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Jtoaps and .facts. ! ? There is a prevailing impression in this , country that since the development of the j great scandalssome time ago, work on the ( Panama canal has been suspended. This is | a mistake. The French are still actively ( pushing the great enterprise. A correspond- s ent of The New York Herald visited the , canal recently and reported that a force of J 1,200 men and a large number* of steam . shovels were at work. The understanding , is that the French company proposes to ( push the enterprise to completion. , ? Telegrams from all parts of the country < indicate that last Saturday night was one of < the coldest on record. At Chicago, on Sat- j urday afternoon, the mercury fell from 21 | degrees above zero to ^gven degrees below , ' in 30 minutes. The lowest point afterward ( reached was 10 degrees below zero. The i same minimum temperature is reported from Louisville, Ky. At St. Paul, Minnesota, the mercury fell to 15 degrees below zero, and at Marquette, Michigan, it fell to 20 degrees below. A terrible blizzard pre- j ? !,-J ^nr./? if ic ronnrt- I VUllfU Ut UUJUUM, J.>CKUlSlva, UU11 IV >v .Vf... ed that in the interior of the State, a large number of cattle were frozen to death. ? Carolina Spartan : We somehow incline to the free coinage of silver. If it requires a very high protective tariff, or a periodical issue of bonds to keep up the gold reserve, it would be just as well to coin the silver. It is believed that the sharp and ingenious artisans are now coining American silver dollars down in Mexico. These dollars have . the requisite amount of silver and are, therefore, not counterfeit. No Mexican law is violated and our government cannot pnnnish men for makiug silver dollars on the ' other side of the line. The temptation to i buy silver at 50 to 60 cents au ounce and ( coin it into a good dollar, is too great to be j resisted. We do not state this as a fact, . but it is believed that a thriving business is done down in Mexico in coining American dollars. ? Reports of the past week indicate quite 1 an exodus of New England cotton mills to ' the South. Among the mills that have sig- I nified their intention to move, are the Mas- < sachusetts, Boot, Dwight, Merrimac, and j< Whittier. The reasou for the change is the , alleged advantage of Southern manufacturers over those of the North. The New England people claim that this advantage is fully two cents a pound, which is a tremen- ' profit. Among other things, labor and fuel ( are cheaper in the South, the law3 are more 1 lenient, and it is more economical to pay ' * 1 * ? "aaiIo thon nn thft < ireignt on muuumuiuicu guuua .? i raw material. The outlook is that it will , be only a few years until the last Northern cotton mill will have come to the South. ? According to Senator Gordon, the income tax can't be "starved to death." In an interview a few days ago, he said : "The 1 mere withholding of the appropriation asked 1 will have no effect whatever, except perhaps 1 to deceive the uninformed and beguile them j into a feeling of security and to neglect com- | pliance with the plain requirements of the , law itself. Those who hope to escape the J payment of income taxes through failure of congress to make the appropriation asked for, 1 and who are thus led to neglect making 1 their returns at the time fixed by law, will ] find themselves involved in 50 per cent. { heavier taxes, and will be compelled to pay , them. Failure by congress to appropriate money to collect the income tax will not prevent such collection, and it is a cruel wrong to the people to mislead them in this matter." * 1 ? The terrible state of affairs iu Newfound- 1 land last week developed into a bread riot. 1 On Tuesday, a large crowd of men in St. { John's went to the residence of the govern- . or of the island and demanded bread. The < governor told the crowd that he was powerless to do anything and advised that they 1 call upon the city authorities. Later, the 1 people gathered in large numbers, and car- 1 rying with them a large banner on which ] was printed the words "Bread or Work," ' they marched on the legislative building, j The police tried to keep them out and had a fight, in which several policemen were 1 injured. The governor made a speech in which he promised that if the people failed to get relief within three days, he would re- 1 sign. The mob was somewhat pacified at c . Kut ctill nnt (liehnnH On thf? mn- t 1'UIO } UUW OUU UIM UW w.wVMMM. ? ? - l trary, it proceded to break into and loot a j number of provision stores. Presently, the police appeared in large numbers and cleared c the streets. Four of the ringleaders of the 1 mob were arrested. At last accounts there c was still no improvement in the desperate s condition of the starving people. r ? The extensive damage to the Florida s orange crop by the cold wave that recently g swept over the Flowery State, was graphically told by over 40 telegraphic dispatches c received from various Florida orange-grow- 1 ing centres by members of the New York Fruit exchange the other day. The context of these dispatches show that out of an esti- I mated quantity of not less than 2,800,000 j t boxes of oranges on the trees, not more than j p 400,000 boxes will be saved ; and that the a rest, 2,400,000 boxes, are so thoroughly1 c frozen that they will be a total loss. One of * the strongest proofs of the serious injury to * the Florida orauge crop is that the railroad t companies positively refuse to receive the; I fruit for transportation unless the freight is i b paid in advance. "A most serious feature ; * of the situation," says a leading New York i ^ fruit dealer, "is the fact that the damage is * not confined only to the present orange * crop; but will extend through two or three $ years; because not only the fruit, but the e trees themselves have been frozen. This will make necessary the cutting off of the tops of tens of thousands of trees that were ^ flourishing aud bearing splendidly, and ? three years will elapse before they again ' come into good bearing condition." 0 ? Danville, Ky., Dispatch, 8 : William v Cox, a citizen of Monticello, ate his New 3 Year's dinner at a table around .which sat ti three of his living wives, and he is only 38 t years of age. This, at first glance, appears ; to be an astounding condition of affairs ; but it is easily explained. His first wife was j ^ Miss Minerva Smith, who bore him nine I ^ children, and was then divorced. Mr. Cox j* then married Miss Julia Stephens. No chil- ] s dren resulted I'rom this union, and she also, i \< for some reason, was divorced. He then i c wedded his present spouse, a Tennessee; ^ lady, and seven children have blessed their j home. His divorced wives have found other j husbands, and there is now a feeling of perfect harmony and good will existing be- 1 tween the three households. On New Year's T day Mr. Cox spread a banquet at bis home, o and invited his two former wives and their j, families to partake of his hospitality. They gladly responded, and the day passed with- f out a ripple of unpleasantness to mar the 1 joys of the occasion. This matrimonial hero 1 was first married at the age of 14, and if he t lives out his allotted three-score and ten | g and keeps up his past record, he will stand s without a rival. Three wives and lfi chil- t dren at 38 is not bad. ^ ?Slate Treasurer Taylor, of South 1 >akota. u a jbrewd one. He was to have turned over his office to his successor last week; but ( he failed to do so. On the contrary, he J turned up missing, and missing with him was . t about $350,000 belonging to the State, j t Taylor's, whereabouts are unknown; but it: ( is thought that he is in New York, and ac- j cording to current stories, this is why he is missing. During the big panic, to save a ? widespread financial