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? mMWt (forpw. w ";^)? S" BWy*>^ TOBKTILLE, S. C. : *\ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1888. THE TOWN^HfP BONDS. The most impojrtfmt legislation to York county now b?u>re the General Assembly is the-*bill validating the township bonds, issued by townships of various counties in the State in aid of railroads. Five townships in York are thus affected, they having made subscriptions to the Three C's railroad, these subscriptions aggregating $217,000. Since the decision of the Supreme Court, declaring the bonds thus subscribed invalid, the legislature has undertaken to cure the defect Ktt naoainor a hill thft Inint Work of B. ROft b ? " "? ?- V rcial committee of members of the judiciary committees of both Houses. The bill was reported in the Senate on Thursday. ~ On Friday night the bill came up for debate as the special order. Senator Patterson moved to indefinitely postpone the bill. If convinced that the bill would affect the result it aimed at, he would vote for it, but it could no more do that than the State could breathe life into a dead body. The Senator argued at length against the bill, mainly on legal points. Senator Smythe said whether the township bonds were ever paid or not, we had to consider the credit of the State and the future of the bonds. He would vote for this bill if it were waste paper, in order to show the people of the country that South Carolina was ready to stand up to her debts. He warned the Senate that the credit of the State had already been injuriously affected by the Supreme Court decision, and that something was necessary not only to sustain, but to raise, the credit of tne State, even if only for the successful refunding of the six millions debt, falling due in 1893. He ex{ilained the bill fully and maintained that t'was a good and effective measure. Senator Ready deplored the result of the Supreme Court decision, but could not see how it could be remedied by this bill. Senator Dozier was as anxious as any man to maintain the credit of the State, but was unwilling to vote for the bill which on its face was a mere sham, was well meant of course, but could not be made effective. He discussed the question purely as a legal one, and said that the Dill would do harm instead of good to the State. Senator McMaster urged that the people should be given the chance to be honest and pay their just debts and restore the high credit South Carolina had before the XX7Q1* Senator Wilson maintained t' at so far from the State's credit being injured by the decision, it had been improved. He quoted from the N?ws and Courier to show that on November 28, two days before the decision was filed, the Brown bonds were 3noted in New York at 105$, while yesteray, December 13, they were quoted at 106. This bugaboo of loss of credit should not frighten the Senate. Senator Murray spoke in favor of the bill, and Senators Hemphill and Pope against it. When, with the view of affording Senator Patterson time to prepare and offer amendments, the debate was adjourned and^made the specjaUtrder^ for 11 o'clock ' ? J! ' in Saturday morning, when the biff cafce up as a special order for its second reading, in conformity with the agreel rjBnt arrived at Friday night, Senator i ipbier introduced the following amendm8Bit to the bill conforming it to the judgment of himself and Senator Patterson, whojpoted against it. It came in as a provis?*to Section 8, by which the bonds r weqe declared validated and confirmed. . ''provided that the question of validating tod ratifying the said subscriptions, contracts apd obligations, and of said instruments of writing puroorting to be bonds, be submitted /^tothe qualified voters of said townships at an election to be held in the manner and upon the S* petitions and notice prescribed in the several Acta neretotore authorizing or purporting to authorize the same; and the said elections shall be held -within ninety days aftor the passage of this Act; and the county commissioners of the i counties in which the several townships are I situate shall order, hold and conduct said elec& tions within said period in the same manner as B the elections were and have heretofore been held, at which said elections the question to besubmitteu shall be "validation" or "no vali^ daiion," and provided a majority of said qualif / fled electors snail vote in favor of validation." / After one or two verbal amendments I had been made to the bill, Senator Hemphill tried to amend it by providing that none of the bonds be confirmed by the townships until the railroads in whose aid they were issued were completed and received by the railroad commissioners. After debate, the amendment was tabled by a vote of 19 to 9. The nine were Senators Donaldson, Erwin, Ferguson, Field, Hemphill, Mason, Moody, Smith of Horry, and Wilson. Senator Wilson was loaded with amendments, which he fired off with the rapidity of a Gatling gun. The friends of validation opposed them as tending to kill the bill, ana as a rule they were defeated. Senator Hemphill moved an amendment to amend the section giving the townships power to perform certain corporate acts by providing that no citizen should vote who was not registered as a qualified voter. Tabled by 15 to 11. Senator Wilson offered several other amendments on the same line, which were promptly tabled. He then moved to exempt from the provisions of the bill, five townships of York county. He followed this up with a red-hot speech v^against the treatment of such townships s by the Three C's Road. He showed that tftgse >ownships had subscribed $217,000 few Jfert of bop 5s to that road, and that some wtre to-day paying from 5 to Gl ^B^^^^^^Biterest thereon. The managers of promised to make it a trunk ^^^^H^^Bharleston to Ashland, Ky., on and not to put more than ^^^H^^^^^^Btebonds upon it. They had road to Rutherford ton, ^^HH^H^^^^Kiortgaged the road tp the Southern Construction ^^^^HHH^^^Biemselves, for $2^000 that with ihe trunk ^^H^^^^^HH^Bebt, the company would ^^ ^^ ^^^ BBkissued to the were an by the auroad. as the de-j . bvi constructing limits' anfl ^1 hereafter receive the benefits which accrue to j themselves and to their property by reason of j improved highway facilities ever the lines of said railroads ; and whereas it is proper that ! all township bonds so used or pledged should i be honestly paid ; and whereas the said several ! townships may more fully perform their ob- ! ligations and carry out proper corporate purposes by being duly incorporated ; therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina now now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That all townships in the several counties of this State which have heretofore issued, executed or contracted to execute and deliver bonds or other .securities in the name of their respective townships are hereby recognized as and declared to be bodies politic and corporate under their several names as now fixed ; the inhabitants within the territorial limits of the said several townships respectively being members of the several townships hereby recognized as and declared to bo incorporated. The said corporations, by their corporate name, may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and prosecute and defend any proper action at suit in law or in equity. Sec. 2. The said several townships may hold real estate for the use of the inhabitants, and may convey the same by deed of their agents, upon a vote of a majority of the inhabitants at an election ordered by the county commissionera upon a written petition of a majority of the freeholders resident therein; may hold personal estate for the public use of the inhabitants, and alienate ana dispose of the same by vote at an election to be held upon like order and petition as aforesaid; may hold real and personal estate in trust for the support of schools and for the promotion of education within the limits of the township; may make contracts necessary for the exercise of their corporate powers, and may make orders for the disposal or use of their corporate property as they may judge necessary and expedient for the interest of the inhabitants, and may, with the approval of the county commissioners and of the General Assembly, lay out, build, alter and repair highways, and such power may be exercised by said townships not only by virtue of their incorporation, but also as a territorial subdivision of the county. Sec. 3. Said townships may, at legal meetings, grant and vote such sums of money as they may judge necessary for the following purposes: Provided, Special authority so to do shall be hereafter first granted by act of the General Assembly, except as to the elections provided for in section 8 hereof. 1. For the support of town schools. 2. Laying out, building, altering and repairing highways or aiding the construction of highways. 3. For all necessary charges and liabilities arising therein. 4. For paying at maturity such obligations as have been contracted pursuant to law. 5. For burial grounds. Sec. 4. Township meetings shall be held at such such times and places as the board of county commissioners may order, after one month's public notice. At such meeting the chairman of the board of county commissioners shall preside, and the meeting shall elect a clerk. A majority of the qualified electors of the township shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and a majority of the qualified electors of the township shall be necessary to a decision ; Provided, that no debt shall be contracted or obligation incurred or tax assessed except by a vote by ballot, and except under and by virtue of a previous Act of the General Assembly hereafter to be enacted specially authorizing such debt, obligation or tax, except as to the election provided for in Section 8 hereof. Sec. 5. At all the meetings held for the transaction of township business, every male citizen resident within the township 90 days immedi ately preceding such meetings, duly qualified to vote in State and county elections, shall be entitled to vote. Sec. 6. Said township may hold real estate for corporate purposes, not exceeding in value five thousand dollars. Sec. 7. The county commissioners for the time being, of the county wherein said townships are respectively situated, shall be the corporate agents of the said townships and the officers of said township corporations. And the said county commissioners shall assess such taxes as have been legally ordered by or for said townships, and certify such assessment to the county auditor, to be by him entered upon his tax duplicate for such townships. Sec. 8. That all petitions for election, elections, subscriptions, contracts, obligations and Acts heretofore made, done and eutered into by or in the name of said several townships claiming to be incorporated bodies, and herein recognized as such, or made, done and entered into by the county commissioners of the several counties in which said townships are respectively located as the corporate agents of said townships, to and with railroad corporations in pursuance and id conformity to the provision of the several Acts of Assembly heretofore passed, which purported authorize and direc^said petitions Tor election, elections, 'Strtwoi7p?ta|Hercoo-traet^<9Wrgat-i?M^-?ml.rt^aT. are hereby ratified and confirmed and made as valid and effectual as fuliy and completely as if all the provisions of said Acts of Assembly purporting to authorize and direct said petitions for election, elections, subscriptions, contracts, obligations and acts were therein incorporated, and said petitions for election, elections, subscriptions, contracts, obligations and acts were done, made, entered into and completed subsequent to the passage of this Act, or as if this Act had been then of force and its provisions had been com plied with. And all instruments of writing purporting to be bonds of the said several townships, heretofore executed by the county commissioners of the seyeral counties in which said townships are located, as the corporate agents of said townships, and delivered to the railroad companies in aid of the railroad lines constructed, or being constructed, through the said several townships, or delivered to trust companies or any person to hold in trust until said railroad lines are constructed, which said railroad lines are now wholly or in part constructed, are hereby declared to be, according to their terms, theTaondsand obligations of the said townships respectively. And oil tVio r\*Y\viuinna nf thft anid SfiVfiral Acts of Assembly under which the bonds purported to be issued, regulating the form, execution, denomination, rate of interest, time of payment of interest, payment of principal, mode and manner of payment, assessment of taxes for payment of interest, and disbursement of such interest, and other matters affecting the form, issue and valueof said bonds, are hereby declared to attach to the bonds hereby validated and confirmed; provided that the question of validating and ratifying the said subscriptions, contracts and obligations and of said instruments of writing purporting to be bonds, be submitted to the qualified voters of