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Scraps and Jatts. ? The Massachusetts legislature has struck upou a bright idea for the disposition of the woman suffrage question. The matter is to be left to the women themselves. If a majority of them say at the polls that they want to vote, then woman suffrage will go. If a majority of them vote against the proposition or fail to specify, that will settle the question. ? Quite a lively fight has beeu inaugurated by the various religious bodies of Washington against the hop growers of the State. The religious bodies characterize hop growing as an unholy business, and many of the farmers engaged in it have been turned out of the church. The hop growers remind the religious bodies that bops are not only used for making Deer, out also tor making bread, and the business is, therefore, as legitimate as the raising of' rye, corn, barley, wheat, and other cereals which are also used for makiug intoxicating liquors. ? Seven thousand Irish-Americans from all parts of the country are assembled in Chicago for the purpose of considering the question of Irish Independence. They seem to be in earnest. A proposition that all the able bodied Irishmen of America organized themselves in military companies to be ready for action whenever the opportunity for an uprising shall be presented, has been considered favorably. The Irishmen say that all attempts to secure justice for Ireland through peaceful means having failed, it is now time to resort to force. ? There is to be another race for the America's cup next year. Charles Day Rose, an Englishman, has sent in a challenge for a race upon any conditions that may be prescribed by the cup committee. It was thought that the experience of Lord Dunraven would deter any more Englishmen from making the attempt, at least for the present; but it has developed that Tliinraven has not met with much sympathy. His fellow countrymen are generally of the opinion that he was fairly beaten, and that his petulency was altogether uncalled for. From the terms of his challenge, it would appear that Rose is a thorough sportsman. ? The various railroads running into Atlanta have declared war against the ticket scalpers. They want to break up the business of the scalpers in return tickets, bought on account of the exposition, and, to that end, they have gotten out a form of ticket that requires the signature of the origiual purchaser before it can be used a second time. The signature must be affixed in Atlanta, in the presence of a railroad official, and the holder of the ticket may be required to identify himself in a' satisfactory manner to the conductor. The scalpers hold that when the railroads sell a round trip ticket, it is good until used, or the date to which it has beeu sold has expired. The matter will go up to the courts. ? The Atlanta exposition has been in progress for 10 days now, and from all reports, there is no doubt of the fact that it is a big thirig. There are nnt. npnrlv er? mrtnv pvhihifs ns thppp were at Chicago, of course ; but at the same time, there is more to be seen than any one man is able to fully take in in a month. Those who went to Chicago will feel that they have something bigger, and those who did not go to Chicago will be unable to realize wherein they have missed auything. The rttendance started out most satis- . factorily, and it contiuues to grow every day. There are fully a dozen more big hotels in the city than there were during the Piedmont exposition, ' and hundreds more small hotels and < boarding houses; but, all the same, there is every indication that the city is going to be as badly crowded this time even as it was then. ? Arrangements were made on Tuesday afternoon by the exposition direc- ' tors for the reception of the "Liberty" I bell, which is to arrive in Atlanta from i Philadelphia on October 8th. The | schoolchildren will be given a holiday, , aud there will be formal addresses by the mayor of Philadelphia and the mayor of Atlanta. The programme, as arranged, provides that the bell shall i he taken from the car on which it < makes its trip to the city and placed j on a large wagon at 10 o'clock on the moraine of the 9th. In front of it will march the military of the city. The line will go though the principal streets; of the city to the exposition grounds, where the bell will be unloaded aud placed in the Pennsylvania building, President Collier and Mayor King will then make addresses of welcome, and these will be responded to by Mayor Warwick, of Philadelphia. ? Lieutenant Peary, the Artie explorer, who went on another expedition to the north pole last