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Scraps and Jacts. ? There comes up now and theu some case of fiendish cruelty that makes one wonder if the world is really getting better. Such a case is that of Celina Lapierre, of Sher brooke, in the province of Quebec, whose inhuman father and step-mother seem to have exhausted ingenuity in finding methods to torture her. After beatiug her, starving her, depriving her of sufficient clothing, and forcing her to sleep in a cold garret without bed or bedding until her extremities were frozen, the steD-mother put peas in her nostrils and forced them up with a lead pencil so that the child could not remove them, and the peas sprouted, causing almost unendurable torture. The girl was little more than a skeleton when taken to the hospital, and the inhuman parents have been arrested. ? In response to numerous inquiries on the subject, the number of appointments of colored persons to positions in the government during the periods from Marth 4 last, to October 15, are ascertained to have beeu 179, carrying salaries amounting to $129,390 per year. Of these appointments four were made under the state department, 72 in the treasury, 18 in the interior, 10 in the department of agriculture, 8 in the navy, 14 in the postoffice department and 53 in the government printing office. The number appointed during the same period in 1889 was 96, carrying annual salaries amounting to $75,690. The promotions during the period from March 4, 1897, to October 4, number 125, carryiug salaries aggregating $85,740. The number promoted during the same period in 1889 was 20, with salaries amounting to $17,830. ? The Carpenter Steel company, of Reading, Pa., home office, 1 Broad- i way, New York, has received a con- i tract from the United States government for nearly $360,000 worth of armor-piercing projectiles, to be held in I reserve for the use of the navy. It is an unusual contract, not only in the larnro omnimt nf nroiectiles ordered, "* to" ? r u but on accouut of the comparative short time in which deliveries shall be completed, indicating that the determination of the administration is to have as little delay as possible in dispelling the feeling of insecurity which has i been caused by the lack of war ma terial in case of emergency. The first lot of 100 is to be delivered within 90 days, and the remainder within nine ( months, the period for the whole con- ( tract, however, to be reduced to five months if demanded by the United States, according to a special provision of the instrument. ? An interesting companion-piece i to the Hazelton incident occurred in New Jersey last Sunday. Two rival companies were contending over the right to build a trolley line between Bouud Brook and Summerville, N. J. One had the right of way and the oth r was threatening to take it. To protect its right, the first company secured a writ of certiorari. The second company made all arrangements to complete the work on Sunday and commenced operations. The sheriff attempted to serve the writ; but the employes of the tresspassing company laughed at him. Although the sheriff' , had a large force of deputies at his , back, he made do effort to compel the tresspassers to desist. The work was completed, and the company, which put down its track in defiance of , law, now explains that the writ of certiorari could not be legally served od Sunday. In the case of the peaceable Hazelton miners, the sheriff first ordered his deputies to fire and investi gated the situation afterward. ? Mob law was severely condemned by Governor Atkinsou in his message to the Georgia legislature, which convened in Atlanta last Wednesday. | The message bristles with a scorching and sensational attack upon the lawless spirit that fosters the lynch law in the state. He says that to exterminate the practice of lynching the crime must be made odious and shameful. ' He advocates stringent legislation < against the mobs and insists that the legislature pass a law laying every county wherein such a crime is commit- i ted subject to a large indemnity to the relatives of the mob's victims. The , northern lynchers are spoken of by the governor. Of this he says: "It is no excuse to say that the northern people, who have less to provoke them to it, lynch. Let us not take them as a standard ; but rather show a higher type of civilization in our state, and erect here a standard to which they i may aspire." He is in favor of arming the prisoners and allowing them to protect themselves from mobs. He , says: "The arresting officers should be clothed with authority to take the life of the assailants when resisting their efforts to take a prisoner from his custody, and it is bis duty to take life if necessary to protect the prisoner and retain him in custody. This he should be required to do at the hazard of his own life, or the prisoner should 1 be unshackled, armed and given an opportunity to defend himself. The knowledge on the part of the mob , that this would be done would deter it from pursuing its lawless purpose and the law should be permitted to protect the innocent and punish the guilty." ? A big government steal has just 1 been scotched with the assistance of the newspapers of the country, espe- 1 cially the newspapers of New York and San Francisco, and others aloug the line of the Uniou Pacific railroad. r ? J - ? l 1 ue prupuscu Sliiii iuivkcu tile guremment's interest in this railroad property. Thirty-three years ago the government subsidized the Union Pacific line between Omaha, Nebraska, and Ogden, Utah, with 17,000,000 acres of the public domuin aud $33,000.000 worth of bonds. The contract with reference to the bonds was to the etlcct