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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-13
THE CLUB WOMAN

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OF the United Statcs.
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kcIPATIoN CELEBRATION.


Elected.
3r mass meeting of the colored
was held last night at Watts
with increased interest. Prayer
fed by Mr.. e. r. Scott. The Watts
hoir furnished some excellent mu-
Ppriate for the occasion. The res
OF Mr.. ]. B. Bell as chairman OF
ice committee was again called W
fipitated quite discussion; he
pslsted upon his resignation as
and stated that he would not
FthiHg TO do with the committee
fott was elected unanimously and
the power to name his associates
nmmittee and report same to the
blowing committees were named
ProIs. j. H. Crawford, chair
~. Ryan, W, E. Miller, DR.. f. r.
|nd 4. L. Barron.
lon' w. II, Clark, chairman:
iason' B. j. James. ]. B. Fenley
4 Green.
At order of business was the cleo
rand officers for the celebration
~, which resulted In the selec-
ne following grand officers:
president j. A, Matthews; grand
idehts, Joe Mellon, f. NJ. Mills,
nav, We II. Parker, ]. b. Fenley
wyatt; grand secretary, S. B.
grand chaplain. Rev. II. Watts,
iarshal, A. Harris.
M meeting is to be held on the
M a. which time the Goddess of
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-13
|AHINE INTELLIGrNCp.
Port of Galveston. May ig.

Port of Galveston. May 1g.
ARRIVED.
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tas' Falsen. Savannah.
IA o. Teel. Johnson. Baltimore.
CLEARED.
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n,ghteen cattle killed by Llshtnlns.

cusro Texas, May l2.--A very heavy
rain fell in the western portion Of this
county last night. During the rain
eighteen head Of cattle belonging to Mrs.
b. Hunter were killed by lightning.
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mn neT, Haskell. :. Baltimore, D. 1
|Ts sIS' Walker...."At Norfolk. $50
3foWn '0,rf,'''.,..,.,, Baltimore
800 osborne. Newport News s-ll
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|ei' Destined for Galveston.

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09
BONDED WAREHOUSE.

1t is now a settled fact that York
Vile is to have a bonded warehouse by
the time it is needed this fall. Mr.. B.
N. Moore, the wellknowu cotton man,
of Yorkville, is to erect one and oper-
ate it.
Mr.. Moore has had the idea under
advisement for quite long while. Ii
was with this end in view that he pur-
chased the Jefferys property on Main
street. 1t was not until lately, how
ever, that he was able to make posi-
tive calculations. His plan included
the extension of his lot back to the
Carolina and Northwestern railroad,
and it is only within the past few
weeks that he has succeeded in secur-
ing the intervening property.
Now everything has been arranged,
the plans are at hand, the railroad
authorities have agreed to put in the
necessary sidetracks, within the next
few weeks the contract will be let for
the erection of two-story brick ware
house, coming up to standard specih-
cations, and with capacity OF two
thousand bales of cotton.
With the warehouse completed and
bonded, Mr.. Moore will be in a posi-
ton to receive cotton from customers
who will pay storage and insurance,
and to issue them certificates upon
which any financial institution will be
glad to lend money in a reasonable
amount and at a fair rate of interest.
Yorkvile has been badly in need OF
Just such an establishment for many
years, and there is reason to believe
that as a result of its presence here,
the local cotton business will be
considerable gamer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09

THE CzAR Is DIssATIsFIED.-M. de
Blowitz, the Paris correspondent OF
the London Times, gives an extraordi-
nary explanation of NJ. Del Casse's
present mission to Russia. He asserts
that it was decided upon quite sudden
ly for "a reason which admitted of no
delay" and then gives the story which
he says he has from "a source to which
am bound to attach Importance. "
This is the explanation
emperor Nicholas is disappointed
and tired of the throne. The absence
of an heir excites his superstitious
feelings, and he connects himself with
a Russian legend according to which
an heirless czar is to be succeeded by a
Car Michael, predestined to occupy
Constantinople.
"The death of the czarowitch and the
failures of the conference at The Hague
led him to decide to abdicate on the
occasion of his coming visit to Darn
stadt. On this becoming known in
Paris, M. Del Casse was sent in hot
haste to dissuade him from carrying
out his intentions"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Willie Rose is at Cleveland
Springs.
Mr.. w. o. Robbins has moved from
Kirkpatrick, S. c., to Gastonia, NC
Mrs. J. J. Kellar has returned home
after a visit to relatives and friends in
North Carolina.
Mrs. A. S. Withers left last Saturday
evening for two weeks visit to Cleve-
land Springs.
Rev. ]. &. Johnes and DR.. Clarence
NJ. Kuykendal left on Monday after
noon for Cleveland Springs.
Mrs. M. Grist, and daughter, Miss
Nina, of Louisville, KY, went up to
Piedmont Springs yesterday.
Mr.. J. Bratton Lowry, of the "Ev-
erything Store," spent last week with
his grandmother, Mrs. Harriet Bratton,
at Brattonsville.
Mrs. R. n. PIaxco and children are
visiting relatives and friends in Lam
caster, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Il.
H. Cousar, her parents.
Miss Mamie l.. Mcconnell returned
to her home in Yorkville on last Satur-
day, after a mouths visit to relatives
and friends at Lindale, Ga.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Miles Johnson, of Rock
Hill, will celebrate their golden we'd
ding on August 16. A number of
friends have been invited.
Editor J. D. Bivens, of the Stanley
Enterprise, has been visiting in York
vile, the guest of Mr.. S. A. McElwee.
Mrs. Bivens has been here for several
weeks.
Rev. ]. c. Johnes was unable to full
fill his appointment at Blacksburg last
Sunday on account of a request to
conduct the service at the funeral of
Mr.. and Mrs. Beadles's child.
Professor Paul S. Grier, of Erskine
college, is in Yorkville, the guest OF
Rev. B. H. Grier. He will be in this
section for several days working in the
interest of Erskine college.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09