spring, has returned to America. He aud his party were brought home by the Kite, which, according to a prearranged plan, went to their relief. It seems that the trip has not been at all successful. The party depended in part l'or supplies on a cache of food that had been left on Independence bay last year. They were unable to find this cache, then they had to depend ou such game as might fall to their guns. They met with bad luck aud were reduced to terrible extremities. In order to keep themselves from starving, they eat dogs and seal meat. Away up ou the northern shores of Greenland, they found the bones of a number of human being, supposed to have been members of the Greeley party that perished there several years ago. These bones were brought home for interment. The Kite did some further exploring after findiug the Peary party, and its most notable discovery was some large meteorites on the shore of Independance b xy. Two of these metorites were loaied on the vessel; but the third, wjich weighed at least 40 tons, had to be left undisturbed. The expedition, like most of its predcessors, will have to go down as a failure. <?hr \|orkviUc (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, 8. C.: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1895. ? The promised cold wave from the Northwest has not yet put in its appearance. When it joined issue with the scorching atmosphere down this way, it probably decided to go into camp aud wait until later in the sea son. ? Senator Tillman's idea of the value of frequent elections sounds well as an argument; hut all must admit that it does not go well in practice. We have had frequent elections during the past four years, and at last it has gotten to the point where it is difficult to get a majority of the people to vote. A great many people are of the opinion that this state of affairs is due to the fact that the people are "growing tired of too many elections." ? Notwithstanding the fact that the statement is not borne out by any supply bill that has been passed by the legislature for years, the Columbia Register says that "the tax levies of small counties are smaller than those of large counties. We would be glad to have The Register to give us some official figures on the subject; or if it does not care to do that, we suggest that it just look up the matter for its own information. ? Everybody who has ever paid any attention to the matter, is aware of the fact that the price of iron is the most perfect barometer of business known. When the price of iron goes down, everything becomes depressed, and when the price of iron goes up, business immediately begins to flourish. There has been a great deal of talk of the approach of better times within the past few weeks; but believers in the iron theory have not hoon oanppinllv pnnourafred. Now these people seem to have cause for congratulation. The New York Iron Age quotes a rise in the price of iron from $14 to $16 a ton in one week This represents au advance of $7 per ton above lowest price reached last year. 9 Im ' ? Judge Townsend played quite a trick on the lawyers at Winnsboro last week. The criminal business was ' disposed of in four days. Not antici- J patiug that there would be any jury j business on the civil side the first week, the lawyers had summoned i their wituesses to be on hand the 1 following Monday. It was their ex- , pectation that, as usual, all civil busi- i ness would be tried before the second ( week jurors. When his honor got i through with the criminal business, he < called for the common pleas business, j Nobody was ready. All the lawyers protested that they would be ready Monday; but his honor declined to , wait till Monday, and ordered that the r?nnrt, he adiourned sine die. As the ' result, many litigants who had hoped to have their cases disposed of at this term, will have to wait until next spring. ? The constitutional convention did i good day's work when it declined to vest the governor with authority to remove sheriffs and other officers upon i mere suspicion of malfeasance or neglect of duty. Governors, after all, ire nothing but men, and there is as much reason to suppose a possibility jf their being corrupt or mistaken as sheriffs or other officials. Had the proposed authority been conferred, all ' county officials would have been placed ander the complete dorninition of the governor, and that official would have :>eeu vested with a tyranical power j that is especially repugnaut to repub- < ican institutions. Of course, it is all < right to remove couuty officials for ( malfeasance; but in this country no man is guilty until regularly convicted, ( Hid