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' Scraps attd rfacts. ! ? The trial of Eugene V. Debs, president ' .of the American Railway Union, and his j associates, for contempt of court in refusing j to obey injunctions of Federal judges during! j the recent railway strike, was concluded in j f Chicago last Friday. The trial resulted in ' the conviction of Debs and all other officers |, accused. Debs was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, and the other defendants , were sentenced to three months each. Debs!, is very much cast down ; but says that the sentence is nothing more than he expected. ? In the United States senate, the Nicara-1 gua canal bill has the right of way, and it i is the hope of Senator Morgan, who has the j bill in charge, to bring it to a vote this week, j The house is now considering matters in j connection with the army; but before the < close of the week, will probably take a vote i on Mr. Carlisle's currency scheme. The! bill embodying the scheme was reported by 1 the committee on banking and currency without recommendation. There is a general belief that it will easily pass the house; but there is little reason to hope that it will get through the senate. The senate is not dis- 1 posed to interfere with the present financial . situation any more than it can help. ? Secretary Gresham and President Cleveland have been coming in for a good share ( of abuse on account ef their interference in 1 the Armenian question. Many of the big 1 Northern newspaper are of the opinion that | this country has no business to interfere | with matters in Europe, especially where . the rights of no American citizens are in- ' volved. It will be remembered that some |( days ago, the State department decided to (< send a special messenger to Armenia to in-11 vestigate the whole matter. The sultan of| < Turkey has notified this country that this j messenger will not be welcome, and the I idea has been abandoned. England, llussia I ] aud France have taken the matter of invos- ] tigation in hand, and there is reason to be- ' lieve that the sultan's snub to the United ] States was made at the .instance of those | powers. I ? A remarkable criminal was sentenced by Judge Newman, of the United States district ( court, to eight years in the Columbus penitentiary, says an Atlanta correspondent. The name of the criminal is Jim Lawshe. Lawshe is an expert counterfeiter, and has s already served a term for this ofTense. On i his trial, he indignantly resented the charge | of having made the coins with which he was ( confronted. "Those," he said, "were made by a bungler. If I could not do any better 1 work than that, I would not pretend to en- 1 gage in the business at all." Lawshe has had I a wonderful career. Once, while serving a ] term in the Atlanta jail, he fitted up a small { still, manufacturing whisky from cornbread that was served to the prisoners. At anoth- 1 er time, while a prisoner, he made his escape from jail and carried off with him a pet dog and a litter of pups that ho had been al- ] lowed to keep in his cell. But, for the next < eight years, at least, it is probable that his , frolics are at an end. ? There was a vigorous discussion in the < national house of representatives last Wed- ' nesday on the question of appropriating | $245,000 for the collection of the income tax. < The New York and Eastern members gener-j i ally opposed the appropriation. They used ; j the same arguments employed in lighting j' the original pnssage of the law, and in addi-. , \ tion urged that since the report of the secre-' tary of the treasury shows that there will be i a surplus of $20,00*0,000 for the year endingj' June 30, 1805, the income tax is not neces-. 1 sary. Mr. McMillan defended the appropri-!< atiou and the law in general. He said that although there may be a surplus of revenue,! "for three years we have not paid one dollar on the sinking fund, and this debt now' 1 amounts to $100,000,000. Let us pay the ! 1 $50,000,000 a year on the sinking fund jis re- ] quired by law, and then I will discuss the , question of repealing this tux; but even then , I will be ir. favor of taking the tax off of. clothing and the necessaries of life rather j 1 than off of wealth." The proposition to J1 make the appropriation necessary to collect j < the income tax was finally passed by a vote i? of 127 to 54. !, ? The cutting of the Nicaragua canal will j ^ vastly shorten the distance by water be- j ( "tULTU jnnts on the east and west coasts of | the United States, ana atso maKe 11 a quicKer | voyage for ships from ports of the United f States to reach ports of other continents. (1 The Wilmington Star presents the following j i table showing the distance by the present j ( water routes between certain ports, the dis-! tance after the cutting of the Nicaraguan ca- i' nal, and the saving that will result: Between I( New York and San Francisco via Cape Horn, 15,660 miles; proposed route, 4,907< saved 10/753. New York and Hong-Kong < via Cape of Good Hope, 13,750 miles; pro- s posed route, 10,095: saved 3,055. New , York and Callao via Magellan's Straits, 9,040 miles ; proposed route, 3,744 ; saved 5,890.: 1 Sau Francisco and Liverpool via Cape Horn,: > 15,620 miles; proposed route, 7,027; saved Ii 7,993. New Orleans and San Francisco via Cape Horn, 16,000 miles; proposed route, 4,147; saved 11,853. The proportionate t distances and savings for South Atlantic ports can easily be figured, and it is from these ports that the products of the South 1 Atlantic States must seek foreign markets, j ? It is believed that before the adjournment of the Fifty-third congress, Senator ?? Voorhees is going to do all he can to secure | ( the free coinage of silver. In a recent in-1, terview on the subject, he made his position ! very plain as follows: "I have no change of 1 views to express. Silver is the money of the :1 constitution, and should be so coined on the ' ( same terms that gold is coined, without dis-1 < crimination against either metal and with- j j out charge for mintage." I voted- against j the passage of the famous Sherman act, and I labored to secure its repeal, because it was the enemy of silver coinage. The free coin-,1 age of gold means the free coinage of silver, 5 to my mind. The plain working people' t have been more benefitted in the last 100 , years l?y silver money than by gold money, I t and the whining cant of sordid avarice U which we now hear that gold is 'sound mou- J ey' and silver is not, has the profound con- ' tempt of every man familiar with the dCvel-j? opments of his country. As to the paiity of | tlie two metals when coined, even the small., children of finance know that the purchas- , ing power of a dollar is not fixed by the j *! ... ?? 1 quality or me quantity ui uie iu.iu.ei ? uivu composes it, but by the law which makes it i '< a legal tender in the payment of debts, j When silver is coined, therefore, at the ratio of 10 to 1 in gold, or at any other ratio, and | clothed with the authority of law, it has , never failed to be on a par with gold in its | purchasing and its debt paying power. The I coinage act of 1S;57 proved itself a wise and 1 safe measure, and I believe that its re-enact- ' ment now would be a constitutional act. I I care but little for the attitude of foreign i nations on this subject. We are not subject . to their dictation, and for their disapproval , we may content ourselves with the approval ! of our own people." ? In an interview ending last week, Senator Stewart expressed himself on Carlisle's : currency scheme as follows: "It is a gigantic scheme to create a boom upon which the ( Democratic party hopes to return to power, i, Everyone who expects that the' government will give him $100 for $:? "> is in favor of it. The plan in the concrete is just that. It 1 proposes to establish a banking system upon a gold basis and to give every banker who ____ ^ will deposit $dU in legal tender notes, and who will also consent to pay an assessment for a safety fund until an additional -1 per cent shall be obtained, $100 in currency for issue. The currency is to be in oiled national currency. The scheme would make possible most gigantic speculations. It is as visionary as was the plan of (Jenrge Law, and it would be followed by results quite us disastrous. "There would be a boom, which would be followed by a tremendous collapse. There is not gold enough in the country to furnish the basis for any such scheme, and it will not be practicable. The depositors, ol course, - ' ; i. are not proiecieu m any wnv wnainu, They have not even the guarantee:* which are afforded hy the present system. Hut it is not to he forgotten that the depositors are not represented here. It is the other class who would expect to get the $100 for the*$.'