Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 01, 1890, Image 2
Jtajns and ;facts.
? A call for the 22nd annual convention ,
of the Woman's Suffrage Association, to
meet in Washington February 18th to21st,
has been issued. It recites the progress
made in behalf of woman's suffrage during
the past year and says the steps of progress ,
already achieved should encourage the
timid and the brave to renewed efforts.
?Col. Wilson, the Federal officer who
captured President Davis over twenty
years ago, has subscribed $100 to the Davis
Land |fund, for the relief of the widow
and daughters of his former captive. It was
a voluntary testimonial from a brave man
who wore the blue, to the memory of the
brave leader of those who wore the gray,
and it will be appreciated by every generous
and true heart in the South.
? A free fight took place at a Christmas
celebration in a country church at Gallatin
county, Illinois, at which chairs, clubs,
knives and pistols were used. Thomas
Burroughs, church door keeper and one of
the most respectable and prominent farmers
in the county, was dangerously stabbed.
Stout Colbert was hit in the chin with
a bullet, and Beveral other persons received
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mistake io distributing presents.
? The clergymen of Richmond are dis-r
cussing the questiou of funerals; whether
funeral sermons are proper; whether Sunday
funerals should be discouraged;
whether extravagant funeral displays
should be discouraged. There is a difference
of opinion among the clergy about
funeral sermons and about other matters
in connection with funerals. But they
all agree that a reform in extravagant
customs is needed. And on that point the
whole community agrees.
? A dispatch from Admore, Indian Territory,
says that on the 24th ultimo, Deputy
United States Marshall Lucks and
another deputy attempted to arrest Lige
Brandham and Joe Merritt for introducing
intoxicating liquors into the Indian
Territory. A lively battle ensued, all the
combatants using their revolvers. Brandham
was shot in the right breast and mortally
wounded, but he continued to fire
as long as he had strength to raise his revolver.
Neither of the officers were injured.
Merritt was arrested.
? An important case, originatingat Seale,
Ala., in the prosecution of Dr. S. W.
Brooks, an allopath physician, for practicing
his profession without having secured
a license from tho State board of medical
examiners, has just been decided in the
supreme court of that State at Mobile, re??
tKn ^anioinn nf tho lna'Or f'ftll ft.
which imposed a fine of $100 on Dr.
Brooks, and discharging defendant. The
supreme court of the State holds that a
physician's diploma is as good in Alabama
as a medical board license. Dr. Brooks
was a graduate of a Georgia medical college.
? Recently a meeting of the people of
Halifax county, N. C., was held to devise
means of relief from the condition entailed
by crop failures. It was suggested that the
best means of relief would be a special session
of the legislature, which could authorize
the county to issue bonds. A committee
was appointed to lay the matter before
the governor and ask him to convene the
legislature. The committee discharged its
duty Saturday, but Governor Fowle,
while deeply sympathizing with the people
of Halifax in their distressed condition,
expressed the opinion that this was a
case for community relief rather than legislative.'
?The Grand Army men of the 1st congressional
district of Indiana, held a meeting
at Carthage and unanimously passed a
resolution "approving the course taken by
Governor Hovey in favoring the service
pension bill and condensing in unmeasured
terms the course of President Harrison in
his message to congress in their behalf."
A similar resolution has been passed by
several of the Grand Army posts in that
section. The president's friends are now
charging the governor with Instigating at
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the only soldiers' friend. Governor Hovey,
it is said, believes Harrison is dead politically,
and is scheming to succeed him as
Indiana's favorite Republican son.
? There were altogether about 300 distinct
epidemics of influenza in Europe between
1510, when the disease was first
noted at Malta, arrd 1850. In 1729 the
whole of Europe suffered severely. According
to statistics published by the Novoe
Vremya, the disease caused 908 deaths in
London in one week, and in Vienna 60,000
persons were affected. In 1737 and 1743
there were futher outbreaks, and the deaths
in one week in London amounted to 1,000.
In 1775 domestic animals were first attacked
by it. In 1782, 40,000 persons fell ill of
it in St. Petersburg in twenty-four hours.
In St. Petersburg quinine is now served out
daily to the troops, mixed with vodka.
? A Johnstown (Pa.) dispatch dated on
Christmas, says: This has been a delightful
day. The thermometer has been about
60? degrees since noon. The sun has been
shining brightly all day, and the air is as
balmy as in May. Johnstown never expeo
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Christmas, and gift-making has never
been more universally indulged in. Jewellers
profited largely, as did also furniture
and variety merchants. Services were
held in all the churches, and Sundayschool
children received their gifts from
teachers as in former years. It is surprising
how little reference is made to-day to
the Hood It is scarcely mentioned.
? The Kansas City probate court decided
an unique case a few days ago. It was
that of a colored woman who had just discovered
that she is a free woman and not
a slave, and who brought suit against her
late master's estate for $1,400 wages. At
the commencement of the war Joseph
Hickman, afterwards the wealthiest farmer
in the country, bought a negress in
the market and took her to his farm as a
sewing maid. Since that time she has
never been allowed to go beyond the
bounds of the farm, and in her petition she
alleged that she had been permitted to
hold converse with none of her race, and
none of the family were ever permitted to
tell her the results of the war. When her
old master died three weeks ago she ran
away to Boonville, and while there heard
that slaveshad been emancipated and that
she was a free woman. She told her story
to a lawyer, and he broughtsuitto recover
$1,400 (wages at $5 a month for twentyfive
years) from Hickman's estate. The
court decided for the plaintiff, and allowed
one half of the amount claimed.
? There will be another rush at this congress
for the making of new States. The
territories of Idaho, Wyoming, New
Mexico and Arizona, are knocking for admission
into the Union. Idaho and Wyoming
will be Republican, and New Mexico
and Arizona Democratic. A bill has been
introduced for the formation of a new
State, to be called Columbia, this proposed
State embraces the eastern half of
the Indian Territory, the part occupied by
the five civilized tribes?the Cherokees,
the Choctaws, the Creeks, the Chickasaws
and the Seminoles, and also the Osages
and some small tribes. There ^re about
70,000 persons in this area who claim to
belong to the tribes, but not 10 per cent, of
them have more than half Indian blood.
In tact, the Indian has disappeared there
and the intelligent white man has succeeded
him. There are also as many white
people in the proposed State who do not
belong to the tribes, as there are citizens
of the tribes, making 140,000 or more people
in all. The soil is very rich, the climate
is delightful, the air is salubrious,
and the landscape is beautiful in the extreme.
The proposed State would be
about the size of the State of Indiana and
would support as large a population, if not
larger.
? In reply to a letter from the mayor of
Richmond, transmitting a resolution of the
city council, expressing the desire that
the remains of Jefferson Davis might be
interred in Richmond, Mrs. Davis writes,
under date of December 21: "If gratitude
for the manner in which the people of
Richmond sustained him during the war,
his affection for her citizens and pride in
the calm fortitude of her men and women
under crushing defeat, were to be the moving
cause only, I might lay him there unquestioned.
But the State of his birth,
Kentucky; the State of his adoption, which
showered every honor upon him within
her gift, Mississippi; the State where
the Confederacy first unfurled her flag,
Alabama; the State in which his parents
spent their early life, and where his father
was born, and where my husband has
received maD honors, Georgia ; the State
in which we lound friends and home and
where our dead repose, Tennessee; and
last, not least, the State which now giyes
him sepulture amidst the tears and plaudits
of her people, Louisiana?all these have
put forth claims so strong that I cannot
choose among them, and have decided to
wait perhaps a year before making a selection.
To rest'in the soil with your immortal
heroes, Gens. Robt. E. Lee and Stonewall
Jackson, is a privilege fully appre4
ciated, and I would be the last to undervalue
the honor, but .when the final
decision must be made I cannot be unmindful
of the rights of those who have
done me the honor to claim the custody of
my dead, and I beg you to have patience
with me for a season."
