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f cvajio and rfacts. ? The Wilson tariff bill, as it left the house, carried a deficit of about $75,000,000. That is, the revenues which it was estimated could be raised under it, lacked that much of being sufficient to defray the expenses of the government. It is understood that the senate proposes to amend the bill so that it will carry no deficit. This is to be accomplished by levying a tax whereby about $38,000,000 will be raised from suirar, about SIS,000,000 additional from whisky, and the balance from iron, coal, and other commodities. ? A schooner loaded with dynamite, broke from its moorings at Philadelphia last Saturday and drifted seaward without anybody aboard to control its course. Owing to a severe gale and blinding snow storm that was prevailing at the time, the vessel could not be followed. The accident has been the source of great uneasiness ever since its occurence. It is feared that the vessel might be dashed up against some of the shipping along the river, or colide with an incoming steamer. If anything like this should happen, great loss of life and destruction of property would be caused by a terrific explosion that would be almost sure to follow. ? Governor O'Ferrel, of Virginia, has au oyster war on his hands. The oyster dredgers of Maryland persist in poaching in the Virginia bays in violation of State laws. The Virginia authorities have found it necessary to equip armed vessels with which to keep the oyster men in check. One of the State steamers attacked about fifteen or twenty oyster boats in l'ocamoke sound, one nieht last week, aud cantured several of 0 I * them, together with their crews. The oystermeu, however, are very ugly customers and the Virginia legislature is now considering the advisability of spending some fifteen or twenty thousand dollars on additional vessels with which to hold them down. ? President Cleveland left Washington last Sunday afternoon iu the lighthouse tender Violet, for a-cruise to the coast of North Carolina, where he intends to spend some days shooting ducks. He is accompanied by Secretary Gresham and Captain Robley D. Evans, a naval officer. The ducking season ' is about over on the coast of North Carolina, and it is currently reported that the president's main reason for taking the trip is to get away from Washington during the fight over the silver seigniorage bill. It will be remembered that the president went hunting after calling the recent extra session of congress to repeal the Sherman law. He don't like silver discussions much anyway. ? The Atlanta man, whose strange case was mentioned last week, has found his name. It is Draughn. The name came to the man himself. He was subsequently recognized by parties who knew him by his* portrait as published in the papers. He is from Salem, N. C., and is a patent medicine vender by occupation. The poor fellow's memory has not fully returned, but he is undoubtedly getting better -as rapidly as could be expected. The doctors think that 1 /r*? ? r 11 ^i _ 4. _ r ui 1 ue lssunering irom a siuaii ciou iu uiuuu iuui has settled directly over the seat of memory, and that he will improve and finally get well altogether, as this clot is absorbed and ! carried away by due process of nature. The ; papers have discovered that Draughn is a j bigamist and has three wives living. ? The crowned heads of Europe seem to j take a good deal of stock in life insurance. It is announced that the King of Portugal! has just taken out a $200,000 policy on his life, I but that is an insignificant investment com- j pared with those of some of the other potentates. The late Emperor Frederick of Germany was insured for $4,000,000. The Queen Regent of Spain has her life insured for a large amount, in behalf of her two little; daughters, following the example of her hus- J band, whose death mulcted the various com-' panics in which he was insured for $5,000,000. j King Leopold of Belgium's life is heavily in- j sured, as is also that of Queen Victoria. The | queen's husband, the jate prince consort, I was insured for close upon $5,000,000, the! income of which has been enjoyed by his j widow. About the only sovereign in Europe j who is not insured is the czar of Russia, the companies regarding him as too unsafe a risk j on account of" the Nihilists. ? Attorney General Olnev, on Tuesday j of last week, in reply to a formal request, I dated February 17th, sent to the secretary ' of the treasury an opinion in regard to the j legal status of silver certificates in which he j holds as follows : "Silver certificates are just j what they purport to be on their face and | by their terms?that is, they attest the fact 4Uo4 Ka 1 Clofno Koe /-\r? /lnnne! f oa i mat IUU t uutu uiaivo uao vn ut|?voiv jv many silver dollars which will be paid to the ^holder upon tho presentation and surrender of such certificates. If they can be regarded as money at all, it is only because the United States agrees to receive them 'for customs, taxes and all public dues,' and only to that extent and for those specific purposes. In my opinion," the attorney general adds, "they are not lawful money' within the meaning of section 4 of the act of June 20, 1874, and section 9 of the act of July 12, 1S92." This opinion seems to be in line with the generally recognized plan of the administration to finally repudiate silver money entirely. ? The opponents of the income tax stick to it that it is the outcome of a vicious sectional motive. They say that the South and West advocate it because they are insanely jealous of the East. Because the people of the South and West have not kept pace with the prosperity of the older States, they want i to punish them by taxing the incomes of sue-; cessful men. This is the' way the Eastern ! capitalists talk. The idea never seems to striKe mem uiai mey nave lor years escapeu a burden which the masses everywhere have been compelled to bear, and now that they are called on to contribute their just share j of the expenses of the government under whose favoritism they have grown rich, they set up the childish plea that the other sections envy them and wish to cripple them. Just why they should take the ground that i a bondholder with an income of $100,0(10 a year should escape taxation, while his poor neighbor should pay a big tax on his little cottage, is a mystery. ? British politics are in a serious muddle just now. The law making power consists of the house of lords and the house of commons. Membership in the house of lords is i hereditory, and members of the house of common are elected by the people. The present house of commons was elected by an overwhelming majority to carry out certain long needed reforms. The commons, under the leadership of Gladstone, have passed one reform bill after another. The lords have either killed these bills outright, or amended them in such a manner as to rob them of their beneficial effects. The result of the action of the lords in standing against the will of the people has produced widespread indignation, and for the past few weeks the cry of "down with the house of lords" has been heard throughout I'ng- j land. The cry became so ominous that the I lords have seen lit to forego some of their i amendments. The people, however, are still dissatisfied, and it is not improbable that the abolition of the house of lords will con-1 stitute one of the prime issues of the coining campaign. The English people, it seems, are as liberty loving as the Americans, and they are determined to rule themselves and not*put upwith the whims of hereditary legislators. ? Admiral Benham, who is in command of the American fleet at Bio Janeiro, has distinguished himself again. It is understood that the sympathies of the British government are on the side of the insurgents, who wish to restore the empire. American sympathy is on the side of the republic, though, of course, this government is supposed to be neutral. The insurgents have control of Rio bay. In the bay there are a great many merchant vessels. The insurgents refused lO UIIUU