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Scraps and Jacts. ? Secretary Hester's statement of the world's visible supply of cotton, issued last Friday, shows an increase for the week just closed of 15,200 bales against a decrease of 56,307 bales last year. The total visible is 4,072,077 last week, and 4.246,985 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 3,335,277 bales, against 3,356,077 last week, and 3,508,985 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 752,000 against 716,000 last week, and 738,000 last year. Of the world's visible supply of cotton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 1,925,000 bales, against 1,162,000 last vear. In Egypt 175,000 against 196,000 last year; in India 317,000 against 292,000 last year, and in the United States 1,650,000, against 1,797,000. ? Says a New York dispatch of January 14: Charles R. Flint will next week, it is reliably reported, close a deal for the formation of a trust in plows and cultivators, whereby plows will be advanced in price not less than 10 per cent. The negotiations have lasted over two years. Ex-Judge William A. Vincent has secured 60 written options on the largest plow and cultivating concerns in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Michigan and Wisconsin. These concerns control the plow business today. However, there have been many bitter wars in cutting prices; complications have come to the front in exporting goods to Mexico and European countries. Agents have led a merry war of cutting prices with the Mexican trade until the profit has been wiped out. ? Says an Indianapolis, Ind., dispatch of January 10: Sheriff Canine, of Montgomery county, acting under a writ of ejectment, went to the farm of Wesley Graham today and tore up the tracks of the Chicago and Southeastern railroad for the entire distance through the farm. The officers were attended by a large crowd of citizens, who cheered the men as they took up the rails and crossties. Men were sent out in both directions to warn approaching trains and all traffic of the road was stopped. The original owner of the land said he never had ceded the right of way to the company and Graham, who bought the farm in 1893, brought suit in ejectment and the writ was issued in 1894. Appeals were taken from this, but a final decision was rendered yesterday and the writ was enforced today. ? Philadelphia Record: Two financial bills have been introduced in the house of representatives?one by Representative Overstreet, intended to perfect present legislation establishing the gold standard by providing for the redemp --*1 llVIi U1 uuuaiB ill 6U1U VII ucmaiiu, and the other by Representative Lovering, providing for emergency issues of banking currency properly secured, in order to give necessary elasticity to the ^ currency corresponding to varying business.demands. Both of these measures are intended to remedy omissions and defects in the law as it stands. The present ease and strength in the finan-, cial position of the country make thej time opportune for wise action, bur coincidentally diminish the probability of action. Congress is more engrossed in schemes for spending the surplus money now on hand than in providing against inevitable contingencies which disturb the business affairs of the world. ? Secretary Root has acknowledged that the deportation of Filipino leaders and agitators to Guam by General Mc Artnur ai Aianna, was Dy autnuniy ol the war department. This plan of disposing of the Filipino leaders did not originate with the war department, but was recommended by General McArthur and approved by Secretary Root. It is not the intention of the department to extend this policy to all the insurgents captured, but to deport only those men whose presence in Manila and the Philippines is calculated to cause trouble and incite the natives to hostility. It is probable that all Filipino generals and high officers will be sent to Guam as rapidly as they can be captured, and that a like disposition would be made of Aguinaldo should he be caught. Guam furnishes an excellent place of detention because of the difficulty to be encountered should an attempt to escape be made. The harbors are poor and the island remote, and any attempt to rescue the Filipino leaders could be easily discovered and frustrated by the American officials. ? Discussing the general commercial situation In Europe the other day, with a correspondent of the Associated Press, according to a St. Petersburg dispatch, M. DeWitt, the Russian minister of finance said: "Our position is quite normal compared with other countries. Our maladies are not from ourselves, but from without, and pre vail in all the European markets. They come from the war in the Transvaal. | When once this malady is passed our1 affairs will be all right again. The principal evil is the lack of capital, which is due to many causes equally effective in Berlin, Paris, Vienna, and London. While many causes are operative, as stated, the greatest is the Transvaal. This is true because first England has had enormous expenses, which aosorb capital otherwise available for the world's commerce and industry, and, secondly, the Transvaal gold is not coming to Europe. English expenses in the Transvaal have been much greater than those of all the Powers in China. Our expenses have been extravagantly overestimated. When the Transvaal and