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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

The whole atmosphere Is charged with
the tenseness Of local conditions and
the incest diplomacy Is constantly be-
ing called into play to smooth over lit
tie eruptions and the friction natural
to such circumstances. Two events Of
this week, which are pregnant with
possibilities, have been pleasantly ad-
justed and have left no apparent trace
of feeling. One was the killing of Cor
poral Hughes, Of Battery D, Third ar
tillery, and the wounding Of a private
try. The whole affair was unfortunate;
but an investigation disclosed that the
sentry was not to blame. It appears
that the Americans were out after
dark and had been drinking. They
had been halted by a sentry on the
French pontoon bridge, and disregard
ing his challenge they tried to rush
him. One Of the men fired his revolv-
er, discharging four chambers, when
the sentry fired, killing Hughes. He
was attacked BY the second American,
whom he bayonetted, inflicting slight
wound.
The other instance was slight tilt
between the British and Russians.
The former had posted a guard over
pile Of wood and hoisted a British
flag. A Russian guard, according to
report, made an attempt to seize the
wood, also hosting flag and threaten
ing to cut down the British colors.
General Campbell happened to be on
the scene at the time unaccompanied.
Seing the gravity Of the situation, he
asked an American officer to assist
him, explaining that he feared that the
two guards, who were Indians Of the
Bengal Lanciers, might precipitate
trouble. The American consented to
remain while the general sought the
Russian commander. Admiral Alex
Jeff Immediately recalled the Russians
when the matter was explained to him,
and he apologized for their action. 1t
is reported all the men were punished.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17
SEED OUT OF SIGHT.
Oil Mills Shut Down Until Prices Get Within
Reason.

Says a Charleston special OF October
10, to the New York Commercial:
-Four or more Of the largest cotton
seed oil mills have closed. At the be-
ginning of the season the market price
for seed was $12 per ton. Later, the
quotation ranged about the SIT mark.
This latter price was set by the Allan
tic Cotton Oil company, which operates
four Of the largest mills In the state.
Since then the price has bounded past
the $40 quotation and there is chance
that it will go still higher.
Years ago the farmers emptied cotton
seed in the gullies, and now the seed
bring 30 cents bushel. The manu-
facturers claim that when the seed Is
bought for $40 a ton, anywhere from 81
to SO is lost in the transaction.
There Is no expected advance In the
price of crude or refined oil, and all
mills buying seed at $40 are engaging
in speculation. According to some OF
the mill men, refined oil can be bought
in New York 81 cheaper than it can be
manufactured by the mills paying $40
a ton for the seed.
1.-The situation Is a serious one," said
a manufacturer to The Commercial
correspondent today. 1.-THE policy
which some Of the mills are pursuing
Of paying $40 ton for seed is destruc-
tive. The cause of the large advance
is two-fold. First, there is the late
season and the opening Of ten or more
mills in the state. The new mills are
anxious to get business, and most of
them are buying at $40 or thereabouts.
1.-The demand and price Of the pro-
duct Of the seed-viz: hulls, meal, oil
and linters, are not of a nature to war
rant the safe buying of seed at $40. The
mills are simply cutting each others
throats, and it seems impossible to
reach any agreement whereby the price
can be regulated"
A. C. Phelps, secretary and treasu-
rer Of the Atlantic Cotton OIL company,
when in Charleston the other day, said
his company, which owned and con-
trolled four Of the finest mills In the
state, was not able to run them on ac-
count of the high price Of seed. Two
ran for a time, and then were closed,
and it is not known when they will be
reopened. The company instructed its
agents not to buy until the price drop
ped to SIT, as it was not clear how the
mills could be operated to pay with
the seed so high in price.
The oil mill men say 1t Is business
suicide to try and manufacture oil
with the price Of seed at $40. They are
waiting for a decline, although at the
present there is not much indication
that the farmers will be willing to sell
for a lower figure.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


Carl H. Hart-Wants patrons of the
Spartanburg steam laundry. to leave
laundry at Mr.. w. M. Kennedy's
store.
John r. Hart-Has lost a pointer dog
and offers a suitable reward for its
return.
C. H. Baldwin & Son. Columbia, s. c.
Want fine Jersey butter, and say they
will pay full price for weekly ship
ments.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Have 500 pounds
Of bluestone and want to sell 1t to
wheat growers; also phosphate, pot
ash and ammoniated fertilizers, red
and crimson clover and orchard grass
seed. They have just received new
line of lamps.
w. B. Moore &. Co.-Have the agency
for the high grade Carpenter organs,
and say 1t Is a good article, fully
guaranteed. They also have Domes-
tic sewing machines, steel ranges at
$3.50, stoves, furniture, barrel churns
grain drills, rotary plows and offer
Gaffney carpets and art squares at
old prices.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17
MERE.MENTI0N.