>"> which is represented here. I suppose that the hill will pass the house. The indications are that way. It seems prohahle that some of the Southern silver men will he won over to the support of the! measure by the delusive proposition as to the restoration of the old State hanking system. The system would he a State hanking system in name only. It would he aj national banking system upon a gold basis.1 I do not sec how any friend of silver could [ be misled hy it. Hut such a measure, with all the force of the administration behind it, j and with the probability that none of the administrative plans as to the tariff bill can I )c carried out, will undoubtedly secure a < .-cry large support." I would not like to i ay as to the chances of that measure in the !, Senate. One would think that it could not ">ass there. But there are a great many j neu in the Senate who own hank stock, and 1 his proposed plan is one in the interest of ] rank stock which already exists, and of hank j < dock which may he created. It is a most '; extraordinary plan, and one, of course, as to ivhich I hope to have something to say later ! >11." Ihc ^otluullc ^nqttutv.; YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,1894. I ? Whether or not the Cleveland-Carlisle currency scheme is the proper thing, we are < lot prepared to say. But we confess that 1 ive are somewhat dubious about it. For oue : ihing, it contemplates the perpetuation of j i ;he single gold staudard. This is wrong, i Most of the debts now in existence in this j < country were contracted on the basis of the j I :louble standard. The elimination of silver h means an increase in the purchasing power 1 if gold, and consequently an increase in the < lifDculty of getting a dollar with which to i pay a debt. The result is plainly au in- < justice to the debtor. Therefore, we think < it proper to restore silver to its rightful : position as a money metal. This done and < the new currency system established on a i li-metalic basis, we do not think there is i my likelihood of further serious objection < from any source. i ? Senator Butler is loath to give up his T'nitnrl Sitntoc BfMintp nild lie IS I making himself ridiculous. To the Washing- < [on correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu- < tion, last Friday, ho said : "I do not believe i that Mr. Tillman will ever hold a seat in the ] United States senate. I have taken steps in i the South Carolina courts, as you are doubt- i less aware, to prove the unconstitutionality :>f the registration laws; and if I gain my point, the legislature will be declared in- i valid and Mr. Tillman will not be seated. I [f the courts in the State decide against me, f shall appeal to the United States supreme :ourt, where, I am sure, I could win in 20 i minutes. There is some talk about petition- i ing the senate to send a committee down to i South Carolina. 'This is not at all necessary. ! Rverybody admits that frauds have been I committed. The matter must be fought out I In the courts." We notice a slight change n the senator's song. He used to say that ! Tillman would never hold a seat in the i United States senate, and now it is "I don't j relieve he will ever hold the seat." But I :he senator is ofT?bad olf. If Tillman lives, < ic will certainly hold a seat in the United i States senate. ! ? After the battle of Ping Yang, it was reported that the Chinese General Wei, had seen put to death by order of the emperor i for cowardice. Recently it has developed > ;hat General Wei is still alive. There really ' ivas an execution of Wei; but it was by < proxy. Not ready yet to shuffle off this ' mortal coil, Wei hired a miserable fellow- ' . on n try man to take his place. And this ! suggests a peculiar custom among the Chi- < aese. A condemned Chinaman has the ' privilege of hiriug a substitute, and, strange 1 [o sav. his abilitv to secure one is only a 1 matter of money. Among the thousands of ' jroveling Chinamen, there are many who 1 nave never in their lives ever had a square j1 meal. An amount equal to a few hundred ' lollars in cash is sufficient to induce them to ] part even with their lives. They are allow- 1 ?d probably a week or two weeks in which :o spend their money and have what they ?onsider a good time. They drink and jarouso, and on the designated day quietly i submit to the chopping ofi of their heads. : Though executed by proxy, General Wei 1 was not given his liberty. He is now lying 1 n prison, and may possibly be executed < igain. ? Although the sugar trust cleaned up 1 he president, the bouse and senate, during ' he last session of Congress, it is now about < 0 meet a foe that is worthy of its steel. J This foe is no less an organization than the I ,*ast cattle interest of the West, representing < 1 combined capital of more than $500,000,- < )00, under the direction of Phil D. Armour, he Chicago pork packer, and others. What 1 elined sugar has to do with beef cattle ! night seem a problem; but that is easily ' explained. When congress levied a duty > m refined sugar, Germany and Denmark, 1 n a spirit of retaliation, promptly met the 5 tction by raising an embargo on American 1 >eef. This, of course, gets very close to the < nillionaire packers, who thoroughly under- ' stand that the only way to get into the ports ! A Germany and Denmark with their pro- 1 lucts, is to secure the free admission of the 1 sugar of those countries into the United ' States. The tight, if pushed according to 1 hreats, will produce some decided sensations 1 luring the present session of congress, and at 1 lie same time it will furnish a regular picnic lo those members who may have sold, or been ' willing to sell out, to the sugar trust. It 1 will arouse a strong spirit of competition, 1 ind their votes will be worth fortunes. 1 ? On the first page of this issue, we publish i from the Piedmont Headlight, a comprehensive review of the new county government law. The Headlight discusses the law with i x confidence that indicates thorough familiarity with the whole subject, and places I the matter in a most favorable light. Of course in the letter of the law there are many apparent crudities: but these, no doubt, can be eliminated by proper discretion and abil-1 ity in the matter of enforcement. In the en- j1 Ibreement of the law, the weight of the re- 1 I sponsibility will, of course, fall upon the su-1 pervisor: but it is possible for this odicial to j derive much valuable assistance from the; township assessors. It is very desirable that these township boards of assessors be j composed of the very best material that is to : be had. It is true that the members of these j boards are to serve practically without pay ; but. at the same time, neither their responsibilities nor duties are to be very heavy, and it is certainly to be hoped that no good man who maybe appointed will refuse to j serve. Our opiuiou of the law, in the light of a more thorough understanding of it, has undergone a favorable change: but be this as it may, it is now the only law on the subject we have, and whatever may he its fate j in the face of bitter opposition, with the hearty co-operation and support of all the people, it is bound to be in a measure a success. ? During August and September, it will be remembered, the agricultural bureau at Washington reported an utter failure in the corn crop of the Northwest. From thesej ollicial reports, there was reason to hope that the corn crop of the South would he worth something like a dollar a bushel. Hut now , there is a different phase on the matter. Just how it is in the other Northwestern j States, we have 110 knowledge; hut accord- ! ing to the report of the hoard of agriculture; in Illinois, the government statistics from . that Statu were woefully at fault. The area "seeded was (!,70o,47"? acres, or the largest area the State has seeded, since lS7b. The ] total yield for this year is estimated at 000 bushels, or 37,040,000 bushels more n than in 1S03. Instead of a failure in Illi- I] uois, the crop, like that of the South, is one h of the largest ever grown. Referring recent- j tl ly to the Agricultural department's disap- b proval of the trust plan for the protection ' b of the price of cotton, Mr. John T. ltoddey si said: "They are opposed to the plan for g selfish reasons. The plan provides for the o establishment of an intelligence bureau g among ourselves. This would mean that the department bureau is no longer necessary." Perhaps Mr. Roddey is right, and perhaps s the true inwardness of the department's opposition may extend still further. \\rhile supply and demand may have very little to do tl with the price, there is 110 doubt that seem-1 h 1 nAi'le r? o t A tlin CI70 ! fi "'Ji'O wen CIUIIIUI l/.CU IC^UIIO U.O IV/ VHV ./...v/ of crops etc., have a decided influence on ; si speculating buyers and sellers. The depart- h inent oflicials at Washington are in a splendid s position from which to manipulate the wires, v ? One of the most important matters for consideration by the general assembly during ^ this week is the metropolitan police bill. ^ I'nder the law as it now stands, municipal police are under the control of town and J city governments, and the State has no au- fi thority over them whatsoever. Tt is proposed d in the bill now pending to give the governor, jj in his discretion, through police commissioners, to be appointed by him, to assume State y control of city police, and require the cities c to pay the expenses. The ostensible purpose It of the bill is to secure the enforcement of P the dispensary law without the employment 11 of special constables. The various cities ^ affected, however?those having a population w of more than 2,500 inhabitants?are bitterly b opposed to the measure. They claim that a: such a police system would not only be more w expensive, but far less effective, and that instead of such police being a protection to " the cities, the cities would be at the mercy a of the police. There would be room for all u manner of corruption, similar to that now sj being exposed in New York, and on the ^ whole, the proposed law would work a great C! * -??-! mi U.'ll Ivzvzv.v ivnfov. Ileal OI 1UJ UbllUt*. Jiuo mil iiua u?u uuiui ^ crably reported by the judiciary committee g( cf the senate, and lias not yet found a place S( on the calendar of the house. But it is be- tl lieved that it will be the cause of a bitter e fight. Whether or not it will become a law P cannot, with safety, be predicted. * e ? While discussing the question of build- p ing a school for the blind in Columbia, last b Friday, Senator Mayfield, a Reformer, ob- 1 jected for the reason that "several hundred a thousand dollars would be needed for Clem- s' son college, several hundred thousand for v the Winthrop college, and the proposed ^ constitutional convention would cost from 1 $50,000 to $75,000." Mr. Buist asked a how it was that the constitutional convention would cost between $50,000 and $75,000, when the appropriations provided for only $30,000. Mr. Mayfield replied that he "fig- n ured by the same rule used by the a architect, who exceeds his estimate by twothirds." The whole thing shows that not c only Mr. Mayfield, but others who are pull- ? ing for the convention, know that this jj scheme is going to cost twice or three times c the amount they want the people to believe it tl will cost, and at present they arc deliberate- p ly deceiving the people for the purpose of inducing them to do blindly whatever they P are told to do. One of the principal objections that The Enquirer raised to the S( calling of a constitutional convention, was si the fact that it was not to be submitted b back to the people for ratification. To secure this end there is now left only a single S1 chance; and that is for the voters to make 0 this the only issue in the coming election of s, ielegates. "By the same rule under which b the architect exceeds his estimate by two- si thirds," the proposed constitutional convention may do likewise ; aud unless the people 4? v! rrVi < r\f n finnl t( iwcrvc IU iiiciuscivuo vni> i i^uw vt *% say so, they will have no way of correcting r< possible mistakes of the proposed conveu- a tion. w SALARY REDUCTION. n The action of the house of representatives in reducing the salary of the governor from ?3,o00 to $2,200 a year, the other State officers q u proportion, and the members of the general assembly from $5 to $3 a day, is at least j af (piestionable wisdom. ei The members of the British house of com- e inons give their service without any pay l' from the government. Their principal re- a ward is honor, and their service is looked t( upon as evincing a high degree of patriotism. [<>0111 one point of view this system appears a to he all right; but of late years it has been el .fawning upon the people that it is subject ^ :o serious drawbacks. For one thing, only men of means arc able ^ ;o give their time and labor to matters of *tate without enumeration. A poor man, w uowever well qualified and however patriot- e< c, cannot, even if he would, give his time ^ to such matters without pay. It has long a since developed that no matter how honest, " patriotic or sincere they may be, the tenden- u jy of meu of means is to legislate in the interest of their own class, and consequently u: igainst the interest of those who arc without means. It is also a pretty well established fact that a well educated poor man, tlior- . aughly acquainted with the requirements of j ' :he great masses of the people and imbued ; n with a spirit of fairness and justice, often j make the best legislator. j ci The British people are becoming alive to j ^ the facts suggested. They long ago began a i movement having for its object liberal pay Lj for members of the house of commons. On y account of the conservatism of the people and their antipathy to change, the reform j tl is probably still a long way oil"; but already '' many constituencies have anticipated it by raising among themselves annuities for the ' support of their representatives. They pre- g, fer not to be coufined only to representation si by men who are able to pay their own ex- p [lenses. They think it wiser to be in a posi- lion to make use of the best material available, regardless of financial considerations. ^ If this reduction from $ *> a day to $:> a u day is allowed to stand, it is not likely that tc the object intended will be carried out. t The tendency will be to reduce the represen- '( tat ion in the general assembly to two classes? 11 the rich and intelligent, and the poor and ig- ^ norant. What the result will be under such w circumstances is easy to conjecture. The situation may remain as it is for a time; but ti eventually capable men of moderate means a will no longer offer as representatives, and the general assembly will then be made up ' in a large measure of rich men bent on car- j tying out selfish purposes, and such indill'er- j cut material as is willing to remain in t'olum-; bia during sessions for $.'I a day. The meaning of economy is not expressed tl in a word. There is such a thing as "wasting 11'1 at the bung while pouring in at the spiggot." j Some men who would be worth $1.00 a j" day sawing wood, would be expensive at ; j( any price as legislators. They could do; more mischief in a week than they could 1 1; repair in a year. It does not necessarily take a man of means to make wholesome M' - - - . .... , 'I laws : but it does taken man oi Drains, ana , brains, of the right kind are something that will always command reasonable pay. h We do not think that pat rot ism is yet dead c in the land; hut men of capacity and brains t< know that they cannot feed their wives and ,v children on patriotism : and while they may |,j be willing to make a sacrifice in behalf of! S( the people for ? "> a day, it is possible that! a many of them may be utterly unable to do 111 it at a day. ! <l In this matter of reducing the per diem of j " members of the general assembly, the house i,l. has already been charged with demagogy?L| making material with which to go back t. before the people on the stump. Wc arejti ot willing to impute any such motives, fowcver unwise may he the step, we elieve it to he honest and sincere. Hut foi ie reasons given, we hope it will never ecome law. This particular item should e stricken out by the senate, or the whole rlary reduction hill should be vetoed hv the overnor. To in any wise impair the quality f the people's representation would he danerous. THE HENEKAL ASSEMBLY. yiiopHiii of the Dally Proceedings of the Ifotist and Senate. There seems to he a disposition among lie members of the general assembly to lei nportant matters of legislation alone until fter the adoption of the proposed new contitution. 