Chinese questions are settled tne situation will be ameliorated." ? The Colonial Life Insurance company of America, with headquarters in New York, has, in the belief that it is the victim of graveyard insurance swindlers, caused the arrest of Thomas Martin, a newspaper editor of Union Mill, N. J.: Wm. Necker, an undertaker; Thomas J. Kelly, a pugilist, who has been acting as an insurance agent; and Dr. Richard Jahr, a physician, who was formerly medical examiner for the company. The editor, undertaker, doctor and agent were working in conspiracy together. The agent and doctor hunted out suitable subjects, generally old people about to die, the doctor passed them as good risks, the undertaker swore to their interment, and the editor wrote up felicitous notices of their standing and importance. The scheme is thought to have been worked to a considerable extent. Martin, . Necker and Kelly have each been released in bail of $1,000. The physician, who proved to be a Uriah Heepish kind of a fellow, managed to escape being bound over. The insurance company, however, believes that he was careless in signing papers presented to him by Kelly. She druqwircr. YORKVILIiE, S. C. 9 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16,1901. The funny bill of the present session so far, Is one by Senator All, of Barnwell, "to compensate victims of thieves and miscreants for their losses." The Enquirer has not seen the text of the bill; but would judge from the title that it promises to be of rather too farreaching effect to be of practical value. Of the West Point cadets recently dropped for failure to pass examinations, says the Atlanta Daily News, a large portion were from Southern states. Here is a danger signal for our educators. Thoroughness in elementary education is one of the needs of the times. With better preparation, no doubt, most of these cadets would have retained their places. It is said in diplomatic circles at Washington, if the correspondent of the New York Herald may be believed, that Minister Conger's blunder in misinterpreting his cipher instructions about signing the joint note of the powers to China, has caused embarrassment to the powers, due to the bad impression made on the Chinese by Mr. Conger's hesitation to act with the representatives of other nations. Although there are exceptions to all rules, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the business man who is a lib_ , , ' eral advertiser is also a man wno nas something to offer that is of especial advantage to the public. He is a man of straight from the shoulder methods, ' who does not fear his competitors and who is looking for the most intelligent | class of custom from the people who read newspapers. Of course there are people who try to use the advertising columns of newspapers for purposes of deception; but for obvious reasons they i are seldom successful. The very act of < giving publicity to a Dusiness proposi- < tion of any kind carries with it, in con- 1 siderable measure, a guarantee of good faith. 1 people who have considered the matter, will be gratified at news of the intention of Representative Beamguard < to introduce a marriage license bill, and < will hope that he will be successful in ; securing its passage. The necessity for ] such a law is becoming more apparent i every day, especially in the cotton mill sections. Young people who have not : yet reached the age of proper discre- i lion form attachments and seek out ministers, magistrates or other officials i I who have authority to administer oatns and get married, often in spite of the wise opposition of parents. The bill : should provide a reasonable age limit i for marriage and a special age under j which a marriage will be illegal without the consent of parents. It has been suggested that a marriage license law ] will, necessarily, be followed by a di- i vorce law; but we are unable to see I why this should be the case. | Senator Sheppard, of Edgefield, has , prepared for introduction in the senate ( | a** important bill relating to dower. It , j provides that married women should be entitled to dower only in real property of which their husbands may die pos- ( sessed. Under the bill the husband can i make good title to real estate sold by ' him without any renunciation of dow- ' er by his wife. The bill has its good ] points. In nine cases out of ten, or < ninety-nine out of a hundred, the wife j is perfectly willing to renounce dower ^ at the request of the husband, and i failure of the purchaser to secure re- ( nunciation of dower, is usually the re- 1 suit of negligence, inconvenience or ( oversight. It is pretty hard then that i a widow should afterward claim and ' secure interests in property that has j been virtually renounced. The statutes j relating to dower may be improved i considerably without injustice to any- ; body. In his annual message to the legisla- 1 ture. Governor Sayers, of Texas, rec- , ommends the passage of an act to pro- ] tect newspapers against civil libel for , printing the truth without malice. | Newspapers, no doubt, have many sins , In nrrrmnt for. and fnr whirh thev , should be held responsible; but they are often prevented from publishing truths that would be of great benefit to the public generally because the people who would be hurt by these truths are able to secure damages in the courts. Many people have an idea that a newspaper