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Scraps luul Jarts. ? It has developed that there is a shortage of about 835,000 iu the accounts of Mr. Spoffbrd, the congressional librarian. There is no reason to believe that there is auything criminal in the shortage. It is thought to be due rather to a confusion of accounts. Mr. Spofford was appointed librarian by President Lincoln, in 1864, and has been in office ever since. He says he is ready to make good the shortage so soon as its amount is ascertained. His office is not under bond. ? An agreement has been signed oy Secretary of State Olney, Minister Dupuy de Lome, of Spain, Antonio Maximo Mora and Mr. Mora's counsel, providing for the settlement of the Mora claim on the basis of $1,500,000 on the 15th of September next. By the agreement the claimant waives all demands for interest and accepts the amount named as full satisfaction of the claim. Interest on claim was demanded. The Spanish government refused it, but offered to pay principal. Senor Mora has agreed to compromise as above stated. ? The Ohio State Democratic convention met at Springfield last Wednesday and nominated James E. Campbell for governor. The free silverites made an effort to secure the incorporation of a declaration for free coinage in the platform; but were defeated by a vote of 525 to 270. The convention was completely under the control of Senator Brice. Campbell, who has several times been defeated, did not want to be a candidate again. He plead that previous races had cost him so much money that he was almost insolvent. The convention would 1 nnminof. not listen to nis excuses, nuu UVUItUAV- I ed him by acclamation. The chances for the success of the ticket are not thought to be first-class. ? Information from Hong Kong is to the effect that the Chinese officials are uot disposed to allow the American and British consuls to be present at the investigation of the Kucheng massacre. It is stated as a reason for their objection that they fear that the testimony of the witnesses will implicate them also in the murders. No official confirmation of this intelligence has yet reached either the United States or England. Public feelings among Europeans in Shanghai and other Chinese cities, however, is said to be growing very strong over the matter and the probability is that the English will speedily demand a separate investigation, and so conduct it that punishment will fall on the guilty, no matter what may be their position, Official or ouierwisc. ? The idea of having a Mexican bull fight at the Atlanta exposition has been abandoned. The idea originated with some enterprising Mexicans who had obtained a large concession within the exposition grounds for a Mexican village. It was their intention to have bull fights daily and from the novel entertainment they expected to realize a mint of money. Members of the societies for the prevention of cruelty to auimals thoughout the United States soon began to raise such a row through the newspapers that it began to look as if the exposition was being brought into disrepute. Yielding to the sentiment that has thus been worked up President Collier has decided that the fights can# not take place within the exposition enclosure, aud the matter is now considered settled. ? The supreme court of Georgia has just handed down a decision that is of interest to the traveling public. It relates to the legality of tickets passing through the hands of scalpers. About a year ago a man named Lovejoy bought a coupon from Atlanta to Washington, over the Richmond & Danville railroad. The ticket had ~orvlrl K*? flm ATnnmlnc ^ |i UXlgiiJiiii,) I.rtu u<? Birmingham railroad at Memphis, ou account of the G. A. R. encampment at Washington, and the origiual purchaser sold it to an Atlanta scalper. Lovejoy admitted to a Richmond & Danville conductor that he had bought the unused coupon in Atlanta, and upon his refusal to pay another fare, the conductor put him off the train. , He sued for damages and got a verdict for $150, and in its receut decision the supreme court sustains the verdict. ? Charlotte Observer: The Rev. J. , H. Pressley, the pastor of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, of Statesville, preached last Sunday, 1 according to The Landmark, ou the new woman, taking the Shunamite woman as his subject. "He