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The Forrest City times., 1899-03-24
ADDRESS TO THE FILIPINos.
The American Commission Has
Drafted an Address to the Natives.

The American Commission Has
Drafted nm Address to the Natives.
New York, March 23.--The Journals
Manila correspondent cables that the
address to the natives of the Philip
pine islands, drafted by the American
commission in behalf of the United
States government and embodying the
views of the president, has been made
public. After being translated into all
the native dialects it is to be dissent
mated throughout the archipelago.
American Assurances.
The address assures the Filipinos of
the intentions of the Americans to de-
velop the power of self-government in
the people. 1t explains that the United
States has assumed international OBJ
legations which it must fulfill, and
which make il responsible to the whole
civilized world for the stable govern
ment of the Philippines. The commits
sion, 1t is explained, is to interpret to
the natives the purposes and inten-
tons of the president toward them.
and also suggest the establishment of
such government as shall suit the
capacity and requirements of the Fill
pinos and be consistent with the in
terests of the United States. The pro-
lection of the United States is not to
be exercised in any spirit of tyranny
or vengeance; but, having destroyed
the Spanish power and accepted the
sovereignty of the islands, the United
States is bound to restore peace in the
Philippines.
Invited to submit.
To this end, all insurgents are in
vited TO lay down their arms and place
their trust in the government that
emancipated them from the oppression
of Spanish rule.
The majority of the commissioners
incline toward giving the Filipinos a
sort of tribal or provincial local au-
tonomy, under central government,
which shall be military until purely
civil system is proved TO be feasible.
The Forrest City times., 1899-03-24

A bulletin, issued Tuesday night, by
Mr.. Sherman's physician, said the dis
tinguished patient had considerably
improved and was regaining strength.
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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-08
Watches and jswsIry Repaired.

A monument Is to be erected to the
memory OF Noah Webster ut West
Hartford. Conn.,, his birthplace. Noah
Webster was good man and Ills
works do follow him.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-08

Jockey Sloan refused to pay bets lost
on game of which he was ignorant.
II all the men who bet on horse racing
would act accordingly Mr.. Sloan would
have to cary the hod for living.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-08

THE CREDIT GUIDE COMPANY, FORT
DEARBORN BUILDING, has record con.
corning the financial standing and general
reputation for credit Of more than 10000 Of
Chicago credit buyers, and is adding hundreds
Of names daily. Every business man with
either large or small business should have
access to its records Subscription, $500 to
$500 per year. according to services required.
It also writes special mercantile reports on re.
quest for individuals Call and investigate
Agents wanted. salary and commission
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Colonel w. H. McCorkle has return
ed home from his vacation.
Prof. A. R. Banks, of Rock Hill, was
in Yorkville this week on business.
Miss Louise Ratchford is visiting
relatives and friends in Chester this
week.
Mr.. Edgar A. Poe, associate editor
of the Lenoir Topic, was in Yorkville
yesterday.
Agent W. Berry Cauthen, of the C.
& NV. R. R., and Mrs. Cauthen are
out at Piedmont Springs.
Mrs. NJ. Grist and daughter, Miss
Nina ", OF Louisville, KY, are visit
ing relatives and friends in Yorkville.
Mrs. IT. Sumter Bratton and chill
dren are spending while with Mrs.
Bratton's mother, Mrs. Martha H.
Metts.
Miss Stewart, of Rock Hill, has been
visiting Yorkville during the past
week, and was the guest of DR.. and
Mrs. w. G. White.
Mr.. Lamar Pegram, of Gastonia, has
been spending this week with relatives
and friends in Yorkville, as the guest
of his uncle, Mr.. J. B. Pegram.
Miss Eula Rose left Thursday night
for Columbia, where she goes to visit
her grandmother, Mrs. w. E. Rose,
and other relatives and friends.
Mrs. D. w. Hicks and children
Masters Duke and Ollie, returned
home last Thursday night from q
months visit to relatives and friends
in Spartanburg county.
Miss Ossie Jeffreys, of Cowpeps,
Spartanburg county, arrived in York
Vile Tuesday night on visit to rela-
and friends and is the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. jamie Parish.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29