said townships at an election to be held in the manner and upon the petitions and notice prescribed in the several Acts heretofore authorizing or purporting to authorize the sane; and the said elections suall be held within ninety days after the passage of this Act; and the county commissioners of the counties in which the several townships are situate, shall order, hold and conduct said elections within said period in the same manner as the elections were and have heretofore been held, at which said elections the question to be submitted shall be ' validation" or "no validation," and provided a majority of said qualified electors shall vote in favor of validation. Sec. 9. All railroad stock heretofore received by county commissioners of any county in this State in their name as the corporate agents of the several townships, by this act incorporated, or in the name of said townships, are hereby said to be the property of said townships respectively, to be held by them for corporate purposes;'and the county commissioners of the county in which said townships are respectively situated, shall have the right to vote said stock, as proxy, for the township so owning said stock, in all meetings of the corporation in which said stock is held.' Sec. 10. That this act shall take effect immediately upon its approval. THE BUND UUESTION IX THE HOUSE. In the House of Representatives on Friday, the joint judiciary committee reported the bill to validate the. township j railroad bonds, and Mr. Brawley moved I to make it the special order for Saturday. VvMr. McCaw, who submitted a report,1 objected to this, but it was explained that the committee of ways and means had also snorted a bill to relieve the taxpayers from the panwot of-the special taxes to pa^h?y^?^bonds, and that it th the House the comera atter comsuch legbe I^HH^^^B^HBB of Floyd \jk H^H^HHBw h i tesidE nB^nn^^B^^Bided m^\ mHHW^iKci.j HMH onj ^BHB^^HaH^^Bhe Lea^H ^j^B has been pronounced by the court of last c resort to be unconstitutional, null and r void, would be unseemly and well calcu- t lated to throw the court into disgrace, and r excite the contempt of the civilized world. 1 The greatest ornament to South Caroli- c na from the first era of her history has 1 been her Judiciary, that bright galaxy J of Judges, as conspicuous for their sagacity, c integrity and ability, as any men who j have ever adorned the woolsack in this or 1 in any other country, and the State should I preserve their decisions intact and invio- e late as the brightest jewels in her casket. \ Should the bill reported by the majority s of the joint committee pass, it will be t then equally in order to move a joint res- s olution for submitting to the qualified c electore, at the next ensuing general elec- c tion, the question of abolishing the Judi- i dicial department of the government of e South Carolina. t I would, therefore, recommend that the c Legislature take no action in this matter, c oriil loo,to tho ruiDatinn \xrHorn tho Hpfici- T ions of our court of last resort has placed \ it; and that the bill do not pass. Respect- a fully submitted. W. B. McCaw. t a new bill in the house. ? On Monday, the House judiciary com- c mittee reported the following bill which is intended as a substitute for all the township railroad bills: "Whereas, certain townships in this State have by their vote expressed their willingness ( to Bubject themselves to taxation for the purpose of paying bonds issued by them in aid of , '.ertain railroads; and, whereas by reason of a 1 defect in the Acts authoriziri?*the "issue of said i bonds, they haye been declared invalid: Q "Now, therefore, for thepufpose of carrying into effect the expressed will of the people of h said townships, be it enacted, <ftc.: fl "Section 1. That the township bonds hereto- rr fore issued by county commissioners, as the * corporate agent of any township in this Stat?, S in aid of any railroad^ by vote of the inhabit- h ants of said township, are hereby declared to a be debtsof said townships respectively, havmg authorized the issue of the same, and "the inter- j est and the principal thereof shall be paid according to the terms of the said bonds or tax, v by the assessment, levyingand collection of an o annual tax upon the available property in said n townships, as may be necessary, in like man- ? ner and by the same county officials as the tax levied for county bonds in aid of railroads is assessed, levied or collected ; said t*x to be . known and styled in the tax books as the township railroad tax, and when collected shall be t J r. P tbrt /lAiintrr f A f V??l fl Emu over uy mo i>ronauroi ui i<ijo uuumj ?v olders of said bonds as the interest thereon f may become due, and according to the terms thereof." e This and all the bills on the subject are tl under debate in the two Houses. t THE BIRMINGHA31 TRAGEDY. I The Birmingham, Ala., tragedy is 1 without a parallel in the history of the country. A man accused of murdering his 0 wife and two of his children is commit- ? ted to jail, an angry mob of three thousand men assemble in front of the build- j ing threatening to lynch the prisoner, and s the sheriff of the county, with a guard of * seventy-five posted in the jail and an ad- ? joining building, after repeatedly warning the mob to desist, gives the order to fire, c when ten of the assailants are killed and 1 twenty-three wounded. This prompt and 1 probably unexpected action of the sheriff ^ had the effect of dispersing the mob, but t placing the city in a State of anarchy, rendering it necessary for the preservation of c peace and quiet for the Governor to order 1 a full regiment of State militia to the * scene of the disturbance. The demonstra- ? tiou on the jail was made on Saturday g night, the 8th instant, and the city was j under control of the military from Sunday* i until the following Thursday, when ali but the local companies were removed. c The sheriff is censured by some for what j they characterize hasty and excitable action, though the Governor of Alabama, a and with but one exception, so far as we have seen, the press of the country, sustain c him. He says that he did not give his f guard the order to fire until shots had a 4>eerr ffrethfrom the mob towards the jail, ' and threats made to blow up the building t by dynamite. A coroner's jury is investigating the * cause of the death of the ten men killed by the sheriffs instructions to fire, though c the county commissioners have given the i coroner notice that they will not approve c any claim for the expense of conducting I the inquest. The expense will be borne * by