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? There have been but a few developments j
in the war between China and Japan during'
the past week. At last accounts the Chi-1
nese were strengthening the defenses ofj
Pekin, and the Japanese are getting things
in readiness for an attack. There is a story
to the effect that China has begun to realize
that she is whipped and has made direct
overtures to Japan for terms of peace. If
this is true, the probability is that the war is
about over.
? The Richland county board of control,
received the reports of the dispensaries last
week. These reports showed that since the
re-opening of the dispensaries, they have
not been paying expenses. The reason of j
their failure to pay expenses is attributed to j
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in Columbia. Now, however, that the supreme
court has declared the dispensary law
to be constitutional, the blind tigers will
have a more difficult road to travel, and the
dispensaries will do a better business.
? The question as to whether the Democrats
or Republicans will control the next
congress is giving the Democratic party
everywhere grave concern. The present
congress, as everybody knows, is Democratic
by a large majority; but on account of the
party's method of dealing with various important
matters, the result of the pending
election is a matter of considerable doubt.
Senator Faulkner, chairman of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign committee,
has just given out an interview in which he
says that he believes the next congress will
be Democratic by about 20 majority. This
makes things look serious.
? The bold robbers who recently secured
$180,000 from an express train near Washington,
are still at large. At least there is every
reason to believe that such is the case. Geo.
F. Livingston, a suspicious character who
seems to have lots of money, was arrested in
Washington one day last week; but there
was no clue to connect him with the robbery.
Two men put iu their appearance at Front
Royal, Va., a day or two after the robbery.
They had lots of money and most of it was
$20 gold pieces. People in town suspicioned
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the robbery and word was sent to the sheriff;
but before that official arrived, they took
their departure for the mountains and were
not followed. The bold robbers will no
doubt be enjoying to the fullest extent the
fruits of their daring.
? Last week, says the Shelby Aurora, J.
W. Penglace, trustee, of Philadelphia, took
an option on Cleveland Springs property,
owned by J. B. Wilkinson and subject to a
mortgage now due for the balance on the
purchase money. The terms of the option
are as follows: The heirs of Elizabeth Wilson
signed a contract to cancel the present mortgage
due by J. B. Wilkinson, on or before
January 1st, 1895, upon a receipt of a cash
payment of $5000 at that time and upon delivery
to them of 290 ten-year, six-per cent,
semi-annual interest, gold-bearing bonds of
$100 each, or $29,000 ; making a total of $34,000
as full payment of the balance of the
debt on the springs. The option expires if
the party fails to comply with contract on
January 1st, 1895, and the property is to be
insured as collateral for the bond issue.
Mr. Penglace and his partner are to give assurance
that $15,000 additional improvements
are to be erected on this property on
or before July 1, 1895.
? It was reported last Sunday that the czar
of Russia is dead ; but whether or not the
report is true, has not yet developed. The
story is that the real facts are being concealed
for reasons of state, and if the czar is
really dead, the fact will not be given out
until some time this week. It seems that
the matter of succession, in case of the czar's
death, has not been finally settled. The
tastes of the oldest son and heir apparent do
not run in the direction of government.
He is not inclined to accept either the responsibilities
or dangers necessarily attendant,
and it is a question as to whether the second
son shall be declared the successor. The
death oMhe present czar, Alexander III, if
it hns oornrred. is due to Brieht's disease.
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His majesty had an attack of influenza a
year or ago, and disregarding the advice of
his physicians, his general health has been
breaking down ever since. The papers have
commenced speculations as to the probable
effect of his death on the peace of Europe.
? The State of Ohio has just passed through
a terrible experience with mob law. About
10 days ago, Mrs. Mary C. Boyd, a respectable
white woman, was assaulted at Parrott's
station, Washington county, by a Negro
named Dolby. Dolby was captured and arraigned
for trial without delay. Last week
he plead guilty, and the judge sentenced
him to 20 years at hard labor in the State
penitentiary. The people were not satisfied
with the sentence, and a great mob collected
for the purpose of lynching the Negro. Unable
to take the Negro from the court house
to the jail on account of the mob, the sheriff I
locked the fellow up in the grand jury room j
and placed on guard 'two or three com-1
panics of militia and a large number
of deputies. The crowd kept surging
toward the grand jury room in a determined
manner, and after a while the
soldiers, who had previously been using
the butt ends of their weapons, fired. The
members of the mob escaped without injury,
but a dozen or more persons were hit. Two
were killed outright, and a number of others
were dangerously wounded. The Negro
was finally moved to the penitentiary.
? An English engineer of one of the Chinese i
ships in the battle of the Ya Lu river,'
thus described the enthcnasia in practice ^
among the Chinese: "As rapidly as possible
the-ship's doctor, a young Irishman named
Kirk, mnde the rounds of the injured. Those
who stood a good chance of recovery were j
sent below to the sick bay or ship's hospital; j
but the mortally wounded were given their
quietus in a manner peculiarly Chinese. Acting
under orders from the captain, the doctor :
carried an atomizer filled with prussic acid.
A nnrmwhini' a honelesslv nuiiialed sailor
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the doctor made a hasty examination. If it
was a case which was likely to result fatally j
the doctor lowered his atomizer. On seeing |
the instrument, the sufferer, thinking he was:
about to obtain relief, would stretch his j
head forth in eager desire for medicine.!
Placing the nozzle of the atomizer at the ;
lips and nostrils of the victim, the doctor
gave the bulb a squeeze and all was over.1
The deadly acid did its work in an instant,
and so effectively that the sailor never knew
what killed him. "It seemed a brutal thing
to do." said the engineer, "hut it was all
for the best." Of course the doctor'did his
work as humanely as possible, but it did
seem like murder."
? A special meeting of the Georgia Agricultal
society is called to assemble in Macon
today, "to consider the present ruinous price j
of cotton, and to take some step, if possible, i
to remedy and avert impending disaster.",
President Waddell, in issuing the call, says'
he wishes "to be distinctly understood as
opposing the selling of cotton to the injury j
of creditors ; but it is believed that the best!
interests of debtor and creditor will be j
subserved if advances can he made on,
cotton, so as to allow it to be held over, i
thus stopping the large daily receipts,'
and at the same time giving the farmers
an opportunity of securing advances on
their cotton by which they can meet
their obligations and at the same time hold
their cotton for better prices." Part of the
call reads as follows: "A brief suggestion as
to the plans indicated?money is plentiful
and at low inter est rate in the banks. The
banks and commission merchants, who are !
our friends, can be induced to advance a)
reasonable amount on cotton, and thus allow !
the farmer to hold his cotton another year, J
and at the same time citable him to pay his!
obligations to nearly the full amount of his j
cotton. At present prices, it is impossible;
to more than pay the cost of cultivation,!
picking, ginning and guano bills, leaving the !
farmer nothing with which to meet other
just obligations. If the plans and suggestions
which you may promulgate be adopted
by the other cotton States, we believe good |
results will follow. There can be no doubt j
that the cotton acreage will of necessity be |
greatly reduced next year, the crop reduced
in consequence, and the cotton carried over I
must command better prices."
? There was considerable excitement at
the Greenville jail on Tuesday of last week,
the cause being the attempt of a prisoner to
escape. In the absence of the jailor, his j
wife, Mrs. A. I). (Jailiard, went to the upper
story to release a prisoner whose time had
expired. Anderson Davis, a Negro awaiting j
trial for assault and battery, had concealed
himself in the hall or corridor, and awaited j
the opening of the door which leads to the
cells. He made a sudden rush for the door, |
and a sudden struggle ensued. The door
opened in, which gave the burly rutlian the
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advantage. Mrs. (Jailiard held on with all
her strength, hut the Negro pulled the door
open several times, but she forced him hack.
She continued the fight gamely, although
her arm was being crushed against the stone
wall with every effort of the Negro to force
the door open. She held her ground, calling
for assistance, which brought a colored
"trusty," who quickly settled the Negro
Davis, and all was made secure. Mrs.
