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Straps and .facts. ? After listeuing to argument ou the question pro and eon, the railroad commission has decided not to change the rates ou fertilizers during the present season. The commission, however, announces its intention to take up the question of a general revision of freight rates and settle it as soon as possible. Dr. T. C. liobertsou, of Columbia, was the principal complainant against existing rates on fertilizers. ? The schooner Carolina, was seized by the dispensary authorities at Charleston, one day last week, for bringing whisky into the State from Savannah in violation of the law. The United States authorities took the schooner away from the dispensary authorities on the ground that they violated the inter-state commerce law, and the whole matter will finally be settled on a hearing before the United States courts involving the constitutionality of the South Carolina dispensary law, especially in so far as it applies to inter-state commerce. ? As will be remembered, there is to be an interesting race in the Tenth Georgia congressional district this summer. As per agreement between Cocgressman Black and Candidate Tom Watson, Congressman Black has resigned his seat, ms resignation iook effect on the 4th of March?last Monday. Now Governor Atkinson will order a new election, and the uien will fight it out in a fair race before the people. There is no doubt about the fact that the recent election was permeated with fraud on both sides; but the chances are now with Black. Watson is an nble man and a popular man ; but Black's sincere and disinterested action in favor of a fair election, will give him a prestige that is likely to win. ? Some months back, a French electrician originated the theory that electricity does not kill. He held that the recent legal executions in the State of New York were not effected by means of electricity; but that the condemned came to their deaths under the knives of the surgeons. It was held that electricity only stunned, and that dissection finished the work. As the result of a recent investigation, however, authorized by the go\ernor of New York, it was found that the theory was a mistake. Electricity produces death. It is true, the board reported that a single shock, no matter how long sustained, may not kill; but alternate shocks will surely produce death. Where an individual sustains a single shock it is worth while to try to resucitate him; but where there are alternate shocks, the case should be given up as hopeless. ? The first break in President Cleveland's cabinet occurred last Wednesday. Postmaster-General Bissell resigned, and the president appointed William L. Wilson, chairman of the ways and means committee of the house, to fill the vacancy. There has been a great deal of talk to the effect that Bissell's resignation is due to a misunderstanding with Mr. Cleveland; but this is not true. He says that he has always been in harmony with the president on every question that his aatyia hpfnrA the enhinet. Ha ffivps ns tt reft son for his resignation, the fact that his own private business needed his attention. Mr. Wilson wanted to be minister to Mexjcp, it is said ; but Senator Ransqm had a previous claim on the position, and the president has decided to take care of him by appointing him to a place in the cabinet. The appointment seems to give pretty general satisfaction. ? Serious labor and race riots have been in progress in New Orleans since last October. The trouble is the outgrowth of feeling between the white aud black longshoremen, whose work is to load vessels. The blacks are willing to work cheaper than the whites, and for that reason the whites do not like them. Last Saturday, a number of blacks were engaged to load a German vessel. Shortly after they began their work, nbout 40 whites appeared on the scene armed with guns and revolvers, and began to fire on them. The blacks fled, some jumping into the river, and others dodging into the hold of the vessel. The captain of the vessel protested against the outrage; but the men fired on him also, and made him retreat to a place of safety. The police were telegraphed for, and on their arrival, they quickly dispersed the mob. The captain of the vessel laid the matter before the German consul. ? The outlook is that there is to be auother international monetary conference shortly. One of the last acts of the congress that expired at 12 o'clock Monday, was to make provision for it. The act provides for nine delegates from the United States ; three to be appointed by the speaker of the house, three to be appointed by the senate, and three to be appointed by the president. The sum of $100,000 was appropriated to pay the expenses of the conferees, and the house instructed Speaker Crisp to appoint himself as chairman of the delegation from that body. Just what the monetary conference can hope to accomplish is a matter of doubt; but, at the same time, many prominent silver men arc hopeful of good results. England and Germany have both made overtures for such a conference, and if all of the nations go into the matter with a sentiment friendly to silver, there is no doubt of the fact that bimetalism will soon be restored, i ? Since February 12th, the date the first! gold was paid in by the Belmont-Morgan I syndicate on account of the recent sale to j them of $(>2,400,000 government bonds, $2,026,G17 in gold has been withdrawn from i inc treasury in tne reuemption 01 t nueu States notes and treasury notes. These withdrawals have been made very quietly and have not attracted atteution. The daily withdrawals which it was hoped and believed would cease on the gold reserve being strengthened, have continued so regularly as not to escape the notice of treasury officials who have charge of such matters. Thursday the redemptions on account of withdrawals aggregated $75,251, aud siuce February 12th, they have averaged $120,000 a day. So far $36,S14,342 in gold paid in by the Belmont-Morgan syndicate, has been taken up in the treasury gold reserve, which stands at $83,948,762, or an increase since February 12th, of $42,000,000. ? A recent issue of The Rocky Mountain News, published at Denver, Colorado, contains the following, which will be read with interest in this State: There is a young man by the name of John Lowndes McLaurin, of South Carolina, who is destined to occupy an important place in the political history of the South. He was born May 9, 1860, obtained a collegiate education, and in 1SS2 began the practice of the law. At the age of 30 he was elected to the general assembly of South Carolina, and a year later he | was made attorney general of the State, . He wqs elected to the Fifty-second congress ] to fill a vacancy, re-elected to the Fiftythird congress, and has recently been chosen a third time, and will represent his people in the Fifty-fourth congress. He is an oraA... _ / nlAAonnt lor 01 do mean uuimy, u uiau ui incusum address, a logical thinker and a courageous I defender of his convictions. He belongs to 1 the Tillman wing of the Democracy of his j State, and is an advocate of tariff reform, income tax, election of senators by the peo-j pie, the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 10 to 1, and the government issue of all j paper money needed. With youthful energy, a. worthy ambition and a righteous cause, | he is bound to make his mark, and if the reader of these lines will remember the j name, he will lind it more and more frequently mentioned in the papers and everywhere connected with those who are laboring in the interest of the common people. ? A peculiar case occurred in Chicago last Wednesday morning. At an early hour, a night-watchman detected some burglars in an attempt to rob the residence of a wealthy citizen. The nightwatclunau opened lire on the burglars and at last a hot light ensued. The burglars broke and ran, leaving one of their number dead?shot through the heart. The watchman followed the fleeing burglars, but failing to overtake them, returned to look after the one he had