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jSrraps ami Jacts. ; ? Candidates for promotion on the New York police force, have to pass a < civil service examination. An examination was held recently for promo tion to the office of chief, and the successful applicant was Peter Conlin. It has developed that one of the questions asked during the examination was it\\7U* + miaiiM tfAii in aqqp nf a riftt. ?T uav !T"um juu Uv ... by strikers in the city ?" Conlin's answer was to the effect that he would advise the employment of five regiments of soldiers with a battery of artillery, and he went on to designate the points at which he would plant cannon in the streets. It would seem that if there is a strike during Conlin;s administration, there is going to be some bloodshed. ? William E. Harvey, the author of 'Coin's School of Finance," is busy with the organization of a vast secret political society, to be national in its soope and to have for its object the immediate rehabilitation of silver. He has already secured a charter for the organization under the laws of the State af Illinois, and the statement is made in the papers that work has commenced in nearly every county in the West and South. "Patriots of America" is to be the name of the organization, and an absolutely essential preliminary to membership is an oath to the effect that the applicant holds the principle of free coinage above party allegiance, and will bolt his party in case it refuses to unequivocally endorse free coinage. A number of prominent free-silver men have associated themselves with Mr. Harvey in the undertaking. ? Following is the bureau report, with reference to cotton, issued on December 10 : "A crop equal to 67.3 of last year's, or 6,375,000 bales of 500 is indicated in final returns from county and State correspondents. The department of agriculture's more complete reports, based on the commercial movement, will be issued in 1896, the first of them probably in February. Mean farm price 7.57 cents, a gain of 65 per cent on last year's figures, 4.6 and of 9 per cent, on 1893. The returns from correspondents are almost uniformly unfavorable as to quantity, the weather having proved generally disastrous. Drouth caused an unusually early marketing throughout the cotton area, with an almost total sacrifice of the top crop. Lint, however, is generally clean, so that the quality is exceptionally high. Many reports show crops completely gathered and marketed. ? The next National Republican convention is to be held in St. Louis on the 16th of June next. The matter was decided by the National committee at a meeting held in Washington on Tuesday. There were five bids for the convention, aud it took f??ur ballots to settle the matter. The last ballot resulted as follows: New York, 0; San Francisco, 16; Chicago, 6; Pittsburg, 0; St. Louis, 29. The news was received with great rejoiciug in St. Louis, and the hotel men are still busy answering telegrams in which they are requested to reserve apartments for the various Republican politicians throughout the country. Speaker Reed and Major McKinley, who are both presidential aspirants, had their quarters engaged at the Southern hotel within half an hour after the result of the ballot by which St. Louis was chosen was annouuced. This indicates that there is going to be a lively fight for the Republican nomination, and the leading candidates intend to get in early at every turn. ? Senator Mills has introduced a bill in congress providing that the secretary of the treasury be required to coin all the silver in the treasury into half dollars, dimes aud quarters, and to pay opt silver whenever the gold reserve shall fall below $J00,000,000. It was suggested to Senator Mills that such a law would surely result in forcing gold ' to a premium. He said, however, that ! this is a mistake. This cannot take place except when the volume of silver and erreenbacks is so increased as to in- 1 crease prices in this country, and even that will not really affect the value of gold one way or the other. If the treasury refuses to sell gold to the exporter, he will simply have to go in the market and buy it as he would any other commodity, and the treasury is not affected in the least. It can pay its debts in either gold or silver as it sees fit. Senator Mills is satisfied that ' his plau will help to solve the present difficulty. He says individuals never 1 