? The United States court room at Galveston,
Texas, presented an animated
scene on the night before Christmas. The
late Federal grand jury indicted about
sixty-two citizens of Fort Bend county
under the Civil Rights Act, charged with
running a man named Ferguson and six
other colored men out of the county. '
There are seven criminal indictments
against each man. Besides this, twentysix
citizens of Richmond, Fort Bend coun-1
ty, were indicted by the same jury on a
charge of murder. This charge grows out
of the late Richmond riot, which resulted
in the killing of Garvey, Frost and Miller.
About fifty prisoners were brought from
Richmond. They are under indictment
for murder, and their cases are not bailable
except by consent of the judge of the court.
The marshal came to Galveston by way of
Houston, where counsel was secured, and
habeas corpus proceedings instituted, but
it was discovered that it would be more
expeditious to go to Galveston. There
was no trouble in securing bail for those
whose offenses were bailable. Twenty of
the wealthiest men in Fort Bend county
came down with the prisoners, prepared
fm-nicK hnnHo Thft flfrirrPirftted bonds
iv iuiuioii vvuu^* *-dp-?n
amounted to over $1,000,000. All were released
except those charged vyith murder,
and application has been made in their
cases for bail. The prisoners are all prominent
citizens of Fort Bend county.
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YORKVILLE, 8. . :
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1,1890.
ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEU1SLATUKE.
The legislature adjourned sine die at 5.15
on Tuesday morning of last week. The
number of ratified acts and joint resolutions,
all of which were signed by Governor
Richardson, is 26G against 177 last session.
The larger number of these acts are
only of local importance. The measures
of general importance which have become
laws are the C'lemson College bill; the bill
to refund the State bonds known as the
brown consols; the bill to codify the laws,';
the bill to purchase a penitentiary farm ;
the joint resolution looking to the establishing
of an asylum for the colored insane
; and the joint resolution providing
for the submission to the people of an
amendment to the constitution abolishing
the board of county commissioners for the
respective counties.
Several measures failed, among which
may be mentioned the proposition to abolish
the two-mill school tax; the refusal
to pass a marriage license bill; the refusal
to pass an act compelling certain railroads
to provide separate accommodations on
their trains for the races; the refusal to
pass a bill providing for the sale of the
State's phosphate rights; and the refusal
to pass the bill instructing our senators
and representatives in congress to vote
against the Blair educational bill.
ACTS OF LOCAL NATURE.
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xne iouuwing is a nat ui mc utio uaoocu .
pertainiDg to legislation for York and
towns in the county:
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to charter
the town of Yorkville, in the State of South
Carolina," approved December 23, 188(5.
To amend an Act eutitled "An Act to create
the School District of Yorkville, in York county,
and enable it to organize a system of free
schools, to levy a tax in support of the same,
and to purchase and bold property," approved
December 22,1884.
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend
and renew the charter of the town of Rock
Hill," approved December 22, 1888.
To incorporate the Rock Hill Water Supply,
Electric Light and Street Railway companv.
To authorize the town Council of Rock Hill
to issue bonds for tho purpose of defraying expenses
already incurred in improving the
streets of said town, and to provide for the
payment of the interest on the same.
To amend the charter of Hickory Grove, in
York county.
To incorporate tho town of Sharon, in York
county.
To incorporate the Blacksburg Street Railway
and Electric Light company.
To establish a special school district in York
county, to be known as the Fort Mill School
District, and to authorize the levy and collection
of a local tax therein.
A joint resolution to authorize and empower
the county commissioners of York county to
apply an unexpended balance of three hundred
and twenty-seven and 47-100 dollars now in the
hands of the county treasurer to the paymont
of ordinary county expenses.
ACTS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The following: list includes the captions
of all the acts of general interest:
To accept the devise and bequest of Thomas
G. Clemson, and to establish an agricultural
college in connection therewith.
To ratify the amendent to Article 4 of the constitution
of South Carolina by adding thereto a
Section known as Section 20 of said article as it
now stands. The effect of this Act is to increase
the term of office of the judges of probate
to four years.
To fix the capital stock of the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railway company.
To further empower county commissioners to
open and establish public highways.
To amend Section 111 of the general statutes,
relating to elections.
Q'o amend Sections 153,154,155 and 157, Chapter
VIII, Title II, Part I, of the general statutes,
relating to the formation and proceedings of
the college of electors.
Joint resolution to amend Article IV of the
constitution of South Carolina, relating to the
Judicial Department, by repealing Section 19,
which provides a hoard of county commissioners.
To permit and authorize the town council of
Chester to borrow money on note and bonds for
the purpose of buying a lot and erecting there
on a public building for said town.
To amend Section 1,790 of the general statutes
relating to mannor of taking renunciation of
dower.
To amend Section 10 of an Act entitled "An
Act to provide for the formation of certain corporations
under general laws." approved December
23, 1880.
To prevent tho killing and destruction of fish
in the fresh waters in this State by the use of
dynamite, giant powder or other explosive material.
To authorize and empower certain incorporated
towns in tho State of South Carolina to substitute
hard labor on their streets for fine and
imprisonment in cases of misdemeanor which
come under their jurisdiction.
To incorporate tho Hoard of Church Extension
of the Methodist Protestantcliurch in South
Carolina.
To incorporate the South Carolina District
Conference of tho Methodist Protestant church.
To amend Chapter XVIII of the general
statutes of South Carolina by inserting Sections
970a, 970b, 970c, providing for quarantining
the State by land against disease and infection.
To enable and authorize School District No. 1
of Court House Township, in Choster county,
to issue bonds for tho purpose of building a
public school house, anu to provide for additional
trustees thereof.
To amend Sections 798 and 177 of tho general
statutes of South Carolina relating to probate
of deeds or other instruments in writing for
record.
To require testimony taken before masters
or referees to be reduced to writing.
To establish Gaffney Forry on Broad river,
in Spartanburg county.
TV. ..nniu tho nnmntrnllop trwnprivl to keen
munjunu vuv. vuu.,,..v..v. 0 ,
all settlements with county treasurers upon a
book to be kept for that purpose.
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend
Section 1283 of the general statutes regulating
the rate of interest upon any contract arising
in this State for the hiring, lending or use of
money, or other commodity," approved December
21, 1882.
To provide for tho revision, digest and arrangement
of the statute laws of the State of
South Carolina.
To make appropriations to meet the ordinary
oxpenses of the State government for the fiscal
year commencing November 1st, 1889.
Tc amend Section 2084, Title XIII, Chapter
LXXVIII of tho general statutes of tho State
relating to labor contracts.
To provide a punishment for making use of
false scales, weights or measures in buying or
selling.
Joint resolution to authorize the board of regents
ofthe lunatic asylum to enquire and report
upon suitable localities for the establishment
of an asylum for the colored insane, and
also to call for donations of land for such purpose.
To provide for the building and maintenance
of the Cleinsou Agricultural college of South
Carolina.
To amend Section 3 and 4 of an Act entitled
"An Act to define the duties of county commissioners,
county school commissioners and
county treasurers in reference to the auditing,
allowing and paying of claims, and to require
annual reports of all claims audited, allowed
and paid by them to be made to tho court of
general sessions.
To amend the law in regard to tho leasing
and hiring out of convicts and to provide for
the purchase of r State farm or farms and for
the employment of convicts theroon.
To amend the law in relation to lands forfeited
prior to December 24th, 1887, and non-delinquent
for tho levy of 1887.
To provido for the redemption of that part of
tho State debt known as tbe Brown consol
bonds and stocks, by the issuo of other bonds
and stocks.
To revive and re-enact the charter of the
town of Gafl'ney City in Spartanburg county.
To amend Section 101)8 of tho geuoral statutes
relating to the alienation of homosteads.
To incorporate the town of Richburg in
Chester county.
To amend Section 14-10 of the general statutes
relating to freight charges by railroad companies.
To amend tho law in relation to the time
within which, and tho parties to whom, the
Acts of the General Assembly shall be distributed,
and when the same shall go Into active
operation.
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend
an Act in relation to forfeited lands, delinquent
lands and collection of taxes."
