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Itvaps and <fiut.s.
? Francis J. Dawes, a wealthy Chicago
brewer, while visiting in New Orleans last
week, received word by telegraph that one ,
of his children was dying at home. Heat
once chartered an Illinois Central train, the
track was cleared, and he was carried from
New Orleans to Chicago, a distance of 1,000
miles, in hours. The trip cost him
$1,000.
? A New York crank approached two po- .
liceraen one day last week and told them
that he was going to kill Dr. Parkhurst, the
preacher, who has been making so much
war against vice in tne city, auu numvu
them to arrest him after he had committed
the deed. The policemen, however, wisely
concluded that an ounce of prevention was
worth a pound of cure, and promptly put
him in the loek-up, pending an examination
as to his sanity.
? We have reported from time to time, the
operations of the British Commerial company
against the Matapele Negroes, in South
Africa, and told how the British, with the
aid of their machine guns, attacked and (
slaughtered large forces of Negroes. One day
recently, however, the Negroes, turned the
tables on their foes. They surrounded a band
of about one hundred British, and with rifles
and spears completely annihilated them.
They did not allow a single member of the 1
band to escape alive. :
? The trial of Assassin Prendergast, for the
murder of Mayor Carter Harrison in Chicago '
some time ago, was concluded last Friday, i
after a tedious duration of more than two ,
weeks. The jury remained out only a short ,
while and rendered the following verdict:
"We, the jury, find the defendant Patrick [
Eugene Prendergast, guilty of murder in the ;
manner and form charged in the indictment, i
and we fix his punishment at death." Upon
the reading of the verdict, Prendergast, who j
had all the while been acting the insane
dodge,.broke down completely, and trembled
with fear. He was speedily carried to 1
his cell and locked up with other condemned I
murderers. His couusel gave notice of a
a motion for a new trial, which will be ar- :
gued this week. It is quite probable that .
the execution of Preudergast may be long ;
delayed, but that death will bo his fate is
reasonably certain.
But few of the large packing houses at
the stock yards are running, says a Chicago
dispatch. In Armour's, which is the busiest, ]
only a few cattle are being killed. The canning
department is entirely suspended, and
as many other departments are dependent j
upon the canning department for work, they, |
too, are closed. As a consequence, large
numbers of men are out of employment.
Outside of those employed regularly, there is
a few hours' work for a small number of
men, and it is the engagement of these men 1
that brings on the fights and struggles that ]
occur daily in the yards. Men gather as |
early as 5 o'clock in the morning and increase
until 7 o'clock, when the foreman ap- j
pears to secure men needed. Instantly there
is a rush to get near him. Might makes '
right in that rush and the weak are knocked i
down or pushed aside. No consideration is i
shown for any one, and the man who is not ,
strong enough to assert himself and defend
himself must get out, or be knocked out.
Numbers of men are said to have been hurt,
some of them seriously, in these daily strug- '
gles. Those who fail to secure work, assault (
workmen aud rob them of their dinner pails J
and what money they may have. In the I
evening, men, women and children stand j
around with baskets begging for what may .
be left of the luncheon of workmen. !
? On Christmas day, Governor Waite, of
Colorado, issued a call for an extra session of
the legislature to meet on January 10. "Ap- (
peanng 10 .nmigiiLy viuu iur ilic lautuuv ui
my intentions and willing to assume the entire
responsibility of the act," the governor sol- <
eranly declares, "I do issue this, my procla- j
mation." The first "business" for the legis- ,
lature suggested in the call is to provide that
all silver dollars, domestic and foreign, containing
not less than 351J grains of silver, 1
shall be legal tender for all debts collectable 1
in Colorado. The governor also suggests the i
passage of an act forbidding the making of ]
trust deeds, mortgages or obligations of any ]
kind payable in gold, laws providing for the (
issuance of certificates of small denominations
in payment for work on State canals,
said certificates to be receivable for water
carriage and leasing or purchase of internal 1
improvement lands and to be convertible af- 1
ter three years into $100 certificates, repeal of |
laws authorizing the issuance of municipal <
bonds and the enactment of a law to pro- j
vide for the issuance of certificates of small
denominations in payment for work on public
improvements. The governor also sug- '
gests many subjects of legislation affecting I
various local interests in the State. 1
? The hardest fight over a question of 1
nomination since the present administration >
went into power, is that now taking place
over Kope Elias, of North Carolina. It began
last spring when Senator Zeb Vance and
Matt Ransom, after working together in
harmony for many years, split on the choice 1
of candidates for internal revenue collector
of the Fifth North Carolina district. Sena
tor Ransom's candidate was Kope Elias. j
Senator Vance backed the Rev. Ki Gudger. (
The contest in Washington went on until
midsummer, when Vance went out to his 1
North Carolina home, Gombroom, in the '
mountains. During Vance's absence, Kope j'
Elias was appointed collector, and he quali- i
tied. When congress met in extra session, <
the nomination of Kope Elias was sent in. ,
Senator Vance remained true to the Rev. Ki
Gudger, and had influence enough to prevent '
ennfirmatinn to the end of the session. Then 1
the president reappointed Kope Elias. The 11
nomination of Kope Elias is before the sen- |j
ate for the second time. Senator Vance has !
not relaxed the opposition, lie has made !j
the position so uncomfortable that the com-!
mittce, after hearing many statements, has i'
referred the case to Senator Jones, of Arkan-'
sas, and has asked him to make a personal investigation
and report back his conclusions, j
? General Master Workman Sovereign, of j;
the Knights of Labor, has issued an address!
to the order in which lie urges that the mem-1
bers spare no eitbrts to speedily incorporate j
their principles into the statute laws of the
country, lie takes a very gloomy view of
the present situation. Among other things
he says: "Everywhere is starvation and
death; while corporate greed and avaricious!
money lords apply the arrogant lash with !
relentless fury, and congress, like a wooden !
god, looks down in silent contempt on the
miseries of the most patriotic and industrious
people the world every knew. With these
conditions confronting the people everywhere,
if we cannot permeate society with
a healthy public opinion on the subject of la-!
bor and force the adoption of our principles, j
we deserve defeat." The general master \
workman further says that he feels warranted
in asserting that civil liberty in this country
will die within seven years, unless the
Knight's of Labor or some other organization
comes to the rescue, lie then shows
that according to the eleventh census the increase
of wealth is about $7">0,000,000, while
the interest charges exceed $1 ,">00,000,000!
per annum. "Do not mistake it for tariff |
delusions," he concludes; "it is the lack of!
public confidence. It is the jingle of shackles
that is always heard by a nation that J
forces the transaction of business on debt, and
credit and robs labor of the fruits of its toil j
to pay the interest."
? A description has been received from the
English police authorities of William Bolden,:
until within a few weeks manager of a large j
co-operative house near Newcastle, and who
recently absconded after embezzling in the |
?;_i.t 1 i i,. ,,i,n t
ucigiiuornouu ui c'jwu ui me .
funds, says a New York dispatch of Decern-j
ber 20. He is believed to have come to this I
country within the past two weeks, and to !
have disguised himself by shaving otl' his j
mustache and long llowing heard. In his j
native town he had considerable of a repu- j
tation as a local preacher, conducting undo-!
nominational services every Sunday, and it
is thought by the English authorities that he '
will be found taking part in some revival or
missionary movement'on this side of the
water before many weeks. The audacity of
the man appears to have been relieved only
by a strong sense of humor, for on three |
Sabbaths before his departure, lie indirectly
gave his congregation a hint of his intention, J
although so shrouded by the jnantlc of piety .
that not one of his hearers probably dreamed
of the developments that were about to or-,
cur. On the first of the three Sundays he '
preached a stirring discourse from the text :;
"A little while and ye shall not see inc."
