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and Jiuts.
? Miss Ella J. Sherwood and Mr. J. F.
Langdon, of Baltimore, wanted to be married
recently. Miss Sherwood's father is a Methodist,
and violently opposed to her marriage
to Langdon, who is a Catholic. A friend of
Langdon's picked a fight with old man
Sherwood in the street, and while both were
locked in the station house, the marriage
ceremony was performed.
? Three Norwegian sailors, wh-o arrived at
Hamburg, Germany, last week, on the Danish
bark Herman, tell a horrible story.
Their vessel, the Thekla, foundered in the
Pacific, leaving only the tops of the masts
above water. Ten sailors took refuge in the
rigging, but after a week without food, one
after another became crazed and jumped into
the sea until oiily four were left. These
drew lots to see which should be eaten. The
lot fell twice to a Scotchman. He was strangled
and devoured by bis companions. The
three survivors will be taken to Norway
and tried for cannibalism.
A rMr.pnd rnllisinn nnd nxnlosion of
two car loads of powder, occurred on the
Lake Shore railway, three-quarters of a mile
east of Strycker, Ohio, last Thursday afternoon.
The west bound local freight ran
into the rear end of an extra freight, which
had parted from the main part of the train,
exploding two carloads of powder and blowing
the caboose and three cars to atoms and
badly damaging the engine. The concussion
was felt for miles away and the telegraph
wires torn down. The engineer and
fireman saved themselves by jumping.
There was no one in the caboose and no loss
of life resulted. The ground is covered for
acres with powder cans and wreckage.
Pieces of timber were blown half mile away.
A heavy snow was falling, and the train
men on the local did not see the flagman.
? President Harrison, on last Thursday,
nominated Howell E. Jackson, of Tennessee,
to be associate justice of the supreme court
of the United States, vice L. Q. C. Lamar,
deceased. The nominee is a life-long Democrat,
and at present is a Federal circuit
judge in Tennessee, having been appointed
to that position by Cleveland during his former
term. Neither Democrats or Republicans
have anything to say against Judge
Jackson as a man, but neither party seem to
look favorable upon his appointment by the
president. The Republicans are opposed to
the appointment of a Democrat to such a
position on general principles, and the Democrats
are afraid that if Jackson's appointment
is confirmed, the president will appoint
a Republican to the circuit judgeship
that he will leave vacant. The confirmation
of Jackson's appointment by the senate, is
doubtful.
? Henry tflews, according to the New
York Banker and Speculator, says : "If the
anti-option bill becomes a national law, the
dealing in options will be superseded by the
dealing in storehouse certificates in the same
way that gold was dealt in during the war
period. The actual gold at that time was
rlennsited in the Bank of New York, aeainst
which certificates were issued payable in
gold on demand to bearer, and these certificates
were used in making the deliveries of
all gold transactions. Gold was dealt in
sometimes to the extent of $100,000,000 a
. day, and a few millions of these gold certificates
were offered in settling these immense
transactions through the clearing house.
We can deal in wheat, corn and cotton on
just as large a scale as now is done in options
by adopting the same method. There will,
therefore, be no need of either cotton or the
grain exchanges disbanding even if the option
bill does become a law."
? Close contests on the popular vote in
presidential elections are no new thing, but
of late years they have been less frequent
than formerly. Probably the closest contest
of the kind was in 1882, when Henry Clay
beat Andrew Jackson in the terrapin State
of Maryland by four votes. In the same
year, too, Delaware was carried by Clay by
166 votes, and New Jersey by Jackson by
463. New Jersey then, as since, has never
faltered when a Democrat was to be voted
for. In 1S40, W. H. Harrison, the president's
grandfather, carried Pennsylvania by
345 votes. In 1844 Polk beat Clay in Indiana
by 208, and Clay beat Polk in Tennessee
by 113. In 1852 Franklin Pierce defeated
General Scott in Delaware by 25
votes. Since that time the close contests
have been more rare, though in 1868 Seymour
beat Hayes in Oregon by 164 votes,
and in 1880 Hancock defeated Garfield in
California by 30 votes. In 1884 New York
was the closest State, and its vote decided
the contest. In 1892 the result was complicated
in many States by fusions between
two of the three parties; the closest State
where there was no fusion, was California,
which Cleveland carried by 470 votes.
? A horrible story comes from Paris, Tex.,
under date of last Wednesday. Henry
Smith, a burly negro, on Thursday, outraged (
and murdered little four-year-old Myrtle
Vance. The crime was not discovered until
Friday, when the body of the little girl,
dreadfully mangled, was found in a cow pasture
near the city. Smith had been seen
leading the little one in that direction on the
day before, and was at once suspected. He
could not be found. News of the affair
flew like wild-fire, and thousands of eager |
searchers collected from all the country
round. On Tuesday, the negro was caught
at Clow, Ark. He was taked to Paris,
where there were about 5,000 people eager
to get at him. He at first denied the crime,
but there was blood stains on his clothing,
and later he confessed. A rope was put
around his neck and he was carried through
the streets of the city to the Texas and Pacific
depot, where a scaffold six feet square
and ten feet high had been erected. Here
red hot irons were thrust into his feet, legs
and arms, and he was tortured to death,
inch by inch. After he was dead a big pile
of cotton seed hulls was heaped under the
scaffold, and after the mass had been saturated
with kerosene, it was set on fire, when
all was quickly consumed. It is said that
Smith committed his horrible crime to avenge
himself on the father of the child, who had
arrested him once when drunk and clubbed
him. The citizens of Paris paid Smith's
captors a reward of $500.
? The government authorities are having
more trouble with the Indians at Pine Ridge
agency in North Dakota, and it is believed
that another outbreak, similar to that of two
years ago, is probable. On last Friday,
a band under the lead of old Two Strike, a
very turbulent and troublesome chief, at,.i?i
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tbem. Next day a* company of Indian police
was sent after Two Strike and his baud.
A hard fought battle ensued and Two Strike
" was killed, and the members of the band
captured. Throughout the fight the Indian
police acted with great gallantry, and 011
Sunday, Agent Brown, of Pine Kidge, telegraphed
to the Acting commissioner of Indian
Affairs at Washington a"fe follows:
"Please telegraph approval of appoiutmeut
of First Sergeant John Bush as second lieutenant,
John Sitting Bear as first sergeant,
and Privates Running Hawk and Two Lance
to be sergeants, for bravery and gallant conduct
; also, increase of police force to eighty.
Emergency. Commend in highest terms
loyal and effective service of Young-ManAfraid-of-His-Horse."
The actiug commissioner,
in his reply, approved the promotions,
authorized the increase of police officers, and
added: "This office fully appreciates the loyal
and effective service of Young-Man-Afraidof-His-Horse
and the fidelity and bravery
of the policemen and the good offices of all
others whv. are faithfully aiding you in preserving
order and bringing to punishment
murderes and all other violators of the law
and regulations. Keep this otlice fully posted
as to the situation."
? At Stafford's Point, Texas, last Sunday,
a half grown negro boy offered a gross insult
to Mrs. Dr. Cochran. She reported the matter
to her husband on his return, aud the
doctor chastised the boy. Sunday night,
while at the railroad station, Clinton Edwards,
the boy's father, met Dr. Cochran,
who is a one-armed man, aud after a wordy
quarrel, the negro picked up a stone with
which he felled the doctor to the earth. As
he fell, Dr. Cochran seized his pistol and put
three bullets into Edwards, killing him instantly.
William Watts, station agent of
the Southern Pacific railway, disarmed Dr.