that the government would pay the interest for 30 years, aud at the end of that time the railroad would make good all the interest aud principal advanced. The debt fell due three years ago, and after deducting payments made by the railroad people, and such claims for transportation as were admitted, it ainouuted to $70,777,408. A sinking fund, iu the hands of the government, subtracted from this sum, left a net balauce of $53,715,408. The question of settling the matter up has been before congress for several years. The people interested in the railroad have been making tremendous efforts to eucre the government out of its claims, and it is charged that over $500,000 has been spent in the bribery of congress. During the last session of congress, it was agreed that the prope-ty go to sale on November 1, and ?nat the upset price he $50,000,000. A big syndicate, with Pierpont Morgan and Jacob Schiff at its bead, bid arranged to buy up the property at the figures named. The newspapers have been making such a terrific row for postponement, in order to give another syndicate time in which ? * *V*o4- rathor than lO get up UIUUCJT, vuuv > M.uv. agree to postponement, the SchiffMorgan syndicate has raised its bid something over $8,000,000 to the full amount of the government's claim. It is understood that the property will be sold next Monday; but the New York Journal and other papers bold that if the sale is postponed until December 15, congress can easily arrange to force the price up to something like $100,000,000. ?hc |jorbiUe ?nquiw. YORKVILLE, 8. C.: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1897. ? The Columbia State explains that its enlargement is not permanent; but that the pap<r will only be seven columns to the page as occasion demands. ? Bourke Cockran, the "Democrat" who tried to answer Bryan during the famous free coinage debate in congress some years ago, is now engaged in stumping New York city in the interest of Tracy, the Republican candidate. ? Since there is no need to discuss the free coinage question in the present congress, the Democratic members cannot employ their time any better than in sounding the Rebuplican majority on the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on the issue of state, banks. Give the people of South Carolina the right to issue their own currency under safeguards to be provided by their own legislature, and they will not be after asking many more favors of con1 gress. ? As the date for the election in Greater New York?next Tuesday?draws nearer, the situation grows more interesting. Each party and faction of a party thinks its candidate will be the winner. The regular Democrats?the Tammany crowd ?however, seem to be encouragingly confident. Senator Murphy says that Van Wyck will win with "the rush of a storm," and the others are not in it even a little bit. But the result will be fully known next week and there will be some data upon which to commence figuring the probabilities of the next national campaign. ? The publishers of Maury's geography are bragging about having gotten out the first map of South CaroliDa showing the new counties of Cherokee, Greenwood, Saluda, Eamberg and Dorchester. While it is a fact that the achievement shows considerable enterprise in the school-book publishing line, we are in doubt as to whether these people are entitled to very warm congratulation. If they undertake to keep up with all subsequent changes in the map of South Carolina, they will have quite a task. The facility with which new counties may now be formed is such as to tax even the enterprise of the daily newspapers to keep up with the changes. ? We note that a good deal of opposition to postal savings banks is manifesting itself in the papers. This opposition comes principally from the officers of state and national banks. Quite natural; but, in viur opinion, a serious mistake. There will be no competition. On the contrary, the proposed postal system will be a benefit rather than otherwise to the banks of private individuals and corporations. The savine habit, once acquired, grows, and so soon as the savings of a depositor begin to warrant, they will be changed io the institution which promises a higher rate of interest. We cannot see it any other way than that the establishment of the postal system will be a great benefit all around. ? The call of President Wilborn, of the State Alliance, published in another column, deals with a matter which, it is feared, will hardly receive the attention its importance deserves. More than once the farmers of South Carolina have set out to accomplish the objects indicated ; but each time they seem to have been discouraged before making material progress. That such an organization as is contemplated is a big undertaking?an almost superhuman undertaking?it is easy to see; but we hardly believe that it is impossible. To carry it out, however, will require a great deal more unanimity, energy ana singleness 01 purpose man has heretofore developed, and possibly all this may be realized in the effort now proposed. At any rate there will be no harm in making the effort, and the cotton growers of York county will do a good thing if, at a big rally next Monday, they will choose and send one or more of their very ablest representatives to aid the deliberations of the proposed initiatory convention to be held in Columbia. ? Of the many reasons advanced for the present iow price of cotton, the most plausible one, according to the view of The Knquirkk, is this: England is protecting herself against the United States on account of the new tariff. Previous to the adoption of the Dingley tariff, this country afforded England the best general