Gailiard's arm is severely hurt, but she was
attending to her housework the next day.
She showed grit and nerve, and should be
proud of her game work.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1894.
AND CL'FFY WILL CONTROL.
Why do thcso self-appointed guardians, who
have been repudiated by the people, appear so
solicitous for the Negro's right to vote ? Plainly
because they want to be the beneficiaries of
that vote two years from now. Why do they
want to preserve to the ignorant and debased
Negro his ballot? Simply because their fell
purpose is to cover the ballot of every poor
white man with the ballots of two ignorant
Negroes and thereby restore themselves to ollice
and power. While charging that it is the purpose
of the dominant faction of the Democratic
party to disfranchise the poor, illiterate white
men along with the Negro, does not any reasonable
man know that that faction, being largely
made up of this class, would not disfranchise its
own followers ? What political party,ever committed
suicide or relinquished voluntarily the
control of public affairs??Irby's Address.
The above sounds like a clear expression
of honest but partisan views, and we have
no doubt but that in this instance Mr. Irby
believes just what he says. But Mr. Irby is
not a statesman. He is only a politician.
From the standpoint of the selfish politician,
who cares only for today, his utterance sounds
plausible enough ; but from the standpoint
of those, who consider the future as well
as the present, there appears the greatest
danger that has ever confronted the people
of the State. We are not seeking to
raise unnecessary alarm. We mean just
what we say.
To discriminate against the suffrage of the
Negro on account of his color is opt of the
question. The constitution of the United
States presents an insuperable harrier. Our
only recourse is to a property or educational
qualification, and either of these qualifications
must, under the constitution of the
United States, apply with equal force to all
men, regardless of race, color, or previous
condition.
According to figures taken from the United
?
States census of 1890, and given to a representative
of The Enquirer two years
ago by Governor Tillman, the total number
of males in this State, of the voting age, is
235,GOG. Of these, 132,949 are colored, and
102,647 are white. The total colored majority
is 30,292.
An educational qualification will disfranchise
say about 100,000 Negroes, and about
15,000 whites. Let us say 100,000 Negroes
and only 10,000 whites. That will leave the
white vote at 92,000, and the Negro vote at
only 30,000. The whites will outnumber
the blacks about three to one. And at first
blush it looks as if they will control, and
the Negro vote will no longer be a factor.
But such will not be the case. Stripped
of all encumbrances, Cliffy will he a greater
factor than ever.
Several years ago, the two parties in the
British house of commons wero almost
evenly divided. Parnell, at the head of less
than a dozen followers, held the balance of
power, and with it controlled the policy of
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power than either of the great parties. In
the last senate, three or four dissatisfied
Democrats refused to act with their party.
They held the balance of power and succeeded
in enforcing concessions that the
Democrats had to grant, or submit to ruin.
At one time, Irby himself had the balance
of power and ominously threatened the
Democratic policy. For weeks he kept the
Democrats of the whole Union in a tremble
for fear he would carry out a clearly made
threat to betray his trust.
Now eliminate from the white strength,
10,000 votes by means of an educational
qualification, and fully S,000 of them will
come from the Deform party. The difference
in the voting strength between the
Deform and Conservative faction, will then
be less than 15,000. Under ordinary circumstances,
this would be an overwhelming
majority; but with a dark cloud of 30,00(7
Negro voters overhanging the general election,
it could not be counted upon as anything
like safe. It is clear that Cully would
have the balance of power.
Say that the constitutional convention has
been held and all the more ignorant Negro
vote has been eliminated. There is left a
formidable body of 30,000 Negroes, the most
intelligent of their race, fully conscious of
their tremendous power, and working as a
unit to get for themselves all that polices
has to offer. With the whites divided, they
know that they are safe from violence, and
they will have no hesitation in asking for
money, for office and concessions. They will
be coddled and courted by tlie factions. As
in the past, they will have too much sense to
divide, and they will absolutely control the
State. The Negro vote now is not especially
dangerous. It is too ignorant and unwieldy
to be handled by anybody to advantage
; but just cut oil" its cumbersome
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and the day will not he far distant when
Cully will control.
Mr. Irby is evidently a shallow pate. He
is drunken with power and blinded with
vindictive hate. He does not seetn to be
able to see beyond the end of his nose.
Rather than keep the Negro vote bound
hand and foot as it has been for years, be
prefers to turn it loose to control and overrun
the State.
?
?Having made no fair and square light on
the stump, the recent Democratic convention
had no right whatever to attempt to
commit the people to the policy of calling a
constitutional convention. The men who
wrote the platform did not dare to risk
putting the call for a convention in that
declaration as a plank. They only managed
to get the convention to "urge" all Democrats
to vote for a constitutional convention.
No single individual in the State, candidate
or private citizen, is bound morally, or otherwise,
to vote for a constitutional convention,
and there is no reputable individual who
would ever claim that anybody is so bound.
Therefore, Irby and his committee, in refusing
to provide tickets for both sides of the
question, are clearly trying to dictate to the
people and prevent free born white Democrats
from doing as they please.
| ? Down will) the schools?up with the (lis-11
peusary : and for education and morality sub-: i
j stitutc debauchery and vice ! This seems to j
j be one main idea of Irby and his gang in at-!
! tempting to force a constitutional convention. I
? How many poor, illiterate white men in
1 this county are willing to risk disfranehisej
ment by voting "Constitutional Convention ?
j Yes?" Let those who can read warn the il- j
literate of their danger. To do this will be |
j an act of brotherly kindness.
{ ? The old school readers tell the story of
j two boys who found a nut and referred the
question of its possession to the arbitration
of a third. The third boy ate the kernel and
gave to each of the other two boys one-half
of the shell. Irby wants to refer the dispute
between white men to the arbitration
of the Xeerro. and the Nesrro can be depend
cd upon to charge tip a few offices as the
price of his services.
? The voting strength of the whites in
York county is 4,051, and the voting strength
of the Negroes is 3,913. An educational
qualification that would disfranchise 2,500
Negroes, would disfranchise probably 400
white men. There would be left 3,051 white
voters and about 1,500 colored voters. As
factional lines arc now drawn among the
whites, the difference between the parties
does not exceed 1,200. In case of a well defined
split between the factions, the Negro
would determine the issue whichever way he
chooses. How do our people like the prospect
?
? To demonstrate the fact that the disfran
chisement of the Negroes is not the main
incentive of the constitutional Conventionalists
is an easy task. If the proposition for a
convention to frame a constitution that is
not to he submitted hack to the people for
ratification can he carried over the combined
white and black opposition, it is certainly
reasonable to assume that an amendment to
disfranchise the Negroes could be easily carried
over the opposition of the Negro alone.
No: we do not believe that the disfranchisement
of the Negro vote is even the controlling
motive of Irby and his gang. There is
evidently a dark underlying motive which
the conspirators dare not make clear even to
their own followers. There is no hurry for
the convention. We have waited 25 years,
and we can wait a few years longer. Let us
vote down the proposition for this time, and
until we get more light. If, after a full discussion,
a new constitution should he desirable,
we can get it.
? ?
? The Enquirer has hut little admiration
for either Mr. Cleveland or Mr. Hill. We
consider them both rather heartless and
narrow minded, with views contracted to
their sectional environments. This is especially
the case as to the financial question,
and also largely the case as to the tariff
question. But just at this time, Mr. Hill is
showing up to much the best advantage.
He is making a strong fight for his party in
New York, apparently against his own
personal interests and undoubtedly against
strong opposition in his own party. Mr.
Cleveland's friends are all bitterly opposed
to Hill, and Mr. Cleveland himself refuses to
even offer a single word of encouragement.
These two men are notoriously rivals. Each
recognizes that the other is decidedly in"
his way. But Mr. Hill is the broader minded
man of the two. Of this fact there is no
doubt. More than once Hill has given
Cleveland enthusiastic support; but it seems
that rather than support Hill in anything,
Cleveland is willing to renounce policy and
even principle.
