Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 18, 1893, Image 2
Straps ami Jacts.
? The amount of loan certificates author-1
ized by the New York clearinghouse loan
committee, was $41,000,000, of which $3S,
280,000 were issued. The amount cancelled j
to date is $30,685,000, leaving $10,315,000
outstanding. The understanding is'that the
certificates will not be taxed until December
1. It is likely that all the New York certifi- j
cates will be cancelled before that date, and i
not one cent of the original issue will even |
have to pay that 10 per cent. tax.
? A number of derelicts are atloat on the
Atlantic coast as the result of the big storm
of August 27 and 28. A derelict is a vessel
that has either been wrecked or deserted by
its crew, aud which continues to drift about
the sea to the great danger of other vessels.
On last Wednesday the government dispatched
from New York the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius, to destroy these derelicts.
The Vesuvius will carry a large quantity of
gun cotton, and will blow the derelicts to
pieces wherever they are found.
? On "Chicago Day," at the World's Fair,
last week, 750,000 visitors were in attendance.
During the week the total attendance
amounted to nearly 2,000,000, or nearly 50
per cent, more than during the entire month
of May. The exposition now has only about
ten days more to run, and the outlook is that
the paid admissions during the six months of
its existence will not fall far short of 20,000,000,
or $10,000,000, the amount originally
calculated upon by the projectors of the
fair.
? England's big coal strike came to a close J
last Thursday. It began on July 28, and
was settled by an agreement on the part of
the mine owners to accede to the terms proposed
by the miners. The strike originated
out of a proposition by the mine owners to
reduce the wages 25 per cent. The men refused
to accept the reduction or arbitrate the
dispute. Over 120,000 of them struck.
Fully 20,000 miners went to work on Thursday,
40,000 more went to work on Friday,
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than 90,000 are back at their old places. The
mine owners are trying to secure a compromise
at 15 per cent, reduction, but up to the
present the miners have positively refused
to agree to such a compromise.
? Last Friday's storm was very severe in
Washington and the damage was great. Telegraph
and telephone wires were blown
down, the walls of a number of unfinished
buildings, including those of Calvary Baptist
church, were demolished, and a large
number of houses were unroofed. Associate
Justice Brown, of the supreme court, was
badly injured by a piece of plate glass blown
on his head from a window of his house.
An artery in his head was severed by the
jagged glass, and he came near bleeding to
death before the arrival of medical assistance.
He is now thought to be out of danger.
Trains were delayed on all the railroads
entering the city, and railroad property aggregating
many thousands of dollars in value
was destroyed.
? The October report of the statistical division
of the department of agriculture, was
issued on Tuesday of last week. The report
shows October conditions of cotton to be 2.7
points below September. The condition of
the crop during the season, as reported by
the department, is as follows: June, 85.6;
July, 82.7; August, 80.4; September, 73.4 ;
October, 70.7. Since June, up to the present
time, conditions have declined 14.9 points.
The percentages of the States for October
are: Virginia, 93; North Carolina, 76; South
Carolina, 62; Georgia, 76; Florida, 84; Alabama,
76; Mississippi, 73; Louisiana, 71;
Texas, 65; Arkansas, 71; Tennessee, 59.
The percentages for September were: Virginia,
93; North Carolina, 76; South Carolina,
63; Georgia, 77; Florida, 85; Alabama,
78; Mississippi, 78; Louisiana, 81;
Texas, 63; Arkansas, 80; Tennessee, 66.
? Vice President Crocker, of the Southern
Pacific, says the Salem #regonian, has announced
that his company does not propose
to make any fight against the hordes of
tramps who are beating their way westward
on freight trains. He has arrived at the
conclusion that it is useless to unload the
ticketless tourists, because they get aboard
again in sufficient numbers to overpower the
trainmen. Therefore, Mr. Crocker believes
that time can be saved and bloodshed averted
by allowing the tramps to ride as long as
thev are neaceable. No proclamation to!
that effect has been issued from the company's
headquarters, but it is mutually understood
that the trainmen are not to molest the
"hobos," except in self-defense. It is likely
that the other lines extending from the Rockies
to the Pacific will follow the Southern's
example in this respect, if they have not al.
ready done so in a quiet way.
? The gold reserve continues to decrease,
and last Wednesday was lower than it has
ever been before, standing at $86,899,008,
showing a reduction of over $6,500,000 since
the first of the month. The government
mint at Philadelphia expects to coin $15,000,
000 of gold by the first of December. On
Wednesday the net currency balance stood
at $18,737,759, an increase of nearly $5,500,- j
000 since the first of the month, so that the [
net wor king balance of the department shows
a decrease of but little over a million since
October 1. 'The receipts of the month to
date have been $S,703,000, and the expenditures
$10,270,000. The receipts from cus-:
toms at the port of New York during the |
first ten days of October amounted to $2,4S0,-1
592 as compared with the receipts aggregat- j
ing $2,468,206 during the first ten days of
October, 1S92. Of the receipts this month ;
40.1 per cent, were paid iu gold coin, 24.7 1
per cent, in silver certificates, and 25.2 per j
cent, in United States notes. The total gold i
in the treasury, October 10th, was $166,443,-1
707.
? Bradstrcet's shows by its statistics that
the third quarter of 1S93 was pre-eminent
for the number and extent of its busiucss
failures. The number of failures was 4,935,
with liabilities of $153,227,546, as against,
2,027 failures, with $20,436,250 of liabilities, i
in the third quarter of 1892. The third quar- j
ter of 1884, when times were panicky, makes;
the nearest approach in eleven years to the j
figures of 1S93, but in that year the failures !
numbered but 2,858, with $71,846,860 of lia-1
bilities. How the sections fared in the re- j
cent crisis may be seen in the figures for the j
last quarters of 1893 and 1S92. Failures in !
1893 in the Eastern States were in number i
587 ; in the Middle States, 919; in the West- j
ern States, 1,094; in the Northwestern States, j
701; in the Southern States, 575; in the Pa-!
cific States, 339. In 1892 the Eastern States
had but 326 failures; the Middle States. 515:
the Western, 416; the Northwestern, 239:
the Southern, 258; the Pacific, 231. It will
be observed that in the Southern States the
failures of the third, quarter of 1893 were |
about double those of the like period in 1892. j
The liabilities were about six times greater, i
But in the Western States the failures were |
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volved were nearly ten times greater.
? A report just issued by the interstate
commerce commission, shows that more than
a year ago there were over 170,000 miles of j
railroad operated by 1,822 corporations,
whose aggregate capitalization considerably
exceeded $10,000,000,000. Some idea may
be formed of the meaning of 83,000 locomotives
and 1,200,000 cars, of which one-half;
of the former and three-fourths of the latter
are for freight; but when it comes to the figures
representing the number of passengers
and tons of freight carried, they get out of
one's comprehension. We can understand
the interesting fact that more than 820,000
persons find employment in the service of
railroads, or one in less than eighty of the
inhabitants of the country. We can also appreciate
the statement that one in 822 of
these is killed, and one in twenty-nine injured
by accidents every year. The enormous
figures representing capital employed
or value of property in railroads are less
comprehensible than those relating to income
and profits, which arc not as a whole so very
alluring. About 15A per cent, of the funded
debt of railroads paid no interest for the
year covered by the report, and more than
(?0 per cent, of capital stock paid no dividends.
The net income from operation and
investments amounted to something over
$">30,000,000, of which $41(1,000,000 was absorbed
in fixed charges. The amount paid
in dividends was something less than $100,000,000.
? Auditor Ackerman's monthly statement
of the Chicago exposition's finances, up to
September 30, was given to the public last
Wednesday. It shows that the exposition is
not only out of debt, but has a handsome
balance in the treasury. The report shows
the amount realized so far from the sale of
souvenir coins, $1,025,120; gate receipts for
September, $2,203,038, against $1,604,518 for
August; total gate receipts to end of September,
$7,404,503; concession receipts for
September. $843,240; for August, $578,520;
total concessions to October 1, $2,000,307:
the photographic receipts to September 30,
were $137,42(i: total miscellaneous receipts, j
$009,195. The total liabilities of the exposition
are only $97,212. Fire protection has
cost $231, ICS, ami the guard and secret service,
$982,138. Total expenditures on ac-,
count of constructions. $17,044.7-12 ; miscellaneous
disbursements, $0,200,947. Total j
receipts from all sources, $25,234,199. Total
expenditures on all accounts, $24,205,090,
leaving a balance of $1,028,508 in tlie treasury.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER IS, 1893.