styling the industries of our state, and
more especially of encouraging wheat
growing among the farmers, the citi.
zens of Greenwood have issued a call
for a Wheat Growers Convention, to
be held here on Tuesday, August Is.
Appointment agriculturalists and ex-
perienced wheat growers from this
and other States will he present, and
questions of practical and helpful
nature will be freely discussed. We
earnestly beg that you be present and
join us in our efforts to make the con-
vention a thorough success.
"The railroads and hotels will give
reduced rates, and we are very glad to
report that we are greatly encouraged
at the outlook and we confidently eX'
pect large crowd of earnest farmers
to be present.
"Please kindly bring this matter be-
fore the people of your community and
urge as many as may be interested to
come.
ave should be glad to give you any
information in regard to the conven-
ton that you may desire"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09
DESTRUCTIVE PEST.

The army worm has appeared
throughout the northern part of the
county in companies, regiments, bri'
gades, and divisions. He is sweeping
the country as he goes, and the people
are thoroughly alarmed.
From the best information now OBJ
tanable, the ravages of the worm ex,
tend from the neighborhood of Bel
mont, N. c., to the country several
miles west of Clover. He is to be seen
on many farms in Bethel township,
and he is literally wiping from the
earth numerous corn crops in the vi
cinity of Clover.
People from the Glover neighbor'
hood say that the worms are there lit
terally by the million. They cover
the earth in places, and swarm over
vegetation of eyerykind. 1t is repor-
ted that in Bethel, they have cleaned
up acre after acre of peas, crab grass
and stubble corn. As yet they have
not disturbed cotton; but it is feared
that they will commence on this crop
as they dispose of other vegetation.
Old corn pretty fully developed is con
sidered to be fairly safe.
Though more common in the north
ern states, the army worm is fortu'
nately a rare visitor in this section.
He was through this country along
about the early sixties and did a
great deal of damage but so far as
THE ENQUIRER has been able to as
certain, has not been here since until
now.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09

Manilla," said TAFT. "They don't
like fighting the Filipinos and then be
obliged to fall back again. General
Otis, whom I saw frequently, has not
been out of the city five miles since he
got there-and we were among the
first to land on the islands. He is
living like king at the palace, sur
rounded by strong guard, and issues
all his orders by telegraph. He is not
familiar at all with the lay of the land,
and the soldiers don't like him.
~ never saw such sights as met my
eyes at Manila during the last few
weeks 1 was there. Some of the men
ate government soap to get sick so
that they could secure their discharges.
l know some who deliberately sprain-
ed their legs and arms so they could
get back to the States"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09

Otis AS A SoLDIER.-The war
against the Filipinos has already lasted
20 days longer than the war with
Spain. We have in the island of Lu-
zon double the number of troops we
had in Cuba. Yet Otis, who declares
that he does not need reinforcements,
has captured and holds bit of terri
tory that compares with the size of
Luzon as the county of Dodge COM
pares with the state of Nebraska, and
holds this small bit of territory by a
line of less than 600 men to the mile
Consumed by his own egotism, blinded
by the possession of power he cannot
WELD to good advantage, Otis has not
only proved a miserable failure, but
he has needlessly prolonged the war
and sacrificed precious American lives.
Omaha World Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09