1'p to the present, the proceedings i .1..11 i a UVC UCt'Il U U11 iUJU UIIIIIH-'I canity. iv ui m yn apsis of the proceedings of the pasl ,'eek will be found in the following: TUESDAY, DECK MB Ell 11. In* the Senate.?There was a vigorous iscussion ou the bill providing for the calf ig of a constitutional convention. Senatoi Torris moved to change the time for holdig the election of delegates from July 1G tc larch 2G. There was a lively debate, and nally March 5 was agreed upon as election ay, by a vote of 17 to IG. Mr. Wilson then loved to open the registration.books on tbc rst Monday in February and keep them pen from 10 a. in. to 4 p. m., for 18 days, V'ith an amendment providing that in the ounties of Charleston, Ileaufort and Itichmd, the books should remain open until C . m., the motion was carried. A motion to lake July 30 as the day for the assembling f the convention, was carried. Then came hot tight. It was caused by Mr. Finley, ho offered a motion to the effect that the arricades be torn down from the polls, so s to give everybody the opportunity to see hat was going on among the managers. Mr. Wilsou bitterly opposed the amendlent of Mr. Finley. He claimed that it ould, in effect, change the election law, nd this, he thought, should remain as it is nf.il there was some bill introduced for the pecific purpose of effecting a change. Sentor Barnwell made a long speech in advoacy of Mr. Finley's amendment. Mr. Finley remarked that he had no idea f exciting his friend from Spartanburg (Wilan) to the extent that was shown by that mator's remarks, fie could assert that lie recent election in his neighborhood was ntirely fair, but he had heard of polls where ersons were carried separately into a room, nd of complaints resulting that everything ;as not as it should he. He offered the ainndment in the interest of fairness, and tc reclude any possibility of the white people eing charged with holding unfair elections, 'here could be no valid objection to this raendment. The Senator from Spartanburg poke of it as a fundamental change in the lection law ; but if this was any change, il as not near so material as the provision ir be bill concerning the registration law 'he passage of this amendment would stop 11 caviling as to elections not being fair Senator Buist and others spoke on both ides of the amendment, and considerable itterness was developed. Finally, the uestion came to a vote, aud the amendlent seeking to hold the election in a fail nd open manner, was killed?21 to 14. The election for United States senatoi ame up and resulted : Tillman 29, Butlei . Senator Finley voted for Tillman. In Tiik House.? The bill providing ? fe sentence in the penitentiary where, upor ouviction of murder, the jury recommend* lie prisoner to the mercy of the court, was assed. Representative Carroll's bill requiring the lacing of a top plank on barbed wire fences as passed after a grent deal of discussion. The bill to allow trustees to suspend L-hools under their jurisdiction until th< shools should pay up past indebtedness, and e enable to run on a cash basis, was killed A number of amendments to the dispensalry law were offered and passed ; but none f them are of any special interest-. The election for United States senator re Lilted ih the choice of Tillman over Butlei y a vote of 102 to 15. All of York's reprc jntatives voted for Tillman. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12. In the House.?The most important mat ir discussed was the bill requiring railDads to provide separate coaches for white J -.1 .1 K:i1 rxooc 11(1 cuiureu {jussuljgeid. jliic uiii ???o |/aoc d. If they so desire, the railroads may pu! diite and colored passengers in the same ar, provided the races are separated bj leans of a partition. Mr. Carroll introduced a bill to regulate le rate of interest in this State; but it wtu illed by an unfavorable report of the com lit tee. Mr. Carroll recently voted againsl ti interest bill. The bill referred tc enominated as usury any rate of inter st over 7 per cent., and provided thai veil in the cases of special agreement :ie lender should lose both principal nd interest. Mr. Carroll thought thai e should only be made to lose the in }rest and not the principal. At the appointed hour, the senate came in, nd the formalities in connection with the lection of ex-Governor Tillman as United tates senator, were completed. Butler reeived 21 votes, and Tillman received 131. Is the Senate.?A bill to reduce the pei iem of children who draw names from the ny boxes at court, from $}.50 to 50 cents, as championed by Mr. Wilson and support(1 by Mr. Finley. Mr. Fiuley was unwilling ) agree to the reduction, unless it included II court officials. These little jury boys, ho lid, were generally the children of pooi idows who needed the money. The bill as killed. During the day and night, various othei uitters of importance were discussed ; but lere were no final results. THURSDAY, DKCKMHKK 1-1. In the House.?Mr. Carroll's bill to proibit fishing in Broad river, except with hook nd line, for two years, was postponed until ext session. A bill to provide for boards of health in all ties and towns in the State, and defining leir powers and duties, was passed and sent ) the senate. A joint resolution was passed to extend jc time for the payment ot taxes uniu [arch 1. A bill introduced by Mr. Love, to define le duties of coroners and trial justices actas coroner, was killed. The house refused to concur in the senate mendment lor the exemption of York and Iher counties from the provisions of the eneral bill reducing the dieting fees ol lcrifls from 550 to 25 cents per day per risoner. The dieting fee will be reduced to 5 cents. A bill introduced by Mr. Lcmtnous to disense with the publication of the itemized atement of the disbursements of the treasry of Fairfield county, was amended so as j apply also to the counties of Chesterfield, larendon, Williamsburg, Orangeburg, Colston, Sumter, (ireenville, Abbeville, Kdgeeld, Darlington, York and Dickens. Mr. Mlder's bill to extend the limits of the )wn of Clover three-fourths of a mile each ay, passed its second reading. Mr. Love's bill to increase the salaries ol rial justices in York county, was passed tc third reading. In Tin-: Sknatk.?A bill to amend the et creating the Tirzah school district, wa> assed. No business of general interest was ransaeted. Fit I DAY, DKC'M.M I.Kfl H. In tilk Hot'si-:.?Mr. Carroll introduced n amendment to Mr. lirazeale's Dili fixing lie ages between which citizens are liable ti oad duly, so as to make it read from If! tc 5 years. Mr. Itra/.eale objected, and Mr, 'arroll moved to indefinitely postpone the ill. His motion was carried by a vote of5! j -IS. Mr. Minklea's bill providing for a divorce iw was killed. The most important work of the day was lie passage of the salary reduction bill, 'his bill, as passed, provides for a general 4 - 1 * "ii j . eduction all along I lit* IIIU'. i ne governor ? ilary, which has heretofore been nOO, as been cut to "?l>,i,ihi. The supreme and ircuit court judges are reduced from ) $:2,000. Solicitors arc reduced to $1,001 ach, and stenographers to Spoil. Railroad ommissioners are reduced to $1,000 each, "lie pay of the members of the house and L'liatc is reduced from $ "> a day and 10 cents mile each way, to $.'5 a day and "> cents a die each way. The salaries of all State dicers, clerks and employers are reduced l about the same proportion. Rut there i; provision to the elfeet that the redituion will not take place during the terms ol lie present incumbents in the ease of govrnor, lieutenant governor, judges and State icasurer. The balance of the