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1t became necessary to cut off the
current for the night.
Mr.. w. S. Neil, for the past three
years secretary and treasurer Of the
Tavora Cotton mill was, on last Satur-
day the pleased recipient Of very
agreeable surprise which, though oc-
curing on March 81. lacked a great
deal Of being an April fool. The oper-
atives of the mill made a very success
full effort to give him some idea of the
1t was the afternoon of the day on
which Mr.. Neil's resignation was to
take effect, and just as the bell rang at
3 o'clock for the night hands to come
presence was desired in the engine
room, which he found filled with the
people with whom he had so long been
pleasantly associated, and pervading
the crowd an unmistakable good hu-
NOR which, though reassuring, was
puzzling. But the suspense was mat
ter of only short duration. Superin-
tendent Redmond had arranged with
John r. Hart, Esq, to act as spoke
man for himself and others parties to
the affair, and in a happy little speech,
Mr.. Hart explained to Mr.. Neil how
sorry his fellow workers were that the
relations that had existed between
them for so long were about to be
severed, and as a slight token Of the
respect and esteem in which they held
him, they wanted him to accept me-
mento to the selection and purchase Of
which all had contributed. He then
placed In the hands of Mr.. Neil gold
fountain pen and ink stand and a pen
rack, all very beautiful and very cost
ly, the pen alone one of the finest to
be had at Speck's being valued at
something in the neighborhood of $40.
Mr.. Neil was naturally very much af-
fected by such a marked and unex-
pected tribute; but at the same time
he was not at a loss to give fitting ex-
preston to sentiments that were In
full accord with the occasion. The
whole pretty little incident was well
calculated to become an indelible fix
ture in the most pleasurable memories
Of all of the participants.
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AUCTION SALES.

There were two auction sales of
land yesterday. both by the clerk of
the court under fOrccl0Slir" proceed
ings. one I'm the case of From j. Horne
"A nd others defendants. ana The other
in the case of Samuel NJ. McN""l and
others, plaintiffs w. Henry w. Thom-
son and others, defendants.
The first sale included II tract of
about twenty seven acres Of land I'm
the town of Smyrna. aud wns bought
by Mr.. Meek Faulkner for $500.
The second sale included TAG acres OF
land on Broad river. 600 acres on the
east side and sc acres on the west side
and known as the Thomson lands.
These lands are very valuable and
were known to be- In considerable de-
mand by people of the ncighborhood
The bidding was quite animated be-
cause of Il number of different inter-
ests, determined either on getting the
or making somebody else pay
full value The bidding started at
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MERE-MENTION.

a white man. named Tom Young
was hanged at Austin. Texas last Fri
day in the presence of ten thousand
people. He had been convicted Of as
saulting and numbering Il sixteen
year old white girl who was living in
his family as an adopted daughter. =.
The Texas Legislature has adopted a
resolution opposing the bill now
pending i'm congress and providing
for national quarantine law.
Senator German of Maryland, is I'm
such poor health that it is feared that
he will not be able to occupy his seat
again at this session. The house
committee on public buildings and
ground has agreed to report a bill
carrying $20,0OO.O0O.
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ROCK HILL AND VICINITY.
The catawba RlHes-F attenlns Beef
For Misunderstanding Of Woman's