could not imagine her taking part iu ( political conventions or caucuses and bandying blackguard epithets with men from political platforms." He inveighed against women preachers, hut was heaviest upon the women in bloomers riding a bicycle. "He would not," he said "speak to one of these women in men's clothes any more than he would to a yellow dog." He said this with emphasis aud said that he desired to go on record about it. "Ninety-nine out of every 100 who come whizzing by you in knickerbockers aud bloomers are violating the law of God. He would speak to any woman that would speak to him, no matter how poorly clad she might be or what her station in life, but he would not speak to a woman in men's clothes." ? Some of the friends of General Ransom, late minister to Mexico, are beginning to suspect Cleveland of playing a double game. As soon as it was announced that Ransom had been turned down, his frieuds claimed that he would be reappointed without the ' delay of an hour. There is no longer any legal reason why Ransom caunot hold the office, aud although ten days ; have elapsed, the president has not yet given out any intimation of an iutention to give the North Carolinian a new commission. The general understanding is that Ransom got the job in the first place on account of his posi- ' tion on the silver question. He repre- i sented Cleveland rather than the people of North Carolina, and the fat job in Mexico was his rewarc. It is possible that now, since the president has gotten all he can get out of Rnusom, he wants the Mexican job for the purpose of buying oflT some other senator or representative whose duty requires him to stand up for free silver. ?hc \torkritlc (Enquirer. YOIiKVILIiE, S. C.: FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1895. ? The returns from the recent election clearly indicated the fact that the people of the State have not got their hearts in the proposition for the formation of a new (institution. ? The only one thing necessary to the success of the free coinage proposition, is the union of all the elements that favor it. There is little reason to doubt that free coinage has a majority of the votes if they can only be gotten together. ? A few weeks ago Director Bauer, of the South Carolina department of the weather bureau, was rather blue over the condition of the corn crop in the State. Now he feels considerably better. Although early corn has suffered some, the general prospect is the fiuest that has been known for years. ? The letter in which Mr. H. B. King, of Augusta, announces his conversion to free silver might be read with profit everywhere. Mr. King sees clearly that under the circumstances the single gold standard is to his individual interest; but he does not care to prosper at the expense of the sweat and blood of the whole country. ? On being asked the other day as to whether the managers in the recent election would receive any pay for their services, Governor Evans replied : uYes; if there is anything left over from that $30,000 appropriated to pay expenses." The Columbia Evening News advises the managers not to make any contracts on this promise. ? Ex-Judge T. J. Mackey is now in New York making his living by writing for the magazines. In the last Peterson is au interesting article from his pen on George Washington, as a citizen, soldier, statesmau ahd patriot. Ex-Judge Mackey is a versatile writer, as all who know him will agree. If he does not happen to have the facts convenient, he is in no wise put out. Iu short order he can manufacture them to suit. At any rate, the time has been when he could. ? Secretary Morton, of the department of agriculture, is giving those pf his employes who dare to advocate free coinage what he facetiously calls an "object" lesson. He has ordered that hereafter their wages be paid iu silver, instead of paper as heretofore. Such a silly idea as this is just about worthy of the intelligence 01 sucn a cuckoo as Secretary Morton has long since proved himself to be. Of course the weight and bulk of silver are more inconvenient than gold ; but that fact illustrates nothing whatever. If Mortou were offered his $12,000 in gold, and he had to carry it a mile or two to the bank, we venture that he would quickly ask to be paid in paper, instead. And if paper is such a good substitute for gold, what is to hinder it from answering equally as well for silver? There is no difference whatever in the size of the sheet required. The esteemed secretary of agriculture will have to hit upon a better expedient than the one described, before he can divert the minds of many people from the real issue. WAIFS FKOTWARREN. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Warren's, August 21.?Joe Neely, colored, was killed by the material train last Saturday night at South , Fork trestle, just below Smith's. The train was runuing backward and Neely seemed not to be aware of its J ? upproacu. xie was tuiu iu jnctra, l>v>itions of his body beiug scattered for 40 or 50 yards down the track. Mr. P. A. Anderson's mind was so absorbed with the baseball game at Antioch on Monday evening that he walked home and left his mule hitched on the grounds. Governor Kviuis Threatens the Factories. Governor Evans says his attention has been called to the fact that several cotton factories in the State are flagrantly violating the law which requires that no factory shall work its operatives more than 11 hours a day. He says that he intends to investigate the matter and see to it that the law is rigidly enforced. Until January 189G. The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1, 1S9G, for 65 cents. LOCAL AFFAIRS, INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Grist Cousins?Say that a first-class bicycle cannot be bought for 840; but a good one can be purchased of them at from 805 to 8125. II. C'. Strauss?Announces that lie has reduced his Iprices for all kinds of summer goods 50 to 75 per cent., and prints some prices. J. W. Dobson?Has pocket knives at from 5 cents to 81.25, sausage grinders, axes, lace leather and wheat bran. The Ganson Dry Goods Company?Announce special prices and bargains for next Tuesday and Wednesday, 27th and 28th, and print the prices at which they will sell special articles on those days. W. F. Marshall?Has made recent additions to his stock oi jewelry. THE CHOP IS LATE. The cotton crop is quite late this year. A gentleman who has been in a lUII l^ gUUU |>1'01L1V/U I,\J IV LJV/ ?? J OUIU J V/O" terday that he did not believe there is an open boll in the county. This is the 23rd day of August, and according to the records in The Enquirer office, on at least one occasion, a bale of new cotton was sold at an earlier date. In 1881 Mr. S. A. McElwee sold a bale of cotton on August 20. The purchaser was the late J. R. Gardner, and the price paid was 14 cents a pound. The latest date on which the first bale has been sold since 1870, was September 18. This was in 1877. The seller was Mr. John Nichols, and the purchaser was the late J. A. Carroll. The price paid was cents. There seems to be little probability that this year's first bale will be on the market before September 10, at the earliest. COMPL.I3IENTARY GERMAN. Quite a delightful german was given in Bratton's hall last Wednesday night, complimentary to Misses Juliet McClure, of Chester, and May Moorman, of Columbia. The following ladies and gentlemen participated: Miss Nettie Adickes with Mr. Kooert itaacliffe, Miss Blanche Clawson with Mr. Tracy J. Willis, Miss Annie Law with Mr., W. ?. Gist, Miss May Moorman with Mr. J. B. Allison, Jr., Miss Juliet McClure with Mr. Illian Johuson, Miss Mary Gardner with Mr. E. A. Law, Miss Mary Radcliffe with Mr. Job Carroll, Miss Ethel Radcliffe with Mr. Latta Parish, Miss Laura Parish with Mr. B. W. Metts. The following ladies and gentlemen were present: Mrs. C. G. Parish, Mrs. W. B. Moore, Mrs. Withers Adickes and Mrs. Lula Garduer, Misses Maud Gardner and Amanda Clawson, and Messrs. C. G. Parish, W. B. Moofe, Clarence Glenn, Henning Clawson, John Hart, Baxter Moore, Paul McNeel and C. R. May. The german was led by Mr. Illiau Johnson and Miss McClure. RESULT OF THE ELECTION. Here are the returns from Tuesday's election. We did not consider that there was sufficient interest in the matter to warrant us in going to the expense of getting up the information by telegraph. The returns are irifportaut, however, as a matter of record, and with the help of our correspondents, we have gotten them up by mail. The official count cannot be made before tomorrow, and it may not be made for 10 days yet. The following is the result: I 1 =' ! i 5 114 = |I HKKCINCTS. j g 3 & 21 _ j 5 v C ' c-1 I - a_j /. Antioch 85 21 ! 