Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, March 14, 1894, Image 2
Scraps and ..facts. |
? "It is rumored," says the Baltimore Sun,!
"that the Populists of Ceorgia are preparing i
a plan of campaign which will involve a
prohibition tight. Tom Watson announces;
that he will have a prohibition plank put in
the Populist platform when the State con-!
vcntion meets, so as to catch the prohibition
vote. The plan then is to nominate for,
governor, Walter B. Hill, of Macon, who
publicly renounced his allegiance to l)e-1
mocracy some years ago to be a straightout j
Prohibitionist without other party alignment. I
Watson will be the general manager of the j
campaign, and he will aim to make it red hot j
all over the State. He will not run for con- j
gress, but in the event of a Populist legisla-1
ture, would take Mr. Colquitt's place in the j
United States senate as ins rewaau.
? The Carnegie Steel and Iron company, j
at Homestead, Pa., has been fined $145,000 j
for defrauding the government. The company
had a big contract for furnishing steel i
plates for war vessels. The plates were to I
come up to certain well defined specifications. I
The company sought to furnish plates of a
very much inferior quality. Workmen in
the steel and iron works detected the fraud,
and informed the secretary of the navy. An
investigation developed the truth of the
statements made by the workmen, and the
Carnegie company was fined as above, the
navy department getting its money by withholding
payments already due under the
contract. The workmen who gave the information
were given 25 per cent, of the $145,000
for putting the department on to the
fraud.
? General Early's celibacy is said to have
been due to a romantic attachment for a fickle
girl, says an exchange. As the story goes,
when he was a second lieutenant of artillery,
he went to the Greenbrier White Sulphur
springs on a furlough, and while horseback
riding, saved a belle of the resort from drowning
and $11 in love with her. His suit prospered,
and \yhen he went to the Everglades
they were engaged. Time wore on until the
young artillery officer yearned to see his betrothed
again, and applied for a furlough.
With the mail that brought his leave of absence,
came a newspaper that was underscored
at its announcement of the marriage
of his sweetheart. He waived his furlough
and continued in active service, brooding
over the shadow cast on his life until he suddenly
decided on quitting the army, and this
explains his resignation of July 31, 1838.
? A slight flurry of interest was created in
state department circles at Washington last
week, by the announcement that a force of
British marines had landed at Blewfield, in
Niearauga. The fact that Blewfield is in the
neighborhood of the Nicarauga canal operations,
and the further fact that John Bull has
no right to land troops on American soil, according
to the opinion of Uncle Sam, is what
created the interest. It develops, however,,
that the Nicaraugans are at war with the
Mosquitos, a neighboring tribe of Indians.
There are a number of Englishmen residing
in Blewfield, and as there was no American
vessel near?the Kearsarge having been
wrecked while on the way to the scene of
the trouble recently?the British landed to
protect the lives and property of foreigu
residents. The incident really amounts to
little or nothing.
? Grave apprehension of danger is being
aroused in Chicago on account of some of
the sky scraping buildings. The postoffice
building has become unsafe. It has been
settling down in the mud for years, and its
floors are uneven and the walls are cracking.
The board of trade building, witn us |
feet of granite tower, is leaning badly to
one side and will have to come down to
keep it from toppling over. The trouble
with the buildings is at the foundations.
These practically Hoat in the mud. Beneath ,
ten feet of sand is a bed of pretty firm clay,,
about ten feet deep, and underneath this is J
a somewhat softer mass. Builders have
been driving iron piles down into the softer
bed and filling in with concrete, but the uneven
settling of the buildings show that this
method is anything but secure. The opinion
is fast erystalizing that "sky scrapers"
are impracticable, except upon rock foundations,
and it is thought that the sky
of the past.
? One of those analytical writers who is
always finding some little thing to describe
that everybody takes interest in, whether it
/ be new or not, has called attention to the j
j/ fact that hereafter it will be possible to get
' three shades of j ustice in the supreme court?
Gray, Brown and White. This has suggested
the occurrence of some odd conjunctions
of names in the house list, as it is called
from day to day. There is color enough in
that list, but it is mostly sombre in its effects.
Black, Brown, Dunn and Tawney are there,
with White to relieve the monotony. Then
there are some qualities suggested by the
names of others, from Bland, who is mani-1
festly not properly named, to Sweet and!
Strong. There is an odd arrangement of |
names toward the end of the list, where \
Strait, Strong, Sweet, Wise and Wright
come close together. Then there is Joy and |
Payne, Fielder, Gardner and Marsh, and i
such a succession of names for trades as;
Baker, Cooper?there are four Coopers? I
Draper, Mercer, Paynter, Taylor, Turner,!
Tyler and Weaver.
? Atlanta Constitution : Mr. Cleveland is :
with savintr that lie will veto the i
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seiguiorage bill, for that such a measure |
"would be destructive of the repose which;
now surrounds the financial condition of the j
country." And yet, it is precisely this
repose which the people would be glad |
to have disturbed and destroyed. It is the]
respose that precedes death; the repose I
that follows a fatal collapse. We trust Mr.
Cleveland will permit that repose to be (lis-;
turbed as far as the seigniorage bill will dis-,
turb it. The addition that measure will'
make to our currency may sustain prices at
their present level, but it will not lift them
much above it. It may help business by ;
keeping prices and valuables from going lower.
The only important effect it can have
is to convince the people that the Democrats 1
are not entirely owned by plutocrats. We
beg Mr. Cleveland, in the interest of his i
party, to aflix his signature to the seignior-1
age bill when it is sent to him.
? The giant of the map family is now in
course of preparation and construction at,
Washington, I). C. It was begun over
twelve years ago under the supervision of.
the Tinted .States Geological Survey Corps,
and it will not be more than half completed
at the end of the present century. Some I
idea of the gigantic plans upon which this
map is being constructed and of the magni-1
tude of such an undertaking, may be formed
by considering the fact that the portion
which delineates the little State of Connecticut
and the northern tip of Long Island, is
0 feet in length and nearly "> feet wide.
When this wonderful map is finished it will
indicate the exact location of every brook,
creek, river, hillock, mountain, valley, farm,
village, schoolhouse and city in the land,
and will show every public and private road
and highway as perfectly as the surveyor's
map gives them in the townships. When
completed this map will cover almost an
acre in superficial area. This being the case,
it cannot be either hung up or spread out,
and in order to make the information it contains
available it will be issued on the sectional
plan.
? Comparative estimates of the results of
the workings of the Wilson tariff bill, as it
passed the house, and as it has been reported
to the senate finance committee, with the
operations of the McKinley act for the year
1893, based upon the volume ofimportations
for that year, have been prepared for the
information of that committee. They are
interesting as showing how far the proposed
legislation will go towards providing revenue
to meet the expenditures of the government.
In the year 1893, under the McKinley law,
the customs receipts were $198,373,4"?2.97.
The equivalent average ad valorem rate
was 49.58 per cent., making the total value
of importations in round number ?4o0,000,000.
The receipts from internal revenue
$101,027,(525!: miscellaneous $2(5.4 18,551,
making the total for the year $385,819,427.
The expenditures for 1895! were $5583,477,954.49.