Cochran, and then a number of negroes assaulted
him. The}' accused him of having
assaulted Edwards and demanded his life.
Dr. Cochran told the excited crowd that ne
was not the guilty party; but the crowd
were bent on lynching Watts, who managed
to reach the inside of the depot which he
barred, and with arms he had there and with
the assistance of the telegraph operator,
managed to hold the crowd at bay, and in
the meantime telegraphed to Kichmond,
Houston, Walker and sister towns for assist
ance. While this was going on, the negroes
were also receiving reinforcements, and fiery j
leaders proposed to burn the depot and I
town. Just as they were about to put their i
! designs into etfect, an engine pulled into
! town with the sheriff and a posse of armed
j men. It was with much difficulty that the
,j sheriff and his posse got the crowd quiet.;
j Dr. Cochran surrendered, but the mob |
clamored for Watts, the station agent. In
the hubbub the sheriff appeased them by ar- j
restiug Watts and quickly getting him on
the train, which pulled out for Richmond,
where he will be held until an examination :
is had. The negroes are ugly and threaten-1
ing in their behavior. ?
? In Louisville, last Friday morning, an
overhead electric wire broke and the two live
ends dangled from the poles for nearly five
hours. The results were what might have
been expected. A horse ran against the
wire and was knocked down. Then another
horse came along and a hole was burned
through his body killiug him instantly. A
laborer on his way to his work brushed
against the wire. He fell, and the sizzling
wire wrapped itself around his body, burn
ing him in the most shocking manner, .b'ully
2,000 volts of electricity ran through the
victim, and the fitful flashes of fire from his
body frightened off the spectators. It was
twenty minutes before the man was pulled
away from the wire, a half-charred corpse.
?he ?fltfeviUc inquirer.
YOKKVILLE, S. cT:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8,189B.
? The first number of the Columbia Jour- (
nal, a very neat, newsy afternoon paper, '
made its appearance last Wednesday. It is '
under the editorial coutrol of Captain John ]
G. Capers. '
. i j
? A dispatch of Saturday from Montgom- '
ery, Ala., says that the sales of fertilizer >
tags in that State are unprecedented, and indications
are that an unusually large cotton <
crop will be planted. Similar reports come 1
from the States of Arkansas, Mississippi
and Texas. Planters in this section will
please take notice. j
? Suppose the legislature had passed an
iron-clad prohibition law ? Knowing better <
than anybody else the impossibility of en- <
f* 1. 1 J 1 i. ,
iorcing u, me liquor people wouia nave just
takeu a good laugh in their sleeves; but it
is not so with the dispensary law. They
may not like it, but they have not shown
it a great deal of contempt.
? The North Carolina senate, by a vote of
27 to 5, has rejected a bill to provide the
courts with official stenographers. This is
the most penny wise and pound foolish policy
imaginable. The stenographer enables the
court to do just twice as much work in a
given time as can be done without him, and
he saves the public ten times his salary
every day. How men of the intelligence
supposed to be possessed by State senators,
should take such a position on this question,
is indeed remarkable.
? Last week The News and Courier and
The State printed a story which, in effect,
showed fraud in the recent deal by which the
State debt was refunded. It happened that
one of the financiers, by whose help the deal
was effected, was a cousin of the editor of
the Greenville News. In so many words,
Editor Williams told The State aud News
and Courier that they lied, and further developments
showed that they were at least
mistaken. Suppose Mr. Williams had not
happened to be behind the scenes, so to
speak, is it not likely that he would have
fallen into the same error for which he berated
The State and The News and Courier?
It would not have been surprising. Really,
there is more than the necessary amount of
prejudice in our State politics.
? Today, according to promise, we publish
the full text of the Evans dispensary
law. We commend it to the careful perusal
of our readers, and would respectfully suggest
that each one form his opinion of the
law strictly on its merits. The law, it will be
seen, is not altogether a prohibition measure. .
When the freeholders of a community desire ^
the sale of liquor, provision is made for its ^
sale; and where the freeholders are opposed
to the sale of liquor, provision is made for its ^
absolute prohibition. It will be noticed, however,
that while provision is made for the es- j
tablishinent of a dispensary, there is no
provision for its discontinuance in case it
should not prove satisfactory. Therefore, it
becomes doubly incumbent on every citizen
to consider well the whole question, before
he commits himself even to a test of the law.
? We have received the Grst number of
"The Piedmont Headlight," the new Sparj
tanburg weekly, edited by Mr. T. L. Gautt,
formerly of the Columbia Register. The
Headlight is a forty-eight column quarto,
printed on good paper, filled with interesting
reading matter from start to finish. It
is owned by a joint stock company, of which
Colonel L. P. Walker is president, and Mr. c
Stanyarne Wilson is secretary and treasurer.
Mr. Gantt's name appears as editor and lessee.
The object of the new paper is evi;
deutly to advance the interest of the Reform
i party and Reform politicians in Spartanburg
j county. This it will, no doubt, for a time at ^
i least, succeed in doing. If, under the conI
trol of a joint stock company, however, it
I meets with financial success, it will be the
first instance of the kind that has ever come
under our observation.
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? Iu the recent primary, a majority of the (
Democratic voters instructed the South Car- s
olina legislature to pass a prohibition law. (
Prohibition bills without number were intro- 1
duced, but none of them were passed. In- 1
stead, the legislature said, "Here isadispeu- 1
sary law; this is better." Well, suppose it is
or suppose it is not; it is not what the people '
asked for. In the next general election ^
the people will be asked to vote for the: call- J
ing of a constitutional convention. Those *
in favor of the convention will promise that '
so and so will be changed, and so and so
will be left undisturbed. But how can wo believe
them, in view of the manner in ]
which our representatives have carried out 1
their instructions on the prohibition question
? How do we know that delegates to
the convention?those with specific instruc- (
tions?will not, after their election, seek to 1
give us "something better?"
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I ?lllU rilixuiiH i\w:iv iini nave luiincu at
Tobacco Growers' club, and have engaged an 1 |
expert from North Carolina to "coach" them. ,
They intend to do their part toward diversify- '
ing crops, and with Hock Hill's characteristic <
energy, propose to make that city a centre of .
tobacco culture. Should their experiment this 1
year prove successful, they will establish a tobae- |
co warehouse in Hock Hill. This plan is to bo
commended to farmers whose venture in tobae- 1
co is not large enough to warrant the employ- <
incut of an expert. With a "coacher" for each
neighborhood club, each grower can make a 1
good eron, while acquainting himself witli the 1
best methods of cultivating and curing tobacco. ,
We hope to hear of many m< >re such clubs.?The '
State. I
This is the sensible way to go at it. There (
is no doubt about the suitableness of the soil .
and the climate oi this county to the culture i \
of tobacco. The time has been when tobac-1 j
co was the staple crop of this section, and j
the very old people tell us that they can
remember when, with a horse in shafts, at-'
tached to a hi# hogshead of tobacco rolling |'
along the road on its way to Charleston, was 1
no uncommon sight. The only difficulty in j
the way of successful tobacco production in \
this county, now, is that our people have not
kept up with the times in the matters of cultivation
and curing. It would be folly for any
one individual to attempt to acquire the
knowledge by his own experiments, and the
Rock Hill people have struck the right idea
in forming a community partnership with a
view to giving the matter a thorough test.
