Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 24, 1893, Image 2
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? The General Assembly of the Southerr
Presbyterian church, in session at Macon
Ga., on last Saturday, adopted a resolutioi
endorsing a new book of song worship call
ed the "Hymns of the Ages."
? In an interview with a Brooklyn Kagh
correspondent, Secretary Carlisle says: "I
we are going to let Republicans remain ir
office I would like to know what we had ai
election for. We might as well have lei
President Harrison stay in the White Hous<
and run the government.
? The district vital statistics show that th<
District of Columbia has more suicides in pro
portion to population man any otner poruoi
of the country, and that suicides there an
almost entirely confined to the white race
In twelve years, out of 225 sificides, 207 hav<
been white and the residue octoroons or inu
lattoes. Not one full blood Negro has taker
his own life in that time.
? The recent cool spell was so unusual a
to put the old people in a reminiscent mood
The memory of a correspondent of the Fay
etteville, N. C., Gazette, has carried hin
back to the year 1847 and 1S58. On tin
27th of May, 1847, he says, there was a lieavj
frost which killed everything green in Cum
berland county. In some cases, corn wa*
knee high, and it had to be replanted. Or
26th of April, 1858, snow fell to the depth o
four inches and remained on the grounc
two days. On the 27th of the same month
there was another killing frost.
? The old custom of ringing curfew in th<
evening, has been revived in all the village.1
and towns throughout Canada. An acl
passed at the last session of the Dominior
parliament provides that at 9 o'clock th<
curfew shall be rung, and if any persons un
der seventeen years of age are found on thi
streets, they should be locked up. Unless j
satisfactory explanation should be given, tin
parents must suffer either by imprisonmen
in jail, fine, or by sending their children t(
some public institution, where they shall b<
taken care of until the authorities see fit t<
?take them out. The act is said to be meet
ing with favor throughout Canada.
? On the Philadelphia police force, s&yi
the Philadelphia Times, is a man wort!
$150,000 whose income is about $15,09<
yearly outside of his $20 a week pay. J
car driver receives $2,000 from real esteti
investments in the Tenth ward. A lette:
carrier appointed by Postmaster Huide
koper and still doing duty, is worth $20,000
and a man who serves newspapers iron
door to door has money at interest to th<
amount of $60,000. The head waiter in <
Market street eating house is worth $30,000
. and a cook in one of the city's hotels own!
$60,000 in bank stocks and $25,000 in rea
estate. The sexton of one of the poores'
churches in the town has a yearly income o
$7,500, derived from government bonds.
? A handsome munument over the remains
of Confederate soldiers buried in Oakwood!
cemetery, Chicago, is to be unveiled on th<
25th of July next. Starting with a nucleui
of $1,500 raised by the Monument association
through a lecture delivered by General Johi
B. Gordon, of Georgia, a sufficient sum ha:
been secured and the monument is now rap
idly approaching completion. A generou:
response from the citizens of Chicago was j
subscription of $10,000. Arrangements hav<
been made through which members of thi
United Confederate veterans can visit Chica
go from Birmingham, Ala., after the meeting
there in July next, and be present at the un
veiling of the monument. A special trail
will be run for the accommodation of the vet
erans. The dedicatory address will be de
livered by General Gordon.
? The smooth-tongued young man, witl
sanctimonious face, has again neatly swin
died the farmer. This time the town of Nev
Canaan, Conn., is the scene, and Goodricl
Hubbell the chief actor. The story of thi
swindle runs as follows: One day lately thi
oily tongued youth called on Mr. Hubbel
and represented himself as a preacher. Hi
asked shelter which was readily given
Presently a man and a woman came alouj
in quest of a clergyman to marry them
Farmer Hubbell asked his new acquaintauci
if he would perform the ceremony, and thi
latter at once agreed. After the usual for
inula had been recited, the marriage certifi
cate was signed by the bride and groom, tin
farmer and his wife acting as witnesses. Thi
couple withdrew, as did the alleged minister
and the following day Farmer Hubbell dis
covered that the marriage certificate was i
note for $275, which he was called upon t<
cash.
? It now appears that there never was thi
least basis for the persistent assertions raadi
some weeks ago that Secretary Carlisle ha(
determined to redeem the silver bullioi
treasury notes in silver whenever the fre<
gold in the treasury should be exhausted
"The statement was the invention of thi
gamblers," says the Philadelphia Record
"who wished to depress the prices of stock:
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ana proms oy me uuucipuieu uisu&ici mcj
would bring upon others. When a despera
do holds up a train and robs the passenger:
under the duress of a cocked pistol, he i:
chucked into the penitentiary, if caught ant
convicted. How much better than he an
the rascals whose robberies, brought abou
by deliberate lying, have reached millions o
dollars? A plausible liar turned loose 01
the stock exchange or the street, measuret
by the results of his crime, is a thousanc
fold more deserving of the enforced seclu
sion of the penitentiary than a train robber
a sneak thief, or any other ordinan
criminal."
? A contemporary, figuring upon the mon
ey cost of the civil war in the United States
finds it was $8,425,185,017. This include:
current war expenses, $3,144,975,087 ; boun
ties, $2S5,941,128: private contributions
$50,000,000: war claims, $140,000,000 ; inter
est on war debt, $2,355,829,102; pensions
$1,431,198,500, and?a doubtful item?$1,
017,241,200 for estimated "loss of soldiers
productive labor." This is what it cost t<
keep the Southern States in the Union
exclusive of the vast squandering of the pub
lie domain, the losses caused by carpet baj
rule in those States after they were brough
back into the sisterhood of States, and tin
increased expenditures for government pur
poses induced by the demoralization of poli
ticians at Washington during and after tin
civil war. As the "true valuation" of al
property in the eleven seceding States ii
IStiO was altogether but $5,202,109,207, it i
seen that the civil war has already cost som
$3,225,000,000 more than the money value o
all the property in the South, and will cos
us in pensions, interest, etc., several billion
more.
? The following officers were elected a
the recent session of the Southern Baptis
convention held at Nashville, Tennessee
President, Judge Jonathan Haroldson, c
Virginia; vice presidents, Governor W. J
Xorthen, of Georgia; Mr. Joshua Levering
of Baltimore, Maryland : Dr. W. H. Whit
sett, of Louisville, Ky.; and Dr. S. H. Ford
of Missouri. An amusing incident of th
session was the introduction of Robert J
Burdett, the well-known humorist, who i
a member of the Baptist denomination. II
delivered himself as follows: "I came t
~>asnviue once oeiore. i came wun u uui
named Thomas, and was received at th
poiut of a gun by a man named Hood. Th
reception this time is much more pleasant
though perhaps not so warm. I have foun
more in coming here than the Queen c
Sheba did in her great quest. She fotim
one Solomon ; I have found a whole hi
house full of them. But I fear I am gettin
to be too much like the man who set hi
mouth to going and then walked off an
left it. There is nothing more disagreeabl
than an alarm clock that runs on after yo
are up, so I will tender you my thanks au
quit."
? Notwithstanding today's big attendance
says a Chicago dispatch of Saturday, th
attendance at the fair during the week \va
disappointingly light, especially considerin
the fine weather. The greatest attendant'
of the week was on Tuesday, Norwegian day
when 02,000 people passed through the gates
the smallest day was Thursday, when bu
27.000 persons came to see the show. Th
average attendance since the fair opened i
about .'53,000. This falls far short of th
mark necessary to meet the expenses of th
exposition. It takes $45,000 a day to ru
this Litr show, and that means 1)0,000 tail
admissions. If the turnstiles record on a
average 90,000 per day for the entire perio
of the fair, the bare running expenses \vi
he met. Concessions and side shows ar
productive of considerable revenue, and froi
this source stockholders may expect a sum
rate of interest on their investment. Begit
ning on June 1, paid admissions must net
essarily average considerably more tha
90,000 to make up the deficit caused by th
short attendance during the month of Ma\
If another season of bad weather conu
! ftlong or the attendance froin any other rea-!