The 81 men under Captain Dever-
aux Shields. recently captured by the
Filipinos on the island of Martinique,
have all been rescued. Field Mar
shall Count Won Waldersee started
from Tien Tsin to Pekin last Sunday.
Bishop Chas. B. Galloway, presi-
dent Of the general board Of education
Of the Methodist Episcopal church,
South, mas issued call to one and a
half million Methodists in the South, to
assemble in their places of worship on
the night of the last day Of the year to
hold an old-fashioned matchmaking
as a fitting climax to the Twentieth
Century fund movement. The fund
now amounts to 100000. 49, The Dem
ocratic national committee has an
nounced it's desire to have a meeting
Of every Democratic club in the United
States on October There is but
little change in the Pennsylvania coal
strike situation. Hogan Sealey,
treasurer Of the Galveston relief fund,
acknowledges the receipt Of contribu-
tions from October 1 to IL inclusive,
amounting to $19S,552. This includes
$125,0OO received through Governor Say
ers and 1921 received through Mayor
Jones. Amount previously acknowl-
eded was s7S1,043, making the total to
date 1919, $685.. The largest cargo that
ever went out of Galveston, and be-
lieved to be larger than any previous
cargo from the gulf, is that Of the Brit
ish steamer Irada, which cleared Sat
urday. She has on board in round
and square bales the equivalent of
26,4Ov square bales. She also carries
1000 bushels of wheat and 1000 barrels
of flour. The cargo Is valued at ST.
3S1, ,312.. The intercession Of the
Princess of Wales, says a dispatch
from Copenhagen to The Daily Tele-
graph, has secured the liberation of
some Danes, who were compelled by
the Beers to fight against the British
and had been imprisoned at Simons-
town, Cape Colony. M. V. Powell,
for seven years grand president of the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17
.WITHIN THE TOWN.

Last Saturday was pay day at the
York Cotton Mills.
z/There is too much promiscuous fir
ing of pistols about the street at night,
X The big brick kiln at the York Brick
Works is now red hot through and
through.
fQuite a number Of Yorkville people
will go to Gastonia tomorrow to see
the Sells-Forepaugh circus perform
ance.
- Treasurer Love opened the town tax
books last Monday. The best time to
get receipt is before the penalty at
taches.
K The ladies in the postoffice present
ed the engineer Of the Carolina and
Northwestern passenger train with q
bouquet Of flowers last Saturday morn
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17
Y Wednesday, October II, 1900.
ing for having brought the mail in on

