Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 11, 1893, Image 2

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^P:B==3=?^B====r? (taps and Jaris. ; i ??? < ? The New York Evening Post, of the 3d * instant, says: "The settlement of the Ore- 1 gon contest makes it possible to give an ac- j ] s * curate table of the vote for president, as it ^ should be cast by the electoral college, and ( which will show : Total number of votes, 444; necessary to a choice, 223; Cleveland's . majority 108. Total vote for the respective j candidates is as follows: Cleveland, 276; Harrison, 144 ; Weaver, 24. ? The public debt statement, issued from j Washington on the 3d instant, shows an in- t crease of the debt during December of ] $379,314. Total cash in the treasury, $769,- . 780,983; total debt of all kinds, $1,563,991,- , U 1 too AGO -Cfl Kainr* o 109 y UCii UOdil l^aiautU^ wiug m | decrease during December of $1,236,330; gold, silver and currency certificates in circulation, $568,267,807, being an increase during December of $1,097,360. ? In the case of H. T. Hudson, of Shelby, against the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad company, tried in the Federal court at Charlotte last week, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff* in the sum of $4,821.66|. His honor, Judge Dick, stated to the counsel for the plaintiff, that unless they would agree to a verdict for $1,500, he would set the finding of the jury aside. The plaintiff's counsel agreed to accept $1 ,500, but the railroad company appealed , to the United States circuit court of appeals ^ at Richmond, Va., where the case will be ( heard next February. Hudson had his foot cut off at Blacksburg about three years ago, : while working for the Three C's railroad in the capacity of baggage master and brakeman. ? Randall McDonald and two sisters, all old and unmarried, lived together in Pocket township, Moore county, N. C. On the night of December 1, an unknown colored man demanded of McDonald that he give up his money, rue two sisters?Jiury uuu Christine?raised an alarm. The negro opened fire on the women, killing one outright and mortally wounding the other. McDonald was forced to give up all his money. There was no clue to the murderer . > for a long time, but recently it was sus- " pected that Bob Ray, colored, was the murderer, and a posse was formed to capture 1 him. They learned that Ray was in a negro < hut about a mile from Keyser, Moore coun- < ty, waiting to get out of the State. About j 7 o'clock in the evening he came out of the hut to start for Keyser, when the posse de- . manded his surrender. He dashed at them, 1 shooting right and left. They shot him down, killing him almost instantly. ? Last Friday was a big day for fires ( throughout the country. Following is the < record as reported by the daily papers of ? Saturday: West Brighton hotel, on Coney { Island, New York, and several other buildings, Were badly damaged. The loss is estimated at $100,000. A fire started in the oil 1 room of a paint manufacturing establishment 1 at Denver, Colorado, and burned a number s of surrounding buildings. The total loss i was $125,000. The car shed and the stock j pens of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, at New Orleans, were burned. Loss about $75,000. A fifty thousand dollar ho- . ? ? 1 X J I tel at Hot Springs, Arx., was aesiroyeu. The guests only saved what they carried ? away in their hands. A block of buildings ? was wiped out in Syracuse, New York, with e a loss of $65,000. Several residences were t burnt at Anniston, Ala. Loss, $25,000. The t buildings of the Omaha Printing company, with their contents, were destroyed. Loss $100,000. Partly insured. * ? The crop report issued last Thursday by s the agricultural department, deals with the c grain crops for the year just ended. The 1 wheat crop is slightly above the average one in yield, exceeding 1882 and 1884, though the crops of 1889 and 1890 uea'rly equalled t it. The area, as estimated, is 38,554,430 acres; product 515,949,000 bushels; value $322,111,881. The corn crop is short, ex- c ceeded iu quantity seven times in the last s ten years, but slightly larger than in 1883, i 1887 and 1890. Its average in yield per i acre, 23.1 bushels, has been exceeded six j times in ten years. Its area is considerably ^ reduced, the reduction being very heavy in the corn producing region, though offset in ? part by the increase in the Atlantic States 1 ...?~^and throughout the entire cotton belt. The c breadth is estimated at 70,623,658 acres, t Product 1,628,484,000 bushels, and value $642,146,630, averaging 38.3 cents per bushel. The estimates for oats are: Area 27,063,835 1 acres, product 661,035,000 bushels, and val- I ue $209,253,611. The yield per acre is 24.4 ] bushels. j ? At the dead letter office at Washington, > the waifs and strays of Christmas presents, j cards and other tokens of various sorts at this season, compose the majority of the articles received and which are sold at period- s ical auctions. There was a sale of unclaim- * ed and missent articles at the office last a week, at which more than half of the arti- t clee sold were originally Christmas presents. ^ _ In the enormous increase in volume of par- ^ ??1 ot Uiio timo n snmrisintrlv larce VG? "BU1V uv VU'O ""*V, ? X ov u 1 percentage of holiday gift bundles go astray 1 because of being misdirected, or quite often not directed at all. A great many packages intended for foreign countries are insufficiently prepaid. The office in this case communicates with the addressee or sender, and ^ usually the article eventually gets to its destination. Very few of the unclaimed articles disposed of by sale have great value, but are mostly trifling remembrances?bits of needlework, painting and the like. For two or three weeks past the dead letter office has been receiving missives addressed to Santa Claus at the rate of seventy-five a day. It may grieve some trustful youngsters to know that all these are burned up as fast as they arrive.. ' ? A sensational story sent out from Bakersville, N. C., last Wednesday night, created a big row throughout newspaperdom. The - story was to the effect that an attempt had ? been made to lynch Calvin Snipes, in jail at Bakersville, for the murder of Isaac Osborn. The jail, so went the story, had been broken open by a mob of 125 masked men, and Snipes was taken into a dense wood. The mob was followed by the sheriff and a posse, and a bloody battle ensued for the possession of the prisoner. During the fight twentyfive members of the mob and seven members of the posse were killed. When the story was printed, it created a sensation, and the newspapers sent representatives to Bakersville for details. Bakersville is about thirty miles from the nearest railroad, and the correspondents could only reach it on horseback, through the heaviest snow that has fallen in that section for years. Arrived at! their destination, the correspondents learned, to their extreme disgust, that that the whole story was a fake. There had been no battle, and not even a lynching. It was sent out by a young would-be newspaper correspondent .S~~~ by the name of J. W. Hyams, who sold it to the Southern Press association, which, in turn, distributed it broadcast over the whole country. ? Surgeon Genera! Wyman, of the national marine hospital service, went to Helena, Arkansas, last week, to investigate the re-1 ports of cholera among the State convicts at that place. Under date of Friday, he . sent the following report to the authorities B at Washington: "I have examined the conP dition of the city and convict camp. The surface drainage of the city is by open stagnant ditches and the streets are quagmires. There is no sewerage vault system, and the contents are emptied into the river below ij the city, me water supply is partly arie- r L sian, and partly cisterns and surface wells.; lb. The convict camp is located in a quagmire just below the city, and consists of a passen- c ger coach and five box cars. Eighteen men are housed in one box car, with no ventilation to speak of. The bedding is filthy and I c the sewage is disposed of by a wooden hop-1 f per let into the floor in one corner, with a ! pail beneath. Very filthy sewage is dumped j1 into a ditch near by. The food