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Scraps and Jarts. ? The American Cotton Growers' convention, of whicb'Hector D. Lane is president, met in Memphis, Tenn., and passed resolutions almost identical with those passed by the recent cotton convention in Atlanta. In his address to the convention, President Lane said : "Cotton today is selling at less than five cents, and this means the insignificant sum of ten cents a day for the labor of the man who is distinctly the cotton grower! I make this statement deliberately and defy a - mi successful contradiction.- iac nxv lutions adopted requests the cotton growers of the south to meet at their respective courthouses on the first Monday in February, for the purposes of organization. ? The United States steamer Bancroft was fired on by the Turks at Smyrna, on December 4. As the steamer was entering the harbor, there came a blank discharge from one of the guns in the fortress and this was followed by a volley of r;fie bullets. The Bancroft lowered a boat to see what was the matter and the boat was driven back. Afterward the matter was laid before Minister Angell, who demanded and received from the Turkish government an apology. It seems that at Smyrna they have very complicated port regulations, and that the Bancroft, through ignorance, had failed to comply with them. Two officers in charge of the fort which fired the shots, are said to have been discharged from the service. ? Mr. Coffin, the acting comptroller " * * ?~ ? 11#. fA * Kh OI tne currency, cauo bhwivui/u w vuv fact that the retirement of national bank notes, during the first 20 days of this month reached the sum of $3,000,000. This is said to be the first time during the past 10 years that the voluntary retirements have reaohed this amount in any one month. Under the national bank aot, the United States treasurer is not allowed to receive for retirement of circulation more than $3,000,000 in any one month, and hence all deposits to retire notes during the last 10 days of this month muBt be refused. This exceptional condition, Mr. Coffin says, i3 due to the prevailing low rates of interest arising from a superabundance of money .for investment, which has advanced the price of United States bonds. Mr. Coffin expressed the opinion that the law should be amended in this particular, as it interferes with the elasticity of the currency and the natural laws of trade. ? Miss Lelia Herbert, daughter of ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert, of Alabama, committed suicide at the home of her father on New Hampshire street, Washington, last Tuesday. According to the Associated Press dispatches, Miss Herbert sustained serious injuries last September as the result of a fall from her horse. A case of acute melancholia developed; but no suicidal tendencies were noted until recently, when she was placed under a guard of trained nurses. On Tuesday morning one of the nurses noticed a suspicious blood spot on her bed clothing. Miss Herbert insisted that the blood did not mean anything; but the nurse made a search and found that the young lady had severed the - ? / U-.L rru?' arteries ui uuiu m ists. ? uc uuisc immediately raD from the room to call for help, and, left to herself, Mi3s Herbert at once raised a window and jumped out headforemost to the sidewalk below. She continued to breath for something over an hour after the fall. ? A whipping-post bill was introduced in the Virginia senate last Tuesday. The measure provides that "all persons convicted of petit larceny shall, iustead of being punished as now provided by law, be puuisbed with not less than 10 nor more than 15 stripes ; but in case of conviction of females -or male infants under the age of 15 years of age, it shall be optional with the said female and the parent or guardian of said infant whether they shall be punished with stripes or according to statutes iu force at this time, and if there be no parent or guardian competent, in the opinion of the trial justice or court, to choose for said infant, and in every case where any person convicted is ordered to be punished with stripes, the court may, in its discretion, order any portion of the stripes to be given at the time, and recuire the couvict, on his owu recoguizance, to appear before the court at some future day to receive the remainder: Provided, that this act shall not apply to persons over 65 years age."' The measure is likely to give rise to a great deal of discussion. ? News and Courier: In an address to officers of the Indiana militia, a few