On the second Sunday he took as his subject,
"Ye shall seek me and shall not find me;"
while on the third Sunday he delivered an j
exhortation that moved his congregation to j
tears from the words, "The time of my departure
is at hand." Twenty-four hours later j
he was anions the missing, and so was also a
large slice of the company's funds. A reward
of $2,">00 is placed upon the head ol
Ihe artistic criminal.
She ^lothriUe (SNquivrv.
YOKKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNDESAY, JANUARY 3,1894.
THE ENUl'IRKU FOR 1S94.
Number 1 ; Volume 40! In the affairs of
men, forty years are a long time. Tiik Enquirer
today enters upon the fortieth year
of its labors. The circumstance produces
within us varied feelings difficult to describe.
For thirty-nine years the paper has had the
hearty and enthusiastic support of a large
and intelligent patronage. Today, on its
subscription list are the names of many old
men who have never missed an issue, along
with their middle aged sons and daughters,
who have been each week gathering the
news from its columns, since they first began
to read. In view of these facts, we feel that
we would like to look each individual subscriber
in the face today and read there what
he thinks of our past labors. If we should
see looks of approval, then our feelings
would be those of satisfaction and gratitude;
if disapproval, we should like to know of
each one, in what we could contribute to
their happiness, welfare, best interest and
general prosperity more successfully than
wo are doinc. Yes. that is it. The happi
"" ~ O / - uess,
welfare, best interest and general prosperity
of all our readers. That is the end
for which we have striven during the past
thirty-nine years, and that is the end for
which we shall continue to strive in the years
to come. This we promise again shall be the
policy of The Enquirer during 1S94.
? It is often said that "the darkest hour is
just before daybreak/' If this' applies to
business depression, surely it can't be a great
while before sun up.
? The New York banks now hold ?80,000,300
in excess of the requirements of the 25
per cent, rule, and the total deposits amount
to nearly ?500.000,000. The existing finan3inl
depression would hardly cause one to
look for all this money in the New York
aanks ; but with knowledge of this fearful
financial jam, it docs not seem that it is
necessary to look further for the cause of the
jxisting financial depression.
? ^ +
? Section 10 of the new dispensary law,
provides that if the authorities of any town
)r city, in which a dispensary is located,
shall, in the judgment of the board of control,
fail to enforce the law, the State board
nay withhold from the said town or city the
portion of the dispensary profits that would
lave otherwise gone to it. Governor Tillnan
is said to be making arrangements to
jnforcc this portion of the law to the letter.
? This is the season for good resolutions.
f)ne of the most profitable for individuals
md the county at large, is for every farner
in the county to resolve that he will buy
10 meat this year, and go straightway and
prepare to raise as many hogs as will be
iccessary to run his establishment. Let all
remember that a pound of meat raised at
lome, means the price of a pound of meat
vept at home, which would otherwise go to
the West.
? The New York World has been interviewing,
by telegraph, the governors of the
various States as to their opinions in regard
to the advisability of levying an income tax.
Governor Tillman expressed himself as follows
: "The income tax is the only kind of
invniinn tt.ill in n mpnciirn rnliftVP
"AB"U" ?"* ' * >
the masses of the people of some of their
Durdens, and it will enable the government
to obtain a revenue from hundreds of millions
of dollars that now escape taxation.
The income tax is now one of the crying
necessities of the times."
# ?
? Current political gossip in the newspapers
indicate a strong probability of another
March convention this year. There is little
doubt that such a convention will beheld, as
it is practically indispensable to the Reformers.
With Butler and Tillman in the field as
candidates for the senate, and a new man of
untried ability as a candidate for governor,
new contingencies arise and unknown quantities
loom up with a force that certainly
augurs exciting times. It is likely that the
next political fight will be the dispensary
and the proposed call for a constitutional
convention. Both of these questions, especially
the latter, are calculated to cause a
great deal of independent action among both
parties, and in the matter of holding voters
in line, the political leaders are likely to be
confronted with conditions calculated to put
them 011 their metal. For the past four years,
the people of South Carolina have only been
taking their first lessons in politics. Next
summer, they will be called upon to put into
practical use all that they have learned.
? The New York Herald lias information
that Northern manufacturers and others interested
are raising, by subscription, a big
fund to lie used in lobbying against the passage
of the Wilson tarill' reduction bill. It
is the purpose of the movers in the undertaking
to use money as a corruption fund
if possible, and to spare no effort to securi
the defeat, or at least material changes in the
proposed measure. There is little reason t<
doubt the truth of The Herald's statements,
Tens of thousands of Northeastern capitalists
have grown rich from the extraordinary
profits made possible by the high tariffs prevailing
for the past thirty years, and it is not
suprising that they should be unwilling ti
give up these profits without a desperate tight
* 1 '' ?1 ' ' - ' - f < ! '? 4ta/tmnm1?tiu
*\n(i iuruicr, in vu'\\ ui uiu utiiit'iiviuiitpower
that these same capitalists have been
able to acquire through the help of high tar
ills, no one need be greatly surprised if they
succeed, by means of their money, in defying
the will of the people as so overwhelm
ingly expressed in the recent general election.
? "To he or not to be,"' is the proper ques
tion as to the big prize light announced t(
take plaee at Jacksonville, Kla., on January
2">, between James Corhett, the "Champioi
of the World,"' and Charlie Mitchell, at
English pugilist. (iovernor Mitchell, o
Florida, says that the light shall not tak<
place within the limits of the State, and tin
Duval Athletic club says that it shall takt
plaee and at Jacksonville. The statutes o
Florida prohibit prize lighting; but the Du
1 ? lh.it t ln.v fin tirif tint
vai iiiiiiunu tiui? x.w ..v% |..x.
hibit "glove contests.*' Corbet t ami Mitch
ell were indicted last week, at the instance o
the Athletic club, on the charge of arranging
to engage in a prize light, with a view to test
ing the law as to glove contests. Hoth pugi
lists gave bond to appear at a hearing in tin
criminal court and were released. The gov
ernor is satislied that the courts will not do
clare "glove contests," illegal ; but, all tin
same, he does not intend to permit the light
and it is announced that at the last moineti
he will declare the county in which Jackson
ville is located, to he under martial law, am
will stop the proposed light with a compnm
of soldiers. The nll'air is exciting a grea
deal of interest all over the country, and i:
advertising the light in a way that such j
contest has never been advertised before. I
ilthe Duval Athletic club wins, they will no
! doubt make big money : and if the governor
' J succeeds in preventing the tight in his State,
' Corbett and Mitchell are likely to receive
J some princely oilers to lake the light some-!
; where else.
??
? The scheme to demonetize silver in India
seems to have proven a Hat failure, at
least, so far. It has already become necessary
for the llritish parliament to allow the
Indian government to issue bonds to the
amount of $50,000,000 with which to keep
the demonetized silver on a parity with gold,
and it is generally conceded that this is only
the lirst of a series of larger loans that will
be necessary for the same purpose. India
has on hand an enormous supply of silver
money, and its depreciation on account of its
refusal for free coinage at the mints, has
already caused untold suffering, and the In'
dian trade with England has fallen oil' no
less than 50 per cent., not on account of any
unfriendly feeling, hut simply because the
unwise legislation has at one sweep destroyed
nearly one-half the purchasing power of Indian
money. The fact that Secretary Carlisle
is now considering the question of issuing
$200,000,000 worth of bonds, seems to
show that this country is following close in
the track of India. It is reported that England
is getting nervous over the situation,
and is now inclined to favor another international
monetary conference, but there is
reason to believe that those who arc most
benefitted by the appreciation of gold,
though fewest in numbers, are greatest in
power, and the conference talk is a mere
subterfuge to keep down public clamor.
