Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 02, 1895, Image 2
Jtoaps aod .facts.
? The crop statement of the New Orlean
Cotton Exchange, from September 1 to De
cember 28, inclusive, is as follows: Port re
ceipts 5,053,997, against 6,083,568 last yeai
3,498,825 year before last, and 4,636,535 fo
the same time in 1891. Overland to mill
and Canada, 813,594, against 559,775, 538,
680 and 778,395. Interior stocks in exces
of September 1, 532,781, against 397,46?
349,839 and 577,370. Southern mill taking
322,814, against 326,160,810,586 and 285,344
Crop brought into sight duing 119 days t
date, 6,722,686 against 5,866,967, 4^557,43
and 7,277,644. Crop brought into sight fo
the week, 394,523, against 339,512, 221,66
and 293,999! Crop bought into sight for tfa
first 28 days of December, 1,807,218, againc
1,539,308, 1,215,426 and 1,295,412.
? The cold wave of last Wednesday an
Thursday was a swinger, and extended al
over the country. In New York city, th
storm raged with terrific fury. Trains wer
delayed, several boats were sunk in the hai
bor, and perhaps a dozen people lost tbei
lives. There was also great damage to proj
erty. On Friday morning 2,000 men wer
wnrir oWninir the streets of snow 8
i'uw ww nvim ?^
$1.50 a day. Iq Washington there was
heavy snow followed by a cold rain, and tb
weather was very disagreeable. Of-97 West
em Union Telegraph wires between Was!
ngton and New York, only two were lei
in working order. At St. Louis, Mo., tb
mercury went down to 8? above zero, and ?
Dulutb, Minn., it went down to 16? belov
From all sections came stories of snow, it
tense cold and suspension of railroad tralfii
? Since the recent $50,000,000 bond issui
the gold reserve in the treasury has falle
about $27,000,000, and there is so muc
probability of further heavy exports of gol
that there is talk of another bond issue. A
- the result of the bond issue talk, the bone
recently issued at 117$ and which sold fc
as high as 119$, have dropped dotyn to 117
again. The drop is not on account of
"lack of confidence;" but on account of tb
probable increase of the supply. The Nortl
era bankers who are now running the treai
ury, are agitating the question of issufn
bonds to tb? amomM^*500)000;(K>0 for tb
{ ostensible purpose of JretirTfc^^u^jKjin
k legal tender notes; and for therefc^i^rnos
1 of still further contracting the circulate
A and increasing the purchasing power of goV
There is little reason to hope that the scheo
Bv ^ will not be entirely sucessful. /?
H \ ^? Commercial failures in i894, already r<
ported to R. G. Dun & Co., number 1^28
W against 15,242 last year, with liabilines c
>$163,238,4Q4 against $846,779,889 la^ yea
week, the final report for
m wrnfy include about 4QO Trhore faUure
hegpSjbiBties $4,000,000f Fro;
and b*nlcs bankers, nnanoii
I ManufeciffttBe;TPOnie? 'T l I
I Ar"" .'Ng, failures already numb<
la8t year; but UilitU
STf ?ly ^S?l,287 against $17^982,OS
nMbp?l'l 314* tradiug failures alnead
H Sm- ' >iDSt n'512 5W, bi
062,333 last year. statement by sectior
fTA-*?!?" $Aoot tuo-tWds in-di
faulted liabilities Middloasa. Centri
(Northern 8tates, ti>
Sonthwest, and a'tnird itnsi^r an
? There Is an important dSucu^f* *
Populist party in session at St. LoulL^
/ The object of its deliberations is vhe
y-? tion of a nonparty on the basiS ortimet
/ ism. Among the prominent leaders i\terf
/ed, are H. E. Taubeneck, A. J, Wxrn
Marion Butler, JL B. Weaver, Life Pe>,
> Senator Stewart, I. L. Johnson, Ex-^overi
v Penoyer, of Oregon, and'nuiDenJusVjthc
^^NySJome of these men claiming to be aWa*
far into the future, toy there iK?
try itf'lver party which will sweep th^
floor, tbe>?ind8y gettiagta on the fm
free silver mfal^Darty can assimilatet
V of a J |1
a Fre r. chphy^nan namCjf
a fro
under
expensive recent
to
cure for
funds nf
and York
place
I^^^BSB^^BrSu^ssf- 4 ,? ments ha1
New \\ ' At,a?ta and otl
cities, aa* #Iery scientific ni
investj^usiastic^eod8 ?^ anti"
lth,?s injected int^rhl^!!!;,
.MWV ??*v li'
fifteen the shoulder blades, s
u'ent sets
?Though as yet the Chinese t
pitched battle, they are repor
^^DH better spirits than at any tim
beginning of the war with Japi
^B^B to repel the Japs by force of ari
|MHg looking forward with confiden
Ej^B assistance of the weather. Aftc
battle of Yalu, the Japs pushc
attacked and took Port Arthur
stronghold that was thought to bi
HE ble, and then sent two armies ov
HB the ultimate purpose of taking
far neither of these armies have
^^B hostile force that is anything 1
HE impede their progress; but they i
I^B with other difficulties, which th
__ seen, cannot be avoided. At las
the first army corps was stuck i
and being harrassed by swarms of
who \vere attackiug its flanks.
B^H rembered that when, in 1812,
invaded Russia, the Russians ofl
B paratively little resistance until h
SB ered the terrible cold of one of the
when they annoyed him by biti
HE heels, so to speak, and burned mai
HS towns and cities, including Mosco\
EH deprive him of shelter. He wi
Hfl ruined. It is believed that th
^^9 intend to play the same game with
and many people think that they
burn Pekin rather than leave it
HE shelter for the enemy. The c
Bj middle China is terribly cold in wi
EH the Japs, who are not used to uny
|^M mild weather, have before them soi
IB experiences.
? The Carnegie Steele and Iron <
HH of Pennsylvania, is in a strait to r
F^B~ _ lost reputation. Some time ago, j
BT remembered, the company secure/T:
^9 tract to furnish armor plates/>fo
States war vessels. AfterJAfe pin
^H furnished, it developed^fnat they
B nearly come up t?Trthtt speciticat
^H fact, they were^fauduleut. An ?
Bj tioi/jktf lowed, and as a result, tl
____ ^^33**f^rfjisCarded and the Carnegie
E| ' wajpSfined $140,000. Since the iuci
^Bf~ 0% ^P&negie company has fallen from
> ' Ml ace as a manufacturer of heavy ar
BBBNJMweeks ago the Russian governr
vert/sed for proposals for a big co
armor"1- makinc for
bidcT&r- . were representativ
|every big armor
the world, includiDg of conr^^,
B Great Britain, Franco and America.
EH was favorable to America?other tl
j^H ing equal?and the contract was awi
^Bp the Bethlehem Steele and Iron cou
B Pennsylvania. The Carnegie* feel t
HH ter keenly. They realize that had
BB been for their recent questionable
IS they would have no doubt gotten tlr
|H Last week Andrew Carnegie went
^? retary Carlisle and asked for the priv
BT" being allowed to work over the fr
plates already furnished and give thci
BB government at his own expense. He j
BT, tees that he will make them equal to i
that can be furnished by anybody el
the onlv consideration he asks is tl
government will use them on its
B Mr. Carnegie has learned that it pa
be to honest.
B ?The work of the Lexow eoinmitt
B pointed by the New York legislature,
B has been investigating the police f<
Bj New York city, eame to a close on hi
M urday afternoon. Among other thi
I developed that the police -dcpartmi
B New York was a seething mass of c
B tion. The police force is organized
B principle of a regular army with pr
9 sergeants, captains, inspectors and a
B intendent, all under the control of a
I consisting of three commissioners. J
I other thiugs it has developed by the ii
I gation that every species of illegal be
I known to civilization has been alio?
flourish on the payment of a stipulate
allowance to the police. ' Gambling house:
saloons, pool rooms, houses of ill fam<
- green good9 dealers and others, paid s
s much a month for "protection." The pa\
ments were made to the privates of th
* police force, who acted as collectors. Th
'? privates took out a certain commission an
r paid the balance to the sergeants, who di
9 likewise with the captains, until the remait
" der, which was about half of the whoh
s reached the commissioners. Of the whol
police force, it has developed that onl
9 three or four of the officers were honest an
free from the taint of corruption. Th
? last witness examined was Superintendei
0 Byrnes, known all over the world as one <
? the foremost detectives of the day. Nobod
8 has ever charged Byrnes with wrong doin)
6 and none was proven against him. In h
testimony he refused to make any charg(
against his superiors; but he frank!