days ago, General Lew Wallace made a prediction of war, which, it is reported, "partly startled" his auditors. He said in part: "I believe the future holds for you opportunities upon the field where every man, ambitious to show courage and win glory for his country's sake, may have his ambition satisfied. I am not a prophet nor a son of a prophet; but I venture the prediction, and call you to witness it, that the next war we have will be with the Japanese. In my candid opinion, in the course of not a great many years, the Japanese will have to have somebody to thrash them, and we are . the people to do it." There will not be much "glory" or "satisfied ambition" in thrashing a little country like Japan. Why not get up a brush with Spain or Germany or somebody of our size? It is safer, of course, to bully Chili aud Hawaii and Japan, but it does not "show" much "courage." ? The department of state has undertaken an investigation of two very disagreeable incidents that may contain in themselves the germs of serious i i - - .1? f..4 mi irouoie iu me near xuiure. i uese are the killing by Japanese of two sailors attached to the United States fleet on the Asiatic station. The exact condi tioDS under which the killing occurred are not known in Washington yet, and the state department is trying to learn them through the United States minister to Tokio and the United States consuls in Japan, preliminary to determining whether steps shall be taken to secure reparation, if it shall be found that the killing was, as is expected, unjustifiable. The first killing was of a sailor named Montgomery, formerly attaohed to the Yorktown, while she was on the Asiatic station, and the last was of Frank Epps, a sailor, -native of New York, and an apprentice on the flagship Oiytnpia. He was killed at Nagasaki. The officials have been advised of the bare facts only, but following so closely on the terrible assault at Kobi last September, of a Japanese mob upon the sailors of the Yorktown, these killings have aroused them to a determination to secure protection for our sailors in Japanese ports. ?hc fjofitvillt Gsiiquitcr. YORKVILLE, S. O.: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25,1897. ? Mr. E. D. Thompson, of Point, outlines, in another column, a plan for a cotton planting contest, which, if worked out in detail, wiil no doubt prove interesting. The first step will be to find out whether or not 8tate Treasurer Timmerman will act as custodian of the proposed fund. If be agrees, then Mr. Thompson may go on with his undertaking and r?*uli,fn.motinn aii'U nhnfirtr lfttpr. If lUliUCl lUIVluiavivu ?? . Treasurer Tim merman, however, should not care to serve as is desired, then other arrangements will be made, and of these the public will be duly advised. ? That is a strong appeal that Mr. John T. Roddey makes in another column, and it is well backed up by incontrovertible facts which, it seems, ought to convince. We agree with Mr. Roddey in practically all that be says; but at the same time, we confess that we do not see much room for encouragement. The farmers in this section generally are willing, and most of thorn even anxious to act. But alone they are not of much more importance than the traditional gnat on the bull's horn. If planters elsewhere were made of the same kind of stuff, it would be easy sailing. But have the planters generally enough intelligence to be aroused? That is the interesting question. ? In another column islan anti-pr-tqiqo tion argument, directed at Rev. J. H. Thacker, of Hickory Grove. The writer, we understand, is a German, who, somelime ago, bought land in the King's Creek neighborhood, and who has commenced the proceedings necessary to secure American citizenship. We have no acquaintance with him ; but are informed that he is well thought of by his neighbors. Although we confess that his article is one of the strongest that we have seen on bis side of the eubject, at ho oomotimo w? iinnhlo to asrree with bim in his conclusions. However, this controversy is-not ours, and as we feel satisfied that Rev. Mr. Thacker is well able to take care of himself in the matter, we shall not embarrass the situation with gratuitous comments. CHAT FROM CHEROKEE. Wheat Sowing?Talked of For Sanator? New County Complications?Personal and Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorlcville Enquirer. Etta Jane, December 20.?The weather has been quite cold and wet for a few days, and making fires and sitting by them is about all our people can do now. The farmers have finished sowing