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Scraps and ^acts. ? President McKinley, with severa members of his cabinet, arrived al Nashville, Tennessee, last Fridaj morning at 8 o'clock, and at noon the president visited the exposition grounds. He was given an enthrn siastic reception by a great multitude of people, and made a speech whicli was warmly applauded. The speech however, contained but little else than well-laid on taffy. ? Mulhall says in the New York World: "When you show that foi every bale of cotton handled on the New York Exchange there were betJ on the price of 90 bales, you show whj we have what the economists call 'in sufficient distribution.' You are righl in thinking that the energy wasted in this gambling would make New York the greatest market of the world if it were exerted in actual business. Gamb linir is the death of business." ? The Cuban League of the Unitec States has called upon the churches ol the land to devote the principal ser vice of Sunday, July 4, next, to the cause of God, liberty and humanity as represented in the struggle of Cubs for independence, devoting the colleC' tion taken to the Cuban cause. The league also requests that the public school teachers devote the last hal day of the spring and summer sessior to the story of Cuba. The league calls upon patriotic societies of America tc make the 4th of July, 1897, "memora ble for Cuban freedom." ? Nikola Tesla, whose fame as ar electrician is now equal to that of Edi son himself, claims to have invented ? machine whereby messages may be sent about through the earth withoui the aid of wires. Just how the ma chine operates, Tesla is not yet will ing to explain in detail. He claims however, that he has already succeed ed in sending messages a distance o 20 mileSj and believes that he will soot have his machine so perfect that he will be able to send a message to anj part of the earth in an instant. Ii looks incomprehensible, it is true ; bui these electrical wizzards have already accomplished that which makes ii comparatively easy to believe that al most anything is possible. ? At a ball held at Livermore Falls Me., by The Foresters, on Thursday night, a prize of a gold ring was offer ed to the lady who waltzed the longes without stopping. Twelve couple! competed. They began waltzing a 12.30 a. m., and it was 5.45. a. m., be fore Miss Bessie McGraw, the winner and her partner, stopped waltzing By 2.20 five couples had dropped out at 3.30 another couple left the floor aud at 4.15, Carl Richmond's partnei fainted aud was taken away. Twc more couples dropped out at 4.25, and at 4.50 only two couples remained ot the floor. At 5.43 Miss Bessie Dain ant her partner, George E. Hall, gave uj the contest, and so the prize fell t< Miss Bessie McGraw, she and her part uer leaving the floor two minutes later ? Momentous events took place a last Friday's session of the council o the Reformed Episcopal church, helt in New York city. The principa question under discussion was whethe clergymen should be allowed to wea such vestments as they might see fit or whether they should be confined t< the black gowns now generally worn A vote in favor of liberty iu the use o vestments was lost by a total of 53 t< 26. Then a vote iu favor of restric tiou to the black gown carried 57 t< 27. Immediately upon the announce ment of the vote, Bishop Cheny, o Chicago, read a letter in which he re signed several positions that he hel( under the council, and representative: of Miss Harriet S. Benson, of Phila delphia, announced the withdrawal o an income of $15,000 a year that Mis Beusou was contributing to church ex tension purposes. A number of prom inent laymen and clergymen resignet from important committees, and witl tears in his eyes, Presiding Bishoj Fallows said that the action just takei by the council marked the "begiuniuj of the end." ? Veterans Dave Moore and I. W RufF, of the Twelfth South Carolim regiment, will be the proud bearers o their regimental flag at the Confeder ate reunion at Nashville. The flag ii old and tattered from bullet holes. I was one of the flags which was no surrendered at Appomattox, for th< color bearer tore it from its stair ant ponpejilinc it under his shirt, broutrht i safely home. On the Hag is stampec the name of the battles in which tin Twelfth regiment engaged. The] make a long list and are as follows Hilton Head, Tort Royal, Mechanics ville, Gaines' Mill, Cold Harbor, Fras ier's Farm, Malvern Hill, Cedar Run Second Manassas, Snicker's Gap, Fron Royal, Deep Bottom, Mine Run, O: Hill, Harper's Ferry, Sbarpsburg Fredericksburg, Chaucellorsville, Get tysburg, Falling Water, Hanover June tion, Wilderness, Spottsylvauia, Fuz zle's Mill, Reams's Station, Jones House, Hatcher's Run, Sutherland Sta tion and Appomattox. ? An effort was made last Sunday t> assassinate M. Felix Faure, presideu of the French republic. Thepresiden was on his way to a race-track, and a his carriage was passing a thicket there was a loud explosion whicl caused considerable excitement. No body was hurt. Upon investigation the police found the pieces of an iroi pipe two inches in diameter and severa inches in length which had beei plugged up at the ends, filled witl powder and set off with a fuse. Twi or three people were arrested ; but a to whether or not they are the guilt; parties, has