reductions go into effect from and after the 1st day o.f 1 j January next. In tiik Sicnati-:.?There was an interesting discussion over the appropriation for j I. J Winthrop college. The architect had esti-; '! mated that it would take $.10,0110 to complete | ! the work, and the appropriation hill provid! ed for only $10,000. Mr. Kin ley thought1 to give $10,000 would be simply a waste of .; money, as that amount would not he nearly ^ j sufficient to accomplish the object desired. I The board had decided on $120,000 as the j lowest possible figure, and lie did not think [ that under any circumstances should the ap- j .; priation be less. The appropriation of $120,- j 000 to complete the building finally went | r through. SATURDAY, DKl'KMIlKIl IS. I In thk Housk.?The day was spent in a; discussion of the appropriation bill. The sal- j aries of the various quarantine officers were j ? considerably reduced. The citadel approf priation was cut from $18,000 to $15,000. t, Representative Miller, colored, wanted to take away the appropriation from C'laflin ,j( pntirp.lv. as he claimed that the colored peo . pie did not care to have that institution sup-1 ported. The house, however, decided to let Lj . tho appropriation of $2,">00 remain in tho bill. A number of new bills were introduc- j ( cd ; hut outside of salary reduction, the proI ceedings of the day were devoid of special ( interest. ( In the Senate.?In the senate, a large M' number of bills passed second and third ! | readings, and were sent to the house or to, the governor, as the status of the bill re-1 , ; quired. 11 MONDAY, DKCISMHKR 17. ; In tiie House.?A communication was read from the attorney general, to the effect . that even under the new bill, all government ! officers are entitled to receive the salaries thev are now receiving, until January 1, ! 1S95. The supply bill was passed so as to fix the ^ , State levy at 4.1 mills. The ordinary county levy in York was fixed at 31 mills. Accord- . . ing to the newspaper reports, the following , extra levies were made in the townships named, to pay interest on Three C's railroad d< ; bonds: Catawba,3mills : Cherokee, 1 mill: lo . Ebenezer, J mill: York, 5 mills. In Broad ij< . River township, a levy of o mills was made y . to pay attorneys' fees in the Three C's bond case. t In the Senate.?Most of the day was ^ . spent in the discussion of the metropolitan H , police bill, which was finally passed to a Y , third reading. (' ! NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM. q . Springer Introduces n Hill to Carry Out tlie Ideas ^ of Carlisle and Cleveland. a.' i Congressman Springer, of Illinois, intro- tc s duced in the house on Tuesday of last week, g( , a bill to carry out the ideas of Cleveland and j Carlisle on the currency question. The bill ; repeals all acts and parts of acts which re> quire, or authorize, the deposits of United R. Stnfps bonds tn secure circulating notes is- ' J "*"v"""" ~~ ? * f JIJ i sued by national banking associations, and (j, , hereaftersuch notes herein prepared shall not ( i contain the statement that they arc so r( , secured : <1 i National banks are permitted to take out p< ! circulation to the extent of 75 per cent, of s( ! paid up capital. Circulation to be a first V( . lien upon assets. A tax of .1 of 1 per cent. per annum on circulation is provided. A satisfactory safety fund for the redemp- I): tion of notes of failed banks is provided by a SI tax of \ per cent, per annum until the w amount reaches 5 per cent, of the total cir- r( i culution. Sections 9 and 10 of the act of n, i 18S2, relating to the corporate extensions, . i and section 31 of the act of 1804, providing ; for a national bank currency, arc repealed. 11 Section D of the bill is as follows: That G ; the secretary of the treasury, in his dis- ii i cretion, may use, from time to time, any sur- w plus revenue of the United States in the n] I redemption and retirement of United States | . > legal tender notes, but the amount of such j', : notes retired shall not, in the aggregate, ex-1 . cecd an amount equal to 70 per cent, of the tl . additional circulation taken out by national a; > banks under the provisions of the act, and p hereafter no United States notes or treasury . notes authorized by the act of July 14,1890, entitled. "An act directing the purchase of . silver bullion and the issue of treasury notes 0] thereon and for other purposes," for a less j denomination than $10 shall be issued, and as rapidly as such notes of denominations less than $10 shall be received into the w treasury, they.shall he cancelled, and an equal I hi J amount of notes of like character, but in de-1 la nominations of $10 or multiplies thereof, [ shall be issued in their place, but nothing in 1 ^ ' this act shall be so constructed as to repeal, | " or in any manner afTect, the second section " of said act of July 14,1890.' j si Section 10. That the use of circulating p ' notes issued by a banking corporation, duly k '; organized under the laws of any State, and c. 'j which transacts not other than a banking , 1 j business, shall be exempt from taxation ' I under the Jaws of the United States, when it l ( I is shown to the satisfaction of the secretary K1 [ of the treasury and the comptroller of the w I currency : ' j 1. That such bank has at no time had out- y ' j standing its circulating notes in excess of 7o i * [ per cent, of its paid up and unimpaired capi-1 [ tal. i,r | 2. That its stockholders arc individually j tl liable for the redemption of its circulating w notes to the full extent of their ownership of tl I stock ; but this shall not be required in the y case of persons holding stock as executors, ' administrators, guardians or trustees, if the 1 assets and funds in their hands arc liable in j 01 [ like manner and to the same extent as the w [ testator, intestate, ward or person interested a i in such funds would be if living and eompe- i); ; tent to act and hold the stock in his own , name. | 8. That the circulating notes constitute by j j* [law a first lien upon all the assets of the ^ ;bank. | 4. That the bank has at all times kept on ' I deposit with an official of the State, author-1 i i/.ed by law to receive and hold the same, J '; a guarantee fund in United States legal, " j tender notes, including treasury notes of P 11890, equal to 80 per cent of its outstanding 1 ft j circulating notes. | Ci ">. That it lias properly redeemed its notes ' tf | at par on demand at its principal office, or ^ I at one or more of its branch oflices, if it lias I branches. " Section 11 permits State banks to use the j j distinctive paper used in printing United gl j States securities ; but no State bank shall j ci j JM lilt UI' Ull^rilVU ll?> liuiun III niuiuiumv/ */* j j-|| 1 United States notes or certificates of nation-i 1 al bank notes. ! | 'I' - i , MERE MENTION. |S( P A Negro school girl murdered a 12-year- l' | j old white boy near f Jut brie, <>. T., last Wed- j in ! ncsday. Seven Negroes were sentenced at | ct i Milieu, On., one day last week.to 30 years 8j j each in tin; penitentiary for arson. At the ,? trial they confessed their guilt and stated that j they had been advised to organize themselves |111 into a band of burners by the l'opnlist eandi-; date for sherill'. W. If. Price,of the well ll 1 i known firm of printing press inanufacturers? 1 st ' Chandler it Price?was killed at his home at i,.( : Cleveland < >., last Wednesday night, by burg-) .j I lars. Texas government officials are ' making a strong effort to drive the Standard , 1" 1 j Oil company out of their State. A Pall, st River manufacturer claims tbat be is buying ol yarn from Pngland for 21 per cent, less than it can be manufactured in this country. | The national bank at Kearney, Neb., failed 1 last Thursday. The official result of I 1 ' the Stale election in Tennessee has just been declared. Evans, Republican, received I: ? I 101 votes, and Turncy, Democrat, received pi ; 11)4, '>")(!. Kvans's majority is 708. Ifoth ! ui 1 sides claim fraud and are gathering evi-j],. ;; donee. An epidemic of diptberia is >j prevalent in St. Lotus, Mo. The gold i I reserve in the treasurv lias acain been l . reduced In-low the ?100,000,000 murk. It is j '. now about ?!