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JTitraps and ? The women politicians of the count/y, according to Mrs. Belva Lock wood, are now preparing for the most vigorous campaign of the protracted war for universal suffrage. Efforts are being made to effect a coalition of the various factions striving for the common end. ? Bradstreet's report of last Friday estimates the cotton crop at 6,480,000 bales, or 180,000 bales more than the last estimate of the agricultural department. If the crop should amount to 6,500,000 bales, the i increased demand of the world would consume it at fair prices. Therefore, let no one feel unduly uneasy about the situation. ?The New York apple crop this year is enormous. The crop is estimated at 2,500,000 to 8,000,000 barrels. This does not include the large amount used in cider mills, evaporators and canning factories. Over 1,000,000 barrels will be shipped to Europe, the State being full of Glasgow, Liverpool and Austrian buyers. ? Reports from the Southern cotton mills show an important improvement, the consumption of cotton having increased 12,000 bales, or nearly 6J per cent, in the last six months. In the last three months thirty-two cotton factories have been established in fte South. What is nf +1-1Q nmrlliot.4 ftt 11)686 COt IUVIV) UiOUjr VA VUV ton mills are finding their way into foreign markets. ?The commissioner of labor statistics for North Carolina says that there are 80 cotton factories in that State representing invested capital to the amount of $4,000,000. The total number of spindles run is 200,000 and they consume annually 30,000,000 pounds of cotton. The aggregate of the cotton crop of the State is about 400,000 bales. So it appears that one-fifth of the North Carolina crop is consumed by the mills of that State. ?In the House of Delegates of the Virginia Legislature last Thursday, a joint resolution was adopted?90 to 1?directing the Virginia Senators and requesting her representatives in Congress to use their beat efforts to secure the repeal of the internal revenue system of taxation, and failing in that, to secure, if possible, the repeal of so much of the system as imposes a tax on tobacco in any of its forms, and upon spirits distilled from fruit, y ?The revenues of the Government from /Ntll sources aggregated $30,500,000 in the month of November. This was an income of one million a day, yet the amount paid - * ?- '-J VirrVit. out neany equaieu me icra^io. een millions was paid out for pensions. While the public debt increased nearly a million, it is fortunate that this heavy drain does not continue uniformly throughoat the months of the year. The month of November is always signalized by heavy disbursements to pensioners. ?There is a very general impression that President Cleveland is a fat man. Says a correspondent: "As a matter of fact he is not fat, although he is stout. His flesh is remarkably Arm and his muscles are remarkably strong, while his bones are large and well knit. The result is that he carries himself with more ease, grace and dignity than most men of half his size, and suffers very little of the inconvenience over which fat men as large as he is are constantly groaning." ? The Atlanta city election last Thursday hinged upon the Prohibiten question. The Antis had out a straight ticket, while the Prohibitionists ran a combination ticket. The election was warmly contested and resulted in a victory for the Antis, their average majority being 1,000. This gives the Antis complete control of the city. The commissioners of Fulton county have fixed the wholesale licenses in the county at $1,600. Their right to do so is contested. The retail licenses will be issued in January. ?No small sensation has been caused in Atlanta by the failure of the new city council to re-elect United States Senator Joseph E. Brown as a member of the hoard of education. It was currently admitted that an organized effort would be made to defeat him, and the fact of his prominent connection with the anti-prohibition clan issaid to have been used to his disadvantage. The Senator has always been considered invincible in politics, and to be denied re-election to the honorary office named, is regarded by his friends as an undeserved slight. It is claimed to have been due to an oversight. ? The General Christian Conference, "under the auspices and direction of the Evangelical Alliance for the United States, of which Wm. E. Dodge, of New York, is president, and Rev. Dr. Josiah Strong, of New York, is general secretary, was in session in Washington last week. On Friday afternoon about 2,000 members of the Alliance called at the White House to pay their respects to President and Mrs. Cleveland. The Rev. Dr. Burchard, of New York, (of "Three Rs." fame) was among those presented. The President recognizr ed him at once, and advancing toward him said, with considerable earnestness and fervor, that he was very glad to see him, whereupon the crowd of delegates broke into hearty laughter. "V ?Speaking of celestial phenomenon, an / exchange says: The Star of Bethlehem, which has always borne part in rhyme and story with the birth of Christ, and which for a long time was regarded by many as purely mythical, is, after an absence of 315 years, visible in the eastern skies between 4 A. M. and daylight. That this is the veritable star so often referred to admits of no doubt, for the astronomers say that it makes its appearance once !n every 314 or 315 years. Taking the average of 314$ years and multiplying by six, the result is 1887, the exact numberof years since the birth of Christ. This proof is absolute and admits of no denial. To the naked, eye the star appears to be about UUC eiguui HIC SiZ,C Ul HIC lUUUU. jlio J/U3Ition is about east by south. ? It looks now as though the proposition to open a portion of the Indian Territory to settlement would receive stronger support in the Fiftieth Congress than it ever has secured hitherto. This is partly due to the fact that several lines of railroads are under construction through the Territory, under grants by Congress, while others are in prospect. But a still more potent influence is that, if allotments are to be made under the Severalty Act to those tribes in the Territory who are not specially exempt from its operations, something will have to be done eventually with the very large surplus of their lands. Hence it may be deemed well to concentrate beforehand all the Indians, as Commissioner Atkins advises, in the eastern part of the Territory, instead of planting a settlement of whites in the heart of the Territory, with Indians on both sides, as the Oklahoma project proposes. Gen. Sheridan, in his report, also counsels prompt action. ? The superintendent of the dead letter bureau, with the approyal of the postmaster general, has prepared a circular letter which will be sent shortly to all postmasters, directing the enforcement of section 