I'M'll Willi*! UUillS> III i'illlli: 1IUIJ1 uu~ shore to supply these vessels with water. The result was great distress among the merchantman. The captain of the Ihitish merchantmen Xasmith, made application to the commander of a I'ritish man-of-war for assistance necessary to enable him to obtain a supply of water, and was contemptuously refused. The merchant skipper proposed applying to Admiral Henham for aid. whereupon the commander of the w ar vessel suceringly answered that he could do as he pleased. The captain of the merchantman then applied to Admiral Henhant, who assigned Lieutenant Kilbourn to guard the water boat under the American (lag. As soon as Admiral ISenham showed a disposition to help the Ihitish. the captains of other vessels made application to the Americans, and. as the result, all got all the water they wanted. The I'ritish sailors were indignant at the action of the commander of their man-of-war. and on one vessel they gave j j vent to their feelings by trampling the British ilag into the dirt. They also gave wild cheers for Uncle Sam and the stars and stripes. The United States undoubtedly has the upper hand of things at liio. I ? During the past week there was a revival of the old report to the effect that the president is a very sick man, and is about to undergo a dangerous surgical operation. On last Saturday, the president said to an associate press reporter: ' I have been engaged everv dav in mv public otliee on public busi ness ami have every day seen the people who | called, senators, representatives and others. Nothing would have been easier than to se1 cure the absolute falseness of these reports. I am forced to conclude that there is an epidemic of mendacity emanating from the dull and stupid brains of some of tbese correspondents. These men must have been influenced either by a desire to deceive the public or annoy those affected by their disreputable work. Those who read newspapers ! should understand the extent to which their credulity is calculated upon." * ttltf fotltvillc (Jhtquim'. YOKKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1894. ? The Cotton Plant calls attention to the facts that it is to Mr. McLaurin, and not to Mr. Brawley, to whom belongs the credit of stonnine the tax on elearinc house ccrtifi JT X O w cates. It is our recollection that although it was Mr. Brawley who introduced the resolution to that end, it was really Mr. McLaurin who lirst gave public expression to the idea. Mr. McLaurin and 31 r. Brawley are both entitled to some credit in the matter. ? Absolute prohibition is like a steam boiler without a safety valve. The dispensary feature, however, supplies the place of the valve and the danger of explosion is reduced to a minimum. A change so radical as that contemplated in the dispensary law cannot be completed in a day, a week, or even a year, but we predict if there is no interferen'ce from the supreme court, and enforcement of the law is persisted in, within five years from today, 90 per cent, of the people of South Carolina will be willing to admit that this State has the most perfect liquor regulations that has ever been devised. ? Erastus Wyman, a well-known New York financier, and for many years the business manager of R. G. Dun & Go's mercantile agency, has been arrested and committe.1. to the Toombs prison on the charge of having committed forgeries against Mr. It. G. Dunn to the amount of $229,000. Wyman's forgeries cover a period of four or five years. The man has always had the reputation of being upright ana square in an 01 ms dealings, and his arrest on such a charge is one | of the biggest sensations that New York business circles has known for years. ? Prohibition that does not prohibit is no good. The dispensary law, however, comes pretty near prohibiting in small towns where there is no dispensary, and, therefore, it seeins a pretty good idea. Prohibition is impracticable in the larger towns of Charleston, Columbia, Spartanburg, Greenville, etc., for the reason that it cannot be enforced. These cities will have liquor in some way. The dispensary has many practical advantages over the saloon, in the reduction of the evils of liquor consumption. The less liquor consumed, the less evil. Therefore, in such towns the dispensary is little better than the barroom. ? Our Tirzah correspondent complains at the Three C's railroad for having no agent at that place. No doubt Tirzah does a good freight and passenger business, and badly needs an agent; but at the same time it should be remembered that the Three C's people have about all they can do to make both ends meet, and they can't afford to employ agents unless they can make them profitable. If, in the judgment of the railroad authorities, an agency would pay at Tirzah, we have no doubt that one would be established immediately; but until an agency can be made to pay there, or business picks up generally, we think it will be wise for the people of Tirzah as well other points along the line, to bear with the road with patience. We have reason to believe that the Three j C's people, in this matter of agencies and all | tilings else, are now doing the very best I they can. Nothing more could be expected of anybody, under any circumstances. ? Commenting on the statement in last week's Knquiukk to the effect that there is] talk of building a branch line of railroad | from Charlotte, to connect with the G. C.' and X., and Three's at Catawba Junction, the Yorkville correspondent of The News and Courier has the following: Of course this would lie some improvement over the present line, but a line is suggested that j will be of far more value to the railroad, and it is over a route that will some day have a rail- I road, because the development of tlie country | will demand it. Here is the route: Instead o*f building a line from Charlotte to Catawba June- ! tion, build one front Charlotte to Santue, in I'nioti county, by way of Bethel, Yorkville and Bullock's Creek in York county, and Lock hart shoals in Union county. Over this last named route, if the road should cross Catawba river about two miles above \\"right's lorry, and Crowder's Creek south of Zcno, and thence run north of Nanny's mountain and on to Yorkville, and from this place through Bullock's Creek township and cross Broad river at Lockhart shoals, where a jvioo.otio cotton factory is being built, and thence on to Santue or some other convenient point in Union county to connect with the main line, it would be almost sure to receive local patronage sutlicient* to support the road. The point indicated as a good one for crossing the Catawba river is about sixteen miles from anv railroad, and is as line a country as there is in the two Carolinas, as is also a greater portion of the route through York county. A railroad is sure to lie built to Lock hart shoals?in fact, one has been surveyed already trolll .loncsvillc, 11) I lll<iti county, i<> iiiui pomi, ami will In- 1 hiiIt by tin- factory company unless somebody else builds one over a dillercnt route. It would not require a threat deal of wisdom or sagacity to see the business end of the scheme here outlined, and if the < Seorjiia, Carolina and Northern people will look into it, they will lind the facts as represented. The distance from Charlotte to Santue is about seventy-live miles. The above suggestions are worthy of consideration, not only by the Seaboard Air Line authorities, but by the people living along the route indicated. To build a road from Charlotte to Catawba J unct ion would be unwise, for the reason that for a considerable distance it would parallel the ('.. ('. and and A. through a territory that could not support two roads. The other route to Santue, or still hotter. Fish Dam, is through several prosperous sections which now have no railroads, and which, we have every reason to believe, will liberally aid the Seaboard Air Line people in the construction of one. Just now, it is true, is not a favorable time for the building of railroads, but the suggestions here outlined, wc think, arc worth following up. ? The Southern Society of New York, gave a celebration last Thursday night in honor of Washington's birthday. Several prominent Southern men, including Secretary Carlisle and Speaker Crisp, had accepted invitations to lie present, but at the last moment were, prevented from attending. Abraham S. Hew itt. ex-mayor <?f Now York, consented to take tlie place of Mr. Carlisle, lie made a short speech, in which lie took occasion to severely roast the South and Southern statesmen generally. He said the Southern statesmen of today were pigmies, as compared with those of the ante helium period. His ptincipal grievance seemed to he that the I Southern men generally were opposed to the ' Northeast on (he silver question, lie acjcuscd the Southern men of dense ignorance, and concluded with the statement that "there ' is no greater enemy than the fool who steps j in where angels fear to tread." 