pay interest when they can get around it. The government can get along without paying interest, aud bethinks it is foolish not to do so. ? The country of the Armenians, j who are being massacred by the Turks, , borders ou the Black sea for several hundred miles, and has no other seacoast. The only entrance to the Black sea is through the strait of Darda- 1 uelles, the sea of Marmora, and the 1 Bosphorus. The Dardadelles and Bosphorus are both narrow passages of j i? .i? .. K o.w] TWb^.. IC?? L LIU Li U UillC IU " 1UIU, ?u\( u.n\ J . controls them both with powerful , fortresses on either side. By the treaty of 1878, just after the war between Russia and Turkey, it was agreed that each of the more powerful European natious should be allowed to maintaiu one guardship each, in the 1 Black sea; but no more. Since the recent disturbances began, it has developed that one guardship each is not nearly sufficient to protect the interests of foreigu nations. Sometime ago? about the 17th of November?the European nations asked for the admission of another guardship each. This would give the balance of Europe 1 more power in the Black sea than the sultan of Turkey had himself, and the sultan was rather inclined not to grant the desired permission. There has been a great deal of diplomatic correspondence in regard to the matter. The sultan was disposed to make one excuse and then another, to train time; but when it became clear that if he did not give permission for the entrance of the ships, they would likely enter anyway, and he backed down. On Tuesday, be issued the necessary orders for the admission of the ships, which lost no time in passing the straits. There is now reason to believe that the terrible sufferings of the Armenian martyrs who are left will be somewhat ameliorated. ? Mary Thurman, daughter of Judge Thurman of Ohio, who was the candidate for vice president on the ticket with Cleveland at the time of the election of Harrison, is said to have struck a very rich find of gold out near Yuma, Colorado. When Judge Thurman was a senator, Mary was the recognized belle of Washington. She married a Lieutenant Cowles ; but they did not get along well, and he allowed her to get a divorce. c*ue weui tu irin? ou? married Thomas Gilford, a dashing adventurer, who afterward turned out to be a married man with a living wife and several children. She next married a prize fighter kuowu as Bug Holliday, and settled on some Colorado mineral lands purchased for her by her brother. She has been taking life at a pretty lively rate for several years, and is well-known throughout most of the mining camps of Southern California. The report is that she made the find of gold herself, while prospecting in the hills. It is said to be the richest fiud that has beeu unearthed for years. fthe ^torlu'illc (Enquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1895. = , ? The Republicans ofthe house seem inclined to construe Ambassador Bayard's remarks to the British at Boston, England, as a relleetion on the people of this country. Possibly, Mr. Bayard meant, such a thing; but we do not think so. To us it looks like a very diplomatic way of saying "You had better be careful how you rile those people. If you get them stirred up very badly, even their president will not be able to keep them off of you." ? An exchange gives the following good and sensible reasons for the hard times of which so many complain: "We let our timber rot and buy plow stocks, single trees, axehandlcs, hoeliandles and fences. We throw away our ashes and buy soap and axle grease. We give away our beet hides and buy heme strings and shoe strings. We let our manure go to waste and buy guano. We buy garden seed in the spring and buy cabbage in the winter. We let our land grow up with weeds and buy our brooms." ? "Citizens" of Broxton ford have written an anonymous letter in regard to the Isham Kearse murder, in which they attempt to excuse the perpetrators. According to the letter, the Negro sometime ago, made an attempt to commit a erimi nai assault on a ruspeuu&uie mauicu ??w?nan, not named. He is accused of being the author of several incendiary fires, and was an allround bad Negro. He was not whipped very badly, they say, and hero is how they account for his death : He had been stealing whisky from another Negro, and had a bottle of it in his pocket at the time he was whipped. The other Negro had found out