has a right to print anything it pleases, provided the publication be true; but in this many people are mistaken. The old adage, "the greater the truth, the greater the libel," is not without considerable force. Laws that would protect the newspapers in publishing the truth without malice and punishing them for publishing untruths would be wholesome. Tiikkk is a very old story In which it is told how, when the Persians sent ] emissaries to the Greeks demanding J earth and water in token of the sub- 1 mission of the Greeks to the Persians, the Greeks threw these emissaries who were after dirt into a ditch, and those who were after water into a well, telling both to help themselves. A cable of Sunday tells of the treatment of the Boer prisoners who were sent by the British to DeWet to propose terms of peace. Here is the story as sent by i Lord Kitchener: "Three agents of the peace committee were taken as prisoners to DeWet's laager near Lindley, January 10. One, who was a British subject, was flogged and then shot. The other two, burghers, were flogged by DeWet's orders." The incident, of course, has created intense indignation throughout England, and it may be made the excuse for horrors, the like of which have not yet been general. Although there is still good reason to believe that the price of cotton will again reach the best figures that have been realized on any portion of the present crop, it is not reasonable to assume now that any such prices will be obtained for the next crop. Every farmer in the South realizes the splendid profit there is in cotton at the present price, and there are few who are able to resist the temptation to get all they can of a good thing while the opportunity offers. If the next crop does not prove to be the largest ever raised, it will not be the fault of the farmers of the South. It Is reasonable to assume that the price cannot be much below 7 cents, and people who have sold at 5 will think they see a profit in that. Right now is an especially good time to again call attention to the fact that the most successful farmers in this country are those who have raised all their supplies at home, and cotton only as a surplus. This policy will win again this year if followed intelligently. The recent spread ~ejrgkf. speech in which Senator Lodge b/jfasted of the commercial supremacy- of the United States, and stated that the day would come wnen this country would have to defend itself against the armies of Europe, is creating more or less excitement in various European countries. Germany, especially, is stirred up, and many of her statesmen are inclined to accept the senator's remarks as a perfectly serious challenge. The idea of an economic federation of the European states has been proposed as the only effective means of meeting the competition of the United. States. In the course of a long article on the subject, an Austrian paper says that Europe is at a commercial disadvantage because of the ruinously expensive military system that is being upheld by all of the leading governments, and the same paper goes on to point out tne perfection of the trust system in this country as affording the principal advantage of the United States in being able to override European competition. According to the European view of the situation, within a few decades more, the whole of the civilized world will be debtor to the United States financially for more than it has ever been to Great Britain. Hon. Hoke Smith delivered a speech in Chicago last Friday, in which he discussed the wonderful resources of the South and the probability of their early development. He recited the history of the South during the hundred years previous to the civil war, and pointed put that though immense wealth had been created, it was principally through agricultural pursuits. Slavery, he held, divided society into three classes?the very rich, the very poor and the slaves. The very rich, who derived their wealth from the labor of the slaves, were content with agriculture, and there was no opportunity for the development of mines and manufactures. It required 30 years after the war for the country to recover itseu to any considerable extent, and) with the panic that obtained from 1890 to 1900, there was but little opportunity for progress. Now that the panic is at J an end, he was able to see nothing ahead but an era of prosperity, the like of which the South has never seen before. It is a pretty, plausible, optimistic view that Mr. Smith takes of the situation, and we believe that if everybody gets down to hard, earnest work, the early future will show that he is more than half right. But this thing of prosperity is not coming of its own accord, nor will it come so long as everybody continues for somebody else to set the pace. The biggest question before the general assembly is that of the assessment of property for taxation; we do not except the school question, for that, after all, would not be a question were the assessment problem solved. Did we have either honest returns of property or careful, conscientious arid courageous auditors and boards of assessors, the 3-mill constitutional tax would prove ample to maintain good schools throughout the state. The assessment of property is a fraud and a farce in too many parts of the state; officers charged with duties to the state and county, for which they are paid, too of ten