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Straps and iracts. ; ? Charlotte Observer : 11 requires a good deal of money to keep Your Un cle's establishment going. The report of the secretary of the treasury for the fiscal year 1898 shows that, the total receipts of the government, from all sources were $494,333,953.75, and the total expenditures $532,381,201.35, making a deficit of $38,047,247.60. The receipts for 1898 over 1897, were $63,946,785.86, while there was an increase in ordinary expenditures of $77,594,423.23?all of which are tolerably large figures, showing that Your Uncle bores with a sizable auger. ? New York World : One article proposed by the Spanish peace commissioners is to the effect that the TT? J o?/l Cnoin unnnint ft f 1 U LI 11CU OIOIC3 auu upaiu w|/^/v*mV ?*.. international commission of experts, with seven members?three to be selected by each country?one to be a citizen of each country, one a Britisher , and one French, with a German president, this commission to determine ~ the responsibility of the Maine disaster. If Spain is found responsible she is to send a warship to salute the American flag at New York. If not, the United States is to pay the whole expense of the commission. The Spanish idea is that, having yielded on the main principles, they will gain important advantages on the details. ? Chicago Times: A great tobacco war, which will completely overshadow the conflict of millions now going on in the sugar trade, is about to be fought between the American Tobacco company, with its creature, the Contiuental Plug Tobacco company on the one side, and the new Union Tobacco company, recently incorporated at Albany by the Wideuer-Elkins combine that owns tbe controlling interest in the * '** ?? * AAmvton v Metropolitan oireec xvaunnji wuj^uj and other great traction interests throughout the United States. Associated with the new company in the conflict will be Liggett & Myers, of St. Louis; Weissinger & Co., of Louisville ; the Sorg and other tobacco concerns that refused to be absorbed by the trust organized by the American Tobacco company. William Wilson, an agent of the Union Tobacco company, it is said today, has been dispatched to Louisville to buy a site for the greatest plug tobacco factory in the world. It is to employ 5,000 bands and have a capacity double that of the American Tobacco company's great Louisville plant. ? The first note of the aotiexpansionists was sounded iu the senate today, says a Washington dispatch of Tuesday, by Senator Vest, of Missouri, who introduced a joint resolution declaring tbat, under the constitution, the Federal government had no authority to acquire colonial possessions, to be governed as such ; but that all territory acquired by the government, except such as may be necessary for use as coaling stations, correction of boundaries and similar purposes, may be acquired with the purpose of orga nizing territories, suitable, ultimately, for admission into the Uuion as states. ItTr Vocr nn noiinppd his DUTDOSe tO address the senate on the resolution at an early day. A brief discussion of the navigation laws was precipitated by the consideration of a bill amending those laws by the addition of a provision that foreigu built vessels, wrecked in the United States, purchased by citizens of this country and repaired to the extent of three-fourths of their value, shall be subject to forfeiture if they engage subsequently in the coastwise trade of the United States. The senate at 1.30 adjourned. ? A Paris dispatch of Wednesday is as follows: There was no joint session of the peace commissions today, as the Spaniards are still occupied in translatiog the Americans' answer to their proposals in regard to the status of Spanish subjects in annexed territories. As cabled last evening, the eight principal articles of the treaty are settled, and all that remains for the commissions to attend to is the settlement of the minor points of the treaty. The latter will probably be signed on Saturday next, for the Spaniards are as anxious as the Ameiicaus to finish the . work in hand. Secretary Ojeda, of the Spanish commision, said today : "It is very painful for us to remain here haggling over details, since the main points have been settled and we have been obliged to relinquish our colonies. All the woik will be finished this week. The commercial treaty between the United States and Spain will be negotiated upon the re-establishment of diplomatic relations, and the question of Spanish ships and products in Cuba and Puerto Rico will be included therein." ? Apache Kid is dead. He was the most barbarous, blood-thirsty and cruel of all the wild Apaches, and