Correspondence Of tile YorkVlle ENQUIRER.
Rock Hull, April 2.-W, NJ. Dun
lap. who at recent meeting and re-
organization Of the Catawba Rifles was
elected captain, has decided after de-
liberation that he cannot accept the
position, although thoroughly appre-
ciating the honor conferred. At the
election held Immediately after his de-
cision, First Lieutenant Herbert s.
Diehl was elected captain. Lieut.. w.
T. Roddey was promoted to first lieu
tenant, and quartermasteE sergeant;
Hiram White TO second lieutenant; 3.
w. Greed was elected to succeed to the
Office of quartermaster. Mr. Greed Is
not military man, but has good quail
tiles which fit him for this position
and he will doubtless serve the boys
well. The company Is meeting twice
a week now and hope to be In good
shape for the inspection which win be
held about the middle Of April,
A bunch Of fifty magnificent steers
all In first-class condition for slaugh.
Rock Hill Thursday. They We're
view Farm" and had been sold to Hell
stein Bros, of Richmond, Va, for beef,
This bunch represents portion Of the
drove Of 400 which was brought here
early last fall by syndicate Of farm
crs Of this section, the cattle having
been gathered up In east Tennessee
and western North Carolina, and driY-
en- through the country to this place,
They were then divided and placed UP,
on the different farms. While not bring
ing a good profit to these progressive
farmers in actual sale, the benefit to
the farms in the shape of fertilization
has been a big item, and there Is little
doubt that, having made the expert-
ment and found 1t good thing, there
will be further importation Of cattle
next fall, Two car loads We're sold to
the same parties last week by w, j,
Miller & Son, from their farms,
The city council, which has long dis
cussed the matter Of a street sprinkler,
has placed an order for an pp-to-date
affair, made by the Studebaker pom-
pany. Conditions on Main street in
dry weather are almost intolerable,
and this announcement is hailed with
delight by the citizens.
The Southern Railroad company was
fined $25, and the fiagmen Of the two
crossings in consideration were fined
IS each for allowing a freight train
to pass without these men being at
their posts.
The State Federation of Women's
clubs will meet here the first week in
May, and the ladies are expecting q
great time. There will be large num-
ber of delegates and they will be enter
tained in the homes of the club wo-
men Of Rock Hill. The meetings Of
the Federation will be held in the new
city hall, which will be completed in q
day or two, The main feature In the
way Of the entertainment Of the dele
gates will be a reception given by the
Commercial club and engineered by the
Kings Daughters,
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Tuesday, April 3, 1906.

three months. She leaves four living
children as follows: Mr.. A. Rose of
Yorkville: Mrs. Maggie Brabson OF
Limestone, Tenn; Mrs. Mary Bruglet
of Charleston and Mrs. T. Z. Cox Of
Columbia. The remains were brought
TO Yorkville yesterday, and after fu-
neral service conducted In the Church
of the Good Shepherd, by Rev. ]. o.
cabin. at 4:30 o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, were inferred In the York.
vile cemetery by the side Of her late
husband and those OF several chill
dren who preceded her to the grave.
Quite a number Of relatives and
friends of the family attended the fu-
neral. All of her children were at
the funeral and so also were quite
number OF her grand children.
Wreck at Broad River Trestle.
There was a disastrous wreck on
the Southern railroad about half way
between Blacksburg and Gaffney last
Saturday morning. 1t was caused by
the collision of some runaway freight
cars with an east bound freight train
and resulted in the death Of Engi-
neer o. ]. Wooton, Fireman John
Leiper. and Brakeman ]. N. Kain.
The wreck occurred about 2 o'clock
in the morning. 1t seems that
brakeman at Blacksburg, while en-
gagged in shifting some cars, failed
to set switch as 1t should be, and
allowed six cars, to get away from
him. He was aware OF the mishap i'm
mediately after it's occurrence, and
watched the cars roll away so slowly
that he could have almost caught
them, It is down grade from Blacks
burg to the river, and within a few
yards the cars began to gather an ac-
CT crlerated momentum that soon gave
them a speed Of something like thirty
or forty miles an hour. About the
same time that the runaway cars left
Blacksburg toward Gaffney, a freight
train left Gaffpey toward Blacksburg.
They met just on the west side Of the
river, both going at tremendous speed.
The engine was turned over as the
result of the impact, and the cars Of
:he freight train and the runaway cars
were piled together In splintered
heap, with the unfortunate trainmen
named above underneath. The brake
ra1 and fireman were killed instantly.
The engineer fingered until Saturday
afternoon at 800 o'clock. There were
'everal tramps on the freight train.
They all escaped and gave their as
sistance in rescuing the bodies Of the
killed and injured. The property loss
is estimated at about $4,000. The
bridge suffered no injury. There is
story In circulation to the effect that
the release Of the cars at Blacksburg
was the work of an incendiary; but
the understanding is that the Blacks
hurg people do not believe anything of
the kind.
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SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