" aammeu me existence ot witiespreaa cu
" ruption. He would have been glad to ha\
0 put a stop to it long ago, he said, but I
? was unable to do ?so for the reason that b
> was without authority. Those above hii
ir found the corruption too profitable. H
>- admitted that he was worth several hui
? dred thousand dollars; but said that h
it money had been made for him by Ja
a Gould, Vanderbilt and other millionaires I
? whom he had had the fortune to be <
t- service. After giving in his testimony, b
created a sensation by having read_a copy <
ft a letter in which he bad some weeks aj
? tendered bis resignation to the. new may<
it of the city, Mr. Strong. The resignatic
was tendered on condition that it should I
i- used by the mayor not, as seemed best calci
lated to increase the efficiency of the poli<
8, force.
| fbr^thvillc (?uquim
jrj^. YORKVII^E, s. C.:
6 2, 1895,
? A happy and prosperoul^"*H^v^Rr j
,f i-ou'
5 ? A big snow seems to be a great boon i
* unemployed laborers up North. In Friday
^ New York Herald, we notice.an adverlis
il meht by the head of the street cleaning d<
L partment calling for 1,000 men to shovel an
sr baul snow at $1.50 a day.
? 5 ?^ ?
'i ?Let every voter note careruiiy tne pr<
? visions of the constitutional convention lav
l* especially in regard to registration. Froi
(g March 1 to 18, every voter will have th
i- light to get a certificate if he has non
il already, or to have the certficate that ma
d he defective changed in accordance wit
- the requirements of law. This matter i
? very important and by no means should i
)- be forgotten.
?The legislature has put an end to th
e^Nflcotch mortgage" business. The "Scotch
c?> ^tgage is in effect a bill of sale, conditioc
e"^jje faiiure Qf the borrower to pay th
to jm?Nloaned. When the mortgage become
be Ue'^ \iortgagor sells the property morl
c- j ga^ed> a?Vmakes titles to the purchaser him
"XJ * e has always been consider
rJ UD3at*s^<2v and there is a questioi
^ 118 t0 titles so made w
rile g??d' ^eafter, all mortgag
^ pral^6are^^I1U8^ f?i*?\the regular channel
T cou3^, 1Q, 8Uch <^-judgment by th
\J V by the .
the legal penah]jLLiTlllrde
>, and is com- penite^tarpffe^Tn' mg&JJfljM
m the blood of there are certain mitigating
itions- _ H |s w|,jch make juries reluctant
ouTofToO^it fendants tojhe death senten
tV?e dreadful ifc dear that the crin
ing raised in I mui^Jef, it is often the case th
b purpose of|>dot guilty" and turn loose gi
3f anti-toxio/j for no other reason thnn that i
fromPhe- blc,aS.'?1,lvllclher ,he de?"> ?
ve been made an<l nght* Hereafter, in cas
her Southern ^y recommendation to mercy,
m who has have power to impose life imp
toxine, gives the penitentiary instead of dea
The medi- ? .
cnt, usually I ti.?
? aiiv nuuiuui^ VUlUlIlUia S I
tnd improve- per, has suspended publication
losing money, it is said; bul
TJd to?he'in makiDbr any. aU(1 that is why i,!
e since the Messrs- Kal1 & Boyd, decided
an. Unable the sP??ge. The Journal was a
bs, they are ably and cleanly edited ; but i
ce for the sion wc are not surprised. C<
r the naval not? or cannot, support one fin
s oruard, pape,.; an(j tjie jjea 0f three 1
i impregna- live in thc town' is s'imP]y F
erland with Of Mr. Boyd we have but little i
Pekin. So but Mr. Ball we consider an able
met with a a brilliant journalist. We hope
<ke able to fin(| another field in which hi
--ting this direction will be preserved t
it accounts, T * ? i 7
n the snow ~Just take a ,ook at the nai
'Chinamen commissioners appointed to e
It will be county government law of York.
Napoleon together, they-make a splendid 1
ered com- whatever may be the defects in tt
e encouut- wjtj, sucjj men t0 enforce it, it is b
lr winters, ,,f , ,
ing at his a success' "ope taat cvery
ay of their board will accept his appointm
v, so as to time that they must serve, if at ai
xs utterly compensation, and this we do nc
e Chinese exactly right, but, under the circi
wiHJaPS' it cannot be helped. The only th
to afford ^ook"ig after now is the best inter
limate of county. These men are thorough
nter, and tent to start the new law in the v
thing but should go, and for that reason, <
me trying we hope that none of them will re
company, ? We hear lots of talk about th
cotton Jjgjjyj^epntrolled i^.the
VbiK cou^Slipi)'y'Lml demand ; but is it trij|
r United isee- Tlu' Port veceijjjr'are alwa?
ites were j speculators as a>afe basis cH
did not From Sentember>^to Decembpr H
ions. In j receipts have i/en -">,053,997 bdlH
nvestiga-1 fv,r. on?n/? p^wod. of last vbur'
dent, the over l,jfr -v?ar is ^929>566its
high i this, the-price ought tcrbe about c
mor. A ! higher than last year. At the prest
nent ad-1 good caiton is worth, in Yorkvilld
ntract of; jess ^an five cents a pound. At J
es from ilast year il wus worth 7 cculs u rjl
inent0! Pr'ce cotton is controlled by sn^R
^?kk-jUip fanners of Vortf
im^s be- were foolish in making an ellbrt to
u-dcd to jn interest of cotton, and possi
lpany of jja(^ nQ to ask(iovernor Evans
he mat- ... " ,
it not ^tate convention ; but even should a
conduct true, the conduct of the governor is <
e plum. | very strange. The request of tin
to Sec- convention was couched in the mosi
ilege of ous terms and" expressed the desi
a u ent wj10|e county. It inav be that, in t
n to the . r
?uaran- lon 1 governor, it was not
the best i comply with the request; and if th
se, and we have only to say that the g
tat the certainly has a right to his opinio
vessels, whether he sees lit to grant the ret
i\s best j no^ p strikes us that the authority 01
I it was made, is at. least entitled to a
cc, ap- ous answer,
which , , ,
LSt S ?We frequently hear the remark
ngs it' though there is plenty of meat in th
cut of' there is no money. This is a
orrup-' mistake. Meat is money. If it h
on the , been raised at home, it would hav
ivates, brought from abroad, and it woul
lloard ' njoney t0 ('? 'l* '<nPI)0se y?? ',U(' 110
truon" ^ l',c Prevailing low prices of eott
ivesti- ol,tlook for next year would he som
isiness terrible. The country could hardly
ved to j the money necessary for supplies. Ih
d is, York is in a fairly good condition. We
are satisfied that in the whole county there
' > is at least 61)0,000 pounds of home-raised
,? meat. The value of this is considerably
|e over $100,000. There is not as much money
ie in the couuty now as at this time last jear;
d but considering the vast amount that would
d have otherwise gone for meat, the surplus
** available for other purposes is as great as it
^ has been at any time during the past five
y years. Another big crop of meat will help
d to still further improve the situation.
it 1895.
)f With today's issue, The Enquirer enters
y upon its 41st year. It is usual, at the bos'
ginning of the year, for newspapers to make
j8 promises for the future ; but in view of the
y long record that is behind us, this would
r. seem like a waste of space. We have only
e to say that during 1895 we expect to con>e
tinue to do, as we have done in the past;
,e the best we can. Those who are unfamiliar
with what The Enquirer has been, and
i i c _fi
-j. wiiu nuve mereiure nu wuy ui Miuniuj; num
is they should expect it to be, are referred to
iy this first issue of a new volume as a fair
-o sample. Our settled aim is onward and
upward.
of A PLEASING OUTLOOK.
