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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-28
GnErison Destroyed.

The town of Bunar Hissar has been
burned and n part Of the Bulgarian
population was massacred. The rest OF
the Bulgarians fed to the mountains.
At Burgas Mnjura. after rs hours
fghting the garrison was killed by
rebels. who also destroyed the garriJ
sens Of Silklihor and kaloyo.
At karacunvo the insurgents killed
81 Turks. while Is Turks were killed
at Kurolibi, in the vilayet Of Cskub.
The new outbreaks are reported from
the vicinity Of Kresnn. where serious
nghting has occurred.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23
JENKINS PORTRAIT FUND.

The pamphlets referred to In the
last issue Of THE ENQUIRER as being
on hand at this office are for sale In
stead of gratuitious distribution. The
price is so cents to the general public
and 25 cents to members Of the Jen-
kins brigade. ..
There was no explanation with the
pamphlets when they were delivered
at THE ENQUIRER office by the ex-
press company, and In the absence OF
instructions, the paragraph that ap-
peared in our last issue was published
Since then, the following has been re-
ceived from Col John P. Thomas, the
patriotic author of the interesting lit
tie work:
Editor Of the Yorkvllle Enquirer:
send you 100 copies Of my sketch
Of the peerless brigadier, so highly
praised by Lee, Longstreet, d. H: Hill
Hampton, Kershaw and others. BE
pleased to dispose Of the copies for the
benefit of the Jenkins Portrait fund
For the general public the price Is 81
cents. For surviving privates OF Jen
kins's brigade the price is rs cents, and
beg you to give a copy, with my re-
CARDS, to any needy Confederate VINO
may be willing to accept.
It gives us pleasure to carry out
Col. iThomas's instructions with re-
gard to the matter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23

THE long standing dispute between
the United States and Canada has been
settled, or rather a majority Of the
commission appointed to consider the
matter under the recent treaty, has
decided in favor of the United States.
The territory in dispute was a narrow
strip, about fifty miles wide, extend
ing from the southernmost limit of Alas
ka proper at the 60th parallel of latitude
down the coast of British Columbia to
the 55th parallel Of latitude. Although
the strip has been in dispute ever since
the purchase of Alaska from Russia, II
has never been considered Of real i'm
portance until the discovery OF golo
in the Klondike. Then it became evil
dent that control Of this strip meant
the control of the Klondike, and the
dispute was renewed on both sides
with much earnestness. The matter
has more than once been seriously
considered as a probable cause of fu-
ture war. Some time back 1t was
agreed that the matter be settled by
arbitration, the treaty providing for
three commissioners from the United
States, two from Canada and one from
Great Britain. Senators Lodge and
Turner and Secretary Root were ap-
pointed to represent the United States,
and Messrs. Jett and Aylesworth were
appointed to represent Canada, while
Lord Alverstone was appointed as the
British member. That the United
States owned the coast line was not
disputed on either side; but the ques-
ton at issue was whether the ten
marine leagues from the coast line
should be measured from the fringe Of
islands along it or from the water
front of the main land. One measure
ment meant that the United States
would control Chilkoot and White
meant that these important entrances
to the Klondike would be under the
control of Canada. The sessions Of
the commission were long and more or
less StoIHlS, put dl iehSth hoiu AL
verstone came over to the side Of the
Americans and gave them a majority.
The Canadian commissioners have re-
fused to sign the award, and Canada
generally is pretty hot over the whole
matter; but the sovereignty of the
United States over the territory in dis
pute may now be regarded as duly es-
tabliShed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23
MERE-M ENTION.