to attempt to deny any alleged | }{Tender the right of trial by jury, < would in itself be a crime. , t , ( ? Iu a letter, issued under date of 1 September 21, Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co., suggest that if the cotton producers make any movement toward adding the crop off the market with i view to forcing higher prices, so soon is the buyers and spinners begin to realize the fact, they will adopt a waitng policy and prices will go lower. A-lthough the present visible supply of sottou?2,276,895 bales,?is greater than it has ever before been at this iate, there is little reason to be frightsued at Messrs. Latham, Alexander & Co.'s warning. It is a fact that spinners are all interested in.keeping prices down; but they are still more interest- ] ed in the continued operation of their mills. They can't afford to shut down so long as they can make even a little profit, and they are not apt to voluntarily go clown to reduced lime. They can better afford to give more for cotton, especially while they have such a long margin of profit. The cotton producers are not apt to hold out for better prices as they have beeu advised to do; but if they should determine on that policy, they ueed uot fear any considerable loss on account of a holding back of the spinners. Latham, Alexander & Co. know more about cotton iu a minute than we do in u year; but if they are iu earnest, their argument is the veriest bosh. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVKNTION. Synopsis of the Proceedings of Tuesday and Wednesday. Since last Monday?the last day for the introduction of new ordinances? the constitutional convention has buckled down to business, and it has already developed that its work is not to be nearly so light or speedily disposed of as many have seen fit to predict. But this, of course, is as it should be. The making of a constitution is no trivial matter. The work of the present convention will affect the weal or woe, not only of the present generation ; but of generations to come after it, and for this reason, if no other, our representatives cannot be too careful. TUESDAY?THIRTEENTH DAY. It developed that there was a deadlock in the committee on couuties aud county government. Mr. George D. Tillman reported that the committee had originally consisted of 11 members. It turned out that 6 members were new county men and 5 were old county men. Afterward, another old county man had been added, and that had brought about a deadlock. He wanted to have one of the committeemen withdrawn. It was suggested from the floor, among other things, that each half of the committee select another man let the convention go into an election so as to give the committee 1? members, and thus break the deadlock. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson objected to this plan on the ground that it would bring about a test vote before the convention was fully informed as to the merits of the case. It was also suggested that the chair appoint a thirteenth man ; but this was objected to on the ground that it would he unfair to impose on the president such a duty. Mr. Brazeale finally found a solution of the whole matter by suggesting that * * Sn HI A lilt? UULL1 LLiltlt3C UI AIJg ill IHV itj/ui to, and let tbe convention decide for itself what was best to do. The next question to come up was the proposition for the establishment of a board of pardons. It was decided to establish tbe board, and to provide that its members should be elected by the legislature. Tbe duties of tbe board, however, are to be purely advisory. Fiual action on a pardon is still vested iu the governor. There was a lively tilt on the proportion to give the governor the right to remove an embezzling officer. The majority of the committee reported for it. Senator Tillman spoke in behalf of the minority report. He said that he had known of instances where it would * - ? I I nave Deen wen it me governor uau bad the power proposed. It was silly, be said, to suggest that the governor ;ould use that power to the advancement of his own interest. The governor is sworn to do his duty, and if be should remove an official unjustly, it would ruise a storm of indignation that would result in his impeachment. Several members, including George Johnson, of Newberry, and W. B. Wilson, of York, held that the proposition was a violation of the fundamental principles of self government and of the bill of rights. Mr. Gage, of Chester, offered the following, which met the approval of the convention : Whenever it shall he brought to the notice of the governor that any county officer, or any other otlicer who has the