is very j1 coarse, with no fresh meat. The water is: > obtained from the river near the camp, j s There are two slaughter pens, very offensive, I < containing an immense amount of decompos- i ing offal, within two hundred yards of the |, camp. The slaughter pens and camp are j" subject to overflow. I believe the ground at! * the camp to be saturated with the products 11 of animal decomposition. There are three ; t cases at the camp, not suspicious. Cases oc-1 i curred on the 18th,"and medical attendance ' ( gave a history of acute gastro enteritis, with | choleraic form of symptoms. In my opin- j ion the suspicious cases are due to either 1 poisoned food or contaminated water, plus j s filth and overcrowding, probably the latter, j i The stomach of one of the cases is in pos- J j session of the coroner." ? Senator Warren, from the select commit- j tee on woman sufferage, ou last Wednesday, ] reported to the senate on the joint resolution < to amend the United States constitution, ex- < ending the right of suffrage to women. I provides that the rights of citizenship shal lot be denied or abridged by the Unite< states or by any State, on account of sex ind that congress shall have powei, by ap iropriate legislation to enforce this provision senator Vance submitted the minority repor vhich is very much the same as that submit :ed by Senator George on June 5, 1S82 rnd sets forth that the matter in questioi nvolves the rights of the States, and shouh le left for them to determine. ? The bloodiest fight in the history of Ma ^offiu county, Ky., took place about a mil from Salyersville, on Tuesday of hist week says a dispatch to The Courier Journal Eight or ten of the county's best known cit zen's were engaged on each side, arme< ivith repeating rifles and navy pistols, am ;he trouble which had its inception in a triv al matter the day before, culminated in i sitched battle. John Davis was killed by listol shot. W. F. Deakius, constable, wa atallv wounded. Monteville Deskins, jus ice of the peace, has not been heard fror lince the fight. Shepperd Cole, coroner c he county, received some fearful Hows wit: i clubbed gun and may die. Brice PatricI vas shot through the bowels, and is report id to be dying. W. T. Patrick, brother c !X-Sheriff, J. C. Patrick, received a rifle bal iloug the right side of his head. At last ac iounts no arrests had been made, and it wa eared that another fight was imraineut. Ifa IJutfcviUc (jhiquiw YORK VILLE, S C.T WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11,1893. ? The Evening Record of Columbia is ad /ertised for sale under a foreclosure of i ihattel mortgage. We are not surprised Columbia is not large enough to suppor nore than one first-class daily newspapei md when it comes to trvine to suuDort three t means starvation for somebody. ? Almost everybody lived hard last year jconomically and closely, and generally sue seeded in making both ends meet. Let us uo ibandon these tactics. By pursuing then igain this year, we can no doubt make th sredit end lap over, and then we can com nence an independent existence, such as ha lot been the lot of a great many peopb tince the war. Let us make our cake befori ve eat it, and don't let us eat it all until wi lave made arrangements to get some more ? A number of preachers are discussing ir he Atlanta Constitution the probable where ibouts of Jay Gould at the present writing some say he is at one place and some anoth ir, and there is so little agreement amonj hem that we are almost constrained to wisl hat Jay could come back and settle the con roversy. As he is clearly uuable to di his, however, we advise the preachers t( itudy "Moses and the prophets." If they wil lo so, we think they shall have no trouble ii ocating the modern Dives. ? Last week's issue of the Greenville En erprise and Mountaineer made its appear ince in a bright new dress, and minus a par if its long name. Hereafter it is to be knowi imply as the Greenville Mountaineer, thi lame under which its publication was com nenced nearly seventy year3 ago. Th< ilountaineer.bas always been one of ou: >est weekly exchanges, and under the man igement and control of Editor Hoyt, it seemi o grow better and better. We wish i :ontinued success for at least another seven y years. ? In setting your crops for this year be sure t< ay off enough of your best land to make all th( irovisions needed for home supplies. Whei rou think you have enough, throw in about a: nuch more for good measure, and then you car ilant as much land in cotton as you can worl veil and fertilize abundantly. You will fine hat this is sensible advice if you try it.?Cottoi 3lant. There is no doubt that the above advice i: ound. There is not a farmer in the count) vho does not realize tho force of it as clearl) is does the Cotton Plant, ourselves, or any tody else. The only trouble about the mat er is this: How many farmers can be in luced to put this excellent theory into prac ice? ? One of the best arguments for gooc oads is contained in a calculation recentlj mblished in The Engineering News. I tates that on the worst earth roads, noi nuddy, but sandy, a horse can draw oul) wice as much as he can carry on his back ?n a fair earth road, three-and-a-half a: nuch ; on a smooth plank road, twenty-fivi imes as much; on a stone track way, thirty hree times as much; and on metal rails ifty-fonr times as much. People who usi iountry roads can, therefore, make monej >y improving the roads rather than wearinj nmor onrl nn ctnpl 'Ut tUCll OlUta. JLiio nvMi M-<V4 VVM. VM ?ww. jxpended on the roads would improve thi atter 25 per cent, per annum. ? Editor Gantt, of the Columbia Register las been elected to carry South Carolina' Sectoral vote to Washington. We have n< lard feeling toward Mr. Garitt, but believinj is we do that his election was the result o lis own seeking, he is, to say the least of it juilty of extreme bad taste all around. N< ess, however, than an electoral college tha vould give such an honor to an outsider mtil after it had been refused by each om if its own members. Such, though, is poli ,ics. By rights, the position?until Monday in honor?should have gone to Electo Brice, of York. Though not a politician, h< s the only original Cleveland man in thi Sectoral college, and is peculiarly deservinj >f this small recognition. 9 ^ ? The legislatures of Montana, North Da rota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado am Cansas, are so evenly divided between Dem icrats, Republicans and People's partyites is to produce a state of affairs most peculiar ,'n none of the States has any one of the par ies a working majority, and there is no hop< or the accomplishment of any importan VOl'K except oy IUSIOU. in some eases ill' democrats and People's partyites are work ng together; in others it is the Republican: ind People's partyites ; and in others, evei he Democrats and Republicans. As yet lowever, in no instance have any two of tin )arties arrived at anything like a definit( mderstanding, and from the present out ook, we may expect them all to be rowinj :ontinually during the rest of the winter. ? An exchange suggests that theoperatioi >f the Evans law may be defeated by the re usal on the part of the freeholders of a mu licipality to sign a petition for the establish nent of a dispensary. Correct this, and s ;ery bright idea. We would be pleased t< ee this plan pursued by every town in tin State. Then we could have prohibition sun nough. But is it going to work that way S'ot much. Such towns as are in the liquo lusiness, are in for revenue only, and i nakes very little difference to them whethe heir partner is an individual or the State Vfter the Evans law is "forced" upon them hey will be pleased with it 111 proportion a o whether it pays a bigger revenue than tli present system. If, after a trial, the dispell saries are more profitable than the saloon, i kvill be a cold night when the bar-keepers go 11 swing again. Just watch ! ? News and Courier : Senator Butler am Representative Hemphill have been appoint id members of the presidential receptioi iommittee for the inaugural ball. wwwwww mwwwttww wmwwv .,?? t THE ATHENS LIQUOR LAW. 11 | Editor Williams Tells Something of How It I ^ Works. ! jj i- Editor Williams has published his pro-1 fi i. posed write-up of the