? Joseph Chamberlain, the lender of the
Liberal-Union party in (treat lirilain, is
advocating a bill to grant government pensions
to men and women after they have
reached a certain advanced age. Chamberlain
is pretty generally classed as a socialist;
but this bill certainly contains a strong suggestion
of justice. The man or woman who
has passed a long and useful life in any
honorable vocation, is entitled to be tuken
care of in his or her old age. Of course we
arc not willing to say that all old people
should receive government help. There are
many who do not need it, as they have already
provided for themselves, and there
are some who have been a burden rather
than a help to the state ; but most men and
women who live to say 70, have performed
services which entitle them to government
support for the balance of their years. We
would be glad to see the old age pension
system tried in Kngland, and we rather
think we would be willing to give it a trial
in this country also. There is that about
the illea which sinaeks of fairness?humanity?Christianity.
TAKE TIMELY WAUMNU.
| The discovery of Irby's attempt to trick
Democrats out of their privilege of voting
I against the constitutional convention, should
I put every voter on his guard against further
! rascality. It may be depended upon that to
carry his point, Irby will hesitate at nothing,
[ fair or foul.
Some people arc of opinion that they can
improvise ballots by simply substituting
"No," for "Yes" on the tickets furnished
by Irby. Hut such an expedient would
J not be safe. There is sufficient pretext, tin
Ulor the law, to declare such tickets illegal,
land the probability is that they will not be
icounted.
The general election law provides that
I ballots must be of plain white paper, k.X.U.tJ
I.Y 2.1 inches wide and f> inches long, and
i must contaiu nothing but the name of the
person or persons to be voted for, and the
oflice to which the person or persons are to
be chosen. The ballot may be either printed
or written, or partly printed and partly
written, but there must be no ruling, emblem
j or other mark of anykind whatever.
The joint resolution providing for the calling
of an election on the (piestion of a consti-j
tutional convention, provides for the use of
the same kind of ballot described above, except
that it must be either wuittkn or
j'kintkd. A ballot that is iwktj.y wiuttkx
and i'autl.y i'kintkk, will be teehnieally ili
legal and liable to be thrown out. This litJ
tie catch was no doubt put in the law DKkicxkdi.y
when the joint resolution was
drawn, and all voters should be on their
guard.
Those in favor of the convention will vote
"Constitutional Convention?Yes;" and
those opposed will vote, "Constitutional
Convention?No." In either case the ballot
i must be either wnol.l.Y wkittkn or WJtol.l.Y
i iMtixTKii on a strip of wiiitk i nkyi.ki) paper
KXAcrt.Y 2.'. inches wide and *> inches long.
Let every voter set; to it that he follows these
instructions to the very letter. Otherwise,
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YKKY Ul KSTKlNAHliK CONDI TT.
Chairman I'rice, of the County Democratie
I-'xccutive committee, lias received from
the State Kxccutive committee, tickets to lie
used in the approaching general election.
The tickets are all right except that while
there are plenty of tickets lor "Constitutional
Convention ? Yes;" there is not a single
one for "Constitutional Convention?No."
The money with which election tickets are
paid for comes out of the pockets of candidates
and individual Democratic voters, regardless
of faction. However may stand
the Conservatives on the question, there is
no doubt of the fact that there are large
| numbers of Reformers who are opposed to
the calling of a constitutional convention.
The advocates of the proposed convention
: have not had the courage to discuss it on the
stump while they had anything at slake,
lint few, if any. delegates were instructed to
advocate it at the State convention. The!
sentiment of the Democrats?Reformers or
Conservatives?has not been tested by primary
or otherwise, and up to date, notwithstanding
numerous opportunities, there has
been nothing to make it a legitimate party
or even factional question.
Irhy, as an individual, wants a constitutional
convention, and he is determined that the
people shall vote for it or not vote at all.
Now take this as a fact, for such it is, and
carry it out toils legitimate conclusion. If
Irbv and his crowd would deny the right of
Democrats?and Reform Democrats at that?
to vote any other way than theirs in such an
important matter as the calling of a1 constitutional
convention, what are they likely to do
after the constitutional convention has been
called? We shall not attempt to answer
the ouestion : but we will say as a fact that
cannot he denied, that the man who will
use party funds for the accomplishment of
his own selfish ends, is certainly not to he
trusted with power over the sacred rights of
a free people.
? ? ?
? Colonel W. It. Davie spoke in Chester
last Wednesday night to an audience of
about 100 people. He expressed himself as
opposed to the free coinage of silver, saying
that it would benefit nobody but the Western
silver miner. Colonel Davie will never
do for a congressman. He doesn't know
enough about the all important question of
finance. Dr. Strait has been voting right on
this matter, and for that, if nothing else, deserves
to stay where he is until the independent
colonel gets further along in his studies.
MERE MENTION.
The famous Tredegar Iron works, at
Richmond, were destroyed by lire last Thursday.
The loss is estimated at about $150,000.
The German manufactures are counterfeiting
American meats and selling them
to the French. The French have discovered
the fraud and arc raising a row. Rev.
J. B. Jones, of Providence church, Lexington
county, Ivy., has been deposed from his
pastorship by tlie irate members on account
of his opposition to Breckinridge in the recent
[campaign. An express messenger
in Oregon was arrested last week for complicity
in the robbery of $14,000 from his
car. Bourke Cockran will not go back
to congress. The Democratic nomination
in his district has gone to George B. McClellan,
son of the famous Union general of that
T7vn?-nea onmnniiv
I1UII1L"* 1 I1U X (1UII1U 4iA|'IVC7
has announced that it will not receive any
more money, to be carried to or from the
Indian Territory, until further notice. This
action on the part of the express company is
occasioned by the large number of robberies
that have taken place in the Indian Territory
recently. The new tariff bill has revived
the tin trade with Wales. On last Wednesday,
10,000 tons of tin plates were loaded
on board steamers at Swansea, Wales, and
started for the United States. Governor
McKinley is preaching protection in Ohio at
the rate of from three to five speeches a
day. Steven Williams, a Negro, was
lynched at upper Marlboro, Md., last Saturday
for the usual crime. The visible
supply of cotton for the world last Friday
was 2,704,350 hales against 2,73S,492 on the
same day last year. James Athony
Froude, the celebrated British religious
writer and historian, died in London last
Saturday aged 76 years. Carl Brown,
the famous Coxey leader, was arrested in
New York last Saturday on the charge of
"obstructing Wall street." He explained
that he had only stopped to read a letter,
and was discharged.
DOTS FROM THE DARK CORNER.
Prospective Village on tlie Itlver?Work on the
Factory Buildings?Lots of Pcavlne Hay?
Professor Plaxlco's Singing School.
Correspondence of The Yorkvllle Knqulrcr.
Cotton, Octol>cr22.?a young man has bought
a lot on the river near here with the intention of
erecting si store. The understanding is that several
others will follow suit, and the outlook for
the establishment of a village, it not a town, is
good.
The walls of Lock hart Shoals factory building
are now up to the second story. The contractors
have a big planing machine at work on the lumber
for the tloors, and a splendid brick machine
making brick for the walls.
The committee appointed some time ago to get
up the money with which to build a church iu
the Corner, report line progress. It is expected
that work on the building will be commenced
in a short time now.
Rev. W. K. Boggs has just closed a protracted
meeting at Cabal school house. The meeting
was very sucessful. Ten new members joined
the church on profession of faith, and had the
preaching continued a few days longer, the number
would have probably been more. Mr. Hoggs
is nil able preacher, loan ess, roreime aim convincing.
We have had a tine spell of weather lately, and
our fanners have been making good use of it.
It is safe to say that more peavine hay has been
saved in this section than for years, and I have
no doubt that our people have an abundant
supply to last until they make another crop.
(Juito a number of fruit trees have been induced
to bloom a second time on account of the
warm, pleasant weather. I notice cherries and
peai*s especially in full bloom. Some of the
pear trees are now laden with a full second crop.
Last Saturday was a notable occasion in this
community. It was the last day of Prof. W. S.
Plaxico's singing school at Cabal school house.
