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of the coinage bill. Last
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colonisation in Liberia, the ConHLid
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e YORKVILLE, S. C.:
ce WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7,1894.
? Senator Voorhees says that the tarii
reform bill will pass the senate within fiv
e weeks, and after that the Bland silver hi
0 will be passed by a handsome majority
Further, the senator sa.vs that the presides
" ^ hope Senato
1 v uorhees knows whereof he speaks. Tin
, J Bland bill is not free coinage by any means
Dut- it is a powerful wedge in that direction
i and if the president signs it, the bars art
1 down. We hope that the president will sigr
the bill, but, candidly, if he does, we shall be
very greatly surprised.
? The house of representatives, on last
Saturdaj', passed.'a resolution authorizing the
secretary of the navy to expend $40,000 for
the purpose of raising the Kearsage, recently
wrecked on El Rancador reef. The
Kearsage is an old played-out hulk ol
no practical value, and would probably not
sell on the market for $30,000. The resolution
to appropriate money for its recovery
is based almost entirely on sentimental considerations.
The Kearsage, it will be remembered,
is the vessel that sank the Alabama,
off the coast of France, during the
late war.
? At last, after twenty days of obstruction
by filibustering- Republicans and "Eastern
Democrats," the Bland seigniorage bill, on
last Thursday, passed the house by a vote oi
1G8 to 129. Nineteen Republicans voted
with the Democrats and Populists for the bill,
and 49 Democrats, mostly from the North!
eastern States, voted with the majority o!
the Republicans against the bill. South Carj
olina's delegation, of course, voted solidly for
I the bill. The measure now has to run the
j gauntlet of the senate and the president's
veto. There is little reason to doubt that it
will get through the senate without difficulty,
but as to whether it will ever get past the
president, there is reason for grave fears.
? It is possible that since Gladstone has retired
from the British premiership, Great
Britain's objection to an international adjustment
of the silver question may be removed.
Gladstone, though the ablest statesman of the
day, was first of all for Great Britain. On
the international conference question he said :
"What do we waut with silver as money?
We are the credi:or nation of the world, and
we want our debts paid in the dearest money
we can get." That was all right so far as it
; concerned Great Britain, and still further, the
| comparatively few who aro creditors; but the
1 great masses, even in Englaud,are now cryI
ing for cheaper money and more of it, and
j there is reason to believe that the time is
j not far distant wheu all the great nations ol
i Europe will be glad to adust the matter on
an equitable basis.
? In its sketch of General Jubal Early,
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American biography,
refers to the fact that he was twice
defeated by Sheridan and once by Custer.
j Such is a fact, but it would not have taken
; many more lines to say that when the iuci1
' ~ ' * 1 -1.1 T..U~ U..A
house of commons, which represents sever
millions of voters. Mr. Gladstone's speech
all of which was along the line indicated
I was received with wild cheers, and through
out Great Britain it is now regarded as a set
I tied fact that the great political issue of tin
: future is the abolition of the house of lords
The light will be long and bitter, but in tin
end the seven millions of voters referred t(
; by Mr. Gladstone, will no doubt be victori
ous. The love of liberty is as strong in tin
hearts of the British people, as it is in tin
,i hearts of any other people on the face of tin
earth, and it is very doubtful as to whethei
any earthly power can prevent them fron
obtaining all they demand.
; BLAND'S SEIGNIORAGE BILL.
The following is the full text of the Blanc
j seigniorage bill which the house has beei
fighting over for several weeks, and which i
passed last Thursday:
"That the secretary of the treasury shal
j immediately cause to be coined, as fast a:
practicable, the silver bullion held in tin
treasury, purchased under the act of July 14
18U0, entitled 'An act directing the purchas<
of silver bullion and the issuing of treasun
notes thereon, and for other purposes,' t<
. the amount of the gain or seigniorage o
such bullion, to-wit: The sum of $">(), 15(5,GS1
and such coin, or the silver certificates issue*
thereon, shall be used in the payment of pub
lie expenditures, and the secretary of tin
treasury may, in his discretion, if the need
J of the treasury demand it, issue silver cert if
icates in excess of such coinage. Provide*
that such excess shall not exceed the amoun
. of seigniorage ns herein authorized to b<
i'coined.
i "Sec. 2. That the remainder of the silve:
[ purchased in pursuance of said act of Jul*
14, 1800, shall be coined into legal ten
. der standard silver dollars as fast as i:
.! practicable, and the coin held in the treas
Jury for the redemption of the treason
. | notes issued in the purchase of said bullion
. j That as fast as the bullion shall be coined fo
I j the redemption of said notes, the notes shal
.! not he reissued, but shall be canceled an*
destroyed in amounts equal to the coin hel*
Jin the treasury, derived from the coinag*
herein provided for, ami silver certificate!
nay be issued on such coin in the maunc
Slow provided by law."
The above bill, if it becomes a law, wil
Byitonly increase the circulation of the coun
$50,156,681, but will speedily undi
H^^^Bschicf which has been caused by tin
H^^^^n-Fostcr and Cleveln?d-fi*^lei>ol
Hj^^Hayinp:
i^^E^K>uld have been
HnBHP^iLL^ys m
past thore has been
I^^^^J^disagreeraent among the lleforl
5,Ts leaders on the question of holding a nm\J
ofjtion for the purpose of nominating Reforn
^.'/candidates for the various State offices, or a
is least for governor and lieutenant governor
is Some the politicians think the matte
^ ah^ilJd be settled in an early convention, an*
others think that it should be left until afte
> the August primaries. Governor Tillman i'
* one of the latter : but, at the same time, say'
- he would rather leave the matter with the
people, and in an interview with the Coin?"
I bia Register, last Friday, suggested the following
plan to accomplish that end:
Let fifteen or twenty- Reformers in each
county unite in a call for a mass meeting
to be held at their respective court houses on
the first Monday in April. These mass
_ meetings may each elect one member of
a State campaign committee, and at the
same time decide upon an early or late convention
for the purpose of nominating candidates.
If the people instruct the campaign
^ committee to call a nominating convention,
then the Reformers of each township may
jj elect delegates ton county convention, which,
in turn, will elect delegates to ColumJjji^p
^ make nominations. Tjy^m^jr^R commit~Ttee
may continue as a permanent organization,
within the Democratic party, to look
after the interests of the Reform candidates
' in the following canvass.
| Governor Tillman does not think the Conservatives
will make any effort this year to
capture the State offices, but thinks they
will do all in their power to capture the legislature.