i custody of public or trust funds, is probably guilty of embezzlement or the appropriation of public or trust funds to private use, then the governor shall direct the immediate presentation of such officer by the proper officer of the circuit court in which he resides, and upon a true bill being found, the governor shall suspend mch officer and appoint one in his stead, until he shall be acquitted by a verdict of * jury. | The matter was discussed at length pro aud and was laid over until \VEDNESDAY?FOURTEENTH DAY. Another long discussion followed. Mr. Talbert moved to postpoue the whole matter. The motion was killed md the Gage resolution was adopted, with an amendment providing that in case an officiul shall be convicted, his , ? i- 11 i-- J JiJiee snan ue ueumreu vucuut uum 5)led as muy be provided by law. The proposition to make the terms jf State officers four years, instead of avo, came up again ; but was voted ( iowu. The article relating to the executive i iepartmeut was then ordered to a iliird reading. 1 The next report takeu up was that ( )f the committee on municipal corporations. The proposition that all towns now 1 :baj tered under special laws may give tp their charters and organize under 1 jeneral laws, was agreed to. i Senator Tillman suggested that the ' eport of the committee did not reach :ertain uuiucorported factory towns 1 .hat had no municipal organizations, ind moved that the report be recoin- ' Bitted so that such towns should be 1 equired to organizo. He gave as a eason the ;fact that some of these iowns were owned by the owners of ;be factories, and that outsiders who ' Jesired to locate there had no police protection; but were liable to be out- < raged and driven out of town upon the whim of the factory officials. Sections 1 and 2 of the report were accordingly recommitted. The following was adopted after thorough discussion. Sec. ? No law shall be passed by the general assembly granting the right to construct and operate a street or other railway, telegraph, telephone, or electric plant, or to erect water or gas works for public uses, and to lay mains for any purpose, without first obtaining the consent of the local authorities in control. Mr. Sloan moved to strike out section 5, which is as follows : The general assembly may vest the authorities of cities and towns with power to make local improvements by special assessment, or by special taxation of property benelitted. The motiou was carried 61 to 46. Mr. Hayncsworth moved to strike out sectiou 6, which provides that towns and cities may own and operate gas, water, or electric light plants, etc. The motion was lost. An amendment to the elfect tha? no city or town should purchase such a plant except upon the consent of the voters authorized to vote on the bonded indebtedness of the town or city, was adopted. The section by which such matters will be governed is as follows : Sec. 17. At any special election in the incorporate cities and towns of this State for the purpose of bonding the same, or raising revenue, all resident owners of property in said cities and towns, regardless of sex, of the assessed value of $.'100, and who are over 21 years of age, shall alone entitled to vote. The production of a tax receipt signed by toe proper oincor, shall be conclusive evidence of said qualification. The next question to come up was whether or not the municipal authorities should have the power to seud an alleged offender of the chain gang without a trial by jury. The matter has not yet been settled. MERE MENTION. Governor Upham, of Wisconsin, broke his leg ou Lookout mouutaiu last Friday. It is stated as a fact that during the park dedication exercises in Chattanooga last week, the crowds drank all the whisky aud beer there was in the city. General Schofield reaches the 64-year limit next Sunday, aud will retire from the army. A tornado passed through Michigan last week aud destroyed $100,000 worth of property. It has been charged that Senator Vest has changed his position on the silver question. In an interview, he says he stands just where be has always stood?for free and unlimited coinage. A Spanish war vessel collided with a merchantman at the entrance to the harbor of Havana not long ago aud went down with all on board. Divers refused to examine the wreck for fear of sharks, which abound in 1 the vicinity. Terrible prairie fires are reported to be raging in Oklahoma, and there has been great damage to | the crops. A large number of , Chicago people sought to escape the heat of last Sunday by bathing in the lake. Five boys and young men were ' drowned during the day. The < anniversary of President