Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, February 20, 1895, Image 2
Scraps and ^acts.
? A big meteor sailed over portions of
North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
on Wednesday night of last week, following
the general line of the Southern railway, and
falling, as yet, nobody knows where. Charlotte,
Spartanburg, Tocoa, Gainesville and
Atlanta were lit up as bright as day. People
who saw the meteor say it was as large
as a flour barrel and had the brilliancy of
three or four suns combined. A great many
people along the course of the meteor were
greatly frightened by it.
? Atlanta Constitution : The weather bureau
computes the radius of the blizzard as
fully 1,600 miles, or four times as great as
the blizzard of 18SS. This is a very wide
extent of territory to be covered by a single
storm ; but even this does not tell the whole
story. The effects of the storm and the terribly
cold weather have been felt all over the
country this side of the Rockies, and, simultaneously,
Great Britain and nearly the
entire contiuent of Europe have been visited
with wintry blasts almost unprecedented in
their fury and severity. The inhabitants of
a very large part of the earth's surface can
condole with each other on the weather.
? There are indications of serious trouble
brewing between the Southern Railway company
and its employes. Sometime ago, the
grievance committee of the employes filed
with the compauy a petition asking for a readjustment
of wages on the basis of the scale
obtaining in 1891, before the road went into
the hands of a receiver. Last week Third
Vice President Baldwin answered the petition
in a long pamphlet, in which he set forth that
while the company is now solvent, its earnings
will not justify the requested increase
of wages. He also goes on to argue the
"increased purchasing power of money, etc.,"
and finally suggests the willingness of the
company to "even wages up" on the basis of
the aggregate now paid. That is, where
some employes get more and others less for
the same service, be is willing to strike
an average. The employes have rejected
the proposition of the company, and decided
to submit a counter proposition. It is possible
that the matter may yet develop into
considerable trouble.
? Under date of last Friday, the Washington
correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution
says: "Representative Strait, of South
Carolina, is today very indignant over the
rough treatment accorded his wife and daughter
by one of the executive mansion employ.
.1 i--i :
es-at ioe reception mst evening, givcu iu hjc
army and navy. Mr. Strait states that his
wife and daughter, together with Mrs. Talbert,
and accompanied by a young gentleman,
member of the family, attended the reception.
While standing in line, an attache of
the White House attempted to break through
the line with some ladies. This was resisted
by those who were waiting their turn, and
the employe behaved with great rudeness.
He roughly handled Mrs. Strait and daughter,
and pursued his violence to such an extent
that the ladies sustained a severe nervous
shock and narrowly escaped fainting.
Mr. Strait proposes to have the matter
thoroughly investigated, and says that if lie
can identify the employe who perpetrated
the insult, he will hold him personally responsible.
? Some interesting evidences of the amount
of stationery congressmen draw out of their
legal allowance is shown by the session
accounts that are now being filed in the
clerk's office of the house of representatives.
Each representative and delegate is entitled
to $125 worth of paper, pens, ink, pencils,
etc., every session of congress, and if he j
does not avail himself of the full extent of
this privilege, he can draw the balance iu
cash. This congress members have been
unusually fortunate, as there have been
three separate sessions, entitling them to an
aggregate stationery account of $375, and
, not a baker's dozen have taken out their
full quota of stationery, and the great
majority have drawn but a few dollars'
worth. Oue of the accounts recently filed
showed that he had drawn but three cents
worth of stationery during the session,
another was for 53 cents, while quite a
number were between $1 and $1.50. Each
committee of the house is entitled to a
Amyviinf r\C nnnc< 1 n L' pfp
ct'iiaiu aiuuuijv vi j/tuc, j/vuvho, ?, v?v.,
every session, and members avail themselves
freely of this iu preference to the troublesome
and more expensive mefhod of keeping
a private supply.
? By a vote of five Democrats and one
Republican against four Republicans and one
Democrat, the senate finance committee, on
Tuesday of last week, agreed to report a
free coinage bill that is free from the objections
of those people who are afraid that the
silver producers of the Northwest will get
rich on the seigniorage. It reads as follows:
"That from and after the passage of this act,
the secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized
and directed to receive at any
United States mint, from any citizen of the
United States, silver bullion of standard
fineness and coin the same into silver dollars
of 412J grains each. The seignorage of said
bullion shall belong to the United States
and shall be the difference between the coinage
value thereof and the market price of
the bullion in New York on the day the deposit
is made, and all expenditures for coinage
done under the provisions of this act;
shall be paid out of said seigniorage; and the I
secretary of the treasury shall deliver to the j
depositors of such bullion standard silver!
dollars equal in amount to the price thereof;
as aforesaid, and whenever the said coin j
herein provided for shall be received into the
treasury, certificates may be issued thereon
in the manner now provided by law." It is
possible for this bill to pass the senate; but
should it pass the house also, it will be vetoed
by the president.
? It will be remembered that last week
President Cleveland sent to congress al
message in which he announced that he had 1
arranged to borrow $65,000,000 in gold,'
payable in coin at 3J per cent; but had a !
10 days'.'option during which, if congress was i
willing, he could substitute 3 per cent, gold
bonds. Congress was asked to authorize j
the issue of gold bonds instead of coin bonds.
The ways and means committee introduced
a bill to carry out the president's recommendation.
It was argued on the oue side
that the bill would save the people of the
United States $10,000,000, and on the other
side it was argued that should the bill pass,
it would result in a loss of billions of dollars
to the masses. The debate was most spirited,
and at times it was acrimonious. Mr. J
Bryan, of Nebraska, declared that he considered
the question so serious that if by '
that means he could prevent it, he would !
be willing to lay down his life rnther than
see the bill pass. The bill was finally killed
by a vote of 120 to 1G7. The Populists voted
strictly against the hill, the Democrats gave
a majority of live against it, and the Republicans
gave a majority of 32. Immediately
after the defeat of the bill, the president
proceeded to make arrangements to issue
the coin bonds to the syndicate to which
they had already been sold. It is charged,
and the charge is backed up with a considerable
show of evidence, that the syndicate,
has already made $5,000,000 profit out of
the deal. It will be remembered that the!
public was never given a chance at the i
bonds. They were sold straightout, and
the presumption is that the president is]
trying to recoup for the syndicate losses on
a former deal.
? During a five minutes' speech in the
house last Thursday on the gold coin proposition,
Representative Hatch, of Missouri,
created quite a sensation bv reading a letter
from ex-Governor Proctor Knott, of Kentucky,
to Senator Blackburn. Cleveland's
proposition is characterized as the "last insolent
demand of the goldites." The letter
reads: "They don't seem to want to leave
us a hereafter. Whenever the government
agrees to pay gold, silver is doomed for all
eternity. As old Judge Forbes said to John-'
ny Moore : 'Good bye world : howdy hell ?'
[Laughter and applause.] Great God ! how
rapidly this long suffering people are being
driven to the dreadful alternative of slavery
or internecine strife?to determine whether
they will tamely hold out their hands and
, have the shackles of a remorseless plutocracy
riveted upon their wrists, or fight. Now
mark what I say; if the inexorable law of'
cause and effect has not been expunged
from the statute book of the Almighty, unless
a halt is called 1'. 1). (J., you may expect
to see the horrors of the French devolution
put on the American stage with all the
modern improvements, and that within the
next decade. I remember I was suspected i
by some of my friends of political lunacy in
I860 because I predicted that in the event
of Mr. Lincoln's election there would be1
war between the States. They could not |
see why it ought to be so. Neither could I;
but I knew the causes which were at work
and which would in the long run produce
J that result, and I regarded his election simply
as the spark which would explode the
miue. So when the fierce cloud appeared in
less than one short year which deluged the
[country in blood for nearly a lustrum, some
of those who had thought me a croaker, a
mere dyspeptic pessimist, began to regard
me as Byron did Jeffreys?as a 'd?d discerning
fellow.' I tell you, senator, in all
seriousness, I see far more reason to apprehend
the speedy approach of a terrible revolution
in this country than Lord Chesterfield
saw in France when he wrote his historic
predictions from Paris. Nor am I
alone. That-gentleman Astor, who went to
England sometime ago, bought him a place
on the island and became a British subject,
saw what is coming as plainly as I do, so he
took time by the forelock aud stepped out
when there was not such a rush for staterooms
as there will be after awhile. He
kuew very well that if things should keep
.on as you and I have seen them for some
years past, the time was not far off when
there would be such a crowd of his class of
people hurrying aboard every out-going
steamer he might be shoved off the gangplank."
