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J?(vaj)i5 and rfacts.
? Senator Feller introduced last Monday, a
petition from citizens of Pennsylvania asking
for the rssuuncc of $300,000,000 of treasury
notes, to be used in the improvement of
roads, and to he distributed pro rata among
the States according; to the length of their
roads. This is the legislation that the Coxey
movement is seeking to accomplish.
? Three thousand Democrats met in mass
meeting at San Francisco last Thursday, and
passed long resolutions ending as follows:
Resolved, That the recent utterances of'
Senator Hill are traitorous in their purpose,
false in their assumptions, absurd in their
logic, and excite the indignation and derision \
of the Democracy of California. Resolved, I
That the undemocratic course of Thomas J.!
c.nn?... ftlio Wilcnn hill is here- I
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by condemned and repudiated. The resolu- j
tious are to be laid before the senate by!
Senator White.
? Senator Pugh, of Alabama, thinks, in
. view of late European news, that President |
Cleveland is not a bad sort of prophet. He
says: "President Cleveland told mc the
other day that he believed silver would be
remonetized in 1S96, and that this country i
and England will, by that time, be on a basis i
of bimetalism. It has been no secret among j
the president's friends that he believes England
will soon have to get down from the'
high horse she has heen sitting upon in
dealing with silver. It is because of that
belief that he has advised a policy of delay
on the part of this country."
? John J. Ingalls, ex-senator from Kansas,
is iu the toils. While a member of the sen-,
ate, for $6,000 in stock, he allowed the use;
. of his name as* president of the Kansas Trust j
and Banking company. The company was I
under the management of It. M. Manley,
and as ;j matter of fact, Ingalls had nothing j
to do with it. After a few years the company
failed, and the investors, after investigating,
became satisfied tliat the failure was
due to swindling on the part of the officers
of the company. Certain iuvestors have
brought suit against a number of officers, in- j
eluding Ingalls and Manley.
? That ministers of the gospel are poorly j
paid was amply demonstrated at the New j
York Methodist conference last week. Ob-1
jection was made to the admission of a candidate
for full ministerial honors on the
ground that he owed money. Investigation 1
developed the fact that the man had only
$300 a yeftr salary ; that out of this sum he
had to support himself and keep a horse,and
on Sundays had to ride thirty miles to I
1. m 1?( j> !
prCUCIl. XUVy UCVIUCU iu nil 1IIU1 ill. IV I
appeared, furthermore, that there-were scores j
of clergymen in the denomination who are I
no better off than this one, while out of I
sixty-two preachers in a single district, j
twenty-eight have salaries of less than ?700 j
a year.
? The supreme court of Georgia has just |
handed down a decision which is almost j
without parallel iu court records. In the
summer of 1892, John May killed Henry j
Brown. May was tried for the offense in i
October and received a sentence of two !
years in the peuitentiary. Of course he did j
not relish the idea of wearing stripes fori
two years, and in some way he managed to
get a new trial. This time he was convicted j
of murder and recommended to the mercy of !
the court. His sentence was lifetime in the I
penitentiary. His lawyers thought it very
wrong to find a man guilty of a worse crime
on his second trial than on his first, and appealed
his case to the supreme court. The i
supreme court affirmed the decision of the I
court below.
? During the executive session of the sen-1
ate, last Wednesday afternoon, the subject of;
Coxey and the near approach of his Commonweal
army came up for an informal!
discussion. There was no apprehension on J
the part of the senators that any harm would
grow out of this assemblage at tho capitol,
but there was a disposition to know what;
had been done by the committee on rules,
which has charge of the capitol building and ,
grounds. A member of that committee in- j
formed the senators that they had taken cogu- j
izancc of the approach of Coxey and, while ;
they saw no reason to believe that there
would be any trouble, they had taken all
necessary precautions to protect the public :
property and enforce the law against all '
li...l?nr. /.illvans ctinnlil tliuwi lin ftnv ftp.
juwicao tlll^ruo. miivuiu uavi v uv ?.v j
monstration in violation of the statutes, the i
committee stated its belief that those who
engage in it would be dealt with as the law 1
directed.. No disposition was manifested j
against the coming to the capitol of men in j
any orderly and peaceful manner, and thej
laws, it is stated,-were not inteuded to ope- j
rate against excursions to Washington of
that character.
? Mrs. Selina C. Hall, of Atlanta, Ga., is
suing E. F. Gould for $25,000 damages for
defamation of character. Gould is a closefisted
old miser and is reputed to be worth j
more than one million dollars. He, is the
owner of a magnificent building opposite the j
Kimball House and lives in a residence that |
cost $50,000. Some time ago his wife sued
him for divorce and got a verdict, together
with about $100,000 alimony. She and her
daughter then left Atlanta, and the old fel-i
low took up his quarters in an upstairs room
of his uptown building. Just across the pas- i
sage Mrs. Hall conducted an art studio.
She alleged that Gould came into her room,
which was at the time full of students, in his
night dress; and further, that he entertained
a large number of female visitors. Gould
denies the charge, and recently published a
card in one of the city papers in "which he
severely denounced M\;s. Hall as a blackmailer.
It was on account of this card that
Mrs. Hall brought suit for damages. Gould's
attorneys have made Mrs. Hall's attorney
admit that he had taken the suit for a per I
cent, of what he could make out of it. and
the whole thing is stirring up a series of spicy
sensations.
? A fatal shooting affray took place in
Montgomery, Ala., last Sunday morning be- j
t ween Walter L. Bragg, a young attorney, and
Jesse Naftel, a young physician. Senator
Morgan spoke in the opera house on Saturday
night. The house was crowded. Naftel
and Bragg did not know each other, but were :
sitting close together?Bragg, in the seat in I
front. Naftel asked Bragg to move over to
one side, stating that'lie obstructed theview of
the stage. Bragg paid no attention to the request,
and Naftel said he was no gentleman.
Bragg then gave his name and asked Naftel
for his, stating that he would see him la-1
ter. Next morning Bragg went to Naftcl's
office. In a few moments a number of pistol
shots were heard, and a number of bystanders,
who rushed to the scene, found that
Bragg .was fatally shot in the abdomen. He
died within an hour. Naftel was also shot
in several places, and one ball entered his
head at the bridge of the nose. It is thought
that he will also die. Bragg was a son of
the late railroad commissioner,'and Naftel
was equally prominent. Neither of the
combatants were more than 50 years of age,
and both stood high in their respective professions.
? The following letter from I'residcnt
' i i... .).) ?.;n lw.
v leveiuuu, uimer tune ui .i|iin nm uv
fully explained if read in connection with
the communication from General Hampton
on the first page of this issue : "Hon. t'hauncey
F. Black, president?My Dear Sir: 1
have carefully read the communication lately
placed in my hands, setting forth the future
purposes and the present needs of the
National Association of Democratic clubs.
The achievements of this organization should
he familiar to all who are interested in the
continuation of Democratic supremacy and
should enlist the encouragement of those
who appreciate the importance of an effective
dissemination of Democratic doctrine.