Lincoln's i original emancipation proclamation, issued September 22, 1864, was celebrated at Alexandria, Va., last Monday. The Cuban revolutionists have organized a provisional govern- < ment, and are preparing to ask recog- i uition of the powers as belligerents, i Prof. Pasteur, who discovered j inoculation as a cure for rabbies, has , been stricken with paralysis. Rev. Ht* rPolrrvanro haa Kuon auIIpH fn t.hp pastorate of the First Presbyterian 1 church of Washington, D. C. THE NEGRO PROBLEM. One of the most notable features of the opening exercises of the Atlanta exposition, was the speech of Booker T. Washington, the colored president of the Tuskegee, Ala., Normal and Industrial school who spoke for the Negroes. The speech was at once received with great favor throughout the country, aud it is still being discussed in most of the leading newspapers, North and South. The main points iu Washington's speech may be summarized as follows: "Ignorant aud inexperienced, it was natural for the Negro, when he first got his liberty, to try to start at the top of the ladder aud seek seats in the f legislatures aud iu coDgress, rather . than in the various lines of industry. 1 "Whatever may be the sius that the 1 South may be called upou to answer for, it must be remembered that when ( it comes to business pure aud simple, t this is the only section that has ever given the Negro a mau's chauce. f "The wisest among the Negroes see { and realize the utter absurdity of the proposition for social equality. Iu * matters social, the Negro is as separate as the fingers on the hand and in mutters essential to mutual progress, he f is as one as the hand itself. "The Negro has proved that as compared with the foreigner he is more ^ patient, more faithful, more iudustrious, more law abiding and less resent- 1 ful. He constitutes oue-third of the j population of the South and he must either be oue-third of her progress and > prosperity or one-third of her ignorance , aud crime. The more intelligent a man is the better citizen he becomes, i and upou his treatment depends the 1 j? u: If I . .?wu UtJbllUAr Ui LI 1 LI ASCII aim iuc pcupxc wnu j whom his lot is cast." s General Walker Elected. As indicated last Friday, the election of General C. Irvine Walker, as major 1 general of the South Carolina division 1 of the United Confederate veterans, t was unanimous. At the time General ] Crittenden took charge of the organization, there were three camps and 1 400 members. Now there are 41 camps 1 and an enrollment of over 5,000. c Work of the Reaper. Lancaster Ledger: Miss Irene, the ] 16 year old daughter of Speaker Ira a B. Jones, died of fever at her home in Lancaster last Friday, after an illness ? of about two weeks. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss?Advertises that he wants to buy !>.!?)>!) pairs of old shoes, for each pair of which lie proposes to pay U cents. See the conditions. See fourth page. A. M. Grist?Wants you to call on him and see about the things he mentions. Latimer's Bazaar?Has received a select stock of stylish millinery, ladies' hosiery and gloves. Dresses for ladies can Vie gotten up in the best style; but it must be remembered that everything is cash no delivery. Grist Cousins?Talk about crackers and candy. COTTON IS BOOMING. There was a wild spurt in the Yorkville cotton market yesterday and the buyers were almost tumbling over each other in their eagerness to pick up everything in sight. The market started at 8 cents and by noon went up to 8j{. At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, two of the buyers were predict ing that before night somebody would be paying 8A cent9, if anything especially fine should be offered. The reporter asked several of the buyers as to whether the New York market had gone up, or all the buyers had gone crazy. He could get no sat lsiacuon. i ue i^uyers just suiiieu, looked wise, and weut off after more cotton. Between 60 aod 75 bales were sold during the day. For this morning, we ure instructed to quote the market at from 8 to 8$, though a real good article may bring 8 J cents. THE WEATHER FOR OCTOBER. Our Chester weather prophet is not at all abashed by the fact that September did not confine herself very closely to the programme he outlined for her, and has come forward with a line of action for October. His prognostications are as follows: From 1 to 4 the weather will be clear and probably warm and windy, From 5 to 7 there will be clouds and winds. About 8 or 9 there will be some rain. It will be clear and windy on 10 and 11. Between 12 and 14 there will be frost. From 15 to 19 will be warmer, and there will