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?rtap$ and .facts. ? General Wheeler is to submit to the house judiciary committee, a brief in defense of his position that he can be a major general iu the volunteer army and at the same time a member .of congress. The general takes the ground that all appointments to the volunteer army and appointments to commissions are alike in that they are for a limited period and for a specific purpose, and cannot be classed with a regular appointment under the government. He holds that they are temporary appointments, and as such are outside the provision of the constitution forbiddiug a member of congress to hold another position under the government. He says if it were a position in the executive departments or even in the regular army, he is only tempo rarily employed?during the war with Spain?and is entitled to bis seat in congress. ? The United States senate, on last Saturday, by a vote of 86 to 6, passed a bill providing for the construction of the Nicaragua canal, under the auspices of the Maritime Canal company. The bill permits the issuance of 1,000,000 shares of stock of the par value of $100 each, and authorizes the secretary of the treasury to subscribe for 925,000 shares on behalf of the United Slates. The balance of the stock is to be owned by the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The Maritime Canal company is to get $5,000,000 for its franchise, and the president of the United States is to appoint five members of the board of seven directors that is hereafter to control. The other two members are to come from Costa Rica and Nicaragua respectively. The payments for stock are not to amount to more than $20,000,000 annually. If the house agrees to the bill, the canal wille be built within the next half a dozen years, very likely, and it will be under the absolute control of the government of the United States. ? New York Sun : V. K. Chestnut is the assistant botauist of the Uuited States department of agriculture. He has prepared a bulletin entitled "Thirty Poisonous Plants of the United States," which contains the result of an investigation extending over the last Tf of?taq tKat niuinor fa q lUTCC J cai3. JLU otav^o uuuv vniug w m lack of statistics it is impossible to form eveD an approximate estimate of the damage done by poisonous plants. A number of children are killed each year by the various species of water hemlock. Many cattle also are killed. All poisonous plants are not equally injurious to all persons nor to all forms of life. The poison ivy, for instance, acts upon the skins of the majority of persons; but with varying intensity. Many persons are probably wholly immune, and the ivy has no apparently external effect upon animals. There are a large number of poisonous plants which are comparatively little known. The bulletiu considers those only which are well known to be poisonous to a dangerous degree. It is intended for free distribution and may be obtained of members of congress or by applying to the departments. ? The soldier correspondent of the Charlotte Observer, writing from Ha' vana, says: "The Cubans are greatly interested in a play at one of the theatres here. It has no plot; but is simply a patriotic demonstration. Iu the first act VVeyler, clad in scarlet, storms about upon the stage, flourishing a big dagger, aud trampling and stabbing the miserable, defenseless reconceutrados, huddled together in starving groups. At last all are gone, and 'Cuba'stauds before him, a woman clad in white, defenseless, having lost ail save purity. As the slaughterer is about to end her, 'America' suddenly appears, wrapped from bead to foot in Old Glory. The slaughterer falls back, and instautly nearly every hat in the bouse is flung on the stage, while 'vivas' and 'bruvos' drown all other sounds. As soon as some quiet has been restored, stage supers collect the hats and distribute them in the audience with surprising ease. Both 'Cuba' and 'America' are types of beautiful women. 'Cuba' is a brunette, and 'America' a blonde. ? The Berlin correspondent of the Associated Press, on Saturday, had a conversation with a high official of the German foreign office, Dr. Hamann, who said : "The government has just received a detailed report from Samoa, which they think reliable, all the more so because the report distributes the blame for the errors committed there pretty evenly, though some points remain unexplained. The report says that Mataafe, prior to his election, was recognized as eligible by the three consuls. It is true that Matafe, in 1888, was hostile to Germany ; but the situation is different now and Germany no longer objected to Mataafe. And why Chief Justice Chambers annulled Mataafe's election we did not know. It was certainly not under the terms of the Berlin treaty. The doctor says the disturbance is all the more regrettable, as bloodshed might have been foreseen. No white's property, however, has been destroyed, aud we do not lr/~v<f nrVit- tKo nhiof iiicti/<n ?r?ll?rht. rpf auu" " "J v"" vu,v* J"u,,vv o?