To repeal Chapter CIX of the general statutes
of the State of South Carolina relating to offenses
against civil rights.
To raise supplies and make appropriations
for the fiscal year, commencing >iovember 1st,
1889.
To prohibit the sale or furnishing or giving
or providing to certain minors of cigarettes,
tobacco or cigarette paper, -or any substitute
therefor, and to provide penalties for the same.
Tr? ohancfi the name of the Camden. Chestei
and Gaffney City Railway company to the Atlantic,
Asheville and Knoxville Railroad company
and to amend the same.
To authorize the county treasurer and county
commissioners of Union county to apply all
taxes received from the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railroad company upon the levy
for county purposes to the payment of the interest
of the bonds subscribed by the townships
of Gowdevsville, Pinckney, Union and Goshen
Hill in aid of said railroad, and for the apportionment
of the said taxes.
Joint resolution to provide for the payment
of "nulla bona" costs on tax executions heretofore
issued to the sheriffs of the several
counties of the State.
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend
an Act entitled 'an Act to amend Sections 2231
and 2227 of the General Statutes, in relation tc
juries,'" approved 24th December 1386, approved
20th December, 1888.
Providing the mode of ascertaining the
nqtnqs of registetysd voters convicted of disqualifying
crimes and requiring their name*
to be erased by the supervisor of registration
from the registration books.
To amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide
for the formation of certain corporations undei
general laws."
To amend Soction 1195 of the general statutes
relating to tare on bales of cotton.
To amend Section 12 of an Act entitled "An
Act to provide for and regulate the incorporation
of towns of less than one thousand inhabitants
in this State.
To regulate the annual settlements of oounty
commissioners, county school commissioners
and county treasurers for county school taxes,
and to require the comptroller general to prescribe
the forms on which said settlements arc
made and the system of book-keeping in said
offices.
MERE-MENTION.
Unseasonably warm weather prevailed
Christmas day all over the country. A1
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Chicago tne mermomeier was ou , auu ai
Pittsburg, Pa., Christmas dinners were
eaten with dining room doors and windows
open. The Florida orange crop
is large this year, and shipments commenced
a month earlier than any previous
year. The movement into the new
State of Washington is extraordinary. II
will soon take the lead in the Northwest.
Gen. Reuben Davis, a cousin ol
Hon. Jefferson Davis, says the latter was
worth very near $200,000 when the wai
began, and nothing at its close. He
thinks Richmond is the place for hi9 burial
if the Confederate States unite in the
asking. In 1842, what is now known
as "influenza" was known then as "Tyler's
Grip." Tyler was president of the United
States, and just alter he vetoed the "United
States Rank bill" this epidemic swepl
over the country and was called "Tyler's
grip." Mark Twain has spent aboul
$100,000 in perfecting the Page type-setting
machine, and he is the principal owner
of the company that will manufacture
them. The machine is sixteen feet long,
nine feet high in the middle and will set!
justify and distribute 45,000 eras of type
daily. By the cave in of a mine at
Angels' Camp, California, on Sunday ol
last week, sixteen miners were buried beyond
the possibility of rescue and perished.
Major E. A.Burke, the defaulting
State treasurer of Louisiana, is in
Spanish Honduras, safe from extradition.
At Cleveland, Ohio, last Friday,
Otte Luthe, a sixteen year old boy, or
trial for the murder of Maggie Thompson,
a girl of eight years, was found guilty
of murder in the first degree. The
business failures throughout the country
last week number for the United States
249, Canada 39, a total 288 compared with
332 the previous week. In a bar-room
fight at Junction City, Ky., the night before
Christmas, Isaac Shelby, Jr., sonol
ex-Governor Shelby, shot and killed Joe
Lingenfeldt. At Bourbon, Illinois,
Samuel Beardsley, a merchant of thai
place, while acting the role of Santa
Claus at a Christmas festival at the Baptist
church, Wednesday evening, met with
an accident that will prove fatal. His
costume of cotton caught fire, and he was
at once enveloped in the flames. A
heavy storm prevailed on Thursday al
Syracuse and other points in New York
State. Anna C. Jones, the seventeen
year old daughter of Rev. Sam P. Jones,
the noted evangelist, eloped last Thursday,
and was married to Wm. M. Gra
ham, stenographer of the uneroxee juaicial
circuit in Georgia. Governoi
Fowle has commuted the sentence of Bill
Alexander, a negro burglar, sentenced tc
be hanged at Charlotte, N. C., to imprisonment
in the penitentiary for life. A
fearful diphtheria epidemic prevails ic
the Heyn settlement, near Leoda, South
Dakota. Fifty-seven children have died
of the disease, and others are on the sick
list. President Harrison visited Richmond
last Saturday, returning that nighl
to Washington. Col. T. M. R. Talcott
has resigned the position of first vice
president of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad company. For the past year he
has had supervision of the traffic businest
on the line. He is succeeded by W. G,
Oakman, of New York. By an accident
last Saturday morning on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad, at White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va., ten persons were
killed. The ex-empress of Brazil died
at Oporto, Portugal, last Saturday. She
will be buried at Lisbon. The governor
of New Hampshire has issued e
proclamation invoking the people of thai
State to make a vigorous enforcement o:
the prohibition law. A decision has
been rendered in the case of Kemmier
the murderer condemned to death undei
the new law of New York, providing foi
the execution of criminals by electricity
which the court holds to be constitu
tional. The wife of General Longstreel
died at the home of herhusband in Gaines
ville, Ga., last Sunday night. The fu
neral of Henry W. Grady occurred in At
lanta on Christmas day. The services
conducted by six of the leading divines.o
the city, were of the simplest form. This
was at the request of the widow. Frorr
the First Methodist church a long proces
sion followed the remains to Oakland cem
etery where the body was placed in a vauli
as a temporary resting place. The
Russian influenza, known as "la Grippe,'
which has spread all over Europe, ha*
reached the United States, and in the
northern and eastern cities and towns
thousands of cases are reported. In Phil
adelphia 100,000 cases were reported on
Monday. It is not necessarily a fatal disease.
YORK BAPTIST S. S. CONVENTION.
Reported for the Yorkville Enquirer.
A very pleasant session of the York
Baptist Sunday-school convention was helt
with the Union church beginning on Friday,
December 27th, and adjourning oc
Sunday, December 29th. It was a disappointment
to the Union church that so few
delegates from other churches were present
; but large congregations from the community
were in attendance each day, and
this in some measure compensated for the
small representation from abroad.
The introductory sermon was preached
by Rev. V. I. Masters from the text found
in John iii, 14. The discourse was a
thoughtful exposition of the passage, and
it was eDjoyed by all who heard it.
The convention was organized and the
following officers were elected: President
H. E. Johnson ; vice president, Rev. J. A,
White; clerk, Rev. V. I. Masters; treas
urer, Rev. R. G. Patrick.
Rev. V. I. Masters introduced the (lis
cussionof the query, "How may we make
church and Sunday-school work more ef
fective?" J. B. Wood, Z. D. Boyd, S. N
Johnson and others participated in the
discussion and made helpful suggestions
on this important question.
Devotional exercises on Saturday morn
ing were conducted by Z. D. Boyd, aftei
which the convention took up the nexi
subject, "How can we best promote the
study of God's Word?" Revs. R. G
Patrick and V. I. Master's addressed the
convention and emphasized the import
ance of knowing God's Word. If an earnest
desire to learn the truth could be
awakenened in the people, the study of the
Bible would be promoted. With thif
thirst for the knowledge of God's Word, ii
the Christian will select a time for read
ing it when the mind is fresh and free
from care, and if he will read regularlj
and prayerfully, using commentaries anc
1 other helps for interpretation, ho may train
I thorough knowledge of the Bible. The
Sunday-school helps might be used with
great profit. Having read thus, let the
student converse with others on passages
not well understood. In this way difficulties
may be cleared up and the study
of the word may be made more profitable.
Other helpful hints were made which cannot
be mentioned in this report.
"Whisky, what shall we do with it?