31r. Hewitt was replied to by James Lyndsay Gordon, a ; young New York lawyer of Virginia birth, j who said : "With all due deference to the opinion of Mr. j Hewitt, I will venture to say that the men who stand in congress today from the South are as j i true, pure, upright and sincere in their con vie- j j lions and as well equipped, both morally and : intellectually, as any man there from the North,! I East or West. It is possible, nay even probable,' that the people of the North may be unable to i ) comprehend the influences that mold the scnti- j meats of the Southern people. Those of them j , who have voted for the silver bill have done so j i with an eye to the advancement of their eonstit-1 1 nents and the honor of the country at large. | Nor must it bo understood that the Southern j : statesmanship is at a discount today. Thetreas- j 1 ury is guarded by Southern man. The great } navy of rude Sain is being built up under the j j direction of a Southern statesman. A Southern ! I man is in charge of the interior department, and j a Southern man presides with dignity and ability over the deliberations of the house of representatives. A Southern man?great, pure and spotless?has been raised to the supreme court ' bench, and a Southern man is responsible for the | new tariff bill. This is the record of the men of the South today. They are Southerners; they are statesmen, but above all, they are American j citizens." J ? The Eastern Democrats, who are filibus- j I tering against the seigniorage bill will doubt-1 ! less, if successful, use the same tactics against j the bill to repeal the tax upon State bank l issues. Is the whole country to be thwarted ! by this handful of men allied to the Republicans ??The State. Come up to the scratch now, brother, for \ we rise to a parliamentary inquiry. You have accused The Enquirer more than j once of being unorthodox. We admit that i we agree with you fully in the idea conveyed, j but we protest that we have never made a ' more "treasonable" utterance. We wanted | free coinage of silver. The "Eastern DemI ocrats" (?) defeated it. We wanted the incomo tax. The "Eastern Democrats" voted I against it. We want the seigniorage coined, j The "Eastern Democrats," including Cleveland, arc working against us. We want the repeal of the tax on the issue of State banks. The "Eastern Democrats," notwithstanding their solemn promise at Chicago, are against us. Suppose they defeat us in both these last named measures, what are we going to do about it ? What arc you going to do about it? Say, who are Democrats anyway, these Eastern people, or the old original stock in the South and the new recruits in the West? We want to know, and would like to have j you tell us. " BLAND'S SEIGNIORAGE BILL. The house of representatives has been engaged for the past seventeen or eighteen days in filibustering against Mr. Bland's bill providing for the coinage of the silver seigniorage in the treasury. Mr. Bland and his followers estimate that the silver seigniorage?the bullion that would be left over after coining a sufficient number of dollars to redeem all the certificates that were issued to pay for all the bullion that was purchased under the Sherman law? amounts to about $">0,000,000. That is, the seigniorage, when coined, would yield about ! $50,000,000, and Mr. Bland desires to conI vert this sum into money, to be applied to the ordinary expenses of the government. President Cleveland, Secretary Carlisle, most of the Republicans and a large number of Northeastern Democrats, are opposed to Mr. Bland's measure. Just why they are opposed has never been clearly statfcd, but the general inference is that they are unwilling to make any further concessions in favor of silver, or agree to any further obstructions to the final and absolute adoption of the gold standard. Rather than be troubled with the matter any further, they would j rather see the whole $150,000,000 worth of silver in the treasury dumped into the middle of the ocean. T>nv nftnv v Air Bland has kent his bill i before the house, and day after day lie has , failed to get a quorum. The Republicans are in their seats and answer to every roll < call, hut they persistently refuse to vote on the measure, and as the Democrats?mostly from the Northeast?refuse to attend, final 1 action seems to he out of the question. Warrants for the arrest of all absent were ^ ( issued several days ago, and it is thought i; that a quorum may he secured today or: * tomorrow. If the matter ever does come to i a vote, it is possible that the hill will be! passed. If it does not pass, however, it will be due altogether to the vote of the Republican minority, aided by the Northern so-j, called Democrats. : ? Every public question has two sides, but j I no public question has more than one right j1 side. This is the case with the silver ques-i j tion. It has two sides. One side is right! and the other is wrong, and whether right j or wrong, depends entirely on the stand-j point from which it is viewed. A has his wealth in bonds, evidences of the indebted- j ness of B, payable* in so much principal at; such and such a rate of interest. If the; money of final payment in which the indebt-; edness can be discharged is plentiful, then it 1 is easier for B to pay and the bonds are!: worth less. If. however, the money of final j payment is scarce, it is more difficult for II to settle, and the bonds are worth more, j That is the principle upon which the finan-; eial question is now being fought all over the world. But few individuals have their wealth in coin?in fact it is kept in this I shape by none but misers. A vast per cent, of the productive wealth of the world is in , interest bearing paper, mostly in the nature of mortgages, which, of course, includes ; bonds. Every individual thinks that it is' his right to use any effort in his power to ...111#* ..no f flint llO ! 1 I'II Mil nil' mi* * ami: i?? ci 11 j'tvj'viij i??i%v may possess. It follows that this assumption of right also applies even to mortgages, upon which the value may he supposed to have been stipulated Air years to come. : The value of the mortgage and the interest I I having been prescribed in so many dollars j j and cents, it follows that this value can only \ | be enhanced by enhancing the value of the 'dollars and cents. Further.it follows that ; j the value of dollars and cents can only be i, enhanced by decreasing their number, and j right here is the secret of all this light about silver and gold. Throughout the history of; the world up to about twenty years years ago. gold and silver had an established in- [ terchangeable value, and together consti-' tuted the world's stock of money of linal i j payment. About twenty years ago was! ! commenced a systematic effort to destroy j tiie parity of silver with gold in such a! manner as to make gold alone the money of j final payment. This has been accomplished ; ! by means of slow and insidious stages, until j How the last chance of silver hangs bv a I | very slender thread. In the meantime, just j in proportion to the repudiation?repudia-j tion : that is what it means?of silver and ' the uplifting of gold, the value of a dollar?J all are now based on gold?bus been en hanccd until it is nearly, if not quite, double I i what it was when the great scheme was ! commenced. This is the silver question, i and all of it. The creditor class has destroy I ed silver, in order to exact double values j ! from the debtor class. A bond that twenty] years ago bore 4 per cent, interest realizes S percent now, for the simple reason that ?4 now is worth as much as $8 was then. So here are the two sides. The bondholders 'everywhere, particularly in the great money t centers, want silver destroved in order to | * double the value of their bonds. The debtor class everywhere wants silver kept on a parity with gold, by means of the free and j unlimited coinage of W>oth metals, in order j 1 that the principal of a debt may always he < paid in the same value in which it was con! traded> and that the interest may always I maintain the same relative value to the 1 - . . . , I j original value ol I lie principal. Mere are; both sides. Which is right ? LETTER FROM TIRZAIL . Tin- Big Snow?Karly Vegetables?Wants a !