private subscription. In che mean- ^ time, three warrants have been sworn out against thesheriff charging him with mur- i der, and he has promptly given bail in a the sum of $25,000 in each case. ^ The crime charged to Richard Hawes, ^ the prisoner on whom the mob sought to wreak vengeance, is one of the most diabolical on record, and from its nature and the disastrous results leading from it, the following brief sketch will be interesting: Two years ago Richard R. Hawes, then living in Atlanta, found that his wife was unfaithful, and he instituted a suit for divorce in the Atlanta courts, which never came up for a hearing. He moved to Montgomery and then to Birmingham, taking his wife and three children, Irene, May and Willie, with him. His wife was a drunkard and he frequently beat and t abused her. He met a Miss Mayes Story, a young lady of Columbus, Mississippi, s and became deeply in love. His past mar- ' ried life had been a failure. He longed for I the companionship of a faithful wife, and I he saw in his new love the very woman t whom he could trust. He became engag- \ ed to Miss Story, and made untruthful e statements to her about his family, telling e her that he was divorced and had but one s child living. I Marrying Miss Story, he returned to \ Birmingham on the evening of the 6th, c with his new bride, only to be arrested, as r he left the train, on the charge ol murder, a The following discoveries gave grounds I for the charge: t On the 3rd of December, the body of a e young girl was found in East Lake, five i miles from where Hawes lived, but it was h identified as that of Mary Hawes, his 8 daughter. The examination by physicians, it was said, disclosed the fact that c the girl had been chloroformed and then ' drowned. The police immediately began c an investigation and found that the girl's c .mother was missing and that Hawes had gone to Columbus, Miss. Then the news came from the latter place that Hawes had arrived there on Tuesday and had been married to a woman who was ignorant of the fact that he was not a single man. Then a search was made for Mrs. Hawes No. 1. A negress named Fanny Bryant, who last saw Mary Hawes alive, was arrested and taken to jail as an accomplice in in the murder of the girl. She and Mrs. Hawes were seen* together at the Bryant woman's house on the Saturday previous, but she would not tell anything abou what called Mrs. Hawes there. The Ilawes house was searched and pieces of beaded cape, worn by Mrs. Hawes when last seen, were found covered with blood stains. Traces of blood and evidences of 9 a struggle were apparent about the room. r Thursday and Friday parties searching ? for the body of Mrs. Hawes scoured every i foot of woodland for miles around the city, but, strange to say, no one suggested t I searching the place where the body was c ft?und at last. Then some one said, "Drag I r^lielake at Lake View." This is a pretty ? littlrtdreet of water at the principal subur- ^ "ban *?mort of the city, only half a mile ] from ^^^house where the llawes lived. 1 A s^^^Hfepsrty at once went to the 1 hooks. About noon, Fridrcfc^^^^^Bof Mrs. llawes was found. i-lt bottom of the lake at ? th^^^^^^^Kabout two hundred feet & hay examination |T|^^^^^^^^BdendHkijui|ii4|ike 1 ! in the 8th of the mo/th, and, like her nother, she was heaviy weighted down, laving about thirty-ive pounds of raiload#iron tied aroundher chest and neck. <, The 'body was party decomposed, but ould easily be recogiized by any one who j lad known her. tfie was identified by Tim Hawes, a brotler of the man accused * if this triple murder. There were no ap- . rnrent wounds of Any description, but the ips were bitten two, causing the sup- J losition that she Was strangled or smotn- ] ired and thrown'into the lake before she 3 vas dead. Thtye was a horrible expresion of agony m her face that neither of ] he other corses wore. The coroner has , ummoned a jury, and will hold the in- i luest at the' cemetery. The authorities irdered thatthe body must not be brought . nto the cit/, for already there is great ? ixcitementover it. The findingofIrene's >ody confirms the suspicion that some me has (onfessed, as this lake has been y tlosely giarded since Tuesday, day and light, aid drawn off much farther than ' vas thought necessary. The authorities [redetermined to keep it quiet if such is he case. The local military have been irdererl out to-night. No one seems to |( eat xny trouble, although trouble may 1 tccurat any moment. THE LEGISLATURE. In joint assembly, on Tuesday, 11th, M. I I.Butler was elected United States Sen- < lor for six years from the 4th of next farch. He succeeds himself. There were ] o other nominations, and of the 104 votes ' ist he received 101. Two colored Repub- 1 can members Jr^pi-Beaufort^and one i ora Georgetown, voted for T. E. Miller, 'he following were also elected; Col. T. . Lipscomb, superintendent of the peni- ( mtiary. Thos. Anderson, N. W. Brooker nd J. G. Guignard, directors of the pen- ; ;entiary. Judge Kershaw was re-elected udge of the Fifth Circuit. An election i ,ras held for five members of the board f agriculture, and D. P. Duncan, J. Sto- ( ey Porcher, James McQutcheon, W. A. Lucrum and T. S. Moore, were elected. The following bills of local or general aterest, have received their final readags in the House: Bill to amend the law with reference o unexpended school funds remaining at he end of any fiscal year. Bill to amend Section 2,258 of the Genral Statutes as amended, relating to the erms of service of jurors, so as to exclude he county of Hampton from the operaions of its provisions, and to include the ounties of Richland, Orangeburg and fork in the provisions of said section. A bill to accept the devise and bequest i. Thomas G. Clerason and to establish n agricultural college in connection therevith. A bill to make appropriations for the >ayment of the per diem, mileage, and tationery certificates of the members of he General Assembly, tht salaries of the ubordinate officers and employes thereof tnd for other purposes therein named. A bill to authorize and require the ounty commissioners of York and Berkeey counties, annually, to let out to the owest bidder the contract for public advertisements for said counties. The following Senate bills have received heir third readings: A bill to change the name of the town >f Black's, in York county, to that of Blackburg, and to amend the charter of he said town of Black's by striking out lection 10 thereof. A till tp provide for thepaymentof a alar,)^ Belaid .fcutbe sheriff of Lancascc county, and to provide for thb manner . n which