ignore tneir oongations in tne aesire to offend no one; and instead of a low rate on all property we have a high tax rate on a part of it and none on the I rest. If this general assembly should strike to the heart of these abuses and secure full returns and just valuations it will make its fame immortal.?Columbia State. The State is right in considering the tax assessment question to be the biggest question before the general assembly; but we are unable to see why it should expect this general assembly to be big enough to deal with that ques tion. The tax dodger nas Deen tne greatest bane to government since the first government was instituted, and we are not so sanguine as to think that tie is going to be caught up with so early in the new century. At the rate of progress the world is making it is fair to assume that the tax dodger might be run to the end of his tether by the end af the year 2001; but in this year, 1901, tie is still safe. Sultan is Without Faith.?A faith jurist had an exciting experience with the sultan recently, says a Constantinople dispatch of Monday. Abdul Hani id had a severe headache, which the royal physician could not cure. He railed in a faith curist named Ibrahim, "eceiving him alone in the royal apartments. In the course of his treatment, [rahim took hold of the sultan's head. \bdul Hamid watched him nervously, ind finally, when the faith curist tightjned the pressure, he thought the man varited to murder him. He jumped up, grabbed a revolver and blazed away, titling an attendant who came rushing :o his aid, and wounded Ibrahim in the ieck, chest and leg. Later, the matter ,vas satisfactorily adjusted to Abdul, ind he sent Ibrahim a present of mon>y and a note of regret. He expressed he hope that the faith cure would help lim. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. d t Synopsis of tie Daily Proceedings of the r r House and Senate. Condensed from Daily papers. 1 IN THE HOUSE. r Friday, January 11.?Representative \ Ashley's resolution to extend the tax j paying time to March 1, was adopted e without discussion. f Tnere was a discussion of Mr. Rains- r ford's resolution looking to the appoint- \ ment of a special committee which is to t look into the whole matter of the state a farms, examine witnesses and books, 1 and which was to report back to the t committee. i Mr. Henry B. Richardson suggested that it should hold over until the report a and it was his opinion, if it were feas- s ible, it would be a most excellent thing t for the members of the assembly to a visit the state farm and look into the r conditions there in person. The mem- j bers*ought to go slow in whatever they t did. r Mr. deLoach said he favored the sale of the state farms and moved to strike j out the resolving words of the resolu- s tion. I Mr. Moses suggested that the resolution might remain on the calendar without action. It was too early to take any action and It would be well to let the resolution remain over until the annual reports of the officers of the penitentiary were in hand. Mr. Prince was opposed to the resolution because, he said, if it were adopted and any decisive legislation were proposed, it would be at once said that it should nold over until the report of the special committee was received. He did not believe in tying the hands of the members. The resolution could do no good so far as he could see, and if thought best, could come in later. Mr. deLoach thought the reports of the boards of directors and of the superintendent ought to give all the desired information on which the property ought to be soid. If it did not contain this information it could be obtained without waiting. . Mr. Wingo thought the resolution useless, and there was no possible need for the members to tie their hands for a full session by referring the matter. The resolution was killed on a vive voce vote. Messages were received from the governor with reference to the Georgetown race trouble, the reception of some Mexican wi r relics and the cessation to the goverr .nent of land on Sullivan's s island for military purposes. IN THE SENATE. i Friday. January 11.?No business of general importance was transacted. 1 Senator Appelt offered a resolution, I which was adopted, appointing a com- t mittee to notify the governor and lieu- e tenant governor of their election and asking them to state what time would be suitable for the inaugural exercises. Senators Appelt and Briee were appointed members of the committee on P the part of the senate. It is likely that next Thursday will be selected as the time. Because there was so little business ^ ready for definite action, and in order 1 to give the committees time in which * to put their work in shape, the senate p adjourned until 8 o'clock p. m., Monday. r IN TIIE HOUSE. e Saturday, January 12.?The house t was in session but a short time, and * spent most of that time discussing the hour at which it should reassemble on * Monday. The time was finally fixed at 12 m. Air. aej-ioacn iiiuuuuccli, uy icquest, a bill to repeal the law relating v to barbed wire fences. ' F . t WITH THE LAWMAKERS. J s York's New Delegation?The Child Labor Bill Receiving Consideration?York Members e 0 V Have Nothing New to Offer Except That e Mr. Beamguard May Introduce Marriage p License Bill?Prospective Appropriations h For Common Schools. s Correspondence of tlie Yorkville Enquirer. ^ Colitmrta, January 