be a little rain. From 20 to 24 there will be warm days and cool nights with little frost. From 26 to 27 will be windy and wet, and on 28 there will be a white frost. From 29 to 31 will be warmer, and there will also be some rain. A CLOSE CALL. For several nights there had been 9ome indiscriminate shooting in the vicinity of the Baptist High school. Who was doing the shooting was not known; but it was supposed that it was being done by some Negroes who were living near by. As Prof. Savage was crossing the High School green, 3ii his way to his room last Tuesday light, there was a sudden : Crack! Zip! A pistol had been fired about a hunired yards off, and a bullet had struck i tree only a short distance from the walk over which Professor Savage was passing. Next morning Prof. Savage went back to the spot, and found a jullet imbedded in the tree. It had Hissed his head only about 4 feet. The matter was reported to Intendmt Moore, and on Wednesday night, Policeman Love went to the vicinity for the purpose of lying iu wait for the udiscriminnte shooters. About 11 j'clock be heard several shots in quick juccession. The flashes were seen at a louse close by, and he immediately .vent to the SDot. and arrested a young Segro nuraed Jack Crawford. Craword pleads innocence ; but that is a question that will have to be determued by Intendant Moore. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Iva Withers is visiting relatives ind friends at Blacksburg. Mrs. C. M. Kuvkendal has returned rom a visit to Rock Hill. Little Miss Robbie Lee Morrow is visitng relatives in Gastonia. Mr. H. C. Strauss returned last Saturday 'rom the Northern markets. Mr. S. M. Grist went up to Hickory jlrove on business yesterday. Miss Isabella Erwin has returned from t visit to friends at Lancaster. Mrs. J. B. Bell and children visited relitives in Rock Hill this week. Mr. John Williams is employed as ilerk in Mr. C. G. Parish's grocery. Messrs. Ehlred Dobson and Will Moore ipent last Wednesday at Rock Hill. Mrs. J. R. Bratton is visiting her daugher, Mrs. Hannahan, at Winnsboro. Miss Mary L. Gardner has returned rotn a pleasant visit to Spartanburg. Miss Kate Gordon, is visiting Miss Salic Wilson, in Chester, who is quite ill. Miss PrueCrouse, of Lincolnton, N. 0., risked Miss Mary Y. Clark, this week. Mr. Crawford Moore has accepted a postiou in Sand iter's drug store at Rock Hill. 1 Dr. J. T. Darwin, of Blacksburg, spent ast Wednesday with friends in Yorkville. Mrs. M. M. Neely, of Edgmoor, is visit- 1 ?g her daughter, Mrs. H. A. D. Neely. < Mrs. Leroy Morrow,of Gastonia, visited llr. Pelhain Morrow's family this week. ' Mrs. Jos. Alexander and son, Edward, . isited relativesand friends in Clover, last veek. Mr. H. C. Glenn is now assistant post naster, Mr. Jas. F. Glenn having reigned. Mrs. R. B. ftiddleand children, of Zeuo, ire visiting Captain L. M. Grist's family his week. ? r t-A i?i. rn.. Dr. V'nas. u. .>iay iuii lasu luewmj, iui j Richmond, Va., to continuo the study of nedicine. Messrs. James F. Glenn and D. M. Cas- i les are in theeotton business with Messrs. jatta Bros. ' President G. W. F. Harper, of the Ches- ] er and Lenoir was in Yorkvillelast Wedlay evening. ' Mrs. W. M. Propst returned last Mon- < lay after an extended visit to Flat Rock, md Sumter. 1 Mr. Walter Fudge, of the Rock Hill i I era Id staff, gave Thk E>-quirkr a pleasint call last Monday. Mrs. J. L. Rainey, Mrs. Dr. J. H. Saye ,ud Miss Vessie Rainey, of Sharon, spent , ast Saturday in this place. Mr. W. 0. Tatum, of Bamberg, spent a I few days this week with his mother-inlaw's family, Mrs. C. E. May. Misses Jessie and Alta Fewell, of Rock Hill, spent last Saturday and Sunday with Misses Mamie and Bessie MeConnell. Trial Justice Milus S. Carroll returned home last Saturday from Greenville where he has been attending the l\ S. court. Mrs. David Gordon, of Rock Hill, is visiting her brother-in-law, Mr. James Gordon and other relatives near Fodder. Mr. Mason L. Carroll, traveling representative of the Brown Carriage Co., of Cincinnati, O., is in Yorkville for a few days. Miss Laura McMaster, of Witinsboro, who has been visiting Miss Sue Shannon, near Yorkville, returned home last Wednesday. Messrs. Thos. W. Speck and W. T. ** Aiken, of the C. ?.V: L. road, went down to Chester, last Tuesday afternoon on a pleasure jaunt. Messrs. Donam Willierspoon, R. Latta Parish and Burritt W. Metts, left last Monday for the South Carolina college at Columbia. Messrs. Sam Moore, Braitiard Dobson and Clough Steele, leave next week for the South Carolina Military academy at Charleston. Rev. W. T. Matthews atid family have returned to their home at