wheat, and a good crop of it has been sown. -There is more wheat 60wn this year than has been sown in 10 years. The potatoes are rotting in many places. Mr. C. W. Wbisonant, our county representative in the state legislature, killed a hog a few days ago which weighed 490. Calvin is a native of York county, and withal one of our livest business men. His friends speak of putting bim forward for the state senate next year. Messrs. S. S. White, of Boston; P. M. Ambrose, of New York; and Professor Bedlcn, of Converse college, have been spending a few days with Mr. W. R. Walker on his plantation, near Sunnyside, shooting quail. They report an enjoyable time with fine sport. Christmas is nearly here; but our people say they are not ready for it. The low price of cotton has knocked all the enterprise apparently out oi our people. J. R. Poole, Esq., of this county, has called my attention to the fact that the law compelling each of the townships constituting the county of Cherokee to pay their pro rata part of their respective old county's indebtedness, is unconstitutional in tbat, be says, tbat the indebtedness of these various townships cut off must he borne by the entire county so formed. Our legislature will have something to do to untangle all these legal knots. The property of the estate of Jos. G. Love, Sr., deceased, was not sold last Saturday as advertised. For reasons satisfactory to himself, J. H. McKissiek, Esq., clerk of the court, as administrator, called oil' the sale. Miss Mamie Crosby will spend her holidays with friends and relatives at Sharon. The Christinas holidays will soon be upon us, with all its joys and pleasures. We wish all j'our readers a merry Christmas and happy prosperous New Year. Sigma. LOCAL AFFAIRS, INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The Ganson Dry Goods Company?Prints a letter to their friends and patrons, thanking them for the generous patronage bestowed during the year, and wish for their friends a "Merry Christmas, and a happy, prosperous New Year." Mrs. L. J. Crocket?On the 1st Monday of January, will open a school at the "Adickeis residence" for private pupils. Lewis G. Grist <fe Co.?Return thanks for the patronage they have received daring the year now closing, and ask for a continuance next year. D. W. Hicks?Wants to buy cotton and may be found at Grist Cousins' store. If you have from 25 bales and upwards be will visit you when you are ready to sell if you will notify him of the fact. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. R. A. Dobson is home from Furman. Miss Willie Hare, of Cornwell's, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Sarab Eocles. Mr. and Mrs. E. R. McElwee, of Charlotte, are visiting the family of Mr. S. A. McElwee. Mr. C. Eldred Dobson, of Wofford college, is at home spending the holidays. D. E. Finley, Esq., has been confined to his bed from the effects of vaccination. Mr. J. Ed. Jefferys has been confined to bis bed for several days with the grip. J. S. Brice, Esq., left Wednesday night to spend the Christmas holidays at Ninety-Six, Greenwood county. Superintendent Dendy, of the Yorkville graded school, left Thursday to spend the holidays with relatives and friends. Mr. Dendy has made a capital record as a superintendent so far, and it is doubtful if there has been a time in the history of the school when the patrons generally have been so well satisfied as now. Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Long, of Newton, N. C., are in Ynrkville for a few days, the guest of Mr. W. C. Latimer's family. Mrs. Long will be pleasantly remembered as Miss Ella Martin, of Frenchtown, N. J., who spent quite a pleasant visit in Yorkville in 1893, with her friend and schoolmate, Miss Jessie Lhtimer. THE INCOME TAX. People who have incomes of more than $2,500, will have to pay taxes on them next year, and the comptroller general is endeavoring to prepare, a suitable blank upon which they may make their returns. He is trying to avoid anything inquisitorial, and although he has not definitely settled on the form of a blank, his work ?? " ota?/lo oK/Ulf OQ fnllowa uun omuuo uu?