>? j???t ? No Dispensary Vet, But the Correspondent Thinks it in Sight. Correspondence of the Yorkville Einjntrer. Tiuzaii, February 20.?The snow ami sleet begun falling here at S o'eloek Saturday night, and continued without ceasing until Sunday afternoon. In places the snow drifted to a depth of from two to three feet, i but I think that on an average it was about; eight inches. Many of our farmers claim that the snow is just what was needed to help the small grain crop, kill insects and pulverize the soil. I rather think it will help the fruit ?>.? 1 1-1.. 1 Cl'OJ). -?oi\vluisiaiiiini^ mu <.iii<ii kuui > mild winter, plums, peaches, etc., have been slow in budding, and as yet they are not : forward enough to he injured. Some gardening has been done, and it is not thought that the snow will retard pro-1 gress in this direction. Irish potatoes, arc as ' usual, in demand. A good many farmers ! have them for planting purposes and to. spare. An unusually large number have J been bought through the winter, probably | on account of the mildness of the weather. I I was shown a bed of cabbage plants by j a citizen of this place a few days ago. The j bed contained fully five hundred plants large i enough to reset. They were the Early York I and Drumhead varieties, and were sown i about the fifteenth of last October, and have j not been protected from the weather except by a piece of muslin. In the same bed were j hundreds of celery plants large enough to reset. Our merchants are receiving their spring j goods. The styles are pretty and the prices 1 are low. Mr. S. T. Ferguson, son of Mr. Wm. Ferguson, has a position in the store of W. T. Massey, agent. The guano trade seems to be as large, if not larger, than usual. .Up to this time there have been fully 250 tons brought to this place, and there are yet probably 100 tonsj to come. The cord wood business is another great industry for Tirzah. No less than 200 cords have been shipped from here within the | past two weeks, and there is about as much | more ready to go. It goes to Rock Hill for I factory use, and for the Winthrop Industrial I college. The cotton business of Tirzah for the sea-! son has been good. The actual number of j hales shipped from this place since Septem- j ber, 185)3, is 1,094. Before the crop is entire-: ly exhausted, the shipments will amount to j about 1250 bales, as there are fully 300 bales j within a radim of three miles of this place' and which properly belong here. Yet with j all this business for our railroad, and that j too in these hard times, we are without an j agent or an operator. It seems that we will j be obliged to apply to the railroad commission for our rights. Some of our people are still anxiously awaiting the coming of the dispensary, and j cannot understand why so much time is i taken by the authorities to say whether or! not it shall come. I learn from private J sources that the State board of control is! favorable to placing one here, and as the county board, at their meeting on the 12th ; instant, agreed to refer the matter to the [ State board, it seems that there has been j ample time in which to do something definite, j A letter from Governor Tillman, chairman of the State board, to a private individual j at this place, dated the 20th instant, says: | "The State hoard has had no communication whatever in regard to the matter from j the county board of control." A letter j from the chairman of the county board of control to the same individual, a few days later, says the county board referred the matter to the State hoard immediately after the meeting of the 12th instant, and that he would at once write them in regard to the matter ap,ain. So we will probably soon know the final result. While there was considerable opposition shown some weeks ago as to the establishment of a dispensary nt this nlnce. nrincinallv bv neonlc who live outside of the incorporate limits, the j opposition seems to have abated. There is i a growing opinion that it will not prove so | bad after all to give the dispensary a fair) trial. c. DOTS FROM DAVIDSON. iiH'cenHful 1'rcuchiiiK of Kov. K. <?. PeArnon?Junior Speaking?Fish f.?r the Lake. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer. Davidson, N. C., February 23.?On the first Sabbath of this month, Mr. It. G. Pearson, the noted evangelist, began a meeting: in our town. The first day and night the ! church was crowded almost to its utmost! capacity, but throughout the first week, ow-1 ing to the inclemency of the weather, the' church building was found sufficiently large 1 to accommodate the number that attended, j Mr. Pearson continued the meeting with increasing interest during the first week, and I on the second Sabbath it was found necessa-; ry to move to the college chapel, as the; church would not hold the crowd that came J to hear the great preacher. The interest in ' the meeting continued to increase until last: Sabbath night, and in spite of the mud and rain, sixteen hundred persons came to- j gether to hear the closing sermon of the; meeting. Mr. Pearson took as his text Matthew xxvii, 22 : "What shall I do then ' with Jesus, which is called Christ." This j was probably the most powerful sermon he ; preached during the whole meeting, and to ! prove that it had a telling effect upon the hearers, at the close of the sermon, when an ; opportunity was given, between fifty and a hundred persons, young and old, came for- j ward and made a public profession of their i faith in Christ. During the course of the' meeting there were more than two hundred j conversions, quite a number of backsliders were reclaimed, and God's people throughout the community, were greatly revived. Our college shared largely this blessing. Never before in the history of the college, has there been such a spiritual awakening among the students. Of the many uncon-j verted boys among us prior to the meeting, \ only three or four remain non-professing Christians. Truly we have cause to thank : Cod for having so abundantly answered our prayers, and for having poured upon us i such a rich blessing. Tuesday morning, quite a number of people went to the train to bid adieu to the man j of God and his most excellent wife. It was j with much regret that we saw them take | their departure from our midst. With them po the prayers of (tod's people of this place j that their labors elsewhere may be owned and blessed of (Jod as they were among us. Yesterday, the 22nd, was our junior speaking. The class this year numbers thirtyseven. They were divided into three sections. The first section spoke Wednesday night ; the second section Tluirday morning; : and the third section Thursday night. Thcj juniors certainly deserve praise for the ex-1 eellent manner in which they acquitted themselves. Last February the faculty had the juniors i to speak for the first time, rather for an ex periment, but it has proved such a success I that they have decided to continue it each year. Dr. Smith has just received another lot of fish for our lake. They are the (Joldcn Tench. We hope, in a few more years, to , get plenty of fish from "Lake Wylie" to | supply our table without having to order them from elsewhere. \Vi:kwi:k. LETrKU FROM BLAIKSVILLE. t'l> to Tlieir Kyes in Work?When! Is Looking Well?