- ? uge iu the British warship Porpoise. Dr. Raffel, the German municipal president, acted illegally in breaking into the courthouse. The doctor can only explain those things by assuming that everybody there had grown nervous. The German government, however, take9 the whole business calmly, and doubtless it will be adjusted diplomatically by negotiations between Washington, Berlin and London. We do not expect any difficulties. Germany adheres strictly to. the terms of the Berlin treaty. Whatever illegal excesses Germans may have committed we shall disavow." ? Reports from Manila indicate that the Philippine situation is still very acute. Uuder orders from Washington, the American forces are on the defensive, so to speak. That is, they are required not to be at all aggressive. The Filipino government insists that it is independent, and is not iucliued to treat with the Americans until its independence is recognized. There is a strong belief amoug the Filipinos that the American soldiers sympathize with them and are not williug to fight against their liberties. A clash was narrowly averted a few days ago. A Filipino lieutenant imagined that his men had been insulted by the Ameri caus, and marched his men on the encampment of the Montana regiment. The American sentries, in obedience to orders, gave back to avoid trouble. The Filipino lieutenant refused to halt. Lieutenant Jansen, in command of the American guard, demanded a conference with the leader of the Filipinos. It was necessary to send for General Otis before an understanding could be arrived at. The Filipiuo lieutenant sent for bis captain, aud the captain assured General Otis that the movement was made without authority. Finally, the Filipinos were induced to retire; but the incident developed to the Filipinos that the Americans, for some reason, are not disposed to fight. The Filipinos have issued several proclamations calling upon the Americans not to fire upon them if ordered to do so; but to fire over their heads. The masses of the natives are being instructed tnat toe Americans will soon abandon the country. <?hc \|orki'illc (inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,1899. ? Judge J. H. Hudson is an expansionist. He believes in holding all the territory that the United States wrested from Spain and in governing it. ? Colonel Neal has for years bad the reputation of being the power behind the throne in South Carolina politics, and there is many a politician who has a knife up his sleeve for him. ? Senator Tillman gave notice a few days ago that he would offer an amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, which will give to yolurfteer soldiers of the Spanish war the same right as to preference in executive appointments, as are enjoyed by Federal veterans of the Civil war. ? In writing to their papers, several Washington correspondents express the opinion that President McKinley's private desires tend strongly in the direction of expansion. Although he will proceed slowly, he will take such steps as will force the United States to conquer and hold the Philippines. ? So far as talk goes, Judge Witherspoon's call for contributions for the benefit of the Confederate reunion is being well received. There has been but little action yet, for the reason that there has not been time enough. But York county will do more than talk about a matter like ibis. She will act, we think, and act in a way to furnish a good example to the other counties. ? The Gaffney idea that an increase of taxes enhances the value of property, is a proposition that we are not fully able to comprehend. It is because we are too dull, maybe. But iu view of a record of $5.21 of taxes one year, $6.33 the next, and $11.20 the third?all on a piece of property that pays only $10 a year rent; it seems that our progressive neighbors are determined to actually kill the goose that lays the golden egg rather than Dermit the said goose to go to settiu'. r ~ " ? It is believed in Columbia that if an effort should be made, the general assembly can easily make important changes in the dispensary law. There is not a great deal of high license sentiment, for the reason that real or apparent constitutional barriers stand in the way. Opinion is divided between prohibition and county control of dispensaries under local option regulations; but it is not thought that there will be any changes in the law. The governor is not in sympathy with the change indicated, and a lax enforcement of prohibition must inevitably result in failure. ? M. Searles, formerly of the Sugar Trust, is doing all he can to introduce the Lowry round bale cotton packing machinery in the south. One of the principal methods in use is printing in the patent outsides of the smaller country newspapers, glowing descriptions of the alleged advantages of the new process. In this way much sentiment is being manufactured. As to the merits or demerits of the Lowry bale we have but little knowledge; Knt oAmoVinu' n'o nonnnt ronnnnilo our. selves to the idea that Searles will use any hold he might be able to get ou the south to the advantage of this section. ? It is told as an undisputed fact that during the Confederate reunion at Atlanta, there were to be seen more than 1,000 poor, decrepit and crippled old soldiers wandering aimlessly about the streets, with no means to satisfy even their hunger. Friends, probably, had given them the money with which to pay their railroad fare ; but that was all they had. They were a charge on the more fortunate of their old comrades, who furnished them with money with which to buy food and lodging. There will be nothing of this kind at the coming reunion in Cbarlesi ton. The people of Charleston and of South Carolina will see that the old soldiers?those who have means and those who have none?will be treated in a manner becoming to the Palmetto 1 state. 