- While the penitentiary investiga-
ton has shown a great deal of mis-
management, and while the legal re-
sponsibility rests entirely upon Colonel
Neal, it is equally clear that the moral
responsibility extends directly to quite
a number of politicians who have deriv-
ed as much personal benefit as Colonel
Neal has derived. A very significant
circumstance connected with it all is
that while Colonel Neal has all along
been recognized as close personal and
political friend to Senator McLaurin,
and while one would have naturally
expected to have seen bricks, book
cases and other things traced from
Colonel Neal to the senator, as mat
ter of fact the senator still stands per-
fectly clear of even a suspicion OF
wrong in the matter. Naturally this
is very disappointing to great many
enemies of Senator McLaurin.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09
Otis LIVES LIKE A KING.-Corpor-

Otis LIVES LIKE A KING.-Corpor-
al Robert TAFT, of Company c, 18th
United States infantry, who returned
Yesterday from the PHILIPPINES, made
some important statements today re-
garding the conduct of the war by
General Otis, says Hazelton, Pa, dis
patch of August 4. TAFT, who is an
exceptionally intelligent young man,
served as telegraph operator at Manil-
la, and in that capacity learned some
facts which have heretofore been given
no publicity.
Corporal TAFT says that not long be-
fore he left Manila a cablegram was
received from Washington, directed to
Otis, in which the secretary of war ask
ed: "Why don't you supply Krag.Jor-
gensen rifles to the troops ?" plenty of
which, it is said, are on hand ready at
anytime to be issued to the men. On
another occasion, Corporal TAFT says,
this message came from Washington ::
"Telegraph facts hereafter" Corporal
TAFT declares that to his knowledge
General Otis did not reply to these
messages.
Gall the boys are glad to get out of
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09

- The Carolina and North Western
railroad problem continues unsolved,
so far as the public is concerned.
From all that has been said by those
who have been manipulating the Sc
curities, the principal object in view is
to change the road to standard gauge
and to extend the line to the coal
fields. Such an undertaking looks so
feasible, and at the same time it is so
desirable that outsiders interested take
to it with readiness. The tardiness
with which the intending New York
purchasers live up to their promises,
however, seems to indicate that the
matter is not yet in good working
order, and some of the prominent
officials who are now connected with
the road express grave doubts as to
whether there is any serious intention
of making any expensive changes. 1t
is sincerely hoped, however, that the
next few days will lend a much more
encouraging aspect to the outlook.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09
WANTS TO REDRAW LINES.
Senator Tillman Dissatisfied With Present
Political Situation.

Senator Tillman Dissatisfied With Present
Political Situation.
AsSumter special of August a, to the
Greenville News, is as follows:
The picnic at which Tillman spoke
today began as peace and unity love
feast, but at the end there was lots of
ginger, and the senator, who declared
in his morning speech that the people
were getting along pretty well, and he
would say nothing to raise old issues
or revive old animosities, and protested
against the heavy coats of "butter"
that had been laid on him by DR.. H.
T. Abbott, the Reform senator from
this county in 1890, in his introducto-
ry speech, boldly asserted in the after
noon, in reply to speech of Repre-
sentative E. d. Smith, that he was no
goody good peace and unity man, and
that there had already been too much
of that sort of thing.
In the afternoon Congressman Stokes
made speech, and then Representa-
tive E. D. Smith was called to the
stand. He proceeded to rub off the
"butter" by going for the dispensary
and the management of Winthrop and
Clemson colleges.
Senator Tillman replied in speech
nearly an hour long that had all of the
earmarks of an 1890 campaign meet
ing. He repudiated the demand that
he discharged his duties in Washing
ton and run state affairs also. He
said he would be q candidate for re-
election and would take hand in the
next campaign, stumping every county
in the state in support of the dispensa
ry if necessary. He would lick the
opponents of the system out of their
boots or 60 down with it's ruins. He as
serted that the dispensary was not in
tended to be a moral institution, but
place where people who wanted to
drink could get all they wahoed of
good quality and the state receive
the profits.
1t was forced on him, anyway. He
found the devil loose when he went
into Office and he did not attempt to
chain him. The state had to choose
between prohibition and the dispensa-
ry, and as the Prohibionists were a
set of hypocrites and towards, the
choice fell on the dispensary. He also
went back to the first time the dispen-
sary constables made raid in Sum-
ter. He said he selected honest, sober,
Christian men as constables, and when
he sent them to Sumter to raid Nor
ris' blind tiger they were mobbed and
rotten egged. Then he saw he had to
fight the devil with fire, and appointed
men who were honest and had sand in
their craws to stand up and fight.
Among many other things, he said
that he was no peace and unity man
and the lines were still here and would
be drawn. The men who had formed
the old rings and rode into office over
the peoples backs were still trying to
ride into office and would do it if not
watched.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09
THE WHEAT GROWERS.