? The Charlotte Observer has raised its
subscription price for the daily, from $6 to $8
a year. No doubt many of The Observer's
subscribers will grumble at the raise, but The
Observer will do well to let them grumble.
The Enquirer believes that all commodities
should be furnished at the lowest
prices that are compatible with the best
qualities, but we fully recognize that in all
businesses, especially that of selling a newspaper,
there are certain rules the violation
of which arc fatal. In the North, and other
sections of the country where, on account
of density of population and the general
prevalence of education, it is possible to
build up big circulations, newspapers may
be published cheaper; but in this country,
where each paper, from its more or less local
character, is circumscribed to limited territory,
the few must foot the hills that would
have otherwise been divided among the
many, and prices come higher. Time and
again have we seen attempts to reduce prices
below the "deadline," and invariably
have we noticed that the quality of the
paper retrograded in proportion to the reductions.
To raise prices, especially those
of a newspaper, requires a great deal of
nerve, for the attempt is nearly always accompanied
by a greater or less temporary
loss of business; but, all the same, we think
the move of The Observer referred to is
based on sound principles. The management
will soon prove to the subscribers, that
although they have been asked to pay bigger
prices, they will be furnished with greater
values.
MERE MENTION.
The American cruiser New York, has been
sent to Rio Janiero to protect American interests
at that port. Citizens of Atlanta,
Ga., are making arrangements to hold an
exposition next year, it is claimed, that will
eclipse anything of the kind that has ever
been held in the Southern States. ExPresident
Harrison is being boomed for the
Republican presidential nomination. At
present he seems to have no rival except
McKinley. Three non-commissioned officers
and two privates of the Massachusetts
militia, have enlisted in the Rrazillian army
to serve three months. They were solicited
to join the service by an American recruiting
officer, and gave as a reason for their
enlistment, the fact that they can get no
work. General W. A. Queries, a wellknown
ex-Confederate brigadier, died at his
home in Nashville, Tenn., last Friday.
A $50,000 fire occurred at Takoma Park, a
suburb of Washington, 1). C\, on Friday
night. A cablegram from Amsterdam,
Holland, says that fifteen persons were
drowned in that city last Thursday b}r walking
into the canals during a dense fog.
A nine year old boy stabbed a playmate who
was about the same age, through the heart,
at Columbus, Miss., last Wednesday, and was
arrested on the charge of murder. Dr.
A. W. Reade, of Atlanta, Ga., aged 74 years,
committed suicide last Thursday by shooting
himself in the head with a pistol. The i
president and ollicc employees of the Louis-j
ina State lottery, left New Orleans last j
Thursday for Honduras, in which country I
the lottery will hereafter be operated.
' The State of North Carolina is employing
' 925 convicts in the work of clearing up and
ditching a great farm that has recently been
| leased on tlie ltoanoke river. The town
j of Hillsboro, Tex., was almost completely I
| destroyed by lire last Thursday. Chris
; | Evans, a notorious train robber, managed to j
I escape from Fresno, Cal., jail, by shooting
j the keeper with a pistol furnished him by
an outsider. He was under sentence of
i death for numerous murders. Hon.
| Win. K. Gladstone, prime minister of Great
. Britain, celebrated his S4th birthday last
1 j Friday, December 29. Gold miners, of
si ("ripple Creek, Col., have telegraphed James
i Corbett that they would give him $40,000
to bring the Corbett-Mitchell light to that
I place. The State treasurer of New
S York has employed a Negro as a private secretary.
The total visible supply of cotj
ton is 4,014,002 bales, of which 4,170,702 are
American. The American supply at this
time last year was 4,025,4115 bales. Sir
i Samuel White Baker, the famous Fnglish ex.
i plorer, who discovered Lake Albert Xyan/.a,
P in Africa, died last Friday. Ex-State
Treasurer Adam Herold, of California,
hanged himself at San Francisco last Friday.
He wanted to be superintendent of
the San Francisco mint, and his act isattrib,
utcd to disappointment in not getting the
. ollicc.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
,
Assistant District Attorney Appointed.
? Attorney-General Olney has appointed
Edward O. Woods to be assistant district at
torney for the district of South Carolina.
. ClirUlinas Siilcs.
[ ? The total sales of the ('olumbiadispell(
sary on Saturday before Christmas, amounted
to $1,250.: 10.
Tliey OiiuitHimI Over I>ice.
? At a Negro hot supper, in Newberry
1 county, on T4iesdav of last, week, Dick Watts
shot and killed James ('amnion over a game
of dice. Watts made his escape and has
. not been captured.
. Maile a l''atal Mistake.
? James S. White, a Negro employed at
the llaile gold mine, in Lancaster county,
j killed himself on Monday of last week by
] taking morphine in mistake for quinine.
The coroner's jury returned a verdict attach-1
> ing all blame for the accident to the deceased, j
I.it-lit ma ill >t Inventor Ti mine ruin n.
i ? Senator Timmcrinan, of Edgclield, who J
i was president pro tempore of the senate, has !
f been sworn in as lieutenant-governor, toi
, succeed Eugene B. Gary elected associate
[justice. Judge (Jary will take Ins place on
the supreme court bench on July -S, next.
Murder at a Festival.
' ?James Anderson, colored, was shot and
- killed by William Mel 1 wain, at a Negro fes
tival, at Heath Springs, Lancaster county,
. on the night of December 2">. Mcllwain
j- went to Lancaster and surrendered to the
shcriir. lie claims that the killing was acci?
dental, but witnesses testify that it was de- j
" liberate murder.
" Tin* Casi- ul" Constable Swann.
i ?The Tinted States supreme court rc
cently decided the Swann contempt case
. against the State. Swann, it will he remembered,
was ruled for contempt for seizing a
barrel of liquor from the. South Carolina
' railroad, which is in the hands of a receiver, j
I On last Thursday, pursuant to an order from |
- Governor Tillman, Swann returned the
1 whisky to the South Carolina railroad. His
. sentence is three months in jail, and until 1
^ the costs are paid. Ife will serve his term,
of course, and it is believed that the govern-'
* or will not only pay the costs, hut also give
1 Swann his salary of $2 a day during his in- j
f carecration.
LOCAL AFFAIRS. |l
IXDKX TO Xi:\V ADVIORTISKMKXTS. h
W. C. Lr.tinier, of the Bazaar?Moralizes about i
the past, present and future, returns thanks ,
fur past patronage, and solicits a continu-!'
am e.
T. Baxter .Mel'lain?Wants to contract for the!
sawing of lot),(Mm feet of lumlter. I
Kennedy Brothers A Barron?Tell about how j
they expect to do business this year, and
call special attention to the (Jilt Kdge Shoe
Polish, which they have for sale.
Lowry A: Starr?Want thciradvertiseincnts read j,
during the year in order that their reailers I
and theinsel vesinav both be profited. They !
" " i' it..,;.. o..i.?,'.i !
car ineiiucmmhi > iiiu iinn m, u,?? , ,
supplies, ami announce that for ton days j
they will sell lanipsat reduced prices. * I <
S. 15. Lumpkin, G. I'. A.?Schedules of the 1
Three ("s railroad.
.May A Mav?Return thanks to customers and '
friends and solicit their patronage for the
present year.
W. J. Roddey, Manager of the Kipiitahle?Tells
you why it is to your interest to insure in j
the Kipiitahle. ! i
\V. M. Houston A Co.?Are taking stock this j'
week, hut they say that next week special j I
values can he found on their counters, and
want you to look out for them.
T. M. Dolison, Manager of Dohson's Racket?
Makes his announcement for the year lSiM. (
J. II. Riddle?Tells you that he expects to eontinucin
the grocery husiness during 1N!H, !
and wants toserveall hisoldcustomersnnd
as ninny new ones as possible.