10H Blacksburg, 02 7 i 69 Blairsvillc 81 31 ! 112 Bethany, 62 3 ;' 05 Bethel 01 1 j 02 BulFalo, 28 0 11 28 Bullock's Creek, 08 15 ....J 83 Clark's Fork, 10 li J, 17 Clover 1)0 15' 3; j 117 Coates s Tavern, 80 3 27' 110 Forest Hill Academy, 50 0 ! 50 Fori Mill, 12.5 18 : 143 Hickory Grove, 130 23 !. 1% McConnellsville, 115 54 j 109 Newport, 34j 12 j 40 Rock Hill 305 100 2! 407 Sharon I 39j If i; 40 Smyrna, I 20 0 1; 20 Tir/ah 50 10 1 60 Yorkvllle, j 273 128: j 401 Totals '179.5 443i 32 2270 . THE NEGRO AT THE POLLS. Though we are unable tO say just what it means, there was evidently considerable method iu the action of the Negroes at the polls last Tuesday. At nearly every box, a committee appointed for the purpose, kept a list of all colored voters who were rejected for any cause. It is probable that they were laying pipe for a contest. Our correspondents at various precincts write as follows : Tirzah.?Thirty-five voters were rejected on account of no registration and lost certificates. Ten ballots for the Negro candidates had written in pencil across the top, "For delegates to the constitutional convention," and were consequently illegal. Bullock's Creek.?The ballots used by the Negroes at this box were a sixteenth of an inch too long. McConnellsville.?A Negro here kept a record of all rejected voters ; but I have been unable to learn how many names were on his list. Rock Hill.?Three hundred and forty-two colored voters were rejected at this box for want of proper registration. The Republican ticket was vitiated by the words "For delegates to the constitutional convention" appearing across their face. The Negroes kept a list of rejected voters. Two A. B. Williams, (Greenville) tickets were voted here. Fort Mill.?At this box, 130 Negroes were turned down on account of faulty registration certificates. They went off to a room some where and reported their names to a committee. Clover.?Two Republican votes were thrown out on account of mutilation. One Democratic vote was thrown out for the same cause. Coates's Tavern.?Twenty-seven ballots were thrown out on account of mutilation. They had been written on. All but four were the votes of N egroes. Antioch.?Oue hundred and twelve Negro votes were rejected here ou account of defects and not being registered. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. W. G. White is visiting in Chester. Mr. J. R. Warren, of Heardmont, Ga., was in town this week. Mr. Paul R. Bratton, of Charleston, is in Yorkville. Miss Anice O'Leary is visiting friends in Chester county. Mr. Thomas J. Mallard, left yesterday for Henrietta, N. C. Mr. A. P'rank Woods is confined to his bed with a healed hand. Miss Mamie McConnell, of this place, is visiting friends at Rock Hill. Mr. G. W. S. Hart, ol Yorkville, is visiting relatives in Charleston. Miss Hattie Banks is home from an extend visited to friends in Rock Hill. Miss Maggie Gist, of Yorkville, is at Glenn Springs, Spartanburg county. Mrs. J. W. Dobson and children spent last week with relatives at Tirzab. Dr. M. J. Walker's family is visiting friends at Pacolet, Union and Gaffney City. Miss Sue Watson, of Yorkville, is visiting relatives and friends in Rock Hill. Major James F. Hart was on business in Blacksburg, several days this week. Miss Belle Wilkie, of Charleston, is visiting relatives and friends in this Dlace. Miss Juliet McClure, of Chester, is visitiug Mrs. W. B. Moore, in this place. Mr. M. S. Lewis and sister, Miss Emma, of Chester, are visiting their brother, W. ?Y. Lewis, Esq., in this place. Miss Margaret Roach, of Rock Hill, it the guest of Misses Mary and Rose Hunter. Miss Leila Shannon, of Camden, is in Yorkville, the guest of the Misses de Loach. Miss Brice, of Woodwards, is the guest of Miss Louise Ratchford, near this place. Mrs. Thos. F. Dunlap, of the Philadelphia neighborhood, is visiting at Rock Hill. Miss Susie Hill, of this place, is visiting relatives and friends in Bethel township. Mr. G. E. Woods, of the railway mail service, has recently received a promotion. Prof. A. R. Banks went over to Rock Hill yesterday in the interest of his school. Mr. F. E. Cliutou, of Bethel, gave The Enquirer a pleasant call on last Wednesday. Master Walter Metts, of Charleston, is in Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr. G. T. Radcliffe. Mr. Henry