As the Wilson bill passed the
house, the receipts from customs under it
would be $124,093,009, the average ad valorem
duty being 550.52 per cent, making the
valuli of dutiable imports in round numbers
$3(58,000,000. The income tax and internal
revenue receipts would be $20(5,000,000, and
with the $2(5,000,000 of miscellaneous receipts,
the total would be about $357,000,000,
leaving a deficit of approximately $20,000,000.
The bill, as it now stands before
the finance committee, will produce from
customs $1(55,903,771 upon an average ad valorem
duty of :>4.19 per cent., the estimated
value of imported goods being $530,000,000.
The internal revenue and income tax re-!
ceipts would be $223,000,000. Added to the |
receipts from miscellaneous sources otherwise
provided for, these items would make|
the total receipts $410,000,000, leaving a
surplus of $34,000,000. The sub-committee
of the finance committee have transferred j
$130,000,000 of importations from the free to
the dutiable list; about $10,000,000 of this,
however, is sugar alone. The revenue pro-1
posed to be derived from this one article by I
the duty fixed in the senate bill, is $41,- j
000,000.'
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YORKVILLE, S. 0.:
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14,1894.
? The "Colleton Idea," which is outlined
in the call of certain York couutv Reformers,
published elsewhere, is taking pretty
generally throughout the State. So far
about twenty counties have commenced action.
Some have already selected members
of the State committee, while others have appointed
meetings for the purpose, to be held
all along up to April 2, the date for the
York county meeting. There is little reason
to doubt that a State convention will be held,
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and if so, its date will probably be April 4.
The object of the State convention is to agree
upon a Reform candidate for governor.
? The press dispatches contain a statement 1
to the effect that it has been authoritatively
civ-en out that President Cleveland will veto
the Bland seigniorage bill, in case of its passage
of the senate. This information is not
at all surprising, but we are satisfied that if
the president does veto the bill, it will not j
only be a very bad thing for the country
generally, but still worse for the Democratic ]
party. A majority of the people of the j
country have an idea that the president is (
not very sound on the silver question any- j
way, aud they would prefer that he leave
the matter alone. j
? Under the law, the State board of control
has nothing to do with the establish- .
meut of a dispensary at Tirzah. It can ,
prevent the establishment of a dispensary, ,
but cannot establish one anywhere. Power j
to establish dispensaries is vested only in the <
county boards. The York county board has <
said no dispensary at Tirzah. This settles (
the matter unless the State board removes (
the two opposing members of the county ,
board. The law gives the State board the <
power to do this, but, under the circumstan- ,
ces, it does not, by any means, follow that j
the State board will deem it expedient to ex- ,
ercise that power. (
? The governor can't possibly deprive St. Mat- '
thews of her portion of the dispensary profits on 1
account of the "refusal of the police to run down
blind tigers," beeauso the town council has
abolished that office.?St. Matthews Herald.
Of course Governor Tillman does not ,
tneau to say that dispensary liquor will not (
intoxicate, nor that those who drink it
will not become drunk and boisterous. |
Perhaps The Herald gives the real reason ]
why the policeman has been discharged.
The town has gone into the whisky j
business for revenue only, and would rathe^
endure all kinds of debauchery, 1
any risk of losing its Portion^^^Vgp^^
sary profits.
? In view of the present low price of
cotton, it seems like an absolute waste of
space for Thk Enquirer to continue to
urge a further reduction of the crop, or at
least that there be no increase. However,
the sales of fertilizers indicate that the cottou
crop is going to be as large, if not larger,
than last year. The same indications of a
big crop prevails all over the cotton growing
belt. This, of course, means still lower
prices, and still greater losses to the people
of this section. There is no doubt about the
fact that the hest interest of the people of
this section requires that they still futher reduce
their cotton acreage, and devote their
energies to the raising of products, the
which, if they cannot be sold to advantage,
may be consumed at home.
? '-The New York legislature," says the
Philadelphia Inquirer, "is giving attention
to road legislation this winter. Among the
bills pending upon the subject, are several
regulating the width of the tire, so that wagons
may serve the purpose of road rollers.
This is a practical suggestion for the betterment
of roads under the existing primitive
method, of construction. The famous roads
of Europe, where we must go for our road
improvement models, are kept in good condition
by the use of wide tires.1' This device
is greatly needed in South Carolina, and
some legislator who has the grit and ability
to tackle the subject, will immortalize himself
by securing its adoption. Taxation of
narrow tires, while wider ones are allowed
to go free, has been suggested as a method
for carrying out the idea.
? The counterfeiters are saving Mr. Bland and
other silver men the trouble of new coinage
laws. They have learned that they can buy the
silver for a dollar for something more than fifty
cents. Therefore, they are making dollars just
as good and sound in every respect as those
made at the mint and putting them in circulation
at the very neat protit of forty cents each.
We are literally having unlimited free coinage.
It is all a matter of making moulds. The dollar
of the iudedendeut dollar factories stands every
test of weight, ring and fineness of silver.?Greenville
News.
The chestnut upon which the above squib
is based lias been going the rouuds of the
press for months, and as to whether or not
there is any truth in it, is extremely uouni-i
ful. If, however, it is really true, and the J
counterfeiters will only continue to make
honest dollars, and get up sufficient conipeti- j
tion, it will only he a question of time when
they will enhance the value of silver in a
dollar to one hundred cents. Perhaps it
I would be a good idea for the government tcf
1 at once adopt free coinage, so as to transfer
this big profit 011 silver to the honest pro'
ducers of the metal. Hut suppose the statement
of The News is true, in what way is
'Mr. Miami and other silver men responsible
for it, and how is The News going to put a
stop to it ?
? In his recent lecture 011 "How to Rise in
the World," Henry Louis Smith deplored
the alleged fact that there is not a single
j great newspaper in the South. Hy "great
nowsiwnPNhe exolains that he meant
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newspapers whose opinions are universally
| quoted. If l>r. Smith laid spent only a short
, portion of his in life clipping exchanges, he
would have never made such a statement
I as that. As a matter of fact, in proportion I
j to their number, Southern newspapers are
' quoted as widely as those of any other seci
tion of the country. It is true there is no
! London Times, or New York Herald in the
South, but that is because we have no London
or New York. Hut if Dr. Smith will J
read The Herald, World, Times, Sun and |
Tribune, he will find the Atlanta Constitution
quoted in some one of them every day,
and lie will also see enough extracts from
i The News and Courier, Columbia State,
'Greenville News, Charlotte Observer, Col?
umbia Legister, and other Southern papers,
to speedily bring him to the conclusion that
after all he is mistaken. We have comparu!
lively few big newspapers in the South, but
it is certainly from no lack of editorial abiliI
ty. Large rivers, as a rule, flow by great
| cities, and in a like manner great cities are
| the homes of great newspapers. The South,
however, is growing, and the newspapers
with it. In the nature of things, one cannot
grow much faster than the other, and j
until the South gets the wealth and population
of other sections, whatever may be the I
ability of its journalists, its newspapers can- J
not be so prosperous. In our opinion, with j
many Southern newspapers just now, it is j
not so much a question of newspaper ability,
as it is the means with which to make that
ability effective.