Greenwood, after a pleasant visit to relatives and friends in Yorkville. Mr. J. Meek Whitesides, of Hickory Grove, left last Friday for Hot Springs, Ark., where ho hopes to be relieved of rheumatism. Messrs. Jos. F. Wallace and C. E. Spencer attended the meeting of the directors of C. ?Vc L. railioad at Lincolnton, j X. C., yesterday. Messrs. Torn McDill, of Hickory Grove, and Frank Carson, of Philadelphia, have been employed as salesmen in Mr. H. C. Strauss'a dry goods store. Rev. J. C. McMullen, of Midway, Ky., and his daughters, Misses Sallie, Kittie and Nettie, and sons, Robert and John, are visiting Mrs. A. R. Banks, sister of Mr. McMullen. Mrs. Julia Rainey, of Blacksburg stopped over with Mrs. L. A. Johnson, last Monday, on her way to Guthriesville to visit her daughter, Mrs. Pharr, who is sick with fever. Miss Anna Taylor, an accomplished and popular young lady of Hearamont, Ga., after a two week's visit to the Misses Keller, near Yorkville, left for her home on last Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Auna Wilson, and daughter, Miss Anna Latta, who have been spending the summer in Yorkville, went to Rock Hill, _ on a visit to relatives in that city, before returning to Spartanburg. ROLL OF HONOR. Following is the roll of honor in the Yorkville graded school for the month , ending September 27, for the first six grades : First Grade.?Marie Moore, 91; Jennie McClain, 90; Edith Faysoux, 90; Oren Abernathy, 90. / Second Grade.?Bedford Moore, 97; Glenn Allison, 97; Josie Carroll, 96; Mary Dobson, 96; George C'artwright, 96; Mamie Lee Grist, 96 ; Mary Faysoux, 95; Lenora Williford, 91; DeLeon Walker, 92. Third Grade?None. Fourth Grade?Hazel Grist, 97; Ethel Hope, 97; Iva Dickson, 97; Hamlet Carroll, 97; Phillip Hunter, 97 ; Josie Oates, 96; Joe Alexander, 96; Bessie Gilbert, 96; Gerald Lowry, 95; Kate Hunter, 95 ; Anna Spann, 95; Lottie Simril, 91; Lucy Mallard, 94; Florian Delveaux, 94; ,./ Frankie Clawson, 94; Willie Waters 92; Anna Horton, 90. Fifith Grade?Nannie Grist, 97; Lura Langstort, 97; Sadie Waters, 96; Josie Camp, 95, Eunice Long, 95; Dunwoody O'Farrell, 95; Milton 'liddy, 95; Robert Jenkins, 93; Frank Lindsay, 93; Willie Camp, 92; John Oates, 92; Bertie Smith, 92, Joe Walker, 90. Ci-tl, Wilms O'Fnrrell. 97; Hallie Withers, 97; Barron Kennedy, 96; Louise Lowry, 94; Lizzie Hunter, 91; / Mason McConnell, 90. LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1898. The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will be furnished from this date until January 1, 1896, for 50 cents. For the Plaintiff. The supreme court has decided the ^ case of Marshall Westcoat & Co., vs E. A. Crawford, sheriff, in favor of the plaintiff. Died of Fever. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Johnson, of Balloon, lost their youngest child, aged about 7 years, last Tuesday. It died of fever. She Will Not Remain. We are sorry to report that Miss j Brodie has been unsuccessful in her attempt to form an art class in Yorkville. She will not remaiu here. Fertilizer Trust. The fertilizer companies of Virginia and North Carolina have organized a trust under the name of the Virginia and Carolina Chemical company. The * Durham Fertilizer compauy, which is erecting a plaut at Blacksburg, is a part of the organization. Committed to Jail. Bob Thoinassou, Hopper Thomasson, Wm. Dixon, and Bob Hillery were committed to jail by Trial Justice An- 4 derson last Tuesday, ou the charge of gambling. Wm. Dixon was also sentenced to 30 days for larceny from the field. On the same day Trial Justice Johnson committed Johu Hart for abduction. All the prisoners are colored. Makes Himself Safe. Not long ago the reporter was told . of a characteristic practice of a well known Rock Hill business man, who farms extensively. Along about the first of every year, the gentleman in question gives out to each of his tennants two pigs with this understanding : "One of them is yours and the w other one is mine; but remember, if either one of them dies, or does not do well, that is yours. rh? Fire Alarm. There was an alarm of fire in Yorkville last Friday. Investigation developed that in some manner the Negro boy who had charge of the street lamps had accidentally set fire to some gasoline that had been spilled about the storage tank. When help came, the boy, who is a half-witted fellow, had a stream of water turned # on the burning gasoline, and by what seems to have been a miracle, he man aged to get the fire extinguished without exploding the tank. >Ir. Cain Is Right. Mr. J. Robinson Cook, of Bethel, agree9 with Mr. J. M. M. Cain in the , theory that it was the wet weather in ' ,