the same shall be paid. A bill to amend the charter of the town if Fort Mill. A bill to incorporate the Rock Hill Real Estate and Loan Company. A bill to incorporate the town of Whit,ker, in York county. A bill to Drotect Driraarv elections and onventions' of political parties and to >unish frauds committed thereat. The following have passed both Houses ,nd order^l to be eprolled : ^ A bill to abmlsn the office of superinendent of highways. A bill to amend an act entitled, "an Act o Charter the town of Clover," approved December 24, 1887. The following charter is on the House alendar: Cherokee Building and Loan Association. Location Blackburg, York ounty; incorporators John G. Black, J. j. Black, M. R. Reese, A. B. Crosby, A. i. Pollock, J. A. White, W. M. Anderon, J. F. Whisonant and N. W. Hardin. Capital stock 1,000 shares. Of the work before the two houses yet mfinished and to be acted upon before idjournment, which is fixed for next Saturday, a legislative reporter for the *Jews and Courier gives the following as he most important: 1. The supply and appropriation, bills. 2. The township bond matter.' i 3. The State pension bill. 4. The primary election bill. 5. The Constitutional amendment on he question of the qualification of voters. (5. The railroad anti-consolidation comnission. (Passed by the Senate.) 7. The salary reduction question. For the YorkvIIle Enquirer. A CARD FROM REV. MR. 1IICKSON. Editor of the Enquirer: As one of hose gentlemen who have thoughtlessly ubjected themselves to the charge that 'they felt more comfortable in my [the ntendant'sl absence," I desire to say that am equally as comfortable now that he las made his appearance. But I am not vritingthissimply toshow that lam neithir abashed nor afraid in Mr. Hart's presnce. His card deserves more serious eonideration. And first, I desire to reprove dr. Hart for his impatience at being removed. It is high time that our public >fficers understand that they are not public nasters, but public servants. When I have , servant, I give him to understand that I lave the right to express an opinion as to he character of his services; and if the expression of that opinion puts him in an inchurch going mood, I inform him that le would be more comfortable in my abence. Now, really, if Mr. Hart was conscious >f having done his full duty, he had a 'good case," and a lawyer who has a good ase needn't lose his temper, even in hurch. Seriously-: -If-AIJV-JJsrt was jeakxi-a for he laws of our town, when he knew them o be trampled under foot, (as he must surey have known in this case) he ought to lave culled such a meeting as was held. Jut failing to do so, much more should he lave attended when citizens assembled for he express purpose of conferring as to neans for enforcing the laws he had sworn o execute. If he had done his duty every \ we had not,?because the laws were being dolated. Who, then, more than he ought o seek means to bring those derelict to luty to a better way ? Mr. Ilart must pardon me for saying, V*n4- V\/*v?i?avv/km ?ha11 1-*a Vinrl /Inno KIo rl iittf uai nuucvci well lit; uau uuuc viuvj irevious to that "temperance meeting," ie didn't do his duty that night. He hould, at least, have come along with the est of us as we?at the suggestion of our rood Sheriff?confessed our short comings n this matter. I needn't add that my personal feelings owards Mr. Hart, as towards each member if the council, are most kind. Of my ap>reciation of his services in other respects is inteudant he has the evidence. For vhile I am given to telling persons what ! disapprove in them, I also, sometimes, 'love a man and tell him so." This I iave done to Mr. Hart. Please allow me, Mr. Editor, in concluion, to express my gratification that some ire being made to suffer for the crime of elliug whisky in Yorkville. True it's inly a negro that's caught. Alas, for falen man. We always kick the poor dog on he door sill as we go out to set the world iright. But let the poor dog whine; even he lught to have known not to have done mng. Ai^t may be some consolation o him^B^Bknow that more dignified M^^^H^^Jiimself can feel the force certai gentlemen ^H^^BH^^^^Hhalling are fortunate color LiOCAL NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. >. G. Sturpis, Priiicipal?McConnellsvillo Male and Female Academy. r. W. Dobson?Notice to persons on his mail lines who desire to take the Enquirer. Vlrs. Mollie E. Dobson?Dry Goods and Millinery. Lowry it Starr?Christmas Goods. Fames U. Allison, Clerk?York County Bonds. ieo. T. Schorls?"I Dusted." . Hunter it Oates?Prepare for a Clean Sweep. VI. it II. C. Strauss?They Have Done Their 1 Duty. EI. F. Adiekes?A Grand Display of all kinds of Holiday Presents at the Grand Central. ? Withers Adiekes?Our Credentials. Walter B. Moore it Co.?Christmas!?He Got Into Our Chimney. Fno. C. Kuykendal?A Perpetual Injunction. I. L. McGill, Administrator of the estate of Mrs. Isabella Simril, deceased?Notice to Creditors and Debtors. t ir T>? ? 1)ln/.l*!fj T Aoi?n Tolofrronhv ft II. X)(>niU3t iJiai lV O uvuiu t /OlcCOXXELLSVILLE ACADEMY. Attention is directed to the advertisement of McConnellsville Male and Female Academy, the next term of which begins )n the 7th of January, 1889, with S. C. Stur;is as principal. "SPELLIXG BEE." The "spelling bee" announced to have been given at the court house on last Frk. iay night under the auspices of the Ladies'/ Auxiliary of the Episcopal church, was postponed until next Friday night, at 7.30 o'clock, at which time it will take place, and will doubtless be an enjoyable affair. Admission 10 cents. . ? , * j 1 > yrHE CASE OF MEEK. Stephen Meek, colored, who was arrested by Town Marshal O'Farrell on Tuesday night of last week, charged with retailing bad spirits, deposited ?10 for his appearance before the intendant at 4 P. M. last Monday for a hearing, but at the appointed hour he failed to materialize, and his bail was forfeited. THE TAXES. By the supply bill before the Legislature, the tax levy in York county for the fiscal year ending the 31st of next October, will be as follows: For State and school purposes 7J mills, lor county anu special purposes4 mills; total 114 mills. This is the amount as agreed upon by the bill now before the House, but it is liable to amendment in the Senate. ^ rose's hotel. It is probable that the management of the above house, in this place, will undergo a change in a few days. For the past eleven years it has been conducted by Mr. Henry W. Smith, but negotiations are now pending between Mr. Thomas W. Clawson, of this place, and Mr. Wm. E. Rose, of Columbia, the owner of the property, by