killed. The man had disappeared. In the afternoon, L. J. Swift, the owner of the residence that had been threatened, called at the police station, reported that a burial certificate had been issued for a young man named McGowan, and stated a suspicion to the effect that McGowan was the man who had been shot by the nightwatclunau. The police started an investigation. They discovered that the physician had issued a certificate to the effect that the young man had died of heart disease. The McGowan family vehemently protested that this was true. The police, however, insisted on an examination, and on removing the shirt of the deceased, they discovered that sure enough there was a bullet hole over the heart. The doctor who made the "heart disease'" certificate insists that he is neither a fool nor a villain. The . < I family of the deceased burglar moves in a highly respectable circle. , ? The railroad commission has chosen D'Arcy P. Duncan, of Union, as clerk of the railroad commission, vice M. T. Bartlett, who has for years been the incumbent, j1 Since the organization of the new board, j it is understood that ench member of it had i a candidate for the position of railroad secre- j tary ; hut being unable to come to any agreement, the selection was deferred until last Friday, when Mr. Duncan was selected as the lucky man. ?flrfwillc (fttquiwi'. YORKVILLE, S. C.: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6,1895. ? The price of cotton is now lower than it ' has been at anytime since 1848, and unless | there is a very great reduction in the coming crop, it will be still lower. Right now is a | good time for the farmers of this section to i set their pegs for hog and hominy. 1 - Among the roads not included in Drexel, , Morgan & Company's re-organization plan, j were the Asheville and Spartanburg, and ( Spartanburg and Union, controlled John H. ^ Inmin, of Atlanta, and the Chester and Le- ( noir railroad. Under the re-organization plan, all of these roads were put down as ( poor properties that were not earning their . operating expenses, and the owners were , offered preferred stock iu the new organiza- ^ tion for bonds and common stock. All of , the roads refused to accept the proposition. ( Last week, the Southern Railway leased the two roads from Inman for 5,000 shares of j preferred stock, 5,000 shares of common ; stock, and an annual rental of $40,000. ( This seems to be pretty good pay for roads that were not earning their operating ex- , peuses and it is also a pretty strong earnest , that the Southern railway people are not es- ( pecially sincere in their protests that they do no not covet the Chester and Lenoir Narrow , Gauge. ? The Southern Railway and Steamship association is waging a boycott against the ' : Seaboard Air Line railroad. The alleged . I cause of the boycott is alleged violation of ; ; the rules of the association by the railroad. : There is a current suspicion, however, to , the effect that the trouble is the work of. ' the Southern railway. It is a well known I fnnt tlmt fXi> cnmo timn nncf Mlfi Spahnnrd people have been waxing it on to the Southerr people in the matter of freights, and as ( tLf Southern people have a preponderating influeuce in the railway and steamship as- ( soeialion, and is not considered as being j above such things, it is naturally concluded J that it has instigated the boycott for the ! | purpose ofinjuring its rival. There is rea- | ' son to believe, however, that the Seaboard | ! people know pretty well how to keep up . their end of the fight, and the probablity is that they will yet come out with flying colors. They have always been especially , civil to the general public, and the general | public remembers such things. ? The Columbia Register takes bitter uuij brage at the following statement in last 1 week's Enquirer : The Columbia Register was first on the side of I the "Forty," then with Tillman, and is now with I | Irby. Where it will finally land would be dan- < i gerous to nttempt to predict. ~ j After calling The Enquirer's statement , "a dream from its inner consciousness," The Register explains that it "endorsed," the , 'Forty,' "commended" the Tillman-Hemphill agreement, aud "accorded to Senator Irby , some justly merited praise." It then went on to say that nobody would believe The i Enquirer's false statemcut, aud winds up j | with a declaration of its position as follows : | The Register favors any and everything which ( will aid in securing the election of a non-parti- , I san constitutional convention, which will tend to heal the breach among the white sons of 1 South Carolina and prevent any appeal to the i Negro. We did not intend to place the Register in , a false position, and neither have we done so, according to its own statement. As to ( its last declaration, we will say that The Enquirer is in hearty accord, except in one particular. We don't care anything about 1 a non-partisan convention, one way or the ' other. What we want is a non-partisan 1 constitution. THE QUESTION ON ITS MERITS. \ Just now, while the State is being stirred < from centre to circumference on the cousti- ' tutional convention question, and the poli- ( ticians are fighting like "Kilkenny cats," will i probably be a very good time to attempt a calm and dispassionate view of the whole | situation. The various propositions that ] have recently been submitted areas follows : | 1. By McLaurin: A fight to the death j against the "Tillman-Evans-Irby ring." , 2. By the "Forty": For all white men to get together in a non-partisan convention and frame a constitution for the white peo- 1 pie of the State. 1 !5. By the Democratic Executive commit- i tee: Let the two fuctions go into a white ( man's primary and take what they can get. , 4. By Tillman-Evans, Hemphill and . Barnwell: Agree beforehand on the constitution to be adopted, give each faction equal representation, and pledge all delegates i against submitting the work of the conven- 1 tiou back to the people. < 5. By (tonzales, of the Columbia State : ( Throw down the bars to all voters, white and kio,.i- lnt nvnvi- oonHidntp en before the peo- . pie on his merits and light out the new constitution in the convention. 1 (!. By Williams, of Uie Greeo^lje New&ty l.i-t the voters choose i they pftrase: but let t:lip?.->-^fcg e3 nil be pledged to submit theiPwork back to the people for ratification. 1 The above are the diflereut propositions'' as we understand them. If we have made 1 any mistake, it is eutirely unintentional. Now for the merits of each. 1 As by this time everybody should have y begun to realize, by constitution is meant j the fundamental law of the land. The or- i ganic law?the bed-rock on which all stat- i lite laws are supposed to be based. According to circumstances, it may be defined as a I charter of rights to the people, or a charter 1 of rights to the legislature. It is the written 1 contract bv which the people retain certain'8 powers to themselves, and delegate other J' . powers to their representatives. Through it I | the people give or retain any right or power that they may see fit to give or retain, and j t | under it, especially in America, all men are it I supposed to have equal political rights and'* powers. So this is the kind of an instru- ' ment our people now have under considers-! I tion, and the propositions ahove embody j| tlie different suggestions as to how to best i secure the objects desired. i TliK Knqi'IRKK lias no axe to grind in ] j this matter. No member of its stall' feels J competent to represent the county in thisj | convention, and no member of its stall will i be a candidate for the position. It has never : been allied with any one of the different factions, and does not expect to become allied I | with any of them. We consider it only our ! duty to place the whole matter before the j people in such a way that they can under- j stand it, and in this article that is what we , are trying to do. Now let us take up the! different propositions as outlined above. 