>? Though professing no expert knowledge
of such things, The Enquirer looks upon
)e the establishment of the Caloric Reduction
j. works at Blacksburg?a description of the
;e plant of which appears on the first page
of this issue?as an enterprise that will
- prove of very great importance to this whole
i 'section. - i
* 'It is a fact generally known, but lit?,
tie appreciated, that the northern and
western portions of York county are as
rich in minerals, as almost any other section
of the same area to be found in the
United States. Except as to iron previous
to the war, as yet very little attention
has ever been given to anything here
but gpld. Gold, it is true, is to be found
- here in considerable quantities, and some
day its mining and extraction will be a great
industry ; but it is not now, andji**si'1"1
be nearly so importantjka^rttf^us ot er
mineral treaauL^f^0'1 T' norlhern
- and westf<^R^re literally fi,led;<?
^^ fpdaloric Reduction works, we fondly
are now only the inception of what
to tfey will soon become, and if they prove
'js successful, which we have very little reason
e- tadoubt, they will only be the pioneers of
e- ntmerous like establishments to be located at
d other points in the vicinity. What such a
consummation as this will mean for York
cowty is not difficult to realize. As the first
thtog, the mineral sections will swarm with
profitably employed laborers, skilled and
11 unskilled. The owners of mineral lands
ie will be able to realize splendid royalties on
e thilt which has heretofore yielded them nothy
ing. and the country will finally develop ink
to H degree of prosperity that is never seen in I
IS otler than mining sections.
lut all the benefits are not prospective.
Sone of them are to be realized right now.
As we understand it, the Caloric Riduc,,
tion-.people are already prepared to assay
and i analyze all kinds of minerals and to
e pay good prices in cash, especially for jyrites
and gold ores. Though they have in ex 1
tensive mine of pyrites in North Cgrolir? I
they have not got nearly so much is t^y ?
l* need, and are willing to buy all they ca'J=^
d delivered at their works. Those wy "a '
Q the kinds of ores desired, will do w/
p vestigate the matter and see whet-if,
e they can make it profitable to mi1?' ' g
, CHRISTIANITY AND BARB#M* I
6 The war between China a^r paD .as o
developed awonderful ^ ?
r still do- d
ee. Althbvj to tie any P^^^rodeath and
ae involved horrible treatn
lat juries say ^resj/* t0 several times du
ulty criminals lAnHvai", and the temptation for
t isquestiona- ti<iu the part of the Japs has b(
?ntence is just sti.
ies of murder, I the Japs don't retaliate. As
the juries will in tie, they fight like well-trai
risonment in m< but when the battle is over
th. coiraen again and devote thems
? raijns oi mercy. JNot only is
iftcrnoon pa- pnfce to gather up their own wi
. It was not bufey also give equally solicitou;
t it was not tiol the wounded of the enemy, a
5 proprietors, ingbnd and foe alike to well af
to throw up boils, give then all the'sarae
i good paper, nuife until they get well or die.
it its suspen- N>r having practiced it themseh
jlumbia will Chi^^^tnable to appreciate si
it-class daily mai^HBlging others by thcmselv
>eing able to figh^ha desperation that clearlj
u eposterous. that iy prefer death to capture. Bi
nformation ; captll, they learn something that s
! writer and havever penterated their benightei
he will soon befor That is, that all men are
s talents in viciouud benighted as they,
o the State. Anlnerican officer visited a pris
pital iJapan recently and took o
mes of the to in(le jnto the condition of some
nforce the ^VOun4 Chinese. Through an inte
laken all oue 0j|ie chinamen told the officei
joard ; and thing e this : "I continued to figl
le new law, j kne there was no hope, because
ound to be afrai,i |be taken alive. I thought I
man of the he tortjjd ; but here I am treated belt"
ent. It is j wouljhave been if ?vounded in m
II, without countrj There we have no hospita
>t consider it is onj those who are able to pay w
amstances, have i actor to attend to their wouni
ing we are Sonetf the Chinese prisoners hav
est of the so afl^jj hy the kindness and huma
ily compe- their ^jtors, that they have olfered
ray that it Ls gU(^ jnt0 the interior of Chine
specially, j even W-ged to be allowed to serve
S'KU* I Japanese! army. Though once pi
; claiming) belong to the superior re
iow sincerely admil
tely their betters,
tall mean? Is the so
years ago Japan wi
as China. The Jaf
i ai"1 ft,>" I
.? ~uu t
ssionaries weut tu_^
vei with operrtirnis^
istcnt? f? lheir teacl
e of Christ has any r
;kly-converted to the
r conversion is since
nations as described a
'i outstrip the missioi
ort'y into China, is ev
y iiie treatment ttiey are now g
j theii'ej^fnjgg /
county
organize 1 STILL LOVED OLD YORK.
bl^V they Ili-iith,f Mr, fCohert A. ltliick iii Liinuir C'<
to Call Jl I Ti'Xiis.
11 this be j < om'stt?tenceor the Yurkvillc Kmmirer.
ertainlv i ^HIOTA, Tex., December 24, 181)4.j
ItobertA. Black, formerly of York coi
L tCen J & C., tied at his home in this place t(
t courte- of hearifailure, aged 74 years. Jle had
re of a 1 ill but . short while, and he passed i
he opiu- i just as he clock struck 12.
wise to Mr. Hack wasu good citizen, lie v
is be bo mun ?' abounded energy, and has ere
. . ' | for hims4f and family a handsome coi
'|01 tency. iuring his residence here he
n. But always bten known as a strong suppc
piest or j with hothmind and pocket, of church
n which ! State, aid his taking away leaves a
courte-' in the conmunity. The names of his fri
| and admrers were legion. All rccoj.
j that a goo! man is gone,
that til. i While M*. Black loved the land of
e conn- ll(l?ption, t is a well known fact thai
serious never lbrg?t the county of his birth.
. had many lietids in York, and of talkie
n< not, },js former j-]e{l3,iutassociations with tliei
e been j seemed to lever tire, lie was a reg
il take | subscriber t? the county papers here;
meat ? 1 never I earn el to think that any of them
on, the |as ?00(1 as the; Yokkviu.k KNut'iitKit.
tetiiinir ',eaves a widow and six children, t
b sons and tlree daughters; all married
spare one daughteA.
as it J r.i P\ttkrson, his paste
THK CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
| Comprehensive Synopsis of tlie Act Under AVIiic
j It is Called.
The most important act passed at th
! recent session of the legislature, was tha
calling a constitutional convention. Th
act is rather longer than we care to publis!
in full; but beldxwill be found a comprehen
sive synopsis, the lsyiding of which is wel
worth the while of every intelligent voter:
Section 1 calls the convention to be lief
in Columbia on the second Tuesday in Sep
tember, and sections 2 and 3 fix the ropresen
tation of the counties in the same numbe
and proportion as in the two houses of th
general assembly, and designate the tbir
Tuesday in August as the day on which ther
shall be a general election of delegates. Th
delegates elected are accorded the same pri\
ileges and immunities as are granted to meir
bers of the general assembly.
Sections 4 and 5 provide that all qualifie
voters are elligible to seats in the convei
tion, and that all male citizens of the Unite
States and State over 21 years of age, and nc
laboring under any constitutional disabil
ties, are, after proper registration, entitlei
' to become qualified voters.
Section G and 7 relate to registratioi
In all counties of the State the respectiv
supervisors of registration are required t
open their books on the 1st day of Marc
and keep them open for 18 consecutive day!
from 10 a. ra. to 4 p. m., in all the countic
except Charleston, Beaufort and Richlanc
In these counties the books are to be kef
open the same number of days, but th
hours are to be from 10 a. m., to G p. u
1 After the expiration of the 18 days herei
provided, the books of the supervisors mus
also be opened on the first Monday in eacl
month until and including the first Mouj^
in July, for the registration-of voiJB!
may subesequently become entitled to cei
tificates. Every male citizen of the Stat
21 years of age, and not subject to const i
tutional disabilities, will be entitled to rej
ister during the 18 days named above, bu
as to whether other than those who aftei
ward become of age will be entitled to reg
ister on the regular registration days follow
ing, seems to be a question of construction c
the law. Not only gre^^registered citizen
allowed to regip*"" curing the 18 days, bu
those already registered are entitlei
jt/ri-rfetheir certificates changed or renewei
fin such a manner as to guarantee the righ
to vote.