There was present a large crowd of ladies and
gentlemen from York, Chester and I'nion counties.
The ladies brought baskets and the people
made a day of it. The lllairsyille string band
was on' hand and made some splendid music.
H very body was delighted. Prof. Plaxieo has
been doing some good work here. Its fruits are
to be seen already. Zip.
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HLACKSIWRU S IIII1MJBT.
Violators of the Law Made to Work the Streets?
Entertainment at the (trailed Sellouts?Opposed
to Constitutional Convention.
t'orresisnidence of the Yorkvllle Kncpiirer.
Hi.acicsiu'Ho, October 'J4.?Our town, during
the past year, has not been altogether free from
that disorderly ami lawless spirit which has
shown itself iii nearly every county in the State,
and which has caused so much trouble and distress,
and in a number of instances bloodshed.
Fortunately for our best class of citizens and
taxpayers,"the violations of the law in lllacksburg
have not been of a very violent or distresssing
character, and have been confined chiefly
to the colored citizens of the town ; and in nearly
every instance our intendant and chief of police
have turned to good account the weaknesses and
follies of the erring, and not only increased the
town's revenue; but were enabled to improve
very much the condition of our streets by the labor
of the guilty parties who were not able to
pay their tines in money. Chief Duncan Inula
unique experience a few days ago in trying to
make two colored women work out their lines
on the street, lie ordered them to carry some
small stones from one part of a street to another.
They sat down and postively refused to obey his
order. lie then locked them up and gave them
only half rations of bread and a cup of cold water.
This starving process brought them around,
and in two or three days they expressed a desire
for work and more food.
A very pleasant entertainment was given atthe
graded school building on Friday evening
last, for the benefit of the school library. "A
Mock Trial" was played before a large number
of our citizens, and quite a handsome sum was
realized.
Mr. Freeman, of Toecoa, <?a., is visiting his
sons, Messrs. M. M. and I'. II. freeman, at tins
place.
Our fanners have been so busy gathering
their crops in during the past few weeks,
that they have .had but little time to devote
to politics. Very few of them have given
much thought to the important question of a
constitutional convention. However, all whom
1 have talked with on the question, art? opposed
to it, and some of them very decidedly.
They arc Colonel \V. I). Camp, Hubert M. Clexico,
Henderson Martin and Albert Hettis. Mr.
Martin is in favor of an educational qualification
for voters, but thinks it can be added to
thu present constitution by amendment, and is
opposed to the convention because of the great
expense attending it. w. a.
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Convicted of Mlli'dcr.
? .lack Hlndon, the dispensary constable
who, in December last, killed the Negro
Henry Calmer, in Spartanburg county, was
tried before Judge Frascr last Saturday and
convicted of murder, with a recommendation
to the mercy of the court. Hlndon was prosecuted
by Solicitor Sellumpert and defended by
Stanyarnc Wilson, Ksq. It will be remembered
that Hlndon and several other constables
went to the house of Calmer one night for
the purpose of arresting him for violation of
the dispensary law. Somebody lired front
within the house and wounded Hlndon.
After several shots had been lired, Hlndon
shot and killed Calmer, while he was runniiiir
awav. Judtie Kraser charged that Hln
don hud a right to use such force us was
necessary to overcome (lie resistance of the
prisoner; hut if he killed him while running
away, it was either murder or manslaughter
according to whether he fired deliberately
or in a sudden heat of passion.
The jury is said to have heon composed of
ten Keformers and two Conservatives.
There is a story to the ell'eet that they stood
six and six, and finally decided the matter
by lots after remaining out seven hours.
A motion for a new trial was refused. Hindoo
has been sentenced to death ; hut
the probability is that he will lie pardoned
by the governor.
LOCAL, AFFAIRS.
IXD10X TO VKW ADVKItTISEMKNTS.
David J. Fitehet, of Clover, S. ('.?(iivcs notice
to the debtors and creditors of the estate of
James Fiteliet, deceased,
j I. B. Gordon, Chairman of the Board of C'otnmixsioners
ot tho State and County elections?
Publishes a list of the managers of
election at the several precincts in York
county, and furnishes other information
of interest to the managers and to persons
entitled to vote.
J. J. Waters, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
of Federal elections?Tells you
who are the managers of election in York
county for a congressman for the Fifth
district, and gives other information of interest
to the managers and the public.
| Mallard Brothers?Announce the removal of
their market to the Allison building, next
door to II. (1. Strauss's store. Next week
they will have lisli and oysters on hand
and will he prepared to furnish meals at
seasonable hours.
II. ('. Strauss?Lets you know that the goods
he has belongs to him and that lie ean
sell them us eheap'as others, and us uu
evidence of this gives the prices of a number
of articles.
John J. Hunter?Talks about the quality of his
goods, and agrees to sell them as cheap
as anybody for the same quality, and
proposes to give you value received for all
lie sells.
Ionian brothers?Advertise that they have received,
by a late shipment, ISO suits of
men's clothing, including :w suits warranted
all wool, which they arc offering
at $4.7f>, and better suits at $5.2n.
C. W. Frew, of Rock Hill?Announces a "Crush
in Prices," and lets you know that ho
is prepared to give lull value in shoes,
sea island sheeting, men's shirts, and boys'
knee suits at 7f> cents and upward, and
men's suits at &i.">0 and upward.
The Carolina buggy company?Let you know
that if you owe them anything, they want
the money by the 1st of November.
They will not refuse to receive it if you
oiler to pay them before that date. They
are also prepared to sell you a good
and handsome buggy and guarantee it in
every particular. If you want a one horse
wagon you can get it from them.
Lowry A Starr?Have rye and oat seed, and suggest
that now is the time to sow both.
They will dissolve co-partnership on December
1st, and will oiler inducements in
prices in some lines in order to reduce
stock. If you owe them they still want
you to pay.
Kennedy brothers A Barron?Are prepared to
furnish you with a tailor made suit of
clothing which will be guaranteed to lit.
If it don't, you will not have to take it.
They liavo a large line of samples from
which to make selections.
A. K. booth, President?Calls special attention
to the music department of the baptist
High school, which is under the charge
ol Prof. H. II. Savage, Mus. M., a graduate
of the New Kngland Conservatory.
T. M. Dobson A Co.?Publish a list of prices
at which things can be purchased at "Dob
son's Racket," and wliioli tliey can "A
Regular Poeket Tickler."
John M, 1 lope?Wants those indebted to him
to make payment hy the 1st of November.
J. IT. Riddle?Says that he wasn't joking when
he told you a few weeks ago that he wanted
you to pay him, and adds that he don't
want to call on you again. He also lets it
be known that he is prepared to furnish
turn plows, flour, tobacco, sugar, coffee,
and other articles in the grocery line which
he proposes to sell at five cents cotton
prices. He also has Fultz and Fulcaster
seed wheat, red rust proof oats, clover and
orchard grass seed, which he oilers to sell
cheap.
Grist Cousinn?Have in store a quantity of fine
Hour made by Mr. G. L. Riddle's roller
mill, which is equal to the best. They are
still offering to sell 20 pounds of granulated
sugar for $1. They have received new crop
New Orleans molasses which they offer to
sell at ;V> cents per gallon, ami canned
goods at "Racket Prices."
Ferguson Brothers?Have received a lino of jellies,
cranberry sauce in pails at 12} cents
per pound, 20 mackerel in kits for 80 cents,
mixed pickles as cheap as the cheapest, a
fresh lot of Porter hams, Kingan it Co.'s
breakfast strips at i:t cents per pound, new
crop New Orleans molasses, and when it
conies to sugar and coffee, they offer to
give a little more for a dollar than anybody
else. They also want to buy country produce
for which they offer to pay the highest
prices.
Louis Roth?Next week, will furnish good
meals to all who want them. He will be
supplied with fish and oysters.
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.
The semi-annual examination of applicants
to teach in the public schools of York county,
took place in the court house last Friday
and Saturday, and was conducted by School
Commissioner Edwards and Professor A. R.