1. Mr. McLaurin, it will be remembered, j makes wholesale charges against what he has been pleased to denominate the "Till man-Irby-Kvans ring." He suggests a gen eral fight to break up that ring; but does s not tell bow the work is to be accomplished, or what is to follow. Some politicians en- 11 dorse McLaurin, and others say that he j; wauts to-go to the United States senate to ^ succeed Irhy. |r 2. The proposition of the "Forty" is fair t enough as to white men. They make no promise to submit the work of the convcn- I tion hack to the people for ratification. It would seem to a disinterested on-looker that if the factions can get together in anon- c partisan convention, without appealing to the Negro, they could also agree to keep the Negro out of the ratification question ? after the work of the constitution should he f submitted hack to the people. li 3. The proposition of the Democratic Ex- s ecutive committee sounds fair enough, and v no doubt is fair enough ; hut it is not likely B to meet with the approval of the Conserve- * tivc faction. The Conservatives charge f that the executive committee has been ex- t tremely partisau in dealing with them ; that t it has taken unfair advantages, etc., and there is litilc reason to believe that the Conservatives will consent to go into another primary, especially so long as Senator Irby is chairman of the executive committee. They prefer to take their chances in the general election. 4. The Tillman-Kvans-Barnwell-Hemphill proposition is calculated to keep down strife; but it is also open to serious objections. In the first place, while all recognize that the danger of Negro domination must by all means be guarded against; but few thinking men are wiHing to concede that that is the ouly important matter to be considered in the new constitution. It is a matter of common rumor that Messrs. Tillman-Evans Hemphill-Barnwell, practically agreed in conference upon the important details of the new constitution. Since they arc unwilling to submit the work of the convention back to the people for ratification, it seems only f fair that the people should know what they n mny expect before they arc asked to vote. ? While there may be no want of confidence c in the honesty or integrity of the gentlemen ? in question, at the same time it might reasonably be considered unwise to trust to a 5 few men from only three or four sections of t the State, the formation of a constitution ? under which the whole people are expected t to live for the next generation. ? 5. The CSonzales proposition evidently ci means an out-and-out appeal to the Negro " vote. It is admitted by a majority of the i white people of the State that there must be some constitutional provision by which the e Negro vote can be curtailed. Otherwise, the ? Negroes may someday return to power, c They are unfit to rule. That has been de- j monstrated once, and but few white men a af the present generation want to see it { tried again. If all factions should appeal to j Ljie Negro, the result will be Hint he will se-1 cure such promises as to preserve his fran- i chise without any qualification whatever. ' Such a possibility should be carefully avoided, c G. Mr. Williams wants first of all to let J1 the people choose for delegates whoever they s please, provided the delegates arc pledged to 1 submit their work back to the people. He j is willing for an educatioual qualification; hut wants that qualification to be positive and t bear on all men?white and black?alike. a He wants the qualification to be fixed by the i constitution itself and not left to men. < Otherwise, be says, we will eventually drift s into the very condition of affairs that we are now trying to avoid. From time to time t white men will be disfranchised and Negroes J will be enfranchised according to the purposes t of difTereut politicians, until the Negroes at 0 least have the balance of the power. To c guard against the tricks of politicians in the 1 franchise and other questions, and for the {. satisfaction of the whole people, he thinks ? the proposed constitution should be submit- v ted back for ratification. In the above, will be found some of the principal points at issue, and each individual j may study them out according to his owu s notion. n ? ii ? Though of course a tremenduous effort 11 is going to be made to cloud things over with J' the tariff question and probably other mat- < ters of minor importance, it has already * become clear that the one great issue of the next presidential campaign is to be the silver question. The signal gun of the campaign t was fired at Saginaw, Michigan, hist Thursday, and from now on we may listen for constantly reverberating reports. The Deiur\nrnIc r>f Afioliiorim linvn iwlrintcd n lilntfoi'in I t with a single plank, which reads as follows : g "The Democratic party, in convention ossein- ti bled, hails with delight the rapidly increasing n sentiment in favor of the restoration of silver lo n Lhe position it so long held in the monetary sys- (. loin of our country, and unqualifiedly declares tl in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of h diver and gold, with full legal tender power, at a a ratio of 1(? to 1, and we invite every patriotic a itizen of Michigan, regardless of previous party itliliations, to join us in an imperative demand r, for immediate legislation to that end, regardless ^ :>f the position of any other nation with respect thereto." a It is charged that in the last campaign, e the nomination of both Harrison and Clcvc- a land was due to the preconcerted action of v the money power?that is, that the money S power had previously had an understanding ^ with both candidates, knew what policy P ;hey intended to pursue, and then went to a work to secure their nomination. After the respective candidates were nominated, the 11 noney power remained q.uict and allowed I ? dungs to take their course, confident that I w whichever candidate should he elected, the 0 I U! nterests of the money power would he duly I fostered. Under the circumstances, there is |. eason to believe that even if Harrison had a jeen elected instead of Cleveland, his linnn- ? :ial policy, and consequently the present :ondition of the country, would have been I " sxactly as it is. In view of these facts, it now ! u lehooves the people to be more on the alert; ;han ever. Next time they must not allow tl reives to lose sight of their interest in t< ...w .-i.iiiiii.il..in lomination of some individual who may he j P lominatcd for the presidency on account n )f personal popularity. They should see to j f, t that their candidate is a man who bus i f< ong been committed to their interests, and vho may be depended upon to carry out "j vhatever pledges be may make. j n BASIS OF COMPROMISE. j* ri,e Tllliiiiiii-IleinpliUl l'lant of (Jelling t!?? Kur- ^ lions Together. q The address of the recent Tillman-Kvans. | s leinphill-Barnwell conference was issued j b ast week over the signature of T. M. Hay- '1 ?.. It sets forth the existing a onditions in the Slate as seen by the con- t erees, and suggests a basis of compromise \ g is follows: ,t 1st. That each county, acting for itself as u o the question of election by primary or d Xherwise, as deemed best by the county exe- \ aitivc committee, shall give each faction i e iqual representation in tbe convention. j || 2nd. That in those counties where primary j v elections arc held, all persons participating in t the same shall take a pledge to abide the a result and support the nominees at the gener- s id election. In counties where the nomiuu- o lions are made otherwise than by primary,' li both factions in such county shall be pledged d in like manner to support such nominees. ii 3rd. In all counties where the delegates 'J shall be nominated by primary, the managers t and clerk of such primary election, at every } voting precinct, or in every club, shall be e equally divided between tbe factions. 