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Straps ami ^acts. ? Dr. J. L. M. Curry recently got himself in bad odor with some of the northern newspapers, by declaring that inasmuch as the colored students of North Carolina received what educational opportunities they got from the state, and none from the nation, he could see no propriety in flying the national flag over their school houses. The doctor is accused of maligning the flag. ? A Washington evening paper quotes President Cleveland as saying that be looks for a re-organization of the Democratic party along the lines laid down at Indianapolis. He is mantr /\f t Kq fnllntTPrC "Liupci UI luau UiUUJ VI VUV aviaw ?* of Mr. Bryan will be convinced of the error of their ways and "come back" into the fold. The others, he thinks, will be swallowed up by the Populists. He thinks that the greatest dangers which now menace the country are the greed of organized wealth and the rapacity of corporations, and that the only hope of salvation lies in the reorganized and rejuvenated Democratic party. ? A dispatch of Sunday from St. Paul, Minnesota, tells of the terrible blizzard that swept the northwest during the last week. On the Great Northern road, the snow was piled up in drifts 10 and 12 feet deep. MaDy trains were caught and blockaded en route. Near Devil's Lake, South Dakota, last Thursday, Mail Agent Burroughs left bis train and went to a restaurant for a supply of provisions. On his return he was overcome by the terrible cold and sank to the ground. Searching parties have been looking for his body ; but at last accounts they had not found it. Other deaths are reported, and cattle have perished in large numbers. ? Ex-Governor Francis, of Missouri, the new secretary of the interior, is not altogether satisfied with the present political situation. He was invited to a gold standard jubilee at Kansas uity, Mo., a few days ago, and being unable to attend, wrote a letter in which among other things he said : "While I agree with the advocates of sound money in the fight recently made, there are many principles advocated by some of those who have been advocates of that cause to which I cannot subscribe. If some legislation is not enacted to check the growing influence of wealth and circumscribe the powers of trusts and monopolies, there will be an uprising of the people before the century closes which will endanger our institutions." ? The really remarkable thing in connection with the story of an airship said to have been seen on the Pacific coast, is the number of witnesses who are cited by name. At Sacramento statements have been obtained and printed from R. L. Lowry, J. H. Vogel, E. Wenzel, David Carl, T. P. DeLong, Frank Ross, F. E. Briggs, and many others, besides which it seems to be reasonably certain that several hundred other persons also witnessed the sight. Some of them give reasonably clear accounts of its appearance, which suggest that it is probably a cigar-shaped balloon provided with efficient motive power, and with a search lieht. The San Fran Cisco Call of November 19, gives three columns to the stories of eye-witnesses. ? The two great metropolitan dailies?The World and The Journal? after a year's bitter competition, have at length mutually agreed to advance the price of their morning editions to two cents. Neither paper has found the one cent rate a paying experience, although a different reason from the one of financial loss is assigned in explanation of the change. In a circular issued during the week, it is , stated that out-of-town dealers have been in the habit of selling the papers at' two cents, and that in justice to themselves the rate should be increased to that figure for all stations ' outside of New York. Although the i change of price does not apply as yet to the sale of papers within the city , limits, it is understood that it will go into general effect on the 1st of January. 1897. ? I. Maddox, a lawyer, and E. S. . Morris, a business man, had a knock out fight in the first division of the ' city court of Atlanta, last Friday. Mr. Morris was on the stand and was be- 1 ing cross-examined by Mr. Maddox. I A question arose over the testimony ] of the witness, who remarked that the l attorney was not quoting him correct- . ly. They had some hot words and the , witness started down from the stand toward the lawyer. The latter met ' the witness with a blow, which landed on the face, and the latter countered with one on the lawyer's eye. They then slugged each other rapidly, while the deputy sheriff attempted to make , them break away with a chair. Find- , ing that the chair was ineffectual, the ] officer held the witness while two other lawyers caught Maddox. The jurors 1 quickly move backed to give the 1 fighters more room. Two colored jurors broke and ran out into the lobby, t Both of the fighters were badly used ( up. The judge fined Morris $10, and , fined the lawyer $5 for not restraining himself in the presence of the court. . The fines were paid, the blood was washed ofT, the fugitive jurors were recalled and the case proceeded quietly. 