........General Joseph Wheeler left
San Francisco last Tuesday for Manila
on the transport Tartar. .'''''''''The
steamer Bertha arrived from the klon-
dixie last Sunday bringing 81 passen-
gers and sl,OOO,OO0 in gold. ''''''"Presi-
dent Mckinley is spending his sum-
mer vacation on Lake Champlain. ''''''
There is little war talk going on be-
tween Russia and Japan. '''''''''Six OF
the largest cotton seed oil mill firms in
Texas are being organized into trust
with a capital of $4,000, 900. ''''''''The
first Chinese pensioner on the rolls OF
the United States has gotten there as
the result of the Manila bay fight. All
Yu is the name of the pensioner and
he will get $50 month. '''''''''lt is
stated that Hon. w. j. Bryan has ar
ranged to be delegate to the next
national Democratic convention. '''''''''
About 5000 New York newsboys are
on a strike against the afternoon edl-
tions of The World and The Journal
the issue being that the boys claim that
the price of the papers is too high by
10 cents per hundred copies. ''''''Presi-
dent Heureaux of the Dominican repub'
lie, was assassinated last Wednesday
by a man named Ramon Caceros, who
made his escape.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29

cause of the rain that fell on both
days; but they are unanimous in the
testimony that there is no discount on
Chester's splendid hospitality.
The barbecue was not great sue
cess. 1t was on account of the un-
favorable weather. The committee
had men at work all Wednesday night
under improvised shelter, doing all
they could to contend against the un-
favorable conditions, and they did very
we'll but were unable to make the
cue an entire success. But there was
plenty of beef, plenty of mutton,
plenty of bread and plenty Of every
thing. The ladies supplemented the
barbecue with big picnic dinner, and
this more than made up for the other
shortcomings.
1t seems to be the general opinion
that had it not been for the rain the
reunion would have been the most
enjoyable yet held in the state. Even
as it was, 1t was highly creditable, and
practically all who attended are de.
lighted with their treatment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
WAITS FROM WARREN.
Drouth Broken at Last-Conditions OF the
Crops-Notes About People-DriVing

Drouth Broken at Last-Conditions OF the
Crops-Notes About People-DriVing
Accident.
Correspondence OF the Yorkville Enquirer.
WARREN, July 26.-The long drouth
from which we have been suffering for
nearly three months, was broken this
morning at 7 o'clock, when a slow and
steady rain began to fall, and contin.
ued at intervals from that hour until
about o'clock in the evening. While
the ground is not thoroughly wet there
is a good season in it. 1t came too
late to do old corn much good but it
will help cotton considerably and start
young corn to growing.
The old corn in this section Will
make but very little more than forage
and not a great deal of that.
1t is getting rather late for pea SOW
ing :; but it's our only chance for winter
forage and if the weather is favorable,
by tomorrow night, there will be lots
of them plowed in.
Today's rain is the first good plow
season we have had in this immediate
section since the last of April. All
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
MCKINLEY's GOLDEN KEY.-In

MCKINLEY's GOLDEN KEY.-In an
interview with Gen. Gomez printed in
La Lucha, Havana newspaper last
Wednesday, the Cuban commander is
quoted as saying: "Never has a
plague more affecting fallen upon Gu
ba than the s3,OO0,000 asked from
President Mckinley for the Cuban
soldiers. The money has been the
cause of ill will among those who, by
right and justice, should be eternally
united.
"The history Of the money is curious.
1t was thought at first that it ought
not to have been received, as it was a
dishonor to the Cubans. The aspect
is changed, now, and it should cause
pain to see wandering through Havana
soldiers begging for what it was sup
posed they would refuse with serenity.
"The formation of the supplement
tary list of persons incapacitated in
the war and the work of payment has
already cost $4,000. This money was
furnished by Governor General Brooke,
as the Cubans do not possess the
ground upon which they tread. Those
who do not know the work and ex-
pense involved are naturally impatient
and hold responsible some one who in
no way helped to get the money nor
asked anyone to receive it.
"Those whose names appear on the
supplementary lists should not be paid
before those who are on the original
lists, so as TO preserve order.
GAS the money was the gift of the
American government, l am panied at
the interest shown by my soldiers, who
were trained to 60 hungry on their
march to liberty. The republic will
pay them, but when is uncertain. I'm
patience will not further matters"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
DOG DAYS.