? "There will he no fillibustering against
the revisiou of tariff when the question
comes up," said Senator Dubois, a leader of
the silver filibusters, one day last week.
"The people declared for silver in the last
general election, and we feel bound to carry
out our promises to them. When the tariff
revision question comes up, we will stand by
it for the same reason we are now standing
by silver." Well said that.
? The publishers of the Cosmopolitan magazine
had more orders for the September number
of that periodical than they could supply.
The retail price of the Cosmopolitan
is 12A cents. Over 210,000 copies of the
September number were sold, and after the
edition was exhausted, the publishers had
orders for 50,000 more copies. Hundreds of
copies sold at 50 and 75 cents, and some
even as high as $1.00. The Cosmopolitan is
a great magazine, and its success is well
merited.
? We have received a copy of the twentieth
annual edition of "Cotton Movements
and Fluctuations," published by Latham,
Alexander & Co., of New York. Besides
the usual tables of receipts, stocks, exports,
and fluctuations for several years past, the
book contains much valuable information in
reference to the cotton trade that cannot be
had elsewhere in such compact and convenient
fnrm. This publication will be found of
great value to all dealers in cotton, not even
excepting individual planters. It is published
for gratuitous distribution among the friends
and patrons of Latham, Alexander & Co.
? Governor Carr, of North Carolina, recently
stated that there had not been a lynching
in his State for a year past. A news note
in our local column this week gives a suggestion
of a satisfactory reason. Sometime
ago a boy entered the house of his employer
for the purpose of assassinating him. To
enter a house by stealth or force in North
Carolina, after nightfall, is a capital offense.
The boy was accordingly convicted of burglary
and sentenced to be hanged. In this
State, if the boy had escaped the lynchers,
he would in all probability been given a
chromo and turned loose. Burglary, by all
means, should be made a capital offense.
? At Brunswick, Ga., there are 4,000 people
shut in by an armed cordon. They arc
face to face with death in the shape of yellow
fever, and added to their dire distress
are the horrors of famine. On the gulf coast
of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, there
are thousands of people in need of charity.
They are beset by want, sickness and death.
On the sea islands and neighboring mainland
of South Carolina, there are 110,000 people
who lost their all by the great hurricane of
August 28. They are practically without
food or clothes, and absolutely unprepared
even with shelter, they are about to enter
upon a struggle against whatever additional
hardships may he held in store lor mem oy
the approaching winter. Truly here arc
three fields that will furnish abundant scope
for the best efforts of sympathetic and charitable
Christian people everywhere. These
conditions entail grave responsibilities on all
individuals possessed of health, strength and I
the necessaries of life more than sufficient
for their immediate needs.
AMERICA WINS.
The series of races between the Valkyrie !
and the Vigilant, came to a Hose on last Fri-!
day afternoon. As the result, the Valkyrie
goes home without the cup, and the Vigilant,
which was successful, poses as the proud defender
of that honorable trophy.
When Thk Knqi'IRKK, went to press last
week, two of the live races had been run.
Both were won by the Vigilant. There was
,
no race on Tuesday. A race was commenced
on Wednesday, but on account of insufficient
wind, neither yacht was able to finish within
the prescribed six hours. At the close of:
that period, however, the Vigilant was about
half a mile in advance of the Valkyrie. |
Thursday was an oil' day, but the contest I
was resumed on Friday. All along, the Fug- j
lishman had been claiming that in a strong I
wind the Valkyrie would beat the Vigilant, j
When the race commenced, the wind was
blowing at the rate of eight miles an hour. In I
ten minutes afterward, it increased to thirty I
miles, a regular gale. The Englishman had j
all the wind he wanted, and although he i
came very near winning the race, he failed.
At the start, the Valkyrie led, and for a ;
long distance it appeared that she would i
win, but the American, after awhile, began
to gain on her gradually, and at the wind up,
heat her by forty seconds.
The Vigilant having already won three
out of the live races, of course the two remaining
heats were not run. The Valkyrie
is conceded to be a good yacht, and the race
was probably the closest that has ever been ;
sailed : but all the same, John Bull is forced
to return home and leave his cup, where it
has been for the past fifty years, and where
it is likely to remain for some time to come. |
THE EM) NOT YET.
The end of the great silver fight in the
I senate is not yet. In the last issue of Tim
Knqi'IKKK, we stated that "before the end
of the week, the probabilities are that the!
long deadlock will he decided.'' This statement
was founded on the boast if Mr. Yoort
i bees that he would inaugurate his continuous
session on last Wednesday evening, and
either whip the light or be carried out of the
senate "feet foremost." That kind of talk
sounded very large, and we thought Mr. j
Voorhces meant business. Hence our mistake.
The continuous session scheme, or test of J
physical endurance, was inaugurated on j
Wednesday evening with a flourish of truinj
pets. Nearly all of the senators on both j
sides were present, and all were fully determined
to hold out even to the end. But
alas for good intentions. The end was too
long in coining, and many of the valiant senators
sought their hods before it approached.
When the physical endurance test commenced
at about 5.15 o'clock p. m. on Wednesday,
Senator Allen, a l'opulist from Kansas,
had the floor. Sentor Allen is six footer a
with deep, strong voice, equal in volume to
I the music of a fog horn. I [centered into the
j fight with great enthusiasm, and except for
a tinge of pity for his opponents, considered
the whole matter as a great joke. He had
I on his desk twenty-nine hooks, and everybody
thought he was going to take up his
, time in reading them, hut he did no such
! thing, lfe went at it off hand, and talked
and talked. After two or three holes, sev-!
i cnti il/nv loft t lio oli'imlior !11111 otiiW'tifwlt1
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surestod the absence of a quorum. A rol
call was ordered, and it was expected thai
Mr. Allon would take his seat lor a hal
hour's rest. Hut ho did nothing of the kind
With asinilo on his faoo, ho romained on tin
lloor and calmly waitod until tho prosenc<
of a (piorutn was again announced. Thci
lie resumed whore he loft oil', and continue*
as before. Ho kept on speaking for hou
after hour, and during the various roll call
of the night, continued on his foot. At last
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at -via o'ciock, inursuay morning, ,nr, .vi
Ion concluded liis speech. He did not ap
pear to lie tired, but having been on the floo
for 14;] hours, and having broken all the re
cords in the history of the senate, he though
to give somebody else a chance, and vicldec
the floor to Mr. Martin, of Kansas.
Mr. Yoorhees had become quite petulan
at Mr. Allen's remarkable exhibition o
physical endurance, and testily asket
"Whether or not tlic gentleman intended t<
farm out the floor.'' Mr. Allen denied an;
'such intention, whereupon Mr. Yoorhce
suddenly * moved to table Mr. PefTer's frei
coinage amendment. Senator I'offer wante<
to explain the amendment, but as a motioi
to table is not debatable, he was not per
mitted to do so. The roll call proceeded or
the vote to table. The motion carried by i
vote of 33 to 17, and the result was reck
oned as a victory for the repealers.
After this vote, one silvcrite after anothe
took the floor and kept up a continuoui
fight all day Thursday and far up into thi
night. At 1.40 Friday morning, the silver
ites were still on hand, hut the quorum o
repealers had long since disappeared. Tin
sergeaut-at-arms reported that two had lef
the city, twelve had been excused by tin
senate on the plea that they were too ill t<
attend, sixteen were reported not found a
their residences, and there was nothing lef
for Mr. Yoorhees but to move an adjourn
mcnt. The motion was unanimously agreet
to, and in an instant the senate chamber wa
deserted after a continuous session of 3!
hours and 40 minutes.
On Friday, the senate continued in sessioi
only about ten hours, adjourning at 11.55 p
m. All the senators were played out on ac
count of the long session ending at 1.40 tin
previous morning, and but little busincs
was transacted during the day.