1 > i i ? An incideut of the celebration of l Lee's birthday iu Atlanta was the appearance on the blackboards of all ? the schools of the late B. H. Hill's ] famous eulogy of the great Confed- < erate chieftain. The object in placiug | the eulogy on the blackboards was thai the children migm memorize it. i It is as follows: "He has a foewith- i out hate, a frieud without treachery, i a soldier without cruelty, a victor | without oppression, and a victim with- < out murmuring. He has a public < officer without vices ; a private citizen | without wrong; a neighbor without ( reproach ; a Christian without hypoc- | risy, and a man without guile. He was Caesar without his ambition; | Frederick without his tyranny; Napo- | leon without his selfishness, and TVash- j ington without his reward. He was < obedient to authority as a servant, ' and royal in authority as a true king. | He was gentle as a woman in life, and | modest and pure as a virgin in thought; . watchful as a Roman vestal in duty ; i submissive to law as Socrates, and grand in battle as Achilles I" I CROAKING OF CROKER. Analysis of the interview given out by Richard Croker, in New York, last , Friday, will prove more or less interesting, because it is not without certain j significance as to the probable future course of the Democratic party, espe- , cially in New York. Before entering into the subject, it , will be well euough to call attention to { the fact that Mr. Croker has never posed as a statesman or a patriot; but only a political boss. His business is to control the Tammany organization, pull wires, put puppets in office and get his pay out of whatever spoils may be bad from the assessment of the sal- ( ariesof municipal servants and rebates on the contract prices allowed for ( various jobs. He is a patriot strictly for the money that is in it, and wherever Croker is, it is safe to assume that the spoils hamper is also close in the ( vicinity. During the last national campaign, Mr. Croker was in England. He bad not gone there exactly for the purpose of dodging the Democratic platform. The principal object of his trip was to be out of reach of possible prosecution by the Lexow investigating commission sometime before, and although all danger on this account had blown over before the campaign came along, Mr. Croker did not desire to take part iu the battle. It was for that reason that ( he continued to hold aloof. He knew that if he should attempt to bury himself in a time of danger as did Senator Hill, be would have remained buried. , But now the clouds have rolled by somewhat. Half-way between the last great battle and the next one, the people are calm and disposed to give due consideration to any and everything ( that might he said. The metropolitan newspapers have assured their readers timeaud again that the free coinage dragon is dead, and insidious eflorts are being persistently made to relegate Mr. Bryan to the rear. It looks as if ( Mr. Croker is trying with the same . "courage" that he exibited in the last , campaign, now while there is no ap- j parent danger, to assist in the work. ^ Listen at him : ( "If this silver question comes up | again before the people, the moneyed ( meu of the east will look for invest- , ment outside the United States, the banks elsewhere will not be able to 1 borrow, and the poor will be the suf- ' ferers." 1 A brave threat this, is it not? It is i likely that the banks will do just as 1 Mr. Croker says ; but it will be only i for a short while. If free coinage I conquers, as we believe it will some < day, the banks of the east will be glad < enough after a while to again establish I amicable relations with the balance of j the country. Then again : 1 "The free silver issue is merely a 1 local issue. In the sections where silver will benefit the residents, it is i but natural for them to declare for 16 , to 1." j Ah ! unwittingly Mr. Croker has j told a truth that speaks volumes. He , is liberal enough to admit "that in , sections where silver will benefit the ] residents, etc." True. Right here is , the secret of the whole quarrel, and taken in connection with the threat ^ about the banks, we have both sides of ( the issue. The banks of the east are opposed to free coinage because it is ( against their interest, and the eutire < balance of the country wants free < coinage because free coinage will be of benefit. Yes; that is exactly the situation, and Mr. Richard Croker 1 would have the entire country yield ] tamely to the New York and other J eastern bankers and submit to whatever these bankers might consider to f be their interests. Liberal, indeed, is Mr. Croker. Yes, very liberal. If he is permitted to have his own way, he promises to he thoroughly agreeable. But, uuder the circumstances, we do not believe the balance of the country is going to acquiesce. We do not believe that it is the general opinion that the silver question is dead. It is true that the vast majority of the voters were knocked out one way and another, two years ago, and they may be knocked out again; but it will not be exactly the same way. The Democrats have learned