There has been some local discus
sion as to the beginning of dog days,
and the matter has been referred to
THE ENQUIRER, which in turn has
consulted various authorities.
Webster's dictionary says: "a Pc
riod of from four to six weeks, in the
summer, variously placed by the al
manac makers between the early part
of July and the early part of Septem-
ber !; canicular days so called in ref
erence of the rising, in ancient times,
of the dor star (Sirius) with the sun.
Popularity, the close, sultry part of the
summer"
The dictionary goes on to say that
the conjunction of the rising of the
dog star with the rising of the sun
does not occur at the same time in all
latitudes, and is not constant in the
same latitude for long period. There
fore there is much variation IN the
calendars with regard to the limit oi
dog days.
Grier's Almanac for 1899 gives yes
terday, July %, as the date on which
dog days began in this locality.
. There is a common saying in this
section of the country that if there is
rain on the first dog day there will be
rain for 40 days continuously. Some
people have July 25 as the first dog
day, and it rained on that day in this
vicinity. The rain, of course, was not
general-not quite so general as will
be that which will probably fall some
where on each one of the succeeding
10 days,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
GAFFNEY VS.. YORKVILLE.

The reception that the boys received
in Yorkville was anything but cordial
Barring about six gentlemen and the
Yorkville baseball team, who had ar.
rangements in hand, it can only be
said that the remainder of the town
displayed rather coarse manners. The
baseball boys acted the part of gentle
men. They were somewhat put out
because Gaffney secured such a strong
aggregation of ball players but they
never displayed their temper as did the
coarser element and the hoodlums.-
Gaffney Ledger.
We are aware of the usual guying
that baseballists are accustomed to
deal out to each other. We are aware
also of the incident in connection with
the banner announcing the game be-
tween "Piedmont, alias Gaffney, vs..
Yorkville." There are hundreds OF
people here who do not approve OF
either of these things. We are sure
that the statement that "the re.
mainder of the town displayed rather
coarse manners" is uncalled for, and
if the writer persists in it, he may
congratulate himself on having more
than gotten even, in kind, for all that
be has complained of. We do not as
sumo, however, that the town OF
Gafney is responsible for his remarks,
or shares in his sentiments.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
CONFEDERATE REUNION.

The reunion of South Carolina Con.
federate veterans took place at Chester
on Wednesday and Thursday, and the
occasion was a notable one.
The attendance of veterans from the
state at large did not come up to the
expectations of the local committees
but there were fine representations
from the county Of Chester and the
counties Immediately surrounding.
Quite a number of York county
people went down, some by rail and
others by private conveyance. They
were considerably Inconvenience be-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
THE STATE ALLIANCE.
What Was Done at the Annual Meeting In
Columbia.