! son should fall below this mark, the money
coming from concessionaries must, of necessity,
be used to fill the gap, and therefrom i
11 departs the stockholders' chance of a reve?
nue on investment. In computing attend1
ance a comparison is generally made by
' j most of the newspapers with the figures at
the Centennial, which gives the impression
5 i that the attendance is tremendous. The
f | crowds are large, but they must be, on an
1 average, four times us great as those at the j
1 Philadelphia exposition, as the World's Fair :
c i cost $32,000,000. while the Centennial rep- j
3 resented an outlay of but $8,000,000.
IforMlc ^nquirct.
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i YORKVILLE, S. C.:
; WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 189B.
f ? The Belgian minister of finance, through
1 Secretary Gresham, has applied to Governor
> Tillman for a copy of the dispensary law.
To the writer of this paragraph, Governor
I Tillman recently predicted that this new
' law would eventually solve the liquor probi
lem throughout the country. Whether or
} not the prophesy will prove correct, time
- alone can develop, but certain it is that the
3 law is gaining wide notoriety.
3 ?jThe News and Courier is very much
j worried because the supreme court has seen
? lit to overrule a former decision, and even
> goes so far as to express doubt as to the
- right of the court to do so. Indeed, that is
a pretty come off, isn't it ? We are con3
strained to illustrate the difference between
J The News and Courier and the supreme
court, by quoting the adage which runs as
3 follows: "Wise men sometimes change their
r opinions, fools never do."
, ? It is a general belief, and there seems to
i be good foundation for it, that at the next
' session of the legislature, an effort -will be
1 made to repeal all existing prohibition laws,
^ in order that every county may be given an
1 opportunity to establish a dispensary. As
t published and commented upon in some of
f the papers, this looks like a high handed
proceeding; but really it is not. In counties
3 where there are no dispensaries, the new
3 law provides the most absolute prohibition
" that any State has ever attempted to enforce,
and the amendment only seeks to give the
i majbrity of freeholders in these counties the
s right to have a dispensary if they want one.
* If, however, the legislature shall permit the,
3 establishment of dispensaries upon any other
I petition than those containing the signatures
g of the respective municipalities, we think
. it will make a grave mistake, and one it will
; have serious cause to regret.
i ?The Columbia Journal of last Friday
* printed an interview with an unnamed Edge*
field man, iu which was given some alleged
inside history of the recent congressional
3 race in the Second district between W. J.
Talbert and George D. Tillman. The story
j is something like this: In the first prie
raary, George D. Tillman was stronger than
e Talbert, and if left alone could easily have
1 beaten him. Irby came to Talbert's rescue,
e and arraying B. R. Tillman against his broth'
er, formed a combination by which George
' I). Tillman was defeated. The story goes
? on to say that George D. Tillman is fully
5 cognizant of the part his brother took iu the
- affair, and now George and Ben have nothing
whatever to do with each other, not even
speaking when they meet. As the result,
, George D. Tillman will be a candidate for
. governor next year, and if successful will give
1 Benjamin R. trouble in his race for the sen3
ate. The whole story, of course, is to be
taken only as gossip, for what it is worth.
* 9 0 B ?
2 ? The World's fair directors have recon*
sidered the resolution by which it was des
cided to open the fair grounds and leave the
buildings closed on Sundays, and adopted
3 another proposition by which not only the
? fair grounds, but the buildings also, are to be
3 open to visitors. The only difference beJ
tween Sundays and week days, is that the
3 machinery will be stopped. Under this ar3
rangement the directors abrogate the con1
] tract with congress under which the recent
* appropriation of $2,500,000 was made, and
1 such portion of the appropriation as has al|
ready been received will have to be refundI
ed. The action of the board of directors,
II which was practically unanimous?only two
-1 out of thirty-two votes being against it?has
> | raised a storm of indignation throughout the
; country, and the attorney-general of the
j United States is being called upon to sue out
" an injunction against the directors to com3
j pel them to close the gates on Sundays. It is
. likely that there will be considerable trouble
, over the matter before it is finally settled.
, ! ? Various reasons are given for the numer '
ousbank failures recently reported from Illinois,
Indiana, and Ohio, and some of the news- i
3 papers attach considerable significance to the
' | disasters as indicating an alarming condition i
; i of the finances of the country generally.1
t: There is a very plausible story, however, j
e which puts a different construction on the i
" matter. Some years ago, some wild cat'
Chicago speculators organized the Columbia
ej National bank with a capital of $1,000,000.
u Then going to the country towns, they se- j
s leeted leading capitalists who aspired to be
e bank presidents, induced them to put in five
'* or ten thousand dollars each, and organized
branch banks on that basis, the home bank
s
| usually advancing the balance of the capital.}
t After a while, through various manipula-j
,t j tious, the home office managed to get most of
: j the money in its possession, and then one
>f fine morning it suddenly went to the wall,'
leaving the sharp speculators rich with the
>' spoils. The branch banks, of course, went
j down, one after another, like a row of bricks
g stood on end when one is toppled over, and
[. j the numerous unexplained reports in the
s' papers which followed, were strangely suge
j gestive of a widespread financial panic.
0 | The financial condition of the country, it j
e ; must be admitted, is no better than it might
e be, but this was evidently a case of individ-'
t, ual rascality rather than the result of legisd
lative discrimination.
?fi _
d i ?The United States is in a snap with Chi
^ na, which has already resulted in unpleasautir
ness, and may possibly lead to war. It is all
J on account of the (Jeary Chinese exclusion j
e law, which was recently declared by the I
11 United States supreme court to be constitutional.
The law provides that all Chinamen
remaining in this country more than a year
^ without taking out registration certificates,
s j shall, upon their failure to establish certain
tr facts to the satisfaction of the judge inquiring
e into the case, be subject to deportation ; fur!
ther, that new Chinese emigrants can only
: enter this country under certain conditions,
t *
vni?v unAi vornblo to the fill i IT I'll 11 tS. The
0 ' v 1 1,"4W * v" v ?
_ Chinese resisted the law and tested it in the
e supreme court with the result already known,
e Now comes up the question of retaliation,
? which all those who are familiar with the
^ i character of the Chinese, confidently look
|| for. When this government commences the
I] deportation of the Chinese, it is expected
e that the Chinese government will at once
n commence the deportation of Americans. It
11 is true that the retaliating taetcts are not
expected so much from the Chinese government
itself on account of fear, hut rather
n
e individual citizens of China, which, of course,
will amount to the same thing so far as
si the cause for war is concerned. All the,
members of the administration at Washing- v
ton greatly deplore the new law, looking
upon it as nothing but a piece of demagogy, v
but the supreme court having affirmed its j ^
constitutionality, there is no choice but to Q
enforce it, whatever may be the result. ti
? Eulalie, Infanta of Spain, is in Washington
as the royal representative of the Span- j o
ish government, having been invited here by |Si
a special resolution of congress, and is now 1 ?
being entertained by President Cleveland.,
The invitation, of course, was made in con- [ j,
nection with the Columbian fair ceremonies, j p
1 !?., ?l.io I
JUKI US nil OIIK'llU Visil/ HI lu^ilil V lu iiuo I
country is so unusual?in fact unprecedented 's,
?the officials at Washington have been in ,
a quandary for several days past as to; ?
how to receive the distinguished visitor. I a
According to court usage in foreign countries, j t
it was proper for the Infanta to first call. ii
upon the president, and then for the presi-j h
dent to call 011 the Infanta, etc. The tradi-10
tions of this country, however, do not warrant
this kind of foolishness, and it was a tj
grave question for a time as to how the presi- n
dent was going to preserve the dignity of his ti
peculiar position, and at the same time not n
sacrifice the reputation of the government for,
which on that one occasion, might be consid- ^
ered, common courtesy. The problem was g.