M. A' il. C. Strauss?Send greetings to their pa- >
troas, and announce thoir purposes for the (
pn sent year.
Ionian Brothers?Wish you to reineniher that I
during the year lk!>4, they expect to he ahlo .
to supply tlie wants of all in gent's clothing,
shoes, hats, etc.
\Y. II. Mct'orkle, Prolmtc Judge?Hives notice
to executors, administrators and fiduciaries
that it is necessary to make returns during i
January and February. .
Ferguson A Shcrer?Want information with regard
to an est my cow belonging to them, <
Sam M. A li. (Seo. Crist?Talk about fire insurance,
and announce that they are prepared
to issue accident policies and insurrancc
against loss by cyclones.
W. II. MeCorklc, Probate Judge?Gives notice
that A. W. Gladden has applied for letters <
of administration 011 the estate of J. T. ;
Gladden, deceased.
m (
SHOT HIM THROUGH THK HMART.
Callie Douglass, a Negro, was shot and
killed in Rock Hill last Wednesday night by
Charles J. Miller, a young white man. Miller
made his escape, and on Friday morning
came to Yorkvillc and gave himself up to
Sheriff Crawford. A representative of Thk
Enqvirkii saw him in jail last Friday afternoon,
and asked him about the killing. He 1
said: 1
"Douglass and I lmd been quarreling until
I saw that we were going to have trouble,
and I walked oil'. After going about 200 i
yards, I turned round and saw Douglass fol- ,
lowing me. Just as I turned, he stooped
and picked up a rock. I asked him if lie
had picked up that rock to hit me. lie
cursed me, said yes, and drew back his arm. 1
Just as he drew hack I shot at him three 1
times, hut don't think I hit him but once.
He walked off a few steps and fell, and I
turned in an alley and ran away. I did not
run to get out of the way of the law, but
theic were several other Negroes there and
I was afraid that if \ remained I would have
to kill some more of them, which I did not
want to do. I went down into the blackjacks
and went to sleep. After awhile I
got cold and woke up, and then I went back
to Rock Hill, and after trying to get several
people to come to Yorkville with me, finally
got Mr. Thomasson, and came up here and
gave myself up. That is about all there is
of it."
At the coroner's inquest, which was held ,
by Trial Justice Waters,' acting as coroner,
on Thursday, the fact was developed that
the quarrel originated at the house of a disreputable
colored woman, on a back street
of the town. The jury returned a verdict to
the effect that Douglass came to his death
from the effects of a gunshot tired at him by
Charles J. Miller.
Miller is about 20 years of age, and for the
past five months has been employed as a
guard of the convict force that is working on
the Girls' Industrial school. Not long ago
he served a term in the county jail for selling
liquor iu violation of the United States internal
revenue laws. He thinks lie will be
able to get bail for his present offense.
THI'J DISIMOXSAUY LAW.
Our statement last week that a petition
signed by one-fourth of the "freehold" voters ,
was necessary to secure an election on the
question of establishing a dispensary, was a
mistake. The law requires only the signature
of "qualified voters." Here is the section
which governs the matter:
Section 8. There may be one or more
county dispensers appointed in each county,
the place of business of each of whom shall
be designated by the county board, but the ;
State board must give consent before more
than one dispenser can be appointed in any
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coutny ; sum wui'ii uiu uuuni^ uuuiu ucaignatcs
si locality for a dispensary, ten dsiys'
public notice of which shall he given, it shall
be competent for a majority of the voters
of the township in which such dispensary is
to be located, to prevent its location in such 1
township by signing a petition addressed to i
the county board requesting that no dispensary
be established in that township, whereupon
some other place may be designated.
The county board may, in its discretion, locate
a dispensary elsewhere than in an in- i
corporated town, in the counties of Jleaufort
and Horry, and no others. Provided, however,
that any county, town or city wherein
the sale of alcoholic liquors was prohibited
by law prior to July 1, 1S!)3, may secure the
establishment of a dispensary within its borders
in the following manner: Upon petition
signed by one-fourth the qualified
voters of such county, town or city wishing
a dispensary therein, being filed with the
county commissioners or the town or
city council, respectively, they shall order
an election submitting the question of dispensary
or no dispensary to the qualified voters
of such county, town or city, and shall prescribe
the rules, regulations, returns, ballots
and notice, of such election and shall declare
the result; and if a majority of the ballots
cast be found ami declared to be for a dispensary,
then a dispensary may be established
in said county, town or city : Provided,
that dispensaries may be established
in the counties of Williamsburg and Marion
without such election, on compliance with j
the other requirements of this act, and that
nothing in this act contained shall be so construed
as to prohibit persons resident in
counties which shall elect to have no dispensary,
from procuring liquors from dispensaries
in other counties or county dispensers
from shipping same to their places of resii
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tlCUCe II7HUT proper lUUCI* ui CUl IIIICHlin.
NOT GIIAIIAM, Itl'T DKKNNAN.
The Charlotte Observer of last Saturday
printed the following story that will he read
with interest by the friends in this seetion
of the parties mentioned :
"Thursday morning when a force of sec-1
lion hands on the Georgia l'aeilie railroad j
went to work near Lincoln, Ala., they found
the body of a young man lying by the track. |
The man was dead, hut there were 110 marks j
of violence on his person. On investigation!
it was found that he had in his pocket a cor-j
tilieate of registration issued duly, ISilO, in- <
diealing that bis name was W. S. (iraham.j
The certificate was issued from I'ort Mill,
S. ('.. and showed his age to be 2'J years. I
lfe also had in his pocket $.'54 in cash, a key,,
a ticket from Wiley, Texas, to Atlanta, Ga.,
and other things. In a memorandum book
was written, "Pleasant Valley and Vernon.
Lamar county."' According to a special to
The Constitution, the passengers on the train
stated that the man came to Birmingham on
an excursion frm Texas. One of the passengers
saw him leave the train as it approached
Lincoln and vanish in the darkness. Whcth-'
cr he jumped oil' or fell from the moving
train will never be known.
"Captain W. B. Rider, general superintendent
of the Georgia l'aeilie, wired Captain
T. T. Smith, here; also to Yorkville and
other points near here, to discover the identity
of the man beyond any doubt. Mr. W.
S. Graham is a relative of Mr. Robert G.
Graham, of Fort Mill, S. ('., and as he (Mr.
W. S. Graham) was en route home from the
West, it was supposed there could be no
doubt that the dead man was he. Captain
Rider was wired to send the body 011 to Charlotte,
and last night Messrs. R. G. Graham,
C. H. Graham, W. F. GriHin and R. Lee
Warren, relatives of Walter S. Graham, the
supposed dead man, came up on.the C'liar-1
lotte, Columbia and Augusta train, expecting ]
to meet the remains of their relative. At j
their request Captain Smith turned theremains
over to them. It was suggested that I
the casket be opened so that, the body might!
be identified. It was opened, and tothcaston-!
ishmeut of all the fact was disclosed that1
the dead man was not. \V. S. ("Sraham, but he
was recognized as William Drcnnan, who
lived about 12 miles from Rock Hill, S. ('.
He was on his rc.tuni home from Texas.
The mother and about lifty friends of W. S.
flraham were wailing at Fort Mill to receive,
ns was supposed, his remains, the mother
nearly distracted with grief. A telegram
was sent her at once telling her that it was
not her son who was dead.
"The Messrs. Graham took charge of Mr.
Drcnnan's body and took it on to Rock Hill
last night. His relatives will be notified tbis
morning of his sad fate."