After the defeat of the repealers on Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday, it was thoughi
that they would be ready to agree to a com
promise; but something of a damper wa:
thrown on this hope by a declaration fron
Mr. Yoorhees on Saturday, to the effect tha
he had "only begun to fight." Notwithstand
ing this assertion, however, compromise is ii
the air. The repealers realize that they cai
mi'"" flinir ttninf n twl -lit linnoh till
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president refuses to make any proposition
it is generally believed that a compromisi
will be agreed upon before the close of this
week. The proposed compromise is not ex
pcetcd to please anybody, but it will contaii
mutual concessions and form a basis of agree
ment by which the two factions can get to
gether and enable them to give the countn
at least a breathing spell, if not actual relief
The most probable basis of compromise i:
that proposed by Senator Harris, of Tenues
see. lie wants to call in and take out o
circulation all notes and gold coins of de
nominations less than $10; then to mnk<
silver*a full legal tender, and coin all tin
seigniorage in the treasury, amounting t<
$50,000,000. After the seigniorage is coined
let the treasury continue to buy silver am
coin it into dollars at the rate of $3,000,001
a month regularly. It is the idea of tin
proposition that by forcing the use of silvei
in transactions under $10, the country cai
easily absorb $3,000,000 a month indefinite
ly. It is thought that if the senate will pas!
a bill with provisions as above, it will mce
with no objection in the house, and the prcs
ident will sign it as soon as it reaches him
MERE MENTION.
At their annual meeting last Wednes
day, the stockholders of the Western Unioi
Telegraph company elected directors as fol
lows : John Jacob Astor, Oliver Ames, Gcorg<
Bliss, Lewis Fitzgerald, C. Sidney Shcpari
and J. B. Vancvery. Prince Bismark ii
improving. A few weeks ago it was though
that he was at the point of death.
The government report for October indi
cates a wheat crop of 391,000,000 bushels
This is 8,000,000 better than the indication!
of September. The postmaster genera
has authorized standing rewards ranging
from $1,000 to $2,500 for the arrest and con
viction of mail robbers for offences com
raitted during the fiscal yerr ending Jun<
30, 1S94. Citizens of New Orleans hav<
presented to congress a petition asking foi
Federal aid for the Gulf storm sufferers.
Ex-Senator Joseph E. Brown, of (Jeorgia
has grown so weak that he can scarcely hole
up his head, and is almost blind. Tin
hard times and consequent shutting down o
different manufacturing enterprises, hav<
given considerable incentive to enlistments ii
flin I "nit I'll States arinv. 939 men and 32(
boys have deserted from the I'nited State;
navy during the past year. I'rcsideni
Cleveland has been invited to ofiieially clost
the World's Fair. The banks of New
York city now hold $;5:>,S!H>,0">0 in excess o:
the requirements of the 25 per cent, rule,
The total visible supply of cotton of tin
world is 2,~>2">,9<J5 bales, against 2,907,(?S1 a
this date last year. There is a stronj,
probability of the early dissolution of tin
Southern Railroad and Steamship assoeia
lion. New eases of yellow fever are de
veloping in Brunswick, (la., at the rate o
thirty or forty a day. Two leading
banks of Providence, R. I., failed last week
and several other New Fngland banks havt
gone into voluntary liquidation. Depreeia
tion in the value of Western securities is as
signed as the cause. Thomas B. Reed
of Maine, isstumping the State of Ohio in tin
interest of McKinley's candidacy for the gov
crnorship. A fearful storm swept tin
entire chain of the great lakes last Saturday
About twenty vessels have been reportec
wrecked. Judge Newman, of the I'nitct
Statescourt, has ordered the sale of the Ma
rietta and North Oeorgia railroad. There
are 10(1 miles of the road in Oeorgia and 11(
miles in Tennessee. The upset price it
Oeorgia is fixed at $750,000, and in Tonnes
see at ?800,()<)<). John L. Sullivan threat
ens to sober tip. and says that if Mitehel
whips Corbelt in the coining match, he i:
going to challenge Mitchell. The tota
number of Cnited Confederate Volenti
camps now in existence, is |:!0. A pri
vale detective has spotted live of the Ala
bama gin burners, and the probability i;
that it will now be possible to put a stop ti
the outrages. There is a deficiency o
$8,000,000 in the postal funds in the trcasu
rv, and the probability of a one cent letlei
postage soon is very small. The su
preine court of North Carolina has decidei
that if a money lender charges more thai
i> JUT rem., llil" legal line UI um-u-.N, nil .inj
debt, lie forfeits all right to receive any fur
ther interest on his loan, and all payment:
already made by the debtor must he ered
ited upon the principal. Four lmndrcc
striking miners, who had been on a strike
for two weeks in the Briceville and C'oa
Creek district of Tennessee, returned to wotk
last Wednesday. Marcus Koenigheim
a wealthy Jew of San Antonio, Texas, was
murdered in his home one night last week
and his safe was robbed of money and jew
elry amounting in value to !?2~>,0UO. Ii
the case of Henry 1>. Kerschaw, the wealth)
New Orleans newspaper man, who recently
committed suicide in Chicago by throwing
himself in front of a train, the corner's jur)
rendered a verdict of insanity. New
York city contributed Sft.nuo to Brunswick
(?a., yellow fever sufferers last week. J
general strike of American flint glass work
ers has been ordered. The strike will clost
sixteen glass factories and throw (1,000 inei
out of employment. The dilliculty has beci
caused by a disagreement between the glass
companies and the glass blowers' union.
A seven year old boy, accustomed to walk
ill Iii^ Jhil .mil l.-illinl ill.ill. \*.||||i\
Furnace, \V. \'a.. one day last week, by r
neighbor who mistook him for a burglar
The child was trying to get in the neighbor':
house. The ticket otliee of the Irot
Mountain railroad at Malvern, Ark., was
entered by burglars last Friday night am
robbed of $1). The Keteham 14(1111
her Company of Chicago, failed for ^L'ot>,<)<><
last Friday. The assets of the company art
I estimated at $i)00,000. The town of<
t Winthrop, Kansas, is threatened with deC
struction by the Missouri river. Several:
acres of hanks have caved in within the1
' | past few months, above the town, and the
M people are moving away. While, tliej
p professional bicyclist, has reduced the world's
) bicycle record for two-thirds of a mile, to
1 one minute sixteen and one-fifth seconds.
,. Mrs. Joluinn Most, wife of the anarchist, ;
has been stricken with small pox. Thir- j
ty-four new cases of yellow fever developed :
' in Brunswick, CJa., Inst Sunday. The total'
* number of eases under treatment on that
- day was 22">. The total number of dis- j
r charged was 188, and the total number of
. deatlis then recorded was 24. So far, the
t mortality has been about 11 per cent.
(J. W. Marshall, a member of the Tennessee
legislature, is in jail at Holly Springs to escape
the wrath of a mob of Negroes, who are
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f lie shot and fatally wounded John Dean, a J
] Negro laborer employed on his plantation.
} The Russian and French fleets are
having a great love feast at Toulon, France.
^ Russia and France, it is understood, have
s an understanding with each other similar to
3 that of the Triple Alliance.
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l WHY'S MAIDEN EFFORT.
Senator John L. M. Irhy delivered his
i first speech in the senate last Wednesday,
i The speech, though comparatively short, is
- rather too lengthy for publication in full, and |
we shall attempt to give only a few of the
r salient points. The subject of the speech
s was the Voorhees repeal bill.
3 I am the only farmer in the senate, said
- Senator Irby. I represent the farming clef
mcnt of South Carolina; but I can also say,
for I feel that I represent the farming and
" producing element of the entire nation. The
1 financial question was brought home to the
2 farmers in a most substantial manner by the
3 demonetization of silver in 1S73. From the
t time of the destruction of the money of the J
t plain people, the farmer has grown poorer '
and poorer. His main reliance has been to
. restore the Democratic party to power in
both branches of congress. He has succecds
ed in this; but now.it seems that his efforts
3 have been in vain, for he is asked to yield to
the forces which have always and persistcnt,
lv opposed him.
As the representative of our people, continued
the senator, I would be derelict to my
duty were I to fail at this time to voice their
2 sentiment and to utter in this presence their
s solemn protest against what is now threatened
to be enacted. Our people are Demo- j
. crats from principle. The Democratic party
t is their party. They do not propose to be
driven out of it by the president or any of
the self-constituted leaders of the Democratic
s party of this nation. A party is what the
i people who belong to it make it and demand
t that it shall be. My people were honestly
. opposed in the first place to the nomination
, of Air. Cleveland. I am now opposed to the
proposition under discussion. I am opposed
1 to it because it is wrong and undemocratic.