not yet developed. In th thicket was also found a pistol 01 1 ' wmcn wasengraveuj-i^ejiui iu a-uuic, and also a dagger bearing the sain inscription. An official who was will President Faure described the occur rence to au Associated Press cones pondent as follows: "When the repor was heard a dense cloud of smok arose from the thicket and there wa consternation until it was found tha no one had been hurt. The polic sprang forward, but found the thieke deserted. When the crowd saw one o the policemen holding the bomb the; jumped to the conclusion that he wa the perpetrator of the outrage am handled him roughly, clubbing hin with heavy walking sticks and urn brellas, until his comrades rescued him, badly bruised and covered with blood. The president's cortege then I proceeded to the race course." t ? At a meeting held last Friday ' night, the Confederate Survivors' association, of Augusta, Ga., adopted resolutions against inviting grand army men to address Confederate re-unions, or to take part in such gatherings. The survivors recite as reasons for their net the recent history published under the auspices of the G. A. R., which is "more partisan, untruthful and denunciatory of us than any of the multitude of untruthful histories published." Second, the action of the G. A. R. in declaring against the Confederate parade in New York on the Fourth of Julv. which was discussed t. last year; third, that these re-unions i are in the nature of family re-unions, ; when the presence of outsiders is not ; desirable; and fourth, that the pres ence of outsiders on such occasions inevitably results in restraint that takes I away from the pleasure of such occaf sions and defeats their object. In . presenting these views the survivors > "disclaim all animosity towards individuals who fought against us, for [ there are many such for whom we . entertain the highest respect aud re? gard, and with whom we hold the ? most kindly personal relations." ; ?bc Hovhvilte (Enquirer. j zzzzznnzzizzzzziiiiznizzizz^z f YORKVILLE, S. C.: ! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1897. t ? The Cotton Plant, now published in t Laurens, seems to have fallen on hard ' lines. It now conies to us with one side " ready >rint. ? The voters of the state are ready for , the announcement by the state Democrat tic executive committee, that there will " be a senatorial primary. If no such an1 uouncement is made, there will be much * disappointment. % + % ? There is to be a grand free silver ' demonstration in Washington on July 4. * Mr. J. C. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, is to ' be the orator of the day, and each of the r 13 origiual states are to be represented on > the programme. Senator McLaurin has I accepted an invitation to represent South i Carolina. 1 ) ? Call it politics, policy or what we 5 may ; but the action of Tillman, McLau" rin and others, in calling upon President * McKinley in the interest of old, wornout t General Wade Hampton, was brave, j" generous and Christian. It lias been a I long time since we have noted a similar circumstance that was more deserving of r applause. j ? Whether wittingly or otherwise, the Columbia Register, long the principal f Reform organ in the state, has found i on its hands a pretty large sized con* tract. Sometime ago it attacked Mr. 5 McLaurin's proposition for a duty on * ? 1 .* t;ii_ J. COllUIl, HllU livn 11/ liliun uv-imn/i iiuinan not only agreeing with Mr. Mcj Laurin; but actually going biin one s bettor and asking for an export bounty . on the staple. f s ? A Washington correspondent says - that Senator Tillman's sugar trust inves - tigation resolution failed "because of the ^ senator's personal unpopularity." This 3 is about the best we have heard for some5 time, lhit, indeed, it is hard lines when J the senate of the United States gets to the ' point that it can refuse a demand of right and justice because it does not like the l individual by whom the demand is pref sented. 3 ?A correspondent of the "L. A. \V." t Bulletin suggests a scheme?a good t scheim?to secure the fitting of vehicles i .with wide tires, lie wants vehicle tires i r of one inch or less in width taxed ?5 per j annum ; vehicles of less than two inches, g taxed $4 per annum; of less than three P inches, taxed $3 ; of less than four inches, : taxed ; and of less than five inches, - taxed ?I. In view of the fact that up to a - certain point a wide-tired vehicle is light> erof draught and of more benefit than 1 harm to a road, this is a good suggestion. 4 The writer, who is a bicyclist, also makes a liberal suggestion in regard to bicycles. Although it is true that the bicycle does .. not appreciably injure a road, except with comparatively good roads a bicycle is worthless, and for this reason he very properly suggests that every owner of a o wheel might be assessed at least $1 for t road purposes. In what the correspont dent says there seems to be a great deal s that is worth thinking al>out. ^ ? The New York World has given pub'* licity to an unusually ugly scandal affect' ing the inner circle of the McKinley j administration. It is the case of A. T. u Wimberly, of Louisiana. According to l- 'P?.o V /v.1,1 ?l,o Unnnl.liranu nf I rtniu. [J i.l? . v.. .v., ..... ... ......... 