some of the tricks that were practiced two years ago, and will be able to forestall them next time. PROHIBITION AND DISPENSARY. There are few people these days.who lave not got more or less pronounced iriews on the liquor question, and the /iews current iuclude every imagina>le shade and variety. Some people have views of their own, iome people have the views of other people, some views are broad and lib;ral, some are illiberal and narrow; )ut all are intense. We would not ask the Prohibitionist :o make peace with the high license nan, or the dispensaryite to surrender jnconditionally to the Prohibitionist; )ut we would urge upon each and ?very one a reasonable amount of toleration of the views of others, or at east enough careful consideration to iiscover whether or not toleration is possible or right. In the opinion of The Enquirer there is at least one good feature of the dispensary law, and that is the prohibition feature. Take, for instance, the situation in York county, rhe highest moral sentiment of the people outlaws the liquor traffic, and the dispeneary law without the dispensary, serves admirably to hold thie traffic down to a minimum. The Enquirer is not among those who hold that the use of spirituous liquors is indispensable. Neither do we believe that a man has a right to get drunk and make a brute of himself if be wants too. This is criminal. But from a standpoint of personal liberty, we are not going to deny the right of any individual to indulge his appetite witn stimulants, 11 ne sees at, provided be keeps himself within reasonable bounds, and does not make 3uch gratification a source of unwarranted inconvenience or annoyance to others. In other words, so long as the use of intoxicating liquors' does not go further than to merely disgust more temperate people, we do not think it right that an individual's personal liberty in this direction should be curtailed by legal restraint. There are, of course, those who differ with us in this view, and we would ask these to he at least as liberal with us as we have been with the kind of people discussed. Now, again, we will remark that we are in favor of local option. This we now have in York county. The conditions here are almost ideal. Tbey are not exactly what the dispensaryite, prohibitionist or high license advocate want. All the advantage of the situation, however,-lies with the prohibitionist. The liquor adversary is in disrepute, deprived of the sanction of the law, and in a position generally favorable to a victory at the hands of of aggressive moral suasion, the most available weapon now in sight. Still, however, as a fundamental principle of liberty, the law should remain in such shape as to allow the majority to have whatever the majority wants. It should not be forgotleu that sentiment is constantly changing, and a view that may be supported by the majority today, may, next year, be upheld only by a small minority. But we do not like the dispensary law as it stands, meoreucaiiy, it is a good idea. There are many good features about it. But there is one thing of which we stand in constant dread. That is state control. It is dangerous. State control must be exercised by individuals. The individual who controls the state liquor supply has a considerable influence over the handlers and a majority of the cousumers of state liquor. Most individuals are human, and human beings are selfish, [f we have not bad any human individuals in control of the dispensary so far, that is no guarantee that we will oot have them in control hereafter. 3ucb a contingency is almost certain, ind these individuals will be tempted to use the tremendous power at their lisposal for the promotion of private ends. That is our principal objection to the dispensary. It is our only obection provided the institution is not forced upon a county where the majorty of the people are opposed to it. That section of the constitution which provides for the sale of liquor enly in sealed packages, in daylight, ind not to be opened on the premises, is wise. We like it. We are aware that to a certain extent it is an impolition on personal liberty ; but we beieve that it carries the "greatest good to the greatest number." It secures >lon tn rnrnmunities that insist UDOn le jalizing the sale of liquor, all the benjfits of the dispensary law, with a possibility of eliminating official control which, in our opiuion, is the greatest danger that now lurks in the whole question. Lying at the Polls.?The followug bill, intended to prevent perjury ind bribery in elections, passed its second reading in the house last Wednesday : Sec 1. That from and after the passage of this act, it shall be perjury for anyone to swear falsely in taking my of the oaths prescribed by the respective authorities of auy political parties to be taken in the management or conduct of any primary eleclions for the nomination of candidates "or office, or any voter to swear falsely n voting or offering to vote at such primary elections, and the same shall ne punished in accordance with the punishment now prescribed by law "or perjury. Sec. 2. That it shall be a misdemeanor for anyone taking part in the management or conduct of a primary jlcction, or voting at the same, to commit any fraud iu the management or induct of said primary election, or in noting at the same, or in making re-urus