He assigns as his reason for these
beliefs that the barroom element will do all
in its power to secure the repeal of the dis,
pensary law, and that the railroads will
make an effort to "enjoy in security the
special privileges they had before I was elect.
ed, of paying such taxes as they saw fit."
THE STATE'S REPLY.
The Columbia State of last Saturday contained
the following in reply to the questions
propounded in last week's Enquirer :
The State stands for the Chicago platform of
the Democratic party, no matter who may oppose
it. It showed repeatedly last fall that the freo
! coinage of silver at a ratiio of 1(1 to 1 was not demanded
by that platform, which required silver
and gold dollars of "equal intrinsic and exchangeable
value." The income tax was not a
i Democratic platform demand, and hence was J
not binding upon tho Democrats of the East. It
' was a Populist demand, which we supported,
i and which the majority of the Democrats in conr
gress support, because it is just and right. The
coinage ot the seigniorago is not a Democratic
1 platform demand, although it is, as we have
eaid, in harmony with the spirit of the platform
? and an alternative to be preferred to the issuo of
more IkhuIs. Men should not bo outlawed
p from the party unless they reject the party
creed, which is the platform. For tho votes
given already by the Eastern Democrats there Is J
. no punishment possible, for while they have
violated the spirit of tho platform in some re- J
! spects, they nave kept themselves within the
, letter of it. Should they, however, oppose the
' repeal of the tax on Stato banks, which repeal
; the platform has called for, they will bo in rebellion
against the party, and will have broken
a compact bv which all true Democrats should
! be bound. If they should do this we would
have no more hesitation in denouncing them
as nnti-Demooratic than we have had in denouncing
the State Alliance as anti-Democratic
for endeavoring to prevent the repeal of this
same State bank tax. It is useless to speculate
i now as to the results of such action, nut The
State will be found true to its record and its i
faith.
? -- ? .< __i-_ rPL _ oi_
! dents reterreu to nappeneu, om juuv uuu
only about 15,000 woruout and half-starved
soldiers, while his respective antagonists had
each about 45,000 as sleek, well fed and
well armed soldiers as the North could
furnish. Notwithstanding his defeats, it is
j claimed by some fair miuded writers thai
' Early delayed the fall of Richmond at leasl
a year, and if this is true, it is really a mat'j
ter of doubt, as to whether Sheridan and
Custer and their victories over him, had very
much to brag about. Few men in Early's
: place would have accomplished what he
did.
?
? Wm. E. Gladstone, the British prime
minister, made a remarkable speech in the
: house of commons last Thursday. He re'
cited the fact that for a hundred days
the house of commons had been laboring or
the home rule, employers' liability, anc
, parish criminals bills. All of these bills were
' demanded by the voters of the United Kiug
dom, and had been perfected with great care
; Now, at one wanton stroke, the house o
: lords had annihilated the work of the house
! of commons and ignored the will of the peo
1 pie. The great question which this condi
J tion of affairs presents, said Mr. Gladstone
j is whether the empire is to be ruled by the
I nnn.oU/>Mv?> lieraditnrv bodv. or the elective
2 ; but he did not desire such ;ui honor. Having
spent his life in the service of the common
r people, he was unwilling to he separated
f from them with a title. lie could not help
" but know that an order conferred bv the
5 ' *
! queen would even detract from the glorious
. honors already won by his own efforts.
J Besides, the queen, and almost the entire
rj nobility, would have been glad to see him
': raised to the peerage, in hopes of, in some
| measure, destroying his wonderful power
with the masses. Though certain that he
s ! would not accept, the queen was constrained
i- to make her offer of last week to prevent the
I storm of indignation that would have swept
1 the empire, had she failed. Though the
- people did not want their idol to become a
}; peer, they were determined that he sh^ild
2! have the refusal of the queen's offer. There
- are only one or two other such instances in
English historv. - '
ELj g / .J
^Gladstone may retire fr'^flMe
THE JtiNQl'IREK inanKS i ue ouuc iui mo
! above good tempered reply to the questions
1 asked, and begs leave to obtrude a few comments
on the only point of difference suggested.
The silver plank of the Democratic j
platform is somewhat broader than the
clause quoted by The State. It is as follows:
"We hold to the use of both gold and silver
as the standard money of the country, and to the
coinage of both gold and silver without discrim!
ination against cither metal on charok for
. mintage, but the dollar unit of coinage of both
metals must be of equal intrinsic and exchangeable
value, to bo adjusted through international
i agreement, or by such safeguards of legislation
. as shall insure the maintenance of Che parity of
' the two metals, and the equal power of every
i dollar at all times in the markets and in the
payment'of debts; and we demand that all
paper currency shall be kept at par with and
redeemable in such coin."
, Silver coined "without charge for mintage,"
would, of course, be free. Therefore,
i the Democratic platform declares for "free
, coinage." The only question left is that of
t ratio. This is to be fixed in one of two
ways?either by "international agreement"
I or "safeguards of legislation"?and it is in.
curabent upon the Democratic party to fix
it Tf the nartv cannot arrange the question
[ of ratio by international agreement, it folI
lows that it must do it by legislation ; and if
\ by legislation, we see nothing to prevent the
; selection of the ratio of 16 to 1. If the ratio
; can't be fixed by legislation, then the party
stultified itself in making the suggestion in
[ the Chicago platform ; and if the ratio can be
' fixed by legislation, Mr. Bland outlawed all
s the Democratic anti-silverites in congress
! last summer when he made them vote against
every ratio up to 20 to 1. No, involved as
may be the silver plank of the Democratic
!, platform, it is clear to The Enquirer that
i the present administration does not intend to
carry it out either in letter or spirit.
THE "GRAND OLTMAX" RETIRES.
I Wm. E. Gladstone visited Queen Victoria
at Windsor Castle last Friday night, and informed
her of his intention to retire from
public life. He gave as a reason for the inj.
tention his old age, and the fact that his eyesight
and general health were failing. The
queen expressed regret that the country
should lose his services, and offered him a
peerage, which the great commoner respect'
fully declined to accept.
' j Wm. E. Gladstoue, is, without doubt, the
' j greatest statesmau of his generation. He
i sprang from the great middle class of Eng'
| land, and equipped with high moral and in'
j tellectual attainments and complete edueaI
tion. entered the house of commons at an
j early age. He soon became a political rival
' of the famous Disraeli, and later the most
powerful'lcader, probably, that the house of
commons has ever known. At the begin)
'
| uing of his career, he had but few, if any,
^ | fixed political opinions, but soon he adopted
la policy which comprehended the uplifting
' | of the lower and middle classes of (treat
?