ing for having brought the mail In on
dipe Friday night.
<The Carolina and Northwestern
mail train was on time Friday, Satur-
day and Monday. They are using
new engine.
- The K. NJ. M. A. cadets received
their uniforms last Saturday. The uni
form Is cadet gray trimmed in black,
and is quite handsome.
Quite number Of shoppers came
from different sections Of the county to
attend H. c. Strauss's three days, spe-
cial sale and their presence helped the
business Of the town generally. Trade
continues good.
<Henry Brice shot Theodore Rawlin-
son last Sunday afternoon. 1t happen
ed in the York Brick Works enclosure.
Both parties are Negroes. Rawlinson
was begging Brice for whisky and
Brice got tired of 1t. He told Rawlin-
son to shut up. Rawlinson persisted,
and jerking out his revolver, Brice blaz-
ed away. The bullet went into Row.
linson's thigh. Upon hearing Of the af-
fair Policeman Rose went in search of
Brice. I saw his feet sticking out
Of the bushes" says the policeman,
land I ordered hands up Throwing
both mis- hands above his head, he said,
I'd put my feet up too, boss; but can't
get 'em high enough" Brice was be-
fore Mayor Willis Monday morning on
the charge Of carrying concealed weap-
ons and shooting firearms on Sunday.
He was convicted on both counts and
sentenced to pay fine Of SO or go to
the chaingang for 80 days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Whether the times are as good as we
would like to see them or not, they are
certainly better than they have been
in the recent past. This may not be
the case with everybody; but 1t Is so
with many Of the farmers in this coun-
ty.
"a mortgage is seldom paid" The
writer heard a well-known local busi-
ness man say this once, and the say
ing struck him with force. The busi-
ness man explained that while the debt
might be transferred from one credit
or to another, 1t was an exceptional
case where the debtor succeeded In
getting it cancelled entirely. The con-
ditions OF the past dozens years or SO
have certainly not been propitious for
debt paying. Instead of growing small
er, most debts have grown larger. A
large per centage Of debtors, especial
ly among the agricultural classes, have
been unable to keep down interest even.
But this year is a record breaker.
There have been more mortgages
Cancelled in this office during the past
two weeks, than during any other two
weeks of my incumbency." So declar-
ed Clerk of the Court Wylie when ques-
toned on the subject last Monday. He
was unable to give any figures as to
the number or amounts Of the mortga-
ges satisfied; but he Is impressed with
the correctness Of his observation.
Many real estate mortgages Of long
standing and numerous chattel mort
cages of this year and the few years
preceding, have been wiped off the
records with the word satisfied"
Mr.. Wylie says that as a general
thing, most Of the mortgage payments
are made during the last two weeks of
December. Farmers wait until then to
make sure whether or not they can pay
and at the same time leave themselves
in a condition to conduct their opera
tions through the next year. AS to
whether liquidations will continue
through from now until January at
the same pace that has already been
set, can hardly be stated with any de-
gree Of certainty; but the payments
that have been made up to this time
are none the less encouraging as in
dicating improved conditions, compared
with preceding years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17
. ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. G. w. 8. Hart spent yesterday
IN Greenville.
<Mr. Edward Thomas, OF Sharon, was
in Yorkville Monday.
Miss Daisy Mays, of Charlotte, Is
visiting Miss Addie Williams.
kMr. Elwood F. Bell, Jr., of Hickory
(Grove, spent Tuesday in Yorkville.
Capt. and Mrs. E. A. Crawford are
visiting relatives in Bethesda town.
ship. -:
Rev. John H. Simpson, of Hickory
Grove, gave THE ENQUIRER pleasant
call yesterday.
Mr.. Sam M. Grist left Monday after.
noon to resume his insurance work at
Greenville.
>kThos. F. McDow. Esq, has gone to
Charlotte, to attend the Clarkson-
Moore wedding.
Mr.. Walker Latimer went to Chester
Monday night on visit to his brother,
Mr.. Carl Latimer.
Miss Bessie Mcconnell, who has been
visiting in Chester for sometime, re-
turned home last Monday.
r. j. Herndon returned from
Hockhart Saturday. He will probably
remain here for several weeks.
Mrs. Rudolph brandt, Of Chester,
visited the family of her father, Mr..
John L. Rainey, near Blairsville, this
week.
Miss Bertha Stain, Of Chester, is Wis
iting in Yorkville, the guest Of Miss
Fannie Parish. Miss Stain has recent
ly return from an extended European
trip.
Captain w. B. Moore has gone to
Wilmington, N. c.. for day or SO on
business, leaving his old reliable Mr..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17
CLEVER YOUNG BANK Thief.
How a New York Boy Made Way With 0veF
100000.