590 of the postal laws and regulations. This section makes it imperative upon postmasters to advertise in a newspaper or post a manuscript list of non-delivered letters. It also requires the charge and collection of 1 cent in all cases when a letter has been published in a newspaper, either gratuitously or at 1 cent for each letter or a less sum, or whether the publication was merely Dy a written nsu posieu m some pubilc place. In all cases the postmaster is directed to affix and cancel a 1-cent "postage due" stamp as evidence of its delivery. In postoffices other than those of the free-delivery class, the "postage due" stamp should not be affixed until the letter is delivered. This clause of the postal laws, it is said, has not hitherto been strictly enforced. ? A Philadelphia dispatch of Sunday says: The new high license law passed by the last Legislature promises to drive out of the liquor business not only those who cannot afford to pay a $500 license fee, but also many wealthy dealers who will find it impossible to secure the necessary bondsmen to become responsible for their faithful compliance with the law. Up to the close of business yesterday only 350 applications for licenses for the next year nad been filed with the clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions. This is considered a small number in view of the fact that there are about 0,000 saloons in the city. Deal ers are experiencing no end of trouble in obtaining two bondsmen who are willing to take upon themselves the responsibility attached to those who become sureties for tavern keepers. Such bondsmen will each become responsible in the sum of $2,000 for the paymentof all fines, penalties or damages that may be levied upon the dealer for any violation of the laws governing the sale of liquor. In attaching their name to the bond, sureties also give a power of attorney to the district attorney to confess judgment in the sum named for the recovery of all damages, costs, fines and penatties, &c. (Lite f ovluiUc inquire v. YORKVILLE. S. C. 4. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14,1887. A STATE OFFICER RESIGNS. Hon. W. E. Stoney, Comptroller-General of this State, has tendered his resignation to the Governor, to take effect on the oonti inofant nr snnn thereafter as his successor may be prepaid to take charge of the department. Mr. Stoney has held the office for the past seven years, having been three times elected by the popular vote without opposition. His present term expires one year hence. He resigns for the purpose of accepting the position of auditor of the South Carolina Railroad. The resignation has been accepted by the Governor, who made it the subject of a special message to the Legislature last Saturday. The 22nd instant has been appointed as the day for the election of his successor by a joint ballot of the Legislature. The most prominent candidates mentioned for the position are I. N. Withers, of Fairfield ; J..S. Verner, of Oconee; J. C. Coit, of Chesterfield; and John P. Thomas and W. J. Laval, of Columbia. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. The President having nominated Secretary Lamar for Senatorial confirmation as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the following changes in the cabinet were made: William F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, secretary of the interior. D. M. Dickinson, of Michigan, postmaster general. Charles S. Fairchild, of New York, secretary of the treasury. With the above the following nominations were also sent to the Senate: George L. Rives, of New York, assistant secretary of State. Isaac H. Maynard, of New York, assistant secretary of the treasury. Sigourn|y Butler, of Massachusetts, second comptroller of the treasury. James W. Hyatt, of Connecticut, treasurer of the United States. The Senate has not yet acted upon the nominations. but it is thouerht there will be no formidable opposition to them. Public interest is directed mainly to the fate of Lamar's nomination to the Supreme Court bench. STATE BAR ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the State Bar .Association was held in Columbia on Thursday last. The annual oration was delivered by Hon. Joel Prentice Bishop, the distinguished legal author of Cambridge, Mass. His subject was, "The common law as a system of reasoning, how and why essential to good government; what its perils and how averted." The discourse was a masterly one, and was listened to with rapt attention by the large audience, which was composed of the Federal and State judiciary, members of the bar and the General Assembly, the faculty of the University and many ladies. Essays were read by Edward McCrady, Jr., of Charleston ; James Aldrich, of Aiken; and C. E. Spencer, of Yorkville. Mr. Spencer's essay was upon "Case LawIs it an Evil ?" He maintained that it isan evil?an evil only so far as it tends to make case-lawyers, case-judges and case-text writers. It is not of the lex scripfa, for it comes to us in the form of reports of judicial decisions from every part of the United States. Nor is it of the lex non scripta. The uiuigcr ui utruumiug ucjjcuucni. ujxuij vu^clavv is greater with lawyers than with judges. It ought not to be followed in the sense of following a precedent. The danger from case-law to the lawyers is twofold?when it is relied on as one of the regular sources of information; again it greatly diminishes fondness and aptitude for general study. There should be more of an oral presentation and argument. In conclusion, he said that the fraternity should assume as its birthright the position which the fathers and sages of the profession in our State have bequeathed, as equal in all things to those of the first State bar in our great common country. IMPORTANT DECISION. The Supreme Court of the United States rendered a decision last week which scores a decisive victory of substantial value for the cause of prohibition. The cases under review came up from Kansas and involved the validity of the prohibition law of that State. The Supreme Court decided in favor of the State, Justice Harlan delivering the opinion. The Court said that the cases came up under the laws of Kansas, declaring the maintenance of a building for the manufacture or sale of liquor to be a nuisance, and making the manufacture or sale of intoxicants a misdemeanor. It was contended that this law was unconstitutional because it abridges the rights of citizens, and deprived a citizen of property without due process of law, a building used as a brewery being of little value for any other purpose. Justice Harlan said that it had been held repeatedly that the right of a State to regulate the sale of liquor did not invade the constitutional rights of citizens. It was contended, however, he said, that no State Legislature had the right to prohibit any person from manufacturing liquor for his own use or for export, for the reason