6 ? Lieutenant Jose Felix Rios, a spe- f cial messenger to the Cubau government, is in New York on business with f the Junta iu that city. He tells a ? startling story of a desperate battle that took place in the Rubi Hills of c Cuba, in October. According to Rios, ( the Spanish general Melquizo, with j 15,000 ' meu, came suddenly upon Maeeo with 5,000 men. Although apparently surprised, Maceo got into action first and opened upon the Span- ^ iards before they completed the forma- a tion of their line of battle, and mowed 1 down great gaps in their ranks. Then t it developed that Maceo had really t been lyiug iu wait for the Spaniards. a He began to slowly retreat. The 5| Spaniards followed, and when they reached the position he had occupied, 11 there was a terrific explosion and the | earth was torn up in great pits and '! long trenches. The whole earth had been undermined with dynamite, a Hundreds of Spanish soldiers were b killed. Maceo contiuued to retreat, i and as the Spaniards followed, he con- o tinued to mow them down. Then q Maceo brought to bear a dynamite gun c and wrought terrible destruction until v darkness put an end to the slaughter. t According to Rios, the insurgent loss was but slight, while the Spanish loss was close in the neighborhood of 8 2,000. 1 ??? c ?he |{orbvillc (Enquirer. ' n YORKVILLE, S. C.: f o WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2, 1896. # ' V ? Congress convenes next Monday, a There is a good deal of speculation as a to what this body may do during the & coming session; but we confess that 1; this is a matter that has not worried us considerably. Composed as congress is of so many incongruous elements, tl it cannot be reasonably expected to do j' much else besides kill time. 11 . c ? There is talk in railroad circles of v the renewal of the rate war between a the Seaboard and Southern. The South- * ern continues to maintain its line of 6 steamers between Baltimore and Nor- h folk, and refuses to assist the Seaboard tl with its through sleeper service between t! Washington and New Orleans. The n Seaboard management declines to re- ^ frnm it.Q Hftinands aa to either of tl these matters, and there is reason to n believe that the war may break out d again at anytime. t' ? ? n ? The Anderson Intelligencer has taken S the lead in souvenir editions. It jumped c into the position last week with a hand- ? somely illustrated edition of 34 pages in ? blue covers. It takes in the past history a and present condition of the whole of 81 Anderson county, with a thoroughness that has never yet been attempted by any South Carolina newspaper in a single number. Messrs. Clinkscales & Langs- S ton have placed their town and county 8 under lasting obligations and won con- v gratulation from all the publishers of S the state. tl ?. . t! APPROACHINC PANIC. * 11 Addressing itself to The Enquirer, " the Charleston Post of last Thursday, a says: 81 "What gold standard "friend" predicted a rise in the price of cotton ? Answer! ? "The gold standard advocates distinctly p did not predict that the election of Mc- n Rinley would improve the price of agri- g, cultural products. They held that it , would prevent a panic. "The price of cotton is only to a very a slight degree dependent on the course of o politics anyhow." p In answer to The Post's demand, we n can hardly say that the name of the gold a standard "friend" who predicted the rise t< in the price of cotton, in the event of the n election of McKinley, is legion, for it ap- s pears that there are only 824 for him in t: t he state. But he said it, contemporary, a time and again. He didn't have anything else to say, and there is no use in his trying to get out of it. However, we are not at all surprised at his denial, for 1 we believe now that even he thinks it would have been better to have elected Mr. Bryan?we mean, of course, our South Carolina gold standard friend. ^ And so now it was to prevent a panic tl that they wanted McKinley elected, was t' it ? Well, we fear they have done it. j? They just want us to waste away with something like dry rot. There'll be no a panic in that. We'll admit that the elec- c tion of Bryan would have produced a g panic. It would have been worse than that. It would have been a regular stampede?a hurricane?a tornado?a rise in prices and a swell in prosperity, the like of which this country has seldom seen, fi The only people who would have been h discommoded would have been such of ^ the cent per cent per cent, folks as are ^ loath to put forth any further exertion of p brain or muscle, while the beneficiaries f< would have been all who are willing to e< work. But it ain't too late yet. It's joining, and we are sure that the rest will sc be with us next time. v W EDITOR HEMPHILL'S CRITICISM. b The Abbeville Medium, so far as we ^ c< ire aware. is the first naoer to raise its .. - tl voice against the result of the Reese- (g Luckie-Anderson murder trial, and its remarks are reproduced elsewhere for tr ivbat they may be worth. w Although we hardly feel called upon to iay anything in reply to the points raised, ^ >r rather the statements made, perhaps it G vill not be amiss to do so. fo At the outset The Medium admits that P< t is son.e distance from the scene of the , le ragedy, and that fact may account for to ome of the errors into which it has fallen, m or being "much closer to the scene" and, er herefore, in a position to see better, we ,n mtertain very different views from those ^ ixpressed in the editorial referred to. The statement that the "recommen- ^ lation" clause of the verdict is an evi- ar lence of uncertainty on the part of the pi ury, is a reflection on the gentlemen JK somposing that body. If they had not ^ teen certain, they should have ren- tjj lered a verdict of acquittal, and we be ,re sure