1 4th. The delegates from both fact ions shall [ be selected with the understanding that they s shall be pledged to the following principles:; t (a.) Such qualification of the sullVngc as r will guarantee white supremacy, and that e '10 white man shall be disfranchised except j t crime. i (B-) A constitution of principles and not, t dealing in legislation, but leaving to the leg- c wlature full control of tbe free schools and rc-j quiring of the legislature to liberally support j j tnem. The constitution shall not provide a' i yslem of police regulation, but this and all j dndrcd questions shall be regarded as withit the scope of legislative authority. (< .) The constitution, when adopted, shall lot be submitted to the people, such a course eing unnecessary if the convention be repesentativc of the whole white people of be State. (l?.) The convention shall provide for the j reservation of the homestead. IIHUB'S FOR FUKB COINAGE. loiiKri'Ssiuiiii ISryaii iinU Others Want to Make It j the Great Democratic Issue. Sometime ago it was reported that Con-J ;rcssman llryan aud others were arranging j o form a new political party on the issue of! ree coinage of silver. Congressman Bryan, I lowever, denies that he ever entertained any uch idea, lie is for the free coinage of sil er, lirst, last and all the time ; hut he does lot consider that the formation of a new inrly is necessary. lie says that free eoinige is a Democratic principle, and that the ight on the subject can best be made in he Democratic party. It is his purpose o do what he can to make it the issue he 1I0N. W. J. Bit VAN. ore the next Democratic convention, and .lso the issue of the next presidential tamtaign. To this end, he and other prominent ree coinage advocates, issued the following all, addressed to The People of the United Hates: "We, the undersigned Democrats, present for our consideration the following statement: "We believe that the establishment of gold as he only monetary standard and the elimination f silver as a full legal tender money, will inrcaso the purchasing power of each dollar, add o the burden of all debts, decrease the market alue of all other forms of property, continue and ntensify business depression, and, finally, reluce the majority of the pcopleto financial bondge. "Wo believe that no party can hope for endurng success in the United States so long as it dvocates a single gold standard, and that the dvocacy of such a financial policy would be specially fatal to a party which, like the Demorat ic party, derives its voting strength from hose who may, without reproach, be called the oinmon people, and wc point to the overwhclmng defeat of the ,party in 1K94, to the opposition roused bv the veto of the seigniorage bill, and till more the protest against the issue of gold londs as proof that the Democratic party cannot ic brought to the support of the gold standard lolicy. "Wc believe that the money question will be lie paramount issue in 1890, ami will so remain intil it is settled by the intelligence and pat notion of the American voters. "We believe that a large majority of the Demicratsofthc United States favor bimetalism, and eali/.c that it can only bo secured by the restoraion. of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and ilvcr at the present ratio, and we assert that the najority have, and should exerciso the right, to ontrol the policy of tho party and retain the tarty name. "Wc believe that it is the duty of the majority, ,nd within their power, to take charge of the parv ormini'/ntinn and make tho Democratic nartv m effective instrument in the accomplishment of leeded reforms. It is not necessary that the Jemoerats should surrender their convictions on ither question in order to tako an active part in he settlement of the question winch at this time urpasses all others in importance. "We believe that the rank and tile of the Dcm cratic party should at once assort themselves in he Democratic party and place that party on ecord as in favor of the immediate restoration of rec and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at he present ratio of Hi to 1, as such coinage existed prior to 1873, without waiting for the aid or onsent of any other nation, such gold and silver oin to be a full legal tender for all debts, pubic and private. "We urge all Democrats who favor the linanial policy abovolset forth, toassociutclthemselves ml impress their views upon the partvorganiation ; we urge all newspapers in harmony vith the above financial policy to place it at the toad of the editorial column ami assist in the mmcdiate restoration of bimctalism." The above pronunciauiento was published list Saturday. So far, it is said, it has been igned by about 110 congressmen; but it lias lot yet been deemed wise to make their lames public. It is expected that quite a lumber of other congressmen will sign their ames later. Congressman Bryan, of Nebraska, and lion. Evan 1'. Howell, of the ftlanta Constitution are the most prominent igncrs. MKAN'S WHAT HK SAYS. Illoutn Will not llack Down Before Irl>y anil Wilson. In last, week's issue of Till! Enquirkr ras published the interview with Senator j 'illman, and also the letter from Senator rby, both on the subject of electing deleatcs to the coming constitutional convenion. Oil Friday, there appeared in the lorning papers, an interview with Congressinn Stanyarnc Wilson on the same subject. ongressman Wilson's views are 111 line wiui1 liose expressed by Senator Irby, and may j ie summed up as follows: "Tlic primary ill settle the whole business in a free for II race, though some few counties which are cry close, may agree upon a compromise ather than take chances, and the campaign ill leave our people as peaceful and united s they now arc." Senator Tillman got back from his Nortlirn trip last Friday, and between Augusta nd bis home in Edgefield, he was intcriewed by Mr. E. J. Watson, of the Columbia tate. After a talk 011 matters in general, I Ir. Watson asked the senator about the olitic.nl situation in this State as follows: "Have you seen Senator Irby's interview, nd if so, what do you think of it?" "Yes," said the senator, "I have seen it; read it in Washington yesterday, and was Dtisiderably surprised, as when we parted 'ith him 011 Sunday, he gave no intimation f any purpose to antagonize the effort for 11 adjustment. There arc in it some errors f fact which it is not, necessary to particuiri/.e, and some uncharitable and unreasonble assertions and deductions. It seems to ie unfortunate that the chairman of the democratic State executive committee did ot see proper to join in our effort. If I j nderstaud the situation in South Carolina, e must have mutual concessions and make ue allowance lor the prejudices and feelings nit have been so deeply aroused, in trying > adjust our political matters so as to prevent 1 urn* " ' """"T eople 011 one side and a minority, in alliance itb the Negroes, 011 the other. And any kim who cuuiiui h.m5 aimv i: hid jili^uiiui ?elinj^s at this juncture will be unsafe to )l!o\v. "In this connection, I notice in this mornlg's papers an interview with Congressman V'ilson, which, boiled down, means that we 111st have a fight and that it cannot be prcented. I have great respect for Mr. Willi n's judgment ; but it seems to me that he as ignored the only factor of any prime imortanee in the ease?that is, the Negro, j .'he people of Spartanburg can, with all j afcty, have a fight, for the whites outnuin-, er the Negroes two to one in that county, 'hey have never understood the necessity | ud importance of the constitutional convon , ion with its one overmastering purpose of citing rid of the Negro in politics, because i hey have never sutlered from Negro domiinlioii as the middle and lower counties did 1 tiring the Reconstruction period. If 3Ir. i Vilson had taken a broader view and consiil-, red the entire State, he could not dismiss so ' lippanllv this vital issue. If the condition rere throughout the State as he pictures it, i here would be no need for a convention at' II. I realize as he does that the people will ettle all those matters, either at the primary r at the general election. What I had! loped to do, and what I still hope to see j lone, is to have the white people unite a the primary and have