market she had. Now, our con sumption of English goods is very considerably reduced. Formerly, when we bought liberally of England, she could afford to buy liberally of us. The balance of trade was in her favor. Now there is double reason why she should fight shy of us. One reason is because we do not trade so much with her. But the other and more important reason is, since she ( cannot buy so much of our products with goods, she sees that she must be careful how she sends out her money. With the ] balance of trade so largely in our favor, it would only be a matter of time until we had most of her gold. But as England now has the gold, she evidently means to * hold on to it. It is in pursuance of this , policy, very likely, that she has fixed the nnna nf nnttnn A IITOM. if. looks IV/ rr piiV/o wt wvwut -* , ? reasonable, and, taken altogether, it is another argument why we should have a financial system of our own. High tariff and free coinage would work beautifully. Under such an arrangement the United States would become its own master. DIED OP APOPLEXY. Henry George Dropped oft Suddenly This Morning?Longntreet Appointed to Sue- 1 ceed Hampton. By Telegraph to The Enquirer. j New York, Oct. 29.?Henry George, candidate of the Jeffersonian Democracy, died suddenly in Union Square at 4.45 o'clock this morning. His death is probably due to apoplexy. Washington, October 29.?The president today appointed General James Longstreet to succeed General Wade Hampton as commissioner of railroads. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. The Voice of the Preachers. Columbia Register : Since Governor Ellerbe issued his circular to the preachers asking their views as to j what was best to be done with the liquor problem, his mail has been quite heavy with replies. Up to dale be has gotten about 600. From a cursory examination of one hundred replies a majority favor prohibition, while the rest tbiuk the dispensary the best solution. Rev. James Heatherly, of 1 Greenville, writes that in that county 1 it is bard to hold church meetings on account of the number of stills, aud closes by emphatically saying "I say prohibition." He estimates the increase | in drunkenness since the beginning of < the dispensary at 100 per cent. An- | other one writes: "For the Lord's i sake, Governor, don't give us no high ] license, nor dispensary. Give us prohibition." It was a foregone conclu- < sion when the circulars were issued that prohibition would receive the ' majority, but uo doubt the governor 1 got some valuable ideas from the views J of the ministers. Chester Dispensary Shortage Cases. The Chester dispensary shortage cases came up before Judge Benet last i Tuesday for trial, says a correspond- i ent of the Columbia State. In the case of ex-Dispenser I. McD. Hood, i charged with shortage in his account, t the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant, allowing him $87.54. ' According to the books at headquar- 1 ters in Columbia, as kept by ex-Chief 1 Clerk Scruggs, Mr. Hood was behind in his accounts something like $600, but Mr. James McLarnon, of this 1 place, was employed to carefully ex- . amine into the matter at this end, and it was found that all of Mr. Hood's . accounts were kept straight and in or- , der, and that the apparent crooked- ; ness was caused by Scruggs's carelessness in the Columbia office. In the j case of the present dispenser, J. Mar- t tin McDaniel, charged with a shortage < of $450, the court sustained a demur- < rer to the complaint on the ground 1 that Mr. McDaniel's bond does not hold him responsible for stock lost, 1 but only for money derived from sales, ' and the alleged shortage in this case 1 was in stock on hand. It seems that ( at the time this bond was given there ' was no prescribed form of bond for dis- ^ pensers, and this form was accepted , by the board of control without having been submitted to any representative of the judiciary department for approval. j ? ? , ? Senator Teller has just written a < letter to a prominent Pennsylvania t Republican. Among other thiugs he 1 says: "I have never said I thought < there was little hope for bimetallism. 1 That is one of the many falsehoods of 1 the gold press. I have said there is no hope for it under the McKinley ad- j ministration, and I am confident that < nothing will be done for the plain peo- t pie of the country during this admin- I istration. I have no interest in the J fight between Tammany and the Re- , publicans. I do not hope for George's ] election, although it would please me ' greatly if he could succeed. The elec- j tion of the Tammany candidate will ? not indicate that the Democratic par- ' ty of the country is going to abandon j silver. The Democratic party is com- t mitted to silver and will continue on t that line, and the gold Democrats will < go to the Republican party, and the t influence of the gold Democrats will < have the effect of so degrading and i debasing the party as to make the old j liberty loving Republicaus leave it. I ( expect to see the Republican party in < the hands of the gold Republicans and the gold Democrats and under the domination and control of the worst element ever known in American pol- 1 itics. The fight for silver is still on * and will be until we get a righteous ' monetary system, aud we never will have this until we get open mints for . gold and silver at a ratio to be estab- , lisbed by law." i MERK-MKXTION. | President McKinley lias pardoned Louis , Redwine, the Atlanta bank cashier, who wnv sentenced to six vears in the Collini- . bus, O., penitentiary. Redwine's sentence would have expired on November 4. The papers report that a bouncing ( baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. C?rover Cleveland last Thursday. France j and England are about to get into a seri- ( ous dispute about African possessions. ( It was announced in the papers of yes- , terday that General Weyler was to leave , Cuba during the day on his return to , Spain. State elections take place , next Tuesday in Ohio, Iowa, Massaehu- , setts, Pennslyvatiia, New York, Mary- ' land, Nebraska, Kentucky, Colorado and 1 Virginia. In some of the states, however, I only one or two offices are to be filled. , The reply of the Spanish government to . the recent note of this government was . received in Washington on Thursday; 1 but its contents were not made public. 