that Isham was the thief, and had poisoned the whisky. It was the drinking of this poisoned whisky that caused his death. The old woman, they say, in effect was not hurt much, but just fell in the pond for the purpose ofgeting even with the people who had so justly tormented her. All this is written as a fact. If the Negro Isham really committed suicide, and the old woman died for spite, probably the lynchers (save the mark) ought not to be punished ; but is it , possible that there is a jury in any of the lower counties that could be induced to 1 believe these tlrngs? ? Though it is not unusual for hardened criminals, and even others for that niat tor, to nuiKe lignt 01 religion aou prvicss their unbelief when not in trouble, the worst of them weaken before they start ; for eternity. A young man named Harry Hay ward was convicted in Minneapolis sometime ago of having caused the murder of a dressmaker named Catherine Ging, about a year ago. The crime was ' horrible in its conception and brutal in ! its execution. The dressmaker had for sometime been furnishing Hayward with ( all the money he needed with which to sport and gamble, and have a big time j generally. He at last induced her to in- i sure her life for his benefit, and then paid ii man named Rlixt to murder her. The trial was notable in the criminal annals of 1 the country and nothing was left undone to save Hayward's neck. All efforts , were unavailing, however, and last week the governor of Minnesota signed the death warrant. During his imprison- i inent, Hayward has been a regular fiend. I He has spent most of the time in bitterly cursing his brothers and all his best 1 friends, and when the ministers and priests came to offer spiritual consolation, he would drive them away with the most Satanic blasphemy. He was hanged last Wednesday morning shortly before daylight. He marched to theseatfold with an unfaltering step, and talked to those about him, sometimes pleasantly and sometimes flippantly. He forgave the sherifi, his brothers and others whom he had previously cursed, and then while on the scaffold suddenly remembered that he I had promised to swing off with his friend's J dog in his arms. The idea was to give the dog "notoriety but the friend bad weakened and failed to have the dog on ' hand. Just before the drop fell he lifted up his eyes and said, "0, God for Christ sake, forgive all my sins." Then he told the executioner to pull the rope tight, that he would stand pat, and begged those around him not to lose their nerve. In the opinion of the f newspaper reporters, his prayer for forgiveness was nothing more than a hollow mockery, and possibly the reporters were correct; but all the same, it is likely that it meant a little more. Having given up ^ all hope in this world, he was not altogether past grabbing at a straw in the ^ next. ? The idea of holding a Southern exposition in Chicago seems to be a good one, 1 and if carried out is sure to result in great advantage to the South. Chicago is a hustling, wideawake city that now disputes with New Yoik the honor "of being the greatest metropolis of the United States. In a few years more there will be no room for dispute, for the outlook Is that she will be the greatest city, not only in the United States; but in the world. The business men of Chicago ^ are broad minded, liberal, wealthy, enterprising and equal to almost any undertaking. All their energies have been directed toward the West, and are toward the West yet. This has been one of the greatest influences in the development of that section. The South is a better and ii.. richer country man me ??eat on ?.? * or ever will be. It has more natural 2 resources, and is capable of more devel- f opment. For obvious reasons, a review ' of which is hardly worth while just at this time, neither New York nor Chicago ( lias ever taken the fullest advantage of I these facts, and it is likely that neither i city fully realizes their truth. A big f Southern exposition in Chicago will open j the eyes not only of that city; but of the whole North and Northwest as they i have never been opened before, and one i of the results will be a wonderful movement of capital and enterprise to this * section. It is probable that we will #be ( enabled to grow in a decade iis much sis ^ we could otherwise expect to grow in | half a century, and this long neglected \ Southland will speedily become one of the wealthiest and most progressive sections of the Union. We've got the f resources; there is no doubt of that. All that we need is the necessary capital j and enterprise for development, and no ( better plan has been suggested for getting a these things than through a big exposition at Chicago. Tjik Enquirer sincerely N hopes that the scheme will not be allow- ' ed to fall through. APTEK MR. BAYAIU). 1 Republicans Want to Impeach the Ainbas- a sailor to Great Itritaln. tl ? " - / .i? I p J lie nrst sensation 01 me jirrocm session of congress, wus sprung in the } house of representatives on Tuesday. 1 Representatives McCall and Barrett, of 1 Massachusetts, are the authors of it. ^ They wanted to impeach Thomas F. Bayard, embassador of the United States to Great Britain, for "high crimes and misdemeanors." Mr. Bay- aid's alleged offence is certain utterances made by him in different speech- ^ es to the British public, and reflecting j. on the government of the United ^ States. One of the objectionable utter- 8 ances was made at Boston, England, i on August 2, 1895, and published in the Loudon Times. It reads as fol- t lows: t "The president stands in the midst of a J strong, self-confident people and often- n times violent people; men who seek to u have their own way. It takes a real man ? tbn noonla nf j.Ha United States." A IU CI LI LUC pwj/iu v. The other speech to which exceptions 1 are taken, was made in Edinburgh, a Scotland on November 7. The portion a of it that especially rankles the Repub- ' lican statesmen from Massachusetts, reads as follows: "In my own country I have witnessed j the insatiable growth of a form of socialism styled protection, which has done . more to corrupt public life, banish men 11 of independent minds from public coun- h cils, and to lower the tone of the national f representation, than any other single ? cause. Protection, now controlling the , sovereign power of taxation, has been perverted from its proper function of ere- <* uting revenue to support the government a into an engine for selfish profit, allied 0 with combinations called trusts. It has thus sapped popular conscience by giving largessee to special classes, and it throws legislation into the political market, where jobbers and choppers take the place of c statesmen." I, The resolutions introduced by Rep- j resentative Barret are couched in the h form of a question of personal privi- c lege, and provide that the committee h on foreign relations ascertain whether g or not Mr. Bayard, really said what he is reported as saying, and if so, to re- f* port to the house by impeachment or & otherwise. In explaining his resolu- J( lion, Representative Barrett bitterly ? arraigned Mr. Bayard for his criticism '' of i he protection system. Mr. Crisp spoke in reply. He said ^ ihe resolution was nothing hut buncombe, and was introduced for the pur- ^ pose of giving the Republicans an op- a! portunity to air their tariff views. He a tulil ttie Kepuoucans uiai 11 iney were j, not satisfied with the Democratic .\ tariff, to dare introduce a bill them- d selves and not take it out in saying tl that such action is useless because of 1? the president and senate. Mr. Bayard's speech, he suid, was an able and ju6t S arugument against the doctrine of pro- ? lection, and if he was impeached, a s majority of the American people would el have to be impeached with him. As the result of the discussion, that " portion of the resolution suggesting impeachment, was stricken out, and s( the committee was instructed to simply A investigate whether or not Mr. Bayard j. had uttered the sentiments quoted, and jj to make such report as should he demanded by the premises. The house tl then adjourned until Thursday. ii \ LOCA1. AJFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I. C. Strauss?Wants you to lie certain to call on him for silverware for Christmas presents. He claims that nobody can sell you dress goods, notions, clothing, shirts, trunks or anything else cheaper that) he can. He will give a fashion sheet free to anybody. L M. Grist?Suggests a Rapid Writer fountain pen as a Christmas present. If you want one call on him. irist Cousins?Say they have canned tomatoes, canned goods, blended Java and Mocha coffee, Baker's chocolate, figs and raisins, ingredients for Christmas cakes, prepared buckwheat and cranberries. They want to buy eggs; but don't want butter or chickens. V. P. Marshall?Announces