for years had spread terror along the border line between the United States and Mexico. He is known to have killed 44 people himself, aud the victims of his band are uumbered by hundreds. Despite this bloody record, Apache Kid died in peace. He was hiding in Mexico among the Yaqui Indians, and was carried off by smallpox in the latter part of September. Troops of scouts and cavalry have spent days and weeks in attempts to capture Kid and his gang. Many times a whole United States garrison along the border has been hurriedly ( ordered out at the report of a murderous raid by the Apaches, and every effort has been put forth to bring the raiders to punishment. A price of ! $10,000 was set upon Apache Kid's head in 1891 by the Territories of New Mexico and Arizona, and the United States marshals and a score of , efficient Indian police officers have laid plans aud worked for months at a 1 time to capture the arch criminal. But all efforts were unsuccessful. A s more wary, resourceful aud elusive ] outlaw probably never lived. He was j not only so adroit as to keep safely ( out of the clutches of his pursuers and to lead them absurd chases for miles s over desert plains and across forbid- 1 ding mountains, but he seldom per- < mitted anyoue to live to say he ever 1 saw Apache Kid, and he let but three persons get back to civilization to tell t what sort of a man Apache Kid was and how be lived and conducted his awful raids. Indeed, so little was s known about the peisonality of this f fieudish savage and so seldom was he t ? X. >een by any one, that there has been < and may still be many persons in the | Southwest who have believed Apache . Kid was a myth. She furkvitk (Enquirer, j YORKVILLE, S. C.: , SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10,1898. | ? In their discussion of the recommendation of the Greenville grand jury, the Greenville News, and The News and Courier, remind us of the story that ^Esop told of the astronomer who, while studying the stars, fell into a well. Our esteemed contemporaries will do well to devote their attention to matters close to the bottom of our system of justice, and then the higher machinery may be contemplated with more security. ? As the result of the big promise of a largely increased wheat acreage, there is talk in several neighboring towns of erecting roller mills with which to convert the coming crop into flour. The Enquirer is always glad to see the good work going on ; but if the situation is the same in other counties as in York, somebody is going to get left. The York county farmers have all along intended to increase their wheat, acreage and some of them have done so; but on account of the weather and other hindrances, quite a number of others have not yet been able to get in a single acre. We sus pect that about the same state of affairs exists in other counties. ? The Enquirer has not been favorably disposed toward the proposition to increase the standing army of the United States to 100,000. We have been of opinion that the tendency would be too much in the direction of centralization. It is argued sometimes that 25,000 men is a mighty small force with which to keep 70,000,000 straight. That is true; but it must be remembered that the keeping of the 70,000,000 straight has not been supposed to be the object of our army of 25,000 men. If this is to be the object of an army of 100,000 men, then we are still of the opinion that when the increase is authorized there will be a bad day's work. ? The Columbia Register suspended publication last week after a precarious existence of about 25 years. The greater part of the time it has been under the proprietorship of Mr. Charles A. Calvo, Jr., who made a long and strenuous effort to make a success of it. But for some reason the people of Columbia could never be made to realize that a newspaper was a business, rather than a charitable institution, and it is doubtful as to whether the receipts of The Register ever, at any time, paid the expense of publication. Finally, as the result of the competition of the Columbia State, and with inevitable failure confronting him, Mr. Calvo lost his mind, and a northern firm that had furnished much of the means with which the paper bad been kept going, took charge. Since last July The Register has been conducted as an afternoon paper; but the afternoon field being already full, this experiment failed also. ? The Enquirer was advised by a third party, a few days ago, that a York county magistrate said to him that he, the magistrate, would be glad to answer the arguments that have appeared in this paper on the county court question ; but is afraid that "his motives might be