all abide by it. I'lien the whiles will present a united front o the Negroes in the general election. If, Jr. Wilson's idea prevails that a fight is invitablc and best?which I deny?then a urge number of whites will not go into the irimary at all, and if their anger and pasions shall prompt them to lead the Negroes o the polls, we can easily imagine, when we cmemher what occurred at the last State lection, that the State will present a spec-! acle alike disgraceful to both factions, and 10 matter which wins, there will lie wounds o the body politic that will not heal for a half entury. To prevent this I am willing to sink all icrsonul feelings, all personal ambitions, all onsidcrations of vindiclivcncss, or revenge, and make such concessions as are just and proper. If Senator Irby and Mr. Wilson shall succeed in forcing a light, I still hope! that their cooler judgment will show then) that it is neither patriotic or wise to do so. I have faith in the patriotism and good sense of the masses who are interested in no man's political fortunes sufficiently to take such dreadful risks. This is not an ordinary State j I election, and cannot afTect cither Mr. Wilson j or Mr. Irby. If the Ucforin movement can't | live without a perpetuation of strife and bitI terness, then it ought to die. I do not bej licve any such stud'myself. I have always relied on its principles and the wisdom of the policy which has been pursued. Our people have been educated in politics to know what their rights are, and they will always sustain tVioir rifvlita U'lion nrnitorlv nrncnntoil fn I ........ |'<vrv..j >?< them. Senator Irby charges that he lias been betrayed. I for one deny having taken him into consideration when arriving at an agreement with the Barnwell committee, and the Reform movement is stronger today than it has cver*becn." When told that the opposition to the scheme of the ultra-Conservatives was that they did not wish to subscribe to the condition proposed in the Hemphill conference, Senator Tillman said: "That's not at all surprising, because no one expected them to be reasonable. Their programme all along has been rule or ruin, and I would join Irby in a battle for the control of the convention by the Reformers alone if that idea prevailed generally among the Antis. We will never have a constitutional convention with my consent which will disfranchise the poor and ignorant white, man along with the Negro. As I have already said once before, the practical men j on both sides must get together and hold j down the extremists. In conclusion, Senator Tillman said: j ' 'There is one other point in Mr. Wilson's; interview which I think worthy of notice: That is that the plan outlined to me has failed already, because the Spartanburg Herald, the Greenville News and the Columbia State have refused to endorse it. I think lie will find that just the reverse will be found to be true. I did not expect unanimous consent?least of all from those sources?in fact would doubt my own sanity and honesty of purpose if I received such backing." When I asked the Senator if he was willing to tnke the stump ngainst the Irby and Wilson forces if they brought about a fight, he replied : "If the issue is presented in such a way ns to require it, I will take the stump. I have already said this and it was 110 Pickwickian utterance. It was said in down-right earnest." Senator Tillman was then questioned as to the proposed National Reform movement, and replied he had heard nothing of it in Washington to amount to anything, as such movements emanated from the people and not from such men as were in Washington. He declared that the movement was coming and added with great emphasis that it was "not a long way oft", either." LETTER FROM BETHEL. Stopped by the Hutu?Some Farmers Who I.lvn at Home?A Negro Halted Corn In the SiiowIntereKtlng Debate?Koll of Honor?Other Notes. <_'orresj>ondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer. Post Oak, March 2.?The ground was just getting in good fix to put in spring oats. A few days' more of sunshine would have enabled the fanners to get through with this very important branch of husbandry ; but the rain of last night has stopped the ploughs that were turning up the mellow earth in almost every field, and it will be several days before the ground will be in condition to plough even if we have no more Mr. James A. Jackson, an experienced farmer, says that his wheat and fall oats look very well since the snow. He does not think the small grain has been injured at all. Mr. Jackson has lived on the place 011 which he is now living for 30 years, and during that time he has never bought a pound of bacon or a bushel of corn for his own family use, with the exception of one year ; but, on the contrary, hus generally been able to sell some. Mr. John Matthews and Mr. Joe Turner, gentlemen whose farms I have recently visiied, agree with Mr. Jackson that the grain crop has not yet been injured. They are farmers who long ago made up their minds that it would not do to depend entirely on cotton. They live at home. I do notj mean that they simply breath there, as the farmers must do who buy their provisions with four cents cotton ; but they have an abundance of everything, and their good ladies sell enough butter and eggs to buy their sugar, coflee and other luxuries. Mr. A. 15. Currcnce has a cow that hus given birth to live calves in twenty-three months. I would advise him to take that cow to Texas, where he can get plenty of I | pasture land and start a cattle ranch. The ! | same gentleman lost a very fine cow a few | days ago with what the cow farriers call "big j gall." Mr. Martin Ford, a stirring farmer who, with his family, has recently moved into this neighborhood from the old North Stute, is a citizen worthy to be welcomed. He informs us of quite an amusing incident that happened on his pluce a short time ago. Mr. Andrew Jackson and Mr. Bcaingtiard had ridden over to Mr. Ford's to look at a young horse of his. Mr. Ford told them that tlie horses was out in the woods near by where a fieedman he had lately hired, was hauling wood. They all went out to the woods, and when they got there, they found the horses and wagon ; but could see nothing of the Negro. They began to look around for him. They soon found his hat, and they could tell, by his tracks in the snow, that lie had left running and was in such a hurry that he would not take time to piek up his hat. Messrs. Jackson and Beamguard, who were on their horses, took in after him. They failed to find him ; but near by they found a bag of corn thatC'ullec bad raised in a different way than the man who owned it did. The Negro has not, up to this time, returned. Truly "the guilty lleeth when no man pursueth." More than a hundred people assembled at the academy on last Wednesday night, to listen to the debate. The subject was, "Resolved, that the works of Nature nirord more pleasure than the works of Art." Mr. S. N. Johnson and Mr. William Whitaker spokeon the affirmative ; Mr. H. K.Johnson and Mr. Barron on the negative. Mrs. Hob Riddle, John Matthews and David Moore, were selected by the president as judges. They decided in favor of the affirmative. Mr. Whitaker, by his quaint and original remarks, brought down the house several times. There will be a debate on next I.1 cia| fertilizers." The exercises at the academy on Friday evening did greut credit to the school. They consisted of compositions and declamations. Out of 45 scholars, only two asked to be excused, and for satisfactory reasons they were permitted to hand in their composi-1 lious on Monday. The following is the roll j of honor for the mouth ending February 1'2: Mrst(trade?Mack Pendleton !?."!, Jessie Mat-! theivs !Ni, Willie Pendleton !N). S.'cond (trade?Have Pillcngcr !*), Mollic ltobison lis, Meek t'urrenue !'7, Sialic Oriiiaud ' !MJ ltosa ltobison irj, Horace Johnson !?41, Veiic Turner ttt, Perry Pale ill, ltoss Turner j !)."?} Vess Ciirrcnee !*?. 'Jliird (trade?Kdiih Ford !