that it was an invasion of the personal liberty inherent in citizens. It must be observed, however, he said, that the right to manufacture drink for one's own use is subject to the restriction that it shall not injuriously affect the public. The right to determine what was injurious had to exist somewhere, and the right of determining what measures were necessary for the preservation of the public morals, health and safety, had therefore been vested in the States by the constitutional right given them under the police power to regulate their own internal concerns. While this police power could not be abused and must only be exercised for objeets of real merit, this Court would certainly not say that the liquor traffic was not one which a State could lawfully prohibit, because it was well known that the abuse of intoxicants was productive of pauperism and crime. The next ground of contention, the Justice said, was that as the breweries had been erected prior to the passage of the prohibition law. and as they were of little use except for breweries, their property was taken without due process of law in violation of the Constitution, but all property under our form of government, he held, is subject to the obligation that it shall not be used so as to injuriously affect the rights of the community and thereby become a nuisance. The State of Kansas had prohibited the liquor j r traffic. It did not thereby take away the i property of the breweries. It simply i abated a nuisance. The property is not i taken away from its owners. They are i 1 only prohibited from using it for the spe- a cific purpose which the Legislature de- f clared to be injurious to the community. At Topeka, last Saturday, Judge Brew- ? er, of the U. S.. Circuit Court, issued a k decree declaring the Waleruff brewery ? of Lawrence a common nuisance and di- v rectingthe United States marshal to shut c it un and abate the same. The decree also t perpetually enjoins the brewery from r manufacturing or selling any intoxicating ( liquors. This is the first brewery that has t; been declared a nuisance under the pro- r hibitory law of Kansas, and the decree is ? in accordance with above decision. t r CONGRESS. [ The Senate was in session last Monday, ' and adopted the list of committees agreed ^ upon in Republican caucus. South Caro- r Una is represented on the committees as follows: To examine the several branches r of the civil service, epidemic diseases, ^ military affairs?Hampton ; naval affairsButler. p A large number of bills, resolutions and v petitions were introduced in the Senate i on Monday, among them a resolution by 1 Butler, which was adopted, authorizing I the appointment of a committee of five j Senators to consider the question of postal t telegraphy. f In the House, Mr. Springer, of Illinois, ? presented the petition of O. G. Chase, who claims to be a delegate from the territory * of Cimeron, known as the Public Land c Strip, and offered a resolution referring the t petition to the Territorial Committee when t appointed, and, in the meantime accord- j ing the floor privileges to Mr. Chase. Af- j ter discussion the resolution and petition ( were tabled. i Speaker Carlisle called Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, to the chair and stepped down j upon the floor where he addressed the 1 House as follows: "It is well known that ^ there is a contest pending which makes it j mo QQ r,rocir?iniy nftieer of the lllipivp^l 1V1 UJVj MU Plouse, to appoint the Committee on Elec- 1 tions. I have left the chair, therefore, for the purpose of asking the House to excuse me from the performance of that duty, and take such proceedings in this matter as ybur judgment may dictate. I have no suggestions to make except to say that the formation of the other committees of the House will be facilitated by having this matter disposed of at the earliest day that will suit the convenience of the members." A resolution was then offered by Mr. Holman and adopted, that the House, at 1 o'clock on Tuesday, proceed to elect fifteen members who will constitute the committee on elections. HOW THEY STAND. Immediately after the publication of the President's message, the New York World sent a numberof its reporters to Washington to interview Congressmen on that document and topics connected therewith. The following questions were put to the Senators and Representatives: For Republicans?1. Are you in favor of the norninatiou of Mr. Blaine for President? 2. If not, will you state your preference as to the candidate? 3. Do you favor the President's tariff ideas ? 4. How far would you be willing to go in any reduction of taxation? For Democrats?I. Do you favor the President's tariff ideas? 2. How far would you be willing to go in a reduction of taxation ? The result of the interviews summed up shows the following results: Republicans on choice of President: Non-committal, 30 For Blaine, 15 The nominee of the convention, 12 John Sherman, 7 Harrison, 0 Against Blaine, 2 Gresham, 1 Gov. Robertson, of Massachusetts, 1 Total, 70 In favor of Cleveland's tariff ideas?Dem,... 72 In favor of Cleveland's tariff ideas?Rep,... 7 Non-committal?Dem, 11 s Non-committal?Rep 15 Opposed to Cleveland's tariff ideas?Dem,... 6 Opposed to Cleveland's tariff ideas?Rep, 47 Total, 158 For tariff reform only?Dem, 40 For tariff reform only?Rep 0 For revenue reform only?Deui, 8 1 For revenue reform onIy?Kcp, FortarilF and revenue reform?Dem, 24 For tariif and revenue reform?Rep, 1 Non-committal?Democrats, 5 Non-committal?Republicans, 27 Against any change?Democrats, !... 00 Against any change?Republicans, 17 Total 160 Of the South CarolinaSenators, only Mr. Butler wasinterviewed, Senator Hampton not having arrived. To the questions above propounded, Sertator Butler said: 1. President Cleveland's message gives a most able solution of the tariff problem. Every Democrat in the South will endorse : it and every citizen of the South ought to do so. 2. For a reply to this question I refer you to the message itself. Representatives Dibble and Hemphill were interviewed and gave the following replies to the questions: Samuel Dibble?1. As I understand the message, the President wishes to express himself emphatically that, in his opinion, the reduction of the revenue is the absorbing issue before the country. I agree with him in that, and would go as far in the reduction of taxes as would bring the revenues and expenses on. an equality. 2. I believe in taxing the people sufficiently to carry on the government. J. J. Hemphill?1. I concur fn his views. 2. I think we ought to reduce the taxation by reducing the tariff, so as to be relieved of the surplus, and not touch the internal revenue if it can be avoided. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. . LETTER FROM COLUMBIA. Columbia, December 12.?There has been an unusually large amount of work done by the Legislature the past week, and the prospects are good that all necessary business will be transacted in time for us to adjourn before the holidays, without the usual all night rush and confusion; at least we hope so. None of the important measures introduced have received their final reading yet. Some have been rejected. One among them was a bill introduced by Dav export, of Greenville, to prohibit the working of children under 12 years of age in factories. The argument used in its favor was the injury to health and that it prevented such children from going to school. To me there seemed, under our social conditions, to be nothing in these arguments. In the first place, in a majority of instances, the children operatives in the factories are better clad and protected from the inclemency of the weather and have the means to buy better food and secure med- c ical attention, than those children outside without means except the labor of their hands. These advantages more than counteract whatever effect confinement may have upon the health of these children operatives. As to its depriving them of c school training, I think it ill becomes a' r State to interfere with the rights of any of i its citizens upon the plea that it is the du- t ty of parents to send their children to t school, when our free public schools are so 2 imperieci ana inemcieni. > This is the crying evil of the day?the i want of education among the masses of the g people. You may talk as much you please g about the necessity for legislation to en- c force the punishment of crime, to perfect ^ the jury system, to prohibit the sale of c whisky and the many social evils of which r we hear so much, and it all amounts to i very little when you get it. Legislative c fiats do not cure these evils. If public r sentiment does not oppose crime, juries will not convict. If public sentiment is g not opposed to rum selling, will juries 1 convict? No. If we ever expect to ar- i rive at that state of civilization in which c crime is reduced to the minimum, and t norals and religion are at the maximum v joint that may be consistent with human r mperfection9, we must, by every means 11 n our power, increase our educational u acilities, both by providing the means i o ind by taking an interest in perfecting our c ree public schools. , I It will be a grand and glorious day for : >ur country when every child of the Anglo I Saxon race upon its soil shall have the v >pportunity to obtain at least an elemen- s ary education. Then, and not until then, 1 c vill public sentiment be educated, and an j d nlightened public conscience bring about he social and political reforms we so much v leed. f The legislation of a country and the ad- s ninistration of the government in its juliciary and all other branches will never 1 ise higher than its source?the people, j So let us elevate the source by educating | t he poor children who are to form the o najority that will govern our State in the k uture. I beg pardon for taking up so nuch space on this question; but I look s ipon it as the one upon the decision of I .1 1- ?! ? nn/l h VI11UII UtJIJeilUS (.lie JUIUIC yiucpcmj ciu-* ?. noral advancement of our State. The bill to increase the penalty for carying concealed weapons was defeated. \.lso a bill to amend the law relating to iens on buildings. The bill to regulate the phosphate roy- J' Jty was defeated in the Senate, but J vas revived and placed on the calendar. 1 t would take so much time to thorough- ? y explain this question that I will post- 1 >one it until some future time. ' A bill to allow one young woman, who ! s unable to pay tuition, from each county, 1 o attend the Winthrop Training School ? or teachers in Columbia, has passed the f Senate. (.ft , . The bill to re-apportion the representa- . ives in the House, upon the basis of the 1 J. S. Census of 1880, has, after much dis- 1 :ussion, passed the House, and has gone to 1 he Senate. This, if it passes, will decrease J he representation in the counties of Char- J eston, Richland and Aiken, and increase it J n Spartanburg, Greenville, Sumter, Marl- 1 )oro and Edgefield. There has been much ? liscussion as to the constitutionality of this 1 iction. * J A bill to re-organize the Department of * Agriculture has passed the Senate. It J srovides that the Board of Agriculture ihall consist of ten agriculturists, one J rom each Judicial District, and two from 1 ;he State at large. c The bill' to create a new county, to be ? cnown as Florence county, out of portions * )f Williamsburg, Darlington and Marion, 1 las passed the House. Its passage by the senate is doubtful. ] The joint resolution providing for call- 1 ng a Constitutional Convention failed to * eceive a two-thir(ls majority of the Senate $ md was rejected. J The bill to reorganize the Judiciary and 1 istablish a Court of Errors has been defeat- 1 id. A bill to reorganize the S. C. University has passed the Senate. It is a long * aill, and I will not attempt to go into its 1 ixplanation now. c The forfeited land bill still hangs on the } senate and House calendars, not acted on. 1 The three-quarter value clause insurance 1 )ill was killed. The bill to amend the s aw in relation to the contracts of married * ,vomen has passed the House and will 1 irobably become a law. It gives the right 8 :o a married woman to purchase and hold iroperty and make contracts the same as if 1 she was unmarried. The husband shall c iot be liable for her debts except for ne- 1 :essary support, and the earnings of a marled woman, also the income, shall be her ( >wn separate estate. 8 A bill has passed the Senate providing J hat the exemption from poll tax shall c ipply only to those over sixty years of J ige. Also a bill to prohibit the granting J if bail pendiug appeal in certain criminal F lases. | The House has passed to a third read- 1 ng the Senate bill of which I spoke in a irevious letter, which provides that the 8 'eturns?of the following agricultural pro- 8 lucts, to-wit: Corn, cotton, wheat, oats * ind peas, shall be the amounts actually on land on the 1st of August preceding such 8 eturn. This gi\tP3 the relief from the lurdens imposed upon the farmers by isting their cotton and other products of he farm on hand in January. i The joint resolution proposing a consti- c utional amendment abolishing the office \ if County Commissioner, and striking out i hat part of the Constitution defining their c lowers and duties, which passed the Sen- t ite, was killed in the House. c J. G. Black. v 1 Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. i LETTER FROM CHESTER. \ Chester, December 12.?A considera- t lie quantity of land was sold at this place 8 in last Monday. It brought good prices, t rhe prices paid proved conclusively that r he land in this State was by no means c vashed away as some would have us be- j ieve. The first tract sold was the Gaston ract, 292 acres, on the eastern side of the i rounty. Jtorougntstt.ouperacTe. a