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F; . Scraps anil |acte. ? Thomas E. Mike, a colored barber of Leesburg, Fla., shot and killed Conductor Paramore on a Georgia Central and Peninsula railroad car Saturday because he was ordered from the white to the colored car. Mike took to the woods, but 1,000 men are hunting him, and if found will be lynched. ? It is stated that the death of John P. Richardson, the world's largest cotton planter, was due to cigarettes. He was prostrated with a lung trouble of a light character and which oould have been easily cured, but owing to the absorption of nicotine, heart failure set in. Richardson was worth $2,000,000 and his life was insured for $100,000. ? It seems that Russell Sage, who came so near being blown to pieces by the dynamite fiend who tried to make him give up a million dollars, will not get off so lightly as he expected. When Sage was threatened by the dynamiter, he pulled W. R. Laidlaw, his clerk, between himself and Norcross, and when the bomb exploded, Laidlaw was almost killed. Sage saved himself at the expense of terrible injuries to his clerk. Laidlaw has been laid up in the hospital ever since December 4, and is not yet out of danger. Through an attorney, however, he has begun the preliminaries of a suit for $100,000 against Sage, for using him as a shield. ? A dispatch oi last inursaav irom Augusta, Me., says: A strange case of death, coming in reply to a prayer, occurred here this morning. The victim was Mrs. Nancy Britt Kennedy, the oldest woman in the State. Her exact age was in dispute, many claiming her to be 118 years, but she is known to have been born before the year 1790. Today was her birthday, and preparation was made to celebrate it. When she awoke this morning, she astonished her friends by kneeling at her bed and praying aloud for God to come and take her, as she was lonesome. She could not be persuaded by her friends to cheer up, but kept on praying until noon, when she suddenly fell over dead. She left quite a fortune. ? Speaker Crisp has appointed his ways and means committee as follows: Springer, of Illinois, chairman; McMillan, of Tennessee ; Turner, of Georgia; Wilson, of West Virginia; Montgomery, of Kentucky; Whiting, of Michigan; Shirely, of Indiana; Burke Cochran, of New York; Stevens, of Massachusetts; Bryan, of Nebraska; Reed, of Maine; Burrows, of Michigan; McKenna, of California; Payne, of New York; Dalzell, of Pennsylvania. The ten first named are Democrats, and the other five are Republicans. All of the Democratic members are said to be enthusiastic reformers, and those who were members of the Fiftieth congress voted for the Mills bill. The Republicans all voted for the McKinley bill in the last congress, and all of them are in favor of high tariff. ? It seems that the death of the Mexican filibuster, Garza, mentioned sometime ago, was a mistake. If it wasn't, Garza is a very lively corpse. During the past week, in command of about 1,000 revolutionists, he has been giving the Mexican and American soldiers along the Rio Grande border about as much entertainment as they could desire for Christmas. Garza's plan is to foment a revolution with a view to overthrowing the present government of Mexico. He began his work last summer with only a handful of followed. These are represented as now numbering over a thousand and increasing daily. The revolutionists are confining their operations to the border between the United States and Mexico, and are fighting the soldiers of both governments. So far about fifty men have been killed in the various skirmishes, and Garza continues to gather strength. ? Smart American business men are making arrangements to turn the famine in Russia to America's profit. As is well known, the principal food stuffs of Russia are wheat and rye, Indian corn being practically unknown. Wheat and rye are both so scarce in the famine stricken districts as to be beyond the reach of the poorer classes. Indian corn is much cheaper, and after one becomes accustomed to eating it, just as good. The difficulty in the way, however, is that the Russians do not know how to prepare corn for food, and are consequently unable to utilize it. There is now a scheme on foot to make large donations of corn to the Russians, and also to send along competent cooks, who can show them how it should be prepared. When the famine is over, it is believed that the taste for corn bread will stick with the Russians, and the result will be a large increase in the exports of that product from this country. ? The rich millers of Minnesota and other Northwestern States, have inaugurated a movement to send a contribution of bread to the famine stricken districts of Russia. United States Senator Washburn recently wrote to Secretary Tracy about the matter and asked for the loan of a government vessel to transport the gift. Secretary Tracy has tendered the use of the frigate Constellation, the same vessel used to carry a similar eift to Ireland some years ago, The wnoie numoer : inat is to say, m mc piupuition of nearly two to one, it is the wife who seeks a divorce rather than the husband. ? As is well known, a disadvantageous peculiarity of the city of London is its liability to dense fogs. Without any warning, they settle down on the city in broad daylight or at night, and the darkness is so intense that even an electric light cannot be seen beyond the distance of a few rods. Recent cablegrams bring distressing accounts of a dense fog that is now prevailing in the city. It settled down on Monday of last week, and since that time many kinds of industry, including the navigation of the river, have been almost entirely suspended. The shops and stores that usually do a large holiday business, have met with heavy losses on account of the people not being willing to risk the dangers of coming from their homes, and men and boys with lanterns, are making small fortunes piloting 'busses aud cabs along the streets. Large numbers of accidents are also reported. People who have lived in the city all their lives have wandered into the river and canals and been drowned. Among these even a number of policemen are reported. Accidental deaths along the railways, and even the ordinary roadways, have also increased to a remarkable degree. ? The citizens of Choctaw county, Ala., have been having a lively Christmas. A man named Bob Sims, who was the leader of about a dozen outlaws, made himself such a source of annoyance, that about three months ago he was run out of the country. Last week he came back with his gang and murdered the entire^ family of one of the men who had assisted to run him away. The gang then fortified themselves in a log house and resisted the sheriff until that officer compelled their surrender with a cannon. Meantime, a large crowd of citizens reached the scene just as the Sims party surrendered. The sheriff decline to give up his prisoners, and first threatened to fire into the crowd. He was reminded, however, that not a man of the posse he faced was unarmed, and that a shot from him or his posse would be returned twenty fold. Seeing that the crowd was determined to have its way, he reluctantly yielded. The lynchers at orce seized the men and took them to the neaj ast tree and strung them up. As the three bodies were lifted and twisted in the air, a volley of bullets was fired into them. The next moment the three outlaws swung quietly in the breeze, each being pierced by at least a hall a dozen bullets. The lynchers then mounted their horses and rode away. ?ftr ?orMle (fwjttiw. YORKVILLE, S. C.: _ to WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30,1891. ? South Carolina members have been appointed on the congressional committees as follows: Tillman, patents; Shell, wai claims; Hemphill, District of Columbia; Stackhouse, militia and expenditures of the department of agriculture; Johnston, elections and expenditures of the naval department. Neither Brawley nor Elliott received assignments. ? We print in this issue synopses of all the more important acts passed at the recent session of the general assembly. We have only selected such as are of more special local and general interest, condensing more or less as the importance of the subject requires. The selection of these acts out of a thousand or more important and unimportant bills, has of