misconstrued." The Enquirer does not pretend to be possessed of all wisdom. It has given its own views on this subject, and the views of a number of lawyers. So far as it is concerned, it has said what it thought. It may or may not be correct. What it wants, however, is not a change, necessarily; but all the improvement there is. If the ' present system is the best, then The ; Enquirer wants the present system. But we do not believe the present system is the best, and we would like to have the magistrate referred to, or anybody else, to give us light. No , one need be worried about "miscon- ' struction of motives." That is all ! buncombe. If a man's preferences are based on sound sense; knowledge, ! etc., his "motives" are a matter of no moment to sensible people. It is not motives, but wisdom, by which we should be governed. EMERGENCY JUDGES, ETC. Discussing the recent recommendation of the Greenville grand jury with reference to county courts, the Greenville News seeks to improve on the suggestion, by proposing that, iustead, arovision be made for ooe or two extra udges at large, with the same jurisdic:ion as circuit judges, whose duty it .hall be to preside over a court that nay be called in any county in case of ?mergency, or on account of an overoaded calendar. The News and Courier approves of he suggestion of The News ; but calls ittention to the fact that the late constitutional convention authorized the general assembly to provide for the j ippoiutment, in cases of emergency, s >f temporary judges, learned in the ] aw, etc. That paper goes on to explain how the general assembly, instead of trying to carry out the pur- * pose of the makers of the constitution, passed an impracticable and undesira- ^ ale act that has been allowewed to die i natural death on account of its uselessness. ( We are very glad to see our contemporaries giving this matter considpration ; hut we would be still better pleased if they would, like the Greenville grand jury, get down to the real ^ necessity of the situation. There maybe need for emergency judges to try ' special cases and relieve overloaded UHieiJUUrS; | UUlj 111 UUl UJ/iuiv/iij vuj/v cially in the smaller towDS ami country districts of the state, there is much greater need for improvement in the present magistrate system. In Columbia, Charleston, Greenville, | Spartanburg, and, perhaps, a few other ] larger towns of the state, where the ( business is sufficient to warrant the ] payment of salaries large enough to , make it worth the while of men learn- , ed in the law to hold the position of magistrate, the present system is all right enough ; but out in the country i districts, where the rights, liberties and < properties of citizens are often placed ( under the jurisdiction of men who do | not know even enough to write an | affidavit or properly draw a warrant . of arrest, the situation is very different. Here the magistrate system is good , only in very far-fetched theory. As a | matter of practical operation, it is a ( most miserable failure, often working great injustice on law-abiding citizens, | und bringing socalled processes of law | into contempt. I The remedy, it appears to us, is to , lump the sums paid for the maintain- , ance of numerous inefficient courts, | and concentrate the work of these , courts into a single'court capable of administering justice of a quality that will be respected. There may be need , for one or two judges at large, and possibly temporary emergency judges; but, in our opinion, this need is not nearly so great as is the need for improvement in our magistrate system, especially in localities where the magistrates are not men learned in the law. Let the improvement, if there is to be any, begin at the bottom, and then as the higher stages are reached, progress will not be difficult. JUST A PA KB, MAYBE. 1 But Anyhow This Story Is More or Less . Interesting. The Macon Telegraph recently published a very interesting story in reference to Simon Cooper, the Sumter < desperado, who was lynched about a I year ago. At the same time it threw light on a celebrated Georgia murder, ( if the alleged papers of Cooper are genuine. H. S. Young, a railroad man in ' Macon, has found among some plunder < bequeathed to him by the Negro Simon < Cooper, who was lynched at Maysville, | two years ago, a memorandum book ( containing detailed accouutsof several . mysterious murders in Georgia and South Carolina, one of them being the famous YVoolfolk tragedy, near Macon, ' when nine members were slain, only I one, Tom Woolfolk, escaping. He was ' the oldest son, and was, after two court trials, hauged for the murder because of circumstantial evidence against