? The election for congressman in the First
district, to succeed Brawley, appointed district
judge, was held yesterday. It has been i
impossible to get any information as to the'
election, and the result, of course, is only a
matter of conjecture. All along there has
been three candidates as follows: Izlar and
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Stokes, of Orangeburg, ana ouuivau, 01
Charleston. Stokes and Sullivan were regarded
as the two strongest, and the general
opinion was that Sullivan's candidacy was
only calculated to divide the Charleston vote
with Izlar, so as to strengthen Stokes. Such
tremendous pressure was brought to bear on
Sullivan as to make him retire from the field.
It is charged that he had been assured by
Senator Irby that Stokes would withdraw in
his favor, and as this event failed to transpire,
Sullivan, on Saturday, realizing the
hopelessness of his candidacy, withdrew,
presumably without prejudice. This left
the matter squarely between Stokes and
Izlar. In Charleston, the Conservatives are
for Izlar, and Reformers and Alliancemen
for Stokes. The situation is so close that
on the result we do not deem it wise to risk
ten cents to a ginger cake.
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? After practically admitting the full force
of The Enquirer's platform argument of
last week, the Columbia State concludes an
editorial as follows:
"Hut there is nothing practical in the present [
agitation for free silver coinage at a ratio of It> to
1. A veto liars the way until 1897. If relief is
wanted, and not mere rcsnltless agitation, let us
all work for the prohibitive tax on State bank
notes, which will decentralize the money power,
supply all tho currency we need, and augment
the demand for silver bullion and thus enhance
its price."
But there is something practicable in the
present agitation. Our people should not be
allowed to forget that if they expect to
eventually win, they must continue to keep
in congress a man who will represent their
views on the silver question. They should
also remember that veto which stands in the
way of a realization of their desires, and in
189G cast their votes only for a candidate
who is uuequivocully pledged to carry out
their wishes. In its advocacy of the repeal
of the tax on the issue on State banks, and
in its estimate of the good that is to follow,
Thr Enquirer yields not one tittle to The
State; but, at the same time, we beg to warn
our contempory that the same veto that bars
the way to a rehabilitation of silver, bars the
way to the repeal of the tax on the issue of
State banks. It is reasonable to presume
that the money power is more opposed to
State bank currency even than silver, and
since Mr. Cleveland's views clearly coincide
with Wall street on the.silver question,
it follows that they run on the same line on
the State bank question also.
? Some weeks ago The Enquirer published
the call of J. S. Coxey, of Massillon,
Ohio, for 100,000 men to march on Washington
in the interest of certain legislation.
The scheme, though somewhat irop^'^u^
ble, is interesting. Coxey a}>te?/"Xcrank,
but he could b^rd^yJig^j^j^ lightweight!
easily worth severul inil[i^i^^uollars,
and, therefore, has full power
to make his schemes felt. Receutly he
has issued bulletins fully outlining his route
to Washington. The 100,000 men are to he
volunteers and are to be fed along the route
by farmers. This vast army is to be officered,
as far as possible, by ex-Federal and
Confederate soldiers, and Coxey himself
proposes to furnish not less than 100 horses,
upon which the officers are to ride. The
bills in the interest of which Coxey is working
are two in number, and both are now
pending in congress. One of them requires
that the secretary of the treasury issue
$">00,000,000 of treasury notes, to be set
aside as the "general country road fund of
the t inted Mines," ana 10 ue useu in me
construction of good roads whenever needed.
The other bill provides that whenever
any State, county, town or city wants to
make public improvements, they can borrow
from the fund upon twenty-five year
non-interest bearing bonds, a sum of money
equal to half the assessed value of their
property. The bonds are then to be retired
at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum.
The scheme is wild and chimerical, but it is
stated as a fact that Coxey intends to start
with his big army to Washington on March
25th, instant. He may get up his army as
he proposes, and again this may be the last
that will ever be heard of the scheme.
? Governor Tillman would have it appear
that the dispensary in Yorkville was voted
down by Negroes, working under the influence
of those who run "blind tigers."
Upon what Governor Tillman bases this
statement, we do not know; but we are
certain that it is not true. The total number
of votes cast in the recent election was
220, of which 186 were white, and 84 were
colored. The vote resulted, "Against I)ispensary"
144; "For Dispensary," 76; a
majority of OS against the dispensary. It is
admitted that a majority of the 84 colored
voters were against the dispensary ; but, at
the same time, it is a matter of absolute
fact that not less than 20 of them were for it.
This being true, and it certainly is, of the
76 votes for the dispensary, only 56 of them
could have possibly been white, and taking
56 from 130?the total number of white
votes?cast it is clear that the majority of
white votes against the dispensary numbered
not less than 80. This being true, and
throwing away the colored vote entirely,
it is perfectly clear that the white majority
umiinist the disnoiisarv was not less than
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:M. No; Governor Tillman lias certainly
been misinformed. The dispensary in Yorkville
does not owe its recent defeat to Negro
votes, polled through the influence of''blind
tigers." It owes its defeat to long years of
earnest labor on the part of Rev. Dr. It.
Latitat), ltev. Dr. T. It. English, ltev. J. C.
Galloway, ltev. J. E. Covington, ltev. E. C.
llickson, ltev. W. W. Daniel, ltev. It. (i.
Patrick and others. These men built up u
moral sentiment against liquor selling that
should last for generations. In the recent
dispensary campaign, Rev. W. G. Neville,
Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber, Rev. W. J. Langston,
Rev. F. C. llickson, and the colored ministers
of the town, took up the work where
their predecessors bad left it, and, in our
opinion, it was due far more to such influences
as these that the dispensary was killed, than
to the efforts of "blind tigers." It is easy
enough to east slurs by saying "blind tigers
and Negroes," but who, acquainted with the
facts, has the hardihood to deny the influence
of the preachers and the temperance
people?
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TWO SIDES TO THE Ql ESTIUX.
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dispensary law as the best measure that has
ever been devised lor the control of the liquor
tradio, and as yet we have had no reason to
change our opinion.
Though there may he many defects in
matters of detail, as a whole, the law is admirably
complete. Its strongest features arc
those providing for the sale of liquor in communities
where liquor is wanted, and for absolute
prohibition where absolute prohibition
meets the sentiments of the people.
Hoth sides of the question being thus provided
for, the law commends itself to all
classes of people, even those who hold opposing
views as to the sale of liquor. The
! LOCAL AFFAIRS.
IXDF.X TO NKW ADVKItTISKMKXTS.
; Kennedy Brothers A Barron?Let you know
that if you want a suit of nice spring
clothing that you can get it by calling
on them. They have about 100 different
samples, and they guarantee the clothes to
lit you. I f they, by any chance, should not
do so, you will not have to take them.
: Chester and Lenoir Itailroad?Change of schedule.
I Fin ley A Briee, Plaintiff's Attorneys?Give notice
to absent defendants in the ease of (J.
11. O'Leary, William McGill, T. L. Carroll
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only class upon which the law weighs heavily,
therefore, is the one that would engage
in the sale ofliquor for individual gain. To
this class, possibly, the law is an injustice;
but that injustice is outweighed by that cardinal
principle of good government, "the
(greatest good to the greatest number."
Now, as we have said, the law provides for
, both sides of the liquor question ; each side
is provided for with equal completeness and
equal justice. If a community desires to
sell liquor, the law prescribes with minute
exactness just how liquor may be sold, and
if that community is opposed to the sale of
liquor, the machinery for the absolute prohibition
of the traflicis just as perfect. Both
provisions nre law, and both are equally
binding. Under one provision or the other,
there is full liberty for all law abiding citizens,
and the man who is opposed to the dispensary,
may be just as enthusiastic a supporter
of the law as he who in in favor of it.