*i, Jtilly C'lirrenee ; !?7, Julius ltobison H7, John Pendleton as, Sallicj Cirrenec 111, Tom Ciirrcnee IfcJ, Clyde Itoyd | Its, Horace Pale Ifcl. !? loiirth (trade?Trfiey Orinand hi, Maggie! < irnaial U7J, Charles itoyd US, Dorse Pendle- i toiih7, Felix ltobison !>7, Daisy Dale !*>, l'lrnest , Tinier!*!, Sal lie Turner !?NJ. tilth (trade?K1 len Mathews !MJ, Samuel i' Jolnson !*!, HiiIns (thidden !fj. >.x111 (trade?Kiltie Johnson US}, Delia Or-' mail h*S, Itiiford Matthews HSJ, Willie Mat- ] tliAym !?7J. Walter Jackson !I7{, Kinnia Turner W. lighor Branches?Miss Ida Orinand HM, Miss r - l irf. \ ? s ?"I-* 1 /ki ' - i?i/.iu wriujiiiu ;?!% .uiwiiaiuu rum jv\ . ? Master Jaincs (,'urrencc is quite well again. < Me are informed that the child of Mr. Ed i ltiberts, who hu3 been very ill, is better, i Jitle Lester lloyd, whose death has already t ben announced in Tiik Extit'IKER, was oe of Post Oak's banner scholars, lie will j J b'sadly missed by his teacher and schoolmtes. Jlis parents and family have the U1 depest sympathy of the community in their j fj I brcavement. x. j] LETTER FROjfcL ARK'S FORK. ? 11 trrespontlenceof The Yorkville Ku<iidrrr. I [ i'l.AUK's Fork, March 4.?The people of this 11 set ion have tjuil limiting rabbits and gone toji, pwing. If the weather continues line, a large I 1 j (tuititv of oats will be sown this week. j a vt r. \v. Meek Faulkner has been away from , line for several days, superintending tlie digf|g of a race at his mill 011 King's creek. t tV. C. Wilborn, of King's Creek, is on a visit', this father in I'nioncounty. VIr. A. W. Love will leave for Newton, N. 11 tuorrow to attend school. , Miss Chloe Wilborn, of Sedalia, is visiting her bthor, Mr. J. II. Wilborn. I't'KU. V LOCAL AFFAIRS. INDK.Y TO NKW A I> V K RTIS K M10 NTS. 1'. \\\ Love anil Walter H. Moore?fiive notice to persons who are on their respective clubs as subscribers for The Knqi'irkr and j have not paid, that they are desired to do j so immediately. II. C. Strauss?Is offering heavy winter goods at "rock bottom" prices. John .L Hunter?Claims that lie is leading all competition in shoes. I*. it. Richards, Photographer? Kxpectsto come to Yorkvillo within ten days and lie ready for business. W. 1$. Moore iV Co.?The llartmau steel picket fence, groceries, and cotlins, caskets and robes. I>. K. Finley, Chairman of Yorkvillo Precinct Democratic Club?Urges upon all Democratic voters to register without delay. C. II. Smith?Advertises his stallion Rattler. James M. Starr?Chill and fever tonic ami garden seeds. Innmn Brothers?Arc offering a line of cheap pants. flcorgo T. Sehorb?Talks about the National tppewriter, Wilcox A White organs, and Decker Brothers and Lester pianos. (Jrist Cousins?Talk about groceries. I. B. Cordon, Supervisor of Registration?(lives full information with regard to registration. Louis Roth?Sauer kraut, peaches, buckwheat Hour, oatllakcs, etc. 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. Baptist?Rev. W. J. Langston, pastor. Yorkvillk?Sunday-school at 10 a. m. Prayer-meeting tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. Communion services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Trinity Methodist Episcopal?Rev. S. A. weoer, pastor. ounuay-scuooi ui o p. m. Services next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Prayer-meeting this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Presbyterian?Rev. W. G. Neville, pastor. Services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and iu the evening at 7.30 o'clock. Sundayschool at 4 o'clock, p. m. Regular monthly concert of prayer for missions tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Associate Reformed Presbyterian?Rev. Boycc H. Gricr, pastor. Yorkvim.k?Sunday-school at 3.30 o'clock p. m. Prayermeeting this afternoon at 3.30 o'clock. Tiuzah?Services on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. York Cikctit.?The following arc the times and places at which Rev. W. A. Pitts will Conduct services: King's Mountain chapel, 1st Sunday at 11 o'clock, a. m.; 3rd Sunday at 3 o'clock p. in. St Paul's, 1st Sunday at 3 o'clock p. m. ; 3rd Sunday at 11 o'clock a. j m. Philadelphia, 2nd and 4th Sundays at 111 o'clock a. m. j OPPOSED TO THE PRIMARY. Pursuant to the "Call to Democrats," published in The ENQURER for the past two weeks, about 25 citizens from different sections of the county, assembled in one of the rooms above II. C. Slrauss's store, last Monday, and perfected an organization by the election of G. W. S. Ilart, Esq., as chairman, and John R. Hart, as secretary. After a general discussion of existing conditions, the following resolutions, introduced by N. \V. Hardin, Esq., of Blacksburg, were adopted with but little opposition : 1. That we go into an organization by electing a president, vice-president, secretary, and an executive committee. 2. That each pro inet in the county be requested to at once perfci t an organization. 3. That we arc- in favor of electing to the constitutional convention, delegates who will pledge themselves to vote for submitting back to the people the constitution proposed by the convention, anil we will .support no other candidate. 4. Wo invite the other counties in the State which shall organize for the same purpose that we have, to have the president or chairman of their respective organizations, to meet with the president of onr organization in Columbia, S. C., on the ? day of May next, at <S o'clock, p. in. 5. Wo pledge ourselves not to take any part in the primary election to be hold in August, 18S>5. After the adoption of the above resolutions, the conference went into an election of officers, with the following result: Geo. W. S. Hart, president; John L. Raincy, vicepresident : John R. Hart, secretary. It was decided that the executive committee shall consist of one member from each precinct, to be appointed by the president, and endorsed by the majority of the conference at its next meeting. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned until Friday, the 22nd instant, at 10 o'clock a. in. IT'S AN IMPORTANT KNTKUI'lUSK. The last issue of The Manufacturers' Record has the following about a big enterprise in York county: As recently staled in The Manufacturers' Record, the Carolina Sulphuric Acid company, of Blacksburg, is about trebling its capacity. This company, after a year or more of experimental work in the reduction of Southern gold and pj ritic ores, is so well satisfied with the results that it is now busily at work enlarging its plant sufficiently to enable it to handle 30 or more tons of ore a day. By this system all of the bi-products arc saved. The Durham Fertilizer company, of Durham, has, within the last week or two, made a contract with the acid company to build a large phosphate plant adjoining the acid company's plant, agreeing to take a minimum of 20 tons of sulphuric acid a day delivered direct by pipe from the acid company's works into the phosphate works. The Durham Fertilizer company is one of the leading fertilizer concerns of the South, having large works at Durham, and having re-1 ccntly built an'extcnsivc plant at Norfolk at | a cost of probably $250,000. Its Blacksburg i plant will probably have a capacity of about GO tous of phosphate a day. The reduction of these Southern ores by this new system, savimr the cold, the sulphuric acid and all other hi-p rod nets, promises to hccomc of J enormous value to the entire South. It means, when in full and successful operation, the utilization of ores that have heretofore oeen without value because they could not he handled hy any Southern concern, the reduction in the cost of sulphuric acid for the manufacture of fertilizers, and thus possibly a reduction in fertilizers, liecause of these facts, the lllaeksburg plant is! being watched with a great deal of interest | by mining and phosphate people throughout j the entire country. AGAINST Til 10 DISPENSARY. At a regular meeting, last Friday night, I the town council of Yorkville decided to j bp l'H'l ^"""liv | ?MH^PHpl^M?terminc whether or not a mnjomyofthe voters desire the establish-! mentof a dispensary in the town, and the! outlook is that the light will he a warm one. The advocates of the dispensary have been laying their schemes pretty deeply for weeks and weeks, and of late they have been expressing great confidence of their success; but the ministers of the town and other antiliquor people are not so certain about it. They arc warming up to the issue, and pro l>ose to make another last heroic fight. A union meeting has been called to be! held in the Methodist church next Sunday night. It has been called by the different ministers of Yorkville, and its object is, by the power of pleading and prayer, to thoroughly arouse the people to their impending danger. Everybody in the town is invited to be in attendance, and if there be any l with faltering faith, there is good reason to promise that they will be strengthened. Individuals acquainted with the present j i situation are inclined to the opinion that the i joining contest will settle the liquor question i n Yorkville, one way or the other, for years s o come. If the dispensary advocates carry | * he day, it means liquor; and if the anti-! 