him. 1 The South Carolina Negro, in the memorandum, says he killed the Wool folk family.and was especially anxious to kill Tom. In the last line of the memorandum is the seutence : "Tom was too slick for me that uight; but I'm even with hiui at last." This is supposed to refer to Tom's execution. A great many people have always believes Tom guiltless, and.also that his lawyer, John Rutherford, was sincere, when during a ten-hour speech in the courthouse, he exclaimed : "I swear before Almighty God Tom Woolfolk did not kill those people." In view of these facts and also the circumstance that Mr. Young kuows the Negro was about Macon during the year in which the murder was committed, the memorandum book will cause a big sensation. The Negro was one of the most notorious criminals ever run to cover in the south. He is known to have killed no less than ten ' people besides the Woodfolk family, c His diary tallies almost perfectly with 7 Tom Woolfolks's account of the mur- j der of that family. He made his will before he killed the South Carolina family, for which he was lynched, and 1 in it said he knew he was going, soon- 1 er or later, to be killed for his crimes, r and he wanted Mr. Youug, by whose family he had beeu reared, to have all t of his posessions. t The Maria Teresa.?The findings l Df the court of inquiry conceruing the abaudonment of the Iufanta Maria c Teresa, during the storm of October ' ?ui;? i?ef Tnu/ioi! . c were ujuuc puuu^ iaob 1 uvouaj . ? The findings are summed up iu the p statement that the court finds that the abandonment was not due to any fault or negligence on the part of any afficers of the navy, and that the court F ioes not think any further proceedings c should be instituted. The vessel was t pronounced to be in a fit condition for p ihe voyage to the United States in 0 -easonably fair weather, but could not j| ae called seaworthy in a gale. It was stated that Commander Ira Harris did v jot take charge of the Teresa till after u he decision of Captain Chiteudon, of n .he Merrit Wrecking company, toabanlon her. This settles the contention n idvanced before the meeting of the g ;ourt that Commander Harris exceedid his authority in taking charge ol he cruiser. The transfer of the ship's 0 :ompany from the Teresa to her con- p iort, the Merritt, is characterized as a t< ikillful accomplishment in view of all w he circumstances. Lieutenant Haris' conduct, under the trying condiions, is to be commended. ? The Alabama general assembly has nvited President McKinley to visit the w tate. bi LOCAL AFFAIRS. I i INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. , V. B. Flanagan, Executor?Gives notice ( to the debtors and creditors of James A. Flanagan, deceased. i iV. B. Flanagan, Executor?On the 29th of December, near Bowling Green, will sell at public auction, the personal property belonging to the estate of J. A. Flanagan, deceased. )liver E. Grist?Calls attention to the fact that on next Monday he will have for sale a limited number copies of the Christmas issues of the New York Herald and the New York Journal, both of which will be splendidly illustrated. Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Tells you of a number of articles you can get by calling at her store, aud at popular prices, ["be Ganson Dry Goods company want you to remember that their great cnailenge sale is still in progress. T. R. Logan, S. Y. C.?Advertises a number of tracts of land to be sold on the first Monday of January belonging to Joseph F. Wallace. KILLED THE PONY. The little bay pouy, formerly owned ay Mr. J. E. Carroll, then by Mr. J. M. Ferguson, and last by Mr. M. C. Willis, jame to a sad end last Sunday night, [t was shot to death by Mr. J. E. Carroll, as the result of a regretable mistake. The story comes to us through Mr. W. E. Ferguson. It seems that last Sunday night the attention of Mr. Carroll, who lives near Sharon, was attracted by a strange noise for which he could not account, on the outside of his house, and he went out with his gun. The noise was evidently made by some heavy animal ; but just what kind of an animal Mr. Carroll was not jertain. The strange visitor galloped around the house several times, and heing in doubt as to what was best to he done, .Mr. Carroll uttered a challenge to halt. This he repeated twice, and in the darkness he observed that ihe pbject of his attention, instead of halting, was coming toward him. He fired, and the nocturnal visitor beat a retreat. On Monday or Tuesday morning, about 200 yards from the house, was found the dead body of the little bay pony. The animal had gotten out of Mr. Willis's lot and decided to pay i visit to its former