2 I am opposed to it as a man, as a senator and
, as a Democrat.
2 It is the love and fealty I bear to the cause
s of Democracy that has prompted mc to keep
silent and strain every nerve in an ellort to
conform r.o the wishes and policy of the
1 powers that be in the Democratic party ; but,
" sir, when I see the mantle of Democracy
used to cover Republican monopolists, while
they rob the great common people, this same
sentiment that has prompted mc to silence
and obedience, bids me imperatively to call
a halt and revolt against such an imposition
upon Democracy and justice as is now prof
posed. I cannot keep my seat and see the
- banner of Democracy submerged in the cess2
pool of Wall street greed, nor can I remain
2 silent and see it polluted to the basest uses by
the hand of monopolistic avarice from New
England.
' Senator Irby said that the opposition to
1 silver consisted of a minority of Democrats,
) assisted by a majority of the Republicans. If
2 this coalition succeeded in perpetrating
r its crime against silver, he would never
j follow it in a revision of the tarifl*. His
State was for tariff reform, but he was
sure that his people would never endorse
3 such hybrid measures of reform as might
t emenatc from such a coalition. Rather than
- see the linancial question solyed as proposed
by the administration, they would prefer to
see the tariff relegated to the rear for twentyfive
years, for what good would a revision of
the tariff do them, if they were so poor that
they could not reap the benefit of the low
1 prices under an alleged revision of the
~ tariff?
? The administration, said Senator Irby, may ,
coerce, command and control one branch of j
' congress, and perhaps some members of this I
body, but it cannot and will not control mc
or my people. As for myself, I am not one
of the silver men who ask for or will accept
; any compromise short of the free and unlim|
ited coinage of silver at a ratio of 10 to 1, or
the complete rehabilitation of silver as a
' money metal. It is better, sir, for present ills
"I to continue until we can agree upon a just
[ and equitable solution of them, than to sub'
mit to the youth of this nation the sad and
humiliating spectacle of a Democratic minoriI
j ty combining with the Republicans, under the
j whip and spur of the executive, in order to
j | legislate in opposition to the wishes and i
% I financial interests of the great masses of the
II people.
From the very moment you perpetrate
" this proposed act, which I believe to be a
| crime against the productive interests of the
i nation, neither my people nor I will longer
1; follow your lead. Again, and in conclusion,
> j I beg of ycu as you love your country and
j its glorious history, halt! As you love the
j.! Democratic party and its pure principles,;
| halt! As you love the priceless boon of!
(i civil liberty and would transmit it as an un- j
1 stained heritage to posterity, halt! I have;
i given you fair warning, and if the Democra-'
' cy is now divided, the responsibility must
;! rest upon you.
_! At the conclusion of Senator Irby's speech, i
f there was applause in the galleries.
J | ANOTHER GREAT STORM.
j Another terrific storm, equal in velocity |
t r\ tlm iri-O'it Immn'inn nf A inrilut 07 MlVCIlt
possible to exactly fix the time, this will t
probably take place on Friday afternoon, si
The programme will be sis follows: : i
The. reading of sin open letter from Dr. 1
George Fsirlc, of Washington, one of Dr. J s>
Boss's classmates. I
Historical address, covering the lil'ty years ' \
of Dr. 1 toss's pastorate. Ily Dr. F. K. Itoyce, \
of Gastonia. j <:
Address by Dr. Win. M. Grier. represent- i
ing the synod and ministry.
l'oem by Kev. I. G. McLaughlin. of;!
(Query's, X. ('. j si
The committee on home missions will meet t
sit Sharon sit some time to-day and get its c
business in shape for the early consideration jc
of synod. ' 11:
The people of Sharon have been looking|t
! the Atlantic coast last week. The storm!
| j originated in the tropics, south of the West j
. Indies, and came north at a rate exceeding!
; 100 miles an hour.
It was thought by the signal service bu-1
' rcau that the centre of the storm would
I strike the coasts of Florida, Georgia and;
" South Carolina. The storm centre veered j
' 'somewhat to the east, however, and missed ;
1 Georgia.
1; Southern Florida suffered badly. Great,
* destruction was wrought in the towns of Or"
mond, New Smyrna, Davtonia, Titusville
'! and St. Augustine. The loss of life in these
' I towns, if any at all, was small.
'! The storm passed Savannah at the rate of
forty-five miles an hour. This velocity was
not sufficient to cause much damage. The
wind was stronger in Charleston, and there
I was some damage, but compared with the:
j storm of August 27, it was as nothing.
'' The greatest loss of life, so far reported,!
" j was on Magnolia island, in Georgetown.
'*; county. The island is flat and treeless and
' exposed to the full fury of the storm. Xinc1
teen persons were drowned and otherwise
' killed. Among them were Dr. Arthur B.
'! Flagg and wife and their guests, the two
"i Misses Weston, from Summerville; Arthur
*.11. Flagg, Jr., and wife, Misses Bessie
" and Alice Da Bruce, five children and six
' ; servants. There were no doubt other falali1!
ties on the island, but they have not reported.
' j Baleigh, X. C., Richmond, Ya., Baltimore,
L Md., and Washington also sutiered consideri
i ably. The West Indian hurricane was met |
' j by a western tornado in the vicinity of
>! Washington, and the blow at the capital was
" the most severe that has been known for a j
1' number of years.
' j Again*! tin' I)isi?i'iisiiry I.siw.
? ? Ifentz Jacobs, J. ID C. Troeger, Jerome !
jFagan, W. K. Byrd, and Benjamin David,!
were indicted in the court of general sessions !
' for Richland county hist week on the charge
.(of selling liquor in violation of the dispell-'
;,sary law. Attorneys for the defendants;
i moved to quash the indictments, on the!
i ! ground that the dispensary law provided no
4 i punishment for individual violations, and
1 on the ground that the law is uneonstitu:
j lional. Judge Hudson sustained both propo;
j sit ions and released the defendants on their j
l own recognizances, pending an appeal by J
. the State to the supreme court. A similar
-; case came up in Danrastcr during tho latter
i part of the week, and Judge Gary quashed
4 the indictment on the ground that the law !
1 failed to provide punishment for individual,
- violations. In no part of the law is the act j
> of retailing liquor made a misdemeanor, anil
| in no case is punishment provided.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
I
ixnii.v to xi:w adviohtiskmkxts.
Prof. \V. <!. Browne, optician?Is ;il the Parish ;
lintel, where he can lie eniisulteil for one '
week.
M. A' II. Strauss?Advertise the rinding of a
pocket lionk. j
Louis Until?Will receive shipiuents of nys-'
ters mi Friday and Saturday next, and tisli i
011 Saturday.
W. K. Adams, Jr , Kxeeulor? Xotilies people!
who are indebted to the estate of Dr. A. 1*. I
Campbell, deceased, that they must pay by !
the lath of November.
Mallard Brothers?The twin market. Heady for |
business. : <
John M. I lope?Calls upon the people who nwejf
liini and the late firm of J. W. P. Hope A:!,
Co., to make payment. I'.
Albert Bettis, Blaeksburg?Wants the subseri- '
hers to the TuK KxtjnitKit on his club list | <
to make payment on or before next Mon- |
day. I
W. C. Batimer?Says t lie bazaar is on a boom in 1
the matter of millinery and that his cloth- i
ing has arrived. i
T. M. Dobsnii, Manager of the Racket?Tells ,
about his new dress goods, prints, outings,
millinery, and an especially fine stock of 1
shoes.
R. B. Dowry?Wants you to call on him for gro- i
ceries.
Innian Brothers?Have something to say about M
their stock of clothing, shoes, hats, shirts, i
underwear, etc. i
W. J. Koddey, Hock Hill, State agent of the ,
Kmiitsihlc?Tells of the mlViiiitsicres of the
company lie represents.
Withers Adiekos Company?Let it he known I
that they are receiving hardware, including j
cooking and heating stoves, grates, and- ,
irons, shovels and tongs, etc.