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flic ilornvtuc tswqiuiTv.
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1895.
? When the fertilizer question came up
before the railroad commission recently,
Mr. Wilborn voted to reduce tbe rate, lie
stood alone on the question ; but he was
right and should have due credit for his
position.
? A conference of leading Reformers and
Conservatives was held in Columbia last
Monday night for the purpose of trying to
reach some agreement by which the two factions
could have representation in the constitutional
convention satisfactory to each.
Mr. Barnwell, of Charleston, Senator Sloan,
of Columbia, Editor Hemphill, Governor
Tillman aud others were in the conference.
The understanding is that some agreement
was reached ; but what it was has not heen
given to the public.
? There is always something good even
in a snow storm or a freeze. Frank L. Stanton,
the gushing poet of The Atlanta Consti-,
tution, sizes up the situation as follows:
This winter's fine and mellow?
The icicles well-dulled,
And we're going to miss the fellow
With his
"Fruit
Crop's
Killed!"
Though the blizzard is a hummer,
And the weather has the pull,
There'll be peaches in the summer
By tho
Basic
et
Full!
? All honor to South Carolina's delegation
in congress, and especially to Congressman
Izlar. The whole delegation voted against
Cleveland's gold bond scheme. The other
members deserve no special credit, for the
reason that each of them had specific instructions
to that effect. Congressman Izlar
represents the district in which Charleston
is located. Heretofore it has been taken us
matter of course that the representative of
that district must be a cuckoo. By his vote
against this iniquitious conspiracy, Congressman
Izlar has shown that he is a patriotic
representative of South Carolina. All honor
to South Carolina's delegation, and especial-J
ly to Congressman Izlar !
? Either way the present financial trouble
may be settled?whether on a gold basis or
otherwise?there will be a speedy improvement
in the condition of the country. Timidity
is possibly not the word ; but oapital is
always calculating, aud millions of dollars of
gold are now being hoarded nnent the posibility
of a premium, and should this premium
develop, of course money of all kinds
will have to come out of its hiding places to
get the fullest advantage of it. But it is,
not altogether a question of improvement in j
the present financial situation. It is a ques- J
tion of an improvement on the proper basis,!
and that means free coinage of silver, j
otherwise genuine bimetnlism.
? On the first page of this issue, we print
another article from Mr. J. T. Iloddey, urging!
the farmers of the South to organize.
Though we are satisfied that Mr. Koddey's
idea is not going to be carried out, the more
we think of it, the more fully we are convinced
that it is the only hope of salvation
for the cotton grower. Reduction of the j
acreage is all right so far as it goes. It is
in nrilin- Id <>ll!lhle t lie fai'lUCI* to '
raise something on which to live; but so
long as the manipulators of the future markets
continue in undisputed control, it cannot
have much influence on prices. The
next crop has already been sold on a basis
of something like five cents, and the only
possible plan by which delivery can be
prevented on that basis, is the organization
of a big cotton trust on the lines laid down
by Mr. lloddey.
? Though ice is at a discount just at this
time, there is reason to believe that such will
not he the case next summer. Right here
is the place for a timely suggestion. Yorkville
has a firstelass system of waterworks
capable of furnishing at least twice as much
water as the town will need for years to
come. The town is located at the intersection
of two railroads, and on these
railroads, within a radius of 50 miles,
are probably two dozen or more ice consuming
towns. If Yorkville hiul
factory, in the matter of convenience an?>
distance, she would have tin aftyantage ovCt"
all competitors in the markets offWed by these
towns. Though we have no definite information,
wc have reason to believe that a
pretty respectable ice manufacturing plant
could be purchased and set in operation with
a capital of $10,000. New manufacturing
enterprises established in the town with a
capital of $10,000 are exempt from municiple
taxation for a period of 10 years. It is
held by some that there is no money in the
ice business, that our water plant is inade- j
. hi I f lllivo l'Alllinil In ln.linvn ]
quiuv, iriv 7 "wv "v **? .vmwvm "vuvivi
that most of this emenates from interested,
bosh. The establishment of an ice factory j
in Yorkville is an enterprise that promises I
big returns to the individuals who will take!
the trouble to investigate the matter, and!
who have the nerve to invest their money.
Now is a good time to commence looking;
into the subject.
?
? A widely published clipping says that a I
recent issue of the C'aloway, Neb., Tribune!
was printed on wall paper and the explana-'
tion of the editor was as follows :
"A ill is bcingscnt here for the farmers, hut we
can't issue on aid Hour and sidemeat, and hav-1
ing run all our white paper through, we are us-1
ing up the wall paper given us, which is about j
exhausted, and only the olliee towel is left which !
has not been washed in seven years. So we ask I
our brother printers to consider our situation, j
with a family to support, with nothing coming
in, and we know their ever generous disposition I
will see some way to contribute a little paper or j
a couple of hours' work to keep my paper going;
for the good it will do the outside world in telling
them how this ntltictcd, drought-stricken j
district is getting along; also to enable us to get
shoes and proper wraps for our wife and four
children. All communications will be cheerful-1
lv answered and any donation will be aeknowl-1
ed in the press, whether for us, or to be divided !
with other printers in this district.
The proprietor of Thk Knqi'ii;r:it first
noticed the above in the Columbia State of
January 31, and on making a canvass of his
stall", raised the sum of So.oO, which he forwarded
to the editor of The Tribune by post
| office order, on February 1. The answer j
j came back last Monday and reads as follows :
1)kaii FitiKMts: Your kind remembrance;
: arrived a lew days ago, and I would have sent
I an answer sooner; but the terrible blizzard of a
i few days ago blockaded the roads and wrecked
j the trains on this road, and no mail has gone j
through for a week. So I write this to thank]
you and those generous friends for their
kind help. If it had not been for a couple ol ]
letters received, we would have been without j
| coal or food during the storm. The thcrniome- |
iter was .18 degrees below zero. My wife joins;
] me in thanking you, and believe me as ever |
grateful, Frank" \V. Coni.ky, Kd. Tribune, j
The above letter was dated February 11
and postmarked "Kearney and California
R. P. (>., February 13." It was written on
; an irregular sized scrap of unruled paper,
, and enclosed in an envelope that was evidently
improvised by Mr. Cotiley himself,
j If the other people of the neighborhood are
I iu as bad a way as Mr. Conley, and we have
no doubt that many of them arc, they are
certainly in need of all the help that can be
furnished.
? ;iSo seriously do I consider the disastrous
effects that would follow the consummation
of this conspiracy, that were it possible for
such a thing to prevent it, I would willingly
lay down iny life!" These, or words to the
same effect, were used by Congressman Wm.
J. Bryan in the discussion of the gold bond
resolution in the house last week. Cheap
grand stand blarney is a common thing
among politicians; but Mr. Bryan is not a
politician. He is great statesman, with a
big heart literally bleeding on account of the
injustice to the masses of the people. Mr.
Bryan believes, and with reason, that the
passage of the resolution to contract the
currency down to half?that is what is
meant?would have entailed more suffering
and misery than all the (ires, cyclones,
pestilences, wars and famines that this country
has ever. seen. We do not doubt that he
meant just what he said. There is moic
than one case 011 record where heroes have
sacrificed their lives for their fellowmen ;
with far less cause.
TI1K FERTILIZER QIKSTIOX.
In another column, we give some of the
points made by I)r. T. C. Robertson 011 the |
justice of a reduction in the fertilizer rates
in this State, and as we understand them,
we give them our full endorsement; but we 1
wish it distinctly understood that it is not
the object of this publication to in any way
influence would-be or would-not-bc pur- ,
chasers of fertilizers.