Arnold and Mr. John F. Blodgett, of Atlanta, visited friends in Yorkville this week. Mr. J. Leonidas Moore, of the Bethesda neighborhood, visited his family in Yorkville, this week. Miss Libby Byers, of Sharon, is visiting in Yorkville, the guest of Dr. J. B. Allison's family. Miss Annie Wallace, of this place, who has been quite sick for sometime, is able to be out again. Mr. Robert RadclifTe, of Charleston, is visiting his father's family, Mr. G. T. Rudclilfe, in this place. Mr. W. H. Herndon has returned from an extended visit to relatives and friends in Baskerville, Va. Mrs. E. C. Hanahan, of Columbia, is visiting friends in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. E. B. Beard. Mr. J. M. Smith, who has been quite sick for several weeks at his home in Clover, is slowly improving. Misses Jessie and Alta Fewell, of Rock Hill, visited Miss Bessie McCounell, iu Yorkville, this week. Misses Smith, daughters of Mr. R. P. Smith, of Miudou, Tex., are visiting friends and relatives at Clover. Mrs. F. A. Gilbert and daughter, Miss Bessie, have returned from a two weeks' visit to Henrietta, N. C. Mr. J. Bratton Lowry has returned from a visit to his grandmother, Mrs. Harriet Bratton, at Brattonsville. Mrs. Alonzo Rose and children, have returned from a mouth's visit to friends and relatives in Lexington county. Tr.-onr.ia W f2.-or?r ).<. x IV". x ?uvia " vx' <-fcb> ?" v"*Banks High school, is expected to arrive iu Yorkville today or tomorrow. Sheriff and Mrs. E. A. Crawford and little daughter, Winnie Davis, have returned from a visit to Hickory Grove. Mr. W. W. Dixon, of Rock Hill, who has many friends in Yorkville, spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday in towu. Messrs. W. P. Harrison and Tscharner DeGraffeureid, of Yorkville, are visiting relatives and friends at Fort Mill. Mr. George H. Berry, who has been confined to his room for the past two weeks with sickness, is able to be out again. Mrs. A. R. Banks has returned to her home in this place after a pleasant visit to relatives and friends in Tennessee. Mr. Frank Hart returned home on yesterday from an extended visit to relatives and friends in Charleston county. Miss May Moorman, of Columbia, is visiting friends and relatives in Yorkville, the guest of Mrs. Withers Adickes. Miss Fannie Hoke and Mr. J. T. Faris, of Catawba Junction, and Mr. J. L. Wray, of Florida, have been spend ing a few days at Mrs. M. E. Shannon's. 1 Miss Edna Hull, of Rock Hill, is visiting Miss Hattie Banks. t Mrs. X. J. X. Bowen returned yester- t dav from a visit to Ebenezer and Rock i Hill. : Misses Christine and Margaret RufF, of Rock Hill, are visiting their sister, * Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal. a Prof, and Mrs. J. W. Thomson and i little daughter, Emma, of Rock Hill, are at Prof. Banks's. s The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. r John A. Darwin will regret to learn of . the serious illness of the latter in Shel- 1 by, N. C. Mr. R. Latta Parish returned home on Monday from a week's visit to relatives aud friends in the Clover neighborhood. Mrs. R. A. Crowell, of Albemarle, N. C., is visiting her father aud mother, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Lowrauce, in this place. Mrs. Joe Alexander and children, of this place, returned last Monday from a visit to relatives aud friends at Rock Hill. Messrs. Wylie and Baxter Moore, of Chester, visited relatives in Yorkville this week, the guests of Mr. B. N. Moore's family. Mr. Geo. P. Holler, superintendent of the Rock Hill Buggy factory, with his family, visited relatives near Yorkville, this week. Mr. S. L. Hobbs, the popular agent at the 0. R. & C. depot at this place, returned yesterday from an extended visit to Blacksburg. Mr. H. W. Smith, of Y'orkville, has been drawn as a grand juror, to serve at the approaching term of the United t States court in Greenville. Mrs. T. M. Fayssoux and children returned to Yorkville last Mouday af ternoon, alter a pieasani visit to relatives at Pleasaut Ridge, N. C. Probate Judge McCorkle aDd son, Mr. Paul G. McCorkle, are at Cleveland Mineral springs, where they expect to remain for a week or more. Miss Erral Hay, of Hickory, N. C.; Mrs. Woodruff, of Savannah, Ga. ;aud Mr. Skinner, of Winnsboro, are visiting at the Rev. Mr. Hay's, in Clover. Mrs. Esther