Make it free,- license j^r prohibit?" was
the question which next occupied tho attention
of the body. Z. D. Boyd led the
discussion. Revs. V. I. Masters and It.
G. Patrick, J. B. Wood, S. N. Johnson
and others discussed the subject with considerable
enthusiasm. In this report it
would be impossible even to outline all
these addresses. Suffice it to say that all
the speakers were decidedly in favor of
prohibiting thesale of liquor as a beverage.
On Sunday morning the questiou : "In
church letters, what is the meaning of the
phrase 'in full fellowship and good standing?'"
was discussed by Sam M. Grist.
He showed that as used in many church
letters, the phrase is misleading and often
false. It was urged that in granting letters
to members, it is even more important
to exercise care than in receiving members.
Rev. V. I. Masters and others briefly
addressed the convention on this subject.
Rev. R. G. Patrick preached at eleven
o'clock from the text found in I John ii, 1,
"Behold what manner of love the Father
has bestowed upon us mai we snouiu oe
t called the sons of God." The subject
drawn from this text was: "The Chris1
tian." Three thoughts were brought out
in the discourse. The dignity, the duty
; and the destiny of the Christian.
J After the sermon, a collection was taken
. up and appropriated to the State Mission
board.
> The following is the programme for tj)|
next meeting: ' ^
i Time of meeting?Friday before tho .r>th
' Sunday in March.
Place of meeting?Paron church.
> To preach introductory sermon?Rev. R. G.
* Patrick.
To preach Missionary sermon?Rev. F. O. S.
Curtis; Rev. J. A. White-, alternate.
1. Woman's work for Missions?Rev. F. O.
i S.^Curtis, Zadok Boyd and A. F. Sharpe.
2. Why is it tho duty of S. C. Baptists to
endow and patronizo Furman University??
Rev. V. I Masters and J. A. White, and Felix
r Dover.
' 3 Scriptural doctrine of Sanctification.?
i Revs. J. A. White and F. O. S. Curtis.
4. The general neglect of family worship,
? and its causes.?Rev. R. G. Patrick, J. T.
I Moore and J. R. Dickson.
Requirements for membership in Baptist
churches.?Sam M. Grist, L. Shurley, and
J. It. Wood. it.
A SENSATIONAL^LYNCHING.
A mob, estimated at from 75 to 100
masked men, entered the Barnwell coilnty
jail at 2 o'clock last Saturday morning,
' and seizing eight prisoners therein con1
fined, took them about a mile out of town,
j and alter tying them to trees, shot them
; to death.
Entrance to the jail was effected by a man
calling to the jailer to come ana receive a
r prisoner. Obeying the summons, the jailer
appeared at the door with the keys of the
. cells in his hand. They were taken from
him, and he was tied and forced to accompany
the lynchers to the scene of the
shooting. After the lynching the jailor
( was released. So quietly was the affair
conducted that the citizens of the town
, slumbered in silence, little dreaming of
the fearful tragedy being enacted within
. hearing distance. Those who were awak'
ened by the firing supposed the report to
I be the noise of fire-crackers, and gave it
' no heed.
The men lynched were Ripley Johnson,
| Mitchell Adams, Peter Bell, Ralph Mur'
rell, Hugh Furze, Hudson Johnson, Rob1
ert Phoenix and Judge Jones. They were
' charged with committingand being accessory
to murders, one of which was the
r shooting of John Heffernan, a young merchant
of Barnwell, by Ripley Johnson,
' I on the afternoon of October 30. There
had been some trouble between Ripley
Johnson and Mr. Heffernan the day before
; the shooting, and although there were
conflicting accounts as to the difficulty, it
' is probable that Heffernan threatened the
negro, for he had been summoned to ap'
pear before the town council the morning
, following, and had been put under bond.
; The killing took place in a colored restau,
rant, where Heffernan had followed Johnson.
Five negroes, charged with being
accessories to the murder, who were in the
restaurant at the time, fled to the swamp
but were shortly afterward captured.
The other murder was that of Robert
Martin, who on the night of December 21,
! was waylaid and shot to death while riding
to his father's house. The young man
was within seventy-five yards of a cluster
of negro houses on the side of the raid,
when he was fired on from behind, mve
bullets entering his back. It was subsequently
discovered that Martin was shot
by a party of negroes who worked t>n his
father's place, and whom the young man
kept pretty close to their work gnd allowed
little license. J
A coroner's inquest was held crver the
dead bodies on Saturday, resulting in the
traditional and time-worn verdict that
| "the deceased came to their deatl^ by the
hands of party or parties unknown."
Ripley ~ Johnson and Mitchell Adams
were buried by the negroesj of the
town, with funeral services by a colored
' Baptist preacher. The other sjix were
buried at the direction of Alderman Pate
[ in the Potter's Field.
; Though the affair has created much ex;
citement among the negroes of Barnwell
[ county, there are no fears of trouble. The
' negroes are subdued in manner and the
sentiment among them seems to be a de[
sire to emigrate from the county.
; Governor Richardson has offered a re'
ward of $200 each for the capture and conviction
of the lynchers.
ALLIANCE TOPICS.
? The various sub-alliances throughout
' Georgia and South Carolina are adopting
[ resolutions declaratory of their purpose to
use no wrapping for cotton during 1800
other than cotton bagging. The general
" demand is that this bagging shall weigh
l one and one-half pounds per yard and be
r forty four-inches wide. Members who refuse
to use cotton bagging will be expelled.
There is a strong feeling in favor of cotton
I sacks for guano, grain, etc.
. ?Says the Pickens Sentinel: Let the
Knights of Labor and the Farmers' Alli!
ance organize, and if they can make any
I improvement on the present government
. and administration of affairs let them do
. so. We aro always ready to be lifted up.
ward and onward, and whatever benefits
the laboring classes, will surely benefit the
{ whole country. There is no danger to the
i merchant and business men from this con,
solidation, as the members of the two or.
ders have passed an edict that every man
. must pay his debts, and if this is lived up
I to, it will be a great benefit to the merchant
; and business man.
A Yeah in the South.?The annual
> review of the industrial progress of the
' Southern States, as published in the Manufacture'Record
of last week, shows that
5,133 new manufacturing and mining enterprises
were organized in that section
in 1889, against3,G18 in 1888 ; 3,-130in 1887;
and 1,575 in 1880.
The amount of capital and capital stock
of these companies was$229,703,000 in 1889,
and $108,801,000 in 1888.
j The total number of new industrial en'
terprises organized in the South during
' the last four years, or since January 1,
' 188G, of which the Manufacturers' Record
" has given full particulars, is over 13,700,
r divided as follows.
Iron furnace companies 120, machine
" shops and founderies 441, agricultural im1
plement factories 03, gas works 101, flour
J mills 535, furniture factories 220, cotton
mills 207, water-works 331, carriage and
j wagon factories 170, electric light compa1
nies 475, mining and quarying companies
1 1,801, lumber mills, including saw and
1 planing mills, sash and door factories,
stave factories, etc., 3,036, ice factories 293,
1 canning factories 275, stove foundries 25,
i brick works 585, miscellaneous iron and
steel works, rolling mills, pipe works, etc,
" 184, cotton compresses 114, cotton seed oil
mills 148, miscellaneous, not included in
' foregoing, 4,415. Total 13,744.
A Costly Fire in Lincolnton.?The
. racket store of W. T. Massey & Co., at
3 Lincolnton, N. C., was burned last SaturJ
day morning. The fire occurred at 0
o'clock in the morning. A dispatch to the
Charlotte Chronicle says: The stock, esr
timated at from fifteen to twenty thousand
t dollars value, was a total loss, with no in'
surance. The building, a large brick store.
house, valued at $8,000, was consumed ; no
3 insurance. The building was owned by
J. A. Robinson. Seventy bales of cotton,
belonging to I). E. Rhyne & Co., were
> stored in the basement, and all were burn3
ed, but this loss was covered by insurance.
' The fire originated in the basement, and
f is supposed to be of incendiary origin.