The question of freight rates is a matter 1
between the farmers and the fertilizer com- i
panics 011 one side, and the railroads 011 the J
other, and the question of prices of fer- 1
tilizers is a matter between the fertilizer !
companies and the farmers. We think ]
that Mr. Robertson has clearly shown
that there exists unjust discrimination 1
[against the dealers in and the users of fer- j
tilizers in this State, and in the correction .<
- - - 1
of this abuse, if abuse it really is, lie is
entitled to the hearty eo-opcration of all
classes of people interested. As to the question
of prices of fertilizers, we have only to
repeat what we have already said. If the
I farmers are unable to see how they can buy
and use fertilizers at a profit at present prices,
thfcy had better let them alone. It is silly
to enter into a transaction .that promises certain
loss, and there is no sense even in swapping
dollars. If the fertilizer companies
can't ntFord to sell their goods at the prices
the farmers are able to pay, they will just
have to keep them or get out of liicdilemma
the best way they can.
A BRAVE SENATOR.
Who Prefers to Standby the People Ituther Than
to Sacrillee Them.
W.J. Bryan In Omaha World-Herald.
In discussing the president's message last
week, Senator Vest, of Missouri, said :
"The Democratic party was overwhelmingly
defeated ; the nightmare of DemocrnllcrVfltplcmacy
disappeared, and we wait :
now, anxiously and painfully, for that era [
of prosperity so often promised to us in the t
last canvass. Mr. President, I believe that t
the single gold standard is a system of op- J
pressiou. I believe that it has destroy- ,
ed confidence in this country. Dold has t
gone up more than 25 per cent, in its pur- ?
chasing power, and everything else, includ- '
ing silver, has gone done. We arc today
on a single gold standard ; and what is the }
result? One chimera after the other has c
been conjured and has then disappeared as *
a cause for the adversity resting upon us. '
Just so long as we have this single gold ,
standard, so long as the inetalic basis is \
narrowed to what it is today, we will have f
the same condition, only increasing from {
year to year. ;
"Am I now, because I am a Democratic i
senator, to be made a parly to a system ,
against which I am irrevocably opposed be- \
cause the president of the United Slates i
takes a different position in regard to that
question? Am I to be accessory to a fiuan- 1
cial system which I believe is for the ah- h
solute oppression of the great mass of the it
1?i.? -j A.?' r , I a
[ll'UJIIU Ul UIU l.'lJlll'll Piilll7? i Jllii i, ?? *?v/ |
ill all my public career denounced that leg- ,,
islalion which gives the national banks the
power to issue money, to be made now accessory
to the perpetuation of that system ?j
"Sir, it is not pleasant to differ with the j
head of my party. I have for months re-1
mained silent, so that it could not be said j
that I had added to the discord which has
existed for so long in the great party of
which I am an humble member. lint we
have come to the parting of the ways. I '
will not go with the president of the United j
States in perpetuation of the single gold
standard, and fastening the national hank
system as hanks of circulation on the people
ot the United States. Therefore, I say, most
respectfully, to the Merchants' Exchange of j
St. Louis, that if they think it necessary to!
the prosperity ofthis country that the presi- j
dent's views shall he endorsed and carried :
into legislation, they must find somebody i
else in this chamber to lie. accessory to that
scheme." j
It will now he in order for government of-!
iieiuls to read Mr. Vest out of the Deniocra-1
tic party. Let him he thrown into the lion's I
den, for he still prays with his face toward ;
Jerusalem. Let him be east into the fiery !
furnace, for, like the Hebrew children, he
refuses to bow down to the golden image
which the president basset. Senator Nest
is a Democrat; lie is not only a Democrat, j
but lie would rather remain a Democrat than
pi*-. Tin i-uclioos may call li'llii
nirayw, the place hunters may pile their i
epithets upon him, the president may withhold
from him his esteemed consideration ; j
hut Senator Vest will find that lie is sup-j
ported hv the commendation ol the rank and j
file of the Democracy of the nation. Plutocracy
may ride upon the Democratic party :
for awhile and direct its course, hut plutocracy
cannot swallow up democracy for the
reason that it isn't large enough to hold the j j
Democratic party. Only a few can he pin-1
tocrats, the masses must he Democratic.1
MKKK MENTION.
The Women's Christian Temperance i
Union of the United States, has gotten up
and will present to congress a temperance ,
- . 1 . ?... o/? i < t. I
petition that is sum 10 ue .1 u mm-.*, m n-ugio.
It contains over 5,000,000 names. A
longshoreman from Savannah, was caught
at New Orleans last week in the act of
putting sticks of phosphorous in bales of cotton
that he was helping to load on a steamer.
He was promptly arrested. This explains
the origin ; but not the motive, of the many
mysterious tires that have occurred on cot-1
ton steamers of late. It is estimated
that the orange industry of Florida has been
set back at least fifteen years by the recent
freezes. Snow fell to a depth of eight
inches in New Orleans last Thursday, and
in Galveston, Texas, it fell to a depth of
seventeen inches. The. last heavy snow in
New Orleans was in 1SKI, and the next one
previous to that was in 1S52 ; hut the snow
of last week beat all previous snows in
depth. Isaae 1*. Gray, ex-governor of
Indiana, and late minister to .Mexico, died
in Mexico last Thursday. In a speech 1
in congress last Thursday, Iteprcsciitaticc!
Cannon, of Illinois, suggested that the president
and secretary of the treasury should be
impeached for malfeasance in ollice.
I lie general executive board of the Knight's
of Labor have decided to retain counsel to
'ight the legality of the present bond issue 1
as unauthorized and illegal. l>ill ('ook,i
a famous bandit, who has for sometime past 1
heen operating in Arkansas, .Missouri and ,
other Western States and Territories, was|
la.st week found guilty in tlie United States
court on a half dozen or more counts, and
sentenced to lifty years in the New York
State penitentiary at Albany. The subtreasnrv
service is badly worried over a $5
counterfeit silver eertilicale of the series of
ISSti. General James X. llelliune, the
original owner of Mind Tom, the musical
prodigy, died in Washington last Wednesday,
aged 1)2 years.
STRAIT'S MAIDKX EFFORT.
The Doughty Doctor Pours it into President
Cleveland.
Dr. Strait has sent Thk Knqpiuku a copy
of his first speech in congress. It was delivered
February 7, on the house bill authorizing
the secretary of the treasury to issue
bonds to maintain the gold reserve, and
made cpiite a hit. Here it is in full:
Mr. Chairman : I have been upon the floor of
this house for nearly two years, and as this is the
first opportunity that I have had to express a
sentiment one way or the other, I would like
to say here today that I am a Democrat of the
South Carolina stripe. 1 stand hereto represent
my district, to represent a people as noble, as
proud, as deserving as any people upon Cod's
earth. 1 stand here, Mr. Chairman, to state that
wcarc in a depressed condition, have been and we
expect to remain so just as long as this kind of
work is carried on. 1 would like to state that I am
very much obliged to the gentleman from Tennessee
[Mr. Patterson] for proposing to act as
sponsor l'or South Carolina, when he stated upon
the tloor of this house that a great reaction was
taking place in the South, and gave Charleston
as an instance of it. Charleston is a little spot
upon the scacoast, and has little to do and little to
say in matters of interest to South Carolina.
Why, 1 hoard upon this floor a sentiment that
seems to be prevailing, that the whole South is
turning over to this gold-standard system. We
have felt the olivets of it for the last thirty years.
It has ground our pcoplcflown almost to thedust.
It has reduced the price of our products until our
people arc almost in a state of starvation ; hut,
thank God, in that country we have, we can live
upon sweet potatoes and rice, and so forth,jund
become purified from theclleclsofgold. [Laughter.]
There was an old negro in my neighborhood
who came to me and said, "Doctor, I am
glad to see you. What is our friend, Marse
G rover, doing upthar? Why, I think he is going
toaccomplish more than all the preachers ol the
world for the last .'5,(100 years. Why, he is purifying
our people. You* know that* the love of
money is the root of all evil, and, my God, he
has placed it out of our reach, so that I have not
seen a dollar of it for six months. Tlmnk.God,
there is no getting it, and I think I may ho saved
in the end." [Laughter.]