Columbia.
News and Courier.
The annual Alliance Convention
convened Wednesday in the hall oi
the house of representatives at $50 p.
M. President Wilborn announced the
following appointments for the pres
ent meeting: Chaplain J. A. Sligh;
steward, w. H. Yeldell; assistant
steward, Franklin Bailey; doorkeeper,
j.. O. Jacques; assistant doorkeeper,
w. w. F. Bright; sergeant-at-arms, S.
IT. McKeown. The meeting was open
ed with prayer by the chaplain, J. A.
Sligh. The officers present were: J. G.
Wilborn, president; ]. R. Blake, vice
president; w. N. Elder, ]. S. Shuler,
and Joseph L. Keitt, executive com
mittee. The roll Of counties was call
ed and the delegates presented their
credentials. The president appointed
a committee on credentials, consisting
of A. P. Goodwin, A. C. Lyles, A. P
Hutchison. Col. J. A. Hoyt, ofGreen.
Vile, the publisher of The Cotton Plant,
was present and made an interesting
talk about the paper. The paper has
been quite financial success.
During the meeting the address OF
the president was read. 1t concludes
as follows:
"Finally, brethren, after fair and
manly view of the Alliance organiza-
ton, I would suggest that the qualit'
cation for membership be enlarged, in
order to make it possible for all par
ties whose greatest interests are in the
farm to be received in full member.
ship. We have, perhaps, been little
exclusive and in times past parties
who should have been with US were
aliepated for no good reason. The Cot.
ton Plant is the recognized organ OF
the Alliance. I, therefore, take great
pleasure in urging it upon your atten-
ton, and take pleasure in saying it is
a worthy paper"
The following is the list of delegates
in attendance Abbeville, R. E. Hill
Aiken, R. H. Zimmerman Anderson,
J. B. Douthit Barnwell, J. K. Smell
ing; Berkeley, T. S. Browning; Ches-
ter, S. T. McKeown; Colleton, j. ..
Jacques Dorchester, L. E. Parler ;
Edge6eld, w. H. Zimmerman Flor
ence, A. P. Hutchison; Horny, j. A.
Lewis Kershaw, J. L. Catoe; Lancas-
ter, J. c. Elliott; Laurens, o. P. Good
wyn; Lexington, d. F. Efrd Marion,
S. w. Smith Marlboro, w. D. Evans ;
Newberry, J. L. Keitt; Oconee, J. l..
Alexander Orangeburg, ]. w. Stokes
Pickens, w. w. F. Bright; Richland,
B. C. Dupre Spartanburg, j. w. Reid
Union, A. G. Lyles; York, J. F. Ashe.
In addition to the above the follow
ing from the sub-Alliances indicated
were present: 946, Summerville, Lex
ington county, James B. Addy; 6S3,
Rightwell, NJ. K. Frick; 301, Sedalia,
]. F. Bailey; 1872, Feard, E. L. Win
gard; 716, Martin Distall, c. H. Ale
wine 376, Mount Pilgrim, j. A. Sligh.
Total attendance 81.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: ]. G. Alexander,
president; J. r. Blake, vice president ;
J. w. Reid, secretary and treasurer
J. L. Shuler, member Of the executive
committee for three years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29

- Washington advices indicate that
the treasury will demand increased
taxation next year. The present taxes,
as high as they are, are not sufficient
to meet war expenses and the general
extravaganza of the Republican ad-
Less Mckinley and
more Bryan would make it right.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Mrs. T. NJ. Dobson-Wishes you to call
on her for small wares before buying,
if you want things cheap. She can fur
nish you with millinery, notions, ho-
siery and corsets, and ladies' shoes at
so cents and 81 that are usually sold at
81 and So.
Rev. G. T. Observation-Disclosures the
Campobello High school and asks you
desire further information.
n. S. Black-Advertise for an estray bull
calf.
G rist Cousins-Have two hundred and
fifty bushels of cow pease for sale.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
Che alurkrille Gnq'1irrr.
YORKVILLE, s. c.:
SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1899.
question.

- For while we thought The State
was funny. We do not think so any
more. 1t says there has been no in
consistency in its utterances on the
county question.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29

of politics and existing political con-
ditions, may intercept him somewhere
in Europe and try to persuade him to
attempt it. Those who know him
best say that Admiral Dewey never
changes bis mind after having once
decided a question, and that he will
give Mr.. Whitney the same answer he
has already given to others on the same
question.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29

- Governor McSweeney has ordered
the dispensary constables to obey the
supreme court in the matter of carry
ing concealed weapons. Otherwise,
the governor assures the constables
that they will be liable to prosecution.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-07-29
MERE-MENTION.