1 lispensaryilcs carry it, it means a dry town, f rhat is the situation in a nutshell, and here ire the reasons: Governor Evans has taken * ;reat interest in the present effort to estab- f ish a dispensary here. He has even gone i o far as to back up the dispensary advocates n n their remarkable scheme to swell the op-' 1 losilion vote, by bringing out candidates for c he position of dispenser and porter. In the f list election the defeat of the dispensary was a ttrilnitcd to "blind tigers and Negroes." If c he good people of the town can just repeat f heir former most commendable achievement, ' here is reason to believe that in the blind-lb ess of fury, the result will be attributed to , s he same cause as before, and the governor I e rill use the ample power at his command to 11 wreak his veugenn"?'011 the "blind tigers."' That will makeTtJfy town. If the people of morkville shall he bluffed into quiet subroissiofc by the boastings of the dispensary advocate!, then a dispensary will certainly he estahlpfced; hut if they shall assert themselves ajid make .even a reasonable effort to u|)hold the ministers of the gospel and the wives and mothers of the town in their light for morality and sobriety, we can easily guarantee thut this is the last time that they will he mustered into service on behalf of tills most righteous cause. ANXIOUS TO VOTE. Cuffec is stirred up as he was never stirred before. Everybody recognizes that fact. If there was no other evidence, the large number of colored voters who presented themselves at the office of the supervisor of registration last Monday would he proof ? ?? - ?...?! ? \V'.. <1 | conclusive, imi .vuuuui "i.i.v.0 ?nun9 additional light on tlie niatlcr. To a rep, resentntivc of Tiik Knql'IRKR yesterday, I lie said: "I have taken the returns of more Negroes this year than any other year since I have been auditor. They have been coming in from all parts of the county to give in their returns, and most of them are only : taxable for a poll. And when I tell you I the secret of it, you will he surprised, for it is funny. In some way, they got the idea that it was necessary to make their returns before they could get a registration certificate, and in such cases, after I got through with them, they would ask me for a ticket to vote. "One case in particular was especially | notable," continued Mr. Waters. "A young Negro, who did not appear to be more than 18 or 19 years old, offered to make a return. I did not think he was liable to make a return, and on my questioning him closely, I lie became so anxious that he went out and ! brought in Mr. Scott Wilson to prove his I age. After I put him down for a poll, the first thing he asked was, 'Now you are going to give me a ticket to vote ain't yon?' " Mr. Waters says that among the rest who were evidently induced to make their returns 011 account of their anxiety to vote, was a number who had been liable to polls for 10 or 1"? yeurs, and who had never paid a cent of taxes in their lives. FKBKUAKY VVK.VTH Kit. Tub Enquirkr has received from the weather bureau at Washington, a tabulated statement of the weather conditions prevailing nt Yorkvillc during the month of February. The report is made up from the reports of Mr. J. It. Shorb, the local weather reporter, and is as follows : tkm pkhaturk. ?? Z j Sj ? ~ Maximum. Minimum. Mean. |?-s ? 1 4f> :ts 2 40 Jit> 38... 3 -Hi .30. 33 4 J>I 30. 40 5 47 28 37 (> ,35 .24 3 7 ,H> .'28. 29... .25 H .21 4 12 !l .35 i?. '....222 I 10 40 10. 28 I ii ,33 .21 227 12 .'14 24 20... .42 18 ,34 10. 22 1 4 00 4 20 1 5 05 220 29... .50 10 .07 20 31...' 17 .42 ,02 37 IS .50. 220 38 i 10 44 ,31 37 2 0 52 20 39 2 1 ,55 ,35 1 45 2 2 .52 37 44 i 23 ,54 220 40 2 4 50 ,30 43 2 5 03 ,02 47 20 .08 44 .50 2 7 04 32 48 2 8 .71 44 J 57 Siini.. 1,200 j 740 1,000 1,50 Mean 45 I 20.43 35.71 The lowest temperature during the montl was 4 degrees on the 7th and 14th, and the highest temperature was 71 degrees on the 28th. The mean temperature was CO de grecs. The total precipitation of water it the form of rain, and melted sleet or snow was a slight fraction over an iuch-and-a half. The total snow full was 141 inches There were 15 clear days, 11 cloudy days and two days that were partly cloudy and partly clear. Southwest was the prevailing direction of the wind. A PROGItKSSIVK POULTRY F ANCHOR While in Kock Hill, one day last week, r i reporter for Thk Enquirer visited the ' poultry yard of Captain K. 11. Mills. Cap' tain Mills, though in the business only on a ' comparatively small scale, is the largest poul[ try raiser in York county, and a visit to his j establishment, especially when he is at home : to explain things, is likely to prove of decided interest to almost anybody. The captain's poultry yards arc on the premises of his residence, on Main street, only a short distance from the graded school building, and consists of a pretty good sized enclosure, divided off into nine pens each, about 25x75 feet, and all surrounded by high pnilngs. In each enclosure is a small poultry house that can be locked up at night, a number of nest boxes, a substantial shelter from inclement weather, and a grass plat for the hens to scratch in. "I am only using six of the nine pens at present," explained Captain Mills, "and I have found that about three breeds of poultry are about as much as an ordinary man should try to handle, even though he does keep them separately." With this remark, the Captain led the way to pen No. 1, containing live two year old light Brahma hens, and a 12 pound cock of the purest strain. "This," he explained, "is my brag pen. The hens arc all fully matured, and from them I get only good healthy eggs that are calculated to produce chicks that will come up to standard. As he continued to discourse on the merits of the light Brahma, lie illustrated their wonderful docility, by making the old -cock, come to his baud and allow itself to be picked up. The next pen also contained Light Brahma's a year younger than those in the first pen. In the third pen, were about a dozen beautiful White Leghorns; and in the fourth and fifth were a number of Golden Wynndottes, which the captain explained were pure as to strain, but not quite up to standard as to feathers. The sixth pen was devoted to some special experiment, now under way, which the captain did not fully explain. After showing the reporter through the different pens, Captain Mills next led the way to the incubator house. There were 72eggs in the incubator, and they were just at the point of hatching. Some of the chicks had already come out of their shells, others were just breaking through, and still others were a day or two behind. "'Asked about the incubator, Captain Mills replied: "I have been projecting with it for several years now; but f am just now learning to use it. This present hatching, you can imug- j inc, has given me a great deal of trouble, as I r l l i...:...