Sections 8,9,10 and 11 prescribe the regulations
under which the election is to be teld.
In all essential particulars these regulations
are the same as prescribed under the general
election law, except that the po/fs are to
he kept open from 7 to 6 instead of from 8 to
4. Section 12 says that State constables an^
county peace officers shall acti>? the polish
such manner as to preserve prcper order, etc.
Sections 13 and 14 prescr**8 the method
of voting. The ballots he of vflite
paper, regulation size, wlbout mutilation,
mark or symbol, either ?'ritten or printed,
in black ink, and mi'1 contain only the
names of the delegat/voted for. Before being
deposited in thf"ox> the ballots must be
folded so as to co*-'eaI a11 names they contain.
No ballo' is marked, mutilated
or unfolded w* be counted.
Sections 14 15> 1G? 17, 18.19 and 20, prescribe
the oauner in which the election
shall be cnducted and the result declared.
Election oxes are to screened by barricades
as hereJh)re' No per diem or mileage is
allowf fof managers or commissioners of
elecfjn? and the messengers who carry the
tfoe/otes of the respective counties to Copjbia
are only to be allowed actual exposes.
After a canvass by the State board,
tnd the settling of contests, etc., the secreary
of state will issue a certificate to each
>erson who may have been elected a delegate
to the convention.
Sections 21, 22 and 23 provide penalties
or fraud on the part of voters or managers,
,nd also for managers who refuse to serve
fter appointment. Any person who shall
ote without being entitled to do so, or who
hall use force, deception or bribery to conrol
the vote of another, shall be punished
y a fine of not less than $1,000, or imprisnment
of not less than 12 months in jail,
r both in the discretion of the court trying
tic case. Any commissioner, manager or
lerk who shall refuse to serve, without a
nod and lawful excuse, ? }??! 1 t?e ? >*fjt?m t??
ie silliu* penalties just mentioned. In ease
I' the failure of a manager to appear for the i
urpose of opening the polls, the remaining !
managers can appoint and qualify a livi"
managers faii to an- :
mutilate stande?7!M^|H^HP0?0^MfM
tent has pear, the remuuiitj^nenianagc^
ring the two others from among the bystant
retalia- Section 24 prescribes the time an
ieu very wllicb convention shall meet
25 fixes the compensation of the m
5 cents a mile each way, and a pi
; a rule, $2. The same section also provid
ned de- filling of vacancies caused by
they be- otherwise. Section 2G appropriate!
lelves to $30,000 as may be necessary
it their exPenses> and the remaiuing sect
, 1. v^e ^or ^le Purchase und disposil
n e ? sets of the "American Constitution
3 atten- llse 0f members of the convention.
nil f nIr. I
pointed THE LEAVEN IS WORKING,
Caieflll ^ Mississippi Merchant AVants an On
Cotton Organization.
res, the There has been a great deal of sc
ich hu- fbe "Koddey plan" of organizatioi
es thev 'nterest cotton. IJut rather the
' shows w'se? t'1's 1S a &ood siS?- ^ there v
ing in the idea scoffers would not wj
it when energies. In addition to this, there
eeins to good indications. The papers tin
1 minds the South are still publishing Mr. 1
not as utterances, and in nearly every
they strike at least some fruit
. Thoughtful individuals everywh
on-ids- putting their ideas in print, and th
ccasion jg much wholesome education on I
of the ject. The most striking publication
srpeter, past week is a letter from James
- some- penter, a prominent Natchez mere
it after ^overilor Stone, of Mississippi.
t j Governor Stone is president of th
j1 ern Cotton Growers' association, wl
wou.d , organi/ed at Montgomery, Ala., a fe'
er than j ago, and which is to hold another mi
iy own Jackson, Miss., on January !). Mr. C?
Is, and says that previous to the war cotton
ho can cents a pound. It now nets the p
, ? less than 4 cents, and the price thre
i go downward rather than upward
e been j jj0Utg0mery meeting, he reminds t
nity of ernor, did nothing but pass resolutii
to act adjourn, and if the Jackson meeting,
i, and is t0 Ho no more, it may as w'ell not 1
in the wants something practical, and co
U his letter with the following suggestii
y "Now there is a remedy, and it
ice of worked out by your convention, p:
' that they will undertake the actual wo
j not rely upon resolutions. I would
lulion ' that the convention uppoint a eomm
is not' d,uw tip u charter for the organizatio
anese ! assoc'at'on throughout all the Cotton
,, also the bv-laws for the frovf?-nmA?i
ooked r..i in every coufrt-jMhruilgTT
\Vhen|cot\on belt, making eligible not onU
Japan j ers, but merchants and bankcre. L
,' nil J I mil HI i in
iiings. . acreage to the extent of one-third
lation year's acreage.
! gos- j "Let the by-laws provide that the ]
;re is j or farmer shall pledge himself by oal
hove, he will make this reduction, that th
rnries chant will only advance money to tho<
iden- i will agree to this basis, and that the 1
;iving I will only advance to planters and mer
I ? t Ml . . t . ?
I wno win carry out tins obligation 11
. faith.
| "Let supervisors lie appointed I)
various county clubs?say one for
mnty. police district?to see that the obligati
leach are carried out, or bring the of
' before the grand jury for perjury.
-Mr. i wju i,e necessary for a bureau
* I established at once to organize these
'day, jn jj)e various counties, and as inonc
been jJe necessary, I will guarantee "this con
"v*y pay at least $500 to carfy on this worl
"Sonic people may say that the timl
vas a j i?g js (o() jrjent ; init it is no greatei
ated U..IS (jie organizing of the White C'u
in jig- mill Knights of the JMack Cross, to
,as ; the Southern people llocked by the
"ter, j sands in a few months after the war. 1
su!(: I be done, we may hope to get (i eon
v, 1 pound for our next crop.''
ciicis |
%
cnize: DARK CORN Kit DOTS.
his Six Ini'lics of Snow?l'erHonal Mention?'W?
t lie lli?' Factory?Store Itoblioil.
lie ; CoiTC'sjMimleiHi'of tlie lorkvlllo Kn<|iiirrr.
ig of Cotton, December 20.?Snow fell al
n he j yesterday and at night the ground
ular covered to a depth of six inches,
but; There was a delightful young pei
was | party at the residence of Mr. J. (5. J;
lie ! son on Christmas night.
Iirec ; Miss Kunicc Itobbs, who has been t
but I ing at Clifton, is spending a short vac
! with her mother and family. Miss 1
r. J Osborne, who has been teaching at Cli
is also at home, and so are also Miss Nellie
Osborne and Mabel Sims, who have been
' : attending school at Blacksburg.
Captain W. C. McCiurkin died on Dccembei
e 17, aged about 51 years. He came to this
,t State from Ohio in 18(54, and after severa
e years' residence at Union, moved to tlii:
h section. He married Miss N. J. Crawfort
i- in 1885. He leaves a widow and one son
II besides numerous friends to mourn hi:
death.
d Work on Lockhart Shoals factory ha:
i- been suspended for the holidays. Tin
i- building has been completed up to tin
r fourth story, and will soon be ready t<
? receive the roof.
d The store at the factory was broken int<
e on """Christmas night. The building is i
e frame bye, covered on the outside witl
r- straight up and down planks. The thie
i- effected entrance by prizing off one of th(
planks under the window, and stole a quan
d ity of goods. He left no clue. Zip.
d ItOCK HILL HAPPENINGS.