disaster in his State, he let several banks have large sums of the 1 State's money. Notwithstanding this aid, > the banks failed to come to time, and Taylor t was left with a bag to hold. As a defaulter ! he was stared in the face with prison bars ; t but he did not intend to go to prison. He 1 resolved on a bold scheme. The State is in \ - i 1 ? thic lit. < U UttU waj Nuauunii^. i\uu?iu^ absconded with all the funds that were left. Among bis bondsman are several of his kinsmen. The State can and will sue these | bondsmen ; but it can't hope to get its money for at least a year. The people having al- i ready been taxed to the utmost limits, it is I practically impossible to raise any more money, and things are constantly going from bad to worse. In view of this state of affairs, it is said that Taylor has made a prop-1 ositiou. It is this: "Kelease my bonds- j men, from further liability, call my defalcation square, and I will give you the $200,000' that I still have left." It is thought more ( than probable that the State will have to accept the compromise. ? The senate is now warming up to the j silver question. The great speech of last 1 Saturday was made by Senator Teller, who l occupied about three hours. lie held up I ( to ridicule and coutempt what he called "the | frantic appeals" of the executive department, and said that those appeals showed that that 11 branch of the government was in wrong!c hands. He spoke of the Carlisle bill offered J i u the house as a bill which, for absurdities, lad never been equaled in this or any other jongress, and said that if it had been introluced by a member of the Populist party, it vould have been regarded as the height of unacy. His own remedy for the existing londition of thiugs was to enlarge the me;alic basis of the country by the restoration jf silver money. Low prices in the United States and in the world were the result, he said, of the demonetization of silver. He leclared himself ready to join in any compromise that was not a base surrender and abandonment of silver as a money. He thought it absolutely necessary that silver should be replaced in the monetary system jf the United States. If this is done, he said, the white metal will soon also resume its former place in the monetary systems of the world. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1895. ? Mr. W. 0. Guy's plan to "fool the bears," published in last week's Ekquirer, seems to have struck a sympathetic cord. It is republished in full in last Saturday's Lancaster Review, and somebody in Greenville has revamped it and passed it oft* on The Sews, of Sunday, as origiual. ? Columbia has appointed a commission to $o to New England for the purpose of doing what it can to secure the location of some of the moving cotton mills. This is a wise step on the part of the [good people of the State capital, and the people of this section will do well to take similar action. ? The Register says that a wild rabbit was caught on Columbia's main street last Satur3ay; but wants it understood that the city has not degenerated into a game preserve. The Register has no occasion to worry. Since Governor Evaus has caged the Higers," rabbits down there feel that they have nothing further to fear. ? August Kohn, of The News and Courier, suggests as the best way to get at an equitable compromise on the constitutional convention questiou, a State convention composed of two delegates?one "Conservative" and one "Reformer" from each county " Anmrontinn rpqchps nn ficreement.. he svants the State to be bound by it; if it fails to reach an agreement, he thinks and it will t>e time that further negotiations be called oflf. He suggests W. B. Wilson and W. N. Elder, is suitable representatives of the respective factions in York. **** .? The Carlisle currency bill met its death ast Wednesday. The question was on the idoption of an order reported by the comnittee on rules fixing the time for a final t'ote on the bill. The order was defeated by i vote of 122 to 130, and to all intents and purposes that defeated the bill. All the South Carolina congressmen except Izlar, /oted agaiust the order. By parties, the ^ote on the order was as follows: For? democrats 123, Republicans, 1. Against? Democrats 41, Republicans 82, Populists 7. The cry of the Southern and Western men s now stronger than ever for the free coinige of silver. ? Now while the New England cotton nauufacturers are on a rush for the South, >ccurs a good ~pr"rtnnity fQL^l^"Pi*ylr rf his section. The New Engftt^ manufacurers are only seeking advantage in freights, :heap labor and favorable bins. natters this section can oIFeras much as any ?ther, and now it seems that all that is necary is to hold out a little further induoeuent. The community that is willing to how its hospitality by investing a few thouand dollars in stocks, stand a pretty good chance of drawing a cotton factory. The natter is worth looking into. ? The Florida Citizen urges the farmers of 'lorida to diversify their crops, and prints he following table of the average values, >er acre of crops in that State, to enforce its dvice: "Corn, $7.4G ; cotton, $11.71; hay, 20.52 ; rice, $25.73 ; field peas, $11.91; oats, 7.42; peanuts, $13.30; sugarcane, $83.99; obacco, $08.35; sweet potatoes, $48.49; rish potatoes, $95.88; beets, $152.74; cabage, $100.18 ; tomatoes, $70.51; squashes, 78.18; egg plant; $139.44; cucumbers, 77.39; snap beans, $90.97; watermelons, 42.52 ; English peas, $74.39 ; canteloupes, 77.31." Perhaps the South Carolina farmrswili also find the table instructive. ? Congressman Latimer has introduced a ill which requires that hereafter the seeds urnished for distribution by the department f agriculture must be sent direct to the arious agricultural colleges and experiment tations in the various States for distribuion. The totul value of the seeds distribued by the department of agriculture last ear was $00,548.04, and to distribute them, ost the government over $200,000. Under Ir. Latimer's bill, the seed can be distribued with but little cost, other than that of tationery and postage ; and this, of course, rill be furnished by the government. The hange is a very desirable one and it should ie made without delay. ? The News and Courier has discovered hat the statement in The Enquirer of )ecember 20 in regard to the transportation f intoxicating liquors across the State line 3 erroneous. In a very learned discussion of lerhaps half a column, in last Friday's issue, t proves the fact most conclusively, not only o its own satisfaction but to the satisfacion of the whole world as well. It even i ;oes so far as to thorongbly bask up itsj tatements by accurately ouotimrthe secion of the dispensary law ihjBKtdTS on the^ mint. If tlie editorial in ust 1U days earlier, we wou^^MPWreely tnnfoucorl that, thp inlrp Wfiq us hut is it is. we do not see nnv ^^^Ray for it, ban that 'lie News ajud got its ,imely information from Thb^Mquiker's J :orreetiou of its own misstatement^ ? It will be remembered that sometime ! igo Tiie Enquirkr published the gist of a ' lecision by Judge Gary to the etfeet that! vhen the holder of a chattel mortgage acicptcd part payment, or failed to seize the. nortgaged property when the mortgage fell; lue, his lien became null and void. All: his looked pretty hard, and many had loubts as to whether it was good law. But I iow the whole difficulty has been smoothed >ver. At its recent session, the legislature | Kissed ail act to declare the law in relation j u chattel mortgages. Under this act, the | lolder of a chattel mortgage can accept I Kirt payment if he sees fit, and if he fails to oreclose when the mortgage becomes due, ic still has the right to seize the property nortgaged at any time thereafter that lie nay deem proper. In other words, to all' ntents and purposes, the chattel mortgage j lolds good until it