- Columbia special to Sumter Item:
II. w. Holloway, who has been acting
as detective for the department of
insurance of the state government,
was, asked for his resignation yeSter-
day by Comptroller General Jones.
Holloway had given an interview to
some newspapers in which, he stated
that the department suspects negro
Odd Fellow lodges of melting some
of the incendiary fires in this state.
The comptroller general seems to
think that Holloway, who is employed
by him under authority of an act
requiring the investigation of fires Of
suspicious origin. has been taking
great deal on himself to talk of such
matters publicly. especially as their
publication in such an injudiciouS
manner may upset some plans which
were afoot for the further investiga-
ton of fires which have been reported
to the office of the comptroller gen.
eral. Mr.. Jones has nothing to say
of the efficiency of Mr.. Holloway in
examining cases heretofore, and his
action is predicated entirely on the
publication complained of.
Rev. James Boyce, president of
Due West female college, has received
an offer from Mr. Andrew Carnegie
Il new dormitory. provided the friends
of the college will raise an additional
$4,000. The offer has been accepted.
- Spartanburg special to News and
Courier: The records of the South
ern railway company show that 2I,-
900 cars were handled in the freight
yards during the month of February.
This number does not include the
number of cars attached to passing
freight trains. but the number of cars
that were actually handled by the
switch engine, including both incOm-
ing and outgoing car shipments. The
record is the greatest ever known in
the history of the railroad business
at Spartanburg. The figures would
have been larger If ample tracking
could have been secured in the yards.
but on account of the great volume
of freight business, the railroads
were so congested that cars had to
be sent to Greenville to be made up
into trains. heavy engine was kept
busy day and night for several weeks
hauling fifty cars at Il time to Paris,
small station this side of Green
Vile Al this point trains of 100
cars each were made up and taken
to Greenvillr, where they were sent
out over the line.
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The alorkrille enquirer.
YoRKvILLE, 8. c.:
TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1906.

REFERRING to Senator Tlllman's ad-
dress on the dispensary question: we
beg leave to suggest that the time was
when a paper like this would nave
made things boil; but now such argu-
ments and assertions generally find
their own answer. AS Grover Cleve-
land once remarked with regard TO
another matter, it is not theory; but
a condition that confronts us.
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about $1,000 and climbed steadily up
ward, at first by leaps and bounds Of
from 800 to $500 at a time, and then
tantalizing little pinches Of SIS and
s5's. The last bid was a jolt of $49,
which established the value of the
property at $12,O5O, or s16.5O per acre.
The purchaser was Mr.. ]. B. Gwin,
representing a combination of Spar
tanburg creditors. and It is under
stood that they will cut the property
up and sell it to the people who want
parts of It, 1t Is thought that cut up,
Il will sell for from $4,000 to $4,000.
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IN AID OF THE CAUSE.

Following is a partial list OF the
subscriptions that were made for the
benefit of the York County Southern
Cotton association, on the appeal OF
President Smith last Saturday after
noon. The names and amounts were
taken down by Mr.. w. H. Stewart, Of
ficially; but as Mr.. Stewards list has
not been accessible, we can only give
results of such memoranda as the re-
porter was able to make at the time
under more or less serious disadvant-
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Bank Of Clover-Publishes Its first
statement of condition.
John R. Hart, Captain j. l.. Pub
fishes order relative to annual SER
mon by the chaplain next Sunday.
Loan and Savings Bank-Says the
confidence of the community Is evil
denced by it's progress.
Strauss Smith Co.-Prints an interest
ing chapter on Oxfords.
First National Bank-Tells Of man
who profited by experience.
j. j. Keller & Co.-Says their business
is to build and provide the materials
for building.
Yorkville B. & M. Co.-Announces mil
linery opening to take place next
Friday, and tells the ladies what
they will have right to expect.
T. w. Speck, the Jeweler-Has lots of
pretty wedding presents.
M. w. White-Has twenty shares Of
Neely mill stock for sale.
York Drug Strawberries the great
est possible care in the compounding
Of prescriptions and uses only the
purest drugs.
Foushee Cash Store-Announces en-
broidery sale to begin next Friday
morning at o'clock.
The Thomson company-Wtll inaugu-
rate mammoth spring opening next
Thursday night and continue display
through Friday-interesting enumer-
alton Of attractions, especially gotten
together for the occasion.
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Easter comes this year on the fif-