>uv ho < Amount of income from all resources (not including interest on securities and bonds exempt from taxation) 8 . Necessary expenses actually incurred in conducting the business, occupation or profession, not including remuneration to the taxpayers for personal supervision, or the support and maintainance of his or her family 8 Amount of taxable balance 8 The following is the form of the oath that is to be required of every man affected by the law, to be attached to the return ; penalties are provided for false returns: The State of South Carolina, County. | I, . do solemnly swear that I have returned above all the gross income from all sources or investments by me owned or controlled individually or acting as agent, guardian, trustee, executor, administrator, receiver, or, in any other fiduciary capacity, for the calendar year ending December 31,1897, and which is taxable under the law of this state by an act approved the 5th day of March A. D.. 1897. Sworn to before me this ' day 1898. (Signed) , County Auditor. We might be mistaken, and hope <ve are; but in our opinion the income tax won't amount to much in this section. BROKE UP THE O. P. Sheriff Logan broke up the 0. P. shop at Tirzah last Tuesday, root and branch ; but the thing was re-established on Thursday and is again flourishing. As has already been published, Supervisor Culp, sometime ago, notified the 0. P. agent that on account of his having failed to make a return within 30 days after commencing business, be was liable to a fine of 8100, and requested him to hand over the money. The O. P. agent failed to come down with the cash, and, ou Tuesday, Sheriff Logan went down with an attachment and four or five wagons, seized the contents of the establishment, packed them in wagons, brought them to Yorkville, and stored them in the jail. The seizure included the following: 266 quarts corn whisky, 2 quarts rye, 4 quarts braudy, 554 pints corn, 54 pints rye, 28 pints brandy, 565 half-pints of HV? holf.nintu nf pod 47 C7?llnn illfrft of corn, 26 half-gallon jugs and 4 quart jugs of corn. Mr. J. F. Jenkins, the owner of the original package shop, came down to Yorkville on Wednesday, gave bond in the amount of $300 to answer the supervisor's alleged cause of action, resumed possession of his packages and had thein hauled back to Tirzah. In the removal of the bottles from Tirzah, there was some breakage, and Sheriff Logan thinks, also, some stealage. A portion of the trip was made alter night and it was impossible for the sheritf to keep his eye on each one of the five wagons all at the same time. Anyhow, when he returned the bottles to Mr. Jenkins, there were missing three quarts, four pints, and 36 half-pints. Whichever side wins, the county will have to make good the loss. RODDEY TO MR. WILLIAMS. Mr. John T. Roddey, of New York, has written the following letter, dated December 21, to Mr. L. R. Williams, president of the York County Cotton Growers' association, and with Mr. Roddey's consent, Mr. Williams has handed it to The Enquirer for publication: Mr. L. R. Williams, Yorkville, S. C.: My Dear Sir: I shall use every effort possible to be with you at your couuty meeting. More particularly now do I consider it necessary to explain the exact situation, as I realize that the work of the Atlanta convention amounts to absolutely nothing. I also realize, in my bumble judgment, that your meetings will cost both time and money, and at the same time do not think will amount to anything, because the people at the head of the movement do not seem to know tbe cause of j'our financial condition ; but political ambition and personal vanity seem to be the ruling spirits. The amount of cotton in the world, or the visible supply, is less than at anytime since 1890, the European stocks are less than at any time since 1890, and yet the price is lower; but the reason is (and all the meetings you have for the next ten years will not prevent it,) that over 95 per cent, of the cotton goods trade of the world is in the hands of Great llritiau, Germany and France, and unless a finan oial organization is perfected and you protect yourselves, things will remain as tbey are, no matter if you have 50 organizations and meet every week in the year, you can never hope for any prosperity. Time will prove and simply await results. If there has been anything new developed at 8ny of these cotton growers' conventions since they have been organized, I have been unable to find it. The average price for cotton for the year, ending September 1-t, 1891, was 9.03; the International Cotton Growers' association was formed, I understand, early in 1892; the highest average fob any year since ha* been $4.00 a bale less than the lowest average since 1848, so you can Bee how the manipulators of cotton regard these conventions. - They figure you at so much per bead and they have to do it in order to keep you in a dependent condition. I should like to explain why, having rrtAnoTT moplfat. nan