( iirtleniiig?'Thieves (Jiving Trouble. Correspondence of The Yorkvfile Kiniuirer. Hi.aiksvii.i.k, February 2fi.?The farmers of this community are up to their eyes in j work, preparing their lands for the coming crop. Some are sowing oats and others are making arrangements for big crops of corn and cotton. Wheat looks comparatively well consider ing the poor quality of the soil on which it is generally sown. If we would feed our lands they would feed us. In fact, that most of our farmers are people who are not ahle to do anything else, and when poor farmers come in contact with poor soil, there is 110 need to look for much of a dust. It is not going to he stirred up. The old ladies of this neighborhood have adjusted their spectacles and are looking for a place in which to plant their vegetables. Some of them have found, however, that "my husband has been so much engrossed in politics, that he has not yet broken up mv garden.'' Our school is in a flourishing condition un der t lie able? and oflieient management of Miss j Nannie Scott. Messrs. \V. (J. Riggins and Clough Robin-J son left a few days ago for ("lcinson college. I Our venerable old friend, Mr. John L.J Miller, has Leon quite unwell for several days, j hut I am glad to report that he is now hotter.1 The young men of this neighborhood have organized a string hand, which occasionally allbrds us some nice music. Thieves are still numerous in our community. Several shoats and at least one sheep, have hoon stolen in the neighborhood since December. Fanners report the loss of liar-1 ness, farming implements and other things' of value. I think that if our constables i would take it upon themselves to plav the, part of detectives, and subject a few of the! thieves to the penalties of the law, we would ! soon he relieved, at least in a measure, from ! such annoyances. RUCK HILL HAITKMNUS. About tin- Snow?Death of Kev. J. M. Itoyd?l'lan ' of the New HuptUt Cliureh. Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Kixiulrer. Rock Hill, February 27.?Winter lias1 just been playing his severest prank with us.; The snow is the news. I'nlikc some news, | it is fresh. Still more unlike some news, it is pure, white and clean. It fell on Satur- j day night, Sunday and Sunday night. No church hell dared ring on Sunday. The' ministers had a rest; so did their people. Neither will be worse for it. l'coplc re-1 maincd home by a snug lire, that day. The j snow fell eight inches deep. Snow don't j come often, so we must make the most of it. The stable men, school children and young I men did in the way that severally pleased them best. The children remained at home ' to play in the snow; the young man went sleighing, with a fair companion at his side, j whose voice was sweeter than the merry! tinkle of the sleigh bells; the stable-man j jingled the young man's silver in bis pocket,1 wondered how long before the snow would melt, and enjoyed the situation in as real, though less romantic way. The sad intelligence of the death of Kev. j J. 'M. Boyd, presiding elder of the Spartan- j burg district, was received here on Sunday | night. He died rather suddenly, on Sunday, aged about GO years. Mr. Boyd was once pastor of the Methodist church here, and had many warm friends who regret to hear of his death. His son, Mr. Robert Boyd, and daughter, Mrs. J. B. Johnson, are resident here. In their sad affliction they have the j sympathy of many friends. On last Thursduy night, a Negro, Henry ! Jordan, entered the store of Mr. J. L. White, at Leslie, and stole a considerable quantity of goods. They were found in his house by an officer of the law on Friday. He confessed to the goods, but protests that the door of the store was unlocked, and that he did not break in. Major Beckham took him to the county jail on Saturday. Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Sprunt entertained the young people very pleasantly in j tlmir bnmr? la?(. FVidnv niirlif, "v",v > * J "**p>? The writer had a very pleasant trip to Johnston, 8. C., last week. Beyond Columbia, the fruit trees were in bloom ; very unfortunate, as the sequel shows. The Baptists will begin work 011 their new 1 brick church building in the next week or two. The church has adopted plans for a building. The main body of the church will be 40x72 feet; the audience room, 40x40; with Sunday-school room thrown in, by a rolling partition, 40x70. There will be a gallery, 20x40; main entrance through tower at side, into vestibule, the later 11x17. The sides of the building will be relieved by gables, etc. The windows to be of stained glass. It will be a credit to the Baptists, who arc sacrificing largely to build it, and a worthy memorial to Mr. W. M. Frew, whose j liberal bequest has encouraged the undertaking. Operations were suspended at the Industrial school grounds yesterday, on account of the snow. v. 1. M. LETTER FROM HICKORY UR0VE. Killed h,v 11 Kuhblt llonc?Town Klection Results in a Tie?South Carolina Hotter than Texas. Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Hickory Grove, February 2fi.?Terrell Smith, a highly respected colored man of this community, lost a child a few days ago from the effects of a rabbit bone which became lodged in the little one's throat. The doctors were unable to remove the bone until it was too late. Miss Lizzie Simpson has charge of a good school at this place. Miss Lois Simpson is teaching near Mr. Win. Whitesidcs's, and ; Rev. J. H. Simpson is teaching near Smyrna. An election was held here last Friday for an intendantand four wardens. There were two tickets in the field, as follows : For intendant, J. N. McDill; for wardens, B. F. Scoggins, C. M. Martin, C. M. Whisonant, John K. Allison. For intendant, W. J. Moorhead: for wardens, John K. Allison, B. H. Westmoreland, Vnl Thomasson. [The writer omitted the fourth warden, probably by oversight.] The vote resulted, McDill, 20; Moorehead, 20; Scoggins, 20; Martin, 20; Allison, 40; Westmoreland, IS; and Thomasson, about 30. Messrs. Allison and Thomasson were the only ones elected, and another election will be held on March 7 fori an intendant and two wardens. Rev. J. P. Knox, of the A. R. P. church, I and Rev. R. A. Youtige, of the Methodist j church, were "pounded" by their respective) congregations on the lfith of this month. I am glad to say that Mr. J. X. McDill, | who recently broke one of the small bones of! his leg, is uble to be out again. He can j walk on crutches and today is in his store. Mr. John Dowdle's little son, who has been quite sick for some time, is slowly improving. Mr. R. L. Sherer, of the Bullock's Creek j neighborhood, thinks he has beaten every- j body on hog raising. He slaughtered a porker recently that was 10 months and 7' days old, and weighed 395 pounds gross. [ Some people say they never saw a bigj snow storm in the "dark of the moon." I j reckon this one beats the record. It was 7 j or S inches deep yesterday morning. Mrs. I). A. McSwain died a few days ago 1 and was buried in Hickory Drove cemetery, i Mr. Bud Watson, who left here for Texas ' about the first of January, returned home, Thursday. He was accompanied by Mr. Robert Smarr, who went to Texas about; eleven months ago. Both say that South ! Carolina is ahead of Texas. m. .. ..? j DOTS FROM THE DARK CORNER. I'rencliing lly Itcv. .111'. Juckson?Sunday-school to l?e Organized?A lCniiedy Tor llnril Times. Corresixnideneo of the Yorltville Kiuiulrer. Cotton, February 24.?Several people in the Corner are complaining of grip. Otherwise, the general health of the community is good. Rev. John X. Jackson, of Bascombville, j nreached several days and nights at Lock-| hart Shoals factory about ten days ago. He \ also preached last Saturday and Sunday at! Cabal school house. It is not often that the! preachers visit us Dark Corner people. I'orliaps it is explained in (he old saying about people perferring to visit those who live in white houses. Ilev. Mr. Jackson says he j visits all. Sevearl directors of the Lockhart Shoals factory visited .the. scene of operations at the shoals recently, presumably to see what progress is being made. There has been no j work on the factory for quite a while, but it is probable that operations will commence at an early day. There will be a meeting at the Cabal school house next Sunday for the purpose of considering the advisability of organizing a Sunday-school. Everybody interested is invited to he in attendance. Some of our farmers arc hauling in guano, while others are hauling olf cotton. I notice some cotton going to market that is over three years old. That goes to show that our people in the Corner have not heen feeling; the hard times. In fact, our people don't care anything about "hard times." It is an old saying that lias heen handed down from generation to generation. It is always the same old cry, and no matter what the con4 t l.m-n la altcavg (Illlull ui uii; tuuuub>, uu iv, ?o rw.