? 4
) ? John J. Gibbs, of Boston, Mass., accir
dentally killed himself last Thursday
I while hunting in Beaufort county.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
The "Busy Boos" at Mrs. Bludworth's.
C. E. Spencor, Executor?For Rent for ISOO.
Jno. J. Ilunter, Intendant?An Ordinance to
Declare Unlawful and Forbid the Carrying
of Concealed Weapons in the Town
of Yorkville, etc.
F. Ilapperfield?1S00.
Jno. J. Ilunter, Intendant?An Ordinanco to
Enforce the Observance of Section 10 of
the Town Charter, etc.
J. H. Riddle?To all Mankind.
Jno. J. Hunter, Intendant?An Ordinance fixing
the Day of Election of Intendant and
Wardens for the year ISilO.
Withers Adiekes-1880 Has Flown into tho Past.
W. C. Latimer?Happy New Year to All. Ev- 1
erything Sacrificed During the Next
Thirty Da3's.
A. Y. Cartwright <fe Co.?The New York Racket
Store Extends the Compliments of the
season.
F. Happerfield, Superintendent of Registration?Registration
Notice.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson, Proprietress?1800. Dobson's
Racket is well Equipped with all
latest Implements of War, with its Kx?erienced
Generals, Captains and High
rivates.
M. H. C. Strauss?Our Grcetingon the Year
1890.
w. c. t. u.
There will be a meeting of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union in the
Knights of Honor hall, at 4 p. m. to-day.
the bond suits.
Gen. C. Richardson Miles, of Charleston,
has been retained by the tax-payers of the
affected townships in York county, to represent
them in defense of the bond suit instituted
by the Massachusetts and Southern
Construction company, and now pending
in the United States court.
change of*weather.
( From the genial, September temperal.turethat
prevailed nearly all the month
of December, there was a sudden change
on Monday morning, and we are now in
the midst of winter in reality as well as in
name. The temperature is cold, with
indications of snow.
remembering the unfortunate.
We have received a note from inmates
of the county poor house, requesting us to
thus publicly make their grateful acknowledgements
and return their heartful thanks
to the society of Willing Workers for the
acceptable dinner spread before them on
the day before Christmas by the society.
almost"a fire.
On last Friday afternoon the kitchen of
Mr. John C. Dickson, on King's Mountain
street, caught on fire from fire-crackers,
which had been exploded in the yard.
There were no men in the immediate
neighborhood at the time, Mr. Dickson
himself being absent from home; but
ioriuimiejy me uiseuveiy nns lunuo m
time to extinguish the flames before they
gained headway.
OUR SUPPLEMENT.
With this number we send out a supplement,
the equivalent of a page of Tiie
Enquirer and replete with timely and
interesting matter. The New Year's story,
appropriate to the season, will be relished
by the lovers of fiction, while the
sketch of the lamented Grady will be read
with mournful interest by the admirers
of the gifted editor whose brilliant career
and untimely death are recorded.
PINE GROVE ALLIANCE.^On
Friday night last a sumptuous supper
was spread at Pine Grove school
house, three miles west of town, by the
wives and daughters of members of Pine
Grove sub-alliance. Members of that alliance
and invited guests partook of the elegant
repast and addresses were delivered
by County Organizer W. N. Elder, Mr. W.
J. Stephenson and Mr. Joseph A. Smith.
At a meeting of the alliance on that day,
twenty-one new members were initiated,
of whom nineteen were ladies.
CENSUS BULLETIN.
We have received from the department
1 of the interior, Census Bulletin No. 1,
which contains a list of the supervisors'
1 districts within each State and Territory,
as contemplated in the taking of the eleventh
census. By the act of congress the
whole number of supervisors' districts is
not to exceed 175, each district, as laid outy
to be under the direct charge of one su-'
pervisor. South Carolina is divided into
four districts. The second district in1
eludes the following counties: Aiken,
Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lexington,
Newberry, Richland, Union and York...
E GRADED SCHOOLS.
The exercises of the graded schools were
resumed on Monday morniDg last, the
' superintendent and teachers at their posts.
At a meeting of the trustees, on Monday
evening, Miss Emmie Hanahan was
elected as an additional teacher in the
- white school.
1 A resolution was adopted at this meeting
agreeing to the purchase of the seats
in the old Methodist church building. The
seats will be delivered on the completion
1 of the new church now being built by the
1 Methodist congregation, and fitted in the
; chapel of the graded school building for
1 the whites.
I RECENT LEGISLATION.
1 The act to"amend the law in relation to
the location and names of voting precincts
1 in this State" affects precincts in York
1 county as follows: Changes McElwee's
Mill to Antioch church in Bethesda township;
the. precinct of Newport, on the
Three C's railroad south-east of Yorkville,
1 was created; and the precinct of Tirzah
1 was removed to Tirzah Static.
The act regulating interest fixeL the
legal rate at 7 per cent., though parties can
contract in writing for 8 per cent.
The act amending the charter of the
town of Yorkville as to the sale of spirituous
liquors took effect immediately upon
its approval.
THE HOLIDAYS.
1 The Christmas holidays passed off quiet'
ly in Yorkville. There was not a disturbance
of any kind on the streets during
the week, and everybody seemed to be in
1 a pleasant mood. The weather wasof the
most enjoyable kind for the native Southron
on a holiday occasion, and all seemed
inclined 10 mane me most ui n.
The Old year is dead and past, with its
i joys and griefs, its pleasures and sorrows,
and we are now looking to the New with
hopeful anticipations of what it may have
; i n store. That our readers may find themi
selves happy and prosperous at its close
is the sentiment we offer in wishing them
i all a Happy New Year.
RAILROAD* EARNINGS.
The railroad commissioners have issued
, the tabulated earnings of the railroads in
the State for the month of October last as
, compared with the same month last year.
Of 33 roads included in the statement, 20
show a gross increase of $">0,517.32; the remaining
13 show a decrease of $30,G26.0G,
i making the net increase for the month
i $19,891.2G.
The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line
; show9 the largest increase, it being $11,.
373.27. The Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
shows the .heaviest decrease, viz.:
$13,178.89. The Chester and Lenoir shows
a decrease of $748.38.
The total passenger earnings for the
month were $210,407.42 against $108,548.12
for the same month in 1888, an increase of
$41,804.30. The total freight earnings for
the month were $573,020.53 against $700,404.89
in October, 1888, a decrease of
$32,844.30. y
FRATERNAL SOCIETIES./\
On Friday night last the following officers
of Philanthropic lodge No. 32, A. F.
M., of Yorkville, were installed : Jos. F.
Wallace, W. M.; T. Baxter McClain, S.
W. ; D. E. Fiuley, J. W.; Withers Adickes,
treasurer; Henry C.Strauss, secre.
tary; Joseph O. Walker, S. I).; M. C.
Willis, J. JD. ; J. B. Allison and J. Ed.
Jefferys, stewards; a. Loay, uier. aiier
the installation ceremonies, the members
of the lodge and a few invited guests partook
of an elegant supper.
The following are the officers elected for
the year 1890 of the mutual relief societies
named:
Home Belief Lodge, Knights of Honor?Withers
Adickes, dictator; John J.
, Hunter, vice-dictator; James B. Allison,
assistant dictator; L. M. Grist, treasurer;
John G. Ferguson, financial report;
er; A. W. Ingold, reporter; T. C. Dun,
lap, guardian; Chas. H. Dixon, guide;
A Cody, sentinel; John F. Gates past dictator.
Trustees?Jos. F. Wallace, C. E.
Spencer, Jno. C. Kuykendal. liepreseritative
to grand lodge, Withers Adickes;
, alternate, G. W. S. Hart.
Yorkville Council, Legion of HonorIt.
A. Parish, commander ; J. A. Darwin,
vice-commander; A. Springs Withers,
orator; W. M. Kennedy,^collector; W.
T. Barron, treasurur; A. W. Ingold, secretary
; Paul G. McCorkle, guide ; Jas. F.