W. M. Houston A Co.?Think now is the time 1
tonrcparo for cold weather, and they are i
willing to help you in the preparation. (
.1. S. Price, clerk ofhoard of county commission- ,
ers?(fives notice that the annual meeting 1
of the hoard will he held on thehth of No- i
vein her.
M. A* 11. C. Strauss?Say they are offering the ,
cheapest and latest styles of dress goods at '
the lowest prices. '
Lowry ?t Starr?Have a new stock of lampsaud I
lamp goods, some plain and fancy station- ]
cry, axle oil for vehicles, and renew their
proposition to cure the chills for a dollar. '
. i
THI-3 COUNTY SUPPLY BILL.
The county commissioners held their regular
monthly meeting in the ofliceof Messrs.
Finlcy & Bricc on yesterday. The most <
important business disposed of was the ques- I
tion of supplies for the fiscal year 1893-94. <
After due consideration, the hoard decided <
i i
to recommend tax levies as follows: Ordi- 1
nary county jmrposes, 3 mills. Paying in- '
tercet on and retiring bonds of Narrow .
Gauge railroad, 1 mill. For note and inter- ;
est for court house loan, 1 mill. Township ,
levies to pay interest on bonds voted in aid <
of the Three C's railroad, will he as follows: '
Cherokee, 3 mills; York, (> mills; Fhenezer, :
4 mills; Catawba, 4 mills.
CHURCH NOTICES. !
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. j,
J. C. Galloway, pastor. Yokkvillk?Scr- ;
vices Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school
at 4 o'clock. Prayer-meeting
this evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. [
Weber, pastor. Services next Sunday morn- .
ing at 10.30, ami evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Prayer meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. '
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.
Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Services
* ?1-?* ^ OA it'lu/tli t lin nt'di. i I
lUIIJ^HL ilt l,U>/ U ill IVI ?? II1VII I.IIW UIUI- I
nance of baptism will be administered on sev- .
end candidates. :
Episcopal?Lay services next Sunday at \ (
11a. in., and Sunday-school immediately
afterward. On ncxi Monday, evening ser-]
vice at 7.30 by Rev. James M. Stoney. On j j
Tuesday, morning and evening service, at
which lit. Rev. Ellison Capers, assistant I
bishop of the diocese, will be present. <
Presbyterian?Rev. \V. G. Neville, pastor. |
Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4.30 ]
o'clock. Services Friday evening at 7.30
o'clock, Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, and <
on Sunday at 11 a. ni. and 7.30 p. m. <
The ordinance of the Lord's Supper will be '
administered during the morning service i
on Sunday. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m.
JOHN' AND JIM. ,
Messrs. John and Jim Mallard, the "twin" ,
markctmcn of Rock Hill, have located in
Yorkville, and at their storeroom, under the (
Parish hotel, are prepared to receive orders j
for fresh meats of all kinds and fine sausage, ,
to be delivered tomorrow morning.
Messrs. Mallard Pros, have been located (
in Rock Hill for about two years, and at that ,
place they conducted a market the like of ,
which but few arc to be found in the upcountry.
Their place of business was next ,
door to the Savings Rank, and was notori- ,
ously as neat and tidy as a dry goods store.
They have moved to Yorkville, lock, stock ,
and barrel, and are fully prepared with all ,
needed facilities and appliances to han- ]
die their meats in a manner to fill all the (
most exacting requirements of the most (
fastidious consumers. (
Reing twins, and nearly always together,
John and Jim look so much alike that it is (
difficult to tell them apart; but this does not j
make any difference. Roth are men of good j
character, fine business ability, and, in short,1
gentlemen. They are men of means and ^
desirable citizens, and the town of Yorkville .
is to be congralulatcd upon their acquisition. (
Let everybody call on "John and Jim" and
see iiow they manage their business. 11
SPUING THE TOWNSHIPS. J
The townships of Catawba, Ebenezer,
York and Cherokee, are in for another big lawsuit.
The plaintiffs arc Messrs. Wilson !.
& Wilson Mellow, and the suit is brought!
against the county commissioners of York ,
county as the corporate agents of the said ,
townships.
The complaint of the plaintiffs sets forth ' j
that on the ? day of , 1SS9, an action
was commenced in the circuit court of the j(
United States for the purpose of compelling
the above mentioned townships to turn over j
to the Massachusetts and Southern (.'on- ,
struction company, certain township bonds
that the said townships had voted in aid of
the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago i
railroad; that the county commissioners of J,
York, acting as corporate agents of the j *
townships, employed plaintiffs to defend the!,
suit; that plaintiffs undertook the case and ;'{
succeeded in saving to the defendant town-1 (
ships, an amount aggregating $ol,()00 ; that i |
for their services, plaintiffs are entitled toj,
the reasonable fee of 10 per cent, of the
amount saved ; but that they have received
no pay whatever for their services.
The fees claimed by the plaintiffs from the i'
various townships are as follows: Catawba |
township, $2,21(5.01: York township, $1,077.- j
0(5; Kbenezer, $-">l!).0o ; Cherokee, $227.7S. j j
The aggregate amount is $1,041.13.
In answer to the complaints of plaintiffs i(
the defendants admit that the suit was com- \ f
mewed in the United States court as alleged. 1 (
They deny that the plaintiffs were retained | (
by the county coinmissioncis as corporate',
agents of the townships, hut say that they j
were retained, if retained at all, by private ; <
citizens.; that C. E. Spencer, I). K. Finley ,
and W. H. McCaw were retained in the same j <
manner: that when the suit was decided, ?
the commissioners agreed to allow the conn- .
sel the sum of $5,400, 10 per cent, of the !
amount saved, and coupons to this amount {
were divided equally among the four firms, i i
the nlaintiffs included, and the plaintiffs 1
have received and .signed receipts for about j
$1,000 of their pro rata portion of the $">,400
paid out for counsel fees.
The case is to come up for a hearing at
the next session of the court of common ,
pleas. The plaintiffs are represented by
McDonald', Douglass <$: <)hear. and the de-1
fondants hv Kinlev & 1 trice and \\\ 15. j
Met "aw.
Till-] A. It. SYNOD.
The Associate Reformed Presbyterian
synod meets at Sharon tomorrow, at 11.00 I
a. m., and will continue in session at least
until next Monday.
The Western presbyteries will he represented
mainly by delegations, and altogether
about No delegates are expected to he present.
Rev. K. Y. Crossly, of Abbeville, will
preside as moderator, and the opening ser-1
tnon will he preached by Rev. J. S. Molfatt, j
of Chester. j
A most interesting incident of the meeting;
will he the celebration of the senii-centenni-1
al of the pastorate of Rev. Dr. R. A. Ross,'s
!ii Sharon. Thoiurh as vet it has been ini- n
forward to the convening of synod with joy3iis
anticipation ever since their church was
named as tlie place of the next meeting.
They have hecn making extensive preparalions
for the entertainment of delegates and
friends for several weeks past, and today
verything is in readiness. Everybody is
keeping open house, and the next few days
will witness a great denominational festival,
he like of which Old York has seldom seen.
LIQUOR AM) PISTOLS.
A private letter from a gentleman of Beth.*1
township, brings us the particulars of a
diooting scrape which occurred at the intersection
of the Boyd's Kerry and Clover roads,
ast Saturday night. Our correspondent
Iocs not vouch for the accuracy of the de
mils, but gives them as thev were related to
liim by one of tlie parties concerned.
About 11 o'clock, Jack Jackson and Henry
Warren, both colored, laborers in the cmploy
of Mr. R. L. Campbell, were returning
from one of the North Carolina barrooms.
,\s they reached the point mentioned, they
were hailed by a voice which asked : '"Who
;oes there?" Both men recognized the voice
is that of Sam Matthews, a negro employed
at Mr. J. A. Campbell's cotton gin as
in engineer, and answered "Gentlemen."
Cpon receiving this answer, Matthews
fired his pistol. The ball, which was 3S ealbre,
struck Warren's mule. Warren was
istonished at the action of Matthews, and
lsked him, "What in the world did you shoot
my mule for?" Warren then got down to
jxamine the mule, and just as he turned his
face to Matthews, Matthews tired at him and
struek'him in the bowels.
The wounded man lingered until Monday
\fternoon about sundown, when he died. Immediately
after the shooting Matthews left
die neighborhood and went to North Carolina.