*.v body who will constantly harp on it. The infallible remedy is to plant corn, peas, potatoes, and stay at home and work and attend to your own business. If these suggestions arc complied with, the cry of "hard j times" will die. Zip. j Olive 11 iin .*>00 I.itklieM. ? Adam Carter, colored, was taken out of the town of Hamburg on Tuesday of last week by a mob of Negroes, and 500 lashes were applied to his bare back. He was j given live days in which to leave town. On the Sunday night preceding, Carter ravished i a little mulatto girl. Fortunately for him,! the mob decided to substitute the lash for the rope. Hunter (Jets There. ? President Cleveland, on last Thursday, T?U.. ii ir.c.im?!irttf r I1UIIII lliut'll UUIIII x. i i uiiiii | .Tiiviiii v? imu- I caster county, to be United States marshal j for the district of Soutli Carolina. LOCAL AFFAIRS. IXDKX TO XKW ADVKRTISKMKNTS. \V. J. Roddey, Manner of the Equitable, Rook 11 ill, S. C.?Tells you that the most successful husiness men are t lie strongest believers in life insurance, ami publishes a letter from a person who has tried the tontine plan. J. C. AyerA* Co.?Tells you of the benefits derived from the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla. II. C. Strauss?To close out tali and winter goods is offering bargains. Some of his spring goods have arrived and more are expected next week. John J. Hunter?Tells about the closing up of the affairs of the old firm of Ilunter it Oates and announces that hereafter he will continue business on his own account. He takes occasion to say to those who arc in dehtcd to him that claims not paid before the 1st of April, will he put in the hands of an attorney for collection. Lowry A Starr?Tell about their line assortment of stationery. Also eye glasses, Landreth's garden Seeds, vegetable liver pills and tohaceo. W. ('. Latimer?Offers special inducements to ladies wanting cloaks, having reduced prices from 812 to 84.fit). He is also still calling on those who owe him to pay up or in fifteen days he says that he will put the claims in the hands of an attorney for eolloction. \V. M. Houston A* Co.?Have decided to continue their cash sales for ten days longer and are olfering goods at low prices. Louis Roth?Wants you to come to his place on salesday and get your dinner at the usual price. Oysters today, and wants your orders for fish on Saturday. W. Brown Wylio, ('. ('. ('. Pis.?(Jives notice teat implication has been made to him to set off homestead for Win. M. Allison. Ferguson Brothers?He-no tea and Magnolia hams. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. W. A. (Juerry, rector.? j Services next Sunday at 11 a. m.. and at 4 * p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?York- j vlli.e?Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m. | Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock a. m., and 7.30 o'clock p. m., conducted by Rev. Dr. E. E. Boycc. Presbyterian?Rev. \V. G. Neville, pastor. Services next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7.30 j p. m. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Monthly I concert of prayer for missions tomorrow af-; ternoon ut 4 o'clock. m 1 1! .1 T?- * 1 T) u \ 1 runty aiuuiuuist j-jpisuujuu?ivuv. r>. ;v. Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock p. m. Baptist?Itev. W. J. Langston, pastor. Union?Services next Sunday morning at! 11 o'clock. Yorkville?The Baptist Young! People's Union will meet next Sunday at 10 o'clock a. m. Sunday-school at 3 o'clock ' p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at, 7.30. No night service on Sunday. ABOUT PEOPLE. 3Iiss Bettie Caldwell, of Bowling Green, j visited Miss Florie Allison last week. Mr. A. R. Vail, traveling representative of | Messrs. J. C. Aver & Co., of Lowell, Mass., | was in Yorkville several days last week. Messrs. M. C. and Tracy Willis, left last Thursday for Williston, S. C. Messrs. W. J. Caveny and C. S. May, of Rock Hill, were in Yorkville for a short while on last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Inman, of this pluce, visited Mr. C. C. Randleman's family at King's Mountain, last week. Mr. C. G. Parish, who is engaged in rail- i road building in Maryland, is at home for a I few days with his family. Mrs. R. A. Crowel!, of Albemarle, N. C., is visiting friends and relatives in Yorkville, the guest of her mother, Mrs. G. M. Low-: ranee. Mr. Hugh McL. McAllister, a student of Banks High school, left last Tuesday night for Raleigh, N. C., where he will have his eyes treated. Mr. J. II. Barnes and family will removo today from the house they now occupy on King's Mountain street, to the Wilson house, opposite the court house. GETTING THINGS IN SHAPE At a meeting of the directors of the Narrow Gauge railroad, held in Chester on last Wednesday night, a committee was appointed to draw up a proposition to the bondholders embodying the suggestions made by I)r. J. H. McAdeu at the i stockholders' meeting at Gastonia. It will j be remembered that the suggestions include j a reduction of the rate of interest on the j bonds from 7 to 5 per cent, and the exchange of script for all past due coupons. Further, that if at the expiration of a year, the stockholders fail to pay operating expenses and I interest charges, they will turn the road over to the bondholders without litigation. On last Saturday, at Newton, Mr. A. G. nttiivnpv for flip. Narrow Gauce. se- I cured an order from the North Carolina courts, directing that Receiver Hall turn over j the North Carolina portion of the road to the stockholders within ten days. Mr. Brice, on last Monday, asked Judge Watts, at Winnsboro, for a similar order with respect to the South Carolina portion of the road.; Judge Watts postponed the signing of the order until tomorrow, when, by his direction, | Receiver Hemphill will appear with a statement of the moneys paid out and received under the receivership. There is little reason to doubt that the order for the delivery i of the road to the stockholders will be; signed tomorrow, and that the property j will be in the hands) of its new management before the end of another week. SENT TO THE HIGHER COURT. Messrs. R. A. Parish and R. B. Lowry, of Yorkville, were given a preliminary exam-j ation in the court house last Saturday before ! Trial Justice Carroll, on the charge of sell- j ing intoxicating liquors in violation of the j dispensary law. The cases were consolidated by agreement, and the examination of both was conducted at the same time. Mr. Parish was represented by Thomas F. McDow, Esq., Mr. Lowry by Senator Finlcy, and the State by Solicitor Hough. The first witness examined was W. B. Burney, professor of chemistry in the South Carolina college, who, by special act of the legislature, is also charged with the duty of analyzing such liquors as may be sent to him through the State dispensary. Professor Burney testified that he had received a mini- j her of samples of so-called orange eider from Yorkville, and, upon analysis, he found j that they