>t
Christmas Toddles?The Young Folks Home fron
School?rounded a Pustor?What the King'
Daughters Did?Hope for the Future.
j Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
e Rock Hill, December 31.?Christma
o week passed by without any rows of a scri
h ous nature in our little city. The drinkers
, of course had their simnlv of lintior?SOmi
5, w- li ^ * ,
!S going to Charlotte for it, others making ire
1, qucnt trips to Tirzah for the "chemically
,t pure but they all enjoyed their tipplir
e in an unusually quiet way, giving very IP
i, cause for complaint to their more soK ^
n inclined friends." The small boys rejr'j ^
it the popping of fire-crackers, etc., * ,
h snow that fell on Thursday nigb' , P
^ some to brave the bitterly cold *\
fFriday evening and go out sbjjl J; ,
rVroWTTs-ln town on'Saturday?. , ^onda>
e before Christmas were unusr / ,argfe' a"
i. the merchants report a fie tmdc for the
r. holidays. / ,
't Quite a number of o^01"1? People who
, have been oil' at colic/ orc,at, ho for lbc
holidays, and seven/011"* vwHoreore
here also. Under conditions, il is ease
,f ly understood til" lhe, 5'?""* have
s had n full share J socl:,1' e"Joymenl. One
t of tleph>asan<flsoc,ol,cvcl;ts?rihc weok
i was the parteK'ven 011 last * "day evening
i hv Miss Rla/cke Stewart, complimentary to
her guest ^"'ss l^ia,'ri ?f Charlotte, N. C.
In spite pf^he very severe weather, a number
of guests were present, and the
warm** And pleasure within doors made one
i alme^ f?rget the freezing atmosphere outside
On Christmas eve, the Sunday school of
iVhite Memorial chapel had a Christmas
tree for the younger pupils of this school,
and the hearts of the little ones seemed filled
with delight as Santa Claus bestowed his
gifts with lavish hand. The Sunday-school
at Jennings' chapel celebrated the season by
a dinner for the whole school that day.
The Friday before Christmas was a day
full of interest to many others than the
hundreds of school children, who on that
day were turned loose for a holiday of
nearly two weeks.
From 2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the
members of the Presbytorian congregation
here sought to give some slight expression
to the high esteem in which they hold their
pastor, Rev. Alexander Sprunt, and his
family, by a very liberal "pounding."
From G to 11 o'clock that evening, a
birthday party was in progress at the Presbyterian
manse, under the auspices of the
Ladies' Aid society. The attendance was
fine and quite a large sura was realized.
On the same evening, Rev. W. G. White
gave a very interesting exhibition of the
work done by his class of "kitchen garden"
girls, which was also very largely attended.
The Christmas exercises of the Sundayschool
of the First Presbyterian church,
postponed from last Wednesday afternoon
on account of the bad weather, took place
in the graded school building yesterday
afternoon. The recitatious and singing by
Miss Emma Roach's cluss of little boys and
girls was very creditable, and all seemed to ,
enjoy Rev. W. G. White's excellent address.
The part of the programme, though, that
proved most interesting, was the passage of
the vessel, entitled the "Ship of Good Will,"
across the stage, receiving as it went, the i
numcruuo wui.ib.i:..,,, j,t> ill /'ii' | i i.various
articles to be forwarded to the
Thorn well orphanage. A collection of money
for the same worthy object was also
taken. 1
'Ht^ving'f^Gaiigliteis have not been idle
in appoint during the holiday season, ana the
lers. tions of these noblewomen, toget!
'd place at the help extended from many
Section sources, has doubtless brought cl
embers at comfort to many a home that wou
ir diem of wise have found the Christmasanvt
les for the Itlian bright. .
death or I'i sP'te ?f t'10 talk of hard times
3 so much spirit of unrest that seems to be o
to pay our land, we cannot but look with
ions pro- the future of a people whose hearts
Lion of 80 ready to respond to the calls o
" for the sulfering humanity around them, 1
that the most auspicious beginnii
happy new year is made by filling t
ing days of the year with "deeds of 1
and words of love."
Uli Hound , r ,
LETTER FROM BUFFALO.
offing at
n in the Tl,e v'H,t Santa Claws?Marriage?'Tin
. Taking Things Easy?The Dying V
in otnei- u# jjehr frwm ?c. h."?persona
ras notll- Correspondence of the Yorkvflle Enquirer,
iste their Buffalo, December 31.?Christ)
are other Come and gone. Everybody hung u
roughout stockings, and so Mr. Santa Claus
ttoddey s none except one. To some he brouj
locality nnd useful presents, and toys and ca
ful soil, the little chaps. And to not a few he 1
ere are helpmeets or helpcats, as some style t
ie result Marrying has been on a boom. Il
I lie sub- that everybody that wants to can gc
at n rie(1 excei>t th5s lo?ely forsaken hi
M. Car- who would already have been man
bant, to telegraph had not his sweetheart
mized her love,
e South- ZVIr. Charlie Hambright, of Grover
nch was was the successful suitor in winning
iv weeks fections of Miss Nannie, the beautiful <1
jcting at er 0f f pf Bridges, a prominent
xrpenter living near Blacksburg. He carried
i sold at his prize last Wednesday. The happy
iroducer couple were the recipients of eongi
atens to tions from a host of friends; also s
I. The njce an(] valuable presents,
he gov- \ snow fell to the depth of three oi
>ns and inches here last Friday, and the indie
lie says, now are that there is more to follow. I
beheld, body seems to be enjoying it both fi
ncludes pleasure and financiul standpoint. 1 h<
)iis: hoys have adopted Dr. Franklin s mot
can he penny saved is a penny made, and,
rovided they are enjoying the sport of eatcliin
rk and hits and trapp'uo birds, they uie at tlit
suggest time supplying their fathers' table with
ittee to raeat a?d quail, and the old lolks are i
iljbf an bvTTTT^fire whimng ilie golden weed, 11
Santos, ?i' liy-go"" ,,ays? and prophesying for
jvlubs j next year; nnri~theiyouflg |
(ty<-tlie are getting more than thoMpnnre o
y jfarm- sleighiTKliny. Sorn
the-^.i ihr^nTtAiKg than the present.
The year slowly, but surely <
of last "its pulse beats v&?y slow and its fei
| are white as snow." It is already i
ilantcr agonies of death struggling for breath,
h that j call hear the death rattles in its throat
e mer- 0hi Father Time savs by midnight it \\
5C who j uo more ; hut that a new year will be
jnnker | together with tens of thousands of goo
chants j oiutions that will either die soon or In
u good j at, a large discount.
| How many readers of The Enquire:
y the contribute a dime towards erecting a n
each ; r|al over the remains of C. C. H., of (In
ions of up js not dead; but seems to be rep
render himself in a gentle Rip Van Winkle slu
j and deserves a tribute of respect,
to be; MjSs Anna and Jennie, (iei/.er retiu
: clubs | (]ay to their home in Lexington ec
y will after an extended visit to Miss Mil
nty to | ih idges, near Blacksburg, and Mrs. X;
i iiamungnr, 01 i?rover, A. (.'.
ertak-j J)uvi<l (laston is at home durin
' than j holidays from the Baptist High scho
imelia Yorkv'ille.
which j thou
Movixc in Laikkn's.?The last issi
ff this the Laurcnsvillc Herald contains the fo
ts per ing, which indicates that the people of
section are considering the present situa
"Public Meeting."?A public meeting c
mors is hereby called to meet in the court 1
on salesday in January immediately atte
o k at public sales, to consider questions of vital i
est to the people of the country, and espei
to discuss the question of an effort toinaug
some system and concert of action in the
J day chase of fertilizers and to encourage rod it
' "v in cotton acreage. Come out farmers, am
"a us make one more effort. We realize tha
have met with many sore disappointments
aple's I we know that there is great depression. Bt
unie- sh??hl not sit supinely by and let every otIn
' terest fleece us forever. Let us reduce n
acreage and contract with guano compunu
each- take in exchange for their goods a fixed am
tit ion of cotton, thereby making the companies i
iir-irv (>stC(' 'n the price of cotton, who are rich
J able to hold cotton for an advance. This
nton, beat the Bodtley plantodcath.
' I LOCAL AFFAIRS.