happily solved, however. The Spanish prin- v
cess and her retinue arrived in Washington b
on Friday, and was met at the train by Sec- v
retary Gresham and other officials. After a e
polite and easy greeting by the secretary of ^
state, Mrs. J. L. M. Curry, wife of the for- s,
mer minister to Spain, and who was ac- si
quainted with the princess, rushed up and u
gave her an every day kiss and hug, and
from thence things progressed smoothly,
Xext day the Infanta and her party called t.
upon the president and Mrs. Cleveland, talk- n
ed about the weather and other such topics ti
for perhaps an hour, and then returned to b
the hotel "just delighted" with their visit, e
The Infanta Eulalie is about thirty years of J|
age; has been married several years to ^
Prince Antonie D'Orleans, and is described a
as a very sensible as well as beautiful worn- "
an. While here she says she wants to be t<
treated in the American way, and does not e
expect her entertainers to act in conformity
to every little detail of etiquette that her ^
rank might seem to demand in Spain. She s
will be an official guest of the United States d
until after her visit to Chicago, and then she j o
will make a tour of the country in the char- b
acter of a private personage. ^
IX FAVOR OF THE DISPENSARY. j)
The supreme court, on Tuesday of last t
week, rendered its decision in the Chester v
liquor case, involving the validity of the dis- "
pensary law. The decision was rendered by s
Justice Pope. It sustained the validity of 0
the law, and was fully concurred in by the jj1
other members of the court. c
The case in which the question came up
was that of W. II. Hoover against the town
council of Chester, in which the former applied
for a writ of mandamus to compel the j(
o linnucn to coll whisltV ?
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for a whole year, the dispensary law to the 1
contrary notwithstanding. n
Hoover was represented by Major S. P. c
Hamilton, of Chester, who, it will be remem- ?
bered, attacked the constitutionality of the
dispensary law, and also held that it was s
fatally defective on account of the manner r
of its passage through the legislature, among 1
other things, claiming that Speaker Ira B. '
Jones had, of his own motion and volition, :
made certain illegal and unauthorized t
changes. j,
In addition to his argument against the c
constitutionality of the law, Major Hamilton I
submitted certain precedents which seemed r
to fully uphold him in his position that the j*
law was fatally defective in its passage. The g
court declined to decide the question of con- t
stitutitionality, but simply sustained the v
right of the town council of Chester to re- I
fuse to issue license for a whole year if it c
saw fit. j
The other main question covering alleged ^
defects in the passage of the act, involved j
the overruling of a previous decision of the S
court, and the deliverance on that point was, 1
in the main, as follows: *
"However unpleasant it may be to revise .
previous decisions of the court, still, after ,
full and mature consideration, we feel it to be
a duty we owe the State that the case of the
State vs. Piatt should be, and is hereby, over- j*
ruled ; and as the State vs. Hagood was real- ,
ly decided upon the authority of Piatt's
case, it follows necessarily that the case of ?
Hagood must fall when the foundation on !
which it rests is taken away. We announce j
that when an act has been duly signed by the .
presiding officers of the general assembly, in !
open session of the senate-house, approved ?
by the governor of the State, and duly deposited
in the office of the secretary of state, 5
it issuflicient evidence, nothing to the contra- 1
ry appearing upon its face, that it passed the ,
general assembly, and that it is not competent,
either by the journals of the two hous- ?
es or either of them, or by any other evidence,
to impeach such an act. And this being so, i
it follows that the court is not at liberty to
inquire iuto what the journals of the two ,,
houses may show as to the successive steps
which may have been taken in the passage 1
of tlie original bill. It will be observed that c
this conclusion by no means negatives the j0
power of the court to inquire into those pre- j;
requisites fixed by the constitution, and of '
which pre-requisites the journals of the two \ c
houses are required to furnish the evidences, *'
such for instance as the organization of the J f
two houses, the presence of a quorum, the j j.
votes of two-thirds of the members by ayes i
and noes, to be entered on the journals in
certain cases."
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The court says it is quite clear that there f
is nothing unconstitutional in forbidding the (
granting of license to sell liquor except in ?>
the manner prescribed by the act. "But t
whether the act contains other features not 1
affecting the right of relations to the licenses ?
claimed by them, is a question that cannot, t
therefore, be considered, for, as we have said (
above, it would be extra judicial to do so." t
It is the judgment of the court that the
prayers of the petitioners be denied and the ;
petition for mandamqs be dismissed.
TWO UUYKKNOR TALKS DISPENSARY. '
Workings ?>f tliv Now I.hw for Hit* Sale of Intoxl- J
eating Liquor*. *
Governor Tillman, on last Saturday, gave I
out to the newspapers an interesting inter- 1
view on the dispensary law. It is reported j1
in the Columbia Register as follows:
Governor Tillman said, when asked as to I
the price at which the liquor would be sold '
under the dispensary system, that the 11
cheapest whisky would be retailed to the I >
consumer at $.'{ a gallon, 75 cents a quart,! 1
40 cents a pint, and 20 cents a half a pint, j t
the difference in the smaller packages being (
the cost of packing and glass. This price j i
will apply to both rye and corn, and the | i
liquors sold at $15 will cost $1.50 at the dis- j j
tilleries, and will be of the best quality ob- i i
tainable at that price. He went on to say i
that since he has been investigating liquor, he i
has discovered two things: First, that very i f
little honest liquor is sold in this .State, near- t
ly all of it being compounded liquor; and1
second, through his dealings with glass man- i
ufacturers of hottles and flasks, that the . i
dealers in this State have been using ves- j
sels from two to eight ounces below the re-' i
quircuients. Quarts have run twenty-six to , f
twenty-eight ounces, when they should have 1
been thirty-two ounces, and smaller flasks 1
show the same proportion.
He had further discovered, lie said, that is
nine-tenths of the liquor sold in this State
was from (50 to Sio per cent, proof, when it ( ,
should have been loo. It has been water- >
ed as well as doctored and colored and su- t
gared. Practically, none of the liquor sold >
in tins Male lias run over uie no per vein, i
proof. The whisky that will he sold hy the c
dispensary w ill he from 20 to .'to per cent, i t
stronger than that now sold, and there will c
he an absolutely honest measure and an ah- t
solutely pure article. j j
"I have had collected," he said, "about 1
twenty-live samples of liquors from different
parts of the State, which w ill he turned over i
to Dr. Kurney for chemical analysis as soon j;
, he has the time, and will show the people j J
I
,*h:\t kind of stuff tliey have been drinking."
From the talks he lias had with the men
/ho sell liquor to dealers in this State, lie |
nid he was convinced that nine-tenths of I1
lie whisky sold in South Carolina is not
ver two or three months old, and has not
ime to get mellow or lose its injurious proprtics.
When asked what he thought about the i
pposition to the establishment of dispell- j'
uries, he replied that "the July sun would
vaporate all that, and that before long'
ispensaries would be established in nearly 1
11 the counties and, before January, even
1 those counties where there is now abso- j'
ute prohibition."
As to the profit to be derived from the j
ystem, he said : "From the best infornia- j
ion I have been able to tret from a variety '
f sources, there is now over a million pal- j
jus of whisky sold in this State, possibly!
million and a half. We estimate that j
here will be a falling olfof about one-third (
1 the consumption, certainly not over a
alf. We will get a net profit of ouc dollar j
ut of every gallon of whisky we sell, and in
ddition, a considerable revenue from wines,
eers, brandies, etc. It won't cost more
han $100,000 to distribute the goods, and it
lay cost $25,000 to enforce the law." Alagether,
he said, he could not see how the i
linimum profit would be less than $500,000
he first year.