>S,000,000. ! , ( _ # t I" IiOWKYSVILIjK xotks. i1" j t<: ( ?irres|Miiuleneeof tin- \<>rkvilli- l-'.ii<|nircr. j j'u >1 hotvitvsvi 1.1.K, December IS.?The heavy st . i rains of last week put a temporary stop to | jf 11 grain sowing. * j Out ol'2,000 hales of cotton marketed here! , this season, not more than ">0 were wrapped 1,1 I! in jute hugging. t(J 1 There has been eonsiderahle hog meat lost in this section on account of warm weather. |a I j A would-be hog killer asked Curie Hilly ;ll . Dowdle, of Mullock's ('reek, last week, | ? I whether or not the weather was cold enough J ? to kill hogs. "No,"' he replied, liit is not.: J At least it has not killed mine/' j:l t| The ladies of /ion will have u Christinas sf I' tree at the academy on Christmas night. 1 et ? ' W. <>. c. .in r ^ * tii T I'oarsou at ( rci-nwixxl. ? llev. It. (1. Pearson concluded a 10 sc" days' meeting at (Jreenwood last week and i whs presented with a purse of ?200. lb LOCAL AFFAIRS. IXPF.Y TO NKW ADVKUTISK3!KXTS. nuis Until?Will have tlie liost selected Xorfolk oysters lor Christ nuis, I'm its, nuts, etc., aii<I if you buy your fruits from liiin, lie will bake your fruit cakes without charge, j ".J. Koddey?At Yorkville, 011 the first Monday of.January, 1 *!>.">, advertises that he! will sell two shares of Carolina Utiggv stock as the property of II. K. Adickes. T. Ilrown Wylie, C. C. C. 1'.?Advertises that j he will sell lands in York county, in the! following eases: W. K. Adams, as executor, against J. A. C. Love; latum A.I Moore against Hessie Hill Massev and1 others; W. L. Bailes against A. ihixtcri Itailesand others; W. II. McCorkle, pro- j bate judge, against Thomas T. Davidson, as administrator, and others; (?uy ami, Sandifer against James <?. McXcel and others; ('. K. Spencer, executor of H. T.I Wheeler, deceased, against J. M. Martin.! '. ('. Latimer?Announces a clearing out sale, j lie has no prices to enumerate, except lie oilers to sell overcoats fur $1.7"> and Kellam A- Moore's eye-glasses and spectacles at a reduction of iihjj per cent. His otli^r goods, he says, he is determined to sell at some price. >hn J. Hunter?Repeats his announcement of j last week that ho is selling the best (pialitt' a!' fm/wl l* ??t olw\nt t lin nciioi t 11 11 iu Iwiimr ' V ,HWWV,? ,u u"ulH 1 ?*V> I'l IVV> tIKU in /villf, I paid for shoddy poods, list Cousins?Toll about the things they oiler | to Christinas buyers and quote the prices i at which they oiler to sell many articles, ock Hill Buggy Company?Set forth the nier- j its of their vehicles and ask you to call on I Mr. Sam. M. (irist, their agent in Yorkville, if you desire anything in their line, erguson Brothers?Call attention to their supplies for the holidays, including line candies, nuts and fruits, besides all the substantials usually to be found in a grocery store. nnan Biothers?Mention the Monarch shirts, and for use as Christmas presents, they enumerate mulllcrs and silk and linen handkerchiefs, unes M. Starr?Is offering Kellam A* Moore's eye-glasses and spectacles at reduced prices. IIo also has something to say about window glass, putty and tobacco, and oilers to cure the chills and grippe for a small consideration. XTHHTAIXMKXT TOMOUKOW XKIHT. j The Banks High school boys are preparing I > give a public entertainment in the court; ousc tomorrow night, consisting of music and I jclamations. The speakers will be as folws: James Clark, ColumbiauJkrtin McAlster, Ljunberton, X. X. Dobson, orkvilla ; I). S. McAJMster, Bethel ; Frnser uggle,/iancaste^J. S. Williams, Godwin, . C.J Witherspoon, Yorkvillc; 'owa/cl Cimlwell, Carp; J. McA. McSwain, C.; li. A. Shcrefessc, Rock Hill; . r. Williams, Fodder; W. W. Gregg, lorence; W. L. Barron, Yorkville; J. K. wens, Rock Hill. A full corps of marshals, ilh C. C. Yongueas chief and J. R. Garner 5 first assistant, has been appointed to see > the comfort of the visitors, and the public ?nerally is cordially invited. MOOIIK IS DEAD. Alphonso Moore, the Xegro who was shot y Jim Greene, colored, in the recent row, lentioned in the Enquirer of last week, ted on Friday morning. Trial Justice Carill, acting coroner, summoned a jury of inuest, and Drs. Walker & Walker made a ost mortem examination. After a tedious ?arch, the doctors found a 32 caliber reolver bullet imbedded in the tissues of the iiirderod man's pelvis. The bullet had assed through the stomach, struck the final column and ranged downward. It as slightly bruised on one side, at the ?ar end, and from its size and the testilony of witnesses, there was no doubt i the minds of the members of the jury, lat it was fired from the revolver of Jim rcene, and the verdict of the jury was i accordance with this belief. Greene, it ill Kn fomnmhnrnil mnfln lllQ PSPnnP im lediately after the shooting. He has not nee heeu heard' from. He is a thick-set ingcr cake colored Negro, slightly helow ic medium height, has a long flat nose, is jed about 2o years, and weighs about 1G0 ounds. NOBODY RESPONSIBLE. It is a diflicult thing to get at the bottom f a Negro row. That fact has been demonrated more than once, and the result of le legal investigation of the recent riot in hich Amanda Monk and Alphonso Moore, oth colored, lost their lives, is only cumuitive evidence. At the inquest over the body of Amanda lonk, there was a great deal of conflicting istimony. But one witness, Babe Buchanan, vore that he saw Dave lloss?not Ed, as rcviously published?fire the shot that illed the woman. Other testimony impliited Jim Boss as accessory, and the roomers of the jury, all of whom were colored, ndcred a verdict in which the Boss Ncrocs were charged with the murder of the oman. At the inquest over the body of Alphonso foore last Friday, the testimony conflicted M'iously with that given in at the previous iquest, and at a preliminary examination of ic Bosses, held shortly afterward, all the itnesses who then pretended to know any- j ling about the matter, testified that the lonk Negro was shot by Alphonso Moore, licensed. Babe Buchanan, the Negro who riginally testified to the act of Dave Boss, as certain that he saw the defendant with revolver in his hand ; but claimed not to ave seen him fire. As the result of the reliminary, the murder of the woman was radically fixed on Moore, and the Boss ? "? r i ? .1.. cgroes were aiscnargeci irom cusiouv. HALF-SHKKT NEXT WKKK. There will be no regular issue of Tim KxriUKR next week. The printer boys have eon working unusually hard during the ;ist year, and think they arc entitled to a iw days' rest. It is seldom that the print's get a vacation, and we have every reason > believe that our readers consider it only lir that they should have a short one tiring Christinas. Under the circumstances, we would be ' i lad to suspend publication for next week itirely; but tliis we find to be out of tlie j uestion. Now running in the paper there re some advei tisements which the law re-1 aires shall have a certain number of con-1 cutive insertions, and it is on account of! iese that we are unable to entirely omit i L*xt week's issue. To get around tbe dilli-' illy, we will publish next week a half- j icet, to be sent out to our subscribers on I Wednesday or Thursday, which day it has at yet been decided. If between now and next Wednesday lore should happen to be any important or! artiing news developments, of course our aiders may look for details as usual; but in j ic absence of such developments, the! roposed half-sheet will be confined pretty I rictly to the object outlined?the legalizing " certain advertisements. So this is our last issue for 1S1M. We now j ike occasion to extend to our numerous aiders the compliments of the season. We I ish all a merry Christmas and a happy New ear, and without providential interference, pomise to be on hand in usual fornl on Jan-1 iry 2, prepared to make during 1S9">, as we ive made during ISi>4, the very best paper e can. KOMKTHIXC; OF A ItAltX. Mr. '1'. Baxter McClain, of Yorkville, has! lout three hundred choice acres of land j Minding the south-western corner of the iwn, and he is beginning to dream delightI ,>f Ji.f.L* well-fed eattle. tine! rains of poultry, anil thoroughbred pigs. I c has just erected on his place a mammoth 1 irn, and a representative of Tmk Kniji'irk went down with him one day last week !. i take a look at it. The barn is located oil a high hill, about mile-and-a-ipiarter from the courthouse,; id overlooks the town. It covers an area I 7"> by So feet, and is two stories in height, j hrough the centre of the lower story runs fourteen foot wagon way, and on either ile of this are stalls, feed bins, gear rooms, j c. The horse and mule stalls are twelve number, and furnish ample aceommoda- j jus for twenty-four head of stock. The cond lloor is intended altogether for the orageof immense quantities of hay,.shucks, i dder and other kinds of roughness. A straight, unbroken roof over the whole' c 1 building, throws the comb nearly forty feet in above the ground, and easily gives the w< structure the appearance of being large th enough for all the needs of a twenty-horse wl farm. lie may not go into it on a large scale for the present: but commencing at once,'it is TJ Mr. McCiain's purpose to gradually begin the development of a big stock farm. "Anil' of poultry, cattle and bogs," says Mr. McCiain, "I am going to have the very r" best breeds. A thorougbred does not re-1 quire any more feed than a scrub, and i 'u while I am at it, I am going in for the best." . ' " " | in ABOUT I'KOPLB. 