Your association has done much by way ok
educating our people touching the particular
subjects which are recognized as belonging to
the Democratic faith : but it seems to me
that its best service has been an enforcement
and demonstration of the truth that our
party is best organized and most powerful
when it strives for principles instead of spoils,
and that it quickly responds to the stimulus
supplied by an installment in the peu"
pie's cause. This acknowledment of the important
services rendered to the advance'
ment of the Democracy suggests that the National
Association- of Democratic clubs and
every other Democratic agency should labor
unceasingly and earnestly to save our party
iii this time of its power ami responsibility,
from the depredation and dispraee of a failure
to redeem the pledges upon which our
fellow countrymen entrusted us with the
control of their government. All who are
charged, on behalf of the Democratic
party with the redemption of these pledges
should now be [impressively reminded that, I
as we won our way to victory under
the banner of tariff reform, so our insistance
upon that principle is the condition of
our retention of the people's trust: and,
the fealty of our party organization de- j
mands the subordination of individual advantages
and wishes, and the putting aside
of petty and ignoble jealousies and bickerings,
when party principles and party integrity
and party existence are at stake. I
cheerfully enclose a contribution to the
funds necessary to carry on the good work
of your organization, with a hearty wish for
its continued success and usefulness."
?ltc ItovhiUr (Jhquivft.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25,1894. !
* ?
Heed's famous rule is evidently a good j
one. It works both ways.
? A correspondent of the St. Louis Republic
suggests Richard P. Bland, of Missouri,
and Benjamin R. Tillman, of South Carolina,
as suitable men for the next Democratic
nomination for president and vicepresident
of the United States.
? The Democrats have in the house a majority
of DO, and 30 more than a quorum.
We believe that if Reed's rule is necessary
for the transaction of business, then Reed's I
rule ought to be enforced. But, really, it
looks like a very bad state of affairs when j
this Democratic majority, every member of
which,is pledged to the same platform, has
to be forced to do its duty.
? Senator Voorhees lias the thanks of The
Enquirer for a copy of the tariff' and administrative
customs acts of 1890, together
with the Wilson bill of 1894, as reported to
the senate from the finance committee of
that body. The whole matter constitutes a
book of nearly 300 pages, and we have
no doubt that Senator Voorhees will send it
out to any individual who may be interested,
upon application.
? ^ ? ?
? The supreme court has decided that
though the State has no right to monopolize
the sale of liquor, absolute prohibition is
perfectly legal. The question now is, will
the State go back to the old saloon system,
or enact and enforce absolute prohibition?
The enforcement of the dispensary law, it
seems, was well nigh impossible. Absolute
prohibition will meet with more general
support throughout the State, and can be
enforced as well as the dispensary law at
half the expense. Let us go forward instead
of backward.
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? The supreme court is generally presumed
to keep its decisions to itself until it gets
ready to announce them officially. A few
weeks ago a correspondent of the Columbia
State announced that a majority of
the court had decided against the constitutionality
of the dispensary law, and on the
day before the decision was filed, the Atlanta
Constitution published a special from
Columbia to the effect that Justice Pope
had written one hundred pages in support
of the law. Subsequent developments have
proved that both statements were correct.
It seems that, after all, the proceedings of
the supreme court are not so secret as has
been supposed.
? The gold reserve of the treasury has
again fallen befow the $100,000,000 mark.
On January 31, Secretary Carlisle issued
$50,000,000 worth of bonds. The sale of these
bonds raised the treasury reserve to $107,390,000
on March 10. Since that date the
treasury has been losing gradually, until
now the reserve is again below the deadline.
The question of increasing'the reserve isj
raised again to the same point it readied last
December. The treasury officials are said
to be looking to the passage of the Myers
bill for the coinage of the $55,000,000 of silver
seignorage, and the issuance of 3 per
cent, long term bonds, to reduce the rate of
interest on the national debt. If tbe Myers
bill should fail to become a law, then the
treasury will be confronted with the inline-,
diate necessity of issuing more bonds.
40 -?
? As illustrating the cost of crime and justice,
the Lenoir Topic tells of the case of a Negro tried
and convicted at the recent term of Caldwell superior
court for larceny. Me stole 1} pounds of
bacon worth 14} cents, lie was sent to jail and
lay there for two months, cost say $1S. The trial
in court must have cost the county $20, and his
delivery to the penitentiary at least $2.j, making
at least $03.?Charlotte Observer.
We see nothing remarkable in this statement.
As a matter of fact, in nine eases out
often, the cost of justice is more than the
amount of money involved in the crime
committed. The main object of punishing
crime is for the wholesome effect on others.
There is no direct gain to anybody* in tbe
punishment of a criminal for an offense
already committed. However, while it may j
have cost $(!3 to punish tbe Negro mentioned i
for stealing 14ij cents worth of property, the I
expenditure of tbe $<>3 for the purpose no
doubt indirectly saved tbe community ten j
times that amount.
<? The Charlotte Observer acknowledges tbe j
receipt of $5 from L. Turner, Esq., of Catawba
county, X. C., as the lirst contribution to j
tbe Vance monument fund. Thk 1
it Kit sincerely hopes that the idea of a moil
ument to Zcb Vance will not be dropped
with tbe first subscription. If the memory I
of any statesman of the generation deserves!
to be perpetuated in gnduriug marble and
granite, it is that of Zeb Vance, and every i
North Carolinian who pays a tribute to this;
great statesman will, to that extent, honor '
himself. Fame and renown are tbe coin of
genius?the coin in which patriotic states-j
men are paid. If North Carolina should
fail to make this small payment on the debt
it owes to Senator Vance, it seems that f'u
ture statesmen will be justified in seeking
their pay in rather inure substantial currency, i
and instead of looking to a monument after;
they are dead, will devote themselves to !
gathering up all the stray dollars that eoine|
their way while they are alive.
*
^? The Columbia Kegister wants to know
whether the new clubs formed under the j
auspices of the Hampton movement, will
put up candidates in opposition to those endorsed
by the regular Democratic organization
as at present constituted. The (Jreenville
News replies that the sole object of the
proposed clubs is educational?that it will
be their aim only to preach true Democracy j
as opposed to Pepuhlicnnism and Populism.
Thk KxiiruiKK has no objection whatever
to the organization of the proposed clubs,1
because, of course, this is supposed to be a
free country. Put we do not take much
stock in the "purely educational" idea.
There is a great difference nowadays in
in South Carolina as to what constitutes pure
Democracy. All the white people, or at
least most of them, claim to be Democrats,
and when one faction seeks to teach the
other what Democracy is, there is going to
be a clash. The object of the proposed
clubs may be educational, but their result
will be political. Kven a blind man ought to
be able to see this.
? The circular of Kllery M. Itrayton, published
on the first page of this issue, furnishes
no occasion for surprise. It is to be
taken as a matter of course. In the last
campaign, the'proposed constitutional convention
was discussed freely, and the pur
pose of that convention to abolish the two
mill tax, raise the poll tax to $3, and impose I
an educational and property qualification (
upon voters, was made clear. During the
last legislature, a joint resolution was passed
submitting the question of a constitutional
convention to the people, and in the coining
campaign this is to he the one great issue.
The threat that unless they vote this time,
they may never have another opportunity,
is calculated to bring the Negroes out almost
to a man, especially all who can manage to
: get themselves registered. There are many
white voters who fear the outcome of a con!
stitutional convention, especially at this time.
| it is prouanie itiai mere are enougn 01 uiesc
to guarantee the Negro his right to vote,
j and between the two, the proposed call for
a constitutional convention may he defeated.
Brayton seems to understand the situation
thoroughly, and that is no doubt the reason
of his frantic circular, isued at this time.