1 LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. VV. B. Moore <k Co.?Is prepared to furnish you with crockery, glassware, kinvesand forks, pocket knives, spoons, articles for presents, folding lounges, furniture, turn plows, Clauss's sbeurs, deep-well pumps, and if you owe them anything they want you to pay it without delay. jrist Cousins?Are ready to supply you with a Babcock or Sayer tfc Scovill buggy, or a set of harness, at the lowest possible prices. L. G. Grist & Co.?Have reduced the price of shoeing horse and mules from tr, fin-tr r.n?ta TIibv will furnish all necessary material and do the work in the best manner. D. E. Spencer, Esq.?Has money to loan on mortgage of improved farming lands. J. F. Currenoe, Executor?On Tuesday, tbedtb of November, at the late residence of Milton H. Currence, deceased, will sell at public auction, the personal property belonging to the estate of the said deceased. Yorkville Opera House?On Monday and Tuesday nights, there will be presented the "Outcasts of a Great City" by the Daniel A. Kelly company. On Tuesday, at 3 p. m., there will be a matinee. L. George Grist?Says that his fire insurance business was greater in amount by $7,000 during October, 1897, than it was in October, 1896. He is prepared to write fire insurauce in good companies at the usual rates. The Great Wallace Shows?Will exhibit at Yorkville on Tuesday, 9th of November. The Ganson Dry Goods Company?Advertise every article in their store at wholesole prices, which they claim is 20 to 30 per cent, cheaper than the same goods are sold in any other store in Yorkville. Pelhain Morrow, Manager?Announces that the roller mill and ginnery are now ready to give prompt attention to the wants of customers. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Reminds you that she has on band a fine stock of millinery, and lets you know that her business is increasiug. She has a stock of ladies', misses aud children's shoes which she offers at cost, and can furnish you jeans, corsets, gloves and hosiery, shirts, soap, celluloid starch, etc. W. H. McCorkle, Probate Judge?Gives notice that on the 15th day of November, Mrs. Elizabeth Armstrong will apply for letters of administration on the estate of L. K. Armstrong, deceased. NEXT MONDAY. Next Monday is salesday for November. There are several auction sales ldvertised by the clerk, and D. E. Finley, issignee, will sell the Kennedy Bros. & Barron property at auction. The fall term of the circuit court for York county convenes on Monday, Judge W. C. Benet presiding. The seasions business promises to be rather light than Jtherwise. There is enough common pleas business, however, to occupy the ittention of the court two weeks, and perhaps more. The meeting of the cotton growers of lie county, in pursuance of the call of President Wilborn, of the State Alliance, ivill probably be held during the day; but as to what arrangements may have been made for it, The Enquirer has not jeen informed. THEY GOT 6 CENTS. Here is a little story, but a true story, which carries a little lesson which ought not to be lost. Last Thursday, some parties from the neighborhood of Tirzah carried from 12 ;o 15 bales of cotton to King's Mountain. They had been told that cotton was bringng 6 cents up there, and they figured that ihey could afford to travel the 20 miles from Tirzah, or the 20 miles beyond Yorkville, for the difference that King's Mountain was paying, over the two points mentioned. Well the parties sold the cotton and hey got 6 cents?that is, each of them ?ot0 cents for one bale. The price wasj laid for three bales?so it is reported? ind the balance brought, not 6 cents; but >.75. It was a long trip, and no doubt an enoyable one. But as a business proposi;ion, it was altogether unnecessary. Ex;ept for that extra quarter of a cent on me bale in each lot, Yorkville would have done fust as well, if not better. J But, under the circumstances, almost inybody ought to be able to figure out that 6 cents racket. It was just a bait, md a very cheap bait at that, to induce ^ V inor'o ill .WlbUll K-> V" "?..S u * -o >ns, so the mills can save freight. If 6 lents had been paid all round?the grade tvas practically the same?the scheme ivould not have been so transparent. COTTON CONVENTION. President J. C. Wilboru, of the State Farmers' Alliance, has issued a call for a invention of the cotton growers of South Carolina, as a stepping stone to a convention of the cotton growers of the south, tvhose object will be the regulation of oiton acreage. The call, as published in ,he daily papers of Thursday and signed t>y President Wilboru, is as follows: "As president of the Farmers' State Aliance organization of this state, I have oeen requested by numbers of the repre<entative members of the organization to ake the initiative in calling a meeting of the farmers of the southern states, with a new of suggesting some action in the future looking to the regulation of the icreage of cotton; also to discuss the alans and methods of