borne. Mr. Carroll, of course, was deeply grieved at ihe occurrence. BEATING THE LAWYERS. "Maybe you would not think it," emarked a well-known member of ,he Yorkville bur to a friend in the presence of the reporter a few days igo ; "but the lawyers suffer as much from deadbeats even as much as busi3ess men." "You surprise me," replied the iriend, soimwbat interested ; "how is ihat?" "Well," returned the lawyer, "a few jays ago a man came into my ollice ind asked me as to the ownership of a jertain piece of property. I was not jertain, aud went over to the clerk's }Qice and looked the matter up. Then tie wanted to know whether or not ibere was any incumbrances. I went sack and got this information, and when I reported again, the man told ue very cordially how much obliged tie was, and bade me good morning. What do you thiuk of that?" The friend considered the situation very carefully for a few moments, and then solemnly replied: "I think jou are fool!" The lawyer was somewhat startled it first; but realizing the force of his Tiend's reasoning, smiled and admitted ,hat the judgment was correct. "That s a fact," he said. "Instead of being ihrowu off mv iruard by the profuse politeness of my caller, I should have quietly told him that my fee was $5, ind requested him to ante up." It seems funny that lawyers should ie so easily beaten out of their fees; jut it occurs every day. However, it s well to remark that they should not complain. As suggested by the attorley quoted above, it is entirely their >wn fault. KNOWLEDGE IS MONEY. It is too late now, and maybe it will >e a long time before the opportunity >ccurs again ; but a business man of k'orkville, to whom some of the possi>ilities of the situation occurred the >ther day after it was too late to make lse of them, made some remarks to he reporter that might be worth renemberiug: "Did you notice," he asked, "how incertain most of the bidders appeared o be at the real estate sales last Monlay. I might be mistakeu, of course ; >ut it occurred to me that in three :ases out of four the bidders were realy in doubt as to how much they themelves were willing to give for the iroperty they were trying to buy. "I can only account for the situation >n the theory that in most cases the irospective buyers had failed to make areful calculations as to the value of ( he differents properties, and were delendiug entirely on the chance of no ; ne else being willing to pay anything ike a liberal price. I am sure that, \ /hile some of the property brought 1 11 it was worth, most of it sold for j luch less. "It has occurred to me," the gentle- { jau concluded, "that while to some i xtent this condition of affairs may f ?..e been due to the general scarcity i f money, still there are plenty of peo- ? le who are able to furnish the money c 5 pay for such property all that it is i 'orth, and if some bright business r >un had made it his busiuess several 1 'eeks ago to go around through the ^ uunty and learn all there was to be ^ :urned about various properties that ) ere being advertised, the prospective o idders, and what they were willing to I [>ay, be could have used bis informs- t lion iu such a way as to have made it J easily worth not less than $1,000, and 1 that, too, probubly with only a very f small investment." > THE JEFFERYS PROPERTY. j Pursuant to the advertised notice of j W. VV. Lewis, E-q., administrator, quite a large number of people attend- i ed the sale of the Jefferys house and < lot on Main street, last Wednesday, at 11 o'clock a. ra. Some of the people were present as ' possible purchasers, and most of them were present as lookers on ; but all ( were very much interested in the pro- < ceedings, as the property is generally considered to be unusuallv desirable. After readiDg the terras of the sale, Administrator Lewis announced that no bid of less than $2,000 would be accepted or cried, and J. S. Brice, Esq., started the battle with a bid of $2,100. This was immediately bettered by Mr. Lewis, who raised the figures to $2,200, after which there was a pause. Dr. Miles Walker next stepped into the field with a bid of $2,250, and Mr. B. N. Moore raised the amount to $2,300, after which the bidding became more and more cautious on up to $2,600, at which Dr. Walker began to show signs of having gone as far as he cared to. Mr. Moore promptly offered $2,625, and kept a sharp eye on all possible competitors until the auctioneer finally knocked the property down at that price. Within five minutes after he became the purchaser, Mr. Moore had four or five applications from would-be renters ; but he was not yet ready to make any trades. It is his intention to make considerable changes