of the same, (other than committing perjury as above specified) and the offender shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 3. That anyone giving or offering to give bribe, or anyone accepiing a bribe, to vote or to influence votes in any primary election, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the court. SILVER DEAD AGAIN. The Taminany Doha Put* the White Metal In It* Coffin. Richard Croker gave out the following interview last Friday : "The 16 to 1 question is a dead issue. This was proven conclusively by the expression of the will of the people in 1896 when they elected Mr. McKinlev president of the United Stales. "Now the Democjats of the west and other sections of the country are trying to foist this dead issue upou the Democratic party and. make the old dead cry of "16 to 1," the Democratic slogan of 1900. "Why should we carry a dead weight in that campaign ? "The times of four years ago are past. Today the times are different and issues are not the same. "Speaking for this section of the country, I say that if the 16 to 1 proposition is again brought before the people, there will be felt again throughout the nation the same distrnst that prevailed iu 1896. During the fall of that year, while the campuign was in progress, every man with a dollar of surplus, whether he was millionaire or workingman, hoarded his savings; in fact, locked them up so securely that there was actually no money in circulation. As a natural consequence the times then became well nigh desperate. Look back at the winter of 1896, and see what the mere rumor of silver coinage at the ratio of 16 to I did to this country. You could not get money in the banks. You could not raise money on any kind of security, and the result was the very hardest kind of times. "If this silver question comes again before the people and is made a factor in the national platform, the moneyed men of the east will look for investment outside of this country, and'the banks in other slates in the Union will be unable to borrow money in the east. The result will be that the poor will be the greatest sufferers. "The present winter of 1898-99 has been free from the scences of starvation and suffering that were so painfully and characteristic of the lime when the financial strength of the country was threatened. Everybody ouomo In mitlfimr h livinf and to be coutonied. The reason for this is easily found. The meu with money buve loosened their purse strings, and money is being plentifully spent for public improvements. Labor is not idle and money is in circulation, because there is a feeling of financial security. "The free silver issue is merely a local issue. Ju the sections where free silver will benefit the residents, it is but natural for them to declare for 16 to 1. However, in my opinion, the money question should be settled by congress. "But here in New York we must see to it that the petition of our party on the money question must meet the requirements, not of any one section, but of every section of the United States. "When in convention assembled, the majority of the delegates demand a certain standard or a certain reform. New York will, as it- ever has, fall faithfully in line, without a moment of opposition or a murmur of protest. "But the Democratic platform of 1900 has not yet been written." FIXING THE GOLD STANDARD. Republicans Show Their Hand on the Money Question. The house coinage, weights and measures committee, on Saturday, by strict party vote, ordered a favorable report on the substitute for Represencative Hitt's bill to fix the standard of values in the United States and for other purposes. The bill provides in substance that the standard of value in the United States shall be the gold dollar; that all contracts existing and in the future shall be computed in reference to that standard; that there shall be established in the treasury a department of issue and redemption; that the greenbacks shall be retired, and upon re - -u ~u~n tirement mat goiu unis suau ue guv stituted therefor. No silver dollars are to be hereafter coined except from bullion in the treasury ; the secretary of the treasury, in his discretion, to coin silver into subsidiary coin as public urgency demands and the recoinage of old, worn, uncurrent subsidiary coin without special appropriation therefor; such coinage of bullion to be concurrent with the retirement of treasury notes, the same as if coined into silver dollars, and the coinage of such subsidiary coin 1 not to be limited to $50,000,000. i There is to be a separation of treas- i ury accounts between issue and financial transactions; a gold reserve of 25 per cent, of outstanding gold reserve 1 of the aggregate silver dollars; a com- 1 mon fund for the redemption of all 1 notes. The retirement of the green- I back provision is for the first five years, j an amount equal to the increase of ] national bank notes issued subsequent f to the taking effect of the act; 20 per cent, to be retired annually duriug the next five years. Gold and currency certificates to be cancelled as paid and < not reissued ; no national bauk notes < under $10, and no silver certificates , over $5 are to be issued. The tax od national banks is to be changed from the circulation to one- ' tenth of one per cent, on capital, sur- ' plus and undivided profits. < The bill repeals