Ilyndman, warden; G. M. Lowrance,
sentry. Trustees?Jas. F. Hart, A. Coward,
I. D. Witherspoon.
Home Lodge, Knights and Ladies of
Honor?G. W. S. Hart, protector; Mrs.
m
S. B. Allison, vice-protector; J. 0. Ferguson,
secretary and financial secretary; C.
E. Spencer, treasurer; J. F. Oates, chapIain
; Mrs. 11. L. Ferguson, guide ; Mrs.
M. C. Smith, guardian ; Chas. H. Dixon,
sentinel. Trustees?J. C. Kuykendal, I.
D. Witherspoon and Mrs. M. E. Witherspoon.
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.
During Christmas week several petty
crimes and misdemeanors were committed,
and several arrests were made by the
police, none, however, for violence or creating
disturbance. The arrests were of
colored persons, the principal offences
charged being hawking and selling whisky,
and carrying concealed weapons.
There were two noticeable cases of till
tapping. On Tuesday afternoon the money
drawer of Kennedy Bros. & Barron was
opened and about $40 taken therefrom.
Suspicion fell upon a young negro named
Wm. Wagner, and upon being confronted
with the crime he confessed, and the monev.
or eroods that he had purchased with a
portion of it, was returned to the amount
of about $30.
On Christmas day a sum, estimated at
from $49 to $60, was stolen from the money
drawer of Bratton <& Sandifer, but no
clew has yet been obtained to the thief.
THE PROHIBITION LAW.
The intendant publishes this week an
ordinance adopted by the town council
last Monday, under the provisions of the
act of the last legislature, prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquors in the town of
Yorkville. The following is so much of
the act as relates to prohibition :
Section 1. Be it enacted by the senate and
bouse of representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in general assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
That Section 10 of an act entitled "An act to
charter the town of Yorkville, in the State of
South Carolina, approved December 23,1886,
be and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: Section 10.?That it shall be
unlawful for any druggist, apothecary or other
person, upon tho prescription of a physician
or otherwise, to sell or systematically give
away wine, malt, or spirituous liquors, or any
bitters, or any medicated liquors, within the
incorporate limits of Yorkville ; and any person
selling, bartering or systematically giving
away any such wines, malt or spirituous
liquors, or any bitters, or any medicated
liquors, shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be punished by tine or imprisonment,
or both, within the discretion of the circuit
judge ; and furthermore, the town council
of said town are hereby authorized and empowered
to pass such ordinances as may be
deemed necessary, with appropriate penalties,
to enforce the observance and punish any or
all violations of the provisions of this section.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Young Men's Union Prayer meeting will
bo held in the Presbyterian church next
Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
J. C. Galloway, pastor. Services next
Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7 p.m., Sundayschool
at 3 p. m.
Episcopal?Rev. K. S. Nelson, pastor.
Morning service on next Sunday at 11
o'clock. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m.
Evening service as announced at morning
service.
Baptist?Rev. R. G. Patrick, pastor.
Services at Union next Sunday at 11 a. in.
and in Yorkvilleat 7 p. m. Sunday-school
at 9.30 a. ra. Prayer meeting to-morrow
evening at 7 o'clock.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, pastor.
The monthly concert in prayer for
missions will be held to-morrow evening
at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m.
Methodist Episcopal?Rev. G. H. Waddell,
pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7 o'clock. Love-feast on Friday evening
at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday at 11
a. ra. aud7 p. ra., with the sacrament of
the Lord's Supper during the morning
service.^Snnday-school at 3 p. m.
Personal mention.
We were pleased to receive a call last
Monday from J. L. Strain, Esq., of Union
county.
The Rev. K. S. Nelson, pastor of the
Episcopal church, preached his first sermon
here on Christmas. In his association with
our people he has made a most favorable
impression.
Mr. Ed. Thoma3 having been employed
/by the R. & D. Railroad company, has decided
to move his family to Chester, and
they will take their departure this week
for their new home. Mr. Thomas has been
a useful citizen of Yorkville for several
years, and his removal from our midst is
a source of regret.
We were pleased to receive a call on
Mdnday from Mr. J. G. Smoak, of Branchvil
le, S. C. Mr. Smoak came up on Saturday
for the purpose of transacting some
business with his brother, Mr. Andrew
Smoak, who lives about three miles north
of town. Mr. Smoak left for his home
Monday afternoon.
v Mr. Sam B. Hunter, of Clarksville, Tex/as,
a brotherof our townsman, Mr. John J.
Hunter, is on a visit to his relatives in
York county. Mr. Hunter went to Texas
in the year 1869, when he was quite a
young man, and this is his first visit to his
old home since his removal to that State,
in which he is conducting a prosperous
business.
x^Ir. L. Lowry Smith, who has been suffering
for some time with a disease of the
An o?l/-*nAAmn ?mnf fn RolfSmnro
eye &UUVVU US gmuvuuiu, ituiiv lu uiumu v. v
a few days ago for treatment by Dr. Chisolm,
a specialist. The operation, to which
he submitted on the 21st ultimo, denominated.
among the profession "iredectomy,"
was successful as to one eye, which will be
restored, but the r,*ght of the other is lost,
and as it seems, was beyond the aid of professional
skill before he arrived in Baltimore.
LETTER FROM BLACKSBURG.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Blacksjiukg, December 31.?"The old
year lies a dying," and, with all its pleasures
and sorrows, successes and failures, it
will soon be gone, and?
"There's a new foot on the floor,
A new face at the door,"
and a new year is about to enter into our
lives with all the brightness and buoyancy
of youth.
Let every reader of The Enquirer, as
they bid farewell forever to 1889, decide
for themselves whether or no they have
accomplished any real good, and made
themselves and their fellows better and
happier than they were a year ago.
1 only wish to chronicle some of the
changes that have taken place in our town
during the past year. About seventy-five
buildings have been erected and occupied
as dwellings, thereby increasing our population
three or four hundred. A handsome
and commodious building, with council
chamber and rooms for prisoners, has
been finished. A large and elegant brick
school building is nearing completion.
Another public enterprise of which we feel
proud, is a large and substantial brick
livery stable fronting on Church street,
erected by Messrs. Reese & Black, and occupied
by Messrs. Borders & Cline. Two
new store houses?one brick, the other
frame?have been built on Mountain street
by Mr. R. A. Westbrooks and Mr. Geo.
Parker. Two churches, Presbyterian and
Episcopal, have been finished and consecrated.
Among our business men there
have been no failures. On the other hand
they all seem to have done fairly well,
nnrl nrc on a erood footing. Their number
has been increased during the year by M.
L. Holland, groceries and confectioneries,
J. B. Ross & Co., groceries and confectioneries,
J. D. Gault & Co., beef and vegetable
market, and Geo. Parker, general
merchandise.
The followingchanges have taken place :
Dr. S. C. Fewell bought out the two stocks
of drugs from Dr. T. B. Whitesides and
W. D. Johnson, and has consolidated them
into one good drug store. Mrs. L. C.
Black sold her entire stock of confectioneries
to Mr. D. L. Briggs, who occupies
Mrs. Black's former stand. And last, but
not least, are three very important enterprises,
of greater magnitude than any I
have yet mentioned, that have been placed
in our town during the past year, viz.:
The Three C's Railroad company's paint
and machine shops, apd the elegant machinery
which I described in a former letter;
the making of brick on a large scale
by steam, the machinery being owned and
operated by Hon. W. H. Stewart, and a
very large sash, door and blind faotory,
with all the latest improved machinery,
built and owned by W. M. Jones, Esq.,
from Carev N. C.
John, the fourteen year old son of R. E.
Porter, Esq., while bird hunting on Christmas
day, was shot in the back of his head
by the accidental discharge of a small shot
gun in the hands of one of his companions.
The wounds are not dangerous and John
is doing nicely, but does not care to pose
as a bird again.