1,1 Mrs. I). \V. I licks and children, of Henri- ^ etta. N. are visiting relatives and friends c0 in Yorkville, the guest of Captain L. M.ltr Grist. ,1>J Rev. R. Ij. Gricr, of Pineville, sj>cnt sever- j D al days in this place last week, with relatives and friends. ZNTr. Frank McClain, of Charlotte, spent f,t last Sunday in this place. te Miss Norma Strauss left yesterday for sc Charleston, where she will make her future home. 3Iiss Daisy Griflith, of Charlotte, is visiting j the family of her grandfather, Mr. John M. i)( Rawlinson, in this place. i M Mr. S. R. McConnell, of Charlotte, is visit-1 cai ing his father's family, Mr. W. II. MeCon- j''( nel, in this place. Mrs. J. J. Bowcn, of Goldsboro, N. C., is gt visiting the family of her lather, Mr. John Uh M. Rawlinson in Yorkville. . ! >r chukch noticms. Episcopal?Rev. Robert A. Lee, minister, cl Services on Sunday next, by Rev. W. S. j Jt Holmes at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sundayschool in the afternoon at 3.:?0 o'clock. I j j pi Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. | jj, Weber, pastor. Prayer-meeting this even- qi ing at 7 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Services next Sunday morning at 11 and ?| evening at 7 o'clock. P| Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. ^ Sunday-school at .1 o'clock p. m. Services g( on Sunday-morning at 11 o'clock, and in ai the evening at 7 o'clock. Prayer-meeting T tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. ni Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. af Boyce II. Grier, pastor. Tirzah.?Services j)( on next sunday morning at n o ciock. c( Youkvillk.?Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock m p.m. Prayer-meeting this evening at 3.30 fa o'clock. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. ^ Youkvillk?Sunday-school at 10 a. m. A Services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. w Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7 ct o'clock. ai ai LOCAL LACONICS. fa Got Two Gallons. ? Constable S. L. Milling seized a two al gallon jug of corn whisky at Catawba June- lo tion last Friday. Musical Concert. 0< ? Tjik Enquirer is in receipt of an inc( vitation to a concert to be given by Prof. H. ? H. Savage's music class, in the chapel of the |,j Baptist High school, on Friday evening, ct December 21. w lie on the Lookout. i)( ? Althoughthehou.se has passed a joint oi resolution to extend the time in which taxes may be paid, without penalty, to March 1, ^ the resolution has not yet passed the senate, it tlie senate inns to pass uie resolution, ?. December 31 will be the last clay. cl Over 1,300 Pounds of Pork in Four Hogs. to ? Mr. C. H. Smith, who lives five miles ds south of Vorkville, reports having slaughter- se ed four hogs recently, which netted him over 1,300 pounds of pork. Two of the hogs m weighed 320 pounds each, and the other two \\ weighed 332 pounds each. hi Us Worth Itcnillng. ? Henry C. Strauss has such good news for the purchasing public this week, that he ti requires a whole column of advertising space in which to tell his story. What he ^ has to~say makes interesting, and we have no doubt, profitable reading. High Water. jn ? The terrific rains of Tuesday night of ei] last week swelled all the streams throughout the county to an unusual height. For- ^ tunately, however, there were no crops in jj, bottoms to be damaged by the water. The Enquirer was delayed over the Bullock's h Creek route, and was not delivered until Thursday. The other mails, we understand, tv were delivered as usual. J* hi "Crambo" Party. O, ? "The Crambo" party is the latest thing ' in entertainments among the young people pj of Vorkville. One was given by Miss Lula McC'lain, last Friday night. The main "y features were the guessing at the authorship | 1 of poetical quotations, and lots of good jr, things to eat. Prizes were awarded to those showing the greatest familiarity with the fo poets, and the participants report the affair th to be a great success. ari pr(] Complimenting the York Delegation. ? The Columbia correspondent of The * . News and Courier, in his paper of last Monday, spoke of the York delegation in the 0n house as follows: "The York delegation is o'i made up of a pretty sensible set of men. m Mr. Elder, Mr. Carothers, Mr. Carroll and ^ Mr. Love do not have much to say; but ., they are regarded as pretty safe on most j)e questions. They do not run after votes {lt (juitc so much as some of the members think tie they arc doing." er .Struck by Lightning. ^ ? Our Clover correspondent writes that ^ the residence of Miss Lizzie Citrrence was j j struck by lightning last Wednesday morn-! of iug. Miss Currence and Mrs. M. L. Liud- TI say were occupying rooms on the north M side of the house. The lightning struck an adjoining room at about 2 o'clock. The weatherboarding was torn off, tbe ceiling knocked down, and the top of the chimney i an scattered in every direction. Mrs. Lindsay i it was completely paralyzed for nearly an ,011 hour. She says she knew something was js0 wrong; but she was unable to determine L. what it was. She has entirely recovered, j however, and no longer feels any ill effects. : I10 Will Celebrate Their Centennial. I Al ? The Masonic lodges of York county,; including Fort Mill, Rock llill, Blacksburg, | vi: Clover and Yorkville, will, 011 December I '10 27th, celebrate at this place the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Philanthrope | ta: ic Lodge No. 32, A. F. M. According to j eh the programme, ttie Masons will meet in the ; oil lodge room at 7 o'clock p. 111. and march in a body to the court house, where the citizens I _ generally are cordially invited to be pres-1 ent. There will be prayer by Rev. Dr. S. A. |)e Weber, address of welcome by Past Master ' W. 1>. dcLoach, Masonic address by W. (J. j co Mazvck, of Charleston, installation of officers, ?f - -AT of Lodge Xo. 32, and benediction. Major A.; H. White will act as master of ceremonies, . and Captain W. 15. .Smith as assistant. After |on the services at the court house, there will be a | Ja? banquet at theClawson hotel. The hanipiet 1 ! I'd will be for Masons only. Trli'?l To ltrcak .lait. j J) ? Since the recent effort of Hart West-j mi moreland to take French leave of Slier- ha ill' Crawford, Deputy Sheriff Love has;'11 been making frequent inspections of the j jail cells. Last Saturday lie discovered j ^ signs of another attempt to get through the (j(, Hour of the third story with a pocket knife, mi A convenient sized square had been laid oil' or and whittled through one layer of the lloor co; to the second, and the cracks had been filled lo up with lime and dust. Upon investigation, j(J. it was discovered that Joe J. Winibish, the *< ;c Xegro who sometime ago succeeded, by very go questionable means, in getting a sum of an money from Mr. A. A. lJurron, was the en- t0 ternrising prisoner. Wimbish owned up, af-; {Oil tcr he was satisfied that denial was useless, j and it further developed that he had secured ' st: an iron bar, and given out that be intend-1 of to escape even if he had to commit a nnler. The prisoners all claim that they pre afraid to give him away, for the reason at he had threatened to kill the lirst one In> opened his month. ROCK Hlhli IIAITKNIMiS. it- Winthrop .