Athens, Ga., liquor 'o 1 law. It appeared in the Greenville News! ? of last Thursday, and occupied about two- Jj a' aud-a-half columns. Mr. Williams has a q j strong prejudice agaiust the new law. <] Whether it would work or not, he don't want s it. He don't want to try it. However, ac- tl e cording to his own testimony, the law works ^ ? pretty well in Athens, aud as the Evans law " is quite an improvement on the Athens law, j we may expect it to work much better in 3 South Carolina. That is, if it is ever en forced. The following is from Mr. Wil- jA a liams's article: a "The Athens dispensary began business in s October, 1891. It is now thirteen mouths j, 1 ' T' * 1 i _.l J., ? m4/\ma nAAm rvn i. 01(1. it IS COnilUClCU in u oiuic i uuiu Vu i J] "l Broad street and is equipped with a long! f; ! counter, shelving along one wall and a railed c , in space at the front inclosing a desk for the 1 j manager. The shelves are filled with bottles a 'I of all sizes, each labeled with its contents? h !. "Fine old Gibson whiskey "Pure North \ Carolina corn whiskey "Cognac brandy," d etc. On the top of each cork is a round red s s label with "Athens dispensary" printed on tj it. On one side of the room there are piles " of boxes and bottles. d * * * * * * "The business amounts, so far, to $57,000 ]( - a year. The net profits have been from c $10,000 to $11,000 a year?a thousand dol- e lars a month, it is called, but it does not 0 reach that. Mr. Johnson, who is in charge, << says the net profits may be approximately j( stated at twenty-five per cent., although j, the gross profit is fifty per cent. In other ^ words, actual experience proves that it costs ? twenty-five per cent, of the total business to h run it. The expenses, includes salaries, cost \ i of bottles and bottling, analyses, freight, n rent, insurance and incidentals. The man- a ager has two assistants, and the expenses of c operating are $300 a month. h The biggest business the dispensary has Cl : ever done was in October, 1891, the month a i- it was opened. That month is included in d a the figures of the first year. From all I can ]j I gather, the regular receipts will be less here- ^ after. Eight or nine thousand dollars will y probably be the sum of the profits hereafter, '? supposing the dispensary is continued. n "Athens is fairly well satisfied with the a dispensary. She should be better pleased s, than she is, for licenses has never been an ti f important part of her revenue, wnen me a city issued licenses she had six barrooms li- jf t censed at $250 each?$1,500 a year. Then 0 she was dry for five or six years and blind ? 1 tigers flourished everywhere, liquor was sold r, e right and left by scores of people, and no li- e, - censes were paid. Financially, therefore, ? s Athens is away ahead on the dispensary ti e even at $8,000 a year, and that is all she t] will get out of even the first year's business, C( for the law requires that the county shall f( 5 receive a proportion of the profits to be ft agreed on, and that proportion will probably n be one-fifth. 0 i " 'As a money-making machine,' however, - said Editor Reed, of the Athens Banner, n who helped to draw the dispensary bill, and C( who seems to be a strong friend of Athens's ^ peculiar institution, 'the dispensary is a fail- p ? ure. It was intended to be. Our purpose jj 1 was not to make money, but simply secure - the city against possible loss.' h 3 "Then, in response to questions as to the n 3 moral result, he said there had been rather n j more drunkeuness under the dispensary sys- n tern than there was when the city was dry, a 1 and rather less than there was when it was y wet. "The police tell me there is hardly an ap preciative difference between the drunken ness and crime now and what it was when t licenses were issued. Blind tigers continue T to work. Some of them buy their liquors from the dispensary, others from outsiders. c< e The dispeusary opens at sunrise and closes * at sunset, and is closed on all legal holidays w 3 and election days. It is at night that the fr r tigers prowl and do their work, and from h; . them the initiated can buy freely. "So far as I can learn, no class of drinking 0I ' men is protected by the dispensary law. tl The-manager is forbidden by law and under " penalty of forfeiture of his bond of $2,000 ^ to sell to drunken men, minors or students, 0| but what does that amount to ? Anybody c] > can hire a loose negro about the streets of a fr 5 town like this to buy a pint, a quart or a s gallon for him. The negroes are great pat- ju i rons of the dispensary. They buy very p | many pints of corn liquor which is bought J for $1.30 a gallon and sold to them at 25 ai cents a pint?$2 a gallon. They complain, g] 3 however, of the quality of the liquor and r seem to be against the dispensary almost to n, a man. le "Manager Johnson tells me he has a number of regular customers?steady drinkers? c] who buy their pint every day and take it to j1( - their rooms or offices to drink. Many coun. try people buy their bottles here just as they jj do in Greenville and?again like Greenville folks?in delicate deference to public feeling, a I take it up an alley or into a back yard and r drink it socially and fairly, each man taking v a pull as his turn comes." t> 9 + 9 ^ fc MERE MENTION. n r The supreme court of Pennsylvania has afI firmed the validity of a law passed in 1794, _ 3 which, in effect, prohibits the publication ,l 3 of Sunday newspapers. The repeal of the - law is more probable than its enforcement. I t The Haytien building at the World's w 3 Fair, was completed on Tuesday of last I ^ " week and dedicated with appropriate cere- j ^ r monies. The dedicatory speech was made j ? by Fred Douglass. The New York j ? c World says that six words, which would ' e come nearest to giving a summary of the past year, are Cleveland, Corbett, Croker, Columbus, Chicago and cholera. The ?' treasury department at Washington, last " ' Wednesday, purchased 868,000 ounces of i1 s silver at 88 to 83}. The offers were 1,008,- a 3 000 ounces. The president has issued * J a proclamation in which he pardons all f Mormons guilty of violation of the anti- j? polygamy law, on" condition that they abstain [' ' from future offenses. It seems to be a 1. settled fact that Mr. Carlisle, of Kentucky, j11 will be secretary of the treasury in Cleveland's J 0 > cabinet. The Carnegie mills, at Home- j e stead, are now running at full blast. Most! c - of the old men have been restored to their j M yr former positions. llccent cablegrams ja seem to indicate that the great strike of the I ~ Lancashire, England, cotton mill operatives J J B that has been in force for about nine weeks,! a e is about to come to a close. J'lie result is i *' 1 likely to be favorable to the price of cotton, j j2 The British steamship Huntclilf sailed j J. from Wilmington, X. C., last Thursday, with j a cargo of 10,000 bales of cotton. This is the; . largest cargo of cotton ever shipped from i Wilmington. Train wreckers wrapped j J* * a log chain around the rails of the Queen , and Crescent route near Atilla, Ala., last 1 " . Thursday night. The southbound limited a . was wrecked, every car leaving the track, J, ? except the last sleeper. The passengers were J ? ' badly shaken up, but nobody was killed, j ? Twenty firemen were badly burned jc' e by a natural gas explosion during a fire in : * - Chicago last Wednesday. Four of them j J' s have since died. The estimated expense, ^ j for New York for the year 1S93, are $37,-j. 444,154. AJ1 hopes of the recovery of 11 ' Senator Colquitt have been abandoned, and 0 2 Georgia politicians are pulling the wires for s 8 his place. Three cotton warehouses, j ? - containing 20,000 bales of cotton, were de-111 ; stroyed in Liverpool last Friday together! P with their contents. The walls of one of } the buildings bulged out and fell on a party ! " of firemen, killing three of them. The 1 custom receipts in New York for the last " month were over $10,000,000, an increase d - of $1,000,000 over December, 1801. The $ -: Coal Creek, Tenn., coal miners arc threat-1 a x 'ening more trouble. Mrs. Lease has j $ 5 written a letter to Chairman Bridenthal, of 11 ! the People's party in Kansas, formally with- j s 2 drawing from the race as United States sen- tl e ator. Kvery day