Banks, of the county hoard of examiners.
In all there were 51 applicants, and the
division between the white and colored, was
nearly equal. Their applications were as
follows: For first grade, 22; second grade,
1(5; and third grade, 13. Several Negroes
applied for 1st grade; but with what success
is not yet known. The examiners have not
yet finished the work of grading the papers.
The whole number of applicants at the
last examination was about 75, and of these
at least 40 stood for third grade. From the
figures given above, however, it seems that
the present applicants are of more advanced
material. A first grade certificate is good
for five years.
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following is t ho roll of honor of the
Yorkville graded school (white) for the
month ending October lit, 1894:
First tirade?I ted ford .Moore, 9ft; (ilenn Allison,
Ha; (Jeorge fartwright,95; Marcus Dickson,
95; Arthur Summit, ttf?; Mary Dohsoti, 94 ;
J osio Carroll, 9.'!; Mamie Dee (Jrist, 93; Do Leon
Walker, 93; Emma Williams, hi.
Second tirade?Philip Hunter, 99; Keeno Dohson,
! !>; Kate Hunter, 9S; Haymoiid Mct'lain,
SIS; Josie Dates, SIS; tierald Dowry, SIS; tiraee
Dangston, 97; Kliso Datimer, !?7 ; Itessie t Jilhert,
!?7 : Dilla Herndon, !Ni; Ada Itarnes, 95; Kuniee
tirist, 95; Prankic Flawsnn, 95; Harry t'lawson,
95; Mary Dee Alexander, Ski; .lohn Ilolison, 94;
Roc Willis,SKI; t'arrie Heard, 92; Willie Waters,
til; Clill'lon Quinn, SHI.
Third tirade?Julia St. John,!K>; Hamlet farroll,
; Joe Alexander, 94; Anna Spann, 93;
Ftliel Hope, SKI; Hazel D l ist, 93; Nealie Itarnes,
Sit; Iva Dickson, t(l.
Fourth tirade?Dura Dangston, Si7; Nannie
tirist, SI7; Josie Camp, D7; Willie Camp, 95;
Sadie Waters, 9.1; Douella Smith, 91; Itertie
Smith, 94; Milton Tidily, 92 ; Robert Jenkins,
91; Walter Waters, 91 ; Watson Hyudmun 91;
John Dates, 90.
Filth tirade?Itarrou Kennedy, 944-7; Deola
Quinn, SKI5-7; Josie Dickson, 92; Diz/.ie Hunter,
91 4-7; Henry Summit, 91; Louise Dowry, SKI 4-7;
Maude Parish, 9ft.
Sixth tirade?John St. John, S>4 .'1-7; Kthcl
Datimer, SK14-7; Mary Itarron, 93 0-7; Mollatt
Kennedy, 9-'t; T. f. Dunlan, 92 tl-ti; Teharnor
Detindfenreid, 921?-7; Dee Hart, 92 5-7; Virginia
Watson, SH14; Lindsay Hunter, SHI 5-7.
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CHURCH NOT I CDS.
Baptist?ltev. W. J. Dangston, pastor.
Vohkvii.i.k?Sunday-school at 9.30 o'clock
a. ni. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at
7 o'clock. Services on Sunday morning at
11 o'clock.
Presbyterian?Rev. W. (i. Neville, pastor,
i Sunday-school at 4 o'clock p. m. Prayermeeting
tomorrow evening at 4.30 o'clock.
! Services next Sunday morning at 11 and
evening at 7 o'clock.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this evening
at 7 o'clock. Services next Sunday
; morning at 11 o'clock, and evening at
I 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 p. in. Scr:
vices Friday evening at 7 o'clock.
j Associate Reformed I'resbytcrian?Iicv.
Iioyec II. drier, pastor. Yokkvii.i.k?Suni
day-scliool at 4 o'clock p. m. 1'raycr-meet
ing tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. Ti kscaii?
j No services on Sunday morning.
Episcopal ? Rev. Robert A. Lee, minister.
Services on Sunday morning next at 11
o'clock. The hour lor the evening service
will be announced at the morning service.
! Sunday-school in the afternoon at 1 o'clock.
1511A TT<) X -11A \ A HAW
Miss Hattie E. Rratton, of Yorkville. was
I married last Wednesday evening at li o'clock
i to Dr. R. 15. Ilanahan, of Winnsboro. The
ceremony took place at the residence of the
j bride's parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Rratton,
| and was performed by Rev. Then. D. Rratton,
j of Spartanburg.
| The parlor in which the ceremony took
| place was beautifully decorated for the occasion.
The principal emblem among the
decorations consisted of a pretty wedding
arch, constructed of evergreens and illumi|
natcd with wax tapers. To the rear of the
arch was a great bank of ferns and palms,
and wherever they could contribute to the
general exquisite elleets, were tastefully arranged
evergreens, (lowers and rare conservatory
plants.
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i IK" Ul'iUllIIUI UIIH iiiiitu i?? uiv.
Episcopal cliurcli was used in the ceremony.
Mrs. W. B. MeCaw rendered the wedding
march; Mr. Henry H. Elliott, Jr., of Winnshoro,
acted as best man ; Miss Virginia Bratton
served as maid of honor; and Dr. J. K.
Bratton gave the bride away. The ceremony,
of course, was with a ring.
After the ceremony, the company, which
included quite a number of relatives and
friends ol the bride and groom, repaired to
the dining room and partook of a royal
I wedding feast. An hour or two later Mr. I
land Mrs. llanahan, accompanied by a few J
i friends, took (lie southbound Narrow Gauge *
| train for their future ho tire in Winnsboro.
Mrs. llanahan was among the brightest, L
i prettiest and most amiable young ladies of
Vorkville. I)r. llanahan is a rising young 1
physician of Winnsboro. Both bride and I
groom have scores of friend who wish them 1
unlimited joy, peace and happiness.
ABOUT PKOPIjK. <1
Miss Alice Spencer left on Monday for a J,
short visit to Baltimore, Md. i
1
Mrs. S. D. Dowry, of Palalka, Fin., is vis- (
iting relatives and friends in Vorkville. 1
Mr. It. K. Montgomery, of Charlotte, is J(
visiting relatives and friends in and near
Vorkville. ^
Messrs. ('. E. Spencer, W. R. McCnw, and j
John M. Hope, lell on Monday last on at
business trip to New York.
Miss Mattie (Sage, of Kirmingham, Ala.,
is making a short visit to Mrs. S. A. Weber
at the Methodist parsonage.
Rev. 15. IF. drier, accompanied hy Mr. W.
J. Miller, of Tir/.ah, is attending the session
of the A. It. I*. Synod at Troy, S. ('.
Miss Mary Aiken, of Cokesbury, S.
and Miss Mamie Smith, of Abbeville, S. C.,
are visiting Rev. W. (i. Neville's family.
Rev. W. d. Neville left on yesterday for
Greenville, to attend the annual session of
the Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina.
YORK WHifj HAVE TICKETS.
Irby's little scheme to prevent York Democrats
from voting against the proposed constitutional
convention has failed. An abundance
of tickets will be provided, and they
will he provided by the regular Democratic
authority. So says J. S. Rricc, Esq., chairman
of the York County Democratic Executive
committee. "When
I discovered," said Mr. Rricc, "that
the State Executive committee had sent me
no tickets for 'Constitutional Convention?
No,' it struck me as very unfair. The tickets
came to me by express, C. O. I)., and I
had to pay for them with money contributed
hy the Democratic voters of the county.
Among these voters arc a large number that
T 1 ? ? f ? ? '? r\ Annncorl *
1 KI1UW, UI III > U\UI iu u\> v|>t?uovu j
to the proposed constitutional convention, ?
and I think that they are as much entitled *
to tickets with which to express themselves ^
at the polls as "anybody else. So to make [
the matter right, I have ordered from Sir. 1
Calvo 5,000 tickets for 'Constitutional Con- !
ventiou?No.' These tickets will be sent i
out to every box in the county along with J
the others." i
Mr. Briec has all along had the reputation 1
of being a man who does the square thing, t
His action as indicated above is thoroughly J
in keeping with his established character. .