which Mr. Clawson will become lessee, about the first of next year. christmas goods. The days intervening between now and Christmas will be busy ones with those having Christmas shopping to do in the purchase of Christmas goods, toys and presents for the loved ones. In this labor of love and duty, purchasers would be greatly facilitated by consulting the advertising columns of The Enquirer. There will bQ found attractive lists of all kihcLx-ofyoods, from t?e_cheap<S3trto tho. costliest, and adaptedio every taste. the last rail laid. On Saturday last the remaining gap between Hickory Grove and Black's was -1 J i? xi 1- e ClOSeti uy llie pmuiug Ui UIC loot inn, nuiui completes a continuous line from Rutherfordton, N. C., to Camden, in this State, and with its connections at Camden, makes a through line from the mountain town to the sea. A few miles of surfacing will complete the important work, and this will be done as rapidly as the weather will permit. christmas. Before another issue of The Enquirer greets its readers, Christmas day will have passed, and we now, in advance, extend to our readers the compliments of the festive season, wishing them all a happy Christmas. The Enquirer will not intermit the week, but will appear on Wednesday next, the 2Gth, as usual; and on the 2nd of January, 1889, taking on new life, it will appear in its new form, the largest paper ever printed in upper Carolina. Then we will extend the compliments of the New Year season. ^(the temperance sentiment. The petition of citizens of Yorkville, now in the hands of the York delegation, asking the Legislature to pass a bill prohibiting the sale of spirituous liquors in Yorkville, by druggists or apothecaries on physicians' prescriptions, contains the names of l.'lG white voters out of 158 in the town ; the names of between 40 and 60 young men and youths not yet voters, and the signatures of about 1G0 white women. This would indicate a strong sentiment in our community in favor of securing prohibition in fact as well as in name. REV. K. H. GRAVES, D. D. At the Baptist church on last Sunday night Rev. K. li. Graves, D. D., a missionary of the Southern Baptist Convention to Canton, China, delivered an interesting and instructive lecture with regard to the progress of Christianity in that great Pagan empire. Dr. Graves has spent about thirty-three years in China and is in this country temporarily for his health. It is his intention to return to China in the Spring. I)r. Graves left here Monday afternoon. He was, while here, the guest of his former co-laborer in Canton, Rev. F. C. Hickson. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal ?Si? nd &30- K M. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. J. C. Galloway, Pastor. Services at Tirzah next Sunday at 11.30 A. M. and at Yorkville at 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3.30. P. M. Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, Pastor. Services at Yorkville next Sunday at 11. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock P. M. Prayer meeting to-morrow evening at 7 o'clock. There will be a Church conference at Union at 2.30 P. M. on Sunday. Methodist Episcopal?Rev. W. \V. Daniel, Pastor. Services at 11 A. M. and 7 P. M. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayermeeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, Pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 A. M. and 7 P. INI. Sunday-school at 3 P. M. Prayermeeting to-morrow evening at 4 o'clock. THE BOND QUESTION. As a matter of public interest we devote considerable space this week to the proceedings in the Legislature on the bond question, the bills pending before that body being the outgrowth of the recent decision by the State supreme court declaring invalid bonds voted by townships in aid of railroads. In view of a possible demand for the ? ,1,, ^f ?Un t/Mirnatiina in tliio nfllintv f.hafc f LJUIIUS U1 lilt; kUHUOIlipo Hi >1110 wutiv^ - have voted subscription to the Three C's Railroad, a meeting of citizens of several of the townships affected was held in this place last Saturday. The meeting was private, hut the injunction of secrecy has since been removed, and we are inform-1 ed by one of the participants that a large j number of citizens have already pledged 1 their faith and the necessary funds to resist any mandamus proceedings that may be instituted by the railroad company, in ers to deliver the bonds on demand; I or if necessary to take the initiative by injunction VeDjoining the commissioners from delivering the bonds. PERSONAL MENTION. Mrs. W. J. Bowen, of Charlotte, is in Yorkville visiting her parents. Mr. W. Katchford, of Sedalia, Union county, was in Yorkville last Saturday. ^Mr. W. 1?. | Barron returned home last Saturday fronci Scott's Station, Ala., where he has been for the past three weeks. .^Mrs. Horace H. Beard will leave here this afternoon Ion a short visit to her paTents in Augusta, Ga. VMr. Jenkins Davinney, a worthy young man of this county, left on last Monday for Texas, ill which State he expects to make his home in the future. Mr. Oliver E. Grist left last Wednesday afternoon for Louisville, Ky., where he expects to spend the holidays with friends ana reiauves. The Misses Alexander, of St. Augustine, Fla., who have been in Yorkville with relatives and friends since the yellow fever epidemic, returned home yesterday afternoon. ^We were pleased to receive a call last Saturday from Mr. J. Alonzo Brown. Mr. Brown is a native of York, but for several years past has lived in Texas. He has returned to his old home to remain. The many friends of Col. Charles F. Hnkty loqg t^e -traveling representative of the Kennesaw flouring mills, at Marietta, Ga., will* regret to learn that henceforth they will be deprived the pleasure of his periodical visits, he having taken charge of the mills as superintendent. /^.OFFICIAL BONDS. On iVwnday last the county commissioners elect for York county filed their official bonds with Jos. F. Wallace, clerk of the court, and the same were approved and accepted by him. The bonds are in the penal sum of $2,000 each. The incoming commissioners and their sureties are as follows: R. W. Whitesides, with the following sureties: T. P. Whitesides, J. M. Whitesides, J. B. Whitesides, D. M. Hall, Robert J. Love. T. G. Gulp, with the following sureties: J. W. Ardrey, J. E. Massey, S. J. Kimbrell, L. N. Culp. Win. Ross, with the following sureties: Robert T. Riggins, E. N. Davidson, John L. Rainey. The members of the new board will not organize and enter upon theirduties before the first of next year. The following officers elect filed their bonds with the county commissioners, and the same were approved in a meeting of the board yesterday: Rev. L. A. Johnson, county school commissioner, in the penal sum of $1,000, with W. L. Goforth and F. Happerfield as sureties. Mr. Johnson is his own successor. Wm. H.McCorkle, probate judge, in the penal sum of $5,000, with the following sureties: T. B. Whitesides, B. Neely Moore, F. H. Brown, Curtis M. Parrott. Col. McCorkle succeeds J. R. Kennedy, who will vacate the office in his favor next Monday. W. Brown Wylie, clerk of the court of common pleas and general sessions, in the penal sum of $10,000, with the following sureties: J. Nv McDill, J. M. M. Cain, R. N.McElwee, J, W. Allison, Wm. S. Wilkinson, Vfylie succeeds Jos. F. Wallace, but he wifi.