Mr. Walter Graham is thought to be somewhere
in Texas. Anxious about him on account.
of the above incident, his relatives
have written him a letter, but have not yet
heard from him.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Rev. W. A. Guerry, rector.?
Services next Sunday at 11 a. m., and at 7
in. Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Yokkvillk?Dr.
E. E. Royce will conduct services
next Sunday, at 11 a. m., and 7 p. m.
Sunday-school at.3.30 o'clock p. in.
Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor.
Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and
jvening at 7 p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Sunday-school
at 3 o'clock.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7 o'clock". Services next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, and evening at, i
j'clock. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m.
Baptist?Itcv. W. J. Langston, pastor.
Union?Services next Sunday morning at
11 o'clock. Yorkvillk?Services Sunday
evening at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at
3 o'clock p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow
evening at 7.
THE RIOTHESDA MUliDEK.
The horrible details of the murder of Mr.
I). P. Blackburn, in Bethesda township, on
the night of December 23rd, were related in
Thk Enquirer of last week. People of the
neighborhood arc still working on the case,
but as yet there has been no material
change in the facts developed. Everything
continues to look very black for Jeff Crawford,
the Negro charged with the murder.
A vonwQontntivi> of Til K EvolTltKR visit
.Vr.V^MV^.,V ?
cd tho jiiil again last Friday, for the purpose
of having a talk with Monroe Watson, a
Negro charged with housebreaking and larceny,
and who claims that Crawford has
confessed to hiiu all the details of the murder.
Watson's story, when brought out in
the debtor's room, was about as follows:
"I sleeps with Crawford, and lie has done
told me all about it. You see me and Crawford
used to know each other a little. lie
told me that he and Sam Fonzler killed Mr.
Blackburn. He held Mr. Blackburn and
Fon/.lcr did the shooting and cutting, and
heating him with a stick. Mr. Blackburn
had in his pocket. Sam Fon/.lcr took
*14 and Jed" Crawford took *14, and Sam
Fon/.lcr kept *45 to he divided at another
time. Their clothes were right bloody and
they both buried their bloody clothes at a
saw mill, three miles below Rock Hill, on the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta railroad.
Jeff said he hid his razor on the sill of his
house, and he told the woman what he went
to see in ltock Hill, to tell that lie had come
there between 7 and 8 o'clock, but he did
not get there until between 10 and 11
o'clock."
After Watson had told his story, he was
sent back to his cell and Crawford was
brought out for an interview. On being
asked if he knew Sam Fonzlcr, he said "no;"
hut he knew a Negro in the neighborhood
called "Sam Bacchus," or "Sam Tobacco."
Crawford was not informed of the statement
of Watson, but was asked a number of questions
based upon it. He continued to profess
entire innocence of any connection with the
horrible affair, however, and protested that
he was in Rock Hill between 8 and U o'clock
on the night of the killing, and did not return
until about sun-up on Sunday morning.
The statement made last week to the effect
that Crawford is about 40 years of age
is a mistake. The Negro says he is 25, and
he does not look any older. He is quite tall,
very slim, and has a countenance that is
difficult to read. He is evidently a very
shrewd Negro, however, and is fully capable
of having committed the horrible crime
with which he is charged.
There has been some talk of lynching Crawford,
but it is sincerely hoped that no such
attempt will be made. There is every reason
to believe that evidence adduced at the coroner's
inquest will be amply sufficient to
secure a conviction, and the purposes of justice
will be much better subserved by allowing
the law to take its course.
AT.. fl T. Kniirlnrc vvlin nrpsiiloil ?lt 1 lie
UK,. v?. j
inquest over Blackburn's body, was in Yorkville
Monday. "There is nothing in Crawford's
statement to Watson," he says. "Fonzler,
who was arrested, clearly proved an
alibi to the entire satisfaction of the jury,
and is the strongest witness against Crawford.
It is probable that Crawford, who is
a sharp Negro, is trying to implicate Fonzler
in order to break the weight of his testimony.
The negroes say, but I do not know
with how much truth, that this is the third
murder that Crawford has committed. They
say he killed one Negro during the building
of the Three C's railroad, and another in
North Carolina."
UK J1?MPKD FKOM Til K STAN DIM l*K.
An advertisement in last week's KxqrntKit
by a committee of boiler-makers engaged in
the erection of the Yorkville standpipe, announced
that 011 Friday, at :> o'clock p. in.,
Signor (Jnnder, who jumped from the top of
the Brooklyn bridge, off the bell tower at
Augusta, and over Niagara falls, would jump
from the top of the standpipe to the ground,
a distance of 120 feet.
The advertisement created quite a sensation
throughout the town and county. Some
people wanted to know whether or not the
signor would use a parachute, some \ycre
certain that he would have his feet incased
in a pair of rubber shoes, while others were
of opinion that the authorities should at
once bring to hear the strong arm of the law
to put a stop to such an insane and foolhardy
undertaking. A great many other people,
however, had read of Signer (lander's
successful leaps at Niagara Falls, in Augusta,
and other points, and most of them looked
wise and said nothing.
On Friday, about noon, people began coming
into town in large numbers, and at three
o'clock, the street, from the Presbyterian
church to Ionian Brothers'store, was crowded
with an expectant audience. Besides the
people gathered on the streets, interested faces
could be seen at nearly every window in
the.lown that commands a view of the standpipe.
One prominent citizen of Yorkvillc walked
to the base of the standpipc in u dignilied
manner, and sagely remarked : "I see no
place that they have prepared for him to
light on, and I don't believe lie is going to
jump." With that lie took his place among
the spectators and patiently awaited further
developments. For perhaps half an hour or
more, the various spectators engaged in arguments
as to the probable method that
would he employed by thesignorin performing
his dangerous feat.
A few minutes before ;? o'clock, several
men appeared at the top of the standpipc,
and the spectators below began to put iu their
time speculating as to which of the individuals
was the signor. Promptly at o'clock,
Mr. A. J. Heall, one of the standpipc boys,
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SlllCK Ills II CilU mil Ul lilt ,-JU HUM ??!.nounccd
:
"Signor Gander [cheers] lias just sent me
a telegram in which lie says he lias had the
misfortune to get his leg broke. Professor
Turkey, however, has agreed to make the
descent for hini." [Cheers.]
At the conclusion of this little speech, a
big turkey gobbler was thrown out of the top
1 * *
j of the standpipe. He sailed gracefully awaj
and alighted in a neighboring garden. Tin
, big crowd of people below at once caught ot
j to the joke and received it with splendi*
! good humor. It is a strange fact, however
1 that after the professor made his leap, then
j was scarcely an individual in all the bij.
i crowd who "did know it all the time, am
just came out to see the other folks fooled."
i One man was in a had humor. He said hi
I 1i.nl i liic ivifii Ion mtlou In coo tho ci?r
II?H? ??wup..i ..v. i?i.vw w .;vv ^.n
nor jump, and "here it was nothing but ai
old turkey gobbler?he could whip the niai
that fooled him." Somebody commenced tc
guy him for being taken in, and he remarked
"Oh, I knew it all the time ; I saw the sam<
thing in Augusta last year !"
The standpipe crowd, who are a pretty jolh
set, say they are in the habit of playing tin
joke in every town where they put up i
standpipe; but the big crowd last Friday
seemed to get more fun out of the sell thai
any other crowd they ever saw.
SALKSDAY FOIt .JANUARY.
The clerk of the court sold, on yesterday?
salesday for January?the following prop
erty :
Under forelosure, at the suit of the Rocl
Hill Real F.state and Loan company agains
Jas. A. Glenn and others; a house in Rocl
Hill nn !i lnt nnntnininnr t lirnn-fnnrtlw nf !ir
V" " fc,,,vv W*
acre. Bought by James A. Glenn for $800.