William Jennings Bryan is said to
have endorsed the candidacy of w. X.
Hearst. :. New York, washington and
Philadelphia banks sent about $4,000
900 to Baltimore this week to avert
the panic that was threatened by the
failure of the two big trust companies
the other day. Conditions have about
simmered down to the normal in Bal
timore's financial affairs. j. V. Jay,
the Buncombe county, N. c., physi-
clan who killed his three children re-
Gently while in a drunken frenzy, now
says he remembers nothing Of the cir
cumstances. ....... The new battleship
Missouri made her trial trip on the
Cape Ann course last Wednesday, and
her speed averaged 1905 knots per
hour, breaking the record for ships OF
her class. 49,. Mayor Harrison of Chi
cago has started a crusade against race
course gambling. The trouble be-
tween Turkey and Bulgaria is about
settled and Turkey Is disbanding her
troops. The question as to the amount
of prize money to which Admiral Dew
ey is entitled on account Of the Manila
bay fight has not yet been settled. .....
There will be an unusually fine Phil
ippine exhibit at the Worlds Fair.
Russia has raised protest on account
Of the treaty stipulation whereby China
has agreed to open the Manchurian
ports to the trade of the United States.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Will Lowry is clerking for c. P
Lowrance & Co.
DR.. and Mrs. c. c. Leech Of Hickory
Grove, spent today in Yorkville.
Mr.. John D. Lindsay Of Gastonia
was in Yorkville yesterday on business
Messrs. G. E. B. Mendenhall and j. P
Sifford Of Glover. were in Yorkville to-
day.
DR.. M. J. Walker went to Blacksbure
on Thursday evening on professional
business, returning on Friday morning
Mrs. R. c. Moore has just received
a letter from her son, Mr.. Phillip
Moore, under date Of Liverpool, Eng
land. He expects to return to the Uni
ted States shortly.
Mrs. Paul T. Gordon and son, Mas
ter Paul Tulane Gordon, left Thurs
day morning for their home at Eagle
Lake, Tex. They were accompanied as
far as Atlanta by Mr.. Ben Johnson.
Mr.. Rembert Ward for some time
past the accommodating assistant agent
at the Southern depot, has been trans
ferred to Marion. N. C. Mr.. Ward Is
succeeded by Mr.. John L. Wells OF
Hickory Grove.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23

ANOTHER BULL MovEMENT.-Ac-
cording to report, another bull cam
paign in cotton Is about to be waged
in the crop now moving to market.
The movement which cotton exchange
brokers are gossiping about nowadays,
Is said to have as its organizers the
old Brown Haynes pool Of New Orleans,
and D. ]. Sully, Of this city. The trt-
umvirate are known to be ,bullish on
this years crop and are talking much
higher prices for the staple.
The combination successfully carried
through the biggest cotton deals ever
attempted on this or any other cotton
exchange during the last year, but the
members worked at different times.
The first movement Of Importance was
made by Mr.. Sully, and he closed his
trades with a handsome profit. The
work was taken up by the Brown:
Haynes pool, Of New Orleans, and they
continued the corner throughout three
months and sold the greater part Of
their cotton at extraordinary profits.
1t Is said that Col. w. P. Brown will
leave this city shortly to take up the
work Of organizing the New Orleans
market, while the New York market
will be left to D. j. Sully, and Frank
v. Haynes, according to report, Will
look after the Liverpool manipulation.
A division Of the work such as Is .tn-
dicated, tits considered, willwresult In
a strong ombination.-New Fork Herr
aid.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23
WITHIN THE TOWN.

Cotton continues to come quite
freely, and the business people gen.
orally seem to be very we'll satisfied
with the progress Of collections.
- The attendance at the U. D. c. CON-
cert at the Graded School auditorium
last night was good, and the entertain
ment is universally conceded to have
been a pronounced success.
The local mills are not feeling the
scarcity Of help so severely as they did
last spring and during the early part
Of the summer. The fact is most of the
mills have about all the help they
want at present.
At Trinity church on next Sunday
morning at II o'clock, Rev. DR.. ]. l..
Stokes, the pastor will preach on
Temperance, Prohibition and the Dis
pensary." At 73O p. m, the same day,
Mrs. E. S. Herbert. state organizer OF
the Women's Christian Temperance
Workers, will make an addre IS.
The chrysanthemum show has been
set for Thursday Of next week, and
will last al" Of one day. The flowers
are to be sent in on Wednesday as on
last year, as far as possible, and the
contests are open to all. The pro-
grammes for the various entertain
ments are especially attractive, and the
committees are taking pains to en-
sure the success of the show in every
particular.
Although the committees in charge
of the work Of preparing the CONNER
cial club rooms for occupancy have
not been wasting any time, it will be
November l or later before everything
is in readiness. The painters are still
at work. Carpets were put down dur
ing the present week. Most Of the nee
essary furniture is here and the
balance is on the way. Although
nothing has been definitely decided, it
is quite probable that when the clubs
quarters are ready there will be I
housewarming.
The Shakespeare club met with
Mrs. G. H. O'Leary on Thursday after
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23