^ot enter upon the duties of the office until the^rst of next month. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. LETTER FROM ROCK HILL. Rock Hill, December 17.?The stores of our town are full of Christmas goods and all are trying to see if they cannot excel in their display;???^ The telegraph wires on the line of the Three C's Railroad reached this place on Saturday, and an office has been opened in the passenger depot. Rev. R. H. Jones, former pastor of the M. E. Church at this placfe, with his family, left for his new charge, Aiken, on Wednesday last. Rev. T. C< Odell, the recently appointed pastor of this circuit, arrived on Friday and preached td a large congregation on Sunday. Rev. J. W. McRoy, pastor of the North Rock Hill circuit, has removed with his family to this place and occupies the parsonage on Main street, i TJr,/?lr Hill TTnirrlifa nf T-Tnnnr mpl. X 111? Xbvvn. xx i it xxui^uvu .Awt.w. M.w. on Thursday night last and elected the following officers tjo serve for the coming year: Dictator, S. L. Reid; Vice-Dictator, T. P. Roddey ; Assistant Dictator, J. J. Hull; Reporter, Fred. H. London ; Financial Reporter, W. S. Creighton ; Treasurer, W. G. Reid ; Cfiaplain, Jno. R. London; Guardiafi, A. j). Holler; Guide, J. C. Sharpe; Sentinel S. G. Keesler. Trustees, Jno. R. London, Wm. Whyte, A Friedheim. Representative to Grand Lodge, D. C. Williams;, alternate, S. L. Reid. After the close of the meeting the lodge enjoyed an oyster abpper. Since my last letter ouj, sectiotj has lost by death three old and: valued citizens. Mr. W. J. Boyd died of pneumonia at his residence on Monday night last. He was a soldier of the late war, a member of Company H, 12th S. C. V.< and while serving his country lost; his arm. His age was 64 years. Mr. Thos. Wood, one of the oldest residents of our town, died.on Wednesday last. He had been quite linwell for some time, and his death was not altogether unexpected. Mr. Wood- removed from Lexington, N. G'., to this county in 1845. At the time of his death he was in his 79th year. On Saturday morning\ the relentless reaper cut down another old citizen, Mr. W. E. Waters, father of Cel. J. J. Waters and Mr. W. J. Waters. His death was * ? ? :iin^n CJIUSGC1 Oy PUUUIIJUUIM., U1S| luucac ia.3iiug only a few days. Mr. Wafers was 81 years of age and had been a consistent member of the Baptist church for GOyears. He has always been respected and esteemed by his neighbors. Mr. J. C. Sharpe, marshtl of town, has wonderfully improved tho appearance of the cemetery, having had *11 of the vacant lote dad the r/ai'fa a'taut'tt1 The treasurer's report to the town council of Hock Hill shows a bularr.ee of cash on hand of $1,551.95. Hal. Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. HICKORY GROVE NOTES. Hickory Grove, December 17.?The organization of an Associate Reformed church at this place has just been completed. On the 1st day of December, the session of Smyrna church gave letters to twenty-four persons, members of that congregation, who proposed to go into the new organization. Of the above number Mr. Moses White was a ruling elder. On Wednesday, the 6th, these persons met in the parlor of Mr. J. N. McDill, and elected Messrs. Moses White, J. N. McDill, J. W. Castles and Dr. J. Wistar Allison as elders. Dr. Allison, however, declined to accept the election. At the same time and place Messrs. J. H. and J. C. Wylie j were elected deacons. On Saturday, the j the 9th, these persons were examined and j ordained to their respeotive offices with ; the exception of Mr. J. C. Wylie, who was so unwell as to prevent his presence. The examination and ordination was conducted by Rev. R. G. Miller, of Sard is, j N. C., who is President of the Board of! Home Missions of the A. R. Presbyterian ; church. At the close of the election for officers, a building committee was also appointed, consisting of Dr. J. W.Allison, Messrs. Moses White and J. N. McDill. The intention is to secure a building lot at once, and adopt vigorous measures to erect a house of worship. The business outlook continues to be very promising. We have four stores here at present, all doing a fine business, and others will be built at no distant day. New dwellings are going up and the sound of hammer and plane are heard early and late. All the indications point to a thriving, growing town, as it is sur rounded by a fine farming country. The Three C's Railroad has been a grand thing for this section. x. 11 L Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer. NOTES FROM WESTERN YORK. Hoodtown, December 17.?The farmers have about finished picking cotton and sowing wheat. Mr. 11. B. Black met with a sad misfortune last Saturday night, lie had gone to his father's, a short distance away, and about 9 o'clock he discovered his house to be on fire. Before he could get back it was too late to save anything. Everything was burned except the clothing which he and his wife had on. Pie also had about two bales of seed cotton burned. It is a sad misfortune, but I hope the people will give him all the help they can. The return of Rev. Mr. Harley as pastor at Shady Grove has given general satisfaction. He is well liked by all, both as a man and preacher. He will begin a protracted meeting at Shady Grove, comtnonolnr* nn fha flrof Qnn/lotr in Toniiarv uivuv,!! vii II* v in jl uuwuaj in uuuuuiji Rambler. MERE-MENTION. The Vermont Legislature having refused women the right to vote in municipal elections, certain women have sent in a petition declaring that "taxation without representation is tyranny," and asking to have all taxes removed from property owned by women. The unprecedented floods in Georgia for two years past are at tributed, by speakers before the American Forestry Congress at Atlanta, to the reckless destruction of the forests at the headwaters of the