? It is necessary to get up eat ly in order
to head off the average American citizen,
whether he be an honest producer or an
ordinary tramp. A squad of several hundred
men left Los Angeles, California, recently,
to join Coxey. They tried to steal
transportation over the railroads, but were
unsuccessful, and at San Bernandino, eight
of their leaders were arrested on the charge
of trying to defraud the railroad out of
fares. They plead not guilty and were
about to give bail for their appearance when
wanted for trial. The district attorney,
however, sought to give them more trouble
and preferred against them charges of inciting
to riot. They at once demanded that
each should have a separate trial, and then
they summoned as witnesses almost every
man of the "army." It is the calculation of
the eight leaders that the members of the
army will each get $2 a day for their services
as witnesses, and when the trials arc
over, all will be pretty well lixed, financially,
to proceed on their way to Washington.
REED'S RULES.
During the Fifty-first congress, when Reed
was speaker and the Democrats were in
the minority, the house adopted a rule
which forced the attendance of members and
allowed the speaker to count, for the purpose
of making a quorum, those who were
present and refused to vote. The thing was
something of an innovation, and the Democrats,
of course, did some very vigorous but
ineffectual kicking. Charles F. Crisp, the
present speaker, was among the kickers,
and often locked horns with Speaker Reid
over the injustice and tyranny of his
rulings.
In the Fifty-third cougress, conditions
have been reversed. The Democrats have a
majority, but except when it suited them,
Republicans and Democrats have been refusing
to vote. The predicament has given
rise to a great deal of discussion, and al
last, as a matter of plain necessity, the house
has found it necessary to adopt practically
the same rules that were in vogue during
the speakership of Reed.
The fact that the Democrats found it necessary
to do themselves what they so strongly
condemned in the Republicans, has been a
source of the keenest delight to the Republicans.
Last week they accorded to Reed a
regular ovation, and several of them took
occasion to taunt the Democrats about the
matter 0:1 the floor of the house. The Democrats,
of course, felt very sensitive 011 the
situation, and some of them were ready to
crawl into a hole on account of this manifest
inconsistency of their position.
On last Wednesday, however, Representative
George I). Wise, of Virginia, came to
the rescue and put the Republicans to
rout. He showed by The Record, that in
the Forty-sixth congress, J. Randolph Tucker,
of Virginia, proposed the same rule that
was afterward adopted by Reed, and that
Reed himself opposed the rule as unjust and
unconstitutional. The rule was also opposed
by Garfield and other prominent Republicans.
No Republican in the house ventured to
reply to Mr. .Wise, and Reed himself was
put to shame. Reed had claimed to be the
originator of the rule, and according to Mr.
Wise's story from The Record, the rule was
not only a Democratic measure, but Reed
had bitterly opposed it. The Democrats, of
course, had been inconsistent in the matter;
but, after all, it seems to be only a question
as to "whose ox is being gored."
EFFECT OF THE DECISION.
"What is the effect of the dispensary decision?"
Nobody seems to be able to answer
the question, and at present everything
is in confusion.
The State board of control held its first
meeting since the recent decision on last
Sa'turday. At the meeting it was decided
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stables, and suspend operations under the
dispensary law generally. All this was
done before tbc meeting adjourned. By
Saturday at noon, it is claimed that every
dispensary in the State had been closed, and
three hundred employes were out of their
jobs.
Now, what is the next step? There is a
good deal of surprise at the action of the
State hoard of control. There are many
people who do not believe that it intends to
quietly submit to the decision of the court.
On the contrary, the anti-dispensaryites believe
the hoard is only playing a game. The
decision of the court was on the old law.
The new law has not been directly ali'ected.
If the dispensaries had continued in operation,
there would have been a chance to get
the constitutionality of the new law passed
011 by the court also. The suspension of the
dispensaries has prevented the opportunity
for this. There is now a theory that it is
the intention of the State hoard of control to
continue its suspension until Judge (Jury
takes his seat by the side of Judge Pope.
Then the dispensaries will he opened again,
the constitutionality of the law will he
promptly declared, and business will he
contiuued as before without further interruption.
In the meantime, there is a serious difference*
of opinion as to how the dispensary
decision alfccts r!he retail liquor business.
Some lawyers think that incorporated towns
and cities throughout the State are in the
same shape now as before the passage of
the law. Where they had the right to grant
license before, they can do the same thing
now if they see fit to do so. Other lawyers
arc of the opinion that the whole ?tate is
now under a prohibition law: hut there
seems to he no question of the fact that all
towns in the State which had prohibition
before the passage of the law, continue just
where they have been all the while. It is
also equally certain that it is unlawful to
sell liquor outside of incorporated towns and
cities. However, the whole situation will
probably he cleared up thoroughly within
the next few weeks.
IT IS 111 MAN TO KIM.
After a long figlit over the bonds voted in
aiil of tlie Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
railroad, the supreme court decided that
they were not a valid obligation of the townships
that voted them. The bondholders, of
course, were angry, and the taxpayers were
elated. The legislature passed an act in
which it sought to make the bonds a valid
obligation, and contrary to the. expectation
of the people, the supreme court sustained
the action of the legislature. The bondholders
were glad and the taxpayers were
angry ; but, all the same, the people, in their
wisdom, decided to obey the supreme cilurt.
The supreme coutt has decided that the
dispensary law, which has been such a bone
of contention, political and otherwise, for
for tlie past year, is unconstitutional. The
anti-dispensaryites are glad, and the dispensaryites
are angry. Maybe the law is unconstitutional
and maybe it is not; hut, all
| same, the supreme court has so said, and the :
people will do well to obey the supreme
court. *
It has been suggested that the legislature:
will be called to meet in extra session audi
passu new law similar to that which has!
just been decided' unconstitutional. Then
Justices I'ope and Gary, who are ofthe same
political faith, will constitute a majority of!
the court: and as such they may declare the
new law to be in accordance with the constitution.
Such a thing is possible. In fact,!
it may be done, and if it is, the anli dispensa-1
ryites will be mad and the dispensaryites i
! will be glad : but, all the same, the decision
! will be law, and the people should obey the 1
| supreme court.
This is written in no spirit of sarcasm. It
| is human to err, and supreme court justices
Iare just as human as the humblest citizen.
| It has been charged that the decisions of the j
i majority and minority of the court are to be |
i likened to stump speeches to the respective j
j factions to which the majority and minority ;
j of the court belong. All this may be true, |
I but still it proves nothing. The two factions ;
I belong to different schools of thought. The
law books furnish a precedent for nearly
; everything, and both opinions are sustained j
; by points and authorities of apparently equal j
, force. Both opinions were no doubt affected I
! bv the political bias of their respective wri-'
iters; but we have no reason to believe that J
i they arc not equally honest. After all, the 1
j deliverance of the court is only decisive?not j
necessarily conclusive?.and if Associate Justice
Clary should ever be placed in the position
to do so, and should side with Associate |
, Justice Pope, and make the present minority i
i opinion the majority opinion of the court, it j
will not necessarily follow that the then linal
decision is any more political in its origin
than the decision now under discussion.
THE LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The State Huh the Right to l'rohihit, Rlit Not to
Kngugc in the Sale of Liquor.
The long looked for dispensary decision
! has come at last, and the supreme court has
decided that the dispensary law must go.