I am constrained to think if my friend from
Tennessee (Mr. Patterson) would go down to
South Carolina and travel around, he would open
his eyes and reehange his system, that he would
get on the other side of the "fence and become reconverted
and happy.
Mr. N nod grass?Mr. Chairman, I would like to
ask the gentleman if he does not think he would
lie made to believe that Mahomet would have to
go to the mountain instead of the mountain having
to come to Mahomet?
Mr. Strait?I think he would Vecognize the
fact that he was but a very small bit of humanity,
and that he would get over his passion for the
gold standard.
Now, Mr. Chairman, I have seen sights in this
L'ongross. I have been watching, and I have
been singing the old song, " Watcliing and waiting,"
for two long years. We were promised
upon this floor, and by men who considered
themselves Solomons?men who came from the
great State of New York?who said that all we
needed was to repeal the purchasing clause of the
Sherman act, and we would have such a time of
prosperity in this country as never had been
once its organization. And what comes next ?
Oh, the treasury! The treasury! The treasury
is gone! Mr. Chairman, what need we care
for the treasury so that our people have something,
so that they can live and can raise themselves
above that condition which is dragging
humanity down to tho very earth and imposing
upon the people, as it were, the very effects that
mr forefathers trod through the snow with
...^.,1,1 \V?U|,.
I needing icct 10 prevent; n ii?i < ........
ington Siiy today if ho could cnmo down and
look upon this house? [Laughter.] oh, tears
jigger than mountains would How from his eyes
ind he would almost die of the pangs that would
hercc his heart.
Mr. Livingston?Ho would take a whip and
lrive the money changers out.
Mr. Strait?\\ hat would old Hickory Jackson
[who was horn in my county) say? He would
say, "(Jet out of here!" And lie would throw
nit about half the members of this house and
ay the lash upon the balance. [Laughter.] The
dea of talking about peace and prosperity. < >h,
f New York had her way, she would tix the
natter all right, sure enough ! She would stand
lere and dictate to the people with her sordid
.'old. The question for us to consider now is
ivhcther man is greater than gold. [Applause.]
There was a time when man was, in this
ountrv, equal at least to gold ; but in this day
>f evolution, when great statesmen, like our
riends from New York, by sleight-of-hand, can
naterializo and vitalize any sordid object and
dace it over mankind, we are forced to admit in
his day gold is greater than man. Hecausc
rover says so.*[Cheers.]
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.
When we realize the fact that the whole availtlilc
gold for money in the world could be stack>d
into a space 22 feet square and 22 feet high
not much more space than "( Jrover" and his
abiuet could stand on) about two and a half
lobars per capita for every man, woman and
hild in the world, we know that that would not
ie anything like suflieient to supply the modioli
of exchange. So our prices must run down
o virtually nothing that these great fortunes
nay be amassed by the few.
in. CI.KVKI.AN1>, YOU. KNOW, IS A (iOI.IUU'U.
JIc has repeatedly urged the laboring men to
iractice frugality?contends that a dollar will
my more today than ever before, which fact no
me denies ; hut where are they to get the dollar
vlien there is so great stagnation in every Inisiless,
with a shrinkage of money and 11101103*
allies and a corresponding decrease in the dcnand
for labor, which prevents men from in esting
in and improvement of property of a
eal character, which may be bought today and
11 a year's time is liable to depreciate inorethan
he interest would accrue. It is very won n?r
dr. Cleveland to preach frugality to the luborng
men while his salary and other incomes are
oing doubled hy such a process as is above
tatcil. [Cheers.] And it seems that he wishes
he people to be a little more frugal that they
nay continue as slaves to the'"lords." [Cheers.]
Now Mr. Chairman, let us examine the conlit
ion a little further.
Why the demand for this gold-bond issue?
t is this : The bonds now outstanding arc nonaxable,
interest payable semi-annually in coin,
.lid the bond itself convertible into coin. The
Hind holders, fearing that the government may
hange hands, tire determined to urge their
lear friend "tirover" to bring all the pressure,
>y force of patronage or otherwise, upon the
netnbersof both houses to pass a bill to their
iking, which, lasting for ah years, would piace
hem on :i solid gold basis, which bill proposes
o retire thegrcenback money, which is taxable,
0 be replaced by gold bonds, non-interest liearng
and nontaxtible, with complete control of
he entire banking business placed in the hands
if these bondholders to expand and contract at
vill, and to continue the nefarious leeching
irocess which they have been practicing sueessfully
so long upon the people. [Cheers.]
We have repeatedly asserted that there area
avorcd few?some by preconcerted action and
1 very lew bychance'or luck?the sharks who
at behind the homhpronfs and hid in the comuissary
or like places, and that class who hired
ubstitutes to take their places in the ranks of
he army. These same men, Mr. Chairman,
laving grown rich upon the necessities of the
fovernincnt, now conspire together to bring
Jiont such legislation bv issuing bonds to take
he place of the greenback money that had sored
their purposes so well, which bonds were
old for greenbacks worth only about tin cents
m thedollar, produced by the ellects of the exoption
clause in the law that prohibited them
'roiii being received for import duties, and
vliich caused a great contraction of the currency.
These same bonds were to lie redeemed in
awful money. The next step that the gohluigs
took was to make these bonds the basis of
ill banking business, not only of deposit, but of
ssue. Not being satisfied with lliis, theygooiie
top further?they get a law enacted making
he redemption and the interest (hereon payable
n coin, and still they were not satisfied; but in
So! they succeeded in having silver dcnioiiCized.
'I'llis virtually made these lawful-money
muds and interest payable in gold bv IheeojW
miction el Hie law by the various secretaries?
he treasury.
Now, Mr. Chairman, it seems that these men !
ire fearful that the people are about to rise in
heir might and recapture the government, aim
lave the laws justly and legally administered.
\nd the "goldbugs" desire while their devoted
rieinl ami ally, "t rover," reigns, to (jet the
natter settled hv giving a gold bond issue of
iiough to enslave the eonntry for the next titty
ears.
Now, Mr. Chairman, no vote of mine shall
ver sanction such a hill when its whole purpose
s to crush the peope, for?
Princes ami lords may nourish or made fade,?
A lirealli can make iliein, as a hrealli has made);
lint a hold peasantry, their country's pride,
When once destmy'd, can never lie supplied.
| Prolonged cheers.]
'<>>1 polled Three Weeks.
? The following, which appeared in tlie i
laily papers of last Monday over the signa-1
tire of Thomas .1. Kirklaml, secretary of the
xeeutive eoininiltec of the "Forty," will
louhtless he read with interest : l,I am anil
orized by a majority of the executive eomuitlee
of the ''Forty" to give notice that the
late of the conference in Columbia is post-1
Mined from March (ill) to 1'Tllt proximo.'
fhe extreme weather of the past two weeks '
las so impeded eommuiiieation that more
ime is required for some of the counties to J
ict. Let those counties where calls have I
icen issued proceed without change of programme.
Other counties may hold the pro- J
msed meeting at such time prior to MarclO
!7tl>. as they respectively lind most eonvenent.
l'apers througlmtii the State are re-J
peel fully urged to rejirodttee this article. i
lispenser Sliort.
? 11. O. Mvans, dispenser at St. Matthews,
u Orangeburg county, is short in hisae-j
tounts to the ainount of something like
; and alter recovering from the dispell- j
;er's hondsmen, it is the purpose of Cover- j
tor Fviitts to prosecute thedeliiujiietil to the
'till extent of the law.
rritcU Farmers Itnined.
? The freeze of last Wednesday came 011 j
lie Charleston truck farmers without any j
varning from the weather bureau, and literilfy
cleaned them up. They lost cveryhingand
will have to make a new start.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
I\|)i:x TO XEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Crist Cousins?Talk about Ho.val baking powder,
Huston baked beans, eanned tomatoes, encumber
piekles, Hour, drugs, medicines
and hardware.
j \V. ('. Cist?Mas pickles, prunes, mince meat,
grated eocoanut, raisinsat in cents a pound,
collee, teas, spiees, etc.