? Senator Hill made a motion in the senate
last Monday, to take up the bill to re
peal the Sherman act providing for the purchase
of silver. The senate at first showed
considerable reluctance to commit itself on
Senator Hill's motion, hut on the motion
being pressed, the body finally voted against
the consideration of the proposed bill?43 to
to 23. It is generally believed that this was
the last chance for any silver legislation at
this session.
? It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.
The advance in the price of Northwestern
hogs, has had the effect of bringing Southern
cottton seed up to the highest price ever
known. Cotton seed have at last reached
that price where they are probably worth
more for manufacturing into oil than for use
as a fertilizer. Farmers having seed to sell
will no doubt do well to investigate the difference
between their market value and the
price of good commercial fertilizers. But if
they decide to sell, let them be sure and use
the money they receive for their seed in the
purchase of fertilizers and nothing else.
? Ever since the war, up to last year, the
supply-men have, as a rule, been dictating
to the farmers what kind of crops they
should plant. The merchant, of course,
said plant cotton and buy your supplies.
Last year the merchant was unable to furnish
supplies on time except to a very limited
extent, and necessity dictated the kind of
crops to be planted. Realizing from this
experience that bread and meat were the first
essentials, the farmers set in to produce this
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menisci vus, uuu mu result wus u icusuuuuij
prosperous year. Now is the time to profit
by the lesson. Hundreds of farmers are in
a condition to run themselves this year, and
if they are wise, they will so set their crops
as to be in the same condition next year.
The all-cotton man may, by hard work, come
out even. The cotton-as-a-surplus-man, with
the same work, is sure to make some money.
Don't pay freight and profits and interest on
Western corn, meat and flour, when you can
Set a better quality of these products at cost.
? The commissioners of the provisonal govjrnment
of Hawaii, are now in Washington
lonferring with the secretary of state in
regard to the annexation of the islands to
die United States. What is to be done by
ihis government has not yet developed, but
t seems more than likely that the islands
svill be annexed. More than anything
ilse, the whole thing now looks like a big
inancial transaction on the part of Claus
Spreckles, the sugar kiug. Spreckles has !
nade millions out of Hawaii in the cultivaion
of sugar, and now owns pretty nearly
ialf of the islands. Being outside the United
states, Hawaiian sugar, of course, does not
lerive any benefit from the sugar bounty of
die McKinley law. With Hawaii a part of
die United States, however, Spreckles will
jome in for additional millions on his sugar,
ind hence the revolution. The possession
if the islands cannot add a particle to the
ivealth or importance of the United States,
jxcept in case of war, and if they are anlexed,
this will be the consideration.
? The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
vants to know whether a Christian can consistently
hold the position of dispenser under
he Evans law ; whether a church member in
such a position would be subject to discipline;
ind whether a Christian can consistently sign
he application of one who desires the posi;ion
of dispenser. Inquiries covering these
joints were recently sent out to a number of
subscribers to The Presbyterian, and the last
ssue contained replies from Messrs. J. F.
Wideman and E. W. Watson, of Abbeville
:ounty ; J. K. Henry, of Chester; and D. T.
L.esslie, R. T. Riggins and E. W. Pressley, of
ifork county. The opinions of these gentlenen
are interesting. Messrs. Wideman,
Watson, Leslie and Pressley believe that a
Christian should have nothing whatever to
3o with the sale of liquor, by dispensary or
jtherwise. Mr. Riggins thinks that Chrisians
should use all legimate means to pre;ent
the establishment of a dispeusary, but
n the event it should be established anyway,
hey should give it a fair trial. Mr. Henry
akes an entirely different view of the quesiou,
and submits his minority report as
ollows:
"I think any Christian man, if moved by the
jroper motives, can not only take such a posiion
as dispenser, but under certain circumstancjs,
it would be his patriotic and Christian duty
o accept. Christians as a rule are getting hyperlide-bound
011 this subject of temperance when
mce they take up prohibition. They strain at
he gnats as to this, and in other matters equally
mportant gulp down whole caravans of camels,
rhousands of Christian druggists are dispensing
iquors all over the world. If these institutions
ire to be what they arc intended, good men must
ake hold of them. In communities where bar ooms
have existed, we will have dispensaries
>r blind tigers. The last is all of hell except the
imell of sulphur. The licensed bar furnishes an
squivalent in smell and is worso than the tiger
lecause of its gaudy dress. The dispensary properly
managed will prevent the next generation
"rein fruiting into a crop of drunkards, of whom
n the present we have enough to prevent any
>ther form of prohibition legislation. It is cerainly
not unchristian to accept a position in the
nternal revenue department of the national government.
This is the same."
A TERRIBLE WAR ENGINE.
The United States navy department is
uaking a series of experiments at Port Royd
on the coast of this State, which, if they
ire successful, promise to revolutionize na,*al
warfare. These experiments commenced
>n Tuesday of last week, and will probably
lot be completed until today or tomorrow.
The o'lject of the experiments is to fully
-est the effectiveness of the new dynamite
:ruiser Vesuvius. The Vesuvius is a nov?1
vessel of recent construction, which, instead
of carrying the usual battery of pow;rful
rifled cannon, will carry three immense
lir guns or pneumatic tubes, intended to
brow vast quantities of gun cotton or other
lowerful explosives against its enemies.
The tests so far made fully demonstrate
lie range and accuracy of these air guns.
Last week dummy projectiles of over 200
loutids weight were thrown a distance of
1,100 yards, and shot after shot fell in the
same spot that was hit by those which went
icfore. At 2,000, 1,500, 1,000 and 500
yards, the result was all the same. Every
projectile fell within a few yards of where
t was intendeded to fall, and, already, the
laval officers conducting the experiments are
wildly enthusiastic in their certainty of suc-|
cess. The supreme testis expected today or
tomorrow, when projectiles, actually loaded
with 200 pounds, or more, of gun cotton,
will be fired.
There is not the slighest doubt among the
laval officers that this test will prove entirey
successful, but should a premature explosion
occur, there will be no one to tell how
t happened. It is estimated that one of
;hese shells exploding within one hundred
yards of the largest iron clad alloat, will
crush it like an egg, and they cannot be exploded
within 1,000 yards of the Vesuvius
without some danger to the vessel itself.
k> great is the destructive power of these
terrible projectiles, and so wonderful the accuracy
of the pneumatic tubes by which they
ire thrown, that the naval neonle believe
'lie Vesuvius alone will prove more than a
match, for any three other war vessels now
in the world.
? The county commissioners of Spartanburg
jounty, have ordered an election to he held
an the 1st of March, on the question of appropriating
$10,000 to be offered as a bid for
the location of the Girl's Industrial school in
the town of Spartanburg.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. W. Vandiver, Weaversville, N. C.?Calls attention
to his "Buncombe" cabbage seed, 1
and to the fact that he is prepared to supply
seeds at low prices, adapted to this!
southern latitude. Write to him for a cat- j
alogue.
Miss Virgie Ferguson?Is i)rej)ared to clean,
repair and dye men's clothing, and make
the old clothes look almost as good as new.
S. M. it: L. <?eo. (Jrist?Offer to furnish lire, life
and accident insurance.
Latta Brothers?.Still wish to buy cotton seed,
and will exchange commercial fertilizers i
for seed.
J. Ed Jefferys, Town Treasurer?Publishes a re- j
port of the receipts and expenditures of:
the town council for the past year.
E. A. Crawford, S. Y. C.?Advertises for sale!
under execution, on the first Monday of j
March, sundry parcels of land and the
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cinitv, and the electric plant of tiic town of
Blacksburg, levied on as the property of
the Blacksburg Land and Improvement
company, at the suit of Schuyler Electric
company.