Talking about the enforcement of the law,
e said that he had just ordered badges for
pecial constables and detectives, and he
.'as going to have a good corps of constales
and detectives to make arrests, seize
diiskys, and see that the law was properly
nforced, as well as keep an eye on the
ounty dispensers. These special constnbles
ill probably give an eye to the clubs. He
ays sections 21 and 22 prevents the dispen- i
ing or the keeping of liquor in a club for .
sc by its members.
Our idea is to have samples of all the .
. ading breweries analyzed. Everybody ivill 1
e given a fair chance, and when the sclec- '
ions are made and the beer offered on the
larket, the labels will be identical, except as o
numbers?that is, No. 1 will represent the
eer of a certain brewery, and No. 2 of anoth- .
r .brewery. The labels will set forth that ;
; is bottled exclusively for the South Caro- 1
na State dispensary. The beers that have
een offered us show a variation of as much
s $3.50 a case of bottles (ten dozen pints.)
Now our idea in putting on the numbers is
o do away with the difference which long- i
stablished reputation has had on bur imagi- ]
ation. We propose to let the beer, after it
as stood the chemical test, stand the test of
he stomach and do away with an imaginary
uperiority. We won't force our people to (
rink slops because they are made at home 1
r are cheap. We will not buy a high-priced i
eer because it has a reputation that it is j
etter than a home product. All the beer |
lust stand on its own merits on the market,
nd will be sold at the uniform price of
fteen cents per bottle. I hope the legisla- 1
ure will allow us to buy it on draught, !
t'here it can be obtained cheap. Ice will be '
ised and the beer will be sold in a palatable ]
hape. The State Board of Control will re- ]
eive proposals from the different ice com- ,
lanies that choose to compete for the conracl
to provide ice for the summer for the
ounty dispensers."
meriTmntion.
The Confederate bazaar, recently held for
he benefit of the private sailors' and solders'
monument, and the Jeff Davis museum
t Richmond, realized $28,418. Mr.
Ilman, president of the Oglethorpe Nation.1
bank, at Brunswick, Ga., committed suiide
last Thursday on account of financial
roubles A Texas and Pacific express
rain was robbed by a single highwayman,
icar Kemp, Texas, last Thursday. The man
ecured several thousand dollars in cash and
nade his escape without a scratch. The
Episcopalians of Georgia are taking steps
ooking to the construction of a. cathedral in
Atlanta. An action at law was comnenced
in Chicago last Thursday to break
ip the Cattle Feeding company, otherwise
mown as the whisky trust, and which has a
:apital of $35,000,000. The action is
wrought in the name of the State of Illilois.
Harry Hill, a prominent young
nan about town, of Atlanta, disappeared
ast week after having been detected in a
cries of forgeries amounting to $20,000.
V. glucose factory, at Geneva, Illinois, was
vrecked last Thursday by a mysterious ex- .
ilosion. Five people were killed outright
md several were seriously injured The
essions of the 105th general assembly of the
'resbyterian church of the United States,
>egan in New York Avenue church, Washngton,
D. last Wednesday Mason
>mythe, a brakeman on the Mobile, Alalarna,
railroad, is said to have received news
ast week to the effect that a rich uncle in
England had just died and left him a forunc
of $1,500,000. A rich strip of
and?part of the Cherokee reservation in
he Indian territory?is to be opened to
ettlers on the 15th of September. The
lusiness failures for the week ending last
Friday, number for the United States 247
md Canada 14, against 109 and 23 respectvely,
last year. H. J. Laird, who has
teen assisting his daughter as postmaster at
.laGrange, Ga., absconded last Friday, leavng
a shortage of about $2,000, obtained on
logus money orders. The bankers of
Tennessee, representing 85 banks, in annual
jonvention at Knoxville, last week, unanmously
signed a petition praying congress
o repeal the Sherman silver law. The
Russian government has issued a new ukase
ixpelling Jews from the Asiatic provinces of
he Russian empire. Four prisoners es:aped
from the Jacksonville, Indiana, jail on
Tuesday of last week by tunneling under
he ground, a distance of thirty-five feet.
They had been working at the tunnel for
tearly a year. Captain W. IE. Ardrey,
if Mecklenburg, has been appointed assayer
if the mint at Charlotte, N. C. Frank
limy, the murderer of Christie Warden, in
x'ew Hampshire, on July 17,1891, was hangid
at Concord on Tuesday of last week.
I. X. Dupont, aged GO, and known as the
ichcst man in Louisville, Ky., died suddeny
last week. The Florida legislature
las passed a bill requiring that railroad men
hall not be required oi allowed to work
norc than thirteen hours a day. A
ection of flooring, twenty by thirty lect, ]
brining an entrance to Washington Ilall,!
Chicago, fell a distance of twelve feet during \
l session of the Woman's congress last Sat-j
irday. About seventy-five women fell with j
he flooring and were piled together in a:
:onfuscd mass. The cries of the frighten- j
al women were mingled with the screams of |
housamls of others, who were not in the:
Longer, and the incident was the occasion of,
errible excitement. Several women were
nore or less painfully injured but nobody
vas killed. The l'cnsylvania, Baltimore i
uul Ohio, and Reading Railroad companies,
lave raised the freight rates on Southern j
ron from 3~> cents to 40 cents a hundred
tounds. The total visible supply of cot011
for the world, for the week ending last
mturday, was 3,077,8")!) bales, against 3,27!),>23
bales for the same week last year.
iTincess Kulalie, or the Infanta of Spain,
iow visiting in this country as the ropresenative
of the Spanish government, is a sister
)f the late King Alphonso XII.
BfTi.KR is A Caxdidatb.?Senator Rater,
while in the city Thursday, was interdewed
by a reporter on national polities,
tie defined his position on a number of naional
questions and placed himself squarely
m record for free silver. He said: '"Let
lie say I am in favor of the free and unliinted
coinage of silver. When I entered the
senate, and the subject was new to me, my
nclinations were the other way, but after
nvestigation I became satisfied that bimetalsm
in its fullest sense was the proper thing j
or this country and have since acted on!
hat theory."
Continuing, he said he believed free coin- j
ige would afford financial relief by increas-;
ng the circulating medium. He does not
>ay any attention to the cry of monometalsts
that financial perdition will result from
ree coinage, lie says Secretary Carlisle
ivrnirnn llimjotf IlllinL'V ill lll'lllillir wifll i
I'.W.V-.. n
iVall street.
As to the repeal of the Sherman law. he
;ai<l:
'I eare nothing about the Sherman law ;
mi in 110 sense responsible for it, hut I
vould not consent to its repeal ami thereby
otally demonetize silver again. If those
,vho are so anxious to get rid of the purchase
of silver under the Sherman law will j
louplc with its repeal a section to repeal
he ten per cent, tax on the State bank cir ulation.
I would vote for it. * * * If'
he Democratic party will do this and readlist
the tarilf, we shall hear no more of
inaneial troubles for twenty-five years."
Senator Butler will return to Washington ;
11 a short time. He promises to give out'
in interview on State polities.?Columbia!
Register. |
LOCAL AFFAIRS. '
IXDKX TO XKW ADVERTISEMENTS. i
The Hock Hill Machine Works?Oiler second- '
liand agricultural engines cheap?a (i-horse !
power and an S-horse power; sorghum <
mills, a sample of which may he found at
J. W. Dolison's; separators, belting and
steam fixtures, mowers and reapers, and .;
remind you that you should get your ma- j
chinery repaired before you wish to use it. j'
W. M. Houston A Co.?Are oll'ering trunks and ! i
hand-bags at cost. For one week, they
will give you a pair of hose or socks free of j1
charge, if you purchase from them a pair |
of shoes or slippers at $1 or upwards ; and !
for one week hose and half-hose free. j5
T. 15. Met'lain?Calls the attention of intending j ]
purchasers of tombstones and monuments !
to the quality of these articles he oilers for j'
side, and proposes to quote prices against' |
the world, quality considered.