that they would have done so. Dc ?he fact of the matter is, that under yc he law they had just as much right to ring in a verdict of recommendation at s without, and considering that life jg| inprisoninent was sufficient punish- Hi itent, they included the recommenda- CI ion. In this they were right, and that " i about all there was of it. Then again, Solicitor Henry did not P" rgue that these people should be hung us ecause white men had been acquitted, go t was his contention, aud a very proper to ine too, that they should not be acjiiitted because they were white. He laimed that they were guilty, and it vas for that reason alone that he wanted hem convicted. The statement that Williams's friends hould not be surprised at bis fate is rue enough, and under the circumstance he is not entitled to any sympathy. Jut what right had Reese and Luckie o act as his executioners? Their misiou and purpose was no better than lis, and if the law does not take coglizance of such cases as theirs, it is mt difficult to see what would speed ly become of organized society. No, in the opinion of The Enquirer here is no question of the fact that law and astice have been fully vindicated in the erdict of the jury in this case. We adait that there has been a great deal of eeling and prejudice. But this had its rigin in the minds of people who were horoughly acquainted with the facts, and t-ho, from what they had seen before, were fraid that the law would fail in its mision. Their solicitation is to a great exant excusable, although we can easiy see how it is calculated to excite misgivags like those suggested by The Medium. But so far as the people are concerned, be case is all over now. It is beyond the ary, beyond the reach of public sentilent and in the hands of the supreme ourt, where the whole thing will be reiewed calmly and dispassionately. If ny errors of law have been made, it is easonable to assume that they will be onH if tm onoh ormro V UUI/Uail/ VUl A UVWWU | UUMI. MV WMWM v.w.w ave been made, the prisoners will receive lie punishment provided by law. So, in be meantime, suppose we let the whole latter rest. That Solicitor Henry and Ir. deLoach did theirdutyas they saw it, bere is no question; and no matter what lay have been said by interested or isinterested individuals to the contrary, bere is no doubt that Major Hart, Coloel Younians and Mr. McDow made as ood a fight on their side as, under the ircumstances, was possible. If the prisners escape justice, it will be on account f some lame place in the law; and if they re punished, it will be because they deerve it and not because of any fault of beir counsel. ? Representative R. A. Lancaster of partanburg, introduced at the last sesion of the general assembly, a bill pro-JAf fKn nfflno Af 1U JUg JWl IUU U1COWWII V* wuv WHIWW v. tate Geologist. The principal duties of bis officer would be to make surverys of be state for the purpose of ascertaining be character, extent and location of var>us ores, waterpowers, building oaaterils, etc., and putting such information in uch shape as to make it available .for hose who contemplate the development f these resources. The bill was not assed at the last session; but by all leans it should be at the next. The reources of South Carolina in the direcion indicated, are without question rich nd inexhaustable. They will be develped in time, it is true, by private enterrise alone; but the importance of the natter is too great to admit of delay, and n intelligent effort along the line suggesed is well calculated to yield returns nany times greater than' the cost. The tate s hould, by all means, take some acion, and it cannot be in too big a hurry .bout-the matter. AGAINST THE NEW COUNTY. 'he People of Western York Are Greatly Interested. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Hickory Grove, November 30.?For nmoMmo nnat. vrmr corresnondent has leen hearing a great deal of talk about he proposed new county, with Gaffney as he county seat; but most of the talk has ieen coming from "over the river"? Jnion county. Most certainly the people f York are wide awake, if anything, nd will not allow the new county to be reated by default or lack of interest. A reat many people are of the opinion that he new county will have a walk over in he election of December 8th ; but such is ot the case. There is a good deal of disitisfaction expressed by the people on the fnion side, against the new county. In ict, a few nights ago, a joint debate was eld at Etta Jane school house, (Goweysville township) in which the elouent editor of the Gaffney Ledger and ioth Butler, Esq., an able lawyer, were resent, trying to show us poor country >lks how taxes were to be lowered, etc., :t.; but they found some opposition to ie new county. At least they found ime present who had the courage to aeak against the new county, and to coninee the "honorable judges" that it ould not be beneficial. Mr. Editor, ow can the people of Cherokee township e benefitted when they, according to the >nstitutiou, have to bear their propor onaie part 01 me tax 01 me oiu county r iee article vii, section 6.) Think, fellow citizens, of the cost of anscribing the records from Spartanurg, York and Union counties. What ill it cost? Then, again, I have been iliably informed by a good lawyer lat the bond given by the citizens of attney is no good, and if they fail to pay r what they promise, no law can comil them to do so. Men of York! look well