NEW YORK, October 12.-At this writ
ing, the town does not know whether
his name is Schrieber or Shrieber, but
it does know that considering his years
and his opportunities he Is a remarka-
bly, clever bank thief, and 1t feels, in
measure, the admiration for him which
it always feels for the successful mon
ey-getter. This Junior bank clerk, a
mere boy, stole from the bank In which
he was employed, an amount equal to
the entire capital and surplus Of the in
stitution. He was neither cashier nor
bookkeeper, but he "got there" just the
same. Everybody has heard the story
Of the chap from the West whom the
policeman found weeping on corner
Of Broadway very early one morning
and who said that he wept because,
though he had "blown in" twenty-odd
thousand dollars in the last three days
not blame soul in town knew 1t.
Young Schrieber or Shrieber, has
blown in" more than five times that
amount in the last two years without
attracting any particular attention.
Among his associates in the Tenderloin,
who were very fond indeed Of him
while his money lasted, he did manage
to get something Of a reputation as a
high roller" but the city Of New
York was practically unconscious Of
his existence, and the fame of his wine
village Of Elizabethport, IL miles off,
where he was a thief six days in the
week and a devout Christian the sew
enth day.
He bore such an excellent reputation
there that a local detective put on his
track six months ago by bank official
who somehow had conceived a dislike
for him, reported him "all right" with
out taking the trouble to watch him.
At the same time he was lavishing
money and jewels, on woman Of the
Tenderloin, wagering large sums on the
races and Opening wine" with gam
blers and sports. He masqueraded as
"the rich Mr.. Hart" and his "wife"
rolled about town In a handsome
broughman and was one Of the best
dressed women in New York. To his
mother he gave the SIS per week which
was his salary at the bank. He was a
good clerk. The state bank examiner
visited the bank regularly and reported
everything 20. k" On a recent visit
he even complimented the bank offic-
ials on the excellent manner in which
the accounts were kept. Schrieber or
Shrieber, though neither bookkeeper or
cashier, had access to both books and
cash and he fixed things" for the bank
examiner.
In August he went away on his va
cation and he has not come back yet.
The bookkeeper took the trouble few
days ago to add up the individual led
ger accounts to see If they balanced
with the general ledger, and discovered
that willie" had removed the entire
capital Of the bank, which was $4,000,
and another 10000 besides. The direc-
tors say they will make good the loss
and the depositors will not suffer. In
some places people don't put such blind
confidence in a man just because he
goes to church every Sunday; but In
New York and vicinity men with that
habit are so rare that they are very
highly esteemed, and opportunities for
peculation are offered them which the
wicked long for in vain.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

You are granting too many pardons,
governor. That Is what we think.
Either that, or sworn juries have been
making some terrible blunders. The
probability is that the jurors were gen.
orally right. And, governor, it is not
we'll to pay too much attention to the
petition Of judge, jury and solicitor for
the undoing of their work. Verdicts
are rendered under oath. in accordance
with the law and the evidence. They
represent the citizens highest and no
blest duty to his state-his fellow cit
liens. That the citizen should after
ward, as a private individual, yield to
sentiments of pity and mercy, and ask
for the undoing Of that which his oath
compelled him to do, Is not only natu
raj but commendable. But it is your
place, governor, to show sterner stuff.
1t Is the action Of stern duty, rather
than of pity that should command your
attention. We fear, governor, that you
are granting too many pardons-either
that, or juries have been making some
terrible mistakes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17
ALLIES AT TEN TSlh.
Existing Conditions May Breed Serious Quar-

rels.
With the general belief that this city
Is to be the military centre and base
for the winter. all the powers are now
engaged in a general scramble for
buildings, says a Tien Tsin cable of
Sunday. Anything that has roof is
now valuable, and every building in
the foreign concession which the bonn
bardment left capable Of repairs, is
being put in shape for either barracks
or store rooms. This condition Of af-
fairs has made the situation delicate,
some sharp interchanges over the pos
session Of premises. The Americans
have not gotten the best Of the deal.
The foreign city Of Tien Tsin is COM
posed Of the various concessions to the
powers, and what Is known locally as
the extra concessions" lying to the
southwest between the Victoria Gar
dens and the mud wall, and south. The
American concession was surrendered
several years ago, and in the present
situation the Americans are keenly
feeling its loss. The English and Ger
man concessions are probably greatest
in area, the British, however, having
more and larger buildings than any
other. There Is today not an unoccu-
pied house in |Tien Tsin and the powers
are drawing the concession lines very
closely. AS was cabled the Associated
ri ~, :
cans were compelled to give up to the
Germans large tract Of land and sew
eral very large warehouses filled with
commissary supplies. The property
was in the extra concession and only
occupied under sufferance. It was un-
derstood when the German commander
consented to it's occupancy by the
Americans that it would be given up
on demand; but the demand has caus-
ed the American army officials no lit
tie embarrassment and Inconvenience.
AS a result the American forces are
now scattered. The Fifteenth infantry,
Colonel Moale, commanding, and at
present senior American officer at Tien
Tsin, Is located in the buildings and
compound Of the American Methodist
mission. A quarter of mile further
down the Taku road, Is the camp Of
the Third artillery, in the compound of
the property of a Mr.. Drew, an Ameri-
can. The marine battalion is quarter
ed in the buildings in the British con-
cession, the officers occupying several
houses on Victoria Terrace. The COM
missary and quartermaster depots are
on the Bund, in the old Tien Tsin ho-
tel.
The presence of such large number
Of troops in close contiguity, the con-
nIcting customs and national preju-
dices, make Tien Tsin very delicate
and interesting place just at present.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