Dowry A* Starr?Tell about alabastine, carriage j1
gloss paint, tobacco, and coco phosphate, ;
the latter of which is dispensed at their!
soda fountain. '
Withers Adickes Company?tlroceriesand hardware,
canned goods, lly fans and traps, re-1
frigerators, etc. !1
\V. X. Ashe, Jr., McConnellsville?Has received j j
a carload of llour and claims to compete ,
with the larger towns both as to quality '
and price, lie is supplied with farming I?
implements.
W. J. Roddey, Rock Hill, Manager of the '
Equitable Life Insurance Company for the ;
Carolines?Wants persons interested to
write to him for details,
rieorgc T. Schorb?Publishes a testimonial by ]
Itev. 1>. S. McAlister, pastor of Bethel
church, with regard to the merits of the 5
White d: Wilcox organ. j
\. M. Grist?Proposes to send the "Rapid ,
Writer" fountain pen by mail, to any per- 1
son on receipt of ?2.f)0. c
SV. II. McCorklc, Probate Judge?Gives notice .
that Mrs. Amanda J. Dunlap has applied J
for letters of administration on the estate |
of R. J. Dunlap, deceased
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Bryson, of Gastonia, '
visited Yorkville last week and were the
;uests of Mrs. Jennie Clark. 1
Miss M. It. Fayssoux, of London, S. C.,
is in Yorkville, visiting the family of her ]
brother, Mr. T. M. Fayssoux. 1
Miss Lizzie Ashe, of McConnellsville, is {
visiting friends in Yorkville.
Mrs. Julia K. Elant left for her home at '
Baskerville, Ya., on last Monday, after spend- 1
ng several weeks visiting in Yorkville.
WEBSTElt'S IXTEKNATIOXAL.
In another column is an advertisement of!
Webster's International dictionary, which J
is undoubtedly the greatest reference book, j 1
ooth for definitions and orthography, that |
has ever been produced. It is not sold for! ]
i dollar or a dollar-and-a-half. In fact it i'
costs just about seven times the amount of H
the cheap photographic edition of the old un- j '
abridged, and that is about the difference in
intrinsic value. The old photographic edition
is a work of forty years ago, and the
International is a work of today?just about i
forty years further in advance. This book J
should be in every household, and to those ]
who need a real dictionary, we unhesitatingly
say that it is the cheapest "Webster" published.
Write to G. & C. Merriam Co., at <
Springfield, Mass.
TO KILL POTATO BUGS.
The formula published in last week's Enquirer
for the destruction of potato bugs, (
has been tried by a number of people in this (
vicinity, and every one who has tried it is
satisfied with its success. The bugs were
killed almost instantly on the application of
the poison, and as yet we have heard no
report of their re-appearance. Within ten
days after the first application, it may be
necessary to apply the poison agaiu, and for
the benefit of those who have not found a
better way, we give our own experience
with the matter, which has been entirely successful.
Take one-half pound of Hour and boil it
- ? - ? 11-'" A f'?AM rvnof n ?c? mnrln
llllU ?l IIJ111 jiudiu. iviiui mc j/uovu io uiu\iv/|
stir in an ounce of Paris green. Do not mix
the Paris green with the paste while the
latter is boiling on the stove, as the steam
from the poison is extremely dangerous. After
the paste and Paris green have been
well mixed, add sufficient water to dissolve
the mixture, and then put it into ten gallons
of water and mix thoroughly.
This amount of poison will be sufficient
for one-tenth of an acre. In the absence of
more convenient facilities, a good way to
apply the poison is by the use of an old
broom, with which the liquid may be sprin- ,
kled on the potato plauts.
I1ACK TO THE STONE AGE.
Indian arrowheads was the subject of conversation.
A gentleman showed Mr. McNulty,
of Yorkville, mining engineer and
geologist, an unusually perfect specimen last
Monday. Mr. McXulty has been prospecting
in this county for four or five years, and
of course, incidentally, has even learned
something about arrow heads. After examining
the specimen carefully, he gave some
interesting information.
"This," he said, "you will observe, is the
true Hint?the same thing the old people
used to use to light their fires with. It is
very rare in this section, and I know of only
one or two places where it occurs m this
county. Of course, understand that I speak
of the true flint?not of quartz, often iui- ]
properly so-called. The most important
Hint formation I know of is on Little Allison
creek, about ten miles northeast of
Yorkville. It is very fine, and here it is evident.
that the Indians used to get their
stone for making their arrow heads. This is
indicated by small pieces of loose Hint lying j
about, and also numerous broken and imperfect
heads that may still be picked up
in the immediate vicinity.
"And, the story does not stop here," con-1
tinned Mr. McXulty. "Though unable to
establish the fact definitely, I have noted
some circumstances upon which I have built
up a pretty little theory. Flint, you know,
is one of the hardest stones we have, lacking
but little of being as hard as corundum.
We have abundant evidence that the Indians
knew something of the properties of the various
kinds of stones. Well, over on Nanny
mountain, about five miles from the forma- j
' |
tion, there is a long belt of the very hardest j
corundum, and it strikes me that here must
have been the workshop at which the In- \
dians chipped their pieces of flint into de-J
sired shapes. Though, as yet, I have not;
discovered any small chips of Hint along the
corundum belt, I have found numerous.
broken arrow heads, partly completed
hatchets, and refuse pieces of stone lying!
about in such a manner as to indicate that,
this must have been the workshop where,
many of the arrow heads were made."
Whether the conclusion reached by Mr.'
McNulty from the facts presented is correct'
or not, the theory is indeed interesting; but!
no matter whether the Indians used corundum
or even steel tools in shaping the flint I
into arrow heads, how tliey ever managed
to execute the work to such a nice degree of j
perfection, will probably always remain a
mystery.
DliATIi or >1 It. \V. K. IIOSI'j.
Mr. William 10. Rose, a former citizen of
Yorkville, but for the past twenty-five years
proprietor of the Congarec hotel, of Colum-j
bin, died in that city last Thursday morning
at 4.20 o'clock, aged nearly 80 years.
Mr.1 Rose was born in Langly, Buckingham-)
shire, England, August 1:5. 1813, and after,
obtaining the rudiments of an education in;
his native land, came to the United States'
when but a lad of eleven years. He was
without friends or fortune, hut finding his
way to Albany, New York, he commenced |
to learn the trade of a silversmith, Reforc j
finishing his trade, the firm to which lie 1
was apprenticed went out of business, and lie 1
then went to Troy, where he commenced ;
work in the big iron establishment of Messrs.
Corning & Winslow. lie next secured employment
in the Tredegar Iron works at
Richmond ; then spent a few years in various
establishments in Pennsylvania: and in 1840j
came to South Carolina and located in Spar-,
tanburg county, where he leased the works I
of the Spartanburg Iron Manufacturing com-1
pany. After two years of successful business, i
this lease expired, and Mr. Rose next se-1
3ured control of the Cherokee Iron works, gi
which he successfully operated for two years J
more, when he moved to North Carolina ai
ind purchased an interest in the High a
Shoals Iron works in Lincoln county. n
Mr. Rose remained in charge of the High v
Shoals Iron works for six years, until about1 ?
:he year 1852, when he removed to York-ville
and purchased the hotel building here . ft
which is known by his name, and which still n:
jelongs to his estate. In 1800 he became !p
superintendent of the King's Mountain rail- m
:oad, and in 1804 he became president of the j tl
company, but shortly afterwards resigned h
die latter position to resume the iron busi- ci
less in North Carolina, which he continued I "
intil the following year, when he returned ; c<
;o Yorkville. : ft
After the passage of the "Reconstruction j n:
icts," Mr. Rose became interested in poli-' ai
tics and affiliated with the Republican party, oi
By this party he was elected to the State d
senate from York county, and served during, ii
he term commencing in 1808 and ending in i h
1872.