iraui t >f in aci^s, belonging to W. T. Roney, f >800. A tract of 104 acres, belonging to ] VIrs. Fanny Blake, $8 per acre. A tract of f !20 acres, belonging to Martha Bramnon, c >850. A tract of 83 acres, belonging to J. c \. Sanders, $250. A tract of 111 acres, be- c onging to J. A. Sanders, $100. A tract of c 100 acres, belonging to Watis Pendergrass, >425. A tract of 98$ acres, belonging to i Philips McDaniel, $300. A tract of 130 f icres, belonging to Jane Craig and others, ? irought $10.25 per acre. The lands be- > onging to the estate of the late James P. c Ferguson were sold. One tract of 413 acres c >rought $11 per acre; a tract of 159 acres, j >4 per acre; a tract of 263 acres, $2.60 per ] icre; a tract 190 acres, $3.40 per acre. The c ibove tracts were parts of the "Abell ] dace." A tract of 190 acres brought*$5.75 i jer acre; a tract of 290 acres, $6.70 per j icre ; a tract of 107$ acres, $6.00 per acre; t i tract of 335 acres, $5.00 per acre; a tract c )f 236 acres, $3.25 per acre; a tract of 1124 t icres, $7.50 per acre; a tract of 184 acres, < >ir.50 per acre; a tract of 18 acres, $12.50 2 jeracre; a tract of 174 acres, $25 per acre. t The above tracts were parts of what was c mown as the "McLure place." A tract of 2 188:} acres brought $10 per acre; a tract of ? >364 acres, $18 per acre; a tract of 394 acres, e >25 per acre. These three tracts were parts a )f what was called the "Walker place." t 37 acres, known as the "Coin tract," ] jrought $5.50 per acre. e Moses Jackson, who recently killed Wil- a iam Wilks by cutting him with a knife, r rns not yet .been arrested. He has proba- t )ly left the county.' 1 The members of our religious denomi- c lations rejoice with our Methodist friends c n the return of Rev. H. F. Chrietzburg to c his place. He pleases all by his powers >f eloquence. a Rev. It. W. Sanders, pastor of the Bap- l ist Church at this place, is an ardent friend ] ind supporter of Furman University. He c nformed his congregation on yesterday ^ hat he must have $100 for the endowment und of that institution. He obtained a i. 1 lonsicieraDie portion ui tins ttiuuuut suun- j y after making the announcement, and ( vill doubtless get the balance this week, t rlis congregation always responds liberally 1 o his appeals. \ Rev. Mr. MofTatt, in his sermon on yes- t erday, condemned the practice of specu- \ ating in cotton. 1 Mrs. A. F. Anderson, of Lowrysville, d lied a few days ago. M. ? s Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. 1 NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. f Hopewell, December 12.?Everything \ juiet in this section, save an occasional t locturnal visit by some of the unknown j. ipon some of the unwary. When least 1 hey are expected they swoop down upon e hem, and after using the rod of correction Cl ire off. A few nights since a party paid a 1 /isit to Jerry Johnson, a colored man, liv- * ng near Flickory Grove, escorted him a ihort distance from his house, and, he 1 itates, did not whip him, but shot pistols f iver his head. Others say to the contrary. 1 ferry is not much of an optimist, and is F )f the opinion that these gentlemen do t lot add anything to society, and that their J oom was preferable to their company; t .onsequently, he let them depart without equesting them to call again. The farmers have been very busy for t leveral weeks, during which the weather 1 ins been exceptionally -favorable for sow- g ng wheat. Judging from the appearance d if the fields, the cotton has been marketed, 1 ind I suppose not much of the "where- t nth" in the till. If there is, it will not emain long enough for the dust to accunulate thereon; for, notwithstanding as mpropitious a day as was last Saturday, ] ne of the merchants of your town had a ollector in this community trying to col- | ect some of the "precious stuff." One day last week a daughter of Amzi iankhead, colored, carried fire to the field i chere she was picking cotton, and while I tanding near the fire, her clothing caught j >n fire, burning her so severely that she | lied the same evening. The scholars of Salem Sunday-school | rill have their Christmas tree on Friday i (receding Christmas, and their Christmas i nn Ph^lotmoa rlo tr CI Vice UU Oil I lotuma uttj Mr. White, of Gaffney, was married on ' Thursday last, to Miss Alice McG'ollough, of Vilkinsville. If we are to give credence o reports, there will be some weddings in iur community at an early day, as the tur:eys are now in the pen. Miss Joella Harmon, who has been pending the summer with relatives here, las just returned to her home in Spartaniurg. Novice. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. LETTER FROM BLACK S. Black's, December 12.?An election vas held on the 5th instant, to elect an Inendant to fill out the unexpired term of he lamented Jas. W. Black. There was onsiderable interest and enthusiasm manfested in this election, on account of a runor that the Knights of Labor had put nto the race W. C. Teague as their nomnee, against the people's choice, A. B. )rosby. The day passed off quietly, Cros>y receiving a majority of G8 over Teague. Karl Haas, writes in the Enquirer of November 30th, that he is not an organzer of the Knights of Labor, &c., and that uy statements in a previous issue were intrue. If he is not guilty of organizing odges of this order, then he has lied. If ?e does not belong to this order, then he las lied. If it was a violation of law in his State to be an organizer or a member if the order of Knights of Labor, I would nsure his conviction, by the most credible vitnesses in our town, for one half the fees ie has received for organizing lodges of Gnights of Labor. Senator Black writes Mr. J. D. Goforth hat he has perfected arrangements with he governmental authorities, to supply >ur town with weather signals. The town :ouncil is securing a flag pole, and we will lave the weather flags floating in the air )efore many days. W. J. Carpenter, the principal state s vitness in the trial of Sarratt and Gibson or arson, &c., at the last terra of the Court )f General Sessions, stole a buggy worth *60, from J. K. Carpenter, last week, sold t in North Carolina for twenty dollars, and J eft for Arkansas. The buggy was found ind returned to the rightful owner. I believe the Act, making Black's a grad:d school district, introduced at this siting of the legislature, and which will loubtless become a law, meets with universal approbation among our people. It s evidently a wise and commendable dejarture from the old system of public ichools, and any intelligent people wiH idopt it, who advocate economy and utiliy, and believe in the general education tnd enlightenment of their children, ifour contributor, "Education," has ce'rainly given this subject mature and logical consideration. His article should be ead by every one. Several parties have applied to W. D. 2amp, trial justice, for warrants for the irrest of persons