marketing the cotton crop so that the producers of this jreat staple shall receive the real market ?altie of the crop, and not be forced to sacrifice the crop by unfair combinations, together with the manipulations of the gambling cotton exchanges of the counrv, aidea by the unjust accumulation of ill the money of the country at one cen,re at the principal time of the year when nir cotton is going into market. "With these objects in view I desire to equest the cotton growers of the various :ounties in this state to meet on salesday 11 November, and select one or more delegates to represent them at a meeting to :ie held in this city of Columbia on Wedlay night of fair week, for the purpose of liscussing the matters mentioned above." SENSITIVE MARKET. The cotton market has reached what night be termed a remarkably acute itage. For weeks past prices have been io low that it seems impossible for them ,o go any lower. The general public and he buyers everywhere are anxiously looking for a change. Understanding he situation better, tbis is particularly he case with the buyers. They are as jensitive as the mercury in a thermometer with a candle at the bulb, and are watching everything, real and unreal, even their own imagination, for nine out >f ten of them feel that a crisis is surely it hand. Mr. J. K. Ashe tells an amusing ilory which furnishes an apt illustration if the situation. "I went down to Kershaw on Monday," lie says, "on business, and remained over ill Tuesday, before my arrival the buyers were paying for the best cotton, with New York quoted at 5.98. Soon ifter I got out Tuesday morning, I was diown samples of cotton, and not caring lo bother with it?I was there on other business?I referred the peoplo to Mr. L'arson, who is in charge of my Kershaw business, but, anyhow, the other buyers seemed to take up the idea that I was [here especially for the purpose of buying cotton, and although New York had ['alien 8 points from Monday's close, it was only a little while until prices were m up to 5.75. Some of the buyers actually it bid against themselves. A man took a t bale to Mr. Carson with a hid of 5.f>5. n Mr. Carson told him that it was already 1) too high, and on taking it hack to the I original bidder to sell it, the original hid- h der, thinking that Mr. Carson had done u better, went to 5.75." h - '1 WALLACE'S BIG SHOW. v The big Wallace show, billed for York- a ville on Tuesday, November 9th, and for h Hock Hill on Wednesday, the 10th, is h receiving more favorable notices from the V I newspapers than any other similar enter- ^ tainment that has been through this sec- a ' Tl.? .?Qo i? ,1 lion JOT a JOIl^ VVI1JIC. AMOailww noom ? Asbeville, N. C., on the 16th instant, and o the Asheville Gazette, of the 27th, has a d two-column account from which wo ex- v tract the following : n "Those who attended the show were agreeably disappointed in nearly every c feature of the performance. They went fi expecting to see a circus of vast ana won- c derful proportions, and they went away with expectations more than fulfilled. "The expression : 'Just as advertised,' y claimed for so many shows, was literally u true of the Wallace aggregation, and this s explains, more than anything else, the e satisfaction felt with the performance. The original Nelson family, with more v performers than ever, and executing feats ? of great daring and seeming itnpossibil- J ity, were there, as large as life ; the bare- a back riders were graceful and expert, and and the chariot races were more exciting and dangerous than those of ancient Rome. i! "The animal exhibit was on the whole fc as satisfactory as any ever seen in Ashe- p ville. More animals have been gathered together under one tent here, but a better . selection and a better grade of animals 1 would be difficult, if not impossible, to gather together. There were ponderous p elephants, lions, tigers and leopards and t many strange and curious beasts, which . the crowd gazed at, sometimes half in fear and always with wonder. 0 "One thing that struck the experienced circus-goer with considerable force was J the healthy and virile and well-cared-for ? appearance of the animals. Instead of , the old, blase, one-eyed circus lion, there were a number of powerful, sleek-look- 8 ing beasts, magnificent specimens of their J tribe, that roared ominously at intervals, p Of the zebra family, the most beautiful e and strikingly marked beasts in the animal kingdom, there were two fine specimens. The collection of dromedaries and a camels was a fine one, as the dromedary ti race in the circus performance proved, t Two Bengal tigers were magnificent crea- e tures, ana the leopards, with their intricate and beautiful markings and long tails dragging on the cage floor, were s splendid examples of combined grace S ** "J TUa ooolo tcitli tKoii* hall* i ?IIU ailCUKWII* AUG OVCUO, nihil buwii WM1. |j fish and naif animal appearance, were e objects of especial interest." ABOUT PEOPLE. 1 Miss Fannie Miller is critically ill. Rev. B. H. Grier reports a very pleasant ll trip and an enjoyable time at synod. Miss Jennie Hart has been elected a e teacher in the Yorkville Graded school, 0 vice Miss Grace McElwee resigned. Miss Norma Strauss is in Yorkville, 8 the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Strauss. ^ She has been spending sometime in New . York. 1 Candidates Cherry and Johnson have a both been in Yorkville this week; but both were on business other than that of F pushing their respective candidacies. Mrs. J. E. and Mrs. S. J. Elam, of Gypsey, Mecklenburg county, Va., are in Yorkville visiting relatives and friends. a They are now the guests of their sister, 1 Mrs. M. E. Camp. F Mr. O. Darby Owen, formerly of York- * ville, is to be married, on November 9, to 1 Miss Cornelia Smith, of Charlotte. The ceremony is to take place in St. Peter's * Episcopal church at a quarter ot 9 o'clock 8 p. m. J Dr. John G. Black, of Blacksburg, was in Yorkville on Thursday on business. ? There were also several ladies down from 1 Blacksburg. They came to take advant- ,l age of some of the big dry goods bar- 11 gains that are being offered just now. Gastonia Gazette, Thursday: At the r residence of Mr. A. B. Rhyne, in Gasto- 8 nia, his daughter, Miss Ida, was married a to Mr. R. D. Alexander, of Yorkville, at 7 o'clock yesterday evening. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. M. . Bagby. Mr. L. R. Williams was the recipient of j many warm congratulations last Tburs day, when it became known that the * supreme court had reversed the court below in the case of the city council of 6 Greenville vs. G. C. Ormand et. al. Mr. * Williams became mixed up in the case j, only as a surety, out of the goodness of ' his heart in trying to assist a neighbor. 0 Had the court below been sustained, he ~ would have had to pay the greater part of the judgment, and a lick like that these t hard times is calculated to cripple almost ' anybody in this neck of woods. But t Mr. Williams is not the only one who is ^ pleased with the change in the situation. Hundreds of friends rejoice with him most heartily. I 9 THE A. R. SYNOD. Rev. B. H. Grier returned on Thursday ' from the annual session of the Associate j Reformed synod, which convened in Bel- j fast, Tennessee, on October 21, and ad- 9 journed last Monday. He has kindly s given Tiie Enquirer a brief synopsis of the proceedings. g The sessions were opened with a ser- g mon by Rev. T. G. Boyce, of Salem, 9 Tennessee, retiring moderator, and the I roll showed a full attendance of minis- j ters. In all there were between 80 and j 100 delegates and visitors. Rev. J. L. ( Young, of Monticello, Arkansas, moder- (1 ator elect, presides over subsequent ses- y sious. ^ At a conference on the educational in- g terests of the church on Thursday even- 9 ing, speeches were made by Prof. Win. f Hood, of Bartow, Fla., on "Denomina- ^ tional Colleges," Rev. T. G. Boyce on "Preparatory Schools;" and Rev. J. S. j Motl'att on "Erskine College." Mr. Mof- ! fatt's speech brought out the interesting 9 fact that the college is now enjoying the j! greatest prosperity in its history, with an g attendance of 125 students, and a larger interest-bearing endowment than ever be- li foro. The speeches generally showed ^ that there is now more interest in educa tiou throughout the wnoie cnurcu man 9 for many years. It was in connection 3 with that conference that Mr. Joseph 1 Wylie's donation ol $15,000, already nientiond, was announced. ' So much of the previous action of syn- 'v od, as provided for the immediate dispo- ti sition of Mr. Wylie's gift, was subsequently re-considered, and, instead, it was decided to put the whole matter in the hands of a committee consisting of ti Rev. Dr. Win. (irier and Mr. Wylie, il with instructions to report to synod at its a next meeting. This was because of tho opposition of quite a respectable minority s in the church to the policy of eo-educa- S tion, and becuuso also of tho fact that b many believed tho carrying out of the ti plan as suggested, would vitally affect tho J interest of tiio Female college already es- g tnblished. v On Friday evening, there was an im- d portant missionary conference at which c speeches were made by Rev. W. A. M. ii l'laxco, 011 the financial features of the p cork ; Rev. J. O. Dale, on the Holy Spir, in mission work ; and by Rev. S. W. teid, on the general outlook. The home lission Held of the church was found to e generally in a prosperous condition. 11 addition to the mission at Rock Hill, a andsome church building is also going p at Louisville, Ky. Reports from Atmta, lis., Little Rock, Ark., Corsicana, 'exas, Bartow, Fla., and Columbia, S. C., cere in the main, gratifying. It was greed to continue the appropriation for ome missions at about the same figure as eretofore?something like 87,000. Rev. V. W. Orr, who has been engaged in vangelistic work and at the same time cting as agent for Erskine college, was ssigned to Corsicana, Texas, for a period f five years. This action was taken in eference to the Texas presbytery; but cith great reluctance on the part of a najorityof synod. Saturday evening was cievoiea 10 me onsideration of foreign missions. The inancial needs of this branch of the hurch's work were found to be very iressing, and the appropriation of this car insufficient for the support of the nission in Mexico. For next year the tun of 85,000 was appropriated, with the xpectation that at least $500 additional rould be raised by the ladies' missionary ocieties within the bounds of synod, diss Maltie Boyce, a returned missionry, will also probably visit the churches 11 the interest of this fund. When synod adjourned, it was to hold ts next meeting at Chester, on Thursday lefore the second Sabbath in Noveinter, 1808. RECEIVER FOR THE STANDARD. Judge Siiiioutnn has appointed a tem>orary receiver for the Standard Cotton nill of Rock Hill. The following statenent of facts is from the Columbia State, if Thursday : The complainants in the case are A. Clipstein A Co., of New York. They dlege in the bill of complaint that they iirnished the Standard Cotton mill with upplies to the value of $3,500, and on day 22, 1897, the mill gave them seven iromisory notes, to the value of $.500 ach, consecutively payable after date, ["he first five months are now past due ,nd that to secure payment the defendant nill assigned and