12.?The session c of the general assembly has opened up d without any extraordinary incident, o The indications are that there will be o nothing startling or radical at this t term of the legislature. Every one c seems to be in a good humor and dis- s posed to get through with the work s with as little friction as possible. The general assembly has a larger y proportion of new members than is ii generally to be seen. It is particularly t unfortunate that so many of the larger p counties should make complete v changes in their delegations. Greenville county, for instance, has only one b old member re-elected. Laurens coun- b ty has made a complete change in her n delegation. York county has sent ev- a ery member new; that is, none who c were here last term are here now. g This changing of delegations is respon- ii slble for the poor positions that are so often secured on committees. Charles- r ton, Sumter and other counties, have c learned by experience that the best p thing to do is to return good and effl- T dent members of their delegations, and is on that account these two counties h nave by far the largest proportion of chairmanships on the most important P committees. Members on important tl committees rise to the chairmanship by s virtue of their continuous service. g Perhaps the most important legisla- e tion that will be considered at this ses- b sion will be on the matter of child labor. There is a great deal being said ft in the newspapers and otherwise rela- ft tive to this important question, and U the general impression is that some such legislation will be passed. It will C not, however, be done without a severe contest. Quite a number of the up- b pnnntvir mamliovo tolro I ho ornnnrl thnt E there is no demand for such legislation except on the part of those who are not la familiar with the situation, or who are trying to do the work of a philanthropist. A good .many of the members from N the up-eounty who live in counties ii" with large mill population, say that the desire is to maintain the status quo P on both sides fur a few years, that is, until the smaller and poorer mills can C get on a prosperous basis. ta The members of the York county delegation have not yet proposed any leg- tr islation, and an inquiry among the tJ members develops the fact that there y< will be nothing of special importance r? proposed; at least nothing has yet been ti leclded on. The tax ievy of York coun- J y will be slightly increased upon the ecommendation of the county comnlssioners of that county. The Inauguration of governor and J ieutenant governor is likely to occur lext Thursday. It was proposed to lave the inauguration on the 18th of ranuary, which has been the date genTally, in fact since Governor Ellerbe's irst term. Lieutenant Governor Till- g nan suggested to Governor McSweeney, lowever, that he did not care to have he inauguration on the 18th this year, is it occurs on Friday, and he admitted 3 le had some slight superstition relative o that day and would prefer to avoid t. There is no likelihood of any lmportmt legislation relative to the dispen- ^ lary. The general disposition is that he dispensary is getting along as well is could be expected. There is not nuch satisfaction with the method of ^ mrchase, but it appears that very litle can be done that will bring about I nore satisfactory results. The proposition to make a direct ap jropriation of $200,000 for the public ichools of the state will meet with opjosition. It is not likely that more * han $100,000 will be appropriated to hat purpose?if anything. The dispensary board may satisfy the members hat some of the funds now appearingin j he dispensary accounts as available or school purposes may be realised. If his half a million of dollars that is on he dispensary books as being to the iredit of the school fund can be turn- I ;d into cash, it will not be necessary to nake any direct appropriation for ichool purposes. The dispensary board mnounces that it will turn in $100,000 o the school fund. c There does not appear to be any indilation of an increase of the state levy, >ven if the appropriation for the Charleston exposition be made. Even j f an appropriation be made for public ichools, the statement is made that it vill not affect the tax levy for the presint year, and possibly not at all, and >n that account the state levy will be >etween four and a half and five mills. 1 Mr. E. B. Ragsdale, of Winnsboro, is he only absentee at this session in the louse, which is quite remarkable. He s very ill and is not expected at all. ** The York delegation is scattered, dr. Halle is at Mrs. McCants's; Mr. leameuard is at Mrs. Thompkins's; dr. de Loach is at the Pollock house: dr. Elder is at Mrs. Stevenson's, and dr. Brice, is for the present, with his lister, Mrs. Knox. t Mr. Beamguard is thinking of offer- 1 ng a bill looking to marriage licenses, c On the matter of tax extension the ii fork delegation was divided. Messrs. e Seamguard and Elder voted against v he extension. Mr. Halle voted for the o xtension; deLoach not voting. a a THE RE-DISTRICTING QUESTIOM. o h a 'assage of the Burleigh Bill Makes the Mat- n ter Imperative. j The rearrangement ot congressional y listricts may occasion a big fight at | his session. When the late Mr. H. C. ii 'atton pushed his bill, urging that the r iresent "shoe string" districts were un- ? lecessary and