The opinion of the court, which was written
by Chief Justice Mclver, was filed last
j Thursday. Associate Justice Mcdowan
| concurs and Associate Justice Pope dissents,
j To publish the opinions in full would require
about two pages of The Enquirer,
and as the text is so full of technicalities,
references to points and authorities, and
other matters in which the general reader
can have hut little interest, we shall endeavI
or to present only a brief synopsis.
i The decision rendered was in the cases of
i the State against McCullough ; State against
! Brown ; State against Troeger, and several
j others, all of which were argued together,
j The constitutionality of the dispensary law
! was attacked in each ease. In the mean!
time, December, 1893, a new act bad been
i passed supplanting the act under which the
! suits were brought. The court, in its decisj
ion, confines itself exclusively to the act of
! 1892, but declare? .hat the constitutional objections
apply with equal effect to the act
j now in force. Therefore, while nominally
the law as it stands remains unattackcd,
' the decision practically annuls it.
I Proceeding in the decision, Judge Mclver
says that ordinarily the presumption is in
i favor of any act passed by the legislature being
constitutional, and reviews at some length
; the nature, scope and object of the law.
He declares that it violates two articles of
I the constitution; namely, the first and
j the fourteenth. The first article declares
| all men free and equal with rights of enjoy!
ing liberty and property ; and the second
guarantees every man against being deprived
of his right to engage in any lawful business.
These rights, the court observes, are derived
from the Creator, rather than from the government.
The traffic in liquor itself is not unlawful,
and the law, in so far as it forbids a citizen
from engaging in it when the State is allowed
to conduct the same business, is null and
void.
The court next considers the question of
the alleged police regulation of the traffic
under the dispensary law, but concludes
that it has no such idea. The whole
scheme, the court says, is one to increase
the revenue of the State. The State has no
right to engage in business in competition
j with her citizens. Such an idea is at varij
ance with all ideas of civil government.
I The power given the State to engage in
the liquor business by the legislature is outj
side and beyond the power conferred upon
, the General Assembly by the people,
j The court answers also the argument
: raised that because the State engaged in
j the business of supporting colleges, that she
could also engage in the business of selling
! liquor. This is answered by showing from
j authorities that education is a legitimate
function of government while selling liquor
| is not.
Justice Pope's dissenting opinion covers
j nearly 100 pages of foolscap. He argues
chiefly that the whole law is constitutional
from the fact that the regulation of the
liquor traffic is a legitimate function of government,
and he holds that the dispensary
law is such a regulation. He does not think
the prime object of it is the raising of a revenue.
(JOKDUN FOR STATE BANKS.
General John 1?. Gordon, of Georgia, introduced
in the senate last Friday, a resolution
instructing the finance committee to, at
j the earliest possible moment, report a bill to
repeal the law imposing a tax upon the
issues of State banks. The general spoke
strdngly in favo'r of the resolution, and in
I %
behalf of its passage, submitted ten reasons
which, in brief, arc as follows :
"First. The repeal will bring quiet to the
country, help towards settling the disturbing
financial question, and remove in some degree
a question of sectional character which
all deplore.
"Second. Such repeal will place upon
each State the responsibility of providing
sound currency for its own citizens, a curi
rency which can be made available for all
purposes and furnish a medium of exchange
for ninetecn-twcntielhs of the business trans.
actions within the limits of the State.
"Third. It will leave the present banking
system to stand on its own merits.
"Fourth. It will bring immediate quiet
and eonfidenec to the people of those cities
which demand the right of organizing .State
banks of issue within their own borders, lor ;
the convenience and benefit of their own j
citizens, a right which the people of such I
Stales believe themselves now wrongfully de- i
nicd by the representatives of other States. I
"Fifth. The repeal could not possibly in-;
jure those States which did not avail thcm-j
selves of the advantages of such repeal." |
The sixth reason cites the changed eoiuli-1
tion of banking and shows that the added
banking intelligence of thirty years would
devise a safe system. If damage resulted, it
would fall alone upon-the citizens of the)
State, which would insure its speedy repeal.
Seventh. Such repeal will be a recognition
of the doctrine which lies at the l'ounda- j
tion of our free institutions, namely : That
the people are capable of self-government,}
while a refusal of such a repeal is a stand-1
ing proclamation by congress of its disbelief)
in the honesty and capacity of the people of]
the State." j
The eighth shows that the repeal will en- j
able the Slat.cs to protect their citizens j
) against the concentration of the currency in 1
one locality or section by design or other-!
wise.
"Ninth. Such repeal will be an honest
compliance with one of the plain pledges I
given to the people by the party now entrusted
with power.
"Tenth. Such repeal will, in a large
measure, divert from congress to the States]
the growing popular demand for more
money, lessen the%soeia)istio tendencies in
the country by turning popular thought
from the general government to the respective
Statesas sources of relief, and thus com- j
init to the States where, under our system,
, it rightfully belongs, the duty or responsibility
each for itself, of solving or dealing
with these disturbing problems which more j
and more threaten the peace of the commit-1
nities and per chance of free government."
( runted Hail.
? Constables McLendou and Cain, who
are charged with killing Messrs. Kedmond
and Xorment, at Darlington recently, ap
pea red lie lure Judge Watts, in Columbia, on i
; last Friday, on writs of habeas corpus, and j
j were granted bail in the sum of $4,000 each. (
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
I\I)i:\ TO MOW A DVIORT1SIOMI0XTS.
J. S. Brice, Chairman?Oives notice that the
Democratic county convention will not he
held oil the lirst Monday of May, as heretofore
stated, for the reason that under the
constitution of the party, it cannot he le
gaily hchi mini me nrsi moiiuay m
August.
II. C. Strauss?Tells about liis unprecedented
sales and gives a list of some of,the new
goods he has received during the past
week.
John J. Hunter?Claims to have the prettiest
line of zephyr, ginghams, Thihhct cloth,
ehallies, percales, etc., to he found in
Yorkville. He calls special attention to
his line of neckwear.
Whisonant A Castles, Hickory (J rove?Tell
about their stock of ready-made clothing,
low cut shoes, straw hats for men and
boys, an elegant line of ladies' dress goods,
millinery goods, a milliner, and claim
that their prices are right.
T. M. Dobson it Co.?Talk about new goods,
new prices, and new customers every
week. They claim that their goods are
new and fresh and that they will not be
undersold in new goods. Their millinery
department is in full blast, and they say
that not less than 10 lints went out of their
door last Saturday.
Mallard Brothers?Head their advertisement
"On a strike from "> tofi cents," and then
tell you almut a cheap dish for dinner
which they offer to prepare for you if you
will call on them.
Lowr.v A' Starr?Want you to paint your buggy
and propose to furnish the material. When
you want patent medicines, they ask you
to call on them.
May A* May?Can furnish you with "Hood
Luck" chicken powders, which it is claimed
will cure cholera. They also have cattle
powders, toilet soaps, and the silver
bell freckle ami tan cure, .Mrs. .toe i'erson's
remedy for indigestion, and a preparation
which will kill crows, all kinds of
? pills, and in addition, a stock of Zincnian's
spectacles.
W. C. Latimer?For one week from next Tuesday,
will have on exhibition in his millinery
store, one hundred and fifty trimmed
hats, at different 'prices from 'Jo cents upward.
J. n. Kiddle?Says lie can supply side harrows
now, but may not be able to do so later on.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Mr. L. K. Armstrong, of Bethel, is reported
to he very ill with heart disease.