Again, une-nan 01 me proms 01 me dispensary
go to the State, and the other half
goes to the town and county in which the
dispensary is located. It goes without saying
that the first duty of the town and county
is the enforcement of the law. This duty
is especially fixed upon them by the act
itself, and the first legitimate use of dispensary
revenues is to that end. Of course it
is only incumbent upon town and counties
to enforce the law within their own borders.
If they are not fully equal to this task, it is
the duty of the State to lend such assistance
as may be necessary. This is the law, not
only in dispensary towns, but in towns in
which there are 110 dispensaries, and under
this law, any town that is opposed to the
sale of liquor, after making all due effort to
suppress the same, is fully justified in calling
upon the State for assistance. Further, it
being the principal and only duty of a State
to enforce its laws, for an administration to
refuse help to enforce the dispensary law in
a town in which there is 110 dispensary,
would be a clear violation of the solemn
oath of office.
From the above reasoning, we think it is
clear that Governor Tillman's qualified
threat to withdraw the dispensary constables
from York county, must be intended only as
a bluff. The enforcement of the law against
stealing, murder and arson is not a question
of revenue, and we have no idea that he
really proposes to put the enforcement of the
law against the illegal sale of liquor on that
basis.
STATUS OF THE BLAND BILL.
President Cleveland is going to ftc subjected
to the disagreeable alternative of either
signing or vetoing the Bland bill for the
coinage of the silver seigniorage in the treasury.
That is the way matters look now, and
the probability is that it will not be but a
few days more until the whole matter is settled.
It is only about ten days since the Bland
bill, the full text of which was published in
last week's Enquirer, passed the house. It
has already had two readings in the senate,
and is now on the eve of its final passage.
For such an important bill?in fact the mo9t
important bill that has passed the house for
years?this condition of affairs is something
remarkable, and the story of how it came
about is especially interesting. ?
In order to unders
situation thorshould
bo remembered that the
Wilson tariff bill, which is now being considered
by the senate finance committee,
is expected to come up for consideration
within the next few days. Being a party
measure, whether they like it or not, the
Democrats are expected to support this bill
to their full strength. The Republicans hate
the bill worse than poison, and would do
j anything to kill it. Knowing that the I)emciats
are somewhat divided on the silver
question, the Republican leaders plotted to
bring up the Bland bill so as to precipitate
another long fight like that of last fall. This
they thought would result in so much delay
and ill feeling, as not only to make the passage
of the Bland bill impossible, but as to
also practically kill the Wilson bill.
tniipciinnen r>f the srlipmc outlined. Hoar.
A.. ,
Aldrich and several other bitter anti-silver
Republicans, proposed to some of the silver
Republicans to call up the Bland bill. The
silver Republicans made the matter known
to their friends, the silver Democrats, and
after a hasty consultation, Stewart and
i Teller was brought into the scheme with the
j assurance :hat they could count on full supj
port from the Democrats.
Senator Karris, of Tennessee, took charge
j of the bill after it had passed its first reading,
i He moved for a second reading on Tuesday,
; but preferring further consultation with the
j Democrats, he withdrew the motion and
allowed the motion to go over until Wednesday.
On Wednesday he had things just
where he wanted them, and moved for a
second reading. About this time John Sherman
woke up to the situation and moved to
refer the bill back to the finance committee.
This motion, which was calculated to bury
the bill, was defeated by the overwhelming
vote of 50 to G. The bill was then read in
j full, and the presiding officer, Senator Faulk:
ner, announced that the bill was then being
j considered in committee of the whole. This
: he followed with the statement that amendments
were in order. There were no amendments.
Then followed engrossment and
! third reading, and next came the startling
; question : "Shall the bill pass?"
All this passed off so quickly that the op:
ponents of the bill hardly knew "where
j they were at." As a desperate expedient'
i Jioar moved to adjourn, ine mouuu ?us
j voted down, 50 to 12. Morrill began to proj
test, Allison moved to reconsider, and John
Sherman began to beg and plead. He said
he never dreamed that the bill would pass
that day, and asked to be allowed to make a
i speech on it. Allison said he desired to sub!
mit some important amendments. Harris,
I who still had charge of the bill, consented to
| allow Sherman time in which to make his
| speech, but told Allison that the bill was
past the amendment stage, and refused to
allow it to go backward.
Here is the way matters stand at the present.
Sherman and several others have made
pleading speeches. It has been agreed to
postpone the final vote until tomorrow, and
; then the fate of the bill will be decided.
The bill may be defeated, but such an event
is not likely. The chances are ten to one
that it will pass the senate, and many of its
friends, in both branches of congress, are
1 of the opinion that the president dare not
refuse to sign it.
Her <;ift Is ;i White Klrpliuiit.
? Columbia Register: The weightiest political
matters have never pestered Governor
Tillman much more than the contribution
' made to tl:e sea island sufferers about three
| months ago by Miss Delia F. X. Brown, an
American artist living in Italy. Her con|
tribntion consisted of paintings and articles
'of virtu. Half the proceeds were to go to
: Miss Brown and the other half to the sufferers.
When the contribution arrived at the
! custom house in New York it was found that
j the duties were $450, and that the prices ol
, the pictures were fixed at such amounts as
! not to sell in this State. After various efforts
i to get them disposed of in New York, the
governor bus written to Miss Brown that he
i trill li-ivft In rpfnrn fho fronds lie sn<rirf>st?
" "" ' v vv ' *"* n * r>o
to her that she may get the goods admitted
free if she will consult the American consul
at the place in which she lives, and have him
write the custom authorities in New York.
The governor will extend his thanks, and at
the same lime his declination in advance, to
all persons in foreign countries who are
thinking of making any similar contribution
to this State, lie does not consider that he
is able to undergo another ordeal of this
kind.
i Mitrnhul Hunter Continued.
! The senate, on last Friday, confirmed the
i nomination of John 1'. Hunter, of Lancasj
ter, to be United States marshal for the disj
trict of South Carolina.
others.
\V. K. Adams, Executor?Advertises that lie
lias lost an account hook, for the recovery
of which he oilers a reward.
J. M. Rawlinson?Announces that ho has opened
a grocery store in the Hope building,
south of the Parish hotel,
j I. II. (iordon, Supervisor of Kegistration?Publishes
a notice in which which voters at
Clay Hill, Thompson's Mill, Yorkvilleand
Hlairsville precincts are interested.
T. M. Dobson, Manager of Dobson's Racket?
(Jives tho information that Mrs. Dobson
has returned from the Northern markets,
and that she has purchased a beautiful lino
of spring millinery and dress goods,
which is arriving daily.
First Nationul Hank of Rock Hill?Publishes a
statement of the condition of the bank on
the2Kth of February.
Ferguson Brothers?'Tell you that they want the
prices and quality of their goods compared
with their competitors. They call special
attention to their stock of plows, plow
stocks, trace chains, collars and pads,
bridles, etc. They also toll you about tho
merits of He-no tea.
Church Carroll?Wants a puppy which lie has
lost.
PRISONERS IN JAIL.