inconvenient, it was urg- c d by the opposition that It were best y o wait until after the census had been n aken. s Not only has the census been taken, g >ut the lower house of the national r p egislature has passed the Burleigh bill c vhich, although it will not interfere n vith South Carolina's representation, 1 describes that all congressional dis- ^ ricts must be compact and of contigu- q ius territory. The fight will not be on C he question of redistricting, but on the ' haping of these districts. g The seven districts of the state are c ach formed of contiguous territory, g ut are not compact, and the people c mbraced are not homogeneous. The leople of Chesterfield, for instance, lave not much in common with the , ieople of Cherokee. The people of the . andhills of Richland know little of<^ he people of Glassy Mountain in ^ Jreenville. These long "shoestring" istricts were formed under the system f gerrymandering made necessary in rder to overcome black majorities in L he lower tier of counties, but the neo essity passed away under the existing uffrage laws and the Burleigh bill ^ ays the district must be compact. ^ It is highly probable that the matter fill be disposed of at this session, for ^ t will then be but little over a year unil the next primary campaign, and as- jj lrants for congressional honors will /ant time in which to set their sails. " The Patton bill, it is said, will be the 1 asis upon which the redistricting will e made. However, although this leasure meets the requirements so far ^ s grouping of territory and people Is ^ oncerned, it can be improved upon in ^ etting districts more evenly balanced i population. Under the Burleigh bill the unit of ^ epresentation in the lower house of b ongress will be one member for aproximately each 198,500 in population, 'ne entire population of South Carolina 5 1,340,316, and this state will retain P er seven representatives. h The following plan shows the plan jr roposed by the late Mr. Patton, and he total of population for each district hows that some of the groupings sugested by him fall short of the requir- ^ d 198,500, while others are consideraly in excess: Pee Dee district: The counties of 1 larlboro, Chesterfield, Darlington, [arion, Florence, Horry. Total popu- tl ition, 167,447. p< Santee: Georgetown, Williamsburg, st harleston and Berkeley. Total, 172,991. of Edisto: Orangeburg. Barnwell , Bam- si erg, Hampton, Beaufort, Colleton and >orchester. Total, 221,442. lr Wateree: Fairfield, Kershaw. Richind, Sumter, Clarenlon. Total, 179,- re ii. y< Saluda: Edgefitld, Aiken, Saluda, ^ ewberry, Greenwood, Laurens, Lex- e> igton. Total, 206,446. fi{ Keowee: Abbeville, Anderson, Oeonee, w ickens and Greenville. Total, 185,627. Catawba: Spartanburg, Union, York, th hester, Cherokee and Lancaster. To- vc il, 217,031. JJj The general plan of the above dis- gj, lets is acceptable, for the bill passed ti| le lower house of the legislature two su ?ars ago and a few slight changes will ictify the discrepancies as to popula- tr; on.?Columbia State, Monday. Cj LOCAL AFFAIRS, i i i INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 ? as. M. Starr & Co.?Tell you that they c are In position to furnish you with s all kinds of fertilizers that are as c good as the best. They want to see e you before you make your contract j for the next supply. They sell win- r dow glass, and guarantee coughine to \ cure colds, or money refunded. 1 lam M. Grist, Special Agent?Tells i you that the Mutual Benefit Life In- ? sura nee Company of Newark, is the t best and why it is so. He wants you c to see him before insuring. e fork Implement Co.?Want you to f know that they are in the fertilizer c business and want you to see them i before buying fertilizers of anykind > in any size lots. They promise close t prices. c Vhisonant, Castles & Co., Hickory ? Grove?Say that a little cash goes a long ways at their store, and say they f are offering especially low prices on ( winter goods. ( \r,QVQ T-T mica?Tnmnprnw n ItrVl t there I will be a performance by Prof. Nee-I han's famous dogs. Its a good show.' -Ir. and Mrs. T. M. Dobson?Tell their numerous friends that during the present year they can be found at the store of J. M. Heath & Co., and will be pleased to have you call on them for all kinds of dry goods, veene Dobson?Gives notice that he will call for your laundry on Monday hereafter, so as to ship it in time to return it Saturday. His terms are cash on delivery, and asks those who owe him to pay up. I. A. D. Neely, County TreasurerGives notice of extension of tax paying time to February 1st, and requests those who have paid penalties to call on him and he will return the penalties. t. J. Herndon?Talks out strong about pianos and organs. He says there is no excuse to hunt a foreign dealer, as he will give you as good instruments and as good terms and guar- | antee as anybody can. He does tuning and repairing. >. L. Hobbs & Co.?Have moved across 1 the street to the Kuykendal building and invite customers and friends j to call on them. They also tell about their restaurant. i ^owrance, Williams & Co.?Tell you < that they are now in position to sell all kinds of groceries and supplies at . wholesale prices, and say that they have just received a carload of mo- < lasses. They are still retailing, of i course. . tiddle & Carroll?Say they can still talk of their canned tomatoes, oryj ^ they