Mr. I lion Johnson left last Monday for
Friendship, Md., where he will he engaged
in business.
Mr. John A. Neely and wife, of Rock Ilill,
are visiting relatives and friends in Yorkville,
the guest of Mr. H. A. D. Neely.
Miss Pauline LoSassier, after a pleasant
visit to the family of Mr. W. B. McCaw in
this place, returned to her home in New
Orleans last week.
Mr. G. G. Parish, who is engaged in railroad
building near Washington, I). ('., made
a flying visit to his home in this place last
Friday, returning Monday.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Union services at the Methodist church
this evening at 8 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Yorkvii.f.e?Sunday-school
at 4 o'clock p. m.
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.
Yorkville?Sunday-school at 3.30 p. m.
Episcopal.?Lay services on next Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, and Sunday-school
immediately afterward.
Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor.
Services Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Weber, pastor. Quarterly conference meets
next Friday evening at 8 o'clock, services to
be conducted by Rev. G. T. Harmon. Services
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Sundayschool
at 4 o'clock p. m.
"THE YANKEE IN GRAY."
On the 9th of May, The Enquirer will
begin the publication of a new serial by "M
Quad" (Clias. B. Lewis) entitled the "Yan
fctru in vti'u^ .
The scene of the story is laid in Northern
Virginia, in and around the historic city of
Winchester, and the time of the events recorded
is during the first years of the late
war. The narrative is based closely 011 historical
facts; but within it is also woven a
romance of thrilling and absorbing interest.
Chas. B. Lewis, the author, was an old
soldier, and from the way he writes, 110
old soldier will be willing" to doubt for a
minute that he has "been there." His descriptions
of scenes pertaining to battles and
the movements of armies, etc., are something
grand. In fact, he is probably one of
the most absorbing and entertaining writers
of to-day, and we have no hesitation in predicting
that all who read the opening chapters
of the "Yankee in Gray," will follow
the story with impatient interest through to
its end. Persons who desire to read the
story and are not now subscribers, can have
Thk Enquirer sent to them three months
for fifty cents.
XO MAY CONVENTION.
By reference to the announcement of J. S.
Brice, Esq., chairman of the York county
Democratic executive committee, in another
column, it will be seen that there will be 110
county convention in May, as recently decided
upon by the county executive commit
tpe.
Chairman Brice has been looking into the
matter carefully. He finds that the constitution
of ISfiO provides for county conventions
011 the first Monday in May of every
election year. The revised constitution of
1892, however, does away with the May convention
in off years, and provides for them
only in presidential years. This year, therefore,
there will be 110 county convention
till the first Monday in August, and the
present county executive committee will
continue in office until that day.
We see by the papers that several of the
counties, including Greenville and Xewber1
.1... : ?K?f t,?
ry, arc uiuicr me mqirt-nstiwu m.n. msj iu
hold conventions in May. The executive
committee of Newberry lias already issued a
call for the convention, and the executive
committee of Greenville, if it does not discover
its error," will prohaldy issue a call
during this week. The proceedings, of
course, however, will not be legal, and delegates
will be put to a great deal of unnecessary
trouble. It might be well for some of
the county chairmen, like Mr*. Uriee, to take
a look at Article IV of the State Democratic
constitution, as adopted in September, 1892.
DKATH orCAl'T. T. S. .IKFFKItYS.
Captain Thomas S. Jeflerys, one of the
best known citizens of Vorkville, died at his
home in this place last Saturday morning at
o'clock, of heart disease, aged (!7 years
2 months and 1"? days.
Cnpt. Jeflerys was a son of the late James
Jeflerys, one of the earliest settlers of Vorkville,
was born in this place, February (!. 1827,
and resided here continuously up to the time
of his death. His first experience in business
was in the store of his father, which he entered
as a clerk when about fourteen years
of age. Though he had had but few educational
advantages, here he acquired a good
knowledge of book-keeping, and after a number
of years' experience as a clerk, he went
into business on his own account. His cap:?..l
1......irdj i,u\ limit..il In >w>iiiiiro
Ilill, llUnUtll, ????.' IUU
much success in that day and time, and he
soon went to clerking again, which lie continued
until 1855), when he formed a partnership
with the late I'eyton li. Darwin in
another mercantile enterprise. This business
was continued until the breaking out of
the war.
Captain Jcll'crys served through the war I
as a clerk in the commissary department in !
Columbia, and for general efficiency, was1
commissioned as captain in 1S04.
After the war, Captain Jelferys engaged in
insurance, the fertilizer business, machinery j
business, ami was also connected with the
Citizens' Savings bank. In 1N77 he established
a bank on his own account, and conducted
the business for a number of years until
he, with others, established the Exchange i
bank of Yorkville, which a few years ago1
. . i: s.i..i
Weill 111 If> lujumuiiuii.
For the past few years. Captain JeU'orys!
lias been in very poor health, and with the'
exception of some time given to insurance ;
and his own private affairs, has not devoted
himself to business. lie has, for many years, j
%
been a prominent member of the Methodist
church at this place, and was a most liberal
; contributor toward the erection of the bandsome
building now owned by the Methodist
congregation in Yorkville.
The funeral took place last Monday morning
at 11.30 o'clock from Trinity church,
i The pulpit was draped in mourning, and the
bier was almost buried in a great heap of
flowers contributed by the numerous friends
of the family of the deceased. The services,
! which were solemn and impressive, were
| conducted by Rev. Dr. S. A. Weber, assisted
by Rev-. J. II. Xoland and Rev. W. (J.
Neville, and were attended by a large conj
course of people, including a number of
friends and relatives from different parts of
the Slate. The services at the grave were
i conducted under the auspices of the Masons,
of which organization the deceased had long
i been a member.
Captain Jeflerys was twice married. He
leaves a widow and three grandchildrentwo
sons and one daughter of the late Mrs.
John It. Ashe, who was his second daughter
by his first wife. His estate is estimated to
be worth about $4"),000. By his will he
gives to his widow his late residence in
[ Yorkville, "together with all the furniture
' and other articles of household keeping eon|
nected therewith and belonging thereto, and
; also all such personal effects as may belong
to, or be connected with, the premises dei
vised." The remainder of his estate he gives
| one half to his wife and the other half to his
; three grandchildren?Thomas Jeflerys, John
| Kainey and Mary Clawson Ashe?the inter]
est or income of which is to be expended for
i their benefit until they attain their majority,
when the proportionate part of each is to
he paid to them. Messrs. F. A. Gilbert and
\\\ \V. Lewis, of Yorkville, are named as cx!
ecutors of the will.
oini't a nrritTiGivr.
For several days, Messrs. Mallard Bros.
: had had on hand a lot of line North Carolina
! cabbage. In last week's Enquirer they announced
the fact of having the cabbage, and
| before the evening of the day on which the
paper was issued, the cabbage was nearly
: all gone. Other concerns in town had cabi
bage, but those of Messrs Mallard Bros, were
extra fine, and that is what the people
| wanted.
Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy belongs to the
| class of goods which the druggists regard as
j standard. That is, something of undoubted
| merit, and for which there is more or less
| demand. Messrs. May & May have been
keeping a stock of the remedy on hand for
I several years, but up to a few months ago,
j for a long time, there has been no sale for it.
: Several month ago, Mrs. Joe Person commenced
to advertise her remedy in The Enquirer.