before you ap. Do not sever the ties (hat bind you dear old York, for this is a scheme to ake the rich richer, and the poor poor'. The people of Gaffney use for argu- i ent the cost of the York courthouse, hen they are told that the money they ive subscribed will not build a court i >use and jail. Do you not know our ' urthouse was remodeled ? Let us arise id go forward. Men who are now aced in jail are there for safe keeping; >t for punishment. Let us have good ils, good courthouses, less taxes, efficient i ficers, and we need no smaller county i an we have at present. Gentlemen, | ifore you vote read and ponder well. > not put the yoke of bondage upon i ?ur children and your children's ckilen before you think, and think well. I jt no little partisan paper inlluence you ] such a time. In God's name, if justice i to reign supreme, why has the boundary le for this new county been run around 1 ifton, Pacolet Mills and Cowpens? t by because these people are opposed to 1 and the people of tiatfney know it. t roday we stand united and a happy c ople. Peace and brotherly love binds I together as one. Then why will you t off from a happy and prosperous home, 1 be a prodigal? ll. w. T. s LOCAL AFFAIRS, t i INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Carolina Buggy Company?Is pre- t pared to furnish you with a Cincinnati q buggy at almost any price desired ; but ( if you want a real good buggy, it is suggested the Carolina is the one you 8 should buy. c T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Suggest that now s is the time to buy holiday goods, while j their stock is complete and you have ample time and opportunity to make your selections. Tney also want you to remember their fine stock of dress t goods, their shoes for men, women, d misses, boys and children, besides many ? other articles that are in constant demand. Grist Cousins?Want your trade and ask y yon to give them a trial, and then you e can decide whether they will do what they promise. Northern apples at 25 cents a peck or 10 cents a dozen. S. J. Kimball of Kock Hill?Announces that on next Monday?salesday?he will < offer for sale at public auction, 15 head g of mules and 10 head of horses and j mares. He says that the highest bid- , ders will be the buyers, and there will ' not be any bi-bidaers. The sale will ' commence at 11 o'clock. i J. M. Starr & Co.?Offer you lamps of g different styles at low prices, galvanized iron oil cans, kerosene oil, laxatinebromo-quinine, window glass and putty. 1 Pelham Morrow, Manager of the Roller < Mills?Wants 100 cords of large size r pinewood. He wants it quick and of- t fere to pay $1.50 a cord for the wood. J. J. Hunter?Says he is handling the very best all round stock of fall and < winter merchandise, and wants you to i inspect his shoe stock, Strouse & Broth- ^ ere' high art clothing, line of ladies' black dress goods, underwear and neckW. B. Moore <ft Co., of the "Everything 1 Store"?Has half-a-dozen male canary ^ birds, and suggests that they are nice g Christmas presents. They can also supply you with ingredients for fruitcakes, Chnstmas toys, nuts, candies, guns and 1 pistols, ammunition, King beating t stoves, tableware, and the best cream t cheese at 15 cents. They have a bicycle f which they wish, to sell before Christ- " mas. J. R. Schorb?Tells you of his ability to take your photograph in any style you may want, and to enlarge photographs at reasonable prices. H. C. Strauss?Gives you to understand that prices are falling {with the temperature and calls attention to his mackintosh overcoats, rubber shoes, cloaks and bl&n kotSi P. W. Love, Chief of Police?Has two estray Jersey calves in his possession. He wants the owners to call and get them. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. Rufus Knox of Blacksburg, spent last Saturday in Yorkville on business. Miss Kate Moore of Rock Hill, visited the family of her father, Mr. R. C. Moore, in Yorkville this week. | Mrs. Belle McCaw of Yorkville, left last Tuesday for visits to Columbia and Abbeville. Miss Mamie Arledge left Satuaday for her home at Charlotte, after a pleasant visit to the family of Mr. Frank A. Gilbert. I Miss Laura Parish spent several days last week with relatives and friends in the Clover neighborhood. Mr. Frank Hammond, president of the People's Bank of Greenville, was in Yorkville last Saturday on nusiness. j Mr. D/W. Hicks of Henrietta, N. C., i spent Sunday in Yorkville with his fami- j ly, who are the guests of Cpatain L. M. t Grist. i Mr. H. H. Beard left on Monday for t Atlanta, Ga. He is a witness in the case of Todd, charged with forging railroad ? tickets. , . $ Rock Hill Hefald, 28th inst: Mrs. J. W ? O'Neal spent Thanksgiving with her sis- 1 ter, Mrs. C. M. Kuykendal, in Yorkville. ( Miss Louise Sherfesee visited friends in 1 Yorkville this week. Miss Sadie Dunlap of Yorkville, visited in the city this week. 1 ? ? COST OP COURT. According to a promise made in a i recent issue, The Enquirer herewith i presents some figures giving an idea of 1 the cost of the recent term of the court of i general sessions. The figures were taken < from the books by our own reporter; but I be is under obligation to Clerk Wylie for i assistance in getting at the necessary sources of information. The figures col- f lected are as follows: < Per diem and mileage of wit- i nesses, $1,033 50 i Pfir diflm and mileage of uetit jurors, 464 50 Per diem and mileage of grand jurors . 