is satisfied. ? Help to perfect the organization pro-1 ected at Jackson, Miss., last week and reief for the cotton growers of the South will: >e close in sight. We do not believe that here is any overproduction of cotton ; but hat is neither here nor there. All are igrecd that for various reasons a reduction ' >f the acreage is eminently desirable. It will lot only put the farmers in hotter condition | as to home supplies; but it will help to raise | prices. And that is not all. The greatest ! thing is a thorough organization. This per' fected in the interest of reduced acreage or I anything else, the cotton growers of the I South will soon find themselves a power the j like of which they have never dreamed. The Koddey plan will be but one step further, and that step will be taken before the end of the year. In the meantime, let all lend a hand to the perfection of a thorough organization. ? "A late leader of the Reformers' has heen Italkingto the Washington correspondent of the lv, nhmit that inexhaustible sub | vjuariuiic vuovi' I ject, South Carolina politics, and he says that in . less than three months every Conservative in ! South Carolina will be in the Republican party. He may be a little wrong about the proportion ; but there is certainly an idea among the business men in this State, and especially among the young men, that a respectable Republican party in South Carolina would be a healthy institution in State affairs, and would have an influence with the national legislation of the Republican party, which is surely coming back into power, that would be immensely beneficial to the South. ?A.nd there are very many believers in Republican principles in the business element in South Carolina."?Spartanburg Herald. We are sorry to see anything like the above just at this time; but judging from the general tone of the State press, it is a decided indication of the direction of the wind. Unless some concessions are made on both sides, there are squally limes ahead. The Conservative element is by no means as helpless as it has been heretofore. It is still in the minority ; but in this matter it seems to have the alternative of choosing between a union with the Republicans on the one hand, or the McLaurin-Talbert faction of the Reform party on the other; and, under the " circumstances, it is bound to be heard from. Just now we would prefer to see the violent hotheads of both sides called in. A proper solution of the present dangerous situation is a task for the ablest and mo3t patriotic men we have. ? To win for the plaintiff a case like that of the Exchange Bank of Yorkville, against Hubbard, Price & Co., is no ordinary legal victory. In the first place, there is a great inequality between the contending parties. One is in the backwoods of South Carolina, so to speak, and the other is in New York. A country lawyer, as a rule, is not supposed to know as much commercial law as any ordinary metropolitan business man. In carrying out his scheme to make the bank pay Hope's debt, Price proceeded with remarkable shrewdness and caution. Had he not seut that telegram from Atlanta, the * ' ' --1 J 1 chances are tnat ne woum nave guueu me money all the same, and the hank would have never been able to reach him. The matter of giving Hope authority to draw would have been altogether a question between him and Hope, and it would have been the word of one against the other. Even as it was, when Hubbard, Price & Co. refused to honor the drafts that the bank T?5d discounted for Hope, the bank officials were inclined to look rather to Hope than Hubbard, Price & Co., for their money. It was here that the wise counsel of Messrs. Spencer and McCaw came in. They gave the matter careful consideration, and after studying out a line of action, went to work with energy and vigor. As the first move, they associated in the case a New York lawyer. This was for the purpose of having active assistance constantly on the ground of the contest. The case was prepared principally by Messrs. McCaw and Spencer, and though of course the part played by the New York lawyer is not to' be belittled, to them belongs most of the credit. The whole thing, from start to finish, is one of which the success fuT lawyers have good cause to be proud. THE FERTILIZER QUESTION. | A Columbia fertilizer manufacturer is very much exercised over the resolution of .York county farmers to pay only 300 pounds of lint for ammoniated goods, and 200 pounds for acid. He told the correspondent of The News aud Courier last Thursday, that it was foolishness to think of such a thing; that the price offered was not sufficient to pay actual expenses. We do not think that the farmers of York county have any desire to impose on anybody. They are not trying to run the business of the leriuizer companies ; uui nave oniy counueuued to look after their own. According to their calculation, at the present prices of cotton, $10 per ton for acid and $15 a ton for ammoniated goods, is all they can afford to pay, and if the fertilizer companies cannot afford to sell at these prices, the farmers cannot afford to buy at all. As we see it, that is the whole situation in a nutshell. The farmers now having said their say, it is for the fertilizer men to say theirs. If they are able to come to the terms proposed, and see fit to do it, that is the end of it. If they are not able, and don't see proper to come to the proposed terms, they have the same alternative that has been chosen by the farmers. They don't have to trade. They .can stop making their goods and let the farmers get along the best way they can without them. There will be no injustice either way. We know that the farmers are hurting now. The fertilizer men say that they will hurt also if they accept the proposition in question. We have no desire to see the fertilizer men hurt; but we arc sure that they will agree with us that if the farmers can't use their goods at a profit, they will be foolish to use them at all. Unless there can be an arrangement, based on mutual benefit, it will be best for both sides to cry quits. SIBLEY AXD THE PRESIDENT. While it is true that abuse is not argument, and invective does not convince, there are a large number of people in this country who will heartily endorse Congressman Sibley's severe arraignment of President Cleveland, t0 tjie not Yy,.y njce expression, "belly, brains and brass.'' They will endorse it in the first place because they have a great deal of confidence in and respect for Mr Sibley : and in the second place, because Mr. kpibley said just what a great many of lliein led; ' tfuiSg his first term, Mr, Cleveland was ajnau of the people. He saw that there j were many wrongs and abuses pervading i the government, and he sought to correct them whenever and wherever he could. Iuvariably he was a foe to the oppressor and a friend to the oppressed. He was known on one occasion at least to take the part of a single friendless individual against a great corporation, and at all times Jus watcnworu was "Equal rights to all?special privileges to none ; the greatest good to the greatest number." This was the Cleveland the people loved, and the Cleveland which, with almost one accord, they recalled to the presdential chair. But it seems that somewhere there has been a change. The Cleveland of today is not the Cleveland who, in the service of the people, learned that a "public ofliee is a public trust." After the expiration of his first term, it is said that he went to New York and sold his name to the money changers of Wall street. As the result of the sale, he became possessed of millions, and was transferred from the lower ten million to the upper ten thousand, it was the austere, upright and honest Cleveland of old that the people recalled to be their ruler: but the call was answered by a proselyte of the money power, and that is where the people have been disappointed. Mr. Sibley is a man who has made his millions by honest good fortune. He made them out of oil wells without searing his conscience. Furthermore, being a close stu-1 dent of the New Testament, he looks upon j | "equal rights to all, special privileges to j none," as orthodox religion, and believing j as he no doubt does that the president has : squarely joined issue with the classes against I the masses, his severe denunciation of the chief executive is, to say the least, not surprising. PRODDING THE PRESIDENT. j A Free Silver Alan Says that Cleveland In a Combination of nelly, Itrains and lirnnH. Kepresentative Joseph C. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, is said to have been laying for President Cleveland for sometime past. Mr. Sibley is in dead earnest in his advocacy of the free coinage of silver. He thinks that, financially, that is the only hope for the country, and he believes that had it not been r._ ST- l ,1 iK- >1.: 1.1 ior lur. vieveiuuu, me ?uuiu iiiiiig wuuiu have been definitely aud satisfactorily settled at the famous extra session of congress. That is why he no longer has any love for the president. While the Carlisle currency bill was uuder discussion on Tuesday of last week, Mr. Sibley took the floor. The ihembers had an intimation of what was coming, and they looked for a sensation. They got it. Mr. Sibley made a fine speech in favor of the free coinage of silver, and then he commenced on what Senator Tillman called "that old bag of beef in the White House." After he had warmed up to his subject, he said : RON. JOSEPH C. SIBLEY, "If ever a rebuke was needed to one who has attempted to trample down the pcrogatives of the people, it is needed for him who has attempted to usurp this entire govern meut to himself. The time has come when to be the governor of this people requires something more than a combination of brains, belly and brass." This declaration was greeted with loud applause and laughter, and the crowd around the speaker increased.* Mr. Sibley went on to charge that a member of the house had accepted a. bribe from the administration, in the shape of an appointment of one of his constituents to be collector of internal revenue, in return for his vote on the bill for the repeal of the silver purchase clause of the Sherman law. He declared that four days after the passage of the repeal bill, a member had admitted to him that he had voted for repeal in consideration of securing tho appointment of a man he had recommended to be a collecter of internal revenue. Half a dozen men were on their feet at once, challenging this statement and calling upou Mr. Sibley to name the man. Mr. Coombs, of New York, demanded that Mr. Sibley mention the name of the man he had accused of accepting a bribe. "I went three days ago to the member und asked him to allow me the privilege of calling him up here," replied Mr. Sibley. "He said, 'Mr. Sibley, you will place me in a bad position with my constituents.' But within 10 feet of me sits a man who heard him make the statemeut that he had been offered Federal offices for his vote." "Do you consider it fair," asked Mr. Coombs, "to make so grave a charge against the administration and not give names and places in order to permit defence ?" ??? /vnomlSnn r\f Y\\a AtL'n l\i V Ci y iilMIl 13 LUC ^UtUUIUU vi uie vnu conscience," declared Mr. Sibley. "Already the padlock has been on my lips too long, and I intend to throw if off." Mr. Outwaite wanted to know who had put the padlock on Mr. Sibley's lips and kept him silent so long. "I have not thrown it off before," replied Mr. Sibley, "because I hoped to see the administration redeem its promises, and I did not wish to utter a rebuke when there was hope of honest performance." Mr. Outwaite again urged his question, "Who put the padlock on your lips?" Mr. Sibley hesitated for a moment, and then, with intense earnestness, said : "Let me tell the gentleman that I am not talking today to men who believe in going to hell in a handcart instead of to heaven supported by the staff of truth. Let me tell him, also, that I am not addressing men who believe more in a bobtail Hush than a contrite heart." A shout of applause and laughter greeted this reply. Mr. Sibley was frequently interrupted by questions to which he declined to yield, because he had been given notice, he said, that his time would not be extended, "although not a man spoke in favor of the gold trust of the world who had not been given unlimited time." Mr. Pence asked that he be given unlimited time ; but Mr. Outwaite objected. Mr. Sibley then went on to criticise the friendship of the president for the goldbugs, and prophesied disaster and ruin if the coinage of silver was not resorted to. In announcing his dissent with the Democratic party, he declared that if he was to be carried in a conveyance labeled "Democracy," guided by an obstinate driver, over an unknown road, with precipices and chasms yawning on all sides, he was going to jump J out, and he was not particular where he lit. ? ? . 1 . ,lt,lnl, m<| mtf , All> lUEi HI i lift rAii.iirma. An Oltl I'olut I'low Hoy Sa.vn to Make Fertilize at Home and Sow drain. j For the YorkvllleEnquirer. Brother Farmers: Who of you are able to buy fertilizers, or who of you are able to buy them to raise live cents cotton? It seems to me that it is time to commence doing as our grandfathers did. Let us let the stull'alone and make our fertilizers at | home. To do this will only require that we use I our own cotton seed, keep our stables full of litter, and our barnyards well scraped. If j we do this, it is easy to guarantee that our lands will soon be in a higher state of productiveness, and our pockets will not be slow to get in better shape. And another thing. I This idea entails very little expense. Here is something else. Our people do not sow enough peas or grain. I do not think anybody will deny this. Kvery funnier who owns two mules should have a 10ineh turning plow and a Corbin disk harrow. Willi the plow, one hand can turn 12 acres I in a week; and with the harrow, the same I hand can sow it all in grain and cover it up j in two days. You can figure on this and | see how it will pay. I If you take my advice, get an outthrow disk harrow and a left hand turning plow. I The outthrow harrow is easier to pull. The ! advantage of the lefthand plow is that onej horse can walk in the furrow while the other walks on the unbroken ground. Than these two tools I don't know of anything that will pay belter. Now, Brother Farmers, if any of you I think I am wrong about these things, I i would be glad to have you point out the j trouble. If I am wrong, I will be glad to J know it. I am always willing to take adI vice, provided of course, I consider it better \ | than my own. This is all I have to say, ! now. Jjook out, and don i let your ietini-i i/.er bill get away with your crop. Plow Boy. OKI Point, January !