Within a few weeks after the appearance
of the lirst advertisement, the demand
for the remedy became pronounced
and steady, and Messrs. May & May informs
us that during the time the advertisement
has been .running, they have bad occasion to
replenish their stock not less than half a
dozen times.
People often seek to secure the insertion
of advertisements in the local colums of The
Enquirer, but they are never successful, for
the reason that we hold to the view that advertisements
should be published as advertisements,
and news as news. Any other arrangement
is at least an annoyance, if not a
swindle on the reader. As a matter of fact,
I however, we believe that the advertising
'columns of The Enquirer arc read as
! closely as any other portion of the paper,
and especially with the index at the top of
! the local column, there is but the slightest
I possibility that a given advertisement will
I fail to reach the eye of all the readers of
j The Enquirer who may be interested in it.
thk pearson mkkt1xg.
Interest in the Pearson meeting, to commence
here next Sunday, continues to grow.
Rev. Mr. Neville, who has charge of arrangements,
fears that the Presbyterian
church will not be nearly large enough to
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1101(1 IIIC lTO? UP lllill ?iii ut iii
and is trying to secure a gospel tent from
Columbia Qr Charlotte, that will be large
enough to accommodate everybody.
The Pearson choir is practicing regularly
and getting in good shape to do the fine
( work that will be expected of it.
Union services arc being held every night
according to announcement. The services
were held in the Baptist church last Monday
night, in the Presbyterian church last
night, and tonight they will be held in the
; Methodist church. These services are well
attended and the interest of the people is
growing rapidly.
Mr. Pearson was to have closed a meeting
at Newberry last Sunday. From Newberry
he goes to his home in Ashevillc, and will
i probably reach Yorkvillc next Saturday.
On Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock, he will
address a mass meeting of Sunday school
; workers in the Presbyterian church, and the
first regular sermon of the series <^f meetings
| will be preached Sunday night, commencing
at S o'clock.
At a meeting held last Monday, a corps of
ushers was organized and a finance commit!
tee was appointed. The ushers selected
are as follows: T. B. McClain, chief; J. J.
Ilunter, assistant; M. W. White, J. R. Hart,
: J. A. Tate, W. W. Lewis, R. W. Hutson, (J.
W. Williams, O. E. Grist, W. C. Gist, S. W.
Iiiman, Sam Moore, J. B. Kennedy, J. W.
Snider, R. J. Withers, Sidney Davidson, C.
P. Lowrance, Clarence Glenn, H. H. Beard,
j If. C. Strauss, A. M. Grist. The following
were selected as a finance committee: J.
i F. Wallace, J. J. Hunter, C. E. Spencer, T.
| B. McClain, W. Adiekes, W. M. Allison, R.
j E. McFarland, J. S. Brice, W. B. Wylie, W.
I W. Lewis, F. A. Gilbert, L. G. Grist, S. M.
I Grist.
LOCAL LACONIC'S.
| They Were Delightful.
? Mrs. S. A. McElwee, of Yorkvillc, has
! the thanks of Thk KniH7ikkk for some fine
I strawberries.
Aged ,?7 Years.
? Rev. W. B. Corbett, formerly a citizen
of this county, died at his home in Bennettsville
recently, aged 57 years.
Chaste ami Tender.
? F. M. Sisk, the Atlanta. Ga., composer,
I has sent Thk Exqi'ikkh a copy of his latest
waltz song, "Madeline of Airy." The tncl|
ody is sweet and sympathetic, and the words
I arc tender.
i Knterpri-iliig Moonshiner*.
? A prominent revenue official informs
; Thk Kxiji'ikkk that there are no less than
half a dozen blockade distilleries in operation
in York county. The official does not
: know the exact location of the distilleries,
but is positive that his statement is a fact.
Will not Hang I ntil Next Year.
? Attorney Trescott has served upon the
judge, clerk, and sheriff, notice of appeal in
the case of .fell' Crawford, convicted of mur*
* * * 1.--? ..l.-ml
der. .Mr. ireseou now nas uuum ivttmj
days in which to perfect his appeal, by making
up his case, and if lie does this, it is not
likely that the supreme court will render a
decision until sometime in November, and
even in the event of a refusal to grant a new
trial, it is hardly probable that Crawford will
be handed until sometime next year.
l>calli of Mr*. J. <i. Wardhuv.
? Mrs. Sarah Fishhurn Wardlaw died in
Aiken, last Saturday afternoon, at the residence
of her parents, I)r. and Mrs. F. F.
" - 1 " - '? < '><> ?) {,.,! ?f Mav
i anon, agcu - t >101.--. v-n ,, j
last, slu* was married to Major Joseph (J.
Ward law, formerly of Yorkville, but now of
Clifton, Spartanburg county. Since her marriage
she has been residing at Clifton. She
has been in bad health for some time, and removed
to Aiken three weeks ago for a
change.
Gone Hack to I.iittrciis.
? Mr. John H. Workman, who has been
I located in Yorkville since about the loth of1
last January as a State constable, received
his discharge last .Monday, in consequence
of the recent supreme court decision declaring
the dispensary law unconstitutional, and left
for his home. Though a large per cent, of
our people had no admiration for Mr. Workman's
business, during his sojourn in Yorkville,
his personal conduct has been above
reproach, and he takes home the ill will of
nobody.
Tributes of Respect.
? During the recent session of the court j
of common picas, which adjourned last Wednesday
at noon, the attorneys of the York-J
1 ville bar passed tributes of respect to the
memory of the late Colonel W. H. Wilson,
of Yorkville, and the late Judge J. U. KerI
shaw, of Camden. The proceedings of the
meeting at which the tributes were adopted,!
; were spread on the minutes of the court.
Tliv I-iutics are Invited.
? At a meeting of the board of trustees of |
i the Winthrop Normal and Industrial col-,
lege, held in Uock Hill last Friday night,!
the following resolution was adopted : "That
the ladies of York, Chester and Lancaster
counties, accessible to Rock Hill, be requested
to attend the ceremonies of laying the;
corner-stone of the Winthrop Normal audi
Industrial college of South Carolina, May I
12th, 1 S!)4, and conic prepared to furnish a 1
J mammoth basket picnic to feed the crowd.
jThe papers of the respective counties are
requested to extend this notice."
A Visit From Harper.
? Major G. W. F. Harper, president of the '
Chester and Lenoir railroad, was in Yorkvillc '
j for a few hours last Thursday. He had no
special business here other than to call on
j a few friends and see wherein the service of
i his road to the town could be improved,
j The major has but little to say about the
I prospects of the Narrow Gauge, but it is clear
j to his friends that he is encouraged, and
! everybody interested believes that if the
j present management is given a fair show, it
will be able to conduct the property safely
out of the woods.
Taking Them to WieUilngton.
? Charlotte Observer, Saturday : Mr. Cal
! Parish, formerly of Yorkvillc, S. C., who is
j now u railroad contractor near Washington,
! was here yesterday on 11 "Peg-Leg Williams"
errand. He was in search of darkies to go
! to Washington (not as a dark adjunct to
C'oxey) to work on the railroad. He succeeded
in getting 110 hands. When asked
why he did not get workmen in, or about
Washington, lie replied that one Charlotte
Negro was worth half-dozen Washington
ones. Mr. Parish will have work for the
men until November. He has already employed
.'100 hands.
a Small Dozen.
