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Scraps and Jatts. ? A bill to protect the lives and property of persons against mobs, was introduced in the house last Weduesday by Representative Stewart, of Wisconsiu. It provides that the city or county in which mob violence results in destruction of property, injury or loss of life, shall be liable for damages and action may be brought against officers of the law for neglect of duty. Iu case of death, a sum not exceeding $5,000 shall be awarded the relatives of the deceased. When the general government, in the case of a foreigner, pays an indemnity it can bring action for recovery against the state in which the person was killed. ? The Georgia legislature met last tVadnoednv tn mnsider a reDort from " VWMvwmwj ? ? . * the committee which had charge of the investigation of Judges Reese and Sweat. By a unanimous vote it was decided to exonorate Judge Reese; but the case against Judge Sweat was of a different character. The opposition to exonorating him was not confined to the Populists alone, but was joined in by a great number of the most prominent Democrats. The first effort was to force the impeachment of Judge Sweat, notwithstanding the report of the committee; but as that would involve an extension of the legislative term, meaning increased taxes, it fell through. When the vote was called on the question whether the report of the committee exonorating Sweat should be endorsed, it stood 93 ayes and 64 nayes. Judge Sweat is being urged by his friends to resign lrom the bench. ? Senator Tillman's bill to meet the supreme court decision on the South Carolina dispensary law was amended last Wednesday morning in committee and ordered reported to the senate. This bill gives the state absolute police power in inspecting all intoxicating liquors or liquors imported into a state as if they had been produced in such state, and stipulates that they shall not be exempt by reason of being introduced into a state in original or other package for private use or otherwise. One or more of the important amendments agreed to gives a state control of such liquors within its borders by whomsoever produced and for whatever use imported, and without regard to the manner of sale provided by a state or territory. The act does not interfere with the revenue laws or liquors or liquids in transit through a state or territory. ? "Governor Atkinson's trip across the continent in a private car, tendered by the railroads, is causing no little comment among the politicians," says an Atlanta dispatch. "The governor's party uurabered 11, including the ser vants. They traveled in me private car of J. \V. Thomas, president of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad, which is the lessee of the Western & Atlantic, a road which belongs to the state of Georgia. The state gets $35,000 a month rental from Major Thomas for the line, which extends from Atlanta to Chattanooga. It is one of the best short roads in this part of the country. President Thomas and President George C. Smith of the Atlanta & West Point railroad, arranged the transportation for the whole trip and got the car and party deadheaded from Atlanta to San Francisco , and return. If the governor had paid ( for the trip it would have cost him $6,000, or his salary for one term." ? If a story told by the New York 1 World is true, there is at least oue ' member of the McKinley cabinet who must have been worried considerably all of his life to escape being eaten up by i the cows on account of his greenness. The World story comes from Chattanooga, Tenn., under date February 2, ( and is as follows: "General Russell A. Alger, of the McKinley cabinet, is plaintiff in a land suit that was commenced in the United States court to- ' day against the heirs of John F. An- ' dersou. General Alger avers that he i was swindled in a boom laud deal in Franklyn couuty, wherein 15,000 acres of worthless property was conveyed i to him. He asked that the sale be set , aside. General Alger sues for $144,000, principal and interest, paid by bim for land which he claims was represented to him as containing the richest deposit of coal in the south. The 1 future secretary of war in bis complaint 1 charges a firm of real estate agents ' with having washed the hill sides of I a.i__ i 1 ? :?i. ine juuu iu question \uiu uiauiv pium in order to deceive him. And plaintiff , further alleges that this deception was ( successful." , ? The New Orleans cotton statement for the month of January, and issued 1 by Secretary Hester on February 2, shows: Amount brought into sight 1 during January, 710,488 bales, against I 026,829 last year, 1,109,797 year before ] last aud 788,080 the same time in 1894. . Total amount brought into sight dur- j ing the five months ending close of , Jauuary, 7,042.981, against 5,571,049 last year, 8,014,470 year before last ' and 6,254,172 same time in 1894. 