' j Britain, and has pursued that policy through
j a long train of successes up to the present
11 day.
As a private individual, on account of his
I pure character and wonderful ability, (lladj
stone is respected and admired not only in
I (treat Britain, but throughout the entire eivi11
li/.ed world. As a public man, he has long
! been most cordially hated by Queen Victoria,
j I the royal family, and the entire British arisi
tocracy. The reasons for this are plain.
s j Qladstoue has been, and is, dangerous. On
account of his pure character and remark2
able attainments, he has been and is capable
' of withstanding any opposition that could be
' j brought to bear. Always armed with a
. i quarrel that is just, he is a power before
j l which vaunting vanity might well be expec.!
ted to tremble.
2 j The statement that (Jladstone has rcs
fused to accept a peerage is interesting, but
j not surprising. The grand old man would
t have been elevated long ago had he desired,
trjr mere mention.
. ! jfpctition was in circulation in Colorado
r i last week asking that the State be all owe <
| to secede from the Union. The petition
however, has been withdrawn. Dr. A
r A. Hutchins, of Clyde, Ohio, had both eye:
3 blown out one day last week while e.xperi
i meuting with chemicals. Three men wen
> frozen to death in the Ohio river bottom:
. during the recent blizzard. Several case:
. of small pox have developed in Atlanta am
the board of health has made vaccinatior
compulsory. As yet there have been n<
1 deaths from small pox in that city. Tin
' disease does not seem to be virulent. J
slight skirmish, in which a half dozen sol
i fliers were killed on both sides, took place or
the frontier of Russia and Germany one daj
last week between Russian and German sol
diers. It is not thought that the couflicl
has any special political significance.
Great destitution prevails in Star county
Texas, on account of an extended drout h
Cattle and live stock have perished by tlu\u.sands
and in many easpsjxwprti are hauling
water ovcij0*p"ffT3Tances. Gov. Flower
ijfl^jflf'fabill providing that the citizens
of New York and Brooklyn may vote on a
bill to consolidate the two cities. A
Negro preacher, who was in jail at GroveTown,
Georgia, for wife heating, burned
himself to death last Thursday in an attempt
to burn his way out of jail. Congressman
Wilson, who has for some time been ill
with typhoid fever, in Mexico, is reported
to be out of danger. A national election
for president and vice president, held
in Brazil last Thursday, resulted in the
choice of Moreas for the former position and
Pereira for tho latter. There! was but little
opposition. Judge Burgess, of the Missouri
supreme court, lias filed a decision in
which he holds that bankers who receive
deposits after they know their hanks to be
insolvent, are liable to prosecution for felony.
Boss Croker, of Tammany, is said
to be plotting with a view to putting Hill, of
New York, and Hogg, of Texas, to the front
for the next Democratic nomination for
president and vice president. Missouri
wants to run Richard P. Bland ("Silver
Dick") for president. John Carberry,
of Newark, N. J., died last Thursday after
fourteen week's of hiccoughing. Bourke
Cochran is of opinion that if the Wilson
bill gets through, it will be only a question
of a short time when railroad cars will be
built of iron and steel, as he thinks these
materials will be cheaper for the purpose.
The Kansas Farmers' Alliance
proposes to reinstate all old members who
are in arrears for dues. Joseph Donjan,
who recently sent a threatening note to
Vice President Stevenson, has been senl
tenced to 18 months' imprisonment in Baltimore.
Z. T. White, of Nebraska City,
Nebraska, who recently helped to burn
'Secretary of Agriculture Morton in effigy,
! has been found guilty of libel. James
j Corbett, the pugilist, was tried at Jacksonville,
Fla., last Thursday, on the charge of
prize fighting. The jury remained out
about 15 minutes and returned a verdict of
"not guilty." Henry Spencer, the
I Thomasville, Ga., murderer, who recently
I escaped from jail after desperately woundj
ing Deputy Sheriff Singleterry, was hanged
last Thursday. Spencer was captured in a
j swamp two days after his escape. His execution
was in pursuance of the sentence of
j the court. Lord Roseberry has accepted
' the position of prime minister of Great Brit1
ain, recently made vacant by the resignation
I of Mr. Gladstone. President Cleveland
I returned to Washington last Monday.
| Miners and prospectors are flocking to Presidio
county, Texas, on account of the recent
find of a rich gold vein there. -/Annapolis,
Md., on last Monday, celebrated the
200th anniversary of the moving of the
capital of the State from St. Mary's to that
place. I)r. Talmadge has reconsidered
his announced determination to resign the
pastorship of the Brooklyn Tabernacle.
Nine million packages of seed have been distributed
from the department of agriculture
during the past .three months. There
has been ? great deal of rioting at the Eagle,
W. Va., coal mines during the past few
weeks. The Louisville and Nashville,
and other competing lines running into Atlanta,
are engaged in a rate war.
THE SAGE OF HARMONY.
Philosopher Hayes Dreams a Dream?He Wants
tlie Farmers to Fool the Merchants as He
and Squire Roddey Fooled Sharp?Lambs
Should not be Taught llad Habits.
Editor of The Enquirer: If a farmer
hath a dream, let him tell his dream. I
dreamed the other night that unless the
farmers do cut down their expenses this
year aud make their crops on a cheaper
scale than heretofore, counting cotton at
8 cents and grain at 75 cents, we will he
like a certain farmer was last year who
owed me. I was, as the black man calls
it, "in town" when he was parting with his
last bale. I told him that I wanted him
to remember me. He said : "I don't expect
to have anything left out of this bale but a
good cussin,' and if you are present, you
can have that." I never knew before what
would bring out a good cussin'. Now it is
plain enough. If a man eats good things all
: the year at the expense of somebody else, he
J must expect a good cussin.'
The wise man says: "Money is the root
! of all evil." Now farmers, I want us all to
| do the merchants like me and Squire Johu
1 Roddey once did Sharp. Sharp was Squire
j Roddey's pup. One day Squire said to me :
"Hayes, I want you to help me fool Sharp."
Thiuking the Squire was going to play some
trick on the pup, I said : "All right; how are
going to fool him ?" He says: "You hold
j him down and I will show you." I held
; the pup down, and the Squire, who had
j some pieces of fat meat, began to put them
j in the dog's mouth. The dog was pretty
I skeered at first, but when we let him up he
j smacked his chops aud wanted to be fooled
i again.