from two to a dozen new 1 u ' eases of typhus fever are being reported in : tl r; New York. Jack Asliton, a noted pu- n 11 gilist, died in llellevue Hospital, Xew York, f< r last Thursday, of delirium tremens. . c l Stephen A. Ryan, in jail in Atlanta, Ga., for n ' | the past thirteen months, has been released a i j on a $100,000 bond until his case can heir s j heard by a jury. The anti-option bill! ri ej is still being considered from day to day b . j during the morning hour in the senate. With some amendments, it is thought it will ! be passed and sent back to the senate. j r I Three men were killed in Cincinnati, Ohio, i u last Saturday, being run over by trains. n i Burglars attempted to break open the safe , h I in the Tombs police court, New York, last ]< - Saturday. They were frightened away be- C II j fore they succeeded. The population of! e j London now exceeds that of New York,|b LOCAL AFFAIRS. f INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. * Louis Roth?Will have fresh oysters today, and ? also on Friday and Saturday. c E. W. Joy?Has lost a mule which he wants g again. If you know where it is, write to him nt Energy, York county, S. C. i W. R. Smith, Administrator of the estate of * Mrs. Margaret Ferguson, deceased?On the 14th of February, will apply for dis- l charge as administrator of the said estate, t K. A. Crawford, Sheriff of York county?On salesday in February, will sell under exe- ' cution, a tract of 101 acres of land belong- ? ing to M. W. Mcndcnhull. Also at the same time, a tract of MJ acres, in the same s township, belonging to Mrs. Mary Dren- ^ nan. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pleas?On the first r Monday in February, will sell the house s and lot in Yorkville, belonging to the estate of F. Happerfield, deceased. s W. B. Smith and J. W. Neil, of Clover?Give r notice that the copartnership heretofore * existing between them, was dissolved by J mutual consent on the 9th of January, f Persons indebted to them will do well to read what they say. I W. II. McCorkle, Judge of Probate?Gives no- ? tice that J. N. and J. A. McGill have applied for letters of administration on the | Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Chicago comincd, and these four are the only Amerian cities having a population of one milion. The senate, on Thursday, courmed the nomination of Gilbert A. Pierce, f Minnesota, as minister to Portugal. 'he Pennsylvania railroad is said to have jsued an order to discharge all Union men in ;s employ. Representative Watson, of Jeorgia, introduced in the house on Monay, a bill to create the office of national inpector of cotton and grain ; to provide for he issuance of certificates of deposits and )r the issuance of postofficc money orders hereon, and to provide for the payment of uch orders. FISHING FOR PIKE. i Caustic Correspondent Comes at him With a Sharp Harpoon. alitor of The Enquirer: "When a man assumes the role of censor, e makes himself a living insult to all who ave the misfortune of his acquaintance." lentle reader, have you read "Pike's" artile in the last issue of The Enquirer? ust read his criticism on newspapers. Such beautiful tribute?sweeping and compreensive?to the press of South Carolina. re solemn quill drivers and pious scribes, on't you feel complimented? Can't you ympathise with poor Byron when he felt he keen reviewer's knife? If "this practice is carried 011 to such a egree as to become disgusting to the thinkig readers of these journals," what is the )gical conclusion to be drawn? Is it not onceded that newspaper circulation isgreatr today than ever before? If the majority f the readers of "these journals" were thinking" men, would they patronize such jurualism as, according to "Pike," obtains i South Carolina today ? If newspaper parouage is newspaper endorsement, then the thinking" men of the present day, headed y "Pike," are in a hopeless*- minority. V'hat a pity ! Legislature of South Carolia, congratulate yourselves that you have an dvocate who will choke off the pigmy ritics of the press and the presumptuous ?- nnctr "R o ypOLTHUS OI I III; pllipii, jlvcoc vaoj. ^?v aim and serene. Pass your railroad bills nd your liquor laws, and refuse to reuce your salaries, ete., and we will be ke "dumb, driven cattle." We humbly eg your pardon, gentlemen, for past offences. Ve have been corrupted by the press. How strange that a "thinking" man would lake such persistent efforts to make himself member of this much abused class?the Libjccts of "railing and fierce condemnaon," the targets of "flings, ironical remarks nd sneaking insinuations"?a class, who, '"judged, by the utterances of the press f the State," it is made to appear that the people as a rule select for their epresentatives the biggest fools and great5t knaves in the State." Strange that a thinking" man would spend his valuable me, "ambrosial cash" and fine talents in le endeavor to break into such unpopular orapany ! Our legislature, pledged to reirm, low taxes and general economy, reiso to reduce their own salaries. But we lusn't criticize them ! Oh no; we are choked ff?muzzled in advance. But from whence comes this "defense of re legislature ?" A man's positiou must be ;j .1 xr,. Jlisiuurcu. UUUUUUas, iui, vuiiicgiv vvu?u rite a book 011 the blessings of a high rotective tariff. But why? If our legisiture needs an advocate to defend them, we 111st inquire who he is, and where he is. Is e unbiased? Is he disinterested? Has he ot got a little hatchet to grind ? Does he ot hold an office? And if so, is it not uatuil for him to feel kindly toward and defend body who refused to reduce salaries? fhqrc do you stand brother "Pike" ? t;. Yorkville, S. C., January 9. SHARON SHAVINGS. he Cold Snap?Personal Mention?Dr. Ross Pounded?A11 Approaching Marriage. jrrespondcnce of the Yorkville Enquirer. Sharox, January 9.?The cold spell of eather of the past two weeks has not quite ozen your correspondent through, but he as been in daily fear of such a calamity. The small grain crop, especially the young its, is suffering considerable damage from le freeze. Mr. W. L. Plcxico and family have moved > Clay Hill from our town, to take charge f Wright's mill, which property he purlased recently. Mr. Plexico has many iends in this section who wish him succest. Mr. J. C. Gwinn has bought and moved ito the house recently vacated by Mr. lexico. Mr. James Sanders, Jr., and wife, of Olive, loved to Sharon last week. We are always lad to welcome such people into our town. The Sharon school is expected to open - vr~,1?.. 1 ntli T Viavo nnt. vol, CAl iliuuuaj J Hit xui/u, x uwiv ?W? fc, w. arned who is to take charge of it. There has been no preaching at Sharon lurch this year on account of the feeble ealth of Dr. Ross. Miss Alice Ross and Mr. William Ross, r., are visiting relatives in North Carolina. Mr. J. S. Hartness and family are visiting t Grover, N. C. Mr. Frank Brown has been on a short isit to this place. Sharon congregation gave Rev. Dr. Ross a )und pounding on last Tuesday. It did ot leave any wounds requiring the attenon of a surgeon, but, of course, it gladdened le heart of the reverend old gentlemen to illy realize in what loving esteem he is held y his congregation. Mr. R. T. Riggins went to Columbia last 'eek to attend a meeting of the board of enitentiary directors. Cards are out for the marriage of Miss 111a Rainey, ofBlairsville, to Dr. J. H. Saye, f this place, on next Wednesday evening at o'clock. a. e. A Very Small Crop.?The decrease in Dtton receipts has begun to assume alarmlg proportions, and from present indications icre appears to be a possibility merging on probability, that the crop will be smaller mil any since 1884-85. December returns liow a falling off of 402,795 bales for the lontli, and 1,717,000 bales for the season to ate as compared with last year, the receipts eing smaller than lor the same montn unrig the last 12 years. The portion of the rop received prior to January 1 during lie past elven years, has averaged 73 per ent., the maximum being 78.!) per per cent., ;ith a crop of 5,0(59,021 bales in 1884-85, nd the minimum 03.2 with a crop of (5,992,34 in 1882-83. The present receipts to the ist of December are 4,729,080 bales, and ssuming this to be 73 per cent, of the crop, lie total would be 0,005,939 bales. On