course entailed a great deal of labor, but our readers are thereby given a clear idea of all the more important laws at least two months before they are likely to be published in book form, and we are sure that the labor will be appreciated. ? It has been said that the legislature just adjourned is principally "remarkable for what it did not do." We do not think this assertion at all accurate. It did not do a great deal it is true, but under the circumstances it would have been remarkable if it bad. The senate antagonized the house as far as possible; the house antagonized the senate, and both branches united in antagonizing the governor. It requires all three departments to make a law, and as no two of them could agree on important legislation, it is certainly not surprising that none was had. ? If there is any one thing that the country should be getting heartily tired of, itr is this cry of "hard times." Of course nobody wants to deny that the times are hard, but surely there is nothing to be gained by the constant dinning of the information into everybody's earfe. It does not make the times any easier. On the contrary, it makes them a great deal harder. It tends to weaken the general confidence, which is already Constellation will carry 6,000 barrels of flour, and it is believed that the millers will make up a full cargo. This, of course, will help, but there will still be room for a great deal more work of the same kind. It is authoritatively stated that the population of at least twelve provinces in Russia, representing over 20,000,000 of people, is virtually starving. ? Poore's manual for 1891 shows that the total gross earnings of the railroads of the United States in 1890 were $1,085,640,207, and the net $31,666,669. Other receipts, including rentals, were $113,731,846, making the total net revenue $455,398,315. The total number of miles of railroad was 166,817, of which 5,739 were constructed during the year. The share capital corresponding to the mileage completed at the end of 1860 was $4,640,236,578, an increase of $149,145,250. The funded debt of all the lines at the close of the year was $5,105,902,025, an increase of $277,536,255. Other forms of indebtedness equal $386,494,297, an increase of $19,017,137. The total share capital and indebtedness of all the roads making re *! mn oo- nn/\ turns were uu iuutooo v* $441,693,651. These statements show that in 1890 the percentages of returns on investments were slightly increased over the percentages of the two preceding years. ? A writer in "Lend a Hand," estimates that during the period of twenty years, from 1867 to 1886, inclusive, there were granted in the United States 328,716 decrees for divorce. The number in 1867 was 9,947. The increase during the twenty years was steady and rapid, the number for the last year of the period being 25,535, an increase of nearly 153 per cent, in the twenty years. The population of the United States has increased during the same period about 60 per cent. Only four States in the Union, not considering South Carolina, where no divorce law exists, show a decrease in their divorce figures. Of the 328,716 divorces granted in the United States for the twenty years specified, 216,175, or 65.8 per cent, of the whole, were granted to wives on their petitions for divorce from their husbands, and 112,540 were granted husbands for the alleged fault of the wives, beipg 34.2 per cent, of the at a low ebb, and strengthens the prevailing demoralization. So let everybody quit squealing, look the situation bravely in the face, and go on with a determination to make the best of whatever comes. If we do our duty, Providence will do his, and we are bound to come out all right in the end. ? John J. Ingalls will not get the appointment to the United States senatorship from Kansas to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Plumb. That is what the governor of Kansas says, and he ought to know, because he is the official who will make the appointment. The governor says that when Ingalls was the candidate of his party for the senate he made a brilliant fight for success, but after his defeat he sulked to his tent and became indifferent. During the last campaign in Kansas he took no part whatever in the fight, and now the Republican party does not think it owes him anything. And in this matter the Republican party is right. The best that can be said of Ingalls is that although brilliant, he is mean and selfish, and cares only for his personal advancement. Had he been able to foresee the decrees of fate, however, notwithstanding the terrible shock that his egotism received in his defeat, there is little doubt but that his duplicity would have helped him into the shoes of his former colleague. ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGISLATURE. The general assembly adjourned sine die last Thursday morning about daylight, having been in session all night. The closing scenes of both houses were characterized by the usual rush and hurry to get through, and many things were left undone that ought to have been definitely settled in some way. The Girl's Industrial school bill got through, and trustees were elected as follows : Prof. E. S. Joynes, of Columbia, chairman; J. E. Breazeale, of Anderson ; W. N. Elder, of York; H. B. Buist, of Greenville; A. H. Patterson, of Barnwell; D. W. McLaurin, of Marion, and A. C. Fuller, of Laurens. Considerable time was wasted in a fight on the Childs prohibition bill, and the bill was finally withdrawn. The senate reconsidered its action in making a loan of $65,000 to Clemson college, and no provision was made for that institution. A final effort was rr.ade to pass tho call for a constitutional convention through the house, but 53 votes was all that could be mustered in favor of it. The "jim crow" car bill, providing separate coaches for the races, was also killed. The closing fight wtis made on the general railroad bill. This is the bill that played oiw.V, on irnnnrtnnt. nnrt. in the Cftnorol ossein ouv,u - ? o bly last year, and provides for the practical control of the railroads in the State by the railroad commission. A majority of the senators were in favor of the bill, but a strong minority was opposed to it, and resorted to filibustering tactics to carry their point. One of the principal objections of the minority was to an amendment giving the governor authority to appoint the commissioners, and Senator Wilson led the fight against this amendment. He slated that the amendment originated in the governor's office and was for the solo purpose of legislating the people's representatives out of power and giving the control of the railroads to minions of the governor. Before the bill should pass with such an amendment, the minority proposed to talk two weeks. The amendment, which was about the twentieth that had been offered to the bill, was finally adopted by a vote of 13 to 11. The next amendment offered by Senator Kcitt, who was engineering the bill, was to extend the term of the commissioners to be elected or appointed to 1893. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 16 to 8. It began to look as if the majority was going to carry the entire bill through, but about this time the minority adopted different tactics. The vote on the next amendment resulted 8 to 8?no quorum. It was now five minutes alter 2 o'clock in the morning. The sergeant-at-arms was sent out after absent senators. He returned after a few minutes with the information that the senatois were locked up in the judiciary committee room. He was instructed to break down the door, and accordingly broke out one of the large cut glass panels. The sen- s ators then agreed to return to the senate chamber, but as they got inside, others came . out, and still there was no quorum. An ef- j fort was made by the sergeant-at-arms to i keep the senators inside by fastening the i door, but after a struggle the attempt was ? abandoned, and the majority finally agreed to J allow the railroad bill to go over. ^ A committee of three was appointed to j t notify the governor and the house that the { 1 senate was ready to adjourn sine die. The ! governor sent word asking if the direct tax 8 ' refund bill had been ratified, and on the ' senate assuring itself that it had, a motion j f to adjourn prevailed. 