transferred to the plainiffs seven first mortgage bonds at $500 ach. The bill of complaint then goes on to tate that the complainants believe the standard Cotton mill to own 27 acres of and, valuable factory buildings, plant, tc. That the coupons of the bonds isued to the amount of $90,000 in April, 896, have not been paid. It is also harged that only $70,000 of the $100,000 lave been paid in, the difference being overed by dividend stock. The machinry is old, out of date and expensive to perate, and that the mill lost money last rear in consequence. The president and ecretary and treasurer of the Standard lotton mill hold the same offices in the Jlobe Cotton mill, which recently became nsolvent and was placed in the bands of . receiver. Judge Simonton, upon reading the paters, issued an order appointing P. C. Joag temporary receiver and fixing his lond at $5,000. "It is further ordered that the defend,nt do show cause to this court on the irst day of December next why the >rayer of the bill of complaint should not ?e granted and the temporary receiyer nade permanent." A gentleman who is in a position to ;now, informs Thk Enquirer that the ffairs of the Standard mill are not in learly so bad shape as is indicated by the oregoing statement. The management >f the mill, he says, has all the while >een working to get the property from inder the cloud now hanging over it, and 9 encouraged to believe that when the ime comes for arguing the permanent eceivership matter, everything will be idjusted to the best interest and entire atisfaction of all parties concerned. THE HONOR ROLL. The total enrollment in theYorkville Jraded school, white, is now 174, distribited in the various grades as follows: 'irst grade, 23; second grade, 22; third trade, 18; fourth grade, 23; fifth grade. .7; sixth graae, w, seveiuu graue, w, ighth grade, 15; ninth grade, 12. Sulerintendent Dendy, by direction of nembers of the board of trustees, has landed The Enquirer the honor roll of he school for the month ending October 2. He requests us to say that although be pupils mentioned are entitled to espeial distinction in their respective classes, 0 assume stupidity in the case of pupils vho are not mentioned, is a serious misake and altogether unjust to such pupils. The roll, by grades, with the average of ach honor pupil, is as follows: Ninth Grade?Paul Moore 93, George lart 92, Harry Spann 91, James Gardner 0. Eighth Grade?Alma Walker 95, T. C. Junlap 92, Barron Kennedy 91. Seventh Grade?Nellie Schorb 97, Halie Withers 95, Sadie Waters 93, Louise jowry 92, Josie Camp 92, Nannie Grist 2, Straussie Walker 91, Tallulab Neville 0, Sixth Grade?Josehp Alexander 97, Ha01 Grist 97, Lottie Simril 97, Willie Waters 7, Mary Williams 97, Maggie Robinson <5, Anna Spann 95, Raymond McClain 5, Bertie Smith 94, Pack Williams 94, ienry McLain 94, Hamlet Carroll 91. Fifth Grade?Catherine Hunter 99, Pbilp Hunter 99, Anna McCaw 99, Angalice dcCaw 98, Frankie Clawson 97,:^Bessie lilbert 97, Gerald Lowry 97, Lilla HernIon 96, Robert McCaw 93, Eunice Grist 2, Keene Dobson 91, Elise Latimer 90. Fourth Grade?Glenn Allison 94, Josie Carroll 94, Joseph Hart 94, Willie Hope 4, George Cartwright 91, Marion Logan 1, D. Wyatt Neville 91, Lenora Williord 91, Mary Dobson 90, Oscar Grimes 90, iamuel Miller 90, Edna Horton 90, Mary Valker 90, Monroe Willis 90. Third Grade?Fannie Barron 95, Marie doore, 94, Jennie McClain 94, Virginia sreville 94, Hattie Hunter 92, Leon White 2, Lillian Withers 92, Oren Abernathy 1, Ileleu Lowry 91, Georgia Summit 91, )live Walker 91, Frank Riddle 90, Julia Smith 90. Second Grade?Bessie Pegram 98, Wardaw Adickes 97, Winnie Crawford 97, dary Hope 97, Wheeler Willis 97, Willie enkins 96, Ottman Rose 96, Rozella Aberlathy 95, Claude Walker 95, Earle Grist 4, W. G. White, jr., 94, David Logan 93, -lattie May Neville 93, Maxie Waters 93, trthur Hart92. First Grade?Edward Finley9ti, Louise )obson 95, Fredrica Lindsay 95, Edna JeClain 95, Mary Starr 95, Mary Cartr right 92, Jessie Baber 91, Satnuel Latiner 91, Carrie Cartwright 90. ORIGINAL PACKAGE TROUBLE. The Tirzab original package shop is in roublo; but as to just how much trouble ; is in, depends upon developments that re now in progress. Detective New bold is the man who is tirring things up. Accompanied by ilieriir Logan, he went down to Tirzah ist Wednesday, investigated the situaion, and swore out warrants against allies Borders and Doc Boheler, charing them "with maintuiuing a place ,-liere contraband liquors are sold in efiance of law." He also seized the ontents of the original package shop, lcluding 73 gallons of liquor in quarts, Juts, half-pints, etc., and locked the same up in the Tirzah calaboose, pending further disposition of the case. Borders appeared before Magistrate Sandifer, at Yorkville, on Thursday, for a preliminary hearing. The principal witness in the case was Chief of Police J. A. Steele, of Tirzah. He testified that he had bought liquor from Borders on two occasions; at one time a pint of whisky and at another time a quart of brandy. He also testified that the liquor he purchased was brought to Tirzah in a wagon, through the country, and that the last time the wagon came it was in charge of Doc Boheler. Doc Boheler, it seems, had been arrested by Defective Newbold, near Smyrna, on Wednesday night,.and promised to be on nana ai uie preliminary on inursuay ; but failed to put in bis appearance until after tbe preliminary. Magistrate Sandifer considered that tbe evidence against the defendants was sufficient to justify him in binding them over to court, and did so, fixing their bonds in tbe sum of $200 each. Tbe object of Detective Newbold in making this case is to settle tbe