1 Northern spinners took during Jan- 1 uary 164,970 bales, against 163,264 last ] year, 203,520 year before last, increas- I ing their total for the five months to i 1,191,4S6, against 1,199,113 last year ( and 1,623,262 the year before. This makes their average weekly takings for the season 54,512, against 54,861 last year and 74,266 the year before. Foreign exports for the first five months of the season have been 4,189,- 1 964 bales, showing an increase over 1 last season of 1,444,115 and a decrease I under the same period year before last : of 429,299. Iuoluding ports and interior towns left from the previous season , and the number of bales of the cur- ( rent crop brought into sight during the five months, the supply has been 7,381,530 against 5,881,003 last year and 8,250,500 the year before. ? The Cincinnati Enquirer tells a remarkable story of a farmer of Missouri named W. 11. Harris. It seems that about, two years ago, Harris got into a difficulty with a ueigh bor, and, as the result, the neighbor was killed. Harris is a man of wealth and has a family. The trial came. The defendant employed a single lawyer and plead self-defense. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty of manslaughter and Harris was sentenced to the state penitentiary for a period of 10 years. The case was appealed to the supreme court, and Hariis was released on a $10,000 bond. While in a St. Louis hotel a few days ago, Harris read in the daily papers that the supreme court had refused to give him a new trial. He immediately paid bis bill and walked out of the hotel. A few minutes later, officers came to the hotel in search of him. They bunted over the whole city, and as they were about to give up the search, they received a message from the penitentiary to the effect that Harris had gone there and given himself up. It is said that the man could have easily made his bondsmen good and left the Ua Ln/1 /Inl/in rv> inn/1 Kaiii, UUUUti y. ii c uau ucwiuiucuj uv<? ever, that if the court should decide that he was guilty, he would take his punishment. ?he fJdtkviUt ?nquiter. YORKVILLE, 8. O.: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1897. ? The members of the Nevada legislature evidently not only want the Corbett-Fitzsimmons prize fight to take place in that state; but they want to be present at the ringside. The prices of admission to the big prize fights that have taken place heretofore, have been anywhere from $25 to $50 a ticket. A bill now pending before the Nevada legislature makes it a misdemeanor for the managers of a prize fight to charge more than $1 cash for tickets. ? Lyman J. Gage, who is to be McKinley's secretary of the treasury, has announced his financial views. In effect, he says that gold is the only money metal; 41?4 vmimKociaA nnrlnp tho Shor ILIilL IUO Oil V CI j;uivu?ogu ui>v?vi ?uv man law should be sold for whatever it will bring on the market, and that the greenbacks should at once be redeemed in gold. Commenting upon this announcement, Hon. W. J. Bryan says: "There is no doubt about Mr. Gage being a daisy. I wonder if he would not like to inaugurate a system by which we would have to obtain his permission each morning to live during the day." ? The national road congress is in session at Orlaijdo, Fla. General Roy Stone, of Washington, D. C., president, made a speech on Wednesday. A portion of his speech is synopsized in the press dispatches as follows: "He said fight hard times with good roads?wherever good roads were built, prosperity succeeds them. He favored the local option good roads law in operation in New Jersey. When a good road is started by local initiation it grows and continues to grow until every connection is made good. The benefit of a good road is not limited to those whose lands abut upon that road, but all ard benefitted who use it, those who live upon the roads running into the maiu road, and that district widened the farther you go from the city or initial point, forming a trough with its ape* on the city or country town. Every individ ual benefitted by tfiat roan snoum contribute towards its construction." ? With the refusal of the house to extend the.boundaries of Broad River township so as to take in the citizens of the 9J square miles in Cherokee township who tlesire to remain in York, we fear that the hopes of those citizens are very nearly at in end. It is true that these people still have a remedy in an election, and they should not fail to try this remedy. But ;be outlook is that they will still meet : with opposition. It will be remembered that the constitution provides that no old : county shall be cut below 500 square miles, and no new county shall be formed with less than 400 square miles. In refusing the request of these citizens sf Cherokee township, the legislature lias virtually said that it has no right to hold the new county down to the constitutional limit. When the people ask for an election, we fear they will be met i with a pretext to the effect that this new I county has become an old county, and not having 500 square miles of area, cannot be reduced. In spite of all this, however, we would advise the citizens