Now a great many farmers owe the mer;
chants some back debts, and I want these
j farmers to fool these merchants like me and
Squire Roddey fooled Sharp. They can do
j it by paying oil' their debts to the last dollar.
If the farmers will do this, the faces of the
merchants will no longer show frowns, but
will be all smiles. You can easily tell a
merchant who has made good collections
| from one whose collections have been poor,
| from the looks of his face. The face of one
is as smooth as butter, while that of the
other is wrinkles. One is the picture of
health, while the other looks like a case of
J dyspepsia. This is not only the case with
merchants, but applies to editors and every1
body else as well.
! Before I close, Mr. Editor, I want to tell
: you a very funny story tluit happened in our
community. The children had a pet lamh
' which they trained up to butt. The lamb
' soon grew to be a large sheep, and it became
!so tyranical that the children could not
j venture out unless the sheep was fastened
j to a stake in the yard. The children were
all at work in the Held, and the old woman
went out to gather some chips. The sheep
took the stooping position as a challenge,
and promptly accepted it, by running against
the old woman, head lirst, at full force.
! The old woman went down without knowj
ing what struck her. When she got up,
she found that the best thing to do to
keep the sheep from making another charge,
was. to take hold of its horns. This she
'did, and yelled for help. It was a long
. ixifnwi lint ramp ?m?t thn old woman
had late dinner that day. The next day
! she had fresh mutton. She was a good old
j woman, hovevcr. The worst thing I ever
! heard her say was "Confound that sheep."
! But the sheep did not know any better; it
! had been taught to butt, aud thought it was
its duty to butt whenever opportunity was
presented. This is the moral: Children
j should not teach lambs to butt, because
after a while lambs become grown sheep.
W. It. Haykh.
Harmony, March 3, 181)4.
! From the Gallows to the Penitentiary.
|. ?Governor Tillman has commuted to life
! imprisonment, the sentence of Dick Bruno,
j the Berkeley county negro who was to have
: been hanged at Mount IMeasant, on the lGtli
! instant, for implication in the wrecking ol
I the South Carolina railroad train near Lin
| coinville, in 181)2. The petition for the comI
mutation of the negro's sentence was signed
! by a large number of prominent citizens, and
the solicitor says the fellow would have
never been convicted except for the confesision
of his confederate. The crime, howevj
er, it seems, is one for which the fellow, it
guilty, should be hanged, and if not guilty
Ishould be pardoned.
HR^SPfaxrs.
? *
^Kl)i:.V TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
HTumes L. Moss?Hits in his possession an estraj
hop that the owner can pet by eomplyinj
with certain conditions.
C. Ilenry Smith?Has a quantity of rice seed
which he is offering for sale.
3 j P. W. Love?Reminds those whose names arc
] I on his club list for Tim Hnquiuku and
have not paid their subscriptions, that unless
the money is paid on before the lotli
instant, (hat the sending of the paper will
{ bo discontinued.
T. M. l)obson, Manager of Dobson's Racket?
Announces that lie has just received new
prints, new outings, new spring drcs.*
goods, and $ti(M).<>0 worth of new millinery.
Also, tht Mrs. Dobson is now in in the
Northern markets looking after new novelties.
Ionian Brothers?Are prepared to furnish the
I latest things in spring wear for genttcmcn,
| and mention especially the new style semidress
negligee shirts, and another shipment
of Banister shoes.
W.J. Roddey, Manager of the Equitable?Advises
you to insure your life if you have
. others dependent on you. If you have 110
one dependent 011 you, insure it for your
own benefit.
J. C. Ayer A Co.?Claims that Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral is one of the best remedies for the
Lowrv A Starr?Church's ahiharAir^>*^r^1'^^^"
onintr wii'ls spoctnclos ?uki cyo*
I rt.u,ntVTrr"1'^t!'rt,'s vegetable liver pellets.
1W. Brown Wylie, C. C. 0. Pis.?Gives notice
that application has been made to him to
otr for liomestcad set Francis I). Williams.
J. H. Riddle?Talks to you about his Magnolia
hams at 12J cents per pound, the superior
i ?o?i:hr a?' thn rrrtntlu hn uplla nntl f'ltliltw to
V/l ...., ?
have the best 82.25 Hour sold in Yorkville.
end of the receivership.
The following circular, signed by J. G.
Hall and David Hemphill, was issued from
the office of the receivers of the Chester and
Lenoir Narrow Gauge railroad at Hickory,
N. C., on last Monday, and on that day distributed
among the various agents along the
line':
"Agents C. & L. X. G. R. R. : In conformity
with decrees of our respective courts, we
will turn over to Major G. W. F. Harper,
president of the C. & L. N. G. R. R., its
road and other property as directed by said
decrees, said transfer to date as of 12 o'clock
midnight, March 10,1894. You will according
close your books and accounts as of that
hour. Collect all freight and other moneys
due us as receivers, and remit with all reports
to the proper office as heretofore."
killed two mules.
A vicious Berkshire boar killed two fine
mule colts on Tuesday of last week for Mr.
D. M. Hall, who lives on the King's Mountain
road, about five miles north of Yorkville.
The boar was something over two years
old, and was a tremendous fellow. Sometime
ago, Mr. Hall broke off the animal's
tusks and turned it into the barnyard with
other stock, including a number of colts.
The boar and colts seemed to get along very
well. Later, the boar was confined in a pen
for a time, and upon its again being turned
into the barnyard on Tuesday of last week,
the killing occurred. No one saw the fight
or knows just how it happened. Both of the
mules were disemboweled, and one of them
was in such condition as to require that it be
knocked in the head. The wounds of the
other were stitched Up, and the animal lived
until Friday, night when it died.
church notices.
Episcopal?Services next Sunday at II a.
m., and Sunday-school immediately afterAssociate
Reformed Presbyterian?Yorkvii.t.p?Xmulfiv-Kehnnl
at, 3 o'clock T). m.
Presbyterian?Rev. \V. G. Neville, pastor.
Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and
evening at 7.30. Praycr-ineeting tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Sunday-school
at 3 o'clock. Mr. Neville will commence a
series of sermons next Sunday evening on
some of the "prevailing sins of the day."
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7.30 o'clock. Services next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock and at 7.30 p. m. Sunday-school
at 3 o'clock p. m. Rev. J. H.