I he asis of its being 03 per cent., as in 1882-83, lie total crop would be 0,431,911?Manuicturer's Kecord. Kkm'ck thk Achkack.?II. (J. West, of Ieinphis, Tcnn., secretary of the cotton ureau of the National Fanners' Alliance, as issued an address to the older advising reduction of acreage of cotton planting. Ie says that the Southern States produce 5 per cent, of the cotton grown and 82 per ent. of the staple available for use in this ountry. He holds that cotton mills in lie South are desirable but unattainable, Ids not being a manufacturing country, 'lie salvation of the Southern farmer is a iversification of crops and living at home istead of depending upon the pork packers f the North for food. He points out in upport of this argument that the reduction f the crop this season resulted in a marked lcrease in the price, and insists that cotton lanters can secure fair prices every season y keeping the production within reasonable ounds. It Siioti.k Havk a Tiiiai..?The Kvans ispensary bill passed the legislature of this tate. It goes into effect next July. The ct is not what the temperance people of the tate asked for and voted for last August. "hoy wanted a proninuory iaw, nui mis aei imply places the matter of selling liquor in lie hands of the State, under very rigid reglations. While not what we wanted, we hink there is good in it, if faithfully administered. It ottgh to have a fair trial hejre it is condemned, and we trust it will rceive the moral support of those who arc hiking war upon I lie saloon. This act will holish the saloon if its provisions are varied out. It is, therefore, an advance in the iglit direction.?Associate Reformed I'resyterian. ?*> ? Deputy Collector Elisor and his corps of avenue raiders have heen doing some hard ,ork during tiie past month, and they have met with great success. During the month e located and raided fourteen illicit distilirios in the upper part of the State, lie apturcd and destroyed the entire outfits xcept in one instance. This is one of the est records made during the past year. estate of It. Milieu McGill, deceased. E. A. Crawford, S. Y. C.?On the first Monday of February, under execution, will sell . two tracts of land in Bullock's Creek 1 township?193 and 75 acres, respectively?at the suit of Richard C. Thompson, vs. J. I). f Hamilton, administrator of W. K. Ham- 1 ilton, deceased. Also a tract of land in or 1 near the town of Blacksburg, containing 10J acres, and the one-fourth interest of R. A. Johnson, trustee, in the printing ma- 1; terial of the Blacksburg Printing company. Ferguson Brothers?Announce that they are in 1 the market for the flour trade, and call attention to the fact that they have for sale i sausage, lard and bacon, baskets, cigars, tobacco and snufl", fruit and confection- \ cries. They wish to purchase five hundred bushels of shelled corn, j M. A J I. C. Strauss?Say they have been selling \ overcoats at cost, and that they have more * on hand which they wish to sell as rapidly as possible. t George T. Schorb?Tells about the recent sale of two Wilcox & White organs, recommends the Decker piano, of which he is the manufacturers' agent, and proposes to guarantee all pianos and organs which lie f sells. . Dowry A Starr?Wish to sell a "plug" mule? 1 blind in one eye. They also have a quan- }; tity of Clover seed purchased before the riso in price, and propose to give pur- a chasers the benefit. They have received . their supply of garden seeds for 1893, ineluding onion sets of several varieties. 1 They have all regular sizes of glass, and a ( quantity ot putty reaay ior use. . W. J. ltoddcy, Manager of the Equitable Insurance company for the Carolinas?Calls 4 attention to "The Tontine Installment Policy," the premiums per thousand 011 which are much less than under older t forms of insurance. T. M. Dobson, Manager of Dobson's Racket? 1 Tells of a large number of useful things t which he proposes to sell at low prices. W. M. Houston it Co.?Propose to sell spool 1 cotton for three cents for which purchasers \ usually pay five cents. On the 10th, 18th and 20th days of January, ladies who call at their store will be presented with a spool of Merrick's thread in order that they may give it a trial. A. M. Grist?Says that a "Rapid Writer" foun- fl tain pen, makes M-riting a pleasure. He i; can furnish you with one of the pens. W. B. Moore <fc Co.?Want to sell a large quanti- ^ ty of flour very cheap to persons who have e the cash, and offer tobacco by the box, sugar by the barrel and bacon in any quan- e tity. They also mention their farming f tools, shelf hardware, crockery, glassware . and especially a ?3 com sheller, wliich they c claim will do the work of one costing 310. d [Hunter it Oates?Are desirous of selling their , "fire stock" of goods in order to make 1 room for a new stock. The greater part of r their stock was not damaged by the fire. The stock is first-class in quality, and in c order to close out, they are offering tinu- t sual bargains. ! George II. O'Leary?Tells about his stock of e furniture, carpets, cooking stoves, saddlery r and harness. Grist Brother and Bricc, agents of the Mutual 0 Reserve Fund Life Association of New York?Give some short talks 011 life insurance, which arc interesting to every I family. LECTURES ON PALESTINE. At the close of his sermon last Sunday j night, Itev. J. C. Galloway gave notice that 1 he would vary the usual routine next Sun- 1 day, by giving during the morning and even- ^ ing hours, instead of sermons, lectures on f Palestine. The lectures will be illustrated v with a suitable map, and those who go out g to hear them, may expect something inter- t esting and entertaining as well as profitable. c SOLDIERS, ATTENTION! The county hoard 01 pension examiners . will hold a meeting in Yorkville on next s Monday, and they desire all male pensioners who can hrrange to attend to do so. ( The object of the meeting is to get information as to who is dead, who has moved out 9 of the county, and generally what pensions . should be stopped, etc. It is to the interest of every old soldier who is now drawing a ^ pension in this county, to be in attendance. ' BRATTON BUILDING CHANGES HANDS. Mr. T. B. McClain, of Yorkville, has purchased from Mrs. P.R. Bratton, of Charleston, j the three story brick structure on the corner of Congress and Liberty streets, known as t the "Bratton building." The transfer was j completed on last Saturday afternoon, and included also the wooden structure in the rear, occupied by Messrs Finley & Brico j and Trial Justice Carroll. Messrs. M. & H. C. Strauss and other renters of the property, ^ will, until Mr. McClain sees fit to make other arrangements, remain in the respective rooms and offices that they are now occu- , py?"g- ^ t BLACKSBURG SALOONS. ( Two Blacksburg saloon men recently ten- c dered their .State tax in the sum of $100 ' each, to Treasurer Xecly. The saloon men 1 did not seek to get the treasurer into any 8 kind of trap, but just handed over the money * as required by law. Treasurer Neely gave ( a receipt which simply shows that the money is on deposit, and so far there is nothing to indicate the probability of any complica- j ] | tion whatever. Our Blacksburg correspon-1 j I dent, writps that when the Evans law coes !, ! into effect, the saloon men of the town will! j just step clown and out like the law abiding s j citizens that they are. ^ FROM YORKVILLK TO GOl'Ll). There has been some important changes ? | in the mail schedule from Yorkvillc to ( j Gould. Mr. J. W. Dobson, the original con- j j tractor on this route, has sublet his contract j to Mr. W. 1'. Youngblood, of Blairsville, and :( a new schedule has been put 011 as follows :'( Leave Blairsville, daily, except Sunday, at G ( : o'clock a. 111.; arrive at Yorkvillc at 9 o'clock i j a. m.; leave Yorkvillc at 9.30 a. ui.; arrive 1 ! at Gould at 3.30 p. in.: arrive at Blairsville, 1( I C at G p. 111. It seems to us that the new:' 1 1 schedule is an improvement all along the! line. Under this arrangement, a letter mail-1 i ed at Blairsville at G o'clock a. 111., may be I delivered in Columbia or Charleston on tliej* 1 evening of the same daw ^ FROM NATURAL C.U'SFS. | Eliza Fewell, a sixteen year old daughter ; of Adam Fewell, colored, of Yorkville, died 11 i on last Thursday