- :> ?1. ? _i_ * .4. ? ' i nun iu uiiii^ ii wirougn mill terrillC COIlI j map. 1 really did not have much hopes of! success; but now, under the circumstances,! [ assure you that I have good reason to feel! {ratified." Judging from the surroundings and the; light of dilferent kinds of expensive poultry j ood, that Captain Mills had a right consid-j liable investment in his hobby, the reporter isked whether there was any profit in the iiisiness: "Only about expenses now," the :aptain replied. "I always find ready sale i or my eggs at a higher price than almost iitybody else. People are beginning to re-1 ogui'/.e the superiority of improved breeds I or the table, and some of the farmers have I earned the wonderful advantage that is to I ic derived from a single cross even, of a pure train on their common stock, and altogethr I feel that 1 am accomplishing something. have become a poultry crank because I am fond of chickens ; hut at the same time, I manage to make my chickens pay expenses as I go along."' There is no doubt about the fact that Captain Mills thoroughly understands poultry, and anything he says on the subject can be j relied on. His present experiments are highly important, and are likely to prove of | considerable value to any poultry fancier in this section who will take the trouble to investigate them. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. Robert L. Scoggins is visiting relatives and friends at Hickory (irove. Miss Allic K. Hart, of Wadmalaw island, is visiting relatives in Yorkville, the guest of ' her brother, Mr. tieo. \V. S. Hart, j Miss Maggie Ferguson returned home last Thursday after an extended visit to friends | at Spartanburg. Dr. J. B. Delveaux is out again after a long | confinement in consequence of the amputaj tion of his hand. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Long, of King's Mounj tain, N. C., visited Mr. P. A. Abernathy's . fttmily last week. J ir_. ci 1 rr?i . l ___ i mr. anu airs. r<amuei momasson, 01 Gcesburg, ria., have moved to Yorkvillc, and for the present will make this their home. l'rof. W. W. Dixon, until recehtly connected with the Baptist High school, of Yorkville, has located in Rock Hill for the purpose of studying law. Mr. J. F. Hyndman has gone to Asheville, N. C., where he will be employed in the "shoe business with his brother, for two months. Mrs. W. B. Gordon, who has been visiting relatives in this county for the past few months, has returned to her home in Palatka, Florida. We received a pleasant call on Monday from Mr. Jas. A. Hall, of Chester, who will be remembered as a member of Company A, 12th Regiment, S. C'. V. Itcv. W. O. Petty, of Hartsville, arrived with his family last week and will make Yorkville their future home. Mr. Petty comes to Yorkville on account of our.superior schools. We received a pleasant call on Saturday last from Mr. T. Chalmers Pcgram, of Gastonia, who was iu Yorkville visiting the family of his hrother, Mr. J. B. l'egram. I)r. W. G. White, of Yorkville; Dr. Jos. H. Saye, of Sharon ; and Dr. E. W. Pressley, of Clover, returned to their respective homes last Thursday, after a six weeks' special course at the New York Polyclinic institute. AS TO KEG I STIt AT IOX. The attorney general has completed the forms of affidavits to be filled out and signed by heretofore disfranchised persons who may wish to register in order that they may be enabled to vote in the approaching election for delegates to the constitutional convention. There are three classes of people who are disqualified under present laws. They are : 1. Those who were entitled to register on June 30,1882, and failed to do so. 2. Those who became entitled to register after June 30,1882, and failed to do so before the next ensuing general election. 3. Those who have moved into and become citizens of the State since June 30, 1882. The blank form of application and affidavits for the first class is as follows: State of South Carolina, county. Personally appeared before me a in and for the county and State aforesaid, who after being duly sworn, says: That ho was an elector and entitled to register at the general registration in 1882, but failed to register at such time; that his full name is his age years, his occupation is. and his residence was, on the 30th of June, A. 1). 1882, at in the county and State aforesaid; that his place or places of residence, since the time when he became entitled to reg^S^^!?Sfleofresidenec during each successive i yearseparately.) Sworn to and subscribed before me this. day of. A. D. 1895. State of South Carolina, ' county. Personally appeared before me . a in and for the county aud State aforesaid, 1 who, alter I being severally and duly sworn, says: r That each ot them is a citizen of this State, and ' was twenty-one years of age on the 30th day of June, A. 1). 1882, and knew : the applicant for registration at that time; that his full name, age, occupation and place of resi uuiito ui luui nine, ami 111? piuee or jjitw.cn ui i residence since that time, are correctly stated in , his allldavit; that he was an elector and entitled ' to register at the general registration in 1882, Sworn to and subscribed before nie tiiis day of. A. D, 18W5. The other two forms arc similar to the above with the exception thdt the applicant ? , has to state what year he became entitled to register, and the eitizens who corroborate his aflidavit must swear that they were twenty-one years of age at the time. In other words, each application must be backed by the affidavits of two citizens who were twenty-one years of age at the time the applicant became entitled to register or moved into the Stale, and they must also swear | that the applicant's statement of his place of residence during each year since he became entitled to register or moved into the .State, is correct of their own knowledge. Electors u'lm mot' lint'o oIpaoHu ImOh orrwl ami ...UJ .".U j who still have their registration certificates, are not required to register ngnin. In cases where certificates have been lost, however, they should be renewed, and in cases where | the "numbers were wrong" in the last election, they shoubi be corrected. The registration books were opened last Monday, and they must be kept open until, and including tomorrow week, ThursdaV, March 14. LOCAL LACONICS. Dcntli of llnxler II. Moore. s ? Mr. Baxter II. Moore, a rathe of and a resident of Yorkville until heSyns about grown, died suddenly in ''harljB^, on the 21st ultimcT. rfe was aged 'dbout 08 yoaiV. Another ? The grocery store of ft. B. Li)wry was J closed yesterday under foreclosure of u chat- > tel mortgage held by It. k'jrk Lowry. -Tlu?. i amount of the chattel mortgage is about ! $800. Douglun* Memorial. ? The colored people of Yorkville held : memoriu! services is honor of the late ; Douglass, iu the AiKcim?Won church at : this place, last Thursday night. A number j of sensible speeches were made by different ' promiueut colored men, and several white ; men who were present out of motives of I curiosity, report that nothing was said that j.could in any way be construed as offensive I j to the whites. I | A Good SnimrstIon. fl ? McDonald Furrnun, of Ramsey, Sum- / j ter county, has written a letter to The News j j | and Courier, in which he suggests that the commissioners for York county take steps to have an exhibit from the Catawba Indians j at the Atlanta Exposition. Mr. Furman calls special attention to the fart that the Cat aw has manufacture pipes and various kinds of pottery, and he thinks that an cx*/ hibit of their wares would be possessed or considerable interest. ? There were only two auction sales las' Monday, and both were by individual' f For the purpose of division^ the beirs j Stephen Kearney, deceased, sold lt'Qacr ? of land near Roddey's, on the Thiee ' j railroad. It was bought by Mr. John Spencer for ,200 cash. Mr. \V. J. Rodd I: of Rock Hill, sold two shares of Caro* I Rugpy stock, of the par value of $5oo e1' / pledged to him us security (or debt. ft g were bought by Mr. Roddcy for $200. ? Mr. l/ouis Roth, the baker, ror,S iHH that one day last week some thieiltfl? RH^H 1") dozen eggs from his bakery. jjovt was done he has no idea. He recollect/ec'n^