Itev. A. J. Stafford returned on Saturday
last from his visit to Texas. He attended
a family reunion at the home of his mother,
Pilot Point, Denton county, at which
four generations were represented?his
mother, in her 70th year, four children, 21
grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Mr. Joe Jackins, of Mount Washington,
and Mrs. John C. Mathai, of Arlington,'
Baltimore county, Md., have been visiting
their brother, Mr. W. A. Jackins,
during the past week and returned home
yesterday.
Dr. and Mrs. Jarvis, of Claremont, New
Hampshire, are visiting the family of
Maj. John. F. Jones. Mrs. Jarvis is a
sister of Mrs. Jones.
Mr. W. R_ T.inspnmb sold last week four
acres of land in the southwestern part of
town to W. M. Jones, Esq., who will put
a handsome dwelling upon it, and improve
it in other ways. The latter is now
on a business visit to Carey, N. C., where
he is interested in lumber and turpentine,
but expects to return soon and devote his
entire time to his extensive sash, door and
blind factory. I
Along with other large cities, our town I
and vicinity is having an epidemic of,
influenza, in a mild form, however.
The Mechanics' Building and Loan as-;
sociation organized on the 28th instant by j
adopting constitution and by-laws, and j
electing nine directors, who met last night J
and elected the following officers: W. M. i
Jones, president; M. M. Freeman, vicepresident;
D. D. Gaston, secretary and
treasurer ; \V. B. DeLoach, solicitor.
A hvaolr in fKo lvnatKnf Vioa OAfYlO of I
xx uitan IU IIIW nvwuivt nao ?? ?? ??.
Yesterday we had rain ; this morning the
temperature is down to forty and the air
is cold, damp and bleak. w. a.
LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Hickory Grove, December 28.?Christmas
day was ushered in by the people of
our town by a goodly use of gunpowder,
but the day was remarkably free from
the display of any turbulent scenes and
disturbances. "John Barleycorn" made
few captures on that day, and the number
of his scalps could easily be reckoned on
the fingers of one hand. Perhaps the
warm, balmy and spring-like sunshine and
weafher had something to do with this
freedom from the immoderate use of alcoholic
drinks. But I note it as a sure step
of improvement for the peace, good order
and moral tone of our young town.
On the night of Christmas day, an elegant
supper was given to a numerous
company by Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Whisonant
at their residence, which was highly
appreciated and enjoyed by all who participated
therein.
On Thursday it was determined to give,
on that night, a hot supper and festival in
aid of the Hickory Grove academy. Two
committees of ladies were appointed, and
by their delicate tact, industry, and skillful
management, the supper was superb,
and financially and socially the supper
was a decided success. The sum of
sixty-three dollars was realized and turned
over to the trustees of the academy.
The committees were the reception and
table committees, consisting of Mrs. McDill,
Mrs. Smarr, Mrs. T. M. Whisonant,
Mrs. Dr. Ward and Mrs. G. C. Leech.
Mrs. Worth, Mrs. Bell Smith, Mrs. R. L.
A. Smith, Mrs. John W. Smith, Mrs.
Robert Westmoreland, Mrs. Charley
Westmoreland, Mrs. Harris Wylie and
Mrs. James Castles. The sale and entertainment
committees consisted of Misses
Mamey White, Agnes Wylie, Emma McDill,
Mary Allison, Etta Whitesides, Sally
Wylie and Mary Sarratt.
The festival commenced at twilight, and
after a few appropriate remarks from J. C.
Chambers, Esq., explanatory of the objects
of the same, the doors of Mr. C. M. Martin's
new building were thrown open and
the festivities commenced. Too much
praise cannot be given to the ladies for the
nice and rich edibles prepared for the occasion,
and the delicate and skillful mangement
by which the whole thing was made
a creditable affair. The thanks of the citizens,
the ladies, and trustees of the academy,
are due and are hereby tendered to
Mr. Martin for the use of his neat and capacious
store room for the occasion. After
the supper was over, some of the young
ladies and gentlemen present, enlivened
by the sweet strains of music, indulged in
a hop or dance, which was witnessed by
many and kept up to the wee sma' hours
ui me muruiug.
The Misses McCulIough,of Wilkinsville,
UDion county, Misses Mary Castles and
Annie Wy lie, of Hopewell, Chester county,
and Miss Shannon, of Sharon, were among
the visiting young ladies at the festival,
and by their beauty and grace added to
the attractions of the occasion.
Miss Lula McDill will return to Due
West Female college to-day. Miss Mary
Allison will also return to the seminary at
All Healing Springs. Also, Mr. Tommie
McDill to the Male High school at Hunters
vi lie.
Mr. Dodson, of Tennessee, has had a lot
of fine hogs here for nearly a month. But
few sales have been made, owing to the
remarkably warm and spring-like weather
which is prevailing.
I am informed that Mr. J. A. Corry, of
Gaffney City, one of the most promising
young lawyers of the western part of the
State, is now in the last stages of pulmonary
affection.
I am gratified to state that now, thanks
to the ladies of the town and vicinity, the
Hickory Grove academy is free from debt,
and only awaits the appearance of a firstclass
teacher to again commence operations.
I must also state that the ladies
have it in hand to supply a large bell for
the academy, and what they resolve they
always carry through. umbra.
LETTER FROM H00DT0WN.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Hoodtown, December 30.?The year
1889 is drawing to a close, with all its trials
and pleasures. Christmas passed off very
quietly in this community. There have
been several parties, where the young people
enjoyed themselves, and a few took too
much "mountain dew," but seemed also to
enjoy it.
The boys serenaded the town on the
night of the 24th, with plows and powder
kegs as instruments. Some pranks were
I played, and the gray horses seemed to be
the object of the sport. The tails of some
were reached. Others were roached and
blacked.
On the night of the 24th, a number of
boys had gathered at the store of Hood
Bros. & Co., and were enjoying themselves
in scuffling, when W. J. Wilson, who was
not interested in the plays, stepped up
and used some rough language to Mr. G.
D. flood's son, Willie, and without much
ceremony, struck him on the head with
a bottle, inflicting a painful wound. Too
much whisky was the cause of him acting
as he did.
To-day looks as if the nice weather is at
an end. It has certainly been a remarkable
fall. Had it not been for one cold wave
of a few days, vegetation would have been
green yet. I hear of some meat being
spoiled. Some people have put off killing
hogs until the weather gets cooler.
Messrs. H. E. Hood and C. C. Good have '
returned to school at Gaffney City.
Messrs. G. E. Hood and C. S. Good are
visiting in Spartanburg county.
I think The Enquirer will be in many
homes next year where it was not this
year, as it is considered the best county
paper in the State. I wish it all success.
rambler.
LETTER FRO)TBLAIRSVILLE.
Correipondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Blairsville, December 31.?I have no
news of actual interest to pen at present.
We can claim only that our citizens, who
are principally farmers, are satisfied pretty
generally with the result of their labors
at the close of the present year. Their
success has infused an increase of energy
and determination to excel their present
realizations in the coming year. They
are buoyant and confident that they can
accomplish greater results with the same efforts
more effectively directed. Some
of our farmers made, the present year, an
average of ten bales of cotton to the horse,
and sufficient corn to meet the demands
of their farm consumption during the succeeding
year. All this is to a great extei.t
due to the influence of the Farmers' Alliance.
We are beginning to enjoy the
truth of the maxim, "He lives best, who
lives at home." The farmers, we hoper'
will continue to improve their condition
by doing their best, in every sensible
way practicable. They should get improved
seed for their different crops?esnnninlli.
nni<n on/1 nnflnn T'horO in (I QnP
ties of corn that yields 5 ears to the staTk,
and there are varieties of cotton seed that
will yield a quality of lint worth from ^
two to four cents per pound more than
the common staple pricipally grown by us.
Farmers should all take the alliance or- ,
gan?"The Cotton Plant." It is full of
facts Indispensable to their interest. And
it reminds us more of the old realiable
home paper, The Yorkville Enquirer,
than any we can get. These two family
papers, with one denominational paper,
would furnish enough reading to render
any family happy and keep them well
informed as to their duty both to God'and
man. By a careful perusal of such publications,
we can gather all the information
needed to make our life principles
a success, provided they are reduced to
practice. "Labor omnia vincit" is the
Latin proverb?to crown all efforts with
success.