Easter comes this year on the fif-
teenth Of April-Sunday after next
Az The Enquirer suggested at the
time, it is a pity that the authorities
did not deal with Col. Bob Thomas
son when they had him. Compromises
are all right in their place probably;
but the law should have no part In
them under any circumstances.
Mr.. w. F. Marshall has called the
attention of the reporter to the effect
that Mr.. Duncan c. Ray, recently ap-
pointed assistant attorney general, Is
former student of the old Kings
Mountain Military school. He was
quartermaster sergeant in 1871.
The counting of the number Of pieces
of mail handled on the various rural
routes with view Of getting informa-
tion as basis Of continuing the service
as now being maintained, or making
such changes as may seem warranted
by such conditions as may be found
to exist was commenced yesterday and
will continue for the next sixty days,
The exact ruling Of the department on
the subject Is as follows: while no fixed
rule as to the amount Of mail which
should be handled on rural route has
been adopted, still the department feels
that the average rural route should
handle 5000 pieces of mail per month,
with a possible minimum of 1000. but
the question Of the discontinuance of
the service on routes must In all cases
depend upon the conditions as they
exist on such routes and the expendi-
ture involved in operating the service
on a given route might not be deemed
warranted, even though the minimum
of 1000 pieces of mail per month were
handled, where 1t was found that a
patrons were not availing themselves
of the benefits of the service" We beg
leave to suggest that people on the
weaker routes can greatly increase
their chances of continued conven-
fences by subscribing for more news
papers, and it might pay some OF these
people to subscribe for dailies like the
News and Courier, Columbia State
Charlotte Observer. Greenville News,
Columbia Record, Spartanburg Herald
or Journal, Charleston Post. Any Of
these papers are well worth the price
of subscription, and each subscription
will swell the total mail receipts of the
route over which 1t may be sent from
six to seven pieces week.
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ever. dissents, asserting that the sal
wage work has been deplorably inef-
ficient, and he believes that scores
died of exhaustion owing to the work
of the salvage companies.
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At THE CHURCHES.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN.

REV. ID. 10. dlLLESPIE, FAbTOH.
Prayer meeting tomorrow evening
at 8 o'clock,
TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
REV. J. l.. Stokes, d. D., PASTOR.
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at o'clock,
ASSOCIATE REFORMED PREsRY-
TERRAIN.
REV. W. C. RwART, PASTOR.
Prayer meeting tomorrow afternoon
at 4.30 o'clock.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD
SHEPHERD.
Services this afternoon at I p. m.
Wednesday evening at 7.30 p. M, and
Thursday and Friday at p. m,
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"A
last Saturday announcing the death in
Decatur, Ca, on Saturday morning, Of
DR.. Alexander Mack, son of DR.. ]. B.
Mack, formerly of Fort Mil. DR.,
Mack died rather suddenly of a con-
gestive chill. He had many friends
throughout the eastern section Of York
county and was we'll thought Of by all
who knew him.
Heavy Registration.
The supervisors of registration did a
rushing business yesterday. Their Of
flee was crowded from the hour Of
opening until the closing hour by ap-
plicants for certificates, renewals.
changes etc., and the understanding
Is that the amount of work done dur
ing the day broke all records. The
unusual rush was, In part, because Of
the efforts OF Yorkville people to quail
ify themselves to receive town regis
tration certificates; but this was only
a part. School district elections and
other causes have awakened quite
general interest In the subject Of reg
istration, and most people who are not
already provided with certificates are
taking steps to qualify themselves to
vote.
The Bank of Glover.
That is quite a creditable statement
of condition that the Bank Of Glover
makes today. The bank, 1t will be
observed, commenced business only
two months ago, and up to this time
less than $4,000 of the capital has
been paid In. The deposits, however,
already amount to practically $40,-
600, and the loans and discounts to
nearly $4,000. 1t Is about as good
a showing as could be expected un-
der the circumstances. But It Is not
surprising. The bank Is ofticered by
about as fine q set of business men as
is to be found In any little town Of the
Piedmont, and what has been accom-
p!ished up to this time, may be taken
only as a suggestion OF the showing
that will be made within year from
now.
High School Boys Run Away.
The Presbyterial High School boys
ran away yesterday as an April fool
joke, and the following came down to
Yorkville I'm a wagon belonging to Mr..
r. N. Plaxco: H. B. Pursley, w. w.
Jackson, p. T. Garrison, T. M. Fer
guson, H. Falls, w. E. Wilson, Thad
Howell, j. H. McFadden, G. w.
Whitesides, T. C. Castles, V. E. W.
Good, ]. G. Crawford, L. T. Williams.
]. L. Shaw, r. A. Anderson, A. P.
Barringer, ]. F. Davidson and F. G.
Hunter The boys were on their good
behavior while in Yorkville. 1t was
reported here during the day, how
ever. that when Prof. Higgins woke
up Sunday morning. he found the
wagon that belongs to the school on
top Of the chapel. Just what has
since happened to the boys has not
fully developed.
Death Of Mrs. w. e. Rose.
Mrs. Sarah Rose, widow Of the
late William E. Rose. died at her
home in Columbia last Saturday af-
ternoon at 1870 o'clock of pneumonia
and paralysis. She had been in her
usual health until a few days before
her death. Mrs. Rose lived in York
Vile for many years and went to
Columbia with her husband and chill
dren in the late seventies. She was
a woman OF great energy and fine
business capacity. conducting the
Congaree hotel with much success
during a number of years. She stood |
high in the estimation Of her old time
friends. At the time of her death |
she was aged seventy-eight years and ]
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Ghe Durhuille Cotton @arhet.