At the suit of John Ambley and Frel Mob
ley against J. (J. McNulty; a fifth interest it
the mineral contained in lands conveyed 1>\
the State to Nancy Hill and Joseph ant
James Wallace, and conveyed to Major J. F
Hart by J. C. H. Hull' in 188S. Bought 1m
W. B. Wilson, Jr., attorney, for $10. Als<
a one-fourth interest in the property knowi
as the Old Ore hank, on Benyer Dam creek
in Bethel township. Bought by W. B. Wil
son, Jr., for $ ">.
At the suit of W. L. Roddey & Co., agains
L. M. Dinkins and others; 138 acres on thi
C., C. Si A. railroad. Bought by W. B
Wilson, attorney, for $1,200. Also, 53 acre:
on which the defendants, L. M. and 1). E
Dinkins, reside. Bought bv L. M. Dinkin:
for $510.
Under foreclosure, at the suit of T. B. Mc
Clain against J. B. T. Scott and others am
James F. Hart against I'. Goforth and others
170 acres, of King's Mountain battle groum
lands, measured off as the property of W
Ij. Goforth. Bought by Y. B. McClain fo
$105. Also. W. L. Goforth's interest ii
same lands, containing 2,400 acres, more o
less. Bought by T. B. McClain for $005.
At the suit of J. S. Brice, committee, agains
W. 11. Taylor and others; a tract of land ii
Ebenczer township, containing 10(5 acres
Bought by N. E. Taylor at $5.50 per acre
Also a house in the town of Newport on i
lot containing one acre, more or less. Bough
by W. J. Cherry, attorney, for Bock Hil
Real Estate and Loan company, for $300.
At the suit of Lula McFaddcn against Sa
rah E. McFaddcn; a house and lot in th
town of Rock Hill. Bought by T. V. Me
Faddeti for $500. Also a tract of 140 acres
near Rock Hill. Bought by T. V. McFad
den for $800.
Under foreclosure, at the suit of Sarah F
Vounghlood against L. L. Smith and others
2(54 acres in Brohd River township. Bough
by Sarah E. Smith for $700.
At the suit of Sarah J. Smith and other
agaiusi Uivvid Muncy Dnmnanu omi-rs; uv
acres of land and a building in Hickor;
Grove. Bought by J. S. Brice, attorney, fo
$425. Also, 156A acres in Bullock's Creel
township. Bought by J. E. Bankhead fo
$2 per acre. Also, 66 acres in Bullock'
Creek township. Bought by E. J. Wylie fo
$2.10 per acre.
The 241 acres advertised at the suit c
John Nichols against E. P. Gaulden am
others, was not sold.
At the suit of W. A. Whisonantand other
against M. V. Darvin, defendant; 94 acre
in Broad Itiver township. Bought by W. A
Whisonant & Co., for $100.
For partition at the suit of James A. Work
man and others, against Rachel A. Work
man and others; a tract of land containinj
87 acres. Bought by J. B. Pegram for $7.2
an acre. Also, a tract of 67 acres, boundei
by lands of John Stecdc, Roddey, aud I)ivis
ion No. 2 of Workman lands. Bought b;
W. B. Workman for $8 an acre.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Miss Mollie Tall, of Baltimore, is in York
ville, visiting her sister, Mrs. W. D. Grist.
Mrs. W. E. Rose, of Columbia, visitec^rela
Vr.,L-,.;ii0 iW,a ?. L'
H > to ill iA/l nilliv bin.7 If bbtli
Mrs. T. E. Cox, of Beaufort, S. C., visits
the family of Mr. IT. W.Smith last week.
Miss Eliza Loekhart, of Gaffney City, S
C., visited ZNIiss Willie Rose this week.
Mr. Arch Dorsett, of the Fodder sectior
arrived home last week from Denver, Col.
Mr. T. M. Dobson has been quite ill wit!
the grip, but is how able to be about again
Dr. George Walker is in bed with th
grip.
Mrs. J. C. McClain and daughter, Fan nit
visited relatives in Yorkville this week.
Mrs. M. E. Banks, of Fort Mill, is ii
Yorkville, visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Helen Riddle, of Zeno, is visitin
relatives in Yorkville.
Mr. Robert Latta spent several days wit!
relatives and friends in Yorkville last week
Mr. J. F. Sanders, of Spartanburg, is vis
ititig Mr. W. E. Sanders, of Guthricsville.
Mr. Raul R. Bratton, of Charleston, wa
in Yorkville on Monday last.
Miss Ella Mellon left Yorkville, for he
home in Atlanta, last Monday.
Mr. S. A Sillbrd, of the Bowling Greei
section, returned homo last week from
visit to Wildwood, Fla.
Miss Annie Sanders, of Guthriesvillc, ha
gone to King's, Ga., on an extended visit ti
her uncle, Mr. J. W. Black.
Miss Carrie Owens, the popular mil line
of Dobson's Racket, left for her home i:
Baltimore last week.
Mr. R. Sidney MeConncll, of Charlotte, N
C., spent several days with his father's fami
ly in Yorkville last week.
Misses Sallio and Minnie Keller, of York
ville, spent the Christmas holidays with Mis?
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es jjeiie aim Miiii nimiii, ui-iii i in i', c. i .
Miss Louise Slier lessee, of Rock Hill, is i
Yorkville, visiting the family of l'rof. A. R
' Ranks.
Messrs. R. X. Moore and W. 11. Carrol
went over to Charlotte last Friday on busi
ness.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Dunlap, of Charlotte
are in Yorkville, on a visit to relatives am
I friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph (}. McNnlty, return
j ed to Yorkville last week after an extendei
j visit North.
Mr. S. L. Miller has moved his faniil;
hack to Yorkville after a year's residence ii
Greensboro, X. C.
Messrs. Flemming Ramseur and Frank E
MeClain, of Charlotte, spent last Sunday ii
Yorkville with friends.
Mrs. J. F. Carroll, accompanied by Mis
Relic Carroll, visited relatives and friend
near Rlairsville last week.
Mr. Win. 1). Rowen, formerly of this place
lint ii mi* of Denver Col . is in Yorkville vis
iting relatives and friends.
Mrs. A. S. Withers was summoned 1
Charleston last Wednesday by a telegram an
I nouneing the death of her father.
Mr. (J. T. Radelilfe, of Charleston, ha
j moved his family to Vorkville, and will oc
cupy Mr. John 31. Hope's residence.
Rev. J. 31. White, who went to Russel
villc, Ark., to take charge of a church a
j that place, returned to his home, near Sharon
1 a few days ago account of his health.
LOCAL LACONICS,
j To LitrriiKC the Sule of ('idol*.
? At a special meeting held last Saturda;
! afternoon, the town council passed a rcsolu
! tion providing for the license of non-intoxi
| eating cider in the town of Vorkville. Th
* - t .t i!i! ? - r
resolution \v:is passed on me pennon ui jii
j It. A. Parish, and the license fee was lixed a
I a month. It is understood that two c
I the members of the council are opposed t
j the resolution. The prohibition of intoxi
j eating cider is not only authorized by th
i town charter, but is required by statute laws
Non-intoxicating cider cannot he classed a
a nuisance, and there is no more reason wh;
' the council should prohibit its sale, than there \ >.
! is that they should prohibit the sale of soda i
i water. J
1 The I'rlee of Cotton. * I
? Cotton is worth frotn tit to 7 cents this |
?. - .
. j morning. ,
, .Vllimiee Meeting Next Prl<hl.V.
i ? We are requested to announce that the .
next quarterly meeting of the York County
, Alliance, will he held in the court house, at (
Vni'l't-illn tlftV I VlMilui' ilt 1 1 /wilaoL' <i m i
j Took Charge Yesterday.