INDEX TO NEW AIVVKIITHJKMKXTS.
p Kimball A Kerr?On next Monday,, at York
j ville, will odor at public sale," ot> bead <
tine horses and mules.
' Brat ton de Loach?Offers a house and lot t'<
S rent.
1 X. A. Simril?On the loth of January, lfW?, wi
apply to the probate judge for lettons 1
' administration on the estate of W. X. Si"
s ril, deceased.
(Irist Cousins?Extend thanks for the patr"' ?
s they have received since they ha*'? .
in business, and the articles on w"' ,
(]Uole especially low prices *r? '
3 and crushed oats, tlour and sap?'; ,
> Lou is Roth?Wants you to come to
day and bring your "ppetfto]']f g?tt"
be convinced that you gpff"'
5 money you pay him. , ,
i Ferguson Brothers-Retur^1^
, era for the liberal "
f l'1rl?!!1 'Want you to ea
Hock Hill ^ .'J^orkville, Mr. Sam M
fViJf nn iufxt yo'1(lliy or ?t ?"> other tiim
a,S tx"...inai?[?tOT.,1PleM ",eir ,"'BKi<!
A^Vheclor's old factory, want
01 Vrtn fn ciii'On ,lim '' -von want your velii
V rpnft!^ or >'0lir horse or mule shod
i He pm*0808 to ?'l-'lcr at 11 very clos
h .. ,, Kcmintls you that his great sac
riiie s8'0 will close next Saturday, am
j-LyoU know the prices at which you cai
' t from him blankets, quilts, overcoats
s Waterproofs, rubber shoes and boots
gloves, wool hose, undcrvests and shawls
jeans, cassimeres, etc.
> j ,11 J. Hunter?Returns thanks to his friend
B and customers for their patronage duriii)
the past, and especially to those who liavi
. paid their accounts. During the presen
year he proposes to sell only tirst-elasi
goods and to sell them for spot cash only
and at prices to compete with shoddj
goods.
James M. Starr?Extends the congratulations o
the season and announces his purpose t<
be prepared to furnish tho public during
the present year with drugs, medicines am
other articles usually kept in his line.
S. T. Prow A Co., Rock Hill, S. C.?Remind:
j you that if you need anything in tho housefurnishing
lino they arc prepared to supply
your wants, on as good, if not bettei
terms, than anybody else.
S. \Y. Watson?Announces his readiness to furnish
photographs in the highest style of the
art at his gallery on Cleveland avenue.
Sam M. Grist?Lets you know that he is still engaged
in the agricultural machinery business
and that he is prepared to furnish you
with a Corbin disk harrow, Oliver chilled
plows, mowers and reapers, tho Daniel
Pratt cotton gin, etc.
The Carolina Buggy Company?On next Monday
will offer a number of second vehicles
at public auction. They are also supplied
with new vehicles of their own manufacture,
and if you owe them anything they
want you to pay it.
IT IS STILL FREE LIQUOR.
The statement in The Enquirer last
week, as to the prohibition of the liquor
traffic across the State line, was a mistake.
The law in this respect remains unchanged,
and still permits the transportation of
liquor as personal baggage, in quantities not
exceeding one gallon. In our effort to gather
up the important news of the recent session
of the legislature, we had access to the
printed bills. Bills to revise the dispensary
law were introduced in both the house and
senate. The senate bill prohibited the bringing
of liquor into the State under any circumstances
whatever. The house bill permitted
it as before. Our information was
that it was the senate bill that passed. This
proves to be a mistake. It was the house
bill that became law. From the kicking
and swearing that we have heard on account
of the publication last week, we are satisfied
that in many quarters this correction will be
received with afeelingof relief. Corn whisky
on the line still stands at $1.25 and mileage.
TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONERS.
The following named citizens of York
county have received notice of their appoint
ment uy governor uvans as townsnip commissioners
in the various townships:
Bethel?G. L. Riddle, D. G. Stanton, W.
E. Adams.
Bethesda?J. Lon Moore, J. F. Ashe, J. N.
Steele.
Broad River?Wni. S. Wilkerson, J. Ed
Leech, R. N. McEhvec.
Bullock's Creek?W. R. Hayes, Elias Inman,
T. A. Gwin. ihm?
Allen.
Cherokee?W. F. Dye, F. H. Dover, R. E.
['orter.
Ebenezer?W. W. Miller, G. T. Seizor, W.
G. Culp, Fred Nims, S. II.
heer^d ^SN|^|^y\McKnight, Ebb
hingelse Faulkner, ;
York?L. R. Williams, sTlS
i and the Brice.
ibroad in
, }10pe to CHURCH NOTICES,
i seem so Episcopal?Rev. Robert A. Lee,
f needy, Lay services on Sunday morning at ]
relieving in the absence of the pastor. Sund
ig of a | jn the afternoon at 3H0 o'clock.
kindness Trinity Methodist Episcopal?R<
Weber, pastor. Sunday-school at
I Services next Sunday morning at
evening at 7 o'clock.
b People Presbyterian?Itcv. W. O. Neville
"eiir?Let Services on Sunchij'-uiorning at 11
i Notes. nn(j jn ^],e evening at 7 o'clock. ;
, school at 3 o'clock, p. m. Monthly
r'heir of Prayer for missions tomorrow a
slighted I at 4 o'clock.
ght nice ! Baptist?Itcv. W. J. Langston,
ndies to j Yorkville?Sunday-school at 10
brought services on Sunday evening at 7
hem. | |>n,yer-nicct/ng tomorrow everin
' seems j 0'ci0ek. Union?Services next
:t mar- . 1, , , ,
ichelor, morning at 11 o clock.
ied by I Associate Reformed Prcsbyteriai
ccono- j Iloyse H. Cirier, pastor. Yorkvilli
da/-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Sen
? i Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and <
j at 7. Prayer-meeting this afternoon
[aiiniji I i .
farmer | 0 clock.
young "SPOTS" VS. FUTUltRS."
rutuln- "I have a notion not to plant any
levcral Uiis corning season," remarked Mr.
: Lowry, of Yorkville, a few days a;
r four jam sure I can't raise it at "> cents, a
ations dcr the circumstances 1 think it wc
'" very- j better to buy futures."
u little ' "And what has futures got to do wi
to "A | asked a listener,
while [ "Simply this," explained Mr. ]
g rab- "September futures are worth 5.80 i
s same j York, and that means about five c
l fresh Yorkville. Nobody in this countr
sitting . , , _
likinglrnlsc (:otto" at any such price. T
good I certain. Then ijl^^u. -iaUMuls
leople I with cotton at all, it seems to
f tun ! best thing Jic can do is not to raif
in'"" | tlUp (?uiil fakn-irhatevcr moll
. . intends to invest, and buy Sept
itures f?tures-"
ttl)..i C? ~ ~ 4 1 r..?.. i_ * .1
n the rjcjiieniiier mimes inigm go n
We "Well, suppose they do; you lin
, and been hurt any worse than if you had
ill he C(i the actual cotton. It is a loss
j)OI,,':wav. Perhaps it would he best to
u *
.? sold I whole thing alone ; hut as between pi;
i cotton and buying September future
it will j buying of futures is the most sensible
icmo-, know the price of September cotton
uver? ; we know that at that price we can't
0>!n" to raise it. If we plant, we are bou
imber1, . .
j lose money, unless cotton goes h
rn to 'f instead of planting we buy future!
maty cotton goes up, we make more monei
icrva if we had planted. That is about the
lUI,,ie j thing in a nutshell."
g t he j C1UKSSIXCi AT TH10 \\lOATH 10It
0 sl* j Tin-: IOnquikkr has a weather pr<
I He is a Chester man who claims that h
no of' prognosticate as accurately as Mr. Ilic
How-j anybody else. As a rule, this paper
that j uot monkey with such uncertainties i
Hkr-1 weather; hut we have decided to giv
louse j prophet a trial. If his predictions
'titer i ,,eaaonoMy correct, he will become our
ially lar weather editor ; but. otherwise, In
urate j ]?se t],e promised position forthwith.
etion I forecasts for January are as follows:
'} l(,t' "If the wind is from the northwest, .
it we! 1
and ary 1 and 2 will be cold and clear; I
'AW fiom the north or northeast, there w
>r in- .