The following prisoners are in jail awaiting
trial at the approaching term of the court
of general sessions on the charges named:
Monroe Watson, colored; larceny of live
stock.
Joe Leech, colored ; larceny of live stock.
Jeff Crawford, colored ; murder.
Sam Armstrong, alias Sam Matthews, colored
; murder.
J. R. Champion, white ; murder.
Isaac Ellis, colored, burglary and larceny.
Laura Henry, colored; assault and battery
with intent to kill.
James Burnett, colored ; grand larceny.
Milus Borders, colored ; grand larceny.
Gib Erwin, colored ; murder.
Henry Jordan, colored; housebreaking
and larceny.
Dock Lanier, white ; murder.
The cases of Ingraliam Wilson and Charles
J. Miller, both charged with murder, and
both now out 011 bond, will also be called up
for trial.
YORK'S VOTING PRECINCTS.
At the last session of the legislature, a number
of changes were made in the law relating
to the establishment of voting precincts
throughout the State. Following is the paragraph
which applies to York county :
In the county of York there shall be voting
precincts as follows: Yorkvillo, Hickory
Grove, Blacksburg, Buffalo, (Moore's Cross
Roads), Clark's Fork, (at McGill's store),
Bethany, Forest Hill Academy, Fort Mill,
Rock Hill, Coates's Tavern, Antioch Church,
(in Bethesda township,) McConnellsville,
Blairsville, Bullock's Creek, (at McNeil's
store,) Bethel, Clover, Newport, Sharon and
Tirzah.
In another column, Supervisor of Registration
Gordon gives notice that voters affected
by any changes in the above, should renew
their registration certificates in^^uforunty"
therewith. Such Yorkville : nd Blairsville
voters as desire to vote at Sh>ai-on) luust have
their certificates chan^ei'.pttui an Thompson's
Mill and Clay voters must have their
.^'^uciues changed to Forest Hill Academy.
Otherwise, of course, they will not be allowed
to vote in the next election. In all cases,
before they can secure new certificates, electors
must surrender the certificates they
now hold. If a certificate is lost, an affidavit
to that effect will be necessary.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Episcopal?Services next Sunday at 11 a.
m., and Sunday-school immediately after.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Yorkville?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.
C. B. Betts.
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. Sunday-school at 3
o'clock p. m.
Baptist?Rev. 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 3.30
o'clock p. 111. Services Sunday evening at
7.30. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at
7.30, after which the ordinance of baptism
will be administered.
Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor.
Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4
j o'clock. Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m.
I The York County Biblo society will hold its
annual meeting next Sunday evening at 7.30
o'cloqk. All the congregations of the town
are cordially invited to attend.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. I). C. Thomas, of Chester, was in town
on Saturday.
Mr. Jas. P. Culp, of Gastonia, was in \ 01kvillc
yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. F. McDow went over
to Charlotte last Friday.
We received a pleasant call on Saturday
from Mr. Felix II. Dover, of Chcokee township.
Mr. D. W. Hicks and family, returned to
their home at Henrietta, N. C., 011 last
Monday.
Miss Georgine LeSussair, of New Orleans,
j is in Yorkville, visiting the family of Mr.
j W. B. McCaw.
Master Frank Riddle is home again, after
' several weeks' stay with relatives near Be1
gonia, N. C.
Mr. Peyton Moore, the popular agent of the
! G.f C. & N. railroad at Chester, visited rela|
tives in Yorkville this week,
i Miss Ella Avery, of Ebenezer, is in York|
ville, visiting the family of Mr. J. O. Walker,
and other friends.
Mr. John J. Hunter expects to leave today
for the Northern markets, for the pur1
pose of buying his spring stock of goods.
Mr. Alexander Long and family, returned
'to their home in Spartanburg last Thursday,
; after a short visit to relatives in Yorkville.
j After a week's visit to his parents and
1 friends in Yorkville, Dr. T. Sumter Bratton,
1 of the U. S. army, accompanied by his fuiuj
ily, left last Friday for Fort Niobrara,
! Nebraska, to which post he has recently
been assigned.
Tin: m;\v town council.
; The recently elected town council of Yorkville,
held its first business meeting on last
Friday night. There were present Intendant
O'Leary and Wardens Jefferys, Howry,
McElwce and Moore. Intendant O'Leary
presided.
The first matter of importance taken up
was the selection, of a policeman. There
! were about a dozen applicants for the posi;
tion. The council generally seemed to favor
j Mr. Montgomery, the present incumbent,
i and who, by the way, has been a capital
j officer; but Mr. Montgomery's price was a
I little higher than the council felt able to
give, and the matter was settled by the
, election of Mr. J. M. Brian at somewhat
lower figures.
: The next item of business was the election
of a treasurer. Heretofore the treasurer has
been receiving 2A per cent, commission on all
moneys received and paid out. On account
of the depleted condition of the town treasi
ury, Messrs. O'Leary, Moore and MeKlwee
i were in favor of a reduction in expenses. Mr.
Moore announced thut Mr. J. O. Walker
was willing to do the work of the treasurer
for a commission of2J per cent, one way. It
j was not the desire of any member of the
i council to go outside for a treasurer, how|
ever, and upon Mr. Jeflerys agreeing to perform
the duties of the office for a commission
of 3 per cent, one way, instead of 5 percent
! both ways as heretofore, he was re-elected
; unanimously.
Mr. Moore signified his willingness to assume
the duties of superintendent of waterworks
at a salary of $50 a year. He was
elected unanimously. The powers and dui
ties of the olliee are to he agreed upon here|
after.
Inlendant O'Leary made inquiry into the
town's finances, and ascertained that the total
floating indebtedness amounts to about
$1,000. After a general discussion of matters
of minor importance, the council adjourned.
"GENTLEMEN* OF THE JURY."
Grand jurors to serve York countv during
the ensuing year, and petit jurors to serve
during the first week of the approaching
term of the court of general sessions, were
drawn in the office of the clerk of the court
yesterday in pursuance of the requirements
of the law as amended at the recent session
of the legislature.
ORAM) JURORS.
J. It. Davidson, King's Mountain.
J. (J. Younghlood, Kbenezer.
A. A. Barron, Kbenezer.
E. D. Thompson, Rethel.
II. M. Younghlood, Catawba.
K. M. Hankhcnd, Bullock's Creek.
T. C. Spratt, Fort Mill.
\V. J. Stewart, Fort Mill.
J. A. M. L. Stewart, Kbenezer.
Thaddeus Bolin, King's Mountain.
J. It. Lindsay, York.
A. L. Lineherger King's Mountain.
J. Meek Whitcsides, Rroad ltiver.
John Gclzer, Catawba.
C. II. Sandifer, York.
Z. T. Railes Fort Mill.
\V. T. Huey, Catawba.
W. J. Knglc, York.
l'KTIT JURORS?FIRST WKKK.
W. S. Leslie, Catawba.
J. \V. Y. Dickson, York.
J. L. Moore, Rethel.
E. It. Mobley, Catawba.
J. W. McKeown, Broad River.
W. A. C ran ford, Rullock's Creek.
F. O. London, Catawba.
R. R. Allison, York.
R. J. Riggers, King's Mountain.
James R. Kennedy, /Broad River.