Noland will conduct the services oh Sunday
evening.
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.
Yorkvillb?Sunday-school at 3 o'clock, p.
in. Prayer meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30
o'clock. Services next Sunday morning at
11 o'clock a. m., and 7.30 p. m. The Baptist
Young People's Union will meet next Sunday
at 10 o'clock a. m.
TOWN ELECTION.
The question as to who shall be at the
head of Yorkville's municipal government
during the next year, was decided in an
election held on last Saturday. Two nominees
were voted for. They were Mr. G. H.
' * 1 I _ _ A ~ J
O'Leary, wlio was unanimously nuuuuuieu
at a public meeting held in the court house,
on Friday night, and Mr. George T. Schorb,
who was put forward by a number of citizens
who took do part in the meeting.
The election was held between the hours
of 9 and 5, and the friends of the respective
candidates worked like beavers all day to
poll every vote that would count in their
election. The total number of votes cast
was 257, of which 103 were colored, and 154
were white. Mr. Schorb received 120 votes,
; and Mr. O'Leary received 137, a majority of
17. The day passed off quietly without
any undue display of feeling, and the result
; is generally satisfactory to the people of the
1 town.
Mr. G. II. O'Leary, who lust night qualified
as intendant, is one of the foremost citJ
zens of Yorkville. He is a business man of
undoubted ability, and we have no hesitation
in predicting that his administration
will not only be highly creditable to himself,
but will tend to promote all the best interests
of the town.
DRAWING TO A CLOSK
Clubmakers and others interested are reminded
that the season of Thk KNQt'iitwt's
club contest, under current offers, is drawing
to a close. The time expires on Thurs/i
AT-.imli is nr tomorrow week.
UWJ , * ?... w.. -
All subscriptions paid up by Thursday,
March 15, will be credited to the clubmakcrs
. by whom they are returned in competition
for the premiums offered. All subscriptions
that are not paid -by that date, will be dropped
from our lists. The paper will be discontinued
to delinquents, and the names of
such, of course, cannot be counted to clubmakers.
We beg to suggest that unless there arc
some very great changes within the next
two weeks, the result of the current contest
is going to be a considerable surprise, especially
to some of the clubmakcrs. Just
where the surprise will come in, of course,
it is not fair for us to say, or even intimate,
but it is fair for us to say that clubmakcrs
may take our word for it, that it is well
worth their while, during the next week, to
make a hard, steady pull to pay up the
names they have returned, and to get as
many additional names as they possibly can.
This advice applies with special force to
some of the small eluhmakers, who may
have come to the conclusion that they are
no longer "in it."
DEATH OF COLONEL S. N. STOWE.
; Colonel Samuel Neal Stowe, formerly a
1 well known citizen of Yorkvillc, died at
his home at White Bead Hill, Indian Territory,
on February 18, aged 72 years. Col
! onol Stowc was a native of South Point
! township, Gaston county, (then included in
| Lincoln county,) N. ('. lie devoted his euri
ly life to politics, and from 1S4S to 1S50 repi-ocont,wl
Lincoln. and from 1850 to 1852 rep
resented Gaston county in the North Carolina
legislature. About ISoG, lie was also a
j candidate for congress, but was defeated. In
: 1S53 be removed to Yorkville and engaged
i in merchandising, and subsequently engaged
, in the hotel business, in the building now
I known as the Parish hotel. He first moved
i to Texas in 18-">S, but returned to his old
I home in IStiO, and was among the first to
volunteer his services to the Confederacy.
i?fte served in the Confedatc army for four
yean}, during which time he was promoted
fft<> (lie colonelcy of a regiment. After Ihej
war, he again moved to Texas, and shortly ;
| iftcrward took up his residence at White!
Bead Hill, I. T., where he has continuously
[ I * i
' iesided up to the time of his death. Colonel
I '
S X. Stowe, the deceased, was a brother of
; C'jlonel Jasper Stowe, Colonel W. A. Stowe,
| and Mr. K. It. Stowe, all now living in South
[ Point township, of Gaston county, North
j Carolina.
80 Hl'SHIOLS TO THK ACRK.
i Mr. C. II. Smith, who lives five miles]
, southwest Yorkvillc, is one of those farmers j
who last year experimented with rice culture.
He made a success of it. From Mr.
Robert Conrad, he bought five quarts of]
seed, which he sowed on one quarter of an j
acre. The yield was twenty bushels, or at j
the rate of eighty bushels to the acre. Mr. |
Smith was in The Enquirer ofiice last
I ArA.wl.... ? ,1 /-.l.l tlin clnrv of liisi PYnpri- I
*UUUUtlJ J 4&II14 IUIU UIV .7VU. J w. ...? J
mcnt askHlows:
I -V1T1 n level piece of bottom
land, wliich measured a mttb. i^p v.i^? a
quarter of an acre. After broadcasting stable
manure over the patch, I hroke it up and
pulverized it thoroughly with a disk harrow.
Next, about the 1st of April, I sowed
the rice, just as I would wheat or oats, i
Then I built a dam and Hooded the patch,
allowing the water to remain on until the
rice began to sprout. After the rice sprouted,
I let the water off and kept the place dry
until the rice was about four or five inches
high. The weeds were from two to three
inches higher. I let the water on again
about up to the first barrel of the rice.
Within four or five days, the weeds and" grass
began to turn red and die. In less than ten
days more, the rice was high enough to
allow the weeds and grass to be entirely
covered with water. Soon after this was
done, the weeds and grass died. I then let
the water off and turned it on once or twice
more during the growing season as I thought
j the rice seemed to require. As the rice began
to ripen, I let the patch become thoroughly
dry, and when harvest came, it was
in first rate condition for handling."
Mr. Smith also informs us that he sowed
some rice on a piece of upland, and that it
made a pretty fair crop. It was sowed about
like wheat and required no. more attention
than sorghum cane. He says he has been
using home-raised rice on his table ever since
last summer, and still has plenty to spare.
In another column he offers to sell seed to
those who wish to try their hands at rice
culture.
THE BOARD IS OPPOSED.
There will be no dispensary at Tirzah.
That is, not unless the State board disregards
the wishes and judgment of the county
board of control. This fact was developed
last Monday.
The county board held a meeting in the
office of the county commissioners. There
was present Messrs. Moore, Beckham, Dye
and Clerk Brice. After calling the meeting
to order, Chairman Moore explained the situation.