133 50 Constables, porter and crier,... 203 50 81,835 00 This, of course, only includes the items mentioned. There are also quite a number of other expenses which do not pass through the hands of the clerk; but go to the treasurer through the county board of commissioners. A statement of these items at the present time would be practically impossible. There has been expressed considerable 'curiosity to get at the actual cost of the Reese trial; but for various reasons this is impracticable. Including the board and pay of jurors, pay of witnesses and constables, and service of an extra venire of jurors, etc., the approximate cost was not far from 8700 or $800. In view of the fact, however, that this estimate includes expenses that would have been necessary even if there had been no sessions business at all, it can be seen that the figures are not altogether just. One of the heaviest and most unneces sary expenses has been on Recount of ? trivial and unimportant cases sent up by j trial justices. The witnesses, of course, c had to be on hand at the opening of t court, and were there at an expense of B mileage and 50 cents a day each. Where e these cases were not reached until the r closing days, the per diem amounted to f considerable, and, in some instances, g alter all, the cases had to be sent back to e the trial justices from which they came e on account of a lack of j urisdiction. u g THE COLD WAVE. There came a telegram from the signal tl service bureau last Saturday afternoon, ti saying that a cold wave was due on Sun- tl day morning. c< At the time the weather was oppres- u lively warm. In fact, the like of it had h not been seen in November for years, n That is, not so far as anybody seems cl to recollect. w There was considerable rain Saturday ei night, and the wind howled as though it ti were literally ladon with frost from the N north; but on Sunday morning, though E somewhat cooler, there was still no ap- tt pearunce of a cold wave, and the people fo who don't take much stock in the weather- in man anyhow, were unanimous in their in reference to his failure. But it seems n< .lint the incredulous were a little too p< jrevious, and alter all the weatherman N gets in his innings. ci On Sunday afternoon that howling is wind began to grow cooler, and during w .he night the rain, which previously had er jeen rather warm, began to grow rather th sold. By Monday morning last winter's m >vercoats and rubber shoes had been th irought into requisition, nud by Mon- sh lay night, the extra blankets and com- to 'oris, which up to this time were still ha erving as food for the moths, found ra heir way into other and more grateful 1363. Monday night was not the coldest thai ias ever been known in this section, rhere has been many a colder night, and :omparatively, this was hardly a circumtance; but when we wish to speak if a sharp, quick fall in the mercury ol omething like 40 degrees in 48 hours, the last few days must certainly figure in the ecord. Last Sunday morning it was summer ime tn these parts ; but today there is no lisputing the fact that we are confronted vith something like winter. The wealhirman may be a little slow with his cold vaves sometimes; but eventually he genirally gets there all the same. SOUTHERN EXPRESS BUSINESS. The Southern Express company is lither a badly abused or an unusually senlitive corporation. The Enquirer hat tad a notion of this kind all along. And hat notion has been confirmed as a fact. But as to whether the company is sufferng most from abuse or sensitiveness, we ire still somewhat at sea. It was on last Monday that we were nore mixed up than ever. The occasion ,vas a visit from a representative of the jompany. The representative wasaccom>anied by Mr. H. H. Beard, and was inroduced as Mr. Richardson of Columbia After the formality of introduction wai ver, and while the editor was wonder ng as to why he bad been honored with he visit, the express man started up t onversation with an inquiry as to whethir or not the editor had a gun. Looking Mr. Richardson over and finding that h? vas apparently a mild mannered, pleasanl ipoken gentleman, the editor swellec ip to his largest dimensions and calml] emarked that be kept such an implemen vithin easy reach. It developed, however hat the genial express man did not wan he gun. He only desired to assure him telf as to whether or not the editor wai teeled. Then he opened up his business [n effect be said : I noticed in your paper the other daj hat you have made a very severe attach lpon the Southern Express company. A irst I was not inclined to pay attentioi 0 it. But upon making inquiry as t< who you were, among others in Colum bia, I chanced to ask Judge Townsend Fie said be knew you, and remarked ai ncident that occurred while he was pre tiding at court up here. There had beer 1 development about which there waj :on8iderable misunderstanding, anc rhe Enquirer, before publishing any hing, had came to him and gotten thi facts. He, therefore, considered that yot 5eople were very careful about what yoi published, and that if you had made at ncorrect statement, he was pretty sur< hat you had been misinformed. I spok< .0 others on the subject, and found tha hey agreed with Judge Townsend. Now he Southern Express company hasnevei naintained a paid or any other kind o obby in Columbia, and any charge of tha cind is a grave injustice which I would ike to have corrected. Of course I unlerstand that my bare statement