May A May, Druggists?Announce that they
will hereafter carry a larger and better
stock of goods than heretofore, but will
reduce their credit sales to the lowest possible
limit. In paints, oils nnd painters'
supplies, they propose to compete in
prices and quality with anybody; and as
for standard and patent medicines, soups,
combs, hair, tooth and nail brushes, tobacco
and cigars, rubber goods, trusses
and kindred articles, they claim that for
quality and prices their place is where
these articles can be bought to the best
advantage.
T. M. Dobson, Manager of Dobson's RacketPublishes
a long list of useful articles,
which lie offers to sell at low prices.
W. M. Houston it Co.?Ofler four papers of Landreth's
fresh garden seeds for five cents,
and print a list of otherarticles which they
propose to sell for short profits.
Inman Brothers?Have the Anchor and Monarch
brands.of shirts, and propose to sell
some suits of clothing at prices lower than
they have heretofore offered them.
Glenn it Allison?Have received another lot of
fine Kentucky mules, and call attention to
the fact that the book for the services of
their fine Spanish jack is rapidly filling
up. Don't delay.
W. J. Koddey, Rock Hill, S. C., manager for the
Carolinasof the Equitable Life insurance
company?Gives another illustration of the
advantages offered by the company he represents.
T. B. McClain?'Tells you where you can got a
monument or tombstone with which to
mark the resting place of your dead. He
is also prepared to furnish N. C. heart pine
shingles, and offers to sell a self-heating
flat iron, the use of which will go far to
lessen the labors of the female members of
the household.
W. B. Moore it Co.?Have Ferry's garden seeds
in bulk, and propose to sell them at less
than one-half the price at which they are
CHUU ill papui9. iuc,y uuyci uoo n?w \.<?i
loads N. C. pine shingles, and in the way
of edibles, offer fresh all pork sausage,
fiesh fat mackerel, dried beef, buckwheat,
canned goods, butter and eggs and N. 0.
molasses. Heavy groceries and farm supplies
either for cash or on time.
Lowry <fc Starr?Offer white pine balssm for
coughs; lightning hot drops for neuralgia
and toothache; laxatoria for diseases peculiar
to children; tonic hypophosphites for
coughs, colds and consumption and as a
stimulant for the nervous system ; floraplexion
for dyspepsia and liver complaint :
and Starr's sarsaparilla for tlio skin and
blood.
M. & H. C. Struss?Advertise that they have a
f>ersonal interest in the welfare of the pubic,
and ask that all call and judge for themselves
as to the great reduction in their
winter stock.
TOBACCO CULTURE.
Mr. F. H. Dover, of Grover, on Monday,
presented The Enquirer with a choice
sample of tobacco raised by Mr. E. B. McSwain,
of this county. The leaves are perfectly
cured, of a bright yellow color, and are
as soft and fine as satin. Mr. Dover informs
us that on the Danville markets such a sample
would easily bring seventy-five cents per
pound.
LITERARY LECTURE.
The members of the White Rose Chautauqua
Circle, of Yorkville, have a rare treat
in store for themselves aud friends next Friday
evening. It is in the form of a lecture
to be delivered by Rev. Dr. J. W. Flynu,
professor of moral and mental science in the
South Carolina college. Dr. Flynu will be
especially remembered by the people of
this vicinity, on account of his magnificent
speech in Yorkville, before the South Carolina
synod, in behalf of Rev. Dr. Woodrow,
in the fall of 1890. He is one of the most
learned men and powerful speakers in the
State. The lecture will be delivered in Miss
Fannie Millers' school room, in the old Methodist
church building, before about 250 invited
guests of the Chautauqa circle.
THE NEW COURT HOUSE.
The county commissioners held their regular
meeting on yesterday. The only business
of public interest before them was the
court house matter. Mr. LaMottc, of the
firm of Niernsee & LaMotte, architects^ submitted
two plans for remodeling the building
in accordance with suggestions published
last week. According to a rough estimate
of the architects, if the plan providing for
the addition of wings in front is adopted, the
building will cost $10,000, and under the
other plan, it will cost about $8,000. The
commissioners did not decide as to which, if
either, of the two plans, would be accepted.
They will decide the matter as soon as practicable,
however, and let the work out by
contract to the lowest responsible bidder. ,
In the meantime, the plans submitted by
Messrs. Niernsee & LaMotte may be seen on
application to J. S. Brice, Esq., clerk of the
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STAMPS AT COST.
Postmaster Withers and his assistant were
busily engaged in opening the mail. A
lady came in to get some stamps. She was
in a hurry and did not want to wait until .
the stamp window was re-opened, and she
commenced :
"Mr. Withers, will you please give me a
quarter's worth of stamps?the Columbian
stamps ?"
"Are you particular about the Columbian
stamps?won't the others do?" asked Mr.
Withers.
"Xo ; I waut the Columbian."
"Well, I didn't know ; but we are selling
the little red ones at cost now."
"You are ! What are they worth ?"
"Thirteen for a cent and a quarter."
"Oh, my! hut they are not good, are
they?"
"We guarantee 'em, ma'm."
"Well; give me five cents worth, please."
Postmaster Withers handed out two red
stamps and a postal card. The lady did not
appear to be altogether satisfied. Finally
she said:
"You've made a mistake. You should
have given me four stamps."
"Xo, ma'am," replied the postmaster, very
innocently. "There are two twos?that
makes four cents, and one makes five."
"Oh, but you said you would give me
thirteen little stamps for a cent-and-a-quarter!"
'Yes'm, yes'm ; but you misunderstood mo.
I meant thirteen stamps for a quarter and a
cent. That is exactly cost ma'am ; but if
you'd rather have them, we will give you
the Columbian stamps at the same price."
She took thirteen Columbian stamps and
gave Mr. Withers a cent and a "quarter"?
twenty-six cents.
A REPRESENTATIVE MEETING.
Pursuant to the call published in last
week's Enquirer, about sixty citizens gathered
in Captain J. R. Lindsay's insurance
office last Thursday night for the purpose of
nominating an intendant and four wardens
to administer the government of the town of
Yorkville during the ensuing year. The
meeting was a most representative one, and
its business was transacted with commendable
unanimity. Mr. W. li. Moore was nominated
for intendant by acclamation, and out
nf six nominations for wardens made from
the floor, the following four were elected by
ballot: S. A. McEhvce, W. W. Jenkins, J.
Ed Jeffcrys and F. A. Gilbert. The ticket
selected is a good one. It is composed of
gentlemen in whose business ability and general
fitness for the position the whole town
can impose implicit confidence. And now
that these gentlemen have consented to
serve the town in the capacity in which they <
have been called, it becomes the duty of
every good citizen to vote for them. The
election comes off tomorrow. Let every
citizen show his appreciation by giving the
ticket the most complimentary vote that has
ever been polled in the town.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Judge Witherspoon opened court in Camden
last Monday.
Dr. T. S. Bratton returned home from
New York last week.
Mrs. It. L. Ferguson is visiting friends at
Wei ford, Spartanburg county, S. C.
The family of Mr. M. C. Willis is visiting
milofttrno nn^l fninnr1o ill PnrnU'nll PHIl 11 t.V
ituuivwauu incuuo in lyuiunvii wu..vj,
Mr. Clem Gordon, Messrs. W. B. Moore &
Co.'s popular clerk, is at his home in Bethesda
township quite sick.
Mr. O. E. Grist, who during the past eight
months has been working in New York,
came home yesterday, and for the present
will remain in Yorkville.
A CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA.
Mr. S. L. Pursley, of Zadok, was in town
yesterday and gave The Enquirer the facts
in regard to a case of hydrophobia that developed
under his observation recently.
On the 7th day of January, a dog, supposed
at the time to be afflicted with rabies,
passed through the Zadok neighborhood,
biting all the dogs and other animals that
crossed its path. Among the animals bitten,
was a hog belonging to Mr. C. C. Pursley.
During several weeks the animal showed
no ill effects from the bite, but on last Saturday
morning it began to exhibit a singular
restlessness, later in the day it began snapping
at any and everything that came within
reach of it, but at the same time it would
allow itself to be driven about at the will of
the owner without resistance. It refused to
eat, however, and continued to show still
more decided symptoms of hydrophobia.
On Sunday morning the animal took to
the woods, and on being followed by Mr. S.
L. Pursley, was soon after found, lying on
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ltd 51U15 UUU liuiuiii^ luau lu a auiau oujiuug
with its teeth. Frothing and bleeding at the
mouth, it remained in this position for more
than two hours, until Mr. Pursley at last decided
to dispatch it with his gun.
Mr. Pursley has heard of no development
of hydrophobia in any of the other animals
that were bitten by the dog.
LOCAL LACONICS.
? Thirty cents a bushel' is the price that
Yorkville buyers are offering for cotton seed.
This is the highest price on record.
? A commission for a charter has been issued
to the Building and Loan association
of Fort Mill. The capital stock is $25,000,
divided into shares of $100 each.
? State Lecturer Gibson, of the Independeut
Order of Good Templars, delivered a
lecture in the hall of the lodge at this place
last night. Those who heard the lecture
were well pleased with it.
? A man named Joseph Crotts, fell from an
Air-Line train near Spartanburg, last Friday,
and was killed. Dispatches to the daily
papers, said Crotts was supposed to have
hailed from Yorkville. We do not know of
anyone by that name who has been living
in this place.
? Adjutant and Inspector General Farley
has issued a general order appointing the
days on which the various militia compauie
of the State will be inspected. The day
fixed for the Jenkins Rifles, of Yorkville, is
April 26; the Catawba Rifles, of Rock Hill,
April 27, and the Lee Light Infantry, of
Chester, on April 25.
? Rev. Y. I. Masters has accepted the
calls recently extended to him by the Baptist
church at Rock Hill aud Catawba Baplist
church, near Leslie station. Mr. Masters
is now at the Southern Baptist Theological
seminary, Louisville, Ky., from which
institution he will graduate in May, after
which he will enter upon his work at Rock
Hill and Catawba.
? Mr. R. E. Montgomery, for several
months past town marshal of Yorkville, Has
tendered his resignation. He gives as his
reason that he is tired of the place, and desires
a position in which there is more work.
As the members of the council go out of
office tomorrow, they will take no action on
Mr. Montgomery's resignation, but will
leave the matter over for their successors.
? McElwee & Ferguson's beef market, and
Wallace's shoeshop, were broken into on
Tuesday night of last week. From the former
about seventy-five pounds of beef and
pork were stolen, and from the latter, three
pairs of shoes. The shoes and meat were
found in possession of John Wright, colored,
and he was committed to jail on the charge
of housebreaking and larceny, in both cases.
? There were two fires in Rock Hill last
Monday night. The first broke out in the
rear portion of Hope & Evans's drug store
at about 11 o'clock, but was gotten under
control before it had made considerable
headway. Several adjoining stores were
more or less damaged, but we are informed
that all the losers were fully covered by insurance.
Later, a stable belonging to Dr.
White was burned, together with two horses.
The first fire was of accidental origin, and
the second is believed to have been the work
of an incendiary.
? You people who are in the habit of leaving
your papers in the clerk's office, after
they have been recorded; did you ever
think of the risk you run ? Suppose there
was another fire, for instance. Not only the
copy of your papers would be destroyed,
but the originals along with them, and there
would be no way to prove your claim. Better
take your papers out of the hands of the
clerk after they have been recorded. If
there is a tire at home the clerk has a copy,
and if there is a fire at the courthouse, you
have the original. This makes you absolutely
safe with two chances. The other
way you run the risk of having all evidences
of your claims wiped out within a few minutes.
The clerk is not provided with a lireproof
vault in which to store original papers.
SALES-DAY,
With a drizzling rain' falling all the preceding
night, and with the trees, housetops
and streets sheathed in a case of ice all the
morning, last Monday was a disagreeable
day.
Up to 10 o'clock the streets of the town
had a deserted look, and many had begun to
wonder whether anybody was coming. Their
doubts were soon at rest. Within a quarter
of an hour the usual sales-day crowd began
to put in its appearance. They came from
every quarter by twos and threes, and in
squads of a half dozen. By 11 o'clock the
wonder was where on earth did thoy all
come from.
Wet, muddy and half frozen, the business
of the majority of the crowd might easily be
guessed. They did not come to attend the
sales, nor to buy goods, nor to pay accounts.
They came to trade horses, and such a busy
day in this line has probably not been seen
in Yorkville for years. Messrs. Glenn &
Allison sold outright about a dozen mules, but
only a comparatively small number of the
people were here to buy. They wanted to
swap, and they swapped and swapped. We
have heard of two interesting extremes that
were mere incideuts of the day. One successful
trader rode into town 011 a scrawny
little mule that was worth about $25, and
left for home late in the afternoon, drunk as
a lord, on a pretty good horse with $4ii in
1..1 rnu- _il?? i 11 ? 4100
1119 pUUKUl. JL JJU UlUCI eunie in uii iv vivu
mule and rode out on the scrawny $25 animal,
just mentioned, with "nothing to boot."
During the day each had "swapped" from
half a dozen to a dozen times.
Important characters of the day were two
enterprising individuals, one a white man
who did business in the hitching lot in the
rear of Messrs. Hunter & Oates ; and the
other, a colored man, who hung out up behind
Messrs. Riddle & Carroll's. They were
dispensers. Their wares consisted of pure
white mountain dew, ungauged and untested,
11 but warranted to make any partaker of three J a
i! fingers of it, to cuss, rear, yell, race his horse, 11
, and, if need he, fight any other individual j a
' who had made internal applications of a like
I amount. Despite the accursed Evans law, ?
j enacted to restrict the inalienable rights of 3
free horn American citizens, the dispensers r
did a good business, sold out their wares s
down to the smell of the jug, and went on !
their way rejoicing. ^
With the close of the day the dispersing D
crowd was an interesting study. Some rode a
out with the same attend-to-my-own busi- s
ness hearing that they had when they came u
in. These were sober. Some clapped whip *
and spur3 to five-minute horses, as if to
j make them do a mile in 1.40. These were j,
1 tight. Some reeled in their saddles, pitch- a
ing first from one side to the other, and were v
held on their steeds by their friends. These h
were drunk. Some few remained stretched 11
out, or rolled up in heaps in the back lots. ^
, These were very drunk. Taken altogether, f,
it was an interesting crowd, the like of which a
can only be collected on a salesday.
THE SALES.