of the nine and one-half miles referred to, not to relax their efforts to secure their constitutional rights. IT'S A STANDING OFFER. Although the various members of The Enquirer stall' have been asked the name of the gentleman who is willing to bo one of ten to contribute $100 a year for five years, to be used in the macadamination of the roads leading out of York vine, mere uas ueen no nouceuoie msu on the part of the other nine volunteers. InJeed, up to this hour, the gentleman referred to continues to stand alone. Although there is not a shadow of a string tied to the published oiler, it is not especially liberal. It just shows a high order of progressive intelligence?that is all. The gentleman won't lose anything if nine others lake liiiu up, nor neither will the other nine. They will just bo making a first-class business investment | for themselves and for the town. Take it this way: Say 10 men club together and raise $1,000 to be spent on * the macadamization of any given road, commencing without the incorporate ^ limits of the town. On that road, whichever one may be chosen, we venture that there can be raised contributions in cash < and labor that will amount to at least $1,000 more. Every dollar that is spent will be for articles to be obtained right here at home, and, therefore, these dollars will not have to be sent away. With that road improved, the general trade of 8 that section will be developed, and these * contributors esoeoi&llv. and the people , of the town and surrounding country ] generally, will get the benefit of it. Not ouly this, as the first volunteer suggests, i with the good work once commenced, it j will no doubt go on indefinitely, and ^ while, of course, those who do not con- ] tribute will get much benefit, those l who do the contributing will surely also get enough to make them whole and t sound. a The proposition of the gentleman at first mentioned stands as originally made, f He is patiently, but anxiously, waiting to stand shoulder to shoulder with nine others. A LOCAL OPTION BILL. Mr. Mayfleld Wishes to Put Liquor Under , Couuty Control. The feature of Thursday's proceed- < ings of the senate was the introduction t of a local option bill by Senator Mayfield. 'The provisions of the bill as ' synopsized by the Columbia Register, t are as follows : It forbids the importation, manufac- 1 ture and sale of alcoholic liquors ex- ' cept for sacramental, scientific and ^ medicinal purposes. It allows impor tation by licensed druggists, to oe soia * only on order of reputable physicians, " selected by the medical fraterity, aud * located at the county seats, whose names shall be certified to by the clerk of the court and published for sixty days in the county newspapers, li- j quors to be sold in no less quantities than half-pint packages and under the j same restrictions as now in force under j the dispensary law. Any other per j son importing liquors or selling in any other manner than the one provided, i shall be deemed guilty of a misde- i meanor and fined not less than $99 I or imprisoned in the county jail for c not less than 29 days for each offense. 1 Local option is provided upon writ- f ten application of one-fourth of the ' qualified electors of any county asking 1 for an election, which shall be held in the same manner as other elections. ^ If the sale is allowed by a majority vote, it shall be sold by officers appoin- ^ ted by the county board of commission- a ers and municipal authorities, or be 8 sold under licenses granted by the sec- v retary of state on approved applica- j( tions secured by bond for the faithful o observance of the law, and on this a question the vote shall be "By officers" C or "Under license." tl The parties selling liquor under li- b cense shall be approved of by the county board of commissioners aud 0 municipal authorities of the place r where the sales are to be "made. The 1 county board shall fix a fee which ? shall be paid in advance and divided J between the county and municipality. , Applicants shall make full declaration c of capital proposed to be invested, etc., and the county board shall ap- t] prove or disapprove the application. ^ Bond to the amount of double the t< capital shall be given. g Liquors shall be purchased at actual cost from tbe county dispeusaries until their stock is exhausted, then ? from the state dispensary until its stock is exhausted. These institutions ^ Bhall be closed as rapidly as practica- tl ble. Purchases may then be made as ti provided by the privilege tax act from * other parties. . Original packages are to be divided Jf into smaller packages containing not d less than one-half pint. Adulteration a is forbidden. Only cash transactions T are allowed. The names of all purchasers shall be taken as in the dis- ^ pensaries at present. In case the election shall be iu favor of the sale by officers, the board of county commissioner and the municipalities shall select the men and fix p their salaries, fix their bond and pre- u scribe the rules under which