0 iana had already committed themselves ? to Tom Reed. William McKinley Osy borne, a cousin of the president, went e down to New Orleans, and with money ,, and promises of patronage, got Wimberly, who had control of the Republican Ij machine, to abandon pledges and go over . to McKinley. Wimbcrly was promised i- the collectorship of the port at New Ort leans, and lor sometime past he has been e in Washington looking alter his interests s in this appointment, as well as exercising ^ control over the patronage of the state p ^ generally. The Louisiana Republicans j. have just begun to realize the situation, P and are now coming out with open expos sitionsof Wimberly's past record, along 1 with proof to the ell'ect that he has neither i business or financial standing in Louis iana. The president can see it in no other way than that he will have to carry out his promises; but the howl that has been raised is undoubtedly producing widespread consternation. ? Governor Russell, of North Carolina, has made what is probably the most pertinent suggestion for the prevention of lynching. "Barbarous brutes who commit nameless crimes," he says, "must bo killed?and killed quick. But let it bo done under the forms of law. Let there be none of the law's delay. Give the executivo power to call a court instanter and order a judge by telegraph to the county of the crime. Try the criminal; I if proper for an appeal, convene the appellate court on the shortest possible notice; send down the judgment and instantly perform the mandates." I ? Many of the ablest lynching artists of the south declare that the recent affair in Urhana, 0., was badly managed. They do Aich things differently down south.? New York Mail and Express. The Mail and Express is inclined to be sarcastic; but, all the same, it is right in its conclusion that, "Th9y do such things differently down south." In the circumstances mentioned, and on account of the nature of the crime involved, it is rather doubtful as to whether a southern sheriff would have attempted to defend the jail at all; but had he attempted a defenso, he would have made it thorough. H9 would have never had the military shoot down members of the mob and then give up the keys and abandon the jail. Such chicken-hearted business as that is worse than lynching or even ordinary murder. When the southern official sets his mind to defend a jail, he generally does it at whatever risk, and for a case iu point, The Mail and Express is referred to the incidents of a few years ago at Birmingham, Ala., and Roanoke, Va. ? The committee to whom Tillman's sugar investigation resolution was referred, has decided to report the same adversely. The report, it is understood, will be an elaborate one, reviewing the result of past investigations, and claiming that a new investigation would be but a useless expense. At this outcome we can hardly say that we are surprised ; but we are not prepared to justify the committee in its position. While it is true that past investigations have failed to result in the punishment of the guilty, it can hardly be claimed that they have not been without good results. They havo at least served to show the corruption that exists in high places, etc., and the tendency has been to still farther educate the people against the time when they will undertake the cleaning of the angean stables of the senate upou their own responsibility. That such a time is coming, we have no reason to doubt, and that it is only hastened by each failure of ? 1 1?1 f.. ..Ar.it '??A AWA AAllllllIlT H SCIlHluriai III vesiiKiinun, n c aic njuaujr certain. Therefore, we are not inclined to look upon the proposed action of the senate committee in the matter of this resolu tion with any special alarm or concern. What Senator Tillman will do, ol course, we are unable to predict; but the probability is that the committee or senate which seeks to ignore his just demands, will have occasion to wish that it had taken a different course. ? "The only Christian and logical attitude toward the liquor selling evil is the one which demands its extermination." So says The liaptist Courier in a short argument in favor of prohibition as a gainst high license. Our contemporary is right in its proposition ; but it would do well to inquire more carefully into the question as to whether the remedy it proposes is calculated to accomplish the end desired. That prohibition is the thing there is no doubt; but can or will prohibition be secured by a law which says that such a condition shall exist? The experience of the past has been very discouraging. Instead of exterminating liquor selling in this country, prohibition has had a tendency to foster and develop it. It has not been as bad as the old barroom system, it is true; but at the same time it has been bad enough. We are not ready to say that the enforcement of such a law is impossible; but that such a law has never been enforced is an undisputed fact. We do not think that such a system will confer any blessings upon the country ; but if the dispensary system, is to go, we prefer a high license system under the dispensary regulations now provided in the constitution, to free liquor. In taking this position, we desire to say that in our opposition to the sale of liquor, leeal or otherwise, we yield not one jot to our esteemed contemporary, The Courier, or any other prohibitionist, however earnest; but we are satisfied that prohibition, or rather a prohibitory law, really means "license" in a much wider acceptation of the meaning of the word than high license, and, betweon two evils, we are inclined to choose the least. In this case high license, in our opinion, will prove the lesser of the two evils. MERE-MENTION. Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, and Republican manager of the tarill" bill, is seriously ill. Hon W. J. Bryan arrived in New York city last Saturday and was received by groat crowds of people. The hackmen at the railway station cheered him wildly as the next president of the United States. A high Cuban ollicial, recently arrived in Now York, says that the insurgent army consists ol 'Hi,000 well-armed troops. A drunken Negro named Sibley, killed three women and two children, all colored, in Kemper county, Miss., last Sunday. It is expected that Princeton, N. J? will confer the degree of Lb. I), on ox-Presi dent Cleveland today. rue House continues its policy of adjourning from Monday to Thursday, and from Thursday to Monday without doing any business. The steamer City of Paris arrived at San Francisco last Saturday from Panama with several cases of yellow fever on board. Kansas Populists are withdrawing from the Grand Army of the Republic, because they claim that the organization is being used in the interest of the Republican party. :io,000 miners in the west Pennsylvania coal regions are threatening to go on a strike. LOCAL AFFAIRS. < r INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. I II. C. Strauss?Announces that he is still 0 selling bargains in summer dry goods a and will continue until his stock is dis- s posed of. j, F. A. fiosman?Talks to you about the benefits to be derived from having coils of pipe put into your wells, and which 8 will enable you to have pure and cool ]< drinking water. He is prepared to es- h timate on the cost of the material and c for the labor necessary to complete the , job. 1 Mase Ferguson?Is prepared to supply I you with Patapsco superlative llour, Plankington, Magnolia and picnic }, hams, Mason's fruit jars, liousebrooms, * and canned goods of different kinds. J. J. Ilunter?Wants you to remember mat lie is prepared u> meet mo nanus m ? customers with a nice line oi summer c clothing and a complete stock of shoes, a which he will sell for cash. R J. M. Starr it: Co.?Are prepared to sup- ? ply you with a medicated egg which v they claim will destroy chicken mites, c They also offer you soaps of different \ grades and kinds and proprietary medicines at reduced prices for cash. Grist Cousins?Talk to you about Monarch bicycles and quote prices at which they will sell them, suitable either for ^ men or women. FOR ASSAULT AND BATTERY. 1 Roland Smith and Berry Thompson, j both colored, were brought up to Yorkville last Saturday and committed to jail 8 on the charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, and it is likely that they ' have before them a pretty tough row. These are the Negroes who were some- J time back sent to the chaingang from Rock Hill for carrying concealed weapons, and who, while on the way to the . stockade, turned against Major T. C. Beckham, who was in charge of them, and managed to make their escape. It was in their escape that the present . charge against them developed. Major . Beckham drew his pistol, as he had a right to do, and one of the Negroes took the pistol away from him and demanded ' his money or his life. "I had about 815 in my pocket," said ' the major to the reporter not long ago; f "but I would have let him shot me before 4 I would have given it to him. But there . was no danger anyway. The weapon was an improved hammerless with a safetycatch on it. Just as soon as the Negro got :" K5o tmooMoinn an ft nraqantad 1 UIO pi9lUl Hi uio puoovoiivu ????? j/? w..? it without moving the safety-catch, I knew that he could uot shoot anyway, 1 and that I was in no special danger." The fact, however, that the Negro did J not know how to use the pistol, will not 1 mean any mitigation of the crime. The presenting of a deadly weapon like a pistol, constitutes assault and battery with ' intent to kill, and the chances that one or both of the Negroes will go to the peni. tentiary for a very long term, are un- ' usually good. < ? ? i ABOUT PEOPLK. 1 Miss Maude Gardner is at home from 1 Winthrop. ' Mr. Burritt Metts is at home for the summer vacation. 1 Mr. E. M. Williams was recently grad1 uated from Davidson college and is at ' home in Yorkville. i Mr. J. F. McElwee is at home from ' Georgia, where he has been in the cotton , business during the past season. Mr. S. V. Wallace, of Clover, is in at- 1 tendance on the commencement exercises of Erskine college, i Mr. R. P. Roberts, manager of the i Cherokee Falls Manufacturing company was in Yorkville iast Monday. , Mrs. D. W. Hicks is coniined to her ' bed with a sprained ankle, the result of a 1 fall from a bicycle last Saturday morning. Mr. Paul G. McCorkle, of Lancaster, came over to Yorkville on Saturday af- [ ternoon and returned on Monday. Spartanburg Ilerald: Miss Mamie Hall, of Yorkville, is visiting the Misses 1 Floyd, on North Church street. Mr. T. B. McClain went to Camden last 1 Thursday on business, in connection with the telephone exchange at that place. Epworth Leaguer: H. C. Strauss, of , York ville, will be among the South Carolina delegation to Toronto, and is working enthusiastically for a large crowd. Stenographer McCaw returned from 1 Winnsboro yesterday. He reports that , there was no business for tho court, and > no court was held. Mr. J. E. Beamguard, of Clover, was in Yorkville on Monday looking up some i hands with a view to pushing operations 1 on tiie rcsorvoir at the Clover Cotton factory. Miss Georgia Charlton spent a few days in Yorkville with her Winthrop college mate, Miss Mary Jo Withershoon, leay ing for her home in Columbus, Ga., on Monday night. Rev. James McDowell was chaplain of . the Palmetto Sharpshooters, instead of the Sixth regiment of South Carolina volunteers, as was stated in The En( qui her of Saturday. Mr. G. H, O'Leary, who also belonged to the Palmetto Sharpshooters, has kindly called our attention to the mistake. i J. B. Bell, Esq., came over from Galf( noy last Saturday and returned on Monday. He appeared to bo in good spirits, an d expressed himself as well pleased with his new location. This, however, may be received as a matter of course. Mr. Bell has already a number of cases and has scored several victories which , have put him in the position of a disputant for the leadership of the Cherokee bar. His many friends over this way wish him unbounded success, and if ho gets it, they aro not going to be surprised. IS IT FAILURE? Quite a number of Yorkville business i men aro in a state of considerable trepi, dation over what they fear is the failure of the firm of Evans A Moxon, the wellknown contractors who built the cotton mill building here, and who have been doing a great deal of other work in Yorkville and vicinity during the past year or I such a matter. i The fears referred to have originated i during the past few days, as the result of developments which some people take as I conclusive, while others aro still in doubt. In fact, the best that can be said up to : this writing is that the whole situation is i involved in more or less uncertainty. Sometime ago the health of Mr. Moxon i gave way, ana nisi weea, auei u?vi.iK ? settlement with Mr. Evans, he left for his home in Ohio. Mr. Evans loft Yorkville last Saturday night after having previously told several of those with whom he had had business dealings, that he was i going to Alabama, and that he would be ! back during the present week. I On Monday, just exactly how we are unable to learn, an alarm was raised to I the effect that Mr. Evans had "jumped" ' the town, and that it was not his intention to return. On the strength of this state- < mcnt, several people who have claims 1 ! against the firm, have sued out writs of attachment against bills of material and i ! such other personal property as could be found, amounting in the aggregate to ; several hundred dollars; probably more. < Notwithstanding the developments re- i ferred to, there is considerable difference ] if opinion as to whether Mr. Evans has a eally gone with no intention to return, ri nvestigation shows that before leaving n n Saturday, he paid out to his employes n nd other creditors cash to the amount of d everal hundred dollars, and this, taken b n connection with the fact that though o ften pressed for money he has all along ii hown a disposition to do the fair thing, g jads some of those with whom he has u ad dealings, including several who have o laims against him, that he will return to h rorkville within a few days according to tl iromise. v Among those who are prolmbly the ti icaviest creditors of Mr. Evans are n lessrs. Glenn & Allison, W. B. Moore A g 'oM W. Adickesand R. J. Herndon. Mr'. . II. Riddle and others have small ac- \ onnts, and in the aggregate the claims f re supposed be in the neighborhood of a 2,500. As to the exact value of the assets & vhich have boen attached by the various t< reditors, there is not, at this writing, any- l vay to definitely ascertain. v f GRADED SCHOOL TRUSTEES. r Tho new board of trustees of the York- K 'ille Graded schools met in the office of & i. W. S. Hart, Esq., last Monday morn- a ng, according to appointment, and or- ? janized by the election of W. W. Lewis, ^ Ssq., as chairman and H. C. Strauss as fi ecretary. c The length of service of the respective S nembers was settled by lot, as required a jy law, with the following result: One i rear, G. W. S. Hart and M. C. Willis; a wo years, H. C. Strauss and J. S. Brice j t hree years, S. L. Miller and J. J. Hun- t er ; four years, W. J. Waters and W. W. S Lewis. Messrs. Hart, Lewis and Waters were ippointed a committee to make arrangements lor the securing of a proper build- < ng, etc., for use next year, and Messrs. [fart, Strauss and Lewis were appointed i i committee to receive the books and papers of the old board. a The matter of electing superintendent ?] and teachers for next year was postponed , to another meeting, to be held on June ( 14, and in the meantime, up to that date, j ill applications for positions must be s odged with the secretary in writing. j t LOCAL LACONICS. , 2u!te a Severe Loss. j Cleve. the well-known claybank horse l which Messrs. Grist Cousins have been j jseing with their delivery wagon, died \ Monday night of colic. The Enquirer Until 1st of January, 1808. i The Semi-Weekly Enquirer will < ae sent to any address, from this date ] until the 1st of January, 1898, for 81.06. The Next Jury. Yesterday, the twentieth day before < jourt, was the day upon which it is the i justorn to draw the jury; but the sher- t iff, in whose presence the drawing must t take place, being absent, the matter was i postponed. 