contained more than 15 per cent, j of alcohol. One hundred proof whisky, I said the professor, contains 50 per cent, of | alcohol, Therefore, the so-called cider was (> approximately one-third as strong as 100 i proof whisky. As to the quantity of the! stulf that would be required to produce intoxication, he could not say with precision, i as that was a matter beyond the province of chemistry. However, if a man drinks five I ounces of 100 proof whisky, he gets 2} ' ounces of alcohol, and if he drinks one' hundred ounces of beer, he gets 2J ounces of j alcohol. The per centage of alcohol varying in different liquors, and alcohol being the J intoxicating property, of course intoxication i would depend entirely on the amount of the liquor consumed. The samples of so-called | orange cider?he did not pretend to say1 whether or not tliev reallv were samples of " 1 orange cider?contained not less than 15 per j cent, of alcohol. In fact ho was certain they I contained more than 15 per cent. J. B. Workman, the State constable who worked up the cases against Messrs Parish and Lowry, was sworn. His testimony went to show that he had taken from barrels, seized from the defendants, the samples of cider analyzed by Professor Burney. He; stated that both Mr. Parish and Mr. Lowry j had told him that the cider was purchased by them as a "temperance drink," and that> it the sale was illegal, iney nuenueu 10 stop i selling it. The samples analyzed had not1 been purchased from the defendants, but { had been given by the defendants to Workman for analysis. Constable Workman opened a box of bottles that had been brought from Columbia by Professor Burney, and identified the contents as the same that ! had been shipped to Commissioner Traxler ' n from Yorkville. a The next witness sworn was Edward Rob- h oris, white. Ho was introduced to prove v the sale of the eider by Mr. Parish, and that r the .stuff is intoxicating. Solicitor Hough asked : ^ Dirl you buy any of this cider? u Yes. ' h When? | c On salesday?the first Monday in this'tl mujiiu. Hon much did you drink ? j I couldn't exactly tell you the number of; i glasses I drank?some three or four glasses. | P What effect did it have on you? v It made nie drunk. [Laughter.] Drink anything else besides cider?. j, I did not drink anything else. I don't j r drink. I would not have drank that, but L they told me it would not make drunk. I. don't mean to say that Mr. Parish told me * I that?others told me. $ How drunk did it make you ? j I j I could hardly get home. [Laughter]. $ | How many glasses did you drink? jj I drank three "shorts," they call themJt (five cent glasses) and two ten cents glasses. Cross-examination by Mr. McDow : Mr. M DAliAfto nn fKof /Iov that I'Ati artonlr nf /liH I iWUCIl..-, yj.i W.MV V...J v..?v ;vu .-^vx x,., xx.x. | you not say to Mr. Parish that you had a u bottle of corn whisky in your pocket, and I ask him to take a drink of it? v Xo, sir ; I had no whisky. I was offered j c whisky but did not take it. .. You are a voluntary witness? Xo, sir. J v I)icl you tell the State constable that: ^ you bought cider from Mr. Parish and that. I it made you drunk ? ie Xo, sir. ! t 1 * lfow came you to be a witness? I don't know. I did not know they had ^ my name until they came after me. W. B. Whitakor was the next witness '1 sworn. lie stated that he bought and drank ] v four glasses on the first Monday in February.! t The solicitor asked : I g What did you pay for them ? i j( Paid 10 cents a piece for three, and f? cents 11 for the other. What effect did they have on you ? Well, they made me drunk. a What time of day ? b All day. [Laughter.] c Mr. Whittnker, did you drink any whisky \ t on that day ? Xo, sir. And how many glasses of cider did you say you drank ? I v Four?one "short," and three "long." t Witness said that ho liked whisky and had ii drank lots, but did not drink any on that day. He may have raised a disturbance in h the store and may have been ordered out; j t< but, if so, he did not remember anything f< about it, for the reason that after he had h taken two or three glasses of cider he was h too drunk to know much about what he was c doing. tl The next witness examined was James F Bailes, who said that he hod bought cider from Mr. It. B. Lowry. After testifying that t< he had bought two glasses of cider from Mr, j ^ Lowry on December 29th, he was asked by & the solicitor : n What effect did these glasses of cider have e on you ? f< They did not have much, if any. I could g tell I was feeling it some, but not much. Wbat sort of glasses were they; big or f! little? 11 They were little. n "Shorts?" You paid 5 cents u piece for f them ? J Yes. Stimulate you any ? : Yes, a little. u With this the solicitor turued the wituess over to Senator Finley, who said, "No ^ questions. Come down." The uext wituess ! was Wm. Rogers, aged about nineteen or ( twenty. He said that he had bought a ^ quart of cider from Mr. Kirk Lowry?Mr. R. B. Lowry's clerk?and paid 23 cents for it. The solicitor asked : y How much did you drink ? , One or two glasses ; maybe three ? What effect did it have on you? J It made me pretty drunk. J What day was it ? il I don't remember the day. It was the a day the turkey Hew off the standpipc out t here. [Laughter.] Was it this year or last year? Last year. u December? 3 Yes. " You got pretty drunk ? n Yes ; pretty drunk. g( Off that cider? Yes ; off that cider. How did you get home? c I walked home. 0 Cross examination by Senator Finley. si Mr. Rogers you came to town that day to p see Professor Gander [Laughter] jump from ,] the top of the water tower, did you not ? Yes, sir. [Laughter.] You were somewhat excited were you not, c expecting a feat of that kind to be per- P formed ? d No, sir; not much. g It was somewhat disappointing to you ? when Professor Gander failed to put in his appearance was it not? No, sir; not much. T Did you ever drink any whisky, Mr. ! Rogers ? n Yes, sir; but not that day. d You say that you bought a quart of eider, a Mr. Rogers? Sl Yes. You say that you drank no whisky at all that day. No, sir. 11 You say that was sometime last year. c Yes. q With this the preliminary was concluded. I Solicitor Hough claimed that the examiua- tl tion showed a prima facie case of violation a of the dispensary law, and that any argu- p ment on his part was altogether unnecessary, it The counsel for the defense declined to offer 1 A nnif O rminiOllf 1] liny smieiuuius ui uiuKb ouj uiguujvut) 111 and the matter was left to Trial Justice ! ii Carroll, who decided to bind the defendants ! a over to court in the sum of $300 each. ' e M LOCAL LACONICS. ti How to Rise In the World. c ? Prof. Henry Louis Smith, of Davidson college, will deliver a free lecture in the H court house next Friday night on the subject "How to Rise in the World." ^ Of IutreHt to the K. of H. ? Mr. Kdmond Bacon, grand lecturer of n the Knight of Honor in South Carolina, will I ^ deliver an address to the lodge at Yorkville, i ^ next Monday night, March 5lh. A full at- j * tendance of the members is desirable. I ^ The filiform* Have Arrived. I ^ ? The uniforms for the Baptist High |0 school boys arrived last Monday and present1 quite a handsome and striking appearance. \ J The committee appointed to select the utii- J form for the school have decided that, dur-;" the summer months, white duck pants will " be worn instead of the cadet grey. 111 Vork at the S. C. College* * j ? The results of the recent intermediate j e examinations of the South Carolina college r< were announced last week. Mr. A. T. | o Hardin, of York, is among the highly dis- If tiuguished of the senior class; and Mr. L. S.. o Hardin, also of York, is among the highly j a distinguished of the freshman class. J e; Over 700 Ton*. i 0 ? I)r. John C. Kuykendal, who has con- j i <Ka TMinunhji t n pnm. I II HI UI lliU CUIU HI HIV Viivwv a. ?Vw. . pany's fertilizers in York county, has, so far this season, sold over 550 tons, and before ' e the close of the season expects to pass the j v 700 ton mark. The sale of 500 tons of fcr- c tilizer in one season constitutes an unusually : large business. Salcnday for March. I n ? Next Monday is salesday for March. , ^ There are only one or two auction sales tcr K take place on that day, but as now is about u the time that new stock is being needed on ^ the farms, it is likely that the horse traders will be here in force. We risk it as a pre- e diction, for obvious reasons, that there will not be so much drunkenness in town next, it salesday as there was last. i11 Courcd?rnt? I Visions. ? The conptroller general has received > revised reports from a number of county j t pension boards throughout the State, includ- e ing the York board. As soon as all the re- " ports are in, the State pension board will ! icet and prorate the pension appropriation mong all the pensioners. No money will e paid out for probably a month or six reeks yet. 