>, 185)5. ^ Mdton vs. Wilson, ? News and Courier: Mr. Lawson ]). j Melton has served a notice of contest on the [ I Hon. J. Stanyarne Wilson, "returned as j ! represenative-elect to the 54th congress of' i the I'nited .States from the 4th congression al district, in the Slate of South Carolina." Among the charges are: The registration' of names after July 1, when the books are j required to be closed; conspiracy to pre-1 vent the registration of ltepublicans; the j voting of unregistered Democrats; high bar-1 ricades at the polling places, preventing! free and open elections; the unconstitutionality, State and Federal, of the registration ' law, and the illegality of the Wilson ballots, ; because they did not designate the office j being voted for. There are 28 sections in the notice of contest, which takes up niore than five type-written pages. LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. II. Riddle?In poetic strains tells you of some of the things he has to sell, and winds up with a request for you to pay what you owe him. II. C. Strauss?Informs you that while straightening up during the "leaky days" of last week, when trade was dull, ho found a number of useful articles which lie can sell very cheap. lie also says that he is now prepared to offer big bargains in new goods, as well as odds ana ends. J. J. Hunter?Tells you if you want the very best goods at the lowest prices, to come to him with the cash. Iteg. M. Grist?Lets you know whereto get rubber stamps of any description, notarial seals and presses, badges, etc. J. M. Starr?Is prepared to sell you clover and orchard grass seed and oats, stationery, tobacco and cigars, and drugs and medicines. Wade F. Parker?Announces his readiness to attend to all kinds of plumbing work. Grist Cousins?Tell about a typographical error which occurred in their advertisement last week, and give the prices at which they sell sundry articles. 'PUn I'aHAli'nn ll.i/vivtf / *?i *1.1 ? i TaIK. IfAU fli.it l uu vaiuiuiti i'liKKj ? igun jwu mui all their vehicles are built on honor, and that thev are guaranteed to be just as represented. Cicero Moore?Wants you to remember that you can get your vehicles repaired at the old Wheeler factory building in a workmanlike manner, and at lower prices than you have been accustomed to pay. W. C. Latimer?Oilers his entire stock of goods at New York cost for eiish. W. J. Stephenson, County Supervisor?Calls for a meeting of the chairmen of the several township boards of the county to bo held at Yorkville on next Tuesday, 22d instant. THE WEATHER. "From the loth to the 20th, pork should be watched carefully. Unless well secured with salt, it is likely to spoil. There will be light rains and damp, bad weather, especially in the middle and lower portions of the State. From the 20th to the 25th, 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." The above is from the forecast of our Chester weather prophet, published in the issue of The Enquirer for January 2. So far the predictions have been reasonably correct?as correct, at least, as those of Mr. Hicks; but now comes the crucial test. Following the cold snap, which was pretty correctly predicted, the prophet says that from the 15th to the 20th, the weather will be warm enough to endanger pork. Now watch. If this prognostication turns out all right, our prophet is invited to try his hand on February. Otherwise, his predictions will be considered of no further value. CHURCH NOTICES. Episcopal?Rev. Robert A. Lee, minister. Lay services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock in the absence of the pastor. Sunday-school in the afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. Weber, pastor. Sunday-school at 3 p. m. Services next Sunday morning at 11 and evening at 7 o'clock. ' Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. NSville, pastor. Services on Sunday-morning at 11 o'clock, and in the evening at 7 o'clock. Sundayschbol at 3 o'clock, p. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. JiapilSl?ivev. VV. J. JjllllgaiuiJ, jiumui. Union?Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Yorkville?Sunday-school at 10 ' a. m. Services on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evering at 7 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Boyce H. (trier, pastor. Yorkvii.i.e?Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Prayermeeting this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Ser- 1 vices on Sunday morning at 11 and in the evening at 7 o'clock. BUILD MILLS. The Manufacturers' Record, of Baltimore, recently sent out to 100 representative bankers in cotton manufacturing sections of the South a circular letter, asking for their opinion as to the influence the factories < have had on their respective sections. The answer of Captain W. L. Roddey, president of the First National bank of Rock Hill, will tend to turn the attention of our people still further in the direction of such enterprises. Captain Roddey's letter is as follows: "The establishment of cotton mills in this ? * * Ml . /P A. section has had the healthiest possinie enect upon the business interests of this community. They have materially added to the business and prosperity of the town. We have also much improvement in the financial condition of the farmers adjacent to our mills, owing to the fact that a higher home market is thereby furnished for cotton and other furm products. The bulk of capital invested in cotton mills in this vicinity is local money. Our cotton mills have been very profitable in our town. Local investors consider our mill securities of the best class, and additional investments in mills in this section must of necessity prove profitable with judicious management." WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE. i The State Railroad commission has just made several moves which seem to indicate that it has gone to work in the interest of the people. It has issued three circulars, all of which mean a great deal to shippers. One circular establishes joint rates between the different railroads. Heretofore, in cases where one road would haul goods from one of its stations to be delivered at another station on another road, each road would charge its regular local rates according to the distance it hauled the goods. As ' the result, the shipper has been compelled to pay a great deal more than for the hauling of his goods the same distance on a ! single road. But now this is to be changed. The recent order provides that there must be a reduction of 20 per cent, from the full local rates. Heretofore, the rate 011 cotton seed hulls 1 ( has been the same as 011 grain. Cotton seed hulls are of such small commercial value that it was not profitable to haul them any . | considerable distance, and there was a feeling that the charge was too great. The commission has reduced the rate from 11 cents j j per hundred pounds to about 5^ cents per h'undred pounds. I'nder the circumstances, ; the reduction appears to be equitable. Another reduction means quite a great j deal to the buggy companies in this count}'. Heretofore crated buggies have been charged, ^ at one-and-one-half times first-class rates, ' i*shipped released. The commission has , ! changed this so as to allow the railroads to I charge only regular first-class rates. . 1 EFFICIENT FIRE DE1MRTMENT. t A fire alarm was sounded through the big whistle of the Carolina Buggy factory at 1 about 8.30 o'clock yesterday morning, and the fire department of Yorkvillc took, ad- 1 vantage of an opportunity to exhibit splen- t (lid efficiency. c The location of the fire was on the prem- c ises of Mr. M. C. Willis. Flames had heen r communicated to the roof of a kitchen from s a defective fine, and within five-and-a-half s minutes after the alarm was sounded, the c whole fire department was on the ground f ready for business. f Chief McClain, of the fire department, 1 made his report to Intenduut O'Lenry, shortly after the fire. He had carefully a timed the movements of the fire boys from i the instant of the alarm. The "Queen City" c Keel company was on the ground, ready 1 to throw water, within 2A minutes. The a "Rose Hunter" boys got there in "> miuutes, j and the "Arlington" boys were on hand with t both their reel and their hook and ladder i: truck, within oj minutes. As it happcued, c the fire was practically out, even at the time 1 of the sounding of the alarm, so the depart- c ment was deprived of the pleasure of drown c ing it in a flood. c The discrepancy in the time of the arrival f of the different reels is not to be charged a against the promptness of their respective ' companies. The "Queen City" is reel lo- r eated within about 200 yards of the scene of j the fire. The "Rose Hunter" reel, and the "Arlington" Hook and Ladder truck, are about (100 yards away, and the distance of the "Arlington" reel is in the neighborhood of 800 yards. As nearly as can be estimated, the time of the different companies was about the same. The incident seems to make the people of Yorkville feel that the efficiency of their fire department is now something to he proud of and barring accidents or the result of possible negligence, there is but little danger of any more serious conffagerations in the town. . ABOUT PEOPLE. T>?.. \\T T T lioa Knnn nnnfinn/l fn IVCV, M /. iJaiigObUll imo ?