in the property, and among other things to erect a large cotton platform on the lot. Further than this h&does not care to announce his plans at this time. DEATH OF J. A. FLANAGAN. Mr. James A. Flanagan, a well known citizen of the Bowling Green neighborhood, died at bin home near that place on Thursday morning of last week after an illness of about eight months. Though not quite 40 years of age at the. time of his death, Mr. Flanagan has for years been looked upon as one of the leading citizens of hi3 neighborhood. He was prominent as a church member, a Christian worker, a farmer and a business man, and no other resi dent of the neighborhood enjoyed to a greater extent the confidence and es teem of his fellow citizens. . Mr. Flauagan was well-known to the readers of The Enquirer. He was one of the pioneers in the fruit and vegetable canning industry in this section. He first went into business with his brothers, something like a dozen years ago, aud developed the industry to considerable proportions. He also ran a public saw mill and ginnery, etc., and was generally the leader in whi tever enterprise that seemed calculated to promote the interest ol his section. Though modest and unassuming in religious matters, Mr. Flanagan was well-known as a consistent Christian from hie youth up. He was baptised at Bethel in infancy, became connected with the church while still a very young man, and about three years ago was one of the leaders in the move ment that resulted iu the erection of the church at Bowling Green. Upon the organization of that church he hecame a ruling elder, which office he held up to the time of bis death. Mr. Flanagan was twice married. His first wife was Miss Ida Wallace, of Bethel, who lived only a few years after marriage, leaving three children. He next married Miss Alie Jackson, of Clover, who, with four children, survive him. Mr. Flanagan's death was due to some pulmonary trouble with which . he had suffered for a number of years. , During his long and tedious illness, he i was as submissive and patient as only a good Christian can be, and before the final summons came, he expressed himself as ready. , The funeral service took place at , Bowling Green church on Friday, be- < ing conducted by Rev. W. A. Hafner, i and the interment took place in the j cemetery near by. I ABOUT PEOPLE. Mr. W. J. Roddey, of Rock Hill, was irj Yorkville on Wednesday. Miss Cora Clark and Mrs. M. J. Clark are visiting friends in Anniston, i Ala. I Mr. H. C. Strauss is in Greenwood this week attending the South Carolina Methodist Conference. ' Miss Annie Steele, who has been teaching school in Laucaster county ( for several months, has returned to J her home in Yorkville. r King's Mountain Reformer: Mr. t and Mrs. I. B. Goforth went down to York county to visit the family of Mr. c Felix Quinn last Friday evening. c Dr. R. A. Bratton sustained a severe injury to ms rignt eye yesterday morn- p ng as the result of a fire-making oper- . ition. The hurt, though nol serious, j s quite painful. There is auother case of fever at Sheriff Logau's. This time the patient h s Miss Marion, the sheriffs eldest r laughter. She has been down for sev- h ;ral days. 8 Master Walter, a little son of Mr. ind Mrs. W. T. Barrou, who has been s lown with fever for about eight weeks, v s improving slowly. Mr. W. T. Baron has been quite unwell for several f< lays. k Clerk of the Court VVylie left on j. rhursday for a three weeks' visit to Varren, Ark., where he will join Mrs. Vylie and the baby. He leaves his 4 Sice in charge of Joseph F. Wallace, a Ssq., who will keep things in proper a ihape and attend to all business with l sinueh facility and dispatch almost as f Mr. Wylie himself were present. Mr. R. Lee Kerr, of Rock Hill, 'pent an hour or two in Yorkville lust Fhursday. Miss Rose Hunter has returned to ler home from a visit to the family of Major A. H. White, at Rock Hill. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gordon have moved into one of Mr. Robt. J. HernIon's cottages on Cartwrigbt avenue. Mr. J. H. Riddle was getting along firstrate yesterday, aud was chafiug somewhat because he was not able to lie out to help make the cotton market hum. He was just joking with the other boys, of course ; but as a matter of fact ibere is quite a point underi-.: tu? 2~l.? Ll,? jun.e. Cbarleston Post, Monday : Mr. Albert M. Grist, who recently resigned his position as the foreman and machinist of the composing room of The Evening Post, has returned to Yorkville on a short visit to relatives. After a short stay at Yorkville, Mr. Grist will go to New York, where he has the tender of a hue position. The best wishes of a host of