it is to be ^ sold. They shall also decide tbe a amount of capital to be invested and p share the profits as they may agree. n The privilege tax shall be at the rate t of 40 per ceut. of the purchase price, and shall be paid into the state treas- tl ury. This privilege tax shall be added a to the cost of all liquors bought from o county and state dispensaries. It shall b be kept by the state treasurer for the ? benefit of the public schools. Secreta- d ry of state shall provide the tax labels t( and they shall be affixed to all packa- a ges. c Liquor manufactured in the state is subject to the same privilege tax, which must be affixed before it is removed or stored. Any liquor found ^ without such label shall be liable to confiscation, and half the proceeds of t( the sale shall be turned into the state g treasury for the public schools, the 0 other to the county treasury for ordi- e nary county purposes. p Authority to enforce this act isgiveu t to the sheriffs and municipal officers. Sheriffs may be suspended for failure ii to enforce it. The governor may sus- c< pendall authorities entrusted with the t( enforcement of the act, and appoint ti such others as he may deem proper. > All manufacturers of alcoholic liquors and beverages in this state at the time this acts goes iuto effect, shall ,J be registered with the secretary of " state and a full exhibit of the business made. For this registration an annual ' fee of $25 is charged and no others shall be allowed to be established ex- 1( cept as they comply with this law and y are licensed by the secretary of state. t| For such license an annual fee of $25 ? is charged. q LOCAL AFFAIRS. ( INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. s 3rist Cousins?Quote racket prices on l standard and fancy groceries, lamp chimneys, files, Alcock's porous plas- j ters and Epsom salts, tl. P. Stowe?Gives notice that on the 3d ' of March, 1897, he will apply lor a dis- ' charge as administrator ot the estate of 1 S. D. Stowe, deceased. < 3. E. Grist?Tells you how you can get j the New York Journal regularly and any other publication you want. Also 1 rubber stamps, etc. < HARD ON THE HOGS. "Good many hogs dying all about," aid Colonel McCorkle during a cold spell ecently, and when the reporter asked < what was the matter it will be rememjered that Colonel said that "people were j knocking the animals in the head." j rn i a. ? .. J IaIva . Unf f V*o a i uai was a preny guou juito , uut tun j eporter is now informed as a fact, that , luring the recent cold spell quite a num- i >er of hogs actually froze to death. Mr. i EI. H. Beard, of Yorkville, lost one, Mr. ' Louis Roth lost two, and no doubt others , jave met with similar 1 oases. i Iu the cases mentioned, it seems that i he hogs were chilled through by the cold , md so benumbed as to be unable to move. . They lingered for several days after the reeze before they died. I ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. William Burris, of McConnells- i ,'ille, is critically ill with grip: I Miss Willie Rose returned home last j week from a pleasant visit to relatives in ; Tenneasee. i Mr. J. W. Neil, president of the Clover Jotton mill, is seriously ill at his home i bree miles north of Yorkville. Gastonia Gazette: Miss Kate Cody, of i yorkville, is spending the week in Gas- t onia, the guest of Mrs. Jane C. Gullick. , Mrs. Martha B. Lowry, accompanied by ler granddaughter, Miss Lizzie Lowry, is f ^siting tbe family of her son, Dr. M. J. j Lowry, of Meridian, Mias. * } Mr. F. K. McDonald, for sometime { )ast located atTirzah, is acting assistant igent of the 0. R. ?fc C. railroad at this ( dace during the temporary absence of ( dr. Plexico. < "THE PIONEER." Intendant Lowry, of Yorkville, has j banded The Enquirer a copy of the , Vorkville Pioneer, the first newspaper j sublisbed in Yorkville. The copy referred to is number 32 of volume '2, ind is dated March 5, 1825. 7 / The Pioneer was established in York.'ille in October, 1824, by an Irishman (. lamed Patrick Carey, and was the third 1 taper to make its appearance in the state j outside of Charleston. It lived under . <- - ,-fu lie prupriciui'suip anu wumwi ui i?g bunder until the spring of 1829, when t was consolidated with what was called he Pinckney Whig, published by Cocke . fc Foulkes. . The copy of the Pioneer before us is a ive-column folio, containing a very large ' lumber of advertisements from Charles- ( on and Columbia, and also a few legal | nd other notices by citizens of the town ind county. Although there is quite a ? ariety of reading matter in the paper, it 3 a notable fact there is not a line of local r county news, and the most interesting rticle perhaps is the detailed plans of the !amden committee of arrangements for 1 be reception of General Lafayette in his istoric visit to this state. ( What has become of the files of the Id Pioneer, we have no positive infor- g nation. The senior publisher oi The c Snquirer remembers to have seen them t ears ago in a bound volume; but they j bave