morning under somewhat j1 suspicious circumstances. She had been ;1 .sick only since Tuesday, and some of the I : colored neighbors thought she had been puis- j( i oned. They applied to Trial Justice Carroll and lie sent for Coroner I'ursley, who held | * an inquest on Friday. A postmortem exam-j1 ination was made by Drs. Hratton and White,11 and they gave it as their opinion that death j I was due to inflammation of the bowels, j' , brought about by natural causes, and the!1 jury rendered a verdict accordingly. Judg-'1 j ing from the destitution apparent in the j ^ house, it is thought, by those familiar with j' 1 the circumstances, that the primary cause of: . the girl's death was hunger and exposure, i5 - ( CI!ANGUS OF KUSIRFNCi:. L The following changes of residence have | j recently taken place in town: Mr. Hrooks U Inman and family, have removed from the } | "Ilerndon house," opposite the Parish hotel, to Mr. T. ]}. Met'Iain's house on Cleveland j ( avenue, recently vacated by Dr. T. S. lirat-; t i ton. Mrs. M. M. Camp is occupying the < t house from which Mr. Inman moved. Mr. > ( j Lewis (J. Grist has moved into the house on ! i Cleveland avenue, which he recently pur-,f chased of Mr. T. 15. Met'lain. County ] Auditor Waters and family have moved to ?c , Yorkville, and are occupying Mr. S. L. Mil ler's residence on Fast Liberty street. Cap-11 tain J. K. Lindsay and family are occupying ;i ! their house on the corner of Lincoln and L j Charlotte streets. 3Ir. W. 1). Clenn andjt araily arc occupying Mr. J. R. Aslie's cotage on College street. Dr. A. Y. Cartwright md family are occupying one of the resilences in the King's Mountain Military chool building. Rev. D. Harrison and famly are occupying Mrs. C. H. Dixon's cotage at the corner of East Jefferson and Raiload streets. Mr. Robert VVitherspoon and amily have removed from Yorkville to their arm near Brattonsville. Mr. J. W. Dobson ind family are now occupying their handome new house on the corner of Congress and Vest Madison streets. Mrs. C. Corkill has emoved from the "Whit" house, on Liberty treet, to her old home on East Madison treet, and the "Whit" house is now occu>ied by Mr. T. F. Wilson and family. Mr. fohn N. O'Farrell and family have removed rom one of Mr. W. H. Quinn's houses on Cing's Mountain street, to Mr. O'Farrell's dantation near town. ABOUT PEOPLE. Miss Annie Law has returned from an exended visit to friends in Hampton county. Miss Lessie Witherspoon left last Friday or a visit to relatives and friends in Brookyn, New York. Mrs. W. B. McCaw and daughter returned ast Saturday from an extended visit to her >arents, in New Orleans. TVr.. Tlmmoo P Hfnnrp onil fnmilv nf Btir iugton, N. C., spent several days in Yorkfille last week, visiting relatives and friends. Masters Felix, Joe and DeLeon Walker, vho have been spending several weeks with heir grandmother in Hampton county, reurned home on Sunday. TAY COLLECTIONS. Since our last issue, Treasurer Neely has ound time in which to add up his total eolections. They amount to $78,327.92, which nclude several thousand dollars of addition,1s. The total railroad tax of the county under he comptroller's assessment, is $14,957.92. )f this sum the railroads have paid $8,507.:5, and are fighting over the balance, $6,450.17. No executions have been issued against j he railroads on account of the balance of axes not paid. This is for the reason that he comptroller general has decided to await he issue of the case now pending in the Jnited States court. MEMORIAL BAZAAR. The Ladies' Hollywood Memorial asssoci^ .tion, aided by several other kindred organizations, is making arrangements to hola a azaar in Richmond, April 11th, for the benfit of the monument that is now being riisd to private soldiers and sailors of the CAnederacy, and for the Confederate museumio ie established in the house in which PreMlent Davis lived while in Richmond. A he bazaar, each Confederate State is to epresented by a table, bearing its shield and olors, and articles donated are to be given o the table designated by the donor. Mony and articles, large or small, for table or estaurant, for use or beauty, should be adIressed to the Memorial Bazaar, Richmond, >'a. The express companies will forward " * * J J 1 ill sucn pacaages, soauuresseu, nee. FINE FLORIDA ORANGES. Mr. H. A. D. Neely has favored The Cnquirer with some fine oranges, from a >ox sent him by his friend, Wm. R. McCulough, of Boardman, Flu., as a Christmas iresent. The oranges are confessedly the inest we have ever seen. Among them is rhat is known as the Tangarine, or "kid ;love" orange, so named because it may be orn to pieces and eaten with the hand enased in kid gloves, and the gloves will not ie stained. Another variety was the Malese, or "blood orange/' This, like the first, 3 of delicious flavor, and carries its seeds in uch a way that the eater is required to give hem no concern whatever. There were also 'bitter sweets," and several other common 'arieties. Upon the whole, the various pecimeus go to show that Florida is up with, f not ahead, of the world, at least in orange aising. For our share, we return thanks to dr. Neely and to Mr. McCuJlough. RAILROAD EARNINGS. The railroad commission has issued its re>ort of the earning of the various railroads n the State for the month of October of last rear, as compared with the same month of lie previous year. The aggregate earnug of all the roads in the State the previous rear was ?862,189.65, against ?760,982.92 last rear: a decrease of ?101,206.73. The earn ngs of the various roads in this immediate lection were as follows: Charleston, Cin:innati and Chicago, $16,714.38, a decrease >f $2,325.63 ; Charlotte,% Columbia and Augusta, $64,055.07, a decrease of $14,677.23; Georgia, Carolina and Northern, $42,501.66, in increase of $17,932.86; Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line, $81,164.09, an increase )f $907.41; Chester and Lenoir, $2,404.95, an ncrease of $100.90. Of the twenty-eight oads in the State, the earnings of only eight ihow an increase over October, 1891. The Chester ann Lenoir, it will be noticed, is one )f the eight. LITTLE THINGS. "Take care of the small thiugs and the arge ones will take care of themselves," j s a principle of domestic economy that will ihvays prove effective. Here is a little story ecently told us by a young lady member of a small family. We have no hesitation in ,'oucning ior us uccurucy ; "Last year I had nine hens, and unable to ;et any more, determined to see what I could lo with them. I gave them such attention is they required from time to time, and on lie first of January counted up the results if the year's experiment. Through the sale if their eggs and chickens, I realized #15 in :ash, and still have my nine liens. Besides ' his, we used quite a quantity of eggs at ionic, and had chicken for the table wheniver extra occasions required. I don't con- j iider that the hens cost me anything except, ny time and trouble. They got most of' heir living out of the grain fields, after the vhcat and oats had been harvetsed. Alto-; jether, they did not consume one dollar in itherwisc available values." PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE. If the people of Yorkville really intend to irovide themselves with any protection igainst lire, it is high time they are going ibout it. Already we have all the legisla- i .ion that is necessary, and now we should i lecide upon the best thing to do, and do it.; If a practical and efficient system of wa-' erworks can be had for #1<!,000, the amount lie town is authorized to use for the pur-! lose, then a system of waterworks is the; liing. If a system of waterworks cannot' )C put in for #1(5,000?we confess that we; ire extremely dubious about it?then the' lext best thing is a suflicient number of eis- j cms nnd a steam fire engine. But let us; lave something as soon as possible. We have just been shown the revised in- j iuranee rates for the town of Yorkville, re:ently issued by the South-eastern Tariff as-! iociation. The rates show an increase of 10 i ler cent, and upwards, over those of last: fear, 011 the various business houses of York- j ,-ille. There arc only a few exceptions,! inioug which arc Tiik Emji'Ikkk printing illiee, the Parish hotel, the postollice and j -lie Carolina Buggy factory. The rates 011; he two first named arc unchanged, while lie last two show a slight reduction. Appended to the insurance rates is the bllowing note: "The rates promulgated icrein include an addition of 10 per cent'J m account of insufficient fire department j md water supply. l"pon notice to the asso- j nation that the lire company has been rc-or-; ranized ; the hand engine overhauled, and nit in good condition; two additional cis-1 eras constructed, and (>00 feet more hose purchased, the 10 per cent, increase in rates will be rescinded." In view of this state of affairs, it certainly behooves the people of Yorkville to take some immediate action on the fire question. A meeting of the citizens should be called as soon as possible. If a practicable system of waterworks can be had for $16,000, let us have it.