Ha nnr UUJ/ KU1U? DUO UIWUWJ ?w nered. I should like also to give my views of the futnre prosperity of the cotton mill industry of the south. If Manchester sends its machinery to India and Ceylon and the New England mills decide the south shall mahufacture the goods, I predict that they will have the ootton mill industry within 10 years as much in their bandB as they now have the southern farmer. You can meet and resolnte as often as you please. You can discuss the same old topics that have been discussed for years; but until you find out the cause of your present condition, you are wasting both time and money. I may have to go to Chicago next week, and possibly further west; hut rest assured that I shall make every effort to be with you. Very truly yours, Jno. T. Roddey. SMALLPOX IN ATLANTA. Here is the smallpox situation in Atlanta, as stated on Wednesday, by Dr. J. F. Alexander, president of the city's board of health: "To show the exact situation in the city regarding the smallpox, as it is now and has been, I make the following statement: The total number of cases of smallpox, since the presence of the disease was first discovered in Atlanta, is 203; the number which have recovered and been released from the hospital is 48; the number of deaths is 1, that being a Negro child. The total number of cases 'in the hospital today is 134. "The above statement is positively correct and true; and there has never been, since tbe disease was first discovered, any effort to conceal the exact status of affairs. By constant! and well-directed efforts on tbe part of J tbe sanitary officers, we feel satisfied tote we Dave me axeettse uumpletely under control. "In addition to that, we have carried on a well regulated system of vaccination, having succeeded in vaccinating in the neighborhood of 60,000 people, and we are confident that by this time a hirge majority of tb ,citizens of Atlanta are immunes. Toe smallpox, snob as we have had in this city this yeaK, is a very mild type of the disease, as may tbe seen from the number of 'deaths which have resulted. "Tbe disease was confined mostly'to the Negroes, the number of white patients having been only about 12 or 15, and no one need have any fear about coming to Atlanta to transact business, especially if they have been vaccinated. The reports that are abroad throughout tbe country in regard to the situation are totally incorrect and untrue, aud those who do not reside here seein to have more apprehension on account of the presence of the disease than have our own people." ON WITH HIS JOURNEY. T. Allen McQuary, the young man who is on bis way around tbe world, resumed his journey on Thursday morning in good spirits and full of confidence that he will complete bis task. After working Monday and Tuesday on The Enquirer, young McQuary announced that he would give a free lecture in tbe courthouse Wednesday nigbt. Tbe weather was threatening and tbe streets were sloppy; but notwithstanding these unfavorable conditions, there was a fairly good audience, including a number of ladies, in attendance. All tbe circumstances connected with tbe whole affair being so unusual and so remarkable, the audience was at first naturally nnqnu'ious. It was pervaded with a kind of hesitating fear of being "taken in." In fact this fear kept many, who would have otherwise been glad to be present, away. But the suspicion did not last long. Whatever might haye been preconceived unfavorable opinions, they were quickly dissipated and the audience was not only convinced, but delighted. Dressed as already described, after a suitable introduction, the young traveler faced the audience, and in soft, mellow tones, modestly told his story. Many people, he said, believed that be was a fake; but he did not blame them. He looked at things just as other people did, and if he were situated as other people he would call it a fake too. In fact even after be had signed bis contract, be did not believe that the old gentleman was in earnest. The whole thing looked too absurd. But having signed the contract, and the old gentleman insisting, there was nothing for him to do but (tarry it out, and that he intended to do. However, the thing is not so silly after all. The man who was employed to carry bricks into a museum thought he had a foolish job; but he was getting paid for it, and what was the difference? So with this undertaking. There is big pay at the end of the journey and, therefore, no cause for complaint. After describing portions of his journey, the speaker recited a beautiful