1 [ Before adjournment, the senate and house 1 passed the usual resolutions of thanks to * their respective presiding officers. f CRISP AND'MILLS. ? Mr. Crisp is being roundly scored by a J number of Democratic dailies for his failure to appoint Mr. Mills as chairman of the ways and means committee. In fact, some go so ' A* ?1%** onnAintmnnf nf C iur &S tO tutlb tuc ajpyuiuvmvuv v? ? Springer to that important position was the result of a bargain and in consideration of J Springer's vote for Crisp for speaker. Now j this is all wrong. It was all right for any ( Democrat to champion the cause of any can- j didate he chose until the election, but there ? the fight should have stopped. Nothing is 1 to be gained by pursuing it further. If } Springer's appointment was a mistake, then 1 the mistake is made, and cannot he correct- j 1 ed. The best thing that can be done now is t for all good Democrats to give Mr. Crisp c their hearty support in the hope that he may 1 be enabled to do the proper thing next time. < When it comes to opposition, severe criti- J cism and hard charges, we are sure that the J Republicans can furnish him enough to keep ^ his hands full during all the leisure time he t can spare from the interest of the Democracy. As a matter of choice, we would have J preferred Mills for speaker, and also for chairman of the ways and means committee, c but as we could get him for neither, we think ' that the best thing to do is to put up with ? Crisp and Springer. The chairmanship of the ways and means committee is the most important position in 1 the house?more important even than the a speakership?only it does not carry with it e quite so much honor. As politics go, rivals are c always distrustful of each other. Crisp does 1 not like Mills and Mills does not like Crisp, r and under the circumstances, it is not sur- 1 prising that Crisp was unwilling to put his A administration at the mercy of Mills. If * he had done so, Mills would have had it in v his power, and it would have been to his ? personal interest, to have shown that the c Democratic party made a grand mistake 1 in electing Crisp, instead of himself to the * speakership. Of course we do not believe * that Mills would have attempted anything j of the kind, but Mr. Crisp evidently thought ? so, and alter all, Mr. Crisp was the man who ? was most concerned. 1 , , t LOWERING WAR CLOUDS. i The possibility of a war between the United t States and Chili seems to be a strong proba- * bility of the near future. At least that is the * idea to be gathered from the daily papers, j They represent that at the present writing nearly all of the most formidable war vessels 1 in the American navy are hurrying down the * Atlantic and Pacific coasts in the direction of Valparaiso. The authorities at Washington ( emphatically deny the correctness of this in- t formation, but their denial does not seem to carry very much assurance with it. It is remembered that when the papers positively j stated that the Charleston had left San Fran- 8 cisco in pursuit of the Itata, the authorities r tried to make it appear that the vessel had t only gone outside the harbor for a little tar- s get practice. But the story would not work, J and full details were developed without the c help of the navy department. The fact is, it was not a great while before the navy de- c partment was dependent upon the newspapers for the first news of the movements ? of its vessels. So it may soon be in the pres- 1 ent case. Whether there is really any probability of ? war, of course it is impossible to say, but but notwithstanding the assertions of the ^ navy department to the contrary, we have j no doubt whatever that nearly all of our biggest vessels are now <ta their way to j ' i rrti _ j x 1 Chili as represented, ine uemuumruuuu may be all "fuss and feathers," but all the c same, it is a demonstration. c The New York Herald is usually ahead of I all other papers in matters of this kind. a Under date of last Monday, its Washington ? correspondent telegraphs as follows: "I have obtained the most valuable infor mation that has yet been made public regard- r ing the Chilian affair. There is no question t that the administration expects a final refusal j from Chili to comply with the demand for f an apology and indemnity, aud is ready to v ask congress for power to declare war, for 8 which preparations have been and are being j made. 8 "Chili, feeling that she is in the right, has f determined not to apologize, even at the t cannon's mouth. ^ "Such is the situation upon the diplomatic i chess-board. "Chili has not yet asked for arbitration, ? but it is known to the cabinet and your correspondent that she is likely to do so. 1 "Senor Montt, the Chilian minister, ha3 l long doubted the intention of this govern- c ment to declare war in the event of Chili's p refusal to accede to our demands. Today, t however, he realized his mistake, and the J result was that he cabled to President Montt t that the situation here was very serious; t that this government meant fight, and that the navy was being rapidly placed on a war t footing. u "This in itself is startling news, and here ? is more of the same sort: c "Not only has the navy been made availa- t ble in the event of hostilities, but great activity has taken place in the array, and both c departments are ready to act in concert at a i moment's notice. "I have it that Admiral Gherardi will be o placed iu charge of the naval forces. It is c also pretty definitely settled that General Miles will have command of the land forces. } "The plans have already been made to 1 promptly move 10,000 troops. The men c have been selected, the transports provided, 8 and all is ready to place this force on Chil- 1 iau service soon after war is formally de- J clared. It is proposed to take these troops from the regular service. The Western c forts which they will leave, will be garrisoned by militia and volunteer frontiersmen, f New York and other large cities, where troops are not needed, will also be drawn on. 8 These troops, as planned, will leave the r United States from several different points. 8 Some will embark at San Francisco, and others at Galveston, New Orleans, Key West J and other Southern points. t "Of course, a proposition to arbitrate c would seriously interfere with all this. 1 "Minister Montt, who is an exceedingly cautious man, and who knows the dilficul- 1 ties of advising the home government when * it is not believed there that this government I means war, has at last suggested to Presi- s dent Montt the propriety and advisability of r asking this government to lay the facts in ? connection with the Baltimore case before a \ board of arbitration. ^ "I am told that there is considerable c doubt as to just how this proposition would 1 be received." f Pay Small Debts First.?Pay your a cmnllnet /Initio flvcl- a a O mn?l Will (ImWII ^ as quickly \vith his nose one inch under f water as he would if it were ten feet, so a little debt will cause as much worry as a big >s one. A few dollars will pay several small j debts, while the same amount would not be r a decent credit on a big debt. Pay the little debts first.?Abbeville Press and Banner. r ? Attorney General McLaurin went to I Washington last week for the purpose of se- t curing an advancement of the Coosaw cases s on the supreme court docket. He was sue- \ ccssful in so far that the court decided that s the cases should be heard 011 the first M011- fJ day in March. t WORK OP THE LEGISLATURE. lyuopHis of Some of the New Laws that ire of Special Interest. During the session of the general assembly ust closed, more tlmu 1,000 bills and joint esolutiops were passed upon by the two louses. Of these over 300 were enacted nto law, but only a very few of them are of my special interest to our readers. Those hat we consider of most importance we lave synopsized below, and the work having >een revised by Representative Finley, may >e considered as reliable as could be expect;d in such limited space: An act to amend Bection 1079 of the gor oral itatutes of this State relating to tho appointment >f referees in the location of highways. In case of the refusal of a landowner to alow tho opening of a desired road through his ands, the parties desiring the road and the andowner, each appoint a referee. Within on days, these referees, so appointed, are retired to select a third