Corrected seV-weekIy by Msssrs.
latta Bros.
YoRKvILLE, April 3, 12 m.-The To-
cal market stands as follows:
Cotton ................lls to ia.
LATTA BROS.
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WE do not see why there should be
any objection to Senator Tillmans dis
cussion Of the dispensary or any other
local question If he wants to. We
don't think his assistance is needed es-
pecially. That is, we believe those OF
us who are trying to look after things
while he IL away could get along about
as we'll without as with his help. But
then If he wants TO dabble In. let him
do II. 1t is a fact that he is about as
much interested as anybody else and
perhaps a little more. And also we
want to concede that he has just as
much right as any other citizen or the
state to swear out warrants against
Messrs. Evans, Boykin and Towill. AS
matter of fact, we think Senator
Tillman is the logical man for this SER
vice. Their offence, If any, of course,
has been against the whole state; but
Senator Tillman has suffered greater
personal injury on their account than
any other individual. If they did not
actually debauch they have certainly
been the means of exposing his child.
He therefore, is the logical prosecutor.
OVER In Spartanburg county there Is
a feeling of general distrust as to the
condition of various public offices.
There are those who fear that a thor
ough investigation of the supervisors s
office would develop a condition of af-
fairs similar to that which has been
disclosed in Grecnville. Others, OF
course, hold that everything is all
right. The circumstances of the in
PRODUCTION, passage and subsequent loss
of an investigation resolution at the
recent session of the general assem-
bly, was mentioned some weeks ago.
A great many people were mystified at
the loss of the resolution, some thought
it was all right and others continue to
shake their heads. There was a sug-
gestion to the effect that since there
was no longer any hope of getting leg
islative authority soon, there was real
ly nothing to hinder the officials going
ahead and making investigation for
themselves. This was generally ac-
cepted as the next best thing, and the
people who desired investigation as
sumed as a matter of course, that the
investigation would come. But now
1t seems that there will be nothing l
connection with the matter for the
present. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson, the
county attorney, has just given out an
opinion to the effect that since the
county commissioners have no author
tity to spend money except under spe-
cifc direction of the statutes, and there
is no statutory provision for an ex-
penditure of this kind, no action could
be taken. If the conditions are as so
many people seem to think, or jf it
is a fact that a considerable number of
people have persuaded themselves TO
believe that something is wrong, the
matter ought to be i'm the province of
the grand jury. There is very gen.
eral impression over this way that one
of the principal offices of the grand
jury is to look after matters of this
kind.
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LOCAL LAcONlCS.
Death of Or. Ally Mack.

A telegram was received In Fort Mill
last Saturday announcing the death in
Decatur, Ga. on Saturday morning, Of
Dr. Alexander Mack, son of DR.. ]. B.
Mack, formerly of Fort Mil. DR.,
Mack died rather suddenly of a con-
gestive chill. He had many friends
throughout the eastern section Of York
county and was we'll thought OF by all
who knew him.
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ee7,T JuRoRs-sEcoNp WEEK.

The jury commissioners this morn
ing drew the following petit jurors to
serve during the second week Of the
approaching term of the circuit court: