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?mtp.$ and Jacts. ? The adoption by the house of representatives of the resolutions recognizing Cuban belligerency has reuewed the feeling of the Spaniards against the Americans, and the Spanish government has begun to exercise every possible precaution to keep down such outbreaks as occurred during the excitement occasioned by the passage of the resolutions sometime back. ? The army of Spain on a peace footing consists of 120,000 men. On a war footing it is raised to 480,000 men, with 510 guns. The colonial forces, including militia, number 286,000. Service is compulsory on all for eight years in Spain, or four years in the colonies. The navy consists of 126 steam vessels including seven ironclads, and about 22,000 men. ? It is generally presumed among newspaper men that the Associated and United Press are non-partisan and that in all cases they furnish their 1A t? VWIMSM KmiAMnlnkofl fonto P&irOOB Wit U pmiu uuvaiuioiicu iavio. The report from the Crisp-Smith joint debates, however, incline us to think differently. One association has it that everything goes Smith's way, and the other gives everything to Crisp. It seems that the reports of neitber assodation \ are to be relied upon implicitly. > ? The black plague, the most dreadful of Asiatic scourges, has broken out in Hong Kong, China, and thousands of people are dying from it daily. The authorities managed to keep the existence of the plague secret for a time, for commercial reasons ; but now that the matter has become known, the San Francisco authorities are becoming very much alarmed for fear that the disease may find its way to that city and even into the interior of the United States. ? New York State is greatly stirred on account of what .is known as the Raines liquor law. The law fixes liquor licenses at from $400 to $800. Screens are prohibited. A saloon cannot be located within 200 feet of a school bouse or church. No liquor can be sold at night or 6h Sunday on paih of heavy penalties. The effects of the law were first felt in New York city on last Sunday, and there was a mighty wail from the liquor element everywhere. ? The spectacle was presented ttie other day in a civil court in New York of a millionaire landlord urging , - a. justice to dispossess a poor family from one of his tenements because there was $1 due him for rent. The judge was indignant. He asked the millionaire what he meant by such cruelty; but the heartless landlord merely replied that he wanted his money. The judge then paid the dollar due for rent to the meanest millionaire on earth, while the spectators chipped in and gave the poor laborer enough to tide him over until the clouds roll by. . ? Hiram W. Jones and Aretas Hoyt, two politicians, came to blows at Port Jervis, New York, a few days ago. Hoyt was the aggressor and struck the first blow. Jones sought revenge by swearing out a warrant. Realizing that he would be convicted, Hoyt hurried to the office of the magistrate, gave himself up, plead guilty and was fined $2. Jones got to the office of the magistrate after the case had been duly disposed of aud was non-plussed. He maa Mm mnnh HiAnnninted. however. ,y,.j - rr , because be had hoped that if the case had been allowed to take the usual course, bis assailant would have been more severely punished. ? The goldbugs down in Georgia are getting somewhat desperate. Their last trick is to try to make it appear that Mr. Crisp has also been a goldbug. They say that when Crisp was elected speaker in 1893, he appointed on the committee of coinage, weights and measures a majority of anti-silventes. Crisp answers with an emphatic denial. He says that he made up the committee so as to give the silver men a majority of one, and that the goldbugs afterward managed to induce Mr. Kilgore, who had previously been a silver man, to turn over to the other side. This, it will be generally remembered, is the whole truth in regard to the matter. ? A horrible tragedy occurred at Talbotton, Ga., on last Monday. Dr. W. L. Ryder, a prominent dentist, had for a long time been paying attention to Miss Sallie Emma Owen, a beautiful and accomplished society belle. On Monday Miss Owen was visiting the home of a frieud. A. P. Persous, a member of the Georgia legislature, was also a visitor at the same house ? ?.?? r,r> nr o nlooconf phot. With auu ?aa iiaviug n pivuouuv vumv Miss Owen. Presently Dr. Ryder entered the room armed with a double barreled shotgun. Without warning, he deliberately raised the gun and fired at Miss Owen. The charge tore half of her head pff and killed her instantly. The second barrel was fired at Persons, and wounded him slightly. Ryder theu threw his guu away and ran. He was pursued and recaptured, but it was found that he had attempted suicide by cutting his throat. He is now in a critical condition. Insane jealousy is generally Supposed to have been the cause of his brutal action. ?The Humane society,of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is after one Santanelli, a hypnotist, with a sharp stick. A few days ago Santanelli proposed, as an exhibition of his powers, provided some one would volunteer to undergo the test, to throw a subject into a deep sleep and keep him in that condition for a week without food or drink, neither of which, the hypnotist claimed, the man would require. A man named James Mahoney volunteered to subject himself to the experiment, and Santanelli hypnotized him according to promise. After four or five days, the Humane society became interested and tried to induce Santanelli to bring the matter to an eud. Santanelli refused, and the Humane society had him arrested. In the meantime the doctors are carefully watching the temperature and respira tion of Mahoney, and although the ] sleeping man has not yet had anything either to eat or drink, the understandis that he is still in almost as good E condition as if he had heen asleep for only a single night. " T i?hc ^tlorluilk (inquirer. j " ~ " ir YORKVHiLB, 8. C.: ir ? ;?s 4 in FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1896. nr ?? ? t? ? The issue in the Democratic party u now is, shall voters in the primary be ji pledged to support the national nominee ti of the party, or shall they be left at liber- ^ ty to act in the matter as they see fit. By. ^ the action of the State executive Ijcmiinit- jp tee, the matter will be decided at fhe State ai con vention. There is a large element in the State that favors sticking to the party ? under any and all circumstances, and 11 there is another large element that he- f t< lieves in following Senate xman, lead- tj where he will. The sit' ion is a grave u one and the result unce- .; but the out- is look iathat if the State .nvention says fi "free silver or bolt," then the elem'enf that is in favor of sticking to the party will claim that it is all that is left of the organization, and hereafter there must be b two distinct and well defined parties in ^ the State. This generation has not seen ^ much politics yet; but just now it is in a y very fair way to make up for lost time. h ?'?' , . > STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. U Leaves the Bolt or No Bolt Question to the V May Convention. - H The State Democratic executive 11 committee assembled in Columbia last " Tuesday night in obedience to the call of Chairman Irby, for the purpose of d considering certain matters supposed w to be of vital interest to the party. w Senator Irby explained the object of tj the meeting in a long speech. One $ iL! ^n-uo tn vi'han ... Llllllg) UC Ottivij nao w uwiuv * ?ivu ^ local clubs should be called together ai and when county conventions should ei be held. There is an ambiguity in the L' constitution in regard to the matter b and this should be settled. Then; s< again, there had been open threats tl of a bolt from the Chicago convention a in the event that that convention (ails P to do certain things. The Democratic ft party of the State has met and defeat- ^ ed bolters and independents before. The movement that is now threaten- n ed, however, is more formidable, and ^ what is to be done? Shall our 18 gj delegates put themselves in the post- ^ tion of dictating to the thousand j( delegates at Chicago? What policy is ? to be pursued ? No, if we send dele- 8( gates to that convention we must do it in good faith and pledge them to abide the will of the majority. In order to do that we must prescribe a test of o Democracy in club membership and h carry it on through to the State con- o: vention. 01 After the conclusion of Senator T Irby's remarks there was a roll call, and presently a motion to go into " --j ??u? h mi; uiuiw ciiiii vwumj vvutviiviwM ... actions hereunder will be governed and " guided by the constitution of the Demo- I cratic party of South Carolina, adopted in ] State convention, at Columbia, S. C., c September 19, 1894. 2 After this the meeting adjourned. j The vital question is left for settlement j by tlie Stuie convention, and, so far, j Senator Tillman seems to rather ahead of Senator Irby. I secret session auu cauiuuc iur spectators and newspaper men. Mr. Gadsden, of Charleston, opposed the ^ secrecy idea ; but was outvoted 25 to a, 8 as follows: 1( For open session: Messrs. Martin, Cun- 8) ningbam, Parrott, Gray, Irby, Jones, J Keels, Jackson. 11 For secret session: Messrs. A. Y. Jones, y Jordon, Mayfield, Sweeney, Badham, it Watson, Traylor, McCowan, McSweeney, Derhani, Elliott, Evans, W. D. Sligh, ,j Stribling, Earle, Lowman, Redfearn, Etird, Montgomery, Robinson. Bennett. 01 A. 0. Lyles, Black well, Glenn and m Donalson. t( Mr. J. A. Sligh offered a resolution pj to the effect that it is uuwise for the b committee to undertake and discuss ri matters that belong more appropriate- r< ly to the State Democratic convention, tl and, furthermore, the only duty that b ' 1?. nAxinvm in y inis commui-etj uau jjrupcnj ^uviuj ?o to direct the reorganization of local & clubs and the holding of couuty and w State conventions. el Mr. J. W. Gray moved that no one he elligible to club membership who is ir not a qualified voter in the primary ^ and who will not pledge himself to T support all Democratic nominees, 0 county, State and uational. w There was some discussion of the resolutions. Mr. Sligh supported the tr resolution that had been offered by j( himself, and Senator Irhy made a ft redhot speech in favor of that offered " by Mr. Gray. The matter was finally ic compromised by the adoption of the w following offered by Mr. Efird : c< Resolvid, That each county chairman a be requested to call a meeting ot each a! Democratic club in his county to be held on the second day of May, 1896, for the ,, purpose of organizing the clubs for ensuing campaign ; of electing one executive u committeman to represent the club iu o the county executive committee for the I ensuing two years, of electing one repre- j, sentative for each 25 names or majority fraction thereof on the club roll at the first last preceding primary election, to repre- b sent the club in the county convention to be held at the county seat on the first c Monday in May, and he is further re- ^ quested to call a meeting of the Democrat- 4, ic county convention to be held at the county seat on the first Monday in May, t< 1896, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of g electing a county executive committee and a State executive committeeman for the next ensuing two years, and of electing the number of representatives to t: which his county is entitled, to represent t such county in the State Democratic con- r vcntion to be held at the State capital on ? the third Wednesday in May, 1896. That . *l.? .....1 ..St,1,-nutwill ill their LOCAL AFFAIRS, INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ' ?r. J. B. Delvaux.?Wants to secure the services of a number ot salesman to sell his medicines throughout South Car olina. W. Speeck, Jeweler.?Announces thai he has opened a shop in the store ro'ori of J. M. Ferguson, where he is preparec to repair clocks, watcher and jewelry.^ " ' * THE DOORS ARE OPEN.-' "I have not got a sing'e prisoner now,' lid SheriffCrawforditi the presence of tin eporter on Tuesday, "and the doon re wide open. It is the first time thai ich a condition basexisted Since I bav< een sheriff." The statement was quite interesting, anc le reporter took occasion to make som< iquiry as to former conditions. Upoi iquiry of Mr. W. D. Glenn, son of tbi ite sheriff, that gentleman said : "I have known it to occur once, anc isybe twice; but I am not exactly cer tirf. The time I remember more partic larly was some years ago, ana we wer< ist About to take advantage of the oppo inity to give the jail a thorough scouring ut before it had been empty half a day e got another prisoner.; During the hole ftweqty-three" years we were in thi lil.^itcVas npt empty more tban( twjc^ ad niaybe only once.'* * After, the jail had been emptied oq Tues ay afternoon, a negro named Jake Free tan was brought over from Rock Hil nd confined until he could be transferred > the cbaiqgang. But after bis departure le doors were again thrown open, :atSd ie probability is that the next prisonei i to be treated to a spell of solitary con fieme'nt.. * *.. ' / WANTED AN OPTION. "One of the option-takere you hav< een talking about was at my bouse i ay or two ago," said Mr. G. R. Wallac* ) the reporter on Wednesday. "I do no! now that it was one of those to whon ou especially referred; but all the same e wanted an option." "And you gave it to him ?" suggested ie reporter. "Ob, yes; I gave it to him," replied"Mr Wallace with a do-you-see-any-green-in ?y-eye loc>k. _ "He wanted-to secprp cpn ol of my mine tor $5 down and j$5 i mnth so long as he worked it. Iobservec ' ' k -t.il Arx aill sai ne aiu nut oungtue uimwu w ??..j rork ; bat only to pay in the. event he id. The paper looked like it was all mj 'ay at first glance; but you know I hav< sen the gentlemen before. I proposec sat I would muke a contract on a basis o 25 down and $25 a month, provided h< rould bind himself to spend a certaii mount of money in developing the prop rty and work it a Certain length of time Fnder these conditions I would also agre< eforehand on a price at which I woult ill at any time he should see fit to tendei se money. He did not take me up thei isd there; but if he does not take it, thi roperty will keep and I will finally get i sir price for it. I have no fear on tha sore." Mr. Wallace's property is some fivi siles northeast of Yorkville and has th< sputAtion of being a first class-mine. Ii set, in times past it has yielded a con iderable amount of valuable ore, an< sere are those who say that it contaim >ts of gold yet. But the option peopli say as well let him alone. He know: smetbing about mining himself. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. The "Lilly White," or Melton factioi f the Republican party in this county eld its county convention in the hal f the colored Odd Fellows in Yorkville n Friday, 3rd instant. A reporter fo 'he Enquirer was present; but oi ccount of the unusual demand for spaci s Wednesday's edition of the paper, i as been necessary to defer the repor f the proceedings until today. A - 3 - The convention was canea orue y County Chairman S. P. Foster who Iter reading the call, made a somewba mgtby but very temperate explanatory jeecb. He reviewed the history of th< Republican party in this State for severe ears past, spoke of a number of instance) i which be thought that the party leader light have accomplished something prac cal had they been willing to make thi [fort, and gave this alleged derelictioi I duty as the reason for the present effor > reorganize the party. He spoke of tin Republican State convention that wa eld in Columbia on the 5th day of Feb lary, 1895. Said that there the idea o ^organization was determined upon, ant lere he got his commission to do wba e could for the Republican party it ork county. Since that time he ha iven the work all of his time, and hi as gratified to see, as the result of hii [forts, the most representative Republi in convention that had ever assemblec i York county. It would not be thi olicy of the new party, he said, t< ntagonize the white people of the State he Negro does not want to rule. Hi nly asks a guarantee of the rights b hich he is entitled under the constitu on and laws of the State, and the way > get those rights is by an orderly ant idicious use of the ballot. "We are hen >r business," said Foster, in conclusion and not for any boisterous display o lie bluster. Let it be said of us whei e have gone to our homes, that w< inducted ourselves decently and in sucl manner as to command tne respect w II good people, both white and colored.' Before taking his seat,Foster announcet iat the convention was ready to go int< preliminary organization by theelectior f a temporary chairman and secretary t. B. Colbert and G. W. Ingram were pu i nomination. There were no furthei ominations, and the election was carriet y acclamation. Upon motion of Dr. J. VV. Prather, th< hairrnan appointed committees on "ere lentials," "resolutions und addresses,' nominations," etc. The convention thei [>ok a recess until 1.30 o'clock in order t< ive the various committees time in whicl o get up their reports. After recess, the committee on notnina ions made its report as follows: Forcoun y chairman, S. P. Foster; for county sec etary, S. L. Hardin; for county treas irer, Rev. W. S. Thompson. Delegate o the State convention : S. P. Foster, J iV. Prather, T. F. Hunt, G. W. Gates, C \ T. White, E. D. White, 0. W. Ingram li. R. ltoddey. Delegates to the distric onvention to convene in Chester on Apri 3: S. P. Foster, J. W. Prather, T. F lunt, E. D. White, C. P. T. White, J. F ackson, G. W. Ingram. All of thenom nees were elected unanimously. . After the elections came the addresses 'ursuantto the report of the committe t tbepe were made by Rev. J. C. Coin and f t>r. J. W. Prather. e Coin made quite a lengthy speech. He ii i first spoke of the Negro as a factor in the i ' citizenship and prosperity of the State. If He maintained the right of the Negroes 8 t pn organize and protect their interests at 1 i the'ballot box, and insisted that if they is 1 were honest and upright in their dealings, ~ t^ey wese; bound to win the respect rather than, the contempt of all good white n men. "lam no Democrat," he said, "neith' eram I a Tillmanite; but, brothers, Mr. j| 3 Tillman has done more for us than any |] * other white man. He may not have in- t t tended to do it; but he did. When be took 5 away the b&llot from those Who cannot ] read, he put us on our manhood, and I e ' thank him for it. We have no quarrel, f * A11 we have to do now is to 'go in and c 1 learn to read. All of us can do that. We 3 have no right to vote until we can read ; ^ but when .we do learn how to read we a 1 will be in a position to protect ourselves ( * at the ballot box." e Dr. Prather spoke very much in the g 3 same strain. He first, however, addressed " a few remarks against the Webster faction. ? "These men," he said, "are not working j for the best interest of our race. They 0 5 want to rule or ruin. We want only that fl 3 -which is best for ourselves and; families, j, * .and we are willing to give our allegence ^ to the leader from whom we have reason n " to hope for the wisest and most unselfish v " counsel. That man is Melton. But if we t * find that he is not doing what he ought to l do, ail we have to do is to drop him." As Q 3 Xg registration, Prather advised his hear- t ' era to go to the courthouse and make ap- ^ plication for certificates. "In case you " can comply with the requirements of the ^ *iaw," he said, "I trUst that you will have j no difficulty in getting your certificate; ( but if you find that you are justly and j 3 lawfully disqualified, make no complaint, j Just go on home and determine to learn . to read aud write so as to be able to cornply with the law." ' ? . When Dr. Prather concluded, Chair- ' ^ man Foster read the published instruetions as to how to register, advised his 8 I hearers to lose no time in qualifying themselves to vote, and then announced that a t motion for adjournment was in order. " The convention then adjourned after a I wtijet, orderly and good tempered session 3 . $)/ab<mt-tfaree hours. 4 a J :' ABOUT PEOPLE. 8 * r 5 Mr. J. A. Tate, of Columbia, is in town. j. T Mr. M. L. Carroll was in town this week. 3 Mr. A. M. Grist left last night for New 1 York city. j f . Captain and Mrs. J. Robt. Lindsay are ' 5 in New York. ^ 1 C. P. Sanders, Esq., of Spartanburg, is . in Yorkville. Mr. Crawford Moore went over to Rock 8 3 Hill Wednesday. 1 Mr. W. P. Harrison left last week for ^ r Columbia for the benefit of his health. . i MissArabelle Wilson, of Rock Hill, is a yisitiug the family of Mr. B. N. Moore. v ? Mr. Peyton Moore, of Chester, visited t relatives and friends in Yorkville this week. s j. Mr. B. D. Springs and family, of Fort -Jmoi arc viaifincr Mr. and Mrs. Thos. ^ ^ F. McDow. * Miss Lula McClain visited relatives and F 1 friends at Rock Hill last week, the guest v 9 of Miss Edna Owen. ^ 9 Mrs. Emma McClain and children, of 11 B' Dallas, N. C., visited relatives and friends 11 in Yorkville this week. a Mrs. N. B. Bratton, of Gutbriesville ' spent several days in Yorkville this week 8 i with.relatives and friends. e ,< v'Mii? Christine RufF and Master Will * I Sherfesse, of Rock Hill, visited the fami- 1 , ly of Dr. C. M. Kuykendal last week. I r Miss Minnie Hasjam, who has been II speuding the winter with the family of a a' Mr. T. B. McClain, left last Thursday for a t her home at Middletown, N. Y.' . J t Mrs. D. M. Castles and children return- * ed to their home at Kershaw last Monday, 1 r after a pleasant visit to relatives and v , friends at Smvrna and Yorkville. 15 t s 7 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. * a When The Enquirer went to press on J 1 Tuesday night, the court was engaged on 9 the case of J. H. Sutton against the Fort 3 8 Mill ^Manufacturing company. This was 11 * a suit on a due bill for $116.30, and interest * 8 from the first day, of January 1804. The 1 defendant admitted giving the due bill as ^ t claimed by the defendant; but alleged 1 8 that said due bill was obtained by mis8 representation, and that a certain wood y - ticket, which was a part of the considers- s f tion, had been altered. The defendant C 1 also admitted that it owed plaintiff the o t sum of $43; but set up a counter claim for e i that amount. The jury returned a ver- I 8 diet for the plaintiff in the sum of $43. r 8 The next case was that of Tillman R. e 8 Gaines against J. S. Drakeford, a suit in- ii - volving the ownership of the building and ^ 1 lot in Yorkville known as the Old Baptist o 8 church property. The plaintiff claimed o 8 that he bought the lot on which the build- c . ing stands some 20 years ago with his T 8 own money, and that afterward he erect- d \ it tho <?Vinpi'h hiiihlitKr with funds b - subscribed for the purpose by members e 7 of the church and others. He produced E 1 the titles to the property, which are in 3 his own name, and demanded the lot; z , but made no claim to the building. ii f The suit was defended by the Baptist 1 1 church, which had sold the properly to v 2 the defendant and guaranteed the titles, t i The church people claimed first that the ii t property was theirs by right of ten years o ' adverse possession ; and second, that it r 1 had been originally purchased by the t } plaintiff as trustee, with funds that had t i been contributed and placed in his hands 1 . for the purpose, and even if the propeity t t did not belong to defendant by right of a r adverse possession, it did so belong as v 1 the rightful owner of the misapplied I funds with which it had been purchased, v 3 The question was a mixed one of law 1 - and equity, and his honor instructed the ti ' jury to determine first whether the prop- r i erty belonged to the defendant by right a > of ad verse possession ; and second, whethJ er or not the property had been origi- f nally purchased with plaintiff's own a L funds or with the funds that had been t - vested in the plaintiff as trustee. c After remaining out about an hour, the r - n J,, u'lii/ih ihn t Jin J ICtUUICU mm u tviuivv ill KMivu ?>JV ? first proposition was answered in favor of i . the plaintiff, Gaines; but the second prop- c L osition remained unanswered, llis honor 'J . sent the jury back to agree upon the t t second proposition, and finally it return- I 1 ed an answer to the effect that the testi- li mony on that point was not sufficiently n clear to warrant a conclusion. The mat- t - ter was then left with Judge Witherspoon. s Ho has not yet announced his decision. tl i. The next case taken up was that of s e Frank Barnett vs. F. A. Crawford, a suit s r>r the recovery of property sold under si xecution. The case grew out of an E tsue between J. H. Sutton and B. D. S Springs. Springs bad the sheriff to tl avy on certain property as that of ai lutton, and Sutton claims the property h jelonged to certain tenants. The court u 3 still working on the case. H LOCAL LACONICS. w Ir. Rankin FalU Dead. il Mr. J. Rankin Falls, an aged and prom- A nent citizen of Oaston county, died ai his lome near Pleasant Ridge last week. fi fntll January 1897. TRe Twice-a-week Enquirer, or " ?he Weekly Enquirer will be furnish- ? d from this date to January, 1st, 1897, i>r $1.38. Ine Cent a Mile. f; The Young Men's Business league, of ii ;harleston, has secured a rate of one cent mile from all points in the State to the ^ Confederate re-union in Charleston. Tick- a ts will be put on sale April 21, and will be u ;ooa w return uutu apru *i, iuuuoivo. ? licab Jenkins Camp. A regular meeting of Camp Micab g enkins was helfr after the adjournment e if the county convention of veterans s: in Monday. It was decided to accept the a nvitation to go to Richmond in June, and P lelegates were elected to the big encamp- t, nent in dharlestao: The roll of the camp 8l /as signed by 40 or more new1 members, d Easier Election. Thb annual Easter election of the Church f the Good Shepherd, Yorkville, was leld on April 6 and resulted as follows: 1 Vardehs-Geo. W. 8. Hart, M. C. Willfel Vestrymen?C. M. Kuykendal, J. 0. c Valker. W. F. Marshall, liy. B. Moore, I. A. Bratton. Delegates to Diocesan k Jouncil?G. T. Radcliffe, Geo. W. S. fi iart, J. E. Dowry, W. B. Moore. ., tilled by a Lever. I Shelby Aurora: "Randall Coxe, of the ei awmill firm of Rumfelt & Co., was Dading his stock wagon with a pine log S - loof oOornnnn two miles F 'I OVW/H IttOW JL. * ?V?MJ M.w. outh of Groyer, and in York county, S.* p 1. Then the mules moved unexpectedly orward and the lever used in,loading b r elevating the stocks flew up and bit n tandall Coxe in the head, crushing bis tl kull and knocking him down. This v ceident took place about 5o'clock Friday fternoon and he remained speechless C r.d uncouscious until death came to bis ti elief next morning about daybreak at his tome near Lowell, N. C." " langht Him. t( Alfred I. Craven, who was arrested in h Atlanta a few weeks ago on the charge of h orgery and who subsequently escaped rom the officers, was recaptured in Sa- a annah, Ga., on Tuesday afternoon. It tl eems that a few days after Craven disap- t< teared, the detectives learned that memlersof bis family had shipped a trunk. f< The trunk was consigned to Craven's 8' >rotber-in-law, in Savannah. The house vas watched by the Savannah police, 01 intil finally the fugitive was captured ? ,nd taken back to Atlanta for trial. al herifll Cruwford Ineligible. al In a card elsewhere in this issue, Sheriff Crawford announces the fact that under J? he constitution he is ineligible to the >osition on the pension board to which he ^as elected by the county convention of ai Confederate veterans last Monday. There ' ,re still three members of the board, and inder the circumstances these will select nother veteran in place of Sheriff Craw- 1 r>rd for appointment by the State pen- ^ ion bourd. This proceeding is authoriz- ^ d under the law and there need be no riction on account of the sheriffs iuelgibility. Q iew Jewelry Shop. Mr. Thomas W. Speck has just received ^ i brand new outfit of tools, material, etc., w ,nd opened a jewelry shop in the store of ^ fr. J. M. Ferguson, on the corner of j, tfain and Congress streets. Mr. Speck j( earned watchmaking under his .father, 0 who was one of the most skillfull work- w nen who has ever lived in this part cf the ^ Itate. After serving a full apprenticeship, tl lowever, he finally drifted into the rail- h oad business; but has never been able to nrget his old trade. During the past few J -ears he has been recognized as a work- v nan of unusual ability, and when we state F hat he has been literally forced by his tl rionds to go into the business, it is nothing ^ iut the simple truth.. Ie Waa Wall Known Here. Mr. W. P. Dixon, the popular hardware drummer so well known in this ection, died at his home in Charlotte, N. 1., last Sunday, of erysipelas. Mr. Dix- n n has been coming to Yorkville about c very 30 or 60 days for several years past. C( Ie was known to nearly every business " nan of the town, and stood high in the stimation of all. The last time he was n n Yorkville was only a few weeks ago. w tt that time he appeared to be in the best n f health, and withal a perfect specimen P f strong, vigorous manhood. A carhun- f. le made its appearance on his face, shorty afterward, however, and this speedily leveloped into the disease that resulted in R( lis death. He leaves a widow and three " hildren. lon't Fail to Register. The most important duty of ever} citi- ^ en at this time is to register. Don't put t off to some more convenient season, rhe registration books are open; but they ^ vill not be left open always. Attend to he matter at once?now. When the regitration law of 1878 was passed, hundreds f citizens throughout the State failed to egister. They put it oft'until some other Jj* ime, and before they realized their situa- yi ion, they were permanently disqualified, 'erhaps there are some who do not think hat they will ever care to vote again nyway. These are silly. Sensible men rill pardon us if we say that they are fools. ** kt any rate, whether they ever expect to b ote again or not, let them register and b; et them do so without delay. This is a aj natter that should not?it must not be w leglected. y Vould Not Give Him a Certificate. y Daniel Witherspoon promises to be the (,j irst would-be voter in this county to ppeal from the decision of the registra- jr ion board. Daniel applied for a cortifi- g ate on Wednesday, and the supervisor g) efused to give him one on the ground hat he could not read. Daniel was " ndignant. Read!. Why of course he ' ould read, and must have a certificate. ^ The supervisors subjected him to a prac- H ical test. He could read just a little; ?' ?ut when he came to tho long words le had to stop, spell and guess. It was lot diflicult to make things out according o his own satisfaction; but with the c* upervisors it was different. They e' bought that the law contemplated a W omewhat higher requirement, and in- tli tructed Daniel that if he was not to itisfied he could appeal to the courts. ' aniel went straightway to Magistrate andifer; but that official told him that le matter was out of bis jurisdiction, rid he would have to take it up to a igher court. Daniel is still boiling with rath, and this he threatens to do. [an the Money. Mr. J. E. Dowry has received the money , 'ith which Jo pay managers wbo.served 1 the constitutional convention election. ' fter a Pleanant Seinlon. . i. The Pleasant Grove school, five mile* om Yorkville, J. C. Brown, teacher, round up a successful term of three tonths last Friday with exercises appro- , \ riate to the occasion that included a icnic dinner. he Webster Convention. The St?te convention of the Webster iction of the Republican party, was held i Columbia on Tuesday. York was repasented by C. J. Pride, J. J. Massey. J. I Clinton and Thomas Simpson. E. A. Vobster, Robert Smalls, T. B.Johnson, ud W. D. Cmm were elected as delegates m > the national convention. Resolutions ndorsing McKinley were adopted. So l8o was a resolution calling for an early, onvention for the purpose of nominating tate and electoral tickets. The platform ndorses protection; declares for gold, ? liver and paper on an equality; demands D.?11/\* nn/) fain/iAiipt oNrnfOflaoaavm* 11 CtJ uatlUb auu iaii vuuiv) ?m atby for the struggling Cubans; comlends the provisions of the new oonstiiition in regard to lynching, and endor-" es the action of congress in removing the isabilties of ex- Confederals' soIdiersT" FORI MILL MATTERS. ersonal Mention?Bicycle Accident?Badly Scalded?Other Notes. t orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. ' Fort Mill, April9.?Mrs. N. R. Hotoh- , iss, of New Haven, Conn., is visiting lends and relatives of this place. Messrs. L. A. Harris, W. J. Stewart and >r. Kirkpatrlck have joined the ring, and ach are riding handsome wheels. Mr. E. E. Thornwell, of Clover, spent aturday and Sunday with-bis parents, lev. and Mrs. J. H. Thornwell, of this lace. Mr. Frank Daniel, of Greenville, and fiss Kate Lee, of Greenwood, who were, larried on Thursday last, are spending heir honeymoon at Rev. J. H. Thornrell's. Mrs. L. H. Drakeford, of Asheville, N. '., is visiting, her many-friends and relaves of th is place. '"5 Mr. C. P. Belk, while oat riding bis bike," one evening last week, let it get > "bucking," and the consequence was e was thrown about 30 feet. The bruises e sustained were slight*' Most ot our farmers report that they are ' bout through planting corn and that ley will begin planting cotton the lat>r part of the week. . Miss Jennie Hartsell left tbis^morning >r the mountains of North Caroi (ha, where lie will probably spend the summer. Easter services were held at the Methodist church Sunday night, the proram me consisting of recitations, songs, tc., which were highly enjoyed by a large nd attentive congregation. ' Rev. Mr. Little, the Baptist evangelist, rho is at present engaged in a meeting at lock Hill, has decided to bring his tent > this place fof a few days. The Baptists re busily engaged in making preparations >r hia comibg.^ He iff expepted about th$: * )th instant. Mrs. Watson, ofRomS&a.^ is Visiting ire. W. A. Watson of this place. ^ Mr. Sweat, an "operative in the Fort V (ill Manufacturing company, was right adly scalded on Tuesday of this week. Mr. D.* T. Pegram, of Steel Creek, 4s Isiting his son, Mr. F. T. Pegram, one of ur hotelists. , The many friends of Mr. Clarence P. ulp will be grieved to learn of his death, rhich occurred at the home of his father, Ir. L. N. Culp, of this place, this morn- > ig at 7 o'clock. As we mentioned in our itter to Thk Enquirer some weeks ago f his return from San Antonia, Texas, 'here he spent two year in search of ealth, he has rapidly grew worse until je end come. Mr. Culp was a refined igh toned gentleman, and was teller of ie Fort Mill Savings bank for several LA w/Ycii rvn/VfJ Afl earn, wmcu uusmuu uo j wi^n?u vu ccount of bis health. The funeral serices will take place tomorrow in the i 'resbyterian .church, at 11 o'clock. To < jo bereaved family we extend our sym- ,t t athy. He was insured for 12,000. Aged * J years, 7 months. Observes. A CARD. , Comrades: When my name was put ' , efore you in the convention of Confede?te veterans last Monday, it did not ocur to me that there was any pecuniary ampensation attached to the office, and nder the circumstances I did hot feel istified in declining a nomination for lembership to the board. To say that I as gratified at your flattering vote, it is eedless for me to say, is but a faint exression of my feelings, and it was with leasure that I anticipated entering upon le discbarge or tne irusi you nave seen t to repose in me. Upon reading the 3t, however, I find that it provides that lembers of the board, except those degnated by law, shall receive 92 a day >r not exceeding four days' service a ear. The constitution of the State rescribes that no individual shall hold '? vo offices of profit at one and the ime time, and therefore, I am not eligile to service on the pension board. Thankou again for the high honor received at our hands, and deeply regretting that I as not aware of the conditions in time to revent the existing complications, I am our humble servant, E. A. Crawford. ray ton Explains. E. M. Brayton is out in a card in bich he explains a charge against im to the effect that he was guilty of ad faith to John Sherman some years iro. According to Brayton's story, he as a delegate to the national conention. He had been instructed to ote for Grant. Sherman was at the me secretary of the treasury. Bray>u had, previous to receiving his istructious, promised to vote for herman. After he received his. inructious, however, he was unable to irry out his promise. He tried to splain the matter to Sherman ; but w herman would never listen to him. 'e denies that he has ever been guilty F bad faith iu the matter. Utrict Delegates. The Webster faction of the Republiin party in the Fifth district has ected Colonel C. J. Pride, white, and r. E. Boykiu, colored, delegates to ie National Republican convention > be held at St. Louis.