1 "HorneHhoe Robinson." 5 For two subscribers to The Enquirer for one year and the payment of 8.1.50, t we will give to the person returning the i names, a paper-bound copy of the well- i known locul story of "Horseshoe Robin- < ion," written by Hon. John P. Kennedy. I York at Davidson. I At the Davidson college commence- j inent last week, York county boys were mentioned as follows: T. H. Spencer, < *enior class, punctual for four years; W. ' G. Perry, junior class, tirst honor; J. H. Witherspoon, first honor; J. M. McConnell, first honor. "Who's Who?" With today's issue, is commenced the publication of a new serial entitled "Who's Who?" Though slightly unnatural in 1 some of its features, the story is none the < less interesting, and will prove unusually I entertaining throughout. No reader of < of The Enquirer should fail to start I with the opening chapters. Killed on the Rail. A special of Saturday from Florence to | to the Columbia State, says: "Major J. M. Mayo, formerly of Whitaker, N. C., | now of Ocala, Fla., was killed by a train on a street in the town today. He was walking across the track with an um- ( brella raised and was unconscious of dan- . ger. The engineer gave the alarm sig- ( uals." Rev. Alexaoder Sprunt, D. D. , Davidson college has conferred the de- ] gree of doctor of divinity on Rev. Alexander Sprunt, pastor of the First Presby- , terian church of Rock Hill. The members of Mr. Sprunt's congregation and his numerous friends and acquaintances else- I where, agree that the honor has been ! most worthily bestowed. 1 Inspection of the Road Work. The county board of commissioners ' made an inspection of the road work between Tirzah and Ebenezer yesterday. I The routine and progress of the work, i however, has already been fully describ- i ed in The Enquirer, and a retelling of i the story would hardly bo justified. It j was for this reason that we have not seen < fit to send a reporter along on the tour of , inspection. i Heavy Hailstorm. { A heavy hailstorm passed over a section of country from three to six miles , northwest of Yorkville last Saturday afternoon, doing more or less damage to the farms of Messrs. D. C. Clark, Emmet 1 Walker and others. As to the exact extent of the damage, The En- 1 quirkr has not been able to gather in- 1 formation; but the understanding is ' that no crops have been entirely ruined. ' Wise and I3uHlneH8-Llke. 1 It is reported that the Lock hart Cotton i Manufacturing company has adopted an i unusually intelligent policy toward its 1 employes. A handsome tennis court ] has just been fixed up on the grounds for i the recreation of employes, the imme- i diate premises of the mill are being gra- < ded and beautified, and other improvements are under contemplation. Pacolet s Mills, too, are looking closely after the j welfare of their operatives, and have just ( given out the contract for an ice factory and cold storage plant to be erected on ' the grounds of the company. Did Not Know When She Wan Home. Charlotte Observer, Saturday: Mrs. T. J. Austin, wifo of the Populist 'squire, went to Columbia, S. C., Thursday, on 1 the picnic excursion. She rode in the ( . . . 1 ?ii? i rear eoacn, wmcn was reservcu unjjuunni.r for Rock Hill people. On the return trip, ' when the train reached Rock Hill, .some i mischievous hoy hollered out "Char- 1 lotte !" and Mrs. Austin hustled out. As j soon as she was on the ground, she real- 1 ized her mistake; but the train had begun to move and she was afraid to attempt to t hoard it. She spoilt the night at the ho- j tel, and camo home yesterday morning. s 'Squire Austin threatened yesterday to ? bring suit against the "Seceders" for ^ damages. He's Somewhat Worried. John Hart is very much worried about . [joing to the chaingang. John is the Clover Negro who was sentenced for two 1 years and six months for resisting an :)llieer and for assault and battery with intent to kill. Ho appealed to the su- ' prcmo court; hut on failing to perfect the ppeal, tbe case has been dismissed as al- t ?ady stated. The sheriff, however, has t mt been officially notified yet, and will t ot be so notified, probably, for several ays yet. In the meantime John, has t een investigating the treatment of pris- ^ nerson the chaingang; and upon hear- a lg, among other tilings, that the chain- g ang authorities are inclined to adminisir very severe floggings on slight provcation, he has been unable to reconcile '' imself to the situation. In fact, he says jat rather than go to the chaingang, he ' >'0111(1 prefer lo cue, and as lie nas aireauy ried to commit suicide, his statement is 1 ot difllcult to believe. * loltie to Toronto. ( The executive committee of the Ep- < vorth League met in Rock Hill recently I or the purpose of making transportation < rrangements for those who desire to at- I end the annual conference of the league, | o be held in Toronto, Canada, on July , 5 20. Mr. H. C. Strauas, of Yorkville, , i-ho is a member of the committee, inorms The Enquirer that around trip | ate of $16.10 has been secured. Dele- | ates and others may go