^ ?Miss Maggie Moore, who was recently ,
} appointed postmaster at Vorkville by President
Cleveland, took charge of the office on
^ yesterday. She will be assisted by Mr. Jas.
F. Glenn.
Tlie Old Year Gone.
? The small boys, assisted by a few larger
J ones, rang out the Old Year last Sunday
1 night. They commenced the ringing shortly j
^ before twelve, and raised such a racket with
1 shouts and yells, that many people mistook j
the din for an alarm of fire.
Death of a Good Citizen.
? Mr. A. Hamilton Burnett, died at his |
home in Bethel township, last Friday, aged
81 years S months and 15 days. Mr. Burnett
has always been known as a straightv
forward, upright citizen, and for many years
was a deacon in Bethel church.
Did Not Accept.
? Mr. W. J. Gordon, who was tendered
the town marshalship of Yorkville at a salary
of $3~) a month, has declined to accept.
The salary offered is less than that for which
he agreed to serve. The council, on last
Saturday, elected R. B. Hartness as policeman.
He will probably go on duty on next
i Monday.
i The Hlaekslnnx Dispensary.
"I ? Tho I'niintv hoard of control held ill
^ meeting at Blackshurg last week and elected
, Mr. A. P. McLurc, dispenser, vice Mr. Al;
bert Whisonant, resigned. Mr. McLure's
s bondsmen are Messrs. I). L. Brown, Junius
W. Thompson and Albert Whisonant. The
s salary has not yet been fixed.
Fed Them on I'ork.
j ?Sheriff Crawford remembered his pris.
oners on Christmas day, and gave them a
j splendid dinner based on fine home-raised
. pork. The prisoners appreciated tlie treat
r thoroughly and tried to eat enough to last
1 them until next Christmas. Luckily, howr
ever, none of them made themselves sick.
t Tlu> Sharon Meeting I'oxtpoucil.
n ? The public meeting announced to be
i. held at Sharon last Saturday for the puri.
pose of awarding prizes offered by the Sharon
a Alliance, has been postponed until another
1 date hereafter to be announced. The post'
poncment was made necessary on account of
the illness of Mr. K. T. Riggins.
p Hotter I.ook After It.
? Have you renewed your subscription to
s. The Enquirer for 1S!)4 yet? If you have
- not, look at your address label, see when
your subscription expires, and attend to the
'[ matter at once. If you fail to get a pa?
per next week, barring a few other very
slim possibilities, it is likely that you have
s not renewed your subscription.
0 The Supreme Court.
y ? The State supreme court reconvened
r yesterday after taking a recess for the Christ*
mas holidays, and called the Sixth circuit.
\ The cases from York county are as follows :
r J. Rufus Bratton against Martha B. Lowry ;
F. If. Brown against G. Milus Carroll and
if others; J. C. Toms, administrator, against
1 the Richmond and Danville railroad; the
State ex rel., E. Jane Erwin, in re. W. N.
8 Ashe, Jr., against E. Jane Erwin; W. J.
Cherry against J. W. Fewell and others.
Will Serve an Rector During January anil February.
> ? Rev. W. A. Guerry, chaplain at the
> University of the South, Sewanee, Tenu.,
5 has assumed the charge of the Church of the
? Good Shepherd (Episcopal) at this place for
two months?January and February. These
y are the two vacation months at the university.
Afr fSnorfv nrenched both morninc and af
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ternoon on the past Sunday. He will be
here at the time of the visit of Bishop Ca -
pers, which is appointed for the afternoon of
the 15th instant.
I- Ravages of the Grip.
? Yorkville has the grip. At least that
j is the way that it appears to The Enquirer.
A reporter called on several doctors and a
i. druggist last Monday for the purpose of getting
an idea of the extent of the epidemic,
i The doctors report from twenty-five to fifty
cases each, and Dr. J. C. Kuykendal, after
|j enumerating perhaps twenty-five or thirty
L cases he knows of in town, gave it up, and :
e advised us that we would be perfectly safe j
in stating that there is not less than 100 j
. cases.
Emancipation Day.
? The colored people of Yorkville and
1 vicinity, celebrated Emancipation day in
Yorkville last Monday. The main feature
g of the celebration was a monster procession,
composed of darkeys on horseback, niulcI
back, on oxen, in buggies and wagons, and |
on foot. The Silver Link Cornet hand furnished
the music. At the head of the procession,
the celebrators carried a small UnitS
ed States (lag, and at the rear carried a Confederate
hattle flag. The day passed off
r without disturbance.
Will Apply for Rail.
II ? Messrs. James E. Hart and T. F. Mcil
Dow, attorneys, have prepared the necessary
papers, and tomorrow will apply to one
s of the circuit judges or supreme court jus0
tices?which, has not yet been decided?for
a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Ingra1
ham Wilson, now in Columbia jail awaiting
11 trail for killing James T. Gladden. The
r family of the deceased have employed Fin!'
ley & Drive to assist the State. Major Hart
and Mr. Bricc leave for Columbia today.
I Irmtdilution of MuhoiiIo Officers at lllnrkxhurg.
-1 ? Buffalo Lodge, No. 202, at Blackshurg,
on last Wednesday, installed officers as follows:
W. 11. de Loach, W. M.; J. T. Dnr11
win, S. A\r.; J. K. Hcalan, J. W.; J. C. Mc"
Cubbins, secretary; lt.E.Knox, treasurer;
A. M. Bridges, S. 1).; J. D. Gault, J. D.; J.
'1 B. Boss, J. B. Metcalf, stewards; W. B.
Shercr, Tiler. After the installation, the
members of the lodge, with a number of in- j
'? vited guests, repaired to the Cherokee Inn
I j and enjoyed a sumptuous banquet.
Dispensary or No Dispensary.
. I _ The attention of the people of YorkII
ville is called to the fact that with them
j alone rests the question of the establishment
y of a dispensary in the town. To secure the
i establishment of a dispensary, it is first necessary
to get the signatures of one-fourth of
the qualified voters to a petition asking for
ii the calling of an election, and then the matter
will be determined by a majority vote.
s If a majority of the voters say "no;" then
s there can be no dispensary; if they say
"yes," then a dispensary may be established. I
(, Drutli of "Dick" Mason.
? Mr. J. S. Mason, chief of police of Char- j
lotto, died in that city last Sunday of hem-1
o orrhage of the bowels. Mr. Mason was a
. native of Bethel township, York county, and :
I was born November 13,1855. He went to
s Charlotte in 1881 and secured employment!
:-: as a salesman. A few years ago, however, j
! he was elected chief of police, and at the i
-! time of his death, was serving his second
t term. He was one of the most popular men
, | in Charlotte, and was known to everybody ;
I by the familiar nickname of "Dick." His
j remains were interred at Bethel.
j The Enquirer Kent-lies the I'eople.
? On the 25th of November last, an estray
V ; mule was taken up in Bethesda town*
I ship, and after repeated efforts to find the
'" owner, the party who took up the animal,
e turned it over to Trial Justice Sanders, who
" advertised it in The Enquirer of December:
t 20. The owner of the animal turned out to be
if Killough Henry, Esq., of Chester, who made;
o I application for his mule witlnn twenty-tour
i-' hours after the publication of the paper. In
e : last week's issue, Mr. C. II. Smith offered $"> i
!. I reward for a lost dog. The animal was res
turned him next day by a gentleman whoj
y I lived twelve miles distant. Messrs. Fergu
>on it Sherer, market moil of Yorkville, are
today advertising for a stray cow. This
paper is sure to reach soiuehody who knows
tin; whcnrcahnnts of the animal, unless it .
lias been stolen ami smuggled out of the
country, ami they will please in form Messrs.