- If not that, then a steam fire engine and cisterns; and if not that, let the hand engine be overhauled. Anyhow, it will be good business to get rid of that extra 10 per cent, on insurance premiums. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at 11 a. m., and Sunday-school immediate- s ly afterward. 1 Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. Weber, IX D., pastor. Services next Sunday t at 11 a. m., and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at ^ 3 o'clock p.m. Prayer-meeting this evening t at 7 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. ( J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville? Pray- , er-meeting this evening at 7 o'clock. Servi- , ces Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and , Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Sunday- t school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. < Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock ? a. m., and 7 o'clock p. m. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow s evening at 4 o'clock. < Baptist?Prayer-meeting tomorrow even- 3 ing at 7. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Rev. . W. J. Langston will preach at Union on the fourth Sunday in this month, 22nd j instant, at 11 a. m., and in Yorkville on the i evening of the same day at 7 o'clock. ] LOCAL. LACONICS. ? The Knights of Pythias will have a banquet at the Three C's hotel tonight. ! ? The wife of Henry Toole, the colored barber of Rock Hill, died last Saturday. < Her body was taken to Charlotte for burial. ? Joe Gwinn, colored, was committed to < jail by Trial Justice Howe, of King's Moun- ! tain township, last Thursday, on the charge bf criminal assault. His alleged victim is a j colored woman. ; ? The premium organ spoken of last week as having just been received by Mr. George T. Schorb, has been sold to Rev. D. E. McAlister, of Bethel. Mr. Schorb, however, has auother organ on the way, and it will be here in a few days. ? The Yorkville Graded schools resumed work last Monday, after a two week's suspension for the Christmas holidays, with a full attendance. The trustees have elected Miss Florie Allison, of Yorkville, as one of the teachers, vice Mrs. Ida Meek, resigned. ? We would not be understood as kicking against the Narrow Gauge schedule altogether on account of Yorkville. Yorkville can get all the railroad facilities she needs from the Three C's. It is the defenceless people to the north and south of us that we are concerned about. ? Speaking of Rev. W. J. Langston's ac- 1 ceptance of the calls of Yorkville and Union Baptist churches, the Newberry Observer of last week says : "Mr. Langston is a faithful, ] diligent and successful pastor, and is especial- 1 ly strong and clear in the pulpit. He is very popular, and the people of this section of the ] State will be sorry to see him leave." < ? Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage has been en- < gaged to deliver his great lecture "BigBlun- 1 ders," before the Young Men's Christian association at Columbia, in the opera house, . on Wednesday, January 18th, at 8 p. m. The price of admission will be $1. Tickets ] are now on sale, and may be had by writing : to W. L. Hatch, general secretary of the Y. ; M. C. A., Columbia. 1 ? The southbound Three C's trains now stop at Kingsville and no longer run into Columbia. They connect with the north < and south bound South Carolina trains, and 1 ort a a tfotrolopa fmm this And of the line are concerned, they have all the accommodations that were given before the recent change of schedule. ' ? Quite a number of Yorkville youngsters ' enjoyed a pleasant masquerade party at the Parish hotel, last Friday night. The party J was given by Master Latta Parish, and Mrs. , Parish, Mrs. R. B. Lowry and Mrs. T. M. Dobson, took it upon themselves to see to it j that the young people had a pleasant evening. Miss Sallie Adickes furnished the music, and the whole thing was a splendid success. ? In answer to a summons from Trial Jus- 1 ticeShurley, Mr. S. A. McElwee went down 1 to Old Point last Saturday to identify the negro who recently stole a cow from Representative Wilborn. The negro turned out to be the same one who gave his name to Mr. , McElwee as Hutchison. His real name is i George Watson, and under that name he was committed to jail to await trial at the next 1 term of the circuit court. ? Mr. E. B. McSwaiu, of Cherokee township, has made a success of tobacco raising , this year. He planted between three and , four acres, and has averaged about seven ] hundred pounds to the acre. So far, he has i sold only a portion of the crop, and for the ' best of it, received 38 cents a pound. On the whole crop, he thinks he will average ! not less than $100 an acre. The cost of production aiid preparing for market has not exceeded $30 an acre. ? The Chester Bulletin quotes an "observ- j ant gentleman" of Chester as saying that a i pair of jackasses would do the business of 1 the Chester and Lenoir railroad at Yorkville. We have little doubt as to the correctness of this statement. Before the pres- , ent outrageous schedule went iuto effect, the business required a daily freight; but now < it has nearly all gone to the Three C's, and , it begins to look as if, before a great while longer, the share of the Narrow Gauge can be done by one jackass. Perhaps there is a soft snap ahead of the Bulletin's "observant gentleman," if he will continue to keep his eyes open. BLACKSBURU BUDGET. The Cold Weather?Ice in Ilroud River?The Demand for Wood?Sensible View of the Political Situation?Hlacksburg's Saloon" i ist Are Taw-Abiding Citizens?Application for Dispenser?Other Notes. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Bi.ack.shur(;, January 10.?For this sec- j tion of the Union, Friday and Saturday last! were very cold days, and the earth has re- j maincd steadily frozen since, with very slight I indications of the Frost King relaxing his icy i hold. Persons living near Broad river say j that there has not been so much ice in that j stream for eight years, and blocks of it are j seen floating down the middle of the cur- j rent. The farmers in general will no doubt: bo thankful for the cold freeze in the benefit \ resulting to their land, and those living near i the towns, in particular, by the increased demand for wood for fuel. Although the j price of this very essential article of warmth and comfort seems rather low, yet the cut-11 ting and hauling of it gives employment,' during the winter months, to many who | would be otherwise idle, and enables.them ' not only to feed their families, but to have .1 Jlllie surplus money in men jiuimis, Anil still further, as a beneficial result of the cold weather, it is predicted by observing heads, that this will be an excellent crop year, and that fruit will be unusually good and free from the ravages of the insects, which will be destroyed by the intense cold, j No doubt we will need to have all those blessings showered upon us by a beniliccnt i Creator, whether we deserve them or not, for ifourState and other papers are to be be-; licved, there is plenty of political and social trouble in store for our people this year and next, in the adoption and workings of the new "reformatory" laws passed by the last | legislature. But it is not well to anticipate,; and 1 believe it will be better for us all to j accept the new laws in good faith as loyal j citizens, and throw no obstacle in the way * of their