; The Koek Hill Huggy Company?Is proud of
the character of the buggies and plnetons
they oiler for sale, and if you want anything
of the kind, they wish you to call on
Mr. Sam M. Crist, their agent in Yorkville.
II. C.Strauss?TeNs you about the Douglas shoes
and proposes if he hasn't got what you
want in this lino, he will get it for you.
!'. H. Richards?Civos some points in connection
with his proposed visit to Yorkville as
a photographer.
Inman brothers?'Talk about some stylish clothing
recently purchased, underwear, neckwear
and banister's shoes.
James M. Starr?Root-tea-na, which is to cost
81, and is guaranteed to cure or money refunded
; garden seeds and stationery, kerosene
oil, etc.
\V. Drown Wylie, C. C .('. l'ls.?Notice to creditors
of W. A. Dailcs, deceased.
I'. A. Abernathy?'Wants to supply you with a
hot water boiler and range.
IXTERESTIXR LECTURES.
There arc to be some interesting lectures
at the Presbyterian church, next Sunday,
' * .n.% 1 1 _
that will De somewnai out 01 uic usuai uruer
of things. They arc to be delivered by Mr.
Toji Takada, of Japan, and one will be in the
morning and the other at a union service to
he held on Sunday night.
Mr. Toji Takada first came to this country
some time ago 011 some important mission
for the Japanese government. Afterward
he decided to study for the ministry, and
now he is a student in the Theological Seminary
at Columbia. We are informed that
lie is a very able man, quite a good talker,
and we arc sure that he will make it interesting
for the big crowd of people that is
likely to go out to hear him.
MARCH WRATHIOIt.
Our Chester weather prophet missed February
weather pretty badly, lie writes that
the eold and snow came 200 miles further
south than he had calculated on. He herewith
gives his prognostications for March,
and expresses the hope that the weather
will not be as bad as he predicts; but, at
the same time, confesses that the signs on
which he bases his judgment oflcr lint little
encouragement to his hopes:
"From March 1st to 4th, will be rongb
weather. If the wind is from the north or
northeast, there will be sleet anil snow, or
a rain and .freeze. From the 5th to the Sth
will he clear, with winds from the west.
The Olh and 10th will be pretty clear and
cold. From the 11th to the 13th, will he
stormy with cold wind and rains, if the
wind is from the east or northeast. If the
wind is from the south or southwest, it is
likely that there will be thunder. From
the 13th to the lfilh will be more pleasant.
From the 17th to the 20th there will he had
weather generally, including sleet and snow,
Willi ? ?!? <nw1 n fp/i/iv/i Fmm the 21st to
the 2Slh will he clear ami windy. From (lie
2S(li to the :51st promises snow or cold rain."
church notices.
Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor.
Yorkvh.i.i:?Sunday-school at 10 a. in.
Services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7.110
o'clock.
Presbyterian?Rev. W. O. Neville, pastor.
Services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
and in the evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sundayschool
at 3 o'clock, p. in. Prayer-meeting
tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Episcopal?Rev. Robert A. Lee, minister.
Morning service on Sunday next, with Holy
Communion by Rev. Wilmot S. Holmes, at
11 o'clock. Evening service at 7..'50 o'clock.
Sundayschool at .'5.30 in the afternoon.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A.
Weber, pastor. Sunday-school at 3 p. m.
Services next Sunday morning at 11 and
evening at 7.30 o'clock. Prayer-meeting
this evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev.
Boycc II. (trier, pastor. Yorkvii.i.f.?Sunday-school
at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Prayermeeting
this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Tllt/.Ali?
Services on Sunday morning at 11
o'clock.
road oyerseeks.
Supervisor Stephenson was in his olfice
yesterday, making out commissions for the
road overseers that have recently been recommended
by the respective township boards.
So far, complete lists of recommendations
have only been made in Kbenczcr and Fort
Mill townships. Broad ltiver township is
only partially complete. Supervisor Stcphson
has issued commissions to the following:
Kbeiiozer? NY. NY. Anticr. K. 1'. Steele, J.
Hope, .1. H. Youngblood, NY. K. Uettys, T. M.
< tales, .1. S. F. Faris, H. A. Smitli, .1. NY. Lilly,
S. S. Faris, A. Hutchison, 10. II. Harrison,
J. M. Taylor, Charley Starr, It. M. Anderson,
Charley Hope, .1. NY. Morrison, Walter Nturgis,
11. Ij. Carotners, Sam Hutchison.
Fort Slill?J. II. MeMurniy, Dallas Kimbrell,
J. I*. Crowder, II. F. Withers, Sylvester Coltliari),
NY. II. NYarren, NYm. Adkins, D. K. Kimbrcll.Satn
Armstrong, D. A. Lee, Hob Dennett,
II. NY. liutl'man, Joseph tl't'onnell, W. 10.
Spralt, NY. .1. Kimbrell, Lowry Patterson, W.
II. Crook, L. S. S'evins, NY. II. NYindlc, S. 11.
Fpps, Jr., J. I. Spinks, 10. NY. Dlankensliip,
I \\ illiaui Johnson, l\ F. Davis, /.. D. Boyd, J.
L. Kimhrell, C. F. Dlankensliip.
j Droad Hiver?J. H. Mitchell, John MrKeown,
J.J. Uobinson, NY. S. Jones, K. M. Dratton, J.
NY. Leech, J. 1\ Hamsev, NY. M. McHill, It. M.
NYhitesides, J. X. Mctii'lI, NY. M. While, 10. D.
Darwin, .J. C. Latiniore, James Hardin.
The names of the overseers in the other
townships will be published as soon as we
get the necessary information.
AS TO KIOOISTi;ATION.
j The following was received by Til 10 10nQl'iltioit
on Monday, from X. W. Hardin,
I Ks(|., of Blaclcsbiirg :
(?ur people want you to publish in your paper
the new registration law, regulating the election
of delegates to the constitutional convention.
As yet there has been no ollicial publication
of the acts of the recent session of the
legislature, and we are unable to comply
I with Mr. Hardin's ropiest as we desire,
j The following, however is, from a correct
synopsis of I he law, as published iu Till-:
| Kni21'h:i:i: on January - :
Section f> and 7 relate to registration. In all
counties of the State the respective supervisors
of registration are retptired to open their books
| on the 1st day of March ami keep them open for I
fcnsooutive days, Irom It) a. in. to 4 p. in., in
all toe counties except Charleston, Beaufort and
Hiehland. In these counties the books tire to be
kept open the same number of days, but the
hours are to be from It) a. in., toll p.m. Alter
the expiration of the in days herein provided,
the books of the supervisors must also be opened
on tin* first Monday in each month until and including
the tirst Monday in .Inly, for tln> registration
of such voters as may subsequently heroine
entitled to certificates. Kvcrv male citizen
of the State :il years of age, and not subject
to constitutional disabilities, will be entitled to
j register during the lo days named above, but
as to whether other than those who afterwaid j
become of age will be entitled to register on the
j regular registration days following, seems to be t
a question of construction of the law. Not only I
are unregistered- citizens allowed to register!
[ during the l'l days, but those citizens already
registered are entitled to have their certificates |
changed or renewed in such a manner as to
guarantee the right to vote.
i- kkk;ht ox pkhtimxkks.
The pressure that the farmers have'
brought to bear on the fertilizer companies
for a reduction in prices, has caused the
fertilizer companies to bring to bear pros-1
sure on the railroad commission for a reduc-,
i lion of freight rates. There is no reason to
'doubt that the fanners have a just cause, I
and a recent letter of Dr. T. C. Robertson,!
of the (ilobe Phosphate company, to the:
railroad commission, proves llmt the fertilizer
companies, especially of Columbia, also
have a pretty clear case. The letter is too ;
long for publication in full; but a brief,
statement of the. facts] presented will give
an idea of the argument. Dr. Robertson |
makes the following points :
1. The price of a ton of acid is exactly!
the same as a ton of cotton seed. The acid
takes up much less space in the car, yet j
the freight rate on cotton seed is just half!
the rate on acid. Why can't fertilizers be
handled as cheaply as cottonseed?