)tton j snow, sleet or cold rain. I* rom the .h
(Mint1 thc ">th ui" 1,0 windy and unsettled. '
nter- j there will be. a sharp change, as the l
}j| | of which it will be well to get more sin
| the cow stalls, etc., and look to the safe
I potatoes, 1'rom the Oth to the 10th will be
! more pleasant ; but from the 11th to the
j 15th will occur another storm period", bringI
jug sleet, snow or cold rain, if the wind is '
" frotn the east or northeast, or thunder and
rainstorms, especially in the lower part 0f!
U the State, if the wind is from the south or i
j'. southeast. From the loth to the 20th, pork
should he watched carefully. Unless well'
n secured with salt, it is likely to spoil. There !
y will be light rains or damp bad weather |
especially in the middle and lower portions |
of the State. From the 20th to the 25th,
lC if the wind is from the west or northwest,
there will be a hard freeze ; but if from the
^ north or northeast, there will be snow, sleet
and bad weather generally. From the 25th
until the end of the month, there will be
N cold, windy weather, with a light rain and I
H freeze about the 28th, 29th or 31st." ,
s ,
HOMICIDE AT FORT MILL.
L rni. _ \' i i * -a??l 3 -1 '
e i ne negroes naci a icsuvai aim uance in
an empty store room on Factory Hill, Fort '
j Mill, on Christmas night. They raised a
i great deal of disturbance, and on the matter '
[ being reported as a nuisance, the policeman
i, deputized several assistants and proceeded
s to suppress it.
y There was a considerable quantity of
j liquor in the hall, and the Negroes were not
3 disposed to obey the orders of the policemen.
' After some parleying, a shot was fired and
this was followed by a regular fusilade from
| the Negroes, and the policemen. The Ner
groes finally decided that they were getting '
' the worst of it and began to scatter and run,
i when the firing ceased. As the result of the
shooting, a Negro named John Fanlkne^,
aged about 21, was killed, and several other
Negroes were slightly hurt. W. F. John>
son, one of the officers, was wounded in the 1
arm ; but is getting along all right. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict to the
effect that Faulkner came to his death at 1
i the hands of parties unknown.
ABOUT THE COLD. I
"Gee-whillikins ; but she's cold !" That I
is what the people of this section said about I
the weather last Saturday morning, and in
their estimate they were more than half
right.
Friday night was one of the coldest that
has been experienced in Yorkville for several
years. Milk and water froze in the
, homes of many of the citizens, within a few
feet of roaring fires. In many of the grocery
stores, apples and oranges were frozen into
solid lumps of ice, and in some cases it is
reported that cans of tomatoes, peaches and
other fruits were burst open. Almost everybody
slept cold, even those who were able
to afford warm fires and piles of covering,
and the next day the one interesting topic
of conversation was the weather.
In the postoffice, hotel lobbies and elsewhere,
the people compared notes from their
private thermometers. Some had the temperature
at 5 degrees below zero, others
at 2 degrees above zero, and still others '
maintained that it was not below zero at
all. Mr. J. It. Schorb is the weather authority
for this section. Among other weather
instruments, he hasau accurate government
thermometer, which automatically registers 1
the maximum and minimum temperature of 1
each 24 hours. The lowest temperature 1
recorded on Friday was 8 degrees at sun- <
set. On Saturday morning examination '
showed that the lowest point reached during 1
the previous night was 5 degrees. The high- 1
est temperature on Saturday was 29 degrees, '
and the mean for the day was 19 degrees. (
These figures are official. 1
SALES-DAY. t
Next Monday is sales-day for January, and, t
as usual, on such occasions, particularly, the g
first salesday in the year, a large crowd may t
"hnpo!TIu!rT!u3uiSmaUire?^mTuSl^^Tnc!r,J
will also probably help swell the crowd. t
By reference to our advertising columns, j
it will be seen that among other things, r
Clerk of the Court Wylie offers for sale 1,146 o
acres of farming lands, divided in small par- h
eels, ranging in size from 109 to 2o0 acres, o
These lands are located in different sections of o
the county, and it is more than likely that o
among the sales announced will he found tl
so.me good bargains. u
'^i^lready announced, the York County aj
^^jj^ljfijs^wsociation has called a mass ci
consider the guano e<
, ftnecti?g JjnK "ourse, extends to 61
""ftouesllon. The call,
oy-sclio<^rV ffUaJ10 MSer in the count7^flP**|
,C>v? j O
55 attendance will no doubt be a source of g
3 '' \ificatiou.; The business in hand is of v
11P anf]VuPor,ftFCe'
It ji lively that the business of the ho
s\tuy>?ra w'll be to somc extent limi
' ^j8 ^ ;tInt-rfJ80 far as deals in first-class stock
^ * 1? "/c?'iCrned' By reference to the advert
1 ,U in another column, it will be seen t
concer Messrs. Kimball & Kerr, of Rock Hill, ]
tIn0? pose to institute a regular auction of ho
and mules, and will knock down a lr
PasY number of first-class animals to the big!
ii | o
' * ' bidders. They say they mean just w
o c o . j|jey p,.0p0se) and give assurance that
^ U ' whole things is to he a square deal. T
..iinty gay t|)erP will be no side bidding, or ot
j .jt>v. humbu* t
B??un- A TALE OP RASCALITY,
vies on The Southern Railway people arc try in:
evtiing gobble up the Nurrow Gauge. This fact
atTJO been in evidence for many months; but
late it lias beeu becoming plainer and plai
everyday. It is generally known that
citon Soi,llu>rn Railway people are not especit
j p scrupulous; and when they attempt to
,0 ?j anything they are not over particular ah
nd un methods. With them it is means
>uld be an end| und"whether those means are fair
foul, they care little. At least thutr^f
th it 9'' wu-v ifc 'ooks t0 thoso w,1? are watSb^Mp
! dealings with the Narrow
Lowry. As Pe,haPs nobNlydeny,
nNcw SouthlBni railway more or
entsin tban tbe ol(1 IiichmoJ^^^^Danville sj
y can nnder a new nan,e-^P? ??ly materia
'hat is fl!rence is that thoJWv system was be
ion key burdened with just and h'at
the deb,s- TI"ougii^M>-c
se auj courts, by there^H ftnd>cess, these <
iey he i-^c^een eliiui^M)dopU dishonest
ember I a?d owners
! portion of theoft^Jystem are the real on
lown." ?f the whole property,
ve not The Chester and Lenoir railroad. h\
, I
plant- Mease of the Charlotte, Columbia and
either' Sustn, ^ 's remembered, became a pa
let the i l'le Richmond and Danville system, an
anting' sucb was operated for several years. ?
s, the ' t'me before the Richmond and Danville
. We ' I^c decided to go into the bands of a recei
>i and | l,,ey began to run their properties for ev
afford | 'king they were worth, putting in their pt
nd to ! ets much money that should have gone
igher. j maintenance, and runnii^ many of
s and smaller roads almost literacy in the groi
' than i ^ -bo time this policy was looked tipoi
whole I desperate and suicid.d ; but rendered no
sary by the financial difficulties with \vl
; the company ws?a supposed to he contend1
j Later, it has developed to the satisfy/''
>pbet. of most thinking people, that t\vjs pros*"1
ie can bly mad /"'boy was only the carrti^^
ks, or ; a doej, laid plau to facilitate the gc^HT"
does ! of the whole property as soon as tldBJ?1?
rs the J tors should perfect their plans to lp/',C '
e our real, instfad of its nominal, owneiy .
[trove Among the properties badly n '
rcgu- j stea/ing puposcs, was the Chest err *'eUC
[j will i Narrow Gauge. This property xVft3
His 'just as the syndicate people desf?^ a'
in their first reorganization j,an' ^rex
Janu-1 Morgan & Co., described it n? "rt Navr<
but if j Gauge road that was incap/b'e of pay!
ill be | even its operating expenses." They o/ftjjj
d to j to give "preferred" stock in the.