all existiug restric- i tions on the withdrawal, and issue of , national bank notes to full value of bonds deposited. National banks, with a capital of $25,000 in cities of ( 3,000 population may be established ; 1 branch banks may be provided under < regulations of the comptroller of the currency. ? Cleveland's Venezuelan arbitration commission has not yet made its report. The London Times says that the re- ' port will not be forthcoming for sever- ( al months. i LOCAL AFFAZRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. H. C. Strauss?Reminds you that his marked down sale continues. He suggests that now is the time for you to buy, and wants you to examine his goods and prices. A. T. Lathan, Administrator?Gives notice to the debtors and creditors oi Martha Lathan, deceased. His address is Gould, S. C. L. Geo. Grist?Calls your attention to his fire insurance agency and to the strong and reliable companies which he represents. Grist Cousins?Talk to you about the Oliver chilled plows and mention othei agricultural implements in which they deal. Dr. Clarence M. Kuykendal?Prints s statement of Dr. George Walker with regard to his opinion of anti-ferment in 4 nnlmi/vn yvf Sf of nrouont tUC JJtUt ttUU IJiOUUIIIIUIl Ut iv <?V |/ivwvi??. C. P. Lowrance?Wants you to know thai he has a select stock of family aud fancy groceries. He has fresh bams, new crop New Orleans molases, frest butter and eggs and wants to buy couutry produce. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. M. W. White is visiting rela tives aud frieuds at Riverside, Lancas ter county. Superintendent of Education Car roll is sick with grip at the resident of his father, Mr. M. S. Carroll, Carj postoffice. Mr. aud Mrs. Kellar, of Rutherford N. C., spent last week iu Yorkville or a visit to their sons, Messrs. J. J. ant W. M. Kellar. Representative H. E. Johnson wa* granted indefinite leave of absenct from the house last Saturday on ac count of the precarious condition o bis health. The Rev. J. C. Johnes will be abseni from town for several days this week in attendance upon the Greeuvillt convocation at Greenwood, where h< will deliver the convocational sermot and several addresses. TUP IRian PAT A TO In the north and west, the Irish po tato is as standard an article of food ai is hominy in South Carolina. Everywhere throughout the nortl and west farmers seek to raise Irisl potatoes, even if they raise notbinj else. There are hundreds of people ii South Carolina and York county wb< are fond of Irish potatoes, aud th< taste for them is not difficult to culti vate. Our own people prize potatoes high ly enough to be willing to buy them a the rate of $1.25 a bushel. They cai be raised in York county and save< through the winter at a cost not ex ceeding 50 cents a bushel. Then wh; is it our farmers contiuue to allow th< importation of potatoes from the nortl and northwest? DENIES THE CHARGE. There has been a story in circula tion in this section for several week to the effect that Lizzie Gore, whi was sent to the penitentiary for lif for complicity in the murder of oh Ben Gore, died sometime ago. Bu it seems that the story is untrue. Liz zie herself denies it. While in Yorkville last Saturday Senator Love referred to the rumor am explained that he bad ascertained tb facts. The senator is a member of th penitentiary committtee. He said : "I called the attention of Dr. Pop to the story and he promised to mak inquiry for me. After investigatioi he reported that Lizzie Gore was aliv and well_. She desired Dr. Pope t extend her kindest regards to he York friends, and to say that her nam is not 'Ibby' Gore; but Miss Lizzi Gore." DEATH OF W. T. BARRON. Mr. Walter T. Barron, whose lonj and tedious illDess has been mentionet in The Enquirer from time to time died at bis home in Yorkville, las Saturday at noon, of typhoid fever. Mr. Barron was a son of the lat< Dr. A. I. Barron. He was born ii Yorkville on May 9,1854, and lived it the town all bis life. His first activ< business engagement was as a clerk it the dry goods establishment of the lat? H. F. Adickes. He next became ? member of the firm of Kennedy Bros & Barron, and continued his connec tion with that firm until its recent failure. Then he engaged in various pursuits, and at the time of his death was building up a business in sewing machines. Mr. Barron was a man who was be loved and esteemed by all who knew him well. He was honorable and up' right in all bis dealings with his fellowmen, and pure in his daily walks and conversation. He was a ruling Blder in the Associate Reformed church at Yorkville, and lived up to his pro fessions as a Christian. One fact, probably, which, more than any other, gives the keynote to his admirable coaracier 13 l/Ue icsuuiuu) ui uuiuciuuc friends to the effect that in all theii relations with him they have never beard him make a spiteful remark about friend or foe. The funeral took place from the Associate Reformed church last Sunday afternoon, the services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. Boyce H. Grier. The church was crowded with mourniug friends of the deceased and of the family. All the ceremouies connected with the funeral were in charge of the Masonic fraternity, and the interment was with the usual Masonic honors. Mr. Barron leaves a widow and eight children. He carried life insurance to the