The local freight rate in (leorgia 011 fertilizers,
fixed by the railroad commission,
averages $1.40 a ton. In Virginia, the rate
was fixed by the railroads themselves, and
i the average is $1.50 a ton. In South Caroj
lina, the rate is the creation of the railroad
; commission, and is $1.08 per ton. The
! Virginia rate is 02 per cent, and the Georgia
rale is 41 per cent., less limn the South
| Carolina rate. Why can't (lie South Carolina
railroads haul fertilizers, if not as cheaply
as Georgia railroads, at least as cheaply
as Virgi nia railroads?
0. The railroads will haul a ton of fertilizer
from Columbia to Albany, Georgia,
for $2.51), or to Selma, Ala., for $0.00 ; yet
they charge $0.40 per ton to Glenn Springs.
How can the roads nlFord to haul fertilizer
to distant points in other States and deliver
them at a much less rate than at points
I iney nave 10 pass in men u?u omit- .
Dr. Robertson makes several other strong
(points; but these seem to he sufficient.
They clearly show unjust discrimination
against South Carolina farmers in the matter
of freight rates on fertilizers, and it seems
to be the duty of the railroad commission to
look into the matter and straighten it out at
once.
about people:.
Mr. R. A. Parish is quite ill.
Mr. If. I. McCaw, goqrt stenographer for
the Sixth circuit, left last Saturday to be
present at the convening of the court of
general sessions for Fairfield county on last
Monday.
Mr. John St. John ami family, for the
past three years residents of Yorkville, have
moved to Olney, III. During his residence
here, Mr. St. John has been employed by
the Carolina Buggy company, and was considered
a splendid workman. He and his
family have made many friends here who
will miss them greatly.
roll of honor.
The following is the roll of honor of the
Yorkville (traded school (white) for the
month ending February 15, 1S95 :
First Grade?Bedford Moore, U8J; tilenn Allison,
98$; (teorge Cartwright, US ; Josie Carroll,
US; Mamie Lee Crist, US; Willie Hope, !'S; Mary
Dobson, US; Mary Favsxoux, !?i; Arthur Summit,90;
I)eLeon Walker, U4; Marcus Dickson,
U4; (tcorgia Summit, U1; Craton Moore, 90.
Second (trade?Philip Hunter, 99); Keeno Dobson,
09); Kate Hunter, 00); Raymond McClain,
00); Josie Dates, UUJ; Herald Lowry, 99); Bessie
(Jilbert, 99.}; (tnice Langston, 991 ; Eunice Grist,
US; Frankio Clawson, US; Harry C'lawson, US;
Klise Latimer, US; Willie Waters, U7; John
Dobson, U7; Mary Lee Alexander, U7 ; Carrie
Beard,90; Roe Willis, !M>; Bessie Summit, U.">;
Mary Lou McClain,U't; John Wallace, UJ; Kittie
Parker, UO.
Third tirade?Hazel Grist, 90; Hamlet Carroll,
04; Joe Alexander, 9.1; Lucy Mallard, 00.
I.Yinrtli (Jt-irln?I.nrji Luiurxton.07: Milton Tid
dy, !?i; Mortie Smith, !>">; Nannie Grist, Josie
Camp, !?5; Louelln Smith, !)"?; Willie ('amp, !? '{;
.lolm Oates, !f2; Sadie Waters, 02; Joe Walker, hi;
Jennie Tiddy, 00; Robert Jenkins, 00.
Pitill (trade? Barron Kennedy, 07 2-7; Josie
Hiekson, OtlO-7; llallie Withers, ho 4-7; Gladys
Withers, 04 0-7; Louise Lowry, 01 2-7; Maude
Parish, 0J .'5-7; Mason MeConnell, 0.12-7; Lizzie
Hunter, 0.'51-7 ; Lindsay Hope, 024; Wilma
O'Parrel I, 02 .1-7. .
Sixth tirade?MolVatt Kennedy, 05 4-7; Kthel
Latimer, 00 1-7; Virginia Watson, !V?.'!-7; T. C.
Ihmlap, 0">; Ituhy Hiekson, 04 4-7; Mary llarron,
0-12-7; Lee 11art, 01; Trimmer DcGrartbnreal.04;
llarrvSpann, 02 1-7; Mildred Krwin,
01 2-7.
TUB IIIIIDH AUK STARVING.
Mr. Hugh Wallace, who lives on Buckhorn
creek, six miles northwest of VorTcville,
was in town last Monday, and related an
incident that may he taken as a fair indication
of the condition of the partridges all
over this section.
''As I came along this morning," said Mr.
Wallace, "I noticed a dead partridge lying
in the snow on the side of the road. A few
yards further on I saw another and another,
until I counted four. Then T saw a lot of
tracks, and following them up, I found a
covey of ahout 20 birds all huddled together.
The birds tried to fly ; but they could
scarcely jump out of the snow."
On hearing of the above incident, Mr. I?.
J. Herndon, procured for Mr. Wallace a
small quantity of meal, and Mr. Wallace
promised to hunt' up the birds on his way
I home and give it to them.
Mr. Zan Carroll, of the Beth-Shiloh neighborhood,
reports the following;
"Birds of all kinds are starving by the
hundreds. "While out rabbit hunting a few
days ago, I sA'w large numbers of these little
snow birds lying dead along the ditch and
branch banks. When I went home, 1
thought it would be a good idea to throw
out a little meal, and the birds carao for it
in perfect swarms. I could not begin to
feed them all, and I had to quit."
MORE EVIDENCE.
JefFCrawford, the murderer of Pink Blackburn,
was fairly and squarely proved guilty
before he was convicted. The evidence, it
is true, was purely circumstantial; but all
doubts were subsequently cleared up by his
confession to the lynching party that disposed
of him while bis case was pending
in the suprome court. Had he not confessed,
however, it seems that the following, which
was sent to us last week by our Warrens'
correspondent too late for publication, would
definitely settle remaining uncertainties:
"Mr. W. f?. Duncan, while out hunting last
Tuesday, found the pants that Jeff Crawford
wore the night he murdered D. 1'. Blackburn.
Thev were hid beside an old stump near the
spot where Mr. It. I,. Tsom swore to have seen
Jell'on the night of the murder. Although exposed
to the weather for over a year, the blood
011 them was quite plain."
It will be remembered that at the trial, a
successful effort was made to prove that no
blood could be found on any garment that
could he identified as belonging to Jeff
Crawford. There was an abundance of
other evidence, however, sufficient to the
occasion, and the blood business has been
left for subsequent developments.
Another correspondent, writing from
MeConnellsville, under date of February Id
says :
Mr. Fd Warlic informs me that about ten
days ago, while out hunting, Messrs. W. <!.
Duncan and Will and Walter Xeely, found an
old pair of pantaloons lying beside a stump,
about |ih) yards from the cabin in which Jell'
Crawford used to live. The front potion ofthe
pants were covered with blood. The Xeely
boys had Jell'Crawford picking cotton for them
a few weeks before the murder, and they easily
indentilicd the pants as having been worn by
l?v him at the time.
?
RICi SNOWS OF THE PAST.
With a big snow on the heels of an almost
unprecedented freeze, and the woodpile getting
low, many people arc inclined to declare,
without reservation, that the present
spell of weather is the worst that has ever
visited this section. Hut such is not the
ease. There have hcen lots of big snows,
and many of the old people and some of the
younger ones, remember freezes and snows
that were just as had in their time as this.
Mr. S. A. MeKlwee, of Vorkville, probably
keeps up better with the weather than anybody
else in this section, and a reporter of
Tin: Kxijt'ikkk asked him a day or two ago
for his recollect ions, especially of big snows. |
lie started hack with the date of his birth;:
hut took eare to say that was a matter of
hearsay?not recollection.
' Well," said Mr. MeKlwee, after he had j
gotten his thinking cap properly adjusted,
'the first big snow I will tell you about fell
on the ISth of February, 1S:5(!. That was
the night I was born. My mother often j
told me about it afterward. The snow fell j
to a depth of 15 inches and remained on the |
ground for the balance of the month.