either by the louthern or the Seaboard Air Line road, nd may take in many points of interest ilong the route, including Niagara Falls, kmong the members of the Weber league, of Yorkville, who have already deided to go, are Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Itrauss, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Humbert ,nd Mrs. T. S. Jefferys. Others, not nembers of the league, may avail themelves of the remarkably low rate that las been offered, and for further inforinaiou they are advised lo call upon Mr. itrauss. BLACKSBURG BUDGET. Condition of the Crops?Protracted Meeting?Personal and Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. Blacksiiuro, Juno 15.?Our farmers ire in the midst of their wheat harvest, rhe crop is a little better than usual this rear, and the weather, so far, and the conlition of other crops have been favorable 'or saving it. Cotton which had a hard itruggle at first, and was kept from growng rapidly by the cool weather of two or hree weeks ago, is making good progress now and looks well. Corn looks promisng, and the oats crop has been much benefitted by the recent rains, and issurjrisingly better than was expected it ,vould be a month ago. A religious meeting has been in prog ess here for more than a week, conductxl by the Rev. Mr. Bailey, pastor of the Baptist church, and Evangelist Elson, of Virginia. Services were held at first in the church, but on account of the large crowds attending and the heat of the svenings, it was thought best to have a ent. So, on Saturday, one was procured ind | put up on the edge of Berkeley park ind a portion of York street. Here services are held three times a day?10 a. m., 1.30 and 8 o'clock p. in. Intense interest is being manifested in he meetings. There seems to be a lively nvakening of the people as to their spirtual condition and needs, and it is earnsstly hoped that much lasting good will je done. Miss Rhyno and Miss Sadler, of Mecklenburg, N. C., are visiting the family of Mr. J. W. Rhyne. Rev. Mr. Cautben has been attending :ommencement at Wotford college durng the past week. w. a. HOAR AND TILLMAN. They Had a Lively Bout In the Senate on Monday. During a debate on the sugar acheduld list Monday, Senator Hoar took occasion to say that honest, sober men of the United States, looked with contempt upon charges against the integrity of the United States senate. Mr. Tillman answered Mr. Hoar: He said he had the deepest respect for the integrity of the senator from Massachusetts; but perhaps be had become callous in his long service, as was indicated by the statement that the people of both parties treated with contempt the statements that there was irregularity in making the sugar schedule. But, said Mr. Tillman, when published statements were made that senators in touch with sugar barons, when circumstantial evidence was at hand that a huge monopoly levied tribute on the public; that the American people were helpless in the i;rasp of this octopus, then it was strange indeed that any senator should assert that the people treat with contempt these charges. Ou the contrary, he declared, the people wanted an investigation ; they wanted the honor of the senate vindicated or the meu who slandered it punished. For that reason, Mr. Tillman said, he had contemplated an amendment to Mr. Hoar's proposition so that the commission would not only inquire into the mere machinery of sugar-making ; but also "whether the sugar trust has used undue means to control legislation, md to get at the root of how it is and why it is that the American senate cannot touch sugar without getting contaminated." Turning to the South Carolina senator, Mr. Hoar said there were some men who seemed to thiuk that down beneath the body of the people there was a great muss of seething people sager for extremes. He knew through md through the character, purpose ind opinions of the meu who get their living from the farms and factories of Massachusetts. He had sprung from i yeoman ; his associations had been with them and be knew what they were thiuking about. "They are," he proceeded impressively, "asimple, sincere, honest, liber.y-loviug, God-fearing men. They hink no evil and the appeal to vile mssions falls 011 deaf ears with them." "Will the seuulor permit me," broke 11 Mr. Tillmau. Mr. Hoar went on without pausing. "The men who make up the farms ind the factories are the same the :ountry over," he said. "Their kius u....A uMinl hnilrlimr liCU IlttVC tui IIV\? *T\OVflHI?. ip a new empire there, a large and a nore glorious New England, aud I told that to the great body of these )eople these charges are not only prejosterous, but iufamous." Mr. Tillman agaiu was ready with a eply. "As to the seething mass of guorance, as the senator from Maslachuselts had designated the masses," laid Mr. Tillman ; but the Massaehuletts seuator promptly interrupted litn. "I deny that statement," said Mr. rioar. "I said just the contrary and ny statement is perverted." "Very well," answered Mr. Tillman, 'you are the last man I would be wiling to misrepresent to bis face." He knew, be said, that the only hiug infamous in this transaction, in he view of the people, was the refusal 0 investigate and these efforts to hide >ehind the senatorial toga. "Public iharges had been made that bribery vus abroad in connection with this