amount of $2,000 in the Equitable company. ANOTHER SAD BLOW. Mrs. W. T. Barron died yesterday morning at 8.30 o'clock. Her death came upon the community as a sudden jhock. It was kuown that she was ill, and it was believed that she was also a victim of typhoid fever ; but it was not thought that her condition was at all critical. Upon the death of Mr. Barron she was overcome with 1 despondency, and as ? the funeral cortege left the bouse on last Sunday, she was seized with a congestive chill from which she never rallied. Mrs. Barron was a native of Alabama. Her maiden name was Miss Mary Lapsley, and she was married to Mr. Barron 25 years ago. She was a most estimable lady who gave all her time and thoughts principally to her family and her church, which was the same as that of her husband. At the time it was necessary for The Enquirer to go to press, the hour for the funeral bad not been fixed; but it will probably take place this, Wednesday, afternoon. THE SCHEDULE. "Is there nothing that can be done . to induce the Carolina and North. Western railroad authorities to give us a schedule that will insure a con' nection with the northbouud Southern ' at Chester?" asked a inuch concerned citizen of the reporter on Monday. "I can think of nothing." the re' i porter answered. 1 "Well, would it not do some good if The Enquirer would raise a kick 5 about the matter ?" J "Not a bit of good, sir. Although f the grievance of the people of Yorkville and other York county towns t along the road is a just one, all pro> test seems to be without avail. As ' stated last week, the excuse of the j railroud people used to be that they could not control the situation between Hickory and Newton; but now this trouble no longer obtains, and what * the excuse these days is has not deyel3 oped. We don't get any connection ; I know that." 1 "Well, didn't York county give this 3 road more than $100,000 to build it?" 5 "Yes; but that has been gobbled and the management has forgotten all 1 about it. That is not ours now." 0 "But don't the merchants of Yorke ville give the road considerable freight " patronage?" "I understand that the Carolina and ' North-Western now gets over half of 1 the patronage at this place. For a J long time, when this road was so per* sistenlly unaccommodating, most of ' the business was diverted to the other V road ; but during the time that the e Carolina and North-Western has been J fairly accommodating, patronage has gradually drifted back to it." "And what are we to do?" concluded the gentleman, in genuine diss tress. "This early morning mail is of 0 more importance to us in a business way e than the freight and passenger traffic j of either one of the roads, and because t of connectiou broken at Chester by ? only a few minutes, we are forced to suffer all this inconvenience. It does look as if there should be some help j somewhere." e Really, there ought to be some help. LOCAL LAOONIC9. Price of Cotton. e During the past few days YorkviUe e buyers have bought several big lots of " cotton at 6 cents round. Six cents is e now a fair quotation. 0 Buftiueas Is Dull. r The reporter has heard several busie oess men, especially those engaged in e selling supplies, say that the present month has been unusually dull, even for January. The dry goods business ? continues to hold up fairly well. ^ These conditions do not iudicate that money is unusually scarce; but that ^ the people are pretty well supplied with rations. U. S. Revenue License. State Liquor Commissioner Vance has sent out a small pamphlet containing the names of the people in the state who have United States revenue license. York county had four last year ; but this year has none. Chester has none this year. Cherokee had ten last year and this year only one? James H. Cook, of Gaffney. Lancaster had three last year ; but has none this year. Tiie Wrong Letter. The use of the wrong letter by the printer, making "now" of "not" made the reporter say that Dr. Kuykendal'3 medical business and the insurance business of Kuykendal & Propst, would occupy the room now occupied by the the York Drug Store. The York Drug Store, of course, continues where it is, and the other businesses referred to will occupy all of the balance of the building not occupied as stated in the paragraph printed last Saturday. Better Roads. Far seeing citizens should take a lesson from the condition of the country roads. With the exception of a few miles in the direction of Charlotte, all the roads leading into Yorkville are in a fearful condition. Heavy hauling * ? ?? 11 In nf Annof inn ThfePtt isuui vi iu? \^uv?mvui will be lots of idle time ou the hands of the people next summer. Some 1 effort should be made now to utilize ' this time in behalf of the roads. Ex1 perience teaches that every dollar thus 1 expended brings back two. Will Re No Appeal. There will be no appeal in the case of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance company against D. M. Hall. It probably would be a year before the matter could be settled iu that way, and it is cheaper to either get a new charter or have the present charter amended. It is probable that the general assembly will be asked to amend the present charter. If this should fail for any reason, then there will be no trouble whatever in getting a new charter from i the secretary of state. In the mean