THE Charlotte Chronicle Of yester-
day has the following, which Is de-
serving of universal endorsement:
In addition to having the hardest
kind of work to do, these mail clerks
are in great peril Of their lives. Busy
at the work of sorting mail and their
cars being next to the engine, these
men are the most helpless of any on
the train in case of accident. we saw
the statement only day or two ago
that six mail clerks had been killed
in Virginia within couple weeks,
time. Despite all these circumstances
these men are unable to get anything
like the treatment accorded other gov
ernment employees. Uncle Sam Is not not
hard taskmaster, and some OF ms
servants are going through life on
fiowery beds of ease at the expense
of the railway mail clerks. A con-
gressman could do his country no bet
ter service than to see to it that these
men receive more nearly their just de-
serts from the government.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23

The years naval estimates, while
only 100000 more than the estimates
Of last year, will not permit of a like
scaling down. The item for increase
of the navy, which Is sS,000,000 larger
than last year, is merely the estimate
Of what will become due under existing
contracts during the next fiscal year.
Similarly at Annapolis the department
has thus far had money enough to pay
for the work on the new buildings, but
it will need s3,OOO,OOO more next year,
to meet payments on fixed contracts.
The pay item, for which the estimate
is larger, cannot well be reduced, since
the navy is larger and it's equipment
is larger. 1t will also burn more coal.
1t required the greatest scrutiny on
Secretary Moody's part, with these ne
cessary increases, to keep the total Of
the estimates within s3,000,000 Of those
Of last year. Congress, it may safely be
predicted. will have to appropriate
nearly $100OO0,OO0 for the naval es-
tablishment, or else make good any
curtailment of that amount through
an urgent deficiency bill year hence.
either of which appropriations would
apply to the fiscal year for which
plans are now making.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23
FOCAL AFFAIRS,
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

c. H. Smith, A. A. Burris and others
Gives warning to all persons not to
hunt, ride or otherwise trespass on
lands belonging to or controlled by
them.
]. Ernest Lowry. Rev. Marion Dargan
and others-Warn all persons not to
hunt. ride or otherwise tresspass up
on lands held or controlled by them
under full penalties Of the law.
Opera House-Announces the appear
ance on Thursday, Friday and Sat
day nights of next week Of the Ed
sail Winthrope Stock Co.. and
promises the best shows ever seen
in Yorkville.
]. e. Poag, Rock Hill-Talks about ac-
emulation in general and particu-
larly about numerous pieces of val
liable property that he has for sale
in South Carolina and other states.
Heath Elliott Mule Co.-Wants you to
know that the Summers buggy Is
built and sold on honor. They also
sell the Tyson & Jones buggies to
parties who prefer them.
Jas. M. Starr & Co.-Say that the ver-
dict of physicians and their patients
IS that you can have your prescrip-
tions filled to the best advantage at
their store.
Yorkville Buggy Co.-Tells you that
the Syracuse Is the best turn ploW
known to the trade. They also have
a few Farmers Favorite grain drills
at old prices.
Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Says
your hold on life Is insecure, and ad-
vises you to secure its productive
value for your family in case OF
death by policy In the Mutual Ben
eft Life Insurance Co. Of Newark.
w. o. Rawls-Wants to sell you valley
tin and will make you lower prices
than other dealers can.
J. @. Wray-Wants you to remember
his special sale Of 1000 yards Of out
ings at cents yard today.
C. P. Lowrance & Co.-Tell you that
your table can be supplied with the
choicest edibles from their store.
Foushee Cash Store-Has another lot
of underwear and invites you to see
it. Look for the flag.
Strauss Smith Co.-Give notice that
all portrait ticket holders must have
their tickets filled up by December
1st, as they will not receive photo
graphs for enlargement after that
date.
York Cotton Mill-Gives notice that all
Of next week they will offer the en-
tire remainder of their stock of dry
goods, clothing, ETC., at discount OF
40 per cent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23
Friday, October %, 1903.