During the day, the clerk sold one piece
of property, and the sheriff four pieces, as i
follows: s:
By the clerk, at the suit of Joseph F. Wal- h
lace, administrator, against Kate Williams a
Russell; one lot of land with buildings there- ^
on, in the town of Yorkville, and belonging ^
to the estate of h\ Happertield, deceased, p
Bought by T. B. McClain for $1,205. p
By the sheriff, at the suits of D. D. Gaston t<
and others, one tract of 10A acres of land in u
I
the town of Blacksburg, and one-fourth in- *
terest in the Blacksburg Printing company,
levied on as the property of It. A. Johnson, a
trustee. Both pieces of property were bought a
by W. B. deLoach, attorney; the land for c
$15, and the printing company interest for $1. J5
At the suit of R. C. Thomson against John ^
D. Hamilton, administrator of the estate of j
W. K. Hamilton, deceased, two tracts of r
land in Bullock's Creek township ; one sub- b
ject to homestead and consisting of 493 acres, I
more or less, aud the other consisting of ?
seventy-five acres, more or less. Both tracts ^
were bought by R. C. Thompson ; the home- j
stead tract for $100, and the smaller tract f(
for $250. e
The sale of the McGarity land, advertised B
by the Exchange Bank, mortgagee, was ^
stopped by an injunction, signed by Judge
Wallace. n
CHURCH NOTICES. J
Baptist?Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening
at 7.15 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 p
o'clock p. m. v
Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at n
11 a. m., and Sunday-school immediate- ^
ly afterward. *
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. ^
Weber, D. D., pastor. Services next Sunday (
at 11 a. m., and 7 p. m. Sunday-school at y
In n
O O'CIUUK p. lil. 1 lil)Cl-HJCCliug luiscvcuiu^
at 7 o'clock.
Presbyterian?Rev. T. R. English, D. D., 81
pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 o'clock p
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. b
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. n
J. C. Galloway, pastor. Tirzah?Services 0
next Sunday at 11.30 o'clock a. in. York- p
ville?Prayer-meeting this evening at 7 ^
o'clock. Services Sunday evening at 7. ^
Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m. \
A CLASH OF AUTHORITY. h
c
Sheriffs Must Answer Charges of Contempt fi
lor Obeying the Governor's Orders. ii
Proceedings were begun in the United 81
States court here today, says a Charleston 11
dispatch of Monday, which threatens to ^
bring about a contact between tne state ana "
Federal authorities if the sheriffs of the va- ?
rious counties attempt to carry out the or- ^
ders of Governor Tillman to levy on rail- ^
road property for taxes now in dispute. On ^
Saturday a freight train on the South Caro- a:
lina railway was chained to the track.
There were fourteen freight cars, eight of 0:
which were loaded, the value being about ?'
$11,000. The amouut of taxes claimed by ^
the State is not over $1,000. The road is in w
the hands of D. H. Chamberlain, a receiver
appointed by the United States court. c<
Receiver Chamberlain's petition to the
court, filed today, claims that the taxes, ac- tc
cording to the legal assessments, have been
paid and that the balance claimed by the ?'
State, about $8,000, is illegal and has been a
so declared by the court; that the seizure w
and sale of property would put a stop to tho
business of the road; that the entire prop- ^
erty is in the possession and under the con- ^
trol of the court and the court, should pro- ^
tect its property and not permit the exaction w
of illegal tax, so declared by the court in
March, 1892. P
Upon hearing the petition, Judge Simon- ai
ton signed the following order: "It apppear- P]
ing by petition that certain personal proper- a'
ty alleged to be in the custody of the court *?
and in the hands and under the control of a
receiver duly appointed, has been seized by "
and under an execution for taxes alleged to a<
be unlawful and not due or payable, it is or- 8t
dered that M. C. Mitchell and M. V. Tyler,
treasurer and sheriff of Aiken county, show
cause at Charleston on February 20, why
they should not be attached and punished 4
for contempt of court; also, why they should
not be enjoined and restrained from interfering
with any or all of the property of the "
South Carolina railway. In the meantime a 8'
temporary injunction is granted restraining J'
the officials from levying upon the property
in question. "
Similar writs were issned at the suit of the v
Richmond and Danville railroad, citing the P
sheriffs and treasurers of Abbeville, Ander- 19
son and Newberry counties for contempt,
the rule of these latter cases being made re
turnable at Greenville March 8. ?
A detachment of United States deputy E
marshals were sent out ou this afternoon's
trains to serve the papers. In all these cases ^
the railroads have paid taxes based on origi- ~
nal assessments of property. ^
The governor's orders to the treasures
and sheriffs are to go ahead with the execu- ei
ticus peremptorily. The iuterventation of
the Federal courts will probably produce "
something of an exciting clash of authority.
t ei
BLACKSBURG BUDGET. e]
A Manitoba Blizzard?Acceptable Present to W
the Sunday-School?Change of Schedule 01
on the Three C's?Death of Little Jessie ^
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Ciuyton?oilier .notes.
Correspondence of The Yorkville PInqulrer.
Blackshurg, February 7.?The pleasant
weather of last week was of brief duration, c<
and for the past several days we have been
subjected to the discomfort of the lingering ni
effects of a Manitoba blizzard. The change nf
came with a fall in temperature, a dull low- A
ering sky, snow and sleet and rain, with ai
freezing of all the moisture, and the clothing
of the trees and other objects with a beauti- re
ful crystal garb. Although we have uot had
the sunlight for enjoying the beauty of the
scene, yet the effect of the electric lights vi
upon the icicles was dazzliugly brilliant and
beautiful. Si
Mr. M. R. Reese has presented to the
teachers and scholars of the Presbyterian ai
Sunday-school, a very handsome book-ease M
for their library. It is made of walnut, is
nicely finished, and is the work of Mr. \V.
D. Shercr, of this place. cc
Mr. O. W. Sadler, who Had cnarge 01 uie w
Iron City hotel, lias returned to his farm C
near Blnirsville. He and his excelleut wife la
made many friends during their brief residence
here, who regret their departure, and ri
extend to them their best wishes and kindli- m
est feelings. Mr. It. 1'. Dempsey has moved "dj
into the hotel and has again assumed the te
role of landlord. . ci
Mr. G. L. Webb, foreman of the Blacks- hi
burg Iron and Machine works, has invented pi
and applied for a patent on an adjustible m
clothes rack. It is to be used for drying 01
clothes in front of a fire, and can be fastened w
to any fire-place, and folded back against w
the mantel when not in use. It will be a w
very usetul and necessary article in every R
household, and I congratulate him on his w
invention and wish him much luck in iutro- pi
ducing and selling it. m
The Three C's road has adopted another di
schedule, which will be of great advantage b(
to the road and to people living along the w
line north of this point. The trains will, ti
after tomorrow, leave Blacksburg at 8:30 al
m., and arrive at Marion at 2 p. in. Reurning,
they will leave Marion at 5 p. in.
nd arrive at Blacksburg, at 9.35 p. m.
Death has again visited our community
,nd taken from us, this time, a lovely little
;irl. Jessie, the eleven-year-old daughter of
Jr. and Mrs. J. M. Guyton, entered into
est this morning about 1 o'clock. Her first
erious illness began nearly a year and a
lalf ago with an attack of chorea and rheumatism.
Her heart soon became involved,
nd, notwithstanding she received careful
Qedical attention and all that loving hearts
,nd willing hands could do to make her
trong again, the malady only grew worse,
intil she came to suffer so intensely at times,
hat her life was almost a burden to her,
nd death a happy release. Possessed of a
right mind, an amiable disposition and
ileasant manners, she was a general favorite,
nd the tenderest solicitude and most deoted
attention were feltand shown towards
ler by all of our citizens. To her sorrowug
parents and sisters, the heartfelt sym athy
of our entire community goes out
rith the happy belief that the loved one,
ree at last from disease and pain, is forever
t rest with the Lord. w. a.