essay on love, and then gave the old gentleman's reasons for imposing such an unusual task. "It was to teach me self-reliance, the value of money, how difficult it is to make a living, and how little I know." The last proposition he illustrated with the story of a fond father who, after a great deal of persuasion, had gotten an old lawyer to take his son in band to make a lawyer of him. The lawyer had been quite reluctant in the matter. After a month, the father came around to make inquiries. "Doing no good at all," was the gruff reply of the lawyer. The next month the result was the same, except that the old lawyer asserted the boy had uo sense, would never make a lawyer in the world, and insisted that he be takeu away. As the result of the father's pleading, the trial was extended for another month, at the end of which time the testimony of the master was to the eflect that "he's the most promising young man of 'his age I ever saw, and he'll make his mark." "But," timidly suggested the father, "You said he did not have any sense." "So I did, replied the lawyer, "and that is just what is the matter. He has found it out!" This, continued the speaker, is what the old gentleman wants me to do, and I arr doing it as fast as I can. In conclusion, Mr. McQuary announced that be bad some little pamphlets, givinj an account of bis trip. These pamphlets be bad bad printed with money tbat h( had madesince bis start, and be was selling thein at 10 cents each, to help pay expenses. He wanted it understood, bowever, that be did not want anybody tc feel at all bound to buy one. He was noi asking charity ; be did not need it. Tbost who felt enough interest to buy, could d< so, and be would appreciate it. However, even if be should not sell a singb book, he would be perfectly satisfied anc go away just as well pleased as if be bac sold out bis entire stock. This was saic in a way to give the impression tbat i was exactly wbat be meant. Tbe conclusion or bis remarks wai greeted with hearty applause, and mem bers of tbe audience crowded around bin to buy bis books. Altogether be sold 42 and as several people who banded bim 21 cents each refused to take back th< change, tbe prdceeda netted about $5. During bis stay in Yorkville, The En quiker made a contract with Mr. Mc Quary whereby he is to write several let ters, tbe first being immediately alter bit return from Cuba. After be mounted hit horse to leave town, tbe reporter took e snap shot at bim with a kodak at tbe crosi street, just in front of the store of tbi Ganson Dry Goods company, and witl the first letter be'writes this picture wil be published. t From Yorkville, McQuary went U Rock Hill and worked Friday on Th> Herald. He expects to leave Rock Hil this morning, and will spend tomorrow and probably several days of next week in Lancaster. From Lancaster be goe to Charleston, by way of Camden, Sum ter and Monck's Corner. He expects U sell bis horae in Charleston and sail fo Key West and Cuba along about tbe firs of January. LOCAL LACONICS. The Cotton Market. The cotton market is still playini around 5 cents with of as the maxiinuu limit. Arrested In Athena. Jim Benson and Alex Lee, tbe tw Negroes who were accessories to th recent theft of cotfon from Mr. T. E Brandon, of Bethel, have been arrestee in Athens, Ga. Sheriff Logan left las Thursday mgni rop me purpose ui urwn ing them^te-~Yorkville. N Rc^elvm a' LUxrsl Poandlng. Rev. B. H. Grier wm the recipient 01 Thursday^of a 2-borse wagon load of goo< things, contributed by tbe members of bii Tirzab congregation. Tbe articles inclu ded corn, flour, bams, preserves, etc., sn< tbe wagon was so heavily loaded that 1 was only with tbe greatest difficulty tba the mules could pull it to Yorkville. Captured the Whisky. While coming to Yorkville on th southbound Carolina and North-West em passenger train, tbe other nigbl United States Deputy Marshal Dobsoi ran upon a Negro with a keg contain ing 6J gallons of unstamped whisky He told tbe Negro that be was a pris oner; but tbe Negro figured otherwise and at tbe first opportunity jumped of tbe train. Deputy Dobson took charg of tbe whisky. To Our Patrons. Like all of you, we folks who mak The Enquirer have been doing lots o bard work this year. Whether we bav done as much good as many of you, w< are unable to say; but, At the sameti rm we have not done much barm. But mos of you are going to take a day or two ol for Christmas, are you not? We tbinl you are entitled to' it. We also thin] that we are entitled to a fev days off. Anyhow, in conformity witl