JUST why, we shall not attempt to ex-
plain; but it is a fact that in the his
tory Of the country the people of South
Carolina have not shown so little in
terest in a presidential election as they
are showing in the one now in progress
The best index Of general interest is to
be found in campaign subscriptions.
Although the South Carolina assess
ment is comparatively nothing, not one
tenth of 1t has been paid. York county
Is assessed at $1OO and she is not re-
ported as having sent to the state
headquarters as much as one copper.
By all means our assessment ought to
be paid. THE ENQUIRER is willing to put
up S., provided the public will raise the
other $95. We will also take pleasure
in acknowledging and turning over to
County Chairman Brice, all subscrip-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

CoLoNELs Bryan and Roosevelt met
by accident in East st. Louis one day
last week and exchanged greetings.
The subject of voices came up, each
asking the other how he was faring.
my voice." said Roosevelt, "is as
rough as the Populist PLATFORM" land
mine," replied Bryan, 'is as broken as
Republican promises" Quite a num-
ber Of Democrats and Republicans
heard the sparring and there were
cheers for Bryan and Mckinley.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

COMING right down to the plain facts
In the case, are we willing that the
Negro majority Of Porto Rico should
rule the island? Is there any more
reason why the Negro majority OF
Porto Rico or Cuba should rule, than
there is why the Negro majority OF
South Carolina should rule? We dc
not believe that Southern intelligence
or Southern principles have undergone
the slightest change on this subject.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

THE Columbia State serves notice
upon it's weekly contemporaries that
If they continue to talk back to it in
the same strain that it uses toward
them it will cut them off it's mailing
list. The more impudent weeklies, es-
pecially those which are unable to
raise the States subscription price, had
better be good.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

AT Portsmouth Ohio, last Friday,
someone greeted Mr.. Bryan as the
farmer President" II am not farm
err" said Mr.. Bryan. II am an agri-
culturist. The difference between a
farmer and an agriculturist is this:
The farmer makes his money on the
farm and spends it in town, while the
agriculturist makes his money in town
and spends it on q farm"
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lions that may be sent to US. But If
anything is to be done it must be done
quickly. The time in which the money
can be used to advantage, except In the
payment Of debts that may have al
-eady been incurred, is rapidly draw
ing to a close.
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his peculiar mannerisms, his erractic
statements and his total lack Of per-
sonal magnetism. He may be a great
and able man; but he did not impress
me as such, when last met him, and
am safe in saying that more than half
of that vast audience was Of the same
opinion"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

THERE is good reason to hope that
the next house will be Democratic,
The present Republican plurality over
the Democrats is only 81 and the ma
jority over all, including five Popu-
lists and three Silverites, is only Ii. It
is conceded that the congressional con-
test Is going to be close, and it is
thought that the chances are in favor
of the Democrats.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

>kTHE flow of gold, which few weeks
ago was toward Europe, is now coming
back. New York firms last week an
nounced importations of about $780,
900. It Is the cotton crop principally
that Is turning the tide.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

THE most heroic deed Of the Spanish
war was that of Richmond Pearson
Hobson, a Southern man, and yet it
looks as If the South Is going to allow
Hobson to be ridiculed out Of his just
reward. Hobson can stand it; but can
the South?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-10-17

Ex-PREsIDENT Cleveland writes that
he entertains the same views on the
money question now that he entertain
ed four years ago. That is just about
as most people would have supposed.
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Ths Itorkrille enquirer.
YORKvILLE, 8. G;' .
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1900.

If there is much real interest in
this section in the interest Of the ma
tional Democracy, it ought to exhibit
itself in subscriptions to the campaign
fund.