? Mrs. Joe Dowdle, of Hoodtawn, has
sent Two Enquikku a dozeu eggs, each of
which is only a little larger than those of
the ordinary partridge. With the eggs
| comes information that they were all laid
| by an ordinary hen, one after another, in
the same nest. A single egg smaller than
1 the others is nothing remarkable, but a
j dozen small eggs, one after the other, is a
circumstance that seems to puzzle all the
' oldest and most experienced poultry raisers.
The eggs, of course, have ao yelks, and if
1 the old hen will only agree to continue their
| production. Mrs. Dowdle might employ her
I very profitably on a contract to furnish pure
. and unadnltered material for eake-iceing.
j Something of a Myntery.
? While bailing out the old gas tank just
below the jail last Monday, Frank Johnson,
alias Melton, and several other Negroes,
found a double barrel breechloading shotgun
of the Baker pattern. The gun was considerably
the worse for its apparently long
stay in the water; but was still in fairly
! good condition. Examination developed
I that both barrels of the gun were loaded, and
j that the cartridges contained heavy charges
; of buckshot. How the gun got iuto the tank
lis a mystery. It has.been suggested that
possibly it was thrown there by some of the
! party that hanged Giles Good and his crowd
several years ago; or bus perhaps not been
in the tank so long. The Negroes who
found the gun, were bailing out the tank for
eels. They report that they caught one eel
and several footers.
KOl'K HILL HAPPENINGS.
Itliml Timers 011 h Jloom?The Corner Stono of the
Inilu.strlal School?Other Notes of More or
I.enK Interest,
j Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Mill, April 24.?The decision that;
the dispensary lavr is unconstitutional, rendered
by the State supreme court, last Thurs-1
day, bore immediate fruit in the bringing into j
l Rock Hill an extra supply of whisky, on the j
| Saturday night train from Charlotte, and a
renewal of acquaintance on less restrained !
terms between some persons and their liquid j
, god. Policemen Steele and Carroll, who are
against liquor in all its tenses, are somewhat |
j disgusted. To these oilieers of the peace the i
change smells of lawlessness and disorder. |
The dispensary law may be unconstitutional.
| It is at least so in the eyes of two weighty j
justiees; but it is-sickening to people who j
would put down the whisky curse to see how i
j the whisky god can manipulate logic, sophis-1
tries, falsehoods and cheap sentiment in his
favor. One need not he given to extravagant j
I statement to say the devil himself is fighting
| to save liis whisky imp. If so, good people J
should not sicken on that account, else they j
: should sicken in lighting any evil.
On Saturday night, the 14th instant, Newton
Broom, who lives near this place, was!
captured by Intendnnt D. O. Potts, of Fort j
J Mill, on the southbound train from Charlotte,
with a sack full of jugs and llasksof;
whiskey. Constable Workman, of York-'
| ville, was called to Fort Mill, hut owing to
i the unsettled state of the law, did not arresti
Broom.
There was a meeting of the executive;
I committee of the hoard of trustees of the i
Industrial school, in Rock Hill, on last
Thursday and Friday. Among the business j
; transacted was the closing of contracts for a
j heating apparatus and a vault, and arrange-;
menls for theeorner stone laying on May 12th. j
There will he a large crowd in attendance, j
The students ofClemson and of the Columbia
Normal school, arc to he present among
others. The committee gave the contract
for healing apparatus to an Atlanta firm,
and that for the vault to the Hall-HerriugMarvin
company.
The State Medical Association, meets here
on Wednesday of tins week. Tins is uie
regular annual meeting of the association,
and will continue in session for about three
days. Distinguished members of the medi-i
: cal fraternity are expected to address the
body. It is expected that the association j
I will bring about 100 medical men into the]
town. They will he domiciled at the Caro-'
linn hotel and in the homes of citizens. The
association will find an open-hearted people
and a cordial welcome in Rock Hill.
At a meeting of Confederate veterans, held
! here last Wednesday, Major T. C. Beckham
W. .1. Rawlinson and L. Sherfesee, were
! chosen as delegates to the Confederate Survivors'
Convention of Veterans, to be held [
in Birmingham.
Mr. H. F. Mobley and family, of Warwick,,
N. V., have moved to Rock Hill. Mr. Mob-i
ley will go into business here. We extend
to them a hearty welcome to our town and
Southland.
Mr. Hancock, a student at the Presbyterian
High school, was called to his home in
Wilmington, on Sunday, by a telegram nni
nonliving the sad news of the death of his |
i sister.
The hot supper recently given bv the
Baptist ladies, was a pleasant success. The
not proceeds wore about $40.
The new building of the Baptist church
wins compliments by its promise of comeli'
ness as it nears completion. The roofing
and painting have begun.
Mr. B. F. Cobb, a fancy groceries "drum;
mer," with his pretty bride, has lately made i
liock Hill his home.
There was a small lire Sunday at Captain
, lloddeyV "Blake place," below town, on
which Mr. II. K. McFadden lives. The barn,
two cribs, a wagon, a lot of roughness, and,
100 bushels of corn were destroyed. There!
was no one at home at the time. The origin
of the lire is unknown. There is 110 insur1
ance.
Miss Sue Creighton, daughter of Mr. Ely j
('rcighton, died at hen home, three miles east
of this place, on Sunday. The remains, accompanied
bv her grief stricken relatives and
friends, were brought in and buried in Laurel
wood cemetery 'in yesterday.
Mr. V. B. McFaddeii lias just placed a
large refrigerator of late pattern, in his meat
market. It is really a neat little room,
which can be kept at -10? temperature during
warm weather. v. t. M.
PASS A VALIDATING ACT.
A I'ro'ciloit for the Itolialillitation of the J)UpeiiMtry
l.?iv.
For The Yorkville Hii<|iiirer.
The people of South Carolina are in a
great quandary to know what is the status
of the whisky question. Is wl.hky free?
Can anybody buy and sell it : or does the
prohibitory feature of the dispensary law
frifn nu iilKnlnln nrnliiliilinn ' CmII Ulivbodv
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tell lis "where we are at?''
The solution of the difficulty ami the
easiest way to solve the problem, is for the
governor to call the legislature together and
pass a "validating" act.
The dispensary law is no deader now than
the township railroad bonds were when this
same court sustained the decision of Judge
Norton. It is well now for the people to
call to mind the fact that Judge Norton decided
that the act of the legislature, under
which the bonds were voted and issued, was
unconstitutional; therefore, the bonds were
null and void. The.question was carried to
the supreme court, which, sustained Judge
Norton's decision. .Then, of course, the
bonds were dead. When that decision was
rendered, the people who have these bonds
to pay were just as much rejoiced as the
whisky gang and the rabid anti-Tillman
faction are at the decision of the dispensary
law. Hut the bondholders did not despair ;
and behold, when the legislature met, it
passed what has gone into history as the
"Validating Act."
And it is well at this time for the people
to bear in mind that the same court that
decided that the bonds were null and void,
rendered a decision that the legislature had
a right to resurrect these dead bonds, and
that the townships would have them to
pay. And this is also a good time to remember
that it was this same supreme
court justice, General Samuel McGownn,
who rendered this famous decision. By
all means let the legislature he called
together and pass a "Validating Act." If
dead railroad bonds can be brought to life,
surely the legislature and this same supreme
court, can bring a dead dispensary law to
life. I'ikk.