referee, and on failng to do so, the chairman of the board of jqualization of the township in which the oad is located, becomes the third referee, rhis board of referees assesses damages, and ;ither party has the right of appeal to the lircuit court. An- act authorizing the uso of medical and wientific books as evidence in certain cases. "Hereafter in all actions or proceedings, ;ivil or criminal, in which the question ofsanty or insanity, or the administration of poison >r other article destructive to life is involved, ind in which expert testimony may now be ntroduced, medical or scientific wofks, or such parts thereof as may relevant to the ssues involved, shall be competent and adnissible to be read before the court or jury n addition to such expert testimony." Act to authorize and empower the trial justices n this State to endorse tne warrants Issued by rial justices of other counties than their o*n, md to authorize the person presenting the same, >r any special constable, to execute it. This act authorizes a trial justice living in ' >ne county to issue a warrant for a person sharged with crime, and who is at the time n another county. Before the warrant can >e executed, however, it must be endorsed >y a trial justice of the same county in which he party wanted, is found. An act to permit persons in Chester county lable to road duty to pay a commutation lax n lieu of working the public roads. Under this act, any person liable to road luty can secure annual exemption by payng the county treasurer a commutation tax >f four dollars. The tax myst be paid heween the first days of January and April >f each year. To amend section 2,037 of the revised statutes elating to the power of married women to make ontracts; also an act to repeal section 1 of "An ict to declare the law relating to the separate istates of married women," passed the 23d day ?f December, 1887. Section 2,037, as amended, reads as folows: "A married woman shall have the ight to purchase any species of property in ler own name, and to take proper legal conveyances therefor, and to bind herself by :ontract, in the same manner and to the ame extent as though she were unmarried, vhich contract shall be legal and obligatory, ind may be enforced at law or in equity by ?r against such married woman in her own lame, apart from her husband; Provided, hat nothing herein shall enable such rnar ied woman to become an accommodation mdorser, guarantor or surety, nor shall she >e liable on any promise to pay the debt or mswer for the default or liability of any othir person ; and provided further: That the lusband shall not be liable for the debts of he wife contracted prior to, or after their n?.?nno nrnont fnr npcnacnru minnrtrt and uai 1 VAVVJ^V iv* MVVVtA?l?l J v7 ?? ?hat of their minor children." Section 1 of he act entitled an "act to declare the law egarding the separate estate of married vomen," approved December 24, 1887, is re)ealed. Act to authorize the county commissioners of fork county to borrow money when necessary, ind after levies have been lawfully made for the >urpose, to pay tho interest accruing upon the sonde issued by certain townships in said oouny, to aid in the construction of tho Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago railroad, and to pledge ho said levies as security for tho loans. This act provides that whenever the time or the payment of the taxes is extended so is to delay the prompt collection of the evies for the purpose, the county coromisioners shall have the power to boirow the noney with which to pay the interest cn the >onds issued by Catawba, Ebenezer, York ind Cherkee townships in aid of the Three "s railroad. The interest on the money sorrowed is not to exceed eight per cent, per innum, and the tax levies are to be pledged is security. The act went into effect immeliately upon its passage. Act to uuthorize the county commissioners of tf York county to soil tho snares of stock now wned by the County of York in the Chester and jenoir Narrow Guage Railroad company. Under this act, the county commissioners ire authorized'to sell the 1,000 shares owned >y the County of York of the stock named, it either public or private sale, provide i they lo not sell the same at less than fifteen dolars and fifty cents per share. To provide an expeditious way 01" obiiainlng he right to drain lands across the lands of others n this State. Under this act, if A owns land3 that can inly be drained through or across the lands if B, and B is unwilling for such drainage, A iroceeds as follows: He first serves B with i notice of his desire, in writing, and names i referee who will act for him. Before he expiration of ten days, B must also name i referee, and the two referees thus appointid will name a third. The three lay out the oute of the necessary drain and agree on he amount of compensation that A shall >ay to B. The decision of the referees, rom which there is no appeal, must be in vriting and filed with the clerk of the court; md after A pays to B the amount of comie:osation agreed upon, his right to open up ind repair his waterway or ditch :is inviolate or ever. If B refuses to appoint a referee, hen A's referee goes ahead and e^sejses the lamage the same as if all three referees had teen appointed. An act to amend section 1,633 of tho general tatutes relating to legal holidays. The section, as amended, provide:} a new egal holiday?the first Monday in Iseptem?er?to be known as "Labor Day," and reads ls follows: "Section 1636. National thanksjiving days, and all general election days, he first day of January, the fourth day of ^uly, the twenty-fifth day of December, and he first Monday in September, shall be legal lolidays." An act directing that all taxes received from he Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad ompany in tho counties of York ana Lancaster, xcept the taxes levied for State and educational lurposes, bo applied to tho payment of interest in bonds subscribed by townships in si.id counies to the capital stock of said company. This act is fully explained in its title, the mly other provision being that it should go nto effect immediately upon ins approval. An act to amend subdivision 16 of Section 83 if tho code of civil proceduro, relating to the ourts of trial justices. As amended, subdivision 16 reads as folows: "When twenty-five or more dollars s demanded, the complaint shall be served 111 the defendant not less than twenty-days, md where less than that sum is demanded, lot less than five days, before the dry therein ixed for trial: Provided, that if the plainiff shall make out that he is apprehensive if losing his debt by such delay, and the rial justice considers that there is good eason therefor (the ground of such apprclension being set out in an affidavit, and erved with a copy of the complaint,) he may nake such process returnable in such time ts the justice of the case may require." An act to authorizo tho town council of Rock Jill, S. C., to issue bonds for tho purpose of deraying expenses already incurred in improving ho streets, and for further improving the streets if said town, and to provide for the payment of nterest on the same. Under this act, on or before January 10, .892, the town council is authorized to issue >onds to the amount of $10,000 for the pur)ose of paying expenses already incurred in treet improvement, and for further improvcneuts 011 the streets of the town. The bonds ire to be made payable in twenty years, with nterest payable semi-annually, on the 10th lay of January and the 10th day of July of :ach year, at the rate of 6 per cent, per allium. Interest coupons are to be receivable or all taxes levied by the town. The town :ouncil is authorized and required to levy uch tax as may be necessary to pay interest and retire the bonds. The act became of orce upon its approval. An act to repeal section 1,484 of the general tatutes relating to the erection of signs to be ilaced at railroad crossings, and to substitute a lew section therefor. The section repealed under the above act equires the railroads to have a sign at each :rossing with the words, "Railroad crossing ! jook out for the cars while the bell rings or he whistle sounds," in letters of at least the izc of nine inches. The amendment provides that the words, ''Railroad crossing," hall be painted oil the signs in large letters, rhis section does not apply to streets in ciies, towns and villages, unless the corpora tion be required to put up such signs by the officers having charge of such streets. An act to prevent the carrying of torches, chunks, or coals of fire, in or under any mill or ; building, on lands of another, without permission. The provisions of this act are as follows: ^ (1.) That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any ] person to carry a lighted torch, chunk, or 1 coals of fire, in or under any mill or wooden j building, or over and across any of the en- ; | closed or unenclosed lands of another person at any time, without the special permit of the ] owner of such lands, mill or wooden building, whether any damage result therefrom or not. (2). That any person, upon convic- , viction of a violation of the provisions of ' this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and shall be subject to imprison- < ment in the county jail for a term not to exceed thirty days, or a fine not to exceed one ' hundred dollars. 