At a former meeting of the county
board, tho matter was referred to the State
board, and he read a letter from Private
Secretary Tompkins, to the effect that in the
judgment of the State board, the dispensary
should be established.
After reading the letter, the board discussed
the matter briefly. Chairman Moore then
put the question : "All in favor of the establishment
of a dispensary at Tirzah, will say
aye." Nobody said aye. "All opposed,"
continued the chairman, "will say no."
"No," said Major Beckham, and "No" said
Mr. Dye. That settled the matter, and so far
as the county board is concerned, the idea
of locating a dispensary at Tirzah is dead.
Chairman Moore was in favor of the dispensary.
He thought it would pay. It
would derive support from the surrounding
country, from Yorkville and from Rock
Hill, and would finally induce these last
named towns to establish dispensaries in self
defense. Major Beckham was opposed for
several reasons. In the first place, he was
not willing to establish dispensaries except
in Blacksburg, Rock Hill and Yorkville,
which towns, he thinks, are the only ones in
the county which can furnish the necessary
police protection. In the second place, the
the vote by which it was determined to es'
1 " ' v ~* rn,,?ol, u>na nrinpi
| taousn a uispensury ui< mi.au,
I pally railroad Negroes; and-in the third
pluce, the people of the surrounding country
are bitterly opposed to a dispensary in the
town. Mr. Dye agreed with Major Beckham
in the first named reason, but was not
informed as to the others. Anyhow, he was
opposed to the dispensary. Mr. Brice has
no vote, hut, as clerk of the board, he did uot
think it wise to establish a dispensary in
so small a place. He did not think it would
pay, and did not think it would be justice to
the surrounding country, which he had reason
to believe is bitterly oppoied to it.
The next tiling now in order is the action
of the State board. This body may peremptorily
order the county board to do
what it has just voted not to do. In that
case, the county board has the alternative of
obeying orders or getting out of the way for
another board that will obey, 'flie State
! board, however, may acquiesce in the very
j good reasons of the county board, and let
i the matter drop just where it is. That will,
| no doubt, be the proper thing for the State
: board to d >.
HIGH SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.
Professor A. R. Banks, principal of the
Banks High school, gave the people of Vorki
ville a delightful little entertainment in the
court house last Saturday night. It was
) something of an impromptu airair, having
. been postponed from Friday night through
[ force of circumstances, and gotten up again
| for Saturday night on very short notice. Al!
though no effort was made to advertise the
I entertainment until late in the afternoon,
land only then by "word of mouth," a fairly
j good sized audience was present, and every-'
| body thought it was good to be there.
! The exercises consisted of music on the j
j violin and piano by Mr. A. S. and Miss
! Georgia Withers, declamations by four of the (
j high school students, and a lecture on "How i
J to Kise in the World," by Dr. Henry Louis
i Smith, of Davidson college. The declamai
tions were delivered by the following students
j on the subjects named :
John X. Gaston, Richburg?"Tribute to j
Jefferson Davis."
I J. B. Caldwell, Lesslic?"Protest Against
! Materialism."
W. C. Stewart, Rock Hill?"The Polish
; Boy."
'? ' Tfi? KIT..:..,,*
j Jennings k. Owens, hock iiui? *. . njuat
! National Acquisition."
j All the young men acquitted themselves
, most creditably, and were liberally rewardj
ed with storms of applause from the entire auI
dience and pretty boquets of flowers from
j the young ladies. The comment should not
j be understood as in any way detracting from
j the other deelaimers, but it is fair to say
| that the work of young Owens is deserving 1
of special mention, as reflecting great credit)
| not only upon himself, but on his teacher'
| as well, lie shows evidence of having learn- j
I ed or been learned to "talk in italics," or !
| modulate his voice in a way to give desired !
emphasis to his words, with a judgment
, that is unusual in a student of his age.
I
! Dr. Smith spoke lor pernaps mree-quar-i
! ters of an hour, and held the interest of'hisl
' hearers throughout. The main tests of sue-!
cess, he said, were a pure, unselfish and j
blameless life devoted to the welfare and j
I promotion of society generally. Success
is not to be measured altogether by tho acJ
quisition of money or of power and influence.
Such a test was applied by some, but it was |
wrong. lie then went on to point out the
means by which various individuals, such as
Abraham Lincoh^Vndrew Johnson, Thomas
JHIfltf^^^H>thers
world, and showed how every young mar
inrl nvprv vnnnir woman. especially of tlit
South, hud limitless opportunities to rise t(
the top in whatever vocation or profession
In conclusion, he represented all success a;
being built upon a tripod, the three support!
of which are energy, character and educa
lion. All three were necessary, hut the lirsi
two were more or less impotent without tin
third.
Dr. Smith's lecture throughout was clear
plausible, and to most of the audience, con
vincing. Xo individual who heard bin
would willingly neglect an opportunity tc
hear him again.
AHOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. II. l'\ Adickes is at home for a feu
days.
Mr. Hugh McL. McAllister returned from
Raleigh last Monday.
Miss Minnie Atkinson, of Muysville, S. (J.
is in Yorkville visiting the family of Mr. W
R. Steele.
Mr. W. II. Steele, Jr., of Rock Hill, visite(
relatives in vj)|e last week.
We received a pleusItm-xaiLi_pn Monday
Inut from Mr Wm Whvte. of Rock 'TTITh
"V" *' " " ? * " "V "J -v
Mr. Sam'l Miller, of Greensboro, N. C.f is
in Yorkville for a few day's sojourn.
Miss Addie Williams, of <Fodder, visited
the family of Mr. J. W. Dobsou, in this
place last week.
Mr. K. S. .Withers, of Blacksburg, spent
last Sunday and Monduy in Yorkville, with
relatives and friends.
Mr. Arthur Whisonant, of the Baptist
High school, visited his father's family in
Blacksburg last week.
Misses Lizzie and Ida Ormaud, of Bethel,
visited the family of Mr. H. A. I). Neely, in
this place, last Friday and Saturday.
Mr. J.. H. Ferguson, formerly of this place,
but now of Weston, Tex., was in Yorkville,
last Friday und Saturday.
Mr. I). W. Hicks and family, of Henrietta,
N. C., are visiting relatives and friends in
Yorkville, the guests of Mr. L. M. Grist.
Mrs. T. M. Dobson, ot DODson s leacitei,
left yesterday for Baltimore, New York and
other Northern cities, in the interest of that
concern.
