as yankee
Doodle" and .Marching Through
Georgia" and the house was fairly on
fire with enthus iasm in an instant.
Men began to beat time with their
feet and pound canes, while rattle
of applause that grew louder and
louder almost drowned the music.
When Susa finished there was a
roar of cheers from the house, and
L, hn Sfnr
Spangled Banner.n In an instant the
entire audience from orchestra rails
to top gallery, sprang to their'feet, a
whirlwind of cheers going up, and
hats, handkerchiefs, and canes being
waved in the air.
During the playing of the entire
piece the demonstration kept up, and
when it came to conclusion with the
final crash of music from the band,
the scene beggared description. An
encore was demanded, but Susa stood
calmly awaiting. quiet but he would
not 90 on. Then when he could be
heard, he said:
Ladies' and gentlemen. it seems as
though the only appropriate encore
that | can give in these days is
'.Johnnv, Get Your Cum but there's
another air we all will cheer to-
night" and turning to his band, the
| musicians swung into Dixie"
If there had been orderly enthus-
iasm before there was Bedlam let
loose now. and while the cheers went
up as heartily as ever there burst
from certainly thousand threats
the famous rebel veil. 1t came from
all parts of the house. For quite 4
time this continued, men and women
Joining in the uprOar, the ladies lean
ING out of the boxes and waving their
handkerchiefs while the Southern
air was played.
The audience had hardly quieted
when man in one of the boxes
leaned over the rail and yelled,
"Who says we are not ready for warp
and the house went wild again, with
another combination of Union
| cheers and s.rebel yells." Then
| some one in the isle called for three
| cheers for ':Our flag and our country,
| the North and the SOuth-We're all
ready!' and the previous scene was
| repeated.
| When the "Stars and Stripes was
| sung there was still another demon
| stration, and then five thousand tired
| and hoarse individuals took them
| selve home.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
Congressman Wanted to Comp.
lCharIOtte ODSerVer.)

The Philadelphia Times is doing its
best to cool the ardor of the ingoes
in Congress. and warns them Of the
fate of Il bellicose Congressman that
it remembers. When the late war
broke out and the battle of Bull Run
was near at hand. this particular
Congressman hurried out from Wash
ington, arrayed in about 225 pounds
of flesh and linen coat, to see
the rebels run, and was very uneasy
lest they should all escape before he
reached there When the fun COM
menced and the rebels began to run
the wrong way, the Congressman
struck the road to Washington at an
animated trot. Looking behind he
saw Zouavc, and thinking him a
pursuing rebel, he increased his
speed to a wild sprint. His foot
struck root and he went headlong
into the dust, with the zOUave on top
of him. Believing himself to be in
the hands Of the enemy, he shouted:
My Cod Can't this thing be COM
promised some how p
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
England and America.
WinstOn JOurnal.)

A London paper in speaking Of our
present diplomatic ENHANCEMENT
with Spain and the proper attitude
of both Great Britain and the United
States toward each other says: eve
have no wish to ask the Americans
to fight our battles, just as we feel
convinced that they are far too proud
to desire that we should fight theirs.
But what we do want, and what the
wise men on both sides must most
earnestly desire, is that each nation
shall feel that it has in the other a
friend, brother. on whose sympathy
it can rely in its time OF need. 1t
was well said by an American news
paper last week that there are at
least two contingencies in which we
may count upon the creation of an
Anrlo-American alliance. One would
be Joint attack upon the United
States by the great Continental
powers. and the other an attempt by
the same powers to isolate and humil-
late Great Britain. In that senti-
ment we believe that there is nobody
in this country who will not heartily
concur.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
One of The Drawbacks.

The Cleveland Plain Dealer tells us
of negro who noticed board dis
played in front Of building in
course OF erection. 1t bore. these
words: keep away-Danger" He
walked up close to the board and
traced the letters with his finger.
His lips moved as if he was spelling
out the words. Before he had finished
the keep away brick fell from an
upper story and struck him squarely
on the head. Without even looking
up he backed across the sidewalk and
examined the big cash in his hat
As he smoothed it down he sadly re-
marked: Oats one O. de drawbacks
to inherited edercation,"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
VIII Grow Tobacco on A Large Scale
winston Tobacco .Journal.)

Something new in North Carolina,
although it is in successful opera
ton in Florida. is the scheme of Mr..
Peter X. Post. Jr.. of New York
He has purchased ten thousand
acres of land near Wilmington. and
will establish 4 colony of five humid
red thrifty people and undertake to
raise tobacco on large scale
Doubtless he will succeed, and we
see no cause why he should not wit
proper management. 1t will be next
wear before this can be a>certained.
aS 1t Is too late to start crop this
season. This will be an important
beginning in tobacco growing in the
Wilmington section.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
E. PIuribuS Unum.
(New \ ork Herald.)

In naming one fthe new navy YES
sells the .'DiNie." the Secretary of the
Navy has given further official evil
dence of the drawing together of the
bonds of the union between the North
and the South. which cannot fail to
please citizens OF all sections of the
country. No one doubts that if nee
essity shall arise the .DiNie" will
give good account of herself
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
The nystic Thirteen.

The boy King of Spain is Alfonso
Nlll-he is Is years of age: the first
step i'll the war with Spain was taken
on the 18th of April, the date that the
House passed the Cuban resolutions;
and the 18th of April was the actual
commencement of the civil war. the
firing on Fort sumter
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28
No FOOIishness About FitZ Lee.

When Consul General Fitzhugh Lee
arrived in Washington from Cuba
it was proposed by the Confeder-
ate Veterans Association, and the
Union Veterans Union. to tender him
a grand reception, but he declined the
invitation in his characteristic fash
ion. Said he: Look here, boys. l
haven done thing that either one Of
you, or any American citizen would not
have done, and / don't see why there
should be any fuss made about 1t.
Now, / don't want you to think I'm
ungrateful, for | am not, but l have
studied over the matter, and l feel
satisfied that it would be better not
to have the reception / don't want
for an instant for anybody to think
that ! wish to put myself forward,
and | must decline your most kind
offer"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28

Ii is the grandest privilege to feel
that there is Il God, guardian Of
human destiny, and that you are in
His hands. If that conviction is one
of your possessions, your pearl Of
great price, you can be quiet even in
the midst of tumult and cheerful in
the midst of sorrow, for your very
tears will serve as background for
the rainbow of hope and promise.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-04-28

Prof. ID. ii. Hill, Of he North Caro-
lima Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lcgc, has consented to take Judge
Avcry's place in writing the ''History
OF the North Carolina Troops in the
Late War; None can do that work
better than it will be done bv Prof
Hill. He is ripe scholar and is a
most careful and painstaking man
and has made Il most careful study of
the war history of our State. Prof
Hill is Il son of Gen. ID. H. Hill
Monroe EnlNrer.