since disappeared. Previous to the a lestruction of the old Enquirer office r iy fire in 1890, we bad quite a number of j opies of The Pioneer, which had been t ollected from time to time; but this is a ae first copy of the paper that we have ^ sen for several years. It was sent to In- g indent Lowry by Dr. Morgan Adams, of v ardis, Miss. v e LOCAL LACONICS. s To Registration. j The registration office was open last p londay iu pursuance of the law; but j bere was not a single application for a j, icket during the day. p 'or Stealing a Hain. n Torn Gwin, colored, was committed to p lil on February 2 by Magistrate San- ^ ifer on the chaige of housebreaking j, nd larceny. p lie County Commissioners. tl The next regular meeting of the county v oard of commissioners is to be held on v 'uesday, March 2, unless the board shall Doner be called together by the chair- 0 lan. ] hange of Schedule. J The Lenoir Topic is informed of a pro- j osed change in the Narrow Gauge sched- 1 le to ero into effect next Monday which a rings the northbound passenger along ^ bout two and a half hours earlier than at d resent. The southbound schedule re- a lains about the same. f< ax Returns. I The auditor will complete his rounds of p le county at Hickory Grove, and from s londay next until Saturday, the 20th day 1 f this month, inclusive, will be found in tl is ottice in Yorkville. Those who fail to b ive in their returns on or before the 20th ay of February, will subject themselves i.< ) a penalty of 50 per cent, increase in the d mount of their taxes. 1 haingang Expenses. n Upon inquiry of Supervisor Culp, it c evelops that the total expenses of the r ounty chaingang is about $*200 a month, b 'his is with an average of say20 convicts. V Hiring the six months immediately preeding January 1, the total expenses of C ie convict force was slightly less than F 1,200. At the present writing there are is nly 12 convicts in the gang; but the ii xpeuses, of course, is hardly reduced in tl roportibn to that number. g o Cross the Itlver. It Citizens of Fort Mill township are inovig for a bridge across Catawba river, to Minect them with this side. Itisestimaid that the bridge?a first-class double L aek structure?could be completed for otween 85.000 and 87,000. Fort Mill nvnship is said to bo willing to do her C ill share in regard to the matter, and the alance of the county ought also to be r 'filing to help. The bridge has long ago y ccoino a necessity. 1 tatrmcnt Incorrect. p Chester Reporter: The Columbia State a f last Wednesday announced, by Char- ? jston correspondent, that State Detective ti V*. II. New bold had been removed and C lint W. N. Bahr, of Charleston, had been n ppointed by the governor in his stead, si 'his turns out to be a mistake. Mr. u Newbold has seen Governor Ellerbe and expects to be retained in the detective service of the state. Land and Improvement Company. T. F. McDow, Esq., returned yesterday from Blacksburg where he had been to attend the annual meeting of the Blacksburg Land and Improvement company, held on Thursday night. Of the 8127,000 jf capital stock, 890,000 was represented in person or by proxy. The board of directors for the ensuing year were elected as follows: S. Witkowsky, president; M. M. Freeman, secretary and treasurer; Frank Hammond, J. J. McLure, C. C. Blanton, W. Anderson, John F. Jones, I. L. Black. On a Technicality. Atlanta Journal, Monday: J. W. Todd is a free man so far as the courts of Georgia are concerned. The indictment for forgery was quashed this morning by Judge Candler, in the superior court, on the motion of hisoounsel, Mr. W. H. Terrell, of the firm of Maddox A Terrell. Todd came here from Chester, S. C., about the first of October, and very soon thereafter was arrested, charged with forging six or seven ticketsof the Chester & Lenoir railroad. Yorkville Should Build a Good Road. Gastonia Gazette : Complaints are being made about the inadequacy of the public bridge over Crowder's creek, coupled with the statement that the county commissioners ought to erect a better crossway there. One contention is, that many people in the section beyond who want to do their trading and milling when it's too wet to work, find that they can't get to Gastonia if the stream is swollen. The contention of our merchants is, that because of this iinsufticient crossway these people turn their trade to Yorkville. Before the State Board. Columbia Register, Wednesday: The date board of control met last night out transacted but little business except to rndit the accounts for the past month ind transact other routine business. Rev. Mr. Grier, of Yorkville, appeared before ? _ j 1 #? *.1? ?i_-.1:4* ? ;ne Doa ra ana arguea ior mo huiuhiuh )f the dispensary at Tirzab, in York jounty, on the ground that the law wasn't properly carried out by the dispenser, and for the further reason that a majority of ;he people were opposed to it. The board nade no decision pending further investigation. Ebenezer Protests. Rock Hill Herald: At the request of :itizens of Rock Hill, through the action >f the city council, Senator Love recently introduced a bill permitting that portion )f the city lying in Ebenezer township to lecome incorporated within the bounds of Catawba township. The matter was referred to the judiciary committee, who ,vill not act upon it until they hear from he citizens of Ebenezer, as they have Deen informed that, the people of that ownship desire to offer objections to the iroposed statute. The grounds for these Ejections are that Ebenezer will be derived of property which contributes maerially to the support of her public chools and toward paying the interest on ler railroad bonds. ROOK HILL HAPPENINGS. The Visit of the Legislature?Dull-May Marriage?Dr. Suyder Next Sunday. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enauirer. Rock Hill, February 4.?Of course the ;reat item of news this week was the oming of the legislature. They came, bey saw and were seen?may it be that hey were conquered. We regret that 11 did not come; but the temptation to un home for Saturday, Sunday and Monday was too much for many of hem. There were about 360 visitors in 11. We did pot inquire who each was. . Ve did not care much?they were invited ;uest8. We had "opened the doors as vide as the hinges would allow" and j vould not have complained if the whole ^ arth had walked in. The visitors were . hown over the building and bad'an opjortunity to see most of the industrial delartments at regular work, and to eat of '( be good fare provided by tbe House- , :eeper. After dinner there were some , deasant toasts and replies. In the afterioon a concert was given by the music de- ( artment. All of this was of high merit, nit the crowning excellence was the 9ingng of the Cecilia, chorus. This is com- ( tosed of 100 voices and so well trained bat if there could be any improvement , >'e are not able to tell in what feature it ( rouId be made. Yesterday evening, at half past six 'clock, at the residence of Mrs. W. M. ?rew, Miss Blanche May was married to ] Ir. J. Walter Duff, of Blacksburg. Miss lay has lived in Rock Hill almost all her ife, and is wellknown here. She has lso a large family connection ; but she is alued most for her own merit, and her , lisposition has won for her the esteem rid affection of very many. She taught ir two years in the graded school of lock Hill and left this place to accept a , lace in the Blacksburg school. Now he has made Blacksburg her home. ' 'he ceremony was a beautiful one and be bride is said to have been "perfectly eautiful," and we do not doubt it. Mr. Duff is to be congratulated ; but?it i said that a man having once taken a , rink of water from any of the rivers of 'exas could never after leave the state? ow we-are of the opinion that no man , ould stay away from Hill with such a . eminder of its excellencies continually y him as Mr. Duff will have in his bride. Ve will welcome them. Next Sunday, Rev. Dr. Snyder, of the longo mission field, will preach at the . 'irst Presbyterian church. Mr. Snyder . i at homo for rest. At present the field ~ Ka K.io Wnon of- i'q nnfl nf I ? LJltll HKJ lino UVbII WW If W? ? *M www Wjc most interesting, and be will no doubt ive mi entertaining account of his field of ibor. o. s. i ? ? i LETTER FROM HICKORY OROVE. t ively Kick Against Hopewell School Din- j trlct?Library For the Young People? ^ Prevalence of Grip. s Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. t IIickoky Grove, February 1.?In a 1 ecent issue of your paper, I notice that I oil state that County Superintendent of 1 education Shurley has laid out from a 1: ortion of "Bullock's Creek township," 1 school district to be known as Hope- I ell. In regard to the said school dis- I ict being made altogether from Bullock's I reek township, you are in error, for the a ew district line comes over and takes in a >nie of Broad River township. Now let ii 10 say that right hero is tho "bone of c contention," and the same is causing quite a lively controversy in this section. Now in "justice to all and special privileges to none," let us take a review of the case. First, when Mr. Johnson was county 8U perintendent of education,' (then school commissioner) be came into this township, (Broad River) and after calling a meeting of the trustees of all the schools, met and with satisfaction to all, laid off the said township ot Broad River into four school districts. He then made the same proposition to the trustees of Bullock's Creek which was refused with thanks. It will be remembered that the money for school purposes is raised from a three mill levy on taxable property in said township, and all moneys so derived are d1 aced to the credit.of schools in that towuship. Anyone cognizant with the facts, knows fully well that Broad River has a great deal moie taxable property than Bullock's Creek, and, therefore, has a larger school fund. We have good schools and large attendance, and more prosperous schools than most townships can boast of, and now, in justice to all, and with all due respect to our superintendent