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LOCAL LACONICS. >
For Criminal Assault.
? Wash Beard, alias George Washington, :
colored, was committed to jail on October "
10 by Trial Justice Sunders charged with
criminal assault.
Approaching Marriage.
? Cards are out for the marriage of Miss 1
Belle Carroll, of Yorkville, to Mr. Oliver E.
Grist. The ceremony is to take place at the
residence of the bride's mother on the evening
of Wednesday, October 31. ]
A Creditable Performance. i
? Last Friday was declamation day in '
the Banks High school. In all, 38 boys had i
been appointed for declamations, and not 1
one of them failed to keep his appointment. <
The whole performance was very creditable, j
Onarterly Conference Next Friday Niglit. j
? The fourth quarterly conference of Trin- '
ity M. E. church, will be held next Friday ,
night at the close of the service. Presiding ;
Elder Harmon will be present. He will also (
preach on Sunday night at 7 o'clock. I
Fine Specimen* of Corn.
' ?Master Arthur, son of Mr. G. L. Suggs, 1
lias sent TheEnquirku some fine specimens j
of his Catawba river corn. The ears are 2A .
inches in diameter and thirteen inches long. '
They will no doubt compare favorably with <
anything to be found iu the West.
Kpwortli I.eugne Organized. ,
? An Kpwortli League was organized at <
Trinity parsonage last Thursday night with
the following officers: II. C. Strauss, presi- I
dent; Miss Cora Clark, Mrs. Miles Walker ]
and Mrs. E. Ik Beard, vice presidents; E. A. i
(filbert, secretary; W. W. Lewis, treasurer. J
Mr. Thomson Acquit toil. t
? W. Waddy Thomson, Esq., was tried at >
Abbeville last week for the killing of 1\ E.
Itowell, at (Jreenwood, recently. On last 1
Saturday the jury returned a verdict of not |
guilty. The understanding is that the ver- '
diet was fully justified by the evidence, and .
that it is also sustained by public opinion in 1
Ci recti wood as well as throughout Abbeville
county.
York Coiiioh Third. ]
? Superintendent of Education Mayficid
has issued a statement of the amounts paid
by the various counties in the State for free '
education. Charleston county heads the list ,
with an annual expenditure of $(10,021. (
Orangeburg comes next with $22,720.08, and J
York comes third with $21,887.51. The t
average amount paid to male teaches in this
county is $14.50 a month, and the average j
amount paid to female teachers is $18 a j
month.
DiHtrcMKlng Accident. j I
? A Negro woman named (iricr, who
lives on the "Steele place," about three miles <
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southeast of Yorkville, lost her cabin and (
two children by fire last Wednesday after- i
noon. She left the children?both of which ;
were under three years of age?in the cabin ]
while she went to the field to work. When
she returned the cabin was almost entirely j
I destroyed. Both the children were reduced ,
I to ashes, and there was not enough left of 1
I either of them for identification. 1
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j Not tlie I'roper Spirit. j
j ? A few days ago a representative of Thk j
; Enquirkr heard an extreme anli-Tillinan- ,
j ite say : "I want the call for a constitutional 1
j convention to carry. If they can stand it I 1
lam'sure I can; and damn them, it will |
| teach them a lesson !" This is a bad spirit, j
jit is unpatriotic and unchristian. I'nwisejj
: leaders have brought the people face to face 1
j with a grave danger, and it is the duty of|
every good citizen to come to the rescue.
This unstatesmanlike proposition to betray !
the confidence of a sincere and honest people
should he voted down.
What Ik Up Now '! I (
? Chairman Ilricc, of the County Democratic
Executive committee, on yesterday, 11
received the following telegram from State j?
| Chairman Irby.: "Call a meeting of youri1
I committee to be held on Friday, November j j
2, and meet me in Columbia on Monday, t
October 29.'' Just what the above telegram
means we arc unable to say. We are satis- >
lied that Mr. Hrioe will do all he can to fj
defeat Pope and Davie; but we venture that -j
j if Irby expects him to taken partisan course
in the constitutional convention matter, he |
I has made a serious mistake.
I Another Independent (.'iindidiite. t
? It is rumoicd that (J. \V. Chalk, white, (
is out as an independent candidate for con- i
gross in the Fifth district. < Mir informant says | j
that Mr. Chalk claims to have come out be-11
fore Colonel Davie and did not know that' j
the latter was running until a few days ago.;
Of Candidate Chalk we are unable to speak , |
with any degree of certainty. A man by ! 1
Ililllll* was uiil'u t-uiiur til nu: vi.nuiuiii, i (
N. (Saxctte; 1>ul us to whether this is!)'
the same man we are unable to say. His n
candidacy seems to he in the nature of a 1 n
still?very still?hunt, and if he gets any |
considerable number of votes there will he y
occasion for surprise. We understand that' |
he. hails from one of the Fifth district town- j t
ships in Spartanburg. ' ]
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Tillnuin Sp<>iiks at Klil^rway. (I
? (inventor Tillman has been invited to r
speak at a mass meeting to be hold at. Kidge- v
way, in Fairlield county, next Saturday, the j
27th. It is probable that Dr. l'ope will also <1
be on hand and a lively time is expected.
BETHEL BREEZES.
10 Time for Poetry?Good Crops of Kverytlilnu
Kxeept Money?An Anelent Pair of forceps.
'orrespontleiice of The Vorkville Kiuiairer.
Post Oak, October .?The .stem realities of
ife, just at this particular season of the year,
iress themselves on the fanner with more three ;
han at any other time. With peas to pick,
<?i it to {father and live-cents cotton wasting on j
he liehls, with guano hills to pay and store and .
loetors' hills to settle, it keeps him working all '
lay and studying all night to try to make the I
sickle and tongue meet. 1 care not if he possess-j
d the temperament of a Morns, lie would have ,
iodine to indulge his fancy, for every energy of j
ioth mind and hody must he given to the prosy (
L...*.. t mul mi wliioli tliii villi* I
arm uiai i-nntn'iit mm, ? .... .. ?..v
mrt of his family depends.
Tlie autumn wild (lowers that deck tin: fields,
ironnd; the woods ofgreen and scarlet and j
[old ; the azure tops of the mountains that like
[real sentinels stand guard on our county line, I
lave no charms for a man whose living must '
oinefroni cotton at live cents a pound in vain
or him has Nature with a master hand sketched
he illimitable picture we now behold. The
entity of the golden rod is passed unnoticed,
mil the wild rose "wastes its sweetness on the
lesert air." Potatoes to dig, corn to haul up,
teas to gather and cotton to pick. I'p at four
lithe morning and busy till seven in the evenng,
ginning cotton on rainy days and going to
liureli on Sunday, makes the farmer right now
is busy as a bee in a tar bucket and knocks any
inetic fancies that he may have to pieces.
There is plenty here to gather, thank (?od. We J
inw in Mr. Orniand's lot this morning a pile of
pOO bushels of corn, and he says he has not yet
fathered one-tilth of his crop. The crops on |
ho other farms are as good as they could
>e. An old and intelligent farmer told mo that
here was as good crops in Bethel township this
fear as he could remember having seen raised.
The cotton on the sandy lands isalmostall open :
nit in the section that the hail swept over, cotton
s just now at its best. Mr. Unfits Turner says
hat if there there is no severe freeze in the next
0 days, the cotton planted after the hail will
naken better yield than that planted before it.
lie counted one stalk, he says, in his late cotton,
hat had Nil bolls and lOofthcm were open. This
vas the first of last week. This may have been
in extra stalk ; but the whole crop, as I know, is
cry line and bids fair, the most of it, to open. I
hink it will be safe to say there will be plenty of
urn, bacon and molasses made in this neighboriooiI
to feed it abundantly and some to spare.