that Mr. Earnest Lowry, Jr., has succeeded Mr. Sam Intnan as a clerk in his store. iV. J. Miller?Gives notice that he has filed his final return with the judge of Srobate as executor of the estate of Mary liller, deceased, and that on the 16th of January, 1896, will apply for discharge, rbe Ganson Dry Goods Co.?Are still lookincr after the failures and picking up bargains for their customers. The latest they have got into is that of M. Wolfsheimer & Co., of Baltimore, large clothing dealers, and announce the purchase from the assignees of $5,000 worth of clothing, to be sold at less than half the costot manufacture. They also tell you about their dress goods, ladies' capes and hats, ladies', gents' and children's hosiery, gents' furnishing goods, blankets, trunks, valises, shoes, hats,, etc., all of which they are offering at prices calculated to make sales. <V. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pis?Will offer for sale for partition, real estate in the following cases: Jerome F. Whisonant vs. Sallie Whisonant and others. J. R. Cook et al., heirs-at-law of Dempsey Cook, deceased, against S. Mason Wallace and others. TAX COLLECTIONS. Tax collections up to date amount to inly about $22,000, out of a total book of 184,601.74, and things about the treasurer's iflice seem to be as quiet as a soda founain in February. People have become io accustomed to extentions that they are inable to realize how the books can be losed within the time prescribed by law. t is very likely that they will bo waked ip to the situation about next week, liowsver. Tuesday, December; .'11, is the last lay on which taxes may be paid without he penalty. There is no probability of m extention. So far, during the time the looks have been open, the treasurer has ssued only about .'1,700 receipts, and ihere ire something like 0,'100 still to be issued. Tom about the lirst of next week on, the reasurer'soffice will become so crowded hat it will take an individual from two o three hours to get a receipt after he apllies for it, and those who don't like to vait had better call early. WEEKLY Oil SEMI-WEEKLY. For the convenience of clubmakers brtitk Exquikkr, we have printed a lumber of blanks to facilitate thesending n of names without danger of any collusion. These blanks may be had on .pplication, either in person or by mail. Thk Enquihku is published both veekly and semi-weeklv, and thesubseriicr can have either edition at the same irice. Clubmakers are reques ed to desgnate, on subscription blank, the edition hat may bo wanted by each subscriber. In the absence of further instructions, 11 unhuAi-iliniM will lw> understood ,s preferring tho semi-weekly, and that dition will lie sent to tlietu as heretofore. They will he furnished the weekly edition, nstead, however, at any time they may ndieate a preference for it; or any subcriber who is receiving the weekly, may hange to the semi-weekly. THE RIVER IS OPEN. Although it is generally known that the ). R. & C. railroad undertook sometime go to open Broad river for navigation rom Mr. W. S. Wilkerson's "Darwin" dace down to Lockart Shoals, our readers lave not been informed as to the final reult. A reporter saw Superintendent .Tipp the other day ami got the facts. The work has been completed according o original intentions. The railroad auhorites first gave the job to a man from forth Carolina. He spent a great deal of noney and accomplished but little. The indertaking was then put in charge of dr. W. S. Wiikerson, of Hickory Grove, le pushed it with characteristic energy nd intelligence, and had the river open o quickly, and with such little expense, hat the railroad people were actually asonished. The river lias not been brought into use et. That is because tho big dam down at .ockhart has not been completed, and here are no satisfactory facilities for laming. For the present freights for Lockart are being hauled from Sharon and liekory Grove in wagons; but next stunner, a handsome steamer will be put on he river. It will not only lie used for arrying freight back and forth, but will lso be pressed into service for the pleasure f excursionists. WANTED TO SEE DOR AND A' ' . Boh Taylor and his brother Alf were in 'harlotte Tuesday night. Almost evcryody has heard of Boh and Alf. Bob is a iemoorat, and Alf is a Republican. Bob as been a member 01 congress aim guvrnor, and Alt" has been to congress. The tepublicans put Alf up against Hob for ( overnor once; l>ut they got left. The umpaign, however, made both brothers minus all over the United States, ; specially on account ol' their remarkable lint debate's. Alf discussed the issues f the day and talked sense. Hob played i is fiddle and talked nonsense. The eople elected Hob, and he made the est governor that Tennessee ever had. low the brothers are entertaining the eople throughout the country with a itrions creation of Hob's known as "Dixie i nil Yankee Doodle," and called by them j kind of a lecture. Their entertainment | 1 Charlotte was a rousing success. .CCOruillg lO l ue ?'uscrver <u u nimnny, a feature of the entertainment was i ic presence of Captain S. K. White, who i referred to as follows: j "In the audience last night was Captain i . K. White, of Fort Mill, S. C., a wearer < f the gray and a believer in the old outh, not the new. Captain White trav- i Is a great deal South; hut lie will not ross the Mason and Dixon line. lie was itroduced to ex-Governor "Boh" last ight, and the two who "love Dixie hest, | eeausc it is the hest" held hands for >ine minutes in cordiality of greeting | nd sympathy of word and spirit. Cap- i nil White told Governor Taylor that e had begun the erection of a monument < ) the faithful servants who stayed on i ae plantations during the war. He itends also building a monument to the women of the Confederacy. Governor Taylor said lie wanted to help Captain White in the work." LOCAL LACONICS. Until January 1890. Either ThkTwick-a-wkkk Enquirer or The Weekly Enquirer, will be furnished from this date until January 1, 1896, for 15 cents. Cotton Sales. The cotton sales on the Yorkville market from wagons yesterday amounted to about 75 hales. The best price during the day was 8.05. Sentenced l>y Anderson. King and Hill, the two Negroes mentioned in Wednesday's edition as having been sent to the chain gang for stealing turkeys, were sentenced by Trial Justice Anderson, of Kbenezer, instead of Sanders, of Bethesda, as stated. Getting in Good Shape. The O. K. & C. people are devoting themselves with especial energy to putting theii roadbed in lirst class condition. We have it on the best authority that as much as $3,000 per month is being spent on the trestles alone. Got What They Wanted. Rock Hill Herald: Our people are greatly pleased that Rev. H. B. Browne is to remain pastor of the Rock Hill Methodist church. When the appointi.oiuir read Mondav afternoon I and the clerk announced, "Rock Hill station?H. B. Browne," the congregation applauded heartily. The demonstration only attested the general feeling of satisfaction in our city. Gold Mining in York. There has been considerable money spent in goldtnining in this county during the past few years. As to whether any has been made, we are unable to say. Usually, goldmincrs keep their business pretty well to themselves. A reliable gentleman in this vicinity, however, who is the owner ofagoldmining property that is badly wanted by numerous prospectors, informs us that this spring will witness greater activity among the miners in this section than has been known for years. The Cntawhas. Tacre are only 55 Catawba Indians on the reservation in this county now. When Mr. A. K. Smith took charge as agent for the Indians in 1882. the tribe numbered 05. Shortly afterward Mormon missionaries got among them and induced quite a number to move to Colorado, and only a few of these were ever able to got back. Mr. Smith thinks that the condition of the Indians is improving slightly rather than otherwise. First of the Season. If those of our subscribers who have imi,. nnnora of the issue for November 20, will take the trouble to look it up, they will find in our Chester weather prophet's prediction for December, the following : "12 and 14, very cool with some appearances of snow." Yesterday was December 12, and at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, it began snowing. At the time Thk Enquirer went to press, it was uncertain as to whether or not the snow was going to lie, Due thing is certain, however, our prophet got there that time, and we herewith commission him to continue his prognostications during next year. Rock Hill 1m for It. The idea of holding a big Southern exposition in Chicago sometime soon, originated in Augusta, (in. One of the tirst things done by the projectors was to send telegrams to the mayors of various towns