want you to see them abop*' I tomatoes. They also have a few j words about coffee, ohn R. Logan, S. Y. C.?Announces the sale on the first Monday in Feb- ' ruary of a lot of land in Bullock's i Creek township, at the suit of J. M. Sherrer vs. Debora Childers. THK TEACHKRS' ASSOCIATION. ' If there is not a full attendance at i he next meeting of the York County 'eachers' association, to be held in the ourt house next Saturday, January 19, t will not be the fault of Superintendnt of Education Carroll. Mr. Carroll, /ho is also chairman of the committee n programme, has placed the importnce of the matter before each teacher*' s follows: * Fellow Teacher: The next meeting of ur association will be held in the court j louse at Yorkville, on Saturday, Janu- . ,ry 19, beginning at 10 a. m. You are nost earnestly requested to be present 1 nd help make the occasion a success. ( t is your duty to come. You owe it to t our pupils, your patrons, yourself and our profession. If you are entirely atisfied with the work you are doing t a the school-room, and if you have i eached a state of perfection in your lethods and government, come out and elp your stumbling brother; if not, i ome anyway, and perhaps we can help t ou. Don't stay away because teachers' 1 aeetings are sometimes dull and tire- 1 ome. Expend some of your own ener- ] y in making it lively. The success or . ion-success of the organization deiends entirely on the members, and the c ombined effort of York's teachers can t aake a success of almost any under- c aking. The program will consist of a general iscussion of the questions, "How to ? 'each Fractions." and "How to Make 1 leography Interesting," interspersed /ith music, recitations, "question box'f tc., and it has been very properly sugt < ested that we have some special exer- t ises in memory of Robert E. Lee, the ,, Teat Southern soldier and educator. J Will you answer your name at roll- 1 an? We shall expect you. c ^ A BOUT PEOPLE. *Mr. T. G. Culp was over from Fort c lill last Saturday on business. ? "Miss Mamie Lyles, of Chester, is vis- c ting Miss Mamie Moore. c President Montagu, of Furman uni- s ersity, was in Yorkville yesterday. i ^iss Bessie Lowry, of Lowrysvllle, is t isiting the family of Mr. R. B. Lowry, j n East Jefferson stret. t ^Ir. J. W. Leech, who is conducting c uite a creditable hotel at Hickory a Irove, was in Yorkville yesterday. I ^Wiss Lula Riddle, of Begonia, N. C., a isited in Yorkville this week, and has t een a guest of Dr. Cartwright's fam- \ y. per. W. Thompson Jackson was down t rom Clover Monday. Sheriff Logan j ickled him for a game of checkers e nd got licked. t Senator Brice came up from Colum- -5 ia last Saturday on business, and left r a time to get back to Columbia upon r tie convening of the senate on Monday j ight. r Rev. Douglass Harrison is quite ill 1; I his home in Yorkville, his condition j eing due more than anything else to j, general breaking down Incident to old a ge. His 80th birthday occurs In the n resent month. 0 ^JeJor James F. Hart has removed j. is law office back to his old quarters ^ 1 the McClain building, over the store 0 C Messrs. H. C. Strauss & Co., occuying the rooms next to Congress r ;reet. John R. Hart is als^ ?stab- t] shed in the same rooms. e u TREMBLING IN THE BALANCE. ii The town of Rock Hill is considering 0 le dispensary question. There are ti'Vin n?n r?t tn mn I/O nrVilol/T/ ill freer than it is. The correspondent the News and Courier outlines the ti tuation as follows: n The reports of huge profits arising' J om the dispensaries is more likely to s, Lise the question of dispensary or no spensary in places that have hitherto sisted temptation. Rock Hill has for 11 jars been avowedly and unequivocal- tl against the sale of liquor in any way. rj was sold here once; sold and used to :cess, then came the reaction and the jht was bitter; in fact the contest e< as sharper than has ever been known tl 1 any other question here. When the >unt of votes was had it was found lat the town had gone dry by just one S( )te. It was a bare victory; but pub- ej ; sentiment has never wavered since. a] tiere were no bars and vigorous oppotion has constantly faced the blind w ?ers. The dispensary has never been cl ibmitted to a vote. a; Attention is continually drawn to this atter by the prevalence of the jug ade over the express routes. North u< irolina is near by and the markets of ^orth Carolina seem to have an Lbounding supply of spirits; so that ug after jug comes here. There is no lenial of this fact; but the further fact ilso exists that the sight of a man unler the influence of whisky on the itreets is a rare one. The jugs, of course, are emptied, but they are not emptied on the streets. To secure a ug of anykind of whisky, at least $1 nust be sent by mail, and then the excess must be paid; this is a cash trade. The man who has but half a dollar is inable to buy; he may wish to, but he it least is prevented from getting Irunk. And when the supply comes it :annot be carried around in a hip pockst and treated away. He who owns a ull jug may fill his bottle and treat ithers; but under the present arrangenent it is impossible for some to get vhisky; difficult for all, and once goten it must be consumed by the purchaser or disposed of with difficulties Lt every step. With the dispensary here all the difficulties would be removed; any man could buy and at any