streamsaffected. Business failures occurring throughout the country during the last week number for the United States 268, Canada 85, a total of 308 against 305 the previous week. Rev. James P. Boyce, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Kentucky, who went to France some months ago for his health, is in Paris dangerously ill with gout. The Georgia House of Representatives have passed a bill appropriating $500,000 for educational purposes, and the same bill will pass the Senate. A deputy sheriff of Tompkins county, New York, was robbed recently by burglars whom he was pursuing. They relieved him of his valuables and his weaponsand started him home. A cablegram received at Portland, Oregon, announces the massacre bv natives at Can ton, China,^)f Miss Preston, an American lady attached to the missions, and of a number of Europeans. The total number of railroad accidents in the United States during October includes 82 collisions, 58 derailments and 6 other accidents?a total of 146, in which 120 persons were killed and 223 injured. At Taylorsville, Illinois, Charles W. Henderson, a veterinary surgeon, has been sentenced to twenty-eight years in the penitentiary for torturing forty or more horses with sulphuric acid and croton oil during the progress of a political meeting held there on November 3. Late intelligence confirms the rumored captivity of Stanley, the African explorer. He surrendered to hostile chiefs on the 10th of October, at Lado. The yellow fever at Jacksonville, Florida, is declared ended, and refugees are returning to their homes in that city. The number of deaths reported as occurring there during the existence of ? the plague is 412. Complete returns show that the Cleveland electors carried West Virginia by an average majority of 536. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Six bar-keepers in Greenville have petitioned the town council to increase the retail liquor license from $400 to $1000. ? Maj. A. B. Wardlaw, president of the Abbeville national bank, and a prominent and public spirited citizen of that town, died of pneumonia on Friday last. ? Robert and George Ivey, father and son, have been committed to jail in Sumter county on the charge of murdering Franklin J. Cato. All are white men, and whiskey was at the bottom of the tragedy. ? The Charleston World is informed of a rather remarkabe incident which occurred at Robeson, Chesterfield county,on Thursday. On Wednesday Capt. Redfern, the oldest man in the community, died. On Thursday, Mr. Joel Baker, who has been a life long friend of Capt. Redfern, while marking off his grave, dropped dead on the ground. Mr. Baker was 78 years old. ? Mrs. Eliza McKee, an estimable lady of Charleston, was at Bamberg last Thursday night. She had purchased a ticket for Charleston and entered the coach, when she ascertained that her ticket was missing, and forced her way to the depot, passing under a lot of freight cars, which she supposed were detached from an engine. Before she could cross the track the cars, which were a part of a freight train, moved off, grinding her to death under the wheels. Another Race War.?A sanguinary i riot occurred at Wahalak, Kemper county, Miss., last Sunday night. The town is on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The riot arose out of a long standing hostility between white and colored laborers, similar to that which recently occurred at Bevier, Mo. The facts, as far at they can be ascertained, are as follows: A negro and a white man became engaged in a quarrel. and the negro was killed. This was an excuse for an assault, and immediately the blacks swept down upon the whites, greatly outnumbering them. Knowing that it was a fight to the death, the whites prepared to receive their assailants. When the battle was ended it was found that twelve white men and over one hundred and fifty blacks had been killed. Fire at Black's.?On the night of December 5th, Mr. J. D. F. Duncan's barn and all its contents, and four adjacent outbuildings and contents, were destroyed by fire. It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary, as no fire or light had been used there in a long time. The two mules, after much difficulty, were rescued. All the corn, cotton, wheat,forage, also wagon and buggy with farming machinery and implements, were destroyed. Loss estimated at over $2,000 with $1,000 insurance on barn and out buildings, all located at Black's, S. C. Mr. J. 1). F. Duncan had a narrow escape from suffocation while rescuing his mules.?[Shelby Aurora. Ifiarhct Jlcportri. YORKVILLE, December 19.--Cotton, 9 to 9f. LIVERPOOL, December 17.?Cotton quiet iwui -rat-bee-ettsisr; zn iild! ing 5 7-1 fld.?? \ ~ ^ CHARLESTON, December 17.--Cotton quiet; middling. 9 7-16. NEW YORK, December 17.?Cotton quiet; middling uplands, 9 13-16. Futures closed steady, with sales of 75,300 bales, as follows ; December, 9.48 to 9.49; January, 9.51 to 9.52; February, 9.64 to 9.65; March, 9.76 to 9.77; < April, 9.88 to 9.89; May, 9.98 to 9.99; June, 10.08 ' to 10.09; July, 10.15 to 10.16; August, 10.21 to 10.22 ; September, 9.84 to 9.87. Special jrtoticts. * Religious Notice. There will bo preaching at Olivet Church, f McConnellsville, on Sunday, 23d instant, at 3 P.M., by Rev. B. P. Reid. Religious Notice. , There will be preaching at Pliiladelpliia Chuich on Sunday next, 23rd instant, at 11 o'clock A. M., and at King's Mountain Chapel at 3 P. M. Jno. L. Hahlky. York Haptist N. S. Convention. The next session of the York Baptist Sundayschool Convention will he held with Union Church, beginning on Friday, December 28th, and ending Sunday, December 30th. This body is composed of delegates from the Baptist Sunday-schools and churches of York county, and a large *Uendancc is expected, as this is the regular time for the election of officers for the ensuing year. It is requested that the Sunday schools will appoint delegates at once. The following subjects will be discussed: 1. History of our Convention and its futuro possibilities. Rev. J. A. White and H. E. Johnson. 2. Importance of an intimate knowledge of God's Word, and how to obtain it. Rev. G. M. Webb and J. B. Wood. 3. Our Missions in Papal Countries. Rev. C. T. Scaifo and L. Shurley. k 4. fmnortance of oriranizinir Women's Mis- I sion Societies in our churches. Kev. F. C. I Ilickson, F. H. Dover and Rev. J. A. White. fl 5. Scripture Doctrine of Repentance. Revs. J. A. Ilill and R. (>.* Patrick. The introductory sermon will be preached fl by Rev. |'F. C. Ilickson, and the Missionary fl sermon lry Rev. C. T. Scaife. B II. K. JOHNSON", President. fl K. H. Dover, Secretary. fl