Yorkville, S. C., April 23, 1894.
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BLACKSBIWS BUDGET.
Winter in the I.ap of Spring?Destruction by
Front?Married Last Wednesday?The Dispensary
Closed?Other Matters.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
Hi.ACKsnrmi, April 21.?If the expression will
be pardoned on account of its antiquity, I will
say that "winter lingers in the lap ot spring" up
here, and weare forcibly reminded by cool, fros
: ' -I that tlin
IV II1W1 mill 191 iaI |# niuun, ?.?? ? ?Mv
Hoary King very reluctantly yields his icy sway
to the gentle maiden. Yesterday, however, was
bright and warm, hut we still ieel the eft'cctsof
a severe hailstorm which came on Friday last, a
few miles above here, near the North Carolina
line. The only damage I have heard of* it doing
was the breaking of window glass in the houses
of Messrs. John Ellis, Columbus and (V M. Sarratt.
I have been told by quite a number of farmers
that tin; cold wcatlfer of two and three weeks
ago, killed a good many fruit and forest trees,
and the small grain was considerably damaged.
However, it is taking on a fresh growth,
and the indications are that there will be a very
good crop of both wheat and oats.
The only fruit we can expect this year will be
berries of the different varieties, and grapes, and
Mr. R. E. Porter has a tree full of apples of the
sweet variety. Of course it bloomed after all the
others were killed.
On Friday last, about one hundred of the good
people from the neighborhood of Butlhlo church,
with a few invited guests, assembled at Gaston's
shoals, on Broad river, for a social picnic. The
place selected was charming, the scenery picturesque
and grand, the day, up to the coming of
the storm about 3 o'clock, delightful, the dinner
bountiful and fich.and just such a generous feast
as the model housewives of that community are
noted for preparing. To hungry men like myself
and the preacher, it was indeed a treat. But,
besides this, and best of all, there was a feast of
friendship and good cheer, of which all partook,
and which made the occasion a most happy ope
and long to be remembered.
On Wednesday evening, the 18th instant, a very
pretty and attractive wedding was celebrated in
the Baptist church in this place. The contracting
parties were Mr. C. F. Keeter, of Rutherford,
N. t'., and Miss Linnie Boswell, of Camden,
both for sometime residents of Blaeksburg. At
about 8 o'clock, to the soil, sweet notes of the
Wedding march, as played by Miss Eva Blanton,
the bridal party entered the. church in the following
order: Miss Lola Jackinswith Mr. Robt.
Withers; Miss Mamie Logan with I)r. McCubbins
; Miss Lou Nettles with Mr. AllieOsborne;
and Miss Eula Boswell with Mr. J. W. Duff.
Then came the bride and groom, followed by
their little llower girls, Ridie Lee and Mabel
Ratnseur, They all formed a beautiful semi- '
circle in front of the altar, with the bride and
groom in the center, and upon being thus arranged,
the pastor of the church, Rev. Mr. Bailes,
stepped forward and in the presence of a large
congregation, united the two loving hearts,
blending two lives into one. After showers of
congratulations by their numerous friends, the
newly married couple took the northbound train
on the Three C's road for Shelby, and are spending
their honeymoon in Rutherford county with
relatives and friends of the groom. Mr. Keeter
is a young man of active, energetic, business
habits, and his bride is a lady of sweet disposition!
and many graces, bothof mind and person.
Both are popular, and have the best wishes of all *
who know them, for their success and happiness
in life. ~~
Mrs. John A. Barham.of Philadelphia, whose
husband is president of the Caloric Reduction
company, at this place, is spending a month at
Cherokee Inn.
Mr. Julius Berkley, a capitalist, from Grand
Rapids, Michigan, is'hereexamining the mineral
resources of the country.
Florence, the bright seven year old daughter
of Mr. R. E. Porter, fell out or tne second siory
of his barn on Friday morning last and fractured
both bones of her right arm, near the wrist.
The fracture, of course, was a very painful one,
but the bones were replaced in position, and at
last accounts she was doing vecy well. *
Mrs. J. ]\ Bos well and Mrs. Robertson, of
Camden, are. visiting the family of Mr. Metz,
while Miss Eula Boswell aiu^ Miss Florence
Nettles are spending sometime at Engineer C.
A. Lee's.
Miss Mamie Draught), of Marietta, Da., is for
a few days a guest at Dr. W. Anderson's.
County Dispenser A. 1'. MeC'lure received a
telegram from State Commissioner Traxler, on
Friday, ordering him to close the dispensary
here, which he did promptly. Yesterday a circular
order came from the governor to take an
inventory of all stock in the dispensary, have the
county board of control to examine and certify
to the same, and after paying all necessary expenses,
to send all money due the State to Columbia,
that due the county and town to the
county treasurer, and to take care of the goods
on hand until further orders. Mr. MeC'lure has
complied in every particular with the order, and
is now ready for the meeting of the county
board, which, Mr. Win. F. Dye says, he thinks
will convene here in a day or two. w. a.
CARD FROM W. M. ALLISON.
Yokkvillk, S. t'., April 24, 1S04.
Editor Knqitrkk : I notice in the last issue
of your paper, in commenting on the
case of Wilson, Wilson & McDow against
the Township of York, you say :
"Exciting as the case does, a great deal of interest.
tlR-re lias been much talk as to what the
jury thought about it, and as a great many people
are more or less acquainted with the matter,
several of the jurymen, as a matter of justice to
themselves, have requested that we publish a
statement of how each juryman stood on the last
ballot. As given to us it is as follows: For plain*
tiiV?W. M. Allison, John Law Jackson, Perry
Anderson, colored, S. M. Jackson. For defendant?I).
C. Clark, J. A. Maloney, L. B. MeFadden,
W. S. Ploxieo, S. B. McCollough, C. P.
Blankcnship, W. .S. Byers and E. L. Harnett.
As my name is mentioned, I ask leave to
state that your informant is certainly in
error, as eleven of the jury were in favor of
finding a verdict for the plaintiffs though in
different amounts. W. M. Allison.
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Conditional Kkpkal.?Representatives
from the South are almost unanimous for
the unconditional repeal of the tax on the
issues of State banks. Representatives from
the East, North and West, generally favor
conditional repeal. Representative Swanson,
of Virginia, thinks that the following
plan is calculated to meet most objections :
"1. The bank not to issue currency in
excess of 7o per cent, upon its paid up and
unimpaired capital.
"2. The currency issued to be a first preferred
lien on all the assets of the bank.
Stockholders to be personally liable
in addition to their stock, to an amount
equal to the stock, as in the case of national
banks.
"4. The currency issued to be redeemable
at the bank of issue in money made a
legal tender by the laws of the United.
States."'
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r.vdoiisk l)n. Strait.?Tlio follow.
itig i.s a copy of a paper received at Tiik
KMiriUKlt otlicc last Monday, through the
mail from Point, S. C.:
Resolved, By Forest 11 ill Alliance, that we
appreciate the manly stand taken by the Hon.
T. J. Strait in supporting our demands in congress,
l?y not sacrificing principle for patronage,
and we do pledge him our hearty support
for re-election.
Resolved That this resolution be sent to
the Youkvii.i.k Knqukkh, Columbia Register
and Cotton Plant with request to publish.
T. V. Boyd, Vice-President.
1). .1. Gi.kn.n, Secretary.