1 An act to provide for tho water supply for the town of Yorkvillo. ( The provisions of this act have already i been printed in full in The Enquirer. An act to amend an act entitled an "Act to ^ make affidavits and proofs of claims made before notaries public in other States as effectual ( as if made before commissioners of deeds." Under this act, all verifications of pleadings, affidavits and proof of claims made before notaries public in other States, shall 1 have the same force'and effect as they would if j sworn to before a commissioners of deeds for . this State resident in another State. It is provided, however, that notaries public must ' use their official seal. An act to regulate tho discharge of tho matricu- ' lation of beneficiary cadets of the Citadel acade- 1 my. Under this act, beneficiary cadets, when < they receive their appointment, shall file in j the office of the State superintendent of edu- i cation, a matriculation obligation. When the i cadet is graduated, the State superintendent ] - ' ? " 11 n rtrtl V* i m OlI/lVl T\11 V?ll/> U1 CUUUIIUUU Will tucigu mm ia/ auvii school as in his judgment the interest of the State may require, preference being given to the schools of the county from which spch beneficiary may have been appointed if there is a vacancy. The graduate is held under 1 obligation to teach two years, and after the < requirement is complied with, he is given an honorable discharge. An act to prevent the use of a free pass, express ! frank, telegraph frank on any railroad, by any United States senator or member of congress , from this State, by any member of the general assembly of this State, by any State or county 1 official, or by any judge o.f a court of record of this State. , Under the provisions of the above act, any of the officers named are liable to a fine of $500, or six months imprisonment for accepting the privileges mentioned, and the railroad, telegraph and express companies are liable to the same punishment for offering such privileges. An act to amend section 8 of the charter of the town of Yorkvillo. Under this act the town council of the i town of Yorkville is authorized to impose a license tax on itinerent merchants. An act to require all railroad companies operating railroads in this Stato on wbicn passenger coaches are run, to provide two water closets in each passenger coacli plainly marked?one "exclusively for females" and the other "exclusively for males." The title of this act fully explains its provisions. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for a license for the sale of pistols or pistol cartridges within the limits of this State. This amendment relates principally to cartridges and prohibts the sale of any "pistol cartridge or ammunition suitable for a pistol," without a license. The license is fixed at two hundred dollars annually, and the punishment provided is a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding one year. The county commissioners are especially charged with the duty of obtaining information of violations of the law, and it is proviaeu inai upon conviction iur u violation of the law, the informer shall receive one half of the fine imposed. The other half goes to the county. The act went into effect immediately upon its approval. An act to prohibit emigration agents to act without license, provides as follows : Sec. 1. That from and after the approval of this act, no person shall carry on the business of an emigrant agent in this Stato without having first obtained a liconso therefor from the State treasurer. Sec. 2. That the term "emigrant agent," as contemplated in this act, shall be construed to mean any person engaged in hiring laborers or soliciting emigrants in this Stato to bo employed beyond the limits of tho same. Sec. 3. That any person shall be entitled to a license, which shall be good for one year, upon payment into the Stato treasury for the use of the State, of $1,000 in each county in which he operates or solicits emigrants, for each year so engaged. Se^ 4. That any person doing tho business of an emigrant agent without having first obtained such license, shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction snail bo punished by fine, not less than 9500, and not more than $5,000, or may be imprisoned in the county jail not less than four mouths, or ccnfined in the State prison at hard labor not exceeding two years, for each and every offense within the discretion of the court. An act to provide for the maturing of paper Eayablo on its face on Sunday, or a legal oliday. This act makes such paper payable and collectable the next day after Sunday or a legal holiday, instead of the day before. When the holiday is followed by Sunday or Sunday by a holiday, the paper becomes due and collectable on the next day following. GOLD HILL* FARMERS. They Raise Their Owu Bread and Meat and Make Cotton a Surplus. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Gold Hill, December 21.?As I seldom see anything in The Enquirer from Gold Hill, except what your Fort Mill correspondent has to say, I desire to say something more about this neighborhood. From what the Fort Mill correspondent says, one would think that Mr. J. H. Coltharp is the only farmer in this section. While I am sure that no unfairness is intended, I desire to say that this impression is erroneous. Mr. Coltharp is a good farmer, and there are few better, but we have several others who are just as good, and that is what I want to write about. To begin with, I will state that Gold Hill is just four miles north of Fort Mill, and gets its name from a number of gold mines worked here before and after the war. These mines were located on the "Sutton" and "Dr. Chas. Clawson lands." ' We have two good schools, one of the best brass bands in the State, and nearly all of our farmers are members of the Gold Hill Alliance. Last spring, Gold Hill Alliance offered two premiums for the best acres of cotton, one premium for the best acre of bottom corn, one premium for best acre of upland corn, and two premiums for tho best hogs, considering their age. The amounts offered were not large, but the results show our claims to the name of farmers. Mr. K. G. ^ ? / 1 \ .? 4- nn uranum y?cg my; ijwt mv mat u.. w?u.. with 11)40 pounds on one acre. Mr. J. H. Coltliarp came second with 1833 pounds. Mr. S. S. Faris carried off the premium for bottom corn with GO bushels raised on an acre, and Mr. Z. D. Boyd took the upland premium with 361 bushels. Mr. B. M. Faris got the first premium on hogs, his hog weighing 356 pounds at 16 months old. Mr. L. G. Watson was awarded second premium. His hog was the same age, and weighed 341 pounds. The following are some of our best farmers, who always makes plenty of corn, meat and hay: Mr. J. H. Coltliarp, of whom I need not speak especially, as all the readers of TlIK Enquirer know all about him. Mr. B. 31. Faris, who works two horses, this year made twelve bales of cotton, several hundred pounds of honey, and plenty of corn, meat and hay. 31r. S. C. Faris makes about the same. IVIr. C. 1'. Blankenship, notwithstanding the unfavorable season, made with two horses, plenty of corn and meat, a good crop of wheat and molasses, and eighteen heavy bales of cotton. 