L. R. Glover, Fort Mill.
S. A. MeElwee, York.
W. It. White Cherokee.
J. T. Garrison, Catawba.
J. II. Milling, Catawba.
J. 1). Kennedy, Cherokee.
J. F. Whisonant, Cherokee.
E. It. Carnes, York.
I). R. Kimbrell Fort Mill.
J. II. Duncan, Rothesda.
S. II. Rippey, Cherokee.
Wni. ltoriiers, Cherokee.
J. W. Thomson, Cherokee.
John Z.Allen, Catawba.
L. It. Rrown, Rethel.
R. G. McC'aw, York.
W. L. Hill, Rroad River.
John Gill, colored, Catawba.
1). W. Mct'arter, Rethel.
II. K. Jackson, King's Mountain.
It. J. Caldwell, York.
T. L. Boyd, Rethel.
A. II. Jackson, Rethel.
J. R. Daniel, Catawba.
J. M. Neigle, Kbenezer.
J. It. Miller York.
DISPENSARY OR NO ?
It seems that Governor Tillman is bent
upon the establishment of a dispensury in
Yorkville. He has made that point very
clear in a letter to Mr. J. S. Brice, clerk ol
the county hoard of control. Clerk Brice
wrote to the governor on Monday of last
week and informed him of the action of the
board in regard to the establishment of a
dispensary at Tirxahv The governor's reply
is interesting. It reads as follows :
J. S. Brice, Clerk of the Board of Control, York
ville, S. ('.
DkakSik? It appears to me that your board
is acting contrary to the intent and spirit of the
dispensary law.
The qualified voters of Tirzah have complied
with the act and havo voted for a dispensary. The
opposition can prevent it from being established
there by obtaining a majority of the voters of the
township against it, and not otherwise. The
State board would prefer to have it at Yorkville,
but tho Negroes ot Yorkville, under the influence
of those who run 'blind tigers,' voted against
it. You havo no more right to recognize the influence
of the Negroes in ono case than in the
other, as governing your policy. Hold nnothei
election in Yorkville, and if tho dispensary is
again defeated, then establish one at Tirzah. Wc
cannot suppress tho illicit sale of liquor unless
wo furnish it legitimately. Of course, if a majority
of the voters in tho township petition against
it, you cannot put one at Tirzah.
If tho board will not aid us in enforcing the
I law, in the best and only way it can be enforced,
| I will withdraw all constables lrom York county
and let the 'blind tigers' run it. Our experience
I at other towns, where there is no police force,
[ shows that a dispensary at Tirzah would breed
I no disorder. In fact, since the dispensary was
established at St. Matthews's, the policeman has
been discharged.
I think, if tho people of Yorkville understand
that there will be a dispensary at Tirzah anyway,
] unless one is established there, they will vote
differently. Yours respectfully,
B. R. Tillman,
(Jovernor and Chairman of Board.
I From the governor's letter, it appears thai
Tirzah, although sho has complied with the
j law, is "not in it" except upon a contingency
j If the people of Yorkville vote against the
; dispensary, they may expect one to be es
j tablished at Tirzah ; whereas if they vote foi
it, Tirzah's election and petition will be ig
nored. Yorkville, people, however, votec
against the dispensary here before with the
Tirzah argument hanging over them, just ai
threateningly as it hangs now, and there v.
j no reason to doubt that they will do it again
On moral ejuestions, the people of Yorkville
i arc notoriously difficult to bulldoze.
THE LAW IN THE CASE.
In his letter to Clerk Brice, of the counte
board of control, Governor Tillman says
; "Hold another election in Yorkville, and i
the dispensary is again defeated, then estab
I lish one at Tirzah." This proposition, a!
coming from the governor, especially sinc<
' the dispensary has been voted down by suet
: a large majority, has caused not a little feel
j ing in the town, and many good citizens an
i of the opinion that his excellency seems dis
! posed to overstep, at least the spirit, if no
! the letter, of the law. The law in the casi
reads as follows :
* * * That any county, town or citi
wherein the sale of alcholic liquor wai
prohibited by law prior to July 1st, 1893
may secure the establishment of a dispensan
within its borders, in the following manner
Upon petition, signed by one-fourth of th<
qualified voters of such county, town or city
wishing a dispensary therein, being filed witl
the county commissioners or town or city
council respectively, they shall order an el
ection submitting the question of dispensan
or no dispensary to the qualified voters o
such county, town or city, and shall pre
scribe the rules, regulations, returns, ballot;
and notice of such election, and shall declan
the result; and if a majority of the ballot;
cast be found and declared to be for a dis
1 pensary, then a dispensary may be establish
ed in said county, town or city.
The most reasonable construction of tin
above law, is that in the case of counties
elections come under the jurisdiction of tin
boards of county commissioners, and in tin
case of towns and cities, they come unde
the jurisdiction of town and city councils
Therefore, in the case of Yorkville, jurisdic
lion lies with the town council. The law
provides for "an" election and goes no fur
ther. "Au" election has been held, and bt
any fair and just construction of the law
the matter is definitely settled. Thougl
some may hold, with a show of reason
that it would be the duty of the towi
council to order another election upoi
another petition, the burden of legal opin
1 ion is that all power under the ac
i was exhausted when the provision o
; the law was complied with, and no furthe
elections can be called, legally, at leas
until there is further legislative authority
We have no fears as to the result of anothe
election. We are satisfied that the dispell
sary will again be voted down, but at th
i same time, in our opinion, if the town conn
cil?and that is the only authority that ha
any jurisdiction in the matter?calls anothe
election, it will do so in clear violation of th
snirit of the law. and in utter disregard o
11 the expressed sentiments of n large majorit;
1 of Yorkville's qualified voters.
. '
Sentence Comiiiuti'd.
? (iovernor Tillman has commuted t
s two years' imprisonment, the sentence o
j Bud Hunt, colored, who was sent from Yorl
' county in July last for arson. Hunt wa
j convicted before Judge Witherspoon fo
, burning the barn of Mr. J. K. Noisier, o
; i Rock Hill, in April last, and sentenced to tei
| years in the penitentiary. The commutatioi
: of his sentence is based upon several stronj
i petitions from the section in which th
crime was commited.
LOCAL LACONICS.
; Pohtmustor at Valdoru.
? Mr. Joseph M, Whitesides has been ap1
pointed postmaster at Valdora. vice Mr. M.
R. Smith resigned.
Tlit- Hoard <if Equalization. <
? The county hoard of equalization met
in the office of Auditor Waters on yesterday,
and organized by the election of(?. L. Riddle, j1
of Bethel, chairman, and T. (?. Cnlp, of
I Fort Mill, vice-chairman. The hoard ad
journeu to meet again upon the call ot trie'
j auditor.
Will I'rolmbly I.ost* nil Eye.
? While playing with a small son of Mr. i
i T. M. Fayssoux, yesterday afternoon, Master
i Kohert. the live year old son of Mr. R. J. i
j Herudoti, met with an accident that will l'
probably result in the loss of one of his eyes.' (
Mr. Herndon left last night with his son for j
Atlanta, Ga., in order to secure for the little j
sufferer the services of an experienced oc- 1
j culist.
j a I'rosjti'rou* Institution.