Kverything is plentiful except money, and that
s as scarce as hen's teeth; but no scarcer than
han it seems be in Yorkville. While down
here the other day, I heard Colonel McC'orkle
tsk Brown Wylie what the shape of a silver dolar
was. Wylie said it seemed to him that they
vere round. The colonel said ho didn't know;
t had been so long since he had seen one that he
ould not recollect whether they wero round or
square. The colonel may have been joking ; but
inless the silver bill is passed, or some other
11 ensure taken to supply more money, the joke
villi the most of us will be a sail reality.
I said something in my last letter about Mr.
rallies Turner's house being one of the oldest in
he county. Mr. Turner informs me that ins
fraud fat her, who had the house built, was a
ilaeksmith and the only one between Charlotte
uul Piiiekney. He carried on a large business
vhero the old house now stands, running a wag
>n and LiiacKsmiin snop. ne n?u 10
ch with hint at one time learning the trade.
Post Oak was then the most important point
tetween Pinekney, Charlotte and Lincolnton.
dr. Turner has :i pair of tooth drawers made by
lis grandfather, and with which he pulled the
cetli of our great grandfathers in the misty past,
tnd with which old Mr. Jimmie still pulls the
tolling teeth of those who apply to him. These
>ld drawers are real curiosities, and Dr. Ctirtvriglit
or White ought to get them and carry
hem to the next dental association to show the
chid of instruments our forefathers used to exract
teeth with. I really thought when I'nolo
timmic showed them tome, that they were a
mir of little clint hooks that he had made for
ionic little fellow to roll corn cobs with.
The next debate will he on Friday evening at
r.:?) o'clock.
r.Miss Cook died at her father's house, where
she had been brought homo sick with fever, and
vas buried at St. Paul on last Thursday x.
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ROOK HILL HAPPENINGS.
riiv Telephone Works Nicely?Stock all Taken?
Dr. Strait Does Not Want Any .Joint Discussions?Other
Notes.
Jorrespondence of tlie Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Htr.r., October 22.?Mention was made
ast week ot the long distance telephone oilice
recently opened at Rock Ilill. The lino was
rery soon in perfect working order, and on last
Monday the use of the phones was free, when
many of our citizens enjoyed short chats with
riends in Fort Mill, Pinevilleatid Charlotte.
The hooks of subscription to the capital stock
if the Landsford Water Power company were
ipened here one day last week, and we are informed
that the whole amount of capital stock?
$50,000?was subscribed at once. Most of the
dock was taken by citizens of Rock Hill.
Congressman T. J. Strait spent a day or two in
>ur city last week. He is reported to have said
while here that he would not respond to Colonel
Davio's challenge to meet him on the stump. So
die voters of this congressional district will not
liave a chance to hear any moro "campaign thunler"
before the election comes otf.
There may he some "blind tigers" in or near
Rock Hill; but wo are sure there is no city of
its size in the State where fewer indications of
he proximity of tliis dangerous animal are to be
icon. It is a very niro thing, indeed, to see any?tie,
even slightly, intoxicated, on our streets.
The Rock Ilill Social club gave a dance at the
hikland pavilion last Friday night, complimeu;ary
to Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Sandifer. The
rcrnian was gracefully led by Mr. Louis Harrison,
with Mrs. Sandifer. {juke a number of
ouplcs were in attendance, and the occasion
was a very enjoyable one throughout.
The Presbyterian church at Rock Hill will
lie represented at the meeting of the synod, to
onvf.iio tliis week in < Jrconville. bv Rev. Alex
unlor Sprunt ami Mr. J. W. Thomson. Work
s progressing nicely on tint new clnircli luiililng;
hut inasmuch as thorn will lie a good many
ivceks of cold weather ere it is ready for use,
he members of the First Freshvterian congregation
will continue to assciuhfe in the graded
M'hool lttiililiiifr, the large assembly room of
ivhioh is to be furnished at once with apparatus
for lighting and heating.
Mrs. Ferry, wife of Mr. John Ferry of this
place, died on last Thursday night, leaving four
'hildreu lo the care of her husband. Mr. Ferry
noved here from Lancaster county hist winter,
soas to have the benefit of the school advantages
br his children.
IjKTTKK from hickory ukove.
Preaching Sunday? ltev. .1. 1*. Knox Culled lo
Lancaster- Koiv at a Negro Cliareli-llrilliant
Wedding.
'orres|Miiulenceof the Vorkvllle Kmiuirer.
11ickokv (InovK, October li2.?ltev. It. A.
Vongue preached an entertaining sermon yesterlay
from the text: "Will a man rob Hod?" He
itcd living examples to show that prosperity is
aire to follow those who pay over to the Lord a
entli of their earnings.
ltev. J. Meek White preached in the A. It. F.
hurch last night, ltev. J. F. Knox has received
i call to the pastorate of a church in Lancaster
lounty, and it is reported that he is giving it
avorable consideration.
Dick Young and Robert Rice, both colored,
?ot into a row at a colored church near here last
Saturday. Rice claimed that the preacher was
indtily intimate with his wife and drew a gun
>n him. Rice was tried by the church, and the
rial resulted in a difficulty, in which Riee came
>ut badly worsted with a four-inch knife thrust
indicted by Dick Young.
The proposed dummy line from this place to
broad river has not fallen through yet. Mr.
Lumpkin was over the line again last week investigating
the practicability of the enterprise.
Quite a brilliant marriage took place at Fhillipi
Daptist church, in Union county, near Mt.
Tabor, last Wednesday morning. The bride
ivas Miss Kate Moorhead, and the groom was
ltev. Vaughn. Rev. W. K. S. Humphries
performed the ceremony, and Miss May hoster,
>f Union, olliciated at the organ. The bride was
ittired in a beautiful white silk gown, and acjording
to the universal comment, sho was just
ovely. In the evening, a splendid supper was
served at the home of the bride, and next day
i l?ig reception was tended at the home of the
j room.
Mrs. R. A. Younge is visiting in the lower
>art of the State. Mix. W. J. Moorhead and
icr little sons are visiting in Union county.
Rev. W. J. Langstou preached at the baptist
hurch last Sunday night. He secured pledges
br the support of the baptist High school at
i'orkville to the amount of ?'h). m. j
LETTER FROM BUFFALO.
I
itriHighiilil of thclliiitti.HtH ? KurnierH in (food Con- j
illtion? Soiiiik N>gro 1'liiloHopli}'?The Man to
Sllr up the Tigers?Other Note*.
.'orrosponilonee of flie Yorkvllle KnQuirer.
lii'KFAi.o, October 23.?In my former Icier
I forgot to mention that this is a Baptist
is well as a Reform community. There is
inly one Methodist among us; but lie is a
joodone and keeps company with the Rapist
flock. He is named Noah, and is tail I i
mough to wade a flood.
The weather for the past week has been j
,'cry favorable, and the farmers have made
food use of it in gathering their crops. The :
torn crop is the largest and best that has
>een known for years. Hog and hominy,
>eace and plenty, will reign throughout the
and this winter. , |
Cotton, though not so good as was expect-;
'd two months ago, is well up to the average j
rops of former years, and even at present!
trices will pay most, farmers out of debt, and |
tut some money into their pockets. The I
trice of cotton, however, is not sufficient to
>ay for the labor expended on its production, j
The best illustration I have heard of the
oily of raising too much cotton, was given
ne by an old Negro a few days ago. The
?ld Negro was coming from town with a|
ew pounds of bacon on his shoulder, and I '
isked him what he paid for it. "Forty cents j
i poun', sail," he replied. "How is that?1'
asked. "Well," he explained, "it was dis
vay : Well, you sees I raise cotton to buy
" llil Iiimlu inn lull I'l'iits wilfof work
o raise a poun' oh tie cotton. I lias to pay
inlfof my cotton fur rent, anil hit takes two
loun' oh tie nililer halt' to buy one poun' of
lis here meat, what you white folks kin
aise lb'only live cents a poun'. In miller
ronls, I gits half juice lb' my cotton an'
ays two prices for my meat. Dal. throws
le meet to cost me forty cents a poun'."