Shortly after his election to the senate, jS(
Mr. Rose removed his family to Columbia, $
md purchasing the Congaree hotel property C1
n that city, resided there up to the time of ,r
nis death. The last years of his life were
;pent as a private citizen, in which character K
lie has always enjoyed the respect and esteem
of all with whom he was intimately ac- a
luainted. ^
The remains were brought to Yorkville 1
by way of the Three C's railroad on last'
Friday, and were accompanied by members ei
3f the bereaved family, consisting of Mrs. j u
Kose and their daughters. An escort ot a
prominent citizens took charge of the corpse *(
at the depot, and conveyed it to the Three 11
C's hotel. The interment took place in the v
family plat in the Yorkville cemetery on
Saturday morning, the funeral services being
conducted from the Episcopal church, by A
Rev. Mr. McStveeney, of Rock Hill.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at i tj
11.30 a. m., and Sunday-school immediate-1 e
ly afterward. k
Presbyterian?Itev. T. It. English, D. D., p
pastor. Services next Sunday at 10.30 a.
at.,and 8.15 o'clock p.m. Prayer-meeting a
tomorrow evening at 5 o'clock. Sunday- j
school at 4 o'clock p. m. ^
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. r
Weber, pastor. Services Sunday morning at | tl
10.30 o'clock, and services Sunday evening ;
it 8 o'clock. Prayer meeting this evening
it 8 o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock
_ ii
p. m.
Baptist?Itev. W. J. Langs ton, pastor. a
Yorkville?Communion services next Sun- a
day at 10.30 a. m. Sunday-school at 4 p. ra. 81
Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 8j
o'clock. | j,
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. js
J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yorkville?Prayer-meeting
this evening at 8 o'clock. Sun- e
day-school at 4 o'clock p. m. p
LOCAL LACONICS. I
Picnic ut Moss's l'ond.
? A number of young people of Yorkville j,
had a delightful picnic at Moss's pond on ii
last Saturday. ?
Meeting of the Stockholder*.
? The annual meeting of the stockholders of ?
the Chester & Lenoir Railroad company, is o
to be held in Yorkville on June 1?tomorrow ?
week. 1,
Will Commence Next Week. a
The Spratt Machine company, of Fort ?
Mill, will commence work on their contract n
to repair and rebuild the York county court J.
house, some time next week. n
f
Repairing the Sidewalks.
? Local bicyclers put in several days last ,
?wAtinrlt nlnnnc nn tlin ci/ln. I'
WCCtV 1C|W1IIU^ 11IC lUU^II jliuvva vra. a?v w.uv ^
walks in order to secure greater comfort in t
riding over them. o
Brought Hack on n Requisition. g
? Adam Love, the Negro recently commit- l
ted to jail in Shelby, N. C., on the charge of |
infanticide committed in York county about j
a year ago, was locked in the York county
jail yesterday. %
They Hail a Good Time. ^
? The fishing party mentioned last week u
returned from the Edisto river on Friday, t
The members of the party report a pleasant "
* 1 .1 * 1.* r.~u 1%>
trip, ana mso mat tuey cuugiib tuuwgn nou
to make it interesting. r
Time Changed.
? We are requested to announce that the j'
time of the annual meeting of the State li
Teachers' association has been changed to i ?
August 23 and 24. The meeting will he j i
held at Converse college, in Spartanburg. L
General Law Accepts. i a
? At the urgent request of General Shipp, j i1
superintendent of the Virginia military in- ^
stitute, General Law has reconsidered his t
I f
first decision declining to deliver the com- i
mencement address at that institution 011 1j
the 29th of June, and has accepted the posi- j \
tion. li
| ?
They Will Meet the Demand.
? The liock Hill Machine works got behind ! t
with their orders for molasses mills last year! f
and could not supply the demand. They | h
intend to be there on time this year, liowev- J
er, especially if customers who propose buy- t
ing mills will just give them an intimation Jj
of that fact along before the molasses season u
opens. |
Star lloute Schedule Changed.
? A change of schedule went into effect on %
tho sjtsir route from Vorkville to Yorkville, f
by way of Zadok, Bethany, Stroup's, Clark's | r
Fork and Carp, last Monday. By the change, I ^
the mails leave Yorkville at (5 p. m., on Mon-11
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, returning at j J'
7 n m mi tliri ?nme dnvs. ' n
1 ) J -When
Mai rlajjo Costs H'i'i a War.
? The comptroller general has decided that i 1
no widow of a Confederate soldier is entitled 1 <1
to a pension if she marries a second time,!
even though her husband may himself be aj
Confederate veteran. Neither will the death '
of the second husband, whether a Confederate
veteran or not, restore to the widow the I
' i
right to draw a pension. i ^
Dr. Knglish Resigns the Pastorship. J
? Itev. Dr. T. It. English, pastor of the j
Yorkville Presbyterian church, tendered his
resignation at a congregational meeting held t
last Sunday. The congregation accepted the l
resignation and united with the doctor in a r
" * n it..i T* I r
request tor a called meeting 01 ueinci i res-1 bytery,
to be held at Salem church, in Fair-1 r
field county, 011 the 2nd of June, to dissolve;
the pastoral relations. Dr. English has not i
yet decided when he will go to Virginia. 0
A Friendly Suit to Test the lionds. i T
? A test case, involving the validity of the, t
Vorkville waterworks bonds, was heard in c
the supreme court on last Monday. The j;
suit, which, of course, was a friendly one, i
came tip 011 the petition of John J. Hunter, 0
against the town council of Vorkville, ask- 11
ing the court to prohibit the issuance of the j t
bonds. The petitioner was represented by s
E. Spencer, and the respondent by I). E. j*
Finlcy. The case will probably be decided ' j
soon.' ig
Don't Ignore the Lesson. ; fl
? The town of Lancaster had a $(1,500 fire j d
011 Tuesday of last week, which, like the re-, r
cent lire in Vorkville, could have easily been j11
extinguished when first discovered, if the j
town had been provided with any kind of!
fire facilities whatever. It is bad enough to
get caught without proper fire facilities in i c
the first instance, but not to take the hint &
after a lesson of that kind, is criminal. Lan- i
1
caster will do well to follow Vorkville in ef- '
i f
forts to secure proper protection against fire.
There 1k Plenty of Time Yet.
? "There is lots of complaint about poor L
stands of cotton throughout the county,"!
remarked a well-known and successful farm- c
cr yesterday, "and a good many people have j ^
already began to despair of being able to j
make a crop this year. It is true that cot- j
ton generally looks poor and sickly, but it! c
is too soon yet to get discouraged. In 1870,! t
I remember, we did not get anything like a J c
\
ood stand of cotton until the 10th day oflaj
une?somehow just didn't come up?but
II the same we made a good crop. We had 'r
splendid season, however, and there was'
o killing frost until about the loth of Noember."'
at
rt'ttil M ill lit- Plentiful. 1 08
? There is a prevailing opinion that the
irmers of the county have not planted as, id
luch as corn this year as usual, but it is a'
robably a mistake. A Yorkville supply- ct
lerchant, who has had occasion to travel into Ci]
le country a good deal recently, gives it as }>?
is opinion that there is less cotton and more Si
jrn planted than there was even last year, bi
It is true," he says,''that there were more ar
jmmercial fertilizers sold this year than
ist, and it is probably on that fact that j0
lost people base their opinion of the cotton ol
creage ; but they are wrong. A great deal ;bc
f the commercial fertilizers were used un- j u]
er corn, and the acreage has been largely I ^
icreased."
? Wanted Gmnhackit.
? One of the York county pensioners pre- p,
rnted a check at the bank last week for
21.95, the amount of his pension. The at
ishier commenced to count out the money ?'
t silver dollars.