spare. You can find somebody in Ches-
ter who will buy almost anything"
Mr.. White was not disposed to
claim that he had been making lots Of
money in the past ten years; but he
admitted that when he first went on
the farm he now occupies, he only had
half interest, while new he owns 1t
all. and that not only; has. it been
greatly improved as to. conveniences;
but it Is much more productive than 1t
has ever been.. He also, took occa-
sion TO observe that II the price Of cot
ton holds up as it seems to promise,
there might be a good time ahead for
the farmers yet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23

MURDER is killing with malice afore'
thought, expressed or implied. In the
trial of a murder case the jury Il
bound under its oath to consider alb,
solutely nothing but the question as
to whether the killing was with malice
aforethought. The cause of the malice
has nothing to do with the question Of
murder, and q jury cannot take any
other circumstance into consideration
without perjuring itself. This Is not
matter of opinion; but a matter OF
fact-the law.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23
LOCAL LACONICS.:
Connecting tho Railroads.

SohhoCtIh9 the 1dtITodoSs
Work on a connecting line between
the Southern and Carolina and North
Western railroads was commenced on
last Wednesday, and the understand
Ing was that it was. to be completed
during the week. For more than
year, spur tracks Of the two roads have
been lying within thirty yards Of each
other; but there was no connection.
Freight from one road to the other
had to be transferred by drays. One
day recently carload Of coal that had
been routed to the Tayora Cotton mill
by way Of the c. g. NV. road turned
up at the Southern depot. The Ia
vora mill Is on the G. &. NV; but
more than half mile from the South
ern depot and the management re-
fused to receive the coal, which had
had to be re-shipped around by Cas-
tonia. Because of the incident, how
ever, the Tavora people complained
to the railroad commission, and that
authority promptly notified the rai!-
roads tnat unless connection was
made within limited time, the penalty
forced. The Southern people put In
switch at the Victor Cotton OH mill
Wednesday, leaving but short dis
tance to be filled in by the c. g. NV.
The Hartness Damage Money.
Charlotte Observer. October %: An
interesting question was presented TO
Judge Neal An the superior court yes
terday in the case Of r. B. Hartness
versus II. N. Pharr, administrator OF
D. w. Hartness:' 1t appeared that ID.
w. Hartness was aJresident OF YORK
county, South Carolina, but was killed
by alleged negligence of a railroad
company In Mecklenburg county. Mr.
Pharr, as his administrator, brought
suit against the railroad company and
recovered $500. The question pre-
sented to the court was whether this
fund was to be distributed according to
the laws Of South Carolina, where the
deceased resided, or according to the
laws of North Carolina, where he was
killed. According to the laws Of North
Carolina, r. B. Hartness, the father ID
entitled to all the personal property
belonging to the son, while under the
laws. of South Carolina the father and
all the brothers and sisters OF the de-
ceased share equally In the estate. IT
was admitted. that as the general as
sets belong to the estate OF dead
man, the distribution must. be accord
ing. to the law in the state where he
resided at the. time Of his death, but
in this case it was eontended by the
father, who was plaintiff, that the stat
ute Of North Carolina governed be-
cause the amount recovered was not
part Of the general. estate, but that the
statute of North Carolina, which gave
the right to sue in such cases pre-
scribed that the amount recovered
should go to the father, where the de-
ceased left no widow or children. At
ter hearing a considerable discussion
by c. w. Tillett, representing the faith
er, and w. F. Harding, representing
the brothers and sisters; and J. A. Bell.
representing Fharr, administrator,
Judge Neal decided that the law Of
North Carolina governed. and that the
father was entitled to the entire fund.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23
PROGRESS IN CHESTER.