Wheat sowing will commence this week.
The quantity to he sown in this section is
much larger than usual.
This community has two large ami flourishing
Sahbath schools. One is at Buffalo,
in charge of its veteran supeiintemlent, U.
K. Poller, ami the other at Wylie's Knob,
near the State line, umler the supcrinlcn(leiice
of Mr. John Wylic.
Two hliml people gave a musical entertainment
in the school house a lew nights
ago. A large audience was much pleased
with it. "*
A young man living just across Broad
river in Spartanburg county, had the serious
misfortune to get his heart broken while
driving with a young lady a few days ago.
He immediately received the kind sympathy
of his friends. At first he was inconsolable;
hut now he is convalescing, ami in a
few days lie will have recuperated himself
sufficiently to he able to resume business.
Kev. l'\ Ilicksoii preached an eloquent
and instructive sermon at Mount I'aran
church yesterday. It can he truly said of
him lliiil ho is a power in the lain). Ho supplies
throe churches in this township, and
his congregation extends parallel with the
State line, like a line of Imltle, from
ltroad river almost to King's Mountain. It
is hoped that this Stonewall Jackson of the
ptilprt' will rout the blind tigers along the
borders, and then marshal his forces and
open his batteries against the dispensary at
| Hlacksbuig.
Mr. Will Porter was in this section a
a few days ago, having just returned front a
trip through several counties in the mountains
of North Carolina and Tennessee.
Though Willie wanders like a prodigal into
1 far countries, lives in luxury and dances with
| the fair sex, yet he is drawn back ever and
anon to the scenes of his boyhood days by
the tender love of one of our young ladies.
Heretofore he has always been as merry as a
schoolboy; but this time he wore that solemn,
painful and distressing look which
young men so often wear just awhile before
they are married.
Judging from their repeated visits, it seems
| that other young men from the old Tar Heel
State are preaching matrimonial gospel to
the fair daughters of some of our most prominent
citizens. Still others are searching in
vain for "congregations.''
liKTTKK PROM LOWRYSVILLK.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Knqulrer.
Lowkysvii.i.k, October 22.?A very fatal
disease is attacking the cattle in this section.
Several people have lost cows by the disease.
\T.. I T l?o? I'mn aiH rxC atirlit I ltuf
-nr. o. u. wu.v nu.i iu.ii nvc ?uv w. v-.h..v v
were sick. The local cow doctors suy that
tlie epidemic is Texas fever and that it is in- , ,
curable. Mr. Guy brought down a veterinary
surgeon from (iastonia to treat his
remaining three sick cows, and the animals
now appear to he getting well.
With another dry week, most of the cotton
crop will he gathered. Some of our farmers
have made extraordinary crops. The
corn crop is all good. w. o. G.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
lllves "Not Guilty."
? Rives, the young white man who came
so near being lynched recently lor the alleged
brutal assault and murder of a Negro
woman near Fort Lawn, was tried in Chester
last week and acquitted. The evidence
against him was "only circumstantial."
Mown Open With Dynamite.
? The safe in the postolTice at Bennettsville
was blown open with dynamite last
Friday night and robbed of its contents,
including money and stamps. There have ^
been an unusual number of trumps and
loafers about the town recently; but as yet
there is no clue to the burglars.
Fire in Chester.
? Fire broke out in the warehouse of I. N.
Cross, in Chester, last Monday night at 8
o'clock. There was about 400 bales of cotton
in the building and on the adjoining platforms;
but of this, all was saved but 50 bales.
The warehouse was destroyed. There was
no insurance except on the cotton. *
Killed at a Dance.
? A Negro by the name of William Collins
was shot and instantly killed at a Negro
frolic on Mr. A. C. Stall worth's plantation
near Gaines postolfice, in Edgelield
county, fast Monday night at about 10
o'clock. Jle and several other Negroes were
in a didijulty. Seven shots were fired,
which resulted in the death of Collins. i
South Carolina College.
? Up to last Wednesday, 102 new students
had matriculated at South Carolina
college, and the total number of students
then on the rolls was 142. The denominational
tendencies of the students are as
follows: Presbyterian, 40 ; Methodist, 40;
Episcopal, 27; Baptist, 20; Lutheran,!!;
Associate Reformed Presbyterian, 4; Catholics,
8; Hebrews 2. There are four young
indies attending classes; but they are not
regularly enrolled as students.
Ilnmh'hlu in Spartanburg.
? William Waters, a young white man
aged about 20 years, shot and killed Bud
Scrubs, another voting man near v unpens,
in Spartanburg county, on Sunday of last
week. Tlie story is that Waters and Scruggs
got into a dillicnlly at a camp meeting in
North Carolina. Waters, who lives near
Cowpens, went home by a circuitous route iu
order to avoid passing the home of Scruggs.
Scruggs, however, waylaid him on the road
and renewed the dillicnlly. Both men were
armed with pistols, and each tired at the
other. Waters shot Scruggs through the
heart and killed him almost instantly.
Money in Tobacco.
? News and Courier: The average price
of tobacco in the Darlington market, it appears
from the reports so far, is about 12
cents a pound, and the crop of the county
this year, it is stated, will be over 000,000
pounds. According to these figures, the new
industry of tobacco growing will bring $72,000
into the county this year. This is the
equivalent in value of 2,400 hales of 0 cents
cotton. The farmers of Darlington have
made no mistake, evidently, in adopting the '
new crop, and farmers in other parts of the
State might follow their example with like
profit.
Wiiylubl unci Murdered.
? Robert Copes, treasurer of Orangeburg
county, was waylaid last Saturday, about
nine miles from the county seat, and murdered.
Treasurer Copes had been out in the
country collecting taxes. Shortly before
dark, the horse be had been driving drew bis
empty buggy up to the houseof Mr. Andrew
Myers. Mr. Myers suspicioned that sometiling
was wrong and went down the road in
the direction the horse had come. In a dark
and gloomy bend, near a swamp, he found
the dead body of Treasurer Copes. The head
of the dead man had been riddled with
buckshot, and lying around promiscuously *
were blank tax receipts and other papers, but ^
no money. Mr. Myers raised the alarm at 9
once, and the whole country was thoroughly fl
aroused. A telegram was sent to Governor V
Tillman, who offered a reward and despatch- 9
i ed the penitentiary bloodhounds to the scene 1
[of the murder in charge of Captain Allen. '
There were tracks of two men leading from
the body of Treasurer Copes. The dogs followed
tlie trail to a point near the river, but
could go no further. Near the end of the
trail, the hunting party found where the assassins
had stopped and eaten a lunch they
had taken from a satchel belonging to Treas- ^
urer Copes. On the roadside, at the scene
of the killing, were found two empty cartridge
shells from a pin lire gun. There
were no other clues except those mentioned.
It is supposed that the assassins secured
nliMiit S'iII Vf Inst lcpniuits f'nllv 1 Dllt)
men were out looking for the assassins, and
the understanding was that if they were
caught they would he lynched without delay.
Three young white men of Orangeburg are
suspected of having committed the murder.
Mr. James Norton, chief clerk of the comptroller
general's ollice, has gone to Orangeburg
to examine the books of the county
treasurer's office and try and lind out the c~
exact amount of money missing. He will
also endeavor to straighten out everything
and gel the ollice in a running condition.
(iovernor Tillman says lie will do everything
in his power to have the assassins tun
down, captured and punished.
"Tiik Pkoim.k Win, Hki.ikvi: It's a Hik."?
Hast Friday night there were several lieformers
in a room in the Jerome hotel. They f
were talking about the report printed in f
The News and Courier that no tickets against
the convention had been sent to York county.
Said one of them, a true blue Reformer,
who is enthusiastic for the convention;
"The report will he put down as a lie, and '
nobody will believe it." Then he went on
to say that Chairman Irhy would not do
such a thing, and that lie could not all'ord to
take such a course. It would be interesting
for this Reformer to now give his idea of
what he thinks about the matter.?Columbia
Correspondent of The News and Courier.