MERE MENTION.
It is reported that Governor Boies, of
owa, has been offered and declined the portion
of secretary of agriculture in Cleve
ji_ l i mi _ /? j t _
innscauuiei. iue governor is airam uis
cceptance of the position would leave his
itate without a leader. Two men were
died in a mine explosion at McAlister, Indian
Territory, last Friday. Governor
ishback, of Arkansas, has issued a circular
roposing a congress of southern governors,
o convpue in Richmond on April 2, to formlate
plans for Southern development.
lusiness failures last week were as follows:!
Inited States, 253; Canada, 40; total 301.
Mrs. Allen E. Downau, of Richmond,
daughter, of Dr. Talmage, her husband
nd her sister, were seriously poisoned reentlv
by eating cream puffs bought at a
akery. Ex-Governor Thayer, of Nebraska,
who created such a sensation two
ears ago by refusing to allow Governor
Joyd to take possession of his office, is now
educed to abject poverty, and is being
oaitfed by a poor soldier in the suburbs of
ancoln. A bill has been introduced in
he senate to authorize the building of a
ridge across the Tennessee river at Shefield,
Ala. A severe blizzard swept
-Iinnesota last Wednesday. The mercury
sll to 42 degrees below zero. The boilrs
of the Planters' compress, at Vicksburg
liss., bursted last Thursday. The compress
ras demolished and fourteen men were
uried in the ruins. Five of the men were
aken out dead, and the others horribly
langled. Five negroes were lynched
t Graham, Va., last Wednesday andThursay,
for a murder committed eighteen
months ago. Five kegs of blasting
owder exploded in a coal mine at Zanesille,
Ohio, 011 .Tuesday of last week and
lore or less seriously wounded forty men.
ione of them were killed. The recent
haw has broke up the ice in the Ohio river,
nd during last week over $200,000 worth of
oats and barges were destroyed. The
/atlettsburg, Ky., grand jury, in session last
reek, found indictments against a number of
rominent society women for gambling.
The island of Zante, south of Greece, was
everely shaken up by an earthquake last
reek and several people were killed. Reeated
shocks keep the people in constant
srror of their lives. A negro child in
avannah, recently dreamed that it was
eing ridden by a witch. Several hundred
egroes collected at the house of an old colred
woman whom they said was the guilty
arty, with the intention of lynching her.
hey would have no doubt carried out their
itention, had they not been prevented by
he police. A proposition to unite New
ork, Brooklyn and Long Island City into
ne municipality, is being discussed. Manattan
is suggested as the name of the new
ifcy- George Goodrich, a colored prize
ghter, was instantly killed in a prize ring
1 New Orleans last Saturday night. The
matorial deadlocks in Nebraska and Wyojing
continue unbroken. Mrs. Wm. C.
Vhitney, wife of the ex-secretary of the
avy, died at her home in New York last
unday. Three deaths from typhus j
:ver were reported in New York last Sunay
Lloyd Smith, a clerk in the Battery
ark hotel at Asheville, accidentally shot
nd killed himself last Saturday night while
>oling with an old pistol. The firing
f morning and evening salutes costs this
avernment $1,500 a day. The New
ersey grand jury has recommended the
hipping post as a punishment for wife
eaters. Congress will make an official
juntof the electoral vote today. In a
ght between the Portuguese and Hotten>ts,
in Lower Guinea recently, fifty Hotten>ts
were killed. The City of Pekin, an
cean steamer plying between Yokohoma
nd San Francisco, is reported to be lost
ith 200 passengers and a $2,000,000 cargo.
The board of directors of the Jeff'
avis Monument association have decided
> remove the remains of Mr. Davis from
ew Orleans, and to re-inter them in Hollyood
cemetery, on the 30th of May next.
The New York State house, now in
rocess of construction, has cost $21,000,000
ad it will require $2,250,000 more to comlete
it. Burke Cockranc wants to
bolish the desks in the house of represenitives
and substitute benches, after the
ishion of the British parliament. He thinks
ie bench system would make the members
ttend to the proceedings of the house inead
of looking after their correspondence.
AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE.
jrrespondence of The Yorkvillc Enquirer.
Davidson, N. C., February 7.?The uuraer
of students enrolled at Davidson college
lis year, is 152. This, I believe, is the larsst
number the college has had during any
ear since it was founded.
At a recent meeting of the Eumenean
iterary society, Mr. V. R. Gaston, of Greenille,
S. C., was elected president* The
resident-elect of the Philanthropic society
Mr. E. S. Tillinghast, of Raleigh, N. C.
The election of our marshals for comlencement
will come oft' next Monday,
he chief marshal comes this year from the
!umenean society.
Dr. E. H. Barnett, of Atlanta, will deliver
ie annual sermon before the Y. M. C. A. of
avidson college, at its next commencement.
x-Governor Holt, of North Carolina, will j
eliver the annual address before the two lit ary
societies at that time.
Prof. Henry Louis Smith has gone to Colmbia,
to deliver an address before the Y.
[. C. A. convention, now in session in that
ty.
Professor Rayhill is teaching a class of
ocution at this place. Mr. Rayhill has a
ide reputation as an elocutionist, and, from j
iir past experience with him, we feel sure i
lat nothing will be lost by taking his les- j
>ns.
McCONNELLsVlLLE MATTERS.
irrespondenee of the Yorkville Enquirer.
McConnellsville, February 6.?McConjllsville
can now boast of as good a school
i any town in the surrounding vicinitylready
sixty scholars have been enrolled,
id more are expected.
Miss Lizzie Ashe is visiting friends and
datives in Lowrysville.
iuiss i ui Jii liiiimii lo v loiiiii^ iici aisier.
Mr. Billie Ashe and family, paid a Hying
sit to friends at Bullock's Creek last week.
Mr. Swann will preach at Olivet next
unday.
The ladies of Olivet have decided to have
i oyster supper on Friday night, February
).
Is Carnegie to Blame??The New York
)rrespondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer
rites that Whitelaw Reid blames Andrew
arnegie for the defeat of the Republicans
st fall. He says:
"I am told that Whitelaw Reid more seously
takes to heart his defeat than he
akes manifest. He is at the age and conitions
of life when politics becomes a matof
allurement. Great wealth is at his
jmmand, and the vice-presidency might j
ive been to him a most advantageous step-1
ing stone. In connection with Mr. Reid's
irae. I think at this time I can tell, with-,
it the betrayal of confidence, a secret
hich, had it become public in the campaign,
ould have caused an explosion. It was
ith reference to the Homestead troubles,
ealizing that the continuance of the strike
as playing havoc with the chance of Reublican
success, a bold scheme for its settleent
was incubated. It was to refer the
ifiiculties pendiug to a board of three as a
)ard of arbitration. The head of this board
as to be Whitelaw Reid, the yice-presidenal
caudidate. Two others, who were to be
so prominent Republican figures, were to
assist. The hope was that this board would
reach a satisfactory result, and, as a sequence,
the Republican party would reap
' the benefit of the adjustment because of the
illustrious board of arbitration.
"With the plan well drawn, Mr. Frick
( was first consulted at Pittsburgh. Frick
; would not assume so great a responsibility.
Then cablegrams, and long ones at that,
: were sent to Andrew Carnegie, in Scotland.
; To the amazement of those who had con[
ceived the plan, he would not listen to it,
| and, moreover, his cable of refusal is said to
j have been brutally laconic. It dazed the
j men in the scheme, who now openly declare
I that Andrew Carnegie, not only because of
surti refusal defeated the Republican ticket,
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; but likewise (lid not contribute a sou markee
to help it financially along. This is not gossip.