3Ir. S. H. Eppes also "lives at home and boards at the same place," and I could name a great many more, but I fear that I have already made this letter too long. However, I forgot to mention that 3Ir. B. 31. Faris, also has a very line young vineyard, and has made some very fine wine. If the Fort Mill correspondent will come up sometime and get a tustc, I am sure that his eyes will be opened to the fact that we have any number of good farmers in this community. a farmer. ? Newberry Herald and News: On the 19th instant George Blakely, a 7 year old colored boy, of Newberry county, met with a tragic death while attempting to climb into the window of a house on 3Ir. F. Z. Wilson's place. The boy was after some pinders, and when he got his head in the window the heavy wooden sash fell down upon it. He was held hard and fast between the sash and sill, and being unable to make any outcry, he was not found until after he was dead. LOCAL AFFAIRS. ? j INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. G I. S. Brice, General Agent?Facts and Figures. ' W. B. Williams, County Auditor?Notice to A Taxpayers. a T. M. Dobson, Manager?Dobson's Racket. Kennedy Bros. A Barron?Greeting. u Lowry A Starr?1885?1892. j Riddle A Carroll?Some Observations. T. Baxter McClain?Pure White Marble. r A.gnes Moore?My Thanks. r wm. C. Latimer?A Word Before the Old Yoar Goes! Ferguson Bros.?Your Attention. MASONIC INSTALLATION. At a meeting of Philanthropic Lodge, No. 11 32, A. F. M., of Yorkville, held on last Monlay night, the following officers were install- ^ 2d to serve during the ensuing year. Jos. F. Wallace, W. M.; D. E. Finley, S. if W.; W. R. Carroll, J. W.; M. C. Willis, treasurer; H. C. Strauss, secretary; J. 0. t Walker, S. D.; J. B. Bell, J. D.; J. B. Allison and J. E. Jefferys, stewards, and A. j Cody, tiler. t The regular time of meeting of the lodge has been changed to the first Monday in each month. G A TiADT'rni mMnurmp Si JTV/t %JAJr+JL* WJ.1A/V VAVfAvt ju The following paragraph from the Columbia State will be read with pleasure by the t many friends of Captain R. E. Waddell, ( who, for the past few months, has been un- i( able to attend to his regular duties: Captain R. E. Waddell, the veteran conductor of the Three C's road, who has had 30 many bad accidents in the past year, is n now almost recovered from the last one. 1 Commencing with the New Year he will 0 again take charge of his train. The genial Did captain is very popular all along the line and his return to duty will be hailed with pleasure. c CHRISTMAS TRADE. 6 The Christmas trade in Yorkville this year was not so large as usual, but taken as a ^ whole, rather larger than was expected. r The number of purchases was about the same ^ as in former years, but the almost invariable rule was smaller purchases in every depart- c ment. One of our merchants informs us that * his sales for Christmas day and the day pre- e ceding, were about $50 less than for the same days last year. His sales for the two days ^ this year amounted to something more than * $400. However, it will be remembered that ? the Christmas trade was no big thing even * last year. * TAX COLLECTIONS. There was quite a lull in the work of collecting taxes last Week, very little more than * $200 being received during the seven days ( up to Monday night. The total collections | so far amount to $35,491.97, or considerably 1 less than one-third of the original assessment. So far, about one-half of the individual tax- * payers have taken up their receipts, and the outstanding amount, over two-thirds of the j whole, is charged against the other half. * With very few exceptions these include all * the railroad coroorations. cotton factories, ^ banks, etc. The total collections up to the same date last year was $42,302.99, out of a ( total assessment of $74,749.64. a yorkville author. j We have received an advance slip from ( the Worthington Co., of New York, announcing the publication, by them, of a novel, "Light 0' Love," by Mrs. Clara Dargan Maclean. The notice is as follows: j "This unique title indicates a book of striking . and unusual interest. The scenes are laid in < Charleston, S. C., in ante-bellum days, when its ( society was sui generis refined, cultured, hospitable ; and, under a slight disguise, the wits and 3 belles of a now almost forgotten period, move { before us in a glamor of grace ana beauty and chivalric splendor. The story is full of brilliant ? local color, and abounds in dramatic situations. As a study of character, it rivals the best introspective productions of the modern subjective 1 school, while the lofty ethical tone will make the ] book acceptable to those whose consciences disapprove the ordinary romantic novel." Mrs. Maclean will be remembered by many t of our older readers as the author of the 1 "Bloom of a Peach," a serial written for The 1 Enquirer some years ago. t whisky seizure. ( Deputy Marshal Wilson made a big seizure of blockade whisky near Jones's mill, two miles south of Yorkville, on the Chester, road, last Wednesday night. The whisky was in charge of J. D. Richardson, W. F. | Richardson, J. M. Richardson and Frank Oakes, and they, together with their wagon ^ and team, were taken into custody. The whisky men stated that they had only a little over thirty gallons, but on measuring g the "catch," Deputy Wilson finds that sixty . gallons is nearer the exact quantity. The whisky was put up in jugs of less than five gallons, and each jug was tagged, it is charged, to some fictitious address. All of the captured men have been admitted to bail in the sum of $200 each. < a unique christmas present. ^ Prof. R. J. Herndon has shown us a < unique Christmas present, sent from China < by Miss Ella Davidson, to his little son, j Master Robert. It is a beautiful specimen < of Chinese wood carving, and represents the j Chinese method of conveyance, or in other ? words a "road scene." The vehicle used is similar to an ordinary ? wheel-barrow, and is rolled by a muscular ' Chinese servent. The passengers, evident- 1 ly a mandarin and his wife, have their positions immediately over the wheel, where it t would seem that the faculty of preserving 3 an equilibrium is a matter of long practice. < The carving is a work of art, the execu- 1 tion of which apparently required weeks of ^ patient labor. An American would not attempt the production of such a toy by hand 1 at all, but if he did, he would, under no cir- ' cumstances be willing to sell it for less than about $25 after it was completed. 1 church'notices. Episcopal?Sunday-school at 10.30 a. m. ^ Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., pastor. Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11 a m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Associate Ketormea rresoyienan?ivev. j. ; C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Services ] next Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m. and 7 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. 1 Baptist?Rev. Robert G. Patrick, pastor. ] Union?Services next Sunday, with the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, at 11 o'clock j a. in. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock a. m. ( Yorkville?Prayer-meeting to-morrow even- < ing at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 10 o'clock 1 a. m. Services Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. R. E. | Staekhouse, pastor. Prayer-meeting this \ evening at 7 o'clock. Quarterly conference 1 Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Services Sun- ( day morning at 11 o'clock, by the pastor, j and Sunday evening at 7 o'clock by Rev. G. ^ T. Harmon, P. E. Sunday-school at 3 ( o'clock p. m. FRATERNAL SOCIETY ELECTIONS. At the last regular meeting of the York- J villc Council, No. 1121, American Legion of j Honor, the following officers were elected to t serve during the ensuing term: A. Springs \ Withers, commander; F. A. Gilbert, vice i commander ; Withers Adickes, orator ; Sam < M. Grist, secretary; W. M. Kennedy, collec- { tor; W. T. Barron, treasurer; Jas. F. Hynd- 1 man, guide; JohnC. McClain, warden ; Geo. i M. Lowrancc, sentry; I. D. Witherspoon, T. M. Dobson and J. F. Hart, trustees ; I)r. 1 R. A. Bratton, medical examiner, and George < Walker, assistant medical examiner. 