iubject, and unless you investigate you tand convicted," asserted the senator. After this diverting iucident the senate came back to the bill and Mr. Andsay moved to strike 195 1000 and 1 8-10 cents as the rate on sugar. This drew from Mr. Allison an aninated defense of the paragraph. The senate paragraph differed from the >riginal bouse provision, he said, in >nly one particular, viz: The suhstiuiion of 1.95 for 1.875, which difference amounted to only 7$ cents per hundred pounds. He asserted that the ascending scale of 3-100 ceuts on jach degree above 75 was not an excessive benefit to the refiner. Mr. Allison referred to the fact that the committee had pursued very largely the course of the Democratic finance committee. Mr. Tillman then came in with the remark : "Do you emulate or imitate the villainies indulged in by your Democratic colleagues three years ago?" "I did not indulge in epithets. I did not say villainy," answered Mr. Allison. "No; I said it," responded Mr. Tillmun. 9 + 9 Long and Able Service.?The Rev. William Moffatt Grier, D. D. LL. D., president of Erskine college, has occupied that high position for twentyfive years, and the fact will be fitly celebrated on June 15. This is a rare record. No male college in our state has been presided over by one man for such a term. He not only has served long, but his service has been marked by great success and by very great ability. The college over which he has presided has grown steadily, and the young men prepared there for lifework have been of such scholarship and character as to reflect the highest credit on those whq trained them. VVe have been invited to attend the quarto-centennial celebration, but fear we cannot have the pleasure of being present. But we shall and do share with those who may be permitted to wn/tflp hnnnr fn nnr diRtint'ilished friend, the liveliest gratification in noting the event celebrated. In advance we tender to Dr. Grier our sincere congratulations, and we congratulate even more the college which enjoys his service. May Go<l long spure him to his college, his church and to Christianity. Such life and labors as his overrun the pale of a church and benefit all good people. Hearty congratulations, Dr. Grier ! Heartier congratulations, Erskine college! Heartiest congratulations, Carolina Christians!?Southern Christian Advocate. Thinks It Should Be Prohibition.?Judge Simouton's decision in the Vandercock case practically demolishes the dispensary law. The case will doubtless he appealed to the supreme court, and if this decision is upheld the system is at an end. It is idle to speculate whether the supreme court will do this, but it is quits probable that it will. If this turn bad come some years ago, when the law was popular, it might have been possible to patch up in some way the wide breach wbich has been made in our "peculiar institution." But, unfortunately, it has come at a time when that institution is rapidly falling into public disfavor, and it probably mesas the beginning of the end. Senator Tillman has signified his purpose to try to secure such legislation by congress as will recoup his favorite liquor law, hut with congress organized as it is, that is a far-away hope. It seems probable that the state will rapidly be forced either into a license system or prohibition. When it comes to that issue our readers know where to find this paper. Prohibition is the goal for which we must strive. We have tried the license system. We know its unspeakable evils. We have tried the dispensary plan and, while it has been an improvement on the saloon, it seems about to collapse. The only Christian and logical attitude toward the liquor selling evil is the one which demands its extermination. A compromise between political purity and liquor selling is as impossible as a compromise between God and Satan.?Baptist Courier. Production of Gold and Silver. A Washington dispatch of the 13th instant, says that the product of gold and silver in the several states and territories of the United States for the calendar year 1896, is estimated by the director of the mint to have been as follows: Gold- SilverState or Territory, value. value. Alabama, 8 5,700 $ Alaska 2,055,700 187,863 Arizona, 2,004,200 2,473,373 California, 15,235,900 776,533 Colorada, 14,911,000 29,185,203 Georgia, 151,000 776 Idaho 2,155,300 658,457 Iowa, 1,000 Maryland, 300 Michigan, 37,200 76,283 Minnesota 800 Montana, 4,234,700 21,640,404 Nevada 2,468,300 1,355,895 New Mexico, 475,800 889,277 North Carolina, 44,300 646 Oregon 1,251,000 78,998 South Carolina, 63,300 388 South Dakota 4,696,800 296,727 Tennessee 300 Texas, 8,000 679,305 Utah 1,899,900 11,413,463 Vermont, 1,000 Virginia 3,500 Washington, 405,700 355,426 Wyoming, 14,300 129 Total, $53,088,000 $76,069,236 The increased production of gold over 1895 is shown to have been $6,478,000, wlule the production of silver shows an iucrease of $4,018,000. ? Millionaire Commits Suicide.? A Loudon dispatch says that Barney Barnatto, the South African diamond kiug, committed suicide not long ago by throwing himself into the ocean while on his way from Cape Town to Southampton. A few years ago Barnatto was only a poor showman. *He struck upou a -lucky speculation in i 1 J:i- I - diamonds anospeeuny uccame n ujuuimillionuire. The dispatch assigns no cause for bis suicide.