\|>|>i'n|>riiitii>ii Sloli- a Haihlli'- Siicri-ssful Klitei'taililili'lll?Iti-v. W. <?. White to ),"> to Charlotte Kev. I>r. Thormvi-ll .May (live lip Kheiie/er?I'lne (.iiiuhains. rri-spotulence of the York villi- Kiniitircr. Hock JIii.l, December 17.?Our people re are eagerly watching the proceedings the legislature to see what will he done the way of making an appropriation for c Winthrop college. Universal regret ems to be felt that present indications go show that the appropriation given will he .isi.tni-oKlt. IniM tlmii u-h-it tln? hoard of ustees asked lor. though the estimate made r them was a very close one. It is earnesthoped that the appiopriation, in whatever ape it is made, will be sullicient to put ings in readiness for the opening of the stitntiou next fall, even though all the fishing work on the buildings and the itirior furnishing cannot he done on the ale contemplated. It is certainly due Rock ill that she begin to derive some substan,il benefit from that to which she has ibscribed so very liberally. A very bold theft was perpetrated here in oad daylight last Wednesday morning. / r. T. J. Hamilton, of Kbenezer toww'dp, ime into town that day and hitcheuShi.-, / >rse in the lot at the rear of the stores ie cast side of Main street. While he was ansacting some business in one of the ores, his saddle was stolen, and no trace of ic thief has been found as yet. The entertainment last Friday evening at r. E. B. Mohley's, under the auspices of the adies' Aid Society of the Presbyterian lurch, was a pronounced success. Mrs. >hn T. Roddey's recitations and the music, >th vocal and instrumental, all being of a gh order of merit, evoked enthusiastic apausc from the cultured audience. Allough the admission fee wa? only ten cents, lite a nice little sum was realized. Major John R. London was showing on if streets one day last week, a beautiful ece of dress gingham, the product of the andard mills, of which he is president. He aims that this is the finest grade of cotton )ods manufactured anywhere in the South, id lie is certainly posted on such matters, liese goods were made only as an experient; but if the experiment is a success, i there is good reason, indeed, to hope it ill be, this venture will prove only the ^ginning of a movement by this mill to nnpete with the mills at the North in the anufacture of the finest grade of cotton brics. The call recently made by the Graham :reet Presbyterian church, of Charlotte, N. ,, for the pastoral services of Rev. W. G. 'bite, has been accepted. All Rock Hill ill be sorry to give Mr. White up. He has irtainly done a great work in our midst, id has greatly endeared himself to those nong whom he has been laboring so faithithfully. It.could not be expected, liow,'er, that a young man of such marked jility and such consecrated zeal, would ntr rornoin without il mil to a Still Wider ild of Christian usefulness than the one he ;cupied so acceptably here. Rev. J. H. Thornwell, I). 1)., is said to he msidering the call recently made by the resbytcriun church at Fort Mill for all of is time. The acceptance of this call would luse a severance of his pastoral relations ith the Ebenezer church, to which he has ;en giving half of his time for the past 12 15 years. A union service was held on Sunday night , the Baptist church, to welcome Rev. iiscombe Brown, the new pastor of the ,'ethodist church, and Rev. H. R. Mosely, ho begins his pastorate at the Baptist lurch. The church was not large enough accommodate the large crowd in attenince. Many were turned away before the rvice began. Addresses of welcome were ade by Mr. J. J. Waters and Rev. Alexan;r Sprunt, and Revs. Brown and Mosely ade addresses in response. Rev. W. (1. rhite read the Scripture and announced the ,-mns. BLACKSBLRUS Bl:l)UET. ^ iv Graded School?Death of Mrs. Duleliiea Duncan?Moved to Atlantu?Advertising Florida. irrespondence of the Vorkville Enquirer. Backsburg, December IS.?At the bionthly examinations of the Blacksburg aded school, which ended on the 14th stant, the following names of pupils were ititled to be placed upon the honor roll: i First Grade?Miss Ilolmes, teacher. Helen hisonant, Lillian Williams, Helton Met/., arie Goforth, James Hardin, Frank Stunner, >l> Gnntier, Ada Metz, Nellie Guyton, Man. e Little, Ralph Gaston, Mamie Harrill, Luey lack, Revis Blalock, Robert Smith, Mittic ardin, Viek Roberts, Rainy Smith, Willie reigshaber, Marie Crosby. Second Grade?Miss Davies, teacher. Sallie >e, Cleo Ryars, Pansy Dye, G rover Ruber, iisy Ryars, Ridie Lee, Ada Rrundon, Lilly die Holland, Luther Bridges, Jessie Sumner, en Moore. Third and Fourth Grades?Mrs. Townsend, teller. Sallie Gallagher, Willie D. Anderson, :ed Coe, Mary Lumpkin. Filth, Sixth and Seventh Grades?Prof. Kdtrds, teacher. Kdna Healan, Willie Hardin, illieCoe. Eighth and Ninth Grades?Prof. Moore, teaeh, Duna Healan, Kdna Davies, Jennie Cooper, ila Davies, .May nolle Sims, .Minerva isriuges. The school will close on Friday, the 21st, r the holidays, and will be opened again on e 7th of January, 1895. So far the attendice in the different grades has been" very >od, and the progress of the pupils most tisl'actory. Mrs. Dulcinea I)uycan,the wife of Mr. J. I). Duncan, died at her home in this place i Sunday evening, the 9th instant, at 5 clock, in the 71st year of her age. Her niden name was Hopper, and she was irn in Cleveland county, X. ('., September, 24. For 52 years she was a member of e Methodist church, and whenever her lalth permitted, was a regular and devout tendant upon its services. She was a kind ighbor, a faithful wife, and a devoted moth, and lived to see two of her sons?Revs. . M.and W. 11. Duncan?prominent minisrs of the Methodist church. Among her her children are Messrs. M. F., \\\ A. and C. Duncan, all good and worthy citizens our town, and the last, our chief of police, le funeral services were conducted at' the ethodist church by Rev. D. A. Johnson on lesday last, and her body laid to rest by e side of her only daughter, in Mount iran graveyard. About two weeks ago, Mr. Win. Davies id family moved from here to Atlanta, and was with sincere regret that their numers friends saw them leave; but they feel mcwhat reconciled at losing them by enuraging reports of their success and welre in their new home. Miss Katie and Master Frank Deal are w visiting the family of Mr. Davies in tlanta. Mrs. Geo. C. Nutting, after a six month's sit to relatives and friends in her former me?New Kngland?returned last week. A passenger car, gaily decorated outside d handsomely fitted up inside, and conining products of the State of Florida, inlding a dozen live alligators, was switched ' on the Southern railway side-track, on turday last. A small fee was charged for e privilege of seeing the exhibit, and a eat many of our citizens enjoyed the rare uw afforded of tropical luxuriance and auty. Those of our farmers with whom I have nversed on the subject, heartily approve the efforts made in behalf of cotton by r. lloddev, and they arc especially pleased th the intelligent aid Tiik Knqiikku is ring to the matter, by the facts and figures the cotton question, contained in its two :t issues. \v. a. ruins; till' I.inks, ^ >... ...i 1 III." llv ll'VJl 1 \ V 19 IIVJ I I'll 111 II ?I | M 111 v 11 C. Murphy, who is churned with the trder of Treasurer Copes, of Orangeburg, ve since been busy in perfecting the links the chain of circumstantial evidence by lich the liend is to be convicted. The gun th which the murder was committed has en found, and the detectives have pracally established the fact that Murphy comtted the bloody deed alone. There is little no reason to doubt that when the case ines to trial, Murphy will be convicted. He tiling t'p in tli?> Capitol. ? I'. 1'. Carter, a Charleston artist, has <t completed a life si/.ed portrait of oxivernor Tillman. It represents the exvernor standing in a speaking attitude, d holding iu one hand a scroll. It is said be an excellent likeness and cost several ml rod dollars. The picture was painted tin order from the ex-governor's political inirers, and it is to he presented to the itc and hung up in the hall of the house representatives. B A