guilty of petty larceny, daving no jurisdiction to try parties accused of larceny, and disfavoring the idea >f incurring the expense on the county atending commitments to the county jail, he prosecutions have been put off, awaitng the action of the legislature. This aw should be amended imtanter. A. D. Hardin, agent of the Richmond tnd Danville Railroad at this agency, has >een transferred to Cornelia, Ga. Mr. lames, of Spartanburg, will succeed him. We hope he will make as courteous and ittentiveanagentas did Mr. Hardin, w. MERE-MENTION. Herr Most, the convicted New York Vnarchist, was sentenced on Thursday to >ne year's imprisonment, but was aftervards granted a stay of proceedings, pendng his motion for a new trial. According to the report of Treasurer Hyatt, here is still outstanding $15,322,902 of the >bsolete fractionaF currency, nearly all of vhich is supposed to have been destroyed, ost or placed in collections. Statistics n the office of the United States collector >f customs at El Paso, Texas, give the imitation of silver ore from Mexico to hat point last month as G,7G2 tons, valued it $340,135. This is an average of more han 225 tons per day. The negro esidents of St. Paul have organized for the idvancement of the interests of their race n Minnesota, the securing of civil rights, ;tc. The Rev. J. S. A. Hunter and lis wife, of Orlando, Ark., have accepted he appointment of the Associate Reformid Presbyterian Synod to a mission in VIexico. Parts of Iowa have been looded with counterfeit dollars made of :ast iron heavily plated with silver. Orlinary acids fail to affect them and they :an only be detected by their ring. A :aucus of Democratic members of the geniral Assembly of Virginia has nominated iy acclamation the Hon. John S. Barbour or election as United States Senator to lucceed Senator Riddleberger, whose term vill expire March 4,1389. There are !5,000 men, approximately, in the army )t the United States, and it required last rear to keep this little force in order, .,640 general and 9,49G inferior trials by :ourt-martial. In Washington last Thursday the Republican National Comnittee selected Chicago as the place and Tune 19 as the date of the Republican Naional Convention. Business failures iccurring throughout the country during he last week number for the United States 126, Canada 28. Total, 253 failures against !44 the previous week. The total imnigration into the United States for the urrent year will reach 500,000, a gain of 164,000 over that of last year. The Jtate Auditor of North Carolina has mailtd pension warrants to those in that State idjudged entitled to receive them under he law passed at the last session of the legislature granting pensions to Confederate soldiers. There are 1,056 soldiers ind 2,469 widows of soldiers to whom warants were issued. John O. Snyder, he strangely afflicted Indiana farmer, who lad a disease which has kept him walking lay and night three years, ended his tramp if 20,000 miles on Monday of last week by lying peacefully. Christian Denning, i Chicago Anarchist, has been driven to uicide by_grief for his executed fel ows. Ttie ring leaaers 01 uie miuuus 3ooking gang of thieves and train robbers, iperating 17G miles from Fort Worth, Texas, have been captured; ? A remarkable case is reported from ^aureus county. Several weeks ago Mrs. Tlark, wife of W. H. Clark, a Methodist ireacher on Tumbling Shoals circuit, was licked by a horse. Her injuries were severe and painful but not serious, and after >eing confined to bed for some weeks she vas able to get up and walk around. On Tuesday, however, she experienced a sudlen change and new symptons appeared. >he went to sleep that day and slept oundly through the night. In the mornng she failed to awake and her, slumber outinued long into the day, when the amily became alarmed. Three physicans vere called in, but they could do nothing o arouse the woman from her heavy re>ose. She slept on for more than twentyour hours and at last died without awakming. The case has aroused much wonler in the community and the doctors are mable to explain it. ?Gen. W. X. Taft, of Charleston, whose infortunate mental malady rendered it tecessary a few weeks ago to place him n the Lunatic Asylum, has so much imiroved that he has again been entrusted o the care of his relatives. With his wife le is now at Providence, It. I., his home lefore coming South. ? General Edward McCrady, of Charleson, has sued Dr. T. C. Robertson, of Coumbia, for $10,000 damages for libel. The ;round of complaint is a letter written by lefendant to the plaintiff, in which Gen. dcCrady is charged with "falsehood, reachery and scoundrelism." LOCAL AFFAIRS, jji NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. us J. F. Juckson & S. V. Wallace, Clover, S. C.? rm Dissolution of Copartnership. Sain V. for Wallace to continue the Business. 5 T. B. McClain?Advance in the Price of Cotton | Seed. . 1 T. S. Jeti'erys?Wonderful Bargains at Ma- ! gei chinery Hall. th< Withers Adickes?Another Christinas Is Ap- qq proaching. | f Parish it Kennedy?Hogs for Sale. May <t May, Druggists?Christinas Presents. 8,n W. C. Latimer?Christmas Goods. I tio Lowry it Starr?Christmas Cards. I caj Kennedv Bros, it Barron?Items of Interest. | jor II. F. Aaickes?A Train of Cars Run by Steam. I , John R. Ashe?15 Cents a Bushel for Cotton '^l Seed?100,000 Bushels Wanted. I da; M. Strauss?Goods Well Selected, Prices Very j an Low. j sol R. W. Whitesides, Chairman Board of County ! CQ] Commissioners?Retirement of County i ,. Bonds. j John A. Darwin?Candidate for Sheriff. I r?? Wm. II. Speck?New Jewelry Store. | Th -tT po -SINE TURNIPS. I oit Mrs. A. Coward has our thanks for a basket pr, of tine, largo turnips. im until january 1st, 1888. The Enquirer will be furnished from this c date until January 1st, 1888, for 15 cents. reunion postponed. The proposed reunion of the survivors of McGowan's Brigade, which was to have taken place in Columbia this month, has been post- K poned and will not be held this year. H tvi V/new jeavelry store. Alp/wllliam H. Speck gives notice in ourad- jj vertising columns this week, that after giving Floridaa year's trial, he has determined to return to Yorkville, where he will locate permanently and conduct the business of watch- K maker and jeweler. Air. Speck is an accom- dc plislied workman in his line, as our citizens gr know, and by them he will be welcomed on his ly return to Yorkville. XJ ' ed avedding bells. Invitations are out for the nuptials of Mr. John A. Darwin, of this place, and Miss Edna Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. AVebb, \y of Black's, to be celebrated in the Baptist io church at Black's at 2 o'clock on Wednesday cl next. The couple will make a bridal tour, visiting places in Florida, and on their return p* to Yorkville, a reception will be given their F< friends at the residence of Airs. Jerusha Dar- te win, the groom's mother, on Friday evening, hi January Gth, from 7.30 to 11 o'clock. y* CO roster of circuit judges. th The assignment of Judges to hold the re- se 8pective Courts of Common Pleas and General til Sessions for the year 1888 has been ordered in n( accordance with the provisions of the General th Statutes. According to the assignment, the rc first session of the Sixth circuit will be held Ci by Judge Witherspoon, of the Sixth circuit; the second session will be held by Judge J? Kershaw, of the Fifth circuit; and the third kjjj session will bo held by Judge Hudson, of the pr Fourth circuit. Judge Witherspoon will hold vl the second session of the Seventh circuit, and j the third session of the Eighth circuit. CHURCH* NOTICES. R Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. A C. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at Ja 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30 Cl P. M. . R Baptist?Rev. F. C. Hickson, Pastor. Conference at Union next Saturday at 11 A. M., and 2, Communion services at the same hour on Sunday. Services in Yorkville on Sunday evening ^ at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. ju Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayer-meeting to- gj morrow eyening at 7 o'clock. th Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. W. Daniel, la Pastor. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Episcopal?Rev. Edmund N. Joyner, Rector. Morning service, with the Holy Commu- oi nion at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. M Evening service at 4 P. M. tl at RAILROAD EARNINGS. The tabulated statement of the State Board of Railroad Commissioners of the earnings of Ol the railroads of this State for October last, as = compared with the same month last year, was furnished to the daily papers last Saturday. Of twenty-one roads included, sixteen show an ~ increase of 888,743.70, and five a decrease of 818,998.21, a net increase of 809,745.49, or 9.8726 percent. The five roads showiug a decrease ai are the Port Royal and Augusta, the North- ^ eastern, the Laurens, the Columbia and Greenville and the Charleston and Savannah. Of U] those showing an increase, the Atlanta and ss Charlotte Air Line ranks the first, with 830,- ^ 852.99; the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta next, with 815,643.55, and the Wilmington, A Columbia and Augusta next, with 87,912.08. . The net per cent, increase of roads in the Richmond and Danville system is 18.53. The earnings of the Chester and Lenoir _ Railroad wero 87,673.74 as compared with ? 86,075.44 for October, 1886, showing an increase of 8998.20, or 14.95 per cent. The total passenger earnings of all the roads reporting for October, 1886, were 8163,594.76; . for 1887, 8202,228.77; increase, 83%634.01 or 23.61 per cent. The total freight earnings for the month were P* in 1880. 8497.001.50; 1887. 8527.046.82; increase, ?30,045.32 or 6.04 per cent. lE . st SUICIDE. d( Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning, Charles ar Breitz, a boarder at the Owen House, in this m place, either fell or jumped from a window of ec the third story to the pavement below, receiving oj injuries from which he died at 3 o'clock. He it, was undoubtedly laboring under the effects of drink, having had an attack of delirium tre- Oi mens Monday night, but on last night was sup- vt posed to be quiet. At the time above named, in Mr. Lewis, whose room adjoins that occupied or by Mr. Breitz in the north-west corner of the building, was attracted by a noise to Breitz' in room. When he entered he found no one, but gc saw that the window was raised. Surmising a bl catastrophe he hastened down to the pavement It where he found Breitz in a semi-conscious to condition, sitting on his knees. With the th assistance of Mr. Lewis and one or two others whom Mr. Lewis called to his aid, Breitz re- ofl turned to his room and Dr. White was imme- pc diately summoned, and Dr. Gorton, Breitz' th employer, was notified of the occurrence. yt Breitz never spoke coherently after being as taken to his room. He only said in explana- th tion of the affair that he had been thrown by a of mule. He sustained no external injuries ex- ne cept a slight bruise on the right leg below the A kneo. It was soon apparent, however, that ho he was seriously injured internally and death loi ! ended his pain at 3 o'clock. From the posi- ne tion of the sash it is not thought that he jump- th ed deliberately from the window, but by some m means fell from it. ne Mr. Breitz was from Salem, X. C., a black- It smith by trade, and employed by Griffin A be Gorton on their railroad work. He was about w< 25 or 30 years of age and unmarried. He was ' neatly arrayed for the grave, and Dr. Gorton is ne awaiting instructions from his parents at Sa- ev lem as to the disposition of the body. in RAILROAD NOTES. gj A ride over the work covered by Griffin A w Gorton's contract, reveals the fact that these contractors are making rapid progress. Their heaviest work now is the deep cut in Latta's ^ field, south of town, and on this they are em- W} ploying all necessary appliances for moving ? 441 dirt rapidly. All their work, except a snort distance at the extreme western end, is opened I9 out, and a good portion of the roadbed on their section is ready for the crossties. dis Mr. Ross, to the east of Griffin & Gorton, and Cc Smith it Lathrop to the west, are also progress- ly ing well. We are informed that Smith & i01 Lathrop are now working the largest force of tri any contractors on the line. Roddey <fc Whit- ?'! nor, below Rock Hill, are also reported to have a heavy force, and to be making rapid progress ? with their work, as also is Capt. M. C. Lewisl^^__ the trestle builder. His force is now concen- ? tratcd at King's Creek, at which point will be the highest trestle between Black's and Cam- th den. From the present progress of the work J. it is safe to say that the track-laying will not be delayed between Catawba River and Black's. co Mr. McCormick, the skillful draughtsman y< of the company, passed through town yester- R< day on a recreating ride to the upper portion CI of the line, never having been on the line j C1 more than a mile west of Yorkville. He will , ? have the opportunity of seeing some tall trestles, the pictures of which he drew before they rz wore built. Mr. Ed. Hart, a member of Capt. Ramsaur's M gineering corps, returned the other day from > mountains of North Carolina. He informs that C'apt. Ram.saur has completed a perinent location of the line between Rutherdton and Marion, a distance of twenty-live les. )uring a part of last week, Col. Johnson, aeral manager, and Major Hart, attorney for > Massachusetts and Southern Construction mpany, were in Augusta, Ga., perfecting the al arrangements for the transfer of the Geori and Carolina Midland, and its consolidan with the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi*o line, to be known as the Augusta Divis1. Though Major Hart was called back to igusta on Monday, he informed us on Satury that every arrangement had been perfected d payments made for the transfer and conidation, and that work on this division will mmeuco at an early day. A portion of the e between Augusta and Newberry has al idy been graaeu ior a narrow-gauge iruvK. ie first work will be to change and adapt this rtion of the line to a broad gauge track. To izens of' Augusta and interyiewers for the ess, the officials of the C., C. >k C., gave the formation" that the Augusta Division will tersect the trunk line at some point between >rkville and Shelby. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. ^ LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Kock Hill, December 12.?Rev. J. C. ilgo,,who has had charge of the Kock ill circuit, M. E. Church, for the pa9t !0 years, preached his farewell sermon isterday to his congregation at this place, e will leave, with his family, on Wednesty next for his new charge at Little ack, in Marion county. During Mr. ilgo's pastorate here he certainly has me a good work, and the Kock Hill conegation, as well as the citizens general, regret to see him leave. Rev. James S. White has not yet decidl to accept the call extended to him by e members of the First Presbyterian mrch at this place. A congregational eeting will be held next Sunday, at hich time he will make known hisaecisn. The fear is expressed that he will deine to accept the call. On last Saturday night some person, or ;rsons, entered the stable lot of Mr. A. F. swell, in Ebenezer, by letting down a n-rail fence, and going to his stable, stole s family horse and a fine mule. As soon, ?sterday morning, as the theft was disvered, a posse started out in search of ie stolen animals, and telegrams were nt to the neighboring towns. Later in ie day the animals were found in the road ?ar Anderson's shop, five miles below lis place. It is supposed that the thieves ?de them to the Catawba River, near ureton's Ferry, and turned them loose. Dr. R. H. Hope has been seriously sick r tho past week, and is still confined to is bed, with but little improvement in Is condition. At the last regular meeting of the Rock .'ill Lodge Knights of Honor, the follow ig officers were elected for the ensuing 3ar: Dr. W.J.White, Dictator; T. P. oddey, Vice-Dictator; Sam'l. L. Reid, ssistant Dictator: Jno. R. London, Chapin; W. G. Reid, Treasurer; W. S. reighton, Financial'Reporter; Fred. H. ondon, Reporter; A. D. Holler, Guide; J. A. Fewell, Guardian; S. G. Keesler, jntinel. Past Dictator, D. C. Williams, rustees, John R. London, Wm. Whyte, . C. Williams. Representative to Grand odge, Sam'l L. Reid; alternate, D. C. Williams. Hal. - The census of the city of Charleston, ist completed, shows a total population of 5,357, a gain of nearly four per cent, since le city census of 1885. The white popution is 27,543 and the colored 34,814. - L. G. Byars & Son, general merchants ' Gaffney City, have made an assignment, [r. J. A. Corry is the assignee. It is said lat their liabilities are $17,000 and their jsets $5,000. - F. H. Wardlaw, a prominent memberi the Edgefield bar, is dead. Utarket Reports. YORKVILLE, Dec. 14.?Cotton, 91 to 9J. LIVERPOOL, December 12.?Cotton steady" id in fair demand; middling uplands, 5 9-16d. CHARLESTON, Dec. 12.?Cotton firm ; liddling, 913-16. NEW YORK, December 12.?Cotton quiet; plands, 10 9-16. Futures closed steady, with lies of 115,200 bales, as follows : December, 1.49 to 10.51; January 10.58 ; February, 10.68; [arch, 10.77 ; April, 10.84 to 10.85; May, 10.92 to 1.93; June, 10.98 to 10.99; July, 11.03 to 11.04 ; ugust, 11.07 to 11.09; September, 10.57 to 10.60. special ftotkts. A Word to Our friends. Have you read the prospectus of the Enquier for 1888? If you have not read it, you lould do so without delay. The premiums fered to club-makers are all first-class and e worth working for. They are not catck;nny affairs designed to deceive. The set of urniture is really handsome, and is cheap at ie price at which it is valued. It is of the latest ylo, of superior workmanship and handsome jsign. It will make any one feel better to call id see it, even though they do not intend akinc a club: and Mr. O'Learv will be pleas L to ahow it. Don't fail to call at your earliest iportunitv for you may, after, you have seen , decide that you want it. The Buggy is also a very desirable premium, ne that is worth the amount at which it is ilued. It is of the latest style with all the lprovements. Mr. Willis will show it to any le who will call at his fao$ory. The Gun is a good one, and will at once cornend itself to any sportsman who knows a tod gun when hesees it. It has all the valuae qualities of the high priced guns of the day. will give satisfaction. We will be pleased show it to any one who desires to see it if ey will call at the Enquirer Office. Our premiums surpass any we have ever fered, and we hope to have a great many comstitors for them. It is our desire to double e subscription list of the Enquirer next sar. We want everybody to take it and we k all of our old friends to help accomplish is purpose. We feel confident that each one our old subscribers can procure at least one iw one for us, and that with very little effort, person who takes the Enquirer gets what i wants. He gets a paper interested in the cality in which he lives?one that has home iws. Now, friends, see what you can do for e Enquirer. If you do not feel disposed to * ake a club, you can get your friends and lighbors to give their names to a club-maker, is our desire to give the people of York the ,st paper in the land, and if they will help us 3 can do it. The Enquirer is intended to be a family iwspaper, and we are better prepared than er to give its readers the news they are most terested in?the county news. We have ide awake and intelligent correspondents at ack's, Hopewell, Hoodtown, Rock Hill, Fort ill, Clover and other points. We hope the Enquirer will visit hundreds new friends during the year 1888. Now is e time to subscribe. It is not necessary to lit until January. IVe Dig Our Graves With Our Teeth," u tritft hllf, trila qoxrintr Putdva v'u T.txrvt* lls relieve Indigestion and cure contingent sorders, such as Sick-IIeadache, Biliousness, istiveness, Sour-Stomach, etc. They are purevegetable and will not produce inconvenlee or irritation in their action. Give them a al. Sold by Lowry & Starr, "the Drugits." January 2(3 4 tf iHYMENEALu NIarrikd?At Bullock's Creek Church, on e 13th instant, by Rev. G. A. Blackburn, Mr. FRANK ASHE, and Miss ALICE INMAN. ughter of Mr. Elias Inman. All of York unty. At the residence of the bride's parents, in ark county, on the 7th of December, 1887, by 3v. T. H. Mullinax, Mr. J. M. FRANCIS, of eveland county, N. C., and Miss M. E. IAWFORD, of York county, S. C. ^ OBITUARY. Dikd?In York county, November 16tli, 1887, r. C. A. FIELDS, ageU about 35 years. kP