"Hold," said the veteran. "You are not
oing to give me all that stuff, are you ?" ju
"Didn't you vote for Strait last summer, tl
nd ain't you in favor of free coinage?" ei
3ked the cashier.
"Yes," was the reply.
"Nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, half, sev- (J]
aty-five, eighty-five, ninety-five," contined
the cashier, handing over the whole
mount of the check in silver. The veteran c<
>ok the money without further question,
ot even thinking to ask the cashier for sil- ei
er certificates instead'. ^
sr
THE SHERMAN ACT. CI
I
11 Treasury Notes Except Legal Tender and Gold q|
Certificates are Redeemable in Either Gold
or Sliver.
Mr. Editor As there ,seems to be quite a jr
inference of opinion among lawyers as to
xactly what is the "Silver Act," commonly ^
nown as the "Sherman Act," will you ^
lease be so kind as to publish the same? w
n conversation with some gentlemen sever- w
1 days ago, I found a prevalent impression j
liat the holders of silver certificates have the jc
ight, under the law, to demand a rederapion
of the same in gold, and they cannot be
equired to accept silver at the discretion of
he secretary of the treasury. g
Subscriber. ir
Rock Hill, S. C., May 22, 1893. g
Though somewhat pressed for room, ow- w
lg to the general ipterestin the matter just
t this time and its unquestionable import- d
nee, we comply with the request of the 01
ubscriber with pleasure. Following is the ^
Sherman Act" in full: g.
Section 1. That the secretary of the treasury is v
ereby directed to purchase, from time to time,
ilver bullion to the aggregate amount of 4,500,90
ounces, or so much tneieof as may be ottered v
a each month, at tho market price thereof, not w
xceedingone dollar for three hundred and sevnty-one
and twenty-five hundredths grains of ,
ure silver, and to issue in payment for such "
urchases of silver bullion, treasury notes of the S
,'nited States to be prepared by the secretary of 0!
tie treasury in such form and of such denomiations,
not less than 81 nor more than 81,000, as "
e may prescribe, and a sum sufficient to carry If
uto effect the provisions of this act is hereby
ppropriated out of any money in the treasry
not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. That the treasury notes issued in aeordance
with the provisions of this act shall be w
edeemablc on demand, in coin, at the treasury
f the United States, or at the office of any asistant
treasurer of the United States, and when
o redeemed may be reissued; but no greater or C(
rss amount of such notes shall be outstanding
t any time than the cost of the silver bullion
nd the standard silverdollarscoined therefrom,
hen held in the treasury purchased by such y
lotes; and such treasurv notes shall be a n
egal tender in payment of all debts, public and SJ
irivate, except where otherwise expressly stip- u
ilated in the contract, and shall be receivable
or customs, taxes, and all public dues, and g
vlien so received may be reissued; and such
totes, when held by any banking association, _
nay be counted as a part of its lawful reserve.
unnn /Inmnnrl nf thn hnl^or f\i nnv nf thf> &
iv,rw, ^
Mr. R. M. Carroll made a Hying visit to
lafihey last week.
The young people of t^ neighborhood
ad a pleasant picnic at Blairsville recently,
'roquet was the principal amusement. The
Hairsville brass band furnished the music
jr the occasion.
The Sharon and Bullock's Creek choirs
rill not go to McConncllsvillo next Friday
ight as was expected, as there will be a
chool entertainment at the academy on that
ight.
Messrs. Sam Plaxco and Walter Blair,
rho have been attending school at Newton,
C., are at home on a short vacation.
Miss Ella Love, of Mount Pleasant, is on
visit to her aunt, Mrs. J. E. Plaxco.
It was Rev. W. A. M. Plaxco whoprenehd
at Sharon recently, instead of J. M.
'laxco, as stated lost week.
The Bullock's Creek choir will meet at
lie church on next Saturday, the 27th infant,
at 7 p. m. w. r.
LETTER FROM HICKORY GROVE.
feeent Sad Dentin*?Commencement Exercises of
the IIIkIi School l*o?t]ioiied.
orrespondencc of T^e Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Hickory Gkovk, May 23.?On account
f sickness and deaths, the commencement
f the Hickory Grove High school will not
ome off on Wednesday as published. Rev.
. H. Simpson, wife and familv. were called to
luntersville, N. C., by a telegram, announcig
the deatli of their daughter, Mrs. Kno^,
n Monday.
Mrs. I)r. Ward was called to Rich Hill on
unday, on account of the death of her
rothcr, Mr. David M. Lancaster, who was
lirown from a buggy and killed by a runaway
mule. Mrs. Lancaster was seriously,
lit not dangerously hurt, and it is believed
hat the injuries of Mrs. Murph who was
lso in the buggy, may prove fatal.
On account of these deaths seven pupils
ave been called away from the school, and
: is thought best not to have the commenceleut.
Mrs. J. 1'. Knox has been quite ill for sevral
days. M.
? According to a report in The State, of
Saturday, Columbia is to have a dispensary,
otwithstanding the strenuous etl'orts to preent
its establishment. Compliance with >
he law requires the petition of only 183
reeholders, and up to last Friday night,
anvassers had secured the signatures of
00. Politics is politics; but sometimes
then it comes down to a question of cash
s. prejudice, prejudice has to take a back
eat.
reasury notes herein provided fo% the secretary it
if the treasury shall, under such regulations as j]
le may prescribe, redeem such notes in gold or y,
ilvcr coin, at his discretion, it being the estab- v
ished policy of the United States to maintain t!
he two metals on a parity with each other upon
he present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be D
irovided by law.
Sec. 3. That the secretary of the treasury shall v
ach month coin two million ounces of the siler
bullion purchased under the provisions of jj
his act into standard silver dollars, until the first l
lay of July eighteen hundred and ninety-one,
ud after that time he shall coin of the silver n
mllion purchased under the provisions of this y
ct as much as may be necessary to provide for r,
he redemption of the treasury notes herein pro- ,
ided for, and any gain or seigniorage arising y
rom such coinage snail be accounted for anu ii
>aid into the treasury. b
Sec. 4. That the silver bullion purchased un- j
lerthe provisions of this act shall be subject to
he requirements of existing law and the regu- S(
utions of the mint service governing the meth- ri
ds of determing the amount of pure silver conained,
and the amount of charges or deductions,
f any," to be made. 81
Sec 5. That so much of the act of February j e
8, 1878, entitled "An act |to authorize the coin- o
ge of the standard silver dollar and to restore |
ts legal-tender character," as requires the j .
uonthly purchase and coinage of the same into tl
ilver dollars of not less than $2,000,(XX), nor more 1
han $4,(HX),lKX) worth of silver bullion, is hereby 4
epealed. A
Sec. <>. That upon the passage of this act the
lalances standing with the treasurer of the o
'nited States to the respective credits of national a
lanks for deposits made to redeem the circu-1 a
ating notes of such banks, and all deposits therefter
received for like purpose, shall be covered s<
nto the treasury as a miscellaneous receipt, and b
he treasury of the United States shall redoem e
rom the general cash in the treasury the circu- _
ating notes of said banks which may come into
lis possession subject to redemption ; and upon c
he certiticateof the comptroller of the currency n
hat such notes have been received by him and a
hat they have been destroyed and that no new
lotes will be issued in their place, reimburse- n
uent of their amount shall be made to the treats- u
irer, under such regulations as the secretary of Q
hetreasury may prescribe, from an appropriaion
hereby created, to be known as National
sank notes: Redemption account; but the proisions
of this act shall not apply to the deposits
eceived under section three of the act of June C
wentieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four,
equiring every national bank to keep in lawful
noney with the treasurer of the United States a j c
11111 equal to live per centum of its circulation, e
o be held and used for the redemption of its
irculating notes; and the balance remaining of
he deposits so covered shall, at the close of each
iionth, be reported on the monthly public debt
tatemeut as the debt of the United States bear- j (i
ng 110 interest.