throughout the South asking for endorsement and support. Mayor Hutchison immediately telegraphed the fullest sympathy of Hock Hill, and it has since developed that he was the first mayor heard from. The idea has since been endorsed by most of the citic-s consulted, and so far the project seems to be a go. A public meeting is to he held in Rock Hill this afternoon for the purpose of taking further action. Across the County. Captain Iredell Jones, of Rock Hill, suggested to a reporter for Thf. Enquirer the other day, that one of the best uses that could possibly be made of the York county chain gang just now, would be the construction of a first class macadamized road from Rock Hill to Yorkville. The reporter has repeated the suggestion to different thoughtful and progressive citizens, with the result that the idea is notdnly endorsed, but enlarged upon. It is nothing but talk, of course ; but here is the shape it is in: "Let the ? hole convict gang be put on the construction of a first class macadamized road from Rock Hill to Blacksburg, by way of Yorkville, and then, ' l? alter IHHt is compieieu, uegiu iuc st ruction of another road across thecounty from north to south, or diagonally across." There appears to he in these suggestions something that is worth thinking about. ABOUT PEOPLE. Jno. It. Hart, Esq., spent a few days in Blacksburg this week on business. Mrs. W. 15. deLoach is visiting relatives in Camden this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown Wylie returned Wednesday from the exposition. Mrs. Ford, of Reliuont, X. C., is in Yorkvillc, visiting the Misses Williams. Prof. Kobt. J. Herndon went up to Maiden, N. C., Thursday to take charge of a hand. Miss Rosborough, ofTampieo, Mexico, is visiting the family of Dr. M. Kuykendal. Miss Georgia and Miss Lillian Withers ire visiting friendsand relatives at f.enoir, X.C. Mrs. M. F. Fuller, of Ninety-Six M visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brica^on Jartwright avenue. / Misses J aide I). Wardlaw, ofCt^hnibia, jnd Fannie Wardlaw, of < lattheraCity, are in Yorkville, visiting the family- ofCap:ain Withers Adiekes. # Mr. A. Frank McConnell j^turned on Wednesday after a pleasant yjsu 10 relatives in Alabama. \ Miss Eula Caskey has closjd her school it Harmony temporarily op account o measles, and returned to her Rome in Lancaster. \ 1 Hev. J. P. Knox and wifoAof Hickory drove, spent a tew days in Ydtkville this week with Mr. J. S. Price's family. Miss Daisy (list and Mastefc Edward i Pinley, dr., are visiting relatives and friends in Charlotte, X. C. W. B. deLoach, Esq., is attending the jrand lodge of the Masons which met in Charleston, this week. Misses Ida and Hattie deLoach returned mi Saturday after a pleasant visit to friends in Camden. Misses Lizzie Hunter and Straussie Walker went to Charleston on Tuesday last to spend the Christmas holidays with Miss Norma Strauss. "Capiu" W. B. Williams, Jr., has ac- * cepted a position with the Southern Hailway company at Rock Hill. < Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Briee, of Woodwards, are visiting their son, Mr. J. M. Briee, near Yorkville. Miss Jennie Ilart returned home on Wednesday from a visit to friends near Guthriesville. Mr. Sam M. Scott, of Sharon, returned ? ( on Tuesday alter a pie asant visit to relatives at McCains, Tenn. Misses Hattie and Eula Lowry returned home this week alter an extended visit to the Atlanta exposition and relatives in 1 Americus, <ia. i MEKE MENTION. Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania, has announced his Intention to retire from the * senate at the expiration of his present [term. A member of the Virginia [ senate has introduced a bill to fine eoun| ties in which lynchings take place at the rate of &J00 for every 1,000 inhabitants. The Italian army in Abyssinia met a disastrous defeat one day last week. Over 700 soldiers were killed A regiment of the Ohio National guards visited the Atlanta exposition not long, ago and it has developed that seven members deserted in Atlanta, and went to join the insurgents. President Cleveland has gone to the coast of North Carolina to shoot ducks. There are between 30 and 40 contested -election cases before congress. A movement is on foot for 106 Homing 01 <x uig oouiuciu capuoimvu in Chicago, 111., as soon as the necessary details can be urraged. Captain Albert ,n Dreyfus, the French army oflicer who, in January