'or reddling Without l.li-eiiM'. ? Trial Justice <). L. Sanders, on last aturday, arrested and brought to Yorkville ti Italian peddler on the charge of pursuing is vocation without license. The fellow laimed that he had not sold any goods in ^ lie county,and as it could not he shown that e had, he was released. It should be re lembcred, however, thai me iuw proviuus a c-nalty for "selling or exposing for sale." ork at (ireonvill)1. ? The following York violators of the iiternal revenue laws were convicted at the ecent term of the United States court at Ireenville: Wesley French, William Sims, Stomas Rivers, Alexander Castles, Monroe tcwart. All are colored, except Stewart, lack convict was sentenced to pay a fine of 100 and serve thirty days iu York county > ail. Failure to pay the fine means an addiional thirty days' imprisonment. L<l<lr??? by I'rofeHHor Smith. ? Rev. W. G. Neville requests us to anounce that on next Sunday morning, Prof, lenry Louis Smith, of Davidson college, rill deliver an address in the Presbyterian hurch at this place on the subject of "Chris- ^ ian Education." At night Professor Smith rill deliver another address which will be specially lor me uenem oi young men. loth addresses, of course, are public, and verybody is cordially invited to attend. 'Istol* and Pistol Cartridge*. ? Mr. J. S. Brice, clerk of the board, says he county commissioners have reason to beicve that ccrtaiu parties in this county are iolating the luw regulating the sale of pisols and pistol cartridges. The law precribes that pistols and pistol cartridges of ess than .4") calibre, shall only be sold upon he payment of a license of $25 a year, and he penalty for violation of the law is fixed * t $500 fine or one year's imprisonment, or toth in the discretion of the court. The ommissioners express it as their intention o enforce the law to the le'tter. 'lie Spring Hardware Trade. ? Mr. W. I\ Dixon, the popular hardware drummer who represents Carlin & Fulon, of Baltimore, and who has been travelag in the South for about fifteen years, was in A 'orkvillc last Thursday. He reports that the ardware trade is ''picking up" very satisfac- 1 orily, and is really better than it has been \ sr some time past. The bulk of the trade, owever, is confined to shovels, hoes, plows, orseshoes, nails, rope, etc.?such tools and ommodities as are most needed in making ; he coming crop, arrott?JeflPery*. ? Miss N. Ella Jeflferys was married yeserday afternoon at the home of her father, Ir. J. E. Jeflerys, to Mr. Andrew J. Parrott, prosperous young farmer of the Clover eighborhood. The ceremony was perforrad by Rev. Dr. S, A. Weber, in presence of a ;w relatives and friends of the bride and room. After the ceremony, the happy coulc went to the home of Mr. C. M. Parrott, he father of the groom. In behalf of the * :any friends of Mr. and Mrs. Parrott, The Inquirer extends congratulations.t Illlfort Mill Company. ? Fort Mill Times : An adjourned meetag of the stockholders of the Luna Cotton lills .was held Monday, and the further comletion of the new organization was coninued. It was voted to change the name of ^ he mill and several very appropriate names /ere suggested, until the name of Millfort lill company was decided upon. The deriation of this can be readily seen, and it is pretty name. A new board of directors /as also elected to consist of the following : V. A. Watson, J. W. Ardrey, D. Trainer, i'. Z. Mull, It. A. Fulp, J. M. Spratt and F. Jims. The question of increasing the caplal stock of the mill to $140,000 was also ,eted upon. >ou't Like Discussion. ? One of the officials high in authority inder the Narrow Gauge receiverships, has ent out the following circular addressed To all employes concerned: It comes to ly notice through various channels, that omc of the employes are criticising the inangements, and discussing publicly and indisriminately, the affairs of the road. Such, n your part, is against the interests of the ervice and insurbordinate in character, 'nless this practice is at once discontinued, lie parties at fault will be summarily dislisscd from the service of the road. This ircular is only intended for the guilty' arties, all of whom, I am sorry to say, I 0 not know." It is thought that the l'orcoing circular was called forth by the exposre of the recent attempt to remove certain jcomotives from the road. he Snow. ? The lirst heavy snow of the winter comleneed falling last Saturday night about ark, and on Sunday night was piled up to depth of about six inches or more. The now fell first in the form of fine dry flakes, ud afterward changed to sleet. It began 3 thaw quite rapidly on Monday morning, nd by night probably as much as 30 per ent. of it was gone. The snow storm was uite general throughout the whole country, n the Southwest on Saturday aud Sunday liere was a regular blizzard. Texas, Indin Territory, Arkansas and Mississippi reort the coldest weather that has been known 1 those sections for years, aud northern 'exas the first snow for the past three years, lailroad transportation has been seriously with thron<rhoiit. flip whole South. 1VVIIVIVX1 " ?" V ? . ?v.Q..v, 7 nd thousands of people everywhere being aught, unprepared for the unlooked for i-eathcr, there has been not a little depriyaion and suffering throughout the whole ountry. [f> lw a Hail Citizen. ? The Gastonia Gazette and the Shelby iiirora are both very much satisfied over he recent capture of Milus Borders, colored, lentioned in Thk Enquirer of last week. A lilus, it seems, was notorious along about jrty miles of the North Carolina border, luring the past half dozen years or more, he as committed numerous petty crimes, and y dodging from one side of the line to the ther, has generally managed to keep out of he clutches of the law. Constable S. N. { ohnson, who captured him recently, said he other day : "I have been after that Negro >r several years, and I don't know that I avc ever locked a man up with more pleasre in my life, because he has given me more rouble than any three thieves that I have ver had to deal with." Milus also has a ecord in Yorkville, and has served at least { ne term in the South Carolina penitentiary, f he could only be convicted of the Humerus crimes of which he is known to be guilty, nd sentenced to from one to six months for ach, he would probably spend the remainder f his life behind the bars. THK NARROW GAUGE ENGINES. Mention was made last week of a supposed i - - 4 (Fort on the part of the Richmond and Dandle Railroad company, to remove certain ngines that are now in use on the Narrow laugc. Arrangements had been made to iad the engines at Chester ou a certain ight fur the purpose of shipping them off. lujor Harper, the president of the new oranization, was informed of the fact. He / ' i' otilied Receiver Hall, and the little scheme as nipped in the bnd. As things now hind, "nobody ever wanted to take the ngines away." "The whole fuss was ninded on a baseless rumor." Re that as , may, the engines have not yet been reloved. Upon inquiry, we learn that when the ^ arrow Gauge road went into the bauds of he C., C. and A., the company owned four ngines, as follows: The "Davega," the Grist," the "Mcllee," and the "Number 4." iiere is now in use on tlie .Narrow (Jauge