established precedent, we are going t take it. But we are not going to take a much as heretofore. Last year there wa an omission of two issues. This year w will omit only one, and that will be tba of next Wednesday. The paper, De volente, will appear next Saturday as us ual. In the meantime, we wish you a] a merry Christmas, and also a happy am prosperous New Year. School Closing. The superintendent and teachers of th Yorkville Graded school, gave a closini entertainment last Tuesday. It was at tended by as many people as could b conveniently accommodated in toe van oua recitation rooms, and the visitors wer not only astonished but delighted. -Fm of them were aware before that tbei school is of such a high standard of effl ciency. Even Chairman Lewis, of th board of trustees, who has all along beei watching the matter up as closely as if h had a mortgage on the whole business, re monstrated with Superintendent Dend; for not having t"ld the board beforeham that the exhibition was to be so elaborat and creditable. "Why," said Chairmai Lewis, "we would have given you th opera house and had out the whole town." A patron was so delighted that he ha sent The Enquirer a highly compli mentary communication which, for lacl of available space just now, will appea later. Leaving Their Old Home. Rock Hill Herald : About the first o January, Mrs. M. A. Avery and he daughter, Miss Ella, will take their de parture from Ebenezer and make thei home hereafter with Dr. S. DeLeon Aver; in Baltimore. About the same time Mi E. R. Avery and family and Mr. Stradle; and family, of our city, will go to Char lotte, where their home will be in th future. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Avery, o Ebenezer, will remove to Landsford, ati< Dr. Waightsill Avery will go either t Anderson or Baltimore. Their departuri will remove from York county the last o two families that have for years beei prominent in its business affairs and so cial life?the Averys and Ivys. Ther will not be one of either families left, am their determination to make their home elsewhere will be regretted by the peopli of the county. Fined at Tlrzah. After leaving Yorkville last Thursday young McQuary got into trouble at Tir rah hut it was not on account of the dis pensary. Leaving bis horse hitched to i post, he went into the postofJlce to get hi mail. The horse got on the sidewalk and this meant a violation of the towi ordinance, punishable by a fine of $1 The Tirzah people do not allow any body to violate their ordinances ant the tine was imposed. McQuarj started to pay up without protest; but th< sympathetic bystanders would permi nothing of the kind. They promptly i made up the amouut among themselves, and during the next few minutes bought I books and photographs to the amonnt of r several dollars. Upon telling Thb En* i qoirer about<the matter over the 'phone 3 yesterday, he sajd if it were the most generous, hospital people he were look ing for, be does not think it would be necessary to go any further. > Pretty Good Farming. t Mr. S. Vt. Inman, who is on a portion 3 of the old "Glenn plantation," just wlth> out the western incorporate limits, of - Yorkville, has made a record this year 3 that is worthy of mention. With two I mules, be made, on 63 acres of land, I 00 bales of cotton. He worked three I moles altogether; bat one of them was t kept in the corn crop daring the whole year. Mr. Inman, however,, to not dis-s posed to claim too much credit. Some he. - gives to the land, which, he says, goes to i make up one of the best farms in the- t* t country. But, all the same, he fertilized > with a liberal band. The fertilization'' 9 included 1,200 bushels of ootton seed, 14 loads of stable manure, and-06 sacks * - of guano and add. The guano,' he - says, was put in with the ootton seed, - at the time of planting, and this, he s claims, is worth flO a ton more than1a when drilled in according to the uai ual custom. i THE THACKER PLAN. A German Citizen Gives Reasons Why He j Does Not Like It.. 9 Editor Yorkville Enquirer: 1 In your issue of the 11th instant, is a , letter of Kev. Thacker, of Hickory , Grove, to bis excellency, thq governor, s outlining a plan for the control of liqaor, - and about which I desire to make a few o remarks. 1 r If I do not in every respect agree with it Mr. Tbacker, I am free to say that I believe bis intentions are of the very best He is worklDg against the bad effects of liqaor and should have the co-operation of all good citizens. His plan, however, U in my opinion, needs a thorough revision.