Ferguson it Shercr at once.
I'lir Wcililinir IC.iiik Merrily.
? A correspondent writes that the social
i"'""1 '<" ' 'tuMci ?>:isoii in Het hesda
township, was the marriage of Miss Kittie I
Lindsay (?> Mr. C. S. Gordon, at the resi- *
deuce of the bride's parents on December 21.
In the evening a splendid supper was served
to a large number of invited guests, and at
the residence of Mr. (iordon, next day, the
wedding party partook of a grand dinner.
Everything passed olf beautifully, and those
who were present say that the occasion will
long be remembered among the most notable
of Bethesda weddings.
Mr. Calloway'* Farewell.
? The services at the Associate Roformcd
church last Sunday night, the occasion of
the farewell sermon of Rev. J. ('. Galloway,
were largely attended. The services were
opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Galloway.
This was followed by the singing of the 95th
psalm, L. M., and afterward Mr. Galloway
read the second chapter of Revelation.
Mr. Galloway preached an able sermon from *
tne icxi: "ije mou luuimu unio ueam aim
I will give lliec a crown of life." The services
concluded with the singing of the 100th
psalm, prayer by Rev. W. J. Langston, and
some peculiarly touching farewell remarks
by Rev. J. C. Galloway. j
MoDmv-C'larkson. 1
? Thomas F. McDow, Esq., of Yorkville, ^ 1
was married in Charlotte last Wednesday
night to Miss Mary Clarkson, an accom- ^
plished young lady of that city, and well
known in this county. The ceremony took
place at the residence of the bride's mother,
on West Fifth street, and was performed by
Rev. E. A. Osborne, assisted by Rev. F. S.
Stickney and Rishop Cheshire. Mr. II. I.
Caw, of Yorkville, acted as the groom's best
man, and the bride was given away by her
brother, Captain T. S. Clarkson. Among the
friends of the bride and groom who attended
the wedding from a distance, were the
following: Mrs. I)r. Thos. F. McDow, Lancaster,
S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. John Clarkson,
Columbia, S. C.: Dr. G. DcFoix Wilson, Dr.
T. A. Crawford, and Hon. W. B. Wilson,
Rock Hill, S. C.; Hon. C. E. Spencer, Yorkville,
S. C.; J. R. Thompson, Atlanta, Ga.;
J. L. Rainey, Sharon, S. C.; W.Jos. Roddey,
Rock Hill, S. C.; R. L. Crawford and It. B.
Allison, Lancaster, S. C.; Frank Wardlaw, v. *
Darlington, S. C.; Colonel and Mrs. LeRoy
Springs, and l'rdf. R. 15. Cunningham, Lancaster,
S. C.; Dr. and Mrs. W. Anderson, ^
Blaeksburg, S. C.; Mr. Harry MeCaw, Yorkville,
S. C.
Destroyed by Flrr.
? Mr. George II. Martin, who lives about ? *
four miles north of Blaeksburg, lost bis barn
and eorncrih by fire at about 12 o'clock last
Thursday night. He and his wife went to
bed shortly after 10 6'clock. Mrs. Martin
woke up about two hours later, and, looking
out, saw the roof of the barn just ready
to fall in. The fire had made so much headway
that nothing could be done. Besides ^
the barn and corncrib, both of which were
new buildings, Mr. Martin lost a horse, two
milk cows and a yearling, 35 bushels of
wheat, 150 bushels of corn, all his cotton
seed, roughness, Irish and sweet potatoes,
turnips and other produce that had been
stored up for winter use. The total loss is
estimated at between $000 and $700. The
origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. Martin
has the reputation of being a quiet, peaceable,
law abiding citizen, and so far as his
neighbors know, has no enemies who would
seek to vent their spite in such a diabolical
manner. The neighbors are working together
to repair the damage as far as possible. We
are informed that they have already contributed
nearly a hundred dollars in cash,
others will contribute corn aud roughness,
etc., and arrangements have been made for
a big gathering of the good people of the
community to rebuild the destroyed buildings.
The most plausible theory as to the
origin of the fire, is to the effect that probably
some thief went to the barn for the purpose
of stealing, and accidentally dropped a
match among the combustibles.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Acclrieiitly Killed ?Work uii the Industrial Sellout
and Something Viand the Gentlemen In
Charge?Christum* Entertainment*?Other
Mutter*.
Correspondence of the Vorkville Enquirer.
Rock IIii.l, January 2.?On Wednesday
morning, two young Negro boys?Gebbie
Berry and Jim White?with guns and dogs,
started hunting. Before going far, White's
gun was accuieuuy uisenargeu ana Deny m
was killed. The coroner's jury investigated
the unfortunate occurrence and rendered a
verdict in accordance with the facts as ^H|
The construction of a large building, with ^H|
the unusual expense and demands for dura- HH
bility, convenience and comliness, is a matt'er
that takes time ; but, nevertheless, Mr. T. ^R
C. Thompson, the contractor in charge of the ^
Woman's Industrial School grounds, is con- .
fidcut that the main building and one of the A
dormitories, will be ready for occupancy by ^A
next September. A railway tra?k of nearly ^R
onc-cighth mile in length, has been built from ^R
the Three C"s tracks, and material shipped ^
for the building is delivered on the spot,
much to the peril of engineers and trainmen,
for that track, on its narrow foundation of
clay, surmounted by a crossing of old ties
and split pine poles, is a sight to behold.
The concrete has been laid and the stone
foundation, running up about twelve feet, is
being built. The grounds are dotted by
stone-masons'sheds and a very neat office.
The force of convicts now reduced to fiftythree,
will be increased to 100 soon. This
will bring a larger number of stone-masons,
and things will move along lively.
The plan for one of the dormitories is now .
completed, though not yet accepted by the .
building committee. It will give a comely
building of three lloors and 112 rooms, a
frontage of 120 feet, and wings of corresponding
length, and capable of being extended to
any desired extent. The plan provides for a
/...lift i<t lu> iKiwl ? ?-a n IImwit minli'ii. with a ?
fountain, or something else, should our utili- ,
tarian chief executive kick beyond endurance
on that point. The cost of this building
is estimated at $25,000. If adopted, it
will make a convenient, durable structure,
not devoid of elegance.
I note some of the gentlemen who have
charge on the grounds:
Mr. T. C. Thompson, contractor, has the
general supervision of all the buildings. Mr.
Thompson is an Alabamian, and is connected
with a large New York construction company.
He was engaged last year at the
North, hut has given most of his time to
building large structures in the South. Mr.
Thompson understands his business, and is
connected with a company which is fully
equipped for large buildings.
Sergeant J. B. Mendenhall, of the South
Carolina penitentiary, is a success at managing
his convict force, which is no mean
talent. Convicts, like other Negro laborers,
are largely dependent on the character of
the "boss," for their success or failure.
Since Mr. Mendeuhall took charge, two
months ago, the men have heen doing cheerful
and good work in general, and little appeal
is made to punishment.
Mr. W. II. Stewart, of Rock Hill, is the
competent supervisor of the commissary,
and the getting, placing and preparing of *
material for building.
With these gentlemen in charge, the committee
on building hope for a speedy and
satisfactory construction of South Carolina's
Woman's Industrial school buildings.
There were some Christmas entertainments
for children at the churches last week.
On Wednesday night, at the Baptist church,
there was a unique affair. Santa Claus and
his wife had a veritable house on the rostrum.
They climbed up on the roof with a
ladder, then down the chimney, and then
dispensed gifts to the Sunday school pupils.
The house and stage was covered with a
good semblance of snow and ice, and a snow
covered wood-pile rested in the foreground.
The artistic effect was charming, the pleasure
for the children great, and the crowd in at