does n 01 >rove anything, and, therefore, there is 10 use in making a denial; but I warn routogive ine your sources of informs ion in order that I may go to the partief ind either refute this charge or have hem substantiate it. This was all very fair; but having the indorsement of men like Judge Town tend and others unnamed ; but who were idmitted to be reliable, the editor could lot see that he was as yet called upon tr livulge his source of information. S( le evaded the matter in this wise: "My dear sir, we cannot say that w< lave any special grievance of our owr igainst tlie aoumern express company, But complaints have been made to ui from time to time by different reliabh ndividuals, and the story of this lobby business was told us by a reliable gentle nan who is in a position to know exactlj what he was talking about, and who, s( far as we know, had no personal motivi n giving us anything that was not true We have no reason to doubt what hi said, or even believe that he was mis taken. If absolutely necessary, we cat jive his name ; but until it is necessary we prefer not to do so." At this the genial expressmah agaii lenied that his corporation had beer juilty of any lobby business; but sug jested that he probably knew where tin jtory originated. There had been a sup aer in Columbia at which there weri teveral representatives, and afterward ibout the Statehouse corridors, member iccused each other of having sold out itc. But this was all in a joke, of course or if there had really been anythine o t, nobody could have afforded to hav< alked that way. All of this the editor accepted as infor nation, and next the expressman wantec o know the names or individuals win lad made complaint. He explained tha f their complaints were unjust he wantsd to show them where they were wrong ind if they were just, he wanted to re nove their grievances. His company le said, is a servant of the public, witl dentical interests. If the public is bene itted, the express company is benefitted ilso. Therefore, it is to the interest o he express company to look after tin lest interests of all its patrons. But again the editor was forced tc lodge. He replied : "In almost every nstance the indivfdnals who have made omplaint, while thoroughly reliable, leg us not to use their names. As a rea011, they admit that they are in the powr of the express company, and whethei ight or wrong in such conclusion, they Bar that instead of having their alleged ;rievance adjusted, they will be treated ven worse than before. Therefore, the ditor did not feel justified in giving them way, at least until they had a satisfactory uarantee of protection* Then Mr. Richardson went on to say liat his company had no special objecou to being put under the supervision of tie railroad commission, except on ac:>unt of the harrassment to which it 'ould be subjected. It conducted its usiness on business principles that could ot be changed. A commission might :iange tbom temporarily ; but it would >on be found tbat it bad committed an rrorand there must be an inevitable reirn to the arrangement now in vogue, o commission could make the Southern xpress company any more solicitous of le welfare of the public than it now is, ir its only aim is to serve the public at a lost reasonable profit. However, any iterference would be more or less anaying. The company is under the susrvision of the railroad commission in orth Carolina, and he mentioned an indent to illustrate what he said. There a heavy ponalty provided in cases here charges should be collected at one id of the line after they had been paid at e other. Not long ago an agent, by istake, collected 25 cents charges from e consignee after it had been paid by the ipper. Instead of going to the ageut have the money refunded as ho should ive done, the consignee appealed to the ilroad commission, aud theu the super I intendent of the express company and trif attorney, besides several witnesses, had to say t lose several days all on account of a mis- hin . erable little 25 cents. the The express man gave other instances, thii still insisted that the charge that bis com- exj pany had been guilty of lobbying was ol i f unjust, and, in conclusion, sought to exact ^ ! a promise of the editor that before The the Enquirer should make another attack wei on the company, it would serve upon him >! a copy .01 the alleged grievance. But for of various reasons, this request could not be ^ complied with. The editor gave renewed int assurance, however, that he would publish A nothing except upon what seemed to be Git authority, and that its columns would wit always be opeu to the express company \ for reply to any observation, just or oth- wo erwise, the same as to any individual. sun j "Good bye," said Mr. Richardson as be & . arose to go. "Good bye," replied the hai i editor, "I am glad to have met you, sir." at 5 I The expressman gave the editor a curi- to . ous look in the eye, and Agent Beard fat smiled a puzzled smile, wbicb being iu- W1 terpreted, evidently meant that he was J not exactly prepared to say who got the yes better of the interview. bo; . alv LOCAL LACONICS. * Until January, 1897. in8 . The Twice-a-Week Enquirer will be furnished from this date to January he* 1st, 1897. for 24 cents. ? The Boss Turnip. Mr. J. F. A. Smith, of the Beersheba 8ee neighborhood, six miles west of York- 1111 ville, has left at The Enquirer office the } r 1 4 .!_ . U ? Tt Ol Cit > uusa iiiriup ui tuu ooawui aw vtoi^uo oj pounds. 