question whether, in the opinion of Judge Simonton, the defendants have the right to haul liquor through the country in wagons, in violation of tho provision of the dispensary law prohibiting the same. If Judge Simouton sustains the defendants in this right, the defendants will also probably be called upon lo prove by others than themselves that their liquor was actually brought from another state, as is alleged. The defendants are represented by Messrs. Hart A Hart, who are now preparing a bill of injunction which, if signed by Judge Simonton, will prevent further interference on the part of Detective Newbold and enable the defendants to reopen their shop. COURT BELOW REVERSED. "Sixth circuit. York county. City council of Greenville, respondent, vs. G. C. Ormand et al., appellants. Judgment of circuit court reversed, Pope, A. J., dissenting. Separate opinion by Mclver, C. J., Eugene B. Gary, A. J., and Ira B. Jones, A. J." This little paragraph in the daily papers of last Thursday was welcomed with great pleasure by a large number of citizens in Yorkville, and upon its more general circulation, it will produce good feeling in other parts of the county. It means considerable relief?a load of some $5,600 lifted off the back of certain estimable citizeus who are highly respected wherever they are known. In brief, tbe history or ine case is tms: In 1892, Messrs. Orinand <ft Goforth entered into a contract with the city council of Greenville, S. C., to make certain sewerage excavations at certain specified prices, with Messrs. R. J. Dunlap, L. R. Williams and L. K. Armstrong, and John Nichols as bondsmen. The work was duly entered into; but as the result of certain unfair advantages, it is alleged, taken by the city of Greenville, the contractors were heavy losers. In fact, their losses were so heavy as to necessitate a readjustment of the contract, and in order to save themselves, all the bondsmen, with the exception of Mr. Nichols, endorsed for tbe contractors two notes each for tbe sum of $2,000. The notes referred to were made payable to W. E. Beattie, cashier of the national bank of Greenville, or order, and their object was to enable Ormand A Goforth, the principals, to borrow money from the bank with which to pursue their operations on a cash basis. Instead of paying tbe money for the notes. Cashier Beattie merely transferred thetn to the city council of Greenville, and it was ou this little incident that the whole case seems to have hinged. Tbe plaintiff held that tbe note having been duly executed was a negotiable paper, collectible by whomsoever it may be held. The defendant held that the bank never having acquired title to tbe note, it could give no title, and in the hands of the city council of Greenville, therefore, the paper was worthless. Further than that the court below, however, is reversed ; but little is known here about the present status of the case. The reversal may have been on grounds other than those indicated ; but, in any event, tbe attorneys for the defendants are satisfied that their clients are out of the woods. The city council of Greenville is represented by J. A. McCullougb and Wilson A Wilson, and Messrs. Orinand and oth ere by Hart A Hart, Finley A Brice and C. E. Spencer. LOCAL LACONICS. Pretty Good Profit. Mr. W. W. Castles, of Smyrna, sold the machinery of the Hydraulic Reduction and Mining company the other day to the Blackmon mine, of Kershaw, for $1,000. He bought this machinery at sheriff's sale, last salesday, for $205. The Hydraulic company owed Mr. Castles about $800; but he has come out of the transaction somewhat ahead. The Daniel A. Kelly Company. The next attraction at the Yorkville opera house will be the Daniel A. Kelly company. The date has been changed to Monday and Tuesday, instead of the 3d and 4th, as at first announced. They give two regular performances and also a matinee. One of their plays portraying the "Life of an Outcast in Greater New York," is a melodrama that is full of fun and pathos, and said to be intensely interesting. Dan A. Kelly is a comedian of high standing in his profession, and his support generally is said to be first-class. Ready to Pay Interest. Charlotte Observer, Wednesday: Major G. W. F. Harper, president of the Carolina A North-Western railroad?better known as tho Narrow Gauage?was in the city last night. He reports that the receipts of the road are larger than ever before, its track and road-bed in better condition, and its equipment better. The interest on its bonds is due November 1st, and it is ready to pay it. It is hoped to have the link built between Newton and Hickory before long; but the arrangements for this have not yet been completed. Tlie Right to Sell Meat. Upon complaint of local meat market men, who pay the town council a license for protection, the council has notified family grocers to cease selling bologna and other stuffed sausage. The meat market men claim to have exclusive control of the sausage business, and some of the family groceryinen claim that they have Ia uonuuorn uu thfiV hftl'A na iiiiiuu ii^uo %.kj ovii o?u?3?fev to sell hams, dried beef, or potted meats, etc. As to whether an elfort will be made to secure a legal test of the matter has not yet developed. Gone to the Chalngang. Edward C. Caton, whose case was mentioned in the last issue of Thk Enquirkr, was sent to the cbaitigang on Wednesday to serve out his sentence. It will be remembered that Caton plead guilty before Magistrate McElbany, of Fort Mill township, to transporting contraband liquors. The sentence was $100 fine or 30 days. Through friends he managed to raise the noney; but just before he paid it over, 'je caught an intimation of the