A posse followed him to Gastonia but
it last accounts he had not been caught. An
nqucst was held over Warren's body.
IMOTIT .Jl ltOUS?SIK ONI) WUKK.
The following list of petit jurors, to serve
luring the second week of the approaching
term of the circuit court, was drawn yesterlay
:
)s. Whitcsides, p. c Catawba.
It. S. I'arrott, York.
1. B. Golbrth, Cherokee.
IV. (). Garrison, Kbcnczer.
loim M. Russell, Broad Itiver.
I. W. Kiniril Bethel.
W. W. Boyce Fort Mill.
VV. W. Shillinglaw, Catawba.
U.S. Cobb, Broad Itiver.
Seorge I). Hood, Bullock's Creek.
I). It. Wilson, Bethesda.
Robert Black, York.
Mansfield Gordon, Bethesda.
I. S. Chambers, Bethel.
lames T. Crawford Bethesda.
VV. P. Wylio, Hctliosda.
It. V. Williamson, Fort Mill.
It. ('. Youngblood, Bethel.
VV. L. Plexico, itctiicl.
1. B. Boyd, Bethel.
It. I). Sealcy, Bethesda.
1. D. Whitcsides, Broad River.
John S. Jones Bethesda.
I. II. Mint/., Cherokee.
It. S. MeC'onnell, Ebcnezcr.
I. J. Hoke Bethel.
10. It. Mills, Catawba.
1\ J. ltoaeh, lObcnezer.
). W. Evans, York.
J. L. Armstrong, Fort Mill.
F. B. Moore, Bethesda.
I. X. Mcllwain, lObcnezer.
I. T. Ferguson, Catawba.
I. W. Castles, Broad River.
W. It. Bigger, King's Mountain.
I . A. CJettys, Catawba.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Klglit Cents Again.
? We are instructed to quote good cotton
this morning at 8 cents a pound. At this
late last year, the Yorkville market ranged
from 7 to 7.1 cents.
For Protection Against Fire.
? The county commissioners, on yesterday,
decided to cover the wooden clock tow2r,
surmounting the court house, with tin.
This step was taken as a precautionary
measure against fire.
Two Weeks Yet.
? The open season for shooting partridges
commences November 1st and lasts
until April 1st. From reports received from
various parts of the county, there is reason
to believe that partridges will be less plentiful
this season than usual.
P. S. Jurors.
? The following named persons have been
lrawn to serve as petit jurors at the January
term of the United States Circuit court
to be held in Greenville: C. Henry Smith,
James Jelleries, C. J>. Wilson, Rufus Whiteman,
W. J. Neely, Miles Johnson.
Ituildiiig n Flue House 011 It.
? Mr. W. S. Wilkerson, of Hickory Grove,
who some time ago purchased the "Darwin"
plantation, on Broad river, is erecting a fine
house 011 the property. He intends to make
the plantation again what it once was, one
)f the finest on the river.
[ioreil By Bulls.
? Mr. Thomas D. Goudelock, of Union
county, who was gored by a bull about
three weeks ago, is still living, but there is
little hope of his recovery. Mr. Wallace
Peigler, of the same neighborhood, who was
;ored in a like manner about nine weeks
igo, died 011 Sunday of last week.
? Mr. A. F. Gulp, of the Fort Mill Times,
lias gone to Washington to take a position in
:he government printing olliee. lie leaves
The Times under the management of Mr. W.
It. Ardrcy, formerly editor of the Fort Mill
News.
riiey Dill Not Catch Him.
? Several Bethel fox hunters appeared at
die appointed rendezvous 011 last Wednesday
night, for the purpose of getting up another
race after the wild dog. For some reason,
liowever, they failed to strike the dog's trail,
md the expected race did not develop. The
log is still at large and ready to become a
pretty fair substitute for a fox whenever the
tiunters succeed in again striking his trail.
Wheat ami Dates.
? Mr. W. J. Jones, proprietor of Jones's
it earn mill, two miles south of Yorkville,
reports having threshed during the past season
1,200 bushels of wheat and 200 bushels
if oats. Including these reports, the aggre;ate
amount of wheat and oats so far reported
as having been threshed in York county,
die past season, is as follows : Wheat, 45,108
iiushels: oats, 17,570 bushels.
Died from the KlYeets of a Horn.
? Sumter, the eighteen months' old son
if Mr. L. B. Sherrcr, who lives live miles
tout Invest of Yorkville, was buried in the
eenieterv at this place last Sunday afternoon,
die funeral service being conducted by Rev.
J. C. Galloway. About ten days before, the
ittle fellow fell oil' of a chair into the lire
md badly burned his arm. At first it was
thought that he would recover, but notwithstanding
the most careful medical attention,
jrysipclas set in and he died on last Saturlay
morning.
formerly of Yorkville.
? Mr. Jolln T. Schorb, son of the late J.
Jeorge Schorl), formerly a citizen of York?
? * / ? 1 1. _
rille, died at ins nomc 111 loiumma un
Tuesday of last week of consumption.
The deceased was about 2-"> years of age,
i man ul line character, ami was quite
popular. He was a native of Yorkvillc,
>ut was taken by his father to Colum)ia
while still a child. For several years
past, until forced to give up the position on
iccount of failing health, he was a special
policeman at the Kielunoud and Danville depot
in Columbia.
V not Iter Misfortune.
? A gin house belonging to Sherilf Crawbrd
and located on his plantation, seven
niles south of Yorkvillc, was destroyed by
ire last Wednesday about noon. In the gin
louse was stored three hales of cotton, a
piantity of cotton seed, and other articles of
nore or less value. Everything was a total
oss. Sherilf Crawford, a few years ago, had
he misfortune to lose a large dwelling house
ocated on the same plantation. The hurling
of the gin is supposed to he the work of
m incendiary, but as yet sullicient proot to
stablish the crime has not been developed.
Isirrcll Hail a Narrow Kscapc.
? Jonas Harrell, of HIacksburg, a newsloy
on the Ohio River and Charleston rail oad,
was shot at Kingsville last Thursday
norning by Robert bloody, a clerk employed
11 the store of Mr. Drafts, at that place. It
eems that Harrell and Moody had a quarrel
l few days before. When Harrell got out on
he depot platform on Thursday, Moody was
dready there. Their dispute soon developed
nto active hostilities, and without warning,
If mill V ilrmv -i I'rniil his eoat, lioeket
tiid placing tlm muzzle to Harrell's breast,
ired. The bullet went through a thick
vaistcoat and grazed the skin. The wound
vas quite painful, but is not thought to be
langerous.
'lie WouliMtr Asmissin Will lliinj;.
? Sam Xeely, the seventeen year old
s'egro boy who, in June last, attempted to
issassinate Mr. William Allen, in his home in
Jaston county, X. just across the York
ounty line, was tried at Dallas last week,
onvicted of burglary and sentenced to be
langed 011 Friday, December I. The facts of
lie attempted assasination were published in j
Till-: Knijukkii at the time of the occurrence, of
! It will he remembered that Mr. Allen had a
: reproved Xeely for shooting his chickens, nl
[ Xeely conceived a grudge against Mr. Allen, ca
and entering his house while the inmates ha
were all sound asleep, made his way to Mr. T.
j Allen's lied and lired a pistol hall into the Ai
back of his head. Mr. Allen recovered fo
from the wound. The negro was arrested lit
in York county, committed to jail in l>nllus, j al
and upon trial was convicted and sentenced
as above. i yt
Fever in Itetliel. dl
? Mr. T. X. Kendrick. who was in York- er
< 11.. 1'iiclni-il.ie iiifiirms n? flint fVTihntd tin. I W
v .' t J I " I
ver is prevalent in the Bethel neighborhood. | (
The following young ladies are convalescing I"
j from recent attacks: Misses llcheec-a and of
[Eliza Harnett, Miss Daisy (Menu and Miss!"1
Bessie Campbell. Little Emma, daughterIs"
| of Mr. S. .1. Clinton, is quite ill with fever,' i"
i but at last accounts was doing as well as { ni
could be expected. j ot
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ABOUT PEOPLE. se
Sheriff Crawford is able to be up town In
again. Ti
Professor W. Spencer Currcll, of Davidson t"
College, is in town. cd:
Miss Kittie llarsbaw, of Betbesda neigh- w.