It is frozen truth."
The Anti-Option Bill.?The anti-option
bill passed the senate on Tuesday of last
! week by a vote of 40 to 20, and was sent
! back to the house with a number of amendments.
The house refused to accept the
amendments, and a conference was agreed
upon. It is likely that the bill will become
I a law. Following is a synopsis of it:
I The first sectiou defines the word "options"
| to mean an agreement for the right or privilege
to deliver at a future time, or within a
designated period, any of the articles mentioned
in section 3. The second section defines
"futures" to mean a contract or agreement
to sell and deliver at a future time, or
within a designated period, any of such articles
when the party so contracting was not
the owner of such articles, or had not agreed
for the right to their future possession. The
act, however, is not to apply to any contract
to supply national, State or municipal governments
with any such articles; nor to contracts
by farmers and planters for future
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ueuveiy ] iiur IU ugn-cuicuio iu poj ui uc
liver parts of the products of land as compensation
for work or labor done or to be done
on same; nor to agreements with farmers or
planters to furnish such articles for use or
consumption, provided that such contracts
or agreements shall not be made or settled
for on any board of trade or exchange. The
third section specifies the articles to which
the bill is to apply, as cotton (raw or unmanufactured)
hops, wheat, corn, barley, oats,
rye, pork, lard and bacon. The fourth section
imposes special taxes as follows: Dealers
in "options" or "futures" at $1,000 a
year license fee and five cents a pound on
cotton, hops, lard and bacon, and twenty
cents a bushel on grain. Sections 5 to 14 relate
to details for enforcing the tax; and section
15 provides that the act shall take effect
on the first day of July, 1893.
No Hoopskirts ik Minnesota.?A Minneapolis
dispatch says that George E. M.
Brecker, a Democratic member from Hamilton
county, caused a sensation in the Minnesota
legislature last Saturday by introducing
a bill prohibiting the sale and manufacture
of crinoline. The bill was as follows:
"Section 1. It will be unlawful for any person
to manufacture or sell, or to offer for sale or use,
or to permit the manufacture, sale or use
of any noop skirt or hoop skirts, or anything
like thereunto, within the limits of Minnesota.
"Sec. 2. Any person violating this act, or in
any tfay assisting the violation of any provision
of this act, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $5 no imore than $25 for each offence,
and in default shall be imprisoned in the county
jail for a period not exceeding thirty days."
The reading of the bill provoked great
merriment. Mr. Fletcher, of Hennepin,
moved the reference of the bill to the committee
on corporations other than municipal.
Mr. Leonard, of Scott, desired the reference
to be to the committee on international improvements.
Mr. Boggs thought the bill
should go to the judiciary committee, as it
probably involves a constitutional question.
Mr. Sails, of LeSueur, wanted the rules suspended
and the bill passed.
The motion to refer to the committee on
international improvements prevailed, but
the speaker said that under the rules the reference
had to be to a committee called for
by the subject matter of the bill, and
to do so it would be necessary to establish
such a committee, as none existed. He
therefore referred the bill to the committee
on incorporations other than municipal, of
which Mr. Boggs, of Duluth, is chairman.
The latter thereupon demanded the appointment
of a typewriter and clerk to the com- ?
mittee.
Faith in Prayer.?A remarkable cure,
through faith in prayer, has developed here.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Tutt has been for eighteen
years a paralytic. She has prayed daily that
she be relieved from her affliction, and never
in all the time since she has been disabled,
I did she waver in the belief that God would
in His mercy relieve her. Her prayers were
answered last Monday, and for the first time
in vonfa \T ra Tntf. rrnt nn ftnrl umllfprt
She was seen today and gave an account
of her history and the circumstances of her affliction
and final recovery. She has not had
a physician in attendance upon her in the
last five years, they having told her then
that a cure was impossible. Mrs. Tutt is
not a believer in any sect of the so-called
"faith-cure," but is simply an earnest Christian
believing in the efficacy of prayer. It
is certainly remarkable that in one moment,
in the twinkling of an eye, a woman who
had been helpless for eighteen years, found
herself able to get up from her bed and
walk.?Columbia correspondence of The
News and Courier, Thursday.
Tiif. Railroad Tax War.?The railroad
tax war has broken out afresh. Though the
recent decision of the United States supreme
court as to the railroad tax cases was somewhat
ambiguous and unsatisfactory, the governor
seems disposed to force matters to an
issue. The sheriffs of the various counties
have been unusually active during the past
week, and the following circular, recently
made public by the newspapers, fully explains
the cause of their activity :
Executive Chamber, 1
Columbia, January 23,1893. j
To Mr. Sir: Orders have gone from the
comptroller general's office to county treasurers
to issue executions against all railroads which
have defaulted in payment of taxes. It is the
wish of the executive that these executions be
Eressed promptly and enough personal property
elonging to the railroads be seized to satisfy the
claim of tne State.
No mail car can be disturbed in transit, or
engine attached to one, but passenger cars can be
levied on. In cases where a railroad has paid no
taxes for 1891-92 the executions must be pressed
without regard to the United States court at
Charleston or its orders, (as in the Nance case,)
and the property held at all hazards. We have
tho law for it and the State government will
stand by its officials and see that they suffer no
harm.
Of course this circular is confidential and must
not be made public.
Benjamin Tillman, Governor.
? The trustees of Clemson college held a
meeting last week and fixed on July 6th, as
the date for opening the institution. The
session will be continued until December
21, when a holiday of two months, extending
till February 3, will be given. The sessions
of the college will continue for ten
months and all vacations will be in the
winter. There will be six working days a
week, including Saturdays. The college
will accommodate 380 students, and so far
ISO have signified their intention of being
in attendance at the opening. The representation
by counties is as follows: Auderson,
15; Aiken, 5; Abbeville, 18; Barnwell,
11; Berkeley, 4; Charleston, 1; Chester,
6 ; Clarendon. 1; Colleton, 4 ; Darlington,
4; Edgefield, 16; Fairfield, 6; Florence, 3;
Georgetown, 2; Greenville, 4; Hampton, 6;
Horry, 1; Kershaw, 3 ; Lancaster, 1; Laurens,
5; Lexington, 2; Marion, 2; Newberry,
11; Oconee, 5; Orangeburg, 13;
Pickens, 7; Richland, 6 ; Spartanburg, 1;
Sumter, 5; Marion,?; Williamsburg, 3;
York. 3.
The Weather for February.?Here
is what Professor Hicks predicts for February
; "Secondary disturbances existing at
the opening of the month end in cold first
and secoud. Warmer about the 5th, with
ruin and snow to 7th, A cold wave will follow,
extending southward and lasting to t
about the 11th and 12th. After storms
about those dates, colder up to about the
17th. Storms of rain, thunder, sleet and
snow from 10th to 19th. A severe cold
wave will come behind these storms. Reactionary
temperature and storms will touch
the 23d and 24th, followed by returning cold
until the last day of the month, at which
time rising temperature and coming storms
will be the order. Don't forget or neglect
uie poor uunu) creatures that depend upon
you for food and shelter. Their suffering
will he your loss."
? The privileges of selling pop-corn at the
World's Fair has been disposed of for $800,000.
That seems a large sum to pay for that
privilege, hut the purchaser probably knows
what he is about. It is said the person who
had the privilege at the Philadelphia Centennial
Exposition made a fortune out of it.
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