Charleston friends, and especially the members of The Evening Post's staff, accompany Mr. Grist on his depurture for a sphere of greater usefulness and larger remuneration. Mr. Grist is a young man of ability, pleasing munnersand geuial disposition. He possesses the faculty of makiug friends and he will be highly regarded and esteemed in whatever community he may settle. Mr. Grist is an expert linotype operator, and being possessed of the usual amount of American pluck be will make a success of bis new field of labor. HOLDUP ON THE HIGHWAY. The people of the Fodder and Clay Hill neighborhoods are very much excited over a daring attempt at highway robbery that occurred near the sevenmile post, on the Charlotte road, last Monday night. The intended victim of the would-be robber was Mr. Robert Lee Youngl.l?a ...k^ ?|A.l,o ox* at., w T uiuuuj nuu uciao ivi aui* m ? . Massey, of Tirzab, and who was out on a collecting trip. Mr. Youngblood was driving along the road io a buggy. Suddenly a man jumped from the side of the road, and passing between the wheels of the buggy, presented a revolver with the demand to "Hold up, !" Without giving Mr. Youngblood time for any action whatever, the highwayman fired at him point blank. One shot went wide of its mark and the other passed through Mr. Youngblood's overcoat, the fire from the pistol burning his clothing. The whole thing occurred in less time, probably, than it takes to tell the story, and all the while Mr. Youngblood was busy getting bis own revolver, which happened to be in his hip pocket, into action. After having fired two shots, the would-be tobber begau to think of making his escape, and Mr. Youngblood fired three shots at him as he ran ; but, so far as could be seen, without effect. The probable identity of the wouldbe robber is quite a puzzle, not only to Mr. Youngblood, but to all the people of the neighborhood. It was quite dark, and Mr. Youngblood is unable to say whether the man was white or black. The only circumstance of which be could remember, by which any one could know of the fact that be had money on his person, was when he gave a Negro at Plaxico's mill a dime, a short time before, to water his horse. There was some rattling of silver change in bis pocket as he inserted in his hand, and on this account the Negro, who was known, fell under some slight suspicion which did not aoom f.n he iiisfifiert hv further inves tigatioD. However, neither Mr. Youngblood or the people of the neighborhood, are at all inclined to drop the affair. They fully appreciate that the crime was a most alarming one, and they feel that the common safety of all demands that the guilty party be found if possible. They are willing to spend time and money themselves towards this end, and they have arranged to get the assistance of the governor, if this be possible. Sheriff Logan went out to the scene of the attempted holdup on Wednesday and made as much investigation of the affair as was possible; but did not run upon any clue that seemed to point with much satisfaction toward the guilty party. He also is very much interested in getting to the bottom of the matter. HE'S THE RIGHT NEGRO. Although Alfred Grier still denies that he is the man who entered the aouse of Mr. J. A. Bell, near Clover, )n Friday night of last week, there is svery reason to believe that he is lying. Grier was taken to Clover last Tueslay for the purpose of identification. 3e had waived his right to preliminay examination, and the only object of aking him back to the vicinity of the crime was for the purpose of identification. Mrs. Bell was at Clover. Sbe ftau ireviously explained that she would >robably not be able to identify the 'fegro. It was quite dark at the time , ie entered the house, and even if she I ad known him, she would uot have < ecognized him. It turned out as she j ad indicated. Grier was about the ] ame size as the Negro who had as- | ailed her; but she could not say ( whether or not he was the right man. ] Mr. John Graysou, the storekeeper ' >r the distillery near Hero, said he t new Grier well as a regular customer, t le had been to the distillery often, 1 ud was there on Friday afternoon, a i jw hours before the time at which the ssault occurred. There was a white 1 tan and another Negro or two in the t party ; but who they were he did not know. According to the best of his recollection, it was the first visit of the white man, and he was not acquainted with the other Negroes. It develops thut the story published in the last issue of The Enquirer was not complete in some particulars. According to the statement of Mrs. Bell, when the Negro first entered the house, he asked for the cbauge for