Lewis and Mrs. Margaret Smith, of this place, are visiting their sister, Mrs. W. C. Owens, who is quite sick at her home iu Charlotte. Miss Julia Richardson, of Charlotte, but more recently of the Agnes-Scott institute, of Decatur, Ga., visited friends in Yorkville, this week, the guest of Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal. Prof. H. H. Savage, of the Baptist High school, is expected to arrive in Yorkville tomorrow, preparatory for commencing his work in that institution on the 10th of September. Mr. J. B. Marshall, of Piedmont, who has been visiting his brother, Mr. \V. ( F. Marshall, in this place, has gone to the Northern markets to purchase a fine stock of gents' furnishing goods for Mr. W. F. Marshall. ( , < LOCAL LACONICS. i A Picnic of Prices. ? In a 2-coluran advertisement today, s the Ganson Dry Goods company an- t nounces a big picnic of low prices that ^ are to obtain at their establishment on next Tuesday and Wednesday. For the Clock Fund. * The musical entertainment in the t court house last Tuesday night, for the t benefit of the town clock fund, was t quite a success. The gross receipts j. amounted to 848, and of this sum ^ about 835 goes down as net profit. He Gets 30 Dnys. Trial Justice Waters, on Wednesday, senteuced John Cureton, colored, to 30 days in the chain gang for carry- ^ ing coucealed weapons. Major Beckham brought the prisoner to Yorkville j on Wednesday afternoon aud turned him over to Sheriff Crawford. j Shot Hlinitelf. ^ Mr. Leroy Davis, formerly of Zeno, ^ shot himself in the head with a pistol, j in Rock Hill yesterday morning and u is now in a dying condition. As to Q whether the shooting was intentional or accidental we are unable to positive- s ly state. <j Thirteen In Two Day*. . As the time for the opening grows e shorter, Rev. W. 0. Petty feels more t and more encouraged at the prospects j. of the Baptist High school. Mr. Petty 0 has been down in Chester county this t week, and on Monday and Tuesday, _ ' 1 Q rt r\ A i f Irt n o 1 116 gUl/ l IIC IJlULLllSG ui i'} auumiuuiu ^ pupils. Prof. Savage of the music de- j partment has written that he will be ? here tomorrow. ? Taken the "Mutiny" Out. t W. A.'s statement that burr mill j, flour is more nutritious than that _ ground by the patent process, reminds t us of a good joke on a certain burr ^ miller who does business not a great v distance from Yorkville. He was expatiating on the superior merits of his ? mill, as compared with that of the ' patent roller, and among other things. a declared that his mill did not extract ? from the wheat any of the "mutiny." ,( Work on the Streets. e Mr. James Hamilton, a macadam expert, of Chester, was upon Monday ^ for the Durnose of giving instructions ^ as to the work od Yorkville's streets. ** He was not pleased with the idea of the council iD macadamizing a ten or twelve foot strip down the center of the street. He said that this strip would wear into holes and would w prove unsatisfactory. The only way the work could be done with any per- c maneuce, would be to macadamize the whole width of the street to the curb- p ing on either side. a The Reunion at Rock Hill. V "Are you going to the reunion at e Rock Hill on the 27th ?" A represeu- e tative of The Enquirer has asked no 1 less than a dozen old Confederate o veterans from different parts of the c county that question within the past c 10 days, and, without exception, they \\ said they would surely be there. The tl railroads are to sell tickets at one fare for the round trip, and the 'outlook is o that the reunion will be a tremendous tl success in point of numbers. The tl Rock Hill people can be depended upon to make it successful otherwise. 