"The next big snow was in April, ISlik j
It was on the 15th of April. The corn had
been planted and worked over one time, it (
was not killed, however. On the contrary, i
it came out, and that fall there was an unusually
large crop.
"It began snowing in January, 1S52, and
although I don't remember bow deep it'
was, it remained on the ground for fully six
weeks. That was the year that Dr. Hunter,
lather of Mr. J. J. Hunter, of Vorkville, was
killed. He was a one-legged man, and
while riding in the snow in the vicinity of
Clover, his horse slipped, threw him on the
ice and killed him.
"A big snow fell on the morning of the
first Sunday in January, 1850 or 1S57?I j
Jdon't remember which. After that, it con- j ^
tinned to snow every Sunday for three p
weeks. The snows averaged about 10 inches j s<
each, and as each one froze shortly after it a
fell, by thrusting down a walking stick, a
j you could distinguish each one of them, n
There was snow on the ground for more 1!
' than eight weeks. There was not a particle j u
of rain during the whole time, and thejg
weather was intensely eold. I remember p
j that Catawba river froze over, and Sam b
i Youngblood, who was afterwards killed in , p
! the war, walked across it at Wright's ferry? , c
' something that had never been beard of,
before, and that has never been heard of; tl
! since. h
"The last big snow worth mentioning, was I"
'in the winter after Hampton was elected? il
I February, 1877, There were two or three v
snows?one on top of the other; but just. o
, bow deej) they were I do not know. It was I e
j haul on the poor people and the birds, and,11
there was a great deal of distress generally.!
A little incident occurred that year that* I j n
shall never forget. On the ISth of February, ''
J a Negro man who was working for me came ;''
j to my house and told me that he was going j *
i to sow a bushel of wheat. I told mm mat v
lit was worse than useless. He had better J1
| give it to his chickens ; hut lie said lie had 11
already soaked it in hluestone, and I told 0
; him to go ahead and sow it. lie sowed the
! one bushel and made 22 bushels." !.
j The reporter asked several other gentle-!.
I men about big snows; but could not find | (
many who could give particulars. Mr. (J.
; L. McXccl remembers very well the snow of ^
April, 1849, and says that people built fires j.
i in the field to keep warm by while they were
I planting cotton. !
MERCY, MERCY ! 1
A reporter for Thk Enquirer was on
| yesterday shown the following from a young e
lady in Yorkville : s
Youkvii.i.k, S. ('., February 18, lsfl">. n
[No. ao.l o
A medical institute at Kanesville, Kane county.
Illinois, lias ottered to treat a young lady, s
who has been a cripple since she was five years |i
old, if she would collect one million cancelled
stamps. This is the object for which aid .is s
asked. ti
Please make tii kkk copies of this letter, as I
have done, change the number at the top, sign s
your name, and return this letter with ten j]
or more cancelled stamps to .Miss Edna Brown,
Kanesville, Kane county, 111. Also give Miss *
15rown the names of the parties to whom you
end your letters, and ask them to do likewise.
Any one failing to do as requested, will cause
thoentire prize to be lost. Should you not feel d
inclined to make the three copies, please return ?
this letter to Miss Brown, in order that she may
I know that the chain has been broken and that e
| her opportunity to secure treatment has beet: jj
I taken away.
I The persons receiving No. ?() will please sign j e
their names, enclose stamps, ami send to Miss j
j Brown. That will he the etui of tho chain.
Change the number at the top to tho next high- I
est. Respectfully, Miss ^
The object sought above is so worthy and
the favor asked is so small, that the plea ^
seems to be irresistible. And so it has
proved, for already millions of people liave
sent the cancelled stamps and written the
letters as requested. Kanesville is a small t,
town in Illinois, with a population of less |
than 400. The lirst letter of the "chain "L
was written about six months ago. Within | ^
three month, letters began pouring into the s
postolfiee by the sack full. Then it came to
the car load. The government had to put!
on extra railway clerks to handle them, and i j
the people of the town lent their help in L
opening them until it grew monotonous. f
Some of the letters contained ten canceled ,
stamps, and others contained whole sheets |
that had been bought from the postofllce and
cancelled for the special purpose. The mil- i
[lion stamps has been secured, and other ^
millions arc piling on top of them : but they j j
are of no value. There is a Miss Edna
Brown, according to recent investigation,!
j and she is a cripple; but she never had any ;
such offer as that indicated, and where the I
"chain letter" originated nobody knows. ,
So far, however, it is estimated that the j
[young lady has received nearly ten millions
of letters.
The algebra class will please step up. f
The chain letter business involves geometric
cal progression. Suppose the chain should
uot be broken ; how many stamps would
the young lady receive ? The lirst letter
written causes three, and that makes nine. u
The next is twenty-seven. Keep on multi- ,,
plying by three, and when you have made r
your fiftieth multiplication, here are the g
figures by which you will be confronted : j,
2,737,541,403,544,798,001),515,147. Bead as c
follows: Two septillions, seven hundred ja
and thirty-seven sextillions, five hundred r
and forty-one quintillions, four hundred and t
sixty-three quadrillions, five hundred and ^
forty-four trillions, seven hundred and niuc-L]
tv.?i<rht. billions, nine millions five hun-L
J - ? ?r
j dred and fifteen thousand one hundred and [,
J forty-seven. There haven't been enough I
j people since the time of Adam to write so | <j
j many letters; hut if there had been, and h
leach one had enclosed ten cancelled postage!;
'stamps, worth nothing except for old paper, Ic
the young lady would have enough of that t
material to supply the demands of thejc
world for the next million years. j (
Perhaps, at this moment, there are hun- L
dreds of these chain letters circulating in j
York county. People who may have re-1,
jccived them, will answer them or not as [
they see lit. <>
LOCAL LACONICS. s
: Ordered llie Material. 1
j ?The town council has ordered the nccesj
sary pipe and hydrants to extend the water (
j main from Congress street, around on Cleve- |
I land avenue. ,,
| Colonel IV. >1. linu liiisim. j,
? Adjutant and Inspector (ieneral Watts j
has announced the apjiointceson the govern- j |
or's stall*. York is honored in the person off
Mr. W. J. Kawlinson, of Koek Hill, who is |
appointed as lieutenant-colonel. | j,
They Otter Pounds.
? Blackjack farmers who use kainit al- j j.
most exclusively, held a meeting February I
it and passed a resolution agreeing to buy ;
their fertilizer 011 a cotton option, 011 a basis |
of 250 pounds of middling for a ton of kainit. j
Postponed. I
? Willi about six inches of snow on thej
ground and the Hakes still falling thick and j
fast, it was impossible to get a big audience j j
j out to the spelling bee announced for last
Friday night, and the entertainment was L
postponed. |
Thursday "iSlh, tin* I.ast Day. j
? Up to last Monday night, Treasurer
I Xeely had collected ?48,450.37 State, county,
school and railroad taxes, out of a total
hook of ?{13,5)27.DO. Out of a total of 11,500 1 S
\
receipts, he has issued 5,305. Thursday, ,
February -S? the last day in which taxes T
may he paid without penalty. j
i They Killed Ten Kubliits. >
? Messrs. If. ('. Strauss and F. A. (filbert L
and Hev. W. A. Pitts, went rabbit hunting
last Wednesday and got It). It is a common J
thing for Mr. Strauss and Hev. Mr. Pitts to
go hunting ; but to see Mr. (filbert with a
gun is something unusual. He got one rah-j
hit, however. Mr. Strauss says he shot it!
in its bed.
The Street is Too Narrow.