1 Good Crop Till*. Rock Hill Herald : Mr. John Raterree * has, with ten mules, raised 143 bales of 8I" cotton this year, an average of 14} bales to the mule. The fertilizers used were kainit and stable manure. gn< Dally In Rock Hill. The Enquirer is in a receiptof a copy ^ of No. 5, volume 1, of The Daily Sun, published in Rock Hill. It is filled with' * live paragraphs of local interest, and ap pears to be making an energetic demand for patronage. Horse and Male Auction. , ?jjj Special attention is called to the horse ^ and mule auction advertised by Mr. S. J. wa Kimball, to take place in Yorkville next P? Monday. Mr. Kimball is a business man, crj and in this advertisement he talks like be ' means business. ^c Pretty Straight Shots. In bis predictions for December, published October 17, our Chester weather prophet said: "From 1 to4 windy and P*1 threatening." He has November 26 to 30 " "changeable and disagreeable." Verily, J? it looks like the Chester man has some inside pointers as to the situation. Incorrect. The Rook Hill Herald has it that the recent three week's term of court was the , .s . longest "in years." There i9 certainly something badly wrong with The Her- . aid's memory; or by the indefinte term "years," it doe9 not mean an unusually 1 long time. On account of the spring term of 1895, Judge Benet remained five solid weeks. or No Fault Here. ^ The Enquirer has received a number 16j of complaints of failure of subscribers ^ up the Narrow Gauge railroad to receive ^ their papers on last Wednesday as usual. ^ We beg to say that the trouble was due ^ to no fault of ours, as the paper was mailed at the postofBce here in ample time to secure prompt delivery. Cordwood 81.50. ^ It is good news to*the sellers; but it gtr won't bring much pleasure to the buyers. ^ Mr. Pelhain Morrow has been in the market for sometime past for pinewood at 91.25 a cord; but unable to get a supply, he has at last decided to advance the price to $1.50. See his advertisement in another column calling for 100 cords. Ho Santa Clau* Is Coming. It is quite evident that Santa Claus is i going to be on hand this Christmas. If VQ he is feeling hard times this year, he has ^ not got very much to say about it, and the fact that he has sent so many Christmas goods ahead, as is evidenced by the " show windows, goes to indicate that all the little folks in the country are going 00 to receive something at bis bands on the L. ? it-- ?Jit_ , . A1J Cinta in (n (3 IllgDL OI me MIU lliautuu uiu oauw? ill lu 1 an extra good humor this year. . a Railroad Inspection. (ja Railroad Commissioner Wilborn made Co the annual inspection of the Chester and Co Lenoir railroad last Saturday from Ches- ^ ' ter to the state line, as required by law. He was accompanied in the inspection by jdi ' Superintendent Nichols and a few invited III j. friends from Chester and Yorkville. Tlje In 3 road was found in firstclass condition in every particular, and the soundness and strength of the trestles are said to be Lc I deserving of special mention. Mi ^ Appeal Dismissed. ??' t The Stat j, Saturday: The clerk of the supreme court, upon the affidavit of Ma- Mi . jor James F. Hart, of the firm of Hart A Mi ' Hart, attorneys for respondent, in accor- Mi dance with rules 1 and 2, yesterday enj tered an order dismissing the appeal for . want of prosecution, with costs, in the N. case of Tillman R. Gaines, ^respondent, Ne f vs. J. S. Drakeford, appellant. Sixth 5 circuit, York county. Not Seriously Hurt. Oh , Pineville correspondent of the Char- On , lotte Observer: Miss Janet Blankenship P? j and Miss Pattie Saville, while going to g , Flint Hill church on Thursday, driving g] Mr. RlankenshiD's family horse, had a Te narrow escape. Some part of the harness Te . came iooso, which caused the horse to ruu, Uti upset iho buggy and kick nearly every- y? thing to pieces. Beyond a few bruises \y{ and the shock, the young ladies were not W. hurt. Wi SHARON SHAVINGS. Tot Mc Large Cotton Sales?Flourishing Schools? ove Mr. Grler Off For Georgia?Largest Hog So Far Reported?Personal and Other Notes. ^ Correspondence ol the Yorkville Enauirer. ^us Sharon, November 30.?Since the ex- nea citement of the Ree.se-Luckie-Anderson pre trial is over, we have lapsed into the resi usual way of things. The verdict of the the jury gives entire satisfaction to the greater fun part of the people here. and A great deal of cotton is being put on Dah the market at this place. About ss.uuu Fri< bales have been sold so far. The greater has part has been bought by Katcbford, Sims tion A Co., and VV. L. Hill. the Our school, under the management of Tan Rev. J. E. Johnson and Miss Alice Davis, awa is in a nourishing condition. We have juv( the best school we have ever bad at this place, and we would suggest to those who Mur wish their children to get the advantage j of a good school, a moral and healthy ?.gj place, to send their children to Sharon. Mrs. N. E. McGill, who bus been visit- , ing her brother, Mr. J. N. McGill, is at * tow home again. Miss Katherine Deal of Blacksburg, is " l' visiting the family of Mr. J. M. Russell. ro8li Mr. Edward Thomas has moved into "ie bis own house on Shannon street. Pen | Rev. J. S. Grier leaves tomorrow for a aire > to Georgia, and "madam rumor" s he will bring back Mrs. Grier with a. However, we do not vouch for truth of the report; but there is somerig in the wind. The Sharon people iect to let the