? Special attention is called to the state- (
! ment of the First National hank of Rock (
I Hill, made in accordance with the requirej
mentsof law. Established in January, 1887, 1
j with n capital of $75,000, the bank has paid
j out $30,750 in dividends, and now has on '
| hand $2(5,499.93 in net surplus and profits. ,
| The total deposits at present foot up $125,|
383.17. The record is one that would be a
I credit to any financial institution in the
' State.
I In the (irorerj HiimIiicm.
? Special attention is called to the an- ,
! nouneement of Mr. John M. Ruwlinson in
another column. Mr. Rawlinson has embarked
iu the grocery business, in the room
lately occupied by Mr. George T. Schorb.
It is hardly worth while for The Enquirer
to say anything commendatory of Mr. Rawlinson
as a grocer. For many years he was
a successful hotel man, and this he has followed
up with several years' experience in
selling grocenes. What he docs not know
of good eatables etc., by this time, must
have surely been torn from the book.
Tomorrow the La?t Day.
I ? l'lubmakers and subscribers lo the
| Enquirer will take notice that tomorrow is
i the lust day on which subscriptions inny be
settled on the basis of $1.75 per annum,'
under present oilers. There are still a few
unpaid names on several of the clubs. Such
of these as are not settled for by tomorrow
at 3 o'clock will, of course, be discontinued.
It is not good for an intelligent family to do
j without a first-class newspaper, at any time;
| but in view of the many stirring events, esj
pecially political, that are expected to take
place this year, no family in York county
should try to do without The Enquirer.
Chief of the Fire Department.
? In the town council meeting last Friday
night, Intendant O'Leary suggested Mr. j
T. B. McClain for the position of chief of the
fire department, and the council authorized
j Intendant OT^^ io wait on Mr. McClain
pawi see trite would serve. This nomination
gets close to the Yorkville people. No
name in the town is calculated to meet with
| such unanimous approval. For years past
i Mr. McClain has been one of the first men to
''every fire that has occurred in the place,
land his energy and judgment on such oc!
casions is always such as to establish his
i intelligent leadership beyond rivalry. Mr.
1 McCluin is the right matt in the right place.
1 The people of Yorkville will make him
' accept.
, The Court Delow Reversed.
? In the case of J. C. Toms, as adminisI
trator, against the Richmond and Danville
i Railroad company, the supreme court has re'
versed the decisiou of the court below and
remanded the cause, with instructions to the
' lower court to set aside the attempted ser
vice in the action at bar. Administrator
Toms was represented by N. W. Hardin, of
i Blacksburg, and the action involved a suit
j for damages against the railroad. The railroad
company alleged improper service of
' summons, and tried to throw the case out of
> court. The circuit court sustained Mr. Hardin,
but the supreme court upholds the position
of the railroad company. The merits
' of the case, however, are not touched, and
J Administrator Toms may bring his action j
again upon an amended summons.
. | RAILROAD RACKET.
r Commencing last Sunday, the Three C's
. railroad people have discontinued their Sun- i
1 day train. After several years' experience,!
) it has been found that the train does not j
3 pay. Froui now on, Yorkville ami other j
3 towns along the line, will have to do with- j
*1--.!? 0..? HM* A tvAAtkln :
. i Olll lllfir OUHUtiy IUUI1S. xuc (juuu |<I.U|/IV I
;; of this section, who believe in the proper j
l observance of the Sabbath, will rejoice at j
this new order of things, and the hard-j
11 worked railroad men are no less pleased, i
(The Sunday train on the South Carolina!
j. road, between Columbia and Camden, will j
I also be discontinued.
Captain J. M. McCarthy, of the Three C's,
} j has moved his family from Blacksburg to'
j j Cainden. Captain McCarthy hasbecu living j
! in Blacksburg for the past six or seven
years, and he does not fancy the change
much. It breaks off too many pleasant asso^
ciations.
a j President G. W. F. Harper, of the Chester i
' j and Lenoir, promulgated an order last week
r I appointing L. T. Nichols, of Chester, super- j
3 j inteudent, and H. H. Beard, of Yorkville,!
J general freight and passenger agent. Mr. |
Nichols's office will be in Chester, and Mr. j
: Beard's will be in Yorkville.
1 | A change of schedule went in'o effect on
' t-be Chester and Lenoir road la't Monday.'
, By the change, the northbound passenger
. train leaves Yorkville at 8.27, and the south- j
; bound leaves at S.49.
f Captaju Wickert, formerly of the Three
C's, hut now of the Camden branch of the
South Carolina road, has moved his family
3 from Blacksburg to Columbia.
. j Captain W. H. Ramseur, the popular
-'Three C's conductor, who has been so successful
with his Charleston excursions, will
2 j not try it agnin this summer. To a reporter
?! for The Enquirer the other day, he said
e that Charleston excursions have played out, j
21 for the reason that every one who cares to
r i go to the "City by the Sea," on an excur
sion, has been there. "But," he continued,
*; "I have something in mind which, if I can
' work it out satisfactorily, will be a great
: treat. For some time past I have been fig'
uring on a big four or five days' excursion
i from Marion and Asheville to Jacksonville,
1 Fla., by rail, and from Jacksonville to old
> St. Augustine by steamer. If I can get the
1 railroad and hotel rates down low enough,
1 I will try the excursion sometime next
j winter: and if I do get it up, you may just
i count upon it, I will bring back the most
delighted crowd of excursionists that ever
r i left the State. But don't say anything
about it now. If nothing turns up to pre
i vent, you will hear from me later."
"l>" PnivtHL'VT ?Vurm.
1 "SMLYKK IMi'K rwiv i * m. ...
0
ington (Mo.) correspondence of the St. Louis
i Republic: I have seen the name of the
' Hon. It. 1'. Bland mentioned occasionally
I for president in 185)(>. If we of the West
j. and South arc to assert our rights and make
the race with a Western man as our candi^
date, who is so available today as Silver
1 Dick Bland? He tills the bill to perfection.
His twenty years in congress have given him
0 a personal acquaintance with every Democratic
leader in the country. He has always
' been right upon every great question before
'' the country for the past twenty years. He
s [ can carry every Southern State for president
r in 185)15 by as large majorities as any other
f' man in the nation. And, what is of the
? , highest importance in a Western candidate
'for presideut on the Democratic ticket, he
can carry every "silver producing Stute. I
? : am very doubtful whether we can find anothB
| er Democrat in the country who can carry
| these Western silver "States.
ROCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
Hard on tlie Farmer#?Failure of tin- Market
Store?IntereHtlnj; Kevlvul?Oood Koud? Kvlitenee
I'rotjre##?Loom# for tlie Cotton .'HillOther
Notes.
i'orresi>ondcneeof the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
Rock Hii.i., March 12.?Now is a very
important season with our farmers. The
soil was so saluratcil with moisture from the
late snow that no plowing could be done until
the last of the past week. And now the
weather is gloomy again. It has been raining.
We eould all wish for a fair two
weeks.
The firm of Kobertson nros., proprietors ^
of the Racket store, made nil assignment last
Thursday, for the benefit of creditors. The
liabilities are thought to be about $4,000; the
assets about $3,">00. The firm did a good
business. The failure is said to have resulted
from dealing in cotton futures.
Rev. \V. G. White, pastor of the White
Memorial Presbyterian church, has been conducting
a very successful revival there for
the past ten days. The attendance has been
large, aud the interest warm. So far, about
75 have professed conversion. Nothing fitter
could accompany the material development
of our city than a great revival of true religion
in the hearts of the people. And we
need it; do we not, brother Christians? Mr.