1 At the last meeting of Home Lodge, No. j 60, Knights and Ladies of Honor, the fol- j lowing officers were elected to serve for the \ ensuing term: Geo. W. S.Hart, protector; 1 Mrs. Susan B. Allison, vice protector; John 1 G. Ferguson, secretary and financial secreta- 1 ry; J. F. Oates, chaplain ; Mrs. R. L. Fer- ^ guson, guide; Mrs. M. C. Smith, guardian ; j C. E. Spencer, treasurer ; J. C. Kuykendal, 1 Mrs. M. E. Witherspoon, I. I). Witherspoon, 1 trustees. J At the last meeting of Home Relief Lodge, ( No. 380, Knights of Honor, the following j officers were elected to serve for the ensuing ( term : Withers Adickes, dictator ; John J. t Hunter, vice dictator; T. C. Dunlap, assis- i ant dictator; A. Springs Withers, reporter; ohn G. Ferguson, financial reporter; L. M. irist, treasurer; Walter T.Barron, guide; T i. Cody, sentinel; Dr. J. B. Allison, past ictator; Dr. J. F. Lindsay, medical examjer ; Jos. F. Wallace, C. E. Spencer, J. C. ^ [uykendal, trustees; Withers Adickes, repesentative to grand lodge, and A. Springs c Withers, alternate. , P ABOUT PEOPLE. 0 Mrs. P. R. Bratton is in Charleston visit- lj ag her parents. * b Mr. John R. Ashe and wife arrived in e< Torkville last week. cl Dr. W. I. Witherspoon, of Sheffield, Ala., ti i in Yorkville on a visit. tl Mr. Robert J. Latta came home last week u o spend the Christmas holidays. n Mr. Johnie Carroll came home from the b luntereville High school last week to spend li he holidays. Mr. Paul G. McCorkle, of Lancaster, came 81 P ver to Yorkville last week to spend the ^ /hristmas holidays with his many friends a this place. h School Commissioner Cansler is spending s< he Christmas holidays with his father in a Jatawba county, N. C. The old gentleman n 3 86 years of age. b LOCAL LACONICS. * ? Mr. Emmet Walker, who lives six miles ^ lorth of Yorkville. slaughtered a hog recent- 0 y that weighed 425 pounds net at 18 months | a Id. d ? The Enquires staff is under obligations a 0 Mr. J. C. Blair, of Blaireville, for a deli- D ious mess of squirrels, received from him luring the holidays. g ? A fine mule belonging to Mr. W. W. g lenkins, of Yorkville, was killed by the p lorthbound Three C's passenger train last Vednesday afternoon. 1 ? The attention of taxpayers in the town n f Yorkville, who have not yet settled with c he town treasurer, is called to the fact that n 1 penalty attaches after the 1st of January. ? By reference to the advertisement of ^ Auditor Williams in another column, it will ? >e seen that tax payers liable to the poll tax B ire required, when making their return, to 8 jive the number of school district in which t hey reside. e ? Three prisoners were committed to jail E 1 J?.. Un T?!nl Timtina Woir DllP nf ' IWfc lUUUUaj UJf X1 Ac*a vuoviw a/mn?? ^ hem, Issac Bradshaw, is charged with lar- t :eny of live stock. The offenses of the other j >wo, Cynthia Dennis and son, are not stated f n the commitment. 1 ? A colored dance that took place in an 1 smpty warehouse, near the Three C's depot, ? ast Monday, wound up in a row. On a { learing before Intendant Withers yesterday, a t was developed that a negro named Babe e foyner was responsible for the disturbance, v fie was sentenced to pay a fine of $5. I ? Though a good many people assert that c )ld Santa Claus did not come to Yorkville j ,his year, we are reliably informed that he \ nade a liberal use of the mails. On the day s )efore Christmas, double the usual number ( >f mail bags were required for the transmislion of his presents, going and coming. ? In accordance with their usual custom, t i delegation of the "Willing Workers" soci- ] ity of Yorkville, visited the county poor t louse on Christmas day and dispensed good { ;heer to the paupers. In behalf of the in- * nates in the institution under bis charge, Superintendent Wylie requests us to return j ,hanks to the society. t ? The senate, at its recent session, refused f o confirm the appointment of Trial Justice Vlilus S. Carroll, of York township, Senator ' Wilson, and the necessary three other sena- ( xirs, objecting. The State of Monday says ;hat the governor has expressed it as bis in;ention to re-appoint Mr. Carroll, and says ' ;hat he does not propose to allow so few men >ut of such a large body, to govern mm. A TRIBUTE TO LEARNING. 1 Here is a little circumstance that will ? prove of peculiar interest to those of our r eaders who are so fortunate as to know ( joth of the parties to it. It involves the i jiving away of the contents of a private let- a ;er, but for that we will assume the respon- c libility. ? James Wood Davidson, A. M., a native of t South Carolina, but now a resident of Wash- \ ngton, is perhaps one of ablest scholars and nen of letters that this State has produced 1 luring his day. We have long had the honor * >f an acquaintance with Mr. Davidson, and * ilso from time to time the pleasure of a per- j wnal letter from him. His last letter, re- p :eived on Monday, contains a passage that ] will be thoroughly appreciated by all the p plder readers of The Enquirer, and many ^ >f the new ones. We are also induced to ( print tjie passage because it shows the un;rring judgment of one able man in recogniz- ( ng another by his work. Says Mr. Davidson: j "In the Enquirer of the 23rd, there is 5 i contribution on "Christmas as a Holiday." The article shows three things?brains, read- ( ng and courage. R. L. writes like a preach- 1 ;r, and also very unlike one. If he is a 1 preacher, I should like to shake his hand, 1 ind have a long talk with him. He is a 1 nan capable of doing much in serving the ^ muse of good and truth and God?all one? ind I trust he will see his way to doing it. 1 Please tell me who is Mr. L." 1 We will say to our friend that he has guess- * jd the pvhole truth so completely that it is ^ aardly necessary to answer his request. t Rev. R. Lathau, D. D., has already done f nuch good in the pulpit, and as the occupant * if one of the most important chairs in Due 1 West Theological seminary, is continuing J the work. ( MERE-MENTION. 1 Jno. A. J. Cresswell, ex-postmaster gener- < il, died at Elkton, Maryland, on the 19th in- f jtant. Walt Whitman, the well-known 1 poet, is lying at his home, at Camden, New Jersey, at the point of death. The estate of Senator Plumb, whose death was 1 mentioned last week, is estimated to be worth $1,000,000. The total valuation < jf all property in North Carolina, by returns i iust made for (he current year, is $257,052,300. This shows an increase of $31,000,000 1 aver last year. The increase in the valua- 1 'ion of railways alone this year over last J pear is $9,000,000. Reports on Christinas day from St. Paul, Minn., indicated a jig snow storm prevailing over a large por:ion of the Northwest. The total num- I jer of postoflices in the United States is 64,)07, being the highest number ever reached. ( \bout 300 are presidential. After a irief session, on Wednesday of last week the j United States Senate adjourned until Jan- ( Jary 5. i . c The Governor at Laurens.?The Allowing is a Laurens dispatch of Monday to J The News and Courier: "Colonel Ben Per- s y, Congressman Shell, Governor Tillman t tud others, were the guests of Senator Irby f oday. This evening a party of about fifty legroes and twenty whites gave the govern r ir a serenade and called for speeches. Seu- t ltor Irby, after a few words of introduction, 1 ntroduced Congressman Shell as the first 1 ipeaker, and he was followed by Governor t Tillman. ? "He gave an excuse for not signing the bill c or the extension of taxes, and then proceed- 1 ;d to excoriate his legislature. He said that c mother term in olfice would be necessary to ? nake the reforms contemplated. That iu ;he tide which swept from the mountains to 1 lie seaboard, much dead, rotten driftwood j loatcd into the capitol, and that he would f rave to have a new legislature. He closed i >y saying that he would give them more 1 ivhen he again went on the stump. 1 Senator Irby made some remarks also, f fie spoke of the Straightouts. He said that a he Haskellites were not like black snakes, c vhich, if you strike them once, they will die, iut they were like moccasins; you had to d strike and strike again to kill them, and that i ine more election would do them up. The 1 eport that 3,000 would be present to hear r rim was not verified. The party consisted ? if two large negro bands, two drummers and c i few boys around town. At a large esti- 1 nate seventy-live will cover the crowd." r BLACKSBURG BUDGET. lie Christmas Season?Changes at the Graded School?Other Natters. Drrespondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Blagesburg, December 29.?