There was no meeting in Yorkville
Monday for the purpose of taking ac-
ton with regard to the convention of
wheat growers be held at Greenwood
on August Is. 1t is not improbable,
however, that York county will have
representation, as number of the
most prominent wheat growers in DIFF
ferent sections have received special
invitations to be present.
Following is the latest circular that
has been sent out by the Greenwood
committee, consisting of Messrs ID. G.
DnPre, N. A. Craig, j. X. burst, }. L.
Simmons, S. H. McGhee.
"Realizing the Importance of diver
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09

Australia third with s55, 5,6S4,OOO Rus
sin fourth with $23, ,245, 900; Mexico
fifth with S9,436, 900 and Canada, in
cluding the Klondike, with $6,O27, 900.
The total for that year was $237 $685.
600. OF the s14,OOO,ooO credited to
Canada in 1898, about S1O,OOO,OOO
came out of the Klondike, and in the
estimate of the productions of the
United States during the last year,
50, ,524 900 came from Alaska. In
1896 and for nearly so years previous
ly the United States occupied the first
place in the worlds production OF
gold. In 1896 the output OF the world
was estimated at $202, ,6S2, 900. These
figures are subject to revision in max
ing up the final estimate but they are
believed to be approximately correct.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09

- The second court martial of Cap
tain Dreyfus began at Rennes, France,
last Monday, and contrary to expecta-
tions the day passed off without riot
Gus incident. The proceedings indi-
Gated determination on the part of
the court to convict Dreyfus again if
possible. Either this or the officials
are maintaining we're severe attitude
in order to disarm the suspicion that
may be entertained by the anti-Drey-
fusites of partiality. Captain Dreyfus
vehemently denies the truth of every
charge that was made against him.
The trial is likely to continue for a
week or more.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09

- The administration is taking new
measures to fix the gold standard. A
few days ago it was officially announc'
ed that the treasury department had
made requisition on the bureau of en-
craving and printing for gold certih'
Gates to the amount of 500, 900, 900.
These certificates can no longer be
issued in denominations of less than $40
or multiples thereof. This is said to
be for the purpose of moving the
crops, and it is believed that the ar
rangement will be quite a clumsy one
but at the same time it will insure q
large circulation of gold where notes
redeemable in "coin," have heretofore
been used.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-08-09
THE G. 6 NV.

The Carolina ana NOrIn- w eSteTn
railroad has been through numerous
changes and vicissitudes in the minds
of imaginative individuals during the
past few weeks. Most people have
been inclined to give it to the Sea-
board Air Line, a company that we
would all be glad to see in control of
it but all the while these folks have
been changing the gauge to the
standard and extending the property
to Tennessee, the road has still been
in hands that are able to do with it as
much as anybody else can do in the
present aspect of the situation.
Here is paragraph from the New
ton Enterprise of last week, in which
the writer settles the whole matter to
his entire satisfaction and with as
much ease as he could blow soap
bubble of ordinary size:
The extension of the Seaboard Air
Line across the mountains to the iron
and coal beds of Tennessee and Virginia
is attracting general attention. 1t is
considered the most important extern
sion that is underway or contemplate
ed anywhere in the south this year.
By acquiring the Narrow Gauge road
to Lenoir and the lumber road from
there to Colletsville and changing them
to the standard gauge, there is only
about 80 miles of new road to build.
The company is already working in
this direction from Cranberry on the
the new link. This road will not on
ly have a great business in through
freights between the two terminal
points, Wilmington and Bristol, but it
will 60 through one of the finest noun
tain sections of the south. 1t will be
a great road, and Newton being the
place where it crosses the great South
ern road, will be one of the most i'm
portant places on the line.
While the above is very good indeed,
it is hardly as good as the following
which Mr.. John A. Smith, of the Char
lesion freight bureau, gave to The
News and Courier of last Saturday:
"In the game of railroad chess, for
it might be so styled, that is being
played, most of the spectators have
lost sight of one part of one board
where the chessmen have not yet been
moved. Some few have heard that
the Seaboard has acquired the Ches-
ter and Lenoir Narrow Gauge, cover
ing a distance of 10 miles, and dotted
for its entire length with hourishing,
progressive towns. But to the major
ity this statement will come as news.
"The John Skelton Williams syndi-
cate is the controlling factor in the
Virginia Coal and Iron company,
which probably controls as much coal
and iron lands, all lying in Virginia
and Kentucky, as any other one con-
Germ in the country. 1t is the Sea-
boards's intention to extend the Ches-
ter and Lenoir from its northern ter
minus, Lenoir, n. G., through the
mountains, to Cranberry, N. c., a dis
tance of about 80 miles, and connect
there with the East Tennessee and
Western North Carolina, which they
already own and through which they
will reach their coal and iron lands.
$50 that Charleston will be able to
draw coal and iron by the Seaboard
from both Kentucky and Alabama,
and once again, as in the years past,
the bulk of commerce of the southeast
may flow through Charleston. AS to
the Seaboard everybody here would
speed the day of it's entrance into