of education, may I ask is it 1'afc. just and equitable to our citizens to takeoff taxable property from this township ' and place with Bullock's Creek ? ' Eenfc, answers, No! No!! No!!! One of the greatest needs of people in the country, especially the young people? the boys and the girls?is something \ "good" to read. Most of the people in this section take some paper; but what I am now speaking of is in the line of periodicals, such as Munsey, Scribner's \ or Harper's magazine. Something that will enlighten and give to the young ones a knowledge that cannot be gained in \ schools. Something from the best writers ' of the day. Take away from the youths of our country these trashy, love-sick novels, and supply their place with some good, substantial work, and the children will read them fondly?yes, lovingly. This is what the country boys and girls need. They are now away and shielded from the evils of a city life, then let them be the equals of their city brothers and sisters iu a literary sense, and the larm and home will no longer be a place of bondage or a refuge in the time of storm ; but a sweet sense of love, refinement, and culture will come forth that shall and will tell on future generations. Many in this section are sutlering from grip, but your correspondent has heard of no serious cases. "Flawpicker," the representative of the Gaijuey Ledger, (Cherokee county) was in this section not long ago. h. w. t. LETTER PROM HOUDTOWN. Grip Epidemic?Teachiug Under Difficulties?Brought Home a Wife?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Hoodtown, February 3.?While scarcely a family has escaped the ravages of the grip altogether, in this neighborhood several have bad quite severe attacks of the trouble. Misses Irene Hood and Jennie Mickle have had the worst cases; but both are now better. Your correspondent and bis family, have not been exempt from its mighty grasp, having had the usual unpleasant group of symptoms, so much resembling "break-bone fever." Miss Sudie Shannon commenced teaching school here two weeks ago; but owing to the prevalence of grip and the very inclement weather, the attendance has been rather small. It is hardly necessary for this scribe to say more of Miss Sudie. She is a graduate of Due West Female college, and besides has bad several years' experience in the schoolroom, which bespeak for her full qualifications for trai ning the youthful mind. Mr. T. M. Grant surprised his friends very much by bringing home a bride last Thursday afternoon. He had gone down into Chester county a few days before, as it was supposed, on a visit to relatives; hut Bnnn the news reached here that his intentions, though not outwardly expressed, were of a rather different character. The bride was Miss Daisy Miller, jf the Lowrysville neigborbood. We wish the happy couple much joy, and an unclouded sky in their earthly pilgrimage: or, leastwise, that the sunshine in their lives may far exceed the shadow. Some of last Wednesday's sleet and snow still remains, and although less than an inch in depth, may, from preset indications, lie until considerably augmented by a freer fall of crystalized etherial vapors. Voce. BLACKSBUKG BUDGET. Marriage of Mr. J. W. Duff ami Miss Blanche May. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enauirer. Blacksburo, February 5.?The marriage at Rock Hill, on Wednesday, the ki instant, of Miss Blanche May of that place, and Mr. J. W. Duff, of Blacksburg, was an event in which our people Feel a special interest. Miss May is wellknown here as a teacher in our graded school, a position she tilled well and most acceptably, winning the love of her pupils and the admiration and approval )f the patrons of the school. By her imiable disposition and pleasant manners, she also won the high esteem and ,ove of all our people, and will receive i warm welcome in our midst. Mr. Dutf, the fortunate groom, has been n business here for the past six years. He s a young man of enterprise, integrity and rood business judgment, and has merited ind won success in his work. He enjoys ,be confidence and esteem of all our citizens, and is to be congratulated on seeurng and bringiug such a winsome prize o Blacksburg. . w. A. MERE-MENTION. A man named Greely, claiming to be a elative of Honice Greely, is in jail at Los Vngeles, California, a confessed horse hief. Senator Wolcott, the interuaional conference missionary, is now in Paris. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, vho was reported to bo dangerously ill everal weeks ago, is now said to be beter. The best bicycle record for one lour is held by Jimmy Michael, of Memphis, Tennessee. On November 10, last, le made 29 miles in 00 minutes. The feat las just been officially recognized by the jeague of American Wheelmen. Sx-Congressrnan Joseph L. Rawlins has >een elected United States senator from Jtali. The 0,000 employes of the An.conda mine, at Butte, Montana, are Bout to go on a strike. The outlook 4 that Tom Watson is going to win his ontest for a seat in congress.