The president has named the NOR
tar battery at Fort Caswell, n. c.,
Battery Bagley," in honor of Worth
Bagley, who was killed at Cardenas.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-30

as they are. The only thing that /
can refer our friend from illinois to
as a comparison, is the Hubbard
squash; but that gives but a faint
idea of the cushaw. And then those
pumpkins, from a foot to Is inches i'll
diameter, and such pumpkin pies as
my wife makes of them! Oh, my; it
makes my heart ache-Or is it my
stomach? But samples of my squash
and pumpkins are on exhibition at
Omaha, and I trust that you will see
them there.
And what else? Well, l am not go
ing through the whole list. I have
also produced pineaples at the rate of
about 10000 to the acre, and have sold
lots of them at 25 cents each. At
present 1 am growing tobacco as a
speciality. Have grown u acres of
Sumatra the present season, which I
would not be willing to sell ut the
present time-on the poles, for less
than $4,000. But what I lose on the
tobacco, 1 shall, expect to make up on
the crop of hay that is coming on,
worth, at, least, 500 per acre. And
what else? Well, we have baby st
our house. He is three months OLD
now, and he is as much ahead of any
northern baby that I ever knew any
thing about, as our pineappies are
ahead of Illinois turnipS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-30

BILE growing. He urged them to plant
canteloupes, especially, as he believes
they will pay more surely than many
other crops. Canteloupes can be
grown and marketed here before thew
come in at any other point and they
always find a ready market at good
prices if they are the proper kind.
Commenting on the subject of winter
vegetables the Orlando Sentinel says:
"Winter grown lettuce, celery and
beets are the vegetables which the
officials mentioned recommend to be
grown for the northern markets.. The
general rules to be observed are: first
a careful selection of the soil upon
which each kind of vegetable is to be
grown. The soil must be adapted to
the vegetable. Then the SELECTION of
seed must be carefully made. There
are only very few kinds of each of
the vegetables named that the market
will take. Care must be taken to grow
only the kinds Of vegetables which
will sell; and, the officers say, there is
not the slightest use in trying to force
upon market any kind of vegetable
that it has not been used to absorbing.
The market must be catered to. Then
the packages in which the produce is
shipped must be neat and tasty and
adapted to the use of each particular
kind Of vegetable"
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-30
Boom in Cigar Leaf Tobacco.

1T has really begun. The supply of
fine quality of leaf. especially for
wrapping purposes, is very limited
throughout the world. At the recent
inscriptions of Sumatra tobacco at
Amsterdam there were hardly 1000
bales in all that were suited to the
American market. More than that
number were sold for shipment to the
United States, but they were not the
quality desired here. Stocks of other
wrappers and seconds, both Ameri-
can and Cuban grown are VIGOROUSLY
depleted.
This situation accounts for the rush
to buy the growing crop that has al
ready begun in the Connecticut val
ley. The prices paid range from %
to % Gets per pounds, and buying in
the field began just month earlier
than last year. In some cases the buy
ers assume all risk Of spOtting, hail,
frost and pole sweat, the grower only
W GOAC'
In most cases, however, the con-
tracts are such that, if for any rea-
son the quality of the crop is poor
when delivered, or the market price
goes off, the buyer can refuse to take
the goods except at a reduced price,
while on the other hand, if the quail
ity is all right and the market should
hold stiff or should have advanced,
the buyer will claim the goods at the
contract price. Unless the terms OF
these early sales in the field are
specially set forth in a written or
printed contract, it will be seen that
such sales are almost wholly in buy
ers' favor. They are however, useful
as indicating the great demand that
will exist for prime crops Of cigar
leaf this summer and fall, whether
grown in New England, New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio or Wisconsin.
There is also similar inquiry report
ed in Florida and Texas for cigar leaf
grown in those States.-New England
Homestead.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-08-30
Vegetables For Market.

Mr.. I. M. Cox, general agent for the
Southern Express Company, visited
Barlow county recently, says the Cou-
rier-Informant, and talked with a
number of our growers about vegeta-