Mr.. w. Y. White Of Chester, was a
welcome visitor at THE ENQUIRER Of
flee during half an hour yesterday. He
and his wife came up in the morning
to spend the day with the family OF
his brother, DR.. M. w. White, and re-
turned in the evening.
Mr.. White is a native Of York coun-
ty, and lived in the Bullock's Creek
section until about ten years ago. when
he moved to Chester and settled on a
farm about three miles east Of town.
Since then he has been down to hard
work, devoting his attention entirely to
business, and making it quite plain to
all Of his neighbors that after all farm
ing is not the least satisfactory, or the
least profitable business that can be
followed in this country.
II have nothing to grumble about"
said Mr.. White in reply to a question as
to how he was getting along. Il have
made a fair crop, cotton Is a good
price, I have macadamized road
running right up to my front door,
and 1 can just sell anything have in
Chester from a pound Of butter to a
load of cord wood at a good price, and
without any trouble whatever.
But just let me tell you about that
road. 1t beats anything Of the kind
we have ever had in the county. There
are three miles Of 1t and we are MAX
ing more. Along about last August
some seven or eight of us raised $1,000
and told the supervisor that we would
give it to him If he would macadamize
our road with it. He took us up, and
now We can trot all the way to Ches-
ter-not a hill or mud puddle in the
way.
I'VE have splendid supervisor down
there and a good board Of commission
ers. They enter fully into the good
roads spirit and are plenty big enough
to handle the problem. They started
out by putting $500 into good roads
machinery, including a traction engine
and a crusher, and they are building
roads wherever the people are willing
to help. But, Of course, would not
have you think that this work Is run
ming smoothly. The supervisor is too
progressive for great many people,
and it is freely predicted that he cannot
be reelected. However, he don't care
nearly as much for the office as he
does for the satisfaction of being an
efficient officer.
"One gratifying change that I have
noticed since my residence in Chester"
Mr.. White continued, sis the wonderful
improvement in the local market.
When I first went down there, I could
not sell anything much but cotton, but
ter, eggs and cordwood. Now 1 can
just. sell anything that is produced on
the farm and that I am willing to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23

stars in white. Instead of thirteen
stars there are only four fully visible,
although three points of as many stars
may be seen peeping out from behind
the letters United States Of America"
The same washington" dates Of birth
and death, and the value in letters, ap-
pear very similar to that in the current
stamp. The distinguishing features of
difference in the present stamp and the
new design lie in the improved photo
graph of Washington and the aban-
donment Of the flags and substitution
OF a great shield therefor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-23
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Quite a lot Of valuable land will go
on the block next salesday.
Jurors will be drawn for the first
week of the approaching term of court
on next Tuesday.
The cotton crop looks like 1t will be
up to a pretty fair average. Some OF
the fields that were thought to have
been picked out are still yielding.
No, we have no information as to
what the Bell Telephone people are
going to do next. We have not heard
of them recently; but presume that
they have decided that since they can
not get it all, they will take nothing.
There is some sound philosophy ir
Mr.. J. Edgar Poag's real estate adver-
tisement published today, and people
may ponder his preliminary obserra-
tions with profit whether they see pro.
per to investigate his trading offers ol
not.
We have just one word Of advice tc
the crowds that will go from this Sec
that Is to beware Of the gamblers
For years past every gambling scheme
at the fair has been cut and dried fol
the benefit Of the owner. The innocent
stranger has absolutely no chance tc
win, and he is very foolish to give w
his money to the professionals. There
are a few who will take this advice;
but all those who neglect 1t will have
occasion for regret.
The minutes of the York. Baptist as
ISOLATION. which held its annual meet
ing in Rock Hill last week, adjournine
on Sunday, are ready for distribution
The manuscript record was handed ir
to THE ENQUIRER Office by Mr.. Sam
M. Grist, the clerk, on last Tuesday
and he received the first copy of. the
completed pamphlet today. The
pamphlet makes twenty-three pages
The expedition with which the work
has been rushed to completion breaks
all previous records.
While there is much room for vari-
ance Of the testimony on the subject
in the opinion Of The ENoUIRER, there
is much more drinking and drunken
ness in Yorkville since the establish.
ment Of the dispensary than there
was previously. The drinking has in
creased among the people Of the town
and the increase Of drunkenness Is es.
pecially noticeable among country peo-
pie, it being not an unusual thing to
see visitors 80 far under the influence
of liquor as to be unable to walk
There was less Of this before the estab-
lishment of the dispensary because
whisky was more difficult to get.
Tho price Of cotton seed is now down
to almost nineteen cents a bushel
This. Is because Of recent decline ir
the price of OIL Oil Is down because
hog products and tallc " are down
The principal uses of cotton seed OF!
are in lard and soap making, and tho
price of seed Is dependent, more thar
anything else on the price Of anima
grease. The size Of the cotton SEED
crop does not have a great deal to dc
with market prices; but when price:
get too low the farmer has a very
good way Of helping himself. If the
cash offered for his seed is not salts
factory in amount, he can utilize his
commodity in other ways.