Mr. W. S. Gordon left yesterday for Spartanburg,
to meet the manager of the Empire
Stove company at that place. From Spartanburg,
Mr. Gordon will go to Robeson county,
N. C., and from thence to Thomasville,
Ga. Mr. Gordon has been with the stove
company for several years, and is one of its
most trusted and efficient employees. He
now occupies a responsible position that is
very close to the manager.
DEATH OF COLONEL W. B. WILSON.
Colonel W. B. Wilson, one of the best
known, and most prominent citizens of York
county, died at his home in Yorkville last
Saturday evening at 7.30 o'clock, aged 66
years 10 months and 27 days. He had been
unwell for several weeks, but was not thought
to be dangerously ill until Friday, when he
began to rapidly sink. The immediate cause
of his death was pneumonia, superinduced
by grip.
William Blackburn Wilson was born in
Columbia. S. C., on April 5, 1826. His father
was the Rev. William Stanyarue Wilson,
and his mother was a daughter of George
Blackburn, L. L. I)., a distinguished educator,
who first occupied a chair in William
and Mary college, Virginia, and later in
the South Carolina college.
Cninnoi wsiann rpppived his academic edu
cation iu the once famous Cokesbury institute,
in Abbeville county, and in October,
1843, entered the South Carolina college as
a sophomore. After a brilliant career oi
three years, in 1846, he was graduated from
the college with first honor, and in a post
graduate course of one year, he earned the
degree of A. M.
Immediately after his graduation, Colonel
Wilson began the study of law, under the
late Chancellor Caldwell, and was admitted
to the bar in May, 1848. He located ir
Yorkville shortly afterward, and formeid e
a partnership with the late I. I). Witherspoon.
This partnership continued until the
death of Mr. Witherspoon, when Colonel
Wilson formed a partnership with I. D
Witherspoon, Jr., now judge of the Sixth
circuit. Since the dissolution of that firm
the colonel has been practing with his son
W. B. Wilson, Jr.
Colonel Wilson entered the war as a private,
and after nine months service in the
Beaufort Artillery, he was promoted to the
captaincy of a color company. Later, he
was made colonel of the Sixth regiment o
S. C. V. Afterward, for a time, he acted af
brigadier general, and at the close of tin
war, he was adjutant of the Third Military
uiau iui.
Always popular with the voters, Colonei
Wilson was three times sent to represenl
York county in Columbia. In 1853 he was
elected a member of the house of represen
tatives at the head of the ticket. He was r
member of the secession convention of I860,
and in 1882 he again became a member o
the State legislature. His last election, like
his first, was practically unanimous.
Colonel Wilson has lived a useful life. As
a lawyer he was an energetic and painstak
iug worker. He always sought to do his
duty, and it was seldom that ho lost a case
that he thought he should have won. H<
wa3 a member of the Episcopal church. In
deed, he was the first, and for a long tim<
the only, Episcopalian in the county. Il
was largely due to his efforts that an Episco
pal church was organized in Yorkville ; anc
it is probably to him, more than any othei
one individual, that the Episcopal congrega
tion owes the handsome little church building
in which it now worships.
Colonel Wilson's funeral took place or
last Monday morning at half-past 10 o'clock
and was largely attended by citizens o
Yorkville and several from Rock Hill. Tin
religious services were conducted by Bishop
Capers, assisted by Rev. Mr. Uuerry, rectoi
of the church here, and Rev. Mr. Sweeny
rector of the Episcopal church at Rock Hill
Colonel Wilson was a member of th<
Knight's of Honor, in which organization h<
held a benefit certificate for $2,000.
LOCAL LACONICS.
Muss Meeting Culled.
? Special attention is directed to the cal
for a Farmer's Movement mass meeting
mililittlipd in another column. The meeting
I" ?
is to be held in Yorkvillo at 1.30 p. m., or
the first Monday in April.
lloll of Honor.
? Following is the roll of honor of the Bap
tist High school for the month ending
March 2:
Second Class?Eld red Dobson, 95.8; Berth
Dobson, 90.4.
Fourth Class?J. 1). Smith, JXJ.8; I). R. Wilkes
90.2.
Fifth Class?R. L. Edwards, 95; J. N. Thom
asson, 90.
Anctlon Sale*.
? There was only oue auction sale lasl
Monday. It was by the clerk, at the suit ol
G. H. O'Leary against A. J. Bradley ant
otliers, and involved the much-advertised
279 acres of mineral lauds in Broad Rivei
township. The land was bought by G. H,
O'Leary for #100.
Seized Cider lit Tirznh.
? State Constable Workman went down
to Tir/.ah last Satuaday and seized about
thirty gallons of cider; twenty-five gallons
as the property of \V. T. Massey, agent, and
five gallons from Mr. F. H. Brown. Samplei
of the cider were sent to Columbia in ordei
that the State chemist might ascertain by an
alysis whether or not it contains sufficient
alcohol to produce intoxication.
Deulli of a ''Black Beauty."
? Henry, the well-known black horse
owned by Mr. T. M. Dobson, died Just JVlon
day afternoon. Henry has beeu owned by Mr
Dobson for 21 years, and when he died was
nged 28. In his younger days he was one o
f '
i I
i the most famous equine beauties in ^ ork f
i J county, and was the proud steed ridden by 8
> | Wade Hampton in the grand red shirt pro- *1
. cession in Yorkville in 1 s7<?. 1
? f'liunift's <>f
i ? Captain \\\ H. Edwards and futnily
. j will remove this week from the Ferguson
t j house, on West Madison street, to the one - i
; vacated last week by Mr. Humes, on King's
Mountain street. Mr. W. I). Glenn and
. i family moved into Mr. J. Ed. Jefferys's house,
- j on Congress street, lust Saturday. Mr. Cicero
i Moore is occupying the residence of Mrs. N.
) | J. Smith, on Congress street.
; Tux Kxecutlona.
I ?Treasurer Xeely lias turned over to
Sheriff Crawford, about 1,400 tax cxecu'
tions, which in the aggregate involve about
f'1,000. Included in the executions, how1
ever, are a large number of double entries,
and the names of taxpayers who have died
' or moved out of the country. The sheriff
* will do good work if he manages to squeeze
out of the whole batch as much as 2"> cents
* on the dollar.
United Staten .Juror*.
f ? Rock Hill Herald.: At Greenville, on the
24th ultimo, the following citizens of this
section weit?o._j^a\vn to serve at the next
term of the United Stales corrwt jn J^gt
Grand jurors?Why to, T. P. Roddey,
J. L. Watson, R. J. Hagins, Rock Hill; Samuel
Taylor, J. B. Bruce, Lancaster; W. D.