Then j new organization for bonds U i
esult were drawing 7 per ceti? **f^M^^^lJ.'
iw in mon stock for th.- stock
sty of system bad i'4'4" paying
portent, per annum. It will be remembered A
that many of the stockholders thought it
woud be wise to accept this offer as better I
than nothing, and were really willing to I
alloflit to go at that. But most of the North
Carokia people saw the situation more I
clear!. They believed that the Drexel, 1
Morg?i & Co., proposition was an attempt fl
to stei, and they set on foot and pushed '
forwai a movement that resulted in the I
stockhJders taking charge of and attempt- .
ing to i<n the road themselves. * I
But the Richmond and Danville people j|
did not stop here. They are not willing B
to giveup so easily, as the sequel shows. J
How till Narrow Gauge people managed to 1H
perfect v re-organization of their company,
and to gt all home bondholders to submit ^B
to a re-djustment of the interest on their
securities '? a matter of such recent occurrence
tobe well remembered. It is also
remembtfd that there are $87,000 worth of Ak
bonds onthe northern portion of the road iH
that wef "ever brought into the re-adjustment.
When the re-adjustment mat- 5
ter was king talked of, the whereabouts
of these 187,000 worth of bonds could A
not be limed. Repeated and continuous
effortwas made to find them ; but
ill to no prpose. So far as the Chester B
ind Lenoii authorities were able to dis- M
lover, the buds were simply buried out 1
if sight. Bt they were not lost. They ?4
aave come tilight, and with them the full- J
purpose of til Southern system. J
When, a fe? weeks ago, President Harper,
if the Chestiand Lenoir, issued a notice to
the effect tljl he had the money in the J
Chester banktfith which to pay coupons x I
naturing in Janary as per the re-adjustment ~B
igreement, theoupons were duly presented I
ind paid. Afttall the money available for
the purpose wasjxhaustcd, there developed
i sensation. \Vbout a word of warning, m [\
there was presenid for payment the coupons I m
if the long misag $87,000. It developed |ga|
that the bonds ere in the hands of the
Southern Itailwt people and the de- nH
mand was for intfist due last July. Not *^B
knowing what to 4 the bank telegraphed to ; :B
Lenoir for instrucths, and President Harper A
immediately wiredtvek an order that the
interest shoud be >id, and the Southern
folks were sent on ftir way chagrined. -^B
It is here that thefesign of the Southern BB
system becomes appent. They know .full BH
well that while strugng to get on its feet 1
again after they had knost wrecked it, the '
Narrow Gauge cannofte very strong finan- .
cially. Though their kit was due last July, ^flB
they know it is easier! pay $3,000 than it /
iS TiaV SO OOO ThA "?4
r_y t ? . . |VNUiiiplUU 19 UlUl
they did not present tir coupons last July 90
for fear they would Promptly paid, and
they hoped that by prating the coupons
for a whole year, pracWly in a lump', the
company would he swanjd, forced back in- ^^^B
to the hands of a receir, and put to. sale ^0^0
when they could gobble Hq for a song. That
is what the friends of theoad believe; but
President Harper has broka up all caUuJ*-?"
lation for the present, anillie conspirators
will have to try again. 1 HbH
The Chester & Lenoir Jhfcw Gauge rail- ^ B
road is a valuable property |n as it is, and ^j^B
with a short connection ofLut 40 miles jSHH
through fhe mountains, it cosily be made
jne of the best paying raild properties
n the South. That is whauie Southern >.B|B
people want it for, and the (Ltion is will I fl B
.hey ^ allowed to gobble it?Jf they do, -j I
he stockholders are going twe swindled
>ut of what will some day be tegular gold flH
nine. |
But-where did the Southeripeople get i^^^B
hose bonds, is probably a percent ques- jB^^B
ion just now? There is nothinjn sight to M H
erve is plausible proof; but asimatter of B
heorVtik/e whole thing is as higible as BB^B
I yp-ftt,, t,T5^ro?nAr4jjr -their :^JB|
jontrol fetty thoroughly wreck^ prepara- J^B I
ory to ibsequent steps in til gobbling /
orqeess, tefore going into tbehands of PiBfll
eceiversbe wreckers put awajjhis $87,00
wortlof bonds, along witkprobabIy J
mndredsf thousands of dol Import h of J?
ther seetftuo t.. n? "
iu Hie receivers^ given
nly such|operty as could not Removed
r reserve! They kept the kernelud gave
ie receive the husks with whicllo settle
p with bso who had honest claims
gainst thproperty. When tirwto sell
ime, theirpers stepped in and Quired |
miplete tit for a song, and as tit result jf
the operiu, the property of thfcands !
people bete that of a few burning. It jf? .
th likely that that 117,000 f.
ital bAFfe'who havc been \i
an^V certain that a c<%*<lerree
ablc^jsl'tfuHy the
ted, the etocmNarrow Gauge, '
are j ^^pONICS.
-IW ?
m.n ?The Nested ematMil
P'?- . , h\^*^ij3iiMUon
rses yestertiaySB^Brv
ir,,e tiling passed oxlMHBBKiL^
o"t,rl;'h"7?
bat
the 08 to/
, 0 clock. I ' ?o I
y j all the bells town I. -^J
ble 7*0j,
a'$er)
? out for ?
A.Keller to
has
father,
the
(]o the
out
YorkBBH^B^^|H|fli
the ^jj^^^^^Bjt^gindaua
le&s j*raHRf# party 'fivn
rstem ?? r^g0-1 whiio^^WBK^/BB
aVI y i so ba*v*sS 'na' nuiI^atioD/va8jk ?
ouestl 1 - put4ion ^Wormed' \ .^B
fthe TT*JZri * iV/'atnpbell and'.
debts ?hort,y . is ab&I.a .ears old . , H
way, 'ggei- i^Jy>?r. J. C. Hoke, of Catawbit ^B
'inrl ? * <{///Awi \ ^^^^b
of a s " j? was 011 a visit to friends near
ners tow>'?W/ B
J Clay lj^frice of Cotton. SB
r the T<> Uub0re a plan to raise the price\>f cotAu-|
~Ja if carried out, would beat anyrt
of: l?n V 1,as b<y;n suSge8ted," said Mr. JM
d vfir ^}?nfa'y of Cowrysville, the other day. """
omei every fa,iner m the So/th'" he ex* B
,,eo-' 7v*> "who coul(i raise' say *200' buy *
ver ' jes and then refuse to pfant a furrow. ^B
cry- \f^n settling up time came, the 'hoars' B
)c"k-' ituM all be bursted, and the Price of cotton B|
, f0 j^uld be ont_ftC_si^rbt. The only trouble ^B
th L\iU the idpA'is that like others, it cannot he ^B
inci carried opt." SI
? ,|Lookal/""Dat?' , ^B
1 i "? won lit i?. irliul to have each
? H?- -- rc.
8lj^riber to look at Hie date on the label jHM
^ ^ his or her yaper today. If the fig- jHHj
on ares opposite thename read '-Jan 1, 95," JmH
,a-|tliei> that means t\at the subscription ha^xy^^H
'of I expired, and unless Renewed immediate^M* flW
?p"pPIio subscriber will no\get the nevt
a- When *n individual feys
ts j for The Enquikkr, he\js^^ntitfW
paper for one year. JXM&rtbe 1*r 18 \ H
ar up, having fumish^^T ^^, we ,H
.ir have fnllilW JW<0*?W?*- M
\ 1 IS '*tiiothpr H|H
ed The r^^^Ti^pers ar^L^ t,y ^ v '9
ad transacts* date to whBk' <1
el, coming on ' Tr- <ht* ?'? H
Ira Hardin, of Blac^s|,uig, j)}W V
IIrined into the gold mining bukin^' He B
(pe'l1 some valuable gold veins on H olf o100k, B
il>llS,,nd for some time past has been ongag,.,] in 1
1', | takiug out ores. It is his intention t() ,,ut B
H up a small stamp mill shortly and g0 at tjie n
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