/vv?i wuiiiivv? his room for several days with grip. Mrs. Eugene Lowry, of Americus, Gn., is in Yorkville visiting friends and relatives, the guest of Mr. R. B. Lowry'a family. Miss Mollie Tall, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W. D. Grist, in Yorkville for some time past, left Monday for a visit to friends at Eastovcr, S. C. Miss Willie Rose, after a pleasant visit of several months' to friends and relatives in Denmark, Norway, Leesville and Columbia, returned to her home in this place last week. WILL CALL A CONVENTION. Governor Evaus intends to call a convention of the cotton growers of the State, pursuant to the resolution adopted by the York County Cotton Growers' association on December 8. So he says in a letter to Messrs. \V. D. Grist and W. J. Waters, the committee appointed by the association to present to the governor the resolution. The letter is dated January 5; but it did not reach The Enqurier until last Friday. It reads as follows: Messrs. W. D. Grist and W. J. Waters, Committee. Gentlemen: Your communication enclosing a copy of the resolutions passed by the York County Cotton Growers' association was duly received, and I was surprised to learn through The Enquirer of today that it had not been acknowledged. It has not been overlooked, however, as you are probably aware of my action in appointing delegates to the Cotton States association, which meets at Jackson, Miss., on thn !?th instant. I deem it best for us to take no action until this convention has adjourned, as wo may gather from it what our sister States will concur in. It is hardly necerssary for me to ii&sure you of my hearty sympathy in the cause, and I trust that we will soon gain the co-operation of every Southern and Western State, and, by combination, rescue the agricultural classes from bankruptcy. Your resolution left to my judgment the time for calling the State convention, and this I will exercise. With assurance of my hearty co-operation, I am truly yours. John Gary Evans. ANOTHER COLI) SNAP. Last Saturday night was another swinger, and the traditional tail of the brass monkey is no more. It was frozen slap ofT, clean and smooth. Those who keep posted on the government bulletins beforehand knew what was coming, and those who pay no attention to such matters were apprised on Saturday afternoon. At noon, the streets were damp and muddy. About 3 o'clock the wind began to rise and the mercury to full, and at night people who had come out in the mud went home on the ice.. After dark the wind rose higher, the mercury fell lower, and by midnight the cold reached its climax. Buckets of water were frozen into solid chunks of icc, water pipes were bursted in many of the dwellings, and the damage of December 28 was repeated in the potato hills, grocery stores and private pantries. We have no estimate of the aggregate loss ; but it was considerable. A reporter for Thk Enquirer called upon wfnnfunt? akoaf?mt? T "p finhnvli nn TVfnnrlfiv II CUWUW vuoti ? VI <7 I JLV. Iwivuui VJ VI* 7 to get the record. He found that the lowest point reached by the mercury was 5 degrees above zero; the same as on the night of December 28. The change in the weather, however, was more sudden than in December. The maximum temperature on Saturday was 53 degrees at about noon, and the lowest was 5 degrees u little after miduight; a drop of 4S degrees in a little more than 12 hours. RECENT DEATHS. Mrs. Nancy E. Ratchford, wife of Mr. J. A. Ratchford, whose critical illuess with paralysis was mentioned last week, died at about 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning. Her death was due to paralysis, with which she had been stricken for several months. Mrs. Ratchford was a native of Chester county, and was a sister of Messrs. Matthew and W. A. White, of Chester. At the time of her death, she was in the G2nd year of her age. Her funeral services were conducted at her residence near Yorkville on Thursday, by Rev. W. ti. JNeviue, ana tne interment took place in the Yorkville cemetery. Mrs. Ratchford has long been well known as a consistent practical Christian, and all who knew her, are agreed that her death is a severe loss to the community in which she lived. She leaves a husband and one adopted daughter. Mrs. Isabella Steele, whose illness was also mentioned last week, died on Friday morning at 7.30 o'clock, aged 85 years 5) months and 19 days. She was a native of York county, a daughter of the late Robert Smith, and was twice married ; the first time to the late Wm, A. Erwin, to whom she bore three children?two sons and one daughter; and the second time to the late George Steele, to whom she bore six children. Her surviving children are Messrs. John B., and W. E. Erwin, Mrs. R. J. Withers, and Mr. G. J. Steele. Mrs. Steele was in every respect a most estimable woman. Her remains were interred in the Yorkville cemetery on Saturday, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. W. G. Neville. TH13 MINERALS OF YORK. Here is an announcement that will prove of interest to all of York county, and especially to the people of Yorkville. Thk Exqvirku has arranged to have delivered at [in early day, a literary and scientific treat in the form of a lecture on the "Minerals of i York.'' The full scope of the lecture has not yet i been decided upon. That will be deter-j mined later. But it will be complete, in-j jtructive and beneficial. It is to be not' jnly of present interest ; but of future value ;o this whole section. To deliver theHocture, we hXve engaged /he services of * Prof. A. T. Von Shulz, of lie Baptist High school, of Yorkville. Prof, ron Shulz has already gone to work on the natter with earnest enthusiasm, and will lave the lecture ready for delivery as soon is possible. It is not generally known here ; but l'rof. j ^on Shulz is just the man for the work.; That is why he has been selected. He com- i ncnced his geological studies in Berliu. Aferward he graduated in the scientific course >f the Dcnison university, Ohio, the leading (ducational institution of the Middle States ; lext he served a term on the geological coast iurvey of the United States. Then he was ent by several educatioual institutions to i :ollect specimens of all kinds of minerals rom the various geological formations of the amous Wasatch range, in Utah, and last, he las had experience as a lecturer. The geological formations of this county ire numerous and interesting. Many miners mderstand them well; but the knowledge if the general public on the subject is very imited. All that is necessary to awaken i greater interest in the matter is a proper irescntatiou of it, and to make this presen-j ation, we are assured that l'rof. Von Shulz/' s the mail. He is now making a collection I if York county minerals for use i? l'ie ' ecture. It is. his purpose to cxph?i,r the 1 iharacteristics of each one, by blackboard 1 Irawings, and otherwise illustrate methods i if mining; and possibly, by the use of a small { orge, show how some of them are smelted 1 ind prepared far practical "se. ' But the lecture can't be delivered tomor- < ow or next week. Von Shulz is not ' 'ct as familiar with the minerals of this i section as he desires to bej^i-ss the prepa-1 v ration of the lecture luvolAfl^'grcat deal ?f j F labor, it will take time. I^us not now