a dollar, staling that he wanted to make a payment to a man outside. Mrs. Bell told him that she had no change. The Negro drew his pistol, asserted that he mjcw tucic w ao tuuiicjr iu tuc uuuocj and said he was going to have it. The scuffle followed as already described. Grier did not want to go to Clover on Tuesday. ' He was evidently afraid that he would have trouble. The sheriff, however, was assured that Mr. and Mrs. Bell were desirous that the law should take its course in the matter, and there would be no attempt at violence. It was on this assurance that the sheriff allowed the Negro to be taken to Clover and he went along, afterward to bring him back to jail. A eitizeu of Clover, who is thoroughly acquainted with all the circumstances that have developed in the case, said to the reporter on Wednesday : "Had this Negro been caught Friday night, and had there been sufficient assurance that he was the right man, I am satisfied that he would have been lynched. But after the fellow got into the hands of the law, and both Mr. and Mrs. Bell requested that there be no violence, the people were very well satisfied to let things stand as they are." Grier continues to deny everything stoutly ; but as he has already been caught in a number of conflicting statements, not much importance is attached to what he might say. Already a good deal of evidence has been collected against him, and every possible effort is being made to find out who were his companions at the distillery. It is especially desirable to learn the name of the white man. LOCAL LACONICS. This Taken the Prise. Mr. J. A. Bell, of Clover, slaughtered a hog last week which netted 441 pounds at 14 months of age. Has Received |A2. T. J. Grier, colored, whose house, near Yorkville, was burued recently, reports that up to date be has received contributions from white people to the amount of $52, for' all of which he begs to return thanks. Not Ready Yet. Arozi Duuovant is not yet ready for the execution of the death sentence. He says he is trying to get ready ; but he is not conscious of much change. Frank Castles still insists that be is ready to go whenever called upon. Clerk's Sale In Fort Mill. Pursuant to the advertisement of the ?u? M. rp r? tJCIft U1 bUC UUUll, 1UI, 1, Vjr. VUI^ OVIU before the Savings Bank of Fort Mill, last Monday, in the case of W. F. Pattersou against Martha Wilson and others, a tract of 147 acres on the Doby's Bridge road. Bought by J. W. Ardrey for $1,300. The Price of Cotton. On account of the cold weather, probably, the receipts of cotton in Yorkville during the past week have not been quite so heavy as during the preceding week. Prices yesterday ranged from 5 to 5J, with the average iu the neighborhood of 5J. Real good cotton yesterday brought 5J without any difficulty. Death of an Infant. Mamie Betts, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. 0. E. Grist, died on Thursday morning at 3 o'clock of grip, after an illness of about three weeks. She was aged 7 months and 26 days. The funeral took place from the residence on Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, the services being conducted by Revs. B. H. Grier and W. G. Neville. Glnhonse Burned. Rock Hill Herald, Wednesday: The ginbouse of Messrs. Millen & Latban, at Riverside, was totally destroyed by hro about 1 o'clock Wednesday, me property was insured for $800, but this amount does not cover the loss. They also lost their saw and grist mills and a quantity of seed. One bale of cotton belonging to Joe Foster, colored, was burned. The fire originated from a ' match in the cotton that was ignited in the gin. Both Well Pleased. Both Administrator Lewis and. Purchaser Moore are well pleased with the sale of the Jefferys property. Mr. Lewis was desirous that the property sell for not less than $2,500; but was a little apprehensive as to whether it would reach that figure. Mr. Moore wauted the property at the smallest figures possible; but would have undoubtedly remained in the competition to the extent of several dollars more before throwing up the sponge. Coming Marriages. There are two marriages on the calendar out iu the Beersbeba neighborhood for next week. At the residence of Mr. R. J. Love, on the 13th instant, Mr. W. T. McElwee and Miss Lizzie Love are to he married ; and at the residence of Mr. M. S. Carroll, on :he 14th, Mr. W. B. Burns aud Miss Etfie Carroll are to unite their fortunes. iOe young people arraugeu me mauer irnong themselves, so Rev. ?. H. Hay, he pastor of Beersheba, could perform 30th ceremonies. Die Story of Hock Hill. Mrs. Dr. T. 0. Robinson, of Columns, is in our city gatheriug data and aking views for an illustrated volume