-Notwith;andiug the unfavorable weather, which for few days preceded Christmas, and the dis3m fort which attended the efforts of our eople to make ready for the great festival f the year, they all seemed to enter eageri into the work of preparing for the celeration. Those of our stores which display-' d holiday goods were filled with busy purhasere, forgetful, for the moment, of hard mes, and the scarcity of money, only linking of how, in contributing to the pleasre of others, they were filling up their own leasure of happiness and joy. The day was right and warm, and while there was very ttle of that rude and boisterous demonstraion which formerly characterized the occaIon, in its stead a sense of quiet enjoyment revailed, and a feeling of peace and good Hll toward men. This was as it should be and as the church as taught for hundreds of years, long before ects and the private opinions of men had ny influence over the minds of their fellow len. It is too late now for cynics and self onstituted critics, to say that Christ was orn on some other day than the 26th of )ecember, and that the wide spread observnce of the Christmas feast is a matter of ishion, a sign of luxury. No dismal science r profane history can rob us of the hallowed ssociations which for years have mad', this ay, the-one day of the year, more sacred nd dear to our hearts than any other, and jx ow that it has become a universal festival, ire feel that the clouds of disbelief and doubt' re powerless to antagonize the blesSed ^icuence of the angelic message of peace and ood will, the tidings of great joy to all eople. The Christmas trees at the Baptist and 'resbvterian churches* were very pretty and luch enjoyed by all the participants. The children of the graded school are of ourso having a holiday this week, and are ' asking the best of it. Miss Mary Gregory has been engaged to each in the primary department of the chool, in the place made vacant by Miss irahum's resignation. Miss Gregory is no lovice in the art, having taught here very uccessfully for several sessions and made lereelf acceptable to both childreh and parnts. She has been spending the past several Qonths in study and travel, and will receive k warm welcome back from the patrons of he school and her numerous friends. To be sincere regret of all who are interested n our school, Miss Mary Clarkson, the efIcient principle in the primary department, las, during the past week, sent in her redglatiun to the board of trustees, to take effect is scon as another teacher can be secured to ake her place. Miss Clarkson has justly iarned for herself an enviable reputation as i first-class teacher in her special department, tnd as Superintendent Spesssard says, "It vill be a very difficult matter to fill her dace in the school here." The inducement ?ffered her to leave us was an equally good )ositk>n in the graded gchool at her own lome, Charlotte. She and Miss Graham are >otli to be congratulated that their efficiency is teachers has been rewarded with such teioguition at their own homes. On Sunday, a week ago, Rev. J. A. White esigned his position as pastor of the Baptist hnrr?h At this nlace. The church, on Sun lay, appointed a committee to wait upon yir. White and ask him to reconsider his tction, which he promised to do and to pve them an answer to-morrow evening at ;heir weekly prayer meeting. Mr. James Martin, an experienced hog aiser, and a constant subscriber of The Enquirer, recently slaughtered three welve months pigs which netted one thousind pounds. The Masonic celebration at Cherokee Inn asb night was a perfect success, and hugely jnjoyed by all who participated. w. a. BOCK HILL*HAPPENINGS. The Holiday Trade?A Christmas Tournament?Other Matters. Moirespondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Rock Hill, December 28.?The Christens holidays, so far as business is concerned, ire over, and everything is again resuming ts wonted air and commonplace appearance. Though the weather for several days during Christmas week was bad and exceedingly mfavorable to trade, all of our merchants leemed to have about as much as they could lo, though the wild excitement and usual ush for such a season were notseen. Those n the practice of making an inventory of stock he first of the year will now begin this la>orious task. The tournament on Christmas day in Oakand was a great success. About twenty : nights attired as their characters indicate, intered. The following is a partial list of he participants with corresponding titles: rim Steele, Knight of the Catawbas. Arill Steele, .Tknlght of Oakland. V. J. Waters Knight of tne Silver Cross. i. J. Kimbrell, Knight of the True Blue. N. J. Roddey, Knight of the Confederacy. r? H. Milling, Knightof the Qolden Cross. >r. DeFoix Wilson,..Knightof the Silver Stars. Jeo. Neely, Knight of Texas. r, A. Black, The Black Knight. jam Byere, Knight of Bethesda. iuss Lrwin, Knight of the Alliance. r. ?. Poag, Knight of Xmas. r. H. Neely, Knignt of Pythias. r. T. Rodaey, Knight of Rock Hill. I. Wilson Marshall, Knight of Fort MilL Considerable excitement was created as ;ach knight in turn tried the swiftness of lis steed and his skill with the lance. A fery large crowd assembled to witness the ournament, and all seemed charmed with he day's sport. The first prize was won by N. J. Waters, second prize by Dr. DeFoix Wilson, third prize by J. H. Neely, and the in cup was triumphantly borne away by he Knight of the Alliance. The following lay the small boys and mules repeated the festivities of the preceding day and afforded he large crowd of spectators a larger imount of mirth than the first day's performance did. Mrs. A. May, aged about 80 years, died this morning at 2 o'clock. Her remains will je interred in Laurelwood cemetery this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mrs. May had but rcjently moved to Dr. Fewell's, on Main street, where she died. She had been suffering Tom a very severe case of la grippe for some lays, and this turned to pneumonia, which loon overpowered her. Mrs. May was greaty beloved by all who knew her. Messrs. Geo. White and Sam and Light. Watson, from Davidson college, are spending the holidays at home. Mr. Partlow, now stationed at Laurens, in the interest of Fewell &Co.'s cotton business, s in the city. TV - / .1 J?,l T 1 ??,1 \f? Dir. JLUaOII, OI W1U gruut'U DUUUU1, uuva mi, Harrison, of the First National Bank, are /isiting their homes in other parts of the State during the holidays. E. LETTER FROM FORT MILL. Prevalence of Grip?Death?A Chapter of Accidents. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Fort Mill, December 26.?During the last few days the grip has entered nearly ivory house in town, and in some instances vhole families are down with it. A few :ases have developed into pneumonia. Mrs. Mary C. Jones, wife of Mr. Robert rones, died this afternoon, of pneumoriia, relultiug from an attack of grip. She was ibout 50 years of age and leaves a large araily to mourn her loss. Chief of Police McDowell met with a se* io?s accident this afternooon. While geting out of the cotton seed warehouse here, lis foot caught somehow or other and jerked lis pistol out of his pocket. When the pisol struck the ground it fired, and the ball altered McDowell's leg in the lower portion >f the calf and ranged upward to his thigh, die ball was extracted by Dr. J. E. Massey, ind at last accounts the wounded man was jetting along as well as could be expected. An accident happened at the unveiling ast week that I failed to mention in my dis>atch. While the salutes were being tired, ire was communicated to the magazine and t blew up. Mr. Frank Harris was badly lurned about the face, and a negro named Hack Johnson was also burned about the ace and arms. Mr. Ed. Deton was slightly inged. Mr. Harris and Johnson have been :onfined to their houses ever since. A young man named Windle was accidentilly shot with a pistol yesterday. He and mother young man, whose name I could not ^ earn, were out hunting, and while taking a est sitting on the ground, one of them bejan working with a pistol. The pistol went >ff and the ball took effect iu Wiudle's foot. )r. Mack, who dressed the wound, says it is lot serious. c.