hist, was publicly degraded and banished to French Guiana for life, for selling plans of French fortifications to Germans, has made his escape. Representative Talbert haslintroduced in the house a joint resolution enjoining the secretary of the treasury from a further issue of bonds, and directing him to coin the seigniorage of the uncoined silver in the treasury, amounting to about $65,000,000 The senate has confirmed the nontination of Kul'us \V. Peekham, to be associate justice of the United States supreme court. As to Local Preachers.?The following resolutions introduced by Rev. YV. P. Mcadors, and adopted by the recent Methodist conference, is of more or less interest to members of the ^ Methodist denomination : "In order to preserve peace and harmony in our conference, be it "Resolved 1. That it is the sense ol this conference that no local preacher should enter the territory of any other preacher in this conference, without an invitation from those in charge of that territory and thereby brought under their control. "2. That every preacher in charge shall be held responsible for his loeal preachers *. and required to restrain them whenever they go beyond the bounds of his charge without an invitation from the preacher in charge where lie proposes to work. I ? .,11 ...nn/.lmru in who ' O. I Hill ... employ disloyal local preachers, or unau- * thorized or unreliable evangelists, are not < worthy to receive an appointment among us." The Charleston Elect ion. The Charleston municipal election held on last Tuesday resulted in a victory for the regular Democratic ticket headed by Smythe by the small plurality of only 278 votes out of a total poll of about 4,500. The regular Democracy has also elected a small majority of the members of the municipal council. Lensed to the Trust. The Globe Phosphate company, of , Columbia, has leased its plant and business to the Virginia and Carolina Chemical company, of Virginia, for the term of four years. Dr. T. C. Robertson, the present manager of the ninho oomnnnv. will continue in .vwv X J 7 charge. AT THE CHURCHES associate reformed presbyterian. Rev. Boyce H. Grier, pastor. York- - j ville?Sunday-school at 10o'clock a. m. , Tirzah?Services on Sunday morning at 4 11.30 o'clock. J episcopal. m Rev. Robt. A. Lee, minister. Morning ^ service at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school I in the afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Evening prayer at 7.30 o'clock. presbyterian. Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. Sunday school at 3 o'clock p. m. Services on Sun- > day morning at 11 o'clock and in the evening at 7 o'clock. baptist. Rev. W. J. Langstou, pastor. Yorkville?Sunday-school at 10 o'clock, a. m. Services Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Union?Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Iflarkct Jlcporfs. YORK VILLE, Decernber 13.?Cotton 7j to 8. NEW YORK, December 11.?Cotton 8J. Futures closed barely steady with sales of 12*2,100 bales as follows: December, 8.20; - '' no-. A f U January, ; renruary, o.-i ; niiuuu, 8.3-3 ; April. 8.J7; May, 8.41; June, 8.45; , July, 8.40 ; August,8.47; Septlmber, 8.18; October, 8.00; November, S.07 Special jftotires. j Mt. Vernon iLU<J-81uuly Grove. Rev. R.A^'Yoiigue will preach at Mt. Verimu'vcl]iir<,h, Hickory Grove, next Suiirtay morning at 11 o'clock and at miady Grove church at J o'clock, p. in. J. E. LKKCH. $3,000.00 for $33. OO. C'iikstkr, S. December 10, 1895. Messrs. Sam M. A L. Geo. Grist, General Agents Mutual Reserve Fund Life i ... .. V- %r j Association, hi acw ium. . Gentlemen: I am in receipt of check Xo. 10,(>{."), for ?1,000.00, on The Xational c Park Rank of New York, the same being payment in full of policy Xo. IS'!,576 issued by your company 30th day of last March, on the life of my husband, John C. James, and on which he had only paid ?33 in premiums. You have paid the claim nearly two months before it was really due according to the terms of the policy. Allow me to thank you and the , otlicers of your association for the courtesies received at your hands. [Signed.] Sarah H. James. P. S.?If the late John C. James had taken an ordinary life policy, in an Old System company, and paid it the same .> amount in premiums as ho paid the Mu- J tual Reserve, his widow would only have i received $1,380 instead of $3,000. Gain by / insuring in Mutual Reserve, 91,620. /' December 13 87 fit S