wil-' v ling to make any promises to be ready unt" * | sometime in next Spring. ih And another thing, the matter involves I h some expense. The Enquirer has made e arrangements with Prof. Von Shulz; hut as ^ lie will have a large amount of work to do, j e lie must be paid. He has undertaken the < work on very reasonable terms, and we e would like to see him get more for it tban j" has been agreed tiponj but that will he determined hereafter, lo pay expenses, 1?" ^ eluding the pay of the lecturer, a small ad* \ mission fee will be charged at the door. But > this, we would have it understood, is not for the benefit of The Enquirer. If the total receipts shall amount to anything over actu- i al expenses, we shall be glad to have the j surplus devoted to the town clock fund, or ] some other benefit that shall be previously j agreed upon. a MINES AND MINING. ( A great deal has been said in The En qui* ( her recently 011 the subject of mines and min- j ing, and believing that a report of the mining 1 operations now beiug conducted in the 1 county will prove interesting, we have endeavored to get it up. A gentleman who is well posted on such matters, on yesterday, gave us the following : , "The Enterprise Gold Mining company'is operating the old Martin mine, uear Smyrna. 1 The company commenced work three or 1 four months ago, raised a large quantity of ore, and then shut down temporarily. The understanding is that it has just perfected arrangements to double its mining capacity, and will commence operations again shortly. "The old Chambers mine is to be worked again. It is located about four miles northeast of Yorkville, and is the property of Mr. G. It. Wallace. This mine was worked years ago with great profit. The raiuers took out all the free ore on top and went down to the pyrite ores at the water. There they had to stop. The ores were richer; but on account of the sulphur they contained, the miners had to give them up. At that time there was no known way in which the gold could be extracted. A strong corporation has just leased the property from Mr. Wallace 011 liberal terms, and as soon as the weather will permit, it will go to work on a large scale. "Mr. L. R. Williams has just opened up a five-foot gold vein a short distance northeast of the Wallace property. The ore appears to be very fine and the outlook is promising. "It is understood that the Wilson mine? owned by Mr. T. W. Davies?is to be opened I up again this spring. The mine was once worked with profit and still shows up a rej markably rich body of ore. Like that of the j Wallace mine, however, this ore is of a re| fractory character, and can only be extracted j by means of improved processes. "There is a group of valuable gold mines on Crowder's creek, lying within less, than two miles of each other, on the lands of Messrs. Riddle, Barnett, Stanton and McKenzie. The owners have consolidated the property into one holding, and are waiting for a nurchaser at a fair nrice. ? r ?? i "Messrs. Ilickard & Hewctt have for sometime past been mining corrundum on their recently acquired properties in the vicinity of Nanny mountain. They have taken out many tons of corrundum, and the probability is that they will soon commence operations on a still larger scale. "The barita deposit on King's creek, near the station, is now lying idle; but it has by no means been abandoned. It belongs to the National Mining and Milling company of Baltimore, which has a paid up capital stock of $100,000. The company miued and piled up last summer as much barita as if can use during the winter. In the meantime, it has been enlarging its plant in Baltimore, and next summer, or as soon as the weather will permit, it will resume active operations at the miue. "A strong company secured an option on Nanny mountain sometime ago, and for a month or more has been prospecting the property with a diamond drill. They have been conducting their operations with a great deal of secrecy, and what they have found nobody knows. I hear it rumored that they have gone to a depth of more than 500 feet. The understanding is that they are after iron pyrites. "So far as I know, none of the iron companies are trying to do anything in this section just at this time) The iron trade is llat everywhere, and there is no probability of anything being done with the iron properties in the county until there is improvement in the general financial condition of the country." In addition to the ahove, we have heard of a number of private prospecting enterprises in different sections of the county, but have not been able to secure satisfactory details. THE EXCHANGE BANK WINS. In the United States circuit court for the Southern district of New York, before Judge Lacomhe, last Thursday, a jury rendered a verdict that winds up an interesting chapter in the history of shady commercial transactions. The case was that of the Exchange hank of Yorkville, against Ilubhard, Price it Co., of New York, and the verdict was in favor of the bank for the full amount sued for?$8,150 and interest for about four years ; in all something over $10,000. The story is interesting: John M. Hope, of Yorkville, had been I speculating in futures through Hubbard, Price it Co., of New York. His speculations were conducted mostly on credit, and as tli^ outcome, according to the statement of Hubbard, Price it Co., he got behind to the amount of about $14,000. When Hubbard, Price it Co., wanted their money, Hope was unable to pay, and the company drew on him through the Exchange bank for $1,000. Hope failed to meet this draft, and Theodore H. Price, of the company, came to Yorkville to look into the matter further. What ( occurred in Yorkville is best explained in the i testimony of Mr. John M.Hope, before the WUl V . 0 Q. Who is Theodore A. Price? A. He is a member of the firm of llubbard, Price A Co., of Now York, and also a member of the firm of Price, Reid A Co., of Norfolk. Q. Now state what occurred between you and Mr. Price on the f?th of October, 1891 ? A. Mr. Price came to our place of business in Yorkville. I was surprised to see him, and thought that he had come to discuss an unsettled account that . grew out of a transaction in futures ; but he said 1 that was not his business. He had come to get a us to buy 1,000 bales of cotton for his New York house, Q. Did he say anything about that fun,.r? t transaction? A. Not at that time. nesanP'.y exhibited a telegram that said a ship was to sail from Norfolk on the loth, and ho w,llteu the e cotton by that date. The telegram {"stnictea ( that the cotton be bought on rcas"'1 , ? terms, p and shipped to Price, Reid A ?'<' ' a, ,w 0 it bills of lading be sent to, and !'rtt*rjVr < money be drawn on Huhhaeb 'rice A <o., ot New York. I told Mr. prfo that I was sorry t that we could not fill jiis onlei. In the first , place, there was not so m,,( '"otton in the country at that time ; and li' tf1.0 SL!('.OI.1( . *vo did I' not have the money with which to buy it. He T told me to go on the"l!l,k?h 'n,y ^hat we could and draw on Huh''""1/1 r"? ?l .w?nt bought 20 bales of cotton Iron. Riddle A* t arroll v vihinnoil if drew on Hubbard, Price A Co., and the draft was duly honored. n In answer to questions, Mr. Hope told of t a conversation he had had during the day I F yfr. Price, in regard to the future trans- j a action. During the conversation, Mr. Price o learned that he could not expect much re-1 u faction in the future debt at that time at ti least, and in order not to injure Hope's S' :redit any more than it had been injured, s lie agreed to have the $1,000 draft withdrawn ti from the bank. Price gave additional assur- I ince that the only object of his visit was to a ?et the 1,000 bales of cotton for his Norfolk n tiouse. Hope thought of 300 bales of cottou r that were to be offered in Yorkville in a few F lays, and informed Mr. Price. Price usked \ whether or not tin?bank could furnish the I money to buy the cotton. Hope said he I vouldsee. He inquired at the bank, and the (resident said that with proper authority, lie /ould honor drafts on Hubbard, Price & Co. 