execution. If the motives and purposes of their authors were honest and pure, i a fair trial of them will not result in any se- 1 rious hurt to any class of people. If they j )riginated in feelings, and from motives of mvy and hatred, and a desire to injure any >ne class of our citizens, they will soon meet vith the approbrium and contempt which hey would so richly deserve, and probably >e repealed by the very men who so recenty made them. With the exception of the increase in the ax levy, the dispensary law is the only one vhich will he likely to affect our town, and jo far, our citizens do not seem to give it nuch serious thought. A petition for the ippointment of a dispenser was on our streets ust week, but received very few signatures, ^ jvery reply being that "there is plenty *of ime to attend to that matter." The saloon nen now express their intention to quietly. :lose their bars on the last day of June, and itep aside for the dispenser to take their daces. The New Year, so far, has not wrought nany changes among our merchants, and in heir review of the past year all have had a /ery good trade, and have been successful in heir collections. Mr. Wm. A. Whisonant has sold his inter?st in the firm of W. A. Whisonant & Co., ,o D. L. Brown & Co., who will continue the msiness at same stand, under the raanagenent of Mr. Albert Whisonant. Dr. Darvin has moved his stock of drugs, two doors, o a larger and more commodious storeroom )f the Iron City hotel. j Two of our best and most esteemed citizens?Mr. Ben Talbert and Mrs. Frances Duncan?have recently been stricken with paralysis; the former of the whole left iide, and the latter of the whole right side. 3n account of their age, each one being 73 ^ears old, their recovery is not expected. The Blacksburg Printing company organzed on Friday night last, adopted a constiution and by-laws, and elected the followug directors : D. L. Brown, J. D. Kennedy, tV. B. deLoach, Dr. J. T. Darwin and M. M. Gnomon "^y McCONNELLSVILLE MATTERS. Successful Eutertalumeuts?Personal Mention?Other Matters. '-V* ^orespondence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. McConnellsville, January 9.?This postjffice has not been heard from for some time, ind we, among others, send greeting to The Enquirer. Christmas passed off quietly, and our people have commenced the work of the new pear with commendable energy. The Ladies' Aid Society of Bethesda gave i fish and oyster supper on Monday night of last week. Although the night was extremely cold, the entertainment was well attended. Mr. Howard, the evangelist, conducted a meeting at Olivet recently. Fifteen new members were received into the church. Mr. Robinson and Miss Foster, the teachers at this place, spent the holidays in Lancaster. Miss Janie McConnell spent last week in Lancaster visiting Miss Foster. Mr. Marion Moore and Mr. Ed McConnell. )f Heath Springs, spent Christmas at home, Mr. Swann, of Bullock's Creek, preached it Olivet on Sunday night. Miss Edna Love visited Mrs. Fewell in Rock Hill last week. BETHESDA NOTES. VIr. Williamson's Lecture?Four New Elders?Communion. On last Friday evening, Rev. J. J. Wiliamson, of San Marcos, Tex., delivered an nstructive, impressive and at times very humorous lecture in Bethesda church on temperance. He lectures in the academy at McConnellsville Tuesday night for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid Society of Bethesda church. Wednesday, at 7 o'clock p. m., he will preach in Philadelphia M. E. church. His visit has been a great source of pleasure ind profit to the community. He never fails to instruct and entertain his audience. Dr. W. M. Love, S. B. McCully, Robt. S. Hanna, and J. McC. Moore, were ordained ind installed elders of Bethesda church on 3aturday. After a fine sermon by Rev. J. B. Swann, of Bullock's Creek, on Sabbath, ihe communion^ was administered by the pastor. Mrs. Howell, who lived near the church, tied of consumption on Saturday, and was buried on Sabbath after the service. p. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? The cotton mills at Langley are making arrangements to double their present capacity. ? Dr. J. P. Chazal, one of the oldest physicians and most honored citizen^ of Charleston, died in that city suddenly j&nday night, aged 76 years. ? The Central Club of South Carolina, organized for the purpose of interesting the women of the State in an exhibit at the World's Fair, has disbanded. ? A big cotton platform caught fire at Anderson last Thursday. There were three thousand bales of cotton on the platform, and ahout one thousand were destroyed. ? The high wind of last Thursday blew down a frame building that was being erected at the corner of Gervais and Lincoln streets, Columbia, and five workmen were more or less seriously injured. ? TVio Act to of tliA onpniiur of ClpmSOTl Col lege will be decided next mouth. Governor Tillman recently said that the college would probably be opened on the first of June. Provisions will be made for the accommodation of six hundred students. It is understood that the first month's work of the college will be devoted to organization. After that the students will be required to buckle down to hard study. ? The safe of A. McDonald & Co., at Blackstock, was entered by expert cracksmen last Friday night and robbed of about $200 in cash and a number of valuable papers. The safe was entered by blowing off the door with powder. There were several persons lodging within a short distance of the store, but no one heard the explosion. There is no clue to the robbers. It is thought they are professional cracksmeu, on a tour through the small towns, looking after fall collections. ? News and Courier: The railroad men have been exceedingly anxious to save any further litigation in the railroad tax cases. The taxes this year were tendered to the State on the same basis as last year by the railroads, and for a while Comptroller General Ellerbe thought of having executions issued against all the non-paying roads, as last year. He has, however, decided that it would be for the interest of all parties if the entire matter is settled by the pending cases which are now on the way to an early settlement. Under the decision of the comptroller general, all the cases are to be decided by the case that is to be heard in Washington next week. ? The board of directors of the State penitentiary met in Columbia last Wednesday and organized by the election of Captain Cunningham as chairman of the board. The new members of the body who began their duties were Robert T. Itiggins, of York ; J. W. Lyles, of Fairfield ; and W. H. Alderman, of Aiken. The board found that on the 1st there were 910 convicts in the institution, and it was ascertained that the demand for convict labor was greater than the supply. The following distribution of the available convicts was made : DeSaussure farm 90, Sim ins farm 40, Wolfe's farm 40, Lexington farm :14, Spigener's farm 20, niinpN' IIIM ( Ytlniiiiin's nimrrv HO -WW, - 'J J contract calls l'or 75, farms in Anderson county 70, Sherwood farm in Marion county 40, Clemson college 100. A requisition was made for 25 extra convicts on and after the 1st of March, for the hosiery mill, on the grounds 125, hatting factory 20, Seeger's farm 15. ? Greenville News : Some kind of a "varmint" is exciting dread and curiosity on Reedy river, in the St. Alban's section of the county. For two months the animal has roved at night, attacking dogs and making the night hideous with its peculiar howls or cries. When the people first began to talk about it, others hooted at those who claimed to have seen or heard it. Rut now very few doubt the presence of the beast. It is thought to be a panther, but some think it is a wild cat. A short time ago it carried oil" a citizen's pig, but seemed to have become frightened and dropped the porcine victim, which was found dead. On Sunday night it went into the yard of S. V. Chapman, who is a well known citizen, and attacked his dog. When Mr. Chapman ran out with his gun the animal ran oil", but set up a howl like a woman in distress. Mr. Chapman says that the animal has been tracked in a number of directions. Its tracks show that it has long claws. It has several times been trailed, but no dog can be commanded or persuaded to follow the tracks.