Christmas has come and brought many
joys to the youthful hearts, and also much
to cheer the aged by awakening old buried
memories.
Bullock's Creek congregation honored
their members and others attending, with
a nice Christmas tree for the benefit of the
little children. Such overtures of love
and care for them bind their young hearts
closer to the hallowed place of God's presence.
Rev. R. P. Smith and family are
certainly knitting a great web for the
Lord, of the young hearts in their charge. .
It is wonderful to note the magical transition,
in the entire aspect of that large congregation,
which was in,'a dilapidated, disordered
condition when they took charge
of it. They are giant Nehemiahs rebuilding
the walls of Jerusalem and re"
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pairing me oreacnes uciwccu
Moriah. Old Salem has secured our pastor's
services for one-fourth of his time.
They will never regret the happy acquisition.
He is faithfulness personified.
Mr. R. T. Riggins has completed his
contract to build a bridge on Turkey
Creek. It is honestly constructed according
to specifications, and will be there
as a monument of strength and good
workmanship for many years to come.
The citizens of Blairsville and Sharon
highly appreciate the law entirely prohibiting
the sale of all kinds of spirits and
intoxicating drinks in their town, under
any pretext whatever. This is due to the ^
efforts of our ladies, and we trust that
heaven's blessing will crown all such efforts,,
and advance the prosperity of our
thriving little village. Now let the Alliance,
by a united effort, put down the wagon
traffic in liquors that has become so
common in this vicinity. croaker.
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LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY.
Correipondence of the Yorkrllle Enquirer.
Etta Janv, December 30.?My readers
will pardon me this week for leaving home
to find material for this correspondence.
Since my last I've made a flying trip from
Hickory Grove to Rock Hill, over the line
of the Three C's railroad, and lam proud
to note the progress York county is making
in building up such beautiful towns along
that line. Longitudinally the county is
cut in two by this great trunk line, whose
ponderous trains, like weavers' shuttles,
dash from one end of the county to the
other, bearing the commerce 01 me woriu
and putting it into the hands or at the
disposal of an enterprising and virtuous
people. The saw, the hammer, and the
trowel add their music to the hum of the
business men, who with dexterous hands
supply the wants of their customers and
fill their coffers in return. No county in
the State has done more for itself than
York. It is home people and home capital
at work; while its illimitable undeveloped
resources lie dormant waiting
their turn to be brought into light and
usefulness. Twenty-five years ago the
surging crowd of customers we found at
Hickory Grove on Christmas eve, and the
activity of its salesmen, would have furnished
the writer of "Reminiscenses of
Western York" with a boundless store of
material for his work.
Sharon, whose name is emblematical of
luxuriance, beauty and fertility, as well as
the compeer of Uilead and Bashan, is a
rising town of Western York. Its people
claim for it the first rank in the cotton
business.
The towns east of Yorkville give evidence
of a thrifty people who are in every
respect the peers of the western brother.
The soil only needs the careful manipulation
of the husbandman to yield abundant
crops. Rock Hill, since the war, resembles
itself in nothing but its name and the
formation of the ground. It is only necessary
for the visitor to have read The Enquirer's
history of that town published
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some iweive muuins agu, auu iu imvc
seen its cuts and portraits representing the
business places and men, to make himself
familiar with it.
Yorkville, when viewed from the Three
C's railroad, presents an imposing scene.
Nestling on the water-shed that divides
the Broad and Catawba rivers, naturally
it is removed to the greatest possible distance
from malarial influences, and holding
in its embrace the Three C's and C. <&
L. railroads, it becomes a great commercial
centre. Taking it all in all we claim tha't
the old county of York is the banner county
of the State.
Christmas has come and gone and left
its various traces behind ; some of pleasure
and some of pain, no doubt. But we wish
for our readers a happy new year followed
by a prosperity heretofore unequaled.
Mention was made a short time ago
that religious services would be held at
Abingdon Creek on Christmas day. They
were carried out to the expectation of the
most ardent friends of the Sunday-school
work. The service was mainly conducted
by Revs. A. A. Gilbert and S. D. F. Gault,
of the M. E. church, to which we might
add that the local Sunday-school workers
took part. P. S. Webber, superintendent
of the Abingdon Creek Sunday-school, presided
over the deliberations, and everything
went on smoothly. vVe had good
music and plenty to eat. Five Sundayschools
were represented by the following
colors: Abingdon Creek, with blue badge;
El Bethel, pink ; Mt. Ararat red ; Salem,
brown; and Wilson's chapel, white. The
long line of scholars, as they marched to
the table, was an imposing scene.
The ladies' missionary society held a
meeting in the afternoon and invited Rev.
A. A. Gilbert and J. L. Strain to deliver
addresses, after which a collection was
taxen up ana a sausiactory amount realized.
The vocal music, led by Prof. Vaughn,
and supplemented by the organ under the
skillful management of Misses Janie and
Beurice Hughes, was excellent. Throughout
the whole affair was a success?a day
long to be remembered by those present.
sigma.
NOTES FROM LOWRYSVILLK.
Correspondence of the Yorkvlllc Enquirer.
Lowrysville, December 31.?Work on
the church was suspended the day before
Qhristmas, but will be resumed soon,
j^yeral changesof residence will be made
here. Maj. Lowry is moving to-day to
his Hardin place, two miles from here.
J. S. Darby is moving into the house vacated
by Maj. Lowry.
S. W. Guy is opening two streets through
his lot, purchased at the sale of the Lowry
land.
Two negro women engaged in a desperate
combat on Main street last Saturday.
Blood flowed freely before they were separated.
The Ladies' Aid society gave an oyster
supper on Christmas night, which was
well attended. A handsome sum was realized.
Mr. and Miss Riley are here on a visit
to their brother, Rev. S. R. Riley.
sAIr. Ed and Miss Annie Hope, of YorkYille,
spent several days last week with
the family of S. W. Guy.
v^Misses Bettie and Kittie and Master
.Wttiie Blair, of Blairsville, recently spent
several days at W. O. Guy's. They, with
Miss Florence Guy, extended their visit
to White Oak.
Mr. J. F. Anderson, who has been with ,
S. W. Guy since he commenced business
here, will leave in a few days for Eufaula,
Ala., to accept a position in the telegraph
office there.
T. S. Lowry and Alva Guy will be with
Guy & Sandifer for 1890.
The readers of The Enquirer here
pronounce the Christmas number a perfect
gem and wish The Enquirer a prosperous
new year.
The weather is quite wintry to-day,
which is gladly welcomed by those wishing
to kill their hogs.
^v^Vfr. J. L. Abel has several peach trees
in full bloom. w. o. g.
iWi'ES t'RUJl BETHANY.
Correspondence of tlie Yorkvlllo Enquirer.
/Bethany, December 31.?Mr. James H.
Quina, of Clark's Fork, will soon occupy
the Joel McCarter place, one mile west of
Bethany.
^Mr. D. T. Partlow, of Bethel, is now a
resident of our community, having bought
the place formerly owned by Rev. W. Y.
Love.
We regret to lose so promising a young
man as Mr. B. S. Smith. He leaves this
week for Lamar county, Texas.
Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco and family, of
Lancaster, and Mr. J. E. Stevenson, of
Fairfield, have been visiting recently in
this section.
Mr. J. J. L. Gill, of Chicota, Texas, and
his family, are renewing the scenes of earlier
days. They expect to return to their
adopted home about the loth of January.
Rev. IT. B. Blakely, of Fairfield, preacned
an instructive sermon on missions to
the children last Sabbath. It was greatly
enjoyed, not only by the children, but by
all who heard him. We hope he will
come again.
Christmas passed off quietly. Turkey
dinners and Christmas parties were few
and far between. Perhaps the most pleasant
event of the week was a basket dinner
at the parsonage on the 27th. About
twenty families were represented, the
weather was delightful, a bountiful dinner
was served, and the occasion was enjoyed
by all present.
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