time. The sole compensation for this would be the lope of revenue. In spite of the fact chat the dispensary at Tirzah paid to he town a revenue, its presence there, < n a municipality created to entertain t, was found to be ruinous to the only own of the county that would allow it ;o live. There are always classes of supporters of these institutions, just is there are classes of those who drink. Some drink to break up a cold, some to * >revent one; some take it to cheer them ,vhen they are depressed, and others cake it when they feel elated; and some 'ew take it because they like it. But here are a good many who think that 1 *>a an la of lirtiiAr tHo moat trvlncy fpn t ire of a bad condition, and who will oppose its sale here with all their inluence even though it should be clear :hat the public treasury would be ben?fltted thereby. ^WITHIN THE TOWN. ? The South Carolina and George Ex:ension railroad depot Is still in process >f construction. It will be a neat luilding when finished, but quite small. ? In addition to their growing retail auslness, Messrs. Lowrance, Williams & Co., are arranging to engage more ixtensively in wholesaling. ? J. J. Keller & Co., have an advantage over all other users of steam in the town, in that the shavings from their planers supply all the fuel they require for their boilers. ^Tfie town's rock crushing outfit has t>een recently painted to protect it from tne weather. There being no immediate prospect of wearing it out, the council has very properly determined .?iat i^shall not be allowed to rust out. (5r"ffeople who live out on the Charlotte road are making complaint of the ireadful condition of the "street" after they strike the corporate limits of the * town. One man who lives nearly four miles from Yorkville, told the reporter i few days ago that it required more ;ifort to travel the distance between :he mile post and the Narrow Gauge -ailroad, than to travel the other three miles. ^The"electric lights have been very satisfactory during the past two weeks. rhe manufacturers of the dynamo sent in expert here recently to see what was :he matter with the machine. He found for one thing that it had been speeded ;oo high. He found also that certain \ idjustments had been made improperr frniihloo u'oro nnrrontpH Q nrl J *U?OW VIVWM.VW tfV.V VWVV?V?| ?? :he good results referred to have folovved. ? Cardoza Hampton, a local Negro, vho has a considerable local reputaion as a blind tiger and gambler, was irrested by Constable Scoggins on Monday, and on being taken before Magistrate Sandifer was released on a ?00 bond. He put up the amount in :ash. Subsequently Constable Scogjins re-arrested Hampton on a second rharge of violation of the dispensary aw, and committed him to jail. Januiry 18 has been fixed for a preliminary learing. ? Vxot. Meehan's school of trained logs will be the attraction at the opera louse tomorrow, (Thursday) night, rhe professor has a class of 20 canines hat have been taught to do all manner >f remarkable and funny tricks, and lis show has been well received whersver ne has been. Some of the more :lever animals waltz, cake-walk and ikip the rope. "Dan," the acrobat, is iredited with the ability to turn ten :omplete backward somersaults in six :econds; and "Mark," a greyhound that s exhibited free on the streets during he afternoon, is claimed to be the nghest leaper in the country. The enertainment includes a murder, trial, :onvlction and execution, all by dogs, md also a realistic prize fight with fioves. The show lasts about an hour ? md a half. It promises to be a rare reat to the children and older people vill also find it very entertaining. ? As the result of a widespread agiation in 1891, quite a number of people n this locality became much interisted in pecan culture, and many rees were set out in and around ^ forkville. Some of these trees have lot not done much good; but a najority of them have been maturing n a very satisfactory manner and are low bearing fruit. Mrs. T. B. McClain ms several fine trees in her garden. i'rom one of these she gathered the >ast fall more than a peck of fine nuts nd from another almost a peck. The ,uts from the first tree referred to are * f unusually large size?larger than the irgest that are usually brought to 'orkville for sale. The fruit of the secnd tree, though not quite so large as hat of the first, is of the paper shell valety and of excellent flavor, equal to he finest to be found anywhere. Takn altogether the trees have come fully p to expectations, and the probability i that within a few years more York ounty pecans will be quite common. DISTRICTS MUST PAY. The Evans school charts, bought by J -ustees in various school districts, " lust be paid for. So says his honor, udge Ivlugh, in an order that was irved on Treasurer Neely last Monday. The story of the school charts is faliliar to most of our readers. During le summer of 1898, the trustees of vaous school districts in this county, urchased from an agent, who canvass3 the county with the permission of le state superintendent of education, irtain charts, known as the Evans's ihool charts, at the price of 537.50 ich. After the charts had been sold, nd about the time the last of them ere being delivered, it developed very early that the price was outrageous nd that there had been much mispresentation as to their practical val* etc. ^0 Superintendent of Education McMai