'rice was informed of this and left for Atantu, with the understanding that he would ie heard from later. Next day he telegraphd to Hope as follows : "Offer you 8j laid down at Norfork, including osts, commissions freight and all expenses, xcept loss in weight and insurance, 300 bales of otton, basis of middling, nothing below inidlling white, nothing above good middling tingd. Ship via Georgia, Carolina and Northern ailroad, and load in cars by Saturday. Mail (ills of lading to Price, Reiu A Co., Norfolk, liitliriliiv niirlit Will now !?? ilmllu ,-kii Vniv > '' ** ?"V i ork or currency shipments from there as you refer. Cost in either case at your expense, iiscretion one-eight, if necessary ; but rely 011 'ou not to abuse it. Order good tomorrow. For eply to reach me, send care Atwood, Violetta '{ Co., New Orleans, at "> o'clock, Wednesday. (I. What did you do with the telegram ? A. ! exhibited it to the president of the Exchange lank and asked him if I should attend thecot011 sale. He told me to go ahead, and if I should my the cotton, he would discount drafts 011 lubbard, Price & Co. Q. Then, what did you do? A. I bought he cotton, shipped it according to instructions ind made drafts on Hubbard, Price & Co. Q. What did you do with the drafts? A. I liscounted them at the Exchange bank. Q. What became of them? All four were liscounted, and two were honored by Hubbard Price A* Co. Two others?one for $77)0 and one for $7,400?were refused. When these drafts A*ere refused, the bank declined to discount any norc. Mr. Hope then went on to tell how, in the Meantime, he was hurrying the cotton forward so as to catch the "ship that was to jailhow the Norfolk house kept the wires hot with urgent messages to rush the cotton ilong, and then told of his efforts to get his money. He sent several telegrams while the cotton was en route ; but the replies were rather iu the nature of complaiuts at the aon-arrival of the cotton. After the cotton t was all in Norfolk, Mr. Hope telegraphed again to know why the drafts had not been honored, and in reply he received the folfowiog: "Can't do it. If we pay your drafts you would owe us too much money." And so, for the time, the matter rested. Hubbard, Price & Co., had their "future" account almost liquidated, and the Ex change bauK was out ?8,150. Uut iMessrs. W. B. McCaw and C. E. Spencer, the bank's lawyers, did not think that the debt was one that the bank should pay, and they proceeded forthwith to make things warm for Hubbard, Price & Co., for breach of promise to accept the drafts. They secured as an associate, J. R. Abney, Esq., of New York, and commenced suit in the United States circuit court for the Southern district of that State. After a great deal of delay, the case was finally heard before Judge Lacombe and a jury. Judge Lacombe, on account of some technicality, directed the jury to find for the defendants. The attorneys for the bank carried the case up to the United States circuit court of appeals. There, Judge Lacombe was reversed, and the case was sent back for a re-hearing. The rehearing was held on last Thursday, and the verdict rendered as already announced. Unless Hubbard, Price & Co., manage to make it convenient to fail just at this juncture, there is now nothing else than that the bank will get its money. LOCAL LACONICS. But a few Were Present. ? There were but a few members of the County Alliance at the quarterly meeting last Friday, and as to whether anything was done, we were unable to learn. The small attendance may have been owing to the bad condition of the roads. Will Elect their Own Chairmen. ? Attorney General Barber has been receiving a great many inquiries as to how the chairmen of the various boards of township commissioners are to be selected. The law, says General Barber, does not provide for the selection of chairmen," and as the governor did not designate them, he thinks that as the best way to settle the matter, L. i j ?i 1j ? euuu uuaru auuuiu seicuu us u\yu Working Like liuvm. ? Mr. N. W. HHTnTr^"TfP*^Tacksburg, was in Yorkvilla yesterday. He said that the Sulphuric Acid company was pushing the work of placing additional machinery; jgith all possible rapidity. President Jon??as engaged the services of Mr. GjJ^Hraof Charleston, one of the foremo^^^^Huc experts of the United States. Received Their CoiiiminHlonx. ? All the newly elected and appointed county and township officers have received their commissions, except Treasurer Neely. The extension of the time for the collection of taxes, also in effect, operates to extend the terms of treasurers, and Treasurer Neely will probably not receive his new commission until sometime in March. Committed to Jail. ? Ben Armstrong, white, was committed to jail by Trial Justice Howe last Tuesday to serve a 20 days sentence for disturbing the peace. Pete Crawford, colored, was sent up by Trial Justice Carroll on Monday to await trial on the charge of burglary and larceny. John Hill, colored, was committed by Trial Justice Johnson on Saturday for the same offense. OiTthe Anxious Bench. ? The governor has withdrawn the comnf rt mimW nf (1 i ? T1P n <5 fl l"V imnntn. UildSIUUO U1 tt UUUIVVt w M71JOIO" bles, including Milling, Thomas, Carson and White in this county. The understanding is that he will probably make at least one or two new appointments soon, and there are quite a number of applicants for the positions. Hereafter most of the constables are to be stationed along the North Carolina line, and, as a matter of course, several will be required in this county. At present, this county has no dispensary constables. How It 1m in Texas. ? In a recent letter to a friend in Yorkville, Mr. Humbert Ferguson, a former citizen of Chester, but now of Weston, Texas, gives the following information that will be of interest to people in this section: "Hogs are selling here for $3.90 a hundrtd gross. Cotton is selling at from 4.25 to 4.73, aftd has not been over 5 cents this season. Not including cultivation, the expenses the cotton raisers are as follows dollars Texas peoplfl^MpTotton under expenses, the\^^^J^this section bad b*' f ter beJookin&f^VbidfMtog else." ; { Work* ? Mr. P; Vt/Lovc left at yHt l-:Jvl' 3w rer office Hiist Wednesday, witti in/t,c" -^1 lions to advertise the same, k f>.vn' i . Arch Masonic emblem, evidently it* ^. ' , a watch guard, which he Jiad fotfd 011 * V\1 the streets of Yorkville. The a^eHiso* r J ment was duly put in type an/ woihi I M ?uve appeared today; but the o*ll V lready been found. On Monda?^U(^e ^ jfl ). Witherspoon came in with infoiiaion that his son, W. I. Withei-P000. liadbst j Royal Arch Masonic embt'1,1> aiJd he witd it advertised. The ust Property its fflj romptly identified anddelivered> an(1 H i why neither adverasenvmt appears. 1 ectns that l>btb losers >'nd finders belie? flfl| hat that most *ja(lstact'ry way of gettitf ?^S| lesired information i- to advertise in Tit aBR Inquirer. \ 'o Organize a 1luil<linyJln<I Loan. ? A mass meetitV ?f citizens of Yorkvill gBJ ras held in the house last Frida, HB ight, to take ste^ booking to the organza ion of a local bu'(^Dg and loan association. inB 'rof. A. R. Ban^ Waa called to the ^^9 tul Major J. F^art explained the ol^fl f the meeting dwelt especially opU'e nwise nolio'^'hvestinc in foreiim ns'C'a. ' , ",'ged that good t>usl , (je lonS;, re(lu'ire if tb? P^ociaoun . iu building and loa home. ired t0 1 should organize ^^uilding ions, t ?|ve(j organi/.e a lo%g C0In_ 1w*9 Association, and the fop)ail an<j od ?a's appointed, to draw /eld next llttc p another meeting, l0;hairmun ; ^?%ht: Maj. J. F.Hohn May, lU^Ioore, Geo. T. Withers |^^^B