contract for the erection, a parsonage today. fr. and Mrs. Stanhope Adams visited i family of Mr. Edward Thomas last ek. [rs. Wilkieand daughter, Miss Blanche, Blacksburg, are visiting at Mr. Sims's. Ir. W. D. Sherer of Blacksburg, was own Saturday on business. lisses Jessie Latimer and Maggie rnn of Yorkville, spent Thanksgiving h Miss Vessie Bainey. Ve are glad to report that Mr. J. A. pe, who has been in bad health all ninor, is improving. Ir. J. D. Gwin has the largest hog we re heard of this fall. He tips the scales >80 pounds. Mr. G. wants to get him 600 before killing. He is putting on ao can beat it ? lr. Jno. B. Rosa came oat to church iterday and paid a visit to his little ps at Mr. R. H. G. Caldwell's. We are rays glad to see John. . Jr. J. A. Byers is contemplating buildfa fine dwelling on Shelby street soon, i has the framing lujnber sawed and we ir will soon commence work. 1 r. R. C. Ratchford visited down near ckbart on Thanksgiviing day. He ms to like that part of the country very icb, or at least some of the people. >f r. J. M. Sims expects to go to Gaffhey y this week on business, if r. Sam Robinson is clerking for Mr. R. Plexioo. ifr. Joe M. Plexico has accepted a poion with Ratchford, Sims & Co. a. j. McCONNELLSVILLE MATTERS. :o?ssful Entertainment?In te retting Lectures?Personal Mention. rretpondence of the Yorkrille Enquirer. tfcCoNNKLLSViLLE, November 30 fe has again come to our town in the m of au entertainment given by the ung people for the benefit of Olivet urcb, from which they realized about I. It was a very decided success and a largely attended. All the young Dple acquitted themselves in a very editable manner. dr. Jones, pastor of the Second church, >ck Hill, delivered a lecture at Olivet Friday night last on Martin Luther, was the second number of a series ~ it are being delivered by different sachers for the benefit of the com muy. Dr. Thornwell of Fort Mill, will :ture next Friday night on Calvin. iese lectures are very interesting as ill as instructive. diss Marie Carroll of Blairsville, and !ss Bessie Walsh of Chester, have been liting in this place, the guests of Miss llian Crawford. diss Bessie Carroll visited Miss Massie he, and Miss Perla Inman, her sister, ra. J. P. Ashe. Imnng the familiar faces in our midst re Misses Claude Godfrey, Clara Crawd and Mr. Will Moore of Rock Hill. Mrs. Austin of Greenwood, is visiting rdaughter, Mrs^Dr. Love, dr. L. B. Ashe and sister, Miss Aggie, ve been visiting at King's Mountain, ["be school is in a very flourishing coninn under the efficient management of r. Barnes of Davidson, with Miss Janie iConuell assistant. Ind last, but by no means least, I deem my duty, as well as my pleasure, to ink the young men of the Blairsville ing band, for aiding us so kindly 1q s entertainment with their delightful isle. It was certainly enjoyed and predated by every one. THE POPOLAR VOTE. iff the People Toted In the Recent Presidential Election. The following table shows the total te cast for president by the three iding parties in the election of Nomber 3. All of the figures are icial except in the case of New >rk, the vote of which state will t be canvassed until December 15: ?Vote for President in 1806.? tate. Mckinley. Bryan. Palmer. abama 54,737 107,137 6,671 kansas. 37,512 110,103 lifornia 146.217 142,926 lorado 22,785 151,970 ' 500 nnecticut 110,288 56,734 4,334 ilaware 20,367 10.671 967 , orida 11,257 29,981 1,772 orgia. 60,091 94,232 2,788 aho 5,031 15,754 inois 604,407 463,299 " 6,195 diana ,...327,739 309,318 2,148 wa ..289,040 224,336 4,392 insas 158,541 171,810 1,HW mtucky 218,055 217,797 5,018 misiana 21,827 76,383 1,810 line 80,425 32,217 1,864 aryland 136,959 102,754 2,507 isijachn'ts. ...267,787 102,655 11,510 ichiean 293,327 . 237,261 6,930 innlsota 193,455 139,477 3,209 ississippi 4,849 55,933 1,021 issouri. 381,940 363,652 2,355 jntana 10,100 41,275 ? ibraska 102,565 115,625 2,797 ivada 1,756 6,751 H'mp8hire..57,444 21,271 3,428 Iw Jersey.....221,367 133,675 6,373 >w York 795,271 543.839 18,828 Carolina 155,222 174,488 578 Dakota 23,325 18,175 io 525,989 474,880 1,857 0tron 48,689 46,618 851 nnsylvania.728,300 427,127 11,000 iode Island....36,437 14,459 1,166 Carolina. 9,313 58,801 824 Dakota 45,100 45,275 2,500 nnessee 148,773 163,651 1,951 xas 166,182 291,270 4,940 .u io am oa am iU.lVi VT|OUl ruiont 51,127 10,179 1,331 rginia 135,301 155,968 2,216 ishington 39,495 50,927 2,750 Virginia....l02,000 90,000 sconsin .265,656 162,609 3,000 roming 10,073 10,359 al 7,053,102 6,344,483 132,533 Kinley's popular plurality r Bryan 708,639 MERE-MENTION. grain elevator containing 100,000 hols of wheat, was destroyed at Minpolis, Miune>otu, last Friday. sident Cleveland has purchased a fine dence at Princeton, New Jersey, with intention of makine that city his ire home. The worst snow storm blizzard since 18S8, struck North :ota and surrounding country last iay. Senator Blackburn says he not abandoned thg race for re-elec,. He will coutinue in the fight to end. Richard Croker, the former arnany leader, who went to Europe to .it the subsidence of the Parkhurst fttigation, has returned to America. tier at Saluda. ohu Buzzard, the man who killed oody" Jack Blaydou, the ex-dissary constable, iu Edgefield couuaboui a year ago, was killed in the n of Saluda lust Saturduy by one 1 Henderson. The killing was the lit of an old feud. Buzzard bad repututiou of being a regular desido, and Henderson has not beeu sted.