Sec. 7. That this act shall take effect thirty I,
lays from and after its passage." n
Approved, July 14,1890. C
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DISPENSARY RULES. j f<
'he State Hoard of Control Prescribes Conditions j
on Which I.iqnor Must he Sold.
i n
The following rules for the government of! s
he county dispensaries, were given out for; u
mblication in the newspapers by the State
>oard of control, lust Saturday: 1 v
I. The county dispensary will be open for he
sale of liquors at 7 o'clock a. in., April
st to October 1st, and close at G p. m. The a
est of tho year the hours will be from 8 a.
n. to Gp. in. In case of illness only, sales: e
nay be made at night. 1
II. No loafing will he allowed around a
utility dispensary. j
III. When the applicant for the purchase j sl
f liquor is unable to write, he or she can
nake a cross mark, and the same, attested by j
he county dispenser, will be received as if
nade in accordance with the act. Appli- j
ations must not he filled for one person of- j ,
ener than once a day.
IV. Applications can be filled on written
irders mude inirood faith, when the uame of 0
he upplicunt is authorized to be signed by j 0
he county dispenser and persons known to ^
aid dispenser, or his identity is established
0 his satisfaction. f
V. County dispensers can carry on their 11
egitimate business in connection with the 0
ale of liquors in the same store, by paying
, proportionate share of the rent, but this ^
loes not affect the time of closing as fixed in "
ule 1. All liquors must be sold for cashantf *
aoney deposited in bank each night. I ^
VI. A member of the county board of | "
ontrol must be present when a shipment to 1
1 county dispenser is opened, to certify to a
tny breakage of bottles in transit, else no
laim of that kind will be allowed by the f1
State commissioner. 11
VII. All packages containing bottles of n
iquor, wine or beer, must be opened care- j
ully, so as to be returned to the State com- c
nissioner without injury, and the same must
ie shipped back at once. Any loss or dam- i
,gc will be charged to the county dispenser. S
VIII. Any liquor not in stock at the n
ounty dispensary will be purchased by the v
?tatc commissioner, on application, through t
he county dispenser, or furnished from Co- fi
umbia. | c
IX. If the county board of control or 2
ounty dispenser suspect any infringing of v
he law, a State constable will be detailed at v
mce to investigate and make arrests, upon \?
)p]ication to the governor. Th<? same will
i done when notice comes to the governor
urn any reliable citizen.
X. Prices of the various brands of liquor
i sale will be kept posted in a conspicuous
ace in each county dispensary. Any deviion
from these prices, if reported, will
mse the dismissal of the county dispenser.
XI. Dispensaries will not be established
more than one place in a county until
'ter consultation with the State board of
mtrol and by permission.
XII. The quarterly expense account of ^
t ?1 -- i '? 1 \tt nnnrnvpf]
ten county uisjieuaiuy wuw
; each county board, and submitted to the
:ate board for endorsement before it is paid
i the county treasurer. County dispensers
e required to conduct their business with
te same economy as similar stores are run
ider private ownership. They will be alwed
assistance only when the magnitude
' the business warrants' it; and the State
)ard will issue a permit to employ a clerk
pon a proper showing.
XIII. Alcohol will be kept in stock at Coimbia
or ordered from the distillery by the
:ate commissioner, when the order comes
irough the couuty dispenser for barrel
xckages.
XIV. In counties where no dispensaries
e or can be established, the county board
control can receive no compensation;
leir appointment is for the purpose of so- ^
siting their aid in enforcing the law.
XV. Any rules in addition to these formu,ted
by a county board, will be submitted to
le State board for approval before they are
i forced.
BLACKSBl'RG BUDGET.
rowing Weather?The Cherokee Cotton Mill*
Declare a Dividend?Iron Bridge Completed?
Change of Schedule? Children*** Day.
)rrespondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. .
Blackhhuru, May 23.?The warm wnth
for the past few days lias greatly helped
ie growing crops. Cotton is not only very
nail, but shows a poor "stand." Other
ops are looking well.
Several of our citizens attended the carival
at Columbia last week.
In the hurry of getting oil' my letter last
eek, I forgot to mention the annual meetig
of the Cherokee Falls Manufacturing >
>mpany at their mill on the 10th instant,
early all of the stockholders were present,
ad the reports of the officers were very
itisfactory. A cash dividend of 8 per cent,
as ordered to be paid on the shares, and the
irectors were instructed to purchase 120
toras for the mill at once, and to increase
rnt number to two hundred as soon as they
link practicable.
Captain G. M. Moore, of our town, was the
nnn^nnt/ti. tr, ?0lro n train over the new
on bridge of the Three C's road across
econd Broad river, in Rutherford county,
hich he did on Saturday last.
The schedule for trains over the northern
ivision of the Three C's road, was changed
a Sunday last. They now leave here at 4 ^
. m. and arrive at 12.30 p. m.
Mrs. M. E. Deal, accompanied by her
aughter, Miss Katie, leave tomorrow for a
isit of ten days to Atlanta, Ga.
Mrs. Smith, from near Hickory Grove, is
isiting her brother, Mr. A. H. Pollock,
ho is sick and confined to his bed.
The exercises of Children's Day, will be
eld at the Presbyterian church at 4 o'clock,
unday afternoon next. They will consist
f an address and responsive readings, Mas;r
Hasel F. Gallaher acting as leader in the
itter. w. A.
LETTER FROM UNION COUNTY.
Ucoiiraging Cotton Keport*?New Method of Cultivating
Cotton?Lockhart Shoal*?Prize Stories
by Old Soldiers.
orre?pondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Etta Jane, May 20.?Notwithstanding
iuch of the cotton has been "chopped out,"
et it is rapidly dying, and in many places
ot one-fourth of a stand remains. It is the
line thing with it where it has not been
chopped out." It is dying out worse on
ray land than on red land.
Most of our farmers have adopted the plan
f plowing their cotton, one furrow at a time,
nd then twice as often as usual. They say
gives it a better chance to grow, and in
le long run saves it from getting so gr*ssy. Ij,
^hen it is small, they run the first time on
lie lower side of the row if on a hillside.
Though the wheat is small, and in many
laces thin on the ground, yet the heads are
?ell filled.
The work at Lockhart Shoals is progressig
finely, and the factory building will soon
e completed. The railroad leading to the
lillsite is somewhat an unsettled matter as
et, and from what I can hear, the exact
oute hasn't been located. Surveys have *
een made on several routes, but the throwlg
of dirt/ hasn't begun yet. The mill will
e built though, beyond the shadow of a
oubt, and a railroad will be run to it from
Dine poiut on the Union and Spartanburg
Dad.
I was glad to note what The Enquirer
aid recently with reference to The Confedrate
War Journal. In volume 1, No. 1,
f this publication, I notice an offer of $50
d be distributated in prizes to the writers of
lie best Confederate stories, not exceeding
,500 words iu length, and to be sent to No.
1), North Broadway, Lexington, Ky., by the
rst day of August. The competition is
pen to all Confederate veterans, their wives
nd children. The money is to be divided
s follows: For the best story, $20; for the
ecoud best, $15; third best $10; and fourth
est, $5. In order to secure perfect fairness,
ach competitor is requested to mark his
ontribution with a nom de plume, and enlose
a sealed envelope containing the same
om de plume, together with the name and
ddress of the writer. I should like very
mch to see some of our old soldiers write
p the events of the war from a strictly
'onfederate standpoint. Sigma.
BLAIRSVILLE NOTES.
orrespondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Blairsville, May 22.?The Irish potato
rop is coming in and it makes us old farmrs
fairly grin.
Rev. Dr. R. A. Ross, who has been quite
i/%lr tc JmrnvYtn ncr