, borhood, visited INIiss Belle Carroll last week, tr
Mrs. (i. M. Moore and Miss Mattie Duncan les
[of Blacksburg, visited friends in Yorkville w
last Monday.
Master Johnnie, oldest son of Mr. It. B.
I Lowry, is desperately ill with typhoid fever, 'it
On Saturday night his temperature was 10l>
| degrees, and it was not thought that he could | tu
live until morning. He is now improving,! fo
; however, and there is strong reason to hope j
! for his recovery. w
i 8J1
WORK OF THE TOWN COUNCIL. | oil
j The town council of Yorkville held its!
I regular bi-weekly meeting oil last Friday
| night. There was present Intendant Moore,
Wardens (filbert, Jellerys, Jenkins and Me- ' "
I El wee. *
By resolution it was agreed to christen
I the newly opened streets as follows: The
street through the lands of Witherspoon,
; Cartwright and Allison, from a point oppo- i
I ?t._ :.l ..< n 1.^ d.\\r?0? I
SHU lilt' rUMllunw t?l V. iv. I-'J/CIIV.I.-I, iu IT LOI.
Madison street, to be culled "Wright Avenue."
The street running from East Liberty ] r'
to East Jcfl'erson, parallel with the narrow j Pr
gauge railroad, to be called "Latta," and tlie|t?
street running from the intersection of Con- [ ?^
gross and King's Mountain, through lands of |
Colonel W. B. Wilson, to be called "Black-1ar
burn." |al
By unanimous agreement, it was resolved
to levy a two mill tax, on all property within 1 se
the incorporate limits of the town, to raise '
money for ordinary town purposes, and an 1
additional two mills for the purpose of pay-j ^
ing interest 011 the bonds recently voted for ita
the construction of the water plant.
At its previous meeting, the council passed aI
an ordinance requiring a license of $40 a
year for the sale of meat, fish and oysters. 11
By the terms of the ordinance, the license 'u
for meat is $00 a year, and the license for
fish and oysters $00. By paying $10 addi- "
tional, dealers in meat are allowed the priv- vt
ilege of handling fish and oysters, or for the 01
same amount, fish and oyster dealers are ot
allowed to handle men\ ^
Mr. Louis Roth, dealer in fish and oysters, ra
thought the ordinance somewhat of a hard- (^(
ship, and appeared before the council for the rc
purpose of entering a protest. He said : cj
"Gentlemen : I don't think the ordinance S11
is fair. I don't think it is right to ask as m
much for selling fish and oysters, as for beef.
Beef is handled every day, and fish and oys- *r
ters only once or twice a week. Further, 01
the beef business lasts all the year round, 01
while the fish and oyster business only lasts
four or five months. And, again, I don't "
think it is right to make me pay $.10 for what cc
only costs the meat men $10." a?
Intcndant Moore : But suppose you reverse
the proposition, Mr. Roth. If you pay w
$30 to sell fish and oysters you can sell beef ^
for only $10 more.
Mr. Roth : But I don't want to be forced w
to handle beef because I handle fish and CI'
oysters. If I have to pay that license, I can
handle beef; but I do not want to go into the
business. "?
Mr. McEhvce took occasion to explain w
that he originated the idea of licensing the
sale of beef, fish and oysters. "I am not interested
in the business," he said, "but I un- "
derstaml it. Without such a license, every 11
Xegro on the street sells fish, and there is
nothing in it for anybody. It was for that 'a
reason that I thought the ordinance necessary.
It does not make any difference to me
how you fix it." r?
Upon being informed that the council
would consider his complaint, Mr. Roth left "
the chamber, and Mr. Moore asked the wardens
as to what should he done with the 111
meat ordinance. w
Warden Jenkins: I think the two businesses
[fish and oysters and beef] are sepa- ia
rate, and that the licenses should be separate.
01
Intcndant Moore: They are separate. ct
Warden Jenkins: I mean that each should
be licensed independently of the other.
Warden Jcfferys: I move that for fish and 'a
oysters we charge just half a year's license, ot
or $15. i "J
Warden McElwee: I second the motion.
Intcndant Moore: I would suggest then
that we do not change the ordinance, but ^1
just make a note to that effect in the inin- P1
utes. u'!
Warden (filbert: I think it better to amend ^
the ordinance regularly. Let us keep strictly
within the letter of the law. (.'
Upon motion of Mr. Gilbert, the ordinance
was unanimously amended as follows : "
"Whereas the fish and oyster business
lasts onlv six months, the license be made ,
$15." * ri
After discussing several matters of minor a
importance, the council adjourned. SI'
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BLACKSBl'KG BUDGET.
is
No Damage from Lust Friday's Storm?The Advantages
of tin* Terrace System?Hurt While ^
.lumping oil a Train?Sudden Death of Mr.
Fred Tripp?Personal. ,
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. .
Blacksmiuj, Oct. 17.?The storm of Fri- ]
day last, which was so severe 011 portions of ^
the Atlantic coast, did no damage in this k
section. The wind blew quite a gale, for ^
nearly twenty-four hours, and there was
I- ' Innonrilnn.
CUOUgll null III UilllMC IIIC nutuun iuuh.imuh
their hanks ; hut as the crops had heen gnth-1 .
ercd from the lowlands, there was nothing '
I to injure hut the soil. The corn had been '
i so badly damaged by the great storm of
August 2Sth, that not more than one-third
j of a crop of good corn was gathered from j
' the lowlands. Heretofore such a loss would j ai
! have heen considered a great calamity ; but I
| as the larger streams are so filled up with j
j sand and driftwood, and overflow so easily, | th
j to the great detriment of the crops planted ; co
I near them, our farmers have learned to de-l oil
! pend more upon their upland for a supply of at
j bread, and the result is that a majority of
them have made enough corn to do them ' st?
despite the destruction by wind and rain. j "J'
The plan of saving and improving their I s.,
land by a system of terraces, is receiving the lai
j serious attention of our farmers, and from j bj
J what I have seen and heard ofit, they should
| lose no time in adopting it. The chiefndvnn- mi
! tage known to be derived from it, is holding ' i"i
| the rain water so that it docs not wash the j
land into gullies, and being retained in the y;,
| soil, furnishes a reserve of moisture for the vi<
! growing plant, when it is most needed. An-1 l'a
' other, and, indeed, a very important service j
j that the terrace has rendered, is to enable the i>r
water-courses to clear themselves of sand, na
j drift, etc. ; JjJJ
Mr. Tlios. Hughes, of Oconee county, who i j,r
is here visiting the family of his brothcr-in-, mi
law, Supervisor Coe, of the Richmond and >'p
l Danville road, informs me that ('one-cross |
! creek, a good sized stream that empties into j sai
| Seneca river, became so badly filled up, and tin
overflowed so easily, that the lowlands upon 'sa:
it had to be abandoned, so uncertain was it; J.',',,'
; that a crop would be gathered. The farmers rai
living near the stream adopted a system of ""
1 . . * i ah
terracing ior incur upiaim u iew yenrs ago. j
The soil of the hillsides was thereby pre-: pr
vented IVom being washed into the creek, and Ian
the result is that the stream is gradually, M'V
upon each recurring rain, freeing itself from ; .K>
every obstruction and getting back within its j he
former bounds, and the land near it regain-1
ing its wonted fertility and productiveness.!
Mr. Hughes says that the tcrraice should be ;
perfectly level, and its success depends upon I ?>
that fact.
The Carolina Pulverizing company, of this i in
place, has adopted what is known as the a i
water process for pulverizing mica, and have,; to
in consequence, added some new machinery bu
to their plant. The large wall-paper manu- ha
taetory of New York city, to which they I ru
ship their mica, does not use any but the 1']
water-ground mica, hence the necessity for qu
jthe change. i20
I Charlie Jlaber, the son of Mr. W. A. Baberj vo
our town, while attempting to jump on a
moving train at Forest City, on the HOth
timo, fell over a hox, and a wheel of the
r ran over his left foot, crushing it very
,'lly. On the Wednesday following, I)r. J.
Darwin, assisted hy Drs. ltainseur and ?
nderson. all of our town, amputated the
ot, and I am pleased to say that the operant
was a success and Charlie is getting
L?ng splendidly.