3 Ian Moved to Yorkville. Mr. Pel ham Morrow, who is to have he management of the big roller mill o be erected by his brother, Mr. Leroy ilorrow, has moved with his family rom Gastonia, and is now occupying he John Lowry house on Cleveland ivenue. " leased With the Quality. Captain John Eudey, who has been pending some time investigating the nanganese in the vicinity of Blacksmrg, left for the North ou Wedneslay, taking along a number of specinens. He says the quality of the nanganese is first-class. The Rain Interfered. The annual picnic which was to iave been held at Gold Hill last Wedlesday proved a failure on account of aiu. The band boys had made ex- A ensive preparations on the day before ; )ut the rain began to pour down in orrents early in the morning and no)ody ventured out. rwo Men Killed. Mr. J. W. Thomson, of Blacksburg, nformed us yesterday that two men? me white and the other colored?were silled ou the Air Line railroad yesterlay, between Spartanburg and Charotte. One was killed by a westbound rain, and the other by and eastbound. iur. inompsou was unanie to give me iame of either. Hake* No Difference. "I am uot a member of the association," said a Confederate survivor the ^ other day in auswer to a question as to whether he was going to Rock Hill on the 27th, "and I don't know whether [ am iucluded in the invitation or lot." Membership in the association ias nothing to do with the matter. [t is the members of the association ivho are to do the entertaining, and the ( nvited include all who wore the gray. Applied for Ball. J. Logan Gibson, in jail charged with be murder of.Rufus U. Hardin, went . jefore Judge Witherspoon yesterday >n a writ of habeas corpus, and made ipplication for release on bond. He ivas represented bv Major James F. Hart, and the State was represented >y Messrs. T. F. McDow and N. W. Hardin. Mr. Hardin moved for a joutinuance on the ground that he md not had sufficient notice of the ipplication to enable him to make a jroper showing of the facts. The rearing of the case was continued un;il next Monday. To Work the Roads. It is the purpose of the county board )f commissioners to commence work )u the roads in good earnest along ibout the 1st of October. They have lecured on trial a Western Wheel ?craper, which, with four mules and hree men, is capable of doiqg the vork of from 50 to 60 men. As soon * is all other details have been perfected, be county will take charge of the convict force now being worked by the own of Yorkville, and begin operaA r. ?A M'Uzit Knu t ifAOflc Ot*n A 1UU3. XXO IU ? uv-iuti tuu ivauu ut u w >e worked directly by the county, or >y the contract system, has not yet )een decided. ^ FROM A PREACHER'S STANDPOINT. V. W. Katchford ."Makes Some Pertinent Remarks 011 the Financial Question. Jditors of t he Yorkvllle Enquirer. In the last Enquirer there is a engthy argument ou the silver quesion. I have not read it yet, and lo not know whether I will or not, as ^ take no part in the discussion. I do lot claim to understand the vexed [uestiou ; yet I call attention to this act: Christ claims the gold and the ilver. Emphatically, they are His. ?he only use He has for them is to exend His kiugdom to the ends of the arth and to feed his servants while Imtr o > ?. unrrnfforl in tllA IVfirlf TVTfltl ? ^ 3 made the honored agent to dig out f the earth, coin, and send forth on heir grand mission those precious 3etals. Will he refuse to obey the uandate of our Great King ? If he oes, what will be the result? A few reeks since, I heard a "gold bug" say : There are not vaults enough in the Juited States to hold all the silver if t, was coined." Out of their own louth shall they be condemned. See be millions already hid in the "napin," and the vast number of souls rhick might have been blessed, had liese millions been properly utilized ! ind yet the "gold bugs" propose to ontiuue the work of death, simply to ratify the avarice of the few. Note he man with one taleut who refused o put his taleut in the bauds of the xchangers. Was he not bound hand ud foot and cast into outer darkness? d, verily shall we be if we refuse to ut'our Lord's money into circulation! W. W. Hatch ford. Walkup, N. C., August 19. RUCK HILL HAPPENINGS. taking Really for the Veterans?IteatChester at Uasehall?Personal Mention. orresponclenee of the Yorkville Enquirer. Rock Hill, August 21.?For the est few weeks, Captain Iredell Jones nd his various committees, have been erv active in making preparations to ntertain the many visitors who are xpected to be in Rock Hill on next 'uesday, the occasion of the reunion f the Confederate survivors of York ountv. The Rock Hill people have pened their hearts and homes and . ill exert themselves in entertaining tie veterans and visitors. The foundations of the Manchester otton mill have been laid, and under tie supervision of Mr. A. D. Holler, tie brick work is progressing rapidly. The "Our Boys" went to Chester on fonday last and crossed bats with the