Camp, Blacksburg. Petit jurors?Elias Carter,
J. G. Sadler, Rock Hill; J. E. Lowry,
Yorkville; T. P. Green, Lancaster; J. C.
rv,m,eoii riipctof o W Burnett. Fort
Lawn.
I)r. Smith'* A<l<Ire*M to Young Men,
? In.the Presbyterian church lust Sunday
night, I)r. Henry Louis Smith deliverered
an able and instructive address "To Young
Men." The address was based on Daniel iii,
18?"But if not, be it known unto Thee, 0,
king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor
worship the golden image which thou hast
set up." I)r. Smith held up the moral and
physical courage of the three Hebrews as
the highest type of Christian manhood.
DUpeiifciry Profit*.
? The county board of control has received
a report of the profits of the Blacksburg
dispensary for the quarter ending Janunary
.31, last. According to the report,
the total sales were $1,256.20, of which the
State received $947.00, leaving a gross profit
of $309.00. The total expenses for the quarter
i were $247, and the net profits were $61,
i leaving the town and county $30.50 each,
j The sales of the dispensary for the month of
i February, just closed, were $364.60, of which
tho State's portion was $275.73, leaving a
gross profit of $88.87, barely, if quite enough
to pay expenses.
' i Sale* Day.
I ? Thk Enquirer's prediction lust week
- that there would not be much drunkenness
1 iu town on Monday, was verified. The reporter
saw only one case of drunk all day.
- Policeman Montgomery reports two, and
the State constables say there was not
i more than three or four. Policeman Montgomery
made only two arrests. Both the
offenders were loose horses, and of course
i both were sober. Yorkville is now a pretty
dry town, for which blessing thanks are due
r first to the efforts of the better element of
the people, and second to Governor Tillman
aad the prohibition provision of the dispeui
sary law.
I General Manager for North Carolina.
? Mr. A. S. Withers, of Yorkville, has
- * 1 -r 4UA TLT.,
' been appointed general mauuger ui wic ?m
tual Reserve Fund Life association in and
, for the State of North Carolina, and expects
i to enter upon his work in that State in about
f two weeks. The Mutual Reserve Fund Life
i association is one of the most solid and sub'
stantial insurance cbmpanies in America. It
' furnishes reliable insurance as low as the
lowest, and its wonderful success is attested
by its unparalleled growth of business in all
* parts of the country. We congratulate the
I company on securing so good a man as Mr.
i Withers to manage its business in North Cari
olina, and we congratulate Mr. Withers upon
his securing such an important position.with
' the company. '
I General Freight and l'asxenger Agent.
? When the stockholders of the Narrow
* Gauge railroad take charge next Saturday
, night, or rather Sunday morning, it is probi
able that Mr. H. H. Beard, of Yorkville,
will be general freight and passenger agent.
If not as general freight and passenger agent,
i it is pretty certain that he will be retained
' in the employment of the road in some
> equally responsible capacity. Mr. Beard
f has been connected with the the Chester and
' Lenoir since the organization of the com*
pany, and by reason of his long service and
' general fitness, he will be especially valuable
to the new management. If Mr. Beard is
I appointed general freight and passenger
" agC1 III, lil? UlUUV Will UU iU l uiniinv.
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FORT MILL MATTERS.
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Succen*ful Kutertalnment by the Dramatic Club? a
f Personal and Other Item*.
Correspondence of the Yorltvllle Enquirer.
Fort Mill, March 5.?"Dollars and
5 Cents" was the name of the very entertaining
play presented to the public last Friday
} night by the Fort Mill Dramatic and Musical
, club in behalf of the Ladies' Home Mission[
ary society. Special mention should be
made of Mr. Charles O'Connell, who acted
the part of a drunkard, and also of Miss
; Delia Mills, who being a lady's maid, caught
t the other lady's beau. The whole enter.
tainment was highly successful, and the club
I will again be greeted with a good audience
p on its next appearance.
Mr. W. PL Spratt has the contract for
building a creditable school house for the
colored people of this place.
Miss Julia Thornwell, who has been ati
tending the college for women in Columbia,
has found it necessary to return home on acj.
count of her eyes. She was accompanied by
her sister, Miss Florence, who, I am glad to
3 say, is much improved in health.
> Owing to the bad weather which prevailed
r on the previous Sunday, the new deacons
, who were recently elected in the Presbyterian
church, were not ordained until yestcri
dayI
Wiltinm unrl T.pr CillllD
I UXKZWIV. Jiuujj _ r
5 j bell, three of Clemson's students, are boarding
at Prof. J. A. Boyd's and attending the
school here. C.
! POINTS FROM PINEVILLE.
, Note* rerxoiial unit Otherwise About Our Nelglir
bo r*-Just Over the Line.
>
I Corrosixnuleuee of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Pineville, N. C., March 5.?Mrs. Aswald
Alexander is very low with consumption
at her brother's, H. K. lleid, of Sharon.
, Mr. S. B. Cunningham, who has been quite
sick, is convalescing
Miss Nellie Harris is visiting her sister,
Mrs. A. W. Potts, of Fort Mill.
, The farmers are hauling large quantities of
fertilizer from this depot. Prices are lower
this year than last.
Mr. and Mrs. Beach, health-seekers from
,, the North, are still with us, and are delightj
ed with our climate and surroundings.
' I Miss Kflie Squires has a large and flourish'
j ing school at Flint Hill.
I Miss Ida Wallace, our accommodating post I
master, is visiting friends in Charlotte.
'Squire J. H. Barnett is on his feet again.
. The Flint Hill congregation, who were
expecting their pastor on yesterday, were
i disappointed. He writes that he is sick and
rlnnu nr>t L-nnw when he can come. ***
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J Didn't Know It Waft Loaded.
[ ? Willie Johnson, a young colored ipan
, about 21 years of age, was killed at Aiken
I last Wednesday by the accidental discharge
of a parlor rifle handled by Joseph Quinn, a
" I young white man. The ball entered the fore?
head, and penetrating the skull, lodged-on the
base of the brain, where it was foundry Dr.
Wyman, who performed the post mortem at
the inquest on Thursday morning. That the
' killing was accidental there is no dAibt, for
the two were laughing with each'other at
the time. The witnesses all testifled to that
J fact. It is the same old story that is oft ref
pealed?"Didn't know the gun yas loaded."
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