Our citizens were shocked and grieved
rsterday morning, at the news of the sudn
and unexpected death of Alonzo Fredick,
eldest son of Superintendent Tripp,
liieh occurred about 10 o'clock, at the !1
s depot}of heart trouble. His death is a
culiarly sad one, because of the absence
both his parents, to whom the announce*
ent was a heavy blow, and who have the
lecrc sympathy of all our people. Supcrtendent
Tripp had only left here Saturday
ght for Pittsburg, to which place the body
the deceased, accompanied by his brother
erbert and Conductors McCarthy and Hatnur,
was sent last night. Possessed of a
ight mind and genial manners, young
ripp was not only capable as a railroad
an, with a fine future before him in his
losen work, but was also very popular
itii his associates. Some beautiful Moral
ibutes from ladies in our town attest the A
teem in which the unfortunate young man * '
as held by our citizens.
Mrs. M. M. Freeman returned last week
am an extended visit to relatives in Springdd,
Mass., and Claremont, N. H.
Mrs. Thos. 11. Gautier and family also rerned
last week from Morristown, N. J.,
r their winter quarters at Cherokee Inn.
Mr. T. B. Gautier has gone to Chicago,
here his father and mother have be^n
lending the summer. They are all expectI
at Cherokee Inn in a few weeks, w. a.
MICK HILL HAPPENINGS.
rk Front Huh Appeared?Every body Talking
About the Senate?Mr. Mills an a Truckman
and Poultry Fancier?Tragic Death of Mr.
Hugh A. Walker?Death of Mm. Scruggs?
Children's Day at the llaptlnt Church?Personal
and Other Matters,
rrcspondence of l lie Yorkville Kiujtilrcr.
Rock Hill, October 17.?Jack Frost arved
here Sunday morning. He was coy,
efcrring to remain on some freight cars,
mporarily side-tracked. But we know him
old. He will remain without coaxing.
"Times are hard" and news is scarce. We
e waiting to sec what Uncle Sam will do
>out silver and gold at Washington. Uncle
tm has some quarrelsome children in the
natechamber. We wait and watch, while
ey talk and talk.
Politics is the theme of conversation in
ie town, on the road, and at the Alliance ?*.
eeting. What will the senators do to reive
the country ? The people arc waiting
id hoping.
Mr. K. R. Mills, on South Main street, has
model poultry yard and truck garden. I
id the pleasure, yesterday, of looking
rough, Mr. Mills kindly explaining all.
e has nine lots, arranged for the different
irieties of chickens. The large light coled
Brahmas arc his favorites. Among the
her varieties, are the White Leghorn and
ie Silver Spangled Hamburg. Mr. Mills
,ises for the breeding market only, and
>es a good business in Texas and Florida,
ali/.ing over $1 a year from each of his
lickens. He uses an incubator, and conJers
it more satisfactory than the ordinary
cthod of hatching.
The most interesting feature about the
uck garden, was a small piece of ground?
le-eleventh of an acre?on which the secid
crop of cabbage is now matured. On
ie first crop. Mr. Mills says he realized $35.
here is food for thought. Two acres in
itton would yield $35, ordinarily. Two
:res in cabbage, at this rate, would yield
-70. And the cost of raising the cotton
ould probably consume the $35. Food for
lought, there.
Mr. Mills has a novelty in a pear tree,
hich now has growing on it the second
op of pears.
Truck gardening is something for which
icre is a demand in Rock Hill, and it is to
i hoped that other enterprising citizens
ill follow the good example of Mr. Mills.
On last Saturday morning, the remains of
'r. Hugh A. Walker were buried here. Mr.
ralker was a tobacco buyer, located at
armville, Va. He was a well-esteeuied
jung man. Being in Richmond at the races,
st Wednesday, he volunteered to ride one - %
the horses in the race. He was thrown
om the animal against a fence, the skull
iceiving a severe fracture, from which he
ed Thursday afternoon. Mr. John A.
"alker, of WofTord college, and Mrs. Stough,
other and sister of the unfortunate young
an, attended the funeral. Mr. Walker was
ell known to many in this section.
Rev. Prof. A. H. Lester preached interestg
sermons, at the Methodist church, on *
unlay morning and evening. Prof. Lester
cupics the chair of Hebrew at WofTord
illege.
Mr. J. W. Strait, whose residence is five
iles above here, will soon move, with his
mily, to Texas. It is reported that several
her families in this section will go the
'joiic Star" State.
Mrs. Lillian Scruggs, beloved wife of Mr. :i
I). Scruggs, of this place, died at Forest
tv, X. on Monday of last week, after a
otracted and severe illness. Mrs. Scruggs
as a consistent member of the Baptist
lurch, and much esteemed by her friends.
er grief-stricken husband has two little
lildrcn, in the cure of which he \ull be asited
by his sister, who has come to Rock
ill.
On Sunday morning, Children's Missionary *
ay was observed at the Baptist church,
lie church was tastefully decorated, and
special programme observed, including
eeclies hy some bright boys, special musi1
exercises, an address by Colonel J. J.
aters, and other features.
Miss Alma Wicklifie, of Elberton, Oa.,
visiting relatives in Rock Hill.
Auditor W. J. Waters was in town last
'ednesday.
The ministers of this town, by turns, conlct
a preaching service for the convicts, at
e stockade, every Sunday afternoon. The
riter preached last Sunday; Rev. G. L.
vccny, I). 1)., will preach next Sunday.
Of the sixty convicts at the stockade,
irty can read. It is doubtful if the Neoes
outside could show up as large a perntage
able to read. Visitors to the camp
ill be doing a kindly act if they will reember
to take old papers, especially rcligiis
papers, to the convicts. v. i. m.
. ? + * - - - ?PROCLAMATION
TO THE FARMERS.
lianrc President Kvuns Advises Hie Holding of
Cotton.
The following proclamation, addressed to
e members of the Farmer's Alliance and
tton raisers generally, was issued from the
[ice of the president of the State Alliance,
Rennettsville, on Tuesday of last week :
I'his lias been a bad year for cotton; with
irmsand llood-sand drouths, with the elements
d seasons out ot' joint, as it were, the crop is
art. There will be no cotton to pick worth
caking of after the 1st of November in the Atitic
States. The Texas crop is reported to lie
>m .'KM),ooo to .">00,ooo bales less than last year,
te price of cotton is about the average cost of
eduction. American spinners are in a large
ensure out of the market on account of tho
possibility of procuring money on time loans
invest in cotton, and the price is governed nl- ^
ist entirely by what Europe will pay for it.
>w, what are you going to do? He that proleth
not for his own household "hath denied
e faith and is worse than an infidel." The coti
farmer can command the situation by liold;
on to his cotton until trade conditions itnuve,
and those who want it, and are obliged to
ve it, come after it with their money. Hold
to every bale of cotton when you can possibly
so wiuioiu injury 10 your creditor, until tlie ,
ice advances. Make every honorable effort to
jet your obligations; but hold your cotton;
u arc entitled to a higher price it there is any
rttie in the law of supply and demand. There
neither justice nor reason in the farmer always
riticing himself that others may leap to forne.
Hut present action is not all that is necesry.
1'lan for the future. The fanner buys too
itch ; lie should bo always a seller. Prepare to
luce tin; cotton acreage for next year, and to
isc your corn, wheat and bacon at home. Not
til you do this will you be independent and
le to fix your own prices.
1 take this opportunity of appealing to the
ess throughout the cotton States to lielp the
nnjrs in their righteous efforts to procure a
ing price for their cotton before it all gets out
their hands. I take this opportunity of apaling
to our creditors to do what they can to
Ip us in this effort to prevent the sacrifice of
r year's labor.
W. D. Kvans, President
Farmers' State Alliance of S. ('.
' a Strict Party Vote.
? The Federal elections bill was repealed
the house, on Tuesday of last week, by
strict party vote. The Republicans sought
break a quorum by refraining from voting,
it the Democrats were out in force, and ^
,d sufficient numbers to constitute a quoin
without the help of the Republicans,
pon the call of the yeas and nays on the
icstion of repeal, the vote resulted yeas
0, nays 101. The Populist members all
ted with the Democrats.