* n First, be says a majority of the people want prohibition. I would call hia attention to the fact that a preacher does not aluratra hoar t.hn rpal AAntimnnt of hiatteo 0 pie. When with the preacher,, people i." usually wear their best clothes, and while 5 they are uo doubt honeet In wanting lt strict prohibition, sometimes some of these drink until they oan see nothing . but rats. Mr. Tbacker wants the manufacture ' * Q and sale of liqnor prohibited. That j means that if one baa grape vines, which are so lawless as to bear more grapes than he can eat, he must not press the juioe , out of them to preserve'it, on psta'of 7 being sent to the chaingang. What iaAmerican liberty T . Is lt a mere phrase created in" the brain of the fool ? To judge by this, it must be so. In the second place, Mr. Tbacker wants to make drunkenness a misdemeanor, punishable on a second offense with a double penalty. Be more liberal, Brother * Tbacker! Do not carry in your hand such a big rock to throw at any one who, * in a weak hour, may be persuaded by temptation. Say to him rather, like the ? Man of Nazareth, in endless mercy, "Go, and sin no more; I will not oondemn 0 thee." Remember the second time temptation is much the greater. Therefore, do * not punish bim double. 8 So much for Brother Tbacker. Now let us take a good look at the world to see 8 if liquor is indeed as bad as many try to 8 make it. Having traveled about 10,000 8 miles, and having been in 13 different states, foreign and American, I have bad many opportunities to observe the influ' ence of the manufacture and sale of liquor 1 upon general prosperity. If we think of v the number of promising young men a who sink io the early grave of the drunk0 ard; how many happy wives are made 8 widows and how many innocent children 8 are made orphans, through liquor, then 6 we should be glad to do away with it at 1 once. But this thing has two sides. 0 There is nothing iu this world so good ' that there is not some bad, and nothing so bad that there is not some good. a In Italy, France and western Germany nearly 50 percent, of the entire population is employed in the cultivation of the e grape and the sale of wine. The hills of K South Carolina, many of which are now * valueless, would make as good vineyards 6 as are to be found in amp of the countries ^ mentioned, and lands which are now a e drag at 81 an acre, would easily be worth v 8200 an acre. There would also be emr ployment for thousands of bands that * are now comparatively idle, and the state 6 would receive many thousands of dollars 11 of revenue in the shape of license. 6 In the city of Munich, a few years ago, ' the annual consumption of beer amounted ? to 44 gallons per head, and that would be for the 1,147,161 inhabitants of South Care lina, 49,475,084 gallons of beer. The manu1 facture of this beer would require 917,728 ? bushels of barley, and the raising of the barley and the brewing of it into beer a would not only give employment to many * thousands of people; but would also ^ yield a big revenue to the state. We r would not have to raise 5 cents cotton, and neither would we have to pay such heavy tax on our property, f We can do without liquor. Certainly. r But are we to have prohibition because '* we are afraid somebody might die of r liquor and leave a wife and child unsupy ported ? Then, why not do away with ' railroads and horses and buggies ? They y also kill people sometimes. We can do without railroads. People got along with0 out them for 6,000 years, and can uo doubt do it again. * Rev. Tbacker may answer that if we 0 can do without liquor, why we do not 9 prevent all the terror it brings, and also he might remind me, "What profiteth it 1 a man if he erain the whole world and * lose his own soul ?" To the first proposie tion I say that it is a universal law that 3 every man of sound mind has to be left 8 at liberty to do good or bad. In some 3 countries, where liquor is free, more of it is used; but there are no more drunk* ards. We hardly ever find a barkeeper who is a drunkard. If we get prohibi tion, it only reaches those who do not - need it. Those who do need it will inaui age to avoid it. s In one of the northern states, a few , years ago, the sale of liquor was prohibiti ed ; but people continued to drink arj be. fore. The traffic continued in vic,^tion - of the law in every way couceivcMe. I 1 have seen watermelons filled wito whisr ky. 9 The drinking of liquor is just as much t a private matter as is the drinking of cof7 fee, and no one has a legal right to inter