White is an ex-scholar of the Moody training
3chool ut Chicago, and has a warm zeal and
tact which is endearing him to the people
and accomplishing much good. On last night
he gave an appreciated lecture on the World's
Fair, with magic lantern views, at the Armory.
The progressive spirit of Rock Hill is well
exemplified, in the macadamized roads that
penetrate the blackjack section, on the
south of town. Two roads are thus fixed,
with a total of about six miles. These roads
are really better than many streets we have
seen. They draw trade from below, and
they should do it.
The two cavalcades of cows have renewed
their daily pilgrimage into the blackjacks.
The cows look sleek, aud must get something
to eat out there. The blackjack wilderness
is a blessing in its way. Owing to it, cows
can be well kept here at about $15 per head
per annum.
Our people now get The Enquirer on
the Tuesday night mail, via Chester, and
peruse it bright and eurly Wednesday morniug.
Such prompt and efficient management
of mails is to be appreciated.
Rev. G. T. Harmon is absent on a business
trip to Columbia.
Mr. J. W. Thompson, superintendent of ,
the graded school, represents a benevolent
institution North, which distributes first-class
periodical literature, magazines, papers, etc.,
to the poor, free of charge. Much good can
doubtless be thus accomplished, and the
hum-drum of some lives sweetened.
Two carloads of the 200 new looms, to be
used in the Rock Hill Cotton mills, have arrived
and are being placed in position. The
looms are to be used in manufacturing the
plain white goods, ordinarily made in Southern
factories. A number of additional hands
will bo needed to operate these looms.
On the whole, business is brightening up
here. The Industrial work moves on, aud
the buildings begin to give some forecast of
meir iuiure imposing uppearuucc; inner
buildings are going up and money (lows
somewhat more freeely. If farmers and
merchants in common will learn the lesson
of living at home and within their means,
the hard times will but have paved the way *
for better times. v. I. M.
BLACKSBURG'S BUDGET.
The Weather?One of King George'* Old I'enniei?Honor
Roll of the Graded School.
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Enquirer.
BI.ACKSBURG, March 13.?The splendid s
warm spriug weather continues; the thrifty ~V
and dilligent farmer is improving each shining
hour at home, and seldom do we see his
smiling face or hear the tread of his feet
upon our streets.
Mr. I). W. T. Moore, who lives here, recently
showed me an English copper penny
which bears the date of 1753. On one side
is the legend "Georgius II Rex," on tho
other is the date, with the figure of a female
with a palm branch in her right hand, and a
staff in the left, supposed to represent Peace,
surrounded by the word "Britain," and some
other letters, which are not intelligible. Mr.
Moore found it in a cotton field near his
house, and believes it was lost there during
the Revolutionary war.
The following is the honor roll of our
graded school, for the four weeks ending
March 9th :
First Grade?Miss Mattie Bavies's Room.?El- *
la Mercer, Clio Byars, Ridie Lee, Oren Moore,
Jesse Whisonant, Luther Bridges, Hope Gotorth,
Grover Baber, Dora Davison, Pansy Dye,
Perla Broom, Sallie Coe, Jessie Sumner, Lee
Sumner.
Miss Petch's Room.?Florence Goforth, Willie
Anderson, Mary Pollock.
Second Grade?Katie Randall, Belton Metz,
Fred Coe, Mamie Gaston, Lula Borders, Charley
Byars, Julia Guyton, Tburnian Wylie, Mario
Crosby, Belle Phelps, Bessie Whisonant.
Third Grade?Miss Clarkson's Room.?Sallie
Gallagher, Ethel Maxwell, Vida Bridges, Charley
Duncan, Lula Whisonant, Katie Baber,
\\ bite Duncan, John Crosby, Passie Byars, Perola
Byars, Willie Dye, Addie Bridges, Angie
Cline, Bnitton Davies, Richard Thompson, Addie
Gibson.
Fourth Grade? F. Walker Moore's Room?Edna
Healan, Willie Hardin, Eula Sheppard, Nellie
Coe, Katie Deal, Willie Coe, John Royee,
Girard Sherer, Zilpah Pollock, Audley Gold,
Leroy Osborne, David Rippey.
Filth tirade?Prof. J. Marion Moore's Room.?
Minerva Rridges, Liela Davies, Edna Davies,
Florence Dye, Laura Healan, Mabel Sims, Lila
Black, Jennie Cooper, Gertrude Shcrer, Jesse
Gaston, Mamie Johnson, May Crosby, Marvin
Hardin, J. X. Ross.
There will be a public debate at the school
on the eveuing of the 21st instant by some
of the more advanced pupils. The subject
for discussion is, "Ib Woman's Mind Inferior _
to Man's?" Five dollars worth of books is
to be given to the best debater. The public
are cordially invited to attend. w. a.
SHARON SHAVINGS.
Lot? of Guano H?ing Used?The A. R. I'. Church?
Personal Mention?Other Notes.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Sharon, March 12.?If the haulling of
guano is any indication, there will be more
cotton planted in this section this year than
ever. It is to be hoped, however, that a
large proportion of the guano is for the purpose
of fertilizing corn.
Rev. J. M. White preached at the Associated
Reformed church here yesterday. Until
the congregation can get a regular pastor,
it has made arrangements to get supplies for
one-half of the time. It will not be u great
while, however, until a regular pastor is
i secured.
The Sharon High school opened on the
5th instant under very favorable auspices.
The school is now located in our new building,
and we hope that it will not be a great
while until our educational facilities will be
equal to those of any of our neighbors.
There was an exciting chase here last
Thursday afternoon after a mad dog. The
dog got away from the crowd but was killed
by some of the tenants on the plantation of
Mr. J. A. Byers.
A sucrameutal meeting will be commenced
at Woodlawu church next Friday, the lGth
instant. The pastor will be assisted by Rev.
J. B. Swaun, ot Bullock s Creek.
Mr. Crow has moved his family from this
place to Kershaw.
Mr. S. S. l'lexico, of Kershaw, was in *
town several days last week.
Mr. R. J. Whisonant has been at home for
several days.
Mr. Wm. C. Gist, of Yorkville, spent some
time here last week shooting partridges with
i friends.
i Elders-eleet R. R. l'lexico, S. H. Sherer
and J. II. Saye, and Deacons-elect J. I)
Kell and Ed Ratchford, are to be installed
at Woodlawn next Saturday, the 17th in'
stant.
i Mr. J. S. llarkness's new house will soon
be ready to move into. It adds considerably
to the appearance of the town.
Several families are talking of moving
here in the near future. They will all he
heartily welcomed. a. k.
WAIFS FROM WARUKSS. a
! i
Correspondence of the Yorkvllle Knqulrcr.
Wauhkxsj, March 12.?At last we are
having beautiful weather, and spring seems
to be on us. Doves are cooing, peach trees
are blooming, and pastures are putting on
I their mantles of green. The farmers are
i happy. They have about finished sowing
oats and are busy preparing their corn land.
J With such weather.we will soon make up
for the lost time.
The wheat and oat crops are looking fine,
and the prospects for those crops are fair.
The stand, too, is excellent, and the acreage
is larger than that of last year.
Those of us who have not sold our cotton