? The town council has been petitioned
for a franchise to put down and operate a e
railway through Congress and other streets a
by steam, horse or electric power, etc. The *
petition is signed by Mr. II. II. Heart]. | ^
Just what it means, we are unable to learn ;' v
but the council is not disposed to take any *
decided action until it can get more definite c
information. c
Yorkvilh' Negri* in Troiihle. C
? (Ireenville News, Sunday : Peter Shipp, J t
a colored brother who is a chronic witness | h
in the I'nitcd States court, is in very seri- u
ous trouble. On Thursday he was hanging s
around the United Stales marshal's office i:
when Monroe Watson was called up to get
the pay due him as a witness?$11.30. Mon- j o
roe is from York, and Peter bails from the t
same county. Possibly, for that reason, Pe- 1
ter promptly stepped up and collected Mon- o
roe's Si 1.30, making his mark for it. When j t
lottroe, later on, arrived to claim liis comensalion,
lie was much diseomlitted and
omewhat astonished to learn that he had
1 ready been paid. The result of the transetion
was that Peter was arrested and araigncd
yesterday before Commissioner
killer. After a hearing he was coinlitted
to jail with every prospect of littering
there until August. Peter is a
rofessional witness and was hatred as far
aek as Judge Sinionton's time: but has
eccnlly begun to re-appear.
allH it IiIh ".fuck."
? Mr. J. Kd Jelferys has a mascot. It is ^
he left hind foot of a rabbit, guaranteed to
;ive been caught in tiie graveyard on a
Yiday afternoon just at sundown. He calls
i. his "jack," and to add to its potency in
raiding oil' evil and bringing only the best
f good luck, be keeps it in an angle of
arvcd Masonic emblems.
tail the Hollow Heuil.
? "In our neighborhood," says a gentle
nan from Warren's, "when a cow gets sick,
er horns are immediately bored for the
liollow born.' One man recently bad a cow
o take sick that was, unfortunately for the
ow, a 'nioolev.' So he decided that she ?
11 ust have the hollow head, and he bored
nto her head. She failed to survive the
operation."
'IiIh Ih the Penalty.
? The question as to what is the forfeit
11 the event a citizen refuses to serve on a
ury, was under discussion a day or two
go. The printed statement on the sumnons
usually served by the sheriff1 reads as .
allows: "Herein fail not, on pain of forsiting
a sum not exceeding $20 and seven
er centum on the amount of your general
ax for the lust year." I
he Griffith Medal. 9
? Prof. W. \V. Dixon, instructor of math- 'M
matics at the Baptist High school, has 1
liown The Enquirer a beautiful gold 1
aedal that is to be awarded as the result j
>f the examination tomorrow. The obverse '
ide is engraved : "Y. B. H. S.?It. 11. Grif- j
itb, First President, 1S04," and the reverse
ide is engraved: "Excellence in Mathenatics."
The medal is one that is worth
triviug for, and it will surely prove an
lonor to the wearer.
tot Surpri.-dnj*.
? Mr. Brooks Itiman, of Inmau Brothers,
vas in Yorkville, from Gastonia last Saturlay,
and in answer to a questio'n told the
eporter that the Gastonia, branch of the
stablishment was doing much better than
ic anticipated when he first decided to
ngagc in the business at that place. The Inouirer
is not at all surnrised. Inman i
irotJioirf understand their business, know J
iow to advertise, also to furnish the people
rliut they want at fetching prices, and wo
elicvc they can conduct a live business
nywhero.
'Iiinks There liu* Ileen Little I):un:tj;r.
? Mr. S. A. McElwee, who has had long
xperience in such matters, thinks that there ^
ins been but little damage to the oat crop
m account of the recent severe weather.
The conditions that kill wheat and oats,"
ays he,"'.'are alternate freezes and thaws,
vhich lifts the growing grain ont by the
ools and leaves it lying on the surface,
have not seen anything of that kind yet,
md have reason to believe that the grain
top is still safe. No matter how cold it
night be, straight even weather is not likey
to kill grain."
lore Winter Turiiljis. shL
? Mr. James Mallard has the thanks of
run Enquiukk for some fine turnips that
te has mauaged to keep safely over the reent
cold snaps. The tnmips were kept in
icellar and covered over with a few bundles
if fodder when the weather began to turn
old. Mr. Mallard was raised in the niounains
of North-Carolina, where the people
lave alwayslnade a study of the best mefTi-" ~ "l*a,p
ids of keeping summer vegetables through
he winter, and of course understands the
aatter to perfection. As the result, of
ourse, very little garden truck ever gets a
hance to go to waste around his house.
iurnliiK of Tirzali Academy.
? ltock Hill Herald, 13lb : The Tirzali
icademy was burned Friday night about
nidnight, together with all the school furliture.
The building is valued at about _
;300; no insurance. The cause is not known ;
nit as there had been no fire or school
xercises in the building since Thursday *
n J
fternoon, it is believed that tramps took
cfugc there to get out of the bitter cold and
hat they kindled a fire in the stove, and
;oing to sleep, the building caught and was
lestroyed. The board of trustees will take
tops to rebuild at once.
Ii'lp for Nctiranku.
? Rev. W. O. Neville received 011 yesterlav
a check for $2.50 from llev. I)r. J. H. - ?fi
rhornwell, of Fort Mill, to be sent to tbe
Nebraska sufferers. Mr. W. II. Herndon
iflered him a barrel of Hour last week for
lie same purpose; but as there had been no
ither contributions, the flour was sent to
fUthriesville, to be forwarded with a liberal
ousignment of provisions from the good ^Jl
>eople of that vicinity. Mr. Neville will
lot forward Dr. Thornwell's check until
omorrow afternoon, and if there is anybody
ilse who desires to contribute, they should
end him their checks or money at once.
*ur?? Ammonia Free.
? "If the farmers of this country ever inend
to shake loose from the grip of the ferili
i rHjmnp mil "|" said an intelligent ex-far- ?
oer busiuPss man, a day or two ago, "now
s the Iinu^lo do it. I don't want my renark
to be omistrued as irreverent," he coninued
; "but W good Lord has solved the
[tiestion in a wax; to give \lhe farmers evety
idvantage. Thissnowcontains moreammon;i
than all the cominPrciAl fertilizers that 1
ias ever been brought to liVjs country, and I
lave not got a slmdow of a u^ibt but what
I will prove to be worth fully tvwta as much
leaf money as all the fertilizers
i* Hie Snowy South. ^
"A Northern man down
lia, N. ('., few days
irooks Inman last Saturday, "to enjoy
eason of hunting. He went ou^>p^ift^j^||^H^^^H
IUOII aim ill nil l; ii i ,,,v.
ral)l)it. He was delighted with the jiroswets,
and enthusiastically pronounced |,js
xperienee as equal to anything in lie wav | j
>f sport that he had ever seen. Next day Jt ; IHHB
nowed. Then it snowed again. Thcground 1HHD
vas covered deeply, and the spirits of t])(. j
Northern sportsman hegan to droop. At ^B^BS
ast he gave it up, loaded his huntio)! outfit
in the Southern vestibule, and struck back
or the North. 'Talk about your >sunny ^^^^B
?outh,' he said as lie left ; 'but I don't want ^^^^B
my more of it in mine.'
onnihle Iileu of the Sitiiutioii.
? Though understanding existing ('"ndiions,
financial and otherwise, as well as any
ither farmer in this section, Mr. J- 1'vank t i9
tslic, is in no wise worried. In conversation
villi a reporter the other day, ',e s"id : >H
Money's scarce ; but I don't kuotv that we
vcr lived any better at our bouse than we
re living now. We have a plenty of (-'veryliing;
and as we can't sell it, ive just have
o eat it. My Negroes are an intelligent sci, jr fl^B
vho appreciate the situation and arc willing f~
o stay on with me on the basis of prevailing
onditions. I have plenty of ?00'' '? ex'
hange for all the cloth we will need for ^ ^^^B
lothing, and as I realize that I?'" 1 uu mueu ^
o bring about an improvement, I congratu- I fiflHE
itc myself on being in a potion to wait
nlil things regulate themselve-S ?s they will
do
>iii' West I'cinule College.
? The Associate Reform1''! I'jesbyteriau " BB
f last week has several pan'giaphs in regard fllj
o the recent change in t'ie management of
)ue West Female colle/r^- The resignation ^^B
f Prof, and Mrs. Bonner was entirely volun- AH
ary, and it is clear tlut the continuance of BB
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